In the middle of June 197, the weather gradually entered the late spring and early summer, and the grass and trees of Bowangpo also brought a bit of early summer.

The Xiahou Yuan division of the Cao army, which had confronted Zhu Wei's subordinate Xiong Lu battalion at Bowangpo for two days, finally launched an offensive against the area occupied by Zhu Wei's army in Bowangpo.

Before Xiahou Yuan launched the offensive, he naturally found out about some small roads in Bowangpo through Zhang Xiu's side, so Xiahou Yuan had already sent a lot of elite soldiers and secretly sneaked behind some dangerous places where Zhu Wei's army was stationed.

Therefore, when Xiahou Yuan sent troops to attack, these lurking elite soldiers also suddenly attacked in the rear, which inevitably made Zhu Wei's garrison army at a loss and had to abandon the defense and retreat.

But it can also be said that six of these six or seven dangerous places were abandoned and retreated by Zhu Wei's army.

Therefore, Zhu Wei's army only lost more than 1,000 people in this day, and more defenders retreated safely to a safe place in the rear.

However, in the end, Xiahou Yuan's offensive was also blocked at a narrow cliff on the Xianghan Pass Road of Bowangpo, and the Xianghan Pass Road on this side seemed to pass through a worm intestine valley road, as if passing through a broken cliff cave, so the cliffs on both sides of the pass road were also a rare natural pass in Bowangpo.

Even if Xiahou Yuan could send elite troops to make a detour, he would not be able to threaten the cliffs formed by the hills on both sides of the pass.

Therefore, the offensive of the Cao army on this day could only temporarily stop in front of this natural pass.

At this time, Xiahou Yuan's Cao army also occupied one-third of the northern part of the Bowangpo Xianghan Pass, and Xiahou Yuan's main army also set up the military camp at the north end of the Bowangpo Xianghan Pass, and Zhang Xiu's military village was set up on the side of the Cao army's military village under Xiahou Yuan.

However, in the face of the natural pass in front of him, Xiahou Yuan also felt a little embarrassed, so after the end of the war that day, Xiahou Yuan invited Zhang Xiu to his army to discuss.

This time, in the military tent of Xiahou Yuan's main camp, it can be regarded as gathering all the generals of Xiahou Yuan's Cao army, Che Xuan, Le Jin, Xiahou Ba, and Xiahou Nan, as well as Cheng Yu, the military advisor sent by Cao Cao to assist Xiahou Yuan.

In Xiahou Yuan's military tent, there is also a military map of Bowangpo unfolding, before Zhang Xiu arrived, Xiahou Yuan had discussed with Cheng Yu, Che Zhou, Le Jin and others for a while.

Now seeing Zhang Xiu coming, Xiahou Yuan smiled and saluted Zhang Xiu, "General Zhang is here, today's battle is thanks to General Zhang sending people to guide the way, so that our army can capture seven dangerous places in a row!" General Zhang's merits, a certain family will inevitably return to Cao Gong, and after this battle, Cao Gong will also be rewarded for his merits! ”

This Xiahou Yuan looks slender, and his appearance also looks a little powerful, Xiahou Yuan can be regarded as the confidant and family general around Cao Cao, and he has deep Cao Cao's trust, and he has led the soldiers and horses as the main general many times.

Now he is just forty years old, which can be regarded as the prime of life, coupled with his status in Cao Cao's army, it can really be regarded as a high-spirited state, but he does not have much arrogance, and when he sees Zhang Xiu at this moment, his posture is also very enthusiastic.

"General Xiahou is polite, this is what Zhang should do! I don't know if General Xiahou invited Zhang to come here, but what difficulties did he encounter? ”

Zhang Xiu knew in his heart that he was actually surrendering, but the more he did, of course, his posture would be more polite, plus Jia Xu had already instructed him before, in fact, he also guessed that this time Xiahou Yuan attacked Bowangpo, where he might encounter difficulties.

Now that his eyes glanced at the map of Nabo Wangpo, he was even more sure where Xiahou Yuan and the others were blocked, well, everything seemed to be within Mr. Jia Xu's expectations.

In this way, Zhang Xiu understood that it was time for him to carry out Jia Xu's next strategy.

Over there, Xiahou Yuan glanced at Zhang Xiu's eyes, and knew that Zhang Xiu had seen something, so he smiled and said, "Yes, this insect intestine valley road, two mountain cliffs are protruding, like a natural city wall, both sides need ropes to climb up, occupied by the army of Zhu Wei, even if it is attacked on both sides, it is difficult to easily attack, I don't know what good strategy General Zhang has?" ”

Zhang Xiu thought about the words that Jia Xu had instructed before, and at this moment he deliberately glanced at the military tent, on this side, Che Xuan and Le Jin are obvious images of northern men, and Xiahou Ba and Xiahou Nan are standing on the edge of the military tent with a childish face.

Then in a dimly lit place, there stood an old man who seemed to be a little tall and fat, he seemed to be completely unthreatening, with a little smile on his face, his eyes were slightly squinted, and when he saw Zhang Xiu looking at him, the old man also bowed slightly to Zhang Xiu and nodded, which was a simple nodding salute.

But Zhang Xiu knew very well that this should be Cheng Yu, the strategist of Cao Jun who Jia Xu told him to be careful, so Zhang Xiu also nodded at Cheng Yu.

Then Zhang Xiu put his eyes back on the map of Bowangpo, took a few steps to the side of the map, pointed out a mountain route and said, "Well, Zhang also knows that this insect intestine valley road is indeed difficult to attack, but we can completely put down this insect intestine valley road, there is a mountain path on this side, you can directly reach this side, as far as Zhang knows, this side should be the main camp of Zhu Weijun's Xiong Lu camp!" If our army can sneak attack this battalion and defeat the main force of this Xionglu battalion, the Zhu Wei defenders on this worm intestine valley road will naturally retreat without a fight! ”

"Oh, sneak attack on the main village of the Xionglu camp?"

Listening to Zhang Xiu's words, Xiahou Yuan's expression moved, he was also a person who liked to surprise and sneak attack, if he could sneak attack Zhu Wei's Xionglu camp in Bowangpo from the trail, then he could attack Zhu Wei's Xionglu camp in one fell swoop, and he could indeed decide Bowangpo in one battle.

"That's right, let's do it, this mountain path, only I know best, I can personally lead the elite five thousand in the army, from the mountain path, to sneak attack the Xionglu camp of the military village, if it is successful, General Xiahou can lead troops to help, then the Zhu Wei soldiers who want to come to the worm intestine valley road see that the main camp is destroyed, and there will be no heart to defend the army!"

Zhang Xiu seemed to have made up his mind, turned his head to Xiahou Yuan and said, as if he had done this as a vote for Cao Jun.

"What, General Zhang wants to personally lead the troops to attack? How can General Zhang take risks with such things, no, no, General Zhang only needs to send someone to guide the way, Xiahou Ba, you lead 2,000 archers and 3,000 foot soldiers, to sneak attack the enemy's main village, can you dare! ”

Xiahou Yuan listened to Zhang Xiu's words, obviously disagreed with Zhang Xiu to take the risk, and then put this military order in his son Xiahou Ba, looked at the young Xiahou Ba, and asked solemnly......