Chapter 42 Ambush Battle
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Liu Xie shook his head, looked at the 'No. 1st movie emperor' of the Three Kingdoms era, and said, "Since Liu Aiqing can't see it, then forget it! Liu Aiqing just needs to follow my instructions. First, I and the two generals of Guan and Zhang need to set off immediately; second, I will leave some Shenwu Guards to guard this yard. For the outside, Liu Aiqing said that I occasionally feel cold and should not meet guests; third, Liu Aiqing will put more flags in the city tomorrow to confuse the enemy..."
After hearing Liu Xie's series of instructions, Liu Bei knew that Liu Xie's external target seemed to be Zhao Wei, but in fact it was Pang Xi from Brazil. This trick was quite good. The key was to make a time difference. But obviously, Liu Xie had enough time to implement this plan.
Because from Liu Xie to Jiangzhou, Pang Xi received the news and mobilized the army. The time required was enough for Liu Xie to rush from Jiangzhou Light Cavalry to Fucheng to deploy everything.
What Liu Bei believed more was that when Liu Xie left Fucheng, he should have already deployed everything.
Although Liu Bei was very unhappy that Liu Xie put such a heavy burden on him, he had to take it. If something happened to Jiangzhou in his hands, then his political career would probably end here. Although Liu Xie has now changed from a military general to a civil servant, thinking about the importance of Guan and Zhang getting Liu Xie, Liu Xie felt that he still had opportunities. However, the premise is to gain Liu Xie's trust.
Liu Bei vaguely felt that Liu Xie threw him into Jiangzhou, but he was actually secretly defending him! Although it was not obvious, he still felt something.
So Liu Bei responded neatly and then quietly sent Liu Xie and Guan and Zhang Jiang away.
Liu Xie and the two generals Guan and Zhang, with dozens of personal guards, rushed to Dianjiang overnight, and then took a merchant ship that had been prepared long ago, dived up and rushed to Dangqu.
On the merchant ship, Liu Xie and Liu Zhang Er sat around a low table, and opposite him was a young man in his twenties. The young man was named Huang Quan, who was the most talented child of the Huang clan in Langzhong. He was also the talent that Liu Xie wanted to use.
Liu Xie didn't know much about the officials in Yizhou among the Three Kingdoms, but he knew about Huang Quan. The biography of the Romance of the Romance, Huang Quan, Wei minister. He first followed Liu Zhang, but was informed by Zhang because he advised Zhang not to lead the first lord into Shu. He attacked Zhang first, and Quan offered advice to resist him.
When Shu Ding was settled, Quan stayed in the door and refused to surrender. The first lord went to ask for it in person, and then surrendered. Later, the first lord was honored and was about to attack Wu in the east. Quan advised him but refused. The first lord was defeated. Quan surrendered because the Wu army was separated on the north bank of the river and had no way back. He had no choice but to surrender to Wei. The Wei lord Cao Pi was overjoyed and appointed Huang Quan as the general of Zhennan. Quan refused to accept it.
Luo Dashi said that Huang Quan was afraid of death, so how could a loyal minister serve the second master? But in fact, it is understandable to do this. Who told Liu Paopao to save others? Compared to Liu Paopao himself, compared to Lu Bu, the killer Lu Bu, Huang Quan had been with the third master in his life, which was actually no big deal. This is very common among the Three Kingdoms!
Moreover, this guy not only has good eyesight, but also has the kind of person who is not bad at all. Naturally, Liu Xie would not let go and use it.
In particular, Huang Quan is from Langzhong. There are some tricks in this Brazilian county. If Liu Xie wants to attack Pang Xi, he will have his help.
Huang Quan himself, of course, was spared no effort to get Liu Xie to value it so much. Although he knew that Liu Xie's move was quite dangerous, if it succeeded, the gain would be unimaginable. Not only would he pacify Brazil's county in one fell swoop, he might even go directly to Hanzhong.
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A few days later, Pang Yue and Pang Qi, the two Pang family members, also Pang Xi's cousin, led 5,000 soldiers to Langzhong County. The next day, he led 3,000 soldiers and horses to Langzhong earlier, plus the 5,000 soldiers and horses they led, a total of 8,000 soldiers and horses, and the troops headed straight to Zitong County.
After receiving this news, the magistrate of Zitong County was so scared that he secretly fled to Zitong with his family. The next day, the officials of Zitong County discovered that the magistrate's family had fled, and the entire Zitong County was in chaos. The officials in the county, with a thousand soldiers stationed in the county, fled, and hid, and went seven or eight out of ten.
