The guard general took his cronies and galloped to the camp, and just happened to meet the deputy general who led the men and horses to leave the camp, and the guard general couldn't help but be furious: "Without my order, it is a capital crime to use soldiers and horses without permission, what do you want?" ”

The deputy general did not give in: "Deng County is in danger, you are the general of Xiangyang, but you sit back and don't help, I am worried about Deng County, and I have brought in troops and horses from my headquarters to help, why not?" ”

The deputy general is a native of Jingzhou, and half of the soldiers and horses in the large camp were recruited by him. This will be a soldier and eat food, there is no concept of family and country, naturally it is the relatives and friends of the township party who come to the group. In fact, even in the early 20th century, this kind of privatization of the military was not uncommon.

The guard general naturally refused to do it, if he relied on the deputy general and asked him to pull the soldiers and horses away, then where would he, the guard, have any prestige at all? Besides, Xiangyang City is more important than Deng County, there are less than half of the soldiers and horses in the city, if there is an accident, he will not be redeemed.

The two sides did not give in to each other, and the atmosphere became more and more wrong, and the smell of gunpowder became stronger and stronger. At this moment, suddenly a horse galloped over: "Report! General, there is a knock on the door of the Nanjun army outside the city! ”

Hearing this, the guard general and the deputy general glanced at each other, each of them snorted, and then ordered the troops to return to the camp and rode to the city tower. When I went up to the city tower, I saw a large army under the city, and the Cao Zi banner was flying high, and then I saw that the leading generals they knew, Huang Xiong, the governor of Nanjun.

At that moment, my heart was relieved, so I opened the city, let Huang Xiong in, and greeted him on both sides, and the guard said: "General Huang, don't come to harm, why did you get to Xiangyang today?" ”

Huang Xiong said with a smile: "I heard that there was an invasion of the Han army in Nanyang, and I was ordered by General Cao to help." ”

When the guard general and the deputy general heard this, they were all overjoyed, so they led Huang Xiong into the house to rest. When Fang took his seat, the deputy general began to complain, explaining the situation in Deng County to Huang Xiong. In his words, he criticized the guards for not saving them when they saw death.

The guard general's face is iron-blue, and his heart says, what happens in Xiangyang, why bother to listen to outsiders? You don't know anything about it, and after Huang Xiong leaves, I will definitely want you to look good.

Hearing the chatter of the adjutant general, the guard did not quarrel with him. Zuo Erguan has a different opinion from him, and the difference is very big, and he has already lost points in front of Huang Xiong, and if he quarrels with the deputy general, he will not have to make people laugh. Why bother?

When Huang Xiong heard this, when he was worried about Deng County, he was also secretly dissatisfied with the Xiangyang guards. You are a town general, and you can't even hold down a deputy, how can you lead the army to defend one side? He was even more disgusted with the domineering of the deputy general of Xiangyang. The following offenses, especially in the military, are the most tolerated. Huang Xiong said in his heart, when he sees General Xiahou, he will talk to him.

Huang Xiong listened indifferently, and then sighed without emotion, and said: "The people who sent Deng County to ask for help are coming, see you first, and then talk about it." ”

Seeing that Huang Xiong ignored his talking, the deputy general suddenly felt a chill in his heart, he was not a fool, and he immediately sobered up as soon as his head turned. I knew I was offside. It's just that Deng County has his closest relatives, so he was so out of shape before. Now seeing Huang Xiong's attitude, he immediately shut up and sat quietly in his position without saying a word.

The guard was secretly amused in his heart, and glanced at the lieutenant general, you also have today? So he ordered someone to send the soldiers of Deng County to come. Huang Xiong saw Deng County coming to report the news, and asked carefully. Then he said: "I expect that the Han army will come in two ways, one way to attack Luyang, all the way to attack Deng County, and the soldiers to Xiangyang." Then after attacking General Xiahou again. In this way, Deng County cannot afford to lose. Pass my general's order, assemble a large army, and send troops to Deng County. ”

Regardless of the grievances and hatred between the guard general and the deputy general in Xiangyang, Huang Xiong felt that Deng County really couldn't afford to lose. After defeating Deng County, the next target of the Han army must be Xiangyang. And as soon as Deng County is lost, Xiangyang City will be like a person. If Xiangyang is really captured, the Han army will turn around and attack other cities in Nanyang. Now that General Xiahou is far away from Wancheng, Nanyang is really dangerous.

