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Two days later in the early morning, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, and Lei Ding led ten thousand people to sneak out of Xiabianximen, walked two li and turned southward into the mountains, and then crossed the Zuoxi River to camp in Gushan.
Zhang Fei's real purpose was to rob the camp. In order to lure the tiger away from the nest, he did not hesitate to use bitter tricks to get Wu Er to undercover, but it was a pity that Cao Xiu saw through his intention.
The food in Xiabian was gradually decreasing, and Zhang Fei had no reason to continue to stick to it. He left half Han and half Di [-] soldiers for Wu Yi to defend the city, and he took the other half of the elite to detour to sneak attack.
Due to the danger of crossing mountains and crossing rivers, it took Zhang Fei's troops two days to reach Gushan, but they were spotted by tiger and leopard riders when they went out of the city and entered the mountain.
The mantis stalking the cicada and the oriole were behind, and when Zhang Fei started the operation, Cao Hong and Cao Xiu immediately led their troops to attack the city regardless of casualties.
The previous siege battles were non-stop, but this time Cao Jun not only had the siege equipment, but also the soldiers were even more fearless of life and death. Wu Yi had never seen such a crazy attack.
The people in the city were originally under the rule of Cao Wei, but they temporarily stopped their flags and drums due to Zhang Fei's military might. Zhang Fei's absence in the city made those big clans ready to move.
In the end, under internal and external troubles, Wu Yi tenaciously held on for three days under the defense, and his subordinate Wu Lan was beheaded by Cao Hong after taking Wu Yi's place.
Wu Yi escaped from Xiabian under the cover of Lei Tong. He wanted to join Zhang Fei in the mountains to the south, but the tigers and leopards were chasing him so hard that he had to flee into the territory of the Di clan. Hundreds of remnant soldiers wandered around the mountains for several months. In the end, there was Lei Shidi in the team who knew the way, and fled back to the mountainous area of Zitong, Yizhou.
Zhang Fei sent scouts to explore the road after he went down to the stronghold in Gushan. As a result, the scouts found that there were patrolling Cao soldiers everywhere at the foot of the mountain.
Zhang Fei was taken aback when the scouts came back to report. He wondered why his plan was so flawless, how could it be completely different from what he expected?
Zhang Fei calmly dispatched more than a dozen elite soldiers, and finally managed to capture a patrolling Cao soldier. He learned that Xiabian fell and Wu Yi is now missing, and the Cao army camp where they made up their minds is currently laying a net to wait for Zhang Fei to go. drill.
"It's a plan." Zhang Fei was so angry that he punched the stone.
Ma Chao quickly comforted him: "Fortunately, the general has captured a prisoner, otherwise if he really went to attack Cao Ying, he would be doomed. Fortunately, Gushan is near the Zuoxi River, and as long as he goes down the river, he can return to Judao. At worst, he can go back to Yizhou by the same route. "
"We've only been out for less than half a year. The purpose of using Wudu to restrain us should have not been achieved. I don't want to go back to see my elder brother in such a mess." Zhang Fei's face was dark and serious.
"Wudu has fallen into the hands of Cao thief. We are panicking behind the enemy. It is better to return to Yizhou by the same route, and by the way, we can also replenish supplies in Ju County." Ma Chao remonstrated.
"I'm just not convinced." Zhang Fei frowned.
"General, don't you want to attack thousands of miles, and plan to harass Cao Cao's rear?" Ma Chao asked in surprise.
Zhang Fei stared and punched the rock again, and then said proudly: "Since we have to find supplies, why don't we be more courageous and go over the mountains to go to the river pond? It's the transit point for Cao Hong's grain, Ziyuan It is said that the county has long been dilapidated, and it is easier to fight than Ju County."
"Also...it's not impossible..."
Ma Chao was amazed at Zhang Fei's boldness. Such an attacking route was unimaginable. Who would have thought that an army trapped in the mountains and short of food would dare to turn around and attack Hechi County, not even the outstanding commander Cao Xiu.
Zhang Fei did as soon as he thought of it, and immediately set up his camp. Lei Ding, who was familiar with the terrain, led his tribe to lead the way. Step into the Chenghui Basin, and Hechi County is just northeast of Taniguchi.
When Yizhou soldiers and horses appeared in Hechi, Yang Fu, the prefect of Wudu who stayed here, had his head buzzing. Wasn't Zhang Fei trapped in the mountains south of Xiabian?How could it suddenly appear here?
On the one hand, Yang Fu sent people to Xiabian to ask Cao Hong for help, and on the other hand, he actively organized a defensive battle in Hechi. The scene was very similar to when Zhang Fei attacked Xiabian.
It's a pity that Hechi's city defense is better than nothing, there is no strong city wall, and there are no generals who can stop Zhang Fei and Ma Chao, Yang Fu is so panicked that he can't calm down for a moment.
