Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 485

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 keep 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."

(End of this chapter)