The Legend of Pei Yuanqing of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 302 Opportunity
Li Bu was teased by Ma Chao, which made Li Bu lose face in front of the generals. Li Bu's angry mood can be imagined. Li Bu, who was full of smoke from his seven orifices, immediately mobilized his soldiers and horses to attack the city of Hanzhong again. Yang Xiu's dissuasion was ineffective, so he could only He sighed helplessly and shook his head.

He attacked ten times in a row in one night, but failed all ten times. The most successful attack was on the tower, but the highest rank was only a partial general who was stabbed to death by Ma Dai and fell off the tower. The siege was a complete failure.

Under Yang Xiu's persuasion, Li Bu saw the heavy losses, so he had no choice but to withdraw his troops and return to the camp. Soldiers with disheveled faces and low morale walked past him in a daze. Li B was stunned by the bleeding wound, and wanted to go to express condolences, but the arrogance in his heart made him unable to speak, so he could only clench his fists and leave with a long sigh.

Sitting in the tent with all the generals waiting for the results of the battle, there was silence, no one spoke, only heavy breathing could be heard.

Soon, the battle losses were finally counted. A quartermaster rushed in and presented the list to Li Bu. Li Bu quickly took it and read it, but the data on it almost made him faint.

[-] soldiers died in battle, [-] were seriously injured, and countless were slightly injured.

The total number of troops led out this time was [-], plus those killed in the previous several sieges, and now there are only [-] to [-] who can fight at hand.

It was a major blow, a loss like a bolt from the blue.

Li Bu was so ashamed that he couldn't bear to look at the face of the military adviser Yang Xiu. At the beginning Yang Xiu stopped him like that, but he didn't listen. He was really sorry for him and ashamed of Yang Xiu's good intentions.

Turning his head away, Li Bu fell into deep pain. Li Bu blamed himself very much. He thought that he would be more cautious when he lived again this time, but he didn't expect that he would still be so impulsive, which really chilled the hearts of his subordinates.

"My lord! Failure is commonplace in military affairs, and we can still win it back!"

"That's right, my lord, Ma Chao relied on the city to get away with it, and next time we will pay it back a hundredfold!"

"My lord, we only lost a few soldiers this time. Our generals are unscathed. We still have a chance!"

"Yes, General, you must not lose heart, we can still attack the city!"

Seeing Li Bu's appearance, the generals hurriedly looked at the death list in shock. Although they were prepared, they were still taken aback. After sighing, they all hurriedly persuaded Li Bu to cheer up.

Only Yang Xiu remained silent and seemed to be meditating while sitting on the sidelines.

Li Bu thought that Yang Xiu was still angry, and wanted to call the military adviser, but he couldn't speak, so he could only say to the generals, "Thank you, generals, for not leaving, and for being able to join forces with you. I swear here, if I, Li Bu, win this world, I will never forget the kindness of the generals!"

All the generals hurriedly said in unison, "If we can follow the general, we will die!"

"Okay! I have so many strong generals, why don't I be able to defeat the enemy!" Li Bu said with a smile, and looked sideways at Yang Xiu, who still sat silently.

Li Bu had no choice but to bite the bullet and cup his hands, "Military Master, it was because of my recklessness that I didn't listen to the words of the military master, which resulted in the loss of soldiers and generals. Next time I will never act recklessly again. If I go against my words, I... No drinking from now on!!"

All the generals showed disbelief at this statement, Li Bu swallowed his saliva, took a command arrow bravely, broke it in public and said, "Once a word is said, it is hard to follow!"

The generals became serious, and looked at Li Bu in shock, breaking the command arrow was not just for fun, it was a vow made with determination.

Commanding arrows are used by the three armies to issue orders, deploy troops and dispatch generals, and everyone in the army respects them. Li Bu broke the commanding arrows, which shows that he has made up his mind.

Finally, Yang Xiu was moved. This is what he wanted. The rebellious Li Bu was too difficult to speak. If he didn't take this opportunity to make Li Bu promise to repent, it would be a missed opportunity.

"It's good for the general to reflect on himself. Now that a big mistake has been made, heartache is useless," Yang Xiuru said in a teachable way.

Seeing that Yang Xiu was no longer sullen, Li Bu quickly asked, "Please ask the military adviser to teach me how to deploy our army now? Should we withdraw or attack the city?"

Withdrawing the army means stealing chickens and losing rice, which is very shameful. Unless you send people back to move reinforcements if you continue to attack the city, I am afraid that Hanzhong will not be able to attack. If Liu Bei also intervenes, it will be really difficult.

The generals also wanted to hear the opinion of the military adviser Yang Xiu, so they all listened attentively.

