Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Ma Chao heard the general idea, and he said to himself: "So it's not a urine bag, but a straw bag..."

"Cao Hong was humiliated today. I expect he will come to take revenge tomorrow. Then we will see if there are any flaws. Maybe there is a chance to defeat them." Wu Yi said excitedly.

Zhang Fei felt as if he was enlightened, and the whimsical schemes in his mind came as soon as he said it. He provoked Cao Hong with a pig urine bag and made him lose his judgment. Thinking about it, he thought it was amazing.

"Anyway, if it's me, I can't bear it. The water source here in Wudu is not easy to find. It may not be easy for Cao Hong and Cao Xiu to find a place to wash it. Anyway, let's wait and see. It's time to come. will come."

"I'm full of confidence in defeating Cao Hong now." Wu Yi couldn't help complimenting him.

Cao Hong was furious after being pissed, but he was stopped by Cao Xiu who was calm and calm. He planned to compete with Zhang Fei by staying the same.

Zhang Fei was looking forward to Cao Hong's strong attack, but the next day Cao's army still kept the original formula. They surrounded but did not attack, and continued to be insulted by the people in the city, just to prevent the "urine attack" from being farther away.

Zhang Fei became suspicious of such a stable manner like an old dog. He thought that there were not enough defenders to defeat Cao Hong, so he turned his idea to Lei Tong, the general of the Di tribe.

Zhang Fei ordered Lei Tong to contact the Lei family of the Di clan, and as long as the troops were equal to Cao Hong, they could fight head-on.

Chapter 4: Attack and Defense of Tigers and Leopards

Although Cao Hong was passive and slack in the battle, and was preparing siege equipment in the rear, he sent out quite a few scouts, and the changes of Lei Tong were not hidden from the eyes of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

Lei Tong only took more than a hundred riders to contact the Di tribe. Cao Xiu was worried that this was Zhang Fei's trick to lure the enemy, so even if he found out, he didn't divide his troops to intercept it.

A few days later, Lei Tong got in touch with Lei Ding, the leader of the Di clan, and they brought tens of thousands of Di clan warriors to the defense battle.

Wan Di Yong was walking in the Chenghui Basin, and was easily spotted by the tiger and leopard riders. Cao Hong got the news and urgently summoned the generals to discuss matters, intending to use the Di tribe to make a debate.

Yang Fu, the prefect of Wudu, was the first to speak: "According to the banners inquired by the scouts, these Di people are from the Lei family who live in Wudu Road. Otherwise, Zhang Fei's help will not be good for us."

Xin Bi, who joined the army and came from Hechi to supervise the transportation of grain and grass, followed up and said: "What Yishan (Yang Fu) said is true. Xiabian City is not easy to attack because it is strong. We can't give Zhang Fei a chance to replenish the source of troops. Wen Lie (Cao Xiu) The general's tigers and leopards ride like the wind, so let him lead the army to intercept these Di people, if Zhang Fei divides his troops to rescue, we can take the opportunity to attack the city."

"If Zhang Fei loses the city, this lone army will become a bereaved dog." Yang Fu added.

Cao Hong thought it made sense, but subconsciously asked Cao Xiu, "Wen Lie, what's your opinion?"

Cao Xiu frowned and shook his head: "I think it's better to stand still and let these Di people enter the city first."

"But why?"

Not only Cao Hong was full of doubts, but Yang Fu, Xin Pi and others were also puzzled.

Cao Xiu explained: "Zhang Fei's soldiers are less trapped in the isolated city. Can he consume more food than us? Letting more people into the city to eat food may not be harmful..."

"General Wen Lie originally had this plan, but Zhang Fei can recruit soldiers from the Di people tribe, and he should be able to raise food from outside. I worry that after a long time, they will take root in Wudu instead." Yang Fu's face was full of worry.

Cao Xiu sneered and said, "I can let the people of Di go to the city to eat food, but I will never let Zhang Fei replenish food and grass."

"Wonderful." Simpi nodded affirmatively.

"Just as Wen Lie said." Cao Hong's expression darkened.

Xiabian City became more confident after receiving reinforcements. Zhang Fei incorporated Lei Ding's troops into his command as a reserve force to assist Wu Yi in defending the city. Cao Hong continued to surround the city without fighting every day.

A few days later, Wu Yi approached Zhang Fei in private and reported, "Cao Hong's siege area is getting more and more extensive. At first, it was only in the east area, but now it has been connected to the north. If the enemy completes the siege, we will really be trapped in the isolated city. The general has to guard against it."

