The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 574 573 The Burning Yangtze River (13)

After Hu Che'er received Yang Xiu's reply, he didn't dare to delay at all, so he rode his horse and rushed to the police at night.Because Dongting Lake is located in the lower reaches of Gong'an, if you go upstream by boat, it will delay the time instead of going by land.

A day and a half later, Hu Che'er dragged his tired body and finally arrived at the Public Security Bureau. As soon as he entered the city, he hurriedly handed Yang Xiu's letter to Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Xiu opened the letter, and after reading it hastily, a faint smile appeared on his face, and he said slowly, "So that's how it is..."

After that, Zhang Xiu asked Hu Che'er to rest. After all, Hu Che'er was exhausted after running around for two days.

Then, Zhang Xiu started to make some arrangements according to Yang Xiu's plan.First of all, he sent an envoy to contact Sha Moke, the barbarian king, and said that Sha Moke, the barbarian king, was allowed to return. He would attack Zuotang County in Wuling County three days later, and let Sha Moke bring Zhang Fei into the country no matter what. Go to Zuotang County, and then let Sha Moke cooperate with Zhang Xiu, come together from the inside to the outside, attack Zhang Fei together, and take his head.

The messenger quickly contacted Sha Moke according to the contact information left by the barbarian messenger, and then handed Zhang Xiu's letter to Sha Moke. After reading it, Sha Moke agreed to the messenger, and then sent the messenger Send it out, and ask the messenger to reply to Zhang Xiu, and he will bring Zhang Fei to Zuotang County as agreed.

After Sha Moke sent away the envoy sent by Zhang Xiu, he immediately took the letter to Zhang Fei, and dedicated Zhang Xiu's letter to Zhang Fei.

"General, this is Zhang Xiu's reply letter, please take a look at it, General!" Sha Moke came to Zhang Fei, and respectfully handed over Zhang Xiu's reply letter.

Zhang Fei took the letter handed over by Sha Moke, glanced at it hastily, and asked, "Have you agreed?"

"Everything was done according to the general's orders, and everything was agreed." Shamoke said.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work. If you can successfully kill Zhang Xiu this time, you will be the first to succeed. At that time, your reward will be indispensable." Zhang Fei said happily.

Sha Moke said happily: "Thank you, General!"

"Well, let's go down and get ready first. We will set off tomorrow and go to Tang County."

"Here!"

After Sha Moke left the hall, Zhang Fei hurriedly took the letter to Fazheng, and handed Zhang Xiu's letter to Fazheng, asking Fazheng to give him an idea.

After reading Zhang Xiu's letter, Fazheng didn't notice anything unusual in the letter, so he said to Zhang Fei: "If Zhang Xiu really took the bait, then this time he will definitely be captured in one fell swoop. But don't be afraid of ten thousand I'm just afraid that in case the king of Yan Zhang Yan has a lot of talents, if they don't keep them all, someone will see through this trick. For the sake of safety, I think the general should be prepared with both hands."

Zhang Fei nodded, and hurriedly asked: "Sir, I will obey you on what to do, you just need to tell me what to do."

Fazheng laughed and said, "I'm only in charge of making suggestions for the general. The matter of dispatching troops and generals depends on the general. I don't want others to misunderstand me and say that I'm a dove and a magpie's nest, and I'm turning against the customer."

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "As long as the master comes up with clever schemes and helps me win the battle, Zhang is willing to obey the orders of the master."

Fazheng also laughed, and said: "The general is the master, and I am the planner. During the period of advising the general, please rest assured, the general, I will definitely spare no effort to help the general."

Immediately afterwards, Fazheng told Zhang Fei what he had in mind, and asked Zhang Fei to knead a human head that was exactly like his own out of dough, and then handed it over to Sha Moke, who then let Sha Moke carry his dummy head. , to lure Zhang Xiu into the city, and then ambushed him.

The real Zhang Fei, however, led his elite troops to ambush outside the city. If Zhang Xiu succeeded in taking the bait, he would stand still. After Zhang Xiu was killed, he would lead his army out and attack the rest of Zhang Xiu's troops.If Zhang Xiu didn't enter the city, Zhang Fei would lead his army out, join forces with Shamo Keli in the city, surround Zhang Xiu near the city gate, and ambush him.

Zhang Fei was very happy with Fazheng's two-handed preparation. Dang even decided to follow this strategy, then summoned his subordinates, and began to give some instructions. He would gather troops and horses tomorrow morning and prepare to set off for Tang County.

And Zhang Xiu, who was far away in the Public Security Bureau, was also actively planning everything. While patiently waiting for the return of the messenger, he ordered Hu Che'er, Hao Zhao and others to actively prepare for the battle.

In fact, from the very beginning, Zhang Xiu suspected Samoke, because Samoke was a barbarian, and he had also had contact with him before. He knew that Samoke could not read a word, how could he write to him.In addition, the content of the letter is also very literary. How could a vulgar barbarian write such words?For this reason, Zhang Xiu also specifically asked the barbarian envoy who wrote the letter, and the barbarian envoy insisted that the letter was written by Samoko.

