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Today, it is said that the strategy offered by Pang Tong to Liu Bei in Hezhang —————— is to order the Han army to retreat more than ten miles. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

If the retreat of the Han army could have been explained in the absence of the previous events, but the fact that this retreat occurred on the night after Guo Huai sent people to contact Zhang He, it is no wonder that Cao Zhang was suspicious.

In Cao Zhang's view, Guo Huai is likely to have reached some agreement with the Han army in private, and the retreat of the Han army is precisely to cooperate with Guo Huai's "misdeeds".

"Guo Huai, if you weren't ready to betray me, why would the Han army suddenly withdraw for no reason, there is clearly a conspiracy in this, you might as well recruit it truthfully!"

In the face of Cao Zhang's questioning, Guo Huai really had a hard time, although he did plan to surrender to the Han Kingdom in private, but after all, it was just a plan, and it was not put into practical action, and was questioned by Cao Zhang for such a reason, Guo Huai naturally felt a little wronged in his heart.

"Your Majesty, the minister has long said that the minister is loyal to His Majesty and has no two hearts. The minister thought that the Han army suddenly retreated, and it must be the same as that letter, all in order to divide the trust between our monarchs and ministers. ”

Guo Huai's self-defense is still old-fashioned, and his previous words are quite convincing, but at this time, it seems a little pale and powerless to use them again.

Cao Zhang naturally couldn't believe it anymore, and shouted: "The facts are in front of you, and you still dare to quibble." Hmph, I would like to ask you, since you know that Zhang He's letter is divisive, why do you still send someone to the enemy camp to reply to him. Don't tell me you're going to play the other way. ”

Cao Zhang's question made Guo Huai a little speechless, because Guo Huai's behavior was indeed a bit unreasonable.

As Cao Zhang said, knowing that Zhang He was in discord, he should resolutely draw a line with him, and should never have any contact, but in fact, Guo Huai was said by Cao Zhang, and he was planning to betray, so he had to contact Zhang He.

It's just that when he arrives in such a field, Guo Huai can only hold on to his head, otherwise his head will have to fall to the ground.

Guo Huai then froze his expression, with a look of righteousness and awe-inspiring, and said: "The reason why the minister replied to Zhang He was to expose his annihilation plan and tell him that he didn't have to bother anymore, I, Guo Huai, received His Majesty's kindness, and swore to follow His Majesty to the death, and I would never surrender to Han." ”

Guo Huai said a very far-fetched reason with a very generous expression, Cao Zhang is not an idiot, naturally he will not believe it, he snorted coldly, and said indifferently: "In the face of the facts, any justification is self-defeating, Guo Huai, my eyes are very bright, who is loyal and who is annihilated, I am very clear." Come on, push Guo Huai, the traitor, out and behead him! ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers were all shocked, and even the soldiers outside were shocked, and no one came up to respond to the emperor's order for a while.

There is no other reason, just because Guo Huai has always had prestige in the army.

Since the Battle of Longxi, Guo Huai has emerged, and after the Battle of Guanzhong, the Battle of Pingyang and many other battles, although the Wei army is a series of defeats, but Guo Huai because of his outstanding performance in the war, but the military position is getting bigger and bigger.

Moreover, Guo Huai is an authentic Bingzhou people, and a considerable number of the soldiers of the Western Wei Dynasty are natives of Bingzhou, so Guo Huai naturally has a unique and huge appeal in the Western Wei army.

Therefore, when Cao Zhang gave the order to kill Guo Huai, those soldiers did not obey it for a while.

Seeing this, Cao Zhang was even more furious, and scolded him: "I told you to behead Guo Huai, are you all deaf, do you want me to behead you all together!" ”

After all, Guo Huai was not a powerful minister who had emptied the emperor, and after the soldiers were reprimanded like this, they didn't dare to disobey anymore, and several soldiers reluctantly walked into the imperial tent and carefully set up Guo Huai.

Guo Huai was also taken aback, so he had to shout: "Your Majesty, the minister is wronged, the minister is wronged, Your Majesty is going to fall for the thief's discord." ”

Cao Zhang's expression was indifferent, and he was indifferent to Guo Huai's shouting.

At this time, the ministers knelt down one after another, begging Cao Zhang to take back his fate.

"Your Majesty, General Guo has contributed to the country, even if he is guilty, he needs conclusive evidence before he can be tortured, so he was killed, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public, when this national disaster is at the head, will this practice not chill the hearts of the soldiers, and I sincerely hope that Your Majesty will think twice."

