After saying this, Zhang Liao was impatient, and said to the generals behind him: "You go and gather all the cavalry and chariots in the city and go to battle with me!" ”

"No..."

The generals went to transfer troops.

Xu Huang had to admit that Zhang Liao's analysis made sense.

The use of general ambushes is more important than surprise, if it is him, he will also wait for Hu Cai and Li Le to enter, and after entering the ambush circle, he will let the ambush soldiers come out. And after Hu Cai retreated, Zhuge Liang did not send troops to chase and kill, which further confirmed Zhang Liao's conjecture.

Xu Huang agreed with Zhang Liao to go to battle, and said: "The general can go with confidence, I will gather 10,000 elite soldiers and line up outside the city to cheer for the general." If something happens, it's good to rescue in time. ”

"There is labor."

Zhang Liao knew the truth that the fighter plane was changing rapidly, and he didn't want to delay for another minute.

After the cavalry and chariots in the city were assembled, he led his army straight to Zhuge Liang's camp. Hu Cai, who had retreated before, also regrouped and joined Zhang Liao's army.

The two armies combined, with 12,000 cavalry and 2,000 chariots, were all the mobile forces in Xiangyang City and the main force of the field battle.

Under the leadership of Zhang Liao, a full-scale offensive was launched.

Billowing smoke swept towards Zhuge Liang's camp.

This time, Zhang Fei did not appear again, and there was no flag in the camp, quietly, without any movement.

Zhang Liao's army successfully entered the camp, occupied the camp, and found grain, grass and stones in the back camp, and countless burdens of all kinds. It's just that there is not even a single soldier in the battalion, which makes him feel a little uneasy.

Zhang Liao sent people to search everywhere to find Zhuge Liang's whereabouts, and ordered people to escort grain, grass, and baggage back to the camp.

.............

Zhuge Liang was indeed in the camp just now, and the entire battalion was five hundred soldiers. Among them, there are 400 old and weak, 100 elite cavalry (led by Zhang Fei), and as for the general, there is only one horseman Zhang Fei.

When Zhang Liao's army attacked, Zhuge Liang took Zhang Fei to evacuate the camp and go to the distant highlands to rest.

"Strategist, our grain and grass have been taken away..." Zhang Fei was furious: "I'll take people back and take back the grain and grass!" ”

"You have a hundred soldiers and horses in your hands, how can you beat Zhang Liao's more than 10,000 elite cavalry and chariots?" Zhuge Liang did not allow it, and used Liu Bei to intimidate Zhang Fei, so that Zhang Fei obediently obeyed the order.

Zhuge Liang looked at the southwest, with a sad face: "I don't know how the war is going on with the lord... When will I be back. It was said that the limit was five days, and this is already the seventh day, alas.... ”

Zhuge Liang is really tired.

He only led 500 men and horses to garrison the camp, and it was already the limit to be able to hold the camp for seven days.

Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, with rich combat experience, will sooner or later discover the plan, which was expected by Zhuge Liang, but he made thousands of calculations, but he did not calculate that Liu Bei led tens of thousands of troops to conquer the cities around Xiangyang, which would be delayed by two days than planned, which made his heavy responsibility of defending the camp more and more difficult.

"Yide."

"Yes."

Zhuge Liang turned around and asked, "Is there still the lord's banner?" ”

"Yes, there are many more. Not only the lord's, but also my second brother and Zilong's brought them all, hundreds of them. Zhang Fei replied.

Zhuge Liang said: "You don't need so much, just a dozen sides." You send a hundred men around the eastern city of Xiangyang, holding the banner of the lord, about a kilometer away from the city tower, cutting down some more branches, stirring up the dust on the ground, and making the illusion of attacking the eastern city. Send another hundred people, holding the banner of General Guan, to the northern city, and send a hundred people, holding the banner of General Zilong, to the southern city, the same is the way. But remember, don't have too many flags, and don't have too much smoke and dust, so that the enemy can see the words on the flag. Let them mistakenly think that we will take the opportunity to attack Xiangyang and force Zhang Liao to come back to help. ”

"Hey, hey... Be.... Zhang Fei was ready to carry out the order.

But he thought about it for a while, and then turned around: "Strategist, what am I doing?" ”

"When you're done with your orders, come back and watch the battle. You have to remember that at this time, you must not fight. If we don't play, we play a bigger role than we play. Because Zhang Liao will be suspicious, he will guess where we ambush the soldiers, and whether they will suddenly come out and surround him. If you go out on your own, you're in danger. ”

"Yes."

Zhang Fei left with some displeasure.

Zhuge Liang is tired of explaining...

It's really bad to partner with a reckless man, you have to explain everything.

Why did you choose Zhang Fei to stay in the first place?

How good it is to choose Zhao Yun.

Zhuge Liang felt that he had miscalculated for the first time, and when he used Zhang Fei in the future, he must be cautious, it would be too dangerous to use it badly.

.............

As Zhang Fei conveyed Zhuge Liang's order, the three teams went to execute it separately.

Due to their small numbers, they quickly circled to the east, south, and north and made a feint attack on the city. Each team has three or five flags, a pair of war drums, and a large number of branches on the ground, running back and forth in the sky. As a result, within a mile, there was smoke billowing out, and there were flags in front of them, approaching Xiangyang City.

Generally, when encountering this situation, the first reaction of the soldiers defending the city is that there is an enemy attacking the city. They immediately sent someone to inform Xu Huang.

However, due to the small number of suspicious soldiers, they did not dare to approach the city tower.

Running over, running over, just a few flags, the drums were monotonous, and there was no roar.

The soldiers defending the city soon realized that they had been fooled, and the enemy did not have many troops, and it was possible that they were suspicious...

Of course, that's all for later.

At this time.

Xu Huang led 10,000 elite infantry soldiers to line up outside Xicheng, preparing to meet Zhang Liao. He received reports from soldiers one after another, and the three cities of east, south, and north had all discovered the enemy army and were about to attack the city.

Xu Huang, as the guard of Xiangyang, did not dare to be careless.

"Hurry..."

Xu Huang hurriedly said: "Order Zhang Liao to withdraw the army and return to the city." He was worried that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang would press over from the south and north and cut off the main road to the west city, so that Zhang Liao's cavalry could not return to the city. At that time, Zhang Liao will be annihilated. And the more than 10,000 elite foot soldiers who have already left the city may also be blocked outside the city. At that time, Xiangyang will be empty and will be difficult to maintain.

Woo woo...

The horn of withdrawal sounded.

Zhang Liao was urging the soldiers to carry food and baggage, and when he heard the sound of the horn, he hesitated for a few breaths. But he knew that Xu Huang was cautious, and at such a time, he would never be untargeted, it must be that Xiangyang City was in danger, or that most of the enemies had been discovered, and he had to retreat.

"Give up all your baggage, grain and grass, and go back to the city immediately!" Zhang Liao carried out the military order.

..........

Zhang Liao's army returned to Xicheng by the same route.

Xu Huang also withdrew more than 10,000 elite foot soldiers from the city.

But at this time, the defenders on the east, south, and north sides sent people to report that they were only facing a small group of enemies and did not have the strength to attack the city, so that he could rest assured.