Chapter 76: Battle of Baocheng (I)

But it was said that Guo Huai and Zhang He led the army to chase after him, and were about to run away when they ran into Xiahou Shang to lead a remaining troops back. When Guo Huai saw him, he immediately sighed and said to Zhang He: "We are one step later. Xiahou Shang and Han Hao have been ambushed!"

Zhang He said nothing. He saw Xiahou Shang's embarrassing appearance and saw it. When Xiahou Shangxing came to his face, Zhang Heyu immediately asked, "Where are you hiding? Where are Han Hao now?"

Xiahou Shang saw that it was General Zhang He, so he let out a long sigh and replied, "I am hiding ten miles ahead. When General Han and I escaped from the ambush, they were shot in the back of the neck by Huang Zhong with a bow and arrow. I think he was already dead." Then he told me in detail how he and Han Hao seized the Dazhai, and then caught up with Huang Zhong, and fell into Ma Dai's ambush again.

Guo Huai was listening clearly. When he heard Ma Dai, Pang De said quickly, "We can catch up with you at this time, and we should be surprised."

Zhang He said: "Now that the enemy's troops are united and morale is growing again, how can we attack? If we lose another time, it will be ridiculed, and it is not easy to explain when we return to General Xiahou." So he refused to follow Guo Huai's words and retreated to the army.

Besides, Huang Zhong and Ma Chao were rescued by Pang De and Ma Dai. They immediately joined forces and discussed together. Huang Zhong said: "Now that Dingjun Mountain has been lost, and our food and grass have also been lost. Why not retreat to Baocheng and look for General Yu?"

Ma Chao said: "What General Huang said is not bad. At first, we were not enough troops and horses, and we were both inadequate. This was why Xiahou Yuan won this battle. Now my brother and Pang De have arrived and have troops under him. How could he be afraid of Xiahou Yuan?" Ma Dai and Pang De also agreed with Ma Chao's words and nodded nonstop.

Huang Zhong said: "How come most of the left and right now are Qiang soldiers. These Qiang soldiers are good at fighting horses. How can they deal with the enemies on the mountain?" Ma Chao said without saying anything, and he was thinking about this matter in his heart. Only Huang Zhong said: "Our army has not much food and grass now. If we are stationed here, we will inevitably have the time to run out of food. If we are killed by Xiahou Yuan for a while, what are the faces to see the lord?"

After hearing this, Ma Chao replied, "What General Huang said is very much! We will withdraw our troops immediately and look for General Yu!" He had lost his spirit in succession these days. If he had refused to retreat a few days ago, the discussion had been decided, and the four generals led their troops to Baocheng. After walking straight to Baocheng City for several days, they could not find Yu Jindazhai and sent spies to investigate. Only then did they realize that Zhang Lu had been taken by Zhao Yun and surrendered to Liu Bei, and wrote a letter to Zhang Wei in Baocheng City. At this time, Zhang Wei had surrendered to Liu Bei.

When Huang Zhong learned about this, he said to Ma Chao: "Now that Zhang Wei has surrendered, we have no worries anymore. We will wait for you and I to rectify our troops in Baocheng, and we will go and meet Xiahou Yuan for a while."

Upon hearing this, Ma Chao replied, "What General Huang said is very much." After resting for a few days, he had recovered his fighting spirit. Now he wanted to go to Xiahou Yuan to avenge his previous shame.

Huang Zhong said: "Let's enter the city first, and then discuss it well!" So he and Ma Chao led the army straight into Baocheng.

At this time, Zhang Wei had surrendered, and everything in the city was responsible for the ban. When he was taken to the city, he learned that both of them were defeated by Xiahou Yuan and said to the two generals: "The lord has known that Xiahou Yuan has led a large army and sent three generals, Xue Bing, Zhao Yun and Wei Yan, to come. The two generals will rest in the city for a while, and wait for the generals to arrive together, and then go to fight."

Huang Zhong and Ma Chao replied after hearing this, "In this way, let's go and rest and don't disturb the general!" After saying that, he retreated. His troops were also stationed in the military camp.

A few days later, Xue Bing and Zhao Yun led their troops to Baocheng. After the army entered the city, Wei Yan first went to find Yu Jin and handled the matter of the lord's public service.

Liu Bei's order was to Yu Jin and Zhang Wei went to Nanzheng together, and the defense of Baocheng was handed over to Wei Yan. Yu Jin received the order and led dozens of personal soldiers to Nanzheng and rushed to Nanzheng. Wei Yan? When he came to Baocheng, he could lead his army to fight Xiahou Yuan, but he did not expect Yu Jin to leave many things for him, so he made him complain secretly.

After learning that Xue Bing and Zhao Yun had led troops, Ma Chao and Huang Zhong immediately ran to the door. However, Zhao Yun and Xue Bing had just entered the city and were about to rest, and the left and right reported Huang Zhong and Ma Chao to see each other. The two lived in the camp together, and the big tent was adjacent to each other, and they heard the news.

The four of them met and greeted each other. They decided to enter the account and talked again. Then they entered Zhao Yun's tent together. As soon as they sat down, Ma Chao said, "Xiahou Yuan led his army to invade the territory. We failed to defeat him, but instead broke many troops. Now the two generals have arrived, Chao is willing to be the vanguard."

Zhao Yun was about to say something, but was interrupted by Huang Zhong. Huang Zhong said: "I am willing to be the vanguard with General Ma. I will definitely avenge the previous defeat."

