Zhang Fei led his army to raid Hechi and killed 7,000 defenders at the cost of 3,000 casualties.

After the war ended, the whole city was desolate, and the soldiers finished their meal and began to move food.

Because Hechi is located on the Chencang strategic road and the city wall is dilapidated, it does not have the conditions for defense. Zhang Fei's purpose of attacking Hechi was to grab grain.

Cao Hong marched to regain Wudu, and all the supplies mobilized from Guanzhong were transported to Hechi for transfer. After Zhang Fei occupied Hechi, he ordered his soldiers to take as much as possible because he didn't know when the next supply would be.

During the confrontation between Cao Hong and Zhang Fei, Zhang Ji and others miscalculated how long the battle would take, and the food they raised could last an army of 50,000 men for half a year.

"General, there is too much food in Hechi and we can't carry it anymore. What do you think we should do?" Lei Ding, the leader of the Di tribe, came to ask for instructions.

Zhang Fei looked at Ma Chao and smiled slightly, "If you can't carry it, just don't take it. Why do you need to ask me about this?"

"Just leave it to Cao Cao for nothing?" Lei Ding scratched his head and looked confused.

"Confused, what happened to the food you raised?" Zhang Fei asked with a frown.

Lei Ding's eyes widened: "General, you mean it was burned? What a pity, right?"

"It's not ours, why is Chief Lei so sorry?" Zhang Fei was speechless.

"I can spare it." Lei Ding nodded.

Zhang Fei's army had enough to eat and drink, rested briefly in Hechi for two hours, and finally headed to the southern valley with the looted food.

The grain and grass that could not be taken away were burned by a fire. When Ma Chao walked out of the river pond, he looked up and looked back. The head of his enemy Yang Fu was still hanging on the city gate, and two crows were circling and crowing on the Tiancheng Tower.

Ma Chao and Yang Fu had a deep hatred. They originally thought they would take revenge in a cruel way, but when they got to that point, they chose to give each other happiness.

Zhang Fei grabbed the reins and leaned forward to comfort him: "The enemies will be dealt with one by one. This Yang Fu is just the beginning. Let's leave quickly. Cao Hong's pursuers should be coming soon."

"General Zhang, I, Ma Chao, owe you a favor."

"What's the favor? I don't like Yang Fu either."

Ma Chao burst out laughing after hearing this, and rode forward with Zhang Fei. After a few steps, he couldn't help but ask: "There is no news about General Wu. How should we go next? Return to Yizhou by the original road?"

Zhang Fei was also thinking recently. He was really unwilling to go back to Yizhou in despair. At the moment when he burned down the grain and grass in Hechi, he suddenly had a new idea.

"Don't Meng Qi want to repay my favor? How about we stay in Wudu and deal with Cao Hong?" Zhang Fei Zhuma put forward an idea.

"Stay in Wudu? You have to find a place to stay, right? The city is too small to hold." Ma Chao felt a little confused.

Zhang Fei said with a smile: "If Hechi is attacked, Cao Hong will definitely send people to rescue him. We can go back the same way and attack Xia Bian. If we can't defeat him, we will worry about it."

Ma Chaoxin asked what kind of tactics this was? There were less than ten thousand soldiers alive at the moment, so how could it be possible to break through Bencheng? He initially thought Zhang Fei was joking with him, but when he saw the other man's eyes were extremely firm, he realized that Zhang Fei was serious.

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Seeing that Ma Chao didn't answer, Zhang Fei asked playfully: "Is Meng Qi scared? If you want to repay the favor, it's okay now."

"General Zhang is not afraid, so what do I have to be afraid of?" Ma Chao's words were sonorous.

"That's right." Zhang Fei laughed.

Because Zhang Fei's army did not stay in Hechi for too long, when Cao Xiu came to support with the tiger and leopard cavalry, there was no one left. What was left to them was the thousands of innocent souls in Hechi and the grain that was burned to ashes like hills.

