ps: I continue to recommend Chang Huanhua¡¯s new book "Super Ambiguous Master". There are many funny and interesting plots in this book, so stay tuned.
After the Central Military Formation, Zhuge Liang once again offered money to withdraw his troops, and shouted loudly to Ma Chao: "Zhang Fei is brave, don't underestimate the enemy, retreat temporarily, and fight again tomorrow."
Ma Chao deliberately shouted loudly: "If you don't kill the ring-eyed thief, I will never come back!"
Zhuge Liang said: "It's too late today, so we can't fight."
Ma Chao shouted: "Light more torches and arrange a night battle!"
Then he returned to the village and changed to a Dawan horse. This Dawan horse was the second generation of the divine horse after mating a Dawan mare from Wuwei and the Red Rabbit horse. It had stronger horsepower and was slightly inferior to the Red Rabbit horse. The horse is far superior to ordinary Dawan horses. Riding such a war horse, Ma Chao's confidence greatly increased. He went out of the battle and shouted to Zhang Fei: "Thief with ring eyes, do you dare to fight with me at night?"
Zhang Fei saw that Ma Chao had gone to change horses, so he returned to the formation and replaced his horse with a black horse. The black horse yelled: "Why don't you dare? If I don't stab you to death today, I won't come back!" "
Ma Chao also shouted: "If I can't defeat you, I swear I won't return to the stronghold!"
At this time, hundreds of torches were lit in front of the two armies, illuminating the decisive battle site in the middle like daylight.
Ma Chao and Zhang Fei fought fiercely in front of the formation again.
After only fighting for more than 20 rounds, Zhuge Liang once again paid for his troops.
Zhang Fei shouted dissatisfied: "Damn it, what are you doing? You sincerely don't let me kill Ma Chao."
Ma Chao drove his horse back to the formation. When he came back, there was a bag hanging in front of the horse. The smell of blood was strong in the bag, and the blood kept dripping into the dust.
Ma Chao had a look of sympathy on his face: "Huanyan thief, there is bad news and good news, which one do you want to hear first?"
Zhang Fei didn¡¯t understand what Ma Chao was doing and yelled: ¡°Damn it, can you say it in one sentence?¡±
"The bad news is that your eldest brother Liu Bei has been killed by the assassin we sent. The good news is that his head is right here. You don't have to run back to Zitong, you can see him here." After Ma Chao finished speaking, he shot Jumping up the package, the human head inside was revealed, illuminated by hundreds of torches. The facial features on the head are clear and distinct, the face is like a crown jade, the eyebrows are divided into eight colors, the eyes are like bright stars, the lips are like greased lips, and the big ears hang down from the shoulders. It is clearly the head of Liu Bei and Liu Xuande.
Zhang Fei¡¯s eyes were wide open. He couldn¡¯t believe that his most beloved brother, who was the best at saving his life and had escaped countless assassinations, was actually killed by an assassin. He was almost heartbroken. He cried loudly, but the experience of repeated defeats with Liu Bei over the years made him calmer. He looked back at the soldiers behind the formation and behind the gate who were mourning for their heirs and whose morale was in turmoil. He laughed loudly and said: "Ma Chao, my eldest brother. Now that Zitong is safe and sound, if you dare to deceive me with a fake head, you will get a spear from me!"
"You have good intentions, but if you don't appreciate it, I'm just giving it away. How dare you repay kindness with enmity," Ma Chao said. He faced Zhang Fei with a gold gun with a tiger head stuck in Liu Bei's head: "Let's see if you dare to destroy your elder brother's head!"
Zhang Fei doesn't know whether his brother is dead or not, and he doesn't know if this head belongs to his brother. But when he saw Ma Chao insulting Liu Bei's head like this, he was furious. He is an emotional general, the higher the anger value. . The stronger his fighting power, this time he became furious, and his fighting power doubled. Ma Chao, who had been promoted by Lu Bu and had greatly improved his marksmanship, gradually fell into a disadvantage, and finally turned his horse to escape.