As soon as the war drum sounded, Yizhou soldiers rushed forward like a tide. Zhang Fei and Ma Chao took the lead in fully armed forces, attacking Hechi's defense line like the autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves.
The rations carried by Zhang Feijun were exhausted, and they would be able to have a full meal by taking down this dilapidated city, so the soldiers broke out with amazing fighting power.
No matter how Hechi could stop Zhang Fei and Ma Chao, Yang Fu immediately packed his bags and prepared to retreat again. He ran into Wu Er as soon as he walked out of the gate.
After more than ten days of treatment, Wu Er's injuries recovered by [-]% to [-]%. Because of the chaos in the city, the guards had fled for their lives, and Wu Er, who was restricted in his personal freedom, was passively released.
"Why are you here?" Yang Fu asked with a frown.
"The eunuch has been taking care of them for the past few days, and now the city is in chaos. I want to come and help." Wu Er said plainly.
Yang Fu handed over the bag vaguely, "The bandits invaded Hechi and we can't hold it anymore, we have to go to Xiabian to find General Cao now."
Wu Er nodded and reached out to pick up the luggage. At the moment the two approached, Wu Er stepped forward like a beast and grabbed Yang Fu's wrist with one hand.
"What are you doing?" Yang Fu was shocked.
Wu Er's right hand grabbed Yang Fu's wrist like an iron rake, and his left arm drove his bowl-sized fist straight to the opponent's face.
Yang Fu was punched in the face until he vomited blood, and then he was about to fall, Wu Er pulled his right hand hard, and the opponent made two circles on the spot, and before he could stand still, his hands were tied behind his back.
Yang Fu's hands were bound, and his bloody mouth muttered words of begging for forgiveness. Seeing how cowardly this man was, Wu Er raised his leg and kicked him to the ground.
"You... who are you? How can a pawn have such martial arts?" Yang Fu asked in horror as he fell to the ground.
Wu Er leaned down and said coldly: "I am indeed a small soldier in the army, but I am just General Zhang's personal guard. I have forgotten my original name. Because I am ranked second among Yanyun's Eighteen Cavalry, they all call me I am Wu Er."
"Zhang Fei? Personal guard?" Yang Fu's eyes darkened and he passed out.
When Yang Fu woke up again, the restlessness in Hechi City had stopped, Zhang Fei had completely taken over the city, and the soldiers opened warehouses to collect food and make fire to cook.
"Xiabian is so strong that you can't defend it, and you can't defend it if you occupy this Hechi City. You will never escape the fate of defeat." Yang Fu knew that he fell into the hands of the thieves, so he mustered up the courage to talk about ruthlessness. talk.
"Who said I want to stay in Hechi? Let me introduce you to a good friend." Zhang Fei pointed to the back.
"Prefect Yang, are you all right?" Ma Chao greeted playfully.
Chapter 483 There's a Gap
Zhang Fei led an army to raid Hechi, beheading 7000 defenders at the cost of [-] casualties.
After the war ended, the whole city was in a state of desolation, and the soldiers began to move food after their full meal.
Because Hechi is located on the main road of Chencang, and the city walls are dilapidated, there are no conditions for defense. Zhang Fei's purpose of attacking Hechi is to grab food.
Cao Hong marched to regain Wudu this time, and all the supplies mobilized from Guanzhong were transported to Hechi for transit. After occupying Hechi, Zhang Fei ordered the soldiers to take as much as possible, because the next supply did not know when.
Cao Hong and Zhang Fei kept arguing during the confrontation. Zhang Ji and others miscalculated the time it would take to fight, and the food they raised could be used by an army of [-] for half a year.
"General, there is too much food in Hechi, and we can't carry it anymore. What do you think should we do?" Lei Ding, the leader of the Di clan, came to ask for instructions.
Zhang Fei looked at Ma Chao and smiled slightly, "If you can't handle it, don't take it. Do you need to ask me about this?"
"Is it just left to Cao thief for nothing?" Lei Ding scratched his head in confusion.
"Confused, what happened to the food you raised?" Zhang Fei asked with a frown.
Lei Ding's eyes were wide open: "General, do you mean it was burned? Isn't it a pity?"
"It's not ours, what's the pity of Chief Lei?" Zhang Fei was speechless.
"I can save it." Lei Ding nodded.
Zhang Fei's army had enough to eat and drink, and took a two-hour simple rest in Hechi, and finally took the looted food to the south valley.
The food and grass that could not be taken away were burned up by a fire. When Ma Chao walked out of the river pond, he looked up and saw that the head of his enemy Yang Fu was still hanging above the city gate, and two crows were circling and crowing on the Tiancheng Tower.
Ma Chao and Yang Fu's feud is as deep as the ocean, and they thought they would take revenge in a cruel way, but when it really came to that point, they chose to give each other pleasure.
