Chapter 78: Zhao Zilong's Gun
The few remaining sentinels of Cao's army retreated, but Guan Yu did not pursue them.
Just now, just because of the appearance of the third brother Zhang Fei, it was too miserable. Therefore, in a hurry just now, Guan Yu directly released his true qi and launched a big move; Otherwise, there are only dozens of sentinels, even if they have a bow and crossbow, Guan Yu can slowly play them to death.
In front of the martial artists of the Ning Gang Realm, dozens of sentry horses were just a dish.
At this time, Zhang Fei was almost half-lying on the back of the horse, with some arrows stuck in his body, and even several arrows stuck in his mount. Fortunately, these places where the arrows were shot are not critical, otherwise, Zhang Fei is afraid that he would have already died.
"Third brother, why are you so embarrassed?" Guan Yu held Zhang Fei's mount, quite distressed.
has a mount, with the strength of the third brother Zhang Fei, there are only dozens of sentinels, which is not enough for him to kill, how can Zhang Fei be seriously injured here?
Zhang Fei didn't answer, but Liu Bei smiled bitterly: "In the early hours of this morning, Cao Jun suddenly entered Xuzhou City, and the third brother almost ran out of true qi in order to cover our breakthrough, so he was almost taken advantage of by those crumbs. ”
The Cao army sentry cavalry is equipped with bows and crossbows, and they are bent on fighting guerrillas, Zhang Fei is really exhausted, and there is really no way to take those Cao army sentry horses.
As he spoke, there was a lot of dust and smoke in the direction of Xuzhou City, and this was a large group of cavalry coming. Liu Bei said helplessly: "Okay, let's hurry up and enter the city, I can't say that Cao Jun is coming soon!" ”
After that, the four of them soon returned to Xiapi City.
Tilting slightly, the dust and smoke approached Xiapi, and the brigade of Cao Jun arrived at the city one after another.
On the city wall, Liu Bei's appearance was still a little embarrassed, but he still looked down at Cao Jun not far away.
The speed at which Cao Jun chased Xiapi was even faster than Liu Bei imagined. First, the cavalry arrived one after another, patrolling around the city of Xiapi; Then the infantry troops also arrived one after another, and before noon, there were no less than 100,000 Cao troops who arrived under the city of Xiapi.
Of course, there may also be the "rebels" in Xuzhou.
After the Cao army arrived, they did not rush to attack the city, but surrounded the Xiapi regiments, and then camped on all sides.
Is this the rhythm that wants to trap Picheng?
Of course, it is also possible to follow the precedent of Xuzhou City, and prepare to let the inner city in the city open the city at a certain night, and then take down Xiapi with one sentence, and maybe they can kill their three brothers by the way!
Thinking of this, Liu Bei instructed: "Zizhong, replace all the people and horses we brought from Xuchang." The defense of Xiapi City can only be guarded by our own people, if there are not enough people, you will lend me three thousand young and strong servants of the Mi family for the time being. ”
In Xiapi City, there were 10,000 defenders, of which there were less than 2,000 people, who were originally left in Xuzhou by Liu Bei.
The remaining 8,000 people were almost all Cao Jun brought from Xuchang.
This is the source of danger, although they cannot be slaughtered on trumped-up charges, they must not be allowed to touch the city defenses again.
Last night, the city of Xuzhou was broken, and these soldiers and horses brought from Xuchang were the main force.
Liu Bei didn't want to go down to Picheng and make the mistake of Xuzhou City again.
Mi Zhu received the order and went down to arrange for the soldiers to guard the city. Xiapi City is small, with 2,000 descendants, plus 3,000 young and strong servants of the Mi family, barely able to defend the city. Of course, if Cao Cao attacked the city regardless of losses, Liu Bei's 5,000 people would not be able to hold it for a few days.
Liu Bei also knows this.
Now, he only pins his hopes on Mi Fang and Zhao Yun.
I hope Mi Fang can move to Yuan Shao's life, and I hope Zhao Yun can invite Mr. Kong Ming.
