Chapter 835: Defending is Attacking
Zhang Fei? Xia Houlan wondered how this Liu Bei's sworn brother was here?
Why is Zhang Fei here? Speaking of which, it has something to do with Liu Yu. Zhang Fei had mentioned three conditions to Liu Yu before, one of which was that he didn't want to go against Liu Bei. Liu Yu duly agreed to this condition.
But Zhang Fei can't be idle in Jiangxia. And as a general, Jiangxia is full of Liu Yu's soldiers and horses, and soldiers and low-level generals will also point fingers at Zhang Fei, so Zhang Fei is really uncomfortable staying in Jiangxia.
Dian Wei, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, and even Guan Yu all have soldiers and horses on hand, and they can also practice and train soldiers in peacetime. But Zhang Fei's official position is very high now, but he doesn't even have a personal soldier in his hands, a typical single commander. In the end, Zhang Fei found Liu Yu and said that he wanted Liu Yu to arrange tasks for him, and if Liu Yu didn't agree, he wouldn't finish.
Well, Liu Yu has seen the scoundrel nature of Zhang Fei. If you think about it, people are so big, and they still do things like a child. Liu Yu didn't know how Liu Bei and Guan Yu got along with Zhang Fei.
Liu Yu has a lot of soldiers and horses, and there is no big problem if he wants to give some to Zhang Fei. But Liu Yu was very worried that Zhang Fei was playing a routine, and he ran away if he wanted to pull a troop. At that time, Liu Yu lost the generals and folded his troops again.
Zhang Fei saw that Liu Yu disagreed, and played a rogue style like a shrew on the spot. Liu Yu felt that his head was going to be big.
Fortunately, at the last moment, Guan Yu, who received the news, came. Guan Yu, who knew what had happened, scolded Zhang Fei fiercely. Zhang Fei didn't have any temper when he was scolded by Guan Yu, and the whole person lowered his head and didn't speak.
Guan Yu knew Zhang Fei very well, knew that Zhang Fei couldn't be idle, and also understood Liu Yu's scruples, so for the sake of the overall situation, Guan Yu tactfully said that some of his soldiers and horses could be divided into Zhang Fei's leadership. At the same time, I also hope that Liu Yu can arrange something for Zhang Fei to do, so that Zhang Fei will not be idle and find trouble.
After Liu Yu weighed the pros and cons, he decided to arrange some tasks for Zhang Fei from Cao Cao's idea of not using people, and at the same time assigned some soldiers and horses to Zhang Fei from Guan Yu, Lu Bu, and Dian Wei's subordinates, so that Zhang Fei could lead an army. And Guan Yu's suggestion, Liu Yu only adopted part of it. Just kidding, you two brothers are about to wear the same pair of pants, Guan Yu, your soldiers and horses have arrived at Zhang Fei, not all of them have listened to Zhang Fei's words, if Zhang Fei escapes with them, who will say a word.
Of course, Guan Yu didn't know what Liu Yu thought, and he was also happy to see that Liu Yu was able to agree to this matter.
Zhang Fei doesn't care, with his principles, since he has agreed to serve Liu Yu, he can only go all the way to the dark.
Liu Yu finally gave Zhang Fei a task, that is, to lead the troops to Nanyang to defend against Cao Cao's possible attack, there are no major restrictions, only one thing Zhang Fei needs to pay attention to, that is, he can't whip the soldiers after drinking, if Liu Yu knows, Zhang Fei can only be a big soldier. Going to Nanyang is also a good thing, which not only avoids the possibility that Zhang Fei may escape from Liu Bei, but also fulfills Zhang Fei's mind that he doesn't want to fight against Liu Bei, killing two birds with one stone.
In order not to stay in Jiangxia, Zhang Fei also agreed to Liu Yu's request, after all, Liu Yu did not restrict him from drinking.
Zhang Fei said goodbye to Liu Yu very happily, and then went to Dian Wei and Lu Bu and asked them to hand over their troops. Dian Wei and Lu Bu happened to be drinking together, and when they saw Zhang Fei coming over, they beckoned him to drink together, but they didn't expect Zhang Fei to make such a show as soon as he came, both of them were confused, what kind of thing is this?
Zhang Fei didn't talk nonsense with them, and directly told Liu Yu's order. Zhang Fei's character, Lu Bu and Dian Wei still believe it, since Liu Yu has such an order, they can only hand over part of their forces to Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei got these troops plus Guan Yu's troops, adding up to almost 3,000 soldiers and horses, and after saying goodbye to Guan Yu, he rushed towards Nanyang.
Guan Yu looked at Zhang Fei who rushed away, shook his head and sighed secretly, hoping that Zhang Fei would be able to adapt to the fact that he was under Liu Yu as soon as possible.
Just when Zhang Fei arrived in Nanyang, the news of Cao Jun's attack spread throughout Nanyang. Zhang Fei didn't say a word and led the troops to kill him. rushed all the way, and happened to arrive at the gap where Xia Houlan retreated.
Zhang Feike blocked Xiahoulan in a real way.
