Chapter Thirty-Three: Riding Like a Bear and a Tiger

No one questioned Liu Bei's plan.

This is not to say that the Kwantung princes present here can trust this person so much, believing that he can really kill Huaxiong and go to the tiger prison in one day, but that they generally think that Liu Xuande is qualified to gamble like this.

Wheel status, although Liu Bei is only a private cavalry captain, but after all, he is also a 2,000 stone, and there are many shadows behind him of Xu Yang's princes, what is the political position of the old department, and the identity of the brother of General Wei...... Just as Cao Cao is Yuan Shaofa is small;

In terms of strength, no matter how Liu Xuande is, he also has thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands, and there is a large battalion belonging to him here, not to mention that after several months of military training by Dong Xiangguo, the princes of Kwantung have paid more attention to the military talents from the border counties.

All in all, although Liu Bei is the lowest person in this camp, although everyone still vaguely looks down on him in their hearts, they regard him as an equal member after all...... In other words, in the eyes of the Kwantung princes, Liu Bei still has human rights, not a cat or a dog.

So, since he has 'human rights', what kind of big deal is it for him to come forward and borrow a few thousand soldiers and horses plus a few generals in this helpless state in front of him?

Correspondingly, Liu Bei is not a whim...... In fact, these days outside the Tiger Prison Pass, getting along day and night, Liu Xuande also had some different thoughts about these Kwantung princes. Of course, this is not to say that Liu Xuande is cynical, in all fairness, he actually recognizes these people, he knows very well in his heart that these people's background, knowledge, and connections are not fake, and compared with these people, he is a lot worse than the foundation.

It's just that with the advent of troubled times and the gradual prosperity of the military, Liu Bei suddenly found that those things on his body that were originally nothing have actually become valuable, and this also made him gradually confident - he wants everyone in the world to know that he Zhuojun Liu Bei is not an incompetent person who can only rely on people's breath!

The night was long, and Liu Bei prepared carefully in the camp. He first seriously discussed the tactical plan for the second day with Yu Ban and Le Jin, and then personally sent the second general out, and then personally took Jian Yong and Lu Dai to inspect the barracks, comfort and comfort the soldiers, and was busy until the third watch before returning to the main tent and sleeping with Zhang Fei...... Of course, Zhang Yide fell asleep early, which made him worry.

There was no word all night, and early the next morning, Liu Bei was ready to stop, so he took his headquarters and horses to go to the Chinese army with Zhang Fei, Jian Yong, and Lu Dai. Yuan Shao's 300 elite cavalry, Yu Ban's 3,000 Taishan foot soldiers, and Lejin's 2,000 Chen Liu's foot soldiers have long been waiting to not say, Cao Mengde even contacted in the center, and asked the princes from all walks of life to send some armor, knives, arrows, flags and other things...... In this regard, Liu Bei naturally smiled, and then went to his own actions.

According to the plan, as yesterday, after waiting for a long time until noon, Yuan Shaocai sent someone to send the war letter away, and Hua Xiong was arrogant, and sure enough, he was directly summoned on the upper floor of the Tiger Prison, and then promised on the spot, and the two sides agreed that they would still fight on the east bank of Bishui in the afternoon!

"General." Seeing Yuan Shao's envoy leaving, in the spring breeze, there was a military official beside Hua Xiong who couldn't help but admonish. "Our army has been fighting for five days in a row, and although it has won consecutive victories, it is also tired, so why not take a short rest and recuperate before taking on the challenge?"

"I understand that." Hua Xiong said disapprerovitically. "But you know one thing, but you don't know the other...... Although our army is tired, how can the Kwantung group not be defeated in successive battles and demoralized? ”

The military officer looked a little dazed for a while: "Since you are down, why do you still challenge them again and again?" ”

Hua Xiong laughed when he heard this, and he couldn't stop laughing: "Do you think that the other generation is willing to fight by himself?" I thought that his generation was ashamed, so he came to challenge me repeatedly? I'll tell you the truth, they had to do it as a last resort...... Think about it, their generation is all famous in the eastern part of the country, and then they mention 100,000 people, but they can't suppress my Xiliang 3,000 cavalry for a long time, and how do people in the world think of them? ”

The military officer was momentarily impressed.