Zhang Fei grabbed the reins and leaned forward to comfort him, "Take care of the enemies one by one. This Yang Fu is just the beginning. Let's go quickly. Cao Hong's pursuers should be coming soon."
"General Zhang, I, Ma Chao, owe you a favor."
"What kind of favor is there? I don't like that fellow Yang Fu either."
Ma Chao couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and he walked forward with Zhang Fei. After walking a few steps, he couldn't help asking: "There is no news from General Wu, what should we do next? Shall we go back to Yizhou by the same route?"
Zhang Fei was also thinking about it recently. He was really unwilling to go back to Yizhou in desperation. At the moment when the grain and grass in Hechi were burned, he suddenly had a new idea.
"Didn't Meng Qi want to return my favor? How about we stay in Wudu and deal with Cao Hong?" Zhang Fei Zhuma proposed an idea.
"Continue to stay in Wudu? There must be a place to stay, right? The city is too small to hold it..." Ma Chao felt a little troubled.
Zhang Fei said with a smile: "Cao Hong will definitely send someone to rescue Hechi when he was attacked. We can go back the same way and attack Xiabian. If we can't fight, we can make a fuss."
Ma Chaoxin said what kind of tactics is this?There are less than [-] surviving soldiers at the moment, how could it be possible to break through Xiabian City?At first he thought Zhang Fei was joking with him, but when he saw the other party's eyes were extremely firm, he realized that Zhang Fei was serious.
Seeing that Ma Chao didn't answer, Zhang Fei asked playfully, "Isn't Meng Qi afraid? If you want to pay back the favor, you'll be fine now."
"General Zhang is not afraid, what have I to be afraid of?" Ma Chao's words were sonorous.
"That's right." Zhang Fei laughed.
Because Zhang Fei's army didn't stay in Hechi for too long, when Cao Xiu came to support with his tiger and leopard cavalry, there were no one left, leaving them only thousands of ghosts in Hechi, and the grain that was burned to ashes like a hill.
When Cao Xiu and Cao Hong saw Yang Fu being killed, Cao Hong gritted his teeth and cursed: "Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, I will kill you."
"Zhang Fei and Ma Chao are like bandits now. General Xiahou is stationed at Yangping Pass. Zhang Fei should attack Ju County and then flee to Yizhou across the mountains." Cao Xiu analyzed.
"We must not let that black man succeed, we must hurry to Ju County for support." Cao Hong urged.
"Wei." Cao Xiu nodded.
Cao Hong and Cao Xiu led the tiger and leopard cavalry and the regular cavalry first. Instead of following Zhang Fei's route into the mountain, they walked southeast to the Jialing River Valley, and marched along the Chencang Road in the valley to Ju County.
The two led the army to Ju County day and night, but they didn't see the person they wanted to see at all. At this time, Zhang Fei followed the Shuo River, the valley of the Zuoxi River.
Cao Xiu felt a little wrong after waiting for two days, because even though most of Zhang Fei was infantry, he should have already reached the surveillance range of tiger and leopard cavalry scouts, but there was no sign of Zhang Fei's army at all, no matter the Chencang Avenue or the mountain path.
"Did Zhang Fei go somewhere else?" Cao Xiu frowned.
"Zhang Fei should still be wandering around in the mountains. Don't be suspicious, Wen Lie. Let's wait in Ju County for a few days." Cao Hong shook his head.
"Do you think he will return to win the debate?" Cao Xiu asked hypothetically.
Cao Hong frowned and smiled bitterly: "A fool can't do such a thing, right? Xiabian still has [-] troops in the garrison. No matter how bad Zidan (Cao Zhen) is, he can easily defend him, and Zhang Fei brings fewer and fewer people to fight. The more you go into Wudu, the more you can't escape."
"I hope so." Cao Xiu nodded.
Zhang Fei walked north along the Zuoxi River (Qingni River), and suddenly appeared outside Xiabian City after marching for more than ten days.
Zhang Fei asked people to change the clothes and flags of Cao soldiers confiscated in Hechi. These people pretended to be defeated soldiers and went to ask the city to open. Ambush, now at stake..."
General Cao of the city defense was shocked when he heard the news. While he sent someone to report to Cao Zhen, he personally opened the city gate to welcome the "defeated army" into the city.
Soldiers in disguise wanted to seize control of the city gate. This was the first time they had done this kind of money-making business. Soldiers with poor psychological quality behaved impetuously. They showed many flaws at the moment of opening the city, and soon spread out under the city gate. After a fierce battle, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao, who were ambushing in the distance, immediately led their troops to chase after seeing that the situation was wrong.
The location under the city gate is relatively narrow, and the attack surface that can be expanded is not large. The soldiers on both sides are crowded together, and the scene is very stalemate.
