Chapter 18: The discount

Ma Su was shocked and stepped back. The guard behind him rushed up and stopped him. In order to kill Ma Su, Park Gan attacked too quickly, and the guards behind him could not follow. After he killed one guard with one sword, he was also caught in a siege. Ma Su's guards all went all out to block the killing. Although he killed two, he also hit three swords in a row, and he was bleeding.

"Sir——" His personal guard exclaimed repeatedly, sacrificing his life and striking forward. When Ma Su was still in shock, he immediately became energetic when he saw Park Gang being injured. He raised his arms excitedly and shouted: "Kill this beast and reward ten cows--"

Ten cows, what a rich fortune! When the Wuling barbarians heard this, all the hesitation had just disappeared. They screamed as if they had taken medicine, waved the long sword in their hands, stared at the blood-red eyes and killed Park Gan, trying to cut off the head of Park Gan, which was worth ten cows. Park Gan let out a sharp roar, rushed left and right, and the long sword in his hand was like thunder and lightning, killing three people in succession, strode back to the guard formation, and added several wounds to his body. At this time, he could no longer support his legs, and his legs fell to the ground with a single leg, leaning on the long sword in his hand, gasping weakly, and several wounds on his body, the heaviest one was on his left shoulder. The knife cut his leather armor and cut out a long hole, which was deep enough to see the bones, blood gushed like a spring, dyeing his entire arm red.

"Sir--" The guards hurriedly retreated with him.

"Can't withdraw." Park Gan's eyes began to blur, and the large amount of blood loss made his consciousness dissipate. He grabbed the clothes of the guards beside him and said intermittently: "Kill out... take the people from the Fan family... fight out... and go find... Lord Peng..."

"Sir..." The guard hesitated for a moment, burst into tears.

"Go quickly..." Park Gan pushed him hard and stuffed the long knife in his hand into his hand: "Go quickly..."

"No!" The guard responded helplessly, took Park Gan's long sword, turned around and ran away. Park Gan took a deep breath, held the guard and stood up hard, took a long sword, and shouted with all his strength:

"kill--"

The roar was shrill, with endless murderous intent. He took a step forward with a long sword in his hand and stabbed it into the belly of a Wuling barbarian who was coming over. At the same time, the opponent's long sword also stabbed into his chest and protruded from his back. He opened his mouth and squirted out a mouthful of blood and fell on his back.

"Kill--" His guards went crazy, roaring and killing forward, determined to steal his body. When the Wuling barbarians saw that Pu Gan fell to the ground, they were crazy about robbing his head to exchange for the ten cows. They killed each other in a small inch. In a moment, dozens of people fell down.

When the leader of the Fan family heard that Park Gan was killed, he was as if he was struck by lightning. He did not dare to stay too long. He followed Park Gan's guards over the mountains and fled. As soon as they left, the remaining soldiers lost their command and soon became a mess. Although the White Tiger Army was brave, they could not resist the attacks of Shamoke and Ma Su, who had been killed, and all were killed.

Yuan Hu had been in the valley for a long time and could not make any progress. He heard the shouts of killing gradually faded away. He knew that something was wrong. When he was in a state of confusion, Park Gang's personal guard led the leader of the Fan family and rushed out of the forest. Looking at the long sword that Park Gang was wearing in the hand of the guard, Yuan Hu's eyes turned dark and his heart beat violently. The strong fear made him almost breathless.

"The Xie family collaborated with the enemy, and the Captain Pu died in battle." The leader of the Fan family looked at Yuan Hu in panic, "Sir, we will withdraw to Fuling immediately, otherwise the entire army will be destroyed."

Yuan Hu was stunned for a moment, and looked at the personal guard who was crying and his blood surged, and his eyes immediately turned red. When the leader of the Fan family saw it, he was anxious and hurriedly pulled him and shouted: "Sir, sir, it's not the time to fight. Now they still have nearly 2,000 people. We only have five hundred people left, and we will have no chance to fight. Please take advantage of them to surround the remaining soldiers and withdraw your troops as soon as possible. It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge."

Yuan Hu was woken up by his cry. He gritted his teeth and glanced at the Wuling barbarians in the valley, and retreated quickly with his men.

