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Chapter 379 The Battle of Hanzhong (27)

Xiahou Shang won for a while, his confidence soared, and the Pegasus came out to fight.

Huang Zhong didn't even say anything, and slashed with his sword. The two sides fought fiercely for dozens of times, and the sword was full of energy. Although Huang Zhong did not end up at a disadvantage in his moves, he seemed to be ineffective and retreated again.

Xiahou Shang and Zhang He led their troops to chase after more than ten miles, seized Huang Zhong's second camp, and then stopped chasing.

Xiahou Shang won two consecutive victories, was full of energy, and unknowingly became the dominant leader of the army.

After cleaning the battlefield, although he didn't get much, he saved a lot of trouble. Xiahou Shang naturally didn't want to abandon it. In addition, Zhang He was always following him and felt it was annoying, so he asked Zhang He to stay and guard the back camp.

Zhang He had never fought with Xiahou Shang, but he had fought with Huang Zhong for dozens of rounds. At that time, he could not find any flaws in martial arts. He made up his mind to drag down Huang Zhong, but unfortunately Yan Yan came out halfway and broke his plan.

Now that I saw Xiahou Shang easily destroying Huang Zhong, I felt that he was not surprised.

Seeing Xiahou Shang winning two consecutive games, Zhang He always felt something was wrong.

Suddenly I remembered that Zhang He and Huang Zhong had no less tricks than Xiahou Shang, and Huang Zhong did not show any fatigue. Could it be that he was a fraud?

Because Xiahou Shang defeated Huang Zhong too easily, although Zhang He suspected that he was cheating, he did not dare to say it casually, as that would be suspected of being jealous of the virtuous and capable.

Now that Xiahou Shang wants to leave Zhang He and work alone, Zhang He can't help it.

Although Zhang He was also a little jealous of Xiahou Shang's contribution, he was more worried about his safety, so he spoke to Xiahou Shang and said:

"Huang Zhong retreated for two consecutive days, and there must be tricks in the middle, and the general cannot pursue him."

Xiahou Shang was not an incompetent person. He was familiar with military books and had excellent martial arts skills. He was appreciated by Cao Cao.

In the 18th year of Jian'an (213), when Cao Cao was named Duke of Wei, he appointed Xiahou Shang as the Minister of the Huangmen.

Therefore, his status in the next generation of the Xiahou family is not low, which is roughly equivalent to Cao Xiu's status in the Cao family. Therefore, Cao Cao put him and Cao Xiu in Cao Hong's army to train.

It is said to be a training, but he is not a new recruit who is just on the battlefield.

Not long ago, the Wuhuan rebelled in Dai County, and Cao Zhang was ordered to fight. Xiahou Shang followed him, participated in the military, pacified Dai County, and made many contributions.

After returning from victory, Xiahou Shang did not rest, but came to Hanzhong without stopping. This was clearly because of the arrival of mixed qualifications and military merits. He was the team prepared by Cao Cao for his prince Cao Pi and he was promoted and reused at any time.

In the battle to pacify Dai County, Cao Zhang led the way, rushed and beat Wuwan's main force, and took advantage of the victory to pursue, firmly grasped Wuwan's main force and did not relax, and then wiped out Wuwan's rebellion in one fell swoop.

Xiahou Shang defeated Huang Zhong for two battles and chased after him for several days. The current situation is very similar to that when Cao Zhang pacified Dai County.

Seeing that he was about to succeed, Xiahou Shang could not give up halfway. He took it for granted that he was jealous of his military achievements, so he scolded Zhang He without hesitation:

"War is courage! You are so timid, how can you not be defeated repeatedly? Don't talk more now, let's see if I defeat Huang Zhong and make contributions!"

Zhang He lost several times in a row, so naturally he had no face to speak anymore. His face turned red and he retreated in embarrassment.

The next day, Huang Zhong was overestimating his abilities and led his troops to fight. He was defeated by Xiahou Shang again and retreated more than ten miles to the camp.

From the fourth day, Huang Zhong seemed to be timid and dared not fight again. Seeing Xiahou Shang leading his army to attack the village, Huang Zhong walked away looking forward to the wind, lost several formations, lost more than ten camps, and retreated to Jiameng Pass.

Xiahou Shangyi was bold and bold. If he wanted to inspire Huang Zhong to come out of the pass, he would go to the village in front of the pass, which would also make it easier to knock on the pass every day, and wanted to capture Jiameng Pass in one fell swoop.

Huang Zhong seemed to be afraid of being beaten by Xiahou Shang and did not dare to go out of seclusion to fight again. No matter how Xiahou Shang yelled at the war, he just couldn't stand it.

