In fact, the Danyang soldiers were also a little unable to resist, after all, there were tens of thousands of Cao troops rushing to kill, and they had been holding the three-way crossing for half an hour, and the formation was chaotic.

"Kill the past, kill the past."

Zhang Liao hid in the formation and commanded the army.

For the enemy coming from the west, desperately resist. At the same time, the troops were mobilized to besiege Zhang Fei.

Only now has he mastered the initiative on the local battlefield.

Whew

Zhang Liao gave a series of orders and finally breathed a sigh of relief. He looked around the battlefield and suddenly saw thousands of troops digging in the east, and immediately wondered, "What is this doing?" ”

"I see."

Zhang Liao thought excitedly: "General Xu Huang ordered people to dig up the soil and fill those ravines, he must have wanted to fill in a road, so that the troops outside could enter the city smoothly." At this rate, it will be completed in less than half an hour. ”

"That's a great idea."

In order to cooperate with Xu Huang's actions, Zhang Liao sent more than 2,000 soldiers to the east to defend and prevent the enemy from sabotaging and causing trouble. In this way, after half an hour, all the troops can evacuate to Xiangyang City.

But the premise is to resist Liu Bei's attack for half an hour.

At this time.

It was not only Zhang Mad's Danyang soldiers who were insisting, but Chen Zhi's Bai Wei soldiers, Zhang Fei's old barracks, as well as Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, and all the armies, all pressed over from the west, and the offensive became more and more fierce.

The thousands of men and horses sent by Zhang Liao were almost unable to resist.

"Hansheng, look there." Liu Bei approached where Huang Zhong was, raised his hand and said, "The enemy is digging in the earth, are they trying to open up a road?" ”

"The Lord is wise. The last general was willing to personally lead an army to go around the rear of the enemy and stop them. Huang Zhong said.

"Okay, I'll give you General Zhang's veteran barracks, they haven't all joined the battlefield yet, you should be able to gather half of the soldiers and horses. Whether you can stop the enemy or not is up to you. Liu Bei said.

"The last will obey."

Lao Huang Zhong beat his horse and galloped to the back to transfer troops.

The rest of the ordinary army was led by Wei Yan and commanded the battle.

Since Wei Yan surrendered to Liu Bei, although he is also a general, he has not been reused. Because Zhuge Liang has been guarding against him, thinking that he will rebel sooner or later, he did not give him military power. Now he finally has the opportunity to command tens of thousands of troops to fight.

The power is in hand.

The first military order issued by Wei Yan was to divide half of the troops, led by him, and attack and kill in the northeast. It is the enemy's weakest point and the closest way to enemy rear. It's just that the road is very winding, and there is a huge pond that one has to wade through.

Wei Yan has always liked to surprise soldiers, and this time is no exception.

If he progressed well, he would not only be able to reach the southeast one step ahead of Huang Zhong, but also go around to the west of Xiangyang and completely cut off the enemy's way back to the city.

Whoosh

More than 5,000 soldiers and horses led by Wei Yan marched to the middle of the pond and were suddenly shot at by more than 1,000 archers on the opposite side. It was arranged there by Xu Huang to protect the safety of the rear troops.

"Shield!"

Wei Yan shouted: "Move forward quickly, don't stop!" ”

Bell, bell, bell

He drew his sword to fend off the arrows.

The soldiers who entered the pond did not dare to stop, and only by rushing to the opposite bank could the crisis be resolved.

On the upper floor of Xiangyang City, Xu Huang was condescending, saw the situation in the direction of the pond, and immediately called Liu Hu: "Transfer 5,000 elites, stop the soldiers and horses, and don't let them cross the pond." ”

"General, our army has gone out of the city to fight, and now the rest have to defend the city, I'm afraid we won't be able to transfer five thousand elites." Not to mention the elite, even the recruits can't make up five thousand.

"How many more are there?"

"Four thousand at most, it will take two quarters of an hour to mobilize."

"No, it's been too long, and the enemy has crossed the pond. In half an hour, you must gather 3,000 troops and rush to help. Xu Huang said.

"Yes."

Liu Hu was not sure that he could do it, but the situation was critical, and he was not allowed to hesitate.

Half a quarter of an hour later.

Liu Hu did not gather 3,000 people, only less than 2,000, and followed him out of the city to intercept Wei Yan.

By the time he arrived at the pond, Wei Yan's troops had just landed.

"Kill." The two armies fought on the shore.

"Wei Yan is here." Wei Yan suddenly shouted, attracting the ideas of many Cao soldiers, and Liu Hu also made Wei Yan the target of the attack.

Puff puff

Wei Yan always had his back to his guards to prevent being besieged by Cao's army. In the face of the rushing enemy army, desperately resisted, and was also looking for the enemy's general, trying to behead him.

Liu Hu was not far from Wei Yan.

His thoughts were the same as Wei Yan's, they both wanted to behead each other.

If you really want to talk about it, Liu Hu and Wei Yan are both the original generals of the Jingzhou Army, but Liu Hu has a special identity, he is Liu Biao's nephew, and he is in charge of the first elite spearmen under Liu Biao's account, --- first elite. And Wei Yan is just a partial military captain in Changsha County, subordinate to Han Xuan, the Taishou of Changsha. In the past, when he went to Xiangyang with Han Xuan, when he saw Liu Hu, he had to salute from a distance, and he had no status at all.

Liu Hu couldn't think of Wei Yan.

And now it's different, Wei Yan took refuge in Liu Bei, although he still hasn't been reused, but he has the opportunity to compete with Liu Hu.

Da-da-da-da

Liu Hu took the initiative to find Wei Yan and asked loudly: "You are Wei Yan?" ”

"Exactly."

"Ben General Liu Hu, take your dog's life today!" Liu Hu picked up his gun and drove the horse and rushed towards Wei Yan.

"Liu Hu?"

"Haha." When Wei Yan saw Liu Hu, he was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to come to die by yourself, so I didn't have to go to you." ”

"Kill." Liu Hu rushed over.

Burst!

Wei Yan barely made any effort, slashing out several knives in a row, one of which slashed through Liu Hu's chest, and he fell off his horse on the spot, clutching the knife on his chest in disbelief.

"Just this bit of martial arts, also known as the general of Jingzhou, I'm phew!" The more Wei Yan thought about it, the more angry he became.

With his ability, he should have been promoted a long time ago.

If he had been asked to command the Jingzhou army, could Cao Cao still take advantage of it?

After killing Liu Hu, Wei Yan quickly defeated the surrounding enemy forces.

He led about 3,000 sword and axe men (the rest were killed in the pond and the battle just now) to the southeast to surprise Cao's army, which was digging and filling in the earth. At the same time, Huang Zhong also led his troops to the southeast.

"Hansheng's movements are quite fast, but his role is not as big as mine." Wei Yan went to the rear of the enemy, and secretly thought in his heart.

Huang Zhong's position could only assist the Danyang soldiers in attacking.

And the position he was in could block all the Cao troops and evacuate to Xiangyang City. Although there are only three or four thousand soldiers and horses, they are the key to stopping the enemy army!

"Brothers, you must hold this place!"

"All shield soldiers, form a defensive formation, bow and arrow center cover." Wei Yan gave several orders. The thousands of people who followed him moved quickly.

Soon.

The defensive shield array takes shape.

Cao's army, which was digging and filling in the soil, divided a part of his forces to drive it away, but was counterattacked by Wei Yan strongly. Due to the lack of troops, Wei Yan had no choice but to do it.