Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 505

Liu Ye went to prepare immediately after receiving the order. Cao Cao put on his cloak and walked out of the hall. Chang'an City was cold in winter. He looked in the direction of Hanzhong and fell into deep thought.

A few years ago, Cao Cao defeated Zhang Lu with Xiahou Dun's luck. Although Hanzhong was taken very easily at that time, it is a pity that two-thirds of the population fled to Yizhou because of rumors that he had slaughtered the city.

Due to the lack of population, the rich land of Hanchuan soon fell into a state of overall depression, because at that time all those who fled were young and middle-aged, and most of those who stayed in Hanzhong were old people.

Cao Cao originally wanted Du Xi to relocate the remaining people, but in the end he did not implement it at Xia Houyuan's plea. After all, if all the people in Hanzhong were gone, the troops remaining in Hanzhong would have no one to support them.

At this time, the people in Hanzhong were short of food, and Cao Cao had to carry the supplies for reinforcements by himself, and the follow-up food and grass also needed to be continuously transported from the Central Plains, so Cao Cao loved and hated the land of Hanzhong.

In order to completely defeat Liu Bei in Hanzhong, Cao Cao took away [-] soldiers gathered in Chang'an from all over the country. When he sent troops, Cao Hong also led more than [-] soldiers to rescue Yangping Pass.

As soon as Cao Hong's army marched near Juxiang, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao appeared outside Xiabian City again. Because the Qiang and Di people they recruited were good at shooting, they directly fought bows and arrows with Cao Xiu's defenders directly below the city, causing the defenders of Xiabian to panic. The casualties were very high.

Cao Hong knew that Cao Xiu was brave and resourceful, and he still had [-] elite tiger and leopard cavalry, so he left him [-] ordinary soldiers to defend the city. After all, Cao Cao would come if he persisted for a few days. With Cao Xiu's ability, he could defend the city.

Tiger and Leopard Riders are the most powerful soldiers in Cao's army. They were selected from more than a hundred generals. It is not easy to train even one, and their equipment is very expensive, so Cao Xiu is reluctant to let Tiger and Leopard Riders defend the city.

Except for the tiger and leopard cavalry, Cao Xiu had only [-] city guards left. Facing the harassment of Zhang Fei and Ma Chao with more than [-] Qiang and Hu soldiers, no matter how capable he is, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Seeing that the [-] city guards were fighting less and less, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao were fighting and shouting under the city. After a battle between heaven and man, Cao Xiu finally chose to preserve the combat power of the tiger and leopard cavalry and gave up the debate.

Cao Xiu led tigers and leopards to break through the siege at dusk, Zhang Fei ordered Ma Chao to lead his team to chase after him, and told him to return immediately if he found something wrong.

Tiger and leopard cavalry were a mixture of light and heavy cavalry, and the movement speed of the heavy cavalry was obviously slow. Seeing that Ma Chao was holding on to the rear, Cao Xiu had no choice but to cut off his tail to survive. Flee to Hechi.

The [-] tiger and leopard cavalry knew they were going to die, so they resisted tenaciously for half an hour. In the end, the remaining [-] cavalry surrendered to Ma Chao.

Ma Chao ordered the cavalry to be buried, and then took their 'relics' back to Xiabian to join Zhang Fei.

In the first month of the 24th year of Jian'an, Zhang Fei wandered abroad for nearly a year and reoccupied the Xiabian of Wudu.

Zhang Fei learned from the tiger and leopard cavalry that Cao Cao led his troops to rescue Yangping Pass via Chencang Road, so he discussed with Ma Chao: "Meng Qi, the Cao thief is much stronger than Cao Hong and Cao Xiu. We have more than [-] soldiers." Qiang Han soldiers are still not enough to see."

Ma Chao said nonchalantly: "So what if there are so many Cao bandits? Cao Hong and Cao Xiu have been played around by you these past few months. At worst, let's continue to play guerrilla games with him, so that he has no energy to support Hanzhong."

"Cao thief can go if he wants, and we will stay in Wudu to rob his grain road." The black-faced Zhang Fei showed his white teeth.

Ma Chao was startled when he heard this, and thought that the three generals also like to attack people's weaknesses, but he lamented that the guerrilla tactics of the martial arts hall are wonderful.

