three kings

Chapter 139

Wancheng official residence, meeting hall.

"This battle was really fun!" Zhang Xiu's favorite general, Hu Che'er, waved his fist excitedly. In the previous battle, he killed 38 enemy soldiers, including two with the rank of captain.

He was in charge of intercepting this battle. According to Jia Xu's order, they lurked on the mountain road five miles away from Pingsha, waiting for Fan Wu's army. According to the instructions, they deliberately let Fan Wu's army pass.

When another army attacked Fan Wu's army camp from the flank and forced Fan Wu to return to the army, they suddenly broke out.Take advantage of the opponent's impatient and inattentive mentality to lock down the battle situation.

Hearing Hu Che'er's words, Zhang Xiu had a gloomy expression on his face. He had lost his face in this battle. Being smart, he thought that he would be able to decapitate Fan Wu.

But he found that he was the one who got caught. Thousands of cavalry were killed and defeated, and he himself was so frightened that he fled home desperately. As for how to win, he didn't know at all.

It was only after listening to the narration of the soldiers under his command that I realized that Jia Xu, an old fox, had expected that Fan Wu knew that he would go to attack at night. Afterwards, he unexpectedly attacked Fan Wu's army and entered Dazhai, and ordered Hu Che'er to set up an ambush on the way to attack Sun Can's vanguard army in an all-round way.

In this battle, their army beheaded more than a thousand of the enemy's heads, and the opponent's [-] troops were all defeated, which can be described as a brilliant victory.

However, Zhang Xiu was a little displeased. One must know that as the commander-in-chief of the whole army, he had no idea about the plan this time. Like a bereaved dog, I feel particularly embarrassed in my heart.

After some rewards, Zhang Xiu ordered everyone to retreat.

Zhang Xiu said to Jia Xu: "Mr. Wenhe..." He wanted Jia Xu to tell him the strategy in advance when he used a strategy next time, but he just started, but he didn't know how to continue.

Jia Xu said lightly: "Is the general blaming Wen He for not telling him his true intentions?"

Zhang Xiu was overwhelmed, and looked even more embarrassed, and said: "It's not strange, Xiu has never thought of complaining to Mr., but just thinks that something like this should be told to me first. Don't win consecutively, I feel a little uncomfortable clear."

Jia Xu said: "If you tell the general in advance, can the general's defeat be so real? If you want to lure the enemy, the best way is to fake the show for real. Only by real defeat can the opponent be fooled. Fan Wu knows how to use troops. He understands the truth that poor bandits don’t pursue this, if it wasn’t for his eagerness to seek merit and the general’s real defeat, how could he be able to hide it from him.”

Zhang Xiu nodded in agreement, and the last trace of dissatisfaction with Jia Xu also disappeared with the wind.

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Runan Mansion, Chamber of Commerce.

Sun Can led a mighty [-] army, crossed the Huai River, and arrived in Runan this evening. He was going to rest in the city for a night and set off soon.

"Crack!" Sun Can tossed the battle report just delivered on the case, frowned slightly, and said in his mouth: "Jia Wenhe!" He glanced at Guo Jia and said, "Feng Xiao, this time we We have met our opponent. Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe just fought, and our army lost [-] rangers."

Three thousand cavalry is not a small number, and its practical value is even higher than ten thousand ordinary soldiers.

Now Fan Wu has packed up the remnants of the army, regrouped the defeated army, led more than [-] defeated soldiers, and set up camp [-] miles away from Pingsha, waiting for the reinforcements from Sun Can's army to arrive, making plans.

"It's a pity, it's a pity, this person is a rare resourceful person in the world, if he can be used by me, the world will be settled." Sun Can tsk-tsk, his eyes never leaving the battle report on the case.Jia Xu used his lord Zhang Xiu as a bait to lure the enemy, and Sun Can asked himself that if he had been there at that time, he would have been teased by Jia Xu too.

May I ask, which courtier would put the lord in danger for the sake of victory?

This move was not only unexpected by Sun Can, but also by Guo Jia.

Loyalty to the emperor and patriotism have been the traditional virtues of China since ancient times.Although Guo Jia is free-spirited and debauched, he also keeps in mind the word loyalty and filial piety. He would rather use himself as bait than his lord.

