Chapter 93 Chapter 92: Zhao Zilong Defeats Five Generals Zhuge Liang and Outwits Three Cities

But it is said that Kong Ming led his troops to Mianyang and passed Ma Chao's tomb. He ordered his younger brother Ma Dai to pay tribute to him, and Kong Ming personally sacrificed to him.After the sacrifice, go back to the stronghold and discuss how to enter the army.Suddenly, the whistle horse reported: Cao Rui, the Lord of Wei, sent his son-in-law, Xia Houmao, to transfer the army and horses from all the routes in Guanzhong to resist the enemy.Wei Yan went to the account to offer advice and said: Xia Houmao is a child of Gaoliang, cowardly and unscrupulous.Yan wished to get 5,000 elite soldiers, take the road out of Baozhong, follow the east of the Qinling Mountains, and go north at the Ziwu Valley. In less than ten days, they can reach Chang'an.If Xia Houmao heard that someone had arrived suddenly, he would definitely abandon the city and look at the Hengmen Mansion and go away.However, a certain person came from the east, and the prime minister could drive the soldiers and horses into the inclined valley: in this way, the west of Xianyang can be settled in one fell swoop.Kongming said with a smile: "This is not a perfect plan: You deceive the Central Plains. There are no good people. If someone speaks out and intercepts and kills them with soldiers in the remote mountains, not only 5,000 people will be killed, but it will also hurt their spirits."Never use it.Wei Yan said again: "The prime minister's soldiers marched from the main road, and he will use all the soldiers in Guanzhong to meet the enemy on the road: it will last for a long time, when will we win the Central Plains?"Kongming said: "I took the flat road from Longyou and marched according to the law. Why worry about it?"So Wei Yan's plan was not used.Wei Yan was displeased.Kong Ming sent Zhao Yun to join the army.

But it is said that Xia Houmao gathered all the troops and horses in Chang'an.At that time, Han De, a general of Xiliang, who was good at using a big ax to open mountains and had the courage to be unduly courageous, led 80,000 soldiers from all the roads of the Western Qiang to come;De has four sons, all of whom are proficient in martial arts and are excellent at bow and horse: the eldest son Han Ying, the second son Han Yao, the third son Han Qiong, and the fourth son Han Qi.Han De took his four sons and 80,000 Western Qiang soldiers, took the road to Fengming Mountain, and encountered Shu soldiers.Two rounds against each other.Han De went out, and his four sons were on both sides.De scolded sharply and said, "thief against the country, how dare you violate my realm!"Zhao Yun was furious, raised his gun and rode his horse, fighting Han De alone.The eldest son, Han Ying, jumped on his horse to meet him; he was shot by Zhao Yun and died under the horse.Seeing him, the second son, Han Yao, rode his horse and brandished a sword to fight.Zhao Yun showed off his former tiger power and braced himself for the battle.Yao couldn't resist.The third son, Han Qiong, rushed to attack Fang Tianji with a sudden horse.Yun is not afraid at all, and his marksmanship is not chaotic.The fourth son, Han Qi, saw that his second brother was still fighting against the clouds, so he also rode his horse and brandished two sun and moon knives, and surrounded Zhao Yun.Yun fights against the three generals alone in the center.When she was young, Han Qi was shot and fell off the horse.The generals in the Han formation rushed out to rescue them.Yun dragged his gun and left.Han Qiong presses the halberd, grabs the bow and arrows and shoots them: three arrows in a row are all shot down by Yun with the gun.Qiong was furious, and she still rushed forward with Fang Tianji on her horse; but she was shot in the face by Yun Yi's arrow, and she fell off her horse and died.Han Yao rode his horse and raised his sword to chop Zhao Yun.Yun abandoned the spear on the ground, flashed the sword, captured Han Yao alive and returned to the battle, and then rode his horse back to kill him with the gun.Seeing that the four sons were all lost by Zhao Yun's hands, Han De went into the battle first, his liver and gallbladder were cracked.The soldiers in Xiliang knew Zhao Yun's name all along, but now seeing him as brave as before, who would dare to confront him?Zhao Yun single-handedly fought with each other, as if entering the land of no one.Later generations have a poem praising it:

Recalling the past in Changshan, Zhao Zilong made great achievements at the age of 70.Du Zhu Si will rush to the battle in the future, just like the savior of Dangyang. Seeing Zhao Yun's victory, Deng Zhi led the Shu soldiers to cover up the attack, and the Xiliang soldiers were defeated and left.Han Dexian was captured by Zhao Yun, abandoned his armor and fled on foot.Yun and Deng Zhi withdrew their troops and returned to the village.Zhihe said: "The general is seventy years old, and he is as brave as yesterday."It is rare in the world to kill four generals before the battle today!Yun said: "The prime minister thinks I'm old and I don't want to use it, so I talk to myself."So he sent people to solve Han Yao and declare Jieshu to reach Kongming.

