It turned out that after Ma Su lost his village in Weishui, he gathered all his troops at Qipan Peak and prepared to fight to the death with his opponent.

Ma Su is not a fool. Zhuge Liang also knew this with his own considerations.

However, Ma Su's actions were equivalent to putting himself and his tens of thousands of soldiers in a desperate situation. In this way, there were only two results left. Either they persisted until the follow-up troops came to rescue them, and the inside and outside cooperated with each other to turn defeat into victory, or they could not hold on under the siege of the enemy and were wiped out. Therefore, this tactic can be said to be a very risky behavior.

During the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the 74th Independent Division of the Guoming Party, did this in Menglianggu, but ended in annihilation of the entire army. In fact, if he could hold on for even one more day at that time, the result would be different.

Zhang Lingfu was not a fool, he was also a famous general of the War of Resistance against Japan who had been through the battlefield for a long time. However, if the success was the king and the princes were defeated, he would be invaded. Just like many famous generals who took risks and failed in history, he was demoted to nothing after his defeat.

However, Zhuge Liang's original plan was not like this. With Zhuge Liang's character, he would never do such risky things. As the saying goes, Zhuge was cautious all his life.

Zhuge Liang's original plan was to guard the Qipan Peak, otherwise he would give up the Qipan Peak line, retreat to Chen Cang, join forces, and rely on Chen Cang's city and surrounding terrain to deal with the opponent.

But, Zhuge Liang's student has a completely different personality from Zhuge Liang. He did not obey Zhuge Liang's instructions and took such risky actions.

Zhuge Liang was worried and paced back and forth in the hall, very worried about Ma Su's situation.

He stopped and murmured to himself: "Raise your hand, the water source is the most important."

He immediately asked the messenger who came to deliver the letter: "Can the water source on the mountain be guaranteed?"

The messenger clasped his fists and said, "Reporting to the military, our army firmly controls the Yelugou next to Qipan Peak, and the water source is not a problem."

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he couldn't help but let go of half his heart and muttered: "If the water source can be guaranteed, Ma Su will rely on the steep mountains and rely on the combat effectiveness of our army to persevere."

He paused and told the messenger: "Go back and tell Ma Su that although his decision was completely different from my request, he was the commander of the front enemy. I respect his judgment and choice.

The key to this battle is in the wild donkey ditch, so he must be very careful! Mao Jie is definitely not an easy person to deal with him, so don’t be careless and underestimate the enemy!”

The messenger held his fists and agreed and left in a hurry.

Zhuge Liang was still quite uneasy and was pacing back and forth in the hall.

Gao Shun and Yan Liang saw Zhuge Liang like this, and didn't know what he was thinking, so they didn't say anything.

Early the next morning, just as Zhuge Liang was discussing military affairs with his generals, a scout hurried in and reported to Zhuge Liang: "Report to the military advisor, the enemy is cutting down trees again and making wooden rafts and bamboo rafts!"

Zhuge Liang frowned and immediately led everyone to the city wall and looked into the distance.

Sure enough, seeing the busy scenes of people on the opposite bank, Liu Bei's officers and soldiers were stepping up cutting down trees. At the same time, a simple but large-scale water village had been built on the river bank. The cut down trees were transported to the water village and tied into wooden rafts! Gao Shun couldn't help but say, "Are they using the same trick again?"

No wonder Gao Shun had this doubt, because the scene in front of him was no different from before.

Zhuge Liang frowned, feeling confused.

As the saying goes, Zhuge is only cautious in his life, and this sentence shows Zhuge Liang's character.

Therefore, when Zhuge Liang saw the scene in front of him, he first suspected that the other party was playing tricks of attacking others. At the same time, he felt that the other party might have judged that he would think so, so he deliberately did not cover up his real actions to disturb his judgment.

Zhuge Liang thought for a moment, but felt that just in case, he had to send additional scouts to monitor the movements on both sides of the upstream and downstream, and at the same time ordered the troops to be strongly guarded and ready to attack at any time.

Not long after, all the scouts sent for investigation in the upstream and downstream came back. There was actually Liu Bei's army movement on both sides of the upstream and downstream, and it was not covered up, and the scale seemed to be quite small.

Zhuge Liang paced back and forth in the hall, frowning tightly, and this phenomenon surprised him, the resourceful person.

He stopped and immediately ordered his army to send 20,000 troops, divided into two parts and went upstream and downstream to guard against enemy raids. At the same time, he ordered them to report any situation immediately.

Zhuge Liang did not dare to risk letting the enemy cross the Wei River, because his military strength was at an absolute disadvantage compared to his opponents, and Chencang's city could not be compared with those famous cities. The reason why he could block Liu Bei's army with few enemies was mainly because Chencang relied on the Wei River river. With this barrier, the Qin army could resist Liu Bei's army with few enemies. On the contrary, if this barrier was lost, the consequences would be unimaginable.

If the Wei River barrier is lost and tens of thousands of Qin troops are used to fight against nearly 200,000 Liu Bei troops, the result can be said to be without any suspense.

After sending 20,000 troops, Zhuge Liang did not dare to relax his vigilance against Chen Cang at all. At the same time, he also sent Gao Shun to lead 5,000 officers and soldiers out of the city to a small hill on the shore so that he could respond to possible raids from the enemy in a timely manner.

