At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 240 Zhang Fei was defeated and Liu Bei was defeated

Yuan Shao stood up and listened to the noisy shouts of killing outside. After all, he sighed slightly and said: "Close the Internet cafe!"

No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still flesh, so it is not to be missed.

not to mention.

Yuan Shao heard that Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were brothers. They could capture Zhang Fei alive in this battle, but Yuan Shao's painstaking calculations would not be in vain.

In fact.

The conversation between Zhou Qi and Yuan Shao in front of the two armies was really exciting and made Yuan Shao feel depressed and almost vomited blood.

However, Yuan Shao was born as a concubine of the Yuan family in Runan, so despite his strong resilience, he would not be so angry that he vomited blood and passed out so easily.

The reason for this is that Yuan Shao suddenly had an idea when he returned to the formation, and then he pretended to vomit blood and fall from his horse, in order to lure him into the urn.

At that time, the generals of Yuan Army were really frightened. They hurriedly rescued Yuan Shao back to the camp. Just as they were about to call in the military doctor, Yuan Shao, who was originally unconscious, suddenly opened his eyes.

"My lord, it's great that you're okay!"

When Yuan Shao's subordinates and civil servants saw this, they were all very happy.

Gao Gan was still a little uneasy and said: "It's better to invite the military doctor first to check my uncle's health."

However, Yuan Shao stood up and said calmly: "Gu Wuyi."

He looked around at the crowd and continued: "What happened in the Chinese army camp must not be spread out."

Everyone was curious and asked: "Since the king is fine, why did he pretend to vomit blood and pass out in front of the two armies? Wouldn't this shake the morale of the army?"

Yuan Shao laughed and said: "Zhou Ziyi led tens of thousands of troops to support Tan County, and he used his rhetoric in front of the two armies."

"If I hold on to the city and defend it, even if I have many soldiers and horses under my command, I am afraid it will be difficult to conquer Tan County in a short time."

"That's when Gu made a plan. He pretended to be furious, vomiting blood and unconscious, in order to deliberately expose the flaw to the coalition forces in the city and attract them out of the city to rob the camp."

"You, please let your confidants deliberately disperse Gu Gu unconsciously. The army is divided into two groups in confusion. One group is willing to stay and wait for Gu to wake up and attack Tan County. The other group wants to temporarily withdraw their troops to Liu Jun's scouts."

"If he got this news, how could he miss such a good opportunity?"

"When he leads his troops to rob the camp, we will set up an ambush and break it in one fell swoop."

"In this way, the soldiers and civilians in the city will definitely be shocked, and it will be much easier to attack Tan County."

When everyone heard the words, they were all impressed and immediately acted according to the plan.

never thought.

Although Yuan Shao had devised a strategy to lure the emperor into the urn, Zhou Qi was not an ordinary person and was too cautious.

As a result, Yuan Shao's plan failed.

Seeing the gloomy expression on Yuan Shao's face, Feng Ji pondered briefly and said, "This must be because the coalition forces in the city are afraid of the King's Bingfeng and have doubts in their hearts, so they dare not lead the army to rob the camp."

"I have a plan that will surely lead the coalition forces in the city to leave the city."

Yuan Shao's eyes widened and he asked hurriedly: "If Yuan Tu has any good ideas, please tell me quickly!"

Feng Ji smoothed his beard, and then said calmly: "Reinforcements have recently arrived in the city, and the foothold is not yet stable. If we follow common sense, will the king take the opportunity to attack Tan County?"

Yuan Shao pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "That's exactly it!"

Feng Ji asked back: "If we close the stronghold tomorrow and all the 30 troops fall silent, what will the coalition forces in the city think?"

The judge's eyes widened, and he clapped his hands and praised, "Yuan Tu is really good at calculating."

"According to common sense, the bandit reinforcements have just arrived and their foothold is not yet stable. In addition, the king has 30 troops and consumes countless amounts of food and grass every day. Therefore, they will never stand still and will definitely attack Tan County in a large scale."

"If we do the opposite tomorrow and the three armies remain silent and do not attack the city, it will surely dispel the doubts in the minds of the Zhou and Liu coalition forces and make them think that the news they heard yesterday is true."

"How could the Zhou and Liu coalition forces let go of such a God-given opportunity? They will definitely come out of the city to attack me in large numbers!"

"In this way, the king can be destroyed in one battle!"

Yuan Shao couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately prepared to adopt a strategy that met the circumstances.

"I thought this was not feasible!"

