Chapter 18 The Battle of Hefei and the Capture of Zhang Liao

In 214 AD, Han Xuanqin led an army of 30,000 to Hefei, with Chen Wu as the vanguard, Gan Ning as the governor of the navy, and Pang Tong as the military advisor. The army of 30,000 reached Lukou in the north, and Han Xuanshi wanted to take advantage of Cao Cao's inability to get rid of Hanzhong and capture Hefei.

Before Cao Cao's southern expedition to Han Xuan failed, Zhang Liao, Li Dian, Le Jin and more than 7,000 elite soldiers were left in front of the class to defend Hefei. When Cao Cao set out to conquer Zhanglu, he sent a letter to Hefei with his escort Xue Yi, writing that "the thief is the thief".

Exploring the Malay newspaper that Han Xuan led an army of 30,000 menacing, Zhang Liao and other generals opened the letter left by Cao Cao, only to see that it read: "If Han Xuanzhi arrives, General Zhang Liao and Li Dian will go to war, and General Le Jin will defend; The protector Xue Yi must not fight. ”

Because of the disparity in the strength of the two sides, the generals were puzzled by this instruction. It turned out that when Zhang Liao served under Lu Bu in his early years, he had a grudge against Li Dian. The two had a grudge because of the death of Li Gan in the Battle of Yanzhou and the bloody battle of Li Quan, and Cao Cao ordered Le Jin to defend the city to respond in order to prevent the two from being disadvantaged due to their grudges.

Zhang Liao looked at Li Dian and the others and said, "Cao Chengcheng led the army to fight outside, and when the reinforcements led by him arrived, Han Xuan's army must have broken through us." Therefore, I sent a letter ordering me to attack the enemy's army before it is assembled, so as to frustrate the enemy's spirit, calm the morale of the army, and then defend the city. The opportunity for success or failure is in this battle, what are your doubts? ”

Li Dian heard Zhang Liao say this, and silently did not answer. Seeing that Li Dian didn't speak, Le Jin proposed: "I am outnumbered by thieves, and it is difficult to meet the enemy, so it is better to hold on." ”

Zhang Liao said excitedly: "The public is all selfish, regardless of official affairs. I will now go out to meet the enemy and fight to the death. ”

Zhang Liao taught the left and right to prepare the horses, and Li Dian said angrily: "The general is like this, how dare Dian forget his official affairs with personal regrets?" Willing to listen to the command. ”

Zhang Liao was overjoyed and said: "Since Man Chengken is willing to help, he will lead an army to ambush in the north of Xiaoyaojin in the future; When the Jiangdong soldiers come over, they can break the Xiaoshi Bridge first, and I and Le Wenqian will attack it. ”

Li Dian received the order and went to the army to ambush. That night, Zhang Liao recruited warriors and got 800 people, and Zhang Liao ordered people to kill cattle to reward these warriors.

You must know that in ancient times, ploughing cattle was an important production tool, and it was illegal to kill ploughing cattle, and Zhang Liao's courage to live and die with them convinced them. Zhang Liao usually has his own soldiers, these soldiers are all from poor people, and they are naturally willing to follow Zhang Liao to die after being treated like this by their generals. The eight hundred sergeants drank the Zhuangxing wine, and each went to prepare the iron-armored war horse, and when it was dawn, they were ready to fight with Han Xuanjun.

At dawn, Zhang Liao put on armor and held a halberd, climbed into battle first, killed dozens of Jiangdong soldiers, and beheaded two of Han Xuan's generals. Zhang Liao came on horseback and shouted loudly: "Zhang Wen is also here, Han Xuan will come out and die quickly!" ”

Zhang Liao led 800 elite cavalry to rush all the way, and when he rushed into Han Xuan's army base, only half of them were left. But Zhang Liao still rushed to Han Xuan's camp.

The corners of Han Xuan's mouth hooked a trace of arc, and he climbed to the top of Tushan Mountain to defend himself with a long halberd, Han Xuan looked at Zhang Liao who was trapped in the military formation, and said with a smile: "Zhang Wenyuan, you led eight hundred people to dare to personally attack my army's military formation, this kind of courage I Han Xuan admires you!" But it's a pity, your opponent is my Han Xuan, and I will capture you today! ”

Seeing that Han Xuan was not shocked at all, Zhang Liao was a little panicked, and Zhang Liao said, "Han Xuan, do you dare to come down and fight with me?" ”

Han Xuan didn't move, but just ordered the sergeant to surround Zhang Liao's legion. Although Zhang Liao led all cavalry, the number was relatively small, and Han Xuan's personal guard battalion was heavily defended, and Zhang Liao's army could not rush left and right.

Zhang Liao fell into a bloody battle, and the halberd in his hand kept assassinating the enemy soldiers, and the blood stained his battle robe. The 800 elite cavalry led by Zhang Liao were stabbed off their horses one after another in the face of the halberd spears and spears that pierced from all directions.

At this time, a loud shout came, and a fierce general wearing Liuyun armor and wearing a splendid robe from Xichuan came out of the battle, and the coming general was Jiangdong's general, Han Xuan's brother Chen Wu!

Chen Wu urged his crotch to step on the cloud and black horse, raised the Heavenly Dragon Breaking City Halberd and rushed straight towards Zhang Liao, and the Jiangdong soldiers on both sides made a way for Chen Wu.

Chen Wu is now making great progress in martial arts, and after Huang Zhong's death, he asked himself that he was invincible in Jiangdong. The master is lonely, Chen Wu wanted to challenge the fierce general under the Tiger Prison back then, but he never had the opportunity.