From then on, Zhang Xiu knew that Sha Moke's surrender was definitely a conspiracy.

However, Zhang Xiu didn't know how to deal with it, so he wrote to Yang Xiu to ask Yang Xiu for advice.Yang Xiu also gave a reply, at least in Zhang Xiu's view, Yang Xiu's strategy is much more clever.

In Yang Xiu's reply letter to Zhang Xiu, there are dense words, but in general, there are only four simple words, that is, "just plan".The rest are specific details of the action, how to arrange it, and so on.

That is to say, Yang Xiu's reply letter to Zhang Xiu contained a specific battle plan. For this reason, Zhang Xiu also specially sent someone to investigate in Tang County. Said almost exactly the same.Therefore, Zhang Xiu admired Yang Xiu very much, thinking that Yang Xiu could plan strategies without leaving home.

But in fact, the reason why Yang Xiu knew the terrain of Wuling so well was also the result of asking Huang Zhong.Huang Zhongjiu was in Jingnan, so he knew the terrain like the palm of his hand, so half of Huang Zhong's contribution to this battle plan.

After Zhang Xiu received Sha Moke's reply, he immediately gathered his soldiers and horses, led Hu Che'er and Hao Zhao to lead a total of [-] horses and infantry, and went straight to Zuotang County under the cover of night.

Zuotang County was originally a part of Gong'an County. In the 16th year of Jianwu in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 40), Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty divided the predecessor of Gong'an County into two, and established Zuotang County in the south, while the north still belonged to Chanling County. .

But in fact, the people in Zuotang County and Chanling County always feel that they are a family and have never been separated.However, due to the geographical advantages of Chanling County, the economic development of Chanling County is relatively fast, and the development of Zuotang County is relatively slow. Although it has a county level, in fact, the county seat of Zuotang County is like a small town Same.

The county seat of Zuotang County is not too far from Gong'an County. It wasn't until Zhang Xiu led the army here that he knew why Yang Xiu chose this place for the ambush.

The city of Zuotang County is dilapidated, easy to attack and difficult to defend, the people in the city are less than a thousand households, and the city is narrow, so it is not suitable for stationing troops. Even if someone occupies the city and defends it, it can be captured in one go.

Most of Zhang Fei's army gathered in Linyuan City, the county town of Wuling County. To get here, you can only get here by walking.

Therefore, starting from Linyuan City, it will take two days to reach Zuotang County.

But Zhang Xiu arrived at Zuotang County three days ahead of schedule, and [-] elite soldiers were ambushed ahead of time on the only road from Linyuan to Zuotang County.

From Linyuan to Zuotang County, there are only two roads, one is by water, but it belongs to upstream, and the other is by land, but it needs to cross mountains and ridges, and when entering Zuotang County, There is only one road to pass through, and this road is a narrow and long canyon, which was replaced by the locals as Pan Snake Valley.

Zhang Xiu ambushed all the troops in various hidden locations in Pan Snake Valley, waiting for Zhang Fei's army to arrive.As soon as Zhang Fei's army arrived, they immediately launched an attack without giving Zhang Fei's army any chance to breathe.

To put it bluntly, this war is not waged by Zhang Fei and Zhang Xiu, but by Fazheng and Yang Xiu. In the contest between wise men, who wins and who loses will directly depend on Jingnan's future.

On the evening of the second day after Zhang Xiu arrived in Zuotang County, Zhang Fei led the army to Zuotang County.Walking in the front of the team were [-] barbarians led by the barbarian king Sha Moke, followed by [-] elite soldiers led by Zhang Fei.

Zhang Xiu's scouts hurriedly informed him of Zhang Feijun's movements. After Zhang Xiu learned about it, he was also overjoyed, and ordered Hu Che'er and Hao Zhao not to worry about the [-] barbarians, let them go, and deal with them specially Zhang Fei at the tail.

Pan Snake Valley stretches for more than ten miles and is the narrowest place in this area. It can only accommodate three people walking side by side. There are steep cliffs on both sides. Looking up at the sky at the bottom of the valley, you can only see a line, so it is also called A ray of sky.

The area around Wuling is originally sparsely populated, but at night, it can show the desertedness here.

The cold moon hangs high in the night sky like a silver hook hanging above everyone's heads. The white moonlight shrouds the vast mountain. The mountain is indeed lonely. Occasionally there will be one or two hooting of owls. Besides, there was no other sound.

Zhang Fei was walking at the entrance of Pan Snake Valley, and when he looked up and saw the steep cliffs on both sides of Pan Snake Valley, he felt that this was a dangerous place in the letter.

Suddenly, Zhang Fei turned his head and asked the soldiers beside him, "Where is this place?"

"This place is called Pan Snake Valley." A soldier who knew about it replied.

"Coiling Snake Valley? The weapon I use is called Zhangba Snake Spear, and the martial art I practice is also called Spirit Snake Spearmanship. This place is also called Coiling Snake Valley. Why do I have such a relationship with snakes?" Zhang Fei thought to himself, and Er Er actually laughed. , I feel that this place seems to be prepared for him.

(End of this chapter)