Although Zhang Fei used five hundred cavalry as bait to lure out Ma Chao's ambush, and then he came back with a praying mantis to catch cicadas and yellow sparrows, he still couldn't resist Ma Chao's strong forces.

At the beginning of the battle, Zhang Fei led the army to sneak attack Ma Chao's back, and did achieve some results, but as Ma Chao turned his gun, came to meet him, and gradually stabilized his position, Zhang Fei led the army to clash several times and could not rush in.

The five hundred elite cavalry who broke into Ma Chao's barracks were completely surrounded inside, and under the cover of Pang De, the cavalry died one after another, and the number became smaller and smaller.

At this time, more and more Qiang people were killed from the barracks, and they either scattered on both wings and greeted Zhang Fei and others with bows and arrows, or rushed forward and joined the battle circle.

Those who were going to set fire to the camp did not succeed, and were either killed or shot through the body by arrows.

Five hundred cavalry, in a moment, there were less than a hundred left, but Zhang Wei was still shooting at Xu Huang.

Xu Huang and Zhang Wei shot more than a dozen arrows at each other, each time the two of them were equal, for Xu Huang, someone could compete with him so heartily in archery, he seemed to be enjoying this wonderful moment, and ordered not to let people release cold arrows at Zhang Wei, let alone kill him at will, only he could kill Zhang Wei.

Soon, a pot of arrows was shot, and when Zhang Wei went to draw the arrows again, he found that the arrows in the quiver he was carrying had been exhausted, and there was only a lone bow left in his hand.

Zhang Wei was nervous in his heart, this was the first time he had encountered such a battle situation, and he knew that he would definitely die. He glanced around. But he saw that there were enemy troops all around. The five hundred cavalry who came with him were all killed. Corpses were everywhere, rivers of blood flowed, the rich smell of blood filled his sense of smell, and the scarlet scene filled his visual nerves.

At this time, Xu Huang squeezed out of the crowd and said to Zhang Wei: "Now you are left alone, do you still want to continue to resist?" For your sake, you're good at archery. I intend to take you as my personal soldier, would you like to? ”

Zhang Wei looked far outside the camp, but saw that everywhere he could see was a sea of people, but he couldn't see a single Sichuan army, all of them were Han soldiers in red uniforms, although there was still a sound of fighting at the gate of the camp, but he understood that the Sichuan army could no longer rush here to rescue them.

But Zhang Wei is still young, and there are still unlimited opportunities, if he dies like this. It's just not worth it.

So, Zhang Wei threw the big bow in his hand to the ground. knelt down on Xu Huang's knees, kowtowed, and said, "Thanks to the general's affordability, I am willing to surrender!" ”

Xu Huang was so happy that he personally helped Zhang Wei up and asked, "What's your name?" ”

"Zhang Wei."

"Okay, your archery skills are good, on par with me, from now on, you will follow my side, I promise not to treat you badly." Xu Huang said happily.

"Whoa!"

The five hundred cavalry in the camp were all killed except for Zhang Wei, who surrendered, and the brief chaos restored calm, while everyone's goal turned outward, shouting against the Sichuan army outside.

Zhang Fei commanded the army to charge forward, but Ma Chao's army was extremely defensive, and there were many people, and the five hundred cavalry did not set off any waves in the battalion.

Ma Chao did not lead the army to chase after him, because he was worried that he would lose his troops if he fell for Zhang Fei's tricks.

In this battle, Zhang Fei did not take advantage of the slightest advantage, but lost his troops and lost his generals, and in a fit of anger, he decided to close the city gate and no longer fight.

On the contrary, Ma Chao and the others got a huge gain, dismantled Zhang Fei's conspiracy, and let Xu Huang receive a sharpshooter, although there were also casualties, but the number was not much, only one-third of Zhang Feijun's dead soldiers.

After repelling Zhang Fei, Ma Chao ordered to clean up the battlefield, gather all the corpses, and then dig a huge pit to bury them.

In Jia Meng Pass, Zhang Fei was angry, and when he learned that Zhang Wei was trapped in Ma Chao's camp and failed to escape, he also regretted his rash actions for a while.

Now that Li Yan is injured and Huang Quan has returned to Chengdu, Zhang Wei's life and death are uncertain, and the morale of the entire army is very low, he can't help but feel that he is very incompetent and not worthy of being the lord at all.

And the more he came to this time, the more he missed the dead Liu Bei and Guan Yu, when the three brothers were together in the past, there would be a discussion about everything, and now Liu Bei and Guan Yu have left him, leaving him alone in this world, but he feels very lonely.

"Lord, our army has been defeated again and again, and the morale is very low, why don't you send someone to invite the military division?" Liu Xiandao.

Zhang Fei said: "That's all. ”

In order to show his sincerity and the urgency of the situation here, Zhang Fei sent Peng Tuo to ask for Fa Zheng, and in order not to delay time, Peng Tuo went overnight.

