The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

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After cleaning up the battlefield, Xun Zhen left this official passage with his subordinates.

When he used to be the governor of Yuxing County in the north, he not only asked Xuankang to record the available topography every time he went to a place, but also drew a map of the local mountains, forests, lakes, and roads in Tingxiang. familiar. After leaving the battlefield, he took the crowd to the southwest.

He remembered that there was a township called Nanxiang several miles away in the southwest. There was an orchard in the west of the township. Now in the middle of spring, when the fruit trees are getting lush and leaves, hundreds of people hide in it enough to hide their whereabouts.

After cleaning the battlefield, it was almost unitary time. The days of February were short and twilight was approaching.

Xun Zhen took these hundreds of cavalry and did not follow the official road, but sneaked in the fields and fished toward the southwest. After walking for half an hour, I arrived at the fruit forest, and the twilight was already deep.

On the way, they didn't encounter the Yellow Turbans, but they only encountered a patrol of 12 or 20 people, and they were surrounded and killed by Xin Ai and the others.

When I approached Nanxiang, I met a few farmers looking for food in the fields. Bocai tens of thousands of troops surrounded the father city. Although he brought some food from Xiangcheng and Jia, it was far from enough for the army. Therefore, as in Xiangcheng and Jia, he also sent many young officers to prey around. , Most of the food in the villages has been robbed. They have nothing to eat. They can only go to the fields to prey on voles, hares, and dig wild vegetables. Although Xun Zhen went south to cross the river this time to lure the enemy, he could not reveal his whereabouts everywhere. He should hide when he should hide, so as not to lure the enemy and become surrounded. News, now is the time to hide his tracks, so before coming to Guolin, he gave an order to Chen Bao, who was driving the road ahead: If he encounters a villager on the road, he will seize it and go with the army.

When they arrived at the fruit forest, everyone waited and watched.

This fruit forest is very large, covering an area of ​​several hundred acres. Oranges, tangerines and other fruit trees spit out green leaves. From a distance, it looks like a green lake. Not to mention more than 600 steps, even thousands of people can hide in it. Because the Yellow Turbans plundered the villages everywhere, the surrounding area was quiet, and there was no one there, and the people who looked at the forest didn't know where they had escaped.

The crowd followed Xun Zhen into the forest. This season has not yet come to the time when the orange trees are blooming, although there is no flower fragrance, but the fragrance of forest leaves is coming. Just after a **** fight, I went deep into the forest, sat under the tree, smelled the fragrance of the forest leaves, and watched the sunset in the distance. Cozy, all relax.

This time, the Yellow Turban soldiers were surrounded and killed on the official road. Except for the few who were deliberately let go, the rest of the Yellow Turban soldiers were all killed. Killing 1,000 enemies, self-destructing 800, Xun Zhen also suffered casualties, but it was not as serious as 800 vs. 1,000, because most of them had armor and excellent weapons, far superior to the enemy. More hits are less, so there are not many casualties. Eight people were killed and more than 30 were wounded.

Xun Zhen ordered Xuankang to write down the names and places of origin of the soldiers who died in battle, and after the war, they sent the money to their homes. The more than 30 wounded were mostly minor injuries, which did not delay the march or delay. During the battle, six were seriously injured, two had their legs broken, one had their arms broken, and the remaining three suffered injuries to the chest and abdomen. Xun Zhen couldn't leave these seriously wounded. If they were to leave, it would be a blow to morale, and when they fought again, the soldiers would probably be unwilling to give their lives for fear of being left alone.

You can't leave it, you can only take it away.

Accompanying him were two doctors of ulcers, or surgeons, from the county doctor Cao. After the battle, they bandaged the wounds of the wounded soldiers. Xun Zhen asked people to make a few stretchers, and sent people to carry these seriously wounded soldiers to the forest. After letting them go, Xun Zhen came to offer condolences and assured them: "I will take you back, hold on, and I will be able to return to Xiangcheng tomorrow night!"

He unbuttoned his armor, exposed his chest, pointed to several wounds on his shoulders and back, smiled and said to them and the soldiers around him, "I was also injured! You hadn't even reached Yangzhai, Boo. Only 100,000 people attacked the city. I took warriors out of the city several times to attack it. Three hundred cavalry fell into the thousands of thieves. It hasn't healed yet."

