Chapter 82: Three Thousand Flying Dragons
The Three Thousand Flying Dragon Riders were built for Liu Yu after more than two years of hard work, and together with the Three Thousand Mo Sword Army, they were called Liu Yu's two ace elites.
Liu Yu believed that the three thousand flying dragon horsemen plus Zhao Yun, who could enter and exit seven times in hundreds of thousands of troops, would be unstoppable in the world to stop his charge, break through the encirclement of Cao's army, and rescue Lu Bu, Chen Gong, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, etc. in Xiapi City.
The war horse galloped, and under the sun, the fish scale armor, the horse lance forged from stainless steel, and the stainless steel sword exuded a cold glow, all of which made the three thousand flying dragon riders like a killing god, and the momentum was terrifying.
Under Pi, Lu Bu was angry and reinvigorated.
However, the morale of the soldiers under his command was getting lower and lower, because everyone could see that Lu Bu's defeat was not far away, not only Xiapi was flooded with three gates, but the granaries in the city were also flooded, and more than half of the grain would be moldy and destroyed in just a few days.
A small colonel stole fifteen horses from Hou Cheng, one of Lu Bu's eight strong generals, and wanted to escape from the city to sacrifice to Liu Bei, asking Liu Bei to intercede in front of Cao Cao. When Hou Cheng found out, he killed the man and recaptured the horse.
Many generals congratulated Hou Cheng, and in this case, coupled with the flooding of Xiapi City, everyone was depressed, and naturally they all wanted to drink. It's just that Lu Bu has just issued a ban on alcohol, and for fear that Lu Bu will blame, Hou Cheng will first send five jars of fine wine to Lu Bu, if Lu Bu also drinks, then naturally he will not blame them.
However, Lu Bu's reaction was unexpected by Hou Cheng, who was furious and accused Hou Chengdao: "I have issued a ban on alcohol, and you want to have a drinking party, could it be that you are complicit in conspiring against me with Cao Thief?" ”
"Left and right, pull down and cut it!" Lu Bu ordered angrily.
Hou Cheng was suddenly shocked, Lu Bu actually wanted to kill him.
"The general is angry!" The two generals who came with Hou Cheng, as well as some of the surrounding generals, pleaded one after another, and Lu Bu spared Hou Cheng from death, but also gave him fifty lashes.
Xiapi was flooded, Cao Cao's army was outside, and the generals were already depressed, and Lu Bu's move made the generals even more discouraged, and they didn't think about how to defend the city.
At night, Song Xian and Wei Xu, who were also eight strong generals, went to Hou Cheng's house to visit Hou Cheng's injury.
Hou Cheng was already furious in his heart, and Lu Bu actually wanted to kill him because of such a trivial matter, and cried to Song Xian and Wei Xu: "If it weren't for you, my life would have been lost." ”
Hou Cheng said again: "Lu Bu only knows how to be greedy for his wife, and he drinks all day long, and he doesn't want to make progress, which causes Xiapi to be flooded. And now they want to kill me for such trivial things, and they regard me as if I were a mustard. Xiapi is destined to be difficult to defend, and we are not far from death. ”
Song Xian and Wei Xu paused, and Song Xian said: "Lu Bu is untrustworthy and unrighteous, why don't I abandon Lu Bu and go?" ”
Wei Xu was even more ruthless, he said: "If you leave like this, if you are not a big husband, it is better to capture Lu Bu and dedicate it to Cao Gong, and you have to make a contribution to Cao Gong, and he will serve under Cao Gong's account every day." ”
The three of them agreed, and they secretly communicated with Cao Cao, and they agreed to be internal.
Inside Cao Ying.
Cao Cao got the letter and laughed: "Xiapi's birthday can be broken!" ”
The next day, Cao Cao according to the agreement, regardless of casualties, stormed Pi, Cao soldiers repeatedly rushed to the city tower, forcing Lu Bu to personally guard the city tower, with Lu Bu's bravery, Cao soldiers even if they could rush up the city tower, was killed by Lu Bu in an instant.
It's just that Lu Bu continued to kill like this, and the mental and physical strength was consumed very quickly, until noon, when Cao's army suspended the siege, Lu Bu was exhausted, and he wanted to rest on the pillar, but he fell asleep.