Xue Bing and Zhao Yun looked at each other, their eyes full of doubts. They were only concerned about rushing to Dingjun Mountain as soon as possible these days, so they came all the way, but they didn't care too much about the military situation near Dingjun Mountain. They just got some battle reports every once in a while. However, they received the report last time and said that the two of them confronted Xiahou Yuan at the foot of the mountain, and then there was no news. The two of them didn't care about it, and they just arrived at Baocheng and then found out the situation clearly. However, they didn't expect that the two of them had arrived, so they came to the door. After hearing his words, they had lost for a while.

Zhao Yun said: "Two generals, please tell me the matter in detail."

Huang Zhong and Ma Chao were stunned. Seeing Zhao Yun and Xue Binggu were confused, they realized that they had not received the battle report for a few days before they had lost their new defeat. Ma Chao was embarrassed, but suddenly felt that his defeat was ugly and didn't know how to tell them. Huang Zhong didn't care and explained the story in detail to the two.

After hearing this, Xue Bing looked at Zhao Yun and sighed: "It's a good thing that the two generals came to tell him, otherwise we would have to lose the previous match."

It turned out that after Liu Bei came to Dingjun Mountain, the two of them also discussed strategies to deal with Xiahou Yuan on the road. Xue Bing said to Zhao Yun on the road: "Xiahou Yuan's nature is very strong. But it is easy to break even if it is too tough. We can plot to stimulate him, and then we can't guard him. When his spirit is lost, we can take the opportunity to attack him, and we can decide in one battle."

Zhao Yun replied, "Zi Han said so much, so he followed Zi Han's words." Then the two of them discussed again and decided to arrive in Baocheng and immediately advance to Dingjun Mountain. They only said that they could fight to determine Cao's troops.

If Huang Zhong and Ma Chao hadn't arrived immediately as soon as they heard that they had entered the city and dragged them for a while, they would have led the army to rashly find Xiahou Yuan to be unlucky.

Until Xue Bing heard Huang Zhong's words, she took a deep breath and said to herself: "It's a pity that General Huang came to find me. If it weren't for this, Zilong and I would have led the army to fight Xiahou Yuan, and we would have to suffer a great loss." Then she said to Zhao Yun: "Now that there is someone who can help Xiahou Yuan, you and I should not act at will!"

Zhao Yun also frowned and replied, "Zihan said so much!" Then he asked Huang Zhong, "Can the old general know who the person who decided this plan?"

When Huang Zhong heard this, he looked ashamed and sighed, "I am ashamed, I don't know who defeated me." He turned to look at Ma Chao, and saw that Ma Chao was also ashamed. Zhao Yun knew that he didn't know either. He could only sigh, "I don't know who the enemy is, how to retreat?"

For a moment, the four of them seemed to be mute and sat in the big tent. Finally, Zhao Yun said, "Forget it, instead of thinking hard in the tent, it is better to find out the truth in the battle formation in the future!" Then he said to Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong said, "The two generals did not know that there were still capable people in Xiahou Yuan's army, so they were defeated. Now we are prepared, how can he plot against us? Let's take a rest first. Tomorrow morning, we will lead our army straight to Dingjun Mountain."

Xue Bingben sat next to him, wondering who the man was. However, he could not guess. When he heard Zhao Yun's words, he felt his blood boiling, and said, "Zilong said so much. Guess what he guessed. When our army faced him, he would naturally know!"

Ma Chao also said, "When the battle is over, I will definitely kill this person with my own hands!" So he said goodbye to Xue Bing and Zhao Yun, and returned to his tent.

When Huang Zhong saw Ma Chao leave, he also said goodbye to the two and went back to the big tent. Only Xue Bing and Zhao Yun were left in the tent. Zhao Yun said, "Zi Han guessed who the opponent is?" He saw Xue Bing frowning and pondering, only saying that he had already thought of the other party's identity. However, Xue Bing smiled and said, "Cao Cao has countless generals, but he could not guess who he was for a moment." After a pause, he said, "No matter who he is, we will fight him." Zhao Yun said, "Zi Han is talking about it."

After the two of them said that, Xue Bing returned to his tent, but kept thinking in his heart: "Who is it? Could it be that Sima Yi is here? Although the book says that Cao Cao is afraid of Sima Yi, he has never used it more and has always been with him to facilitate supervision nearby. However, the situation has changed a long time ago, so Sima Yi is not allowed to come to Hanzhong. Moreover, Sima Yi's official position is not high at this time, and it is not surprising that he is really under Xiahou Yuan's tent."

In fact, Xue Bing was always afraid of this person who had fought with Zhuge Liang for so many years and dragged Zhuge Liang to death, and had no confidence in whether he could defeat him. He even had an idea, which was to take Sima Yi to Liu Bei's side while he was not valued, and turned this future hidden danger into his own advantage. But if you think about it carefully, it was like attracting a wolf into the house. He was probably creating a bigger hidden danger for his side, so he gave up this idea.

The next day, Xue Bing barely got up and suddenly came to report to him, "Xiahou Yuan sent Zhang He as the vanguard to attack Baocheng, and now Zhang He is calling in the city!" Xue Bing heard the report and ordered him to follow him, "Take my armor and weapons, and I will personally meet the enemy!" The guards on the left and right hurriedly helped Xue Bing put the armor on and then followed him out of the big tent.
Chapter completed!