Chapter 1862: interlocking
Chapter 1862: Linked to each other
Chapter 1860: Linked to each other
After the rain and the sky cleared, Zhuge Liang also showed a confident smile. The weather was exactly as he expected.
"General Longqe, lead your army out of the city immediately and join our army outside the city."
Hearing this, Long Qie was stunned. Is there an army outside the city? Aren’t they all lurking on the front line of Yuyang?
"Military advisor, didn't you divide the army into two and let Yue Xi and Su Xian lead an army each to block the way to Yuyang? Where are we from?"
"Yes, the total number of our troops is thirty thousand. In addition to the twenty thousand troops and the three thousand five hundred people in the city, don't we still have six thousand five hundred men?"
“Uh, this…”
Long Qie was stunned immediately. He thought that the main army was in Yuexi and Su Xianna, but he didn't expect that Zhuge Liang actually left 6,500 troops in addition to the 20,000 troops he sent.
“Sir, why did you leave these troops behind?”
Long Qie asked puzzledly, after all, there were only more than 6,000 people, so it wouldn’t have much effect, right?
"Liang ordered these 6,500 troops to pretend to be the main force of our army and provide cover for the hidden army. Otherwise, how could you think Cheng Bushi could have left so happily?"
"I see."
Long Qie showed a look of surprise, and now he finally understood the strategist's intention.
While the military advisor asked him to lead 3,500 soldiers to capture Tuyin City lightly and use flying pigeons to send messages to lure Cheng Bushi back, he also calculated the time of rainfall accurately, so even if Cheng Bushi returned, he would still be affected by the heavy rain. Because of this, the city could not be attacked.
Cheng Bushi waited for a day of rain and made up his mind to attack the city despite the rain. However, precisely because of the delay, his 6,500-strong army disguised as the main force and Gongsun Xuanyuan's 10,000-strong army were already approaching. The city is in ruins.
Cheng Bushi, who did not know the true strength of the enemy's army, had no choice but to flee back to Yuyang County with his army if he did not want to be attacked by the three armies inside and outside the city. Otherwise, under attack from three sides, the Han army would only end up being annihilated.
Cheng Bushi wisely led the army to retreat, but what he didn't know was that Zhuge Liang had already set up an ambush on the road to Yuyang, and also set up ambushes on both roads. No matter which way Cheng Bushi took, They will all surely fall into the trap.
Thinking of this, Long Qie was suddenly shocked. After all, Zhuge Liang had been right under his nose all along. He clearly didn't see what Zhuge Liang had done, but he actually made so many arrangements unknowingly.
These arrangements are interlocking and mutually reinforcing. Any error in any link may lead to the overall failure. However, Zhuge Liang calculated every step just right, and there was no error in any link from beginning to end.
Diverting the Liao army into Youbeiping was the beginning of Zhuge Liang's layout, but Cheng Bushi had already fallen into a trap when he led the army out of the city. After that, the fate of him and the Han army was no longer in his hands.
With this thought, Long Qie suddenly took a breath of cold air. He had always thought that the unfathomable Zhang Liang was the most powerful wise man in the world, but now it seems that Zhuge Kongming is not inferior.
Can't afford to offend, can't afford to offend.
“General Longqie?”
Seeing that Long Qie was dazed, Zhuge Liang immediately reminded him, which also woke Long Qie up.
“Huh? Oh, the general will lead the army out of the city right now.”
Long Qie clasped his fists and accepted the order and left, while Zhuge Liang walked up to Ye Qingmei, clasped his fists and said: "I would also like to ask Miss Ye to write a handwritten letter asking General Gongsun to lead the attack and cooperate with our army to pursue Cheng Wushi, Liang, thank you very much ”
At this time, Ye Qingmei has woken up from her nymphomaniac state. She has experienced countless Korean dramas in later generations. What kind of handsome man has she not seen? Although Zhuge Liang is indeed very handsome, it is not enough to make her addicted. The point where I can't extricate myself.
But the Prime Minister is really handsome. Unfortunately, he is already married and has children. By the way, isn't Zhuge Liang's son named Zhuge Zhan? Why is he called Zhuge Qiao now? Ye Qingmei thought to herself. What Ye Qingmei didn't know was that Zhuge Qiao in the original history was actually Zhuge Liang's son, but he was not his biological son, but was adopted by Zhuge Jin from Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang worked hard for half his life but never had an heir, so Zhuge Jin adopted his second son Zhuge Qiao and gave him to Zhuge Liang as his son.
Zhuge Liang regarded Zhuge Qiao as his own son and was deeply afraid that he would become a mediocre person, so he disciplined him very strictly. Although Zhuge Qiao was indeed very talented, it was a pity that he died young at the age of twenty-five.
In this life, Zhuge Liang married Huang Rong. Both the couple were in good health and energetic, and they gave birth to children early. However, Zhuge Liang still named his eldest son Zhuge Qiao.
"Mr. Zhuge, please wait a moment. The little girl will write a letter right now."
Ye Qingmei smiled and then left in a hurry, without any ladylike attitude. Zhuge Liang was dumbfounded.
Looking at Ye Qingmei's leaving back, Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan lightly and said to himself with a smile: "This Miss Ye is really... special. My lord will probably like it, right?"
Zhuge Liang and other three military advisers have been thinking of ways to conquer the Liao army. In the end, the three of them unanimously came to the conclusion that marriage was the way to do it.
The Liao army was at the end of its rope and had no other choice but to surrender to the Qin army. However, Gongsun Xuanyuan was a proud man and it was impossible for him to surrender to anyone on his own initiative.
Therefore, if Qin and Gongsun marry and become one family, Gongsun Xuanyuan's resistance will not be so great. After all, can surrendering to his brother-in-law be called surrender? That's called helping one's own family.
As far as Zhuge Liang knows, the only women in the Gongsun family who are most suitable for marriage are Gongsun Li, Gongsun Xuanyuan's sister, Ye Qingmei, Gongsun Zan's sister, and Gongsun Lu'e, sister of Gongsun Zan.
Among the three girls, Gongsun Li's identity is the most suitable, while Ye Qingmei is the most famous and is also suitable for marriage, so Gongsun Li and Ye Qingmei are both on the list of marriages.
"Ye Qingmei, if my lord likes her, then marry her with Gongsun Li. If you don't, then marry only Gongsun Li." Zhuge Liang thought to himself.
Qin Hao was only given two places for his marriage to the Hebei family, but now he is given two places for his marriage to the Gongsun family, which shows the importance of Gongsun Xuanyuan in the hearts of Zhuge Liang and others.
Let’s put it this way, once Gongsun Xuanyuan joins the Qin army, the land of Youzhou will basically be as stable as Mount Tai.
Long Qie led 3,500 light cavalry out of the city, and after joining the 6,500 troops more than ten miles outside the city, the total number of the entire army reached 10,000, but Cheng Bushi's army was further away from them.
“Brother…general.”
Long Yang was originally going to call him brother, but after seeing the look in Long Qie's eyes, he quickly changed his name to general and asked, "If we chase him now, can we still catch him?"
“This should be possible, right?”
Long Qie said with some uncertainty. He also couldn't understand Zhuge Liang's intention.
Since an ambush has been set up on the road ahead, why let him lead the pursuit?
After Long Qie and Long Yang's troops met up, Cheng Bushi had already run further, and it was unlikely that he would be able to catch up now.
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