Song Xian and Wei Xu were the two of the eight strong generals, and no one knew that the two had betrayed Lu Bu, and the soldiers guarding around Lu Bu were easily waved back by Song Xian and Wei Xu.
And Song Xian and Wei Xu first stole Lu Bu Fangtian's halberd, and then used ropes to lock and tie Lu Bu in his sleep.
Lu Bu woke up and struggled hard, but the manpower was limited, and even the ox couldn't break free from the rope, how could Lu Bu break free, Lu Bu shouted urgently, but as the second of the eight strong generals, Song Xian and Wei Xu also had a certain amount of bravery, and they killed these ordinary soldiers in an instant.
Song Xian went to the side of the city wall and waved the white flag outside the city, and at the same time, the city gate was opened, welcoming Cao's army to the city.
Lu Bu scolded Wei Xu angrily: "Traitor, traitor, why betray me!" ”
Wei continued: "You Lu Bu is an unrighteous villain, serve your life, it is better to serve Prime Minister Cao Cheng." ”
Lu Bu was struck by lightning, the first time Lu Bu realized what it meant to be desperate, even the eight strong generals betrayed him, how could he still hold the next Pi, the general trend has gone. At the same time, Lu Bu also really realized what it means to be a person who has no faith and cannot stand, Yuan Shu and Sun Ce all scolded him for being a villain repeatedly, untrustworthy and unrighteous, and refused to help him save him, and now even his general Wei Xu scolded him for being a righteous villain, betraying him and taking refuge in Cao Cao.
Outside the city, Cao Cao had long been waiting for the army, and when he saw the white flag as the number, the city gate was opened again, and he drew his sword and said: "Rush, take down the next Pi for me." Lu Bu, I'll see who can save you! ”
"Kill!" Countless Cao soldiers rushed towards the city of Pi.
Lu Bu heard the shouts of killing, Cao Jun was about to rush into the city, the general trend was gone, Xiapi was a lonely city, and no one could come to save him. Diao Chan, Gongtai, the only thing I'm sorry for Lu Bu is the two of you.
Lu Buhu's eyes were full of tears.
At this moment, Cao Cao thought that the general trend had been decided, and Lu Bu thought that the general trend had gone, and a team of iron cavalry suddenly came out of the rear of Cao's army.
"Kill!" Zhao Yun led three thousand flying dragon horsemen to attack from the rear of the Cao army,
White horse silver spear, Zhao Yun's spear speed is so fast that ordinary people can only see the phantom, more than a dozen spear flowers stabbed out and directly stabbed more than a dozen people to death in front of the dense Cao army, and Cao Jun was killed in an instant.
The three thousand flying dragon riders followed closely behind Zhao Yun, and the formation was like an awl, fiercely 'stabbing' a bloody path among the 200,000 Cao troops.
"Zhao Yun?" When Cao Cao saw Zhao Yun's figure, he was taken aback: "Liu Yu, what is he sending Zhao Yun here to do?" Save Lu Bu? ”
Cao Cao felt a little funny, all the princes in the world knew that Lu Bu was a villain, untrustworthy and unrighteous, Yuan Shu and Sun Ce refused to save Lu Bu, why did Liu Yu save Lu Bu? Could it be that Liu Yu still wants to accept people like Lu Bu?
"Stop Zhao Yun." Cao Cao ordered.
Yan Ming, a general of Cao Hong, led a team of Cao troops to try to stop Zhao Yun, but Yan Ming was stabbed to death by Zhao Yun in the second round, and the team of Cao troops he led was also scattered by the Flying Dragon Cavalry in an instant.
"Lejin is here!" Le Jin also led a team of Cao Jun to try to stop Zhao Yun and the Flying Dragon Rider.
After only more than ten rounds of fighting, Le Jin was also defeated, and the Cao army led by him was also scattered in an instant.
Three thousand flying dragon horses are enough to break through the obstacles of the 200,000 Cao army, not to mention that there is Zhao Yun who can lead the hundreds of thousands of troops in front of a few people in and out, this is simply incomprehensible.
