Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 426 How General Zhang Retreats So Far
"The last general takes command! The Zhuwei army camp must be reduced to ashes!"

Although Xia Houba was young, he was not afraid of fighting, so he took a step forward and said loudly.

"Hmph, why, does General Xiahou look down on a certain Zhang Xiu? Since this matter was brought up by Zhang, it should be done by Zhang. Hmph, Zhu Wei's army chased Zhang before, and Zhang lost a lot. Even Mr. Jia Xu didn’t know whether he was alive or dead, and this time Zhang is going to take revenge! Besides, who knows the mountain road in Bowang Slope better than Zhang!”

Zhang Xiu snorted coldly at this moment, and said in dissatisfaction that the surprise attack on the Xiongba camp was actually part of the plan, and if Zhang Xiu didn't go there in person, there might be loopholes.

Therefore, according to the plan, Zhang Xiu must personally lead the army at this time, and then start the next step to lure the enemy, and finally lure Cao Jun into the desperate trap set by Jia Xu on Bowangpo.

Hearing Zhang Xiu's words, Xia Houyuan was also slightly taken aback. He didn't expect Zhang Xiu to be so persistent, so he glanced at Zhang Xiu's face with a smile, and suddenly laughed again, "Okay, since General Zhang has this determination, Yuan, Is there any unfulfilling ceremony, Xia Houba, if this is the case, you should go to experience with General Zhang, but you must remember that everything must be arranged by General Zhang!"

Xia Houyuan didn't know whether he didn't believe it, or deliberately used his son Xiahouba as the military supervisor. Anyway, he seemed to be more polite and asked Xiahouba to act with Zhang Xiu.

Zhang Xiu was stunned again when he heard the words, but he really couldn't refuse this matter, so he turned his head and looked at the young Xiahouba again, and said, "Well, this is nephew Xiahou, he is indeed very heroic, But the path in the mountain is dangerous, and you really have to stay close to someone!"

"Here!"

Xia Houba agreed in his mouth, but he was actually a little unhappy. Originally, he finally received the military order from his father to fight alone, but he didn't want to turn into following others again in a blink of an eye.

But at this time, he still agreed in a deep voice. This Xiahouba is Xiahouyuan's second son, and he has an older brother Xiahouheng, so Xiahouba will definitely not inherit Xiahouyuan's title in the future. If he wants to stand out, he can only rely on himself. You have to make military achievements.

At Xiahouba's current age, he is also in a state of youthful vigor, so he very much hopes to lead the army to fight alone, but now that Xiahouyuan has made such a decision, he has no choice but to accept such an arrangement.

"Okay, let's make some arrangements for the follow-up support! If General Zhang succeeds, our army can storm the Chongchang Valley Road. We must make the defenders fearful, so that they can escape to this dangerous place! Then, with the army together, we can assist General Zhang in pursuing Zhu Wei’s defeated army!”

Xia Houyuan then made some subsequent military arrangements, and then seemed to decide on this strategy and tactics, but Cheng Yu did not express any opinions during the process.

It was only after everything was settled that Cheng Yu seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly looked at Zhang Xiu and said, "General Zhang, just now you said that Mr. Jia Xu is also missing? What happened? Mr. Cao also mentioned it earlier. Regarding the matter of Mr. Jia Xu, it is often said that Mr. Jia Xu has a lot of plans in his belly, and he is not an ordinary person. I heard that Mr. Jia Xu had advised General Zhang to vote for Cao Gong before. The general suggested it! It would be a pity if something happened to Mr. Jia Xu!"

Zhang Xiu originally thought that everything was settled, but he was a little relaxed and prepared to go back to his army camp. When he heard Cheng Yu's question, he still couldn't react for a while, and he turned his head in a daze and said, "Well, before Zhu Wei's soldiers raided Wancheng, Wen Hegong withdrew from Wancheng together, but was raided by Zhu Weizhi's cavalry on the way, the situation was chaotic at that time, but he was separated from Wen Hegong for a while, and there is no news about him now , Zhang felt a little guilty!"

"Oh, so that's the case, but why didn't General Zhang take precautions when Zhu Wei's army raided Wancheng? If General Zhang had contacted our army earlier, maybe I could send troops to help, so I wouldn't be blocked here Bowangpo is here!"

Cheng Yu seemed to be nodding his head in a normal way, but he asked casually. His eyes that seemed to be hidden were fixed on Zhang Xiu's face. Obviously, he still had some doubts about Zhang Xiu. of.

Hearing Cheng Yu's question, Zhang Xiu couldn't help but flicker. After all, this aspect was a temporary act, so if asked about specific details, Zhang Xiu would naturally not be able to explain in detail.

So at this moment, he thought about it for a while before he said, "Mr. Cheng doesn't know something. There is a Qingqi in Zhu Weijun who is very good at riding and shooting. It was this Qingqi who attacked Wancheng first that day. Alas, Mr. Cheng Maybe I also know that Wancheng has been broken for a long time, and the Qingqi of Zhu Wei's army broke through the wall and entered Wancheng directly. Therefore, when I learned that Zhu Wei's army was attacking, the Qingqi of Zhu Wei had already broken through the gate of Wancheng. Zhu Wei's army is sweeping in, I can only abandon the city and retreat!"

"As for the liaison, in fact, it was not long before Zhang sent the liaison person that day, but Zhang really never thought that Zhu Wei's army would win Xinye's Wenpin so quickly! Sigh, I was a little careless!"

Fortunately, Zhang Xiu also fought against the Qingqi under the command of Mulan and Teng Yuyan before, so he didn't adapt to the tactics of this cavalry archer at first, so he suffered a bit.

Later, even though Zhang Xiu dispatched the main force of the Xiliang cavalry, he failed to take advantage of the cavalry led by Mu Lan and Teng Yuyan. Being able to fight back with bows and arrows, the chasing and escaping caused some losses to the chasing Xiliang cavalry.

But if they stopped chasing, the cavalry archers would turn to harass them with bows and arrows, causing Zhang Xiu's soldiers to lose a lot.

Later, after Zhang Xiu set up a camp with the help of Xinye County, Zhu Wei's cavalry archers stopped harassing, so Zhang Xiu really left a deep impression on Zhu Wei's cavalry archers.

Now being asked suddenly by Cheng Yu, Zhang Xiu couldn't help bringing up this Zhu Wei's cavalry archers, which happened to be the reason for being raided by Zhu Wei's army.

Cheng Yu over there heard Zhang Xiu's words, although he felt that Zhang Xiu's expression was a little weird, but he still didn't see any flaws, so he nodded and said, "I don't want Zhu Wei, the southern army, to actually There are also cavalry, General Zhang, I don't know how many cavalry this Zhu Wei has, and besides cavalry and shooting, what combat power does it have?"

"Well, Zhang only knows that this time Zhu Wei attacked Jingzhou, at least on Nanyang's side, he used more than ten thousand light cavalry and archers as his side! The tactics of Wei's bow cavalry are very strange. They are completely different from the Xiliang cavalry of a certain family. These archer cavalry do not attack by force at all, but just harass them with bows and arrows! If you ignore them, it will really make people feel troublesome, but If he sends troops to chase after him, he will retreat immediately after waiting, and he can even use feathered arrows to fight back! Even Zhang's Xiliang iron cavalry can't take advantage of it!"

Zhang Xiu was worried that Cheng Yu would ask some other questions, so he deliberately expressed his feelings about Zhu Wei's bow and horse, in order to attract Cheng Yu's attention...

(End of this chapter)