Chapter 248: Rushing the Mountain
Hanzhong, the camp of Chuyang.
Huang Zhong sat in the main camp tent, holding a letter in his hand, silent, and there were only three words on the letter, that is, "Dingjun Mountain." ”
Of course, Huang Zhong of Dingjun Mountain knows that it is a high mountain in the west of the city of Weiyang, and this mountain and Yangping Pass together have become a natural barrier in Weiyang, as the western gate of Hanzhong, Yangping Pass is no problem, because he has ordered Huo Jun, the Brazilian Taishou who is good at guarding, to garrison, this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, plus Huo Jun is here, Huang Zhong believes that Liu Bei will be difficult to capture even if he tries his best.
It's just that Dingjun Mountain is difficult to do now, because after his army came, what he didn't expect was that Liu Qi, the Duke of Chu, actually wrote a letter in person, telling him that he must pay attention to Dingjun Mountain.
Although he didn't know where the lord had heard about the place of Dingjun Mountain, and he had to go all the way to write a letter to himself to remind him, coupled with the fact that the military advisor Fa Zheng had been talking about the strategic position of Dingjun Mountain, Huang Zhong naturally did not dare to slack off, so he decided to pay attention to the defense of Dingjun Mountain in this war.
It was with this purpose in mind that Huang Zhong stationed all his main forces on Dingjun Mountain, no matter how Zhang Fei's army provoked and fought, but he couldn't hold out.
Zhang Fei was ordered to attack Hanzhong, originally he had no fighting spirit in his heart, but his obedience to Liu Bei for many years had formed a habit, plus he inquired clearly that Liu Qi was not in Hanzhong, and he was confident that he would be able to defeat a veteran Huang Zhong with his own strength, especially when he received Liu Bei's letter in the first two days, as long as he took Xichuan, he would break with Cao Cao, so he was angry with a new hope in his heart, so he was extremely hard to fight.
But now Huang Zhong can't hold on, although he is eager to win, but there is no other good way except to send soldiers to the bottom of the mountain every day to scold.
At this time, the military advisor Zhang Ji gave Zhang Fei an idea, pointed to a mountain peak not far in front of him and said: "There is a high mountain to the west of Dingjun Mountain, called Arrow Mountain, which is full of dangerous roads. On this mountain, you can look down at the reality of Dingjun Mountain. If the general obtains this mountain, the Dingjun Mountain is only in the palm of his hand. ”
Zhang Fei saw that the mountain was a little flat, and there were some few people and horses on the mountain, so he nodded when he heard this, and ordered Ma Dai and Ma Tie to lead an army of 3,000 to the top of the mountain at night, and be sure to capture this mountain.
At the second watch that night, Ma Dai and Ma Tie led an army of 3,000 to kill the top of Arrow Mountain, but found that there was no one in the village, and they couldn't help but be shocked, knowing that they had fallen into the enemy's plan, and hurriedly waved their troops back.
At this moment, the surrounding drums shook loudly, and tens of thousands of soldiers suddenly surrounded Ma Dai and Ma Tie, and the two led the army to rush left and right, and never came out.
At this time, the Chinese army has Huang Zhong, Wen Ping on the left, Yan Yan on the right, and Gao Pei, Wu Lan, Lei Tong and other generals will block the back road, and the army will be besieged by many people, not to mention 10,000 people? Desperately thinking about the core place to kill the past.
"Nanyang Huang Hansheng is here, enemy general, you have fallen into the general's plan, if you know each other, get off your horse and surrender quickly, otherwise, it will be the place where you will die in the near future."
Huang Zhong took the lead, brandishing a big knife in his hand and shouting loudly.
Ma Dai saw that it was Huang Zhong who came in person, and he couldn't help but feel worried in his heart, at this moment, he suddenly heard the bell ringing, and when he looked up, he saw that it was Huang Zhong who rushed forward and slashed directly at his top door with a knife.
Ma Dai saw that the opponent's knife was heavy and his movements were fast, so he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly staggered to dodge, but unexpectedly, at this moment, he only heard beside him, and saw that he was grabbed by a general and captured alive.
When I raised my eyes, I saw that my beard was gray, and his god was majestic, who was Huang Zhong if he wasn't it?
"Alas, I didn't expect Huang Zhongzhi's courage to really live up to his reputation, I can't make two moves under him, it seems that even if I compare with my eldest brother Meng Qi, it's a little inferior." Ma Dai couldn't help but sigh, stopped struggling, and let Huang Zhong throw himself under the horse, and then was tied to the rope by his entourage.
In fact, the reason why Huang Zhong captured Ma Dai so easily this time was because of the factor of force victory, and it was also because Ma Dai launched an attack when he was unintentional and frightened, and caught the other party off guard, otherwise, although Huang Zhong was able to defeat Ma Dai, it would take at least a hundred moves.
"Let my brother go." Ma Tie on the side saw that Ma Dai was captured, and he was shocked, regardless of life and death, and rushed towards Huang Zhong.
But Yan Yan, who was not far away, quickly rushed over from the oblique thorn, waved the horsewhip towards the horse iron roll, and then pulled him under the horse with a slight pull.
Ma Tie secretly said that he was not good in his heart, and hurriedly struggled, but he had already seen the nearby enemy sergeants stretch their hooks, dragged him up, tied him up, and then escorted him with Ma Dai.
Seeing that the two brothers were captured, Ma Dai and Ma Tie couldn't help but smile relatively bitterly, they listened to Zhang Ji's words, originally thought that they would be able to win a credit tonight, but they didn't expect that the other party had already prepared, but as a result, not only did they not get the credit, but even they were captured by the other party.
