Yang Ren and Yang Ang danced their swords and stabbed again, Fang Yue hurriedly walked around the beams and pillars unarmed, and when he was in danger, two pro-soldiers rushed in from outside the hall, one of the pro-soldiers carried Fang Yue's heavy big iron gun on his shoulder, seeing that Fang Yue was running to dodge, he hurriedly threw the iron spear towards Fang Yue in the air, and shouted at the same time: "General~~ Take the gun!" ”

Fang Yue jumped up in the air, took the iron spear in the air, and then swept it away.

Yang Ren's helmet was swept off, and his brain almost burst and died, Yang Ang was swept in the back of the shoulder, spitting blood and falling to the ground, fortunately, Zhang Wei led a team of dead soldiers from the side gate to fight to the death, rescued Yang Ang and left, Fang Yue did not chase and kill, rushed out of the hall with two personal soldiers, and asked sharply: "How is the situation?" ”

The captain of Fang Yue's own soldiers, who had just thrown his gun at Fang Yue, said miserably: "The brothers (more than a dozen officers who drank in the side hall) were plotted by the rebels, and the two of us were left. ”

The captain of the pro-soldier voice fell, the middle door suddenly opened, and dozens of blood-soaked pro-soldiers rushed in from the front yard, seeing Fang Yue standing on the steps like a god of war, the soldiers gathered around Fang Yue with a long sigh of relief, and asked with a breath: "General, it's the opposite, it's all fucking reversed!" ”

"General Ben knows." Fang Yue asked, "How is the situation in the front yard?" ”

One soldier replied, "There are rebels everywhere, and outside the courtyard walls are all rebel archers." ”

The voice of the pro-soldier fell, and the torches on the roofs of the surrounding wings suddenly brightened, and countless black figures appeared on the courtyard wall, and Yang Ren, who was fully draped, stood proudly in the middle, holding a sword and pointing at Fang Yue and shouting: "Fang Yue, next year's today is your taboo, release arrows~~"

"Xiuxiu~~"

Yang Ren's voice fell, a rain of arrows shot down from the roofs of the wings on both sides of the main hall, Fang Yue and his own soldiers hurriedly waved the weapons in their hands to block, but there were still two personal soldiers who were shot by stray arrows, and fell to the ground wailing, Fang Yue immediately shouted: "Retreat into the hall with the injured brother, and wait for help!" ”

Yang Ren pressed the sword in his hand forward and shouted: "Attack!" ”

Dozens of Hanzhong rebels jumped off the courtyard wall, smashed open the door and rushed into the hall, Yang Ren and the remaining rebels guarded the courtyard wall, only to hear the sound of killing in the hall shook the sky, and the miserable howls were endless.

……

Outside the city of Nanzheng.

Chen Zhi was awakened from his sleep by the piercing sound of killing, and when he turned over and sat up sharply, a small colonel had already rushed into the sleeping tent with a panicked expression and shouted: "General, the Hanzhong army is reversed!" ”

"Well, it's the other way around!?"

Chen Zhi hurriedly climbed up to the lookout to take a look, only to see the Han army camp not far away was in flames, the gate was wide open, and the black and oppressive Hanzhong rebels were like endless ants surging out of the gate, and then quickly divided into two roads, respectively killing the Liang army camp on the left and right.

Under the night sky, the blades in the hands of the rebels in Hanzhong reflected a dazzling coldness under the light of the firelight, Chen Zhi couldn't help but be taken aback, and said in a lost voice: "Damn, haven't the rebels been disarmed?" Where did they get their weapons? ”

"General, look!" A junior colonel suddenly shouted, "There is a fire in the city!" ”

"Huh!?" Chen Zhi hurriedly turned around, and saw the flames in Nanzheng City rising to the sky, and immediately his face changed greatly, "Oh no, General Fang Yue is going to the banquet, without the general in command, the three thousand brothers and General Fang Yue of the Nanzheng camp are likely to be broken by the rebels!" ”

The little colonel said hurriedly: "General, what now?" ”

Chen Zhi gritted his teeth and said: "It is important to save the general, leave three thousand brothers to guard the camp, and the rest of the brothers will follow the general into Nanzheng City to save people!" In addition, send someone to Zuo Daying again, and ask General Zhang Xiu to also send troops to rescue the driver, quickly! ”

"Yes."

