Huang Zhong pretended to be defeated and lured the enemy. When he heard the sound of gold behind him, he turned around and saw King Gongsun retreating. He knew that his plan had been seen through, so he had to withdraw his troops and return to the camp.
Zhuge Liang was sitting in the tent. When he saw Huang Zhong returning, he smiled and said, "Did King Gongsun not come after him?"
Huang Zhong sighed and said: "King Gongsun wanted to pursue him, but Xiahou Ba sent out gold to retreat his troops. Unexpectedly, Xiahou Yuan's son still had some skills and could see through the military advisor's plan."
Wei Yan entered the tent and laughed and said: "Xiahou Ba is smart, but he has suffered a lot, so he naturally has a long memory."
Huang Zhong asked in confusion: "Wen Changwei went to Tushan to ambush?"
Zhuge Liang smiled lightly and said: "I had expected that the Wei army was on guard and had made other arrangements!"
Wei Yan clasped his fists and said, "Military advisor, the general's men and horses are ready. What are your orders?"
Zhuge Liang said: "Zhang Liao has returned to Xuchang, so he must have taken the opportunity to attack Kunyang and cut off my retreat. Xiahou is guarding Guandu just to contain us. I will use his strategy against him. This time I will capture King Gongsun and take the Guandu stronghold." "
Then Wei Yan was ordered to lead an army along the Pu River to attack Suanzao and block the retreat of Xiahou's overlord army. He also sent an order to move the camp five miles north.
A scout had already reported the news to Guandu. Xiahou Ba was shocked and hurriedly discussed with King Gongsun: "I was waiting for General Zhang to cut off Zhuge's retreat, but he turned against the enemy and attacked the wild jujube. If the wild jujube is lost, Hebei's grain and grass cannot be transported. Zhang How does the general advance the army? Your Majesty, you can lead your cavalry and go all the way, and then return to the city to garrison before the enemy."
King Gongsun said: "Wei Yan is nothing to worry about, but how do you deal with this old guy Huang Zhong?"
Xiahouba looked embarrassed and said: "The Guandu Dazhai was personally deployed by the Prime Minister many years ago. It has more than ten heavy antlers and trenches, making it difficult for even a flying bird to enter. At that time, Yuan Shao's hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers could not break it, so I had my own strategy to defend against the enemy."
King Gongsun said: "Young general, don't worry and guard the camp. When I kill Wei Yan, I will come to rescue you."
Xiahou Ba was worried about King Gongsun's loss, so he warned: "Your Majesty, when you go, be careful of ambushes along the way. You can go east along the chasm, run towards the jujube, and rush into the city before Wei Yan."
"The red-faced one is doomed this time." King Gongsun did not take advantage of Huang Zhong, and felt that his reputation had been damaged, so he attacked Wei Yan first.
As soon as the Xianbei cavalry left, a Biao army came to Guandu and set up their formation. A general immediately stood outside the camp gate and shouted loudly: "Xiahou Ba, your father and son are so incompetent that they used the power of barbarians to fight against the enemy. It turns out that Xiahou's children are , you have wasted your reputation, why don’t you come down quickly and I will bring your family together?”
Xiahou Ba didn't want to pay attention at first, but when he saw Zhang Yi humiliating Xiahou Yuan and Huang Zhong was not in the army, he left the camp in a rage, rode his horse and wielded his sword, and attacked Zhang Yi.
The two fought for more than ten times, but Zhang Yi was defeated and fled. Xiahou Ba angrily waved his troops to cover up the attack, and pursued him to the enemy's stronghold, where he saw Huang Zhong leading troops to rescue him.
Xiahou Ba scolded: "You are just relying on an old soldier to show off your talents. You are so shameless."
Zhang Yi returned to fight again. Xiahou Ba was worried about the loss of Guandu, so he led his troops back and ordered people to inquire about the wild jujube.
The next day Huang Zhong led his troops to attack the camp, while Xiahou Ba commanded the defense. The two armies only used bows and arrows to shoot at each other. Huang Zhong retreated at noon and returned without success.
In the afternoon of the same day, he came to report that Wei Yan attacked Suanzao but was defeated by King Gongsun. Huang Zhong led his troops to help.
Xia Houba was overjoyed and said: "Zhuge Liang must have thought that Guandu was difficult to attack and wanted to use all his strength to seize wild jujubes to demoralize our army. How can he succeed?"
The general asked in confusion: "I'm afraid that King Gongsun will not be able to resist the two generals. Why is the general so happy?"
