Chapter 18 Use room

Xiahou Shang stood in front of the door and looked inside. He saw thick smoke in Fengtou Village. In the smoke, he could vaguely see corpses all over the ground, including people and horses. Finally, the smoke gradually dissipated. Xiahou Shang finally saw clearly that on the road opposite Fengtou Village, the corpses of the tiger and leopard knights were lying in a row. Some of the corpses kept rolling out, and the surrounding ground was dyed dark brown.

The Fengtou Village was quiet. Apart from the crackling sound of firewood burning, there was no other sound, no shouting, no collision of weapons, and no painful moans.

In the middle of the road, a broken flag was inserted into the ground alone, fluttering slightly with the wind, and the word "天" on it was only half of the above. Is a war horse that had not yet died still sank on the ground, and was he exhaling a breath of heat?

The fire in the trench in the distance had not been completely extinguished, and gusts of blue smoke came out from it. A gust of wind blew, and a smell of barbecue filled the air. However, at this time, Xiahou Shang felt very disgusting when he smelled this scent, because anyone could figure out what kind of meat smell was emitted by this scent.

After looking at the shaking flag in the middle of the road, Xiahou Shang knew that Xiahou Ba must have failed and his entire army was wiped out.

A general who led the army would never leave his general's flag unless he reached the last soldier. What's more, Xiahouba is the main general now. His flag is not just a banner with a surname written on it, but also a place to solidify the morale of the army. As long as Xiahouba's flag is still there, the soldiers will know that the main general is still there. But now Xiahouba's flag is inserted here alone, it seems that Xiahouba must have been wiped out.

"General, do we want to rush in?" the school next to him asked.

Xiahou Shang was stunned. Everything in front of him had already suppressed Xiahou Shang. Xiahou Shang himself was not the kind of reckless person. Faced with this situation, Xiahou Shang's mind became extremely quiet. It took only a long time before Xiahou Ba's six hundred men were wiped out. Speaking of which, the six hundred tiger and leopard cavalry brought in by Xiahou Ba was not a mediocre player. Fengtou Village was able to eat these six hundred tiger and leopard cavalry, and it took only such a short time, whether it was a trick or a head-on battle, since it could kill these six hundred tiger and leopard cavalry, it means that Fengtou Village is powerful.

Seeing the less than 200 soldiers around him, Xiahou Shang shook his teeth. Although Xiahou Shang also wanted to rush in and find out, he thought that since Fengtou Village could kill the 600 people brought in by Xiahou Ba, then these 200 people were definitely not his opponent, and going in would be just a death.

Xiahou Shang breathed helplessly and said, "Tell me the order, retreat immediately, let's go find reinforcements!"

Niu Dameng hurriedly ran to Adou and said, "Young Master, then Xiahou Shang has withdrew his troops!"

Adou nodded: "Since Xiahou Shang retreated, then remove all the original arrangements. Also, go and clean the battlefield. Stay what should be left and burn what is not needed!"

As soon as he heard the battlefield sweeping, Niu Dameng's eyes shone, he patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, young master, I'm leaving this matter to me. I, Niu Dameng, can handle such a thing!"

"Young Master, what should that Xiahou Ba do? Should I kill him?" Xiang Fei next to him said.

Xiahou Ba was captured by A Dou, but A Dou was not going to kill him. Xiahou Ba was Xiahou Yuan's son, and Zhang Fei married Xiahou Yuan's daughter, so Xiahou Ba should be Zhang Fei's brother-in-law, and Zhang Fei's daughter Xingcai's uncle. If historical records are recorded, Zhang Fei's daughter would be his future daughter-in-law, so if Xiahou Ba calculates this, Xiahou Ba is also his uncle. With this point, A Dou is embarrassed to kill Xiahou Ba. Who told them that they can get some relatives?

Moreover, the Sima family later killed Cao Shuang and controlled the government. Xiahou Ba surrendered to Shu Han because he was afraid of the Sima family. Later, Jiang Wei made many military achievements in the war against Wei, and was also considered a brave general. Such a person would be much more useful than killing him, but he could become a helper to compete with Sima Yi in the future.

