Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

The ministers responded in embarrassment, because Cao Cao's smile might be dangerous.

Cao Cao immediately appointed Cao Xiu as a member of the army, and immediately rushed to Chang'an to join Cao Hong. Before leaving, he asked: "Although you join the army, you are actually handsome."

When Cao Xiu left Yecheng, Cao Cao dispatched another [-] tiger and leopard riders to accompany him, which shows how much he attaches importance to him.

From this moment on, Cao Cao began to use the second generation commander.

Chapter 475 Don't Give A Chance

Cao Xiu is a son of Cao Cao's family and a nephew of Cao Hong. When Cao Cao raised troops to challenge Dong, he traveled thousands of miles from Wudi to the Central Plains to seek refuge in his teens.

Later, Cao Cao asked Cao Xiu to live and eat with Cao Pi and treat him like a parent. After joining the army, he trained in the most elite tiger and leopard cavalry for a long time. Cao Cao has been training him as a reserve commander.

After Cao Chun, the commander of tiger and leopard cavalry, died of illness, the expensive tiger and leopard cavalry was put under Cao Cao's direct command, and he was commanded by Cao Xiu in case of emergency missions.

Cao Xiu set off as a captain of the cavalry and joined the army. Although he is the actual coach, he lacks qualifications because he has served in the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry all year round.

Cao Cao pushed General Protector Cao Hong to the fore, as well as Yilang Xinpi who also joined the army, General Cao Zhen, and Yongzhou Inspector Zhang Ji and other famous Cao Wei generals to join in Chang'an to cooperate with Cao Xiu to repel Zhang Fei who invaded Wudu.

At the beginning of February in the 23rd year of Jian'an, troops from all walks of life supporting Wudu gathered in Chang'an. The total number of troops exceeded 5, which was twice that of Zhang Fei's partial division. Transport to the front.

In mid-February, under the leadership of Wudu Taishou Yang Fu, Cao Hong's army arrived at Hechi County, where Wu Yi had abandoned.

When Cao Hong arrived at Hechi, he didn't rush to attack, but waited for the food and grass in the rear, and at the same time, he took Cao Xiu to familiarize himself with the affairs of the army.

"Yishan (Yang Fu) and Zhang Fei have taught each other before. Didn't you say that this black man is very fierce in fighting? Why is it that we have been in Hechi for two or three days, and he still stands by and does not move?"

After two days of stalemate, the Guanzhong army's food delivery arrived, Cao Hong immediately summoned the generals to discuss how to deal with Zhang Fei who was under debate.

Yang Fu clasped his hands and replied, "Although that black servant is reckless, he is not stupid. We have twice as many troops as them, so we presumably focus on defense."

Cao Hong frowned and snorted coldly: "This guy has worked so hard to cross the mountains and ridges to occupy this undefendable lower debate? Isn't the crouching dragon and phoenix chick known as resourceful? Why did they make such a stupid decision?"

Xin Pi remonstrated and said: "Several military divisions in the court have analyzed to the king of Wei that Zhang Fei's move may be to attract the defenders of Hanzhong and open the situation for Liu Bei to seize Hanzhong."

"Many soldiers and generals are the kingly way. Such tricks of ghosts and monsters are not counted. Zhang Fei wants to stick to the city and be a turtle. I will lead my troops to the next debate tomorrow. I don't know if this black man is old and weak." Cao Hong was a little disdainful .

After hearing this, Yang Fu quickly said: "Zhang Fei's martial arts skills are still the same as before, and there is a brave Ma Chao by his side. If a general is attacking a city, he must not fight first..."

"Why does Yishan (Yang Fu) have the prestige of others? No matter in terms of strength, equipment, and training, our army is stronger than Liu Bei's soldiers. This time, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao will definitely come and go." Cao Hong's eyes flashed After a touch of sternness.

As soon as Cao Hong's words fell, Zhang Ji, the governor of Yongzhou, said: "Wudu County is surrounded by mountains and densely covered with ravines. We just need to guard the Hechi County in front of us, and then dispatch a partial division to detour around Qishan Road and go down to the village. Wings cannot escape."

"De Rong's (Zhang Ji)'s plan is very clever, but if he divides his troops rashly, Zhang Fei will easily find a loophole. It's not appropriate..." Cao Hong shook his head.

Zhang Ji glanced at Cao Xiu and continued: "The king of Wei transferred three thousand tiger and leopard riders to General Wen Lie (Cao Xiu). The entire Chenghui Basin is such a big place. It is just right for him to lead the team and divide the troops."

"Inappropriate..." Cao Hong frowned.

"How could it be inappropriate? The tiger and leopard cavalry are well-equipped and come and go like the wind. Even if the number of troops cannot stop Zhang Fei's attack, they can retreat along Qishan Road flexibly. But once Xiabiancheng dares to divide the troops, we can easily take them back." The city." Zhang Ji analyzed again.

