Chapter 704: Bravely retreat from the Jingzhou army
"Behind is Xiahoudun's men and horses, brothers, we can only break through forward, we will only die faster if we are afraid of death, follow me!" Cai Mao said, patted the horse and danced the gun, led thousands of soldiers and horses, shouted long live, and rushed forward.
Ahead, Yu Ban naturally heard the report from his subordinates, and said coldly: "If you want to be the god of war, let me Yu Wen come to end your dream!" ”
Cai Mao led his men and horses, rushed all the way to kill, and finally saw Yu Ban, who almost killed himself, and sneered: "If my expectations are right, you were the one who pretended to be Wang Wei outside the north gate before, right?" ”
Yu Ban snorted coldly: "I didn't expect you to be fooled, it seems that I really underestimated you, but your good life is over, Taishan Yu Wen is here to take your life!" "Anyway, Yu Ban already has a gun in his hand, and he came straight to Cai Mao.
Cai Mao put the gun upside down in his hand, shouted, and attacked on horseback, his left shoulder was only bandaged with simple medicine, and there was still faint blood overflowing, but it did not affect his fighting spirit, a few breaths, the two had already met, each made a killing move, and for a time it was a battle without a victory, and the sergeants on both sides cheered in unison, each helping the main general.
However, although Cai Mao is fearless, in the end he is injured, Yu Banzheng saw Cai Mao's point, and deliberately consumed Cai Mao's physical strength, it seems that the two are inseparable, but in fact, one is eager to win, and the other is only defending and not attacking, which has become a stalemate.
Cai Mao saw Yu Ban's intentions, but he was helpless, so he could only take advantage of it: "Manly man, if you want to fight, you will fight openly and frankly, if you don't fight, you can admit defeat, I will lead the army to the past!" ”
Yu Ban turned a deaf ear to Cai Mao's words, and only said lightly: "You can fight with all your might, I will accompany you, if you admit defeat, I will not kill you!" After saying that, the spear flicked, and Cai Mao's fierce offensive was separated, and the backhand was a blow, which seemed to be a response to Cai Mao's contempt for his strength.
Cai Mao was helpless, and fought with Yu Ban for dozens of rounds, lost too much physical strength, and finally gradually lost his strength, and was about to be captured by Yu Ban, he shouted, the spear was like the wind, and he swept away Yu Ban with one move, and returned to the formation by himself, Cai Zhong stepped forward to respond, and saw Cai Mao's injury, and couldn't help but be shocked: "Big brother, you are too injured, if you don't treat it in time, I'm afraid you will leave a lifelong legacy!" ”
Cai Mao smiled: "What are you afraid of?" Could there be anything worse than now? ”
As soon as he finished saying this, he reported to the horse: "General, Xiahoudun and the Qingzhou soldiers have discovered us and are killing our army!" ”
Cai Mao sweated like rain: "Why is this Xiahoudun biting us like a ghost?" ”
was in a state of sorrow, but saw the sound of shouting and killing in front of him, Cai Mao got up in astonishment, and looked at Cai Zhong and his own people: "Listen to this voice, could it be that Yu Ban's troops have been attacked?" ”
Cai Mao was right, Yu Ban's troops were indeed attacked, it was Zhang Xian's men and horses who came, he and Han Hao marched like flies without a head after the armistice, and finally unexpectedly went around here.
At this time, the sky was already light, and another long and fighting night passed, Zhang Xian accidentally led his troops to appear behind Yu Ban's troops, which no one expected, and Yu Ban had to rush to fight with Zhang Xian.
Although the other party is just a small role, but it is also the guy who defeated Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao together, Yu Ban became a lone army surrounded by Zhang Xian and Cai Mao at this moment, fortunately, Xiahou Dun had arrived and increased the attack on Cai Mao's army, so just like that, the four teams fought separately.
In the end, Yu Ban's troops were a new force with strong combat effectiveness, but they repelled Zhang Xian in an hour, but because Cai Mao gave up his life to break through, Yu Ban's army was weak, and after paying the price of one-third of the casualties, he still did not stop the other party and was broken out by Cai Mao, but nearly 5,000 corpses were also left on the ground that Yu Banjun and Xiahoudun killed together.
The sky gradually became clearer, the sun rose slowly from the east, and the light of the early morning shone on the earth, shining on this slaughterhouse-like battlefield, and everywhere there were stumps and broken arms, almost cutting off the road, the groans of the wounded soldiers came and went, which was unbearable, and the sky was hovering with countless crows, as if waiting to eat the flesh of the dead.
Yu Ban led a few soldiers to sit on a stone, watching the soldiers clean up the battlefield, and the smell of blood blew in bursts, making him almost vomit all his internal organs.
