Chapter 222 The lonely army blocks the road

"Xiahou Yuan, a military captain, three days, five hundred, six days, one thousand."

Xiahou Yuan thought of this sentence and smiled bitterly.

This statement was originally a compliment from the soldiers in the army for his marching speed, saying that he could lead his army to travel 500 miles in three days, and the speed was amazing. But now it seems that this statement is a bit ironic.

Since sending troops from Yuzhou with Kong Dian, the marching speed has not been very fast. He has also advised Kong Dian several times to speed up the marching speed, but they were rejected. In desperation, Xiahou Yuan had to follow Kong Dian and slowly march forward.

He turned around and looked at the army behind him, with a hint of relief in his eyes.

The only thing that I could be pleased with during this trip was that the subordinates he led had doubled compared to when he left Chenliu, with more than 20,000 people. This was when he went to pay homage to Kong Dian, he praised his bravery and specially transferred 10,000 troops from his subordinates to his command.

The army set out from Yuzhou, passed Pei and Lu, and has now arrived in the Nanwuyang area in the south of Taishan County. Although the march was a little slower, in a few days, it should be able to pass through the Langya area in northern Xuzhou and enter Qingzhou, and compete with the subordinates of the enemy Liu Sha!

Thinking of the two brothers killed by Liu Sha, Xiahou Yuan held the spear tightly, his teeth clenched, and his princessed.

Cross a mountain and ahead, a large village stands on the mountain.

On the gate of the village, there was a big banner hanging with the word "Zang" written on it. It was the army led by Zang Ba who camped here, trying to use this as a support to block the advance of the Yuzhou army.

Seeing that the enemy was camping, Xiahou Yuan stopped the military and ordered: "Stop, camp!"

The soldiers agreed and set up a mountain to camp on the mountain.

Although the enemy did not completely block the way, they defended the mountain. If Xiahou Yuan led his troops over and the enemy came to attack behind him, they would be injured. They had no choice but to go to the camp against the enemy and find a protective place first.

A large army came slowly and stopped at the bottom of the ridge. A messenger slapped the horses and rushed to Xiahou Yuan's army, bowed and shouted: "Captain Xiahou, the governor, please go to the Central Army to discuss military information!"

Xiahou Yuan did not dare to be negligent and hurriedly followed him to the central tent of Kong Dian's army.

As soon as Kong Dian stopped his army, he had sent someone to set up a large tent and sit inside, sitting and drinking tea.

Seeing Xiahou Yuan coming, Kong Dian smiled and said, "Miaocai, you are here just in time. I'm about to ask you, why did you stop the army and go to the camp?"

Xiahou Yuan saluted respectfully and replied: "Report to the envoy, there is an enemy's road ahead. If our army does not go down the camp and the enemy attacks down the mountain, our army will suffer heavy damage without a camp to defend. It is better to go down the camp first and then think of good strategies, and have a basis for fighting or defending."

Kong Dian shook his head and smiled, "Otherwise! I heard that the leader was Zang Ba, the cavalry commander of the governor of Xuzhou Tao Gongzu. Tao Gongzu was a friend and not an enemy. How could his subordinates become enemies with me? Even if Zang Ba was greedy for wealth and honor and defected to Liu Sha, I should write a letter and blame him for his righteousness. If Zang Ba still has shame, he should take off his armor and swords and join our army, kill to Qingzhou together, make great contributions, and share wealth and honor together in the future, and make famous all over the world. Let everyone know Zang Ba's great righteousness, so why don't Zang Ba do it?"

Xiahou Yuan could not have thought that he would say such words, and was quite amused and cried, and bowed: "I heard that Zang Ba's army was very strict and he was quite famous in Mount Tai and Langya, and was not an indecisive person. Since he surrendered to Liu Sha, he would naturally not repent easily. If the envoy summoned him with a letter, he might not have defected to our army."

Kong Dian was quite displeased when he saw that he dared to sing a symphony with him and sneered, "Miaocai said this, "I am not good at eloquence? I will write a book and Zang Ba, and let him go down the mountain!"

Seeing that his face was unhappy, Xiahou Yuan did not dare to say anything again. He just stepped aside and watched him write a letter blankly.

Kong Dian held the brush in his hand, waved it and handed it to the messenger beside him, and ordered him to go to the mountain to deliver a letter.

After writing the letter, Kong Dian looked back at Xiahou Yuan and said indifferently: "Miaocai can go back to the army, so that the soldiers do not have to work hard to camp. Let the soldiers set up a tent to rest first. The soldiers are tired from rushing on the road. If someone knows that I force them to build a camp when they are so tired, they will definitely say that I don't pity my affection and are very weak. Miaocai should not mislead me!"

Xiahou Yuan sued the crime in panic, left the account, shook his head and smiled bitterly.

He got on the horse and returned to the army, but he did not dare to teach the soldiers to stop, nor did he dare to let them rest. He only asked half of the soldiers to build camps, and the other half of the troops lined up in front of the mountain, ready to guard against the enemy's sneak attacks down the mountain.

Soon, he saw a horse running down the mountain where the enemy troops were occupying each other. The man was riding on the horse, covering his ears and screaming, his head and face covered with blood. It turned out that the commander who had just been sent to deliver the letter had been cut off by Zang Ba and rushed down the mountain to humiliate Kong Dian.

Xiahou Yuan was stunned and didn't know what Kong Dian wrote in the letter, which made Zang Ba furious. He even cut off the envoy's ears and drove him out of the door despite the rules of the army.