"Wen Lie, what do you think?" Cao Hong sounded very reasonable at first glance, but how could he send the coach as bait?So he looked at Cao Xiu and asked what to do.

Cao Xiu thought for a while and answered: "Zhang Feijun doesn't know what's true or not, and we'll make a decision after a battle. How can they go deep alone for a long time?"

"Wen Lie is right. Let's go back to the camp to rest and go to Zhang Fei tomorrow to find a fight." Cao Hong saw that other people still had opinions, but he supported Cao Xiu unconditionally, so he mercilessly terminated the pre-war meeting.

In the early morning of the next day, Cao Hong left Zhang Ji and Xin Pi to guard the Hechi camp, and led [-] troops directly to Xiabian to the west.

The distance between Xiabian and Hechi was only a hundred miles. Cao Xiu asked Cao Hong to hold his ground and control the speed, and arrived at the predetermined location Xiazhai at noon on the third day.

The trees in the Chenghui Basin are short and the weeds are withered. The spring in this place is relatively late, and there is no opportunity for Zhang Fei to lay an ambush due to the terrain. In addition, Cao Xiu’s slow speed of [-] miles a day makes it become empty talk for Zhang Fei to wait for work. .

Seeing Cao Hong going down to the stronghold in the distance, Zhang Fei stood on the tower and stomped his feet angrily.

"Cao Hong is really despicable, he doesn't give my old Zhang a chance to take advantage of it at all, what clever plan do you have to defeat the enemy?" Zhang Fei paced back and forth.

"Why don't we rob the camp while it's still standing?" Ma Chao suggested.

Zhang Fei shook his head to express his inappropriateness. There are not many successful cases of robbing camps in this life, so he is not prepared to take risks. Zhang Fei vaguely remembered the gist of the lectures in the martial arts hall: if the situation is unclear, you would rather lie flat, don't be reckless, and don't be impulsive.

"General Yide, I think there are some good people in Cao Ying. Anyway, there is still a lot of food and grass in the city, so we simply can't hold on." Wu Yi suggested.

"Although it doesn't fit my style, let's do this first. Anyway, let's delay the time." Zhang Fei shook his head.

At this time, the guards reminded that Cao Hong led a team of troops to spy on the city defense. He deliberately shouted at the people on the tower: "Is Zhang Fei here? Is Cao Hong afraid of me because the city gate is closed?"

Zhang Fei glanced back and ignored him, but told Wu Yi, "Ziyuan, you are still in charge of Xiabian's city defense, and Meng Qi and I are in charge of maneuvering. Once Cao Hong shows his weakness, we can rush forward immediately." go out."

"Wei." Wu Yi nodded and cupped his fists.

Cao Hong caught a glimpse of a general on the tower, raised his whip and shouted again: "Hey, is the butcher of Zhuojun up there? Why don't you dare show up to see him?"

"How can Zhang Fei be so tolerant?" Yang Fu said to himself, expressing his puzzlement.

Cao Xiu has been observing the defense of Biancheng from the sidelines, and saw that everything is arranged in an orderly manner, thinking that if there is a strong attack, the battle damage may be very high.

Seeing that Zhang Fei was ignoring him, Cao Hong called He Su, who was with the army, and said, "Screw your voice and scold me, this black guy actually ignores my existence."

"Wei." He Su clasped his fists in response.

He Su cleared his throat, then raised his voice to greet Zhang Fei's beauty and began to exhale fragrance.

Where did Zhang Fei get so angry?Lifting the Zhangba Snake Spear, he was about to go downstairs. Wu Yi hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him, "Cao Hong clearly wants to provoke the general. If he ventures out of the city to fight, he may fall into the opponent's trick."

"They have had a good time, and I have to have a good time."

Zhang Fei ignored Wu Yi's advice, and walked down the tower full of anger. Ma Chao followed him worriedly.

Chapter 476 I knew you were coming

He Su hurled insults at the base of the city, while Cao Hong and Cao Xiu observed the topography and discussed how to attack Xiabian City.

Suddenly, the city gate not far away opened wide, and Zhang Fei, who was fully armed, rushed out surrounded by dozens of bodyguard cavalry. He Su's voice, which was still outputting frantically, stopped abruptly.

"What should I do?" Cao Hong subconsciously asked Cao Xiu.

Cao Hong came to understand Zhang Fei's reality and only brought 500 cavalry, but those [-] were Cao Jun's most elite tiger and leopard cavalry, so he was not worried at all until He Su scolded Zhang Fei out of the city.

Cao Xiu had never fought Zhang Fei before, but he only heard about his deeds from Cheng Yu and others. He calculated that Zhang Fei was over fifty years old, and now he only led a few dozen cavalry to fight, so he had a great hope that he could keep the opponent.

