Chapter 95: Planning is up to others

After Zhou Yang escaped from the shooting range of the Shu army, he finally returned to the camp safely with the rear army coming to help.

Sima Yi, Pang De and others quickly helped him into the tent, bandage him and checked for arrow injuries.

This is the worst injury Zhou Yang has suffered since the battle with Ding Xiao.

Three arrows were shot in a row by iron arrows, one of which even penetrated the abdomen. Fortunately, it did not hurt the internal organs, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

However, the blood vessels were hit and caused excessive bleeding and almost fell into shock.

If Zhou Yang had not had his extraordinary physical condition, he would have definitely died at this time.

"What kind of bow formation is so powerful?" Pang De said with a blood arrow in confusion.

"Zhuge Crossbow." Zhou Yang said in a trembling voice.

"Stop talking." Sima Yi's face was so worried that he was so handsome that he almost shed tears when he was worried.

"Zhongda is not worried, I'm fine." Zhou Yang smiled with relief, "Sure enough, I still underestimate Zhuge Liang too much."

"Prime Minister Zhou can recover his life this time, it can be considered a disaster." Pang De sighed, "But your mount is not that lucky."

"What?" Zhou Yang forced himself to sit up halfway and asked anxiously, "What's wrong with the Red Rabbit Horse?"

The soldiers who were following behind described that when Zhou Yang was caught in an arrow, the Red Rabbit Horse had already been shot several arrows, but he had to breathe his last breath and carried him back.

It’s a pity that just after returning to the tent, this loyal red rabbit horse could no longer hold on and fell to the ground forever.

Zhou Yang's heart was as cunning as a knife, and he closed his eyes deeply.

Sima Yi tightly held his hand and said, "It's good that people are fine. The Red Rabbit Horse is worthy of his mission. He has completed the last journey of his life."

Zhou Yang asked in a deep voice: "This failure means that Zhang He's proposal is correct."

Sima Yi also said: "We do underestimate Zhuge Liang too much, but there is still room for recovery. At least my brother is back alive. This is probably something Zhuge Liang expected."

Zhou Yang tightly squeezed the wound on his body and said, "What should I do next?"

Sima Yi said: "No matter what, you must not spread your brother's injuries. General Pang De first looked at the soldiers these days. After his brother got better, he would come out to calm the army. As long as the main general is still there, everything is possible."

Zhou Yang nodded and said, "I have to do this."

During this period, the Shu army continued to come and take the lead.

The soldiers stationed on various hills were already very frustrated and were eager to win a victory.

As a result, he was defeated and even Zhou Yang almost died in the battlefield.

Zhou Yang could not imagine what would happen to the army when he was hiding in the tent to recover from his injuries.

However, Sima Yi believed that it was just enough to take advantage of this period of time to study the methods to deal with Zhuge Lianbi.

According to Zhou Yang's description, this Zhuge Liang crossbow is also called the Yuanrong crossbow. It can fire ten arrows at a time. It has strong firepower, but its size and weight are too large, so it cannot be used by individual soldiers. It is mainly used to defend cities and camps.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang was placed in the rear army and waited for Zhou Yang to fight back and shoot back when he rushed over.

"If one or two crossbows can be seized as samples, maybe we can imitate this kind of crossbow." Sima Yi said with a broken arrow.

In this era of war, new types of weapons can often play a crucial role.

If Zhou Yang had not been different from ordinary people's physique and skills, he would have become a lonely ghost on the battlefield at this time.

Sima Yi is right, but unfortunately, let alone seize one or two crossbows as samples, it is not easy to win a battle.

However, just as Zhou Yang and Sima Yi were in deep thought, soldiers outside the tent came to report that the Shu army suddenly had something strange.

It turns out that there has been no movement for most half a month since the Wei army fought a defeat.

Therefore, the Shu army still came to the mountain to insult and scold them many times as if it were.

Until the last few days, the number of times the Shu army came to pick the bank has increased, but the number of people coming came was smaller and smaller at a time.

"Not good." Sima Yi said suddenly, "Zhuge Liang actually planned to withdraw his troops."

"How is that possible?" Zhou Yang couldn't help but say, "Now the Shu army is in a state of great momentum. Although the other party has shortage of food and grass, there should be no problem if it takes another month or two. The key is whether we can hold on for so long."

"If the troops were not withdrawn, why would the number of people coming to pick the shore be fewer and fewer?" Sima Yi analyzed, "With the current military strength of the Shu army, there is no shortage of these soldiers, all they lack is the military rations for long-term battle with our army."

"Is it a trick to lure the enemy?" Zhou Yang guessed.

"Whether it is to lure the enemy or withdraw the troops, we can just send additional marquises to reconnaissance." Sima Yi suggested.

A few days later, the reward of the attendant was indeed as Sima Yi expected. Not only did the Shu army come to pick up the shore every time, but even the camp retreated hundreds of miles without realizing it.

If it is a trick to lure the enemy, it is impossible to retreat so far.

Just as the arrow wound on Zhou Yang's body was almost healed, he decisively put on armor and led the army to pursue him.

The Wei army, whose morale was extremely low, was full of energy when they heard the news of the retreat of the Shu army.