"Siege on all sides? Cao Hong's troops are not strong enough. I think it must be their trick to lure the enemy, or to keep things unchanged." Zhang Fei didn't care.

Wu Yi nodded, and when he left, he reminded: "The Di people brought by Lei Ding are light and simple, and the food and grass are only carried for a few days. If the granary in Xiabian still needs to plan the food for the Di people, then even if we save money, we won't be able to last three days." month, general please make a plan early..."

Zhang Fei stood up in a jerk, and under the influence of Lantian, he paid special attention to supplies. He always considered the food issue first when he was in battle. Ten thousand mouths?"

"Of course." Wu Yi affirmed.

"Let Lei Ding bring some people back to the tribe tomorrow to raise food. How can they eat and drink like this every day? But remember to do it in secret, so as not to be discovered by the tiger and leopard riders." Zhang Fei ordered.

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

Lei Ding led two thousand Di people out of the city at dawn, Zhang Fei was worried and asked Ren Kui to go with thousands of Yizhou soldiers, and the way out of the city went smoothly without hindrance.

Lei Ding raised [-] Dendrobium grains from several tribes, saving some of the Di people who could go to Xiabian for two months. On the way from Wudu Dao tribe to Xiabian, everything went smoothly, until they were suddenly attacked twenty miles away from Xiabian. To the attack of the tiger and leopard ride.

When Zhang Fei heard the news and planned to rescue him himself, the Cao troops on the east and north roads of Xiabian suddenly attacked aggressively.

"General Yide, Cao Hong and Cao Zhen attacked the Northeast and Northeast Routes at the same time. Cao Jun's offensive is quite fierce this time. It is better for the general to sit down and argue." Wu Yi advised.

"Why do I smell a conspiracy? Now I can only work hard to rescue them. Cao Xiu's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry only has 3000 people. You and I must rescue them with [-] elite soldiers." Zhang Fei ordered.

"Wei." Ma Chao embraced the order.

Wu Yi was going to the east gate to supervise the battle now, and Zhang Fei walked out of the prefect's mansion to go to the north gate, wanting to see what Cao Jun was up to.

Ma Chao sent reinforcements out of Xiabianximen to rescue them, and just after walking more than ten miles, they encountered Lei Ding and the collapsed Di people. When they saw the reinforcements, they burst into tears like seeing their relatives.

"Where is General Ren?" Ma Chao asked loudly.

With disheveled hair, Lei Ding replied with a mournful face: "General Ren escaped to cover us, and was entangled by Cao thief's cavalry..."

Ma Chao was secretly surprised when he heard this, and immediately led the army to gallop westward. When he was approaching the battle site, he saw thick smoke rising from the sky. After chasing after him, he found that the battle was over, and the corpses of Yizhou soldiers and Di people were everywhere on the ground. Tigers and leopards are burning Diren grain carts.

"Don't leave the traitor." Ma Chao rode away with a gun.

Seeing that Ma Chao was prepared, Cao Xiu did not fight recklessly, but ordered the tiger and leopard riders to detour south and fight and go.

Because the Tiger and Leopard Riders were well-trained and marched fast, within half an hour of the entanglement between Ma Chao and Cao Xiu, the Tiger and Leopard Riders broke away from Ma Chao's pursuit and walked away.

Ma Chao knew that tiger and leopard riders were not easy to mess with. If he wanted to intercept them forcefully, he didn't know how many of his 5000 men would be left.

Ma Chao had no choice but to turn around to clean up the battlefield and dispose of the corpses. The general Ren Kui had already been decapitated. Except for the hundreds of Di people who fled back to Xiabian with Lei Ding, all the soldiers who came out to raise food were killed. Incinerate.

The task of the tiger and leopard cavalry was mainly to rob food, and beheading Ren Kui and the soldiers was just incidental. After they withdrew to a safe position, Cao Hong and Cao Zhen gave up attacking the city.

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Zhang Fei knew that Zhongji was furious, and there was no way to release the flames in his chest, so he had to pace back and forth in the room with a dark face.

Ma Chao and Wu Yi dared not speak to each other. After all, they had suffered a lot this time. At this time, the attendant handed the spinning top to Zhang Fei to relieve his anger.

Zhang Fei slapped the spinning top frantically in the room, and Ma Chao and Wu Yi were amazed by the crackling sound accompanied by rude curses.