"General, drink some water!" The attendant handed the water bag to Yu Ban, "This is the water from the nearby mountain spring, it has not been contaminated by blood, moisten the throat!" ”
"Count you kid knowledgeable!" Yu Ban took the water bag, drank a few sips, wiped his lips, looked at the miserable scene in front of him and said, "I have been in the army for so many years, except for the crusade against the Yellow Turban Thief with Lord Bao Xin, I have never fought such a tragic battle, our people's vitality is greatly damaged, and it seems that we will not be able to fight again in a short time!" ”
"Yes! There was a scuffle last night, and it was dawn to find that the enemy had suffered so many casualties, and everyone felt as if they had been bathed in blood! Adjutant General Dong Heng said on the side.
Yu Ban stood up, looked at the other side and said, "Hasn't the road been cleared yet?" Why is it so slow? ”
Another deputy general, Dong Chao, said: "General, there are too many dead and wounded, piled up, it is really difficult to pass, although the Qingzhou soldiers on the opposite side are also cleaning up the battlefield, it will still take a long time!" ”
"Let's take a look!" Yu Ban got up and walked to the other side as he spoke, and sure enough, seeing that the corpses were piled up nearly two feet high, he sighed, and had to continue to wait patiently.
In this way, it has been cleaned all day, the sun is in the west, and the road is barely cleared, and Yu Ban and Xiahoudun finally officially rendezvous.
At night, the two armies counted the spoils of war, and then set up camp in the north of Xinye City, preparing to pull out the camp and return to Fancheng in the morning.
"Wen Ze, thank you for distributing rations to my subordinates, otherwise we will really starve to death!" A blazing bonfire was lit in front of the Chinese army's Dazhai, and Xiahoudun sat in a row with Yu Ban and other soldiers, enjoying the game caught in the forest during the day.
"General Xiahou, what are you talking about? We were supposed to save each other, but it's a pity that this mysterious team that suddenly appeared from behind me last night dragged my troops and missed a good opportunity to capture and kill Cai Mao, which makes people angry when they think about it! Yu Ban picked up the roasted rabbit meat and bit it down hard, as if it was Cai Mao's own meat.
"There are pros and cons to everything, after all, we don't have an advantage, if we annihilate Cai Mao, I'm afraid that we ourselves will almost be wiped out!" Xiahoudun held the roasted wine in his hand and drank it all.
"Is there really nothing wrong with us stationed here, though?" Yu Ban still didn't believe in Xiahoudun's burning of Liu Biaojun's grain and grass, "What if the grain and grass of the Jingzhou Army is not only here?" What if the grain and grass of the Jingzhou army have arrived again now? ”
"Don't worry, Wen Ze, I don't dare to joke with my life!" Xiahoudun was already slightly drunk, and stared at Yu Ban deliberately selling Guanzi with slanted eyes, "Liu Biao also made a fake granary to confuse me before, but fortunately I was resourceful and saw through his conspiracy, do you know how much grain and grass I burned him in the end?" ”
"How much?" Yu Ban is actually very incomprehensible to this Xiahoudun sometimes, because he is really a person who can't be described in a few words, sometimes impulsive, sometimes calm, sometimes cruel, sometimes kind, sometimes cold, and sometimes very cute......
Xiahoudun smiled and raised three fingers, and then said leisurely: "Guess! ”
Yu Ban rolled his eyes speechlessly: "Three thousand stones!" ”
Xiahoudun was shocked: "Isn't it? How do you know? ”
Yu Ban sighed: "It can't be true, right?" ”
Xiahoudun patted his chest: "What are you lying to?" If it weren't for my lack of manpower and the fear that the enemy would come to make trouble, I would have wanted to bring back the grain and grass myself! ”
Yu Ban smiled: "It seems that for Liu Biao, you are the one who makes trouble, right?" ”
Xiahoudun laughed dryly: "Wen Ze, you see that I burned Liu Biao's grain and grass this time, won Xinye, defeated Huang Zu and Cai Mao successively, beheaded thousands of levels, and they all won more with less, if Meng De is rewarded for meritorious deeds, I am afraid that you will have to call me a general in the future hahaha!" ”
Yu Ban also laughed and said: "My credit is not small, just last night's battle, it is a sure thing to be crowned a miscellaneous general!" ”
Qin Qi, Han Hao, Shi Jian and others said on the side: "Don't forget, the two generals, Liu Biao is still eyeing us, and Huang Zu has also occupied Anle, if it weren't for the lack of food and grass, these two people would definitely attack us together!" ”
Xiahoudun calmed down, shook his slightly drunk head and said: "I can't drink anymore, if I drink again, I won't be able to fight without weapons, it's just right to be half-drunk!" ”
Yu Ban admired: "I thought the general was going to get drunk tonight, I was ready to fight alone once the enemy attacked, fortunately, the general's self-control is getting better and better!" ”
Xiahoudun smiled: "Really? It was Meng De who asked me to learn from Zixiao, and I was reluctant at first, but after a long time, self-control has also developed a habit, it seems that no matter what is good or bad, as long as it becomes a habit, it will be natural to do things! ”
Yu Ban was just about to say something, and the horse Pegasus came to report: "Two generals, there is a team of hundreds of people and horses, galloping like the wind, coming towards my camp!" ”
"What?" This news made everyone more vigilant, and Xiahou got up suddenly, but sat on the ground with a stagger, and muttered, "Prepare to defend against the enemy!" ”
The generals were about to prepare for the battle, but Yu Ban stopped everyone, he and Qin Qi helped Xiahou up together, and said calmly: "I don't know if it's an enemy or a friend, let's wait and see what happens!" ”
Everyone agreed, and Xiahoudun couldn't help but admire the fickleness of the forbidden machine.
