In the first year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, in May 195 AD, Cao Cao personally led an army of 200,000 people, with Xu Chu as the vanguard, and raided Jingzhou with a thunderous force. Liu Biao was unprepared, so that the Jingzhou soldiers were caught off guard, and Cao Cao was like a bamboo along the way, connecting the four counties of Nanyang, Nanxiang, Jiangxia, and Xiangyang in Jingzhou. Liu's cousin led his troops and horses to resist, relying on the natural danger of the Yangtze River, and Cao Cao's soldiers were not good at water, and the water army was insufficient, so they barely blocked the pace of Cao Cao's army.

In the summer, Cao Cao's subordinate soldiers were not adaptable, Cao Cao was anxious, listened to Guo Jia's plan, recruited Jingzhou's local soldiers and horses, and stepped up the construction of a water division, ready to cross the river at any time to attack.

Liu Biao relied on the Yangtze River to resist Cao Cao's army, but he knew that it was not a long-term solution, so he sent people to the imperial court to ask the Son of Heaven and Liu Bei to rescue, and at the same time stepped up the recruitment of troops; But he was still a little panicked, and he summoned his subordinates, Liu Qi and Liu Cong, his two sons, to discuss countermeasures.

"Cao Cao personally led an army of 200,000 to attack, and even the four counties of Jingzhou, our soldiers are only 120,000, and there will be less than 100 soldiers, which is difficult to resist. A few days ago, I sent several horses to Luoyang for help, but there has been no news so far; Yizhou Liu Zhang and Hanzhong Zhang Lu attacked each other, Huainan Yuan Shu is a villain, Sun Ce is too busy to take care of himself, and we have no foreign aid now, what should we do! Do you have a plan? Liu Biao said to his subordinates with a worried face.

"Lord, Cao Cao is powerful today, and it is difficult for our Jingzhou soldiers and horses alone to resist the enemy, so it is better to raise the city and surrender to Cao Cao. Cao Cao is the dragon of the trapped abyss, sooner or later there will be a dragon soaring nine nights, I see that the princes of the world talk about strength, except for Liu Bei, the king of Zhongxing, can also compete with Cao Cao, I am afraid that the others will be swallowed up by Cao Cao one by one sooner or later. Lord! As the saying goes: the icing on the cake is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow. Cao Cao's power is not strong now, and if we surrender to Cao Cao, he will inevitably treat us well. I think we might as well come down! Seeing Liu Biao's question, Cai Mao hesitated slightly, walked out and said.

"Bold, I am a relative of the Han family, the first emperor did not give up, ordered me to be the assassin of Jingzhou, stationed in the nine counties of Jingzhou, it is the land of the Han family, how can I give it to others, now the four counties have been lost, as a general, you don't want to retreat from the enemy's strategy, but say that surrender shakes the heart of the army, what should you be guilty of! Come on, drag Cai Mao down and behead me. Liu Biao was furious when he heard this, and got up and shouted.

"My lord! Adults are angry, and the end will just be a momentary gaffe! Adults spare their lives. When Cai Mao heard that he was going to behead himself, he was frightened and bowed again and again.

"Father, now that the two armies are fighting fiercely, the enemy army is strong, you must not easily kill the general, I hope that my father will read that General Cai Mao has followed you for many years, and spare him once!" Liu Cong spoke out and persuaded.

Liu Qi and other civil and military officers also hurriedly persuaded Liu Biao.

"Okay! For the sake of the civil and military forces to intercede for you, and spare you this time, if you dare to say surrender, you will not be spared. "Liu Biao is just a momentary anger, if he really beheads Cai Mao, Mrs. Cai will not have to make a fuss when he goes back? At this time, he was dissuaded by the generals, so he got off the donkey down the slope and said.

"Father! Cao Jun's soldiers are strong and generals, my Jingzhou generals cannot resist the enemy, among my Jingzhou generals, only General Wenpin is strong in martial arts, and can fight against Cao Jun's generals, father, it is better to send General Wenpin as a vanguard to resist Cao's army. Liu Qi saw that Liu Biao was angry, and hurriedly walked out and said.

"Wenpin?" Liu Biao paused and said, "General Wenpin, are you willing to lead troops to resist Cao Cao?" ”

"The last general is willing, the last general is full of liver and brains, and he will die to resist Cao Cao's army and live up to the trust of the lord and son." Wen Ping immediately walked out and said.

Since the last time Bowang Powen hired Zhao Xu, he met Zhao Xu. Afterwards, Zhao Xu and Liu Bei told him about the matter, saying that he was strong in martial arts and could be of great use, Liu Bei listened to it, repaired a letter with Liu Biao, and asked him to use Wenhi. When Liu Biao received the letter, he immediately called someone to find Wen Ping, and after a try, he found that Wen Ping was really strong in martial arts. But it was Liu Bei's recommendation, and he couldn't help but be suspicious in his heart, so he didn't dare to use it easily, so he hastily promoted the rank of civil servant and ordered him to assist Liu Qi. At this time, he was recommended by Liu Qi, thinking that his subordinates really had no martial arts to be better than the civil servants, so they had to use him.