It was true that he did not recover. Xunzhen took the lead in attacking the enemy every time he fought, which affected the recovery of his injuries. When he was fighting just now, he was very brave, and he did not care about himself. Drain blood. At this point the blood has coagulated.

He smiled and said: "Since Yangzhai, I have fought four or five battles with the thieves one after another, and I have suffered so many wounds. Don't you still live well? Don't be afraid, when you go back to Xiangcheng, I will ask the doctor to treat you properly! "

Although this era has long been divided into doctors, the medical level is limited, and minor injuries are not enough. It is remarkable that one or two of the ten seriously injured can survive. The injuries Xun Zhen suffered were all minor injuries, which could not be compared with the injuries of these seriously wounded soldiers, but after what he said, he promised to bring them back and showed his own scars, but let these few The seriously wounded soldiers were relieved. The rest of the uninjured soldiers were also relieved. People do not suffer from few, but suffer unevenly. The same is true in battle. When the general takes the lead, the soldiers will work hard, not to mention that Xun Zhen not only took the lead, but also was wounded many times.

The soldiers whispered: "Your Majesty Xun, you will not avoid arrows when facing the enemy, and you will fight to the death with thieves, regardless of damage. What's more, my disciples and slaves? Since you are supported by Xunjun, you will fight to the death!" More than 600 people went deep into "the enemy's territory "In combat, morale is a big problem. After Xun Zhen's actions and words, not only did the morale not drop, but it actually improved.

Xun Zhen led his troops to hide in the fruit forest, eating dry food and doing rest.

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It was only after nightfall that Bo, who was outside the father city, learned of Xun Zhen's arrival.

The yellow turban soldiers that Xun Zhen let go first went to find Hao Miao, the commander of the headquarters. Hao Miao was shocked when he heard the news. Although it was "immediately go in person", it was a delay in the end, so I didn't know about it until the night wave.

When Hao Miao arrived, He Man happened to be in Bocai's tent.

He Man came to report the situation of the siege today to Bo Cai. Today, he took more than ten thousand soldiers to attack the city for a day, but he still failed to capture the city, because he decided to let the soldiers rest for an hour, and then continued the night attack.

He said to Bo Cai: "In these two days of attacking the city, I haven't seen my father's city order, and I haven't seen the Cheng and Wei. I just learned today that these three thieves have already escaped! Now the city is leading the defense of the father city. Facial features, this person's surname is Hong, and his family is from the county. Attack. I don't believe how long he can defend! Tomorrow night at the latest, he will be able to capture."

Not only the father city, but all seventeen counties of Yingchuan County, many county magistrates have run away, and the people who take over for them to defend the city are the county officials and big clans in the local county. Most of the county officials were locals, and in order to protect their clan, they were more able to fight to the death than the county magistrate. Earlier, when He Man attacked Xiangcheng and Jia counties, didn't Xiangcheng Ling Wang escape early? However, none of the officials in the county escaped, and they fought to the death to the end. In the end, the city fell, and all of them were beheaded by He Man and used to scare Xun Zhen outside Yangzhai County, which was under siege at the time.

Po Cai asked: "How about our casualties?"

"Not much, less than two hundred casualties."

More than 10,000 people attacked the city, and the casualties were less than 200. Among the 200 people, one casualty was indeed not many. This was because there were not many guards in the father city, and there was also a lack of defense equipment.

Bo Cai nodded and said: "Okay, then continue the night attack tonight, and make sure to capture the father city before tomorrow night. If not, the longer it drags on, the more likely the thief Xun will come to the rescue."

He Man said, "Yes."

At this time, Hao Miao arrived in a hurry, and came in and said, "The thief is here!"

Bo Cai just mentioned Xun Zhen when he heard the news of Xun Zhen, raised his head in surprise, and subconsciously repeated Hao Miao's words, "Is Xun Zhen here?"

"Yes!"

Bo Cai came back to his senses and realized what Hao Miao was talking about. He immediately sat up and asked, "Is the thief Xun here?"

"Yes."

"Where?"

"I don't know, I only know that he brought hundreds of infantry and dozens of knights. More than an hour ago, he surrounded and killed more than a hundred soldiers of our army on a section of official road about ten miles away from the south bank of Rushui River. . . . , there should be more than a hundred, and there are also several soldiers who were patrolling the river and lost news, and may have been surrounded and killed by him."