A small colonel had already been ordered to leave.

……

In the left camp, Zhang Xiu is like a cold wood carving, standing straight on the gate.

Behind Zhang Xiu, two thousand elite longbowmen were already waiting behind the camp fence, a longbow with a handle had been full, and a wolf's tooth arrow had been on the string, and the sharp arrow clusters pointed directly at the dark sky, and under the dark sky, countless Hanzhong rebels were surging forward like a tide.

After Zhang Xiuwan refused the warm invitation of Zhang Lu and other Han sergeants, she faintly felt that there seemed to be something wrong, and the performance of these Han sergeants was quite abnormal, so Zhang Xiu secretly kept an eye on it, and strictly ordered the Liang soldiers of the Zuo battalion not to untie their clothes and not to remove their armor, and at the same time strengthened patrols.

As soon as the rebels moved, Zhang Xiu had already found out.

Zhang Xiu hurriedly reprimanded Chen Zhi of the right battalion and Fang Yue of the Nanzheng battalion, and at the same time urgently assembled the Liang army in the camp and prepared to hold on to wait for reinforcements, because the change was sudden, Zhang Xiu was not sure how big the scale of the Hanzhong army rebellion was?

Did all the Hanzhong troops defect, or only a part? Zhang Xiu suspected that the Hanzhong army had defected en masse, and even Zhang Lu might be involved, and if this was the case, then this rebellion would be extraordinary. If Zhang Xiu rashly led the army out of the camp to suppress it at this time, it was likely that he would be ambushed by the rebels and lose his troops.

Zhang Xiu decided to stick to the camp, wait for dawn to get in touch with Fang Yue and Chen Zhi, and then decide on the next step, there is no doubt that Zhang Xiu's decision was correct, because in terms of troops, the Liang army had more than 20,000 people, which was only a lot more than the strength of the Hanzhong rebels.

As long as the Liang army firmly holds the three large camps and does not allow the rebels to take any chance, no matter how much the rebels toss, it will be in vain.

However, it is a pity that Zhang Xiu sent a fast horse to the right camp was a step late, Chen Zhi had already led six thousand Liang troops from the back door of the camp, and killed Nanzheng to save Fang Yue, but he was really ambushed by the rebels on the way, and the two armies were killed and wounded in a melee with each other.

Before the door was called, a burst of arrows fell from the city, and at that time, Chen Zhi's own soldiers were shot over more than a dozen horses, and Chen Zhi himself was almost injured by an arrow. After repeated setbacks, Chen Zhi had no choice but to lead the army to retreat to a hill outside Nanzheng City, and at this time Chen Zhi had only more than a thousand remnants left around him.

……

Nam Zheng.

The battle between the Liang army and the rebels was already white-hot, and the three thousand Liang troops of Fang Yue and Nanzheng's camp were almost overwhelmed by the vast sea of Wudoumi sect people.

The streets were full of armed mobs armed with sticks and hoes, and under the call of the Heavenly Master Zhang Lu, these fanatical Wudoumi disciples launched a suicidal attack on the sabers and spears of the Liang army.

The melee lasted until dawn, Lei Xu and Zhang Xiancai led the Liang army to be surrounded by blood, killed Zhang Lu's Taishou Mansion, and rescued Fang Yue who was trapped inside, at this time there were only seven personal soldiers left around Fang Yue, if Lei Xu and Zhang Xian arrived a moment late, Fang Yue would probably die under the rebels' random arrows.

At noon, Fang Yue finally led the army out of the city, but there were only four or five hundred people left in the elite of the three thousand Liang army.

Another rout came to report that Chen Zhi's right battalion had been lost, and the grain and grass in the camp were looted and burned by the rebels, and Chen Zhi only led more than 1,000 remnants to retreat to the nameless hill in the east of the city. Fortunately, Zhang Xiu's Zuo camp was safe and sound, and the rebels also attacked the camp at night, but they were defeated by Zhang Xiu, and only abandoned more than 2,000 corpses in front of the camp.

