Xiahou Yuan poked Zhang He's "shame" in front of the generals, Zhang He's body was shocked, his face suddenly showed embarrassment, and he stepped aside and no longer dared to squeak.

Xiahou Yuanteng stood up and said angrily: "It's not so easy for Liu Bei to take Pubanjin lightly. I expect that the thief army will take the road to the north, and must first cross the Jingshui to take Jingyang, and now Guo Boji and I will lead 20,000 steps to ride the trail to seize Jingyang first, as long as we hold this place, the plan of the thief army will definitely be settled. ”

Xiahou Yuan paused for a moment, and then turned his gaze to Zhang He, who bowed his head and was silent, "General Zhang, you abandoned Chen Cang without permission last time, and you are still guilty. Now I will give you a chance to make meritorious contributions, so that you can lead the remaining 20,000 soldiers and horses to stick to martial arts, as long as you guard until the army of King Wei enters the pass, then the responsibility for the loss of Chen Cang, I Xiahou Yuan will bear it for you in front of King Wei. If you dare to abandon it again, hum, then don't blame me for not being merciful. ”

Xiahou Yuan actually still values Zhang He very much, otherwise he would not have left him to guard his martial arts, but he said this very poorly, it was originally a serious heart, but it made Zhang He sound particularly faceless.

It's just that the official level crushed people to death, what else could Zhang He do at this time, so he had to hurriedly say: "The general can rest assured, he will go all out, even if he dies here, he will never take a step back." ”

Xiahou Yuan was a little satisfied, pulled out the sword on the case, put it back in its scabbard, and said sharply: "Without further ado, you will act according to the order as soon as possible, and the army will set off before nightfall." ”

This military meeting ended in a heavy and tense atmosphere, out of the official office, Guo Huai followed Zhang Yiyi back to the camp, and when he got to a remote place, he was relieved: "General Junyi, General Xiahou's surname has always been like this, and now his words are just straightforward, and you don't mind too much." ”

Zhang He shook his head and sighed, and said with a wry smile: "It's true that he is straightforward, but what he says is from his heart." ”

Guo Huai was stunned for a moment, and said with a reluctant smile: "How can it be, now that Guanzhong is in danger, we should still focus on the overall situation, and there are some things that can be endured." ”

Zhang He sighed: "If it weren't for the overall situation, how could I, Zhang He, endure humiliation like this." You have also seen today's events, General Xiahou was blinded by anger, at this time he was still brave and had to divide his troops, how the situation would develop next, I really didn't dare to think about it. ”

Zhang He's speech and demeanor looked a little negative, and Guo Huai didn't know how to persuade him, so he could only sigh: "I can't imagine that the trend of the world is changing so quickly, and in the blindness, it seems that there is a hand secretly indulgent. ”

The autumn wind swept by, the yellow leaves rustled everywhere, and at this moment, Zhang He, couldn't help but feel a strong chill in his heart.

Two days later, the south bank of Jingshui.

The 20,000-foot cavalry mixed army led by Ma Chao and Fang Shao was two days ahead of Liu Bei's main force, and at this moment, within more than 20 miles south along Jingshui, Jing County was on the other side of the river.

"Zhongzheng, don't go on a concurrent journey tonight, so that you can seize Jing County tomorrow morning at the latest." The horse whip shook its finger to the north.

Fang Shao was not as impatient as he was, obviously, he had some kind of plan brewing in his heart.

"It's okay to capture Jing County, I'm worried about Xiahou Yuan. It is expected that that guy has already seen through our intentions, and is on the way to Jing County at this moment. If we were halfway through, it would be when Xiahou Yuan was killed, wouldn't it be the enemy on our backs. ”

Ma Chao nodded slightly when he heard this, and said: "Since we are afraid of being attacked by Xiahou Yuan, then we should speed up the march and cross the river as soon as possible." ”

Fang Shao shook his head again and said: "Since Xiahou Yuan is determined to stop us, he must use cavalry to attack us for a long time, and we are deep into the enemy's hinterland, in order to ensure that the grain route is not cut off, we must ensure that there are infantry troops to follow us at any time, in this way, Xiahou Yuan will catch up with us sooner or later." On the way to Pubanjin, there are still several important places, and any one of them is occupied by Xiahou Yuan, which may delay our plan and buy time for Cao Ying's Kwantung reinforcements. ”

Fang Shaoyang was full of worries, Ma Chao was a little puzzled, and said suspiciously: "Then according to Zhongzheng's opinion, how can we get rid of Xiahou Yuan's entanglement." ”

The corners of Fang Shao's mouth raised slightly, "Actually, the most effective way to get rid of Xiahou Yuan is to eliminate it. ”

Fang Shao's bold words made Ma Chao feel inspired, thinking that Xiahou Yuan was ordered by Cao Ying to preside over the Guanlong military, and Ma Chao made several comebacks, but was defeated by Xiahou Yuan. For Ma Chao, Xiahou Yuan is like a destined enemy, he can destroy him, and Ma Chao is of course very happy to be ashamed.

It's just that at this time, after listening to Fang Shao's words, Ma Chao didn't seem so active in wanting a revenge battle.

Fang Shao saw that Ma Chao seemed to hesitate, so he smiled and said, "What, isn't it that General Meng Qi doesn't want to be ashamed?" ”

Ma Chao smiled reluctantly, but sighed: "Xiahou Yuan and I have a common enmity, but this person is quite brave, the cavalry commanded by his subordinates are all warriors, and the 10,000 cavalry army under my command is newly formed, as for your 10,000 foot soldiers, it can be ignored, with such soldiers and horses against the enemy, I am afraid that I have more than enough strength but not enough strength." ”

Facing his old enemy Xiahou Yuan, Ma Chao was a little empty.

Ma Chao, who is known as the lion, has a brave and fierce combat style, and Xiahou Yuan's combat style is very similar to him, and in terms of comprehensive ability, Xiahou Yuan is still a step above Ma Chao, which is also an important reason why Ma Chao has repeatedly defeated Xiahou Yuan.

The defeat in several battles made Ma Chao, who has always been proud, a little jealous of this old enemy.

Fang Shao couldn't help laughing, "It turns out that General Meng Qi is afraid of Xiahou Yuan." ”

He is making a radical method, Ma Chao's expression is really solemn, and he snorted coldly: "Who am I afraid of in Jinma Chao, just a Xiahou Yuan, Zhongzheng, you don't want to provoke me, I, Ma Chao, will fight to the death with him on the edge of this Jingshui." ”

After Fang Shao aroused Ma Chao's courage, his smile retracted, and he said lightly: "Since General Meng Qi is a little ambitious, I also happen to have a plan here, just to help General Meng Qi." ”

Ma Chao looked around and said with a smile: "This Jingshui is flat for dozens of miles on both sides of the river, I'm afraid that even if you have any ambush plan, I'm afraid it won't work." ”

"Hehe, there is no need for General Meng Qi to worry about this, as long as General Meng Qi and I cooperate well, this Jingshui shore is the place where Xiahou Yuan was buried."

Speaking of this, a strange and confident smile appeared on the corner of Fang Shao's mouth.

………… Finally caught up.

The scouts reported that Ma Chao's soldiers and horses had arrived on the south bank of Jing County and were preparing to cross Jingshui by force.

After hearing this news, Xiahou Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, so he ordered his Iron Cavalry Legion, which had been running wildly for several days, to speed up its advance, and be sure to defeat it in one fell swoop when Ma Chao was halfway through.

However, the news that came back soon after made Xiahou Yuan's plan come to naught.

Obviously, Ma Chao also discovered his opponent, so he retreated his soldiers and horses for a few miles, leaned on the shore for five miles upstream of Jing County, and waited for Xiahou Yuan's arrival.

Xiahou Yuan knew that Ma Chao was planning to fight him to the death here.

"Hmph, this subordinate is defeated, and he dares to confront me head-on, I think he is really impatient."

Ding Fei's humiliation and the self-confidence of winning several battles made Xiahou Yuan not take Ma Chao in his eyes, and without waiting for the more than 20,000 infantry troops led by Guo Huai to meet, he led the cavalry army to arrive at the bank of Jingshui in advance.

This is said to be a good battlefield for a decisive victory in the field.

Xiahou Yuan and his cavalry corps set up an attack formation and slowly marched north along the river bank. The scouts were scattered for several miles, and from time to time they galloped back and forth to report the latest situation of the enemy's battle. When Xiahou Yuan learned that within a radius of more than ten miles, there were no other soldiers and horses except Ma Chao and his 10,000 cavalry, Xiahou Yuan was relieved.

Half an hour later, both sides spotted their opponents at the same time.

It was like two black clouds, slowly rolling over the dry plain, and as long as they collided, it would be a flash of lightning and thunder.

When they were only more than 100 zhang together, Xiahou Yuan took the lead in attacking.

Under one order, the vanguard echelon of three thousand, equipped with the finest armor and the most powerful protection, was like a black sharp arrow, rolling up the dust everywhere, roaring out of the military formation.

At this time, the Han army on the opposite side also launched a charge.

Two black streams of iron collided a few minutes later.

It was as if the sharpest spearheads of the two spears were striking each other with unmistakable accuracy, and the ability of the person to turn over on his back in an instant burst out was like the sky falling apart.

This was the second head-to-head confrontation between the Western Liang cavalry and the Central Plains cavalry, and although Ma Chao had abandoned his exaggerated style of shooting javelins, his transformation was clearly not very successful.

Under the impact of the first wave, a gap was torn open on the right flank of his formation, and Xiahou Yuan keenly noticed the rapidly changing fighters on the battlefield, so he immediately commanded the Chinese army to attack and kill the gap with a wedge-shaped formation. As long as this gap can be torn apart and widened, and then the formation of the Han army can be divided into two, then there will be no suspense about the outcome of this battle.

In the war of cold weapons, the formation is very important, even if it is a cavalry that is known for its mobility.

A quarter of an hour later, the Han army was cut in two by Xiahou Yuan, and the more than 3,000 cavalry far away from Jingshui lost the protection of their flanks, and were soon divided and surrounded by Cao's army, and annihilated one by one.

Ma Chao, who commanded in the military formation, did not take the lead as he did back then, and rushed to the front as if he was dying.

Although he was not very confident in Xiahou Yuan, he still used all his ability to try to be disgraced in the head-to-head confrontation in the field, but he soon found that his cavalry was still a little tender, and it was not brought out by himself, so it was quite difficult to use. Just after the first wave of shocks revealed flaws, he knew that his dream was shattered again.

However, this time, although he was defeated, he had an indifferent smile on his face, looking at Cao Jun's raging and unstoppable iron cavalry from afar, Ma Chao sneered, waved his hand and said: "The time is almost up, pass my order, retreat." ”

(To be continued)