Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 482 Attacking and defending tigers and leopards

Although Cao Hong was passive and slack in the battle, and was preparing siege equipment in the rear, he sent out quite a few scouts, and the changes of Lei Tong were not hidden from the eyes of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

Lei Tong only took more than a hundred riders to contact the Di tribe. Cao Xiu was worried that this was Zhang Fei's trick to lure the enemy, so even if he found out, he didn't divide his troops to intercept it.

A few days later, Lei Tong got in touch with Lei Ding, the leader of the Di clan, and they brought tens of thousands of Di clan warriors to the defense battle.

Wan Di Yong was walking in the Chenghui Basin, and was easily spotted by the tiger and leopard riders. Cao Hong got the news and urgently summoned the generals to discuss matters, intending to use the Di tribe to make a debate.

Yang Fu, the prefect of Wudu, was the first to speak: "According to the banners inquired by the scouts, these Di people are from the Lei family who live in Wudu Road. Otherwise, Zhang Fei's help will not be good for us."

Xin Bi, who joined the army and came from Hechi to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, followed up and said: "What Yishan (Yang Fu) said is true. Xiabian City is not easy to attack because it is strong. We can't give Zhang Fei a chance to replenish the source of troops. Wen Lie (Cao Xiu) The general's tigers and leopards ride like the wind, so let him lead the army to intercept these Di people, if Zhang Fei divides his troops to rescue, we can take the opportunity to attack the city."

"If Zhang Fei loses the city, this lone army will become a bereaved dog." Yang Fu added.

Cao Hong thought it made sense, but subconsciously asked Cao Xiu, "Wen Lie, what's your opinion?"

Cao Xiu frowned and shook his head: "I think it's better to stand still and let these Di people enter the city first."

"But why?"

Not only Cao Hong was full of doubts, but Yang Fu, Xin Pi and others were also puzzled.

Cao Xiu explained: "Zhang Feibing seldom defends the isolated city. Can his little food store consume us more? It may not be harmful to let more people into the city to eat food."

"General Wen Lie originally had this plan, but Zhang Fei can recruit soldiers from the Di people tribe, and he should be able to raise food from outside. I worry that after a long time, they will take root in Wudu instead." Yang Fu's face was full of worry.

Cao Xiu sneered and said, "I can let the people of Di go to the city to eat food, but I will never let Zhang Fei replenish food and grass."

"Wonderful." Simpi nodded affirmatively.

"Just as Wen Lie said." Cao Hong's expression darkened.

Xiabian City became more confident after receiving reinforcements. Zhang Fei incorporated Lei Ding's troops into his command as a reserve force to assist Wu Yi in defending the city. Cao Hong continued to surround the city without fighting every day.

A few days later, Wu Yi approached Zhang Fei in private and reported, "Cao Hong's siege area is getting more and more extensive. At first, it was only in the east area, but now it has been connected to the north. If the enemy completes the siege, we will really be trapped in the isolated city. The general has to guard against it."

"Siege on all sides? Cao Hong's troops are not strong enough. I think it must be their trick to lure the enemy, or to keep things unchanged." Zhang Fei didn't care.

Wu Yi nodded, and when he left, he reminded: "The Di people brought by Lei Ding are light and simple, and the food and grass are only carried for a few days. If the granary in Xiabian still needs to plan the food for the Di people, then even if we save money, we won't be able to last three days." month, general please make plans early."

Zhang Fei stood up in a jerk, and under the influence of Lantian, he paid special attention to supplies. He always considered the food issue first when he was in battle. Ten thousand mouths?"

"Of course." Wu Yi affirmed.

"Let Lei Ding bring some people back to the tribe tomorrow to raise food. How can they eat and drink like this every day? But remember to do it in secret, so as not to be discovered by the tiger and leopard riders." Zhang Fei ordered.

"Wei." Wu Yi cupped his fists and retreated.

Lei Ding led two thousand Di people out of the city at dawn, Zhang Fei was worried and asked Ren Kui to go with thousands of Yizhou soldiers, and the way out of the city went smoothly without hindrance.

