Lu Bu: My wife comes from two thousand years later

Yinping Bridgehead is the only way for Guanghan's vassal state to reach Baishui Pass. Liu Bei stationed 3,000 soldiers and horses here. On the day when the defending general Liu Gui received Qiang Duan's request for help, he sent 2,000 people to rescue through the Baishui River Valley Avenue. However, the Konghan Valley that Ma Chao took was another small road. This was the route that Jiang Wei used in history to lure the tiger away from the mountain and trick Zhuge Xu into abandoning the defense of the bridgehead.

This Konghan Valley was not a secret passage, and Liu Gui also knew about it. The reason why he dared to send reinforcements was because he never expected that Qiang Duan, the coward, would surrender without any resistance after sending people to ask for help. He also did not expect that Ma Chao would lead his men to attack the bridgehead without even taking a breath.

Of course, to be on the safe side, Liu Qi had his men keeping an eye on the movements at the bridgehead while he was marching. As long as the enemy dared to come from the small path, he would immediately turn around and attack the army together with the garrison at the bridgehead.

Liu Gui's approach and judgment were actually not wrong. According to the time when Guanghan's vassal states sent troops to ask for help, if the other party wanted to reach the bridgehead via a small path in just a few days, they must have sent light cavalry and there would not be too many people. Even if he did not turn back to attack from both sides, it would be impossible for such a small number of people to break through the defenses at the bridgehead.

According to normal people's thinking, the garrison at the bridgehead was tricked out, and the light cavalry that launched the sneak attack must have taken the opportunity to go to the next pass. However, Liu Gui's real opponent this time was Zhang Mo. Her fighting style has always been different from others. She is best at reverse thinking. Moreover, with the intelligence provided by Zhang Fan, knowing the specific number of the opponent's garrisons in various places, how could she let a mere one thousand people attack the pass with the same number of defenders?

The reason why Ma Chao asked Qiang Duan whether to resist or not was that he really wanted him to resist and then send people to Qiaotou to ask for help, so as to achieve Zhang Mo's goal of luring the tiger away from the mountain. However, her real purpose in luring the tiger out was not to occupy the mountain like Jiang Wei in history, but to kill the tiger.

Therefore, Ma Chao's small number of men were not used to break through the pass. The initial order he received was to take a shortcut to block Liu Gui's retreat. On the day he arrived at the bridgehead, he immediately turned around and took the main road that Liu Gui's team took to return to Yinping City. At this time, Liu Gui had already walked more than half of the distance and knew that Yinping City had been breached. He made a prompt decision to turn around and go back. Not long after, he ran into Ma Chao who was blocking his retreat.

Liu Qi was frightened for a moment, but when he saw that the enemy had only a thousand men, his panicked mind calmed down. He was about to order a charge when scouts from the rear reported that another five thousand soldiers were rushing towards them from Yinping City.

He can bully the minority with his superior numbers and rely on his numbers to bully the small group. Only a fool would fight him fairly. The two thousand men of Liu Gui were attacked from both sides by Ma Chao and Ma Dai, and were completely wiped out.

After the big tiger was eliminated, the three or two small tigers left in the bridgehead were not to be feared at all. Ma Chao's 10,000 troops plus the 3,000 Di soldiers reorganized in Yinping broke through the bridgehead in less than an hour.

"The battle was so smooth along the way. In just a few days, our army conquered two checkpoints without any effort. Princess, you are so smart!" Standing at the Yinping Bridge, Ma Dai said with excitement and admiration.

Compared to Ma Dai who was surprised by everything, Ma Chao, who had suffered losses at the hands of Zhang Mo before, had a nonchalant expression. That woman was so smart that she was almost a demon. Anyone who went against her would have a bad ending.

This war seemed to have accidental factors in it, but the final result was actually doomed when she implemented this plan, because whether Qiangduan surrendered or not was not within her consideration at all. Her original plan was to surround the point and attack the reinforcements, leaving some people to block Yinping City and destroy Liu Gui's reinforcements first. So no matter what decision Qiangduan made, Liu Gui would definitely die, and the bridgehead would inevitably be captured.

As for Liu Qi's question, when he heard about the plan, he asked, what if the enemy didn't send troops? Her answer was that the enemy would definitely send troops to rescue Yinping. The reason was simple. Liu Bei had just occupied Yizhou and the people were not yet fully convinced. If they did not help, when the Tang army was really at the gates, more people would open the city and surrender.

Although Liu Qi was originally a general of Liu Fan, there were still Liu Bei's confidants in Qiaotou City. Even if he did not rescue them, his confidants would lead troops to rescue them.

The last reason for victory was that the troops were dispatched too quickly this time. When the bridgehead was breached, perhaps Baishui Pass had just received the news, so there was no need to worry about the Shu army coming to support the bridgehead.

After listening to Ma Chao's analysis, Ma Dai was convinced and said, "She is indeed extremely intelligent, almost like a demon. Every step is within her plan, without a single mistake. The key is that she has never been here before, yet she knows the terrain like the back of her hand, even the Konghan Trail. It was really not a shame that my uncle was defeated by her back then."

Ma Chao habitually curled his lips, trying to express disdain, but the corners of his mouth just moved and then returned to normal, then sighed, "Yes, I am convinced!"

If he were in charge of this battle, even if he thought of luring the tiger away from the mountain, he would definitely go to occupy the mountain. The result would probably be that he would not be able to occupy the mountain, but would be bitten by the tiger instead.

"Where should we attack next?" Ma Dai asked.

"I've already sent the eagle to deliver the news here to the princess. Stay at the bridgehead and wait for instructions!"

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Outside Yangping Pass, Zhang Mo glanced at the letter sent by Ma Chao and said, "Tell him to leave 3,000 men to guard the bridgehead and send 10,000 men to Baishui Pass to break through the pass with Yan Xing. Keep an eye on the movement at the pass. Zhang Fei is at the pass!"

Wang Yi wrote down her instructions and went out to deliver the message.

Ma Chao had reached the bridgehead so quickly that Zhang He, still blocked outside Yangping Pass, couldn't help but feel anxious. He couldn't help but ask again, "Princess, have you thought of a way to break through the pass these days?"

Zhang Mo shook her head, "There's no other way, just wait a little longer!"

The current Yangping Pass is no longer a simple pass wall or a mountain stronghold built by Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. In addition to being surrounded by mountains on three sides, it is also the confluence of the Ju River, a tributary of the Han River on the north bank. In addition to the mountain stronghold built by Zhang Lu's brother Zhang Wei on the surrounding highlands, Liu Bei also has camps to the north of the Han River and to the east of the Ju River.

In other words, the current Yangping Pass is not just a wall, but a general term for a series of defensive projects guarding the western end of the Hanzhong Basin.

The Shu army's defense line is backed by Yangping Mountain in the north, faces Han River in the south, and is supported by the north-south Ju River. The terrain is narrow and the attack surface is limited. It can only accommodate one or two thousand people for a frontal attack at a time. Under such conditions, even if Zhang Mo is really a god, he will not be able to capture this pass for a while.

She knew the situation here before coming, so she sent two other groups to advance from Tangluo Road and Ziwu Road. If nothing unexpected happens, Taishi Ci's group from Ziwu Road will be intercepted by Liu Bei who will return to Hanzhong after receiving the news, and a fierce battle will ensue. She hopes for Liu Xiong's 3,000 men, or a breakthrough at Baishui Pass.