As the sun rose, thousands of corpses were divided into two piles and processed together.
In less than an hour of fighting, more than 4,000 of the brave barbarians died, and more than 2,000 of Zhang Liao's infantry and cavalry were killed. Zhang Liao's beloved horse was also among the corpses.
But Zhang Liao's new camp has been established, and whoever wants to attack again, whether it is the Wuxi barbarians or Liu Bei, will pay a price of more than a one to two casualty ratio.
Whenever he saw off his comrades, Zhang Liao looked solemn. He knew that he had been deceived by Pang Tong yesterday. Pang Tong looked shocked, just to make him believe that Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were really here and deceive Zhang Liao into losing his mind to escape. After all, Zhang Bao and Guan Xing did not Zhang Liao must not be surrounded and killed, but Zhang Liao cannot be frightened.
Unfortunately, reinforcements came from Cao Ying, causing him to fall short.
Afterwards, Zhuge Liang and Cao Xiu also met with Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao had met Zhuge Liang in Miangkou and learned about the situation of their visit this time, which was secretly a fluke.
It turned out that the more than 20,000 people brought by Yu Jin and others were mostly infantry and were not moving fast. After Cao Wu judged that Zhang Liao would hold on, Zhuge Liang proposed that he should rush to establish contact with Zhang Liao quickly to judge the next trend. .
So he and Cao Xiu led a hundred cavalry, each with one man and two horses, and galloped down the road to look for Zhang Liao.
They surpassed the miracle of marching three hundred miles in one day and night in the Battle of Jingzhou. One hundred men completed the march of more than one hundred miles in only three hours.
Zhang Liao's new camp was on the edge of the road. Zhuge Liang discovered that Zhang Liao was fighting, so he quickly made a plan and saw the right time. Cao Xiu led his men up and down the hillside continuously. Cao Xiu had many horses and successfully deceived Pang Tong.
If Pang Tong calmed down and analyzed, he would have thought that there were no torches when these cavalrymen jumped up the hill. This is impossible, and horses cannot see at night.
However, Pang Tong was in a panic at the time and did not expect that Cao Xiu deliberately lit only a few torches to prevent him from seeing the number of tiger and leopard riders.
Everyone was taking risks and deceiving others. In this round, Zhuge Liang defeated his old friend Pang Tong.
After daybreak, Zhuge Liang examined the terrain and couldn't help but admire Zhang Liao's clever location selection for the camp.
The location of Zhang Liao's camp this time is like being inserted in Liu Bei's heart. No matter which direction Liu Bei goes west or south, he must pass through here.
And Zhang Liao's scouts also began to spread around. Even if Liu Bei wanted to escape from the mountains, they would be discovered quickly.
Speaking of scouts, Zhuge Liang also asked Cao Wu to dispatch a group of scouts from various armies, including Yu Jin, and also rushed here.
Those scouts have other uses.
After inspecting the military camp, Cao Xiu escorted Zhuge Liang back to Zhang Liao's central army.
When Cao Xiu came, Cao Wu promised him that he could make him the leader of the prime minister or the guard of the army. His official position was not high, but he always protected Cao Cao. It was a rare noble position among military generals.
Cao Xiu didn't pay much attention to Zhuge Liang, the future leader of General Cao Wu's palace. Yesterday, a hundred people scared off 50,000 barbarians, which finally made him admire Zhuge Liang.
This is the case in the military. People who are capable will be respected.
Zhang Liao also came out of the tent and said to Zhuge Liang: "Military advisor, are there any loopholes in the camp?"
Zhuge Liang shook his head. He was just a novice in marching and fighting. He had only read about it in military books but had no practice. He could not find fault with Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao asked again: "Then what should we do next?"
"My lord has said that he needs to capture both Jiaozhou and Xuande Gong. Xuande Gong is trapped in Wuling. We just need to wait for the army to arrive and the two armies will merge."
Everyone knows that he will be the Chief of the Beifu General's Office. The relationship between the staff and the Lord is a monarch and a minister. This call of Lord is natural, and others will not use it to disrespect Cao Cao.
Zhang Liao nodded and asked Cao Xiu when the army would arrive.
Cao Xiu calculated it and replied: "The camp in Bin County is less than 200 miles away from here. The army left the camp yesterday, so it can be here at the earliest tomorrow night or the day after tomorrow at the latest. My people have gone back to inform us of the situation. ”
Zhang Liao was relieved. No matter how ferocious the barbarians were, it would be no problem for his army to stay in this camp for two or three days. Next, he only needed to prevent Liu Bei from escaping.