"But you're right." Hua Xiongfu is positive again. "Xiangguo's troop arrangement, originally based on the Yellow River and the Tiger Prison Xiongguan as the idea, the north and east sides to defend, the south to attack, so Yingchuan, Nanyang soldiers, and our troops are few, if you are tired after a long battle, maybe something will go wrong...... That's good, let's fight again tomorrow, win seven battles in a row, make up an explanation, and report it to Xiangguo, and then continue to guard the Tiger Prison Pass with peace of mind! ”

The military officials were even more speechless.

Since Hua Xiong's heart was gradually settled, he didn't pay attention to it anymore, but returned to the pass to rest for a while, and then he ordered three thousand iron horsemen and went straight across the river to fight.

The war drums were rumbling, the flags were waving, and there was also a 3,000-strong army in the camp of the Kwantung Coalition Army, which was in a strict formation and marched out of battle, but it was Yu Ban and his 3,000 Taishan soldiers.

In other words, Mount Tai has always been one of the main soldiers of the Han Dynasty, this is because the local crossbow soldiers are abundant, although the Taishan crossbow is not as famous as the spear crossbow in Jizhou, but it is more or less because the local soldiers are sufficient, easy to recruit and use more...... In fact, Wang Kuang, who had died, and Bao Xin, the owner of the army in front of him, were able to return to Luoyang first, because of the ease of recruitment of Taishan soldiers.

And back in front of him, Yu Ban's army also has a strong crossbow force of 1,000 people, equipped with spears and shields, which is quite majestic, and the formation is tight, which makes Hua Xiong extra vigilant...... After all, it is clear that this unit is different from the previous ones, and it is aimed at the elite of the cavalry.

At the same time, although it was infantry, it was not the agreed number of 5,000, but 3,000 people, so the opponent's tactics seemed to be about to come out - first list the formation against the cavalry with 3,000 foot soldiers, consume and drag Hua Xiong's department, wait until Hua Xiong slacked off, and then suddenly send a small force to attack from behind, in order to attack from both sides, and attack it unprepared!

"Do you think the ambush is riding or walking?" Hua Xiong watched coldly as the 3,000-strong army seized the water in front of him, and then lined up with his back, but he didn't use the advantage of cavalry to attack.

The adjutant general next to him was a little stunned, but immediately reacted: "The general said that the other generation did not come out at full strength as agreed, and he wanted to wait for the battle to be in full swing to attack us?" ”

"Not bad."

"It must be cavalry." The adjutant general thought for a moment and came to a conclusion. "Otherwise, it won't work suddenly."

"I thought so, too." Hua Xiong is proud. "And it should be three or five hundred, because too much will inevitably drag on, and it will not play a surprise role; Too little to kill...... However, do you remember which of the Kanto thieves is famous for riding in hand? ”

The deputy general immediately thought of the answer: "Only the little cavalry brought by Yuan Shao from Hebei is a bit of a statement, and the rest of the princes of the Central Plains, what are the famous horses?" It's just a foot soldier on horseback! ”

"Even the so-called Hebei famous riders are just vain names." Hua Xiong sneered again. "Otherwise, why would he be easily defeated by Lu Bu's barbarian from the state? In my opinion, this is a chance to win today's battle! ”

The adjutant general suddenly said: "The general is saying that we deliberately show a flaw, but in fact, we are ready to lure this cavalry to attack, and then encircle and annihilate this cavalry first to deter the thief army?" ”

"That's exactly what it means!" Hua Xiong was immediately solemn. "Everyone in the world thinks that I am just a brave man, relying on the trust of Xiangguo to take on this important task from the leader of a servant, but I don't know that I have been with Xiangguo for a long time, and I am also a smooth military strategy, how can I not know military planning? For example, the army in front of us, although it is infantry, it is clearly disciplined, the crossbow shield is neat, and the generals are not mortals. However, the Kanto group of uglies thought they had a plan, but they didn't know that they reversed their strengths and weaknesses, and used their shortcomings to hit my strengths, but they showed their flaws...... In my opinion, the strategy to break the enemy today lies in those cavalry who are preparing to sneak attack, if they can destroy those cavalry, behead their leaders, frighten the enemy, and then turn to attack this infantry team, then the battle will be completely won! ”

"The general is really a god!" The lieutenant general couldn't help but be convinced, so he gave up his compliments on the horse. "I think that Lu Bu is just a brave man, it all depends on the planning of my Liangzhou wise man Jia Gong, how can he win a big victory, how can he fight the war with his own strength?"