However, at this moment, a discordant voice sounded, extinguishing the excitement on everyone's faces.

Yuan Shao turned around and saw that the person speaking was Xun You.

If it were before, Yuan Shao would have become dissatisfied with Xun You because he opposed him becoming king.

Well now.

Because of Zhou Qi's wake-up call today, and after he became king, Zhou Qi, Yuan Shu, and Liu Bei jointly rebuked him and established a separate court.

Until then, Yuan Shao vaguely felt that he was indeed a little too hasty in becoming king now.

Therefore, the previous gap between Xun You gradually dissipated, but there was still a little guilt.

He also knew that Xun You was extremely resourceful and taciturn, and was by no means a talkative person. He immediately asked, "Why did Gongda say this?"

Feng Ji and Shen Pei also looked at Xun You, frowning slightly, waiting for the other party to give a reasonable explanation.

Otherwise, if the two of them were refuted by Xun You in public, how could they stop fighting?

Xun You said in a deep voice: "Yuan Tu is indeed very resourceful. If Liu Xuande is the only one in the city, this plan can definitely hide it, lure Liu Bei out of the city to rob the camp, and then defeat it in one fell swoop."

After hearing Xun You's words, Feng Ji's face looked a little better.

"It's just that besides Liu Xuande, there is also Zhou Ziyi in the city."

"Your Majesty once had a close relationship with Zhou Ziyi, so you should know that he is a man who seems to be quick and quick in dealing with things, but is actually very careful and very good at strategy."

"If it doesn't move, it will be dead. If it moves, it will be thunderous and kill you with one blow."

"Moreover, Zhou Zi has been fighting in the south and north for many years, with few defeats. His counselor Xi Zhicai is even more clever and clever. His plans are as unpredictable as the sky and the sky."

"Although Yuan Tu's plan is clever, there are still traces of craftsmanship. It must be seen through by the dramatists."

The judge asked: "Why did Gongda say that there are still traces of craftsmanship in this plan?"

Xun You did not answer directly, but looked at Jushou and asked: "If the king really vomits blood and passes out in front of the two armies, and everyone in the army is panicked, how should the general respond?"

"Are you really going to close the gate of the village and not attack Tan County?"

Jushou frowned and pondered for a long time, then shook his head and said: "If this is true, it is the same as telling the army sergeants and the coalition forces in the city that something has really happened to the king. Wouldn't this cause chaos in the army and expose the weakness to Zhou Ziyi and Liu Xuande?"

Xun You asked again: "How will the general act?"

Jushou said categorically: "Whether we plan to wait until the king wakes up or want to withdraw our troops first, I will have people wearing the king's armor and attack Tan County with all our troops tomorrow."

"In this way, it can not only dispel the doubts in the minds of the army's sergeants and boost morale, but also deter the coalition forces in the city from coveting our army easily."

Xun You turned to look at Shen Pei and said, "This is our most correct response."

"Yuan Tu's strategy can be concealed from Liu Bei, but it cannot be concealed from Zhou Ziyi."

Yuan Shao frowned when he heard this and asked: "In that case, is it really difficult to implement the strategy of luring the enemy?"

Xun You shook his head and said, "No."

"Your Majesty, you can do what General Ju said. Tomorrow, you will have someone pretend to be yourself, and then use all three armies to attack Tan County."

"The Art of War says: Use reality to make it imaginary, and make it imaginary to make it real."

"What we are doing will make Zhou Ziyi unpredictable, and may lead the coalition forces in the city to take the initiative to leave the city."

All the counselors under Yuan Shao's command carefully savored Xun You's words, and they all suddenly understood, with expressions of admiration behind them.

Xun You's policy was based on people.

If it were Liu Bei, acting like this would definitely scare the other party away from leaving the city.

But Zhou Qi would definitely think too much when he was there.

Zhou Qi will assume the role of Yuan Jun and then predict the correct approach that Yuan Jun should take after Yuan Shao becomes unconscious.

However, Xun You predicted Zhou Qi's prediction, deliberately presented a situation that the other party predicted, and then led you into the urn.

I have to say that Xun You's strategy is indeed brilliant.

Even those who have been on the battlefield like Zhou Qi, and those who are resourceful like Xi Zhicai, were all confused by Yuan Jun's operation.

They even thought for a time that Yuan Shao was really unconscious.

At some point, the two of them even had the idea of ​​gathering all the troops in the city and leaving the city at night to rob the camp.

However, Xi Zhicai has been following Zhou Qi for many years, and is less energetic and more calm than before.

