Chapter 100: Cao's Army Strikes
The wind blew the flag, and from time to time there was a "whooshing" sound, Tian Kai and Liu Bei arranged 14,000 soldiers and horses under the city of Tancheng at this time, and the soldiers looked ahead, each of them looked solemn, clenched the weapons in their hands, and swallowed saliva unconsciously, this tense atmosphere had already spread, because at this moment they were facing Cao Cao's army of tigers and wolves.
"Knock knock~" Cao Jun's big drum began to sound again, and the sound of drums shook as if it was dim, and every soldier's heart trembled.
"Cao Bao, this is Cao Cao's vanguard unit, right?" Liu Bei frowned and stared for a while, and said, "There are about five thousand soldiers and horses!" β
"Although that's the case, the strength is not to be reckoned with!" Cao Bao pointed to the front and said: "The one sitting on the hillside, wearing a red robe is Cao Cao, Cao Cao fights, he usually goes out in person, and he is the commander-in-chief in wartime, the general on Cao Cao's left is his brother Cao Ren, Xuzhou was beaten by this person, and the general on the right is Yu Ban, who is also a fierce general!" β
"It turns out that this is Cao Cao, this is the first time I have seen his true face!" At this time, Liu Bei frowned, and said excitedly: "It really doesn't look good, including Yu Ban next to him, but this Cao Ren looks quite good!" β
"Cao Cao should belong to the short and concise, he is resourceful, with soldiers like a god, before the Danyang soldiers and generals fought with him, none of them were victorious, and those who fought with him knew that his soldiers were like sΓ©ances, I don't know where to suddenly give you a soldier and a horse!" Cao Bao looked around, and he was really worried that Cao Cao had set up an ambush around.
"Look, that's Yu Ban riding down on horseback!" At this time, Guan Yu pointed to the hillside and went up the road.
"Why didn't Cao Cao and Cao Ren come down?" Zhang Fei said in surprise.
"I don't know, on that uphill slope, the battle situation below can be seen clearly, maybe they were just watching us discuss countermeasures?" Liu Bei turned his head to Tian Kai who was not far away and asked, "General Tian, now are we going to fight!" β
"Do you want to fight now?" Tian Kai looked at it and said: "This sun is so dazzling at us, isn't it a little disadvantageous to go now, why don't we wait a little longer, wait for the sun to shine on them before attacking, anyway, they are just a few soldiers, what are they afraid of?" β
Liu Bei saw that Tian Kai disagreed, so he gave up.
He held a spear and pointed at the opposite army and shouted: "The rats on the opposite side, you listen to me, I am ordered by my lord to come to pick up Xuzhou, if you know each other, I will dismount and surrender, and now open the door to meet my lord, it is still too late, otherwise, when I attack the city under the ban, none of the men will be left, and all the women will be captured alive!" β
"If the milk stinks and doesn't dry, I, Guan Yu, will capture you!" At this time, Guan Yu pointed at Yu Ban with a big knife and shouted.
"What are you, a young man with a long beard, hum!" Yu Ban sneered: "Since that's the case, then don't blame me Yu Ban!" β
Wan Yuban shouted to the soldiers behind him: "All the generals listen to the order, rush with me!" As soon as he gave the order, Cao Jun rushed to the opposite side.
"His grandmother's, he's coming over now!" Tian Kai bared his teeth and said, "Let's go too!" β
The two armies faced each other, charging with guns, in order to survive, for victory, everyone rushed forward desperately, of course, the generals of the two armies did not show weakness, at this time Guan Yu had already been angry by Yu Ban's words just now, he was holding a big knife, slashing left and right, he wanted to get close to Yu Ban, and personally understood the life of this horseman, but there were too many enemy troops around, and he couldn't get close at all.
In this battle, I finally felt the strength of Cao's army, they not only fought with high morale, but also had high unity and good cooperation, plus they were all experienced in a hundred battles, and 5,000 soldiers and horses were not too difficult for more than 10,000 enemy troops.
However, this Danyang soldier had already been frightened by the Cao army, but now in the face of this tiger and wolf army, he couldn't raise his morale at all, so he followed Liu Bei Tiankai's army to collect people's heads, shouting and cheering.
"Knock ~ Knock Knock Knock~" (The drummer beats the drum regularly)
"What are they doing, they are all playing, what are they beating now?" Tian Kai looked at the drummer and asked in surprise.
"This drum seems to be quite regular, it can't be a signal!" Liu Bei wiped a Cao Jun's neck with a sword.
"Ah~Kill~"
"What sound?" Liu Bei stopped the assassination and looked up at the shout.
"General Liu, Cao Cao has an ambush, the left formation is Cao Hong, the right formation is Xiahou Yuan, the two teams each have about 2,000 soldiers and horses, we are surrounded!" At this time, Cao Bao took a closer look and shouted nervously: "Why don't we withdraw to the city now, it's still too late!" β
"So many brothers are outside, how can we evacuate, let's run away, more than 10,000 brothers will have to die, no, we can't withdraw!" At this time, Liu Bei ordered: "You lead your Danyang soldiers to block Cao Hong, go quickly!" β
"Yes, I see!" Cao Bao shouted to the Danyang soldiers beside him: "Brothers, follow me to stop Cao Hong!" β
"Yide, Yide!"
"Big brother, what's the matter?" Zhang Fei withdrew the snake spear road.
