Chen Deng's eyes narrowed slightly,

A faint smile curled up on his lips,

Slowly shook his head,

Slowly, he said:

"It's natural that this is not the case at this time."

Chen Qi raised his eyebrows,

Asked softly:

"Then what do you think our Chen family should do?"

Chen Deng said confidently:

"Fang just said that Cao Jun has a sky and does not occupy a favorable location. Now in our Xuzhou, there are people who occupy these two things. ”

When Chen Qi heard this, the smile on his face became stronger,

Waiting for my son to continue,

Sure enough, Chen Deng continued:

This person is Liu Bei and Liu Xuande who are now in Haixi County. Liu Bei came to our Xuzhou for a period of time, with the help of the Mi family, vigorously develop maritime trade, and now it is a little effective, and Haixi County under his rule also has the name of benevolence and righteousness, which is human. Now the northern front of the Cao army is blocked, although the Cao army is strong, breaking through Tao Qian's defense line is just around the corner, but the damage is probably not small, and Cao Cao also has to take care of the other princes around, on the other hand, Liu Bei has no worries, because of the existence of the Mi family, the head of the snake, the geographical advantage is already in his hands. ”

After another pause, Chen Deng concluded:

Therefore, Liu Bei occupies a favorable location and people. At this moment, if our Chen family can go to show goodwill, we will definitely be able to get a lot of benefits. ”

Chen Jue's heart blossomed,

The smile on his face did not continue to deepen,

On the contrary, he said in embarrassment:

"However, his Liu Bei's smuggling of contraband and raising grassland barbarians, this reputation is really not good."

Chen Deng smiled and said:

"Father, such a superficial question still needs to be examined for a child. This kind of thing, even if it is a fact, but it is not that we can reverse black and white by casually creating momentum, how can those foolish people really know the truth, and besides, how can they really care about that? ”

Chen Qi stroked his beard,

A big smile finally appeared on his face.

Father and son were in the carriage,

Lowered his voice and talked for a long time,

After returning to the house, I still can't get enough,

The two talked at night with candles in the study,

Till the time of the child has passed,

Chen Qicai finally couldn't support the fatigue of his body,

I couldn't help but rest.

A few days later, when Chen Deng was out on official business,

Suddenly attacked by Liu Beijun in Haixi,

Chen Deng and several other Xuzhou officials,

and many children of the Xuzhou Shi clan were forcibly taken away,

Xiahou Yuan was shocked when he heard the news,

hurriedly sent his generals to chase down,

When the results are traced to the next phase,

Suddenly encountered Liu Beijun's ambush,

Two thousand elite soldiers were scattered,

There were less than eight hundred soldiers who fled back to Xiapi.

The general who led the pursuit was even beheaded by a young military general named Yan Xing.

provoked Xiahou Yuan's thunder and anger,

Personally lead the army south,

When you come to the next phase again,

This place has become an empty city,

After several investigations, it was discovered that

Liu Beijun has already been stationed in Lingxian County,

As soon as the two sides are upstream of Surabaya,

One is downstream of Surabaya,

The number of Xiahou Yuan's subordinates reached 6,000,

Although Liu Beijun only has 3,000 men,

But among them there were eight hundred cavalry,

It's just that such combat power can't resist the might of Cao's army,

But with the garrisons all over Quang Ling,

A steady stream of northern Shangling counties came to support,

The balance of strength between the two sides has finally stabilized.

Although Xiahou Yuan has the advantage of troops,

But Liu Beijun led the troops with two new faces,

The general is the general of Naxi Liang, Yan Xing,

The mastermind of the army was a man named Chen Gong,

With the joint efforts of the two of them,

Xiahou Yuan was beaten and retreated,

To everyone's surprise,

Cao Jun's strategic advantage in the south of Xuzhou took a sharp turn.

It's only been a few days' work,

can only cower in the city of Xiapi to resist,

Fortunately, with the power of the city wall,

barely withstood Liu Beijun's fierce offensive.

At the same time, the northern troops of Cao's army,

After listening to Lejin's strategy,

first took the hill with a surprise soldier,

Immediately afterwards, with the superiority of troops, he surrounded the two cities of Tanxian and Zhangguo.

The defenders of the city of Zhangguo will resist stubbornly,

However, Cao's offensive was too fierce,

After a few days, it finally fell,

The defenders of the city were killed in battle,

Thousands of the city's men were taken prisoner,

On the contrary, the number of Cao's army skyrocketed again,

Cao Ang, Cao Anmin and others led nearly 10,000 troops south to support Xiahoudun's army.

Now Xiahoudun's troops have reached nearly 50,000,

besieged the Xuzhou army in Tanxian County,

Fortunately, the city wall of Tan County is strong,

Only then could it withstand the fierce attack of Cao's army.