It was precisely because of this calmness that Xi Zhicai finally gave up this seemingly good opportunity and persuaded Zhou Qi to defend the city without being fully sure.

As for Zhou Qi, he also had experience in attacking Dianjiang, so he knew that many times it seemed that victory was just around the corner, but it might just be poisonous bait thrown by others.

The fate of Zhao Wei and others in Dianjiang sounded the alarm for Zhou Qi.

And Zhou Qi also had an intuition that someone as powerful as Yuan Shao, with so many ministers and generals under his command, would never be defeated so easily.

It was precisely because of this that Zhou Qi suppressed his desire for fishing bait and did not choose to go out of the city to rob the camp.

However, both Zhou Qi and Xi Zhicai also had some regrets in their hearts.

This is why, when Zhang Fei took the initiative to ask to go out of the city to rob the camp and test Yuan Jun's true strength, the two men only persuaded him to act with caution, but did not try their best to stop him.

They also wanted to see if Yuan Shao was really unconscious.

This time, the two sides secretly fought a war without gunpowder. It seemed calm and charming, but in fact it was extremely calculated.

However, Zhang Fei, who was leading his eight hundred cavalry on a rampage in Yuan Jun's camp, felt more and more that something was not right.

Yuan Jun seemed panicked, but in fact, after Zhang Fei committed suicide and entered the camp, he encountered not many enemies at all.

Holding a Zhangba snake spear in his hand, he opened several tents one after another, but was surprised to find that they were all empty.

Zhang Fei's heart sank, knowing that he had been tricked, and hurriedly shouted: "Retreat, the whole army retreats!"

"Boom boom boom!"

However, at the same time that Zhang Fei ordered the retreat, the thundering drums suddenly sounded in the Yuan Jun camp.

Immediately afterwards, several men and horses came from all directions to surround and kill Zhang Fei's [-] cavalry.

"Yan Liang is here, the thief will quickly dismount and surrender!"

"Wen Chou is here, the thief will be killed!"

"Zhang He is here. Anyone who surrenders will not be killed!"

"Gao Lan is here, you have fallen into the trap!"

Yuan's army surrounded Zhang Fei and his [-] cavalry from all directions, and soon they were completely surrounded.

Zhang Fei wanted to rely on his own bravery to break out, but Xun You had long known that Liu Bei had many strong generals, so he specially deployed many spearmen.The spearmen were arrayed neatly, and no matter how brave Zhang Fei was, it was difficult for him to break out.

As time passed, Zhang Fei had suffered numerous wounds, and most of his soldiers were killed or injured. The rest could no longer hold on and most of them knelt down and surrendered.

Zhang Fei was furious and killed several people, but he still couldn't change the outcome.

"My life is over!"

"I regret not listening to the general!"

Zhang Fei rushed left and right, but he was still unable to break out. There were fewer and fewer close friends around him, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh.

Seeing that there was no hope of escape, Zhang Fei was ready to draw his sword and kill himself.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Jun slowed down his offensive here, and Zhang Fei and dozens of his cronies temporarily got a chance to breathe.

Yuan Jun is in the formation.

Yuan Shao looked at Xun You and asked, "Zhang Fei is Liu Bei's confidant general. Since he is at the end of his rope, why not capture him in one fell swoop?"

Xun You smiled slightly and said: "If the king captures and kills Zhang Fei with the force of thunder, this battle will only kill hundreds of soldiers from the robbery camp."

"If Zhang Fei was left in the formation to besiege and not attack, Liu Bei would hear the shouts of killing in the camp and knew that Zhang Fei was still fighting to the death, how could he sit idly by and ignore it?"

"When he leads his troops to kill him, your Majesty will defeat him in one fell swoop. This is a strategy to encircle the enemy and bring reinforcements!"

When Yuan Shao heard this, he couldn't help but clasped his hands and laughed, saying: "Gongda's uncanny plans are ever-changing, and it is so comforting to be lonely!"

But it was said that Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others were stationed behind and were observing the movements in Yuan Jun's camp.

If Zhang Fei succeeds in hijacking the camp, they can use their troops to cover up the attack and expand their victory.

Even if the hijacking of the camp failed, Liu Bei felt that with Zhang Fei's bravery, it would not be difficult to break out of the encirclement.

At least in Yuan Shao's army, no general can stop Zhang Fei.

He did not expect that Xun You had already set up a spear formation for his generals. No matter how brave he was, facing the dense spear formation, it would be difficult to break through.