"The lord shall not. Resisting Cao Jun is related to the life and death of my Jingzhou, that Wen Ping is still young and inexperienced, how can he take on this big responsibility, please think twice! "As soon as Cai Mao saw that Liu Biao used Wenpin, Wenpin really repelled Cao Cao, and Liu Biao was not allowed to pass on the throne to Liu Qi afterwards. hurriedly spoke out to dissuade him.

"Shut up! General Cai Mao, Cao Cao is powerful, the previous Xiangyang was able to mobilize troops and horses thanks to General Wenpin's ten-day defense, you guarded the front, why didn't you send troops to rescue Xiangyang, but you didn't come out of obscenity, I haven't asked you about your sins! Liu Biao knew that Cai Mao was as timid as a mouse and his mind was not strong, but Cai Mao was Mrs. Cai's brother, and because of Mrs. Cai's face, he had to open one eye and close one eye. At this time, Cai Mao repeatedly made disrespectful remarks, which was really annoying, and scolded at the moment.

"It's... Lord, it's not that the last general refuses to rescue, it's really that the Cao army is too powerful, and the last general is also powerless......" Cai Mao saw that Liu Biao was angry, and hurriedly explained.

Before Cai Mao finished speaking, a scout suddenly rushed in and reported: "Lord Qi, Cao Jun crossed the river." ”

"What! Who is the leader? How many soldiers and horses do you bring? Liu Biao was frightened and hurriedly asked.

The leading general didn't know it, but he saw that the flag had the word "Wei" written on it, and there were not many soldiers and horses, only more than five or six thousand people, and now they were building a pontoon bridge. ”

Cai Mao was also frightened and said, "Lord! This must be a trick by the thief to lure the enemy, and we should only stick to it. ”

Liu Biaozheng didn't answer, Wen Ping got up and said angrily: "If you only hold on, how can you retreat from the enemy?" If the Cao army has built the pontoon bridge and the army comes to attack, how can it resist? I think this is just Cao Cao's test troops, to test our military spirit, just like this, we can't stick to it, don't you hear the art of war: 'The army can be attacked in half a crossing.'" 'Today, Cao's army is only a few thousand men and horses, and it is half across the Yangtze River, so why not attack it? A big victory, it is also good to increase morale, if you wait for Cao Cao's soldiers to come to the city, they will be on the edge of the trench, and it will be difficult to resist? Please also think twice. ”

"Well, what you said is reasonable, but I don't know who the enemy general is, I heard that Cao Cao's subordinates have a general named Xu Chu, who is extremely powerful; Although it is not Xu Chu's banner now, Cao Cao is cunning, and he doesn't know who his enemy will fall to the ground, and now he only knows that the enemy general's surname is Wei, if he is a hard hand, he can't fight easily. Although Liu Biao was quite warlike, he had to be cautious at this time, and said worriedly.

"Surname Wei?" Wen Ping suddenly remembered something, and said: "Lord, the enemy general's surname is Wei, maybe he is someone who the last general recognizes." ”

"Who is it?"

"Enlightened Lord! The last general knows a person, surnamed Wei Mingyan, although this person is good at martial arts, but for people to see profit and forget righteousness, greedy for fame and fortune, the last general is extremely contemptuous, when the previous war with Cao Thief, I heard that many generals surrendered to Cao Cao, presumably the enemy general who came now is that Wei Yan. ”

"Oh! You know the general, but can you be sure to defeat him? Liu Qi asked.

Wen Ping was full of confidence, patted his chest and said: "There is a way: the water comes to cover the earth, and the soldiers are coming?" Our army is waiting for work, the enemy army is crossing the river, and at this time, the general will lead the troops to battle, and he can win. ”

"Good! Then please ask General Wenpin to lead 6,000 troops and go out of the city to meet the enemy, and I will go to the city to plunder for you. Liu Biao heard Wen Ping's words, and was also slightly relieved, and ordered.

"No!"

When he hired the order, he gathered 6,000 elite soldiers and went out of the city to face the battle, and Liu Biao and others all went to the city to watch the situation.

