Li Qi left garrison troops in Danshui, Shunyang and Rang counties.

Danshui guard A Kuanan has a garrison of three thousand troops; Shunyang guard Shen Mi has a garrison of three thousand troops; Rangxian guard Dong Natu has a garrison of three thousand troops.

Among the three guards, Shen Mi had been following Li Qi for a longer period of time and had the most experience in marching. Li Qi used Shen Mi as the core and asked Ah Kuanan and Dong Natu to obey Shen Mi's orders.

Now Hao Zhao has led five thousand soldiers and horses to capture Xi County. As long as he captures any city in Danshui, Shunyang, and Rang County, he can block Li Qi's grain route.

After analysis, Hao Zhao believed that Rangxian County was too close to the Xinye City Fortress and could easily be counterattacked by Li Qi's garrison in Xinye. Similarly, Danshui was too close to Wuguan. Therefore, the best target for attack should be Shunyang.

If Shunyang is captured, Huang Zhong of Wuguan will not dare to move, but Xinye Fortress may send troops to rescue him, but because it is too far away, Hao Zhao has enough time to prepare, and he can even retreat to Xi County. After the reinforcements from Shunyang were withdrawn, they counterattacked again.

Hao Zhao's purpose was to cut off Li Qi's grain route, not to maintain long-term peace and stability in a certain place, so he could fully use his mobility advantage to engage in guerrilla warfare by disrupting Li Qi's rear.

After the strategy was decided, Hao Zhao led 5,000 soldiers and horses out of Xixian County.

However, he did not go directly to his destination Shunyang, but instead took Danshui as his goal with great fanfare.

When Danshui guard Ah Kuanan heard that Hao Zhao was coming to attack Danshui, he was furious and wanted to kill Hao Zhao immediately.

Therefore, on the way to Hao Zhaolai, A'Kuinan was so excited that he geared up and made his soldiers agitated.

As soon as Hao Zhaogang arrived fifty miles outside Danshui City, Ah Kuanan led his army to sneak attack the camp.

When we first arrived at Cao Jun's camp, we saw that except for a small number of patrols, the camp was quiet and completely defenseless.

A'Kuinan was overjoyed and decisively led his troops to rush in.

In an instant, balls of fire lit up around the camp, and shouts broke out from all over.

The leading general pointed a simple sword at Ah Kuanan and said, "Thief general, why don't you dismount and accept your surrender?"

If you guessed correctly, you were probably ambushed!

Ah Kuanan was furious and came to fight with his sword.

The last thing the Nanman warriors are afraid of is single combat.

Of course, whether you can win is another matter.

No, Ah Kuanan couldn't hold on after ten rounds, so he drew his horse and was about to withdraw. Hao Zhao came up from behind, slashed with his sword, and beheaded Ah Kuanan.

The remaining soldiers, many of whom were native surrenderers, surrendered one after another when they saw that their leader was beheaded.

Hao Zhao took the elixir, but he was a little confused.

His original plan was to defeat the Danshui guard, make him ask for help from Shunyang, and then take advantage of the opportunity to attack Shunyang. He did not expect that the Danshui guard was so vulnerable that he fell down before he could exert any force.

Now it's good. He took the elixir out of nowhere. Are you waiting for Huang Zhong to come from Wuguan to fight?

Hao Zhao paced back and forth on the tower and thought of another plan.

He found a local surrender soldier, imprisoned his family members in the county, and sent him to Shunyang to falsely convey a message for help. However, he led his troops behind and only waited for the Shunyang garrison to leave the city before attacking Shunyang. Positive.

The soldier's old mother was imprisoned, how could he dare not to obey? He rushed to Shunyang at starry night.

As soon as Shen Mi saw the letter asking for help from "A Kuanan", he knew that the elixir was probably gone.

How do ordinary soldiers know the inside story of the "encryption" of communication between generals within the Li Qi Group? Not only do they "encrypt", but the "password" is changed at any time. For example, when you need to change the password, you only need to "enter" the last correct one. The password "A stream of mountains and rivers show through the ages" will remind the other party that the next password will be "Sanhe River flows for thousands of years". In this way, no matter how good you are at forging handwriting, you can't escape the other party's eyes.

Shen Mi asked the soldier who came to ask for help: "Who is the enemy general? How many soldiers and horses did he bring? How is the battle in Danshui going?"

The soldier said: "The enemy general Hao Zhao led five thousand troops to attack the city. Due to the lack of arrows and rolling stones in Danshui City, the defense was difficult."

Shen Mi said: "I understand. You can go back to Danshui first and let General A'Kuinan do his best to defend. I will organize the troops and horses and come early tomorrow morning."

Soldier: "Tomorrow?"

Shen Mi said: "Yes, the enemy's morale is strong now. After he relaxes, our army will have enough energy."

The soldiers had no choice but to go back and report to Hao Zhao.

In fact, the time Shen Mi was fighting for was precisely to move troops and horses to Rang County.

In the afternoon of the next day, Shen Mi led two thousand soldiers and horses towards Danshui. Hao Zhao's soldiers and horses hid in the dark and silently watched Shen Mi leave.

After an estimated two hours, Hao Zhao suddenly led his army to attack Shunyang.

Dong Natu came to the city tower in person, threw the arrows and rolling stones that he had prepared at Cao Jun, and shouted: "Hao Zhao, son, you have fallen into the trap!"

