When Wei Yan, Wu Yi, Liao Hua, and Ma Zhong heard that Yang Zhen had a plan, they asked,""What plan do you have? Tell me quickly!”
"I need to survey the terrain first before I can make a decision!" Yang Zhen shook his head.”
Wei Yan chuckled and pointed at the map with his right index finger. He asked,""Is Zi Yuan here?"
Wu Yi, Liao Hua, and Ma Zhong hurriedly looked over, but they saw that Wei Yan's finger was pointing at a random place. They couldn't understand what he meant, so they asked,"What's here?"
Yang Zhen took a look, nodded, and smiled.""So big brother is also planning this? We really thought of the same thing."
Wei Yan laughed." I don't have a plan. I just saw you looking at this place more than once. I guess your plan should be here, right?"”
"Big brother, you're smart. I admire you." Yang Zhen cupped his hands.”
When the other three heard the two of them keep each other in suspense, they could not help but ask,"What is the plan?"
" General Ma," Wei Yan asked instead of answering," I heard that you're good at surveying the terrain. You have a lot of knowledge about rivers, mountains, and rivers." Go and investigate this place with Yang Zhen. When you come back, we'll come up with a plan to defeat the enemy.”
"That's for the best. General Yang, let's not delay any further. Let's move now!" Ma Zhong replied.”
Yang Zhen nodded and left the tent with Ma Zhong. Wu Yi and Liao Hua looked at each other and asked,"Wenchang, what's so strange about this place?”
Wei Yan smiled but didn't answer. He said lightly,""We'll know when they return.”
Yang Zhen and Ma Zhong rode their horses, followed by He Ping, Niu San, and a few soldiers. They arrived at a mountain together. The mountain wasn't very high, but it was rather steep. Yang Zhen and Ma Zhong stood side by side at the top of the mountain, looking ahead. This place was located in the south and was far away from Chengdu. It was no longer covered in ice and snow. Instead, it was full of vitality and emitted the green of spring.
Ma Zhong rode on his horse and looked into the distance. After looking for a while, he said to Yang Zhen,"Look! Qielan City was in front, Wanwen was on the right, and Pingyi was on the left. However, Yelang was too far away to be seen.”
Yang Zhen followed Ma Zhong's finger and saw three cities. The flags on the cities fluttered in the wind. Ma Zhong continued," The place where our army is stationed is only a few miles away from these three cities. It's very close, but it's in between the three cities. It's also quite dangerous. If Zhu Bao had attacked us last night when our army had just arrived and our soldiers were tired and unstable, I'm afraid that although we wouldn't have been defeated, we would have suffered heavy casualties. Zhu Bao didn't attack us, but instead allowed us to enter the hinterland, only guarding it. It seems like he's a mediocre person.”
Yang Zhen listened to Ma Zhong's eloquence and thorough analysis of military affairs, and he couldn't help but look at him in a new light. Ma Zhong word De letter, Brazil Langzhong people. When he was young, he was raised by his grandfather's family. His surname was Fox and his name was Du. Later, he resumed his surname and changed his name to Zhong. Ma Zhong was also born and raised in Yizhou, and he belonged to the same faction as Yang Zhen. At this moment, he was a Dangkou General and was one rank higher than Yang Zhen. However, he did not seem to have the airs of a superior. This made Yang Zhen admire him very much.
Yang Zhen got off his horse and stood on the edge of the cliff. He looked down and saw a narrow road between the mountain he was standing on and the mountain opposite him. Yang Zhen looked along the road and saw that it was connected to Qielan and Wanwen. It was the only way between the two cities. Yang Zhen smiled and turned to Ma Zhong."General Ma! Let's return to the camp!"
He Ping and Niu San were at the side. Hearing this, Niu San asked,""General, do you have a plan to defeat the enemy?”
"That's right," said Yang Zhen. Let's return to the camp!"
Wei Yan, Wu Yi, and Liao Hua waited anxiously in the tent. When they saw Yang Zhen and Ma Zhong enter, they immediately asked,"How is it?"
