Three Kingdoms: Wolong's brother-in-law, tricking Liu Bei into seizing Jingzhou

At this moment, Lei Tong's spiritual will was crushed.

Xiahou Yuan guarded Yizhou for many years, and as a general under Xiahou Yuan, he also followed him for many years.

Over the years, whether it was suppressing the rebellion of the southern barbarians, defending the city of Baidi, or blocking the invasion of the Han Dynasty's Jingzhou Legion, Xiahou Yuan had never been defeated.

Lei Tong not only admired Xiahou Yuan's military talent and martial arts, but also worshipped him.

But now.

How could this General Xiahou Yuan, whom he admired, the one who had never lost a battle in his life, die inexplicably?

Or died at the hands of Ma Chao?
Lei Tong was so shocked that he even forgot to think about why Ma Chao appeared on Dingjun Mountain.

It was obvious that Ma Chao was leading the main force of the Han army and was attacking his right camp.

Lei Tong suffered a mental breakdown, and the morale of the Qin soldiers in the right camp also collapsed.

The news of Xiahou Yuan's beheading instantly crushed their fighting spirit, and they were so frightened that they forgot to resist the offensive of the Han army outside the camp.

"Crack-"

With a loud bang, a hole about ten feet wide was knocked open in the camp wall.

Countless Han soldiers, like a tide, rushed into the broken gap.

"General Mengqi has killed Xiahou Yuan. Soldiers of the Han Dynasty, follow me to destroy the enemy camp and kill all the Qin thieves—"

Guo Huai, who had learned of Ma Chao's victory, waved his spear and shouted excitedly to boost the morale of the troops.

The morale of the Han army surged, and they pounced on the panicked Qin soldiers like a tiger entering a sheepfold.

"General Lei, what should we do? What should we do?"

The lieutenants shouted at Lei Tong in hoarse voices.

Lei Tong let out a long breath and waved his hand weakly:

"General Xiahou is dead. What's the point of us continuing to fight?"

"Pass on my order. All troops should abandon camp and retreat to Yangping."

When the order was given, Lei Tong rode away first.

The Qin army seemed to have been pardoned and fled towards Yangping Pass like a frightened bird, abandoning their weapons and armor.

The Han army was invincible and easily broke into the Qin camp.

A flag with the word "Han" on it was raised above the right camp of the Qin army.

...

Inside the city wall, in a room.

Yan Puzheng frowned and picked up his pen to write a letter.

The content of the letter roughly said that the Han army launched a surprise attack on Dingjun Mountain, and Xiahou Yuan was forced to lead his troops out of the pass to retake Dingjun Mountain.

He planned to send someone to deliver this letter to Chengdu overnight to report to Cao Cao and ask Cao Cao for instructions.

After all, although Xiahou Yuan had no choice, he still went against Cao Cao's order not to go out to fight.

Moreover, Xiao Fang's existence made him shudder in his heart, and he always felt that there must be some conspiracy of Xiao Fang involved.

After writing the letter, Yan Pu carefully put it into an envelope.

It was put in several times and taken out several times.

He has some concerns.

In a sense, this letter is a letter of denunciation!

The person to be told was the second most important military general of the Qin State, General Xiahou Yuan.

No matter what instructions Cao Cao gave, Xiahou Yuan would definitely know that it was him who made the report to Cao Cao behind his back, and he would certainly be dissatisfied with him.

It was obviously not a wise move to offend Qin's second most important general.

But this matter concerns the survival of Hanzhong and the survival of the Qin State. How could he turn a blind eye and not report it to Cao Cao for fear of offending Xiahou Yuan?
For a moment, Yan Pu was in a dilemma and found it difficult to make a decision.

Sudden.

The guard rushed in and shouted in horror:
"Lord Yan, General Lei has returned after his defeat!" Upon hearing this, Yan Pu's body suddenly shook and his expression changed.

Lei Tong actually returned in defeat?
Doesn't this mean that Xiahou Yuan's failure in capturing Dingjun Mountain was a major defeat?
But this shouldn't be the case. If Xiahou Yuan had followed his own strategy, he should have set up camps on both wings of Dingjun Mountain and surrounded the area without attacking.

If that’s the case, how could he be defeated by Ma Chao?
"Could it be that…"

Yan Pu shuddered, and without thinking too much, he rushed to the Guancheng Mansion in two steps.

When he arrived, Wu Lan and several other generals had already arrived.

Lei Tong was sitting there, looking frightened, drinking gulps of wine to suppress his fear.

"General Lei, what happened? Why did General Xiahou lose?"

"Where is General Xiahou?"

"Where is Zhang Yi? Where is he?"

As soon as Yan Pu arrived, he started questioning him.

Lei Tong's face was filled with grief and anger, and he seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.

When Yan Pu saw him like this, his heart skipped a beat and he was immediately filled with an ominous premonition.

Wu Lan was anxious and said:

"Brother Lei, what's going on? Tell me now!"

Lei Tongqing knew that the truth could not be hidden, so he could only let out a long sigh.

"We had just set up the left and right camps at the foot of Dingjun Mountain, and Ma Chao sent troops to attack our right camp. I thought it was his entire division, so I asked General Xiahou for help..."

"Who would have thought that when General Xiahou was on his way to rescue our right camp, Ma Chao rushed down from the north slope and unexpectedly defeated our army."

"General Xiahou was caught off guard and was killed by Ma Chao!"

"The seven thousand soldiers I rescued were almost wiped out!"

"Then Ma Chao led his army to attack the left camp. Zhang Yi, seeing the situation was not good, surrendered to Ma Chao!"

"I saw that the situation was hopeless. In order to save these 7,000 soldiers, I had no choice but to abandon the camp and retreat to Yangping Pass!"

Lei Tong was very sad. He explained the causes and consequences of Xiahou Yuan's death and Zhang Yi's surrender to the Han Kingdom.

Yan Pu's face froze, his mouth opened, and his whole body seemed petrified.

Wu Lan and other generals were all shocked and stunned.

"The Cavalry General actually died in battle?"

Yan Pu muttered to himself, and in a trance he thought he was in a dream and everything he heard was just dream talking.

He had imagined the worst scenario, which was that Xiahou Yuan ignored the advice and led his army to attack Dingjun Mountain, but was defeated by Ma Chao, suffered heavy losses and had to retreat to Yangping Pass.

Unexpectedly.

Xiahou Yuan was not defeated, but his entire army was almost wiped out, and he even lost his own life!

It was completely beyond his expectations!

"Xiao Fang!"

"This must be another plan of Xiao Fang!"

Yan Pu clenched his fists and sighed in grief and anger:
"I have long reminded General Huqi that he must not go out to fight, but General Xiahou refused to listen."

"Liu Bei's surprise attack on Dingjun Mountain was not aimed at Nanzheng, nor was it aimed at cutting off our food supply route to Yangping Pass. It was aimed at General Xiahou!"

"He wanted to kill General Xiahou in one fell swoop, complete his mission in one battle, and defeat our Hanzhong Army in one fell swoop!"

"Apart from Xiao Fang, who else could have such a brilliant plan?"

Wu Lan and other generals were all shocked when they heard this calculation.

The morale of the generals plummeted to the bottom in an instant, and they fell into panic and confusion.

"Lord Yan, General Miaocai has died in battle, and our army has lost more than 14,000 men. How can we deal with this?"

Wu Lan asked Yan Pu with a trembling voice. (End of this chapter)