Chapter 112: The Battle of Pengcheng
That letter was written by Xun Yu to persuade Cao Cao to withdraw his troops, after all, now that the battlefields on all sides have fallen into a crisis, if Liu Ping did not block Zhang Fei, then the Cao clan would lose everything.
And Liu Ping only has 9,000 miscellaneous troops under his command, and the real main force is only 3,000 people, according to common sense, it will never be able to stop Zhang Fei's attack.
Cao Cao actually had the intention of withdrawing his troops, but he was still a little hesitant when he thought about spending so much grain and grass and killing and wounding so many soldiers.
Now with the persuasion of Xun Yu's letter, Cao Cao made up his mind.
The army is the most important thing, and if all the battlefields on all sides collapse, none of his tens of thousands of troops may come back.
In this way, Yanzhou's territory may not be able to be saved, and he doesn't dare to take such a risk.
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At the same time, Liu Ping felt his right eyelid jump outside Pengcheng, and it was very dangerous to fight Zhang Fei in this place.
Legend has it that the head of the general in the army of 10,000 horses is like a bag to get something, I don't know if it's true.
However, Liu Ping is now wearing the clothes of ordinary lancers, which is relatively safe.
If Zhang Fei wants to take it, he should also take Han Hao's head.
Thinking of this, Liu Ping couldn't help but mourn for Han Hao......
Han Hao is already miserable, okay, the arrow wound on his body is not healed yet.
Of course, it is best for Zhang Fei to be cautious and not come out.
After all, they've been here for two days, and they're unharmed.
But it backfired, the gates opened, and a general rushed out with his troops.
Zhang Fei finally led an army of 5,000 to attack the city.
Previously, his city was besieged, the news was blocked, and the Cao army, which was suddenly attacking the city, withdrew, and another group was arrayed outside the city, and he also doubted that there was some conspiracy here, so he didn't dare to attack rashly.
It wasn't until he received a report from the herald that he learned that the lord had personally led a large army to the rescue, and the main force of Cao's army had no choice but to block it.
In this way, he did not pay attention to the 9,000 military horses lined up outside the city, and there were more than 7,000 people under him, and the gap was not huge.
However, he was not a reckless man, and instead of making a desperate bet, he decided to lead 5,000 people out of the city to test it first.
As long as he kills the enemy general in the army of ten thousand horses, the enemy army will collapse without a fight, after all, with his force, the enemy generals who can make his attention can be counted on one hand.
After Zhang Fei led the army and horses out of the city, he saw the enemy commander at the rear from a distance, and he did not dare to risk rushing over, so he led the army to attack the enemy formation.
The first of them is Lejin's military formation.
As soon as Le Jin saw so many people coming out, he secretly complained in his heart, his military array must not be able to resist.
"Happy into the puppet, take your life!"
Zhang Fei roared loudly and rushed straight to Le in the midst of the chaos.
He met Le Jin when he was following Liu Bei to discuss Dong Zhuo, and he knew that it would not take him more than fifty rounds to kill this person.
There is no way to retreat, so you can only fight hard.
The two sides have been fighting back and forth for more than 30 rounds, and Zhang Fei has gained the upper hand, and the more he fights, the more courageous he becomes.
Lejin's marksmanship is scattered and gradually difficult to support.
Zhang Fei was overjoyed in his heart, although he couldn't kill the other party's main general, Le Jin was obviously the general of this front army, as long as he killed Le Jin, the front army would be chaotic.
Thinking of this, he accelerated his attack and used his strength to the fullest.
"Suffer death!"
Zhang Fei roared angrily, and stabbed at Le Jin with all his might, there are few people in the world who can stop this spear, let alone a single Le Jin.
In fact, Le Jin really couldn't dodge, and he had closed his eyes and waited for death.
"Open!"
Suddenly, there seemed to be a thunderclap in his ears, but Le Jin didn't feel like he was stabbed.
When he opened his eyes, he found that there was already a spearman around him who had killed Yin Li with one shot.
It turned out that in the panic, Tai Shici arrived in time and smashed Zhang Fei's spear with a spear.
Zhang Fei's eyes widened suddenly, and his head was full of confusion.
His unstoppable shot was smashed open by an ordinary lancer, which he probably never dreamed of.
And at the same time, his arms were slightly numb when he smashed them open, which showed that the strength of the lancer was not below him.
Could this be an ordinary lancer?
Tai Shici didn't say much, and stabbed with a gun, but in order to save Lejin, he had to expose his strength in advance, and he couldn't have a surprising winning effect.
Zhang Fei didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly fought back.
This vicious battle can be described as hearty, and in the blink of an eye, one hundred and ten rounds have passed.
The two are almost the same in force, even if Zhang Fei is a little stronger, if he wants to win, he has to go outside a thousand rounds.
Naturally, Lejin couldn't watch the excitement from the side, so he also joined the battle group after calming down.
In this way, Zhang Fei was not an opponent, he never expected that Cao Jun would hide a military general who could match him.
"Who the hell are you?" Zhang Fei pulled his horse back, knowing that a person with such force was by no means a nobody.
"Guess!"
Tai Shici rushed over again, if he could kill Zhang Fei in the chaos of the army, Pengcheng would be self-defeating.
Zhang Fei is not a person who does not know how to advance and retreat, if there is only one person on the other side, he can fight, but the two of them will definitely not be able to fight, so he will be defeated.
Although it can't be beaten, it is more than enough to retreat.
When he was defeated, his soldiers also ran back.
Le Jin hesitated for a moment, and the army chased after him, but when he chased to the city, arrows shot down from the city, and Le Jin had to lead the army to retreat.
In fact, the pursuit is just to make a show, even if the city gate is wide open, his 3,000 people will not dare to chase in.
Later, Liu Ping didn't dare to let Zang Ba's army participate in the battle at all, after all, the soldiers who had just been captured were not very loyal and could be easily defeated.
Zhang Fei retreated to the city, and the soldiers on the side knew that he had lost the battle, and they were frightened and uneasy.
Everyone knows that this master will whip the soldiers when he is angry, and now that he has suffered such a big loss, their own soldiers will be unlucky.
Zhang Fei rode a horse in front, and the soldiers around him could stay as far away as they could.
"Prepare the wine, drink it, and clean the Cao army outside the city tomorrow, hahaha." Zhang Fei sat on his horse and suddenly laughed.
The soldiers were very surprised, the defeat was so miserable, General Zhang was not angry, and said that he would be able to sweep away the enemy army tomorrow, which is strange.
"General, there are more soldiers outside the city than us, and the enemy generals are so brave, you ......"
Zhang Fei was actually in a good mood, and explained to his soldiers: "When we charge head-on, why didn't the rear army of the Cao army come to outflank the two sides?"
When we retreated, why did the Cao army only have the front army to chase after it, and the rear army still held still?
Don't you think it's strange? ”
This pro-soldier has also followed Zhang Fei for a long time, and he has a little insight, and he also feels confused after listening to Zhang Fei's words.
When facing the enemy head-on, it is common sense that the rear army outflanks the opponent's rear road, and the enemy retreats, and the whole army must pursue it.
"Does the general know why?"
"That's because Cao Jun's rear army didn't dare to move at all, it must be a group of untrained recruits, so why should I?"
"Shogun Takami!"
Zhang Fei laughed heartily and continued to ride forward, and the road was full of ragged refugees on both sides of the road.
Pengcheng County was suddenly attacked, and many people living outside the city were trapped in the city with nowhere to go, so they could only sit on both sides of the road and beg.
"Hey, am I dazzled? I seem to have seen the king of our family. A soldier suddenly muttered to himself.