Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 479

Cao Xiu had been paying attention to the east gate of Xiabian, but Ma Chao's two thousand soldiers came out from the south gate, and Cao Jun was caught off guard.

The number of Ma Chao's reinforcements exceeds that of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. Although there is a large gap in equipment, it can be made up for in terms of numbers. In addition, Jin Ma Chao's reputation spread far and wide, which also put a lot of psychological pressure on the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. , The situation changed from encountering a breakout war to a counteroffensive war.

"It's a horse, why did he appear there?"

Cao Hong was stunned when he saw it, and Yang Fu, the prefect of Wudu, led his horse back. Facing this enemy, he was under more pressure than anyone else.

Seeing Zhang Fei and Ma Chao slaughter the tiger and leopard cavalry, Cao Xiu immediately ordered the withdrawal of the troops, and the more than [-] cavalry in charge had to give up.

"Go back to the city, Cao Hong's rear army is here." Ma Chao said, pointing to the distance.

Zhang Fei looked at the banners covering the sky a mile away, and said with some emotion: "Why is this Cao surnamed so insidious? If Meng Qi hadn't rescued me today, I might not be able to escape."

"General Wu opened the city gate, let's enter the city quickly."

Although Ma Chao was urging him, he said in his heart that Zhang Fei had become cunning. He had clearly arranged for soldiers and horses in the east gate, but at this time he was still pretending to be innocent in front of him.

"Let's go."

Zhang Fei turned his head and glanced again. At this time, his face was very solemn, because Cao Hong's troops were really large enough.

The two quickly retreated into the east gate of Xiabian, and the streets of the inner city were full of heavily armed soldiers ready to go.

Zhang Fei scratched his head and explained: "It seems to be my soldiers. When did they come here? Let's go up to the tower."

Seeing this, Ma Chao didn't question him, but responded with a slight smile. The two immediately climbed up the city wall to meet Wu Yi. At this time, there was already a roar of killing outside the east gate, and it turned out that Cao Hong had already launched an attack after him.

Arrows rained down on Xiabian City like locusts. Since Cao Hong had no siege equipment, Cao Hong withdrew his troops and returned to camp in less than half an hour after Cao Xiu's suggestion.

The two armies did not take advantage of the first confrontation. As for He Su, who was stabbed to death by Zhang Fei, he was not worth mentioning to Cao Hong.

"General Zhang, these tens of thousands of soldiers were brought by Cao Hong from Guanzhong. It seems that they did not achieve the intention of the lord and the military division to divide the soldiers in Hanzhong. Didn't our trip come in vain?" Wu Yi asked suspiciously.

Zhang Fei looked at Wu Yi with a naive smile and said, "Ziyuan, you are really sincere. No matter whether he is a soldier in Hanzhong or a soldier in Guanzhong, he is Cao Mo's soldier. If elder brother attacks Hanzhong, Cao Cao will definitely reinforce him. Let's attract some of them here." It's up to you."

Wu Yi was startled when he heard that, and he looked at Zhang Fei with admiration for a moment, thinking that this brain is still what other people call a reckless man?

"It's General Yide who thinks far ahead, I'm not as good as I am," Wu Yi complimented sincerely.

"Haha, this is called seeing the big picture."

Zhang Fei didn't move out of the martial arts hall this time, because Wu Yi's "I'm not as good as" is really on top. Only Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Lan Tian who used to be praised like this before, Zhang Fei silently wondered if he was among the generals. No. 1?
"The big picture? General Zhang is really extraordinary. Cao Hong brought tiger and leopard cavalry this time, twice as many as us. Passive defense should not last long. We have to find a way to defeat the enemy." Ma Chao frowned.

Zhang Fei looked around, and then said mysteriously to Wu Yi and Ma Chao, "This is not a place to talk, let's go back to the city and discuss it."

Wu Yi stayed behind as Kui to patrol the city, and he and Zhang Fei went back to the prefect's mansion in Xiabian. Since the soldiers with the army did not know how to set up sand tables, they could only use maps to arrange tactics.