Ma Chao faked defeat. When he fled, Zhang Fei was angry at him for insulting his brother Liu Bei, so he vowed to kill Ma Chao and pursued Ma Chao relentlessly. Ma Chao had a Dayuan horse on his hip, and Zhang Fei had a Wuzui horse on his hip. They were both good BMW horses and Wuzui horses. He was still somewhat inferior to the Dawan horse. Zhang Fei chased for miles and could not catch up. He repeatedly drew his bow and arrows to shoot Ma Chao, but his archery skills were far inferior to Ma Chao. Every time, he was blocked by Ma Chao's golden tiger head spear. Most of the arrow feathers were inserted into Liu Bei's head. The originally intact head was now beyond recognition. The more Zhang Fei looked at him, the angrier he became. He flew into a rage and chased after him.
Ma Chao wanted to kill Zhang Fei early, so he secretly held the copper hammer in his hand, turned around and looked at Zhang Fei before hitting him. When the hammer came, Zhang Fei dodged and passed by his ear. Ma Chao had four small bronze hammers hidden in his body, and they almost hit Zhang Fei.
Seeing that their general was in trouble, the three thousand cavalry led by Ma Chao rushed to support Zhang Fei. Another of Zhang Fei's newly promoted lieutenants, Ma Zhong, also led the six thousand cavalry and rushed to reinforce Zhang Fei.
Ma Chao used words to stimulate Zhang Fei while running. Zhang Fei, who was furious, completely lost his consciousness and was led into a dense forest by Ma Chao. Here, Pang De and Huang Quan had set up an ambush, just waiting for Zhang Fei to enter.
On both sides of the dense forest, arrows flew like locusts, and Zhang Fei suddenly became a hedgehog. However, he did not die because the arrows shot from both sides had been specially treated. Zhang Fei was numb all over and his limbs were weak. He was tied up by the central sergeants.
??Before Zhang Fei fell into unconsciousness, he vaguely saw Ma Chao holding up another head with a gun. The head had a leopard head with eyes, a swallow jaw and a tiger beard, which looked exactly like Zhang Fei. Ma Chao shouted loudly: "Here is Zhang Fei's head." , you still won¡¯t surrender.¡±
Zhang Yi led 6,000 men and was defended by three times their number. Huang Quan rode his horse forward and smiled at Ma Zhong, his former friend in Bajun: "Dexin, abandon the dark and surrender to the bright, and submit to the imperial court. How long will it take?"
Ma Zhong thought Zhang Fei was dead and knew that even if he broke out of the siege and returned to Zitong, Liu Bei would still kill him, so he dismounted without hesitation, knelt down and surrendered.
Ma Zhong has surrendered, and other Bashu soldiers have asked to surrender. Only the eighteen Yanyun cavalry brought by Zhang Fei from Zhuo County refused to surrender. They were all shot by random arrows and fell to the ground in a faint. According to Zhuge Liang's intention, he originally wanted to kill Zhang Fei completely, but Lu Bu's order was to capture Zhang Fei alive, so he had to leave Zhang Fei and his eighteen Yanqi behind.
Ma Zhong asked to surrender. The news reached Lu Bu's camp in front of Fushui Pass. Lu Bu felt a little happy.
This Ma Zhong is not the same Ma Zhong. He is not Ma Zhong from Soochow who was so lucky that he captured Guan Yu and shot Huang Zhong. He is Ma Zhong, the Shu Han general who guarded the southern barbarians with both civil and military skills. Ma Zhong, like Huang Quan, was both from Langzhong, Brazil, and had been friends since childhood. Huang Quan had defected to L¨¹ Bu in the past. Ma Zhong was a child of an aristocratic family, so he had too many worries and was still young, so he did not leave Bashu to seek refuge with L¨¹ Bu. However, He had received several conquest letters from Lu Bu. Although he did not agree, he had a deep affection for Lu Bu. After all, a scholar would die for his bosom friend. Liu Zhang did not reuse him, but Lu Bu appreciated him and for this Appreciated by him, Ma Zhong wanted to surrender to the central court. However, his family had always been within Liu Zhang's sphere of influence in the past. He could only succumb to the magistrate of Hanchang County. Now he surrendered to Lu Bu, and soon he Promoted by Lu Bu.
In history, Ma Zhong first served as a county official in Brazil, Cha Xiaolian, and later became the county magistrate of Hanchang County. After that, he was not promoted for more than ten years. Liu Bei was defeated in Yiling and stationed in Yong'an. Yan Zhi, the governor of Brazil, recruited 5,000 people to supplement Liu Bei's troops and sent Ma Zhong to lead his troops. Liu Bei talked with him and thought highly of him. He praised Liu Ba, the minister, and said he was a talent like Huang Quan.
