After Zhang Fei returned to the camp, he sat alone and said nothing. Pang De and Yan Yan didn't know how to comfort him, so they stayed with him in the military tent and said nothing.
After a while, Zhang Fei raised his glass and smiled at Pang De, "Ling Ming, it seems that we haven't drank enough to calm down the shock. If you hadn't responded in time just now, the consequences would be really disastrous."
"Uh, do you still want to drink?" Pang De asked doubtfully.
Zhang Fei frowned: "Drink up. With Old General Yan here, are you still afraid of Zhang He coming to rob the camp?"
Pang De shook his head and said: "Zhang He is quite strategic. It is best for the general to drink less and stay awake to defeat the enemy."
Zhang Fei laughed and was not angry, and then sighed and said: "I did underestimate the enemy a little. I didn't expect that Zhang He has a dirty heart. I need to pay more attention from tomorrow. Since I can't play with the conspiracy, I will just play with the sun honestly." Conspiracy, Ziyu once told me, 'Conspiracy can be broken, but Yang's plan cannot be broken'."
Pang De and Yan Yan looked at each other in surprise, thinking that conspiracy can be played casually? I'm afraid the third general is still drunk, right?
"I wonder what the conspiracy is?" Pang De couldn't help but ask.
Zhang Fei took two sips of wine and explained: "Zhang He has 30,000 soldiers and horses, and during this period, more than 30,000 people were looted. The rations of these 60,000 people are very problematic. We previously pacified Hanchang County, which is equivalent to It cut off Zhang He's food route."
Pang De suddenly looked at Zhang Fei with admiration. Neither he nor Yan Yan had such a macroscopic view of the problem.
"Although the general's idea of building a grain road is good, what should Zhang He do if he jumps over the wall to bypass the Dangqu River and returns to Hanzhong through a dangerous path?" Pound asked.
"Ling Ming is rightly worried. Going back to Hanzhong through Hanchang along the Danqu River is not the only way. Zhang He can also go around Xuanhan in the east. Anyway, it is all over the mountains, but it will take a longer time. Xuanhan It can also be used for supplies," Yan Yan added.
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "The art of siege requires encircling three and missing one. I deliberately kept Xuanhan to defeat the enemy. Otherwise, I had taken Hanchang in advance. How could I leave Xuanhan to Zhang He? If Cao Cao's 30,000 soldiers were lost and fled, The hope of returning to Hanzhong is very likely to cause trouble for Ba County, the fish will all run away, and my cofferdam will lose its meaning."
Yan Yan nodded and asked: "I have one more thing to remind the general. Although you have considered that Zhang He will flee to Xuanhan, is it possible that he will go south to Bajun? He may even go east over the mountains, and maybe he will go to the bandits." Chaos in Jingzhou."
Zhang Fei shook his head and replied: "Don't talk about whether he will starve to death if he crosses the mountains. Will my second brother let him go when he gets to Jingzhou? But in fact, Zhang He has no chance to go south."
"Why is the general so sure?" Pound looked curious.
"Before we set off from Langzhong, I ordered Wu Er to go to Zitong to pass the order and let Zilong or Wen Chang lead the troops by water. Zhang He had no chance to go south to Kouba County. He is now a turtle in the urn." Zhang Fei was very proud.
Pound was so surprised that he couldn't speak for a long time. Is he so terrifying after shocking thousands of enemies? Yan Yan also looked at Zhang Fei with admiration, recalling that when he was captured, it was reasonable.
Zhang He still came to the camp every day to challenge, but the challenge was basically veteran Yan Yan. Zhang Fei was like a 'frightened bird' after falling into the trap. Cao Jun's sentry occasionally saw him drinking in the camp, which made it clear that he was spending time with Zhang He.
They spent half a month fighting on a small scale in front of the stronghold. No matter how Zhang He tried to lure him, no one would chase him out. Zhang Fei's lack of energy and salt made Zhang He feel very uncomfortable.
Zhang He could not defeat Zhang Fei's blocking army stronghold, and Zhang Fei had no intention of attacking the mountain and seizing the stronghold. After the two armies were in a stalemate for more than 20 days, Zhang He finally discovered that something was wrong. The rations of the people who had been looted had been exhausted, and the food in the army was exhausted. There are only ten days left.
