Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 231
The boatman was shot dead by Liu Ya, and Cao Cao's boat lost control and drifted eastward.

The situation was extremely critical, Xu Chu held up the saddle with his left hand as a shield to block Cao Cao's arrows, while with his right hand he rowed desperately to control it.

Ma Chao's Xiliang army refused to give up, and continued to chase and shoot arrows along the river. Xu Chu's strong body was shot with several arrows, but fortunately his skin was rough and his flesh was thick enough not to hit his vitals.

The boat was swept away by the Yellow River for four or five miles, and Cao Cao's boat, which was forced to cross, turned out to be a lone boat from a distance.

At the critical moment, Captain Ding Fei came from the east to respond. He let the army release a large number of cattle, horses and livestock as bait to lure the Xiliang army to give up the pursuit.

The value of cattle, horses, farmers, and wars is very high, and the Guanzhong Allied Forces are short of food and grass.

At this time, Ding Fei, the captain of the transportation brigade, was feeding. Neither Ma Chao nor Pang De could restrain his subordinates. The Xiliang army frantically hunted down the fleeing cattle and horses.

Without the harassment of the cavalry's bows and arrows, Xu Chu endured the pain of the arrow and rowed desperately to the north bank, and finally successfully broke through and crossed the river.

The generals on the north bank saw that Cao Cao was safe and sound, and Cao Cao laughed regardless of his embarrassment: "If Ding Fei hadn't been smart today, I would have been trapped in the river by Ma Chao'er."

Everyone nodded in praise of Ding Fei, and saw Xu Chu pulling out the arrow from his arm. Seeing this, Cao Cao hurriedly comforted him: "There is also Zhongkang's efforts to block the arrow for the lonely, and he will be healed by the army doctor."

"I don't feel any pain, this is what a general should do." Xu Chu replied with cupped fists.

Although Cao Cao was moved when he heard it, almost no one made the icing on the cake for Xu Chu.

The reason why he and Ding Fei are treated differently is that besides Xu Chu's low EQ and easy to offend people, Ding Fei's background is also much better than him.

Ding Fei and Cao Cao lived in the same prefecture and county, and were born in the rich Ding family in Qiao County.

Cao Cao's original wife was from the Ding family. Ding Fei was deeply trusted by Cao Cao and was also a heroic minister of Cao Wei. This relationship is incomparable to Xu Chu.

Ma Chao returned to Tongguan to meet Han Sui, and said worriedly: "Cao's bandit army has crossed the Yellow River. If they want to attack Guanzhong, they must go to Pubanjin. I don't know if Liang Xing's five thousand soldiers can stop him."

Han Sui stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The current of the Yellow River is very fast at this section. When my nephew went to pursue it just now, I sent Zhang Heng and Cheng Yi to lead an army of [-] to meet it. Unless Cao Cao has two wings, it is impossible to cross the river successfully. "

Ma Chao sighed, "Unfortunately, only two or three thousand people were wiped out in the pursuit just now."

"Hahaha, Cao Cao's soldiers are all elite, and my nephew can wipe out 3000 people, which is a great victory. Let's hold a banquet to celebrate Meng Qi's victory.

Just now I saw your trilogy rushing back a lot of cattle and horses in Guanshang, why don't you kill some and let our Xiliang coalition forces eat meat? " Han Sui suggested with a smile.

After hearing this, Ma Chao frowned immediately, shook his head and said, "How can I take away the booty that Buqu seized spontaneously? Killing the soldiers' cattle and horses by force is equivalent to taking money. Uncle should allocate some meat and rations from your army."

Han Sui's face gradually became stiff, "The Guanzhong area has been fighting for years, and many lands have been barren. This time we sent troops to drive away Zhong Yao, and tens of thousands of people fled from Ziwu Valley to Hanzhong.

It is a problem for the coalition forces to collect food on the spot now, so where else can they give meat to the soldiers?It’s good to be able to eat a full meal for a while.”

"Is everything so difficult? Food and grass for the Liangzhou resident" Ma Chao asked again.

Han Sui replied with a wry smile: "My nephew does not know how difficult it is to be a family. This time we almost took away all the young and strong in Liangzhou. Originally, there was not much food in Liangzhou, but now it has been consumed for nearly a year. We are about to run out of food." gone."