Huang Xiong was a qualified general and quickly grasped the intentions of the Han army. So he made a decision without hesitation. When the adjutant general heard this, he was overjoyed, and looked at the guard general and secretly said General Huang also supported me, and then it will be up to you to explain to General Xiahou. The face of the Xiangyang guard changed, but Huang Xiong saw all this in his eyes, but did not explain. Xindao These two mediocre people are still fighting for power and profit at this time, what is the use of keeping them?

In the afternoon, another group of Han knights pretending to be reinforcements from Deng County arrived. I'm also here to call for reinforcements. Huang Xiong didn't dare to slack off, and repeatedly urged Xiangyang to prepare grain and grass materials and gather soldiers and horses. It's just that a few Han soldiers were sad in their hearts, and they were left behind to act as guides.

A Han Jun frowned and whispered: "Kuye, I didn't expect Nanjun Cao Jun to also come, how can this be good?" ”

The companion sighed: "Now we are trapped in this camp, and this camp is full of Cao troops, but it is not easy to act recklessly, otherwise the slightest carelessness will ruin the general's affairs." ”

After discussing for a long time, they had no choice but to press down the gloom in their hearts and decided to act on the opportunity.

Early in the morning of the second day, the soldiers and horses of Xiangyang began to set off towards Deng County. After Huang Xiong learned about the situation, he left the Xiangyang guards to guard the city and took the Xiangyang deputy general out of the city together. In Huang Xiong's view, selfishness is not terrible, it depends on where it is used. Although he didn't like the deputy general of Xiangyang, in the war in Deng County, the deputy general who was concerned about Deng County was undoubtedly more lethal than the Xiangyang guard.

Before leaving, a Han army tried to stay in Xiangyang City under the pretext of abdominal pain. Huang Xiong didn't care about this kind of trivial matter. With a wave of his hand, tens of thousands of horses rushed towards Deng County.

In the road between Deng County and Xiangyang, there is a valley, where Zhang Fei led 3,000 elite soldiers and was lying here. He discussed with Xu Shu, first intercepted and killed the people and horses of Deng County who reported to Xiangyang in the middle of the road, and after obtaining the seal letter, he sent the Han army to pretend to be Cao Jun, and continuously urged reinforcements to Xiangyang, and when the reinforcements from Xiangyang arrived, they were intercepted and killed in the middle of the road.

After defeating the Xiangyang reinforcements, he took the power of a great victory and returned to Deng County. Deng County will inevitably not be able to hold on to the situation where foreign aid is destroyed. After breaking Deng County and resting for a while, you can calmly go south and attack Xiangyang.

Even the wise can make mistakes. The two of them did a lot of calculations, but they didn't count that the reinforcements from Nanjun had arrived in Xiangyang so quickly. Huang Xiong came with a large army, and Zhang Fei was a little anxious at the ambush.

He didn't even think that there would be so many enemy troops. After 10,000 soldiers, the concept is completely different. Zhang Fei is not afraid that he will not be able to beat him. I don't want this battle to be a stalemate.

He fought deep into the enemy's territory, lacking replenishment, and the soldiers in his hands were very valuable, and if he died in battle, he would lose one. Even if prisoners can be captured, there is still a process for converting prisoners of war into combatants, and this combat effectiveness is certainly not as good as before.

So now Zhang Fei has a little headache, let's fight, it will definitely be a mess, with mental calculation or unintentional, he will definitely be able to win, but the loss on his side will definitely not be less.

If you don't fight, let these 10,000 people run to Deng County, how can Xu Yuanzhi stop it there. If the soldiers and horses of Deng County and this support soldier come together inside and outside, it will be over.

This tangled emotion is just a moment. Then Zhang Fei made a decision, he raised his hand, waved it down, and ordered: "Kill!" ”

As soon as the herald waved the flag, the rumbling drums sounded. In an instant, ten thousand arrows were fired!