Zhang Xiu spent three whole days to besiege the people in the Snake Valley, and in the end, the barbarians, the Shanyue warriors, were all forced to surrender, and by the time they came out of the Snake Valley, they were already dying of hunger, and they were all weak.

Zhang Xiu asked people to bring them food, and when these people saw the food, their eyes were glowing green, and they all pounced directly on the food like hungry wolves, and ate all the food into their stomachs like a whirlwind.

In this battle, Zhang Xiu's side also suffered a lot of casualties, mainly caused by Zhang Fei's breakthrough, and even his henchman Hu Che'er died here.

But in this battle, Zhang Xiu's harvest was not small, and Zhang Fei's department was severely damaged, and the barbarian king Shamoke led all the people to surrender.

It's just that Zhang Xiu didn't like Shamoke very much, and wanted to kill Shamoke, but considering that he led the people to surrender, if he killed him without permission, he was afraid that it would arouse the dissatisfaction of the barbarians, so he endured it.

After the nearly 20,000 captives were full of food and drink, Zhang Xiu and Hao Zhao drove these surrendered troops directly to Linyuan City.

During the three days of siege here, Zhang Xiu was not idle, he sent scouts to inquire about the news, and at the same time besieged the enemy troops in the Snake Valley.

It wasn't until yesterday that Zhang Xiu learned that Yang Xiu and Huang Zhong together attacked Linyuan City and captured the city while he was fighting a decisive battle with Zhang Fei, Sha Moke and others in the Snake Valley.

So, Zhang Xiu gathered his soldiers and horses and went to Linyuan City to join Yang Xiu.

It turned out that when Yang Xiu gave Zhang Xiu a plan, he derived another strategy, he thought that Zhang Fei and Zhang Xiu would fight a decisive battle in the Snake Valley. Most of the soldiers and horses must be taken with them. Then Linyuan City will be empty. So Yang Xiu suggested to Huang Zhong that Huang Zhong lead five thousand elite foot soldiers, stop the banner, secretly cross Chencang, and quietly came to Linyuan City, and then suddenly launched a fierce attack on Linyuan City. couldn't resist it, so he had to withdraw from the city, which was occupied by Huang Zhong and Yang Xiu.

At the same time, Yang Xiu, who led the cavalry to pursue Zhang Fei, also returned in vain and retreated to Linyuan City.

When Yang Xiu was at the three-way intersection, he fell for Zhang Fei, but he didn't expect Zhang Fei to go in the direction of Changsha, and they chased for more than 20 miles, but they were never able to catch up.

But. Where Zhang Fei went, Yang Xiu couldn't know for a while. Moreover, the cavalry under his subordinates were already sleepy and lacking horses, so they had to collect their troops and return to Linyuan City to make other plans.

When Yang Xiu returned to Linyuan City with the five hundred cavalry, he asked the five hundred cavalry to return to the barracks by himself, and he went straight to Huang Zhong.

At this moment, Huang Zhong was still pacing in the hall, and Yang Xiu took his soldiers and horses to pursue Zhang Fei, and he didn't know if Lu Dao would be caught up by Yang Xiu.

At this moment, a clear shout suddenly came from the door: "Yang has joined the army!" ”

After Huang Zhong heard this, he immediately calmed down and walked straight towards the door, but seeing that Yang Xiu had already strode in, he hurriedly asked, "Yang joined the army, did you catch up with Zhang Fei?" ”

Yang Xiu looked frustrated, shook his head and said: "Zhang Fei is quite resourceful, when I led the army to pursue to a three-way intersection, I was deceived by the suspicious array laid by Zhang Fei, so that I chased in the wrong direction, and made people sleepy, and now I don't know where Zhang Fei is, so I had no choice but to come back first." ”

"This Zhang Fei doesn't look rough in appearance, he is actually a very careful person, and there are many unexpected strategies, but it doesn't matter, Zhang Fei will be caught sooner or later anyway, don't be discouraged when you join the army." Huang Zhong comforted.

Yang Xiu sneered and said, "If someone hadn't deliberately let him live, Zhang Fei would have died on the battlefield a long time ago......"

After Huang Zhong heard this, he chuckled in his heart, and was inexplicably nervous, and secretly thought, could it be that his small actions were discovered by Yang Xiu? But his face was still very calm, and he asked, "Yang joins the army, what do you mean by this?" I don't understand! ”

Yang Xiu said: "General Huang, we don't say foolish things when we understand people, you shoot Zhang Fei with an arrow without an arrow, do you think I can't see it, or do you think I'm blind?" ”

Huang Zhong frowned, what Yang Xiu said couldn't be more straightforward, his small movements were really seen by Yang Xiu. His arrows are so fast, that is, in the blink of an eye, and in the process of the arrows spinning at high speed, it is impossible for you to see whether the arrows have arrows or not, not to mention that Yang Xiu was still standing on the city wall at that time, so far away from him, his eyes could be so good?