"Hundreds of infantry, dozens of knights?"

"Yes."

Bo Cai was stunned and suspicious, and said, "I only brought so much walking? Are you sure it's a thief?"

"There is no doubt about it. Several soldiers of my army who escaped with their lives reported to me that during the battle, they heard someone shouting: 'Huwei Xunjun'. Among the thieves, the only surnamed Xun was the thief, and there was one other The nephew of his clan is a cowardly and useless Confucian scholar, and the one who can lead people to the battle must be Xun thief!" Hao Miao relayed what his subordinates reported to him to Bo Cai and He Man.

Po Cai and He Man were furious.

He Man angrily said: "Xun thief insults me too much!" Bo Cai was also furious, scolding: "What a dick, so underestimated us! Only took a few hundred paces to cross the river, and treated us like nothing? It can be killed and not shamed! I will avenge this revenge." Immediately, he ordered a general and planned to lead people out of the camp to hunt down Xun Zhen.

There were several handsome Qu sitting in the tent, and they hurriedly persuaded him to stop.

One person said: "We have tens of thousands of people, how can Xun thief come here with only a few hundred paces? Even if he underestimates us, wouldn't he know how to break the siege of the father's city with only these hundreds of paces? Could it be?"

"what?"

"Could it be a trick?"

"What count?"

"Would he want to use these hundreds of steps to lure the master out of the camp, and then his main force would take the opportunity to cross the river and attack my camp to save the father city?"

This guess is very reasonable. Combining Xun Zhen's previous battles, he used to plan, especially when he solved the siege of Yang Zhai, and even more so when he took Xiangcheng and Jia. This Qu Shuai's words reminded Bo Cai, which made him feel a little angry. He sat down slowly, and said in a deep voice: "Xun Thief is cunning and good at tricks. He rode south with hundreds of paces, and if you think about it carefully, it is indeed suspicious. Maybe it’s a trick. I was talking to General He just now, saying that we should quickly capture the father city to prevent Xun thieves from coming to help. There were only 2,000 Xun thieves. It's the law!"

The young marshals in the tent echoed in unison, saying, "It's so expected! The Xun thief must be playing tricks on the east and west to relieve the siege of the father's city. Master, we must not be fooled!"

Bo Cai thought about it again and again and said, "Even so, you can't just let him go!"

"What is your master's intention?"

Bo Cai said to He Man: "General, Xun Thief is our great enemy, if it weren't for him, how could we have fallen into today's predicament if we had already captured Yangzhai? Use a plan to solve the siege of the father city, then we can just plan to kill him on the south bank of Rushui!"

He Man said: "That's right. Xun Thief is looking for his own death. He only managed to win two rounds, and he is so arrogant that he sees us as nothing! Just as the master said: unbearable. When he was shrinking in Xiangcheng , there is nothing we can do, now that he is riding a few hundred paces across the river, naturally we must not let him go! Master, how do you plan to surround and kill this thief?"

Xun Zhen was not only Bo Cai's enemy for killing his younger brother, but also the great enemy of Yingchuan Yellow Turban. Killing him would not only get revenge, but also kill a great enemy. Kill two birds with one stone.

Bo Cai said: "I intend to send two commanders of Qu, each with their headquarters, to go to Rushui from both sides to outflank this thief. At the same time, Hao Miao,..."

Hao Miao replied, "Yes."

"You take your headquarters to search from the river to the south. In this way, there will be Shuai Qu in the north, and Hao Miao in the south, to the north, surround the thief Xun, and sooner or later you will be able to find him! After they are found, it will be easy to destroy! "

He Man said, "Master's plan is exactly what it should be."

At the moment, Bo Cai called the names of the two commanders in the tent, and ordered: "You two will take your troops out of the camp immediately! Remember, Xun Thief is cunning, it is getting late at night, you two should be more careful! Don't fight it rashly, you must wait until all the troops join forces before attacking it! If he breaks through the encirclement and escapes to the north bank of Rushui, you don't care anymore. If there is any difference, please report to me immediately!"

The two Shuai Qu and Hao Miao responded, "No!"

The three went out of the account and acted separately. The two commanders each brought more than 1,000 people from their headquarters out of the camp.