But when Xiahou Ba was released in vain, Adou felt a little unwilling to accept it. He was a hospital general at least, and he felt that he was a little loss if he let him go in vain.

"Hey, look at the war horses of the tiger and leopard cavalry, all of them are Youzhou war horses, but they are much better than the thin horses in our village!" Several minions in the distance walked over with an uninjured war horse.

"That's right? The horses in our village will not gain weight no matter how hard they are fed. If you look at these Youzhou horses, it's really incomparable. We're getting rich this time!"

A Dou in the distance heard the discussion of several minions, suddenly his eyes rolled, and he thought about it, so he spoke to Xiang Fei, "Tie this Xiahou Ba first and take care of it, but don't make things difficult for him. This Xiahou Ba, I have great use!"

After a while, Jin Mo came over, holding a booklet in his hand. Jin Mo came to Adou near and said, "Young Master, the results of the battle have been counted. Xiahou Ba's 621 men beheaded and 620 people were beheaded. Except for Xiahou Ba, all those who rushed in were beheaded. Our army was killed 33 people, seriously injured 27 people, and no minor injuries were counted."

Adou nodded. He was killed and seriously injured, and he lost 60 people in total, but he killed more than 600 enemies. Moreover, it was an excellent unit like the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. In no matter who he saw, this should be considered a great victory. Xiang Fei and others next to him were already full of joy after hearing the news. Everyone knew that if Adou had no plans, the one who lost this battle would probably be Fengtoushan. Now everyone is convinced by Adou.

But Adou knew that this victory contained a lot of luck. First of all, Xiahou Ba was too careless. After arriving at Fengtou Village, he did not let the soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry rest, so he directly started to attack Fengtou Village. After half a day of rushing, the soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry consumed a lot of physical strength, and joined the battle immediately and could exert 70% of their combat power. However, this group of bandits in Fengtou Mountain have been raising their energy and resting well.

Another point is the difference in equipment between the two sides. If they fight on the ground, not to mention that there are only 300 people in Fengtou Village, even 3,000 people may not be the opponent of these 800 tiger and leopard cavalry. Therefore, Adou will deliberately put the battlefield in a relatively narrow place and force the tiger and leopard cavalry to fight in close combat with one of his side. Due to the narrow place, the cavalry of the tiger and leopard cavalry cannot use its long weapons, and the infantry equipment, bandits Pu Dao and Mao Kai have a huge advantage.

In addition, Adou also thanks to the mysterious Mr. Qiu. You should know that Fengtou Village was designed by Mr. Qiu, especially after entering the door, there were two rows of houses on both sides, and they could see the entire road from a high place. Such terrain was extremely beneficial to archers. Although Fengtou Village only had seventy and a half-baked archers, with the advantage of the terrain, the two armies had not yet met in close combat. The 70 or eighty archers also killed 200 tiger and leopard cavalry. However, the thousands of arrows stored in Fengtou Mountain over the years were also consumed by these seventy and a half-baked archers.

I heard Jin Mo continue to report: "Our army seized 105 war horses and more than 600 weapons of all lengths and shortness."

Hearing this, Adou smiled slightly. These more than 100 war horses are good things. They can greatly improve the mobility of soldiers and are very useful in avoiding the pursuit and interception of Cao Cao's army.

Of course, many of these more than 100 war horses were slightly injured, but the impact was not too great. After all, in such a fierce battle, the war horses could not be unscathed. It was already surprising that A Dou was able to seize more than 100 war horses that could still be used. As for other seriously injured war horses, A Dou didn’t have so much time to treat them, and it happened to be used for the brothers on the mountain to have extra meals at night.

That night, the bandits from Fengtou Mountain gathered together to celebrate the great victory during the day.

Xiahou Ba stayed in a room, his hands tied with his hands and feet, and sat in the corner. The laughter of bandits outside came from time to time, and the aroma of wine and meat continued to float over, but Xiahou Ba's heart was bleeding all the time, and the six hundred elite soldiers of the tiger and leopard cavalry were all buried in his hands.