But he said that Han De led the defeated army back to Xia Houmao and cried about it.Mao Zi commanded troops to meet Zhao Yun.Tan Ma reported to Shuzhai, saying that Xia Houmao had led the troops.On the cloud, horses and guns were drawn, and more than a thousand troops were attracted, and they formed a formation in front of Fengming mountain.That day Xia Houmao wore a golden helmet, sat on a white horse, and carried a machete, standing under the gate flag.Seeing Zhao Yun jumping on a horse and holding a gun, galloping back and forth, he wanted to fight himself.Han De said: "The one who killed my four sons, why not report it!"Zong Malun opened the mountain with a big axe, and took Zhao Yun straight.Yun Fen came to meet him with a gun in anger; the battle was not good, the gun came up, stabbed Han De to death under the horse, and hurriedly pulled the horse to go straight to Xia Houmao.Mu hurriedly flashed into the formation.Deng Zhi drove his troops to cover up the killing, and the Wei soldiers retreated for a while, retreating more than ten li to the village.Ma Lianye discussed with all the generals and said: "I have heard Zhao Yun's name for a long time, but I have never met him; today I am old and the hero is still alive, so I believe in the matter of Dangyang Changban."It seems that no one is invincible, so what can I do?Cheng Wu, the son of Cheng Yu who joined the army, also said: "It is expected that Zhao Yun is brave but not resourceful, so there is nothing to worry about."In the future, the governor would lead his troops out again, and lay down the two armies on the left and right first; the governor retreated before the battle, and lured Zhao Yun to the ambush;Mao followed his words and sent Dong Xi to lead 30,000 troops to the left, and Xue Ze to lead 30,000 troops to the right: the ambush has been decided.

The next day, Xia Houmao reorganized the golden drum flags and led his troops forward.Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi went out to meet them.Zhi immediately called Zhao Yun and said: "Wei soldiers were defeated last night and left. If they come back today, there must be fraud. The old general is on guard against it."Zilong said: "It's not enough to measure this milky child!"I will be captured today!Then he leaped out.Pan Sui, the general of Wei, went out to meet him, but if the battle failed, he pulled his horse and left.Zhao Yun rushed, and the eight members of Wei's formation would come to meet him.Let Xia Houmao go first, and the eight generals will run one after another.Zhao Yun took advantage of the momentum to pursue and kill, Deng Zhi led the troops to follow up.Zhao Yun went deep into the ground, only to hear loud shouts from all sides.Deng Zhi hurriedly withdrew his army and retreated. Dong Xi was on the left and Xue Ze was on the right.Deng Zhi has few soldiers and cannot be rescued.Zhao Yun was trapped in Gaixin, rushing eastward and westward, and Wei's soldiers became thicker and thicker.Shi Yun's subordinates had more than a thousand men, and they went down the hillside, only to see Xia Houmao commanding the three armies on the hill.When Zhao Yun casts east, he looks to the east, and when he casts to the west, he looks to the west: Therefore, Zhao Yun cannot break out of the siege, but leads his troops to kill up the mountain.In the middle of the mountain, Leimu and Shishi will come down, so they can't go up the mountain.Zhao Yun was killed from Chenshi to Youshi, and couldn't get away, so he had to dismount and rest for a while, and wait for the moon to fight again.But just took off his armor and sat down, the moonlight came out, and suddenly the flames burst into the sky, the sound of drums was loud, and the arrows and stones rained like rain. When Wei soldiers arrived, they all shouted: "Zhao Yun has come down early!"Yun hurried on his horse to meet the enemy.The army and horses from all sides are gradually approaching, and the crossbow arrows from all directions are in such a hurry that none of the people and horses can move forward.Yun Yangtian sighed and said, "I don't obey my old age, so I died here!"Suddenly there was a loud shout from the northeast corner, and Wei soldiers ran wildly: a Biao army came, and the leading general held an eight-point steel spear, and a human head hung under his horse's collar.It is Zhang Bao who sees it in the cloud.When Bao met Zhao Yun, he said: "The prime minister is afraid that the old general will make a mistake, so he sent a special order to lead five thousand soldiers to meet him."Hearing that the old general was trapped, he fought through the siege.When he met Xue Ze, the general of Wei, blocking the way, he was killed by a certain person.Yun was overjoyed, and he and Zhang Bao rushed out of the northwest corner.I saw Wei soldiers abandoning their swords and running: a Biao army shouted from outside and rushed in. The leading general held the Yanyue dragon knife and held the head in his hand.It is Guan Xing who sees it in the cloud.Xing said: "At the order of the prime minister, I was afraid that the old general would make mistakes, so I specially invited five thousand soldiers to come to meet him."But I met Wei general Dong Xi on the battlefield, and I beheaded him with a single knife, and the owl's head is here.The prime minister then arrived.Yun said: "The two generals have made great achievements. Why don't you take advantage of today to capture Xia Houmao to make a big deal?"Hearing this, Zhang Bao led his troops away.Xing said, "I'll do the work too."Then he also led his troops.Looking back at the left and right, Yun said: "The two of them are my son's niece, and they are still competing to be the first to do meritorious service; I am a general of the country and an old minister of the court, so why not such a child?"I should give up my old life to repay the kindness of the late emperor!So he led troops to capture Xia Houmao.That night, the three routes attacked and defeated the Wei army for a while.Deng Zhi led his troops to meet him, and the corpses were scattered all over the field, and the blood flowed like a river.Xia Houmao was a man of no plans, and he was still young, and had never fought before. Seeing the chaos in the army, he led more than a hundred generals under his tent to look at Nan'an County and leave.Seeing that there was no master, all the troops fled.The two generals Xing and Bao, who heard that Xiahou Mawang had gone to Nan'an County, came here overnight.Mao walked into the city, ordered the gates to be closed tightly, and drove troops to defend.Xing and Bao arrived and surrounded the city; Zhao Yun also arrived later: attack from three sides.Deng Zhi also led troops here when he was young.Surrounded for ten days in a row, but could not attack.Suddenly, it was reported that the prime minister's army lived in Mianyang, the left army stationed in Yangping, and the right army stationed in Shicheng, and the Chinese army came here.Zhao Yun, Deng Zhi, Guan Xing, and Zhang Bao all came to ask Kong Ming, saying that they could not attack the city for days.

