While recovering, Zhang Hu and Liu Mu also got into the tent.
Zhang Hu saw Song Xin closing his eyes and resting. He wanted to open his mouth but swallowed it back. He glanced at Zhou Zhong again, a little hesitant to wake up Song Xin.
At this time, Song Xin opened his eyes and asked, "Do you have anything to say?"
Zhang Hu was the first to kneel down on one knee and salute, and then said with a shameful face: "Sir, the three of me were offended a while ago. I hope you can forgive me and other crimes of disrespect."
The three of them were shocked when they saw Song Xin's sharp skills when killing the enemy. I knew that Song Xin had been polite to them before, not because he couldn't cure them, but because he had a kinder temper.
Especially in the middle of the week, his life was saved by Song Xin. At this time, the three of them had long lost their arrogance and were completely grateful.
"Oh, three brothers, don't say that. Song Xin is young and it is normal for others to question him. You three don't have to worry about it."
"Young masters are so great that you don't care about me and other villains. I am extremely ashamed." Zhang Hu and the others said with some fear in their tone.
"Well, today I see that the three of them are well-trained in advancing and retreating against the enemy. Song Xin will still have to ask the three of them for advice on marching and combat in the future."
"It's easy to talk, easy to talk about. It's his great swordsmanship that opened our eyes."
............
While Song Xin was talking to them, Zhang Fei's army was resting temporarily one hundred and fifty miles east and south of Wei Tong's camp.
Suddenly, a scout hurried from a distance. Zhang Fei immediately stood up and asked, "Where is Cao Chun!?"
"General, Cao Chun's army is ten miles behind our army, and when our army stopped, they also stopped, seeming to be watching."
Upon hearing this, a deputy general immediately said: "General, Cao Chun must be afraid and does not dare to come and fight our army!"
Zhang Fei snorted softly and said: "Cao Chun is not an ordinary person. He is not afraid. There must be some conspiracy! Take a look at the picture."
The deputy general next to him immediately took out a map and spread it out in front of Zhang Fei.
"Cao Chun led the tiger and leopard cavalry hanging behind our army, why didn't he attack?" Zhang Fei looked at the map and was a little confused.
"We have defeated Wei Tong as a bait, and now Cao Chun seems to be forcing us to go somewhere." Another deputy general said.
Zhang Fei quite agreed, "Well, it's possible. Cao Chun's men are tiger cavalry, elites trained by the old thief Cao Cao for many years. If they attack at this time, our army should be in danger."
He glanced left and right on the map and saw a place named "Anlu", which was an important node to Xiakou.
"Cao Chun seems to have been forcing me to go in that direction. Could it be...?"
"Is it possible that Wenpin set up an ambush there and will attack Cao Chun from both sides as soon as I arrive? It's possible!" Zhang Fei suddenly shuddered when he thought of this.
"If this is true, I, Zhang Fei, will end up here." He exclaimed in his heart.
"Cao Cao first used Wei Tong as bait to lure me to appear. Then Cao Chun suddenly appeared and forced me to move eastward. Cao Chun only followed me and did not attack. He was also driving me to Anlu in the east."
Zhang Fei asked: "Do we have any news from the inner circle in Xiangyang?"
"No news received yet."
Zhang Fei spat and said bitterly: "Asshole, it's useless at the critical moment!"
After saying that, he stood up with frowning eyebrows and looked to the southeast, where there was a faint glow of fire in the Anlu area. That little bit of fire seemed to be danger waving to him. Zhang Fei's keen battlefield intuition told him that this place must be a dangerous place!
After Zhang Fei felt that the situation was not right, he immediately issued a series of orders: "Send the order! Immediately put some straw men in the camp, set up more torches and flags. All the horses in the army picked up the bells, wrapped the horses' hooves in cloth, and reduced the horse's hoofprints," the sergeant said Title. Set off in groups of three hundred people. After the entire army has left, scouts are sent out and divided into two teams. One team is tied to a branch with its horse tail, and with great fanfare, they march eastwards for twenty miles, raising dust. Another team was patrolling the camp, and when they saw Cao Jun attacking, they immediately retreated eastward into the woods. Anyone who dared to make a noise in the middle of the battle would be killed immediately!"
Then, Zhang Fei's sergeants immediately became nervous, and they all kept silent and began to prepare torches and flags. After a while, a camp was set up, and then Zhang Fei personally led hundreds of elite cavalry and quietly headed southwest.
Not far away, Cao Chun was also observing Zhang Fei's movements at the camp.
The sentry came back and said that there were many torches, flags and soldiers in Zhang Fei's camp. All signs indicated that Zhang Fei seemed to be spending the night there.
