Cao Cao did not receive the envoy in front of his subordinate Wen Wu, but secretly received the envoy sent by Wen Ji in the Cao family's ancestral mansion, and was convinced of the information of this Sang Zi.
"Go back and tell Wen Gongda that I will not forget his merits, and when I will reach the throne of the world in the future, I will definitely be awarded by the county marquis" Cao Cao treated Wen Ji's envoy with courtesy, a kind attitude, and no arrogance of the son of heaven of a country.
Wen Ji's envoy was grateful, and thanked him repeatedly: "The villain on behalf of Wen Gongda thank you Your Majesty, Wen Ji and I are small, like brothers, Your Majesty's gift to him is a gift to the villain."
Our two brothers will do everything in our power to provide your Majesty with valuable information. ” Cao Cao read Wen Ji's letter and asked the envoy: "Why did Zhuge Liang not send Xue Li to escort the grain, but sent Jiang Wei out?"
"It is said that because of Xue Gang's dismissal, Xue Li was depressed, drank heavily in the army every day, complained about Liu Wei, and did not participate in the military conference for many days."
The messenger replied respectfully.
Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this: "It seems that Xue Li is not a foolish and loyal person, after all, it is his own son who was killed, and his wife was forced to commit suicide by throwing herself into a well, and it is normal for people to be angry."
I'll give Xue Li a letter of repair, and when you return to the Han army camp to find an opportunity, take advantage of the unpreparedness, throw him into Xue Li's camp, and try to turn him back."
Cao Cao immediately picked up the pen and grinded, and personally wrote a letter to Xue Li, first for his military exploits over the years, and then for his martial arts to respect the five-body throw, and finally sympathized with Xue Li's experience, feeling the most ruthless emperor's family, a tyrant like Liu Wei who disregarded the love of his sister and brother is really outrageous.
If Xue Liken abandons the secret and surrenders to the light, and strikes back against the Han army, he will be taught by a king with a different surname in the future.
Cao Cao quickly repaired the letter and stamped the jade seal of the Great Wei Emperor.
When the ink stains were dry, he sealed it on letterhead and handed it to the messenger, and rewarded him with a large gold ingot, so that he could be appeased: "Be careful, wait for the day when things are done, and be lonely and never be bad" The envoy took Cao Cao's letter into his arms, happily accepted the reward, said goodbye, and quietly left the county to return to the Han army camp.
After sending off Wen Ji's envoy, Cao Cao returned to the council hall and said to Fan Zeng, Guo Jia and other civil and military officials: "Shicai received secret information that Xie An, the assassin of Yuzhou, had prepared 200,000 stone of grain to be escorted to Zhuge Liang's army, but Xue Li was depressed because of the death of his wife and children, and he had a grudge against Liu Wei, so he refused to escort the grain.
Zhuge Liang had already sent Jiang Wei out of the horse and quietly rushed to Runan to escort the grain and grass.
Now that the connection between Qiaojun and Hebei has been semi-severed, our army is short of food, but Xue Li is not there to send troops to rob grain. ” "Is this Zhuge Liang's plan to lure the enemy" Fan Zeng, who was old and serious, did not easily agree with Cao Cao's proposal, and lightly twisted his beard and questioned, "With Xue Rengui's loyalty to Liu Wei, I am afraid that he will not give up on himself so easily, why does the minister always feel uneasy in his heart?"
Sima Sui Tho arched his hand and said: "Maybe the prime minister is too worried, it is precisely because Xue Li was loyal to Liu Wei in the past, and he made great contributions, and he was suddenly forced to death by Liu Wei's son, so he was resentful, this is human nature, and if you are too suspicious of everything, you will miss the opportunity." ” Cao Cao stroked his beard and said: "The undercover agent I planted in the Han army is absolutely loyal, and I believe that he will never deceive me."
Whether Xue Rengui's dissatisfaction with Liu Wei is true or not, he will know if he sends troops to rob grain.
If the grain can be successfully recovered, this matter is true, otherwise it is Xue Li's fraud. ” Guo Jia's head approved: "What Your Majesty said is very true, you can send troops to give it a try" Cao Cao's eyes turned and fell on Han Baohu, Xia Luqi, and Shi Jianjiao: "According to the information provided by the undercover agent, Jiang Wei took a total of 15,000 men and horses to Runan to escort the grain, and I ordered the three of you to lead 20,000 light horsemen to Luyi and Xiang County, spare the Han army camp in Song County, and rob grain in Gushi County."
It's better to be able to take back some of it, but if you can't, you can set it on fire."
"The ministers obey the order" Han Baohu, Xia Luqi, and Shi Jianjiao, the three generals, went out together and bowed down to receive the order.
Cao Cao commanded again: "Xue Rengui is not here, there are no strong generals in the Han army, and the three of you should not rush to each other when you see the text banner, so as not to destroy my plan." ” The three generals agreed, agreed in unison, went to the army together to pick up 20,000 elite cavalry, and under the leadership of the guide, took advantage of the fog to quietly leave Qian County and set off west towards Luyi County.
The 20,000 cavalrymen marched lightly, carrying only five days' worth of food and grass, braving the bitter cold all the way, specially selecting sparsely populated wilderness marches.
In less than two days, they passed through Luyi and Xiang counties, entered the territory of Gushi County, and set up ambushes on the road leading to Song County in Runan, waiting for the rabbits.