Outside the city of Tanxian County, Cao's army is still launching a fierce offensive.

More than ten miles away from the main battlefield,

A cavalry force of more than 1,000 people is quietly advancing,

The head of the man is arm above the knee,

But he lost his right arm,

Only one arm remains,

When controlling the war horse under him,

But it is as steady as Mount Tai,

His face was as white as jade, and at this moment he stared at the dust in the distance,

Faintly able to hear the fierce shouting of killing,

The corners of the man's mouth curled a little.

Sticking to this man was a young general,

There is still a hint of childishness on his face,

But the lips are tightly closed,

But his eyes are calm and sharp,

exudes a heroic spirit,

Every time he withdrew his gaze to look at the one-armed back,

A look of admiration arose.

On either side of them,

are two burly generals,

One man was nine feet long,

The face is like a heavy jujube, and the three-foot beautiful hair under the chin flutters in the wind,

Holding a green dragon glaive knife upside down in his hand,

A yellow-brown horse in the crotch,

It's very powerful.

The other person was also eight feet tall,

The back of a tiger has a bear's waist, a leopard's head and round eyes,

His beard set off his mighty and unmatched,

Holding a snake spear tightly in his hand,

The black horse under the crotch treads the snow BMW,

It's also high-spirited.

These four people are the three righteous brothers Liu, Guan, and Zhang.

The young general,

is another confidant of Liu Bei,

Chen to Chen Shuzhi.

It turned out that Liu Bei gathered all the soldiers and horses under his command and sent out,

Most of the troops are under the leadership of Yan Xing,

Go to Xiapi with Chen Gong,

After getting in touch with the Chen family in Xiapi,

not only snatched Chen Deng and some of the children of the scholar clan out of Xiapi,

At the same time, he also recovered many of the lost territories in Xiapi,

Now the two sides are at a stalemate.

Liu Bei himself, but led the cavalry family that had just been accumulated,

The light-clothed Jane came from the north to support Tan County,

Cavalry units are mobile and flexible,

And there are not many of them in this force,

Most of the main forces of the enemy army are besieging the county seat of Tanxian County,

That's why they were able to come here without knowing it.

went around in a big circle,

went around behind the army of Xiahoudun,

Prepare to attack the opposing side's large camp.

When the troops marched to a dense wooded place,

Liu Bei waved his hand and led the troops to rush in,

The troops were ordered to rest in place.

Liu Bei turned his head to Chen Zhi and instructed:

"Uncle Zhi, pass the order, the troops will rest here for half an hour, clean the horse's nose, replenish the horse's fodder and drinking water, and we will raid the enemy camp in a while!"

Chen Zhi's eyes lit up when he heard this,

Immediately turn and go to herald,

After hearing the order,

This thousand-strong cavalry force,

Silently began to untie the rucksack on the horse's back,

Skillfully and carefully washing the horse's nose,

At the same time, it replenishes the draft material or drinking water for the war horse.

The reason why the cavalry is invincible on the battlefield,

All depend on the horses under the crotches of the knights,

With the beginning of the Qin Dynasty,

Cavalry is becoming more and more important on the battlefield,

Regarding the maintenance and cultivation of war horses,

It becomes more and more important and professional.

Take the most elite cavalry in Bingzhou, Liangzhou, Youzhou and other places,

Most of the elite cavalry units are one-man and two-horse,

Some ace troops, such as Lu Bu's greedy wolf iron horse,

Gongsun Zhan's White Horse Yicong and Dong Zhuo's Flying Bear Army, etc.,

It is even more exaggerated to reach one person and three rides,

A main war horse,

Most of the others are auxiliary horses that are responsible for carrying the weight.

This is to ensure that the cavalry can run long distances.

When rushing to the battlefield, the war horse under the crotch can be transferred,

so that the main war horse can have enough physical strength,

War horses are not machines after all,

Especially when charging back and forth on the battlefield,

When this kind of extreme consumption of the horse's physical strength,

The average ordinary war horse can withstand three or five charges,

That's the limit.

This does not include some special battles in the course of

Extensive detours and troop turns, U-turns, etc.

Therefore, whether the physical strength of a troop war horse is sufficient or not,

It can even decide the success or failure of a campaign.

So most of the cavalry units are on the march,

There will be relevant regulations,

How long in the march of the troops,

Or how far away,

To stop and recuperate,

Wash the horse's nose for the warhorse,

Clean up some debris on the horse's hooves,

After all, now the three treasures of the cavalry are only the patent of Lu Bujun,

It has not yet been widely used throughout the world.

Especially before combat readiness,

Replenish the forage and drinking water for the horses,

At the same time, let them temporarily regain their strength,

This is also one of the rules of cavalry combat.