"I've already investigated," Ma Zhong said."General Yang has already made his plan."”
"Zi Yuan, what plan do you have? Tell me quickly!" Wei Yan hurriedly asked.”
Seeing that Wei Yan and the others were looking at him anxiously, Yang Zhen said,""I'm sleepy!"
"Sleepy?" Wei Yan, Wu Yi, Liao Hua, and Ma Zhong asked in unison.
Yang Zhen nodded and explained the detailed plan to them. When Yang Zhen finished, the other four people all had satisfied smiles on their faces.
On Qielan City, flags with the word 'Zhu' were fluttering in the wind. The soldiers on the city walls stood neatly, their eyes looking forward. A squad leader was standing there and looking into the distance. Suddenly, he saw a large flag with Chinese characters written on it a few miles ahead of him. Behind the flag was a neat row of Han soldiers. "The Han Army is here!" he shouted hurriedly. The Han Army is here!"
The soldiers on the city wall suddenly looked especially energetic. Groups of archers carrying bows and arrows quickly ran up from below the city wall. They drew an arrow from the quiver on their backs and nocked it on their bows. A general in armor walked up. He stood on the city gate tower and looked into the distance. He could not help but call out,"Good boy! What a neat formation. If so many well-trained Han soldiers really fought, they would be at a disadvantage.”
A man stood beside the general. He was more than eight feet tall and had a strong build. The armor on his body seemed particularly out of place. When the man heard the general's words, he spat on the ground in disdain and said in a clear voice,"General, how can you boost the morale of others and diminish your own prestige? General, please give me 20,000 soldiers. I'll go down and trample them all to the ground.”
That general was Zhu Bao, the prefect of Yuanyu Prefecture. Three years ago, he and the other two prefects took advantage of the death of Emperor Liu Bei to rebel against the Great Han Dynasty. They invaded the state and caused a lot of trouble. However, at that time, the Great Han had just been defeated in Yiling and was greatly injured. They were unable to go south, so they could only set up a large number of troops at the boundary head and send General Wang Ping to guard it. Although Zhu Bao and the others rebelled, they were still afraid of the Great Han Dynasty and did not dare to force them. As a result, they returned to their respective prefectures with Gao Ding and Yong Kai to hold a stalemate with the Great Han Dynasty. In the past three years, Zhu Bao, Gao Ding, and Yong Kai had recruited strong men in the three prefectures and gradually grew stronger. Now, there were 100,000 rebel soldiers in the county alone, which was also the most powerful among the three counties. Zhu Bao knew that the Han army was marching south, so he stationed 100,000 soldiers in four cities, hoping that they would retreat.
Zhu Bao had never thought that the Han army would immediately start moving after three nights in the county. He wasn't afraid. He knew that the Han army was far from Yizhou and it was inconvenient to transport food, so he deliberately didn't fight. He only waited for the Han army to run out of food before retreating. Zhu Bao looked at the Han army approaching the city and smiled.""E Huan, you don't have to pay attention to them. As long as we don't fight, they can't do anything to us!”
The burly man behind him was E Huan, the subordinate of Gao Ding, the prefect of Yueche County. Yueche County was closer to Chengdu, and Zhao Yun's army had already arrived on the right. They had beaten Gao Ding to a pulp the moment the battle began. Gao Ding could only hold the city and ordered E Huan to run to the county to beg for help. When E Huan heard Zhu Bao's words, he said,""General, you have 100,000 soldiers. Why are you so afraid of the Han army? I've already investigated clearly. There are only fifty thousand soldiers in this army. The leading general is called Wei Yan. I've never heard of him before. I think he's also a nameless general. He can't be compared to Zhao Yun, one of the five tiger generals. General, as long as you give me 20,000 troops, I will be able to flatten the Han camp.”