Fang Yue hurriedly led the army to converge with Chen Dao, and then came straight to Zhang Xiu's camp.

Seeing Zhang Xiu, Fang Yue knelt down on one knee in front of Zhang Xiu without saying a word, and said miserably: "If it weren't for the general's efforts to turn the tide this time, the big event would be over." ”

Zhang Xiu's face changed greatly, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help Fang Yue.

Fang Yue bowed to his feet again, and then asked with palpitations: "Yuan Jin (Zhang Xiubiao), what is going on?" Why did the Hanzhong Army suddenly reverse again? ”

Zhang Xiu sighed and said: "The last general also just knew, it turned out that Zhang Lu was worried that our army would kill the 20,000 Hanzhong troops, and he rebelled when he was desperate!" The general is in a hurry, even if he wants to send 20,000 Hanzhong troops to Zhongnan Mountain, there is no need to rush for a while. ”

Chen Zhi asked, "Where did the rebels' weapons come from?" Aren't they obviously disarmed? ”

Zhang Xiu sighed: "Because the general punished Yang Song's wife and brother, Yang Song and Yang Bai brothers also rebelled against each other, and it was with the secret help of Yang Song and Yang Bai brothers that Zhang Lu and others were able to smuggle a large number of weapons and dry food into the camp. ”

"Ugh." Fang Yue sighed, and said with shame on his face, "Yueben cloth, mediocre ability, Meng Lianghou did not give up the important task, he had a little merit and a thin reputation, and now he has suffered this defeat, what kind of face do he have to go back to Guanzhong to see Lianghou?" ”

After saying that, Fang Yue wanted to draw his sword and kill himself, while Zhang Xiu and Chen Zhi hurriedly rushed forward and hugged Fang Yue's arm, Zhang Xiu persuaded again: "General, although our army is defeated, there are still more than 10,000 elites, although Zhang Lu wins, it is just a rabble, and it can be broken in a battle, but the army is not rich in food and grass, why don't you retreat to Yangping Pass first and then make plans?" ”

"That's it." Fang Yue sighed, "Just rely on Yuanjin and return to Yangping Pass." ”

……

In September of the ninth year of Emperor Jian'an of the Han Dynasty (196), Zhang Lu, the Taishou of Hanzhong, first surrendered and then rebelled, and the Liang army was caught off guard and defeated. Fang Yue only led more than 10,000 remnants of the army to retreat to Yangping Pass, and Ma Yue, who was far away in Hetao, was shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly led 3,000 iron horsemen to the south on a starry night, and hurried to Yangping Pass.

In October, Ma Yue led 3,000 iron horsemen to Yangping Pass.

In the same month, Zhang Lu sent two elite soldiers to defend Chencang and Meridian Trail respectively, and he personally raised 30,000 troops out of Nanzheng, camped in front of Yangping Pass, and confronted the Liang army across the pass.

……

Yangping Pass, Ma Yue's military tent.

Fang Yue knelt tremblingly in front of Ma Yue, and he didn't dare to take a breath.

Ma Yue's expression was gloomy, pacing back and forth in front of Fang Yue like a bear, he didn't say anything for a long time, the more the horse butcher didn't speak, the more uneasy Fang Yue was in his heart, Jia Xu also looked heavy, standing aside like a stake, this human spirit, never say more when he shouldn't speak.

"Fang Yue!" Ma Yue suddenly paused and shouted, "Negligence and misconduct in the battle caused Zhang Lu to surrender and rebel, and nearly 10,000 soldiers died on the battlefield, and the crime should be beheaded!" ”

"The last will be willing to be punished."

Fang Yue paused with a miserable expression.

Ma Yue said coldly: "You don't want to defend yourself? ”

Fang Yue said: "The last general's sin is unforgivable, and there is no way to justify it. ”

"Hmph." Ma Yue snorted coldly and shouted, "It's quite self-aware, so do you know where you are wrong?" ”

Fang Yue said: "The last general will be overlooked and misbehaved......"

