In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang was blessed by Liu Bei's "Three Gu Maolu" and went out of the mountains to serve as Liu Bei's military master. At this time, he was only 26 years old. Moreover, Liu Bei only had 3,000 soldiers and horses, and he was in the land of Xinye Projectiles. But Liu Bei was overjoyed when he got Zhuge Liang, and always said, "I am like a fish in the water!" Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were not convinced, and Zhuge Liang was not sad, his belly could tolerate it, and he pretended not to know. He asked Liu Bei to recruit 3,000 militiamen and personally coach them himself to replenish the troops.
Three Gu Maolu
Soon, the spies reported that "Cao Cao sent the generals Xiahou Dun and Yu Ban to lead 100,000 troops and kill Ben Xinye!" Guan Gong and Zhang Fei sneered, "Let the 'water' (such as the water of the fish get the water, referring to Zhuge Liang) resist." ”
Zhuge Liang asked Liu Bei for the Shangfang sword, and shengtang dispatched: "There is a mountain on the left of Bowang, called Yushan; on the right there is a forest, called Anlin." Soldiers and horses can be ambushed. Guan Yu can lead 1,000 people to ambush in Yushan, the enemy army comes, let it go, their grain and grass are heavy, must be in the back, only wait for the south fire, they can drive the troops to attack, burn the grain and grass. Zhang Fei can take 1,000 people to ambush behind An Lin, and see the fire in the south, you can attack. Guan Ping took 500 people, prepared the things to ignite the fire, and waited on both sides of the slope after reaching bowangpo; when the enemy arrived, he could set fire to it. Fancheng Zhao Yun quickly returned, let him be the vanguard, when fighting, as long as you lose, do not win. The lord Duke (Liu Bei) brought his own army to serve as a backup for Zhao Yun. Each of you shall act according to your plan, without error. ”
Guan Yu said, "We are all fighting, but we don't know what the military division does?" Zhuge Liang said, "I sit in the county seat." Zhang Fei laughed and said, "Let's go fight, you are at home!" ”
Zhuge Liang shouted, "The sword seal is here, and those who disobey the order will be killed!" Guan and Zhang sneered and left, and all the generals were confused in their hearts. Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bei, "The lord will take his troops to the foot of Bowang Mountain today and garrison them. Tomorrow at dusk, the enemy will arrive. The lord then abandoned the camp and retreated, and when he saw the fire, he returned to his army to cover up. I am here, preparing a celebration feast, waiting for you. Liu Bei was also confused in his heart.
Moreover, Xiahou Dun and Yu Ban led a large army to Bowang, and suddenly saw dust flying in front of them. Xiahou Dun ordered the army to set aside and asked the guide, "Where is this?" The guide said, "Bowangpo." ”
Xiahou Dun laughed and said, "Thanks to Xu Shu in front of Xiang Xiang, he boasted about how Zhuge Kongming was, and I think he is also a fool!" He sent these centaurs to fight against me, is it not equivalent to driving dogs and sheep and dueling with tigers and leopards? After saying that, Zhao Yun led the troops to fight, and Xiahou Dun fought with them for several rounds, and Zhao Yun fought and retreated. General Han Hao said, "I'm afraid there will be an ambush." Xiahou Dun said, "The enemy's strength is so weak, it is a ten-sided ambush, what am I afraid of!" ”
Xiahou Dun chased straight to Bowangpo, and suddenly a cannon sounded, Liu Bei led the troops to fight, Xiahou Dun and Han Hao laughed: "This is the so-called ambush." Tonight I will not set foot on Shinno, and I will not collect troops. Urging the team to advance, Liu Bei and Zhao Yun retreated all the way.
It was getting dark and the night wind was getting stronger. Xiahou Dun only cared to urge the troops to hurry up, and traveled to the narrow mountain road with reeds on both sides, and Yu Ban and Li Dian, who were escorting grain and grass, led the rear guards to arrive, and when they saw this, they shouted: "General Xia in front of you is walking slowly!" Yu Ban also rushed to the front to stop it. Xiahou Dun suddenly realized that he was about to retreat, but he heard the shouts of killing behind him, there was already a faction of fire burning, the reeds on both sides were also on fire, in an instant, there was fire on all sides, the wind was fierce, the Cao army was suddenly in chaos, trampling on each other, and countless people died.
Zhao Yun returned to the army to kill, and Xiahou Dun broke through and fled. Li Dian saw that the situation was not good, and ran back to Bowangpo, but was stopped by Guan Yu's army and killed. Yu saw that the grain and grass and the vehicles were burned, so he fled for his life from the path. Xiahou Dun and Han Hao came to rescue the grain and grass, but they were stopped by Zhang Fei's ambush soldiers, and Zhang Fei stabbed Xiahou Dun under his horse with one shot. Han Hao snatched the road to escape. It was not until dawn that Liu Beicai triumphantly collected his troops, killing Cao Jun's corpses all over the field and bleeding into a river. Xiahou Dun collected the remnants and returned to Xuchang.