"At Zhang Fei's age, why don't you let him go, wait for me to step up and try his weight?" Cao Xiu asked tentatively.

"This man is as brave as before, why not ride a tiger and leopard around and cut off his way back..." Yang Fu quickly said.

Cao Hong also echoed and said, "Yishan (Yang Fu) is right. Wen Lie, as a member of the army, how can you act lightly? Many of us don't fight Zhang Fei recklessly."

Cao Xiu frowned: "Zhang Fei is very close to the city gate now, there is no room for tiger and leopard riders to go around and around, so we can lure him out to encircle him."

"I'll go." Cao Zhen clasped his fists to invite Ying.

Cao Hong nodded first, then glanced around, pointed at He Su and said, "General He is familiar with the terrain of Xiabian, you and Zidan (Cao Zhen) go together."

"only."

He Su didn't know what to do but he had to obey the command. He looked at the prefect Yang Fu and frowned, vaguely remembering that Zhang Fei shot the opponent's hair in the bun. An opponent of this level can be dealt with by his little lieutenant?

Zhang Fei grasped the reins of Wu Zi and moved forward slowly, only to see that the other party suddenly stopped cursing and began to whisper. He secretly cursed and walked forward two feet, then stopped on the spot and shouted: "Who was it just now?" Scolding? Don’t you want my blackheads? What are you waiting for?”

As soon as Zhang Fei finished speaking, Cao Zhen rode out from the formation, and immediately glared at him with a horizontal knife.

While He Su was still hesitating after being ordered, Cao Hong raised his whip and slapped it on the horse's buttocks, and He Su galloped towards Zhang Fei like an arrow leaving the string.

He Su was so frightened that he pulled the rein with all his strength, and finally stopped beside Cao Zhen.

"Do you want two-on-one? This is a bit interesting, Cao thief really does not change his shameless style." Zhang Fei smiled instead of anger, a strong fighting spirit emanated from his brain, and infinite power quickly gathered in his arms.

"Remember the tactics discussed just now. Let's take turns to fight against the black guy." Cao Zhen clapped his horse out after explaining in He Su's ear, and shouted loudly while running: "Zhang Fei, don't say I, Cao Zhen, bullied you."

"This is a bit bloody." Zhang Fei raised the snake spear and galloped away.

There was a piercing clang, and the zhangba snake spear collided violently with the broadsword.

Zhang Fei's joyful and relaxed expression dazzled him. He had already discovered Cao Zhen's strength in the first fight. He had some martial arts but was not even a little bit weaker than Ma Chao.

Cao Zhen's arm was already numb at this time, and he had already had a huge wave in his heart. The saying that fists are afraid of being young is not accurate for everyone, at least the black-faced god in front of him is still powerful. When he returned to the horse, he had already Secretly had a calculation.

After the two joined forces, they returned to the horse and charged again. When Cao Zhen approached again without changing his face, he suddenly controlled the horse to pull away, then swung the big knife in a feint move, and brushed away without even touching Zhang Fei's snake spear. Pass.

Zhang Fei frowned, thinking he could be a general with just this riding skill?

The two urged their horses to turn around and fight again. Cao Zhen tried his best to block Zhang Fei's two moves, and then leaned on the horse's neck and ran back.

"Don't run away, all you have is this little skill?" Zhang Fei yelled and chased forward. He hadn't warmed up after several moves, and the fight was really boring.

Cao Zhen passed by He Su's side and did not forget to remind: "Take Zhang Fei to the back like me."

"Oh good..." He Su hurriedly walked towards Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei stared at Cao Zhen's vest and let the black horse run hard, but He Su's sudden appearance blocked Zhang Fei's sight.

"Zhang Fei, I'll fight you." He Su bravely walked towards him.

Zhang Fei knew that this person was an unknown person when he saw his clothes, he frowned and clenched the zhangba snake spear tightly like a white rainbow piercing the sun, Zhang Fei shouted while running: "Get out."

Zhang Fei approached in a blink of an eye with the snake spear in his hand. Just as He Su was still thinking about which direction to block from, the powerful impact had penetrated his chest, and then the severe pain climbed from his chest to his head.

Zhang Fei provoked He Su to the side like a fork of straw, and the former deputy city defense general of Xiabian didn't hold on for a round.

The few people in front of Cao Jun's formation swallowed their saliva, thinking that this is the true strength of the enemy?

At the same time that Zhang Fei killed the enemy and Cao Hong was shocked, Cao Xiu, who joined the army, had mobilized the tiger and leopard cavalry to the left and right to start a detour.

"Be careful, general." Zhang Fei's personal guard ran behind to remind him.

