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Xiahou Ba, like most of the Wei army, camped outside the city of Lüyang, and in the middle of the night, he still couldn't sleep.

Today, when he entered the city of Luoyang, he was getting closer and closer to the enemy, and soon, he would be able to fight the enemy.

Moreover, earlier this night, they even received a letter from Cao Zhen, saying that they had broken through the resistance of the Shu army along the way and would soon besiege Shangcheng.

That is to say, the two armies will soon meet and jointly seize Shanghe Jicheng, cut off the passage between the enemy's Hanzhong and Longyou, and drive the enemy out of Longyou.

This made him so excited that he couldn't sleep all the time.

I couldn't sleep, so I simply didn't sleep at all, and went out of the tent to blow the night breeze and look at the stars.

My father was shot to death by the man named Huang Zhong; In the famine years, my father gave up his parents and children to save rations to support his cousin, the cousin who grew up with him, was snatched away by the guy named Zhang Fei and forcibly married.

He has a gritted hatred for the Shu army who killed his father and robbed his sister.

He looked forward to the next battle, where he would be able to sacrifice himself and fight bravely to fight the enemy.

As if the heavens had responded to his expectations, just as he was thinking wildly, there was a sudden shout outside the barracks, and the sergeant flew a report that an enemy had come to rob the camp at night.

Xiahou Yuan was shocked, this Sima Yi was right, it was impossible for the enemy to really give up the defense of the northern front easily, and gave them Luoyang City in vain.

He immediately ordered the battalions to hold their positions, not to rush into battle on their own, and to return the arrows as soon as they found that unknown people were rushing in.

However, he led the 3,000 elite soldiers who had already been selected, and quietly went out of the camp from behind, wanting to make a big circle, touch the enemy's side, and give them a counter-attack.

Ma Chao's 2,000 soldiers were outside the Wei army camp, setting fire and shouting to kill, making trouble for a long time, and the Wei army only held the defense in the camp, in an orderly manner, leaving no opportunity to take advantage of.

It seems that Da Sima is right, the enemy has really become smarter, Ma Chao shook his head, ordered to stop harassment, and prepared to evacuate.

The sergeants from all over the place approached one after another, and when Ma Chao began to count the number of people, he found that there was a team of three hundred, which had been sent to the southwest to harass the men and horses, but they had not been able to gather over.

Several sergeants quickly ran over and reported: "General, brother over there, I found that a large number of men and horses in the dark night have quietly touched their vicinity, please prepare for it as soon as possible." ”

"Oh?" Ma Chao breathed a sigh of relief, to be honest, it was really difficult for him to pretend to be one, like tonight, after making a fuss for so long, the enemy just didn't come out of the camp, he really didn't know what to do.

After Xiahou Ba led the army out of the camp, he quietly detoured, staring at the torches in the dark night, and staring at the crowd of people who were making noise outside the Wei military camp.

With short knives at their waists, shields in their left hands and torches in their right hands, those guys rushed towards the Wei army camp with a loud shout, and before they could get close to the enemy camp, they were shot back by random arrows.

Thanks to the fact that they were all holding shields, they were not shot down.

I wanted to rush forward to kill them by surprise, but when it came, Xiahou Ba suddenly changed his mind.

Looking around, it seems that there are too few enemies here, and listening to the shouts and killings coming from everywhere, it is estimated that there must be more enemies than just a little in front of them.

Since the enemy could not pose a real threat to his own camp, Xiahou Ba simply ordered the sergeants to keep quiet, hide down, and when the enemy had enough trouble, they would retreat in a concentrated manner, and then quietly follow and wipe them out!

After waiting for a long time, those guys probably finished throwing away the torches and dry firewood they carried, and they also shouted dryly, and finally stopped, and began to prepare to transfer and retreat.

Xiahou Ba hurriedly followed.

Seeing the large number of torches in front of him, it seemed that all the enemies had gathered, and suddenly, the group of men and horses that he had been following shouted loudly: "Oh no! An enemy is coming! ”

Oh, has it been discovered? Xiahou Ba did not hesitate, immediately turned over and got on his horse, shouting: "Kill!" Then he led his army and rushed towards the enemy.

The enemy hurriedly sent men and horses out to block the attack, and the remaining men immediately pulled back and ran.

Xiahou Ba rose up bravely, charged ahead, and led the army to fight and rush, not giving the enemy time to react.

The Shu army shouted and ran quickly, while fighting and retreating.

Xiahou Ba pursued closely until he was three miles away, and the enemy seemed to be approaching the troops here, and in the night, a large number of cavalry stepped on the rumbling hooves of horses, shouting "Hussar General, we have come to meet you", and rushed towards them.

The enemy situation changed, and Xiahou Ba had no choice but to order a suspension of the pursuit and move to the defensive.

The cavalry of the Shu army rushed and killed for a while, and soon turned around and ran, and those who fled before had already disappeared into the night.

Xiahouba cautiously pursued for a while, and found that there were shields and torches abandoned by the enemy along the way.

Sima Yi heard the movement in the city and learned that Xiahou Ba had gone out of the camp to pursue, so he hurriedly sent another 2,000 men and horses to follow the road to respond.

Xiahou Ba collected his troops and returned to the camp, Sima Yi had already asked the troops to extinguish the surrounding embers, and the battalions returned to calm.

Seeing that Xiahou Ba came back safely, he hurriedly asked him about the details: "Who are the people who came?" ”

Xiahou Ba replied: "Listen to what hussar general shouted when they fled, it should be said that it was Ma Chao who came." ”

Sima Yi listened, nodded with a smile, and stroked his beard: "I said a long time ago that the enemy would not be willing to give up Luoyang City for nothing, it turned out that he wanted to deliberately confuse us and attack us when we were negligent, but fortunately we were prepared." ”

"These guys also deliberately created the illusion that they had left Luoyang a few days ago, trying to confuse us." Xiahou Ba wanted to scold people very much.

Sima Yi still had doubts: "Is it really Ma Chao?" Since he has been named a hussar general by Liu Bei, why did he personally lead the army to attack our camp at night? You heard me right. ”

"There's nothing strange about that. Didn't the news say that this time their big Sima and hussar generals came to Longyou, and there were only about 30,000 people in total? Moreover, they still have to defend it, protect Ji City, and attack so many county seats, and this Luoyang County Town was beaten by Ma Chao before, and a few days ago, Ma Chao was also here to guard. Xiahou Ba was a little angry when he heard that Sima Yi was suspicious of him.

That Ma Chao, hasn't he always been the enemy of our Xiahou family?

Sima Yi heard Xiahou Ba's unhappiness, nodded and said: "You are right, Liu Bei is just a prisoner who occupies a state, and he is a hussar general, that is, his own family is happy." ”

Xiahou Ba said again: "Now that our army is coming to Longyou again, the enemy has few people, and we must retreat to the city, and we should focus on protecting the city and Jicheng." If Ma Chao still wants to protect Luoyang, then he will be alone here, and sooner or later he will be captured by us, so he gave up holding on to the city, but he was unwilling, and wanted to use his familiarity with the terrain here, hide, sneak attack at night, and give us certain kills before running. In that case, even if he is defeated, he will have something to brag about in the future. ”

The next day, Sima Yi sent his men and horses around to find out the whereabouts of Ma Chao's army, and this time a few saw it with their own eyes, Ma Chao failed to attack at night, led 3,000 defeated troops, and retreated in the direction of Jicheng. (To be continued.) )