Hao Zhao was shocked. When he looked back, he saw Shen Mi leading two thousand soldiers and horses to counterattack, cutting off his retreat and surrounding him.

Hao Zhao was so angry that he beat his chest. The IQs of the generals under Li Qi's command were so uneven!

They are also the guards of a small county. There are people like A Suinan who are easily deceived, and there are people like Shen Mi who know how to cheat.

Hao Zhao saw that the defense of Shunyang City was strong and difficult to break through for a while, so he only had to turn his horse's head to break through.

Hao Zhao waved his sword and charged in person, cutting a way out.

Shen Mi came to fight with his spear, but was no match for Hao Zhao, and was defeated within ten seconds.

Hao Zhao lost his troops and defeated his generals, and fled back to Danshui.

The deputy general called the door at the foot of Danshui City. A heavy crossbow fired ten arrows at the door. Except for Hao Zhao, who blocked the attack with his sword, the two deputy generals beside him were shot to the ground.

On top of the city tower, Yang Feng said: "Hao Zhaopifu killed my Nanman brothers. I swear to avenge him sooner or later."

Hao Zhao quickly led his army to retreat. Yang Feng was told by Huang Zhong not to open the door to fight, so he did not send troops to pursue him.

At this time, the number of Cao's troops following Hao Zhao was less than 2,000. They wandered all the way, suffered from hunger, and finally returned to Xi County.

Hao Zhao looked at the deputy general beside him and saw that he was dead, so he had to call the door himself.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Just as I was raising my head to call the door, I suddenly felt that something was wrong. I took a closer look: Nima, the flag on the city has been changed.

On one side is "Liu" in black letters on a red background, and on the other side is "Zhang" in yellow background with red edges.

A big man with a leopard head and ringed eyes came to the tower and shouted: "Is this Hao Zhaohu coming?"

Hao Zhao pointed his knife at the city tower and said, "Who will take my city?"

Zhang Fei laughed loudly: "I am from Yan, Zhang Yide. Don't run away first. I will come down to the pass and fight you for 300 rounds."

Hao Zhao said angrily: "How dare an ordinary man look down on me?"

Zhang Fei said: "Letting you fight with me for three hundred rounds is a tribute to you!"

Hao Zhao made a move with his hand, and the soldiers retreated a few feet, and said to Zhang Fei: "Don't be quick to talk, if you have the guts, go down to the pass and fight."

Zhang Fei came to the city with a snake spear that was eight feet long in hand and asked people to open the city gate.

As soon as the city gate opened a gap, Hao Zhao waved his sword and made the soldiers rush forward.

Zhang Fei was furious, you are so disrespectful of martial arts, so don't blame me, Old Zhang, for being ruthless!

"Drive!" Zhang Fei clamped his legs on the horse's belly, spurred the horse forward, and struck Hao Zhao straight into the throat with his spear.

Hao Zhao stood up and dodged, passed the simple knife around his chest, and struck it horizontally.

Zhang Fei methodically retracted the spearhead, picked it up with one hand, pushed Hao Zhao's blade away, and then stabbed it straight.

Hao Zhao had just straightened up when he saw a steel spear coming through the air and hurriedly turned sideways to dodge.

Zhang Fei swept to the left, and the spearhead hit Hao Zhao's helmet, knocking him off his horse.

Hao Zhao fell off his horse and felt his head was buzzing. Before he could wake up, he was captured alive by Zhang Fei's soldiers.

Zhang Fei sat upright in the lobby and ordered Hao Zhao to be escorted to him.

Hao Zhao struggled and glared angrily.

Zhang Fei said: "The last time you stared at me like this, Lao Zhang, your eyeballs were dug out."

Hao Zhao said: "Huh, the wild men in the mountains are extremely barbaric. Come on, I, Hao Zhao, can't be considered a hero even if I frown."

Zhang Fei's soldiers came to Hao Zhao with a dagger in their hands.

Hao Zhao raised his head and stared, not at all confused.

When the soldiers were about to take action, Zhang Fei shouted: "Slow down!"

Zhang Fei slowly walked towards Hao Zhao, reached out to take the dagger from the soldier's hand, and cut the rope for Hao Zhao.

Hao Zhao sneered: "No need to be pretentious."

Zhang Fei said: "Since I joined the army, I have killed countless people, why do I need to show coyness to a dying person?"

Hao Zhao said: "Then what are you waiting for? Give me a good time."

Zhang Fei said: "I respect the heroes the most in my life. You are not afraid of life and death. You are truly a role model for soldiers. Please accept my respect from me, Old Zhang."

After saying that, Zhang Fei really worshiped me.

Hao Zhao was a little confused.

Zhang Fei said: "My eldest brother is the uncle of the current emperor. He raised troops to help the Han Dynasty. He has come to analyze the county to resolve Li Zhenghong's crisis, and it is out of loyalty. How can he be compared to the Cao thieves who deceived the emperor and massacred the city? The general is a loyal and brave man.

Why don't you follow my brother, report to the country, and bring peace to the people?"

Hao Zhaoxin said, "Mother, I thought you were a reckless man, but I didn't expect you were quite slippery when talking."

Hao Zhaodao: "How can a loyal minister serve two masters?"

Zhang Fei said: "You are also a Han. Your ancestors have been Han for generations, but you just went astray. It's not too late to turn back now."
To be continued...