Chapter 100: Robbing Grain and Grass to Defeat Xu Chu
Among the surnames Xiahou and Cao, there are indeed Xiahou Yuan and Cao Ren, but there are also many famous generals who are in person. The Xiahou brothers of Tiandang Mountain are very coincidentally the kind of cronies and generals who are not very capable, but are in important positions. Stimulated by Gao Ping's three or two words, Xiahou Shang was bright the next day, and led thousands of soldiers and horses down the mountain to challenge. Ma Chao's bravery, even if his uncle Xiahou Yuan is in person, may not be able to defeat him, let alone this little-known Xiahou Shang? He was defeated in only three or two rounds, pulled his horse and fled to the mountains. Ma Chao couldn't hurt his life for the time being, but he tried to chase and kill.
Xiahou De saw that Xiahou Shang was in danger on the mountain, the two were brothers of the same clan, and they had been guarding here for a long time, they were very worried in their hearts, and hurriedly put on their horses, ordered Gao Ping to guard the mountain, and led the army and horses to rescue. Ma Chao saw that the rescue soldiers on the mountain had come out, so he hung the gun on the fishing hook next to the horse, took the bow and arrow, pulled it like a full moon, as fast as a meteor, and an arrow would shoot Xiahou Shang under the horse, and threw down the longbow, took the gun again and shouted: "The great husband has made great achievements in this dynasty, and the bloody men are all fighting with me to kill the thief." "Take the lead and come straight to Xiahoude.
Xiahou De saw that Xiahou Shang was dead, and saw Ma Chao's momentum coming, so he hurriedly collected his troops and retreated, but he heard a shout from behind: "Take your life." Before he could understand it, he was pierced through the chest by Gao Ping's spear. Gao Ping cut off Xiahoude's head and said loudly: "Those who descend will not die." "When the army saw that the Lord was dead, most of them had surrendered.
Zhao Shu then led the army up the mountain, according to Liu Bei's consistent style, all those who surrendered and were willing to join the army were recruited into the army, and those who did not want to be sent more money and property were dismissed. A group of soldiers cheered, and being a soldier in this troubled era may have a better way out than going home, but only a few people dispersed. Zhao Shu saw that there were still many troops, so he went to his old and weak, and he was strong and strong Nearly 10,000 people, so he ordered Gao Ping to temporarily command. Although Gao Ping was dissatisfied with Zhao Shu, he was a military general by nature, and after several battles, he couldn't help arousing his pride, and immediately retreated.
Zhao Shu ordered someone to send the head of Erxiahou to Liu Bei, and declared everyone's merits, so naturally he couldn't help but bring Zhang Fei's sum. The army rested in Tiandang Mountain for a day, and then turned back to Dingjun Mountain. Before leaving, Zhao Shu ordered the sergeant to bring as much grain and grass as possible on the mountain, and the rest that could not be taken away was burned clean.
Returning to the Dingjun Mountain camp, Zhao Shu could fully imagine Xiahou Yuan seeing the skyrocketing flames of Tiandang Mountain, and when he heard the news of Erxiahou's death, he burst like thunder. Now the other party has been challenging outside the camp for two days, but Zhao Shu is not playing. He is not in a hurry, he must wait until Xiahou Yuan vomits blood angrily and breathes fire angrily, and then calmly finds an opportunity to clean it up.
As a result, on the third day, Xiahou Yuan did not go down the mountain to challenge, Zhao Shu suddenly felt that something was wrong, and sent many scouts and horses to reconnoitre. From time to time, there are returns, but it turns out that Nanzheng Cao Cao and Liu Bei have been holding each other for a long time, hundreds of thousands of troops have consumed a lot, and the grain and grass in the city are in an emergency, so they sent the front guard Xu Zhu to come to Dingjun Mountain to transport grain.
Zhao Shu reported great joy and secretly thought that Xiahou Yuan's death was coming. summoned the generals and ordered the two brothers Ma Chao to guard the camp; He took Zhang Fei and Gao Ping to rob Xu of grain and grass. Originally, Xu Zhu, the "tiger idiot", was Ma Chao's sworn enemy, but Zhang Fei had not fought for several days, and he had long been displeased. Before leaving, Zhao Shu repeatedly told Ma Chao that if he saw Xiahou Yuan's military horses to rescue Xu Zhu, he must capture Dingjun Mountain at any cost.
