The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 716 Chapter 715 Ready to attack
Although Zhang Fei used [-] cavalry as a bait to lure Ma Chao into an ambush, and then he followed up with a praying mantis catching cicadas and orioles, he still couldn't resist Ma Chao's powerful troops.

At the beginning of the battle, Zhang Fei led a large army to attack Ma Chao's back, and achieved some results. However, as Ma Chao turned his guns and came to fight, and gradually stabilized his position, Zhang Fei led his army to fight several times and was unable to rush in.

However, the five hundred elite cavalrymen who broke into Ma Chao's barracks were completely surrounded inside. Under Pound's cover, the cavalrymen were killed one by one, and the number of cavalrymen became smaller and smaller.

At this time, more and more Qiang people came out of the barracks. They either scattered on the two wings and greeted Zhang Fei and others with bows and arrows, or rushed forward and joined the battle circle.

Those who were going to set fire to the camp were even more unsuccessful. They were either killed or pierced by arrows.

Of the five hundred cavalry, there were only less than one hundred left in a short while, but Zhang Ni was still shooting at Xu Huang.

Xu Huang and Zhang Ni shot more than ten arrows at each other, and each time they were evenly matched. For Xu Huang, it seemed that he was enjoying this wonderful moment when someone could compete with him so heartily in archery. Let people shoot cold arrows at Zhang Ni, and they are not allowed to kill him at will, only he can kill Zhang Ni.

Soon, the pot of arrows was exhausted. When Zhang Ni went to draw the arrows again, he found that the arrows in the quiver he was carrying had been exhausted, and only a lonely bow was left in his hand.

Zhang Ni felt nervous for a while, this was the first time he had encountered such a fighting situation, and he knew that he would definitely die.He looked around, but saw that there were enemy troops all around him, and the five hundred cavalrymen who came with him had all been killed. The corpses were everywhere, blood flowed like a river, and the strong smell of blood filled his sense of smell. The scarlet scene, even more so It was filling his optic nerves.

At this time, Xu Huang squeezed out from the crowd, and said to Zhang Yi: "Now you are left alone, do you still want to continue to fight? For the sake of your good archery skills, I intend to accept you as my archer." My personal soldier, are you willing?"

Zhang Ni looked out of the camp from a distance, but he saw that there were crowds of people everywhere he could see, but he couldn't see a single Sichuan army, all of them were Han troops in red uniforms. Although there were still fighting sounds coming from the gate of the camp, he understood , the Sichuan Army has been unable to rush here to rescue them.

But Zhang Yi is still young and still has unlimited opportunities, if he dies like this, it is really not worth it.

So, Zhang Ni threw the big bow in his hand on the ground, knelt down on his knees towards Xu Huang, kowtowed and said, "General Cheng Meng looks down on me, I am willing to surrender!"

Xu Huang was so happy that he helped Zhang Yi himself and asked, "What's your name?"

"Zhang Yi."

"Okay, your archery skills are good, comparable to mine, from now on, you will follow me, I promise I will not treat you badly." Xu Huang said happily.

"Here!"

The [-] cavalry in the camp were all killed except for Zhang Yi who surrendered. The brief chaos returned to calm, and everyone turned their targets outward, shouting to deal with the Sichuan army outside.

Zhang Fei commanded the army to charge forward, but Ma Chao's army was extremely defensive and outnumbered, and the five hundred cavalry did not cause any disturbance in the camp. Seeing that Ma Chao's army was increasing, Zhang Fei felt angry He rode away and announced his withdrawal.

Ma Chao did not lead his army to pursue, because he was worried that he would lose his troops and generals if he fell into Zhang Fei's tricks.

In this battle, Zhang Fei did not take advantage of the slightest advantage. Instead, he lost his troops and lost his generals. In desperation, he decided to close the gate of the city and no longer fight.

On the contrary, Ma Chao and others got a huge harvest. They dismantled Zhang Fei's conspiracy and let Xu Huang take in a sharp archer. Although there were some casualties, the number was not many, only one-third of Zhang Fei's soldiers who died in battle. .

After repelling Zhang Fei, Ma Chao ordered to clean up the battlefield, gather all the corpses, and then dig a huge pit to bury them.

In Jiameng Pass, Zhang Fei was in a panic. When he learned that Zhang Yi was trapped in Ma Chao's camp and failed to escape, he regretted for a while, regretting his hasty actions.

Now that Li Yan is injured, Huang Quan has returned to Chengdu, Zhang Yi's life and death are uncertain, and the morale of the entire army is very low.

And the more it got to this time, the more he missed the dead Liu Bei and Guan Yu. In the past, when the three brothers were together, everything would be discussed. Now Liu Bei and Guan Yu have left him one after another, leaving him here alone. In the world, I feel very lonely.

"My lord, our army loses again and again, and the morale is very low. Why don't you send someone to invite the military adviser?" Liu Xian said.

Zhang Fei said: "That's all."