This situation reached Pang Zhao and Pang Qi's ears, which made them laugh and accelerate the marching speed. Pang Xi gave them five days, but in their opinion, it didn't take an hour. As long as they pulled eight thousand soldiers outside Zitong County and set up a formation, they would probably be able to enter Zitong County directly.
Cheng Yu, who came with the army, couldn't help but sigh when he saw this situation. His Majesty abandoned Pang Xi and ignored it, which is really a big mistake!
Cheng Yu, the eldest son of Cheng Ji, the magistrate of Hanchang County, was a subordinate of Pang Xi. Pang Xi wanted to rebel, but Cheng Ji dissuaded him, but Pang Xi was punished by Pang Xi. In order to prevent Pang Xi from harming his father, his son resolutely joined Pang Xi's command, hoping to have a proper cooperation with Liu Xie.
But now seeing this situation, Cheng Yu was depressed. How much chance can Liu Xie have of winning in this situation? Wasn’t Liu Xie personally in charge? How could the soldiers guarding the city on the front line look like this?
Cheng Yu sighed to the sky, looking at the mountains ahead, and for a moment, he was speechless. However, when he saw a stairway between the two mountains in front, he felt goose bumps on his body. So he thought about it, rode his horse to Pang Zhao and Pang Qi, pointed to the stairway in front and said, "Two generals, this is a dangerous place. We should rest for two hours before this road before marching. Our army has marched for dozens of miles before rushing..."
Before Cheng Yu could finish his words, Pang Yue snorted and said, "Cheng Yu, do you want to confuse our army's morale?"
"Cheng Yu dared not!" Cheng Yu lowered his head and fists, exhaled inwardly, and then said: "However, I hope the two generals will act carefully, the prefect has previously..."
"Do you want to use the name of the prefect to suppress me and the other two?" A cold light flashed in Pang Qi's eyes. This was a sign of his desire to kill.
Cheng Yu trembled and said, "I dare not! I am as timid as a mouse, so I will leave now!"
Cheng Yu apologized, pulled the rope and hurriedly retreated to the rear army.
Seeing Cheng Yu running away in panic, Pang Yue and Pang Qi looked at each other, laughed loudly, and finally shouted: "Send the order to speed up the marching. After passing through this line of road, it is not far from Zitong! At night, we will drink and eat meat in Zitong County and hug the beauty! Hahaha..."
After hearing Pang Yue's words, the soldiers behind him suddenly felt their strength and rushed forward with a scream.
Seeing this, Cheng Yu shook his head gently and said to himself: If God has eyes, just descend two thousand imperial troops in this clamp!
It seemed that it was in response to Cheng Yu's request. When two-thirds of Pang Xi's army entered the line of the road, a sudden burst of drums came from the mountains on both sides of the road, and the sounds of killing came from the peaks on both sides. Immediately afterwards, sharp arrows pierced the sky and the earth like rain...
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Accompanied by the sound of shouting and killing, the sound of breaking through the air sounded in Pang Xijun's ears, and then blood splashed. Then, Pang Xi soldiers fell to the ground and wailed, either pierced by arrows, pierced through the face, or shot into the thigh...
"There are ambushes, there are ambushes, run, run..."
"Ah! My legs..."
"Oh his horse, don't squeeze, keep in formation!"
"Junhou is careful, uh..."
A huge rock fell from the sky and hit the small school that shouted "Keep the formation". As a result, his personal guard wanted to save him, but he was penetrated by an arrow. He could only watch the small school's head being smashed into the neck by a huge rock...
"Run! Run!"
"Go back, hurry up, there are ambushes in front..."
Pang Xi's army was in chaos, and they ran around and crowded. The people in front were retreating, and the people in the back were forward.
Rumble rumble rumble rumble…
The huge rolling stone tree fell from the mountain and instantly cut off Pang Xi's army from both sides of the corridor. Eight thousand soldiers were divided into more than 5,000 and about 2,000. The more than 2,000 soldiers behind also had to withstand the rain of arrows shot down from the mountain...
Seeing this, Cheng Yu knew that even if he led his army to attack the mountain at this time, he would not get a good time. What's more, Pang Xi's army did not obey his command at all, but just kept holding his head and running around. More than 2,000 soldiers, even if he could gather, there were only hundreds.
Seeing this situation, Cheng Yu took advantage of the chaos and fled alone, ignoring the life and death of Pang Qi and Pang Yue ahead.
Chapter completed!