Xu Zhu is nicknamed "Tiger Idiot", and you can understand that he is a guy with developed limbs and a simple mind, so he can only be the head of the guard next to Cao Cao, and rarely leads troops to battle. This time, Cao Cao actually sent him to transport grain and grass, if it weren't for his dizziness, it would really be a failure of providence.
Xu Zhu was very careful all the way with the troops transporting grain. Thinking that the King of Wei can hand over the lives of the 200,000 or 300,000 troops in Nanzheng City to himself, that is the incomparable trust in himself, so he must not make the slightest mistake, otherwise He Yan will go back to see the King of Wei Chitose.
Suddenly, a small army of more than 1,000 people was killed on the side of the road. Although there were few people, Xu Chu didn't dare to be careless, let people keep the grain and grass, and killed the opponent's generals with his own sword. The general was born extremely majestic, with a tiger face and short beard, and his age seemed to be less than the age of standing, but the spear in his hand was played calmly and moderately, without losing the demeanor of a general. Xu Zhu couldn't help but be secretly surprised, who is this military general who is not far from Ma Chao's marksmanship and has a bit of goodness?
The ranking officials naturally knew that this person was Gao Ping. Although Gao Ping's marksmanship was good, he was defeated by Xu Zhu Yongmeng after all, and fled with his soldiers and horses with a false shot. Xu Zhu saw that there were not many soldiers and horses on the other side, and he was suspicious of deceit, so he didn't chase after him, but the grain and grass were important, and he must not fall for the enemy's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain.
Not long after Gao Ping retreated, Zhang Fei led the army to come again, tore it for a while and left. Xu Chu still didn't chase, and soon Gao Ping came and went again, Zhang Fei came and went again, and again and again, when it was dark, the grain team only walked out of more than ten miles. Xu Zhu secretly scolded Zhang Fei, but seeing that many of the soldiers were exhausted, he still had to order to camp in place. He also ordered all the soldiers not to unload their saddles, and no one to remove their armor, so as to strictly prevent the Sichuan army from robbing today's camp. Xu Zhu himself was also dressed neatly all night and didn't dare to sleep, but he didn't have anything to do all night.
Seeing that the east was getting whiter, Xu Zhu couldn't help but fight his upper and lower eyelids, and sleepiness struck. I was going to rest for a while and set off again, but when I heard a shout of killing, a soldier shouted: "The Sichuan army has robbed the camp." "This damn Zhang Fei. Xu Zhu cursed fiercely, and hurriedly picked up his knife and got on his horse to meet the battle. Before dawn, it is the most fragrant time for people to sleep, and the soldiers of Cao Camp saw that there was no movement all night, most of them thought that the night had passed, who knew that the Sichuan army had slept beautifully, and only came to steal the camp after filling their bellies. Cao Jun didn't rest well all night, and he had an empty stomach, and in the panic, the number of victories and defeats was already doomed.
Xu Zhu saw that his soldiers kept retreating, he was angry in his heart, and hated Zhang Fei even more, so he came to find him and tear him up. Zhang Fei listened to Zhao Shu's plan yesterday and deliberately lost to Xu Zhu, and he was very unconvinced, so he rushed into the camp gate and went straight to the Chinese army to find Xu Chu. The two happened to meet, but they didn't answer, and they raised their swords and spears together, and they fought together.
Gao Ping waved his army to cover up and kill Cao's soldiers and horses, and set fire to grain and grass. Xu Zhu and Zhang Fei were on par, but now they are tired and don't say anything, when they see the grain and grass being burned, their hearts are burning with anger, and their moves are gradually messy. What kind of person is Zhang Fei, how can he allow his opponent to have the slightest flaw? With a loud shout, a spear hit Xu Zhu's shoulder. Xu Zhu was injured and returned, and several members of the team behind him hurriedly stepped forward and desperately rescued him.