Lei Ding raised [-] Dendrobium grains from several tribes, saving some of the Di people who could go to Xiabian for two months. On the way from Wudu Dao tribe to Xiabian, everything went smoothly, until they were suddenly attacked twenty miles away from Xiabian. To the attack of the tiger and leopard ride.

When Zhang Fei heard the news and planned to rescue him himself, the Cao troops on the east and north roads of Xiabian suddenly attacked aggressively.

"General Yide, Cao Hong and Cao Zhen attacked the Northeast and Northeast Routes at the same time. Cao Jun's offensive is quite fierce this time. It is better for the general to sit down and argue." Wu Yi advised.

"Why do I smell a conspiracy? Now I can only work hard to rescue them. Cao Xiu's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry only has 3000 people. You and I must rescue them with [-] elite soldiers." Zhang Fei ordered.

"Wei." Ma Chao embraced the order.

Wu Yi was going to the east gate to supervise the battle now, and Zhang Fei walked out of the prefect's mansion to go to the north gate, wanting to see what Cao Jun was up to.

Ma Chao sent reinforcements out of Xiabianximen to rescue them, and just after walking more than ten miles, they encountered Lei Ding and the collapsed Di people. When they saw the reinforcements, they burst into tears like seeing their relatives.

"Where is General Ren?" Ma Chao asked loudly.

Lei Ding replied with disheveled hair and a mournful face: "General Ren escaped to cover us, and was entangled by Cao thief's cavalry."

Ma Chao was secretly surprised when he heard this, and immediately led the army to gallop westward. When he was approaching the battle site, he saw thick smoke rising from the sky. After chasing after him, he found that the battle was over, and the corpses of Yizhou soldiers and Di people were everywhere on the ground. Tigers and leopards are burning Diren grain carts.

"Don't leave the traitor." Ma Chao rode away with a gun.

Seeing that Ma Chao was prepared, Cao Xiu did not fight recklessly, but ordered the tiger and leopard riders to detour south and fight and go.

Because the Tiger and Leopard Riders were well-trained and marched fast, within half an hour of the entanglement between Ma Chao and Cao Xiu, the Tiger and Leopard Riders broke away from Ma Chao's pursuit and walked away.

Ma Chao knew that tiger and leopard riders were not easy to mess with. If he wanted to intercept them forcefully, he didn't know how many of his 5000 men would be left.

Ma Chao had no choice but to turn around to clean up the battlefield and dispose of the corpses. The general Ren Kui had already been decapitated. Except for the hundreds of Di people who fled back to Xiabian with Lei Ding, all the soldiers who came out to raise food were killed. Incinerate.

The task of the tiger and leopard cavalry was mainly to rob food, and beheading Ren Kui and the soldiers was just incidental. After they withdrew to a safe position, Cao Hong and Cao Zhen gave up attacking the city.

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Zhang Fei knew that Zhongji was furious, and there was no way to release the flames in his chest, so he had to pace back and forth in the room with a dark face.

Ma Chao and Wu Yi dared not speak to each other. After all, they had suffered a lot this time. At this time, the attendant handed the spinning top to Zhang Fei to relieve his anger.

Zhang Fei slapped the spinning top frantically in the room, and Ma Chao and Wu Yi were amazed by the crackling sound accompanied by rude curses.

Both of them had heard that Zhang Fei liked to flog soldiers, but they didn't expect that the one who was actually flogged was a toy. Ma Chao and Wu Yi stopped Wu Er outside the door and asked, "What is General Yide beating?"

Wu Er cupped his fists and replied, "This thing is called a spinning top, and it was given to General Zhang by General Lan to relieve his boredom."

"This thing seems like a plaything." Wu Yi was full of doubts.

"It is indeed a toy made by General Lan for the children, and later it was given to General Zhang to replace the whipping soldiers. It is a kind act anyway," Wu Er clasped his fists and bid farewell to the two of them after explaining.

After listening to Ma Chao, he said to himself: "General Lan is such a strange person."

(End of this chapter)