But the generals heard that Kongming did not pursue the Wei soldiers, and all went into the tent to say, "The Wei soldiers were so rainy that they could not camp, so they went back and took advantage of the situation to chase them. How could the Prime Minister not chase them?" Kongming said, "Sima Yi is good at using troops. Now the army retreats will have ambush. If I pursue them, I will follow the plan. It is better to let him go far away, but I will divide my troops out of the slanting valley and take Qishan, so that the Wei people will not be wary of it." The generals said, "There is another way to take Chang'an; the Prime Minister only takes Qishan, why?" Kongming said, "Qishan is the head of Chang'an: if there are soldiers coming, you must pass through this place; and even the previous

He was near Weibin, and leaned on the Xigu, left and right. He could ambush the troops, so he used the land of martial arts. Therefore, I wanted to take this first to gain the advantage of the territory." All the generals were worshipped. Kong Ming ordered Wei Yan, Zhang Yi, Du Qiong, and Chen Shi to go out of Jigu; Ma Dai, Wang Ping, Zhang Yi, and Ma Zhong to go out of Xiegu: they all met in Qishan. After the allocation was settled, Kong Ming raised his army and ordered Guan Xing and Liao Hua to be the vanguard, and then advanced. However, Cao Zhen and Sima Yi and others supervised their troops and ordered the army to visit the ancient road of Chencang, and reported that the Shu soldiers did not come. After another ten days, the ambushed generals returned, saying that the Shu soldiers were not in full swing.

Zhen said, "The continuous autumn rain, the plank road was cut off, how could the people of Shu know that we retreated?" Yi said, "The Shu soldiers came out later." Zhen said, "How can I know it?" Yi said, "The Shu soldiers did not drive away for several days. I thought I had ambushed soldiers, so I let my soldiers go away. When my soldiers passed, he took the Qishan Mountains." Cao Zhen did not believe. Yi said, "How can Zidan not believe? I predict that Kongming must come from two valleys. I and Zidan each guarded the mouth of a valley for ten days. If there were no Shu soldiers coming, I would wear red powder on my face and dressed in women's clothes to come to the camp to condemn my crime." Zhen said, "If Shu soldiers come, I would like to enforce the sky.

I gave you a jade belt and a horse with you." Then I divided my troops into two groups: Zhen led the troops to the entrance of the Xigu in the west of Qishan; Yi led the troops to the entrance of Jigu in the east of Qishan. Each of them had finished their retreat. Yi first led a soldier to the valley; the rest of the troops to set up camp on the important roads. Yi changed his clothes and mixed them in the entire army, and looked at each camp. Suddenly, a side general looked up at the sky and complained, "When it was rained a lot, he refused to go back; now he stopped here again, and forced to play a bet, but the official army would not suffer!" Yi heard this, returned to the camp and promoted the tent, gathered all the generals to the tent, and took out the future.

Yi scolded him and said, "The court has raised its troops for a thousand days, and it is used for a moment. How dare you complain? To be arrogant!" The man did not call on him. Yi called out his companions to testify, and the general could not deny it. Yi said, "I am not a gambling game; if you want to defeat the Shu army, you will be able to return to the court with merits. You will complain and blame yourself!" He ordered the warrior to push him out and behead him. After a moment, he presented his head to the tent. All the generals were frightened. Yi said, "You and other generals should do their best to prevent the Shu army. Listen to the sound of the cannons in the middle of the army, and advance from all sides." The generals were ordered to retreat.

But the four generals of Wei Yan, Zhang Yi, Chen Shi, and Du Qiong led 20,000 troops to take Jigu and advance. While they were on the way, they suddenly reported that the staff officer Deng Zhi came. The four generals asked about the reason. Zhi said, "The Prime Minister has an order: If you leave Jigu, beware of the Wei soldiers ambushing, and you should not advance lightly." Chen Shi said, "How is the Prime Minister suspicious of using troops? I think the Wei soldiers were destroyed in heavy rain and their clothes and armor were destroyed, so they would definitely return urgently. How can I ambush again? Now that my soldiers are moving forward with multiple roads, I can win a great victory. How can I teach you to go out again?" Zhi said, "The Prime Minister has made all plans and plans are successful. How dare you disobey the order?"