Niu Fu's wise eyes flickered, staring at Yang Xiu wondering what he was thinking.

Looking at the expectant expressions of the generals, Yang Xiu pondered for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up and said, "It's a blessing in disguise, my lord, I have a plan to capture Ma Chao!"

"Oh? What's the plan? Tell me quickly!" Li Bu was very excited, and the generals looked at Yang Xiu eagerly.

Yang Xiu said with a smile, "Our army has lost so many soldiers, Ma Chao must know that Ma Chao is not a cowardly person who is afraid of death, although he is quite cautious, but he is similar to the lord in character, both are rebellious and proud. People, our army came to attack Hanzhong, there were [-] people, Ma Chao didn't confront our army head-on because of his few soldiers, and chose to defend the city to the death. Breaking it down, he didn't seem to have made any achievements in serving Liu Bei's command. I guess he really wanted to eliminate us to gain victory for Liu Bei. Ma Chao must be ready to move when he learns that our army has suffered heavy losses tonight."

Li Bu's eyes lit up, and he said hastily, "Does the military division mean that Ma Chao will attack us?"

Yang Xiu nodded and said, "I will definitely come, but we still need to do something."

"My lord will order someone to dismantle the camp tomorrow. Then Ma Chao will definitely come to challenge me when I see you."

Niu Fu said suspiciously, "This is to lure Ma Chao to attack us. He thought that our army suffered heavy losses and was afraid, so he chose to withdraw. However, can this deceive Ma Chao?"

Yang Xiu glanced at Niu Fu and said with a smile, "Sometimes the best strategy is either the strategy or not. We call Jiang Taigong a fisherman who takes the bait, uses Ma Chao's ambition to swallow us, and lures Ma Chao into the city to attack us. This is a conspiracy of ours, and whether it is successful or not depends entirely on Ma Chao."

"By the way, if Ma Chao comes to challenge the lord, the lord must not use all his strength. If Ma Chao is frightened and let him slip away, we will never have another chance. We can only figure it out slowly, fight Ma Chao for a few days first, let him gain the upper hand, and after a few days he becomes careless, the general will make a thunderous move and capture and kill Ma Chao in one fell swoop!"

Li Bu's eyes flickered for a moment, and he muttered, "You can't kill Ma Chao in an instant unless you are very lucky, but the price of failure is too high. I'd better listen to the military advisor and paralyze Ma Chao first, and then I'll capture him when he gets careless!"

Niu Fu finally understood, took a deep look at Yang Xiu, and said in admiration, "The military advisor is really a god, and Niu Fu admires him so much!"

Yang Xiu said with a smile, "Tomorrow, the generals will not be free. If Ma Chao comes to challenge, the generals can fight first. Ma Chao won several games in a row. He must be proud of his heart, so he will carelessly underestimate the enemy."

Hu Che'er patted his head and smiled, "Military Master, what if we defeat Ma Chao?"

The generals almost choked to death, Gao Shun sneered, "It's really shameless!"

"You underestimate me?" Hu Che'er glared at Gao Shun unhappily.

Gao Shun snorted coldly and said nothing. Ever since his face was ruined, his personality has become a little weird.

Li Su said with a smile as a peacemaker, "I also wanted to compete with Jin Machao for a long time, but I don't know if his reputation is false. If it is false, if I don't trouble the Lord tomorrow, I will stab him to death!"

All the generals laughed, even Li Bu was in a good mood, and said with a smile, "Tomorrow is all up to you!"

. . . . . . .

In a room in Hanzhong City, Ma Chao and Ma Dai Yan Baihu were seriously questioning a centurion in front of them.

This centurion is the leader of the scouts in the army, and he has a high ability to visually measure the number of enemy troops. He also participated in the defense of the city today, so Ma Chao hurriedly called him over to ask about the enemy's casualties.

Because Ma Chao also felt that the enemy suffered heavy losses this time, but he didn't know how many people were killed or injured, so he called in professionals.

Today's battle was really hearty, it can only be said to be cool.

Ma Chao, Ma Dai, Yan Baihu, the arms of all three of them were numb, and I don't know how many enemy soldiers they killed in the tower.

"Are you sure the other party has killed at least [-]?" Ma Chao asked hastily.

"It's absolutely true. This is a conservative estimate. If serious injuries and minor injuries are included, there may be more than [-] people," the centurion said solemnly.

"Are there so many casualties?" Ma Chao muttered to himself, his eyes flickering, not knowing what to think.

Ma Dai and Yan Baihu looked at each other, knowing what the general had in mind.

　Persistence is victory, and the book must be completed.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)