Both of them had heard that Zhang Fei liked to flog soldiers, but they didn't expect that the one who was actually flogged was a toy. Ma Chao and Wu Yi stopped Wu Er outside the door and asked, "What is General Yide beating?"

Wu Er cupped his fists and replied, "This thing is called a spinning top, and it was given to General Zhang by General Lan to relieve his boredom."

"This thing...seems...like a plaything..." Wu Yi was full of doubts.

"It is indeed a toy made by General Lan for the children. Later, it was given to General Zhang to replace the whipping soldiers. It is a kind deed..." Wu Er clasped his fists and bid farewell to the two of them after explaining.

After listening, Ma Chao said to himself: "General Lan is such a strange person..."

Chapter 481 A Bitter Trick

After the grain of the Lei family's Di clan was burned, Zhang Fei tentatively went out of the city to raise food several times. Cao Xiu's tiger and leopard cavalry waited for the opportunity every time, and Cao Hong would follow and launch a full-scale attack.

Zhang Fei didn't move and Cao Jun didn't move. When Zhang Fei moved, Cao Jun followed suit. Cao Hong seemed to have found a way to win.

After a few times, Zhang Fei stopped probing. After all, they were far away from Yizhou to fight alone. The few soldiers they send are easy to be eaten by tiger and leopard cavalry.

The consumption of food in the city was worrying, and Zhang Fei beat the spinning top more frequently.

In mid-April, the two sides had been at a stalemate for more than a month in the next debate.

Zhang Fei took the spinning top to the city wall and whipped it, and arranged for the soldiers to make miserable screams. The sound of the whipping and the howling of the soldiers spread far and wide.

This behavior lasted for a total of three days, which surprised Cao Jun who did not attack outside the city.

On the third night, the patrolling tiger and leopard cavalry caught a deserter from Xiabian. His body was beaten to pieces with a whip, and many of the blood-stained clothes were embedded in the flesh.

After being sent to Cao Hong's camp, a basin of ice water was poured on the deserter's head. The unconscious man opened his eyes, and saw Cao Hong sitting at the head, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Yang Fu, Xin Pi, etc. lined up on the left and right.

"This... where is this..." the deserter asked with difficulty.

"This is Cao Ying. What's your name? This injury on your body..." Cao Hong asked coldly.

When the deserter heard the word Cao Ying, his eyes showed a frightened expression, then he lowered his head and did not dare to answer.

Cao Hong looked at Yang Fu and motioned for him to come and ask questions.

Yang Fu squatted down and stared at the terrified face of the deserter, and then said condescendingly: "Guan Er knew that he was Zhang Fei's soldier in his uniform. How could he run out of Xiabian covered in blood? Could it be that he was beaten by Zhang Fei?" Bar?"

"Yes... yes..." The deserter hesitated for a long time and finally spoke.

Yang Fu sneered and said: "Answer General Cao's question honestly, if anyone deceives you, his head will be gone."

"I...my name is Wu Er, this injury was caused by General Zhang..." After the deserter finished speaking, he lowered his head.

After listening, Yang Fu nodded and explained to everyone: "I have heard that Zhang Fei loves to flog the soldiers after drinking for fun. The soldiers who besieged the city have also heard the sound of whipping and wailing in the past few days. It seems that Wu Er has touched the bad luck of that black servant."

"Why did Zhang Fei whip you? Why did you come here? Could it be a spy?" Cao Xiu asked.

"I...I'm not a spy... It's okay for General Zhang to be drunk... Now that there is no alcohol in the city, he feels depressed, and many brothers have been whipped..." Wu Erhua replied.

After hearing this, Cao Hong sneered and said, "I wonder why Zhang Fei suddenly whipped the soldiers. It turned out that it was because Xia Bian drank all the wine? It seems that the rumors in the market are somewhat false."

Cao Xiu saw that Wu Er was avoiding the serious and taking the light, and immediately yelled: "Answer my question directly, why did Zhang Fei whip you? And why did you come here?"

Wu Er's body trembled, and he replied in panic: "General Zhang asked us to search for wine in the city. Some found it and others did not. I have been whipped and will go to search tomorrow. If I can't bring it back, I will be beaten to death. Pao couldn't bear to send me out of Xiabian, I never thought about coming to Cao Ying..."

"Why can someone find it, but you can't?" Cao Xiu continued to ask.

Wu Er swallowed his saliva: "Because... because I don't want to kill innocent people..."

