However, it was said that Zou Yuanjun came all the way to Wancheng, and after traveling for most of the day, he was about to leave the boundary of Luoyang, and the weather was hot, which was diametrically opposed to the rain in the north.

Although it was an April day, it was hot and thirsty, and Zou Yuan looked back on the army and saw that the sergeants were all thirsty, and the march was also tired, and he was very anxious.

Deputy Marshal Yan'er said: "Sister, this way, the road is desolate, and there is no place to drink water, and the soldiers are very thirsty, which affects the march and the battle, so what can I do?" ”

Zou Yuan was also thirsty herself, and she drank all the water she brought. Suddenly, he had a plan and said: "Sister Yan'er, I remember a few years ago, I went to Wancheng, and when I passed through Xiatangguan, there was a large plum grove there, and now this season is not ripe, but the green plum is sour and sweet, and the taste is difficult to describe." ”

As soon as she heard her, Yan Er suddenly felt that her mouth was full of water, and she was no longer so thirsty. Asked: "Is what my sister said true?" ”

Zou Yuan also lied in a hurry, so he said: "Of course it's true, you tell the soldiers quickly, let everyone speed up the pace, and go to the front to pick green plums to quench their thirst." ”

Yan Er passed down the military order, saying that there was a plum forest not far ahead, and everyone could hurry up and arrive before dark, and then they would be able to pick and quench their thirst.

When the soldiers heard this, they all became energetic and quickened their march.

Since then, the idiom Wangmei quenches thirst from Zou Yuan, and the allusion has been spread.

As everyone knows, the original allusion of this idiom was created by Cao Cao, in the original history, it was Cao Cao who recruited Zhang Xiu, and gave birth to this idiom, but Liu Xie changed history, and it was not Cao Cao who recruited Zhang Xiu, but Zhang Xiu's aunt Zou Yuan, and the idiom of Wangmei quenching thirst was also created by Zou Yuan.

Afterwards, when Zou Yuan told Liu Xie about this allusion, Liu Xie couldn't help laughing, everyone didn't understand what he meant, but Liu Xie was secretly proud in his heart, thinking that if Cao Cao knew about it, would he be angry?

However, it was said that Zou Yuan led 10,000 elites, and when it was near dusk, he came to Xiatang Town, and there was a scout to report, and there was a reservoir not far ahead. The sergeants were thirsty, so Zou Yuan led the army to the reservoir, and the men and horses were full of water, and each of them was full of water bags, and suddenly, the whole army was in high spirits and no longer tired.

According to the scout reconnaissance, there is a pass not far ahead, which is called Xia Tang Pass, and the general guarding the pass is Lei Xu, a subordinate of Zhang Xiu. There is a small town after passing the customs, which is Xiatang Town.

When the Han army was drinking, Lei Xu sent scouts down to investigate, and saw that there were many Han soldiers, and they were all elites, so they didn't dare to come down, so they stuck to the gate.

After drinking the water, the army continued to advance, and immediately Zou Yuan said: "Sister, I'm afraid I can't eat this bayberry." ”

Yan Er smiled and said: "The water is full, this is more comfortable than eating bayberry." ”

Zou Yuan sighed: "I have no choice, I can only lie to everyone that there is Merlin, I think this way of marching, there should always be a water source ahead, fortunately, I finally found this pond." ”

Not long after, before coming to the Xia Tang Pass, Zou Yuan was in the center, Yan Er was doing it, and Ma Chao and Ma Dai were on the right. Zou Yuan ordered the sunset crossbow to prepare.

This time, he led 10,000 elite soldiers to attack Zhang Xiu, including 5,000 archers, 4,000 archers, and 1,000 instrumental soldiers. Among them, there are 200 sunset crossbows in the hands of the armed soldiers.

The archers are in front, the archers are in the center, and the rear are the equipment soldiers, set up 200 sunset crossbows, mount the fire meteor, and just wait for the order to launch the fire meteor to break the city.