The three Liu Bei brothers sat on the ground,

Liu Bei glanced at the two righteous brothers,

With a smile, he said:

"Two virtuous brothers, we can finally fight together again!"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei both had excited looks on their faces,

Since the last time he was defeated by Lu Bu again,

The three brothers have always recuperated,

Guan Yu's eyes slowly crossed a trace of depth,

Liu Bei, who has a stone on the ground,

But he didn't notice this detail.

"Yun Chang, Yide, when you rush into the Cao army camp in a while, you two will be responsible for the charge, and you will be the elder brother...... I can only cheer for the two virtuous brothers in the rear. ”

The faces of the two of them were a little gloomy when they heard this,

He nodded solemnly.

Zhang Fei opened his mouth and said:

"Don't worry, big brother, just leave this kind of charging work to us."

Liu Bei nodded and continued:

"Although Cao Jun is now heading for Tanxian County, he must not fail to prevent ambushes in this large camp. Therefore, the two virtuous brothers must be extra careful, and if they can't do anything, they should retreat immediately. Your main purpose is to cause chaos on the other side, and it would be best if you could burn it to the ground, but you should not force it. “

After the three of them deliberated for a while,

I waited quietly for the time to come.

After a stick of incense,

Liu Beijun's soldiers finally made all the preparations,

A thousand cavalrymen are ready to go,

With the order of the leader Guan Yu,

The cavalry unit silently rushed towards the Cao army camp two miles away.

Looking back at Liu Bei, who was in the position of the Chinese army,

Guan Yu's expression was complicated,

sighed in his heart:

"Maybe it's really my mistake, maybe, the eldest brother was forced to do something like that, alas, the situation is not up to ......"

The distance of two miles,

Under the footsteps of the war horse, it is here in a blink of an eye,

The soldiers left behind in the camp of the Cao army,

Apparently this cavalry unit that suddenly appeared was also discovered,

However, because the other party did not play the flag,

They weren't sure which way it was.

Not to mention the direction in which the other party appeared,

Or the rear of his own battalion,

The gate didn't even have time to arrange defensive equipment such as rejecting horses.

A captain stood above the camp gate,

shouted loudly:

"Come, stop! Register your name! ”

Guan Yu took a strong bow with his backhand,

Sitting on horseback, he shot an arrow at the man,

It's just that the accuracy of that arrow is a little unsatisfactory,

The other party didn't have time to react and dodge,

But the bow and arrow flew out of the lieutenant's shoulder armor.

The lieutenant was shocked,

hurriedly turned around and shouted loudly:

"Close the camp gates! Enemy attack! Enemy attack! ”

The gate of Cao's camp was slowly closed at this moment,

Above the camp, many soldiers also shot bows,

But at this moment, the cavalry led by Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others,

has rushed into the camp,

Except for some cavalry that were slightly less fast in the rear,

Slightly suffered from the baptism of a few arrows,

Most of the cavalry rushed in unscathed.

Into the camp,

Guan Yu looked around while riding a horse,

He immediately sensed,

This large camp of Cao Jun is now almost an empty camp,

Hurriedly said to Zhang Fei beside him:

"Third brother, you escort the eldest brother to the Chinese army's big tent, and I will burn Cao's grain and grass!"

Zhang Fei flew a tent with an iron spear,

Lang Sheng laughed and said:

"Good! Boys! Rush with me! ”

A thousand iron horsemen quickly divided into two parts,

Part of it, under the leadership of Zhang Fei,

rushed straight to the big tent of the Chinese army in the center of the camp,

The other part is to follow Guan Yu closely,

Began to search for the location of Cao Jun's grain and grass.

Cao Jun was stunned by the sudden appearance of the cavalry troops,

Until the other party divides his forces within the great camp,

Cao Jun reacted slightly,

Many soldiers of the Cao army,

Under the leadership of the generals, they resisted,

But this sporadic revolt,

In front of the cavalry that comes and goes like the wind,

It's like a joke,

Not only did it not do much harm,

Instead, it makes the situation even more chaotic.

At this time, in the big tent of the Chinese army,

A young general lifted the curtain and came out,

He was followed by a burly and stout general,

These two are Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang,

The fierce general behind him is Xu Chu, who is known as a tiger idiot.

It turned out that Cao's army besieged the city for days,

A few days ago, Cao Ang was in charge of commanding the siege.

I just returned to the camp yesterday night for a rotational break.

and ready to receive the grain and grass from the rear,

Fearing for the safety of the firstborn,

Cao Cao directly put the most trusted guard-Xu Chu,

temporarily transferred to Cao Ang's side,

Responsible for the safety of the eldest son.

I heard the proclamation before,

Cao Ang didn't have time to react,

The other party has already rushed in,

Seeing such a scene,

Cao Ang chuckled instead.