98. Reinforcements arrived
Due to the shortage of arrows, the archers were left without arrows for a while. The Cao army under the city took the opportunity to rush to the head of the city twice. At the critical moment, the prison army under Niu Ben broke out, and more than 100 people brandished swords and rushed to the front twice, knocking Cao Jun out of the city!
Zang Ba, who was commanding the battle in the back, saw it clearly, and he secretly said in his heart: "That's it, looking at the desperate posture city, maybe it can really be defended!" If the defense of the city is successful this time, all the surviving prisoners must be released. ”
At the end of the morning battle, Cao's army retreated like a tide. Zang Ba hurriedly arranged for everyone to eat, and then seized the time to rest. Zang Ba knew that the battle would be more intense in the afternoon.
Sure enough, as he expected, at the beginning of the afternoon, Cao's army rushed up, because the arrows had been exhausted, and there was no suppression of bows and arrows, so Cao's army rushed to the city at once.
Zang Ba took the lead in rushing to Cao Jun to kill him, and he had not used his hands to save his physical strength at this moment before. I saw that with a swing of his big sword, he instantly beheaded the two Cao sergeants. Seeing the main general's might, Liu Beijun cheered, and fought frantically with Cao Jun with his weapon. The soldiers of Cao Jun who rushed to the head of the city were also brandishing weapons without their lives, but their people were still too few, and they were quickly killed by Liu Beijun without a general.
At this time, Xiahou Yuan moved, he handed over the command to Guo Jia, and rushed to the city with his personal guards. With Xiahou Yuan and his personal guards, a new force, Cao's army attacked the city again. Zang Ba's big knife swung straight towards Xiahou Yuan and slashed it, Xiahou Yuan laughed and said, "Haha, today I see that you can still hide there!" ”
After that, he also swung his knife and slashed at Zang Ba, and the two fought together above the city. In terms of martial arts, the two are only between the best, and Xiahou Yuan is slightly stronger than Zang Ba. However, today Zang Ba was desperate, and the big knife wheel ran desperately to greet Xiahou Yuanzhou.
Xiahou Yuan fought with Zang Ba for more than a dozen rounds without a win, but at this time he suddenly found that his men were suppressed by Liu Beijun at the head of the city. Especially those who are still wearing cloth clothes, they are not only not afraid of death, but also have extraordinary martial arts. Their own soldiers were no match for them at all.
With a bang, Xiahou Yuan forced Zang Ba back, and then the big knife turned and killed a few people in the prison army. Most of the one hundred and eight people in the prison army are dead at this moment, and there are more than thirty left. Among them, three of them are the most powerful, and they are also at the forefront. This Xiahou Yuan is rushing to kill these three people!
The three people in the prison army were killing the rise, and at this time, they suddenly saw a big knife rushing towards the three of them, and the three of them instinctively raised their knives to parry, who knew that Xiahou Yuan's knife was fast and heavy. The three of them were slashed on the weapons by this knife, and a mouthful of blood spurted out at the same time, and then their bodies were shocked and retreated.
Xiahou Yuan hit the three of them with one move, and he was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but sure enough, the evil wind hit behind his head, but it was Zang Ba's knife that slashed over. Zang Ba saw that Xiahou Yuan got rid of him, and then severely injured the three people in the prison army, he was immediately angry, and the big knife unconsciously added another force.
Xiahou Yuan had to turn around and parry, but this time he was entangled by Zang Ba and it was difficult to get out. Just when the two of them were inseparable, fifty miles away from Tai'an City, a pair of cavalry came straight to this side. This cavalry was the 3,000 men and horses led by Zhang Fei, and they changed their route after receiving Liu Bei's letter, and it took more than three days to rush all the way to this place.
Seeing that they were about to arrive at Tai'an City, there was a sudden chaos in the ranks, and it turned out that a knight fell to the ground with his horse, and knocked several horses around him to the side. Zhang Fei heard the voice behind him, and immediately pulled the reins to restrain the war horse, and the team also stopped. At this time, the commander of the personal guard stepped forward and said: "The three generals can't go, our horsepower has been seriously overdrawn, and if we run any longer, our war horses will not be able to participate in the battle even if we reach Tai'an." ”
"Oops! It's disgusting! All dismount and rest! After Zhang Fei finished speaking, he jumped off the horse first, and then he turned around and walked towards the team. Soon he came to the fallen knight, who had already gotten up from the ground, and the man fell but it was fine, but the horse was not.
I saw it fall to the ground and convulse all over, foaming at the mouth and not breathing much. Zhang Fei looked at the horse, then sighed and said, "Kill it, let everyone eat a bite of meat for a while!" ”
"Yes, Third General!" One of the soldiers said yes and prepared to kill the horse. Zhang Fei turned around and sat on the side of the road, took the kettle off his horse and drank it. About half an hour later, the commander of the personal guard brought over a piece of meat, and Zhang Fei took it unceremoniously and ate it.
After eating, I rested for a while and watched an hour pass. Zhang Fei stood up and beckoned the soldiers to mount, and the army continued to run towards Tai'an City.
At this time, Zang Ba and Xiahou Yuan still did not distinguish the winner, but Xiahou Yuan also failed to occupy the city. Seeing that there were fewer and fewer soldiers around him, Xiahou Yuan immediately retreated, and as soon as Xiahou Yuan retreated, the corpse that Cao Jun threw down also retreated.
Returning to the camp, Xiahou Yuan said angrily: "If it weren't for the troops today, I would have taken the city!" I'll lead my troops up early tomorrow morning, and I'll definitely take Tai'an City!" ”
Guo Jia sighed and said, "Hey, I'm afraid I won't be able to take Tai'an City if I miss today!" ”
"How so? Could it be that Liu Bei's reinforcements have arrived? Xiahou Yuan said incredulously.
"Well, the scouts came to report that a pair of cavalry entered the city just now, and the number of them will not be less than three thousand." Guo Jia said.
"Damn! Why did Liu Bei's reinforcements arrive first! I'm just close to being able to get out of town! Xiahou Yuan slammed the stool and roared.
At this moment, a soldier reported that someone outside the camp had come to deliver a letter, and the 8,000 army led by Yu Ban was less than 20 miles away. Guo Jia perked up when he heard this, and he said to Xiahou Yuan: "Our reinforcements have also arrived, and we still don't know who will kill the deer tomorrow!" ”
Xiahou Yuan's anger also went down a lot at this time, he sat down and said, "Then tomorrow will attack the city as originally planned?" Let's just let Yu Ban's team go up! ”
"Okay, then Miaocai, you can rest for a while, and I'll go and arrange a camp for them first." Guo Jia said that he got up and walked out.
In Tai'an City, with the 3,000 cavalry led by Zhang Fei entering the city, Zang Ba's heart suddenly settled down a lot. Although there are not many people who come, Zhang Fei is here, and he alone is better than thousands of troops.
Zhang Fei arranged his subordinates when he entered the city, and he himself urged the horse to come to the Taishou Mansion.