No matter how Yang Xiu found out, Huang Zhong at this moment was difficult to argue, so he didn't plan to quibble, and said directly to Yang Xiu: "Since it was discovered by Yang Xianjun, then I have nothing to say." It's my fault first, Yang Senjun can take this matter to His Royal Highness King Yan, kill or chop, and listen to it. ”

Yang Xiudao: "General Huang, I just want to know Lu Dao, why do you want to do this?" Don't you know how important Zhang Fei's head is? The reason why I would offer advice to General Huang and come to take Linyuan was that I had already expected that Zhang Fei would break through and deliberately send this credit to General Huang's mouth, but I didn't know that General Huang didn't even eat the duck in his mouth, and if he didn't eat it, he even let him go, if this matter reached the ears of King Yan, General Huang really couldn't tell. ”

Huang Zhong said: "The eldest husband only wants to have a clear conscience in doing things, I, Huang Zhong, am a man who stands up to the sky, and I do this just to repay Liu Bei's kindness to me in the past." Yang joined the army, this matter was decided by me alone, it has nothing to do with my subordinates, they don't know about it, the blame is only on me, I hope Yang will treat my subordinates well after joining the army......"

didn't wait for Huang Zhong to finish speaking, but heard Yang Xiu say: "General Huang's subordinates, General Huang brought it himself, I don't want to be implicated by them, I am just sent by His Royal Highness King Yan to join the army, and I am only responsible for giving advice to General Huang." As for what General Huang did and said, I don't know anything. I won't play King Yan in this matter, General Huang attaches great importance to love and righteousness, which is very rare, and even if Zhang Fei is really shot, the enemy will desperately take Zhang Fei's body away. If you want to get Zhang Fei's head. Also unlikely. And so it passed. I hope General Huang doesn't take it to heart anymore, but I want to know, is General Huang's kindness finished? ”

"It's over!" Huang Zhong said, "In the future, if I fight against any of Zhang Fei and Guan Yu on the battlefield again, I will no longer show mercy!" Some are just loyal to King Yan! ”

Yang Xiu said: "That's good, then in this case, I will rest assured." General Huang, I have some other things to do. I won't bother. ”

As soon as the words fell, Yang Xiu turned around and left, Huang Zhong sent Yang Xiu out of the hall, looked at Yang Xiu's distant back, and secretly thought in his heart: "Yang Xiu chose to hide this matter, could it be that he has another purpose?" ”

Huang Zhong couldn't figure it out, but in any case, the matter passed like this, but Huang Zhong owed Yang Xiu a favor at this time. Let's pay it back when we have a chance in the future!

After Yang Xiu left the hall, he went back to his room to rest. He is a smart man, although he has discovered this clue about Huang Zhong. But he didn't dare to report it to Zhang Yan, the king of Yan, easily, because even if he did, Zhang Yan would not punish Huang Zhong, but after hearing Huang Zhong's explanation, he would feel that Huang Zhong valued love and righteousness and was a useful general.

The most important thing is that now to practice the navy, Huang Zhong is also needed to preside over the overall situation, he is a veteran of Jingzhou, I dare not say that everyone respects him, but at least no one dares to make trouble under his hands, it is Zhang Yan who uses it to deal with Jiangdong's future dependence, how can Zhang Yan be stupid enough to punish Huang Zhong at this juncture?

Yang Xiu chose not to say it, just to let Huang Zhong remember his kindness, maybe there will be a place to use him in the future, this is not to blackmail Huang Zhong, but to make Huang Zhong himself grateful, and to deal with people like Huang Zhong, he can only use this method.

Two days later, Zhang Xiu, Huang Zhong, Yang Xiu and others met in Linyuan City, after which, Huang Zhong and Yang Xiu returned to Dongting Lake to continue training the navy, and Zhang Xiu was injured and also needed to go back to recuperate, so Hao Zhao became the general stationed in Wuling, leading more than 10,000 people to be stationed in Linyuan City, waiting for new orders at any time.

In order to prevent the barbarian king Shamoke from rebelling again, Zhang Xiu took Shamoke to Xiangyang in the name of meeting the king of Yan, and the barbarian soldiers under Shamoke were all dispatched by Hao Zhao.

At the same time, Zhang Fei and others fled all the way to Yuanling City, which is still the boundary of Wuling County, located in the south of Wuling County, and Changsha County and Lingling County are very close, eighty miles to the east is the boundary of Changsha County, and one hundred miles to the south is the boundary of Lingling County, which is at the junction of the three counties.

Although it is a place to rush, but because the Miao people, barbarians and other ethnic minorities live here together, it is a place that has not been opened, there are few Han people here, and the customs and habits of various ethnic groups are also different, and Yuanling is located at the southeast foot of Wuling Mountain and the northeast tail of Xuefeng Mountain at the intersection of many mountains and hills, and the road is more difficult to walk, so this area is also relatively remote.

When Zhang Fei and the others arrived in Yuanling County, the county magistrate hurriedly responded and learned that Zhang Fei had an injury on his foot, so he found a famous local witch doctor to treat him. The witch doctor applied an unknown herb and applied it to Zhang Fei's foot, which made Zhang Fei's foot injury better, and he was able to walk on the ground the next day.

It's just that Zhang Fei couldn't face the defeat of the two battles of Pansnake Valley and Linyuan, and he almost lost his life twice. Now the remnants of the defeated army will add up to more than 800 people, which is a world of difference from the previous days.

In addition to Zhang Fei, Fa Zheng was also disappointed, but he didn't expect that he offered Zhang Fei a plan for the first time, almost took Zhang Fei's life, and almost wiped out the whole army.

When Fa Zheng came to Zhang Fei, he blamed himself for a while, Zhang Fei just waved his hand, saying that he did not complain about Fa Zheng in this matter, but only blamed the enemy army for having a clever person who saw through this strategy.

However, what to do next, Zhang Fei ran out of ideas.

It stands to reason that his first thought was to go to Changsha to join Guan Yu, but in fact, Zhang Fei felt that if he was defeated, Guan Yu's situation would not be much better. If you go rashly, you will definitely fall into the net.

For this reason, Zhang Fei decided that everyone would take a temporary break in this remote place in Yuanling County, while he sent scouts to Changsha to inquire about the news and see what the situation was there, and then make a decision. (To be continued......)