Shi laughed and said, "If the Prime Minister is too resourceful, he will not be able to make mistakes in Jieting!" Wei Yan remembered that Kong Ming did not listen to his plan to the sun, and also said, "If the Prime Minister listens to my words, go straight out of Ziwu Valley, don't talk about Chang'an at this time, even Luoyang will be able to get! Now I am determined to go out of Qishan. What's the use of it? Since I ordered the troops to advance, I will teach you to go back to advance. Why is the order unclear?" Shi said, "I have five thousand soldiers, go straight out of Jigu, and go straight to Qishan to come to the camp in Qishan first, and see that the Prime Minister is not ashamed!" Zhi repeatedly stopped him, but Shi just refused to listen and led five thousand soldiers out of Jigu. Deng Zhi had to fly to Kong Ming.

However, Chen Shi led his troops for a few miles, and suddenly heard a cannon sound, and all the ambushed soldiers on all sides came out. When Shi retreated quickly, the Wei soldiers were stuffed into the mouth of the valley, surrounding the iron barrels. Shi rushed left and right, and could not escape. Suddenly, he heard the shouts and a big shock. A big army rushed in. It was Wei Yan. After saving Chen Shi, he returned to the valley, only four or five hundred injured soldiers were left. The Wei soldiers rushed over, but Du Qiong and Zhang Yi led the troops to respond, and the Wei soldiers retreated. Chen and Wei were both convinced that Kong Ming had seen it first and regretted it.

Let’s talk about Deng Zhi’s return to Kong Ming and said that Wei Yan was so rude. Kong Ming smiled and said, “Wei Yan has always been in a rebellious way. I know that the opponent always has the intention of being unfair. I pity his courage and use it. It will cause harm in the long run.” In the right words, the meteor horse suddenly reported, saying that Chen Shi had broken more than 4,000 people, only four or five hundred injured people and horses, and was stationed in the valley. Kong Ming ordered Deng Zhi to come to Jigu again to comfort Chen Shi to prevent changes. On the other hand, Wang Ping said, “If there are Wei soldiers guarding the Xigu, you and the two of them lead their troops across the mountains and ridges, and they will go to the left of Qishan at night and raise fire as a call.” He also called Ma Zhong, and Zhang Yi said, “You are also following a remote path in the mountains, hiding at night, walking at night, going out to the right of Qishan, raising fire as a call, and joining Ma Dai and Wang Ping to rob Cao Zhen’s camp. Since I attacked him from three sides of the valley, the Wei soldiers can be broken.”

The four of them took the order and led their troops away. Kong Ming called Guan Xing again, and Liao Hua said, "That's it." The two of them took secret plans and led their troops away. Kong Ming led their elite troops to go over the road. During the right journey, he called Wu Ban again. Wu Yi taught them secret plans and led his troops to go first.

However, Cao Zhen did not believe that Shu soldiers came, so he was negligent and ordered the soldiers to rest. He only waited for ten days and was about to shame Sima Yi. After seven days of guarding, someone suddenly reported that some small Shu soldiers came out in the valley. Zhen ordered the deputy general Qin Liang to lead five thousand soldiers to provoke, and did not allow Shu soldiers to approach the boundary. Qin Liang took the order and just led the troops to the entrance of the valley. When the Shu soldiers retreated, Liang quickly led the troops to come. He walked fifty or sixty miles, but did not see the Shu soldiers. He was puzzled and taught the soldiers to go down.

The horse exclaimed. Suddenly, the horse reported: "There are Shu soldiers in front of us. "When Liang got on the horse, he saw dust rising in the mountains and urgently ordered the soldiers to be wary. At a moment, the four-walled roars were shouting loudly: Wu Ban in front, Wu Yi led his troops out, Guan Xing behind him, Liao Hua led his troops to come. There was no way around the mountains on the left and right. Shu soldiers on the mountain shouted: "Those who dismounted and surrendered will not die!" Most of the Wei soldiers surrendered. Qin Liang fought to the death and was killed by Liao Hua with one knife.

Kong Ming detained the surrendered soldiers in the rear army, but put the Wei soldiers in garments and armor and 5,000 Shu soldiers in disguise and pretended to be Wei soldiers, and ordered the four generals of Guan Xing, Liao Hua, Wu Ban and Wu Yi to lead them and rushed straight to Cao Zhen's village. The first order reported to Ma to enter the village and said, "There are only some small Shu soldiers who have rushed there." I was very happy. Suddenly, the Sima Governor sent a confidant to the people who came to the army. Zhen called in to ask him. The man said, "Now the Governor used ambushing scheme to kill more than 4,000 Shu soldiers. Sima Governor greeted the general and taught him that he would be careful to prepare.