Peng Yi was shocked when he learned that Pu Gan was killed. On the one hand, he sent an urgent report to Chengdu, and asked Yuan Hu and the Fan family to immediately arrest all the personnel of the Xie family. He found Ma Su's letter in the bedroom of the head of the Xie family. He learned that it was not only the Xie family who was in contact with Ma Su. He knew that things were not good, so he immediately sent a second urgent case, and then guarded Fuling City and closed the city. Several families who were in contact with Ma Su knew that something was wrong and the people were panic. They were all preparing secretly to prevent Peng Yi from revengeing them.

Pang Tong and Fa Zheng were also surprised when they received the news. After discussing, Fa Zheng led the 1,000 White Tiger Army and two thousand Jingshan Army left in Chengdu to Fuling, and at the same time ordered people to contact Cao Chong and ask for the next action plan.

"Ma Su?" Cao Chong frowned and his eyes narrowed into a slit. Unexpectedly, this guy who was as famous as Zhao Kuo actually broke his own general. The butterfly effect was not very good.

"Young Master, do we want to support Fuling?" Zhang Song asked anxiously.

"No." Cao Chong let out a long breath and slapped the urgent item in his hand on the desk: "With the Fa Xiaozhi and Zhengli, and with Peng Yongnian, Fuling cannot get in chaos."

"No." Zhang Song thought about it and felt a little fussy. It seemed that the war with Cao Chong was too smooth, and he was a little unacceptable to encountering some setbacks at once.

"Send someone to contact Shamoko. No matter how much it costs, I will redeem Park Gan's body and send it back to Ba County for burial."

"No!" Zhang Song nodded and responded.

"I'm sorry to tell Park Hu, Park Dan's death, but you reassure him that I will definitely avenge him and let him rest assured." Cao Chong turned around and looked at Wang Su: "Write me a tribute."

Wang Su bowed to his promise.

"Ma Su." Cao Chong muttered to himself, chanting Ma Su's name, walked to the map frame, looked at it for a long time, and suddenly spoke to Deng Ai, "Shizai, where is the General Zhang He, the Pingdi general?"

Deng Ai replied softly: "Young Master, General Pingdi has arrived in Lujiang County. Last month, together with Xiahou Prefect, he defeated Lu Meng who was luring surrender and Chen Bing Jiang'an."

"The order was sent to Zhang He to Jiangxia, and join forces with Jiangxia prefect Wenpin to gather ships to attack the southeast. The order was sent to Zhe Chong General Le Jin and headed south to Yiling. Yan Yan, the governor of the Yizhou Navy, immediately led the navy to Yiling. Wen Chang..." Cao Chong turned around and looked at Wei Yan: "You go back to Yiling immediately. As soon as the navy arrived, you handed Yiling to Lei Tong and killed Jiangnan."

"No!" Wei Yan was extremely excited and replied loudly.

"Wen Chang," Cao Chong narrowed his eyes and looked at Wei Yan: "You go to Jiangnan, but you are in a state of death, so you should not take it lightly."

"Please rest assured, Mr. Wei Yan will definitely live up to his mission." Wei Yan straightened his chest.

Cao Chong didn't say anything. He looked at Wei Yan quietly. It took twenty breaths before clenching his fists, stepped forward and gently hit Wei Yan's breastplate, and said softly: "Be careful."

"No." Wei Yan's nose felt sore and he quickly lowered his head.

Cao Chong withdrew his hand, turned his back and looked at the map, and continued, "Transfer the order, General Fenwei Man Chong, moved westward to Zhijiang, and responded to Jiangling and Yiling to ensure the safety of the grain road..."

"The order was sent to Liu Ba, the prefect of Nanjun, to escort the food and grass from the recruited Jingshan Army to Zhijiang, and hand it over to General Fenwei for a man-pin."

"Sentence..."

"Sentence..."

The orders were sent quickly, and Sun Shangxiang and Deng Ai kept waved their hands. While Cao Chong stopped, they just finished writing and sent them to Cao Chong for his inspection. Cao Chong looked at it, nodded, and waved them to deliver it.