"Why shoot horses?" Hua Xiong held his long lance in his hand and disagreed. "It is common to learn the art of war for a general, for ten thousand enemies rather than a brave man...... It's just a pity that this general surnamed Yu is really a good leader of the troops, but he has to die here innocently because he followed the wrong person! ”

The people around him wanted to compliment, but unexpectedly, Hua Xiong suddenly turned upright, and he was holding a long lance, and directly ordered solemnly on the horse: "Okay!" Zhang, Li, and Wang each led 600 people in Sanqu, a total of 1,800 people, and repeatedly attacked the general surnamed Yu, but only feigned a siege, but did not get close, just killed with bows and arrows and intimidated his peers...... Make a big noise! ”

The three officers around him immediately took the order.

Then the two generals, Wang and Geng, each led the ...... Five hundred men, divided into the left and right sides, also feigned a siege, but did not really interfere, but always keep an eye on the Kwantung army formation, and keep the headquarters out of the matter...... I have led two hundred cavalry of my cronies here, pretending to be unprepared, and the maximum of five hundred cavalry of his generation is a good thing, so he must take me in a hurry, and when he comes close to me, he will immediately withdraw and outflank, and be sure to annihilate them all, and then we will turn the whole army and take advantage of the situation to win a complete victory! ”

The crowd will be committed.

"Gentlemen." Hua Xiongfu shouted to these people again, earnestly. "I also know that today's battle is hard, but please rest assured, I have already thought about it when I came, and if I come to fight again tomorrow, I will cross Hongnong Niu and Li, and directly send someone to Xiangguo to report the victory in person.

The generals are getting more and more excited.

Not to mention how Hua Xiong is wise and martial, quite a general, not to mention that the battle is in full swing, the bows and arrows on both sides are like rain, the iron horses are galloping back and forth, how magnificent the scene is, and how those Kwantung princes are fascinated by what they watch on the base and on the stage...... It is only said that in the formation of the Kwantung Coalition Army, on the rammed earth platform of the Chinese army, on Yuan Shao's side, Zhang Fei actually drank and ate in battle, and he did not feel nervous at all.

"What does Yide think of General Yu Ban?" Cao Cao looked at it for a while, but he couldn't help but look back curiously.

"It's quite like an ancient famous general." Zhang Fei put down his chopsticks and replied politely. "According to me, if you send his men to lead his headquarters into battle early, although the infantry will not be able to defeat the cavalry, it will not be defeated in successive battles."

Bao Xin twisted his beard proudly, looking forward to the left and right.

"Then judging from Zhang Sima, does General Yu Ban have the upper hand at this time?" Zhang Chao next to him had some friendship with Liu Bei because of Lu Dai's affairs, so he asked casually. "I see the battle raging."

"Not necessarily." Zhang Feifu put down the wine bottle again, still honest. "The scene at this time is certainly beautiful, but in fact, there is no killing on both sides, and they are just trying to make a show......

"Why?" Cao Cao was stunned.

"Brother Mengde, please take a look." Zhang Fei didn't get up or look at it, but asked Cao Cao to see it. "The back of the river array, although there is a strong crossbow in the Sima Department, but it can only be hidden behind the shield array, and it cannot be fired, and the range of the projectile is also delayed; Although the Xiliang thief army has the advantage of riding and can release arrows along the horse, the bow is small, and the general has a big shield...... Therefore, although there are shouts of killing and shaking the sky, there are not many casualties, and there are no casualties, so how can it be intense? ”

"That's true." Cao Cao Fu looked at it for a long time, but finally nodded helplessly, "But it's okay, anyway, as long as you can exhaust the thief army, it will be convenient for Yide to kill Huaxiong." ”

"Brother Meng De thinks too much." Zhang Fei finally drank a bottle of wine, and then shook his head again. "The enemy general is not a brave man, if you look carefully at his use of soldiers, is it that the cavalry in this formation is a little loose, but there are nearly a thousand horsemen on the left and right who seem to be fighting bravely, but in fact they are recuperating?"

Cao Cao looked at it again for a while, but he was shocked and shocked: "Our army's strategy has been seen through?!" ”

"Yes, yes." Zhang Fei replied calmly. "Enemy generals are also extraordinary generals."

On the high platform, all the princes were helpless when they heard the words, but they didn't have much disappointment...... After all, I've lost many games in a row, and it doesn't seem to be bad this time.

"What can I do?" Cao Cao was still a little anxious.