Xia Houlan didn't know that Zhang Fei was Liu Yu's person now, he vaguely remembered that it was Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Ce who joined forces to fight Liu Yu, Zhang Fei was Liu Bei's brother, so it was his own person, the reason why Zhang Fei appeared here, Xia Houlan didn't know, but he definitely came to help him.
"General Zhang Yide, we are Prime Minister Cao Cheng's people, and now we are being pursued by Liu Yujun's troops, please ask the general to help." Xia Houlan thought at first that he was blocked by Liu Yu's soldiers and horses, and his face turned pale with fright, but now he knows that it is his own people, and this is a good time to fight back.
Zhang Fei is a peerless fierce general with undue bravery, and Xiahou Lan knows very well that if Zhang Fei joins, the trapped camp may be able to be defeated by them.
But Zhang Fei didn't have any conversation with Xiahoulan, and directly took the soldiers and horses to kill him, killing Xiahoulan in a daze.
Xia Houlan said anxiously: "General Zhang, we are friendly troops, you are mistaken!" ”
Zhang Fei brandished the Zhangba Snake Spear and killed Xiahou Lan, shouting: "Make no mistake, you are the one who will be killed!" ”
The Zhangba Snake Spear was originally confiscated by Liu Yu, Zhang Fei is now Liu Yu's subordinate, Liu Yu returned the Zhangba Snake Spear to Zhang Fei, anyway, it is useless to leave this weapon with Liu Yu, it is better to return it to Zhang Fei and make Zhang Fei happy.
Something is wrong, something is very wrong! Xia Houlan finally discovered the abnormality of the troops brought by Zhang Fei. The armor on these soldiers is actually all Liu Yu's standard armor, which means that this is Liu Yu's troops, which means that Zhang Fei is already Liu Yu's person. And Zhang Fei is Liu Bei's brother, doesn't that mean that Liu Bei has taken refuge in Liu Yu.
As soon as she thought of this possibility, Xia Houlan was about to cry, and scolded in her heart: Liu Bei, you are a two-faced guy with three knives, on the surface, you are uniting the prime minister and Sun Ce against Liu Yu, and secretly surrendered to Liu Yu, and let your brother bring soldiers and horses to fight me, if you die in this battle, I Xiahoulan will not let you go.
Zhang Fei stabbed Xia Houlan with a spear, Xia Houlan hurriedly dodged, and then frantically flapped the war horse and fled. Xiahou Lan was thoughtful, thinking that he already knew about Liu Bei's conspiracy, so he should save his life so that he could report to Cao Cao, so that everyone in the world would know Liu Bei's face, and at the same time let Cao Cao and Sun Ce avoid being defeated by Liu Bei's calculations.
Obviously, Xia Houlan was thinking too much, and things were not what he imagined at all.
Xia Houlan fled frantically, completely ignoring his own troops, only his personal army was still guarding him.
Zhang Fei's troops, which were partly composed of Bingzhou wolf cavalry and partly of elite infantry under Dian Wei, quickly surrounded the Cao army and constantly slaughtered the living force of the Cao army.
Xia Houlan finally escaped from Ascension after his own efforts, but he did not stop at all, and fled directly in the direction of Runan, only by staying away from here, Xia Houlan could feel safe.
Cao Jun no longer has a main general to lead, coupled with the trapping camp and Zhang Fei's two-sided attack, Cao Jun's last trace of resistance was wiped out, and he simply threw down his weapon and surrendered with his head in his hands.
At this point, Cao's army invaded Nanyang, and the attempt to attract Liu Yu's forces was quickly defeated.
The soldiers of the Cao army who surrendered were all taken into custody, and at the same time, Gao Shun and Zhang Fei also converged.
Gao Shun was very curious why Zhang Fei would help him, didn't this Zhang Fei always be Liu Bei's brother. Gao Shun still doesn't know that Zhang Fei is already Liu Yu's person, and he can be regarded as his colleague.
Mi Zhu was originally sitting in the rear, but when he saw that Cao's army was all defeated, he hurried up.
After seeing Zhang Fei, Mi Zhu knew what was going on, and said with a smile: "Yide, okay, you are also under His Majesty's command." ”
Gao Shun knew from this sentence that Zhang Fei had already served Liu Yu, so he didn't need to be hostile to Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei still remembered that he was cheated by the two brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang, and said unhappily: "This is still thanks to your two brothers!" ”
Mi Zhu smiled awkwardly, this one still remembers that he and Mi Fang cheated him, it seems that this matter is not so easy to be good.
Gao Shun asked aloud, "Why did General Zhang come here?" ”
Gao Shun's voice made Mi Zhu feel a lot less embarrassed, Mi Zhu was very grateful, and he also wanted to know why Zhang Fei came to Nanyang, and there were so many elite soldiers under him.
"Your Majesty asked Ben to lead his troops to defend against Cao Cao's attack. Your Majesty is wise, and you have predicted early on that you may not be able to keep the Cao army, no, you just happened to be caught up by the general, otherwise these Cao troops might have fled. Zhang Fei's words were full of sarcasm.