Kong Ming then took a small car to the edge of the city to look around, and then went back to the village to raise his tent and sit down.All the generals stand around to listen to the order.Kong Ming said: "The trenches in this county are deep and steep, and it is not easy to attack."My business is not in this city, if you wait for a long time to attack, if the Wei soldiers part ways to take Hanzhong, our army will be in danger.Deng Zhi said: "Xia Houmao is Wei's son-in-law. If you capture this man, you will be able to kill a hundred generals."Now trapped here, how can we abandon it?Kongming said: "I have my own plan. This place is connected to Tianshui County in the west and Anding County in the north: who are the two prefects?"The detective replied: Ma Zun, the prefect of Tianshui, and Cui Liang, the prefect of Anding.Kong Ming was overjoyed, but he called Wei Yan to be tricked, so and so; he also called Guan Xing and Zhang Bao to be tricked, so and so;The generals took orders and led the troops away.Kongming, however, was outside Nan'an City, ordering the army to transport firewood and pile it under the city, saying that he burned the city.When Wei Bing heard about it, they all laughed without fear.

But Cui Liang, the prefect of Anding, heard that Shu soldiers surrounded Nan'an and trapped Xia Houmao in the city. He was very frightened and ordered about 4000 troops to guard the city.Suddenly, I saw a person coming from the south, claiming that there was a secret.Cui Liang called in to ask him, and he replied: "Someone is Pei Xu, a confidant general under the governor's account of Xiahou."Today, under the order of the governor general, I am here to ask for help in the two counties of Tianshui and Anding.Nan'an is in a hurry. Every day, the city is set on fire as a sign, and it is dedicated to the second counties to rescue the soldiers, but they don't see it;If the governor sees the soldiers from the two counties arriving, he will open the city gate to meet them.Liang said: "Is there any document from the governor?"Xutie meat was taken out, and it was soaked in sweat; after a brief look, he hurriedly ordered his men to change horses, and then went out of the city to look at Tianshui.Not two days later, another report arrived, telling the prefect of Tianshui that he had sent troops to rescue Nan'an, and taught An Ding to respond early.Cui Liang discussed with the government officials.Duoguan said: "If you don't go to rescue, you will lose Nan'an and send Xiahou's son-in-law, and it will be the crime of our two counties: you have to save him."Forgive me to set up the troops and leave the city, leaving only the civil servants to guard the city.Cui Liang raised his troops to march towards Nan'an Road, and saw the flames in the distance, and urged his troops to advance in the starry night.There are still more than fifty miles away from Nan'an, and suddenly there is a loud shout from the front and back, and the sentry horse reports: Guan Xing in front stopped the way, and Zhang Bao came behind him!Anding's soldiers fled in all directions.Forgive me for being shocked, so I led more than a hundred of my men to the small road to fight to the death and escape, and then ran back to Anding.Fang arrived at the edge of the moat, and arrows shot down from the city.Shu general Wei Yan shouted on the city: I have taken the city!Why not drop early?It turned out that Wei Yan pretended to be the An Ding army, and Kui Ye made money to open the city gate, and all the Shu soldiers entered: thus An Ding was obtained.