"What's Yide's trick?" Ma Chao asked.

Zhang Fei nodded: "The new tiger and leopard riders are treasures, we can't stay here and wait for them to rebel, we can move all the food and grass in Xiabian City to Shenlangqiang Mountain first, and then let Lei Ding choose dozens of them. The Qiang Di people's team is in the mountains in the north and south of Xiabian to confuse the Cao bandits, and the two of us are in charge of supporting them."

"Wonderful, being able to play tricks on Cao thief is better than killing him." Ma Chao's eyes lit up.

"Then make arrangements immediately, Cao Cao will arrive in Wudu in a few days." Zhang Fei urged.

"Wei." Ma Chao answered with cupped fists.

Zhang Fei had no time to enjoy it after occupying the next debate, so he immediately arranged for personnel to transfer supplies, selected personnel and good horses, and prepared to play a game of cat and mouse with Cao Cao.

Cao Xiu fled to Hechi to rest for a while, and then hurriedly led the tiger and leopard riders to Dasanguan. For Zhang Fei, who loves to play tricks, the Qianliju of the Cao family expressed his incomprehension.

Cao Xiu, who was given high hopes by Cao Cao before, felt that his intelligence was at least higher than that of Zhang Fei, but after nearly a year of dragging, he found that this black servant was getting more and more cunning, and his dirty tactics made him unable to keep up , because there is no such thing in Ye Luzi's military book.

Cao Xiubing met Cao Cao outside the Dasan Pass, and he appeared in front of Cao Cao with a red face and bowed head, and told the truth about Zhang Feifu's capture of Bian.

After hearing this, Cao Cao immediately showed an incredulous expression: "Wen Lie, is your opponent really that black-faced Zhang Fei?"

"Uh, because Wu Yi was repelled, the only ones left in Wudu are Zhang Fei, or the lieutenant general Ma Chao." Cao Xiu was ashamed.

"Horse? Impossible. His father, Ma Teng, has no such brains, let alone the bastard of a Qiang girl? It is impossible for a horse to have this ability. Wasn't it used to be played alone in Weishui in the past?" Cao Cao snorted coldly.

"Zhang Fei once defeated Junyi (Zhang He) in Nanjun, and later defeated General Junyi in Dangqu. It seems that we all underestimated Heisi before." Liu Ye shook his head and sighed.

Cao Cao frowned: "Back then, there was Pang Tong in Nanjun, and Dangqu was because of the favorable location. In short, Zhang He was incompetent. However, this black man was played by Lu Bu in the past, but now he is impressive. Liu Bei already has Guan Yu, who is invincible in the world. If Zhang Yun Fei Ye has grown into a general with both wisdom and courage, which is really a serious problem for Gu's confidant."

"Wei Wang, are you planning?" Liu Ye hesitated to speak.

Cao Cao sneered and said, "Since Zhang Fei has already arrived, Gu will naturally break Liu Xuande's wings. What hypocritical Taoyuan trio? Gu will burn all the peach trees for him."

"Then Yangping Pass?" Liu Ye asked again.

"Zi Lian and Zi Dan have already gone, and there is no new military report from Yangping Pass. I think the big-eared thief may not be able to succeed. Let's deal with Zhang Fei and Ma Chao in Wudu first, and wait for a while to raise food and grass. "Cao Cao made up his mind.

All the generals accompanying the army were silent, Cao Cao said to Cao Xiu: "Zhang Fei's small tricks are not worth mentioning. All ghost tricks are useless in the face of absolute power. I will send two thousand tigers and leopards to lead you ahead. When you meet Zhang Fei and Ma Chao, don't fight lightly."

"Wei." Cao Xiu clasped his fists sonorously.

With Cao Cao's encouragement, Cao Xiu instantly became motivated and said to Zhang Fei, where are you going to escape?
When Cao Xiubing arrived at Hechi, there was no trace of Zhang Fei. He carefully led the tiger and leopard riders to Xiabian, only to see that the city gate of Xiabian was closed and there was no one on the city wall.

Cao Xiu was dumbfounded, thinking what kind of trick Zhang Fei is doing?It's not his style at all.

(End of this chapter)