The west wind was strong, the dust was flying, and in August of the seventh year of Jian'an, Cousin Liu led an army of 100,000 to fight Cao Cao against Xinye City, twenty miles east of Xinye City. In the face of the Cao army, which also stretched for more than ten miles, Liu Biao changed his previous cautious style, but instead wore a battle armor and a long sword, and took the initiative to drive in front of the battle, full of spirit, so not majestic.

Although Liu Biao had put up the shelves of the Spring and Autumn princes among the ten thousand armies, Huang Zhong, who was recruited by him as the right of the car, was quite depressed at this time. It is said that "car right" refers to the samurai who stood on the right side of the emperor in ancient chariot battles. Generally, it is a strong martial arts wrestler to serve as the commander who can protect the left side of the car in time during the battle. When the car encounters an obstacle, the right side of the car will also get off the car to boost. Therefore, Che You was a highly honored position in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

But Huang Zhong is not a reckless man, and the honor he pursues is not to guard the house and watch the courtyard as a minion, but to gallop on the battlefield with a prancing horse. It's just that Liu Biao obviously doesn't care about Huang Zhong's thoughts. In his opinion, Huang Zhong is strong in martial arts, and recruiting Huang Zhong as a guard is not only an appreciation for Huang Zhong, but also a guarantee for his life. It must be known that the higher the status of a person, the more he cherishes his life, after all, the princes like Cao Cao and Sun Ce who like to take the lead at every turn are still a minority after all. However, this time the battle between Cao and Liu is a matter of life and death, so it is impossible for Liu Biao not to go into battle in person.

And just when Liu Biao was full of ambition, a rumbling drum suddenly sounded in his ears, and he saw more than 10,000 Cao Jun on the opposite side stepping on the passionate drumbeat, shouting and rushing towards this side. For a while, the shouts of killing resounded on the battlefield, making many soldiers in Liu Biao's army who were fighting for the first time panic.

However, Liu Biao on the chariot didn't care, but pointed at Cao Jun who was shouting on the opposite side and laughed loudly, "Everyone in the world says that Cao Jun is the division of tigers and wolves, and it is nothing more than this when I see it today." ”

It turned out that the front army of the Cao Army, which was rushing towards Liu Biao's camp at this moment, not only had mixed clothes, but also had a variety of weapons. And the formation of the charge was even more chaotic, and at a glance it was a rabble that had been put together improvisely. On the other hand, on Liu Biao's side, whether it is the division of the guards or the strong men who are forcibly pulled, they are all freshly dressed and armored, and the blades are complete. Once the two phases are compared, the superior is the judgment of the superior.

However, Cao Jun's light travel also has its advantages, that is, it is fast. Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses had rushed to within 500 steps in front of Liu Biao's formation. It's a pity that this is already the range of ballistas, and Liu Biao, who has strong financial resources, is equipped with a large number of ballistas. So, with Liu Biao's order, a nearly three-foot-long hard crossbow and long arrow. With a roar, he shot at Cao Jun.

In an instant, blood mist splashed in front of Liu Biao's array, and there were many screams.

The cavalry of the Cao army, which rushed to the front, collided head-on with the powerful flying crossbows, and were shot through the ground by the men and horses. The footmen who followed closely behind were not spared, and there was only one at least. There were more than three or four people, and they were pierced one by one by the roaring heavy arrows. What's more, they were nailed directly to the ground by a flying crossbow. Immobile. I could only watch as my own blood gradually soaked the soil around me. The soldiers who followed him were so frightened that they stopped moving.

Liu Biao looked at his own crossbow carts, bows and arrows like harvesting ears of wheat and the swarming Cao army, but he was not overjoyed. It's just that Liu Biao's kung fu is in place, and his subordinates can remain silent even if he doesn't replace his subordinates. Seeing that the Cao army on the opposite side was so vulnerable, the fierce generals of Jingzhou led by Wu Ju, Zhang Hu, and Liu Pan took the initiative to lead their troops to attack and pick "peaches" without waiting for Liu Biao's order.

But seeing that Wu Ju and Zhang Hu each led 3,000 horsemen, one east and one west, they took the lead in breaking away from their own formation. Roundabout Cao Jun. And Liu Pan commanded the infantry to directly face the front army of Cao's army. At this moment, Cao Jun had just gone through the arrow array, and he had long lost his previous fierce momentum. Facing Liu Panbu, who was wearing Xuan armor and marching step by step, the remnants of thousands of Cao troops were like waves crashing into a rock.

Wu Ju, Liu Pan and others played beautifully in front. But Kuai Yue, who was Liu Biao's military advisor, secretly frowned. In his opinion, Wu Ju, Liu Pan and others are too arrogant and indulgent, which is not a good thing. And Cao Jun's appearance today is too mediocre, revealing a smell of conspiracy. However, before he could open his mouth to remind, Huang Zhong, who was on the right side of the car, had already clenched his fists and said to Liu Biao, "Lord, Cao Cao's left and right armies have not moved, and they are only charging with a rabble, and there must be fraud in this matter!" ”

When Kuai Yue heard Huang Zhong say this, he couldn't help but look Huang Zhong up and down with his eyes lit up, thinking that this person was not a reckless man. So he also followed to Liu Biao and said, "General Huang is reasonable, please ask the lord to recall the two generals Wu and Zhang quickly." ”

If it was just Huang Zhong who spoke alone, Liu Biao might not care, after all, Huang Zhong was just a martial artist from a humble background in his eyes. But if Kuai Yue said the same, he would have to have some scruples. So Liu Biao listened to the words of the two, but hesitated slightly, and then ordered Mingjin.