It was still Du Xun who was smarter, and moved out the soldiers of the three armies at a critical time.

Cao Zhang, who was angry and resolute, had to be shaken now, after all, now trapped in the front line of Jingcheng, the soldiers were already depressed, and the people were panicked, as Du Xi said, if the army's heart changed because of the killing of Guo Huai, it would be even more unfavorable in terms of the overall situation.

"Wait." Cao Zhang drank Guo Huai, who had been dragged to the door, and after weighing it again and again, Fang reluctantly said: "Guo Huai's death crime can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped, so I will take him into custody first, and then bring him to justice after the evidence is conclusive." ”

Guo Huai breathed a sigh of relief, his back was already sweating, and he was obviously very aggrieved in his heart, but he had to kneel down and say with great gratitude: "Your Majesty is wise, thank you Your Majesty for not killing, Your Majesty ......"

Cao Zhanglai listened to him say a word, waved his hand impatiently, and shouted: "I don't want to listen to your nonsense anymore, come on, don't drag him to prison quickly." ”

The depressed Guo Huai was imprisoned in Lecheng in this way.

Fortunately, the officers and soldiers guarding Lecheng here are Guo Huai's fellow villagers, and as soon as they heard that Guo Huai was imprisoned, they quickly cleaned up the best cell, and served them with good wine and meat, as if they were uncles.

Although he was not sluggish, Guo Huai's mood was not good, and he had no appetite for the good dishes in front of him, just drinking bowl after bowl of stuffy wine.

When it was getting late, Du Xi came to visit him in prison, and when he saw Guo Huai's face full of alcohol, he smiled and said: "I said Boji, you are sitting in prison out of leisure and elegance, you have wine and meat, you are very chic." ”

"Chic fart, I'm borrowing wine to dispel my worries, come, Zixu sit down and drink a few bowls with me." Guo Huai sighed, poured a bowl for Du Xian, and without saying a word, he drank the bowl first.

Du Xi didn't touch the wine, but said lightly: "Boji, now that the matter is over, do you still have hope for today?" ”

Guo Huai smiled bitterly: "So what, now that I'm in prison, I can't do anything, what can I do but sit and wait to die." ”

Du Xi's face sank, and he said unhappily: "Boji, it's boring for you to feel sorry for yourself like this, you and I both know that with your Guo Boji's appeal in the army, as long as you raise your arms and shout, how can a mere cell stop you." ”

The wine bowl stopped in the air, and after hanging for a moment, Guo Huai slammed the bowl on the table, the wine splashed on the table, and he was silent for a moment with gritted teeth, and his eyes were full of murder.

"Zixu, you're right, don't blame me for being unjust if he's unkind!" Guo Huai seemed to have made up his mind, but there was still a sad look on his face, "However, although most of the people in the army are ours, Cao Zhang's Youyan lineage is also quite a lot, and I am only afraid that it will not be easy to control him at that time." ”

Du Xian laughed: "Cao Zhang is just a puppet, as long as Guo Boji is willing to cause trouble, I and other generals are willing to follow, and then we have our own countermeasures." ”

After pondering for a moment, Guo Huai suddenly slapped the case and said solemnly: "Okay, then we will work together to do great things!" ”

………… That night, another of Guo Huai's cronies secretly left Lecheng and stole into the Han camp, conveying to Liu Bei Guo Huai's determination to surrender, and also explaining Guo Huai's current predicament, hoping that the Han army could help him and get rid of Cao Zhang.

"It seems that Shi Yuan's strategy has indeed forced Guo Huai to the point where there is no way out, but now Cao Zhang is completely suspicious of him, Guo Huai is in prison, and we want to use his strength to successfully take Jing Cheng, and it seems that we are in trouble again."

Liu Bei looked around at the generals in the tent and expressed his concerns.

Pang Tong didn't expect Cao Zhang's suspicion to be so serious, he thought that his retreat would only make Cao Zhang's suspicion of Guo Huai worse, but he didn't expect that Guo Huai would be put in prison directly, which surprised him a little.

At this time, Fang Shao smiled and said: "This matter is easy, as long as we can lure Cao Zhang out of Lecheng, with Guo Huai's influence in the Wei army, and get out of prison, it should not be a problem to mutiny and seize power." At that time, as long as the Leping City Gate is closed, Cao Zhang can only be captured. ”

Liu Bei looked excited, and hurriedly asked, "Could it be that Zhongzheng has a good plan?" ”

Fang Shao touched his chin with his fingers and said with a sly smile: "Since Cao Zhang's surname is strong and self-righteous, then let's start from this point." ”

………… Two days later, in the early morning, a team of more than 1,000 Han troops led by Wei Yan arrived in Lecheng with their heads held high, and Wei Yan openly called for battle in front of the city gate, claiming that he wanted to fight with Cao Zhang.

