Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 486

Zhang Fei thought about what Ma Chao said was right. There were fewer and fewer soldiers left, and they would be chased and intercepted when they returned to Yizhou from the main road.

As for rushing thousands of miles to attack the hinterland of Liangzhou and Guanzhong, it is completely a fantasy idea. Zhang Fei looked at the exhausted Di people in the team and suddenly had an idea.

"In the west of Wudu County are the Qiang and Di tribes. Because most of them are hidden in the high mountains, Cao's forces have not fully penetrated. We might as well find a way to integrate them and wait for an opportunity to counterattack. Cao Hong and Cao Xiu are absolutely unexpected"

"That seems to work too."

Ma Chao thought that by virtue of his influence among the Hu and Qiang people, he could survive even if he could not recruit foreign warriors. In addition, Zhang Fei still had thousands of elite soldiers left to this day. way out.

After discussing with Ma Chao, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao cleared up their troops and marched west of Xiabian, and entered Wudu Road where the Leidingdi tribe was located to rest.

Cao Hong waited in Ju County for a few days without seeing anyone, and only after receiving the battle report of Xiabian's attack did he realize that he had been tricked by Zhang Fei.

The main force retreated to Xiabian City, Cao Xiu sent scouts to various places to inquire about Zhang Fei's whereabouts, and finally learned that there was an army heading northwest near Shanglu.

Zhang Fei's marching direction gave Cao Jun a wrong signal. After reading the information, Cao Hong couldn't help but sigh: "Zhang Fei is out of his mind. He only has thousands of remnants left. He didn't want to escape from Wudu County, but ran in the opposite direction. "

Simpi, who joined the army, analyzed: "Judging from the several battles in Wudu, Zhang Fei used his troops to do what he wanted and did not follow common sense at all. Is there any conspiracy in this journey west?"

"What kind of conspiracy can he have? It's just a few thousand soldiers. How is it different from Ma Chao in the past?" Cao Hong looked disdainful.

"Ma Chao has a lot of prestige in Xiliang, will he bring Zhang Fei to Longyou?" Cao Xiu put forward a hypothesis.

Xin Pi exclaimed: "Impossible? All the rebels in Xiliang have been wiped out. If you really dare to follow the Qishan Road north to Longyou, you will be exhausted and die in Liangzhou sooner or later."

Cao Xiu frowned, "The trapped beasts are still fighting and should not be underestimated. Ma Chao bears a deep blood feud. They didn't leave when they had the opportunity before, but went over mountains and mountains to attack Hechi. Maybe it was to avenge Governor Yang."

"What Wen Lie said seems to make sense, but even for Ma Chao's personal revenge, there's no need to trap Zhang Fei in Wudu, right?" Simpi was still puzzled.

Cao Hong yelled at this time: "How many normal people are there under Liu Bei? They are all a group of self-righteous lunatics. In Xudu, we should have persuaded King Wei to kill them."

Cao Xiu said solemnly: "The past is irreversible. We can't let Zhang Fei take a breather. We should decisively send troops to encircle and suppress him. Leaving him here is like a thorn in our backs."

Cao Hong slapped the case with a sinking face and said: "Let Zuo Zhi (Xin Pi) stay behind to argue. Wen Lie, Zi Dan and I each lead [-] troops to pursue Zhang Fei. Let's see where he can escape?"

"You can send people to Longyou to warn first, let the Liangzhou defenders go south from Qishan Road, and attack Zhang Fei from both sides to keep Zhang Fei from flying." Cao Xiu reminded.

"Good." Cao Hong nodded.

While Zhang Fei was resting in Wudu Daodi tribe, Cao Hong's three-way army went westward calmly. Fortunately, Zhang Fei attached great importance to intelligence and investigation. The region of the Qiang people.

Because there are many high mountains and valleys in the Shenlangqiang area, and the terrain is dangerous, it is unknown where the pursuit will come from. Cao Hong and Cao Xiu did not dare to march into the mountains easily.