"The courage of an ordinary man!" Zhu Bao said. Wei Yan is a famous general in the Han army. You haven't heard of him, so how can you say that he's not capable? Not allowed! Pass down the order, only defend the city. If you dare to go out to battle without permission, you will be killed!”
E Huan was so angry that his veins bulged. He shouted,"Since that's the case, please give me thirty thousand troops. I'll go back now. If I'm late, I'm afraid my family's general won't be able to block Zhao Yun's attack.”
"Hmph!" Zhu Bao sneered. You didn't listen to me and fought with the Han army without permission. Now that you've suffered a crushing defeat, you still want to borrow my troops? Now that the Han army is at the city gates, our 100,000 strong army is all scattered in the four cities, forming a horn formation. How can we just casually pull them out!”
" Ahh!" E Huan cried out loudly. He clenched his fist and punched the pillar behind the city gate tower. The pillar was hit by him, and the tiles on the city gate tower shook. A few trembling sounds were heard. Zhu Bao hurriedly dodged to the side and hid behind the soldiers, shouting,""What are you doing? I have my own reasons for not giving you soldiers. Your general has already been defeated. If he can't withstand the Han army's attack, he can abandon the city and flee to me. My mountain path is rugged and not suitable for a large army to fight. In addition, the terrain is strong, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. Do you understand this principle?"
"I don't understand!" E Huan replied.
Zhu Bao paused for a moment. Seeing that the soldiers were very afraid of E Huan, he comforted them,"E Huan, don't be so anxious. Look at the Han army below the city. Even if we give you thirty thousand soldiers, how are you going to take them away? Why don't you wait for the Han army to retreat and I'll give you more soldiers? It won't be too late for you to save Gao Ding.”
Hearing Zhu Bao's words, E Huan's anger subsided slightly and he said,""In that case, I'll wait here.”
Zhu Bao adjusted his armor and calmed down a little. Seeing E Huan's anger slowly recede, he walked out from behind the soldiers and stood on the city wall, looking down.
Below the city wall, the Han army's phalanx stopped two miles away from the city. Zhu Bao looked around and saw the Han army's phalanx forming a phalanx. The large phalanx was formed by a small phalanx, and the small phalanx formed a large phalanx. The army was neat and imposing. Zhu Bao's heart couldn't help but thump. He had never thought that the Han army would be so orderly. Looking at the soldiers beside him, they were tall, thin, fat, and short. They were very dazzling.
A general in armor walked out from the Han army's square formation. He held a spear in his hand and rode a pure black horse. The cherry blossoms on his helmet fluttered in the wind, making him look especially valiant. This general was Yang Zhen, and he had less than 5,000 soldiers. He rode a few steps forward and shouted,"Traitor, why didn't you open the city gates and surrender when you saw the Great Han Heavenly Army?”
When Zhu Bao saw this young general, he asked the scout beside him,"Who is this person?"
The scouts had already found out that there were only five generals in this Han army. Wei Yan, Wu Yi, and Liao Hua were all veterans, and only Ma Zhong and Yang Zhen were young. He looked around and turned around to answer,"General, this person is either the Great Han Dynasty's Bandit-Destroying General Ma Zhong or the Great Han Dynasty's Hengjiang General Yang Zhen!”
"So you're a nobody!" Zhu Bao chuckled.”He smiled as he looked around the city. He did not see any Han soldiers, so he turned to E Huan and said,"Commandant E, don't you want to fight? I'll leave these five thousand soldiers to you. After you beat them back, I'll give you thirty thousand soldiers to save your general. How about it?”
"Is that true?" E Huan asked.
Zhu Bao raised his right hand and opened his palm. He faced the sky and said,"I swear to the heavens!"
"Alright, give me 10,000 soldiers. I'll go and meet him!" E Huan said.”
"That's for the best," Zhu Bao said happily. Pass down the order to gather 10,000 cavalry troops and hand them over to Commandant E.”
The messenger standing beside Zhu Bao responded and walked down the city gate tower with E Huan. Zhu Bao's face was filled with a treacherous smile.
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