Cao Zhang, who heard the news, thought that the Han army was going to attack on a large scale, and hurriedly led the generals to the city to prepare to meet the enemy.

To the surprise of Cao Zhang, the Han army only came with less than 1,000 horsemen, but these more than 1,000 Han troops were arrogant, scolding one by one, scolding Cao Zhang's ancestors for eighteen generations, and the Han general Wei Yan was even more arrogant, claiming that if Cao Zhang dared to go down to the city to fight, he would be cut into pieces.

In the face of such a provocation, Cao Zhang was naturally furious, and immediately decided to lead the army out of the city to behead Wei Yan, and kill this group of Han troops who didn't know what to do to vent their hatred.

However, Cao Zhang was not an idiot, and the provocation of the Han army easily made him think of a plan to lure the enemy, so Cao Zhang temporarily suppressed his anger and sent scouts out of the city to reconnoitre.

The reward was that there was no trace of other Han troops within a radius of more than ten miles, and the thousand Han troops outside the city were obviously a lone army that came to challenge alone.

After being convinced that the enemy had no tricks, Cao Zhang's proud heart was completely ignited by the scolding of the Han army outside the city, so the emperor of the Western Wei Dynasty immediately went down to the city, ordered three thousand Youyan iron horsemen, opened the city gate and killed it.

"Wei Yan dog, I will break your body into thousands of pieces today, come and die!"

Cao Zhang's prancing horse was in front of the formation, and the blade pointed at Wei Yan and scolded sharply. The three thousand Youyan cavalry behind him shouted and shouted, and immediately suppressed the shouting and scolding of the Han army on the opposite side.

Wei Yan stood on his horse and looked ahead, but saw a yellow-bearded general, dressed in gold armor and red robes, with a domineering atmosphere, and it was undoubtedly Cao Zhang.

'Hey, as expected, this Cao Zhang is very arrogant, and he will come out as soon as he is tempted. Da Sima told me to delay as much time as possible, so I happened to play with him. ’

Wei Yan stepped forward immediately, glanced at Cao Zhang with slanted eyes, and said slowly in an extremely disdainful tone: "Is the yellow-haired monster in front of you Cao Zhang?" ”

was insulted by Wei Yan's words, Cao Zhang was even more furious, and reprimanded sharply: "The dog thief is so quick to speak, if you have the courage, you will come to me to stab." ”

"Alas......" Wei Yan sighed, "Cao Ying is also from the Central Plains, how did he give birth to such a miscellaneous hair as you, most of you are not Cao Ying's own child, maybe it was your mother who was born with a little official, maybe you are a wild species, you dare to call yourself the emperor, and you are not afraid that the world will laugh off your big teeth." ”

Wei Yan is making fun of Cao Zhang's appearance, there is no way, who made him have yellow hair, which is far from the appearance of the other brothers.

Obviously, this is Wei Yan using the method of agitation, but knowing this, Cao Zhang is still furious, and the knife anger in his heart turned into a rolling killing intent, which suddenly permeated his whole body, and he let out a long roar and slapped the knife to kill Wei Yan.

Although Wei Yan despised Cao Zhang's words a hand, but he did not dare to underestimate Cao Zhang's martial arts.

When the two horses intersected, it was like a black and yellow lightning collided, the sound of metal hummed, and sparks splashed in the air.

With one move, the two long knives froze in mid-air.

Cao Zhangyuan was confident in his courage and wanted to cut Wei Yan down with a knife with strong strength, but what he didn't expect was that the seemingly thin Han general in front of him had an amazing strength on his arm, and his knife with all his strength was as if it had hit the copper wall.

Cao Zhang was furious, and his arm was in a hurry, trying to suppress the other party, but every time he added strength, the strength of Wei Yan's knife increased by one point, until his whole face was red, and the two knives were still frozen in mid-air.

And Wei Yan, who was separated by a horse body, had a calm expression when he was struggling, and even a provocative disdainful smile twitched at the corner of his mouth.

That smiling face made Cao Zhang's seven tricks smoke.

The long knife was deflected, and suddenly the force was unloaded first, and when the enemy's blade was accustomed to rushing forward, Cao Zhang's ape arm stretched out, and the long knife swept out with his backhand. The extremely sharp blade, when it cut through the air, actually made a whining sound, and the fierce force attached to it was really amazing.