Now that he has met Zhang Liao, the first fierce general under Lu Bu in the past, how can Chen Wu sit still. Chen Wu didn't use all his strength, but just kept feeding Zhang Liao, hoping that Zhang Liao could fight him with all his might.

Han Xuan stood on the dirt mountain and watched the battle below, when suddenly a cavalry of the Cao army rushed up the mountain and took Han Xuan directly. Han Xuan was just about to prepare to resist with a halberd, but saw that a black-faced man behind him had already rushed forward, and danced the big sword in his hand to cut the enemy soldier under the horse.

"Gu Li, you protect Master Pang, don't worry about me!" Han Xuan said to the black man, who was Han Xuan's close prisoner.

Pang Tong was also closely guarded by a few Shadow Tiger Army, and the periphery was a shield soldier, if it weren't for Pang Tong's insistence on accompanying the army, Han Xuan wanted him to stay in the camp all the time.

Pang Tong looked at Zhang Liao, who was inseparable from Chen Wu, and said to Han Xuan: "Lord, it is advisable to urgently order General Zilie to take Zhang Liao, otherwise when Li Dian and Le Jinjun arrive, I am afraid that they will get away from Zhang Liao." ”

Han Xuan nodded and said to Chen Wu: "Zilie, quickly capture Zhang Liao!" ”

When Chen Wu heard this, he immediately accelerated the speed of his move, and Zhang Liao resisted more and more hard, and after a while, he was sweating profusely. Chen Wu smiled faintly at Zhang Liao and said, "Zhang Liao, I'm going to use my real skills next!" ”

"What? This person hasn't been doing his best! Although Zhang Liao didn't believe it, Chen Wu's halberd stabbed again and again, and each move also brought several changes.

Zhang Liao secretly exclaimed: "It is worthy of being the little overlord of Jiangdong, Chen Wu's martial arts are so terrifying, I am afraid that only General Fengxian can be the enemy!" ”

Chen Wu shouted, and directly crossed the eight directions with a single move, and the halberd swept a fan-shape, sweeping straight towards Zhang Liao. I thought that Zhang Liao would be directly swept off the horse by his halberd, but I didn't expect Zhang Liao to take it hard.

The corners of Chen Wu's mouth hooked: "Very good!" You're the second person to take my trick! Zhang Liao, you have indeed impressed me. ”

Zhang Liao was in a desperate situation, and the scene of Lu Bu instructing him in his early years suddenly appeared in his mind, and the world's martial arts are ever-changing, and Zhang Liao didn't understand what Lu Bu meant at that time. Now at the moment of life and death, he finally realized it, but after he took Chen Wu's move, a mouthful of blood surged up in his chest, and he actually spit out a mouthful of blood.

Zhang Liao suffered very serious internal injuries, and his eyelids couldn't help but fight. Just as Zhang Liao was about to fall off his horse, several of his own soldiers behind him rushed towards Chen Wu.

"A thousand armies are broken!" Chen Wu's halberd rotated and protruded, and a halberd stabbed at a rapid pace, piercing those people.

"Lin Tao, Wang Ke, Zhao Yi! No! Zhang Liao stabilized his body and was suddenly awakened.

Chen Wu's long halberd pierced into the bodies of the three people, and the three of them desperately hugged the halberd pole of the Tianlong Breaking City Halberd, Lin Tao had blood in his mouth, turned his back to Zhang Liao and shouted: "General, go quickly!" Avenge your brothers in the future! ”

Wang Ke and Zhao Yi also shouted with all their might: "The general quickly break through the siege, don't let the brothers die in vain!" We are waiting for the great favor of the general, and we should repay the general with death! ”

Zhang Liao held back the corners of his eyes that were about to leave tears, turned his horse's head and led the rest of his subordinates to break through bravely. Zhang Liao roared angrily, the halberd in his hand stirred again and again, and forcibly opened a gap in the encirclement of Han Xuanjun, and dozens of people under Zhang Liao's command were able to escape.

However, more people were still surrounded by Han Xuan's army, and the rest of Zhang Liao's sergeants shouted: "Has the general abandoned us?" ”

saw a bloody rush to kill, it turned out that Zhang Liao rushed into the encirclement network again, wanting to break through the encirclement again and rescue others.

Chen Wu pulled out the Heavenly Dragon Breaking City Halberd and smiled at Zhang Liao: "Zhang Liao, you dare to come back?" Hahaha, you won't have a chance to run again this time. ”

"Ahhh I, Zhang Liao, swear to the death to rescue these brothers who live and die together! Zhang Liao rushed towards Chen Wu frantically.

Chen Wu was infected by his momentum, and he also admired Zhang Liao's righteousness. Looking at Han Xuan behind him, Chen Wu clenched the halberd in his hand and urged the horse to meet Zhang Liao.

"I'm sorry, General Zhang. I also have brothers, I want to protect them! Chen Wu's halberd stabbed into Zhang Liao's chest.

Zhang Liao finally fell off his horse, and Han Xuanjun swarmed and captured all the rest of the Cao soldiers in the formation. Han Xuan ordered that no pawns should be killed without permission, and those who violated the order would be beheaded.

Han Xuan returned to the camp and invited his own military physician to treat Zhang Liao. Chen Wu looked at it from the side and said to Han Xuan: "Don't worry! My halberd avoided his point. ”

"Zhang Liao is really loyal and brave, the battle of Hefei should have been his famous battle, but his opponent is you and me." Han Xuan said with a slight smile.