"Shut up!" Ma Yue broke Fang Yue and said coldly, "You are wrong to be arbitrary, and you didn't consult Zhang Xiu and Chen Zhi's opinions!" ”

Fang Yue said: "Yes, the last general will be arbitrary. ”

"Get out!" Ma Yue kicked Fang Yue to the ground and scolded, "Go get the thirty military sticks yourself." ”

Fang Yue fell to the ground, then got up in disgrace, and said in amazement: "Lord, this is the end?" ”

Ma Yue said coldly: "What else do you want?" ”

Fang Yue said embarrassedly: "The last general made such a huge mistake, I thought that the lord had to kill the last general, and he couldn't ......."

"Kill you?" Ma Yue said, "Killing you is cheaper for you!" Keep your head, don't get back this loss from the battlefield, and you will never be spared! Why don't you get out of here? ”

Fang Yue turned around and walked away.

Seeing Fang Yue's figure go away, Ma Yue sighed and said: "Alas, Fang Yue is more than enough for the decisive battle, but it is not enough to govern the place, and it is not appropriate to use people alone." ”

Jia Xu said: "You can't blame the lord for this matter, although General Fang Yue doesn't know how to govern the place, didn't the lord arrange Zhang Xiu to be Fang Yue's deputy general?" Zhang Xiu has experienced Dong Zhuo's Luoyang Rebellion, it is impossible not to know the power of the scholars, and he thinks that the problem is still with Zhang Xiu, but if Zhang Xiu can remind Fang Yue, it will not cause this big mess. ”

Ma Yue said: "It seems that Gu is not good enough, and Zhang Xiu still has a gap with Gu in his heart." ”

Jia Xu's heart moved when he heard this, and he could see the preciousness of Ma Yue from here, if he was an ordinary person, the first thing that the Liang army had to do after this defeat must be to punish Fang Yue, Zhang Xiu, and Chen Zhi, the three leading generals, but the first thing Ma Yue did was to self-examine, and he did not pass the responsibility on to his subordinates.

Jia Xu said: "The lord should have a long talk with General Zhang Xiu to eliminate the estrangement. ”

"Hmm." Ma Yue nodded and shouted outside the tent, "Dian Wei, send General Zhang Xiu to see you." ”

……

Outside Yangping Pass, Zhang Lu's military tent.

Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, Yang Ang, Yang Song, Yang Bai and others have gathered in the tent.

Zhang Lu said worriedly: "Everyone, just got a detailed return, the horse butcher has personally led three thousand iron horsemen to Yangping Pass, since the horse butcher is here, Jia Poison, who has always been inseparable from him, must also come, these two people are one murderous, the other is cunning, far from Fang Yue, Zhang Xiu and the like can compare, our army is afraid of more auspicious than less." ”

"Afraid of a bird!?" Zhang Wei scolded rudely, "Brother has already ordered elite soldiers to guard Chencang and Meridian Path, now he only needs to seal the front of Yangping Pass, even if the horse butcher raises an army of 100,000 to attack, it will be difficult to cross the Thunder Pond by half a step!" What's more, there are two tigers and wolves, Yuan Shao and Cao Ying, who are still waiting for the east of the horse butcher, and it is impossible to spend too long with our army here, our army only needs to delay for about half a year, and the Liang army will retreat without a fight. ”

General Yang Ren said: "The Liang army has only 10,000 people, but our army has 30,000 people. ”

Zhang Lu sighed and said: "There is no other way now, but to fight to the death with the horse butcher, and order all the troops to defend the camp and never attack without authorization." ”

……

Yangping Pass, Ma Yue's military tent.