"Why is Zhang Fei setting up camp at this time? Aren't you afraid that I might rob the camp at night?"
Zhang Fei's series of actions were very obvious, just for Cao Chun to see. Cao Chun is also a general who has fought hundreds of battles, how could he not see that? However, he couldn't guess the other party's intention.
"Let's explore again."
He ordered calmly. Cao Chun was very cautious in fighting and would try to collect the most comprehensive information about the enemy before any action. And once the order is given, he will behave very bravely. During the expedition to Wuhuan, Cao Chun led the tiger and leopard cavalry to defeat the Wuhuan cavalry and captured Tadun Chanyu. During the southern expedition to Jingzhou, he defeated Liu Bei at Changbanpo in Dangyang and captured his two daughters.
About half an hour later, Cao Chun's sentinel came back and said that everything was normal at Zhang Fei's camp, and there were still people patrolling the camp.
Cao Chun frowned after hearing this. All this made him feel uneasy, but he had no information to prove where this uneasiness came from, so he did not dare to fully trust his intuition. His habit requires him to wait until the enemy's situation before making a judgment, but this habit also causes him to lose fleeting combat opportunities.
Cao Chun looked around. There were gentle slopes to the west and forests to the east, enough for his cavalry to deploy quickly. But everywhere he looked was darkness, and the dark forest made him feel a little uneasy. In the darkness in all directions, there was always a kind of horror that made his heart palpitate. He had never felt this way since he followed Zhang Fei. But at this time, this feeling became very strong.
Cao Chun ordered again: "Let's explore again, this time closer, until we can see the faces of the patrol soldiers clearly."
"Order all soldiers to wear armor, keep their weapons within three steps of their hands, and send out sentries in all directions. If they encounter enemy situations, report back immediately!" Cao Chun gave another order.
His intuition told him that Zhang Fei would not be trapped so easily. He must have done something to worry him.
"Is there any news from Wen Zhongye?"
"General, the latest letter our army received from General Wen was yesterday evening. There is no news yet."
In fact, Cao Chun didn't really believe in this Jingzhou surrendered general. Not only him, but also the other generals in Cao's camp. Although they were very polite to each other when they met, he felt that generals who surrendered without resisting always made him look down upon. Although Wenpin's intelligence and martial arts were excellent, in his mind, being a general meant he was one step lower than others.
It will take a lot of time to get rid of this kind of contempt in the heart. Even generals such as Zhang Liao and Zhang He were despised in this way. It was not until the expedition against Wuhuan that Cao Chun accepted Zhang Liao's command and successfully defeated Wuhuan. From then on, Cao Chun truly accepted Zhang Liao from the bottom of his heart.
The sentry from afar came back anxiously, hurriedly rolled his saddle and dismounted, and reported back: "Report to the general, Zhang Fei's camp is empty. It's all filled with straw torches and flags. When the soldiers on patrol saw us approaching, they immediately ran eastward!" "
Cao Chun stood up with a swoosh and shouted, "No, I've fallen into a trap. Order your troops and horses immediately and get ready to go!"
"General, are our troops going east?" someone asked at this time.
"Wait a minute." Cao Chun suddenly remembered something when he was asked this question. Did Zhang Fei really go to the east? This is too obvious!
"Go explore again, go east, see if the horse hoof prints are dense, and then report back quickly!" Cao Chun ordered.
"All troops, mount your war horses and be ready to engage the enemy at any time."
Cao Chun felt that Zhang Fei had not simply run away. He must be waiting for him somewhere. Once he discovered a flaw, he would immediately kill him. Zhang Fei is a terrifying opponent, more terrifying than any opponent he has ever seen.
A few months ago, at the head of Changban Bridge, Zhang Fei rode alone in front of the army, showing no fear, which horrified Cao Chun and others.
"Reporting to the general, the enemy's horse hoofprints are sparse in the east."
"Are there any horse hoofprints in other directions?"
"There are hoof prints to the northwest."
"Dense?"
"Slightly more than in the east. You can still hear the neighing of men and horses in the east."
"There are obviously suspicious soldiers in the east, so Zhang Fei must not be in the east."
Cao Chun immediately judged that there were suspicious soldiers deployed by Zhang Fei to the east.
So there are also horse hoofprints in the northwest, but not in other directions. Zhang Fei must have gone to the northwest. Who is there? ....
Suddenly, Cao Chun thought of a possibility, and all the evidence confirmed his guess, which immediately sent chills down his back.
"No, Wei Tong's remaining soldiers are still there! Could it be that Zhang Fei went back to fight Wei Tong again?!"