Zou Yuan called two sturdy sergeants, and then shouted to the two of them. The sergeant shouted to the city gate according to Zou Yuan's order:

"Close the guards, surrender quickly, and save him from death! Otherwise, when you break the barrier, it will be the time for you to die! ”

The guard Lei Xu stood on the pass and laughed: "I'm guarding the pass here, you can wait to attack, you want to lure me into battle, don't think about it!" ”

Zou Yuan personally shouted: "Close it, but the general Lei Xu? Listen to the little woman. Zhang Xiu rebelled, His Majesty didn't take it seriously, only sent me and other female children to ask for it, if you are even afraid of me as a woman, I advise you to go home and wait for your wife to take the child! ”

Lei Xu said: "You little girl, it's useless to provoke me, I'll stay here today, see what you can do to me?" ”

Yan Er shouted: "It's okay if you don't come out, you just need to say that you are a woman above, haha!" ”

The two women sneered, Lei Xu was furious, and tried to rush down several times, but they all held back.

Zou Yuan said: "I can't wait, seeing that the sky is about to get dark, we can't spend the night here, equipment soldiers, prepare the sunset crossbow, calibrate the direction, the whole army listens to the order, a round of fire meteor Hu, we will go all out to attack the city, and the thunder will be rewarded!" ”

Yan Er quietly praised: "I can't see that the general really has the demeanor of a general." ”

Zou Yuan smiled: "Your Majesty, he can drive a small child in person, why can't I?" ”

Ready, Zou Yuan gave an order, and two hundred fire meteors were launched, only to hear the earth-shattering thunder, the walls of the pass were blown up one after another, Yan Er's hand moved, and the soldiers would fight hard.

Zou Yuan was the first to rush over, and Yan Er shouted: "General Zou, slow down!" ”

Zou Yuan is already a weak woman, the force is so low that it can't be lower, if she is asked to command the battle, maybe it's okay, but it is absolutely impossible to go into battle to kill the enemy, I didn't expect her to rush to the front, Yan Er also had a headache, before leaving, Liu Xie repeatedly explained that it was necessary to protect Zou Yuan's safety.

So Yan'er hurriedly chased after her, for fear that this stupid girl would have a good job and would not be able to explain to the little emperor when she went back.

Rushing through the rubble, he saw a handful of grizzled people running away, Zou Yuan rushed up and shouted: "Where to run!" ”

Yan Er recognized that person was Lei Xu, the general defending the city, and said in her heart that this Zou Yuan could be Lei Xu's opponent, so she hurriedly rushed over to help.

Zou Yuan had already rushed to Lei Xu's back, a sword slashed down, Lei Xu turned around and waved his knife to meet him, but Zou Yuan was already prepared, holding a small cross crossbow in his left hand, looking at Lei Xu, he pulled the motor to expand, and shot an arrow out, hitting Lei Xu's throat.

Lei Xu didn't even scream, so he fell off his horse and died.

Zou Yuan was greatly excited in the first battle, and shouted loudly: "The whole army kills the enemy!" ”

Yan Er came to her and exclaimed, "I didn't expect you to do it, sister, I underestimated you." ”

Zou Yuan smiled and said: "Just a nameless rat, with a little trick, I can still deal with it, but I will have to rely on you later." ”

Ma Chao also came over and said, "General Zou Shenwei, it seems that I will be idle in the future." ”

Zou Yuan said with a smile: "Little brother, don't talk nonsense, I also happened to win him, and it still depends on you later." ”

The pass was also broken, the main general Lei Xu was also beheaded, and there were only 3,000 soldiers guarding the pass, and they surrendered one after another. Seeing that there were so many surrendered troops, Zou Yuan asked, "What to do with them?" ”

Yan'er said, "It's all buried alive." ”

As soon as they heard that they were going to be buried alive, they all fell to their knees and wailed.

Zou Yuan said: "Isn't it? Three thousand, how do you want to bury them all alive? ”