Seeing that the plan to earn the city failed, Zhang Fei immediately ordered the former army to withdraw from under the city gate. Cao Zhen led the army to come as soon as he received the information.
Zhang Fei and Ma Chao led the army to fight and leave. Cao Zhen chased for a distance, fearing that there would be an ambush, so he decisively led the army back to Xiabian City.
Counting the number of people after the encounter, Zhang Fei was annoyed when he found out that another 2000 people had been lost.
Ma Chao came over to comfort him: "Actually, not being able to enter the city is not a bad thing. Cao Hong has more soldiers and horses left in Xiabian than he imagined. If he really wants to completely control Xiabian, I don't know how many people will be lost. At that time, even if he occupies Xiabian, he will not be able to defend it." live."
"Meng Qi is right, my brain is still not as good as a military adviser." Zhang Fei smiled wryly.
Ma Chao was noncommittal, and continued to ask: "The sneak attack has not been successful, where should we go next? I'm afraid we will starve to death if we go into the mountains again..."
Chapter 484 Participating in the Wolf Qiang and Zhang Fei's Escape
Zhang Fei thought about what Ma Chao said was right. There were fewer and fewer soldiers left, and they would be chased and intercepted when they returned to Yizhou from the main road.
As for rushing thousands of miles to attack the hinterland of Liangzhou and Guanzhong, it is completely a fantasy idea. Zhang Fei looked at the exhausted Di people in the team and suddenly had an idea.
"In the west of Wudu County are the Qiang and Di tribes. Because most of them are hidden in the high mountains, Cao's forces have not fully penetrated. We might as well find a way to integrate them, and wait for an opportunity to counterattack and argue. Cao Hong and Cao Xiu are absolutely Unexpected..."
"This... seems to be okay..."
Ma Chao thought that by virtue of his influence among the Hu and Qiang people, he could survive even if he could not recruit foreign warriors. In addition, Zhang Fei still had thousands of elite soldiers left to this day. way out.
After discussing with Ma Chao, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao cleared up their troops and marched west of Xiabian, and entered Wudu Road where the Leidingdi tribe was located to rest.
Cao Hong waited in Ju County for a few days without seeing anyone, and only after receiving the battle report of Xiabian's attack did he realize that he had been tricked by Zhang Fei.
The main force retreated to Xiabian City, Cao Xiu sent scouts to various places to inquire about Zhang Fei's whereabouts, and finally learned that there was an army heading northwest near Shanglu.
Zhang Fei's marching direction gave Cao Jun a wrong signal. After reading the information, Cao Hong couldn't help but sigh: "Zhang Fei is out of his mind. He only has thousands of remnants left. He didn't want to escape from Wudu County, but ran in the opposite direction. ..."
Simpi, who joined the army, analyzed: "Judging from the several battles in Wudu, Zhang Fei used his troops to do what he wanted and did not follow common sense at all. Is there any conspiracy in this journey west?"
"What kind of conspiracy can he have? It's just a few thousand soldiers. How is it different from Ma Chao in the past?" Cao Hong looked disdainful.
"Ma Chao has a lot of prestige in Xiliang, will he bring Zhang Fei to Longyou?" Cao Xiu put forward a hypothesis.
Xin Pi exclaimed: "Impossible? All the rebels in Xiliang have been wiped out. If you really dare to follow the Qishan Road north to Longyou, you will be exhausted and die in Liangzhou sooner or later."
Cao Xiu frowned, "We should not underestimate the trapped beasts who are still fighting. Ma Chao bears a deep blood feud. They didn't leave before they had the opportunity, but they went over mountains and mountains to attack Hechi. Maybe it was to avenge Governor Yang..."
"What Wen Lie said seems to make sense, but even for Ma Chao's personal revenge, there's no need to trap Zhang Fei in Wudu, right?" Simpi was still puzzled.
Cao Hong yelled at this time: "How many normal people are there under Liu Bei? They are all a group of self-righteous lunatics. In Xudu, we should have persuaded King Wei to kill them..."
Cao Xiu said solemnly: "The past is irreversible. We can't let Zhang Fei take a breather. We should decisively send troops to encircle and suppress him. Leaving him here is like a thorn in our back..."
Cao Hong slapped the case with a sinking face and said: "Let Zuo Zhi (Xin Pi) stay behind to argue. Wen Lie, Zi Dan and I each lead [-] troops to pursue Zhang Fei. Let's see where he can escape?"
"You can send people to Longyou to warn first, let the Liangzhou defenders go south from Qishan Road, and attack Zhang Fei from both sides to keep Zhang Fei from flying." Cao Xiu reminded.
"Good." Cao Hong nodded.
While Zhang Fei was resting in Wudu Daodi tribe, Cao Hong's three-way army went westward calmly. Fortunately, Zhang Fei attached great importance to intelligence and investigation. The region of the Qiang people.