Zhang Fei also found the moving tiger and leopard rider at this time, he spat on the ground and cursed: "Shameless bastard."

"Rush up and trap Zhang Fei. Whoever can kill Zhang Fei will be the first." Cao Hong drew his sword and pointed at Zhang Fei and yelled.

When Zhang Fei turned around and returned to his horse, a group of tiger and leopard cavalry was approaching rapidly. Under the command of Cao Xiu, the tiger and leopard cavalry were closely coordinated with the containment and detour. , The armed heavy cavalry followed and surrounded them.

Fortunately, Zhang Fei's personal guard cavalry had followed them for many years. Apart from their rich combat experience, they were not weaker than the tiger and leopard cavalry at all. However, due to the gap between cavalry equipment and numbers, they soon fell into a bitter battle.

Wu Yi on the tower was startled, and didn't know where Ma Chao had gone. At this time, Cao Hong's rear army seemed to sense the battle ahead, and they were coming down with banners covering the sky.

"Order the gates of the city to strengthen their defenses, add two thousand defenders to the east wall, and prepare more arrows, rolling logs, and stones." Wu Yi urgently ordered Wu Lan, and then turned to the general Ren Kui and ordered: "Ma The general doesn't know where he went, so quickly lead the troops of your headquarters to take General Yide back to the city."

"Wei." Wu Lan (Ren Kui) replied in unison.

Zhang Fei was besieged, but the more he fought, the more courageous he became, because he was good at breaking the situation with force, and the more he was trapped, the more he could burst out with extreme strength. He sprinted from left to right and picked up more than a dozen heavy cavalry.

The Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is expensive, and the death and injury of a cavalry is heartbreaking, because the number of cavalry besieging Zhang Fei cannot be absolutely suppressed, so Cao Xiu immediately ordered the siege and not to attack and stay away from Zhang Fei. .

At a critical moment, a corner in the southwest direction was suddenly pierced. The leader with a silver armored spear was Xiliang Jin Ma Chao. He pushed aside a tiger and leopard rider and shouted: "General Zhang, Ma Chao is here."

"Haha, I knew you were coming." Zhang Fei laughed and moved southwest with his guards.

Chapter 477 I'm Not Here

Cao Xiu had been paying attention to the east gate of Xiabian, but Ma Chao's two thousand soldiers came out from the south gate, and Cao Jun was caught off guard.

The number of Ma Chao's reinforcements exceeds that of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. Although there is a large gap in equipment, it can be made up for in terms of numbers. In addition, Jin Ma Chao's reputation spread far and wide, which also put a lot of psychological pressure on the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. , The situation changed from encountering a breakout war to a counteroffensive war.

"It's a horse...how did he appear there..."

Cao Hong was stunned when he saw it, and Yang Fu, the prefect of Wudu, led his horse back. Facing this enemy, he was under more pressure than anyone else.

Seeing Zhang Fei and Ma Chao slaughter the tiger and leopard cavalry, Cao Xiu immediately ordered the withdrawal of the troops, and the more than [-] cavalry in charge had to give up.

"Go back to the city, Cao Hong's rear army is here." Ma Chao said, pointing to the distance.

Zhang Fei looked at the banners covering the sky a mile away, and said with some emotion: "Why is this Cao surnamed so insidious? If Meng Qi hadn't rescued me today, I might not be able to escape."

"General Wu opened the city gate, let's enter the city quickly."

Although Ma Chao was urging him, he said in his heart that Zhang Fei had become cunning. He had clearly arranged for soldiers and horses in the east gate, but at this time he was still pretending to be innocent in front of him.

"Let's go."

Zhang Fei turned his head and glanced again. At this time, his face was very solemn, because Cao Hong's troops were really large enough.

The two quickly retreated into the east gate of Xiabian, and the streets of the inner city were full of heavily armed soldiers ready to go.

Zhang Fei scratched his head and explained: "It seems to be my soldiers. When did they come here? Let's go up to the tower..."

Seeing this, Ma Chao didn't question him, but responded with a slight smile. The two immediately climbed up the city wall to meet Wu Yi. At this time, there was already a roar of killing outside the east gate, and it turned out that Cao Hong had already launched an attack after him.

Arrows rained down on Xiabian City like locusts. Since Cao Hong had no siege equipment, Cao Hong withdrew his troops and returned to camp in less than half an hour after Cao Xiu's suggestion.

The two armies did not take advantage of the first confrontation. As for He Su, who was stabbed to death by Zhang Fei, he was not worth mentioning to Cao Hong.

"General Zhang, these tens of thousands of soldiers were brought by Cao Hong from Guanzhong. It seems that they did not achieve the intention of the lord and the military division to divide the soldiers in Hanzhong. Didn't our trip come in vain?" Wu Yi asked suspiciously.