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So far, Xun Zhen's plan has been half-successful. As Xun You said: Even if Bo Cai guessed that Xun Zhen might be playing tricks, he couldn't resist the temptation and sent his troops out of the camp.

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When the two commanders of Qu led the troops out of the camp, Xun Zhen also led the troops in the fruit forest.

He set up a sentry outside the fruit forest, and sent more than a dozen cavalry points to inquire about the enemy's situation in all directions. In military operations, intelligence comes first. Especially now that we are fighting in the "enemy environment", intelligence is the top priority. Only by clearly understanding the enemy's movements can we make corresponding deployments. The farthest he had sent out was twenty miles away. Twenty miles away, the camps of Bocai and Heman were approaching, only a dozen miles away. Before and after the third watch, the farthest trooper found the two yellow turban soldiers who had left the camp, and immediately went back to report to Xun Zhen.

It took nearly half an hour to ride a horse in a distance of twenty miles. To prevent being discovered by the enemy, and taking a long detour, Xun Zhen received this information after half an hour.

Xuankang sat beside Xun Zhen, clenched the hilt of his sword, and asked nervously, "Mr. Xun, the thieves have left the camp, and the two groups of thieves have three or four thousand soldiers. Just now, a scout came to report, a thief patrolling by the river. The soldiers are also looking for us, and the nearest place to Guolin is only four or five miles away. What should we do?"

Xun Zhen was calm and did not answer Xuankang first, but asked the scout: "Bo Cai only sent these two thieves out of the camp?"

"Yes."

"Bo Cai and He Man didn't leave the camp?"

"I haven't seen the thief flags of these two thieves."

Xun Zhen was not satisfied that Bo Cai and He Man could not be brought out, and that Bo Cai only sent three or four thousand people to search for them. According to his pre-planning, even if Bo Cai and He Man could not be led out this time, it would be appropriate to at least lead an enemy of five or six thousand people into an ambush. He didn't know the difficulty of Bocai. Although Bocai had 60,000 or 70,000 people, half of them were women and children. After removing the siege troops led by He Man, there were only more than 30,000 capable troops. To besiege the city on three sides, the troops could not be divided too much, so the total Only three or four thousand people were dispatched. From what he thought, three or four thousand cavalry against hundreds of cavalry, as long as he could grab Xun Zhen's tail, he would be able to destroy him.

Xun Zhen said in his heart, "It's a fly in the ointment that Bo Cai and He Man were not able to be drawn out." Then he thought, "Bo Cai and I have a revenge for killing my younger brother, and we have been losing streak to them. I heard that Bo Cai and He Man are here. Neither of the two left the camp, could it be?" Suspected that Bo Cai and He Man had already expected that they were playing tricks, but no matter what, they also attracted three or four thousand enemies, at least a few, if they could be eliminated, it would be a good thing. Big win.

He saw Xuankang looking at him eagerly, and smiled: "The thieves are few horses, most of the soldiers who come to us are foot soldiers. It's late at night, which is not conducive to walking. It takes more than half an hour to walk four or five miles. It takes two hours to walk here. They don't know the exact location of our department, so they have to search while walking, which slows down the marching speed. When they find this place, they will have to wait five hours at the earliest. Don't worry. The soldiers crossed the river last night. The thieves have fought a few times in a row, let them rest for a while, and then they will have enough physical strength to go to the ambush location." After thinking about it, he made a decision, "Wait until the fourth shift before leaving here."

Xuankang looked around, except for the soldiers standing guard and the sentry cavalry, the rest of the more than 600 cavalry were here, most of them lying on the ground with their weapons and sleeping soundly.

Because of their tiredness, many soldiers snored, and the voices of dozens or hundreds of people were not small in the silent night. Therefore, Xun Zhen specially asked Chen Bao to take a few people to patrol the soldiers. wake. Snoring is mostly caused by the sleeping position, change the sleeping position and then sleep again.

Xuankang looked outside the forest again. Outside the forest were fields, and there was a pavilion two or three miles to the north. At this time, it was late at night, and there were no lights in the pavilion, and only a few people in the pavilion could be seen, quietly squatting on the field.