At this moment, a minion came in from outside and walked in staggeringly with alcohol. Xiahou Ba raised his head and found that the minion was holding a pottery bowl in his hand, with a piece of meat in the bowl. The minion came to Xiahou Ba, put the bowl on the ground, then grabbed the meat, and stuffed it into Xiahou Ba's mouth. At the same time, the minion was still nagging, "Eat quickly, this is high-quality horse meat, which I can't eat normally! If our village leader hadn't said that you could not starve you to death, how could you have such good meat!"

When Xiahou Ba heard this minion say that it was horse meat, his face changed and he suddenly spit out the meat in his mouth. Xiahou Ba naturally knew that the horse meat was cut off from the war horses of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry. Where could Xiahou Ba eat such meat?

"Hmph, if you don't want toast, you will be punished!" The minion snorted coldly, then kicked Xiahou Ba, turned around and walked out.

Xiahou Ba was kicked silently. Speaking of which, Xiahou Ba had never suffered such treatment in his life. Now he was in a shrimp show in the shallows, and a tiger fell into a flat sun and was bullied by a dog. At this time, although Xiahou Ba felt uncomfortable, he had to grit his teeth and endure it.

Suddenly, Xiahou Ba's eyes fell on the pottery bowl on the ground. Xiahou Ba's eyes lit up, then looked around, and listened carefully, confirming that the minion had just walked away, then moved towards the pottery bowl with force, and then Xiahou Ba's feet smashed violently, and with a "clang", the pottery bowl was smashed.

Xiahou Ba continued to move his body with difficulty. After some effort, the back-bound hands finally grabbed a piece of fragments of the pottery bowl, and then Xiahou Ba slowly grinds the rope that tied him with the fragments.

Since both hands were tied backwards, they could not use the fragments and control their strength flexibly, from time to time, the fragments of the pottery bowl would always prick Xiahou Ba's hands, and blood dripped from Xiahou Ba's hands bit by bit, especially when the wound rubbed against the hemp rope that bound him, the pain was even more unbearable. However, Xiahou Ba still gritted his teeth and slowly grinded the rope.

The blood had dyed the rope red, but at the same time, the rope became thinner and thinner. Finally, Xiahou Ba felt that the rope was looser and looser, and then Xiahou Ba suddenly stretched out the rope and finally broke it. Freed his hands, and the next thing was much easier. Xiahou Ba cut the rope on his feet with broken pottery pieces and stood up.

After being tied up for so long, Xiahou Ba was somewhat numb. Xiahou Ba quickly moved his hands and feet to clear his blood vessels, and then he looked out the door.

What made Xiahou Ba happy was that there was not even a guard outside his house!

Xiahou Ba looked around carefully again and was sure that there was no one guarding him. He couldn't help but feel relieved. Then Xiahou Ba walked out quietly and found that everyone was celebrating the victory during the day, gathering together to drink and eat meat.

Xiahou Ba thought to himself that this robber is a robber, and he really has no military discipline at all. He was confused by the victory at a little bit and celebrated together. The defense was so relaxed that he didn't even care about guarding the camp. However, this was just in line with Xiahou Ba's wishes, and it was much easier to escape.

Xiahou Ba bowed, avoided the light of torches, and took advantage of the night to walk outside Fengtou Village to the wall. Finally, Xiahou Ba came to the two rows of houses in front of the door. At this time, Xiahou Ba looked from a distance and the gate of Fengtou Village was not far away. More than a dozen torches were inserted around the entire gate, illuminating the surrounding gate as if it was day. On the Shuta Mountain, which was on the wall of Fengtou Village, several torches were shaking, and people could be seen vaguely.

Xiahou Ba frowned. He stood up high and looked far away. Although it was dark now, there were so many torches at the gate of the village, and they were so bright that if he had passed by there, the blind man could see him.