He took the battle report on the desk, read it carefully, and became more and more interested in it. After visiting it once, he read it again carefully. It was not enough, so he went to the map of Nanyang County and followed it. The situation on the battle report was compared with each other on the map, and the eyes became more serious.

After watching it three times in a row, Guo Jiacai praised: "This talent is unfathomable. He has insight into people's hearts and the ability to figure out opportunities, which can be said to be rare in the world. Although Fan Wu's talent is not as good as Gongming and Wenyuan, he is also brave and resourceful. Jia Xu has a clear view of Fan Wu, including his whereabouts and his desire to win and do meritorious deeds, which is really rare."

After a pause, Guo Jia continued: "What's more frightening is that he is poisonous. He will do whatever it takes to win. No matter how many soldiers are sacrificed, he will not blink an eye. No one in our army is as vicious as this. .”

Sun Can nodded and said, "However, this kind of person has a weakness, that is, he values ​​interests. He may not care about anyone in the world, but he will never give up his own interests."

Guo Jia knew that his lord had once again committed an obsession with talent, but what he said was really reasonable, so he nodded and said: "But it is really not easy to get this person to surrender. If you don't defeat him, other methods may not be effective. The first priority now is to send people to support Fan Wu and help him complete the remaining vanguard duties, so that my army in the middle can reach Wancheng smoothly.

At that time, we will compete with this person again. "

Sun Can nodded, and immediately ordered to convene the three armed forces for discussion.

Sun Can told everyone about the current situation, and said loudly: "Who wants to go to Wancheng to rescue General Fan Wu?"

"The final general is willing to go." The four generals Xu Huang, Zhang Fei, Zhang Liao, and Zhao Yun took orders in unison.

Sun Can thought to himself: "Gongming is strict in dealing with affairs, and uses his troops appropriately. Yide is extremely brave. Although he is talented, he often uses loyalty. Wenyuan is versatile in both literature and military affairs, and he is the best choice for strategy and courage. Zilong is not arrogant. Not impetuous, dare to act on the fly, and good at grasping opportunities.

Gongming, Wenyuan, and Zilong are all the best candidates. However, these three people may not be Jia Xu's enemies. The most stable person should be sent to make him stand at every step. "

Thinking of this, he ordered in a loud voice: "Gongming, you will go to support. The enemy general Zhang Xiuxiang has the reputation of "the spear king of the Northland", and his counselor Jia Xu has unfathomable talents. Remember, everything should be done carefully and carefully. Row."

There is no doubt that the most rigorous and stable people in Sun Can's army are Xu Huang and Xu Gongming.

Xu Huang took the order loudly, and said: "The final general will surely live up to my lord's high expectations."

Guo Jia suggested at this time: "At this moment, the enemy of Wancheng is not comparable to Dong Bandit or Yuan Shu. General Xu alone may be difficult to deal with. It is better to send another person to go, just in case. "

Xu Huang hurriedly said: "To deal with Zhang Xiu, Huang alone is enough, so you don't need to bother the generals." Zhang Xiu was originally his defeated opponent, and Xu Huang didn't find it difficult for him. Xu Huang was confident that he had full confidence.

Sun Can also felt that Guo Jia's words were reasonable, and when he was about to speak, he heard Xu Huang say: "The final general wishes to issue a military order, so he will definitely be able to do a good job as a pioneer."

Seeing that Xu Huang had issued a military order, Sun Can couldn't help but take the words back, and worriedly said: "Gongming, Zhang Xiu is not very powerful, the real one is Jia Xu next to him, Gongming puts stability first in everything. , the army will arrive soon."

Xu Huang nodded, promising that he would be able to complete the task.

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Wancheng official residence, meeting hall.

Zhang Xiu excitedly looked at the news in his hand, and said happily: "Mr. Wen He, Sun Can sent Xu Huang to support Fan Wu again. Mister, there is a plan to break it."

Back then when Xu Huang was chasing Dong Zhuo, Xu Huang killed his uncle Zhang Ji after he fought to the death, and beheaded him when he was afraid of the enemy. This has always been a big hatred in his heart. At this moment, Xu Huang Akira's arrival is a good time for him to take revenge.But he knew that his ability might not be sure to beat Xu Huang, so he hurried to ask Jia Xu for advice.