Today, in the battle on the official road, Xuan Kang killed two enemies. Before killing the enemy, his mood was excitement and anticipation. When he faced the enemy, apart from the initial enthusiasm, he had no time to think about anything else, and only focused on the fight. Now that it was night, he heard that the enemy had sent thousands of troops to outflank the search. Maybe the night was too dark. Because of this, he was a little flustered, but when he saw Xun Zhen's composure, he was immediately ashamed and thought to himself, "I told Ziyuan and the others before Xunjun crossed the river that they would not go back unless they made a great contribution. How can you panic when the soldiers are out of the camp?" He mustered his fighting spirit.

He asked Xun Zhen: "Xun and Xun should have left Xiangcheng? I don't know where they are now?"

"According to the plan, after the two of them led the main force out of Xiangcheng, they would go northwest along the north bank of Rushui River for more than 30 miles, and cross the river in the east of Jiaxian County. Jia is in the northwest of the father city. After crossing the river, it will leave the mountains. Not far, they can reach the predetermined ambush location after walking a dozen miles south. They didn't bring any luggage, they traveled lightly, calculated the distance, and they should be crossing the river now."

It was the third watch now, when people were sleepy and the most relaxed, Hao Miao's department focused on searching for Xun Zhen, Xun You and Xi Zhi should be able to cross the river smoothly.

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "Uncle Ye, you should sleep for a while. The battle is to come, you can't lose the strength to kill the enemy by then."

Xuan Kang obediently lay down under the tree. At first, he was not sleepy, but sometimes he made up his mind to cheer himself up, and sometimes he looked up at the night sky. There were not many stars, and they hung sparsely in the dark blue night sky. He crossed the river last night, killed the enemy today, and didn't rest much all day and night. Although he was a young man, he gradually became sleepy and fell into a deep sleep. He didn't know how long he slept when he felt someone push him and call his name softly. He opened his eyes abruptly, half asleep and half awake, thinking that the enemy was coming, he reached out to slap the saber in his arms, and when someone held his hand, he heard the man say: "It's me! Get up! , Xunjun has given an order to go." The branches and leaves in the fruit forest blocked the moonlight, Xuankang didn't see the man's face clearly, but he heard his voice, it was Cheng Yan.

"Is it going to be sent?" Xuankang immediately woke up, turned over and looked for Xun Zhen, but found that Xun Zhen was not by his side, looked around, and saw that he was bringing a few personal guards and Chen Bao, Jiang Qin, Liu Deng, and the others were walking among the soldiers who were sleeping on the ground, and woke them up. Some of the soldiers who woke up were sleepy, and some were sorting out their armor and weapons.

"It's been four watch? Where are you going?"

Cheng Yan nodded and replied, "It's already four watch. Just half an hour ago, a bandit soldier, the bandit soldier who was only four or five miles away from us before, arrived outside the fruit forest and was ambushed by A Deng. If you kill it, the thieves will know soon after arriving. You can’t stay here anymore. Xun Jun ordered: Let’s pretend to be escaping and cross the river and walk a certain distance to Rushui, then turn northwest and go to the ambush site.”

"Go to the ambush now?"

"We are about twenty miles away from the ambush site, and we have to walk for two hours. When the time comes, it will be dawn." During the time when Xuankang was asleep, waves of scouts kept coming to report, searching in various directions. Xun Zhen's Yellow Turban troops were gradually approaching Guolin, and they couldn't wait for them to form an encirclement. They had to jump out before they could take them to the ambush site.

"Oh!" Xuankang asked, seeing that Cheng Yan's clothes were neat and there were no marks left by sleeping on the floor, "You didn't sleep?"

Cheng Yan smiled and said, "Xunjun didn't sleep, how can I sleep?" Seeing Xuankang's words, he looked embarrassed, and smiled again, "Get ready, you are about to leave."

After waiting for the soldiers to get up, the whole team set off.

Before leaving, Chen Bao said to Xun Zhen with a resolute expression: "The thief is five miles away from me now, and the one more than ten miles away. If you encounter a group of thieves, please go ahead with your lord, Qin and Deng, and follow the palace." He was afraid. will be surrounded by enemies. Xun Zhen said with a smile: "The thieves are basically a gang, and now it's late at night, it's hard to see far away, they are eager to find me, and the marching formation is bound to be more chaotic. "

Out of the fruit forest, the sentry rides first.