In this battle, Zhang Fei did not lose much, but for Zhang Fei, what he lost was confidence. There seemed to be more Han troops outside the city than before, it seemed that reinforcements had arrived, and he also vaguely saw the siege equipment in the camp. Hopefully, tomorrow morning, the Han army will start attacking the city.

……

In the camp of the Han army, everyone was immersed in a cheer of victory, and in the big tent of the Chinese army, Ma Chao said to Pang Tong with a happy face: "If it weren't for the timely arrival of the military division, I'm afraid that I would definitely suffer a lot of losses tonight, and there ......."

As he spoke, Ma Chao turned his face to Xu Huang and said, "And General Xu, if it weren't for General Xu's timely rescue, I'm afraid I would have died." ”

"It's just a gesture of treatment, not a lot of worry." Xu Huang said lightly.

Ma Chao suddenly asked, "I heard that General Xu captured the archer who shot me with an arrow, can you hand him over to me to deal with?" ”

Xu Huang said: "General Ma, not a prisoner, but a surrender, he is now my subordinate." ”

Ma Chao said: "General Xu is already a very superb archery person, and it would be a bit overkill to keep such an archer by his side, right?" There is a shortage of such people around me, why don't you give him to me by General Xu? ”

Xu Huang smiled and said: "General Ma is skilled in bowing and horses, far more superb than me, he is already overkill if he stays by my side, isn't it overkill by General Ma's side?" Besides, General Ma's subordinates are very good at archery, and there are not many more than him, and there are many less of him, so why do you have to rob me. You know, my subordinates don't have such good archery skills. Please forgive General Ma, I can't give this person to General Ma. ”

Ma Chao saw that Xu Huang didn't give an inch, and didn't say anything anymore, after all, it's not good to be stiff, not to mention that it's just an archer, it's not worth it, and Xu Huang also saved his life at a critical time, so he shouldn't be like this.

In fact, when Ma Chao asked Xu Huang for this person, he didn't want to keep him by his side, but this person almost wanted his life, and he wanted to kill him to prevent future troubles.

But because Xu Huang was there to block it, it could only be done.

At this time, Ma Chao turned his head to Pang Tong and said, "Strategist, since the siege weapons have been transported, can we attack tomorrow?" ”

Pang Tong said: "Although Jiameng Pass is the gateway to Shuzhong, as far as I know, behind Jiameng Pass, there are many passes, and there are several passes that are even stronger than the defense of Jiameng Pass. Moreover, the Shu road is difficult, we are an expedition, it is extremely inconvenient to transport grain, we can not get any support in Shu, it is not possible to storm the Jiameng Pass, but when the Jiameng Pass is opened, where should we go? ”

Ma Chao said: "Naturally, he led the army to continue to advance, until Chengdu, until the enemy surrendered!" ”

Pang Tong shook his head and said, "This is just a decision. ”

"What's the best strategy for the military advisor?" Ma Chao asked.

Pang Tong said: "We can surrender without a fight......"

"How do you surrender without a fight?" Ma Chao asked.

Pang Tong said: "Didn't you say before that many local scholars in Zhang Fei's subordinates were not convinced by Zhang Fei?" We can make a fuss about this, send people to infiltrate the Chengdu area, secretly meet with the Yizhou Shi clan, and let them wait for the opportunity to rebel against Zhang Fei, so that Zhang Fei can be difficult to take care of, and we can take it step by step, conquering the city is not the ultimate goal, subduing the people and the Shi clan of Yizhou is the ultimate goal. Therefore, we should establish good relations with the local people and squires every time we occupy a place, so that they can know the benefits of our Han and make their hearts and minds ......."

Ma Chao couldn't get used to hearing the words of these scribes, so he interrupted Pang Tong's words and said, "These are just afterwords, let's take Jia Mengguan first." More than half of my army are Qiang, so the sooner you capture Yizhou, the better, otherwise, once the time passes, I am worried that the Qiang people will start to get bored and lose their sharpness. ”

Xu Huang said: "Okay, then early tomorrow morning, I will lead the army to start attacking the city......"

"Nope! General Xu came from afar, and he is not very familiar with this place, so it is better to have a good rest, and the siege of the city will be left to us to do well. Ma Chao retorted.

Xu Huang smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, then it's up to General Ma tomorrow." ”

Ma Chao had already decided to attack the city, gathered his subordinates and the leaders of the Qiang people overnight, and began to discuss how to attack the city tomorrow.

The siege weapons have arrived, and everyone is gearing up, waiting for a good victory, no matter how tightly the defense of Jiameng Pass is, it must be taken tomorrow. Everyone is looking forward to going to Jiameng Pass tomorrow to drink wine and eat meat......

And Zhang Fei in Jia Meng Pass seemed to have foreseen that Ma Chao would attack the city tomorrow, so he arranged the defense overnight, strengthened the defense on the city tower, and just waited for tomorrow's battle. (To be continued......)