Chapter 157: Liu Zhibing attacked Cao Ying at night
After Zhang Liao collected the Xuzhou army, Jian Yong led the army to go far, Zhang Liao saw this, so he did not go to pursue again, but led his soldiers to guard the Xuzhou army and stationed in Xiaopei City, not giving Zhang Fei and Jian Yong a glimmer of hope to recapture the city.
Just when Jian Yong led the army straight to the battlefield, Guan Yu's subordinates on the hillside had already rushed down, and cooperated with Xu Huang and Cao Jun of Yu Ban's department to tightly besiege Zhang Fei's troops and horses under the hillside.
Zhang Fei was dragged by Xu Huang, the two have been fighting for nearly two hundred rounds and still have no winner, Zhang Fei's troops and horses have lost Zhang Fei's breakthrough and leadership, and it is difficult to resist the offensive of the Cao army.
Yu Ban saw that Zhang Fei's army had lost his heart, so he led Cao's army to step forward and shouted: "Pass on the prime minister's order, it is not easy to wait for mercy, those who abandon their weapons and surrender will not die, and those who dare to resist will be killed!! ”
The soldiers of the Cao army also shouted loudly:
"Those who surrender will not die, and those who resist will not be killed!! Those who surrender will not die, and those who resist will not be killed!! Those who surrender will not die, and those who resist will not be killed!! ”
"Descend !! Fall!!! Fall!!! ”
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Zhang Feijun's soldiers broke through several times and failed to stand out, their hearts were already flustered, Zhang Feijun soldiers in front of him looked at Cao Jun shouting loudly and approaching and did not dare to resist, and hurriedly threw away his weapons and knelt on the ground tremblingly, Cao Jun's soldiers saw that some people knelt on the ground and asked for surrender, and they all crossed these people to continue to kill the front, and the Zhang Feijun soldiers in the back saw that these people were really alive, and they also hurriedly threw away the weapons in their hands and knelt on the ground.
Zhang Fei's personal guards saw that most of their soldiers surrendered on their knees, and Zhang Fei was still fighting with Xu Huang without a victory, so he hurriedly shouted: "General, the general trend has gone, hurry up and break through, otherwise we won't be able to get out!" ”
Zhang Fei originally wanted to kill General Cao to deter the enemy army and then break through, but who would have thought that Xu Huang would be so difficult to fight with him until now. Now the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, most of the soldiers under his command are not left, only these personal guards around him are still insisting on fighting, if he doesn't break through early, he will really die here!
However, it is not a good thing that these soldiers have surrendered to Cao's army, so that he can also get rid of the burden and break through with light cavalry.
"Xu Gongming, it's not appropriate to fight again today, wait until next time I will fight you to the death!"
"Brothers, quickly break through with me!"
Zhang Fei shouted violently, the spear in his hand forced Xu Huang back, turned the horse's head and took his personal guards to find a place where Cao Jun's strength was weak and killed him.
Xu Huang and Zhang Fei fought for two rounds, and admired Zhang Fei's bravery very much, knowing that this person would definitely be a big trouble for the lord in the future, and when he saw Zhang Fei fleeing, he hurriedly shouted: "Leave my life!" Pass my order, block Zhang Fei for me, be sure to keep him! ”
Zhang Fei ignored Xu Huang's shouts, and led his light cavalry to break through indomitable, but although Zhang Fei was brave and invincible, but his light cavalry did not have such a might, the light cavalry that fell behind was constantly intercepted by Cao Jun, and the light cavalry in the formation also fell from time to time with arrows, just when Zhang Fei was about to break through, there were only less than 100 cavalry left behind him.
Zhang Fei took advantage of the effort to force back General Cao, turned around and glanced at the sergeant behind him, and saw that his 15,000 army was now left with less than 100 horsemen, Zhang Fei felt remorseful in his heart, his eyes were red like a madman, and he regretted not listening to Mr. 's words, now that the 15,000 soldiers and horses are nearly wiped out, Xiao Pei will definitely fall into the hands of Cao Jun, and he will lose his army and lose the city and land, and he will go to see the eldest brother and the second brother in front of him!!
Zhang Fei was furious in his heart, and wanted to turn the horse's head and enter the Cao army again, Zhang Fei's personal guards saw that his general was sick again, and hurriedly stepped forward to hug Zhang Fei's horse head and persuaded him urgently.
Just when Zhang Fei's personal guards were about to persuade Zhang Fei, Jian Yong finally led the army to kill here, Jian Yong saw Zhang Fei's figure, and hurriedly shouted: "Second general, Xiaopei has fallen into the hands of Zhang Liao, it is not suitable to stay here for a long time, quickly break through with me!" ”
When Zhang Fei's personal guards saw Jian Yong coming, they were immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted: "Sir, my general is heartbroken and wants to go back and fight Cao Jun to the death, please persuade me!" ”
Jian Yong also saw Zhang Fei's embarrassed appearance clearly at this time, and hurriedly shouted: "Second general, Xianhe is a scribe, Cao Jun is brave and good at fighting, if there is no help from you, we will definitely be wiped out here today, the general wants to die, do you still want to take our lives?" Moreover, Xiaopei has been lost, and the Cao army here will definitely return to the army to Xiapi, but the lord does not know the news, and it will inevitably fall into the calculation of the Cao army. ”
You can die, but you can't miss the big brother's big thing!
