第二十七章马谡失街亭

第二十七章马谡失街亭
Chapter 27: Ma Su Loses JieTing

诸葛亮南征回来，见朝野清明，国富民足，就积极准备北伐，想实现统一中原的抱负。建兴五年三月，诸葛亮率领三十万大军出师伐魏。
ZhuGe Liang returned from an expedition to the south,saw that the government was clear and bright,and everyone was content,and immediately started preparing for an expedition to the north,and wanted to fulfill his dream of uniting the middle plains.In the 5th year of the 3rd month of the JianXing era,and then ZhuGe Liang led his army of 300,000 soldiers to attack Wei.

诸葛亮攻下不少城池，并用反间计破了天水郡，收降智勇双全的姜维。
ZhuGe Liang attacked many villages,and used a strategy to conquer TianShui,and collected the brave and wisdom-filled Jiang Wei.

魏帝曹睿闻讯十分惊慌，赶紧加封司马懿为平西大都督，领兵二十万前去御敌。
The emperor of Wei, Cao Rui, was alarmed when he heard this,and hurriedly promoted SiMa Yi to commander-in-chief,and led an army of 200,000 people to go ward off the enemy.

诸葛亮猜想司马懿肯定攻打街亭，截断自己的运粮路线，于是召集众将，询问谁愿意把守街亭。
ZhuGe Liang guessed that SiMa Yi would attack JieTing,and cut off his supply routes,and called upon the generals,and asked who wanted to guard JieTing.

话音刚落，参军马谡站出来请战。马谡熟读兵书，而且颇有心得，但缺少实战经验。
When ZhuGe Liang finished,Ma Su volunteered himself to battle.Ma Su had read and studied books on war,and had a lot of understanding,but he lacked experience.

诸葛亮有些不放心，马谡说:“街亭决不会失守。”说完立下了军令状。
ZhuGe Liang had some qualms,but Ma Su said, "JieTing will not fall."and once he said those words he signed a military contract.

诸葛亮拨给马谡两万余名精兵，派王平协助，并嘱咐必须在紧要路口扎下营寨。
ZhuGe Liang assigned him 20,000 well-trained soldiers,and ordered Wang Ping to help,and build barracks at important crossings.

来到街亭，马谡查看了地形，决定把营寨扎在山上。
After arriving at JieTing,Ma Su scanned his surroundings,and decided to build the barracks in the mountains.

王平劝马谡应该按照丞相的吩咐，在要道口扎营。可马谡根本不听王平的劝阻。
Wang Ping insisted Ma Su to follow the prime minister's orders,and build the barracks at the road crossings.But Ma Su ignored Wang Ping's words.

王平只好带五千兵马在山的两边扎营，随后画好地图，连夜派人给诸葛亮送去。
So Wang Ping could only bring 5,000 of their troops to build the encampment in the mountains,and afterwards started drawing the maps,ordered some men to deliver the map to ZhuGe Liang that very night.

为占领街亭，司马懿派人打探情报，结果得知蜀军已驻扎在街亭。司马懿叹道:“诸葛亮果然厉害。”
In order to capture JieTing,SiMa Yi dispatched some men to gather information,and learned that the Shu army was stationed around JieTing.SiMa Yi exclaimed, "ZhuGe Liang really is smart!"

司马懿领兵来到街亭，见马谡竟在山上扎营，就率兵围住小山，并截断蜀军水源。
SiMa Yi led his troops to JieTing,and saw that Ma Su had constructed his barracks in the mountains,and led his army to surround the small mountain,and cut-off the Shu army's water supply.

蜀兵久困，却冲不下山来。马谡十分烦躁，命士兵强行突围，否则格杀勿论。
The Shu army was surrounded for awhile,but could not charge down the mountain.and Ma Su was very anxious,and ordered his troops to burst out of the encirclement,or else they'll get killed in the blink of an eye.

蜀军刚冲下去，就被魏兵打了回来。王平想派兵去援助，却被张郃的兵马拦住了。
Just as the Shu army charged down the mountain,they were beaten back by the Wei army.Wang Ping wanted to send reinforcements,but was blocked off by Zhang He.

围到半夜，山上没水，司马懿又放火烧山。马谡见街亭守不住了，便带领一支人马冲下山，杀出重围，向西边逃去。
In the middle of the night,there was no water on the mountain,and SiMa Yi had set the mountain on fire.Ma Su saw that JieTing couldn't be defended anymore.so he led his men with him to charge down the moutainside,and they burst through the encirclement,escaping to the west.

魏兵紧追不舍，幸亏王平、高翔和魏延来救，马谡才保全了性命。
The Wei army started relentlessly chasing after them,and thankfully Wang Ping, Gao Xiang and Wei Yan came to the rescue,otherwise Ma Su would have lost his life.

这边诸葛亮看过地图，正想另派将领替换马谡，却听探马报告说街亭已经失守。
Meanwhile, after ZhuGe Liang had scanned the map,he wanted to replace Ma Su with another general,but then he heard that JieTing was already no more.