More than 20 generals at all levels of the Cao army came to intercept them, but they were all killed by Zhao Yun and the three thousand flying dragoons, and twelve of the Cao army generals were killed by Zhao Yun.
"Zhao Yun is brave, I know, but what kind of cavalry is this, it is so powerful, Liu Shimin is unfathomable." Cao Cao frowned.
After that, he had already watched Zhao Yun and the three thousand flying dragon horsemen break through the interceptions, kill into Xiapi City, and kill the Cao army who had already rushed into Xiapi City.
"Prime Minister, while the city gate is not closed, the last general will lead the army to rush into the city again." Cao Hong pleaded with Cao Cao.
"No, Xiapi is already in my pocket, I want to see what Liu Shimin wants to do, and he will not hesitate to be my enemy like this." Cao Cao Dao,
Inside the city of Xiapi.
Zhao Yun and the Flying Dragon Rider suddenly appeared and broke through the 200,000 Cao army to intercept and kill into the city, which surprised everyone.
Song Xian and Wei Xu panicked, couldn't care about Lu Bu, and fled.
Zhang Liao Gaoshun went up to the city tower, and when they saw Lu Bu being tied to the pillar, they were shocked and immediately untied Lu Bu.
Lu Bu asked, "What happened, do we have reinforcements to kill?" ”
Zhang Liao replied: "General, it is under the command of Liu Yu, Marquis of Qin, Zhao Yun personally led a team of cavalry to break through the Cao army's blockade and enter the city, and has now driven the Cao army out of the city again. ”
"Qin Hou Liu Yu?" Lu Bu was moved, he realized for the first time what is called despair, he thought that the general trend was gone, and no one could save him, but he didn't want Liu Yu to send Zhao Yun to kill.
Lu Bu saw Zhao Yun and thanked him.
Zhao Yun said: "If Wen Hou wants to thank him, he will keep it and thank my eldest brother." Xiapi is no longer defensible, Wen Hou immediately gathered all the family and broke through with me, my eldest brother is waiting for Wen Hou in Chang'an City. ”
Lu Bu nodded, without hesitation, gathered the rest of his subordinates, family members, etc., and broke out of the city with Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun and Lu Bu were in front, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and others guarded Chen Gong's family, and there were 3,000 flying dragon horsemen and nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses left by Lu Bu, fiercely attacking the defense line of Cao's army.
Although Cao Cao had already taken precautions, it was still difficult to stop such a charge, and the defense line of the 200,000 Cao army was once again torn apart, and Cao Cao watched Zhao Yun rescue Lu Bu.
In this battle, Cao Cao won Xuzhou, but failed to capture Lu Bu, and it was not perfect in the end.
Cao Cao did not scold angrily, nor did he blame too much, but only sent a letter to Liu Yu to his friends as if he were talking about the old days.
The letter only said: "I don't know why Brother Shimin wants to save Lu Bu, Lu Bu is repeatedly unrighteous villain, I don't see Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo, Liu Bei are all attacked by him, Brother Shimin should be killed to prevent future troubles, if Brother Shimin wants to use it, he should also be heart-oriented." ”
The letter said that in reality, Cao Cao looked at the horse lance, stainless steel sword, and fish scale armor left by the dead in the flying dragon cavalry battle, and smiled at Le Jin, Xu Chu and other generals and strategists: "The weapon forged from stainless steel, as well as this battle armor, is far more protective than ordinary war armor, Liu Shimin actually has such an elite, I am afraid that it is better than the white horse righteous servants of Gongsun Zhan." ”
Of course, Xu Du can also refine steel, make steel swords, and steel weapons, but that can only be used to reward a few high-level generals, like Liu Yu, an iron horse armed with 3,000 people, Cao Cao asked himself if he could do it, even if the Han Dynasty was in chaos before the world, he would not be willing to gather the power of the entire imperial court.
"Liu Shimin is really unfathomable, worthy of being my lifelong enemy, I will have a battle with Liu Shimin sooner or later!" Cao Cao said.
At the same time, Cao Cao also began to establish his own elite iron cavalry, and in the future, Liu Yu's flying dragon cavalry was restrained, and the tiger and leopard battalion was born.
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