." Zhen said, "I don't have a Shu army here." So he sent people back. Suddenly, Qin Liang led his troops back. Zhen came out of the tent to welcome him. When he arrived at the camp, the two fires started to rise. Zhen rushed back to the camp and looked at him. When Zhen rushed back to the camp, the four generals Guan Xing, Liao Hua, Wu Ban and Wu Yi were commanding the Shu army and came in front of the camp. Ma Dai and Wang Ping came from behind. Ma Zhong and Zhang Yi also led the troops to kill. The Wei army was caught off guard and escaped. The generals protect Cao Zhen and walked away from the east, and the Shu soldiers came from behind.

Cao Zhen ran away, and suddenly shouted loudly, and a army of Biao arrived. Zhen was frightened and looked at it. It was Sima Yi. Yi fought a big battle and the Shu soldiers retreated. Zhen was so ashamed that he was ashamed. Yi said, "Zhuge Liang seized the terrain of Qishan. We should not live here for a long time. We should go to Weibin to set up camp and make good plans." Zhen said, "How could Zhongda know that I was defeated?" Yi said, "I saw the visitor report that Zidan said that there was no Shu soldiers. I expected Kong Ming and dark to rob the camp, so I knew it, so I responded to each other. Now I am trapped in the plan. Don't talk about gambling and only serve the country with one heart." Cao Zhen was very frightened, became sick and bedridden. The troops stationed in Weibin. Yi was afraid that the army would be in chaos and dared not teach Zhen to lead the army.

However, Kong Ming drove the soldiers and went to Qishan again. After the labor force was completed, Wei Yan, Chen Shi, Du Qiong and Zhang Yi entered the tent to sue him. Kong Ming said, "Who lost the army?" Yan said, "Chen Shi did not obey the orders, sneaked into the valley, and was defeated." Shi said, "Wei Yan taught me to do this." Kong Ming said, "He saved you, you will win him back! The orders have been violated, so there is no need to say it cleverly!" He immediately ordered the warrior to push Chen Shi to kill him. After a moment, he hung his head in front of the tent to show the generals. At this time, Kong Ming did not kill Wei Yan, and wanted to keep him as a future use.

After Kong Ming had killed Chen Shi, he was discussing the advance of the army. Suddenly, he reported that Cao Zhen was ill and could not get up. He was now in the camp for treatment. Kong Ming was very happy and said to the generals, "If Cao Zhen was mild, he would return to Chang'an. Now that the Wei soldiers did not retreat, they would be seriously ill, so they stayed in the army to calm the hearts of the people. I wrote a book to teach Qin Liang's surrendered soldiers to Cao Zhen. If Zhen saw them, he would die!" So he called the surrendered soldiers to the tent and asked, "You are all Wei soldiers, and your parents and wives are mostly in the Central Plains, so it is not advisable to live in Shu for a long time. Let you go home now, what?" The soldiers cried and cried.

Thank you. Kong Ming said, "Cao Zidan has an appointment with me; I have a book that you bring back and send to Zidan, and you will definitely receive a reward." The Wei army led the book and rushed back to our village, presenting Kong Ming's book to Cao Zhen. Zhen helped him get sick and opened it and looked at it. The book said, "The Prime Minister of Han and Zhuge Liang of Wuxiang, wrote a letter to the Grand Marshal Cao Zidan: I personally say that a general can go, go, be soft, and be strong; advance, and be weak and strong. It is as unmovable as mountains, as unpredictable as yin and yang; infinite as heaven and earth, as fulfilling as Taicang; vast as the four seas, as dazzling as three lights.

To predict the drought and floods of astronomy, first know the peace and prosperity of geography; to observe the situation of the formation, and to understand the strengths of the enemy. Alas, you have no descendants to go up to the sky; to help usurp the tides of the country, and to proclaim the emperor in Luoyang; to run away the remaining soldiers in the slanting valley, and to suffer from rain in Chencang; to be trapped in the water and land, and the people are rampant; to throw away the swords and guns in the suburbs, and to abandon the swords and guns all over the ground; the governor's heart is broken and his courage is broken, the general runs away while the wolf is busy! He Yan enters the hall of the prime minister's mansion without a face! Historians record with his pen and record with the people, and spreads it with the mouths of the people: Zhongda is vigilant when he hears the formation, and Zidan is in a hurry to look at the wind!

Our army was strong and the horse was strong. The general was strong and the tiger was strong. He swept the Qin River to Pyongyang and turned the Wei Kingdom into a desert!” After seeing it, Cao Zhen filled his chest with hatred. At night, he died in the army. Sima Yi used military vehicles to carry people to Luoyang for burial.

