483. Tragic
With the start of the battle of Shangyong, the state of Wu and the state of Wei put on a posture of fighting to the death with the state of Qi. Jia Xu, as the leader of the shadows, was the first to receive the news, and he didn't dare to delay for a moment, and immediately sent someone to send the information to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei had not yet set out on the expedition, but he ordered Zhang Fei to be the vanguard and lead 10,000 horses to Runan City to rescue. Liu Bei was sitting on the main seat, thinking about how to arrange the troops, when a shadow ran in and knelt down and said, "Lord, the latest information!" ”
Liu Bei glanced at the guards next to him, and the guards understood, and took thousands of information and put it in front of Liu Bei's case. Liu Bei opened it and looked at it, and immediately frowned. It turned out that this information was the battle of Shangyong, but I didn't expect Zhou Yu to appear again, and he went to Shangyong.
Liu Bei couldn't help but get angry when he thought of this, it seems that this will make Dongwu determined to fight him to the end! After being angry, Liu Bei decided to send troops as soon as possible, and he would personally go to get the account back of Eastern Wu.
In the turn of the day, Liu Bei's 50,000 army set off in a mighty way to kill Benrunan City. Zhang Fei was the pioneer, galloping all the way, and it took three days to arrive near Runan City. The army has no way to rest all the way, and it seems that it is almost to Runan City! Zhang Fei ordered the march to be suspended, and the army was stationed, and then he wanted to send a large number of scouts to check on the enemy.
But just as he was about to give the order, suddenly a shout of killing sounded from the nearby mountain. However, it was Huang Zhong, the general of Eastern Wu, who had already led his soldiers and horses to wait here for a long time. Speaking of the Eastern Wu Army, they came out with ease and labor. Zhang Fei was furious when he saw it, he knew that the soldiers on his side were tired at the moment, and he was afraid that he would not be able to escape if he wanted to. So at this point, there is only a fight to the death!
Fortunately, Zhang Fei didn't give it for nothing, and when he came out, he brought a team of crossbowmen to prevent accidents. Although there are only 100 people, it is very useful at this time.
I saw Zhang Fei's order, and the team didn't care about resting and formed a formation on the spot. As soon as the formation was set up here, the Eastern Wu army slapped its horses and killed. Seeing that the cavalry was about to charge, Zhang Fei ordered the crossbowmen to start shooting. A hundred crossbowmen were holding ten rounds of repeaters, and in a moment, a thousand rounds of crossbow arrows mixed with a large number of bows and arrows flew towards the Eastern Wu cavalry.
The Eastern Wu Army did not expect that the Qi army still had the strength to fight, and the front army suffered heavy losses under surprise. Huang Zhong looked at it and shouted, "Spread out the attack!" ”
With Huang Zhong's roar, the formation of the front army suddenly loosened, but even so, there was still no reduction in casualties. Huang Zhong in the back couldn't stop dripping blood in his heart, but on the scum battlefield, either you die or I live, as the so-called Ci is not in charge of the army, there is no hesitation at this time.
Huang Zhong saw that more than half of the casualties of the previous army were killed, so he let the army all go up, and vowed to break through the Qi army's military formation. Finally, the Qi army couldn't stand it, and after three rounds of crossbowmen shooting, they were rushed to a distance of a hundred paces by the Eastern Wu army. At this time, Zhang Fei waved his hand, and all the pikemen standing behind the crossbowmen came out, holding spears and half-squatting to prepare for the impact of the Eastern Wu cavalry.
The two armies finally collided together, and in an instant people turned on their backs, and the screams were endless. The front army of Eastern Wu was almost completely annihilated, but the army formation of the Qi army was also broken open by them, a large hole more than ten meters long. Huang Zhong slapped his horse and swung his knife to this person, and rushed in along the gap.
Zhang Fei saw it really in the military formation, he gave the command to the deputy general, and killed Huang Zhong after slapping his horse. As soon as the two met, there was no nonsense, and they fought together. Zhang Fei's Zhangba snake spear and Huang Zhong's broadsword flew up and down, and the battle was quite equal for a while.
In the end, the Eastern Wu Army was waiting for work, and the Qi soldiers were too tired, and they gradually couldn't withstand the offensive of the Eastern Wu Army. However, even so, Zhang Fei still did not order a retreat, and the two armies fought to the death here.
A fight lasted more than an hour! Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong were still evenly matched, but the Qi army had lost almost two-thirds at the moment. The losses of the Eastern Wu army were slightly smaller, but they were also very miserable.
Huang Zhong saw that he could not defeat the Qi army in one fell swoop, and he suddenly stopped fighting, and slowly withdrew from the battlefield with his men and horses. When Zhang Fei saw Huang Zhong retreating, he didn't chase after him, and retreated twenty miles with the remnants of the army before setting up camp.
After counting, it was found that less than 2,000 of the 10,000 horses were left at the moment, including more than 800 wounded soldiers. Zhang Fei sent a large number of scouts to investigate the dynamics of the Eastern Wu army. The other side sent people to urgently seek reinforcements from the Qi army lord behind him.
After Liu Bei received Zhang Fei's call for help, he ordered the army to advance quickly, and at the same time sent the junior general Wu Hai with 5,000 cavalry to rush to support. Fortunately, the Eastern Wu Army did not send people to attack after that, and Zhang Fei finally waited for Wu Hai's reinforcements. And by this time it was already early in the morning of the next day.
I didn't sleep all night, Zhang Fei was really tired, and handed over the defense of the battalion to the deputy general and Wu Hai, Zhang Fei decided to sleep first. When he woke up, it was almost dark, and seeing that the Eastern Wu Army did not come to attack, Zhang Fei was suddenly relieved. After a simple dinner, Zhang Fei arranged for people to guard the camp, while wondering whether to continue to wait for Liu Bei's army tomorrow.
And at this time, not far from his camp, a group of men and horses quietly lurked over. It was no one else, it was still Huang Zhong. After a big battle with Zhang Fei yesterday, he led the army back to the camp, and the military advisor Pang Tong originally intended to let him lead the troops to attack the camp last night, but seeing that Huang Zhong was exhausted and the losses of yesterday's soldiers were too heavy, he canceled the plan to attack the camp last night.
Today, Huang Zhong was rested, and he proposed to Pang Tong and Sun Quan to take the initiative. Pang Tong rolled his eyes and felt that it was feasible, so he asked him and Gan Ning to attack the camp with 10,000 horses.
Although Zhang Fei arranged for people to guard the camp here, he didn't expect that the Eastern Wu Army would really dare to attack the camp in the middle of the night. So that night, the Qi army was tragic. In the middle of the night, Huang Zhong and Gan Ning led the army to directly break through the Qi army camp, Zhang Fei hurriedly responded to the battle, he was defeated by Huang Zhong and Gan Ning teamed up, and was slashed on the left shoulder by Gan Ning. Zhang Fei was in pain and retreated.
He retreated, but the army was left behind. The young general Wu Hai led the army to block the Eastern Wu army and died on the spot, and all the 5,000 cavalry were wiped out here. This battle was extremely tragic, causing the Qi army to lose its vitality, and later Liu Bei was furious and scolded Zhang Fei!
After scolding, Liu Bei no longer divided his troops, and took the remaining men and horses directly to the outside of Runan City! Far away from the Soochow camp! He wants to fight with Dongwu here again, in order to be ashamed!
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