Unexpectedly, Jia Xu opened his mouth and said: "There is no plan."

Zhang Xiu was taken aback when he heard the words, in his eyes, Jia Xu was omnipotent, so how could he say anything.I thought Jia Xu was joking with him, so I said: "Mr. Wenhe, don't want to amuse Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu and Xu Huang have a bloody feud against uncles. Today, when the enemy comes, Zhang Xiu is willing to avenge that day's revenge and return Wen Wen Mr. He came up with a plan to kill this enemy for Zhang Xiu."

Jia Xu said: "Xu Huang is no better than Fan Wu. He is rigorous and good at running the army. The opponent has been fighting for a while, so he must be more cautious this time. The opponent is strictly guarding, and our army has nothing to gain."

Zhang Xiu said viciously: "Could it be that this time he is so cheap?"

"Otherwise, the strategy of defeating the enemy is already in the chest, and the general does not have to worry about it." Jia Xu said confidently: "The general will immediately punish the soldiers of the troops, attack separately, and harass the enemy army. If the towns collect grain, if the people don’t give it, they will rob it by force.”

"This..." Zhang Xiu really couldn't understand what Jia Xu was thinking, and asked in confusion, "Why? It is understandable to attack and harass the enemy army. But Wancheng is a big city, and the food is supported by Jingzhou, why bother to rob it?" of the common people?"

Jia Xu didn't answer, but asked instead, "Does the general know how to fish?"

Zhang Xiu was not famous, so he replied, "What does this have to do with fishing?"

Jia Xu said: "If you can't catch the bait, the fish won't take the bait."

Zhang Xiu saw that Jia Xu said so confidently, although he didn't know what was fish and what was bait, but based on his trust in Jia Xu, he nodded in agreement and followed Jia Xu's wishes.

The big tent of Xu Huangjun's barracks.

Xu Huang and Fan Wu were discussing important matters around the map in the tent.

At this time, Liu Pi came in and reported to the two: "General Xu, General Fan, the enemy has continuously sent thousands of troops to attack our army. In addition, according to reports from the spies, the other party also sent troops to grab food from the nearby people, which is very strange. .”

Xu Huang and Fan Wu looked at each other, and both saw the difference in each other's eyes.

"Could it be that the other party has no food?" Fan Wu questioned, but he himself didn't believe this statement, and immediately shook his head and vetoed it: "Impossible! Wancheng is a fortress and the gateway to Jingzhou. Liu Biao has no reason to treat Zhang Xiu badly? What's more, how much food do the people have in their hands?"

"The opponent's purpose is not to provide food. Their purpose is to lure us to attack, so that we have to fight with them. General Liu, pass me an order that no one is allowed to fight... and pay close attention to the opponent's movements." short Within a short period of time, Xu Huang couldn't think of anything, but only thought of this so-called past reason.

After thinking about it, he was still not at ease, so he ordered the whole army to martial law.

The army approached Wancheng and set up camp fifty miles away from Wancheng, preparing to wait for the arrival of Sun Can's army.

The next day, early morning.

Suddenly, there was a sound of horseshoes, and Zhang Xiu led two thousand cavalry to provoke.

Xu Huang originally wanted to hold out, but seeing that the opponent had only 2000 troops, considering the morale, he decided to go out of the village to fight against him.He thought: "The opponent is already my defeated general, Zhang Xiu was not my top enemy back then, today, he is no better than him?" He couldn't help thinking of underestimating the enemy.

Urging the horse to go forward, he shouted: "You are defeated, how can An De show his strength?"

Zhang Xiu was called to have a headache, his eyes were red, and he said angrily: "Thief, don't be so arrogant, I will shoot your grandfather."

The two urged their horses forward, Xu Huang smiled disdainfully, and started fighting with Zhang Xiu.

As soon as they fought, Xu Huang suddenly became aware that Zhang Xiu's martial arts were no less than him, and far surpassed his past memories.It turned out that Zhang Xiu had always been timid, and he would feel timid when he saw other people's aggressive attacks.At that time, after Xu Huang vowed to die, his strength was already extraordinary, and Xu Huang beheaded his uncle, which made him heartbroken, so he was injured by Xu Huang.