Originally, Liu Bei secretly rejoiced when he saw Zhang Fei leading his troops into Yuan Jun's camp, as if he was in a deserted place.

But it didn't take long to be happy, and I saw the drums of the war in Yuan Jun's camp roaring, and the flames soaring into the sky. Countless Yuan Jun quickly surrounded Zhang Fei and his men.

Liu Bei was shocked and hurriedly led his troops to respond.

Before they arrived at Yuan Jun's camp, they heard the shouts of killing getting smaller and smaller, and Liu Bei and Guan Yu couldn't help but feel their hearts sinking.

"Could Yide have died in the battle?"

This idea came to both of them almost at the same time, but neither of them dared to say it out loud.

If Zhang Fei had really died in battle, then it would be meaningless to lead troops to rush for reinforcements now.

Just as the two began to slow down their march and consider whether to withdraw their troops, they heard the shouts of killing coming from Yuan Jun's camp again. Although the scale was not as large as before, it was also vaguely mixed with Zhang Fei's angry roar.

Liu Bei couldn't help but be overjoyed and said: "Yide is still fighting hard, we should lead our troops to help!"

Zhao Yun opened his mouth, knowing in his heart that with the few troops under Liu Bei's command, it would not be wise to rush to the rescue of Zhang Fei, and he might even fall into the siege of Yuan's army.

However, he also knew that Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were brothers, so after all, he sighed secretly, did not say any words to persuade, and just tightened the spear in his hand.

He knew that tonight would definitely be a bloody battle.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu also knew this truth. However, even though they knew that going to rescue Zhang Fei this time would inevitably be a hard battle, they still did it without hesitation.

But before Liu Bei set off, he had already sent someone to ask Zhou Qi for help.

At Yuan Jun's camp, Yuan Shao looked at Liu Bei and others who were gradually entering the encirclement. He couldn't help turning his head to look at Xun You and said: "Gongda really has an exhaustive plan. The march of Liu Bei and others had already slowed down just now."

"But after listening to Gongda's advice and giving up on quickly capturing Zhang Fei, Liu Bei saw the movement in the stronghold and indeed accelerated his speed again."

"Now, it should be possible to close the net."

Xun You nodded and said, "Of course."

"But your Majesty, you must also be aware that Zhou Ziyi may lead his troops out of the city at any time to come to our aid."

Yuan Shao was very high-spirited at this time and said with a smile: "I have an army of 30 under my command. As long as Zhou Ziyi dares to leave the city, he will never come back!"

Following Yuan Shao's order, Gao Gan, Yuan Tan, Chunyu Qiong, Ju Shou and others soon led the army to besiege Liu Bei.

Even though Liu Bei had been on alert for a long time, he was still a little confused when he saw so many ambushes.

However, Zhang Fei was surrounded by many people, but Liu Bei could not ignore it. He could only bite the bullet and lead his troops to charge.

Fortunately, Liu Bei was very popular in Xuzhou, and all his soldiers were willing to die for him.

Moreover, both Guan Yu and Zhao Yun were brave enough to defeat ten thousand men. The two of them rushed to the front to kill the generals and seize the flag. There were almost no enemies under their command, and the killing made all Yuan Jun's soldiers frightened.

It was precisely because of the outstanding performance of the two that Liu Bei led his soldiers to fight a bloody road.

At this time, Zhang Fei, who was still trapped in a tight siege, suddenly understood when he heard the earth-shattering shouts outside the camp.

The reason why Yuan Jun slowed down his offensive was because he wanted to use himself as bait so that Liu Bei could lead his troops to come to the rescue.

Since Yuan Jun had set up an ambush for him early, if my brother and the others led troops to kill him, they would definitely fall into Yuan Jun's trap.

Thinking of this, Zhang Fei took a deep breath and suddenly looked up to the sky and roared: "Zhang Yide will die here in battle today. Brother, don't worry about it. Retreat your troops as soon as possible, don't fall into Yuan Shao's treacherous plan!"

After saying this, Zhang Fei did not defend and counterattacked, and directly rode his horse towards the neat formation of spears on the opposite side.

"Crack!"

I saw Zhang Fei's eight-foot-long snake spear in his hand swept across, and the neat row of spears in the front broke directly.

However, how could the spear array set up by Xun You be broken so easily?
Seeing that Zhang Fei was about to charge into the formation, many spears were stabbed out from behind.

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

The spear pierced the body of the war horse. The horse whined several times and fell to the ground.

Zhang Fei fell off his horse and hurriedly got up to fight bloody battles, killing dozens of people in a row.