However, Wu Ju and Zhang Hu, one is arrogant and arrogant, and the other is a bandit in Jingzhou in his early years, where will they take Liu Biao's orders as a scribe in their eyes. Therefore, the two of them invariably took Mingjin behind them as a deaf ear, and turned to chase Cao's army all the way.

At this time, although the Cao army had been defeated, it was defeated but not chaotic, and when it was about to be pursued to the front of the Cao army, these routs suddenly split into two and quickly pounced on both sides. In an instant, Wu Ju and Zhang Hu's 6,000 soldiers and horses were completely exposed to the range of Cao's 10,000 crossbowmen. Before Liu Biaojun could react, the arrows in the sky had already fallen on their heads like a raging storm. The same scene was just staged in front of Liu Biao's formation, but this time it was not the miscellaneous soldiers who suffered heavy casualties, but the elite of Liu Biao's department.

Cao Cao sat on horseback, waved his whip and pointed at Liu Biao, who was being surrounded and suppressed by Cao's army in front, and pointed out to Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi beside him, "In the past, Cai Anzhen used 20,000 miscellaneous soldiers as bait to defeat Lu Fengxian and capture Zhang Wenyuan. Today, my father lured the enemy deep with 10,000 miscellaneous soldiers and attacked his elite. On the other hand, Liu Jingsheng Mingjin has no one to answer, and the lower subordinates will be arrogant like this, how to command the troops! Therefore, you need to keep in mind: thick but not made, love but not ordered, chaos and not cured, such as arrogance, not available. ”

After Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi listened carefully to Cao Cao's experience in commanding the army, they immediately leaned over and hugged their fists, "Father's teachings, children must keep them in mind." ”

Cao Cao saw that his two sons could understand it at one point, and couldn't help but nod with satisfaction. However, after Cao Zhang got up, he asked him curiously, "Father, Liu Biao has been defeated?" Cao Cao listened, first swept Cao Zhang's glance, then turned back to look at the battle formation in front of him, and muttered to himself in a deep voice. No, the war has just begun. ”

This Cao Cao instructed the young son in the art of war in front of the battle; On the other side, Liu Biao saw Wu Ju and others fall into Cao Jun's trap, and he was so angry that he almost rolled his eyes. But Wu Ju is a general under Liu Biao's account after all, and he is also the Taishou of Cangwu, if he is really killed by Cao Jun, it will inevitably affect the morale of the whole army. Therefore, although Liu Biao was angry with Wu Ju and Zhang Hu and disobeyed the order, he still sent troops and horses to meet Wu Ju and others at the first time.

Kuai Yue on the side saw that Liu Biao's face was blue with anger, for fear that he would be angry, so he hurriedly stepped forward and whispered to him, "The lord is angry." We are a feint today. Xuande Gongfang is the key to victory or defeat. ”

Liu Biao heard Kuai Yue say this, and his originally tense face finally eased. It turned out that after Liu Biao and Liu Bei met that day, the two made a plan in Xiangyang and decided to attack Cao Cao in two ways. One of them, Liu Biao led the main force of Jingzhou to set up a position outside Xinye City and feint to attack Cao's camp, so as to drag Cao Cao. Lingyi Road was led by Liu Bei to take a small road and raid the granary of Cao's army in the south. Once Liu Bei succeeds, Cao Cao's hundreds of thousands of troops will retreat without a fight, and the loss of soldiers and horses on Liu Biao's side will be nothing compared to it.

With this idea. Liu Biao couldn't help but raise his head in the northwest direction, twisting his beard and muttering to himself. "Xuande. Success or failure is all up to you! ”

Liu Bei, who knew that he was shouldering a heavy responsibility, was galloping side by side with Guan Yu at the foot of Zhongyang Mountain at this time. After a lapse of five years, Liu Bei returned to his hometown as the titular Yuzhou pastor, and his mood can be described as mixed. thought that he was expelled from Xuzhou by Lu Bu back then, and had to commit himself to Cao Cao's account. On the one hand, Cao Cao recommended him as the pastor of Yuzhou, but on the other hand, he only gave him a small Peicheng to defend against Lü Bu. Since then, Liu Bei has completely abandoned his plan to become an official in Xudu.

Joke! He Liu Bei is a dignified member of the Han family, how can he become a minion of the eunuch. This time, the Cao thief must be killed. Restore the Han Dynasty!