"Cao Cao delivered the food in a timely manner," Ma Chao said to himself.

"What did nephew Xian just say?" Han Sui asked suspiciously.

Ma Chao's face changed and he said, "Since food and grass are already unsustainable, we must end the battle as soon as possible.

The Cao army outside Tongguan is gone, why don't we go to Hexi for reinforcements?That bandit Cao is full of tricks."

"Nephew Xian is right, those cattle and horses." Han Sui asked.

Ma Chao pretended not to hear, he waved his hands and walked to the side, saying: "Then I will go to the army first, uncle, please follow as soon as possible."

Han Sui and Ma Chao had the most soldiers and horses. They crossed the river from Weikou to the north one after the other, and they encountered Liang Xing's defeated army after walking twenty miles.

Han Sui was shocked when he saw this, he stopped a few defeated soldiers to ask about the battle situation, and the chief official replied dejectedly: "When we arrived at the Hexi Ferry with General Liang, General Xu Huang of the Cao Army led his elite cavalry to cross the river from Pubanjin. They waited for work to meet our weary army, and returned in defeat."

"It's impossible for Cao Cao to go around Pubanjin from the east of the river faster than you. Although Xu Huang is from the east of the river, he can't fly over the Yellow River, right?" Han Sui looked disbelieving.

The official smiled wryly: "I tell the governor that there are only a few thousand people crossing the river, and they should not be the main force of Cao Cao."

Han Sui slapped his thigh fiercely, thinking that we have been tricked, Cao Cao is too cunning to use himself as a bait.

"Where is General Liang?" Han Sui asked.

"During our retreat, we encountered reinforcements from Generals Zhang and Cheng. General Liang joined forces with them to attack Xu Huang, and sent the last general south to report to the governor."

After listening to the introduction, Han Sui breathed a sigh of relief, and said to himself: "Zhang Heng and Cheng Yi have tens of thousands of troops, plus the consumption of Liang Xing's troops before, they should be able to defeat Xu Huang's forward troops. "

Han Sui ordered the general to pass on the situation to Ma Chao, and asked him to speed up his march to prevent Cao Cao from crossing the river.

Two tens of thousands of soldiers and horses marched hurriedly, and they met five miles south of the Hexi ferry, but found that the former army did not storm the ferry, but set up camp in place.

When Liang Xing and Cheng Yi learned that Ma Chao and Han Sui's army had arrived, they walked out of the camp to greet them in person.

"I see that Cao's army on the other side has gathered and has begun to slowly cross the Yellow River westward. You plan to launch an attack after Cao Cao's army comes over? Where is General Zhang?" Han Sui was furious.

There was teasing in Han Sui's tone, but he couldn't scold him too much, because although the ten divisions of Kansai elected Han Sui as the governor, they had no affiliation with each other.

Liang Xing lowered his head and replied softly: "That Xu Huang is not someone who is waiting for nothing. His camp has already been set up by the time we arrive, and the casualties of a strong attack will be huge. General Zhang was killed by Xu Huang after he fell in the middle."

Han Sui was stunned when he heard this, and the impetuous Ma Chao next to him suggested, "Now that the Cao bandits have started crossing the river, when will we wait if we don't launch an attack now? Everyone, join me in avenging General Zhang."

Isn't it me, the commander of the coalition army?Little horse, you don't distinguish between cows and horses in front of you, and now you're playing the trick of stealing the show?

"Ahem, nephew, wait a moment, the time has not come." Han Sui said meaningfully.

Ma Chao was very puzzled, and he asked suspiciously: "There are not many Cao thieves crossing the river, so the time has not yet come?"

Han Sui stroked his gray beard and said meaningfully: "You can listen to the order to cross and knit in the river, don't worry about it!"

Liang Xing and Cheng Yi didn't like Ma Chao, so they nodded in agreement immediately. Ma Chao didn't want to fight when he saw the crowd, and it was impossible for his part to fight alone.

The disadvantages of the temporary organization of the coalition forces have emerged. No one has absolute leadership authority, and everything must be discussed before it can be implemented.

Just when the Kansai Allied Forces were hesitating, the main force of Cao's army had all crossed to the river bank one after another.

(End of this chapter)