Don't look at Wei Yan's disdainful laughter, in fact, it is not easy at all when dealing with the enemy. He knew that Cao Zhang's knife technique was known for its fierceness, but he didn't expect that the strength of this kid was like the top of Mount Tai, and he tried his best to barely resist it.

The reason why he showed such an expression was that he didn't want Cao Zhang to see that he was inferior in strength, so that he would give up his vain attempt to win with strength.

Sure enough, Cao Zhangjian couldn't overwhelm the other party in terms of strength, so he took the initiative to give up the hard-fought confrontation, and his fierceness was reduced, and he wanted to win with moves.

In the face of the sweeping knife, Wei Yan had already taken precautions, the blade turned sharply, and he resisted it with the back of the knife, and at the same time, the blade slid along the handle of the opponent's knife, and slashed towards Cao Zhang's hand holding the knife.

The offensive and defensive momentum reversed in the blink of an eye.

Cao Zhang's change in tactics was precisely due to Wei Yan's plan, but he didn't know that Wei Yan knew that his physical strength was insufficient, so he put a lot of effort into his moves, but to put it mildly, in the world, in terms of pure swordsmanship, even Guan Yu's Guan family knife technique was inferior to Wei Yan.

Ten moves passed, and Wei Yan quickly gained the upper hand with his elusive and varied sword skills. How did Cao Zhang expect that the opponent's knife technique was so exquisite, and he knew that he was in Wei Yan's hands, and he wanted to transform the tactics into fierceness again, but the first move had been lost, Wei Yan's knife was faster than a knife, and the knife was fatal, forcing Cao Zhang to be so busy that he could only cope with it in a hurry, and he could not implement the counter-machine to regain the first hand.

Although Wei Yan has the upper hand on the surface, Cao Zhang is not a vegetarian, with a solid foundation in martial arts, Cao Zhang's long knife blocks left and right, and he also guards the door steadily, regardless of Wei Yan's sword skills, he can't break through the opponent's defense for a while.

In front of the two armies, the two of them fought together, only to kill flying sand and rocks, and the sky was dark.

Before you know it, more than 100 moves have passed, and the winner is still indistinguishable.

And after experiencing Wei Yan's stormy round of fast attack, Cao Zhang gradually stabilized his position, and began to figure out the path of Wei Yan's knife technique, and when he was holding the portal, he could occasionally counterattack a few moves. As the battle continued, two hundred moves had passed, and Wei Yan's weaker physical strength began to manifest itself, and as soon as his physical strength was weak, the speed of his sword technique began to slow down.

"Hmph, dog thief, although your sword skills are fast, it must be extremely physical, and your physical strength is finally starting to be unable to hold on, it's time for me to counterattack." ’

Cao Zhang's ambition rose again, and even if the defense turned into an attack, after fifty moves, the offensive and defensive momentum reversed again, and then it was Wei Yan's turn to parry.

'Grandma, I didn't expect Cao Zhang's martial arts to be so good, and it would be bad for me to drag it on for so long. ’

Wei Yan was secretly worried in his heart, at this time, the changes in the enemy city on the opposite side were imprinted into his eyes, Wei Yan was overjoyed in his heart, and he was anxious to attack a few moves, jumped out of the battle group with a loophole, and retreated to the main formation with a horse.

"The dog thief is gone, leave his life!" Cao Zhang didn't want this enemy who had humiliated him to escape, so he scolded and wanted to chase after him.

"Yellow-haired dog, are you still in the mood to chase Lao Tzu, do you look back at your nest?" Wei Yan ran away and shouted with laughter.

Cao Zhang didn't know what he meant, but he still instinctively glanced back at Lecheng behind him, and couldn't help but change his expression.

Just when he was still fighting fiercely with Wei Yan, I don't know when, the banner of the Great Wei on the head of the city has been quietly replaced by the banner of the Great Han.

Cao Zhang's anxious reining horse, the mutation of the city made him have to give up the pursuit of Wei Yan, he was anxious to turn back, and shouted at the city: "What happened in the city, you dare to use the banner of the Han Kingdom, don't you want to live?" ”

"Cao Zhang, we have returned to the Han Dynasty, you don't want to fight the trapped beast again, I advise you to dismount and surrender immediately."

At the head of the city, the smug speaker was Guo Huai.

In an instant, Cao Zhang's face was like ashes.

(To be continued)