This time, Zhang Xiu fought to the death with his revenge, but Xu Huang underestimated the enemy.Less than ten times, Xu Huang was only able to parry, but had no power to fight back.

Fan Wu yelled, "Gongming, don't worry, I'll help you!" He pulled his horse out to help.

After seeing Hu Che'er, one of Zhang Xiu's generals, he came up to block Fan Wu, and said in a loud voice, "Your defeated general, Hugh can bully more and less."

Seeing that Hu Che'er was the one who attacked him that night, Fan Wu was very angry, he raised his saber and slashed at him.

Fan Wu's bravery was unstoppable, and Hu Che'er was gradually unable to hold back.

On the other hand, Xu Huang was not optimistic, the martial arts of the two were originally between brothers.But Xu Huang was contemptuous, and Zhang Xiu took the lead, and he was merciless everywhere. The spear head turned into two, two into four, four into eight...

There are more and more gun shadows, Xu Huang can only resist, but has no power to fight back.

This spear move is one of the ultimate moves called "Hundred Birds Throwing into the Forest" in the "Hundred Birds towards the Phoenix Spear" of a generation of spear master Tong Yuan, and it is extremely powerful.

Xu Huang dodged it and thought to himself: "Why is this man's gun so similar to Zilong's gun?"

Suddenly, a cannon rang, and the back camp of Xu Huang's army camp caught fire, and the sound of shouting and killing came one after another.

Xu Huang turned pale with shock, not understanding why.

Zhang Xiu laughed arrogantly: "Little Xu Huang, do you know that Mr. Wen He's plan has fallen into your favor?"

"How is it possible?" Xu Huang couldn't believe it. The duty of the vanguard, besides opening the way for the Chinese army, is to find out whether the enemy has set up an ambush, so as to prevent the Chinese army from being attacked without a fight. I don't know the truth.

Zhang Xiu continued to laugh and said, "Mr. Wen He sent people out to grab food and harass every day. Whenever they retreated, some soldiers went out and did not return, lurking secretly, and came down several times to reach [-] people. He expected You will definitely have a tight defense when you arrive, so let this general call the battle, and now there is no one in the barracks to command, it depends on what you do."

The gun became more and more fierce.

At this time, dust was flying in the distance, and there were traces of a large number of soldiers coming from the direction of Wancheng.

Xu Huang had long been unwilling to fight, but Zhang Xiu was entangled so tightly that he couldn't escape.Without paying attention, Zhang Xiu shot Xu Huang in the left shoulder.

Xu Huang yelled and fell down again.

Seeing this, Fan Wu roared furiously, beat Hu Che'er back with one move, and attacked Zhang Xiu fiercely.

Fan Wu is like crazy, he only defends and doesn't attack when he moves.Zhang Xiu was timid, seeing Fan Wu being so fierce, he immediately forced him to retreat.

Fan Wu picked up Xu Huang with one hand and rushed towards the army.

Seeing that the attack from both sides had already taken place, once he entered the barracks, he ordered to retreat again and again, trying to avoid unnecessary casualties.

Xu Huang deserves to be called a general with Yafu's talent.Although there was no chief general, the soldiers in the "Black Panther Battalion" gathered together in groups of three and four to fight against the invading enemy army, and only a very small number of them escaped because of personal fear.

With the order to withdraw the troops, the soldiers of the "Black Panther Battalion" and "Ranger Battalion" fled together to the northeast where Fan Wu pointed.

Fan Wu strenuously moved forward, hacked and killed more than twenty enemies, cut a bloody road, and fled to the northeast.

After fleeing for more than ten li, Fan Wu stopped his horse when he heard the rumbling hoofbeats behind him, turned to look at the front, and sighed: "The only thing left is to fight to the death. Someone, send General Xu Huang away."

Xu Huang suddenly struggled to his feet, rolled over and got off the ground, and said loudly, "I'm coming to the queen."

"No." Fan Wu said urgently: "You are injured, don't be brave."

Xu Huang said in an orderly tone: "I'm coming to the rear of the palace, General Fan retreats quickly."

Fan Wu said coldly: "Although your official position is higher than mine, I am the vanguard. You are just a general sent by the lord to help, so you are not qualified to order me to do anything?"

