Chapter 210 Chapter Twenty-Nine

In the middle of the night, except for a few soldiers carrying lanterns and patrolling the camp, Wu Lan's troops fell into a deep sleep.Wu Lan herself rested unsuspectingly.Cao Hong's light cavalry came quietly On Pingba, three or four hundred meters away from Shuzhai, they regrouped and divided into ten teams, arranged in order.Cao Jun was full of energy, nervously waiting for the commander to issue an attack order.only see Cao Hongyi The horse took the lead, and with a halberd swung forward, the first assault force blew towards Shuzhai like a hurricane, followed by one after another. In an instant, the sound of shouts and horseshoes broke the silence of the night.

quiet.When Wu Lan's soldiers just woke up from their dreams, Cao Hongjun's horseshoes, daggers, and spears had stepped on them and stabbed them. Cao's soldiers took advantage of the momentum and set fire to the village. The flame rushed up, reflecting most of the sky red.In the flames, Shu soldiers with disheveled clothes, unarmored, and unarmed soldiers ran away with their heads in their hands, or knelt down and surrendered. Cao Jun's horses were crisscrossing in the flames. Galloping like a heavenly soldier, Wu Lan, under the protection of dozens of personal soldiers, left a large amount of food, grass and soldiers, and fled into the dark night.

In this battle, Cao Jun ended the battle in only one hour and won a complete victory. Wu Lan broke through at night and wanted to go to Zhang Fei's camp for help, but she lost her way in a hurry and fled to the Di tribes in the mountains. These Di tribes were loyal to Cao Cao and killed him. Zhang Fei and Ma Chao received the news that Wu Lan's entire army had been wiped out the next day. Without Wu Lan, they lost the advantage of restraining each other and attacking Cao's army, so they had to close their camps and leave. At the end of March, a large number of active main forces of the Cao army continued to move here. Zhang Fei and Ma Chao could not bear the oppression of Cao Hong and Cao Xiu's superior forces, and retreated south.

Liu Bei was furious when he saw that Zhang Fei, Ma Chao and others had lost Wudu County and lost General Wu Lan.At the beginning of April, he personally led the main force to camp near Yangping Pass, and planned to hold a meeting with Cao Cao. Massive showdown.Facing the unprecedented pressure of the Liu army, Xia Houyuan, Zhang Yun and others went out to set up camps and build up fortresses to fight. Liu Bei sent Chen Shi, a fierce general, to attack Ma Ming Pavilion Road, hoping to gain an advantage by condescending.Chen Shi is so powerful that he is known as the "Warrior" in Shu.This person made a thick back weighing forty catties

The machete is superb.Chen Shi led his troops to climb the vines and walls, and quietly approached Ma Ming.Cao Jun has a small group of troops stationed here, thinking that the nature is dangerous and no one dares to commit it.I didn't expect them to be good While wandering around, Chen Shi, who was climbing up the vine, rushed towards them with a knife.Cao Jun was unprepared, and gathered in a group. Chen Shi beheaded two soldiers with one knife, and the rest of the soldiers were frightened and rushed Throwing knives and spears one after another, begging for mercy on their knees, Chen Shi occupied Ma Ming Pavilion Road.

Chen Shi's sneak attack was successful, and he was full of pride. Unexpectedly, a strange peak rose from the battlefield, and a Cao army army also came to Maming Pavilion Road.The man who led the army was Xu Huang, who was well-known in Cao Ying. Xu Huang's troops have always been Cao Cao's backup mobile force.Where there is a crisis, there will be Xu Huang's army.When Cao Cao heard that the situation in Hanzhong was tense, he dispatched Xu Huang's troops to Hanzhong from Maming Pavilion Road. Aid Xia Houyuan.Xu Huang and Chen Shi suddenly engaged in an encounter. Chen Shi had few people and Xu Huang had a lot of people. The two sides fought hand in hand and fought together. In the end, Chen Shi couldn't resist the enemy. Seeing that all the soldiers he led were ghosts, he made a feint and jumped off the cliff

, grabbing a vine, stretching the ape's arms, like swinging on a swing.Xu Huang took a bow and shot, and Chen Shi had already swung into a ravine... When Chen Shi was defeated and fled back, he reported the situation in detail. Liu Bei could not blame him, but comforted him with good words to reassure him.But Liu Bei lost his geographical advantage. After Xu Huang joined forces with Zhang Yun, Zhang Yun asked him to guard the pass he occupied, and he led his troops to take the opportunity to enter Tunguang Stone, which was a stone's throw away from Liu Bei's main camp. Zhang He was defeated by Zhang Fei from Wakou Pass, and he was always looking for an opportunity to avenge himself, so he fought aggressively and died.