Xiahou Ba laughed and said: "Zhuge Liang mobilized Huang Zhong and Wei Yan to leave the camp. If a certain person has no opponent in the Jingzhou army, Zhuge Liang will definitely be defeated!"
The general asked: "What is your advice, general?"
Xiahou Ba said: "Yesterday I was chasing Zhang Yi and went to the enemy's stronghold. I saw the Jingzhou military camp entrenched on the middle of the mountain. It seemed that the location was advantageous, but in fact it was a taboo: A certain person led troops to rob the stronghold from the back mountain tonight. The battle can be won."
The general praised: "The general really has a clever plan. Liu Qi attaches great importance to Zhuge Liang. If he can capture this man, he can replace him with General Xiahou."
Xia Houba said coldly: "Zhuge Liang only knows some clever tricks, but he is still far behind in commanding troops. I think he is no better than Zhao Kuo and others. They say Liu Qi can recognize and employ people, and he will definitely pay the price this time."
After the third watch that night, Xiahouba led the elite soldiers from Guandu and rushed to the foot of the winding mountain of the Jingzhou Army Camp. He left the front army in ambush.
The Wei soldiers had already carefully surveyed the terrain. With their heads in their hands and their horses wrapped around their hooves, they headed straight for the back mountain under the dim moonlight. They saw a fire light up halfway up the mountain, followed by the sound of drums.
"Kill!" Xiahou Ba roared and led his troops into the enemy's stronghold. As expected, the rear camp was lax in its defenses and attacked the Chinese army's tent in one breath.
I saw candlelight swaying in the tent, and a figure swaying slightly, holding a feather fan, it was none other than military advisor Zhuge Liang. Xiahou Ba was so happy that he rode his horse straight into the tent and laughed loudly: "Mr. Zhuge, this time you..."
Before he finished speaking, his expression changed drastically. There was no one in the tent, only a straw man standing upright with Zhuge Liang's clothes hanging on it.
"No, I've fallen into a trap!" Xiahou Ba knew it was a trap, yelled in panic, and immediately rode out of the camp.
Dong dong dong——
At this moment, the sound of drums on the hillside was loud. Kou Feng on the left and Wang Ping on the right led their troops to fight out. They attacked from both sides and caught the Wei army by surprise.
The banzhen soldiers led by Wang Ping howled, with wooden shields in front and spears behind, knocking down all the Wei cavalry mounts. The formation was in chaos, and the soldiers behind them swarmed forward, unable to parry.
"Xiahou Ba, we meet again!" Kou Feng pointed his gun at Xiahou Ba.
Xiahou Ba had no intention of fighting at all. Seeing that the hillside was blocked by fire, and not knowing how the front army was fighting, he fought hard to force Liu Qi back. He urged his horse down the mountain amid the insurrectionary army. His robes were torn apart by tree branches, his helmet was scraped off, and he left in embarrassment.
At this time, the Wei army who set fire in front was facing the northwest wind. They lit torches and were about to charge into the camp. However, they were blown by the night wind, and the thick smoke billowed. They were so smoked that they could not move forward at all, so they had no choice but to go down the mountain.
Xiahou Ba gathered the remaining troops at the foot of the mountain and retreated to Guandu. The Jingzhou soldiers from behind took advantage of the situation and came to pursue them. There were torches along the way like a long dragon.
The Wei army fled to the front of Guandu Village. It was dark and bright, and everyone shouted to open the camp gate. Suddenly, arrows were fired from the camp, shooting down countless people.
Xiahou Ba said angrily: "I've blinded you, open the door quickly!"
But I saw an old general clapped his horse and came out, laughing and saying: "Xiahou Ba, do you know the Yan Yan of Xichuan? I have been in Guandu for a long time, and you and your son are both hopeless people."
Xiahou Ba was shocked and hurriedly raised his head to take a closer look. The flag of the Wei army on the camp gate was actually replaced by a flag with the character "Han". Everyone was just running for their lives and did not take a closer look.
At this moment, Kou Feng led his troops to attack from behind. Xiahou Ba was so frightened and angry that he turned around and fought to the death, leading the remaining soldiers to seize the road and head towards the direction of Suanzao.
Halfway through the journey, an army suddenly stopped in front of him. The leader was none other than Huang Zhong. He raised his sword and shouted: "Xiahou Ba, your Majesty has been waiting in Luoyang all day long. Why don't you follow me to fulfill your filial piety?"
"You and I are a bunch of old guys bullying a young man like me, let's wait and see!"
Xiahou Ba was so angry that his nose was sore and he almost burst into tears as he walked towards Puyang from the path.
