Chapter 1242: The Difference is a Fraction

Zhang Fei has been waiting for a long time.

Seeing the drums of war on Guan Yu's position in a hurry, and the cheers were louder and louder again and again, he was anxious and eager to come again, although the Jizhou army on the opposite side also attacked a few times, but it was only a test and did not go all out. Guan Yu on the left flank was fighting fiercely, Liu Bei suddenly ordered him to attack, he immediately realized that the situation was not good, either Guan Yu broke the opponent and Liu Bei wanted to fight back comprehensively, or Guan Yu was trapped by the opponent and was in a worrying situation, Liu Bei wanted him to deal with Guan Yu.

Either way, it wasn't good for him.

While waiting for the attack, Zhang Fei had been observing the opposite position, and the scouts who had been going back and forth had inquired about the generals on the opposite side. Scouts are the most well-informed people, and they don't even know much about the Lord. There are many things that the main general cares about, and he generally does not pay attention to the ordinary generals of the other party, unless it is another division of Sima who leads a single part.

The scout said that the opposite side was all strong in Jizhou, mainly from the south. There are several people who used to follow Han Fu back then, such as Geng Zhan, who was just killed by Lu Yi, who was the brother of Han Fu's elder Shi Gengwu. Directly opposite Zhang Fei, there was also a person similar to Geng Zhan, named Min Jian, who was a member of Han Fu and Min Chun's Yuanzhi clan, with more than 2,000 strong crossbowmen in his hands. Because of Min Chun's sake, this person has no hope of promotion, so he has never been active in combat, and whether he is willing to contribute depends on whether the spoils are rich or not. If it is not profitable, he will not contribute.

Min Jian is just a typical, others may not be as out of line as him, but many of Lu Yi's subordinates are Han Fu's old subordinates, and they are inextricably linked to those who were killed by Yuan Shao, but they are forced by the situation to work hard for Yuan Shao. The family and industry are all in Jizhou, and they dare not blatantly betray Yuan Shao. Without an inheritance, they can't afford to support their tribes, and they are nothing.

After listening to these stories, Zhang Fei understood why the attack of the Jizhou army was so weak just now. Knowing that his opponent didn't have the determination to fight hard, he won again psychologically. As the saying goes, those who are horizontal are afraid of being stunned, and those who are stunned are afraid of dying. Sun Ce also often said that whether the two armies are fighting, or whether the two are competing, they must grasp the opponent's weakness and fight to the death, so that the opponent will not have a chance to fight back, until the opponent loses the ability to resist. Generally speaking, the so-called loss of the ability to resist means either to kill the general and capture the flag, or to force the opponent to collapse on the whole line, and the general loses the ability to control his subordinates.

For example, when he fought Guan Yu in Xiao County, he beat Jiang Qi in Xiaohuang.

Zhang Fei has always admired Sun Ce. In Xiao Huang's battle, he once attacked with Sun Ce, and made meritorious contributions, so he got the Zhangba snake spear in his hand, which was very impressive. At this moment, he subconsciously applied the method of that battle, and as soon as he broke through the opponent's battle formation, he went towards Min Jian's battle flag.

"Yanren Zhang Fei is here, Min Jian'er is a child, come and die quickly."

Zhang Fei was born with a loud voice, slightly better than Guan Yu, even if the golden drums sounded in unison in the chaotic army, and people shouted and neighed, they couldn't hide his voice. Min Jian was originally paying attention to him, and he also knew who Zhang Fei was, and when he heard this roar, he was immediately flustered. If it weren't for Geng Zhan being beheaded by Lu Yi because of cowardice before, he would almost have turned around and ran.

Despite this, Min Jian did not have the courage to step forward to face the battle, and he ordered his personal guards to defend and block Guan Yu. But he still underestimated Zhang Fei's combat effectiveness. The Zhangba snake spear in Zhang Fei's hand has both the advantage of length and the advantage of moves, left and right, Min Jian's personal guards could not get close at all, and several people were lost one after another.