Zhang Xiu clasped his hands into fists and sang respectfully: "The last general, Zhang Xiu, see the lord." ”

Ma Yue turned his back to Zhang Xiu, just looking at the screen in the tent, when Zhang Xiuzheng was at a loss, Ma Yue said lightly: "Yuan Jin, this loss in Hanzhong, you disappointed Gu Haosheng." ”

Zhang Xiu said embarrassedly: "The last general is incompetent, and he has high hopes for the lord." ”

Ma Yue said: "Fang Yue, who can break Xianbei with thousands of iron horsemen, calm the desert in a war, and the general Cheng is also a decisive victory in the battlefield by unifying the three armies, and Liao Liao can be counted in the world; Chen Dao, a fierce general, led the brave men to charge into battle, and no one in Hanzhong could stop its sharpness; With Fang Yue leading the army and Chen Zhi as the vanguard, Hanzhong is at your fingertips. ”

"However, these two people have lost their courage, and their political strategy is insufficient, even if they can go down to Hanzhong, it is difficult to defend for a long time."

"The reason why Lone sent Yuan Jin as Fang Yue's deputy general is that he hopes that Yuan Jin can give full play to his strengths, make up for the shortcomings of Fang Yue and Chen Zhi's political strategy, and often remind Fang Yue in front of him, so that Hanzhong can attack and defend for a long time, and the southwest border is as stable as a rock, and he can sit back and relax in Hanzhong."

Ma Yue said this, and the meaning is already obvious.

Ma Yue's meaning is that just to attack Hanzhong and win the battlefield, Fang Yue and Chen Zhi are competent, but if it comes to governing Hanzhong, it all depends on you Zhang Xiu, Fang Yue and Chen Zhi don't know the strength of the Han Sergeant Clan, and it is understandable that they made a wrong decision, but you Zhang Xiu clearly knows the strength of the Han Sergeant Clan, and knows that Fang Yue and Chen Zhi's strategy is wrong, but you don't say anything to stop it, that's your mistake.

Zhang Xiu was in a cold sweat by Ma Yue's words, and knelt on the ground and said urgently: "The end will be a capital crime." ”

Ma Yue sighed, stepped forward to help Zhang Xiu up, and said sincerely: "The general is not guilty, but he is guilty." ”

Zhang Xiu said miserably: "The lord ......"

Ma Yue waved his hand to stop Zhang Xiu, and said in a deep voice: "Gu Xiang and the general agreed that from now on, Gu will never make the mistake of employing people improperly, and I hope that the general will be able to know everything and say everything in the future, okay?" ”

Zhang Xiu paused and said: "Embroidery dares to disobey his fate!" ”

As soon as the words changed, Ma Yue continued, "This change in Hanzhong, thanks to Yuan Jin's ability to turn the tide in the face of danger, the 20,000 Liang army did not use all the ink, and Yuan Jin was rewarded heavily to encourage the soldiers of the three armies. ”

"Don't dare." Zhang Xiu hurriedly said, "The general of the defeated army, don't dare to be the lord so wrongly." ”

"Yuan Jin deserves it!" Ma Yue said loudly, "If it weren't for Yuan Jin, Gu's 20,000 troops would have died, and with the surnames of the 10,000 soldiers who survived, Lone would have rewarded you heavily." ”

"My lord?"

Zhang Xiu trembled, and could not hide the gratitude in his expression.

This time in the defeat of Hanzhong, Zhang Xiu thought that Ma Yue would be furious and settle accounts after the autumn, but he never expected that Ma Yue only criticized Zhang Xiu's self-preservation practice very vaguely, and praised Zhang Xiu's achievements in defeat, which was an affirmation and a great encouragement for Zhang Xiu.

……

settled Fang Yue and Zhang Xiu, and finally it was Chen Dao's turn.

Chen Zhi stepped into Ma Yue's military tent with a depressed face, and was already mentally prepared to be scolded, speaking of which Chen Zhi was unlucky, this was only the first battle that Chen Zhi put into Ma Yue's command, and was defeated by Zhang Lu, Chen Zhi was ready to be scolded, but he didn't expect Ma Yue to greet him with a smile.

"See the lord."

Chen Zhi bowed his head and did not dare to look at Ma Yue.