Cao Jun guarded the valley where Zhang Feijun disappeared for two months. Every day there was no sound in the valley except for the howling of wild animals. Cao Hong couldn't hold on and finally chose to return to Xiabian.

Because of Zhang Fei's hidden dangers and threats, Cao Hong and Cao Xiu had no choice but to garrison and dare not evacuate. Zhang Fei's partial division indirectly played a restraining role.

Zhang Fei was still entangled with Cao Hong in Wudu, because Liu Bei was completely unaware of the situation because the news was blocked.

In April of the 23rd year of Jian'an, Liu Bei set off from Baishui Pass to attack Hanzhong.

The soldiers and horses went ahead without moving the grain and grass, but the road to Shu was difficult, and it was even more difficult to transport grain on the road to Shu.

Zhuge Liang, who was in charge of the general dispatch of logistics, handed over the task of transporting grain to the second section of Jinniu Road (from Zitong County to Yangpingguan Camp) to Huo Jun, the prefect of Zitong, and Deng Ai, the captain of Diannong.

The grain, grass and military supplies prepared by Yizhou in the past two years have been transported from various places to Zitong County for unified deployment. The fundamental reason why Liu Bei chose to send troops after April is that Deng Ai wanted to wait until the spring plowing to release the people's power.

The 20 refugees who escaped from Hanzhong at the beginning became the food transporters who took over their homes. Deng Ai divided these farmers into dozens of teams, and transported them to the front line in batches and time slots while taking care of farming.

The recruitment of peasants during the war will result in a lack of labor force and uncultivated land, which will greatly reduce the grain harvest. Therefore, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang carefully prepared for this war.

If the war can be won, Zhuge Liang can use policies such as exempting tax and corvee to restore people's livelihood. Once the war takes a long time and is finally defeated, the result is that the people flee, riot, and rebel due to hunger, which seriously affects the normal order in the state. This can be used to conspire internally and externally to seize Yizhou.

In May, Liu Bei arrived at Xiazhai outside Yangping Pass.

After hearing the news, Xia Houyuan and Zhang Ying, Xu Huang, Guo Huai and others were going to Yangping Pass to resist, and flew to Yecheng to report to Wei Wang Cao Cao.

After Liu Bei set up camp, he wanted to test Xia Houyuan's strength, so he sent General Zhao Yun to fight in Guanxia.

Zhao Yun's silver-helmed white horse was very heroic, he immediately pointed his spear at the pass and yelled: "Changshan Zhao Zilong is here, who dares to come down to fight?"

Xia Houyuan looked around and asked: "Liu Bei's visit is not kind. If he can kill Zhao Yun in the pass, he will definitely be defeated. Who would dare to fight?"

Zhang Ying, Xu Huang and other generals did not respond to the words. Although Zhao Yun was not as famous as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Cao Cao was defeated by Huarong Road and returned to Jiangling in the past. He was chased and intercepted by Zhao Yun and Xu Shu. Dozens of them happened to be Xia Houyuan's generals who were with the army at that time.

"No one dares to go? Junyi, how are you? You can fight back and forth with Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun is nothing to worry about, right?" Xia Houyuan frowned and asked again.

Seeing Xia Houyuan pointing at himself, Zhang He quickly clasped his fists and replied, "Zhao Yun has known him since he followed Gongsun Zan. This man is outstanding in martial arts and has a lot of skills. I don't recommend fighting head-on with him. We have Yang Ping Why bother with natural dangers?"

"Even so, it has fallen to the prestige of the Wei army." Xia Houyuan hesitated.

Zhang He leaned forward and whispered a few words in his ear. Xia Houyuan nodded in affirmation, then walked slowly to the edge of the city wall, pointed at Zhao Yun who was closed and sneered, "Zhao Zilong, right? You should go back to the camp, Chang Shan." Now it belongs to Wei State, so I will not fight a duel with my own people."

Zhao Yun was dumbfounded when he heard it. It was the first time he heard Xia Houyuan refuse with this reason in his military career.

Ps: There are double monthly tickets these days, and the author Jun has the courage to ask for a ticket on the [-]st.

(End of this chapter)