Fortunately, Xiahouba broke the Fengtou Village gate when he attacked during the day. It has not been repaired yet, so there is no village gate to stop him now. If there is still a village gate blocking the road, then Xiahouba will never be able to escape.

Xiahou Ba hesitated for a moment, calculated the distance to the gate, and finally, Xiahou Ba decided to take a gamble. She saw Xiahou Ba pressing against the wall, leaning across her body, walking towards the village gate like a crab.

Finally, the distance was getting closer and closer, and Xiahou Ba's speed became faster and faster. At the moment he entered the range of fire, Xiahou Ba suddenly stood up straight, instantly increased his speed to the extreme, and then rushed towards the gate. At the same time, Xiahou Ba's eyes swept towards the whistle.

I saw a sentry standing on the sentry tower, dozing off with a big wine jar. Xiahou Ba screamed inwardly, and God helped me, and immediately accelerated out of Fengtou Village and ran away without looking back.

As Xiahou Ba ran out, the dozing soldier on the whistle suddenly opened his eyes, and then looked at Xiahou Ba who was running away in the distance, and a strange smile appeared on his face.

After Xiahou Ba left Fengtou Village, he immediately ran desperately. In the night sky, Xiahou Ba could not tell the direction, but only knew to run along the road. Now Xiahou Ba had no horses, only leaning on his legs, and the bandits in Fengtou Village captured a lot of war horses, so Xiahou Ba understood that if he didn't take advantage of the fact that the people in Fengtou Village had not yet discovered that he was running faster and ran a little further, he might be caught back.

Gradually, Xiahou Ba felt his feet getting heavier and his pace became slower and slower. A feeling of soreness came from his legs, and his stomach started to roar without competing. Xiahou Ba then remembered that he hadn't eaten for a day, and after another battle during the day, he consumed a lot of physical strength. With the moment of running just now, Xiahou Ba's physical strength was basically nothing left.

Xiahou Ba sat on the side of the road, gasping heavily, recovering his strength, and a feeling of hunger came from his abdomen. At this time, Xiahou Ba even regretted it. It would be great if he had eaten that piece of horse meat just now, at least he still had the strength to run farther.

At this moment, a noisy sound of horse hooves came from the front. At this time, Xiahou Ba was already a frightened bird. A little movement was enough to make Xiahou Ba nervous. The sound of horse hooves made Xiahou Ba even more panicked. Xiahou Ba hurriedly turned over and rushed into the grass behind.

Not long after, about a dozen riders rushed over, and Xiahou Ba could vaguely see that the people riding horses were definitely not the soldiers of the tiger and leopard cavalry. But around, there were only the bandits of Fengtou Mountain besides the tiger and leopard cavalry. It seemed that the bandits of Fengtou Mountain were in front of him!

Xiahou Ba thought to himself that if these bandits were discovered, they would definitely catch him back. If Xiahou Ba was still able to resist for a while, but with his current weak limbs, he could not compete with the bandits. Thinking of this, Xiahou Ba quickly shrank his neck and lay on the ground and did not dare to move. At the same time, he silently prayed in his heart that these bandits would not discover themselves and pass by him as soon as possible.

But God seemed to be teasing Xiahou Ba. Xiahou Ba hoped that these cavalry would go over quickly, but things went against their wishes. After these cavalry came to Xiahou Ba's place close to Xiahou Ba's hiding place, they not only did not leave quickly, but stopped.

Seeing these cavalry stopping, Xiahou Ba felt a little nervous. Could it be that this group of people discovered him? For a moment, Xiahou Ba's heart was almost in his throat, and beads of sweat the size of beans appeared from Xiahou Ba's head.

"Young Master, we have investigated the area within a radius of dozens of miles, but we still haven't found the remaining tiger and leopard cavalry. It seems that Xiahou Shang ran back with the remaining tiger and leopard cavalry!" One of the knights said.