In order to show his sincerity and the urgency of the situation here, Zhang Fei sent Peng Tuo to invite Fazheng. In order not to waste time, Peng Tuo went there overnight.

In this battle, Zhang Fei didn't lose much, but for Zhang Fei, what he lost was confidence.There seemed to be more Han troops outside the city than before. It seemed that the reinforcements had arrived, and he also vaguely saw the siege equipment in the camp.Perhaps tomorrow morning, the Han army will launch an attack on the city.

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In the big camp of the Han army, everyone was immersed in the cheers of victory. In the big tent of the Chinese army, Ma Chao said to Pang Tong with a happy face: "If the military division hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid I will be punished tonight." Big loss, and..."

As he said that, Ma Chao turned his face to Xu Huang, and said, "There is also General Xu. If General Xu hadn't rescued him in time, I'm afraid I would have died."

"It's just raising your hand for treatment, it's not worth mentioning." Xu Huang said lightly.

Ma Chao suddenly asked: "I heard that General Xu captured the archer who shot me with an arrow. Can you hand him over to me?"

Xu Huang said: "General Ma, he is not a prisoner, but a surrender. He is now my subordinate."

Ma Chao said: "General Xu is already very skilled in archery. It would be a bit overkill to keep such a good archer around me, right? I happen to be short of such people around me. Why don't General Xu give him to me? "

Xu Huang smiled and said: "General Ma is skilled in bowing horses, far superior to me. He is already overqualified if he stays with me. Isn't he overqualified when he is with General Ma? Besides, General Ma's subordinates are proficient in There are so many archers, one more is not too many, and one less is quite a lot, why do you insist on robbing me. You know, my subordinates do not have such superb archers. Please forgive me, General Ma, this person I can't give it to General Ma."

Ma Chao saw that Xu Huang refused to give an inch, so he didn't say anything anymore. After all, it's not good to be stiff, let alone just an archer, it's not worth it, and Xu Huang saved his life at a critical moment, so he didn't want to. That should be it.

In fact, when Ma Chao asked Xu Huang for this person, he didn't want to keep him by his side, but because this person almost killed him, and he wanted to kill him to avoid future troubles.

But since Xu Huang was blocking it there, he had to give up.

At this time, Ma Chao turned to Pang Tong again and said, "Military Master, since the siege weapons have arrived, can we launch an attack tomorrow?"

Pang Tong said: "Although Jiameng Pass is the gateway to the middle of Shu, as far as I know, there are many passes behind Jiameng Pass, and some of them are even stronger than the defense of Jiameng Pass. , if a strong attack on pass by pass, it must be time-consuming and labor-intensive, and many soldiers will be damaged. Moreover, the road to Shu is difficult, and we are on an expedition, and it is extremely inconvenient to transport food. We can't get anything in Shu Support, it is not possible to storm Jiameng Pass, but after opening Jiameng Pass, what should we do?"

Ma Chao said: "Naturally lead the army to continue to advance, and fight all the way to Chengdu, until the enemy surrenders!"

Pang Tong shook his head and said, "This is just a bad idea."

"What good strategy does the military advisor have?" Ma Chao asked.

Pang Tong said: "We can defeat others without fighting..."

"How to defeat others without fighting?" Ma Chao asked.

Pang Tong said: "Didn't you say before that there are many local gentry in Zhang Fei's subordinates who are not convinced by Zhang Fei? We can make a fuss about this and send people to sneak into the Chengdu area to meet with Yizhou gentry in secret. , Let him wait for the opportunity to rebel against Zhang Fei. In this way, Zhang Fei can be at a loss, and we can go step by step. The ultimate goal is not to conquer the city, but to surrender the people and gentry in Yizhou. Therefore, we should Occupy a place, build a good relationship with the local people and squires, let them know the benefits of our great man, and let the people's hearts want them..."

Ma Chao couldn't understand the words of these scribes, so he interrupted Pang Tong, saying: "These are just things to say, let's take Jiameng Pass first. More than half of my army are Qiang people, so the faster you capture Yizhou The better, otherwise, after a long time, I am afraid that the Qiang people will start to get bored and lose their vigor."

Xu Huang said: "Okay, then tomorrow morning, I will lead the army to attack the city..."

"No! General Xu came from afar and is not very familiar with this place. It's better to have a good rest. We will take care of the siege." Ma Chao retorted.

Xu Huang smiled wryly, and said, "Okay then, I'll see General Ma tomorrow."

Ma Chao had already decided to attack the city, gathered his subordinates and the leaders of the Qiang people overnight, and began to discuss how to attack the city tomorrow.

The siege weapons have already arrived, and everyone is gearing up, waiting for a good victory. No matter how tight the defense of Jiameng Pass is, it must be taken down tomorrow.Everyone is looking forward to going to Jiamengguan to drink and eat meat tomorrow...

As for Zhang Fei in Jiameng Pass, he seemed to have foreseen that Ma Chao would attack the city tomorrow, so he set up defenses overnight, strengthened the defenses on the towers, and only waited for tomorrow's battle.

(End of this chapter)