When the Wei Lord heard that Cao Zhen was dead, he issued an edict to urge Sima Yi to fight. Yi Tied his army to fight Kong Ming, and issued a letter of war the next day. Kong Ming said to the generals, "Cao Zhen will die." He then reiterated the "combat tomorrow", and the envoy left. That night Kong Ming taught Jiang Wei to take a secret plan: go like this; he also called Guan Xing to pay: like this.

The next day, Kong Ming started all the troops from Qishan to Weibin: on one side is a river and on the other side is a mountain, and the central plain is a wilderness, a good battlefield!

The two armies met each other and shot the horns with bows and arrows. After the three-way drums, Sima Yi came out at the gate of the Wei formation, and the generals came out. Kong Ming sat upright on a four-wheeled carriage, shaking his feather fan. Yi said, "My lord is the master of the law, Yao, Chan Shun. According to legend, the two emperors were in charge of the Central Plains and tolerate the two kingdoms of Rushu and Wu, and my lord is magnanimous, kind and kind, afraid of hurting the people. You are a farmer in Nanyang, who does not know the number of days, and they must invade each other. It is appropriate to destroy them! If you are worried and correct your mistakes, you should return early and guard the borders to form a tripod to avoid the disaster. You all have a life!" Kong Ming smiled and said, "I was entrusted by the former emperor. How could I not devote myself to fighting the thief? Your Cao family was soon destroyed by the Han Dynasty.

Your grandfather was all Han ministers. He was not willing to repay the Han family. He did not want to repay the consequences and helped usurp the rebellion. Wouldn't he be ashamed?" Yi said with shame: "I will fight you with a male and female! If you can win, I will not be a general! If you were defeated, you would have returned to your hometown early, and I would not harm you."

Kong Ming said, "Do you want to fight against generals? Fighting soldiers? Fighting formation?" Yi said, "Fighting formation first?" Kong Ming said, "Let's set up the formation first. I went to the central army tent, held the yellow flag in his hand and rushed to the brigade. The left and right troops moved, forming a formation. Then he got on the horse and asked, "Do you know my formation?" Kong Ming smiled and said, "The last general in my army can also set it up. This is the Hunyuan Qi array." Yi said, "Let's set up the formation." Kong Ming entered the formation, shook his feather fan, and then came out of the formation, asking, "Do you know my formation?" Yi said, "Measure."

How can I not recognize this Bagua Formation?" Kong Ming said, "If you know it, you dare to hit my formation?" Yi said, "Since you know it, how can you not hit me!" Kong Ming said, "Just just call me." Sima Yi returned to the formation and called Dai Ling, Zhang Hu, and Le Xi, and said, "Now the formation that Kong Ming set up, press Xiu, Sheng, injured, Du, Jing, died, and was shocked, and opened the eight gates. You and the three of you can enter from Zhengdong Shengmen, kill to the southwest Xiumen, and then open the gate from Zhengbei to enter: This formation can be broken. Please be careful!"

So Dai Ling was in the middle, Zhang Hu was in front, and Le Jin was in the back, each led thirty cavalry and rushed in from Shengmen. The two armies shouted to help. The three men rushed into the Shu formation, but the formation was like a city, and they could not conflict. The three men led the cavalry around and rushed to the southwest, but were shot by the Shu soldiers and could not conflict. The formation was stacked and there were gates, and there were east, west, south and north? The three generals could not take care of each other, just bumped around, but saw the clouds and misty mist. Where the shouts started, the Wei army was tied up and sent to the central army.

Kong Ming sat in the tent, and the left and right generals Zhang Hu, Dai Ling, Le Jing and ninety soldiers were tied to the tent. Kong Ming smiled and said, "Even if I capture you, it's not surprising! I let you go back to see Sima Yi, teach him to read military books and observe the battle strategy again, and then it's not too late to decide the male and female. Since your life is spared, you should leave behind military weapons and horses." Then he took off everyone's clothes, smeared ink, and walked out of the formation.

Sima Yi was furious when he saw this and looked back at the generals, saying, "How can you see the ministers of the Central Plains in such a frustrated spirit?" He then commanded the three armies and rushed to death to plunder the formation. Yi drew his sword in his hand, and led more than a hundred brave generals to urge him to charge him.

The two armies had just met, and suddenly the drums and horns behind the formation were roaring, and the shouts were shocked. Yi Biao's army came from the southwest, which was Guan Xing. Yi divided the rear army and urged the army to fight forward. Suddenly, the Wei army was in chaos: it turned out that Jiang Wei led Yi Biao's army to come quietly, and the Shu army attacked in three groups.