"Thank you, General Zhang, for your assistance." Gao Shun is a real person, if there is no Zhang Fei, he may really be escaped by these Cao Jun.
Zhang Fei and the others didn't talk much nonsense, and began to interrogate the captured Cao Jun, while Xia Houlan was the one who knew the specific plan, and the others were all small shrimps, and they didn't know what Cao Jun's conspiracy was. The last information that can be obtained is that Cao Jun's main general this time is a guy named Xiahoulan.
Mi Zhu is a bit of a pity, Cao Jun played the banner of Cao Ren, but it was actually someone else, or a person with no reputation, a nobody, there must be a conspiracy in this. If Xiahou Lan knew that Mi Zhu and the others thought he was a nobody, he would definitely cry and faint in the thatched house.
"There's something strange about this. Cao Jun must have a conspiracy. Mi Zhu said with a frown.
Gao Shun nodded, Mi Zhu had said this before, and he also thought so.
Zhang Fei smiled. Conspiracy? Is it stupid to want to engage in a conspiracy with these wastes, Zhang Fei also learned from Mi Zhu what Cao Jun did this time, so he said: "Cao Cao is notoriously treacherous, maybe he thinks Cao Ren's name is very useful, and wants to use this to scare us." ”
Zhang Fei used the word "we", invisibly recognizing that he was from Liu Yu's side.
"Yide, this reason is not valid." Mi Zhu is a man of wisdom, Zhang Fei's explanation doesn't make sense at all, Cao Ren is very fierce in Cao Cao, but it is not enough to see in front of Liu Yu's generals, and using Cao Ren to scare the generals on Liu Yu's side is simply a joke.
Zhang Fei closed his mouth, he knew that Mi Zhu was a little resourceful and much stronger than him, and at the same time, looking at the previous relationship, Zhang Fei gave Mi Zhu a face and did not refute Mi Zhu.
Gao Shun asked, "Lord Mi, what are we going to do now?" ”
"I'm also in trouble." Mi Zhu told the truth, what to do now, Mi Zhu has no bottom in his heart.
Zhang Fei said dissatisfiedly: "What else is there to discuss. Wave the army directly and kill it to Runan City! ”
"Huh?" Mi Zhu didn't expect Zhang Fei to be so bold, and he actually thought of counterattacking and attacking.
"What is there to be surprised about. Cao Cao invaded Nanyang this time, so it means that he will also attack next time. There are only thieves for a thousand days, and where are there thieves for a thousand days. In my opinion, it's better to take advantage of Cao Cao's unprepared next invasion now and give him a hard time. Let Cao Cao know that Nanyang is not a soft bone, if he wants to put his mouth down, let's let him go around without eating! Zhang Fei said his thoughts.
Mi Zhu really didn't know whether he should agree to Zhang Fei's proposal, but Zhang Fei came to Nanyang under Liu Yu's order, and Liu Yu didn't say whose order Zhang Fei wanted to obey before, so Zhang Fei didn't care whether Mi Zhu and Gao Shun agreed at all.
"If you want to waste your time here, just stay. The general's soldiers have also rested enough, and now they will attack Runan. Zhang Fei muttered.
Mi Zhu's eyes widened, this Zhang Fei's courage is really big enough, seeing that his strength is about 3,000, he actually dares to attack Runan, it can be said that he is bold and reckless.
In other places, Zhang Fei may have no bottom, but Runan is different, Zhang Fei is very clear about the topography of Runan, and he has great confidence. What's more, when he was fighting against Cao Jun just now, he found that Cao Jun's current combat power has dropped a lot, and if he doesn't take advantage of it at this moment, when will he have to wait.
Gao Shun came to Zhang Fei and said: "General Zhang is brave, and the general also wants to teach Cao Cao a lesson with General Zhang." ”
"That's a good idea!" Zhang Fei patted Gao Shun on the shoulder and admired Gao Shun very much.
Zhang Fei and Gao Shun both looked at Mi Zhu, and now they will look at Mi Zhu.
Mi Zhu smiled bitterly: "The two generals are not afraid of death. Now we have captured a large number of Cao Jun, but we must deal with all these prisoners first. ”
"That's easy, just kill them all." Zhang Fei said amazingly.
Mi Zhu hurriedly stopped and said, "No." These are the people of the Great Han. Your Majesty is a benevolent king, and this kind of slaughter of captives cannot be done. In this way, the two generals left some soldiers and horses for Zaixia, and Zaixia had already notified General Zhang Xiu to get up, and when these prisoners were disposed of. How about meeting up with the two generals again? ”
Mi Zhu said so, can Zhang Fei still say no? At that time, it was agreed.
So Zhang Fei and Gao Shun left Mi Zhu with 1,000 troops, and then rushed towards Runan with the rest of the troops.
Mi Zhu sighed: "Both of them are crazy! Is Runan City so easy to take? I hope that there will not be too many casualties and Cao Cao will fight back. ”
It was useless for Mi Zhu to sigh, he didn't have any power to balance Gao Shun and Zhang Fei now, he could only watch these two generals act arbitrarily.