Liu Deng's trapping song is the most courageous and capable of fighting. It is placed at the forefront, and all the dozens of people walking at the forefront are put on the clothes of the Yellow Turban Army, with yellow turbans on their foreheads. It is difficult to distinguish at night. If they encounter an enemy, they cannot avoid it. Although they are suspicious, they can also confuse the enemy and help defeat the enemy. The river bird is in the middle. Chen Bao was cautious and clever, and took him to the rear of the song.

Before crossing the river, Xun Zhen gave the soldiers a brief night training and told them the points they needed to pay attention to. At this time, they came out of the forest, and the three walked in a single file without a torch. They felt the darkness and went to the river first. The soldiers at the front were specially selected to have good eyes. Going forward one by one, officers at all levels always pay attention to the soldiers in their headquarters, and separate a few horses to gallop on both sides, reminding them constantly, leaving a few careful officers at the end, and if any soldiers are left behind, they will be accommodated. If there is a ditch in front, pass it back one by one: there is a ditch.

After the infantry, Xin Ai waited to ride.

Xunzhen's order to them was: If they encounter an enemy, after the infantry engages the battle for a while, they will rush up from the enemy's two wings, use the speed of the cavalry to disrupt the enemy's formation, and cover the infantry to quickly leave the battlefield.

The soldiers were full of food in the forest first, then rested for a long time, recovered their physical strength, and the marching speed was not slow.

Because of the constant information sent by the cavalry, Xunzhen knew the situation of the surrounding enemies like the back of the hand, so Xun Zhen took hundreds of cavalry to deliberately go from the direction of a small group of enemies by the river. , and then did not engage in combat, but immediately turned northwest and fled to the ambush location in a panic.

On the way to "escape", there is a horse in front of you, and if there is an enemy, you can avoid it.

The Yellow Turban Army was searching for them. It didn't take long for them to show up, and each team got news one after another. Shuai Qu and Xiaoshuai were overjoyed and immediately adjusted their directions, spreading their legs and chasing after them.

Sentinels kept galloping back from front, back, left and right, reporting to Xun Zhen, "More than a thousand thieves are chasing from a dozen miles to the southeast."

This is one of the two commanders who went out to search for Xun Zhen.

"More than a hundred thieves and soldiers are chasing our troops ten miles behind."

This is a group of enemies cruising the river.

"There are forty or fifty thieves coming three miles to the northwest of the oblique front to our department."

This is also a group of enemies cruising the river.

Cheng Yan said: "Forty or fifty thieves dare to come? Xunjun, I will take someone to kill them!"

Xun Zhen rejected him and said, "Now that our department has taken the initiative to expose it, it is now to lure the enemy, not to kill the enemy. Leave them alone! Avoid them and continue to the ambush!"

"Report, there are more than a thousand thieves coming to my department ten miles to the southwest."

This was the other of the two commanders who went out to search for Xun Zhen.

There are dozens of enemies three miles in front of the northwest, and more than a thousand enemies ten miles in front of the southwest. One was in the north, the other was in the south, and they came diagonally toward Xun Zhen, and if one was not careful, they would intercept them.

"Bring a map!"

Xuankang took out the map he had drawn from Xunzhen Xingxian earlier and showed it to him.

Xun Zhen looked at it for a moment, pointed to a small road on the map, and said, "Let's go here, we can avoid both the thieves in the northwest front and the thieves in the southwest."

In this way, according to the enemy's situation reported in time by the sentry, and compared with the map drawn earlier, Xun Zhen successfully avoided the enemy one after another, and quickly advanced to the ambush site.

At this time, if you look down from the night sky, you can see that on the surface of the south bank of Rushui, which is dozens of miles in length and width, Xun Zhen, a capable team of more than 600 cavalry, is like an arrow off the string. Ya, rushing non-stop to the mountains in the northwest, there were more than a dozen enemies around them chasing and blocking, but whenever it came to the critical moment, Xun Zhen was always able to avoid the enemies in front and then throw them off. On two occasions, he was almost blocked by the enemy in front of him, but in the end he avoided them by relying on timely intelligence and familiarity with the terrain. Luckily, I didn't fight the enemy along the way.

All the way, I traveled 20 miles in a hurry for two hours. When it was dawn, I saw the mountains in the distance. The mountains were continuous, green and dark green.

Xun Zhen sent someone to contact Xun You and Xi Zhicai in the mountains first, and then waited at the mountain pass. When he saw them coming, he stepped forward to report and said, "Xun and Xi have arrived at the ambush more than half an hour ago, and their soldiers They have eaten dry food and are resting."

