The Nameless of the Common Clans

It would be a good idea to provoke Zhang Fei to fight.

Zhang Liao groped his chin. Zhang Fei was indeed calm in the face of battle, and he was quite brave and a good general, but his character was indeed irritable. He nodded and said, "That's fine, then I'll invite him to fight."

The opponent is guarding a dangerous position and has many soldiers and horses. If he cannot be lured out, it will be difficult to attack Xi'e by force. Inviting him to fight is one way.

"Send someone to find a place to cross the river and inform the Wancheng garrison that our reinforcements have arrived in Xi'e. They are trying to cross the river and ask them to guard the city. Our army will arrive soon! In addition, send someone to find a place to repair the bridge." At the end. , Zhang Liao ordered.

He didn't know the situation in Wancheng, but Wancheng couldn't be broken. Otherwise, if Wancheng was broken, all Zhang Liao could do was retreat to Hengshan.

"Here!" The generals agreed and left, setting up camp in Xi'e to confront Zhang Fei. At the same time, they sent out men to find a place to cross the river. The army was going to Wancheng. Xi'e was the only way to go, but it was just a straggler. , you can cross it directly by some boats or even make rafts The river leads to Wancheng. The Baihe River is not very wide, but all the bridges along the way have been destroyed, and there are enemy troops patrolling. Zhang Liao is not very convinced of the plan to repair the bridges. It is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the enemy troops will not watch the bridge repairs here. Instead of doing this, it would be better to attack Xi'e directly.

The camp was set up here, and there was no intention to attack for the time being. On the other side, Zhang Fei was a little ashamed when he faced Chen Dao's questioning eyes when he returned to the camp. This battle was a frustrating one. The 20,000-strong army was suppressed by thousands of enemy troops. It was said that After going out, Zhang Fei's old face will disappear.

Chen Dao didn't ask this, but after knowing the result of the battle, he called Zhang Da and asked: "Is the bandit army so powerful?"

After all, no matter what, Zhang Fei is still very good at fighting. He was defeated by Cao Cao in the past and was outnumbered, but this time he was defeated by fewer people and more. It is really incredible. Even if Lu Bu came, he might not be able to achieve such a result, right?

"What's so powerful?" Zhang Fei snorted and cursed: "Zhang Liao tried all his tricks to trick our army into retreating, but he took the opportunity to press forward. If not, with his small force, he could be charged with just one charge. Collapse."

On the battlefield, the winner is king, who cares what method you use?

It was too old to say this to Zhang Fei directly, and he believed that Zhang Fei also understood this truth. He just advised: "Now that the general has been defeated for a while, he must not go out to fight blindly. We can just stay here and wait for Wan Wan." The city is broken, Zhang Liao has nothing to rely on and should evacuate."

"Uncle, don't worry. Although Zhang Liao has some abilities, if he had not used a trick today, I would not have been defeated!" Zhang Fei responded in a muffled voice. Although after this battle, he had stopped looking down on Zhang Liao, but In today's battle, it is true that Zhang Liao did not show his true ability. It can only be said that Zhang Liao was using tricks. In a real confrontation between the two armies, he was not afraid of him.

"It's good if Yide knows." Chen Dao nodded and immediately discussed with Zhang Fei how to defend the enemy.

In fact, as the defender, when the strength of the two sides is not much different, they have a geographical advantage. As long as they firmly hold this advantage, Zhang Liao, no matter how powerful he is, can't do anything to them.

However, as an opponent, Zhang Liao was eager for them to go out to fight. Early the next morning, Wei Yan led a group of troops to call for formation outside the Western Hubei camp.

"Zhang Fei, a common man, fled in a hurry yesterday like a weak dog. Today, our army came to challenge him, but he imitated the river turtle and couldn't get out. With only such ability, he dared to call himself a general in vain. If I were you, I would have done it long ago. He committed suicide out of shame!" Outside the Xi'e gate, a group of men with loud voices kept shouting and cursing outside the camp, trying to provoke Zhang Fei to leave the formation.

"Uncle..." Zhang Fei clenched his dustpan-like palm into a fist and made a squeaking sound. He turned to look at Chen Dao and gritted his teeth.

Although he has suffered many defeats since following Liu Bei, when did he ever suffer such humiliation? He has always been the only one to curse, but today he was scolded in front of the camp and could not take action. How could Zhang Fei endure this?

"Yide, my lord's great cause is important. The rest can be tolerated. If you don't want to listen, go to the back camp to rest. I will take care of this place." Chen Dao said lightly.

"Alas~ When my brother breaks the city, I will kill Zhang Liao to eliminate the hatred in my heart!" Zhang Fei cursed bitterly in the direction of the camp gate, then turned and left.

Chen arrived at the camp gate and looked at the officers and soldiers of the Guanzhong Army shouting and cursing outside the city. He frowned. Yesterday's defeat was a big blow to the already low morale of his officers and soldiers. Now that the enemy is shouting and cursing like this, they are staying behind closed doors. , which is even worse for morale. I just hope that Wancheng can break the city as soon as possible.

Wei Yan led his men and horses to curse outside the Xi'e camp for a day, but the Jingzhou army remained unmoved, so Wei Yan had no choice but to take his men and horses back to the camp to recover.

"General, the bandit army refuses to fight. Now it seems that the only way is to attack by force." Wei Yan looked at Zhang Liao and said.

Zhang Liao didn't answer. He looked at the map and was silent. After a long time, he turned to look at Wei Yan: "Chang Wen, I remember that outside Wancheng, the river is narrow in several places. The water here becomes extremely fast. Every summer and autumn, there are occasional rivers. Flood occurred.”