"Hansheng, Wenchang is in the south of the Yangtze River, and you can't be idle here. When the Yizhou Navy arrives, you follow the boat down the river and meet Zhang He. If you have the chance, you will run to Changsha and take Changsha County for me." Cao Chong breathed a long sigh and looked at the solemn Huang Zhong and said, "Although Guan Yunchang is no longer in Changsha, Liao Li is not an idle person, and Changsha is close to Yuzhang, Lu Su and Lu Meng will not sit idly by then. Your task is very heavy. Although I have transferred all the Xiangyang Navy and Yizhou Navy, I don't have the advantage. If you don't have a good opportunity, you would rather go to the river. If you miss a hit, don't delay and retreat to Jiangbei immediately. Remember, seize the city as the lower, and the entire army is the best."

"No." Huang Zhong responded calmly, without any excitement or any concern.

Zhuge Liang was overjoyed when he heard that Ma Su once again defeated the White Tiger Army and killed Pu Gan, a captain of the White Tiger Army, at the same time, he immediately sent someone to send the news to Liu Bei, and at the same time he came to Wuling to allocate food and grass support to Ma Su and Wulingman nearby, and to check Wuling's military farming. He was originally a little worried about Wuling's military farming, but he might not have the chance to harvest it after planting it. Now Ma Su has won a great victory in Fuling and pushed the front line into the Yizhou boundary, and Wuling has become a safe territory.

"Yide, I was worried about the autumn harvest problem, so I didn't dare to plant too much, but now I see that I have less planting." Zhuge Liang said to Zhang Fei beside him with a smile. Zhang Fei responded awkwardly: "The person the military advisor is interested in is indeed extraordinary and has a great success."

Zhuge Liang smiled with a hint. He looked back at Zhang Fei: "Ma Youchang was the first to fight a battle formation, which is to deal with a barbarian like Pu Gan. If you really meet Xu Yi's Jingshan Army, you still need Yide."

Zhang Fei smiled boredly. He was different from Guan Yu. He was not disgusted with scholars, so he had a good relationship with Zhuge Liang, a scholar who had newly joined Liu Bei in Jingzhou, and was not very rigid like Guan Yu. But from his heart, he still subconsciously regarded himself as a different person from Zhuge Liang. Now, Ma Su, a scholar, made great contributions, did not use Liu Bei's soldiers and soldiers, but only rely on him to advance to Yizhou with the territory of the Wuling barbarian general Liu Bei, attracting a large number of Yizhou troops. On the contrary, he has a heavy army, but he is here to watch the fun and there is no bird's affairs, and he can't help but feel a little lost.

Zhuge Liang saw Zhang Fei's expression in his eyes. He smiled and said, "Yide, Ma Youchang won a small victory, but now he has stabbed a hornet's nest. The situation in Fuling is tense, and Cao Cangshu will not give up easily. He will soon mobilize troops to Fuling. At that time, Ma Youchang may suffer a big loss and Yide will also have strong support." Seeing that Zhang Fei was a little dissatisfied, he continued, "But the more lively the battle in Fuling, the less pressure the lord will be in Jianwei, which is also a good thing."

Zhang Fei blushed and quickly responded: "What the military advisor said is, I will definitely not take it lightly."

"I know Yide is not that kind of chick-hearted person." Zhuge Liang laughed: "Otherwise the lord wouldn't have placed Yide in a major place like Wuling. Yide, have you heard about the recent incident in Lujiang?"

Zhang Fei said, "I have already received the news. Lu Ziming thought he was capable and looked down on the other side. He sent someone to lure him. But he was tricked by the master and almost even fell into it." Zhang Fei mentioned that Xiahou Cheng was so angry that his son Zhang Bao died under this boy's spear. But his wife was from the Xiahou family, and she was still the sister of Xiahou Cheng. When he heard that Xiahou Cheng killed Zhang Bao, he was so worried that he would cry when he thought about it. Zhang Fei felt sorry for this snatched wife. He wanted to kill Xiahou Cheng, but it was not easy for him to say it at home. It made him extremely depressed and could only bury hatred in his heart. He just waited for the future to kill Xiahou Cheng. Anyway, the wife was not on the battlefield. When you know, I have already avenged my revenge, and you can't do anything to me.