Cui Liang hurried to Tianshui County.After less than a journey, a Biao army in front opened up.Under the big banner, a man with a shawl and feather fan, a Taoist robe and a crane cloak, sat upright in the car.Forgive me, it's Kong Ming, who hurriedly dialed back the horse and left.Guan Xing and Zhang Bao's soldiers chased after them, and they only called: "Surrender early!"Cui Liang saw that there were Shu soldiers on all sides, so he surrendered as a last resort and returned to Dazhai together.Kong Ming treats each other as a guest.Kongming said: "Is the prefect of Nan'an friendly with your step?"Liang said: "This man is Yang Ling, the younger brother of Yang Fu's family; he has a very close relationship with a neighboring county.Kong Ming said: "If you want to bother to enter the city with one step, is it possible to say that Yang Ling captured Xia Houmao?"Liang said: "If the prime minister orders someone to go, you can temporarily withdraw the army and horses, and let someone enter the city to talk about it."Kongming followed his words and sent an order at that time to teach the troops and horses on all sides to retreat 20 li and go down to the village.Cui Liang rode his horse to the edge of the city and called to open the city gate, entered the mansion, finished the ceremony with Yang Ling, and talked about it in detail.Mausoleum said: "We have received the great kindness of Lord Wei, how can we bear to carry it?"You can follow the plan.So he led Cui Liang to Xia Houmao's place, and prepared to explain it in detail.Mao said: "What plan should I use?"Yang Ling said: "I only pushed someone to sacrifice the gate of the city to earn Shu soldiers to enter, but I killed him in the city."

Cui Liang went out of the city to meet Kong Ming and said, "Yang Ling offered the city gate, and the enlarged army entered the city to capture Xia Houmao."Yang Ling wanted to catch himself, but because he didn't have many warriors, he didn't dare to move lightly.Kongming said: "This matter is very easy: today there are more than a hundred soldiers who have surrendered under one foot, and they have hidden Shu generals in the interior, disguised as stable horses, and brought them into the city. They first fell under Xiahoumao's mansion; Open the gate of the city, and the inside should be combined with the outside.Cui Liang thought to himself: If you don't take the Shu general with you, I'm afraid Kong Ming will be suspicious.And bring it in, cut it inside first, use the fire as a sign, and earn Kong Ming to come in and kill it, that's okay.So agree.Kong Ming asked: "I sent my cronies Guan Xing and Zhang Bao to go first with my feet, and only pushed the rescue army into the city, with the heart of Anxia Houmao; but if I raise the fire, I will go into the city to capture them myself."At dusk, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao received Kong Ming's secret plan, put on horses, each armed with weapons, and joined the Anding army. They followed Cui Liang to the city of Nan'an.Yang Ling propped up the hanging board on the city, leaned on the guardrail, and asked, "Where are the horses?"Cui Liang said: "An Ding rescue army has come."Forgive me first to shoot an arrow into the city, with a secret letter on the arrow saying: "Now Zhuge Liang sent two generals to lie down in the city, and they wanted to cooperate with the inside and the outside; and don't be alarmed, lest the strategy will be leaked."Waiting to enter the palace in the picture.Yang Ling met Xia Houmao with the book and talked about it in detail.Mao said: "However, Zhuge Liang has the plan, and he can teach more than a hundred men with swords and axes to fall in the mansion."For example, the second general followed Cui Taishou to the mansion, dismounted, and killed him behind closed doors; but he set fire to the city to lure Zhuge Liang into the city.The ambush soldiers come out together, and Liang can be captured.After the arrangement was completed, Yang Ling returned to the city and said: "It's a stable army horse, and it can be put into the city."Guan Xing and Cui Liang went first, followed by Zhang Bao.Yang Ling went down to the city and greeted him at the gate.Xing raised his sword and fell, beheading Yang Ling under his horse.Cui Liang was startled, and hurried away with his horse.When he reached the suspension bridge, Zhang Bao yelled, "Don't leave, thief!"How can you hide your tricks from the prime minister!Take a gun in your hand and stab Cui Liang under the horse.Guan Xing arrived at the city early and raised a fire.Shu soldiers rushed in from all sides.Xia Houmao was caught off guard, opened the south gate and rushed out.A Biao army stopped him: the leading general was Wang Ping; only one horse was handed over, and Xia Houmao was captured alive on the horse, and the rest were killed.