Yi was shocked and hurriedly retreated. The Shu soldiers arrived around him, and Yi led the three armies to Wangnan and attacked desperately. The Wei soldiers were injured by six or seven. Sima Yi retreated to the south bank of Weibin and stood in the camp and could not leave.

Kong Ming received victorious troops. When he returned to Qishan, Li Yan, Yong'an City, sent the commander Gou'an to deliver grain and rice, and went to the army to deliver it. Gou'an was so kind that he was neglected on the road and violated the limit for ten days. Kong Ming was furious and said, "Our army's specialist regards grain as a major matter. After three days of mistake, he should be executed! You have been wronged for ten days now, what is the reason?" He ordered him to be executed. Chief Secretary Yang Yi said, "Gou'an was hired by Li Yan, and he also had a lot of money and grain in Xichuan. If this person was killed, no one dared to send grain later." Kong Ming then ordered the warrior to tie him up and put him on his bridle and put him on eighty sticks. Gou'an was blamed and he held a grudge in his heart. He led his relatives to follow five or six cavalry overnight and rushed to Weizhai to surrender. Yi called in and Gou'an to tell the previous story. Yi said, "Although this is the case, Kong Ming is very resourceful, and it is hard to believe. You can do a great contribution for me. I will report to the emperor at that time to protect the emperor.

You are the general." An said, "If there is anything, you should serve me immediately." Yi said, "You can go back to Chengdu to spread rumors, saying that Kong Ming had the intention of resenting his superiors, and sooner or later, and ask your master to call him the emperor, so that he would call Kong Ming back: This is your merit." Gou An promised, and went straight back to Chengdu. When he saw the eunuch, he spread rumors, saying that Kong Ming would rely on his great achievements, and would sooner or later usurp the country. The eunuch was shocked and went inside to report to the emperor and talked about the previous events. The late master was surprised and said, "What can you do if you do this? The eunuch said, "You can return to Chengdu and cut off his military power to avoid rebellion." The late master issued an edict and announced Kongming to return to the court. Jiang Wan came out to report, saying, "Since the Prime Minister has made great achievements, why did you pronounce him?" The late master said, "I have some secret matters and must discuss them with the prime minister." He immediately sent an envoy to deliver an edict to the night of Kongming.

The mission went straight to the Qishan camp. Kong Ming was in. After receiving the imperial edict, he sighed to the sky and said, "The master is young, and there must be a slander at his side! I am trying to make achievements, why do I get it back? If I don't go back, I will deceive the master. If I retreat under the order, I will be rare to get this opportunity in the future." Jiang Wei asked, "If the army retreats, Sima Yi takes advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, what should I do?" Kong Ming said, "I retreat now, and you can retreat in five ways. Today, I will retreat first. If there are 1,000 soldiers in the camp, but two thousand stoves will be dug, three thousand stoves will be dug tomorrow, and four thousand stoves will be dug every day: retreat every day, and add stoves will be added." Yang Yi said, "In the past, Sun Bin captured Pang Hua and won the victory by adding troops to reduce stoves. Now the Prime Minister retreated, why did he increase stoves?"

Kong Ming said: "Sima Yi is good at using troops. He knows that my troops retreat, and he will definitely chase after him. He is suspected of having an ambush in his heart, so he is determined to spend several stoves in the old camp. Seeing that the soldiers are increasing the stove every day, but the soldiers do not know whether to retreat or not, they are doubtful and dare not pursue him. I retreat slowly and there is no danger of losing the troops." So he ordered the retreating army.

However, Sima Yi thought that the plan was enough to stop, and he only waited for the Shu soldiers to retreat, and they all blocked the killing. While he was hesitating, he suddenly reported that the Shu camp was empty and all the people and horses were gone. Because Kong Ming was very resourceful, he did not dare to chase him lightly, so he led more than a hundred cavalry to come to the Shu camp to check the stove, and he taught the soldiers to count the stoves, but he still returned to the camp. The next day, he taught the soldiers to arrive in the camp and check the number of stoves. The return said: "The stove in this camp is one more point than before." Sima Yi said to the generals:

"I think Kongming is very resourceful. Now if I have added troops and stoves, if I pursue them, I will definitely follow their plans. It is better to retreat and make good plans." So I returned to the army and refused to pursue them. Kongming did not break a single person and looked for Chengdu. Later, the natives of Chuankou came to report to Sima Yi, saying that when Kongming withdrew his troops, he did not see any additional troops, but only saw the stoves. Yi looked up to the sky and sighed, "Kongming followed Yu Xu's method and concealed me! I was not as good as his strategy!" So he led the army back to Luoyang.
Chapter completed!