In the first year of Jianxing, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang opened the government and appointed Ma Zhong as his subordinate governor. During Zhuge Liang's southern expedition, he worshiped Ma Zhong as the governor of Zang'an and led a partial army to quell the local rebellion. Ma Zhong made remarkable achievements in governing Zangkou, and Zhuge Liang was appointed to participate in the military affairs of the prime minister. As the deputy of Shi Jiang Wan, the prime minister's remaining governor, he handled military and political affairs in the rear. Then he also served as the governor of Yizhou. The Wei army launched a massive attack on Hanzhong, and Ma Zhong went to Zhuge Liang's army to help with military affairs. After that, he commanded Yamen General Zhang Yi and other generals to put down the rebellious Qiang people in Wenshan County. Liu Zhou, a wealthy family in the south, rebelled and the counties were in commotion. Zhuge Liang replaced Zhang Yi, the former governor of Gaijiang, with Ma Zhong. Ma Zhong lived up to his mission and put down the rebellion. Zhuge Liang made Zhongzhong the Supervisor of the Army, General Fenwei, and was granted the title of Marquis of Boyang Ting.
Jianning County once killed the prefect Zheng'ang and kidnapped the prefect Zhang Yi and gave it to the state of Wu. Therefore, in the past, the governor of Nijiang was often stationed in Pingyi County, where the majority of the Han people were. Ma Zhong moved to Wei County where Han people and ethnic minorities lived together. Yuexun County has been in a state of chaos. Ma Zhong commanded and assisted Zhang Ni, the prefect of Yuexun, to restore order. As a result, he was directly promoted to General Annan and granted the title of Marquis of Pengxiang. The Grand Sima Jiang Wan was stationed in Hanzhong in the north, while Ma Zhong entered the court to report on his duties, so he was ordered to go to the front line to publicize the imperial edict, and he was promoted to the general of Zhennan. When Wei attacked Hanzhong, General Fei Yi led his army northward for reinforcements, while Ma Zhong stayed in Chengdu to handle political affairs. Fei Yi's class teacher, Ma Zhongcai returned to Nanzhong and died there.
Ma Zhong was in Nanzhong. He put down rebellions several times. He was able to deal with problems and was both powerful and graceful. When Ma Zhong died, everyone shed tears and mourned him, and built a temple to worship him.
When Lu Bu was pacifying Bashu, he was considering the Southern Barbarian problem. He wanted to gather some generals who could solve the Southern Barbarian problem to help him pacify the Southern Barbarians. Zhuge Liang, Ma Dai, and Wei Yan were already in place, but now they still lacked Ma Zhong, Wang Ping, Zhang Yi, and Zhang Yi. Lu Bu found out that except for Ma Zhong, the other three generals were currently under Liu Bei's account, so Lu Bu wanted to step up his offensive against Liu Bei and poach these people when they first defected to Liu Bei and had not yet formed enough loyalty.
After Ma Zhong surrendered, he and his cronies, together with more than a thousand central sergeants pretending to be Shu troops, carried Zhang Fei's unconscious body and pretended to be chased by the central army, and fled to Jiameng Pass, saying It was a brutal ambush by the Central Army, and General Zhang Fei was unfortunately killed. We fought desperately to recover his body.
The Liu Yan that Jiameng shut up was a loser. He believed Ma Zhong's words and did not observe carefully. In addition, he knew that Zhang Fei was Liu Bei's second brother. If he did not rescue Zhang Fei's body, it would be difficult for him to follow Liu Bei. It was a mission, so after a little thought, he opened the city gate.
Ma Zhong and Pang De swarmed in and occupied Jiameng Pass. Liu Yan was killed in the rebellion, and most of the more than 10,000 Shu troops surrendered.
Ma Chao smiled and said: "Kong Ming's head made of wax is really effective and lifelike."
Zhuge Liang smiled lightly and ordered: "Let's do it overnight."This waxy head was sent to Fushui Pass and handed over to the lord for use. "
Obviously, Zhuge Liang had the same strategy as Lu Bu, which was to use the sworn brotherhood of the three Taoyuan brothers to stimulate Zhang Fei, and then Guan Yu, and seize the pass when their emotions were out of control.