Seeing that Zhang Fei rushed to the front of him like a bamboo, and there was no general in front of him, Min Jian panicked, and he didn't care about Lu Yi's military order, so he turned his horse and left. Zhang Fei was in hot pursuit. He was not in a hurry to take Min Jian's life, so he followed behind Min Jian, and the tip of the snake spear was only an arm's length away from Min Jian's heart, so that Min Jian always felt the threat of death and could not stop to organize a counterattack. Min Jian's subordinates stepped forward desperately, but they could not form a formation to block Min Jian's way, and they were not Zhang Fei's opponents when they fought alone, and they lost more than ten people one after another.

Min Jian's position was in chaos, Tian Yu seized the opportunity and organized the crossbowmen to shoot with all their might, as the arrow array was suppressed, the sword and shield men in front lost their support, the casualties could not be replenished, and the front gradually could not be supported, and the collapse was imminent. Min Jian was chased by Zhang Fei and panicked, although he screamed hard, but to no avail, he had to order someone to raise the double rabbit banner and ask the Chinese army for help.

Seeing that Min Jian, who was on the left, couldn't hold on so quickly, Lu Yi's brows furrowed even tighter. He didn't expect Min Jian to be able to stop Zhang Fei, but he hoped that Min Jian could support him for a while longer, kill as much as possible, and consume some of Zhang Fei's morale and physical strength. As the saying goes, one blow, then decline, three and exhaustion, as the casualties increase, physical exertion, no matter what kind of elite will show fatigue. However, Min Jian lost too quickly and did not play such a role, and his tactical concept would be greatly reduced.

It seems that Liu Bei is indeed stronger than he expected, not only Guan Yu's combat effectiveness is super strong, but Zhang Fei is not weak, these recruits can show such combat effectiveness, and it will be even more difficult to deal with in the future. The best way is to take advantage of their fledgling wings and inflict a heavy blow on him at one time, not only to annihilate most of the recruits he has trained, but also to severely damage his self-confidence.

While ordering reinforcements to Min Jian to stabilize the defensive line, Lu Yi reassessed the battle comparison between the two sides according to the progress of the battle and deduced the battle situation. He sadly found that he still had a chance to inflict heavy damage on Liu Bei, but he also had to pay for greater casualties. If Liu Bei still had any power hidden that he didn't know, he might even be defeated by Liu Bei. Unless Yuan Shao arrives at this moment, with the Chinese army led by Yuan Shao pressing the formation, it doesn't matter if Liu Bei has a backhand.

However, there was no news from the Chinese army for a long time, and Lu Yi was anxious, and the fighter plane was like sand, which was losing from his fingers little by little.

Seeing that Zhang Fei was progressing smoothly and broke through Min Jian's position, Lu Yi did not fight back for a long time, but only sent reinforcements, Liu Bei secretly rejoiced. He ordered the Chinese army to assemble and prepare for an attack, and at the same time dispatched a thousand crossbowmen to block Zhao Yun's Jizhou army in front of the left of the Chinese army.

Not to be outdone, the Jizhou army immediately counterattacked.

Seeing this, Zhao Yun immediately seized the opportunity and rode his horse to kill Zhang He. Zhang He saw it clearly and divided a part of the halberd warriors to face the battle. Lu Yi was afraid that Zhang He would lose, so he also sent a part of the cavalry to reinforce, and more than 2,000 horsemen rushed back and forth to kill, mixing together, and it was difficult to separate. Zhao Yun couldn't break through the interception of the Euphorbia and rescue Guan Yu, Zhang He was also because of the dispersion of his troops, seeing that there were only sixty or seventy people left around Guan Yu, he couldn't win quickly, so he could only slowly consume his patience, consume Guan Yu's strength little by little, and wait for the opportunity to kill.

Guan Yu was exhausted, and in the face of the galloping halberders, he could only hold on in formation. A hundred steps away, his subordinates are also fighting hard, although they have lost Guan Yu's command, they can only rely on the instincts they have trained on weekdays, but Guan Yu's battle flag is still there, Guan Yu is still alive, and the defense line in their hearts has not collapsed, gritting their teeth and resisting stubbornly, waiting for Guan Yu to fight out of the encirclement again.

The battle is stalemate, both sides have invested most of their troops, and there are not many chess pieces left in their hands. Lu Yi and Liu Bei both clenched their fists, their eyes widened, and they held their breath, waiting for the other party's flaws to appear.