"Yide, not only Xiahou Shuquan, but General Pingdi Zhang Junyi also arrived in Lujiang." Zhuge Liang said with a frown.

Zhang Fei said in confusion: "Cao Cao moved the entire front south. What are his ideas? Even a strong general like Zhang Junyi was transferred to Cao Cangshu's men. Does he want to attack Jiangnan again? Is their navy the opponent of Lu Zijing and Lu Ziming?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head: "Yide, don't forget that there is the Yizhou Navy. Although the Yizhou Navy has not fought for a long time, there are many ships and soldiers. Yan Junrong (Yan Yan) is also a famous general in Yizhou. With famous generals like Wen Zhongye and he cooperates with him, the combat power cannot be underestimated. The so-called attack is because we all feel that Jingzhou does not have the ability to cross the river, maybe this is the opportunity. Although the lord has an army of 50,000, now Yunchang has arrived in Yulin, and Zilong has gone to Jianwei with his lord, and only you and Liao Gongyuan are left here. Liao Gongyuan is a scholar. Once a war begins, it's up to you."

Zhang Fei smiled proudly: "Don't worry about military advisors. Although there are many naval commanders, they are not opponents of our army. What's more, Lu Zijing is also stationed in Chaisang. If they dare to cross the river, they will be punished without returning. As long as the navy cuts off the Yangtze River, no matter how many people they cross the river, they will die. If I were Cao Cangshu, I would definitely not attack Changsha."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "Yide, you must be careful. Now it is almost the autumn harvest season. If they cross the river, even if they return in the end, it will affect our military farm harvest. This is the fundamental reason for our war next year, and there must be no mistakes."

Zhang Fei shook his head and said, "Military advisor, you are thinking too far. To grab the military farm, they have to lead the civilians. How can they catch the soldiers just by relying on the soldiers? I heard that Cao Cangshu's soldiers do not farm. They eat and drink enough, and they are just practicing troops and training formations. These people are fighting for war, but they are almost collecting the fields. Besides, there is no military farm in Changsha this year, only Wuling and Lingling have military farms. If he wants to grab them, he is also coming to Wuling. With me, Lao Zhang, I don't know how to come. If he really wants to come, he will give me a credit."

"Yi De is better to be careful." Zhuge Liang felt a little unhappy when he saw Zhang Fei not taking what he said seriously, especially when he thought that Pang Tong, who was commanding in Chengdu, he felt a little uneasy. He wanted to persuade him again, but when he saw Zhang Fei's like this, he knew that it would be counterproductive. It would be better to find a proper opportunity to talk about it. Fortunately, with Ma Su now in Fuling, Pang Tong had to pass Ma Su's hurdle first before talking about it. Can Ma Su still surprise him?

"Don't worry, military advisor." Zhang Fei saw that the smile on Zhuge Liang's face was a bit fake, and he also restrained himself and said, "It's hard for the military advisor to come from afar. Please follow me to enter the city. I welcome the military advisor. I still keep some of the monkey wine that Ma Ji brought back to me last time. Today I am drunk with the military advisor."

Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly. Zhang Fei was still thinking about drinking at this time, and he didn't take Jiangbei's movements at all. How could this be? He didn't dare to delay too much. He wrote an urgent letter to Liu Bei at night, vaguely revealing his concerns about the situation. He hoped that Liu Bei could understand his meaning and would be better to return from Jianwei. If it really doesn't work, he would also write a letter to Zhang Fei, asking him to be careful and not be so careless. Although Zhang Fei is not as arrogant as Guan Yu, he doesn't listen to everyone's words. Only Liu Bei dares to be Liu Bei. Guan Yu's words are obedient and never disobeys.

Unfortunately, it would have been great if Zhao Zilong was in Wuling, and he would not have been so difficult for him. When Zhuge Liang thought of this, he sighed. Zhao Zilong was brave in fighting, knew the general, and was cautious in using troops, but his lord kept asking him to lead his relatives, especially after Chen Dao surrendered to Cao Chong, he refused to let Zhao Zilong stay by his side. Even if Zhao Yun went to Fanyang to be the prefect, he was just named, and within a few days he transferred him back.