The Liu Bei army on the opposite side stopped after a busy day, and then the army made great efforts, as if it was about to force the Wei River to cross.

However, the battle on Chen Cang had not yet begun, but an urgent report came from the upstream direction. It turned out that the enemy general Liu Feng led the army to launch a surprise attack from the upstream. The battle was already fierce with the Qin army guarding the upstream. The battle was very fierce. Liu Bei's army continued to attack the Qin army's defense line one after another, and the Qin army, with only ten thousand people, was almost unable to resist it.

When Zhuge Liang received this news, he immediately determined that his opponent had implemented the previous strategy of attacking the east and the west, and immediately dispatched reinforcements to support the upstream.

As soon as the commander went downstairs, urgent reports came from the downstream. Tens of thousands of Liu Bei's army, led by General Zhang Ren, attacked the Heshen Temple in the lower reaches, and the Qin army had a very difficult time resisting it.

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but feel that the enemy launched a fierce attack in both upstream and downstream directions at the same time, as if he was using the same trick again, just to divide the limited power in his hands, and their lord's direction was still Chen Cang's front?

Zhuge Liang stood in the hall with a frown slightly, without saying anything, and fell into deep thought.

Everyone looked at each other, feeling a little puzzled, only to feel that the military situation is so hot, why is the military advisor so silent and not sending reinforcements immediately?

Yan Liang couldn't help but clasp his fists and said, "Military advisor,..." Zhuge Liang frowned and said with some emotion: "What a Pang Tong, you deserve to be Feng Chu. After this experiment, I was in chaos and didn't know what to do!"

When everyone heard this, they felt confused.

Zhuge Liang said firmly: "Tell the troops to retreat to Chen Cang immediately!"

Everyone was surprised, and Yan Liang couldn't help but clasp his fists and said, "Military advisors, all retreat into Chen Cang, wouldn't they bow to the Wei River?"

Zhuge Liang said: "The enemy has set up a huge trap. If the Wei River is not given up, the consequences will be even more serious! At this moment, we can only give up!"

Then he ordered his subordinates to pass on the order.

Liu Bei immediately looked at the north bank on the hills on the south bank, and suddenly saw the entire Qin army stationed on the hills on the north bank on the rivers on the north bank retreating into Chen Cang.

He couldn't help but be surprised and asked Pang Tong: "Shi Yuan, look at the enemy troops on the mountain, why have all retreated to the city?"

Pang Tong looked at the scene on the other side, frowned, then sighed, and murmured: "Kong Ming is really brilliant! It seems that he has seen through my plans!..." Liu Bei was shocked and asked hurriedly: "Is Shi Yuan saying that Zhuge Liang has seen through our plans again?"

Pang Tong was stunned for a while, came to his senses, and immediately clasped his fists at Liu Bei and said, "Lord, don't worry. If the subordinates expected it is not bad, the Qin army in both upstream and downstream directions are also retreating towards Chen Cang."

Liu Bei asked in confusion: "Why is this?"

Pang Tong sighed and said, "This strategy set by his subordinates is foolproof. No matter how the opponent responds, it is impossible to defend the Wei River. As long as you successfully cross the river in one direction, you can encircle and annihilate the enemy's army outside the city, and then seize the city in one fell swoop.

But unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang gave up so simply, which made his subordinates' intentions not fully realize.

....

But the Weishui River is already the only thing in our army’s pocket.”

While speaking, the scout came to report: "Report to the lord, the Qin army in both the upstream and downstream directions have retreated, and the vanguards of Liu Feng and Zhang Ren, the two generals, have successfully crossed the river."

Liu Bei couldn't help but exclaim to Pang Tong: "It's true as the military advisor expected!"

Pang Tong smiled bitterly, looked unhappy, and clasped his fists at Liu Bei and said, "Lord, our army can cross the river."

Liu Bei nodded and immediately gave the order.

The sound of trumpets and drums sounded loudly, and teams of Liu Bei soldiers boarded the wooden raft and lined up to the other side.

Without any resistance, the vanguard troops had already landed, and then the subsequent troops crossed the Wei River one after another.

One day later, three armies met under Chencang City and surrounded Chencang from three directions.

Given Zhuge Liang's wisdom and the combat power of the Qin army, Liu Bei did not dare to siege the city rashly, but ordered the army to take a break and rush to make siege equipment under the city, and prepared to launch a full-scale attack on Chen Cang the next morning.

That night, almost all the officers and soldiers of Liu Bei's army fell asleep, and the entire camp was silent.

Liu Bei was still standing in front of the map, looking at the map and thinking about the current situation.

At this moment, Pang Tong came in from outside, glanced at Liu Bei's back, walked forward, clasped his fists and said, "Lord!..." Liu Bei turned around, and saw Pang Tong, a smile suddenly appeared on his face, and said, "Is it Shi Yuan?"

Pang Tong presented a bamboo slip and said, "There is good news. Our people have heard that Cao Pi has assembled a large army on the bank of the Yellow River, and is confronting the Qin army."

Liu Bei was overjoyed and hurried over to take the bamboo slips and opened them to take a look.
Chapter completed!