Thinking of this, Liu Bei subconsciously whipped his horsewhip hard, and led a large group of men and horses to cross the boundary monument from Runan County, Yuzhou to the territory of Nanyang County, Jingzhou. Cao Cao gathered in the south of the granary in Nanyang County, which was an important ferry port on the water. However, this time, Cao Cao drew a lot of troops from Nanyang in order to fight Xinye with Liu. makes the once busy Nan Juju seem a little deserted. It's just that even so, Liu Bei still didn't dare to rob the camp directly in broad daylight, but waited until after sunset before he approached quietly.

It was midnight when Liu Bei's soldiers gathered outside the south, and the lights in Cao Ying's camp were dim and silent, only a few figures on the arrow tower showed that this place was not an empty village. Seeing this, Liu Bei turned around and glanced at Chen Zhi. Seeing this, the latter immediately took a thousand soldiers and horses around the camp to set fire to disturb it.

As the fire broke out at the north gate, Guan Yu and Liu Bei exchanged glances, and then led three thousand soldiers and horses to directly kill the south gate and gather at the south gate. The defenders in Nan Juju did not seem to expect anyone to come and raid the camp in the middle of the night. Caught off guard, the archers on the arrow tower were shot over one by one by Liu Beijun's archers without snorting. At the same time, dozens of sturdy cavalrymen turned over and dismounted, striking the gate with the logs they had chopped down beforehand.

I only heard a loud bang, and the walled gate of Nan Juju collapsed to the ground. Guan Yu, who was riding a jujube red horse, took the lead, leading his soldiers and horses to jump into the camp, wanting to fight in the camp. But they never thought that after walking around, everyone didn't meet a single Cao Jun. Faced with such a strange scene, Guan Yu, who realized that he might have fallen into the trap, immediately pulled the reins and planned to turn his horse to evacuate this place. Who would have thought that before he could give the order, a noisy drum suddenly sounded outside the Nan gathering. Immediately after that, the sporadic fires were lit one after another, and after a short time, they were connected, illuminating the woods where Nan Juju and Liu Bei were hiding as bright as day.

"Not good! In the scheme also! ”

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Chen Zhi all had the same voice in their heads at the same time. But at this moment, they and their ten thousand soldiers and horses were in three separate positions, and they were isolated under the firelight like beasts in a trap. Especially Liu Bei, who stayed in the woods, although he had 6,000 soldiers and horses around him, he had no generals by his side. In case of being surrounded by enemy troops, the consequences are unimaginable.

Thinking of this, Guan Yu and Chen Zhi immediately didn't care about their own safety, and they both coincidentally rode their horses and led the troops to gallop to help Liu Bei. But who knew that before Guan Yu could rush out of the camp, an iron horse suddenly flashed out of the empty gate, with black robes and black armor like ghosts in the night, and like divine soldiers descending from the sky. I heard one of the leading generals wielding a mace and shouting, "Xu Chu of the Kingdom of Qian is here, and you won't be captured quickly!" ”

It turned out that Cao Cao expected that Liu Bei would come to the south early in the morning to gather and rob the camp, and the story first sent Xu Chu and others to ambush here. As for why Cao Cao was so clever, the reason is also very simple, Liu Biao and Liu Bei formed such a high-profile alliance, but when the decisive battle was held, Liu Biao did not see Liu Bei, how could Cao Cao not have doubts with his suspicious character. However, if it was in the past, after Cao Cao found out that there was fraud in it, the most he could do was to let Xu Chu and others rush to the south to gather. However, since the Cao army introduced horseshoes and stirrups from the Qi army, the cavalry of the Cao army marched twice as fast. It was also this doubling of the marching speed that gave Xu Chu and others time to set up an ambush.

At this moment, the cavalry behind Guan Yu heard that it was Xu Chu, the first fierce general under Cao Cao's account, and their hearts were half cold. I want to have a strong general to deal with Lu Bu in the three families of Liu, Cao, and Cai in Xiapi back then. Liu Bei sent Chen Dao, Cai Ji sent Zhao Yun, and Cao Cao sent Xu Chu in front of him. Although the three of them fought Lu Bu together at that time, only Zhao Yun and Xu Chu had really fought against Lu Bu alone. It is said that Xu Chu fought with Lu Bu alone for 20 rounds at that time, which shows that his fierceness is outstanding.

However, Guan Yu didn't take the burly Xu Chu on the other side in his eyes. Although Guan Yu didn't witness Xu Chu, Chen Zhi, and Zhao Yun fighting against Lu Bu with his own eyes, he still heard about the whole process of the fierce battle between the four from Chen Zhi afterwards, and knew that Xu Chu was not as mysterious as the legends in the outside world. Therefore, he immediately jumped on his horse, raised his knife and shouted, "What about Xu Chu? Brothers, need not be alarmed! ”

With the flirting torch, Xu Chu saw an extremely tall figure rushing out of Liu Bei's army on the opposite side. The fierceness and fierceness of its momentum made Xu Chu feel a tremor in the pores all over his body. Before he had time to think about it, Xu Chu subconsciously raised his stick to block. Hearing only a metal scramble, the knife and mace flashed dazzling sparks in the dark night.

"Who is coming? Get your name in! Xu Chu held the other party's long knife and asked.

Guan Yu raised his hand and drew a fierce wind, "Hedong Guan Yu." ”

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