Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

At the foot of Tiandang Mountain.

Ma Chao followed Zhuge Liang's order to support Chen Dao and Liu Feng, and to contend with Huang Zhong.

So, just after he came to Tiandang Mountain, he had a fight with Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong advocated avoiding his sharp edge and did not confront Ma Chao and the others head-on. When he saw the enemy approaching, he ordered the battalion to withdraw and retreat for ten miles.

"General Ma, Huang Zhong hastily retreated. I'm afraid there may be a fraud in it, so he can't chase him anymore." Liu Feng said cautiously.

"Huang Zhong is just an old man. He doesn't know the art of war. He is so old and vulnerable. What kind of tricks can he have?" Ma Chao said disapprovingly.

"General Ma is right. Veteran Huang Zhong is old and lacks mental strength. He retreats quickly because he is afraid of us." Chen Dao has been fighting Huang Zhong continuously for the past few days, and has never lost.

Whenever the two sides collided, Huang Zhong's side would retreat, Ming Jin withdrew his troops, and dared not fight again.

After many attempts, Chen Dao's confidence soared, thinking that Huang Zhong was just like that.

Liu Feng shook his head and said: "Lian Po is old, he can still eat a bucket of food, ten catties of meat, and mount a horse in armor. It is not without reason that Chen Yang ordered Huang Zhong to stay here. Besides, it is getting late. If you continue to chase and kill, if there is an ambush , it's serious."

These words convinced the two of them, after hesitating for a moment, they stopped chasing and killing them and returned to Tiandang Mountain.

Huang Zhong ordered his men to withdraw for ten miles, set up camp again, looked in the direction of the enemy camp, and ordered: "Let's cook and rest first, the enemy will definitely attack the camp again tomorrow morning, and we will not be able to meet their edge at that time. After a simple resistance, Evacuate again and stand by for ten miles."

Xia Houheng ran over and said worriedly: "Old general, this is the second time we retreat, and we really have to retreat tomorrow. Is this appropriate?"

He was worried that the continuous retreat would affect the morale of the army, making all the soldiers feel that their general was not strong enough, and as long as the enemy could kill them, they would be defeated.

Huang Zhong smiled confidently: "We must retreat, and if we retreat several times, Tiandang Mountain can be taken down."

Xia Houheng shook his head and said, "I still think it's wrong. Doing so will only fuel the enemy's arrogance. How will we fight in the future?"

Huang Zhong said firmly: "It must be done. The general gave me an order. Before I took down Tiandang Mountain, I will arrange all affairs in the army. You must obey all military orders, and obey them unconditionally."

Seeing him like this, Xia Houheng tried to persuade him, but he couldn't persuade him, so he could only sigh helplessly.

At noon the next day, as Huang Zhong said, Chen Dao led his troops to attack again.

Huang Zhong led the crowd into battle, and the two sides fought for a while before ordering everyone to retreat without any slack.

Xia Houheng didn't want to retreat very much, so he led his troops back to fight for a while, but finally lost to Chen Dao and had to flee.

They fled ten li again, threw off their pursuers, and settled down again.

Huang Zhong looked at Xia Houheng with a dark face, and scolded: "General Xiahou, the general asked me to be the chief general of the army. You have to obey me no matter what the order is. Just now, why did you disobey the military order and return privately?" Resisting the enemy? Do you know how to deal with violations of military orders?"

The relationship between them is usually pretty good, but this is the first time Xia Houheng heard Huang Zhong scolding him so much.

"But we have been running away, and there is no way. If this continues, how are we going to fight?"

Xia Houheng retorted: "With many retreats, morale has been greatly reduced, and it is difficult to win."

Huang Zhong said: "I have my own way to win. Before that, I said the general's military order, Xia Houheng, you dare to violate the military order, come here!"

Several soldiers stepped forward immediately, and he heard him say again: "Drag Xia Houheng down, and give him twenty sticks. Anyone who dares to violate the military order in the future will be executed."

Xia Houheng didn't expect that Huang Zhong would actually hit him, but he didn't resist, and let those people drag him down, and the twenty sticks gritted his teeth and took it down.

After being beaten, Xia Houheng was taken into his tent, and some ointment was applied on his buttocks to relieve the pain, and he said, "Come on, go to Hanzhong quickly and tell the general what happened here. I'm afraid that this will continue. We won't be able to hold on."

At the same time, the news of Xia Houheng's beating spread throughout the army in an instant.

There were also a few sneaky people in the army who sent the news all the way back to Tiandang Mountain.

"Huang Zhong beat Xia Houheng, and the reason was that Xia Houheng led the army to resist us?" Liu Feng was obviously taken aback when he got the news.

Those people are the spies they arranged in Huang Zhong's army.

"Huang Zhong is a man who is greedy for life and afraid of death. He only dared to run away and dared not fight. However, he dared to fight Xia Houheng, but we did not expect it." Chen Dao also said in surprise.

"It's just right. Huang Zhong and Xia Houheng must be at odds. There are many conflicts in their army. This is a great opportunity for us to fight back."

Ma Chao said decisively: "Continue to attack tomorrow. As long as Huang Zhong dares to retreat another mile, the conflict between him and Xia Houheng will increase by one more point. The army's morale is not uniform. Within three days, Huang Zhong will definitely be captured by us."

Liu Feng said: "Having said that, we still have to be careful."

They don't care about whether they are careful or not.

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The letter sent by Xia Houheng soon arrived in Hanzhong.

When Xiahouyuan saw it, he was furious. Xiahouheng was his son, and Huang Zhong dared to fight him.

But Huang Zhong belonged to Chen Yang, Xia Houyuan didn't dare to get angry, so he could only tell Chen Yang about it.

"General Xiahou, don't be angry. I really gave the military order a long time ago. In General Huang's army, he can do whatever he wants, and everyone must obey his orders."

Chen Yang explained: "Besides, what the old general did can show that Tiandang Mountain is about to be taken down by us."

Xia Houyuan asked puzzledly, "Why?"

Chen Yang said with a smile: "The strategy of arrogant soldiers will soon bear fruit. At that time, Xia Houyuan's twenty military sticks will not be for nothing. He will definitely have a share in military merits."

Zhuge Liang also never imagined that Huang Zhongxian would use the trick he used against Cao Zhang against Chen Dao.

"A trick of pride?"

Xia Houyuan believed in Chen Yang, but he didn't necessarily believe in Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong was near Tiandang Mountain, so far away, without Chen Yang's guidance, Xia Houyuan was very worried whether this arrogant strategy would work.

"No, it's better to be steady. If Huang Zhong fails, the Tiandang Mountain army will also attack Hanzhong, which will be even more dangerous."

Xia Houyuan didn't trust Huang Zhong very much, so he ordered his second son Xia Houba to go.

First, he could question Huang Zhong why he wanted to beat Xia Houyuan.

Secondly, if Huang Zhong really fails, Xia Houba can recover the loss.

Xiahouba got the order and knew that his brother was beaten by Huang Zhong, so he was very angry.

He left Hanzhong immediately and went to Huang Zhong to ask him clearly.

It is not so easy to beat the members of Xiahou's family.