Liu Bei led his troops to fight with Zhang Yun every day. Although there were many soldiers, they couldn't beat him. During the confrontation between Zhang He and Liu Bei, he adopted the strategy of digging tunnels and setting traps, which caused Liu Bei to suffer huge losses.Since Zhang He's camp was only one mile away from Liu Bei's camp, both sides Fang can rush into the opponent's camp with just one sprint, but both sides use archers to ambush the camp, and if they rush in, they will suffer great losses.After a long battle, Zhang He suddenly had a plan. The soldiers were ordered to dig tunnels from the inside of the tent at night for half a mile, and then dug into the ground to form deep traps, but they did not pierce the ground.

Make two crossbow troops lie in ambush next to the trap.Overnight, Zhang Yun set up dozens of such traps, but Liu Bei didn't know what happened and was kept in the dark. On the second day, Zhang He led his troops through the safe zone between the traps, and challenged Liu Bei in a show of strength.Liu Bei was unable to win for several days, so he sent Chen Shi and another general to fight against Zhang He. Fight, and personally supervise the battle.Zhang Yun fights against the two generals without any fear, a long spear makes him alive, Liu Bei then sends Ma Chao to fight, Ma Chao is so brave and brave, and the three kingdoms have heard of it

Surrounding Zhang He, Zhang He couldn't support him, so he slapped his horse back. Cao Jun seemed to be defeated, but he was divided into several groups and retreated back to the village in an orderly manner.Seeing that Zhang Yun had been defeated, Liu Bei thought to himself: If you don't take advantage of the victory to pursue, you won't be able to break through the stronghold, and you don't know how long it will be delayed, so you can't bear it, and order to attack Zhang Yun. The Shu soldiers scrambled to rush to Cao Ying. Before they reached halfway, the horses and infantry stepped into the trap covered only by a thin layer of mud.Dozens of large pits were filled with horses and people

, Cao Jun's archers in ambush immediately shot a rain of arrows like locust rain at the Shu soldiers inside.Seeing that the plan was successful, Zhang He folded his horse back and rushed towards Liu Bei's guards who didn't know what to do. Liu Bei was powerless to resist, and quickly retreated to the camp.Zhang He chased him to the Shu camp, and a shower of arrows shot him back. Zhang He captured a large number of Shu soldiers in this battle.When Liu Bei counted his troops, he realized that he had lost 5,000 troops and lost two generals including Chen Shi. Liu Bei was helpless, so he sent envoys to Chengdu to ask Zhuge Liang and the reserve army Zhao Yun to come to support him. In July 211, Cao Cao reviewed the situation in the Hanzhong area and thought that he had to go out in person. He said to the advisers Liu Ye, Xin Ping and others around him: "We are lucky to conquer Zhang Lu." When I won, I was worried that Liu Bei would compete with me, but he was unable to come here. Now that he has accumulated military power in Shuzhong, his financial resources have been accumulated for a long time, and his strength has greatly increased. I have to supervise the battle of Hanzhong! " So he recruited Xiahou Dun's army, Cao Zhen's army, and Cao Xiu's tiger and leopard army who had just returned from Wudu, and immediately marched west. When Cao Cao arrived in Chang'an in September, he immediately sent envoys to recall Wudu to garrison Cao Hong to learn more about the military situation in Hanzhong. Liu Bei suffered several defeats before Zhuge Liang arrived in Hanzhong.Just stand still and wait patiently for the opportunity to attack.Xia Houyuan, the chief general of Hanzhong, saw that he had defeated the famous hero Xiong Liu Bei, thus exuding a proud look.In his letter to Cao Cao reporting his exploits, he wrote: