The clouds are thick, and the wind is angry.

On the white snowfield, a few scattered large drums in the Han military camp fluttered in the wind, and the north wind was blown by the hunting north. The gate of the village was wide open, but the camp was empty.

After a while, the cavalry of the rebels continued to drive out from the hills to the west, and a group of people who were black and pressed rushed down from the hills under the leadership of Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu. Thousands of horses galloped, and the sound of horses' hooves like thunder shook the land, and the snow piled up on the trunks of the trees was shaken off, and the earth trembled.

"What the hell is the Han army doing?" The more Beigong Boyu galloped forward, the more he felt that something was wrong, and he clearly saw that the gate of the Han army camp was wide open, and the huge camp was empty, and few people came.

"Haha, the Han army must have learned that I personally led the army to come, but it was expected that it would not be able to resist so many of our soldiers and horses, and they fled without even having time to demolish the camp." Bian Zhang was very happy to see this scene, and immediately shouted out happily.

Just as Bian Zhang's words fell, I saw several Han soldiers emerge from the camp, each holding a broom in their hands, slowly sweeping the snow on the ground outside the gate of the Han army camp, and there was no fear of the upcoming tens of thousands of rebel cavalry.

Beigong Boyu had suffered Gao Fei's loss, and when he saw someone emerge at this moment, he became very frightened, seeing that he could rush into the camp in a few hundred meters, but suddenly shouted loudly: "The whole army stops advancing!" ”

With an order, Beigong Boyu and all the cavalry behind him grabbed the reins of the horses under the seat, and suddenly stopped, but only Bian Zhang rushed out.

Bian Zhang heard Beigong Boyu's shout, and looked back to see that the mountains were full of his own cavalry, but they all stopped advancing almost at the same time, so he hurriedly grabbed the reins and shouted and asked, "Beigong Boyu!" What are you shouting about? The camp of the Han army is in front, why did you suddenly stop advancing? ”

Beigong Boyu retorted: "The Han army is strange, don't rush in easily!" ”

Bian Zhang rode his horse to Beigong Boyu and asked, "What's weird?" ”

Beigong Boyu immediately said: "General Bian, do you remember that I led my troops to pursue Gao Fei more than a month ago? ”

Bian Zhang thought back for a moment and asked, "You almost wiped out the whole army that time?" ”

"Yes, that time. That time I chased from Xiangwu to Jicheng, and saw the flags fluttering on Jicheng, and there were many fake soldiers, I thought that the Han army was still in the city, who would have thought that the Han army was bluffing, and it had already run away. Later, I pursued all the way for nearly a hundred miles, and Goofy used the strategy of reducing the stove to confuse me, and I rushed so easily that I was almost wiped out. ”

"I know, you've said it more than once, and I'm still scared in retrospect, but what does it have to do with our attack on the Han army camp?" Bian Zhang asked puzzled.

As the saying goes, eating a trench grows a wisdom, Beigong Boyu watched the Han army camp at this time, and the gate of the village was wide open, and several soldiers who cleared the snow turned a blind eye to them, so he left an extra eye, pointed to the Han army camp in front, and said loudly: "General Bian, please look at the camp in front!" ”

"Look at what? An empty stockade, a few people clearing the snow, what's there to see? The Han army was afraid of us and had already retreated, which was a trick of the Han army to confuse us. General Beigong, I was elected by you and all the heroes, and I should be in charge of the attack, please understand your status in the future, and without my orders, don't shout words that shouldn't be shouted at will. Now you can pass the order, let the army speed up, and occupy the Han army camp is also a great achievement! Bian Zhang listened to Beigong Boyu's nonsense and said impatiently.

Beigong Boyu was not at odds in his heart, and immediately shouted: "This time it is the rebellious general Gao Fei who leads the troops to fight, that is, the person who sticks to Chen Cang, this person is treacherous and cunning, I can't watch you be fooled, last time I lost more than 9,000 clansmen because of easy risk, this time I will never allow you to take my clansmen to risk easily, you are not a general I gave you a title?" Without my recommendation, can those Qiang people follow you? ”

"You-" Bian Zhang was furious, pointing at Beigong Boyu's nose and wanted to scold him, but he endured it and said loudly, "I think you are scared by Gao Fei!" ”

Beigong Boyu snorted coldly, pointed to the camp in front of him and explained: "Look at this camp, there are only a few big flags, and from the outside, there are only a few snow sweepers in the camp, but this is the trap set by Gao Fei, he wants to lure us in, and then ambush us." From what I know of Gao Fei, when he retreats, he will inevitably make a tight defensive appearance, just like the last Jicheng retreat. Last time he had 20,000 troops, not to mention that he now has 60,000 troops in his hands? ”

"Don't forget, there is another man named Cao Cao who commands the army with him, maybe ...... Maybe the two disagreed, and then both retreated? Bian Zhang argued.

Beigong Boyu said: "I don't know who Cao Cao is, but I am too familiar with Gao Fei, I once met him in Luodu Valley, this person is loyal on the outside, treacherous on the inside, and scheming, I won't fall for him again!" ”

Bian Zhang listened to what Beigong Boyu said, but there was some truth, he had never really had a duel with Gao Fei, this person who became famous in Liangzhou for a while, what kind of character is it, what kind of strength is it, he also wants to see it. But most of his subordinates are Qiang people and Huangzhong Yiconghu, and they are all people who have good friends with Beigong Boyu, he has no personal retinue of his own, and he is not confident enough to openly argue with Beigong Boyu, so he calmed the anger in his heart and asked, "Then what do you say now?" ”

"Wait! I don't believe that the Han army can keep hiding like this! Beigong Boyu replied categorically.

Bian Zhang did not refute again, but waited there quietly with Beigong Boyu and the others, looking at the Han army camp that was close to them and almost within reach, hoping to see the ambush of the Han army appear.

70,000 cavalry scattered all over the mountains and fields on the hills five hundred meters in front of the Han army camp, everyone shivered in the ice and snow, and even the horses under the seats were frozen and turned around.

Half an hour passed, and several soldiers in the Han army camp clearing the snow closed the gate. An hour passed, and there was not a trace of movement in the camp, and the whole camp was as silent as death. Two hours passed, and there was still no suspicious sign in the Han military camp.

At this time, the rebel cavalry had already jumped off their horses, rubbed their hands and stomped their feet on the spot to increase the heat on their bodies, everyone's faces were iron and blue, their lips were also purple from the cold, and some even couldn't stand the cold and picked up dry wood from nearby and lit a bonfire. Soon, the 70,000 cavalry team was like an explosion, the bonfire was raised one by one, and three or five people sat around the campfire, took out the cheese they had brought and ate it. This situation spread like a contagious disease in all directions, and the sharp cavalry had become sloppy and slack, and some even began to complain.

The noisy sound made the voices of the people on the hills boil, Beigong Boyu's face looked very ugly, he heard the complaining sound from behind, and slowly thought in his heart: "Is it really the Han army retreating?" ”

Bian Zhang came to Beigong Boyu's side with contemptuous eyes, and he was two meters tall and stood in front of Beigong Boyu, giving Beigong Boyu an invisible pressure. He snorted coldly and muttered: "Once I was bitten by a snake, I was afraid of the well rope for ten years, and it is estimated that those few snow sweepers have disappeared without a trace." General Beigong, if it goes on like this, I am afraid that the 70,000 army will freeze to death in this ice and snow, the Han army walks on this kind of road, and it can't go far in two hours, if you chase it, you will be in a hurry! ”

Beigong Boyu said discouragedly: "General Bian, what you say is what it is, maybe it's really me who is too careful!" ”

Bian Zhang summoned a herald, let the herald blow the horn, the horn sounded, Bian Zhang was bold, expected that it was an empty camp, so he rushed out first, and the 70,000 troops behind him also got on the horse one after another, and they were slightly tired and rushed out with Bian Zhang, not even bothering to shout.

The sound of the galloping hooves of ten thousand horses sounded again, but this time the sound seemed a little chaotic and a little not majestic enough.

Bian Zhang held the saber in his hand, and was the first to rush to the gate of the Han army camp, and found that the gate of the village was empty, and borrowed the strength of the horses to rush in, galloped into the Han army camp, and ran backwards for a while, but accidentally discovered a small secret in the camp, but there were only a few thousand stoves responsible for cooking.

When Beigong Boyu followed the army into the Han army camp, he saw an empty camp, and he was full of regret, but he didn't expect that he had fallen for Gao Fei's trick again. Riding a horse to Bian Zhang's side, Beigong Boyu's eyes widened in surprise, looking at the thousand stoves blackened by the fire left on the ground, as well as the pots and pans left behind before they had time to evacuate, and said hatefully: "We really fell for Gao Fei's bluff trick this time, but I didn't expect that there were only 1,000 stoves in the army of 60,000!" General Bian, this high-flying deception is too much, and I will definitely not be able to run far now, so I will take 20,000 horses to chase after me! ”

Bian Zhang stopped: "No! I'll go personally! ”

After Beigong Boyu made an estimate, he hurriedly said: "No, let's go together, with 70,000 against 10,000, we have a chance to win no matter what!" ”

The two discussed it, and they jointly led an army of 70,000 to pursue it, but in their hearts, they both had their own wishful thinking, but they were also suspicious of each other when they marched.

Gao Fei, Cao Cao, and Gai Xun retreated quickly with their troops, and two hours was indeed not much, but at least it could block the speed of the rebels' advance, in order to further delay the rebels, Cao Cao ordered the soldiers to block the road with boulders, and set up a barricade every ten miles.

Although the Han army had 3,000 cavalry this time, the remaining 6,000 were infantry, and the journey was relatively slow, and the road was difficult to walk after being covered with snow, which caused a lot of trouble for the Han army. In this case, Gao Fei called Zhao Yun, Pang De, and Hua Xiong, and ordered them to take 200 of their men to build a stove, only 1,500 of them, and blackened them with fire, and got pots and pans from Gai Xun and threw them near the stove.

After Gai Xun learned about this, he found Gao Fei, opened his mouth and asked: "Hou Ye reduced the stove before, and now increases the stove, what is the intention?" ”

Before Gao Fei could answer, he heard Cao Cao laugh and said: "General Gao is so resourceful, reduce the stove to follow his grandson to confuse Pang Juan, increase the stove, if I am not mistaken, General Gao should be following the example of Yu Xu of this dynasty, right?" ”

After hearing this, Gai Xun suddenly realized, thinking of this situation, using the matter of increasing the stove is enough to confuse the rebels, so he said slowly: "Hou Ye The former reduces the stove to show weakness to the rebels, and now the increase is to show strength to the rebels, and the continuous use of this method along the way can confuse the rebels, making them think that the number of our army is constantly increasing, and they dare not press, it is really a clever plan, Hou Ye's trick is really clever." ”

Gao Fei laughed and said, "I'm just following the ancients, and I'm not clever." ”

Cao Cao said: "General Gao has learned and put it into practice, although he is copying the art of war of the ancients, but he also uses it vividly, which is indeed admirable." ”

After hearing Cao Cao and Gai Xun's appreciation, Gao Fei was no longer modest, and he had in his mind not only the current examples of the art of war that confuse the enemy, such as reducing the stove and increasing the stove, he had read a lot of books, and once applied Sun Tzu's art of war to business warfare.

The Han army retreated all the way, and the rebels pursued them all the way. But the only difference is that the Han army retreated smoothly, but the rebels pursued it with many obstacles. Rao is like this, Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu are still unwilling to let go of the opportunity to eliminate Gao Fei, both of them know in their hearts that once Gao Fei is eliminated, they can't help but become famous, and they can give the Han army a heavy blow.

Among the eight generals commanded by Huang Fu Song this time, Dong Zhuo, Zhou Shen, and Gao Fei are from Liangzhou, and even Huang Fu Song himself is also from Chaona County, Anding County, Liangzhou, except that Zhou Shen's reputation is not loud enough in Liangzhou, in contrast, Dong Zhuo, a veteran general, and Gao Fei, a new star, pose a greater threat to the Liangzhou Qianghu rebels, and Huang Fu Song is the commander of the army, this threat is even more self-evident. If Beigong Boyu and Bian Zhang can kill Gao Fei and capture him alive this time, it will inevitably reduce the threat to the rebels, which is why Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu are chasing after him.

I don't know how long the pursuit lasted, Bian Zhang and Beigong Boyu only felt that the sky had darkened, looking at Qiang Hu Jian'er who was still carrying obstacles in front, the hearts of the two of them were on fire, worried that they would be run away by Gao Fei if they continued like this. The two of them only glanced at each other, and immediately decided in unison to leave with 20,000 cavalry, pursue the Han army under Gao Fei and Cao Cao, and leave the other 50,000 troops to retreat to the Han army camp that had been occupied by the rebels.

Twenty thousand light horsemen rushed for a while, and in less than half an hour, they saw a place on the ground where the Han army was buried in pots and made rice, and roughly counted them, there were about 1,500 stoves.

Beigong Boyu and Bian Zhang looked at each other and asked in unison: "The Han army has come to help, what should I do now?" ”

"I ran so many ways, in order to be able to defeat the Han army, the Han army fled all the way here, and was already physically and mentally exhausted, even if there were reinforcements, what could I do, rush to the past, and still be able to defeat the Han army!" Bian Zhang didn't want to give up, and said loudly to Beigong Boyu, "I'll continue to pursue, if you don't want to go together, retreat quickly!" ”

Beigong Boyu didn't dare to show weakness, and immediately said: "I swore that I would kill Gao Fei, and I couldn't retreat." ”

The plan was decided, and the two of them continued to chase forward with the cavalry, and in less than half an hour, they saw the Han infantry running east along the official road.