"Hmm." Ma Yue nodded and asked casually, "Shuzhi, where did the Liang army lose this defeat in Hanzhong?" ”

"Uh~~" Chen Zhi obviously didn't expect Ma Yue to suddenly have such a question, and after thinking for a while, he reluctantly replied, "The Han Sergeant Clan is too insidious, and the last general and others are negligent in taking precautions, resulting in the defeat of Hanzhong." ”

"No, you're wrong." Ma Yue shook his head and said, "The defeat of Hanzhong and the Liang Army actually lost to Lone, and it was Lone's improper use of people that led to the defeat of Hanzhong, which has nothing to do with you, General." Lone only hopes that the general can get out of the shadow of the defeat of Hanzhong as soon as possible, and correct himself and thousands of Nanyang soldiers on the battlefield. ”

Ma Yue's gentle and clever words made Chen Zhi's heart dissipate, and he clenched his fists and said to Ma Yue: "If the lord fights Hanzhong again, the last general is willing to be the vanguard!" ”

Ma Yue said: "Lone will be the vanguard with your 3,000 elite soldiers, and it will be said that you will go out of the customs to fight against the Hanzhong army!" ”

"Yes!"

Chen Zhi's confidence was restored and he responded violently.

Jia Xu on the side nodded secretly, thinking that the master's master's skills were becoming more and more perfect, and from the different attitudes towards Fang Yue, Chen Zhi and Zhang Xiu, it could be seen that Ma Yue's skills were old and spicy.

Fang Yue is an old general of the Liang Army, who has followed Ma Yue for many years, and has also made great achievements, there is no problem with the loyalty of such a general, so he must "reprimand him fiercely" to guard against his arrogance, and at the same time not punish too much so as not to chill the heart of the old department, so as not to chill the heart of the old department, this rewarded Fang Yue with thirty military sticks that did not hurt, which made Fang Yue himself a little "overjoyed".

Zhang Xiu has not been under Ma Yue's command for a long time, his loyalty is not very high, and Zhang Xiu himself is also quite politically minded, and he is an all-rounder with both civil and military skills. Therefore, Ma Yue only criticized Zhang Xiu very tactfully, and then rewarded Zhang Xiu for his achievements in defeat.

In this way, Zhang Xiu was naturally convinced and grateful to Ma Yue.

Comparatively speaking, Chen Zhi is the easiest, Chen Zhi has neither Fang Yue's outstanding military exploits and qualifications, nor Zhang Xiu's strategy and ambition, so Ma Yue is relatively easy to deal with, for a brave general like Chen Zhi, Ma Yue only needs to find a way to re-arouse his fighting spirit and restore his confidence.

……

It's night.

Ma Yue, Jia Xu and Fang Yue, Zhang Xiu, Chen Dao, Xu Chu Zhu took advantage of the night to climb the wall to look at the Hanzhong military camp outside the pass, under the dark night sky, the camp of the Hanzhong army is like a roadblock, crouching in front of the Yangping Pass out of the Hanzhong Plain must pass through, if the Liang army wants to step into the Hanzhong Plain, it must step through the Hanzhong camp.

Ma Yueyao pointed to the Hanzhong camp, looked around at the generals and said: "The Hanzhong military camp is shaped like a robbery moon, the middle is concave and the two wings are leaning forward, if our army attacks the middle of it, the two wings will come to the rescue, if the two wings are attacked, it is difficult for the army to expand because of the steep mountain, and the Hanzhong army is mostly Wudoumi disciples, fanatical and fearless of death, it seems that it is not easy to defeat the Hanzhong army." ”

After Zhang Xiu had a long talk with Ma Yue, the estrangement in his heart was gone, and he sighed with regret at that time: "It's a pity that the two paths of Chencang and Meridian have been known to the Hanzhong rebels, and they must have sent troops to garrison at this time, otherwise, the lord only needs to send a strange soldier to go around the back of the Hanzhong rebels through the Chencang trail to cut off their way back, and the Hanzhong army will fall into a desperate situation where it cannot advance or retreat, and it is easy to break it." ”

Ma Yue couldn't help but glance sideways at Jia Xu, and a strange smile appeared on the corners of their mouths at the same time.

……

(To be continued)