Xu Huang sighed, put his sword across his neck, and said sharply: "When Huang came here, he had already issued a military order. At this moment, he suffered such a big defeat, and he has the face to go to see the lord. Just leave it to me, if Xing Qiang does not agree Huang must kill himself here, and beg the general to let me do one last thing for my lord."

Fan Wu sighed: "Okay, Xu Huang, please take care of yourself." Fan Wu left with tears in his eyes.

Xu Huang got on his horse and saw thousands of people behind him, pointing their axes at the sky, stood up high, and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, you are willing to fight with me to the death."

Looking at the invincible commander in the past, leading them with [-] to [-] commanders, he was still majestic at this time, and shouted one after another: "Yes, yes, yes."

"Okay!" Xu Huang said: "The whole army is in formation, ready to fight." At this moment, Xu Huang didn't think that he was fighting in the rear, but was attacking, perhaps the last attack in his life.

Suddenly, he saw some scattered horses beside him, his heart moved, and he hurriedly told the soldiers beside him that when the horses rode away, he would tie branches behind the horses and use the strategy of suspicious soldiers.

Zhang Xiu led an army of [-] cavalry and arrived in front of Xu Huang in an instant.

Zhang Xiu commanded the army to stop, looked at Xu Huang, and laughed loudly: "Little Xu Huang, today is your death day."

What Xu Huang was waiting for was this moment. If the opponent's cavalry didn't stop, let alone the [-] beside him, even [-] might not be able to withstand the cavalry's offensive.

However, if Zhang Xiu stopped like this, then Xu Huang would not give Zhang Xiu time to start. He swung his big axe and killed Zhang Xiu's army with the determination to die.

Without impact cavalry, their horses will be a liability.

A thousand soldiers rushed into the cavalry, each of these cavalry was armed with weapons such as lances, and could not move flexibly at all, and the cavalry suddenly became lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Shouting to kill was everywhere, and the warriors in Xu Huang's army marched forward bravely.

Zhang Xiu was shocked and furious, and rushed towards Xu Huang.

now.Xu Huang was already determined to die. Although he had already been shot, his strength was incalculable when it came to risking his life.

Xu Huang's big ax swirled around his body, and all the surrounding soldiers were chopped into two by it.

Zhang Xiu rushed to the spear, and the two fought again.

Zhang Xiu was cunning, seeing that Xu Huang's left arm was injured, the long spear waved towards Xu Huang's shoulder, and in the blink of an eye, Xu Huang was shot twice.

Xu Huang's severe pain numbs his nerves. At this moment, there are only four words in his mind - fight to the death and never retreat.

"Ah..." With a loud shout, Xu Huang slashed at Zhang Xiu one after another like a reborn overlord.

Xu Huang seemed to have forgotten all martial arts, and could only strike straight with one move.

However, Zhang Xiu was powerless to fight back because of this straight attack.He had no choice but to raise his spear to catch the blow again and again.

In his eyes, Xu Huang was almost crazy, and he didn't care about his own safety at all.

Zhang Xiu is confident that he can pierce Xu Huang through, but while piercing Xu Huang's body, his head will be divided into two halves like a watermelon.

Zhang Xiu felt chilled, fearing whether the person in front of her was a human or a ghost.
Of course a person is a person, and a very intelligent person at that.Just when Xu Huang was about to strike with the next axe, a flash of strength suddenly flashed in his eyes, and the big axe suddenly changed its move, instead of a straight strike, it slashed down on the embroidery with a slanted shoulder.

Zhang Xiu was caught off guard immediately, Xu Huang's move was beyond his expectation, and there was no time to dodge it.He turned decisively and rolled off the horse.

Xu Huang's knife exhausted all his strength, and he also rolled off the horse.

Xu Huang's personal guard hurriedly picked up Xu Huang and ran back.

At this time, horseshoes were blowing all around, and dust and smoke billowed.

Zhang Xiu, who wanted to pursue him, broke out in a cold sweat, the dust and smoke could not have been produced without the galloping of tens of thousands of horses, Nian Yi immediately ordered to retreat.

The Wancheng army won another battle, no, it should be said that Jia Xu won another battle.

(End of this chapter)