Zhang Fei heard Jian Yong's words, immediately woke up, and hurriedly continued to break through with Jian Yong's army, after this period of delay, the surrounding Cao army has been forced to kill again, Zhang Fei relied on his own martial arts to protect Jian Yong, and finally reluctantly killed out, after the two broke through, there were only more than 300 light horses left behind them, and the rest of the soldiers and horses were all trapped in the Cao army's array, the two did not dare to turn back to rescue, and hurriedly beat their horses and fled to the distance. Zhang Fei and the others led the army to escape more than ten miles quickly, which can be regarded as getting rid of the Cao army's pursuers behind them, but at this time, there were only twenty or thirty horsemen left around the two of them, and the rest of the light cavalry were either separated on the road or were killed and captured by the Cao army.
Zhang Fei glanced at the twenty or thirty horsemen beside him, his heart was very desolate, he turned to look at Jian Yong, and said, "Now that we have finally broken through, how does Mr. think we should go to Xiapi?" ”
Jian Yong pondered for a moment and said: "Xu Huang and the others are all veteran generals, and they will definitely set up ambushes on the main roads to Xiapi. ”
"Hey, I regret not listening to Mr. before, otherwise why would I have been defeated so far, now let's follow Mr.'s policy!"
"This place is not far from Cao Ying, it is not advisable to stay for a long time, continue to move forward with me quickly!"
Zhang Fei and Jian Yong turned around and went all the way south, intending to find other roads to return to Xiapi, after the Cao army cleaned up the battlefield, Xu Huang and others left 5,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Xiaopei, and then led the army to pull out the camp and go straight to Xiapi in the starry night.
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Xuzhou, Xiapi County, Xiapi City, Prefecture Pastoral Mansion.
Last night, Cao Cao's army was ambushed outside the camp all night, and Liu Bei's army did not take advantage of the night to attack the camp.
Early the next morning, Cao Jun went to Xiapi again to attack the city, after guessing that Guan Yu might be ambushed around, Cao's actions became more cautious, not only leaving a considerable number of soldiers and horses to garrison the camp, but also sentry horses and horses all over Xiapi City, Guan Yu led the army to ambush near Xiapi, and could not find the opportunity to sneak attack Cao's army.
Let's say why Guan Yu led the army to the vicinity of Xiapi City, after Jian Yong left Guan Yu's camp, Guan Yu left some soldiers and horses as suspicious soldiers, and he led the rest of the soldiers and horses to Xiapi directly. When passing by Xia Xiang, Guan Yu did not take away the soldiers and horses in the city in order not to expose the traces of his army, and wanted to find out the situation of Xia Pi before mobilizing this army and horses.
Just when Guan Yu led the army to Xiapi, Cao Cao also led the army to the outside of Xiapi City almost at the same time, Guan Yu saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly led his soldiers and horses to ambush in a mountain forest outside Xiapi City, preparing to wait until Cao Cao's army attacked the city when the two armies were deadlocked, and then suddenly killed Cao Cao to give a fatal blow!
Cao Jun is only the second day of siege, and now it is still in the stage of filling the moat, the soldiers of the two armies have not officially engaged, the Cao army array is neat, the army is mighty and strict, Guan Yu will not lead the army to kill if he sees no chance, he is ready to wait until the Cao army finishes filling the moat and is the time to attack the city, and then wait for the opportunity to kill!
On the afternoon of the second day of Cao's siege, Le Jin led 10,000 soldiers and horses to the vicinity of Cao Ying, and ambushed outside Cao Ying, Cao Cao got the news, so he relaxed a lot, and Le Jin led the army to guard against Guan Yu in secret, no matter what means Liu Bei used, his victory was decided!
Calculating the time, now Xu Huang should be about to arrive at Xiaopei, Zhang Fei will definitely not see through Fengxiao's strategy and will lead the army out of the city, and then Xiaopei will be broken, and Zhang Fei will definitely be awarded!
Tonight, Xiaopei's soldiers and horses will return to Xiapi in the starry night, and when the moat is filled tomorrow, he will send the news of Xiaopei's broken city and Zhang Fei's first-level general flag.
Cao Cao calculated the battle situation on Xiao Pei's side in his heart, his eyes narrowed slightly and looked at the battlefield in front of the city wall, the soldiers of the Cao army stepped forward desperately, and most of the moat outside Xiapi City had been filled, and if this progress continued, Cao Jun only needed one more day to fill the moat!
Cao Cao calculated all kinds of situations in his heart, and after feeling that there were no mistakes or omissions, he put his mind at ease, looked at Liu Bei who was standing at the head of the city, and secretly said in his heart: Liu Bei, Picheng will become your grave tomorrow at the latest!!
Cao Cao's army continued to attack the city for more than half an hour, and Cao Cao saw that it was getting late and the moat had been almost filled, so he immediately ordered the whole army to return to the city, not giving Guan Yu the slightest chance to sneak attack.
After the Cao army retreated, Liu Bei summoned everyone in the city to the governor's mansion and said: "In today's battle, the Cao army has already filled most of the moat, and if it continues to defend it, it is tantamount to sitting and waiting to die!" Time is running out, I want to lead the army to attack the Cao army camp at night tonight, I don't know if you are willing to fight with me? ”