Chapter 395 The Battle of Hanzhong (43)
Zhang He found out that the general who robbed food was actually Huang Zhong, and he was secretly happy. This was a good opportunity to make contributions!
But he thought about it again that Huang Zhong was difficult to deal with and did not attack rashly.
Because he once fought with Huang Zhong, his martial arts skills were not inferior to him. It was difficult for him to keep Huang Zhong alone.
Huang Zhong was the culprit of killing Xiahou Yuan, and was the one who wanted to get it so fast.
The King of Wei wanted to avenge Xiahou Yuan and capture Huang Zhong alive. Their contributions were far beyond the reach of killing generals.
Therefore, Zhang He was not in a hurry to attack. Before taking action, he sent someone to report to Cao Cao, and then launched an attack to stop Huang Zhong from setting fire to burn food in time.
After receiving the news that Huang Zhong appeared, it was not a false statement that Cao Cao wanted to avenge Xiahou Yuan. He immediately dispatched troops and ordered that Huang Zhong be captured alive.
After receiving Cao Cao's order, the fastest general was naturally Xu Huang who was inspecting Micang Mountain. There were continuous military horses coming from behind to capture Huang Zhong.
Zhang He also received the order of Cao Cao to capture Huang Zhong alive. He did not attack with a crossbow when Huang Zhong crossed the river, but led the army behind Huang Zhong.
Zhang He was not in a hurry to fight with Huang Zhong, but commanded the troops, tightly grasped Huang Zhong and followed him across the Han River.
After Xu Huang led the army, he saw Huang Zhong's banner from afar and a white-haired veteran with long beards, and focused his attention on Huang Zhong.
Xu Huang was originally a general of Yang Feng, and he turned to Cao Cao when Cao Cao was welcoming Emperor Xian of Han.
Xu Huang made a lot of contributions when following Cao Cao's battle. Although he had similar positions to Zhang He, his qualifications and trust in Cao Cao were still above Zhang He.
The two of them have their own strengths in martial arts. Xu Huang was also very curious about Huang Zhong, the legendary figure who defeated Zhang He and killed Xiahou Yuan. He was full of fighting spirit and turned a blind eye to Zhang Zhu, who was not far from him.
Zhang Zhu is also a talented man in the Zhang family and has always been a 100-man general in Liu Zhang's army.
After Liu Bei removed Zhang Su from his position as prefect, in order to compensate the Zhang family, he promoted him to a general.
Although his martial arts and strategies are not particularly outstanding, he is also a typical professional soldier with very strong execution ability and familiar terrain. This time he followed Liu Bei and was responsible for the task of inquiring about military information.
Zhang Zhu also knew Xu Huang's name, and he had taken Huang Zhong to ask Zhao Yun for help, so he naturally would not make things boring, but seized the opportunity and led the army to break through quickly.
Xu Huang and Zhang He were one after another, trapping Huang Zhong in Gaixin, but tacitly surrounded him and refused to attack, waiting for other generals to come.
According to Xu Huang's personality, he naturally fought with Huang Zhong for hundreds of rounds first, but he also knew that now is not the time to show his personal courage, but to cut off Huang Zhong's retreat first.
If we just kill Huang Zhong, Zhang He and Xu Huang join forces and join forces with the army to siege, it can still be done.
But they are also famous generals, and they are still a little embarrassed to let them join forces to fight the enemy.
They don’t need to join forces to fight against the enemy, because if they want to capture Huang Zhong alive, they don’t need to be siege, as it will arouse Huang Zhong’s desperate desire!
The only way is to have a few more generals, take turns to challenge, and adopt wheel tactics to consume Huang Zhong's physical strength. Now there is still a little insufficient manpower and cannot stop Huang Zhong from breaking through alone.
Therefore, neither of them took action. They made up their minds and waited for him to come over to scoop the formation and immediately went to invite the battle.