But he was ultimately outnumbered, with wounds all over his body, his whole body soaked in blood, and even his helmet was knocked off.

"boom!"

Caught off guard, Zhang Fei suffered a heavy blow to the back of his head, his eyes blackened, and then he fell to the ground.

"Yide!"

"Yide!"

At this time, Liu Bei and Guan Yu, who were struggling to kill, suddenly heard Zhang Fei's thunder-like roar, and their hearts trembled.

They knew Zhang Fei very well and knew what the other party was going to do, so they couldn't help but exclaimed.

When Zhang Fei killed dozens of people and finally fell in a pool of blood, the movement in the camp finally gradually disappeared.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu all had tears in their eyes.

They were grieved in their hearts, but they also knew that there was no point in continuing to charge inside, so they immediately led their troops to fight back.

They never thought that what they called rushing forward was actually going deeper into Yuan Jun's encirclement.

It would be extremely difficult to break through at this time.

The two armies fought, and Yuan's army had the advantage in numbers and was prepared in advance, so that Liu Bei's troops were retreating steadily.

If not for the vigorous support of Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others, they would have been completely defeated.

When Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, and Gao Lan successively led their troops to kill, even brave warriors like Guan Yu and Zhao Yun felt great pressure.

Seeing that his subordinates had lost their troops and generals, and he and others were in a desperate situation, Liu Bei first turned to look at Zhao Yun, and said apologetically: "I was the one who caused Zilong's trouble."

Zhao Yun smiled calmly and said: "If I can follow the envoy, what's the harm even if I die in battle?"

"What's more, with Zhao Zilong here, you may not be in trouble!"

Liu Bei thought of Zhang Fei and laughed miserably, then looked at Guan Yu and said: "If all three of my brothers died here today, it would still be a good story. At least it would be in line with the sentence "I don't want to be born in the same year and the same month, but I want to be born in the same year." Died on the same day of the same month.”

Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "Brother cannot die, the people of the country need you, and Yide also needs your help in revenge."

As soon as Guan Yu finished speaking, he heard a commotion in Yuan Jun's rear formation.

"Xuande, don't panic, Zhou Qi is here too!"

At the same time, Zhou Qi's voice sounded from far away, but it was Jingzhou soldiers and horses who came out to rescue the besieged Liu Bei.

When Liu Bei and others heard this, they once again ignited their hope of survival.

Guan Yu shouted sternly: "The general has led the reinforcements to attack. Brothers, please follow me to attack. Whether you live or die, it is all in your hands!"

After saying this, Guan Yu took the initiative to fight Yan Liang and Wen Chou, leading his men to fight and leave.

Zhao Yun was also stopped by Zhang He, Gao Lan, Chunyu Qiong and others, and was unable to escape for the time being.

Fortunately, Zhou Qi has many powerful generals under his command. Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Gan Ning, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Zhou Tai and others are not ordinary people.

With these fierce generals taking the lead in the charge, the pressure was quickly shared with Guan Yu and Zhao Yun.

When two armies are fighting, whether the general is brave or not can greatly affect the fighting spirit of the soldiers.

When all Zhou Qi's fierce generals appeared on the scene, and Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others were defeated and retreated, Yuan's soldiers were naturally afraid and unwilling to die.

It was precisely for this reason that Zhou Qi and others were given a chance.

The two sides fought in a melee from dawn to noon. Both sides suffered losses. In the end, Yuan Jun was exhausted because Zhang Fei had been left alone for a long time and almost didn't rest all night.

In addition, Zhou Qi and others charged fiercely and broke out of the encirclement, so the two sides stopped fighting.

In this fight, Yuan Jun actually did not take much advantage under Zhou Qi.

This is because Zhou Qi's soldiers had been recuperating in the city before, and also because most of Zhou Qi's soldiers were rigorously trained and were elite soldiers.

However, Liu Bei suffered heavy losses this time.

Not to mention that the life and death of his general Zhang Fei is uncertain, and there is a high probability that he will die in the Yuan Army camp.

It is said that Liu Bei was besieged by Yuan's army and most of his soldiers were lost, which was enough to break his muscles and bones.

Liu Bei returned to the city, crying bitterly and regretting it too much.

He regretted not trusting Zhou Qi's judgment, which not only cost him his brothers, but also caused the loss of most of Xuzhou's troops.

This battle also made Xuzhou's soldiers and civilians, who had been highly motivated by Zhou Qi's arrival, once again become frightened.

(End of this chapter)