This not only means a victory, but also means that the confrontation between the two sides is about to end.

When Zhou Yang led his troops into the Shu army camp, there were indeed less than two thousand people defending and easily took over the Shu army camp.

However, he and Sima Yi couldn't figure out why Zhuge Liang suddenly withdrew his troops.

In any case, the two of them never gave up this great opportunity and immediately transferred Zhang He and others from behind.

When Zhang He's army arrived, he was also puzzled by the retreat of the Shu army and believed that the Shu army withdrew its troops for no reason, rather than being killed by the Wei army, so he would not flee in a panic.

If you pursue it under such circumstances, you will most likely be hit by an ambush set up by Zhuge Liang.

Zhou Yangyao pointed ahead and said, "As long as you pass the wooden doorway, you can directly occupy Tielang Mountain and relieve the danger of Qishan. From then on, the Shu army will find it difficult for us to enter the Wei realm. Why is the general timid for such a once-and-for-all matter?"

Zhang He said: "Mumendao is the most dangerous place in the world. Not to mention that Zhuge Liang is good at using troops, as long as anyone who has fought a war understands this principle. In that kind of place, you only need to set up a thousand archers, which will make it difficult for tens of thousands of troops to pass through."

Zhou Yang said angrily: "Does the general mean that the original minister has never fought a war? The original minister followed Emperor Wu and destroyed Yuan Shu, Lu Bu and Liu Bei, where was the general? When the battle of Guandu, where was the general?"

Zhang He was sore, and a trace of helplessness flashed across his eyes, saying, "Prime Minister Zhou misunderstood what I mean. The last general just thought that Zhuge Liang suddenly withdrew such a huge army, and it was absolutely impossible for him to leave the army that would be cut off from behind..."

Zhou Yang immediately interrupted: "After enough, the general was already afraid of the enemy and refused to fight. He had to retreat to defend the back town. I personally led the troops to fight with the Shu army in blood, but you hid in Lucheng to sleep. Now that the Shu army is retreating, we finally have the chance to capture Zhuge Liang alive, but you have to block it. Could it be that after many battles with Zhuge Liang, you actually planned to cooperate with the enemy and sell the country?"

Zhang He was so ashamed that he was talking about it that he looked increasingly ugly.

In fact, Zhou Yang felt uncomfortable. When he said these words, even he felt very shameless, but he still had to do so. Finally, he stubbornly sucked his head again and said firmly: "Eliminate the country's strong enemy Zhuge Liang in this way. In any case, he will see people and corpses alive. If he cannot carry Zhuge Liang's head or capture him alive, just carry your own head to see him or if the general intends to disobey the military order, he will definitely not be ruthless."

Zhang He was speechless and bowed his hands to retreat.

On the same day, the number one general in the late Wei Kingdom finally gathered the light cavalry of its headquarters and quickly went to pursue the Shu army.

Zhou Yang looked at the soldiers who were about to ruin their lives in the wooden doorway, and felt mixed emotions and couldn't help but say to Sima Yi: "If one day I suddenly don't want to continue like this and plan to give up all this, will you stay and continue to fight against the imperial power?"

Sima Yi replied directly without thinking, "I have said before that no matter what choice my brother makes, whether it is advance or retreat, or whether it is right or wrong, I will always support you, and always be by my brother's side, and will never change, and will never."

Zhou Yang murmured to himself: "Forever? Didn't that change history?"

Sima Yi smiled and said, "Actually, everyone involved in politics in the world has always been changing history? If there were no Emperor Gaozu of Han, how could there be a Han Dynasty? If there were no Emperor Wu, how could there be the Wei Kingdom today? Aren't they all changing history?"

Zhou Yang suddenly said, "You are right."

A few days later, Zhang He was finally chasing Shu army to Mumen.

The two sides fought, Zhuge Liang was lying on Gao Bu, and his bow and crossbow were fired. Zhang He was shot into the right knee by a flying arrow and was tragically killed.

At the same time, we also learned that the real reason why the Shu army withdrew was that Li Yan, the Zhongdu guardian who was responsible for Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, held back the Shu army because he was not able to transport food.

"This person is also in charge of the Prime Minister's Office, and is Liu Bei's orphanage minister like Zhuge Liang." Pang De replied, "I didn't expect that Zhuge Liang would be put on the same position at the critical moment."

"When we went to clear the battlefield after General Zhang He's death," Ren Hao said, "I found traces of Shu army march everywhere nearby. It turned out that Zhuge Liang had already made arrangements and planned to continue to drag our main force while sending surprise troops around Lucheng and directly recapture Shangqi, leaving our army with no way forward."

"If so, we will be trapped to death in Lucheng." Zhou Yang took a breath.

"Zhuge Liang cleverly arranged everything, and calculated that his brother and General Zhang He had different opinions, but he could not calculate that his relationship with Li Yan was the same." Sima Yi sighed and said with a wry smile, "It can be said that planning is up to others, and success is up to God."

"Now even God is helping us." Pang De continued, "Even if the Shu army retreated, he finally got rid of Zhang He's serious trouble."

"Take Zhuge crossbows on the battlefield and study it carefully." Zhou Yang no longer wanted to mention the name Zhang He, "Return to Luoyang."...

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