Flooding is a common problem in the south. Wei Yan nodded and said, "There are indeed a few places where this is the case. However, although the rivers in these places are narrow, the currents are fast and it is not easy to cross them."

"That's the truth. However, while we know this, the Jingzhou Army may not know it. Although they destroyed various bridges, they probably don't know as much about the terrain in this area as our army did when they first came here." Zhang Liao said with a smile.

"The general's intention is..." Wei Yan raised his head and looked at Zhang Liao.

"Tomorrow our troops will withdraw and head south along the Baihe River. The enemy will definitely be suspicious. You have people pretend to be mountain people and tell them that at this time of year every year, a river will change its course." Zhang Liao pointed his finger along the route of the Baihe River on the map. Scroll down and smile.

"General, I understand!" Wei Yan's eyes lit up and he nodded.

The plan was decided. That night Wei Yan arranged for people to search the river southward to find some abandoned mountain dwellings. It would be better if they could find mountain people. But now that there is a war here, the nearby villages are already empty. It is difficult to find people. easy.

Early the next morning, Zhang Liao set up camp and went down the river. After receiving the news, Chen Dao, Zhang Fei, and Ji Ling were confused and quickly sent people to inquire.

At noon, a scout came back to report that the enemy troops were moving down the river and seemed to have found a place where they could cross the river directly.

"According to the mountain people, at this time of year, the river will change its course, and the abandoned ancient bridge over there can cross the river. However, due to the diversion, the originally rapid river water will slow down instead of rising, and the river surface will also become narrower. The logs can be tied together to cross the river on both sides." Ji Ling told Chen Dao and Zhang Fei what the scout had said.

"Is this happening?" Zhang Fei and Chen Dao didn't understand the knowledge of mountains and rivers geography. They were just a little stunned when they heard it, but they seemed to be right.

"I will lead my army to chase him!" Zhang Fei stood up and said.

Chen Dao frowned and said: "If there really is a place here, it will not be possible for a large army to cross the river at once. Ji Ling, take a team of troops to patrol along the river. If you find traces of the enemy crossing the river, and if there are few people crossing the river, lead your troops to attack them immediately. If you cross the river, If there are too many soldiers and horses, report immediately, without any mistakes!"

"Here!" Ji Ling nodded in agreement, turned around and left.

"What about me!?" Zhang Fei looked at Chen Dao expectantly. He wanted to get back the grievance he felt yesterday.

Chen Dao stood up and wandered for a few steps, then looked at Zhang Fei and said, "I always feel that there is a scam here!"

Zhang Fei said: "But we can't do nothing. If we really let them cross the river, what should we do? In this way, uncle, you can lead five thousand soldiers and horses to garrison here, and I will lead the rest of the soldiers to pursue them along the river. I think Zhang Liao will fight for the army." If we cross the river safely, we will definitely be ambushed, so I will divide the troops into two groups, one in front and one behind. No matter which group of troops is attacked, the other group will be able to support it in time. What do you think? "

When Chen Dao heard this, he looked at Zhang Fei in surprise and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Yide could come up with such a clever plan!"

Zhang Fei: "..."

Why do you suddenly want to leave?

"That's fine." Chen Dao knew he had made a mistake, so he laughed awkwardly, and then said solemnly: "This plan is quite clever. In this case, Yide will lead his troops. If there is news from Ji Ling, I will rush to help in time, and I will be attacked from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. I think it will be difficult for Zhang Liao to deal with it!"

"Okay, I'll leave now!"

At that moment, Zhang Fei mobilized all his troops, and asked Zhang Da to be the vanguard, leading half of the troops and horses in front, while he led the army behind. In this way, he was the first to respond, and went down the Baihe River in a mighty manner.

"Zhang Fei is quite virtuous!" On the other side, after Zhang Liao and Wei Yan got the news, they quite admired Zhang Fei's cautious marching method. Zhang Fei was not a person with a false reputation.

"General, how should we deal with it now?" Wei Yan looked at Zhang Liao and asked: "This kind of march seems simple, but in fact it looks at each other from beginning to end. If our army attacks the enemy's front, the rear will respond accordingly. If our army attacks the enemy's rear, the front will follow." If the army returns to support, if they attack the middle, they will attack from both ends, which will be difficult to deal with!"

"In this way, Commander Wen, you lead an army to lie down here and let the front part pass. I will lead the rest of the troops here. When you see the rear army approaching, you will light up the smoke and lead your troops to charge and kill them. I will use the smoke as a signal. , when his front comes back to support, we can cover up from behind and defeat his front. In this way, we can win!"

"Good!" When Wei Yan heard this, he nodded and said with a smile: "Then let's prepare for this?"

"Be careful, that Zhang Fei is quite brave. If you encounter him, avoid his sharp edges and don't compete with him!" Zhang Liao nodded and then ordered.

He had personally experienced Zhang Fei's ability the day before yesterday. Zhang Liao was also considered a person who had seen the world. But as far as he knew, there were not many people who could compete with Zhang Fei in terms of bravery. I am afraid that only Lu Bu at his peak could do it. In victory, Wei Yan can be considered brave, but compared with him, he is far behind. At least Wei Yan now is far from Zhang Fei's enemy. If he encounters him, he can just run away. If he really fights with him, even another Wei Yan will not be his opponent. So Zhang Liao was very worried that Wei Yan would be killed by Zhang Fei in the rebellion.

"Don't worry, general!" Wei Yan nodded and smiled. He had seen the battle between Zhang Liao and Zhang Fei the day before yesterday. How stupid would he have to be to fight Zhang Fei head-on?