Since Huang Zhong defeated Zhang He, Huo Jun did not think that Huang Zhong was really old and incompetent. He had already seen Huang Zhong's arrogant military plan. Although he retreated continuously, he was still calm.

But he had just replaced Meng Da and became the leader of Jiameng Pass again. He had no choice but to fail. He was afraid that Huang Zhong would really retreat, so he secretly wrote a letter and truthfully declared Liu Bei.

When Liu Bei received Huo Jun's letter, he was afraid that Huang Zhong would be in an accident, so he quickly gathered the generals to discuss matters and asked Fa Zheng:

"Xiaozhi, Huang Zhong lost several formations in a row, and now he retreats to the pass and dares not fight. Xiahou Shang and Zhang He deduct passes every day. I wonder if Jiameng Pass can hold on?"

Fa Zheng did not answer directly, but took the letter written by Huo Jun and read it carefully.

The official document was not full of water. Fa Zheng saw that although Huang Zhong lost several formations in a row, he suffered very little loss of troops and food, but he only lost many camps. He knew that he was not really defeated, so he said to Liu Bei very confidently:

"Don't worry, lord, this is the old general's plan to be arrogant."

Although Zhao Yun, Wei Yan and others did not raise any objections, they all looked disbelief.

Although Xuande trusted Fazheng, Jiameng Pass was the gateway of Xichuan, which was too important and he did not dare to take risks. He sent Liu Feng to lead a thousand troops to the gate to pick up Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong heard that Liu Feng was coming, so he did not dare to neglect. Although he was just Liu Bei's adopted son, he was also among the young masters. He hurriedly welcomed him in and asked Liu Feng carefully:

"Is the Major General coming, is it really just aiding the war?"

With Liu Chan's own son, Liu Feng did not dare to regard himself as the young master, and replied politely:

"My father was a little worried when he learned that the old general had suffered several defeats, so he sent me to come and see the truth and help the old general with his help."

When Huang Zhong heard that this was the reason, he was not dissatisfied and said with a smile:

"This is my plan to arrogant soldiers. Let's see if the time is almost done. Just counterattack tonight, and you can restore all the camps and take away their food and horses in a while. I lost so many camps, but in fact I borrowed the villages and the baggage and food, and I kept Huo Jun guarding the pass tonight. General Yan Yan can lead the army to move the food and grass to seize the horses. The young general only needs to see me break the enemy!"

At the second update that night, Huang Zhong led five thousand troops out of the pass quietly and headed straight for Xiahou Shangying Village.

Xiahou Shang won several consecutive victories. He saw Huang Zhong holding on to the gate for several days. During the day, he led his troops to attack the city without any hesitation. All the soldiers were lazy and were broken into the village by Huang Zhong.

Xiahou Shangren was not as good as armor and horses were not as good as saddles. Seeing Huang Zhong coming, he could not meet the enemy and had to get on the horse and run away.

The army and horses in the camp fled and trampled on each other, and countless dead were dead.

By dawn, Huang Zhong seized three villages in a row. The military weapons, horses and food and grass were thrown away in the village. Huang Zhong taught Yan Yan to transport them into the pass.

Huang Zhong fought fiercely in the middle of the night and did not mean to stop, but instead urged his horse to follow Xiahou Shang to advance.

When Liu Feng saw that the soldiers were a little tired, he suggested to Huang Zhong:

"Soldiers are in a state of difficulty, so they can take a break."

Huang Zhong replied:

"Our army was in trouble, and the enemy was even more tired and chaotic, but the speed of escape was not slow. Once we stopped to rest, we would never catch up again!"

Huang Zhong led the way, and his subordinates all tried hard to move forward.

Zhang He, who was transporting food and grass in the back camp, heard the sound of killing in the front camp, and knew that the two armies were fighting, so he hurriedly led his troops to rescue him, but instead he was impulsively attacked by Xiahou Shang's defeated soldiers and could not stop him.

Zhang He was not the leader. Seeing that these retreating troops were all Xiahou Shang's personal army, he did not dare to use force to kill the defeated soldiers to stop the defeat, so he had to lead the army and look around and leave.

After this day, Xiahou Shang and Zhang He not only abandoned many of the villages that Huang Zhong had seized, but also lost their own villages.

Xiahou Shang, Zhang He was able to take care of each other and retreated to the Han River. Huang Zhong ordered the pursuit to stop. Only then did Zhang He calm down and gathered the defeated troops to prepare to respond to Xiahou Shang.
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