In August, Fa Zheng brought He Ping's White Tiger Army and Xu Yi's Jingshan Army to Fuling. Peng Yi also received an order from Cao Chong. After discussing, they gathered the big clans in Fuling together, threw out Ma Su's letter, and then gave the order to lead all the families that were connected to Ma Su to behead them, which shocked the powerful men and women, and their faces were pale. Then Peng Yi played another plea to comfort them. He distributed the people and property of these big clans to those who were not in touch with Ma Su, especially the Fan family, and received a generous reward. Not only did they make up for the lost 500 private troops, but they also made a lot of money. Now the big clans became much more stable, and those who had opinions had fewer opinions. They praised Peng Yi and praised him to the sky. They completely forgot that they had cursed the death of the Peng family before they came.

Soon, Du Fu and Yuan Yue sent another five or six hundred people to fill the White Tiger Army. The White Tiger Army was led by He Ping and Yuan Hu was deputy, and they fought again against the Wuling Man led by Ma Su. After Ma Su's victory, his mentality was relaxed, his thoughts surged out, and his use of troops became more and more mature. However, this time He Ping was different from the brave Pu Gan. He was mainly stable in wars and would never advance rashly. He would release more than ten miles of scouts. Ma Su set up several traps, but he didn't catch the opportunity. He and Fu again

The great clans of Ling contacted him. This time, the great clans of Fuling no longer believed him and immediately tied up his messenger and sent him to Peng Yi. Peng Yi didn't say much, and directly cut the messenger's nose and asked him to go back to report to Ma Su. Ma Su was so angry that he rolled his eyes, but had no choice but to do anything. Then he heard that Xu Yi's Jingshan army arrived in Fuling, and General Le Jin Le Wenqian, who was in the direction of Zigui, also led a 4,000 army across the Yangtze River and rushed behind him. The situation suddenly became serious.

Ma Su didn't dare to be careless. Although he was confident and smart, he was still worried about so many famous generals who had been through the battle formation for a long time, not just a fledgling Pu Gan. On the one hand, he sent a letter to Zhang Fei to answer him, and on the other hand, he wrote to Zhuge Liang to tell him about the situation in Fuling and his situation. Now there are nearly 10,000 troops in Fuling, and he only has 4,000 Wuling barbarians, and he is not an opponent at all. Please ask Zhuge Liang to give instructions for the next action. He specifically mentioned that the movements of Cao's army were somewhat unexpected, but he was afraid that in addition to pacifying Fuling, there might be a possibility of harassing Wuling. Please Zhuge Liang prepare in advance.

After receiving Ma Su's letter, Zhuge Liang pondered for a long time. He was very worried about Ma Su's safety, but if Ma Su was asked to withdraw now, then Shamoke alone was no match for Fa Xiaozhi. Fa Xiaozhi would soon be able to fight to Wuling, and his military farming would be the one for Cao Chong. He looked at the rice that was about to be harvested in the fields and could not give up. After thinking about it, he wrote a letter to Zhang Fei and Ma Su at the same time, asking Zhang Fei to approach Ma Su's side and rear to prevent Le Jin from tracing his way of retreat, so that they could hold on for another half month. In just half a month, he could harvest the food and then deal with Cao's army steadily.

In his letter to Ma Su, he said that the Cao army's naval army was not enough to control the Yangtze River. Even if he wanted to cross the river, it would mainly attack and would not fight for a long time. As long as he was fully prepared and did not give Cao army a chance, they would naturally retreat. He also told Ma Su that the lord insisted on attacking Jianwei, and now he could not handle the food and grass in last year's stock. He had borrowed grain from the Lingling clan and was waiting for the harvest of Wuling to repay. Once Wuling was lost, he had lost Wuling.

The food and the consequences were unimaginable, so he asked Ma Su to try his best to hold Cao's army if possible so that he could harvest. He also suggested that Ma Su had no need to fight head-on, and could send troops to Wulingman's strengths in mountain combat and introduce Cao's army into the hinterland of Wulingman's warfare. As long as he is alive, it doesn't matter how much damage Wulingman will suffer. These barbarians are not good people anyway, and they will have to deal with them sooner or later. It's better if they die now.
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