He led three hundred troops and horses to successfully escort the encirclement. He did not dare to stop for a moment. He soon arrived at the Han River shore and wanted to go back to the village to ask for help from Zhao Yun.
Suddenly, a military horse turned out from the riverside and blocked his way.
The first general was the general, carrying a long sword in his hand, but the general Wenpin was the general.
Wen Pin was famous and could not defeat the material, so he pulled out his horse and ran away.
Wenpin did not lead the army to chase him, but still patrolled the Han River shore.
But Zhang Jie was unable to escape smoothly because he had not moved forward for several miles and Cao's army came to chase him.
After Cao Cao learned that Huang Zhong was coming to rob the grain, he wanted to capture him alive and pay tribute to Xiahou Yuan, so he sent a large number of troops to surround him.
Wen Pin also received the order to capture Huang Zhong alive. He was familiar with water wars. Many of the soldiers under his command were elite naval troops he brought from Jingzhou, so he took the initiative to receive the task of patrolling the riverside.
After all, Wen Pin and Huang Zhong were both generals from Jingzhou. They used to be generals under Liu Biao's command. They had a good relationship and felt a bit incense. Although they were their own masters, he did not want to chase Huang Zhong with his own hands.
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After Huang Zhong led the army away, Zhao Yun waited in the camp, and saw that when it was noon, Huang Zhong could not turn around. He didn't even see the horses who reported the news. He knew that it was not good.
Zhao Yun did not dare to delay any more, so he hurriedly put on his horse, left two thousand troops for Zhang Yi to guard the village, and personally led three thousand troops forward to meet Huang Zhong.
Zhao Yun knew that the trip was dangerous and said to Zhang Yi before leaving:
"After I leave, maybe Cao's army comes. You must stick to the camp and not go out to fight. Let the soldiers set up more crossbows on both walls to prepare."
Zhang Yi was a member of Zhang Song's tribe. He had the merits of offering the city in Luocheng. He was not weak in martial arts and was highly valued by Liu Bei. He made many contributions with Zhao Yun.
This time we came to Hanzhong together. Liu Bei asked Zhang Yi to act as Zhao Yun's deputy general because Zhang Yi was familiar with the terrain. The two of them cooperated well, and Zhang Yi agreed repeatedly.
After Zhao Yun came out of the camp, he walked forward for only a few miles. He saw a Cao army not far away. Zhao Yun wanted to find out about Huang Zhong's news, but did not dodge, and rushed forward with his gun and horse.
Seeing Zhao Yun coming, he was blocking the road with a general. It was Wenpin's deputy general Murong Lie who relied on his martial arts skills and came to fight Zhao Yun with his horse and dance.
Zhao Yun rushed to pick up Huang Zhong, and as soon as he met, he used his trick, fired a shot in his hand, eager for lightning.
Murong Lie raised his machete and before he could even land, he was shot in the throat. He opened his big eyes and turned over and fell under the horse.
When the commander general was killed, Murong Lie's soldiers scattered and left.
Zhao Yun followed Huang Zhong's march route and responded. After walking less than ten miles, another army horse stopped the way. The first general was Jiao Bing.
Jiao Bing is a member of Jiao Chu's tribe. It turned out that he was originally a subordinate of Yuan Shao. Zhao Yun was a general under Gongsun Zan and once fought against their brothers. He was also a familiar person.
Zhao Yun did not want to kill acquaintances at will, and did not rush to take action, but shouted:
"Where are Huang Zhong's soldiers?"
Jiao Bing wanted to anger Zhao Yun and attack the morale of his soldiers, and replied loudly:
"It's been killed!"
Zhao Yun was furious and took out his trick. He jumped high on the horse, stabbed Jiao Bing to death with one shot, killed Sanyu's soldiers, and rushed straight to the direction of Beishan.
When they were about to reach the riverside, Zhao Yun saw Zhang He and Xu Huang from a distance on a hillside by the river, and also saw Huang Zhong's banner, and was surrounded by the core.
Chapter completed!