"And helplessly." Zhang Fei was not in a hurry. "Wait a minute, it's possible that they can't bear to storm Sima's department."

"But what if Huaxiong never misses the plan?" Cao Cao was still anxious.

"It's okay to miss it over there." Zhang Fei disagreed. "How can we still control Hua Xiong?"

Cao Cao was silent for a while, but sat back in place.

And after leaning a little, Zhang Chao couldn't help but ask: "Zhang Sima, regardless of whether you are in the plan or not, just say how sure you are about Shang Huaxiong?" ”

"I don't know." Zhang Fei had already eaten, and was pouring and drinking slowly at this time, and his face did not change when he heard the words, but he just shook his head. "What the hell is Huaxiong, I haven't fought again."

"Didn't you say that General Wei personally called the general an enemy of 10,000 people?" Yuan Shao, who hadn't spoken much all the time, didn't watch the battle, just lowered his head and thought about something, suddenly spoke. "Don't the so-called 10,000 enemies even have the courage?"

"Dare to ask Yuan Cheqi, what is the enemy of ten thousand people?" Zhang Fei raised the bottle and asked rhetorically.

Yuan Shao suddenly thought for a while: "Ten thousand enemies don't mean that Zhang Sima is a handsome soldier, not a brave man?" Liu Xuande misunderstood General Wei's meaning, or did he spread a lie? ”

Zhang Fei finally laughed: "I don't know, after all, my ability to lead troops is only thousands, and then I have a lot of strength when I am in battle...... General Kewei did speak bluntly after drinking, saying that I was an enemy of 10,000 people. ”

"That's weird." Yuan Shao became more and more puzzled.

"But whatever." Zhang Fei put down the wine bottle and said with a straight face. "The eldest husband is entrusted by others, and the matter of loyalty to others, since he has promised Brother Xuande and you all of you, then he must decide on the battlefield regardless of life and death...... In fact, it is useless to say too much about these words, but only to fight. ”

Yuan Shao couldn't help but be in awe: "General Zhang is worthy of being the Tiger General of Youzhou...... Do you still want to drink? There's still good wine in my camp! ”

"You can't drink too much spirits." Zhang Fei didn't care. "I'm just drinking water every day, if there is a good wine, and I hope for a big win, let's drink it again."

Yuan Shao sighed more and more, but he asked people to send the wine in the camp, and he put it on the high platform, and then he didn't say more, and he didn't allow the princes on the stage to talk to Zhang Fei without permission.

In this way, seeing that the sun was half inclined to the west, and Hua Xiong still did not give up the temptation, Zhang Fei no longer hesitated.

He didn't say goodbye to anyone, nor did he say anything majestic, but he just got up and put it on, and then directly picked up the eight-point steel snake spear given by the princess of Zhonggong Sun in Qinghe, got off the high platform, mounted the military array outside the camp gate, and then came out with three hundred horsemen behind him.

Hua Xiong's subordinates had already seen it clearly, and then hurriedly reported it, and Hua Xiong also sneered in his heart, but he just pretended not to know, so he just let the left and right play small flags and let both sides prepare.

And Zhang Fei came to the formation, still silent, did not explain any tactics to these subordinates, nor did he play any banners, but just looked back at the high platform of the Chinese army behind him.

The drum sounded, Zhang Fei took the lead, and came out with a spear, and the three hundred Hebei cavalry behind him were in a hurry, so they could only follow in a hurry, and for a while there was a little disjointed formation.

Hua Xiong glanced clearly, and felt more and more funny, but he gestured to the left and right...... The meaning is very clear, don't come up and frighten these funny Hebei cavalry, in case the other party collapses too quickly and has no time to outflank.

But how fast were the cavalry on the battlefield? Hua Xiong did not sneer in his heart, and saw that the fair-skinned majestic man had rushed dozens of steps in front of him, so he did not dare to slack off, but hurriedly solemnly held the long lance in his hand and waited for it. When several guards saw it, they jumped forward one after another.

However, in the midst of the drums, Zhang Fei's speed was extremely fast, and despite the outflanking of several Xiliang knights, he had already ridden more than ten steps in front of Hua Xiong in a moment, and then only one Xiliang knight was in front of him.

Seeing this, the surrounding Xiliang knights immediately closed the siege, and Hua Xiong was also angry, preparing to personally go forward to besiege this person.

However, Zhang Yide suddenly roared, and the sound shook his ears, shocking the surrounding Xiliang sergeants, and immediately, Hua Xiong was shocked to see that the guard in front of him was actually picked into the air, and then smashed directly at himself!