The grain officer in the army asked to see Zhang He and said, "General, the people are asking us to allocate rations. If they don't allow it, they may flee or mutiny. Please make up your mind."
Zhang He felt depressed and said impatiently: "In addition to wild beasts and wild fruits, there are also bark and grass roots in Daqing Mountain. Let them find food by themselves. Remember to keep the rations in the army."
"Uh, okay." The grain officer was speechless, turned around and walked out of Zhang He's main tent.
Yang Ang added: "Although most of these people are barbarians, digging bark and grass roots for food may not be a long-term solution. We still need to find a way to defeat Zhang Fei, or find a place to supply supplies."
Zhang He snorted coldly: "It was all those idiots and trash who misled me, otherwise we would have captured Zhang Fei long ago and have returned to Hanzhong now."
"Now that Zhang Fei is blocking the main road like a boulder, we might as well take a detour from Xuanhan in the northeast. If we wait until the food and grass are exhausted, there will be no way out." Yang Ang reminded.
Zhang He nodded, "There are many cliffs on the northeastern side of Daqing Mountain. The road down the mountain is extremely dangerous. You go and arrange people to explore the road first. I will continue to send people to attack, so Zhang Fei cannot be suspicious."
"Wei." Yang Ang cupped his fists and accepted the order.
The next day Zhang He returned without success and took his troops back to the camp. After going up the mountain, he found Yang Ang pacing anxiously in front of the stronghold.
"General Yang, what's wrong with you?" Zhang He asked curiously.
Yang Ang replied eagerly: "Something is going wrong. Zhang Fei has set up camp on the main road leading to Xuanhan. It seems that he wants to trap us in Daqing Mountain."
Zhang He's eyes widened, "What did you say? Zhang Fei has such a small number of people, how dare he divide his troops to stop me?"
"This is what I saw with my own eyes. General, please think of a way to deal with it." Yang Ang said anxiously.
Zhang He snorted coldly: "No wonder Zhang Fei didn't show up for several days. It turns out that he divided his troops to cut off our food routes. Even if we want to trap us to death, we can't weigh ourselves. I will defeat Zhang Fei tonight."
The sun sets over the western mountains and the twilight becomes gloomy.
Cao's soldiers on Daqing Mountain moved according to the order. Zhang He led 10,000 troops to go along the dangerous northeastern road to find Zhang Fei. He ordered Yang Ang to lead 10,000 troops to go down to Danqushui to fight Yan Yan, while the rest stayed on the mountain to guard him. The barbarian people.
Zhang He knew very well that Zhang Fei only had 10,000 troops, and the confrontation lasted for nearly a month with only more than 8,000 troops left. Zhang He could not attack originally because he could not deploy, so dividing his troops solved Zhang He's trouble of having nowhere to exert his strength. As long as he could break through one of Cao's troops The crisis resolves itself.
It was already dark when Yang Ang had assembled tens of thousands of troops. He had defeated Yan Yan last time with Zhang He. If Zhang He hadn't been afraid that Yang Ang would be killed instantly by Zhang Fei, he would never have left the 'soft persimmon' Yan Yan to Yang Ang.
"Light the torch."
Yang Ang commanded the troops to advance in high spirits. He didn't care that Yan Yan would find him attacking. There was no need to be sneaky when the troops were suppressed.
When he arrived at Yan Yan's camp, he found that there was also a bright fire there, as if he had been waiting for him for a long time.
"Old Yan Yan, why don't you come out and die?" Yang Ang pointed at the village gate and shouted.
"General Yang, are you okay?" Pang De urged his horse to walk out of the formation and looked at Yang Ang with a smile on his face.
Yang Ang looked at Pang De in surprise and said hesitantly: "Didn't you escape back to Xiliang?"
"Unfortunately, you gave the wrong answer, so today is the day you die." Pound replied coldly.
"Hmph, we still don't know who will live and who will die. Come on."
Yang Ang waved his hand, and Cao's army rushed over like a tide. He knew that he couldn't defeat Pound in a head-on fight, so he had to use the human sea tactic to win.
Yang Ang finally knew who the fierce general who saved Zhang Fei was, and Zhang He really wronged that general.