Cao Xiu didn't ask any more questions after listening. Wu Er was seriously injured, and the questions he answered were not inconsistent, so he dispelled his doubts about his identity.

Yang Fu nodded and analyzed: "It seems that Xiabian's treasury is already very tense. Zhang Fei has secretly ordered someone to rob it. We should be able to regain the lost ground soon."

"There hasn't been a large-scale escape in Xiabian yet, and we'll reap the benefits when the city really becomes chaotic," Cao Xiu reminded.

Cao Hong thought for a while and threatened Wu Er: "The general saw that you are seriously injured. If you don't receive timely medical treatment, you will probably die in the wilderness. If you have any useful information, maybe I can arrange for the army doctor to replace you. treat."

"Uh...no..." Wu Er lowered his head.

"Haha, I'm worried that the family members in Yizhou will be implicated and dare not say it? Even if you don't tell us now, Zhang Fei has no chance to go back alive. If he stays alive, he might be able to reunite with his family." Cao Hong shook his head and sneered.

"Uh...the remaining grain in the city seems to be only ten days. General Zhang seems to want to go to the mountains to the south to garrison, and then bluffs on the surface, but actually wants to go out to raise grain..." Wu Er replied with a blushing face.

Cao Hongxu squinted his eyes, "Ming repaired the plank road and secretly plotted against Chen Cang? Who would have thought that this black servant could use schemes?"

"Zhang Fei is a little clever, like throwing urine that day..."

Yang Fu realized that Cao Hong and Cao Xiu's faces were not right in the middle of the sentence, and immediately shut up. He just blurted out and forgot that the sufferer was right in front of him.

Wu Er clasped his hands and asked tentatively: "I've told you everything I know, can you give me a full meal?"

Cao Hong waved his hand and said, "Follow us and we won't go hungry. This general will not only fill you with food, but also heal your whip wounds. Take it with you."

"Thank you, General..." Wu Er cracked his head.

After Wu Er was taken away from the big tent, Cao Hong told Xin Pi: "Tomorrow Zuo Zhi (Xin Pi) will go back to Hechi to supervise the grain, so let's take Wu Er back with him, it's not a problem to stay with us. "

"Wei." Simpi answered with hands clasped.

"George went back and forth to supervise the food several times, why don't you let me go for a walk?"

Seeing this, Yang Fu stood up and asked for Ying. He accidentally said something wrong just now, and planned to go to Hechi County to temporarily avoid the limelight and wait for Cao Hong and Cao Xiu to calm down.

"Alright." Cao Hong nodded.

Seeing Cao Xiu's pensive expression, Cao Hong left him alone after disbanding the tent.

"Zhang Fei is at the end of his battle, what is Wen Lie still worried about?" Cao Hong asked curiously.

Cao Xiu replied: "Zhang Fei was dragged down miserably by our style of play, and the opponent's consumption of food and grass is also expected, but I just don't understand why he wants to bluff and sneak out of the city to raise food?"

Cao Hong laughed and said, "Wen Lie has been with the King of Wei for a long time, right? Xiabian is surrounded by tiger and leopard riders, and Zhang Fei's every move is monitored by us. How can he hide it from us if he doesn't play tricks?"

"The south is surrounded by mountains, where will Zhang Fei go?" Cao Xiu looked at the map and said to himself.

"I think it must be the west. There are no soldiers and horses blocking the west of Xiabian. He will not forcibly cross the Zuoxi River (now the Qingni River) from the mountain, and then go around behind our camp, right? Ma Chao has suffered a lot." Cao Hong said disapprovingly.

Zuoxishui (now Qingni River) is east of Xiabian, crosses the Chenghui Basin from north to south into the mountains, and finally flows into the Jialing River.

Cao Xiu nodded, "It's very possible to take a detour to attack our camp, as long as Zhang Fei mobilizes enough troops, but then Xiabian City will be empty, and this black servant should want to gamble with us."

"A gamble?" Cao Hong asked with question marks all over his face.

Cao Xiu sneered: "I bet we haven't taken Xiabian yet, but he can break through our camp after going around. Zhang Fei's move is quite dangerous. As long as we can capture Xiabian, it doesn't matter if the camp falls."

"Yes, yes, we won't suffer from changing campsites." Cao Hong understood.

Chapter 482 Prefect Yang is safe and sound

When Cao Hong got the news from Wu Er, he weakened the siege on the surface, and secretly asked the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to strengthen the sentry.