Zhang Wei's archery skills are unparalleled, this is still Zhang Fei's accidental discovery, on the second day when Zhang Fei accepted Zhang Wei as a personal soldier, Zhang Fei accidentally saw the scene when Zhang Wei practiced archery, and praised Zhang Wei's 100 shots and 100 strokes.

However, Zhang Wei has never had the opportunity to show himself, and this time, Zhang Fei gave him a good opportunity to show himself, so that the soldiers in the Sichuan army were impressed by Zhang Wei.

Even Liu Xian, who has always had a good relationship with Zhang Fei, was very curious about when Zhang Fei had such an archery master by his side.

After Zhang Wei came down from the city wall, Liu Xian chased after him and directly called Zhang Wei.

"I don't know what the general commands to shout humble?" Zhang Wei turned his head and saw that it was Liu Xian, so he bowed and asked by the way.

Liu Xian said: "I can't talk about it, I'm just a little curious, I have a question for you." ”

Zhang Wei arched his hand and said, "Please ask the general!" ”

"Since you are so good at archery, why didn't you shoot Pound with one arrow just now?" Liu Xiandao.

Zhang Wei said: "Pang De was standing about one hundred and twenty steps away, too far away, I was aiming at him, trying to shoot him to death, but the arrow still deviated some directions, affected by the wind. If it was sunny and there was no wind, this person would have been pierced through my throat by an arrow. ”

"I see, I thought you were merciful?" Liu Xiandao.

Zhang Wei said: "He is an enemy, my arrows will never show mercy to the enemy's subordinates, and the next time I have the opportunity, I will definitely kill him." If the general has nothing else to do, I'll report to the lord. ”

"Go ahead."

Liu Xian looked at Zhang Wei's distant back, and smiled with satisfaction in his heart: "There can be such an archer staying by the lord's side." Presumably, the lord will be able to sit back and relax in the future, right? ”

At this time, Zhang Fei had already returned to the official office. Zhang Wei went back to Zhang Fei to return to him. There was also a trace of regret in the conversation, and he said to Zhang Fei: "If there is no wind today, Pang De would be a dead corpse by now." ”

Zhang Fei knew that Zhang Wei's archery skills were superb, but Zhang Wei's task had been completed, and whether Pang De lived or died, it didn't matter much to him. After all, that letter is the ultimate goal, and once Zhang Wei's archery skills are revealed, they will inevitably let the enemy know. In the Sichuan army, not all are incompetent.

Of course, if Pound can be shot to death, it will be the best result, because in this way, it is equivalent to Ma Chao missing an arm. But Pound did not die, which means that his life should not be extinguished.

And Zhang Fei is still thinking about one thing, if Pang De dies, it will be difficult to talk about things with Ma Chao in the future. Fortunately, Zhang Wei's arrow didn't take Pound's life, otherwise. He is bound to become mortal enemies with Ma Chao.

"Your mission is done, nothing else matters. All right. Thank you for your hard work, you go down and rest first, if there is anything, I will send someone to inform you. Zhang Fei said.

"No!"

Zhang Wei exited the room where Zhang Fei was, and as soon as he walked with his front foot, Liu Xian walked in from the outside with his back foot, and just collided with Zhang Wei head-on.

Zhang Wei's official position was not as high as Liu Xian's, so he naturally saluted Liu Xian, and then left quickly.

Liu Xian also has great respect for Zhang Wei, because Zhang Wei's archery skills are so powerful, so powerful that he can admire Cheng Dù.

"See the lord!" Liu Xian withdrew the envy on Zhang Wei, walked to the room where Zhang Fei was, and arched his hand.

Zhang Fei waved his hand, signaling Liu Xian to be exempt, then raised his hand, pointed to a seat beside him, and said, "Brother Xian, please take a seat!" ”

Liu Xian stood in place and did not move, but respectfully bowed his hand to Zhang Fei and said, "Lord, there is a letter from the enemy army!" ”

Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect the other party to reply to the letter so quickly, and immediately asked Liu Xian to show him the letter.

After the letter was opened, Zhang Fei hurriedly glanced at it, laughed, and then said to Liu Xian: "Ma Chao agreed to my request to meet, and the time is set for today's Shenshi, and the location is outside Jiameng Pass, in front of the two armies. ”

Liu Xian knew the strategy that Huang Quan had offered to Zhang Fei, and asked, "Then do you want to prepare?" ”

Zhang Fei waved his hand and said: "Ma Chao is not an idle person, if there was an ambush earlier, he would not have come out to see me at all." What I want to talk to him about is a big matter, and there must not be any idle people present, otherwise, this matter will not be able to be discussed at all, and it will also make Ma Chao distrust me. ”

"But if you don't strengthen your precautions, what if Ma Chao cheats over there?" Liu Xian said worriedly.

Zhang Fei smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about this, I have my own arrangements." ”

After Liu Xian left, Zhang Fei immediately asked people to call Zhang Wei back, and then asked Zhang Wei to personally select nine soldiers with high archery skills, and then gathered them all together and arranged a task for them.

Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was time for Shen, and Ma Chao was already ready, waiting to meet Zhang Fei.

At this time, Pang De walked into Ma Chao's camp and said to Ma Chao: "General, do you really plan to go alone?" ”

"Is there anything wrong?" Ma Chao asked rhetorically.

"The subordinates thought that the general was still a little hasty, at least he should bring some relatives with him, as the saying goes, you can't hurt people, but you can't have the heart to prevent people. The general is above board, but not necessarily the other party is as bright as the general. Besides, the matter of the sharpshooter I told the general today is also worth letting the general take precautions, don't fall into Zhang Fei's trap. Pound said bitterly.

Ma Chao didn't answer immediately, but was thinking about something faintly, as if Pang De's words had some effect on him. Pound never praises people lightly, and will never damage a person lightly, his words have always been fair and objective, today Pound has been constantly praising the archer in the enemy army, it can be seen that Pound is very jealous of the archer, which is equivalent to admitting the strength of the archer.

After a while, Ma Chao asked, "Then how do you think I should deal with this matter?" ”

The last general thought that when a number of archers who were good at archery were selected from the army, they would go with the general. It is possible to lie in ambush behind the general. Once something happens. They can also fire arrows in the shadows to help the general escape. If the enemy army has an ambush, they can also resist the general for a while, so as not to put the general in a difficult place. Pang Dejian said.

Ma Chao thought for a moment, then said: "Okay, just do what you want, select twenty elite shooters, and ambush them on both sides of the road." Just in case. ”

"Whoa!"

Pound received the order, turned around and went out of the tent, selecting twenty elite marksmen from the army. Among them, the Qiang people are the majority, with seventeen people, and the other three are Han people under Ma Chao.

The Qiang people are an ethnic minority, and they have learned to ride and shoot since childhood, and controlling horses and controlling bowstrings are the two things they are best at. This time, in order to attack Shu, Ma Chao abandoned the cavalry troops and let the Qiang people advance on foot, precisely because the Shu Road was difficult to travel. Moreover, the cavalry played a very small role in Yizhou, so it was discarded.

So. The Qiang people who followed Ma Chao to Xichuan were, in a sense, become lame people who lost their legs, and the only thing they could do was the bow and arrow in their hands.

Most of the seventeen elite archers selected by Pang De from the Qiang people are the commanders of the Qiang tribe, and all of them are the leading marksmen in the tribe, and they are also very superb in archery. The other three were Ma Chao's subordinates, and these three people were recognized as marksmen in the army.

Although Ma Chao is in Liangzhou, not all of his army are cavalry, because it costs a lot of money and food to feed a cavalry, so Ma Chao's army is still mostly infantry, supplemented by cavalry. Moreover, since Ma Chao hired the Lijing people, he saw the super teamwork style of the Lijing people when they fought, so he asked the Lijing people to teach his army how to coordinate operations, and the whole army also felt a bit of a Lijing people.

Therefore, in his army, there are relatively few crossbowmen, and those who are good at archery only appear in Ma Chao's guards, and the people in them are all carefully selected by Ma Chao, and they are mixed talents who are proficient in various weapons such as horse archery, spears, and swords, and they are also the elite of Ma Chao's subordinates.

Seeing that Shen's time was approaching, Pang De arranged in advance for these twenty sharpshooters to ambush on both sides of the place where Zhang Fei and Ma Chao met, the main purpose was to protect Ma Chao.

At the same time, Zhang Wei also took nine shooters out of Jiameng Pass and quietly ambushed him, plus Zhang Wei himself, a total of ten people, single-handedly protecting Zhang Fei's safety.

At three o'clock, Ma Chao set off from the camp on a war horse alone, he was still wearing armor all over his body, and this time in order to prevent someone from sneaking up with a secret arrow, he wore another layer of chain mail in the iron armor, and the defense was very safe and thoughtful.

And Zhang Fei also came out of Jia Meng Pass alone, and the two came to the meeting place almost at the same time.

The two of them were twenty paces apart, and they could hear each other as long as they spoke.

After meeting the two, Ma Chao first asked: "General Zhang, you and I are at the moment of war, and at this time, you suddenly asked me to meet, could it be that you know how powerful I am and want to surrender?" ”

"Hehe......" Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I never thought about surrendering, General Ma thought about it a lot." I asked General Ma to come this time, in fact, for the sake of General Ma's future. ”

"For me?" Ma Chao sneered and asked, "Then I want to hear what General Zhang is going to say to me." ”

"General Ma is a famous general, but today he has become someone else's minion, shouldn't he feel sad?" Zhang Fei asked straight to the point.

"I am the general of Zhenxi of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liangzhou Mu, with more than 100,000 heavy soldiers, guarding Xiliang for the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and I am an important minister of the imperial court, and I came to crusade against General Zhang this time, and I am also on the order of the Son of Heaven, and my name is right, is it someone else's minions that General Zhang said?" Ma Chao fought back.

"General Ma really doesn't know or doesn't know? The Han court has long existed in name only, and the current Han Dynasty is all in the hands of Zhang Yan's traitor, and the order of the Son of Heaven is just Zhang Yan's trick to fool the ministers, is General Ma willing to be a minion for such an ambitious person? Zhang Fei said.

Ma Chao laughed and said, "I thought you would say something, but it turned out to be just these useless words." In this case, I, Ma Chao, don't bother to listen to you say so much, if it is decided today, only Xishu is not peaceful, General Zhang should conform to the will of the people and return to the imperial court as soon as possible, only when the country is unified, can the people live a good life......"

Before Ma Chao finished speaking, Zhang Fei interrupted Ma Chao's words and asked, "General Ma, you should have heard the words of rabbit and dead dog, right?" If the country is reunified, a military general like you with a heavy army will inevitably become a person who is feared by the imperial court, and sooner or later he will be stripped of his military power, what scenery and future is there? (To be continued......)