Not long after, this group of people came to the front of the village, and some soldiers guarding the village had already seen that it was the five hundred Qingzhou troops who had followed Guan Yu to lure the enemy, and the first general was Guan Yu himself, who seemed to have just gone through a fight, and shouted long live at this moment, and the sound shook the four fields.
Xiahou Yu Ban and others in the village had already heard the movement, and immediately went out of the village to meet each other, and saw that Guan Yu led the five hundred Qingzhou soldiers, but none of them were injured, and they couldn't help but be surprised.
Xiahoudun sneered: "Guan Yu, you are so bold, you dare to mobilize our people without authorization, I don't know where you took them to wander around!" ”
Guan Yu got off the horse, as if he had expected Xiahoudun to say this, and he was not to be outdone: "No matter how bold I am, I can't compare to someone, I actually left the army and disappeared for a long time!" ”
Xiahoudun was just about to have a seizure, Qin Qi had already stopped in front of him, and when he saw Guan Yu, he bowed: "Thank you Lord Guan Yu for saving me!" ”
"Hehe, what a lot of effort!" Guan Yu helped Qin Qi up, looked at Xiahou who didn't give him a good face, and said, "It seems that I am very unpopular here, since I have sent these people back to you safely, I should also go back!" Saying that, Guan Yu turned around and was about to get on the horse.
Xiahoudun said directly behind his back: "Where are you going?" Do you want to report to Liu Biao? ”
Guan Yu turned around suddenly, stared at Xiahoudun, and said awe-inspiringly: "If General Xiahou has something that is dissatisfied with me, you can say it openly, and you don't have to speak coldly like this!" ”
Xiahoudun snorted coldly and said: "Actually, I'm not angry with you, I'm just angry with Meng De, he knows that it is impossible to get you, but he still tries his best to win you over, I don't know what is good about you Guan Yu?" It's worth all the trouble that Meng De hassle! ”
"Really?" Guan Yu also snorted coldly, turned around and pointed to the five hundred Qingzhou soldiers behind him, "Let them tell you!" ”
"Huh?" No one understood what Guan Yu meant, including Xiahoudun.
Five hundred Qingzhou soldiers knelt on the ground in unison: "General, Lord Guan Yu and I disguised themselves as the main force, attracting 10,000 horses from Liu Pan all the way, and later I knew that the general fought with Cai Mao and Huang Zu in Xinye, in order to prevent Liu Pan from coming to the general's disadvantage, and I have been dealing with it until now, until later for some reason Liu Pan withdrew the army, and then came to meet the general!" ”
Qin Qi muttered: "Liu Pan is the most powerful one in the Jingzhou army, and he also has a general, martial arts and bows are all well-known people in the world - Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng!" ”
Guan Yu smiled: "Really? However, there is a general in his forties, who fought with me more than 100 times, it turned out to be Huang Zhong, who was second only to Lu Bu in archery, well, the martial arts are really good, but the person is getting older! ”
He described it lightly, but stunned everyone present, but all of them showed regret on their faces, as if they were not able to see the fight in person.
"It seems that Lord Guan Yu will also be credited in the credit book!" Han Hao walked over and hugged Guan Yu and said, "As for Liu Pan's withdrawal, is it because General Xiahou burned Liu Biao's grain and grass?" ”
At this time, Yu Ban suddenly asked Xiang Xiahoudun: "Strange, General Xiahou, so many things have happened here in Xinye, why don't I know anything along the way?" The last news I knew about General Xiahou was that you brought troops to Xinye more than half a month ago! ”
"You don't know?" Xiahoudun was shocked when he heard Yu Ban's words, "Impossible, I send a herald to report the situation here to Meng De every day, how can you not know the situation at all?" ”
"There's only one possibility!" Guan Yu suddenly said, "Zhang Xiu has done something to cut off all intelligence exchanges!" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone's hearts sank, and a trace of cold sweat broke out behind them.