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In the mountains dozens of miles east of their camp, Liu Bei waited in the camp for the Wuxi barbarians who had retreated in defeat.
On the way, Pang Tong and Ma Liang had figured out the joints and felt that they had retreated too early. They withdrew without even estimating how many people there were in the Hubao Cavalry.
But it was a coincidence that the hillside Cao Xiu ascended happened to be where Zhang Liao and Zhao Yun were fighting fiercely, and Pang Tong had to retreat, so Ma Liang didn't feel that he had made any mistake.
There is also a consensus between the two people here. Anyway, those who died were all barbarians, not Liu Bei's two thousand veterans.
Shamoko, who has an upright personality, does not feel at all that he has been defeated. Instead, he feels that the battle at night was enjoyable and the opponent must have suffered more casualties than himself.
Shamoko held an extremely long mace, called a caltrop, and fought at night, killing at least twenty people with ease.
He entered Liu Bei's camp arrogantly. Liu Bei came out of the camp in person. When he arrived at the door, he looked as if he had come to greet him in a hurry when he heard his arrival.
Shamoko was carrying the caltrop bones. When he saw Liu Bei coming, he laughed loudly, slammed his weapon on the ground and said, "It's a pity that the military advisor said that we must withdraw our troops, otherwise I will definitely wipe out Zhang Liao's cavalry."
Pang Tong and Ma Liang's expressions changed, and Ma Su's face turned angry. Liu Bei did not look to the left and right, but took Shamoko's hand and said: "Commander Gao Yi, in the past there were Colonel Wuhuan and Xiongnu Lieutenant in the middle of the court. In the future, When the Han Dynasty is revitalized, the commander-in-chief should serve as the guardian of Wuxi Colonel and Wuxi Lieutenant General!"
After saying one sentence, Samoko laughed loudly, and then said: "If you ask me, the emperor of Luoyang also has a head and two arms, his surname is Liu, and the general is also surnamed Liu. This emperor is different from anyone else!"
He spoke boldly, but the people listening there had different expressions.
In fact, the Wuxi Barbarians are different from the Xiongnu. The Wuxi Barbarians have the same roots as the Han people. Two thousand years ago, they were also Chinese people and belonged to the Jiuli tribe. However, in the past, Chi You was defeated and the Jiuli tribe hid in the mountains and became barbarians.
Emperor Guangwu rebuilt the Han Dynasty, and General Fubo Ma Yuan fought against the Wuxi Barbarians. He died of illness. The Wuxi Barbarians became increasingly difficult to control. In Samoko's generation, ambitions became more prominent. However, in the fifth year of Jian'an, Liu Biao unified the four southern counties and Liu Biao became stronger. At that time, Liu Rui, the governor of Wuling, convinced Wuxi Man that he did not dare to go out.
Later Liu Biao died, and the new Wuling Governor Jin Xuan still suppressed the Wuxi barbarians.
At this time, because Cao Cao went south, the Wuchang of the Ma family felt that it was difficult for him to stand out in Cao Cao's army, so he defected to Liu Bei. Passing by Wuling County, he persuaded Samoko to follow Liu Bei and regarded the barbarians as the Wuchang of the Ma family.
And Ma Liang's words to persuade the Wuxi barbarians were simple. They were to deceive the barbarians into not understanding the general trend of the world, saying that Liu Bei could ascend the throne and become emperor, and Shamoko could be a minister who followed the dragon.
At first, Shamoko was doubtful, but under the command of Pang Tong and Ma Liang, he defeated Zhang He. He believed in the witch god and thought Liu Bei was the real dragon master, and he became more and more convinced.
Almost all Wuxi barbarians came out to support Liu Bei.
Liu Bei promised that after the battle, the Wuxi barbarians could go back. After the world was peaceful, the barbarians could receive the same treatment as the Han people, and Shamoko could also be promoted to officials.
For Shamoko, if he could gain huge wealth just by going out to fight, he would naturally take a gamble.
However, despite Ma Liang's eloquence, the barbarians' hatred for the emperor could not be eliminated in a short time. He only temporarily admired Liu Bei and his capable ministers and warriors, but did not surrender to Liu Bei.
Now the old things are brought up again, and Liu Bei is advised to proclaim himself emperor. Many people in Liu Bei's army still have illusions about the emperor, and their faces are not good-looking.
But I don’t know how Liu Bei will respond.