Exploring cavalry came from all directions to report, and the overall situation, the enemy was chasing up, and there were many enemies in one place, a total of nearly 4,000 people. The nearest one is only two or three miles away from here, and the far one is seven or eight miles away.

Liu Deng, Jiang Qin, Chen Bao, Xin Ai, Xuan Kang and others gathered in front of Xun Zhen, waiting for his order.

After rushing for two hours, the soldiers were very tired, and they were sweating profusely. When they stopped, some of them threw down their weapons and sat on the ground gasping for breath. Some picked up the water bag and gulps water. Even the mounts that Xin Ai and the others rode were all sweaty and snorted.

Xun Zhen looked around in the blink of an eye, and could faintly see the figure of the enemy who was the first to chase, about four or five hundred people. The enemy's two brigades were more than a thousand people, and there were no four or five hundred people. This enemy should be a force formed by the gathering of the enemies patrolling the river.

Xun Zhen said in his heart: "The enemy's large group has not yet arrived. If they enter the mountain now, at most they can bring in the first four or five hundred enemies who are chasing after them. If you hear the call to kill in the mountains, you will definitely be surprised, and you may not enter the mountain." The best way is to eliminate this group of enemies outside the mountain, wait for the enemy's brigade to come, and then escape into the mountains, but after two hours of rapid marching, The soldiers are not physically strong. If they are entangled by the four or five hundred enemies because of their physical strength, they cannot retreat in time when the enemy's large army arrives, and the trick to lure the enemy will fail.

He made a decision and said in his heart: "In the past, Li Guang led a hundred cavalry to encounter thousands of Xiongnu cavalry, the soldiers were few, and they fled to death. The Art of War says: What is false is what is true, what is true is what is false, what is false is what is true, this is the essence of art of war. Now I can do it in the opposite way, and also use this strategy to make a soldier disarm and sit in front of the mountain. The four or five hundred enemies will definitely be suspicious and dare not enter, but with me, they will not give up and leave. After their large group arrives, I will take the soldiers sitting in front of the mountain to flee into the mountain in a hurry. , at that time, they will join forces and rely on the crowd. Seeing me fleeing, they will definitely think that I was just bluffing. In this way, they can be lured into the mountain."

Li Guang’s ordering the knights to dismount was a bluff and deceive the enemy, while Xun Zhen’s decision to bring some of his soldiers to sit in front of the mountain is pretending to be “bluffing”, to deter a small number of enemies first, and then deliberately let him after the enemy brigade arrives Seeing that he was bluffing to lure them into the mountains. Although it is the same tactic, it is against Li Guang's way.

Soldiers who, deception also. This is where the tragedies of the military are. The same strategy used in different environments may have the opposite effect.

After thinking about it, he ordered Liu Deng, Jiang Qin, Chen Bao, and Xin Ai to say: "Bo Qin, A Bao, you two should take people to the mountain to rest first. Yulang, you should lead a knight to ambush the side of the mountain. A Deng, take you The person who was trapped in the war was sitting on the mountain pass with me, resting on the ground."

Everyone takes orders.

Xun Zhen also ordered Chen Bao, Jiang Qin, and Xin Ai to say, "When the enemy arrives, and see my soldiers sitting on the mountain pass, I will be suspicious and dare not attack. When their group arrives, I will pretend to be If you are afraid, flee into the mountains and lead them in. When they come in, don’t attack them, just ambush them. After Gongda and Zhicai’s ambush troops rise, you can cover up and kill them from behind.”

The three agreed.

There are seven or eight less people in the inspection team, no matter how good the measures are, there will inevitably be people left behind. Needless to say, the life of the person left behind is difficult to save, and Xun Zhen has nothing to do about it.

Chen Bao and Jiang Qin were leading their troops into the mountain when the four or five hundred people who had arrived first arrived.

They saw from a distance that Xun Zhen's army was divided into two groups, one was heading for the mountain, and the other was about 200 people who disarmed and sat in front of the mountain.