Kong Ming entered Nan'an and summoned the soldiers and civilians, but Qiu did not commit any crimes.All the generals will contribute their own merits.Kongming imprisoned Xia Houmao in the car.Deng Zhi asked, "how did the prime minister know Cui Liang was deceitful?"Kongming said: "I know that this person has no intention of letting go, and deliberately made him enter the city."He will tell Xia Houmao to his heart's content, and he will do what he wants to do.When I saw the situation, I knew it was deceitful, so I sent the two generals to go with me again to stabilize my heart.If this person has a sincere heart, he will definitely resist it; if he goes with him with confidence, I'm afraid I will be suspicious.He expected the two generals to go together, earning money into the city and killing them before it was too late; he also gave our army confidence to march forward with confidence.I have secretly instructed the two generals to draw a picture of the city gate.There must be no preparations in the city, and our army will arrive later: this is unexpected.All the generals will worship.Kongming said: "Whoever earns Cui Liang, I will make my confidants pretend to be Wei general Pei Xuye."I went to earn Tianshui County again, but I haven't arrived yet, for some reason.Now you can take advantage of the situation.Instead, Wu Yi was left to guard Nan'an, Liu Yan was guarded by An Ding, and Wei Yan's army was replaced to take Tianshui County.

But Ma Zun, the prefect of Tianshui County, heard that Xia Houmao was trapped in Nan'an City, so he gathered civil and military officials to discuss.Gong Cao Liang Xu, master book Yin Shang, master record Liang Qian, etc. said: Xiahou's son-in-law is a golden branch and jade leaf. If there is danger, it is impossible to escape the crime of sitting on the sidelines.Why don't the eunuchs raise all their troops to save him?While Ma Zunzheng was in doubt, suddenly Xiahou's son-in-law sent his confidants to bring Pei Xu to him.Xu entered the mansion, took the official document and handed it to Ma Zun, saying: "The governor asks for peace and the soldiers of Tianshui counties to rescue them at night."After saying that, he left in a hurry.The next day, another report arrived, saying: "The An Ding soldiers have gone first, and the prefect is in a hurry to meet up."Ma Zunzheng was about to raise an army, when a man came in from the outside and said: "The prefect is Zhuge Liang's plan!"Everyone looked at him as a native of Tianshui Ji: his surname was Jiang, his name was Wei, and his courtesy name was Bo Yue.His father's name is Jiong. In the past, he was a meritorious Cao in Tianshui County. Because of the chaos of the Qiang people, he was not in the king's affairs.Wei has read a lot of books since he was a child, and he knows everything about military art and martial arts. He is filial to his mother and respected by the county people;On that day, Jiang Wei called Ma Zun and said: I recently heard that Zhuge Liang defeated Xia Houmao and was trapped in Nan'an.Moreover, Pei Xu is an unnamed general, and has never been seen; Kuang Anding reported to the horse, and there is no official document: From this point of view, this person is a general of Shu who pretended to be a general of Wei.Earning the prefect to go out of the city, it is expected that there will be no preparations in the city, and an army must lie in ambush near the left, taking advantage of the emptiness and taking Tianshui.Ma Zun Dawu said: If it is not what Bo Yue said, then he will be caught in a treacherous scheme!Wei smiled and said: "Don't worry, the eunuch: I have a plan to capture Zhuge Liang and solve the crisis in Nan'an."It's exactly: strategy meets strong opponents again, and wits meets unexpected people.I don't know how to plan it, let's see the breakdown below. ① Gaoliang Zidi Gao, fatty meat; Liang, good grain.Jiaoliang children refer to the children of rich and noble families.