"With Mr. Kong Ming here, maybe we can solve the current crisis, right?" Liu Bei thought so.
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On the left side of Xiapi City, in the small forest, Zhao Yun rested in the forest for a while, looking at Xiapi City.
That day, in Longzhong, Zhao Yun failed to invite Mr. Kong Ming out of the mountain, and listened to Pang Tong's analysis, he immediately turned around and left, hurried back, and prepared to rush back to Xuzhou to rescue the lord.
The original four-day journey was forced by him to stay awake, and he rushed back to Xuzhou in two days.
Along the way, the mount was exhausted, and he ran on his legs.
Then, when he met Cao Jun's sentry horse, Zhao Yun killed people and seized horses, and then rushed to Xuzhou.
However, in a hurry, it was still a step too late, and Xuzhou City fell into the hands of Cao Cao again.
The only good news is that the lord can still escape to Xiapi, and he holds on to the small city of Xiapi.
So, Zhao Yun ran to Xiapi again.
The closer he got to Xiapi, the more Cao Jun sentry rode on, and Zhao Yun didn't want to arouse Cao Jun's vigilance at this time, so he could only take refuge in the grove for a while.
Even, I didn't even dare to bring a mount.
Zhao Yun lay in the grass, ready to wait for it to get dark before sneaking into the city, but before he knew it, he fell asleep. After two days and two nights of sleepless travel, driving more than a thousand miles, no matter how strong a person is, he will be tired.
"Knock, knock, knock......"
The sound of war drums instantly woke Zhao Yun from his sleep.
I don't know how long I slept, the scorching sun was thick, and when I looked up, it was Cao Jun who finally stopped delaying and was ready to attack the city.
The tide-like Cao army, carrying the ladder, rushed straight down to Pi Xiaocheng.
For a while, the sound of fighting, screaming, and the "bang" sound when the trebuchet hit something, the sound shook all over the world.
Although Cao's army was besieging the city, there were still sentry cavalry within a radius of dozens of miles.
Soon, a small group of sentry riders approached the grove. Zhao Yun lay in ambush on a big tree, and after the sentry horse passed, he rushed straight to the last person, and the spear instantly pierced the throat of the sentry horse, and Zhao Yun finally had a new mount.
With a mount, whether it is a guerrilla fight or a charge, the chances of survival will be much greater. Especially when charging into battle, under high-speed movement and rampage, you will not be besieged by armor, and it also reduces the possibility of shooting by other crossbowmen.
At this time, several sentry riders in front also reacted, and while blowing the horn, they also took out their bows and crossbows to aim at Zhao Yun.
However, these Cao Jun finally forgot that they were too close to Zhao Yun.
The spear, infused with true qi, swept through the throats of the nine sentinels in an instant.
At the same time, the nearby Cao army sentry cavalry also surrounded and killed.
Moreover, not far away, there was also a team of hundreds of cavalry rushing over.
Zhao Yun was not afraid, drove nine ownerless war horses, and went straight to Cao Jun's main formation to kill him.
At present, the Cao army is attacking the city very urgently, if you can't impulse the Cao army's main formation, whether Xiapi City can hold on until sunset is a problem.
As for the impact on Cao Jun's main formation?
Zhao Yun felt that it was time to let the world know where his Zhao Yun's spear was heading.
It must be known that after Lu Bu's death, the throne of the world's number one martial artist has been empty for a long time.
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"Huh, hey, hey......" A rain of arrows hit Zhao Yun.
However, Zhao Yun seemed to have known for a long time, before the rain of arrows got close, he jumped up from the galloping war horse and stepped on several war horses in front of him, not only dodging the rain of arrows from the sentinels, but also killing into the cavalry group of the Cao army in an instant.
The spear swept all the way to the throat; The light is shining, and the corpses are everywhere.
In less than ten breaths, Zhao Yun killed this group of cavalry.
Then, Zhao Yun didn't care whether he was frightened behind him or chased after him angrily, and continued to kill towards Cao Jun's main formation.