Some of the young marshals in this team were overjoyed and said, "The thief Xun is fleeing into the mountains, and I can quickly attack him! Others, as Xun Zhen expected, were suspicious of this and stopped them and said, "If they flee, Is there any one left sitting in front of the mountain outside the mouth? Look at the person sitting at the front, who is well-armored and guarded by a gang of thieves. He should be the thief Xun. If he ran away, how could he leave behind? No, there must be something amiss! The guru has orders to be cautious in everything. I will wait and stop here to monitor it, and it will not be too late to attack when the brigade is all ready. "Sure enough, I didn't enter, I just watched from a distance.

The sun gradually rose, and the enemies came one after another. Seeing Xun Zhen and others like this, they were all surprised, and no one dared to enter.

Seeing that there were more and more enemies on the opposite side, more than 3,000 people, Xun Zhen thought: "The enemies who are besieging me should almost all come, and I can enter the mountain." Pretending to be afraid, she brought Liu Deng and Cheng Yan with him. When the two hundred soldiers stood up in confusion, they shouted and ran towards the mountain.

Among the more than 3,000 enemies, Qu Shuai and Xiao Shuai were all in front of the formation and were discussing. Seeing this situation, they were all overjoyed. One person shouted: "Yes, Xun Thief was surrounded by us on all sides and had nowhere to go, so just now, he made up his suspicions and bluffed to deter me from waiting. Now that we have all arrived, I feel guilty, because I went back again. Escape from the mountain! Let us strike him quickly, lest he escape from the back of the mountain!"

More than a dozen Qu Shuai and Xiao Shuai said, "Exactly!" They would lead troops to pursue them.

At this moment, Hao Miao said: "Xun thief is cunning. First of all, he made suspicions, and now he flees. It is too strange. We should not be careless. The master has an order: If you see any difference, you can report it quickly. Report to the master to know, obey his orders."

Hearing what he said, although some of the people were unwilling, they did not dare to disobey Bo Cai's order, but watched Xun Zhen enter the mountain and sent a flying horse to report to Bo Cai, waiting for his order.

Xun Zhen entered the mountain and looked back, but saw that the Yellow Turbans did not catch up, her heart sank, and she felt that something was wrong, she thought, "Sorry! Did they see through it?"

Hidden in the mountains and watching it from a distance, I saw two or three cavalry galloping out of the thousands of enemies and heading south. I guessed that they must be going to inform Bo Cai and He Man. , said in his heart: "Bo Cai hates me to the bone, and I think he won't watch me swagger away."

After waiting for half an hour, at noon, forty or fifty cavalrymen came with one person.

The person who came was Bo Cai.

Bo Cai came to the outside of the mountain, and he looked up at the endless peaks and mountains, facing each other, and the dense forests in the mountains made it impossible to know the truth. He hesitated again and again, and repeatedly asked Qu Shuai and Xiao Shuai who were present. Although he really didn't want to let Xun Zhen escape, he didn't dare to enter. , threw the whip down angrily, and said, "I won't kill Xun thief, I can't sleep and eat!"

Xun Zhen didn't know that it was Bo Cai who came, but from the crowd of Huangjinqu marshals, young marshals, and knights like stars holding the moon, she could see that the person who came was definitely not Bo Cai or He Man. , repeated the gesture, but never gave the order to enter the mountain. The governor of the heart stopped doing it. He sighed and said: "Forget it, this time to lure the enemy has failed." He said in his heart, "Although the Yellow Turban Army has suffered a losing streak, the military It's not that there are no talents in the middle!" Knowing that the Yellow Turban Army would not be fooled, he stood up, swaggered to the mountain pass again, smiled at Bo Cai from afar, and said obeisively, "If you work hard, we will send each other off. Farewell!" After speaking, he swaggered into the mountain again. Xin Ai and others rode out, galloping back and forth at the front of the mountain for a while, and after showing off his power, he also entered the mountain.

Bo Cai witnessed the arrogance of Xun Zhen, Xin Ai, etc., and he was lucky to miss the plan. The department entered the mountain, but he still didn't dare to see Xun Zhen's back in the mountains.

Xun Zhen went into the mountain, saw Xun You and Xi Zhicai, and talked about it. Xun You and Xi Zhicai even felt a pity, and Xuan Kang was also very sorry.

Bo Cai was unwilling to fall into the trap, and in order to prevent him from being surrounded by the back of the mountain, everyone immediately set off from the back of the mountain, crossed the river north to Jiadong, and returned to Xiangcheng.