At noon the next day, Cao Jun's scouts reported to Kuaimalai: "The three generals of Qiyu have found traces of the Han army twenty miles to the south, about 15,600 people, plus more than 5,000 people, escorting more than 1,300 carriages, and they are coming. ” Xia Luqi and Han Baohu high-fived each other excitedly: "Haha, the sky pays off, I didn't wait in vain."
Now that you have discovered the grain and grass of the Han army, what are you waiting for to kill it in one go?"
The cavalrymen shouted that the horses were neighing, the dust was flying, and it was easy to expose the target, and they could not be ambushed silently like the infantry.
Gushi County is a horse Pingchuan, there are plains everywhere, the most suitable for cavalry charges, but Xia Luqi and Han Baohu each turned on their horses and issued an order to charge the Han army.
"Soldiers, kill with me" Charucci urged the blue-maned horse under his crotch, brandished the eight rolling cloud spears in his hand, and led the seven thousand iron horsemen to sweep south like a tide.
Shi Jianjiao, who is eight feet eight inches tall, has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his instrument is lofty, urging a white Dawan war horse under his crotch, waving a phoenix-winged bright silver halberd in his hand, and he also takes the lead, leading six thousand cavalry to go hand in hand with Xia Luqi, covering the mountains and fields to the south.
The 20,000 cavalry of the Cao army were divided into three groups, Xia Luqi led 7,000 cavalry in the center, Shi Jianjiao led 6,000 cavalry on the right, and Han Baohu led 6,000 cavalry on the left.
Soon, the two teams were close to each other, and the Han army was in chaos and panicked.
In the wilderness of this horse Pingchuan, with infantry against cavalry, even the most elite Han warriors, I am afraid that there is not much chance of victory.
What's more, the Cao army has an advantage in the number of cavalry, and the Han army is also responsible for escorting food, and the chances of victory are even more minimal.
"Abandon the grain and retreat" Seeing the Cao army's iron cavalry sweeping over, Jiang Wei did not fall in love with the war, and immediately ordered to give up the grain to save the troops, "The Cao army is strong, you can't love the war, give up the grain and retreat in the direction of Ruyin" The hero did not suffer the immediate loss, and after receiving an order from the main general Jiang Wei, the Han army hurriedly gave up the grain cart and turned around and retreated south in the direction of Ruyin.
In the face of the surging iron hooves, if you run a little slower, you will be trampled into powder, and there will be no bones left, no one dares to fight, and retreat south in panic.
The banners and armor scattered all over the mountains and fields were thrown to the ground, and more than a thousand carriages were scattered on the post road like a long dragon, and the coachmen were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and surrendered with their heads in their hands.
The panicked horses neighed uneasily, and watched the overwhelming dust on the opposite side get closer and closer, gradually engulfing the entire grain carapace.
Although the Han army fled fast enough, but the cavalry of the Cao army was menacing, or was quickly bitten by the tail, Shi Jianjiao took the lead, rushed left and right in the Han army array, the bright silver halberd was raised high and slashed down, wide open and closed, the flesh and blood of the direct kill flew sideways, the heads of people rolled around, and no one could stop the horse's hooves.
"Why is the horse rejection gun for me to block the charge of the Wei cavalry" Seeing that Shi Jianjiao was invincible, leading the Cao army's iron cavalry to rampage in the square, wantonly harvesting heads, the Han general Song Qian was not angry, and took a mouthful of iron knives, leading hundreds of pikemen to raise their horse guns, trying to block the charge of the Wei cavalry.
The corners of Shi Jianjiao's mouth curled slightly, and he let out a disdainful sneer, rode his horse forward, waving his halberd, and the horse's hooves were like waves cracking everywhere, and in a blink of an eye, he was killed in front of Song Qian.
With a roar, the phoenix-winged bright silver halberd in his hand was split down, like a thunderbolt, unstoppable.
Song Qian was shocked, and hurriedly waved his knife to block, only to hear a loud sound of the "bell", which shocked the eardrums of countless soldiers who were fighting, and his hands were cracked when he landed on the tiger's mouth, and the iron broadsword flew out of his hand for more than ten zhang, and fell into the chaos and disappeared.
"Bring the head" Shi Jianjiao let out a tiger roar, and the halberd drew a cold light, and immediately beheaded Song Qian under the horse.
Leaned over the horse and stretched out the ape arm to pick it up, hanging it in front of the horse, and at the same time loudly encouraging the morale of the army, "The Han general has been awarded the head, and the soldiers will kill me" Just when Shi Jianjiao beheaded Song Qian, Xia Luqi also led the army to rush, and saw the Han army in front of him waving the banner of "Wen" from a distance, so he slowed down the speed of the pursuit, and turned to collect troops and plunder the grain trucks.
Taking advantage of the time when Cao's army was robbing grain, Jiang Wei collected his troops and fled all the way south into Ruyin City, guarding behind closed doors.
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After counting the losses, more than 3,000 people and the partial general Song Qian were lost, and 200,000 stone of grain were all robbed, so he hurriedly sent someone to report to Zhuge Liang and asked to send troops to recapture the grain.
Xia Luqi, Han Baohu and other three generals did not chase Jiang Wei after robbing the grain, and returned along the way they came, passing through Xiang County all the way safely, and at this time Han Shizhong and Ma Dai led 40,000 horse infantry regiments to grab grain.
Although more than half of it was burned by the Han army, under the response of Sima Sui Tho and Shan Xiongxin, nearly 100,000 stone of grain were still transported back to the Cao Wei camp in Qiaojun, so that Cao Cao and his civil and military forces all smiled. t1706231537: