Cai He came here on the orders of Cai Mao to escort grain, grass and ordnance. As soon as Wen Ping's front foot returned to Xinye, Cai and his back foot escorted the grain and equipment, so that many Xinye garrisons, including Wen Ping, were shocked, and the previous food and salary Xiangyang always shirked and deducted, this time not only distributed so quickly but also in full and sufficient, how not to surprise people.

Wen Ping was relieved to think about it, after all, it was the great enemy, and all the officials in Jingzhou had to share the same hatred, even if Cai Mao had some small disagreements with him, it was impossible to deliberately make things difficult at this juncture, not to mention that it was an order given by Liu Biao himself, and Cai Mao did not dare to disobey it.

Cai He laughed with him, with a flattering look on his face, and the words in his mouth were like the flooding of the Yellow River, out of control. Cai He is Cai Mao's brother, and he became the governor of Zhisu by virtue of Cai Mao's relationship, Wen Ping didn't even bother to look at this kind of dirty villain who climbed up by virtue of nepotism, and vaguely agreed to him a few words, but asked the warehouse grain official to check the number clearly, and then sent Cai He away.

Xiang Lang said worriedly: "This time, Cai Dudu's allocation of grain and grass will be so refreshing, isn't there something else hidden in it?" ”

Wen Ping laughed and said: "Juda is too worried, Xu Bing is in the realm, it is the Cai family and the famous families who should be afraid to stand on their own, I heard that King Jing Liu Ze punished the strong in Xuzhou, that wrist is iron-blooded and ruthless, these wealthy families are still counting on us to give them their lives and guard the household, the grain and grass that are usually in arrears are naturally given happily, not to mention that Liu Yuanjun is still the pastor of a state, the lord said a word, Cai Mao and others still trembled and responded. ”

Xiang Lang thinks about it. Although he is still a little uneasy about Cai Mao, as Wen Ping said, the enemy is current, presumably Cai Mao does not dare to come nonsense, not to mention that Liu Biao is the lord of Jingzhou, he has said that he wants to pay the Xinye garrison, Cai Maoyan dares to act disobeying.

Wen Ping said: "The forward of the Xuzhou army is estimated to arrive at Xinye City tomorrow, although Xinye is solid, but if it is hard to defend, it will inevitably fall into passivity." I'm going to divide 10,000 horses. I personally led the team to guard the dangerous place of Bowangpo, and relied on each other with Xinye to respond to each other. As for Shinno's military affairs. It will be handed over to Juda Duoduo to act. ”

Xiang Lang arched his hand and said, "The last general will obey the general's orders." ”

Wen Ping said: "The grain and grass sent by Xiangyang have not yet been counted and put into storage. Juda, you have to bother more, the 10,000 soldiers and horses I led will temporarily carry the grain and grass from the original stockpile. ”

The assignment of clerical employment is suspended. Stay Xiang Lang led 20,000 troops to defend Xinye, and he and Huo Jun led 10,000 troops to camp in the dangerous place of Bowangpo to resist Xu's army.

Just after the camp was completed, there were sentry horses to report, the Xuzhou army was divided into two roads, all the way to Xinye, all the way to Bo Wangpo to kill, the leader of the second army of the Xuzhou army was the governor Guan Yu.

Huo Jun said worriedly: "The Xu army is coming very fast, and our army has not yet established a camp, so it may be difficult to resist the enemy." ”

Wen Ping Huo got up and said: "Zhong Miao is supervising the construction in the camp, and I will go to meet this Guan Yunchang who punishes Yan Liang and beheads Wen Ugly!" Wen Ping ordered 3,000 men and horses to go out of the village to face the battle.

After the west out of Zhangling, the Xuzhou army looked directly at Xinye, there were already scouts reported to Liu Ze, guarding Xinye is Liu Biao's general Wen Ping, Liu Ze moved a little thought, this Wen Ping is the most courageous general in the Jingzhou army, loyal and brave, can be used, if you can accept Wen Ping, you will not add another tiger general under your account. Liu Ze knew that Cai Mao could be said to cover the sky with one hand in Jingzhou, and the people he used were all his cronies, and loyal and upright people like Wenpin were mostly excluded and not reused, maybe this time in Xinye was the best opportunity to surrender Wenpin.

So Liu Ze ordered Guan Yu to lead the second army to attack Bowangpo, where Wenpin was stationed, and he personally led the army to attack Xinye City, both at the same time. Liu Ze told Guan Yu not to hurt Wen Ping's life.

Guan Yu received the order and led his troops to take Bowangpo. As soon as I arrived at Luokou River, I saw a group of people and horses from Chuankou, the battle flag was hunting and fluttering in the wind, and there was a big "Wen" word written on it, obviously the general who led the army was Wenpin. Guan Yu stood in position, Zhou Cang was about to fight, Guan Yu squinted at the opposite side, Wen Ping had already come out of the horse, and said to Zhou Cang: "You are in the rear sweeping formation, and I will meet this Wen Ping in person!" ”

In this attack on Bowangpo, the Second Army Corps naturally fought the front battle with the Second Cavalry Division of Zhou Cang, and the Third and Fourth Infantry Divisions commanded by Gao Shun had not yet arrived. Guan Yu slapped the red rabbit horse, rushed to the front of the formation, slashed the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, broke his snort, full of anger, and said, "Where is Wen Ping?" Come out and die! ”

Wen Ping looked at the other party riding a charcoal-like horse, although he had never seen the red rabbit horse, but he had also heard of the name of the red rabbit horse, and looked at Guan Yu's iconic red face like a heavy date, naturally expected that this person was Guan Yu, thinking that none of his generals could be his opponent, so Wen Ping urged the horse out and prepared to compete with Guan Yu.

"Wen is here, presumably Your Excellency is Guan Yunchang, who punishes Yan Liang and beheads Wen Chou?"

Guan Yu smiled slightly and said, "Since you know Guan, why don't you get off the horse and descend early?" ”

Wen Ping sneered and said: "It's not difficult to get Wen to surrender, and then win this steel gun in Wen's hand!" ”

Guan Yu's face sank, and he said, "Then Guan Mou will ask for advice or two, look at the knife!" Guan Yu slapped his horse forward, and the Qinglong Glaive Knife carried the fierce wind, and slashed down with a lightning speed. Wen Ping didn't have any fear, he returned the gun one after another, and the two of them fought together.

After thirty or forty rounds of fighting, it was difficult to distinguish between them. At this time, Gao Shun led the army to kill, and launched an attack on the corner of the Jingzhou army from the flank, Wen Ping saw that the Xu army was huge, and his army could not resist the enemy, so he shook a shot and led the army to retreat to the Bowangpo camp.

Guan Yu knew that Liu Ze was eager to love talents and intended to accept Wenpin, so he didn't hurt the killer, but just led the army to symbolically chase and kill for a while, until he reached the front of the Jingzhou military camp. Wenpin's camp was well defended, and it was difficult for the Xuzhou army to break through in a hurry, Guan Yu didn't seem to have the intention of attacking in a hurry, and led the troops to retreat to Luokouchuan Xiazhai, which was far away from Wenpin's Bowang camp.

Wen Ping led the army to fight for Huo Jun to build a camp to win some valuable time, and when Wen Ping withdrew the army back to the camp, Dazhai was already preliminarily completed, after Wen Ping returned to Dazhai, immediately ordered the sergeant to guard the gate of the village, stick to the barracks, no matter how the Xuzhou army challenged, no one was allowed to fight lightly. Wen Ping insisted on Dazhai on the one hand, and sent people to Xinye to listen to the news, Xinye is the foundation, and must not allow the half-point difference pool.

Before the sentry horses sent out had returned, they saw Xiang Lang leading dozens of horsemen in a hurry, throwing away their armor and wolves. Xiang Lang went straight into the big tent, and in one sentence, Wen Ping was stunned: "General Wen, Xinye is lost!" ”

Wen Ping's heart sank, and he said angrily: "Deputy General Xiang, how did Xinye lose it?" "Xinye was built by Wen Ping, although it is not as solid as an iron bucket, but the Xuzhou army wants to take it lightly, and the decision is wishful thinking, but Wen Ping never expected that Xinye was lost after only one day, and in Xiang Lang's hands, there were 20,000 elite foot soldiers, how could he be defeated so badly? Xiang Lang is also a subordinate general who has followed him for many years, and he has always been serious and calm, so Wen Ping handed over the heavy responsibility of guarding Xinye to him, but the result was a big disappointment for Wen Ping, and a murderous intent loomed in Wen Ping's eyes.

Xiang Lang's face was covered with blood, and he said angrily: "General Wen, the grain and grass are poisonous—"

"Grain and grass are poisonous?" Wen Ping was stunned for a moment and asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Xiang Lang Ruwen cried and told the details of Xinye's loss. It turned out that after Wen Ping led the army away, he also took away most of the grain and grass in the original stock in Xinye City, and Xiang Lang ordered someone to carefully count the grain and grass that Cai He had just sent, and distributed the grain and grass to the various tribes. After dinner, there was nothing unusual at first, but in the second half of the night, there was an endless stream of soldiers queuing up to go to the latrine, almost the entire battalion of soldiers had diarrhea, and the soldiers who couldn't wait to go to the latrine even drowned on the street, and countless soldiers held their stomachs and cried for their fathers and mothers.

Xiang Lang, who received the report, got up to check and noticed the problem, such a large-scale soldier diarrhea must have eaten a bad stomach, and the problem must be in the food that night. Xiang Lang immediately sent someone to thoroughly investigate the grain that Cai He had just delivered. This check really found out the problem, it turned out that all the newly delivered grain and grass were mixed with a large amount of croton ground powder. Croton is a laxative that can kill people when taken in large amounts. Obviously, these grains and grasses have been mixed with an excessive amount of croton, not only soldiers, but even the war horses in the stables are more than thin, and many of them foam at the mouth and die.

Xiang Lang urgently ordered the military medicine to treat him, but the poisoned soldiers were countless, and they couldn't be saved at all, compared to the dawn, many soldiers fell to the ground because of a night of diarrhea, and never saw the sun rising in the morning. More soldiers who were lucky enough to save their lives were also suffering from abdominal pain and weakness, let alone going into battle, even if there was a gust of wind, they could blow down several rows. At least more than ninety percent of the soldiers mistakenly ate the grain mixed with croton, and at least they lost their lives, and at least they lost their combat effectiveness, and less than 2,000 of the more than 20,000 fierce soldiers could take up arms and fight.

What's even worse is that the Xuzhou army surrounded Xinye City and launched an attack like a divine soldier descending from heaven. The outcome of this battle can be imagined, and Shinno Castle soon fell, and more than 10,000 pale soldiers with their hands on their stomachs instead of holding weapons were helplessly taken prisoner. Xiang Lang saw that the general trend had gone, and desperately fought out of Xinye City, and went to Bowangpo to report to Wen Ping. (To be continued......)