Wen Ping led the troops out of the city gate, and saw that the pontoon bridge had been erected, and the leading general was Wei Yan. It turned out that Wei Yan saw that Cao Cao was powerful, and even the four counties of Jingzhou, and thought that he might be able to achieve his career by going to Cao Cao, when Cao Cao's soldiers arrived, Wei Yan surrendered the city, Cao Cao saw that Wei Yan was good at martial arts, although he saw that Wei Yan easily betrayed the master, and he didn't like it, but Cao Cao loved talent and couldn't bear to abandon it, so he immediately ordered Wei Yan to be the captain. Today, Cao Cao trained the navy, thought about sending soldiers and horses to explore the truth, and ordered Wei Yan to lead troops to build a bridge to attack. Although he knew that this was an extremely dangerous errand, Wei Yan had just defected to Cao Cao, and he needed a hard battle to prove his strength and secure his status, and it was not easy to refuse.

I saw that Wei Yan had crossed the pontoon bridge. Wen Ping immediately jumped on the horse with a gun and shouted: "Wei Yan is a nobody, he dares to sell his master for glory, and he has come here to cause chaos!" Do you recognize my general's appointment? ”

Wei Yan was furious when he heard this, jumped on his horse with his spear, and came to fight Wen Ping. This pontoon bridge was originally only allowed to pass through two people, Wei Yan just walked across the pontoon bridge, and then fought with Wen Ping, the two horses intersected, blocking the exit of the pontoon bridge, and the soldiers on both sides suddenly could not advance, so they had to fight to both sides to watch.

Wen Ping held the soap gold fire spear and stabbed straight at Wei Yan's door, Wei Yan was unhurried, danced the red copper broadsword, and parried over.

With a "bell", the guns and knives intersected, and sparks flew in all directions. The two were secretly frightened, knowing that the opponent's martial arts might not be under them, so they didn't dare to underestimate the enemy at the moment, and went all out.

Although he knew that the opponent's martial arts were strong, his momentum was still rising, and at that moment Wei Yan shouted: "Wen Ping!" What martial arts do you have that dare to come and fight me? ”

Wen Ping also replied: "Wei Yan, you traitor who seeks glory, you dare to be presumptuous here, don't talk nonsense, I will take your head first." Wen Ping was not panicked or angry, and saw the soap gold gun in his hand go straight to Wei Yan, dancing with a surprising gun momentum all the way.

Wei Yan was shocked, seeing that Wen Ping's marksmanship was strange and fierce, he immediately danced the red copper big knife, pressed it on the tip of the spear, and cut it down with a knife. At this time, it was too late to collect the knife, but Wei Yan was not easy to match after all, and with the momentum of the knife, he turned the knife shaft and swung away the golden gun.

Wen Ping did not allow Wei Yan to fight back, but whoever used the gun was to win quickly, if the enemy took the lead, it would be easy to suffer, when Wen Ping put the yellow horse under the seat, held the gun in his right hand, held the reins in his left hand, and made a circle next to Wei Yan, and then the soap gold gun in his hand stood up with lightning speed, and immediately danced so that he could only see the light and shadow, and not see the shape of the gun.

Wei Yan was shocked, and hurriedly used his own sword skills to meet the enemy, Wen Ping's gun was in a hurry at the moment, and he changed eighteen marksmanship in a row.

This marksmanship is one-handed eighteen picks, since ancient times, I have only heard that Xiang Yu is good at using it, in fact, Zhang Fei will also, but Zhang Fei does not meet the opponent and is not willing to use it easily, Wen Ping's marksmanship is similar to Zhang Fei, and he will also use this one-handed eighteen picks, but after all, his strength is not as good as Zhang Fei, let alone Xiang Yu. Therefore, as soon as the marksmanship is used, it is different from the domineering formation of Xiang Yu and Zhang Fei, but it gives birth to an elegant style, which is more like an art.

Wei Yan is fighting to the death at the moment, it seems that Zhao Yun may not be able to win with such a gun speed as Wen Ping, let alone Wei Yan, Wen Yan's speed is at least twice as fast as Wei Yan, so he forced Wei Yan to hold his breath, and he could only go all out, protecting his body and protecting his horses, but Wei Yan's martial arts were good after all, and he could barely parry.

The more the two fought, the more fierce they became, fighting for eighty rounds in a row, regardless of victory or defeat, but Wei Yan sat down at this time and half of the war horse was on the pontoon bridge, half of the body could not move, and the horse was no more dexterous than Wen Ping, and it was a loss in the end.

Seeing that the golden gun of Wenpin was dancing more and more urgently, Wei Yan gradually fell behind. Originally, according to Wei Yan's martial arts, he could hold out at least two hundred rounds of death battle with Wen Ping, but at this time, the terrain was at a loss, and his martial arts could not be fully displayed. Wei Yan gradually became anxious, thinking: If he continues to fight like this, his life will not be guaranteed, so he should think of a way to get out.

But at this time, there were soldiers behind him, and on the pontoon bridge, Wei Yan couldn't retreat. Wei Yan fell to the ground and was a well-known military general in the world, cheered up at the moment, looked at the golden gun stabbed by Wen Ping, and pressed it with a red copper broadsword desperately, "Dangchang" with a loud bang.