Cao Xiu and Cao Hong were devastated when they saw Yang Fu being killed. Cao Hong gnashed his teeth and cursed: "Zhang Fei is a common man, Ma Chao is a kid, I will definitely kill you."

"Zhang Fei and Ma Chao are like bandits now. General Xiahou is garrisoned at Yangping Pass. Zhang Fei should attack Ju County and then escape over the mountains to Yizhou." Cao Xiu analyzed.

"We must not let that black guy succeed. We must rush to Ju County to provide support." Cao Hong urged.

"Wei." Cao Xiu nodded.

Cao Hong and Cao Xiu led the tiger and leopard cavalry, with the regular cavalry going first. They did not choose to follow Zhang Fei's route into the mountains, but walked southeast to the Jialing River Valley and marched quickly toward Ju County along the Chencang Road in the valley.

The two led their troops to rush to Ju County day and night, but they did not see the people they wanted to see at all. At this time, Zhang Fei went up the Shuojiang River in the valley of Zuoxishui.

Cao Xiu waited for two days and felt something was wrong, because even if Zhang Fei was mostly infantry, they should have been within the surveillance range of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry scouts, but there was no trace of Zhang Fei's army on either the Chencang Avenue or the mountain paths.

"Did Zhang Fei go somewhere else?" Cao Xiu frowned.

"Zhang Fei should still be wandering around in the mountains. Wen Lie, don't be suspicious. Let's wait in Ju County for a few days." Cao Hong shook his head.

"Do you think he will go back and win the defense?" Cao Xiu asked hypothetically.

Cao Hong frowned and smiled bitterly: "A fool can't do such a thing, right? There are still 20,000 garrison troops in Xiabian. No matter how bad Zi Dan (Cao Zhen) is, he can easily hold it, and the number of people Zhang Fei brings is getting smaller and smaller. He

The further you go into Wudu, the harder it is to escape."

"I hope so." Cao Xiu nodded.

Zhang Fei walked north along Zuoxishui (Qingni River), and after marching for more than ten days, he suddenly appeared outside Xiabian City.

Zhang Fei asked people to put on the clothes and flags of Cao's soldiers captured in Hechi. These people pretended to be defeated soldiers and went to ask the city to open the door. Several "old actors" burst into tears under the city: "Open the city gate quickly, General Cao has been hit by Zhang Fei."

Ambush, now in danger..."

General Cao, who defended the city, was shocked when he heard the news. While he sent someone to report to Cao Zhen, he personally opened the city gate to welcome the "defeated army" into the city.

The soldiers in disguise wanted to seize control of the city gate. It was their first time to do this business of making money from the city. The soldiers with poor psychological quality were impatient and exposed many flaws when they opened the city. Soon, things started to unfold below the city gate.

After a fierce battle, Zhang Fei was ambushed in the distance. Ma Chao saw that the situation was not right and immediately led his troops to pursue him.

The location under the city gate is relatively small, and the attack surface is not large. The soldiers on both sides are crowded together, making the scene very stalemate.

Seeing that Zhang Fei's plan to capture the city failed, he immediately ordered the front army to withdraw from the city gate. Cao Zhen received the information and led his troops to rush over as soon as possible.

Zhang Fei and Ma Chao led their troops and fought and fled. Cao Zhen pursued them for a distance, fearing an ambush, so he decisively led his troops back to Xiabian City.

When counting the number of people after the encounter, Zhang Fei was upset to find that another two thousand people had been lost.

Ma Chao came over to comfort him: "Actually, it's not a bad thing that he failed to enter the city. Cao Hong left more soldiers and horses in Xiabian than he thought. If he really wanted to completely control Xiabian, he would lose many people. Even if he occupied Xiabian at that time, he wouldn't be able to defend it.

live."

"Meng Qi is right, I still don't have the brains of a military advisor or others." Zhang Fei had a wry smile on his face.
Chapter completed!