Zhang Fei pointed to the location of Cao Hong's next village and said, "Cao Hong's foothold is not stable. Just now we fought outside the city again. He must never have imagined that we would rob the camp."

"Rooting the camp?" Wu Yi was full of doubts.

Zhang Fei nodded and said in affirmation: "It will be dusk soon, Mr. Cao Hong was delayed in attacking the city just now, and the construction of the camp should not be completed yet. I plan to select [-] elite soldiers to make a surprise attack. If I can kill the commander-in-chief flag, I will surely defeat them." Sharpness."

"General Yide should not be underestimated. If the chief general fails, the consequences will be disastrous." Wu Yi remonstrated.

Zhang Fei frowned and shook his head, and said to himself, "If I don't go, the deterrent will not be enough."

"The general is still sitting down to argue. I have fought against Cao Jun many times, and I am more familiar with their tactics. Why don't I wait for an opportunity to rob the camp?" Ma Chao asked Ying.

"Very good, these people surnamed Cao are all cunning, Meng Qi must remember to act cautiously." Zhang Fei instructed.

"Don't worry, general." Ma Chao nodded.

Back then Ma Chao fought Cao Cao in Tongguan and Weishui, and was chased by Cao Cao's generals in Longyou. Ma Chao's suffering under Cao Jun's men dare to say that he is the second, but no one in the world dares to say that he is the first.

The Chenghui Basin was very cloudy at this time, and the afterglow of the sun was almost invisible. Ma Chao led his army to sneak out from the south gate of Xiabian, and went to Caoying under the cover of night.

Less than two miles away, the front sentry came back and reported that there were many patrols in the southwest of Cao Ying. Ma Chao thought that these areas were adjacent to Xiabian, and with the experience of Cao Ying generals, he would naturally arrange defenses, so he led the team to detour In the south of the Chenghui Basin, it is close to the bottom of the mountain and intends to detour to the rear of Caoying.

After detouring for two hours, Ma Chao's army was discovered by scouts outside Cao Ying.

"Bitterness."

Unexpectedly, Cao Ying's defenses were so tight. After Ma Chao scolded, he ran westward decisively. They didn't dare to light torches to reveal their whereabouts in the dark night, but Cao Jun could hold the torches and chase them.

The panic in the darkness, the yelling behind them, and those star-like flames put infinite pressure on people, and the three thousand Yizhou soldiers collapsed like beasts.

The Chenghui Basin was undulating, and those fleeing soldiers panicked, some were chased and killed, some stumbled to death, and some fell into a deep pit.
Tiger and leopard riders are well-trained and best at chasing, beheading countless terrified routs along the way.

The atmosphere of killing spread wantonly under the night, and screams came and went in the wilderness all of a sudden. The beasts in the mountains were too frightened to come out of their caves when they heard the bleakness. Ma Chao fled back to Xiabian with less than [-] soldiers.

The embarrassed Ma Chao dragged his exhausted body into the Wudu Prefect's Mansion. Zhang Fei had already known the news in advance and hurried out to greet him. He also unexpectedly did not drink tonight, but paid close attention to the news of the camp robbery.

"General Zhang, I..." Ma Chao lowered his head in shame.

Zhang Fei squeezed Ma Chao's hand and comforted him, "I've already said that the surname Cao is cunning. This loss is due to a mistake in my dispatching. It's no fault that Meng Qi didn't try his best."

Ma Chao explained: "Cao Jun's tiger and leopard cavalry are extremely elite. Cao Hong has followed Cao Cao for many years and should have learned a lot about setting up a camp. It is really not advisable to rob a camp."

Seeing Ma Chao's haggard face, Zhang Fei immediately called his followers to remove Ma Chao's armor, and then put his hands on Ma Chao's shoulders carelessly: "Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs, I will accompany you to drink some wine to calm the shock, and think about it after eating and drinking." Break Cao's strategy."

"Uh, good." Ma Chao was embarrassed to reject Zhang Fei's enthusiasm.

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