In fact, the two of them didn't know at all, if it weren't for the orders of Liu Qi, the Duke of Chu, and Huang Zhong saw the words Ma Jiajun on their flags, I'm afraid that the two brothers would have reunited with Ma Teng by now.
The sergeants under the command of Ma Dai and Ma Tie had already panicked after being surrounded, but now that the two main generals had been captured one after another, they were naturally even more frightened, and they abandoned their weapons and surrendered in fear. Except for more than 1,000 people who were killed, the rest of the 3,000 army all gave up resistance and surrendered to Huang Zhong.
Later, after counting, it was found that no one in this team had slipped through the net, and if he was not killed, he surrendered, Huang Zhong finally put his mind at ease and said to Fa Zheng on the side: "Xiaozhi is really like a god, Zhang Fei really came to seize this mountain, fortunately you saw through it, otherwise, the truth of my Dingjun Mountain is in his hands, I'm afraid things will not be easy to do." But what do we do next? Shouldn't you take advantage of the victory to march and kill Zhang Fei by surprise? ”
Fa Zheng said with a smile: "Zhang Fei is brave and invincible, plus there are Ma Chao in the camp to help, it is not so easy for us to win, it is better for us to be like this, we can easily defeat Zhang Fei tomorrow, and even recover Wudu in one fell swoop." ”
Then Fa Zheng whispered in front of Huang Zhong, and Huang Zhong, who listened, nodded again and again, praising this as a clever plan.
After that, Huang Zhong found two pairs of brothers among the Ma Dai brothers' troops, detained the elder brother, and then asked the two brothers to go to Zhang Fei's camp to deliver a letter to tell them that their army had successfully attacked and asked Zhang Fei to quickly lead the main force to the mountain to support, in case Huang Zhong's army took Arrow Mountain again.
The two soldiers were worried about their brother's safety and did not dare to disobey, so they took the general order that Huang Zhong had found from Ma Dai, and then came to Zhang Fei's camp, falsely claiming that Ma Dai had captured Arrow Mountain, ordering them to report the news to Zhang Fei, and asking Zhang Fei to lead the army to support Arrow Mountain the next day, in case Huang Zhong's army seized the mountain.
Early the next morning, he ordered Ma Chao to lead an army of 10,000 to go to Arrow Mountain for support, and ordered him to stick to Arrow Mountain, while his own led the main army to camp not far away, ready to fight with the Ma Chao army of Arrow Mountain, once Huang Zhong led the crowd to grab the mountain, he did his best, and Ma Chao flanked the back, defeated Huang Zhong, and then captured Hanzhong.
Ma Chao naturally ordered that he immediately ordered all the men and horses and led the army to Arrow Mountain, but although he took the order, he was thinking in his heart that now that his three brothers were all in Arrow Mountain, and seeing that there was no hope of revenge in Liu Bei's army, it was better to consider leading the crowd to surrender to Huang Zhong.
Although Zhang Fei showed Ma Chao Liu Bei's letter promising him to break with Cao Cao soon after, Ma Chao no longer believed it at all, because in the past few years, he had appreciated Liu Bei's deception more than once, so although he felt that he was a little sorry for Zhang Fei's deep friendship with him this time, but in order to take revenge, he could only harden his heart and let go of this friendship.
However, even if he wants to surrender, Ma Chao must first see the power of Huang Zhong under the account of Duke Chu, and then say, if he can't even defeat himself, it will naturally be difficult to defeat Han Sui in Liangzhou in the future, in this case, there is no point in surrendering him.
Ma Chao's plan has been decided, so he commanded the army to come to the foot of Wrigley Mountain, and saw his own flag fluttering on the mountain from a distance, Ma Chao did not suspect it, so he ordered the army to go up the mountain to garrison.
Since it was now up the mountain, it was impossible to ride a horse, so Ma Chao and the soldiers around him had to dismount and go up on foot.
Unexpectedly, when the army came to the halfway up the mountain, it suddenly saw a red flag waving on the top of the mountain, and then saw a large army suddenly roaring towards Ma Chao's army.
"Kill." I saw a gray-haired general riding a horse, rushing towards Ma Chao like the wind, and the big knife in his hand slashed over with lightning speed.
Seeing this, Ma Chao couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and immediately dodged sideways in an emergency, but unexpectedly, several pro-soldiers beside him couldn't dodge and were cut in two by Huang Zhong.
Feeling that the blade of the big knife in Huang Zhong's hand swept past the bridge of his nose, Rao is Ma Chao was superb in martial arts, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
"Oh no, we've been tricked." Ma Chao immediately thought of this possibility, and when he saw the general who attacked him, he was already sure in his heart: "It seems that this person is Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng, the fierce general under the command of Duke Chu, although I am only in a hurry to meet the enemy, and I am not on the horse to meet the enemy, I will inevitably fall behind, but from the speed and strength of this road, this person is indeed a strong opponent of mine, even if it is a fair duel, I am afraid that I can only be equal to him, even if I win in the end, I can only rely on my youth and rely on staying power to win, right?" ”
And just when Ma Chao hesitated, he heard the other party interrupt and say: "It's Ma Mengqi?" This general Huang Zhong has been waiting here for a long time, if you know each other, it is better to surrender quickly, you must already know that your army has no fighting spirit now, and now our army is victorious, it is like destroying the withering and decaying, if you surrender, your soldiers can still save their lives, otherwise, hehe......"