The envoy screamed and fled to Kong Dian's central army tent. Then, he saw Kong Dian riding a horse, rushing to the two armies like flying, and seeing Xiahou Yuan, shouting loudly: "Miaocai, kill me and go up the mountain, and kill Zang Ba's head to see me!"

Seeing that he was so angry that his face was pale and his lips were blue, Xiahou Yuan was obviously extremely angry. He was both amused and angry. He hurriedly bowed and bowed and said, "Empress, what happened?"

Kong Dian felt anger burning in his chest, and his whole body was trembling with anger. He said angrily: "That hateful Zang Ba, not only did he not listen to my good advice, but he actually cut off the ears of my personal soldiers and rushed down the mountain, but also wanted to insult me. He said that Liu Sha is a hundred times stronger than me, like a swan and a dung maggot! I wish I could not snow, how could I treat the world? Mysterious can advance quickly, wipe out the enemy, and make great contributions!"

Xiahou Yuan looked up at the mountain and felt that it was very steep. If he really wanted to attack hard, he was afraid of being hurt. He couldn't help but worry, and hurriedly bowed: "I believe that in my opinion, Zang Ba intentionally angered the envoy and asked the envoy to attack the mountain forcing him to kill and injure our army, so that our army could not attack Qingzhou from afar. The envoy wisely would definitely not be fooled by him."

Kong Dian said angrily: "Nonsense! Then Zang Ba is so rude, can I forgive him easily?"

Xiahou Yuan advised: "Report to the envoy, we should put big things first. These small things should be put aside before we come to take revenge in the future. In my opinion, our army can first face the enemy and then send 20,000 troops to trap the enemy's troops. The envoy can lead 30,000 people, pass by the mountain, head eastward, and attack Qingzhou! Our army has 20,000 troops behind us to monitor, and the enemy soldiers on the mountain will not dare to chase them, so as not to be attacked by us on both sides, resulting in great defeat. When the envoy drives straight into Linzi, the enemy in Laiwu hears that Qingzhou has suffered a mistake, and will inevitably be in chaos. At that time, we can join forces with Liu Yanzhou to attack Laiwu and eliminate Liu Sha's army, and make great contributions!"

Kong Dian raised his head and looked at the big banner with the word "Zang" on the mountain, and roared, "Xiahou Miaocai! How can you avoid the enemy without fighting? In my opinion, you should destroy Zang Ba first, then kill Mount Tai from the north, join forces with Liu Bei to destroy Liu Sha! You avoid the enemy without fighting, and said that you could attack Qingzhou east, but you were afraid of Liu Sha and dared not go north to find him to fight? Have you forgotten the hatred of killing your brother? Or, you are afraid of the enemy, and you can't revenge if you kill your brother?"

As soon as he heard this, Xiahou Yuan felt a fire of nameless karma rushing towards the top gate. He immediately opened his eyes wide and shouted loudly: "I have lost my words! I, Xiahou Yuan, have also been on the battlefield for a long time, so how could I be afraid of the enemy? Since the envoy said this, I personally led the army to kill up the mountain, killed Zang Ba's head, and offered him to the envoy's throne!"

After saying that, he turned around and shouted wildly, greeted the soldiers, and went to the mountain to kill.

Although he and Cao Hong and Cao Ren were divided into two surnames, they fought side by side in the battle with Dong Jun. They were as brothers as brothers. Cao Hao, the father of Cao Cao, was originally the son of the Xiahou clan and adopted the adopted son of the Cao family. Therefore, Cao Cao and the Xiahou brothers, Cao Hong and Cao Ren both had brothers. With this relationship, Xiahou Yuan and the Cao brothers were like brothers. When they heard this, they were touched by the hidden pain in their hearts. How could they not be angry?

Seeing that he was angry, Kong Dian held up his spear and was imposing in awe. He couldn't help but feel a little scared. The anger had been extinguished by his words. He immediately stopped the horse and pondered without saying a word.

Kong Dian was originally angry when he heard Zang Ba's insults, and was jealous of Liu Shawei's reputation. Then he came to order Xiahou Yuan to lead his army to attack the mountain. Seeing that he was angry with him, he stopped talking and just stood by and saw how he captured the mountains where Zang Ba was stationed.

The soldiers ruled by the Cao family have always been brave, and Kong Dian has also heard of them. This time, he forced Xiahou Yuan to attack the mountain, and wanted to see how brave the Cao army was and consume the strength of the Cao family, so as not to compete with him for Qingzhou or threaten his own Yuzhou land in the future.

At this time, on the mountain, Zang Ba looked down at the soldiers attacking below with a serious expression.

Although he cut off the ears of the military soldiers who sent letters and insulted Kong Dian, he was just trying to anger Kong Dian as Xiahou Yuan said, so as to drag him here. Otherwise, if he was allowed to pass through and go straight to Qingzhou, he would be afraid that Qingzhou would be in chaos and he would not have blocked Kong Dian, which would inevitably make King Wuwei dissatisfied and his future would be dim.

Although this move was not very open and upright, he had only 10,000 troops. If he didn't make such a bad decision, it would be difficult to stop Kong Dian and Xiahou Yuan's 60,000 troops. On the mountain, he had accumulated a lot of food and grass, and had mountain springs to quench his thirst. He lived in the mountains to guard him and looked down on the top of the mountain. Although Kong Dian was besieged by a large army, he could not attack the top of the mountain for a while, which was not too dangerous.
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