When Xiahou Ba heard the title of "Young Master", he felt nervous. Could it be that Liu Chan was coming? Thinking of this, Xiahou Ba secretly raised his head, then rolled his eyelids upwards, and saw that there were several knights in front of him. Liu Chan was indeed among these people. The person who had just spoken was the one who set fire to the trench, which was Jin Mo.

At this time, Adou nodded and said with an excuse: "You are right. Xiahou Shang has indeed run away. But this time we can win, thanks to Cao Zhang's help!"

Xia Hou Ba in the grass felt nervous. Isn’t Cao Zhang the son of Cao Cao? He is now guarding Youzhou. What does it have to do with Liu Chan?

Jin Mo said with an excuse: "Young Master, Cao Zhang didn't do much effort, he just gave us some bow and arrow weapons. Isn't this victory because the young master was responsible for commanding and working hard with his brothers?"

Hearing this, Xiahou Ba understood that no wonder the Fengtou Mountain bandits were so well equipped, it turned out that they had something to do with Cao Zhang!

"Young Master, now that the tiger and leopard cavalry has been killed, what should we do next?" Jin Mo asked.

"Of course I will mess up Runan!" Adou said, "Send someone to Youzhou to tell Cao Zhang that we will help him mix the Runan into a pot of messy porridge. If Cao Pi sends someone to pay the fee, it depends on him whether he can capture Xu Du!"

In the grass, Xiahou Ba's heart tightened, and his mind roughly described some facts. Fengtou Village had long colluded with Cao Zhang, and Fengtou Village was responsible for disturbing Runan. Runan was very close to Xudu. If there was a chaos in Runan, Cao Pi would definitely send someone to suppress him. Xudu was empty at that time. If Cao Zhang from Youzhou and You and the two states went south, he would arrive in Xudu in a few days. At that time, Xudu's army was all in Runan, and Cao Pi had no strength to fight back at all!

Unexpectedly, this Fengtou Village actually involved the battle between Cao Pi and Cao Zhang! This was a big discovery.

Suddenly, Xiahou Ba discovered a problem. What are the benefits of doing this to Liu Chan?

At this time, Jin Mo also asked, "Young Master, if we help Cao Zhang like this, Cao Zhang may not appreciate it. If Cao Zhang occupied Xu Du, he would definitely come to Runan to wipe us out. It would be of no benefit to us!"

Adou smiled and said, "Who said we were not good? Now Cao Zhang doesn't know that I was on Fengtou Mountain. He thought that the robbers from Fengtou Mountain in Runan were still working with him. If Cao Zhang knew that I was in Fengtou Village, he would probably not cooperate with us. So we must disrupt the situation in Runan as soon as possible. As long as Cao Pi's army arrived in Runan, we will send someone to send a letter to tell Cao Pi that Cao Zhang led his troops to kill from Youzhou. At that time, Cao Pi would immediately order the troops from Runan to help Xudu. At that time, Cao Pi and Cao Zhang will fight. If they fight, the Cao army will be in chaos. We can seize the opportunity to return to Shuzhong in the chaos! If Cao Pi is not in chaos, with our little force, how can we break through the layers of blockages of Cao's army and return to Shuzhong!"

"Young Master is really smart!" Jin Mo suddenly realized.

At this time, Xiahou Ba in the grass also understood that Liu Chan had planned to provoke the brothers Cao Pi and Cao Zhang to fight, and then he could escape back to Shu in the chaos. Maybe then he would cooperate with Liu Bei's army to leave Shu, and the two states of Yongliang would be in danger!

"Young Master, let's go, brothers are still waiting for us in the village!"

"Okay, let's go!" Adou shouted loudly and walked towards Fengtou Village.

Not long after Adou and others left, Xiahou Ba suddenly stood up in the grass and ran towards the other side.

Soon, A Dou and Jin Mo returned to Fengtou Village.

"Young Master is so smart. Xiahou Ba unknowingly fell into our plan of disagreement!" Jin Mo smiled when he said this.

"Yes, it's a good thing that Xiahou Ba thought they found us. I guess Xiahou Ba has already thought he was going back to report to Cao Pi..."
Chapter completed!