The man hurriedly reined in his horse and dodged sideways, but as soon as he dodged the corpse, a steel spear with a curved head and an astonishing length had already pierced in front of him.

At this point, as soon as they fought, Hua Xiong was already embarrassed immediately, cold sweat broke out, and he regretted using himself as bait.

But how can there be so much time on the battlefield for him to think too much? What's more, the steel spear is already in front of him!

Hua Xiong reluctantly lifted the horse and retreated, while raising the lance with one hand to block, but unexpectedly, the tiger's mouth shook under the block, and the right actually had a sense of detachment, but the spear was like a spirit snake, pressing the lance vultures from the front.

Hua Xiong was frightened to death, and hurriedly relied on his amazing horsemanship, leaning back on the horse and then dodging, but since he leaned back, the weapon could no longer be held and he let go.

Zhang Feiyue passed the horse, thinking that he could not succeed in this regard, but when he caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of his eye, his heart moved, saying that it was too late and that it was fast, but he grabbed the horse's belly and returned to the horse with a spear!

Hua Xiong, who was still looking up, didn't see this scene at all, so how could he dodge? In an instant, the spear pierced through the belly and thrust into the horse's back, and a string of two came, and then he died instantly!

On the high platform, Yuan Cao and others, who thought that Zhang Fei was doing their best to obey the destiny of heaven, also suddenly woke up - let you plan higher, govern the army more neatly, and make every preparation, and calculate in every way, but when you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins, and dies in one blow, what can you say?

The words of 10,000 enemies are by no means vain, and if there are 3,000 tigers and wolves with this person, then they will be ten thousand troops.

And Hua Xiong died, and his people were terrified, and they fled from the pontoon bridge to the Tiger Prison...... Seeing this, Yuan Shao no longer hesitated, but immediately acted according to Liu Bei's plan before, the whole army beat the drums, and more than 100,000 troops all left the camp and lined up for more than 20 miles in the east of Bishui!

The army could not look at each other, and the sound of clamor shook the heavens and the earth.

Then, despite the fact that it was getting late, he built dozens of pontoon bridges on the river, and tried to further pile up mountains on the west bank of the river, obviously to march on a large scale and try to suppress the tiger prison.

In other words, although there are still thousands of soldiers and horses in the Tiger Prison Pass, there are still Xiongguan to rely on, and they also know that the other party actually can't spread out their troops...... But now that Huaxiong is dead, how can the soldiers of Guanzhong remain calm?

The officers were frightened and noisy for a moment like headless flies, but they decided to immediately ask for help from everywhere behind them, and let them send reinforcements everywhere to send generals!

For a time the messengers were like hemp, and they went to the west.

On the evening of the same day, Chenggao City, which received the letter, was the first to send reinforcements to arrive, and the Chenggao guards came to help in person. However, that night, the empty Chenggao City behind him suddenly burst into flames, and the light was shining brightly!

—————I'm the dividing line of the fire at night—————

"In the first year of the early peace at the end of the Han Dynasty, there was the governor Huaxiong who guarded the tiger prison for Dong Zhuo, and won consecutive battles. One day, there is a war book again, saying that there is Taishan in the ban, Zhuojun Zhang Fei invited to fight, Huaxiong Xu Zhi. A military official on the side advised: 'The general is martial and has won consecutive battles, but the soldiers are tired, and they are afraid of losing something, but they can defend it.' Hua Xiong said: "Thou art not wise, why is it that our army is tired?" If the Kwantung thieves have lost consecutive battles, they will also be depressed. The officials were puzzled: 'If you are frustrated, why do you want to fight?' What can I fear? Xiongfu said: "They are all high-ranking men, burdened by fame, and they have lost consecutive battles, but it is difficult to ride a tiger, so they have to fight." Suddenly. When the male came out of the battle, the officials returned to the camp, and said left and right: 'General Hua knows that it is difficult for the Kwantung thieves to ride a tiger, and it is difficult for unknown people to ride a tiger, and this battle will be defeated!'" 'He absconded in disguise, and lived. —"The World Speaks New Words". Proverbs

PS: Thank you very much for the tips of maybe the future, Yining Weizhi, and Saorui...... Yining Weizhi and Sao Rui are both double cute, maybe the future big guy is about to make three alliances...... I feel very ashamed, especially at this moment.

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