"You lead a thousand soldiers and horses to stop Xiahou Yuan!" Liu Bei pointed to Xiahou Yuan on the right.
"I know, you, and you, you all have it, come with me to kill Xiahou Yuan!" Zhang Fei rode a horse and led his troops to Xiahou Yuan.
"General Tian, it's not okay to go on like this, our army is mixed together, there is no rule to fight with each other, and there is no tacit understanding, if we continue to fight now, we will all finish!" Liu Bei approached Tian Kaidao.
"So what are you going to do?"
"Surprise Attack!"
"Be specific!"
"Now the morale of the Cao army is so high, it is all Cao Cao staring at it on the hillside, if we send an army to attack Cao Cao, the Cao army under the hillside will be panicked and return to the division to rescue, at that time, let's cover up the past, how about it?"
"Do whatever you want!"
"That's okay, General Tian allocated me 1,000 soldiers and horses, and I handed it over to my second brother to complete this task!"
Tian Kai looked at Liu Bei, and had no choice but to say: "Take it, you group of horsemen, Wu Chang, you take the cavalry to follow Guan Yu and attack the enemy's base camp!" β
"Yes, Lord Tian!"
"I haven't talked to Guan Yu yet!" Liu Bei smiled awkwardly and said, "I'll come when I go!" β
Tian Kai looked at Liu Bei with a confused expression, and said to himself: "What the hell is he doing?" β
"Yun Chang, Yun Chang, don't kill it!"
"Big brother, what's the matter?"
"We are now in danger, the thief army has outflanked us on both sides and surrounded us, and you are now leading a thousand cavalry!" Liu Bei came here, pointed behind Guan Yu, and said: "I asked Lord Tian to allocate these soldiers to us, you take them to attack the Cao thief on the hillside, pay attention, do what you can, and retreat quickly when you see that the momentum is not right, don't be rash!" β
"Yes, big brother, I see!" Guan Yu stroked his beard with his hand, looked at Yu Ban with a pair of murderous eyes, and shouted in his mouth: "Follow me to kill Cao Cao, go!" β
At this time, Cao Cao sat on the hillside, leaning forward, elbows of both hands on his thighs, staring at the lead under the mountain
"Who is that one who only runs around, chatting with this one and talking to that one when the war is fighting?"
As soon as Cao Cao's words came out, all the civil and military generals present looked at each other, not knowing who this person was, and finally Zhu Ling, who was sent to Cao Cao by Yuan Shao, stepped forward and said: "Qi Cao Gong, this person is Liu Bei!" β
"Liu Bei? Who is Liu Bei? β
"Actually, I'm not very familiar with him, it's just that my hometown is in Gaotang County, and he served as the parent official there, so I've heard more or less about it!"
"Come and listen, what is this Liu Bei doing?"
"He is a native of Zhuo County, and when he was young, he made a career of weaving mats and selling shoes~"
"Hahaha......"
"It turned out to be a mat weaver and a shoe seller~"
When Zhu Ling came here, everyone present laughed, but Cao Cao also smiled awkwardly at this time, unconsciously lowered his head, and then raised his head and said, "Next!" β
"Later, he studied under Lu Zhi, studied with him, and Youzhou Gongsun Zan was the same brother, and then returned to Zhuo County, when the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he organized a righteous army in his hometown to repel the Yellow Turban thieves who came to attack!"
"Then he will still fight a little bit!" Cao Cao muttered to himself, "What happened later? β
"Later, he was appointed by the imperial court as the lieutenant of Anxi County by virtue of his military exploits, but because of a moment of anger, he beat the superintendent who came down to investigate, so he abandoned the official and fled!"
"This person is quite interesting, hehe, he actually called the post supervisor, and I have a bit of similarity back then!" Cao Cao stared at Liu Bei at this time, waved his hand at Zhu Ling, and said, "You continue!" β
"Later, he seemed to trust the relationship, re-wear the guilt and make meritorious service, the court pardoned his crimes, he has since served as the Gaotang County Lieutenant, Gaotang County Commander and other positions, and then was attacked by the Yellow Turban Thieves, so he defected to Gongsun Zhan, and then went south, became the Prime Minister of the Plains, because he angered Liu Ping of the curtain land, was driven out of the Plains Country, and then came to the battlefield in front of us!"
"Yes, I see!" Cao Cao said thoughtfully, he didn't expect that this Liu Bei in front of him was quite smart, although he was not born well, but he took the identity of Lu Zhi's student to add glory to himself, and with his military merits, he came to the point of today's prime minister step by step, this person is not simple.
"Who is the black-faced general, this person has been fighting for so long, regardless of victory or defeat, martial arts!" Cao Cao squinted his eyes and pointed to the way down the mountain.
"I don't know about this person, but in my opinion, General Xiahou seems to have the upper hand!" Zhu Ling observed for a long time.
"Well, it's not simple, by the way, where did the red-faced general go just now, so he disappeared all of a sudden!" Cao Cao swept all the battlefields under the mountain and said, "It's the red-faced general who I and you were flirtatious with martial arts just now, won't it be dead!" β
"I guess I'm dead, there are countless martial arts in our barracks, how can this red-faced young man be the opponent of our army!" At this time, Cao Ren said with a smile.
"Report! Oh no, the thieves are coming, the thieves are coming! At this time, everyone was shocked, and they all looked at the soldier who had come to report the news.