The sky is a beautiful season, and there is always no shortage of depictions of the beauty of spring, but it is difficult to find a few words to describe the current scenery.

Now spring has begun, but the earth is still shrouded in gray and cold. There is no sign of budding on the grass and trees along the roadside, the mountain stream is still frozen crystal clear, and a few slender icicles can be seen hanging from the trunk of the tree from time to time.

On the plain, a team of nearly 300 people of the Seven Guards was galloping on horseback. After days of war consumption, there are now less than 300 people in the Seven Guards, but they have more than 700 war horses, on average, each person can have three horses, because of the large number of war horses, so the Seven Guards also deliberately brought some more grain and grass to facilitate the supply of long-term marches.

During this period of time in Runan, Adou's Seven Guards disappeared and lurked, but during this period of time, the Seven Guards didn't do any work.

Adou has always wanted to equip the Seven Guards with a set of cavalry equipment for later generations, that is, Takahashi saddles and horse shoes, but he has never had time. Now the period of rest in Runan just gave Adou this opportunity.

Metal is naturally needed to build a horse shoe, but this Runan is in chaos, there is a shortage of folk blacksmiths, and unfortunately there are no blacksmiths among the Seven Guards, so Adou did not make an iron saddle, so he had no choice but to replace it with thick leather. Although this thick leather is not as strong and durable as metal, it can still be used as a horsewhip. As for the saddle, it is much easier to make, and with wood and leather, you can make a Takahashi saddle.

Adou took advantage of this period of the Runan Rebellion to complete the refitting of the cavalry equipment of the Seven Evil Guards. With the Takahashi saddle and horse pedals, the strength of the cavalry has increased a lot, and even those who have just learned to ride a horse for a long time can be proficient in making various combat moves on the horse with the help of the Takahashi saddle and horse pedals.

Now the target of the Seven Guards is Nanyang.

If Adou wants to return to Shu, then he naturally needs to pass through Nanyang. After arriving in Nanyang, Adou has several roads to choose from, one is to take Xiangyang back to Shangyong, that is, the road that Adou walked to rescue Guan Yu, and the other is to enter Yongzhou, and then go south into Hanzhong.

In fact, Adou would rather wait until the news of Cao Cao's death came before leaving Runan, but unfortunately, now the robbers in Runan have been in decline, and the most important factor restricting the bandit exhibition is the grain. Many robbers could not eat enough to be robbers now, so they simply fled to Yingchuan in the north and Huainan in the east. This also made the number of robbers in Runan not increased much during this period of time, and those people were still making trouble.

Especially after Deng Ai burned 80,000 robbers in the ancient city, the robbers who had been rampant in Runan finally realized that the bandits in Runan were not invincible, and someone could easily kill them.

The so-called extremes of things must be reversed, and prosperity is declining, Adou naturally understands this truth very well, the robbers in Runan have reached a peak, and the next step is definitely going downhill. Even if the robbers seem to be outnumbered, Adou doesn't think that the robbers can defeat Cao Cao's army, so now as long as Cao Cao's army arrives, the robbers in Runan will inevitably collapse.

I saw that Adou tried his best to use Xiahou Ba to separate Cao and Cao Zhang, just to make Cao dare not easily sick Runan, so that he could buy time for these robbers in Runan, but Adou didn't calculate that these robbers in Runan were too uncompetitive, and Cao hadn't sent half a soldier over, and the robbers themselves had already shown a decline.

This gang of robbers is not enough to make a big deal. Now the few robbers know the existence of the Seven Guards and themselves, so if they wait until Cao Jun comes, maybe any of the robbers will loosen their mouths and tell their whereabouts, and then all the Cao soldiers will come to hunt them down, then it will be difficult to run. So Adou chose to choose a strategic shift when the Runan bandits showed their decline.

Adou secretly calculated, this year is the year when Liu Bei became emperor, and a month after Liu Bei became emperor, he immediately sent troops to attack Eastern Wu and started the battle of Yiling, that is to say, it is not far from the battle of Yiling.

Unlike history, although Liu Bei lost Jingzhou, Guan Yu did not die, and it is still unknown whether Liu Bei will move the battle of Yiling.

Adou has always believed that the Battle of Yiling was a watershed in Shu. After Shu lost Jingzhou, there was only one place, Yizhou, which can be said to be the smallest and weakest among the three kingdoms. However, before the Battle of Yiling, among the Three Kingdoms, the national strength of Shu did not suffer.

Cao Cao immediately lost Jingzhou after the annihilation of the whole army in the Battle of Chibi, and then Sun Quan attacked Huainan several times, Ma Chao attacked Chang'an, Cao Cao and Liu Bei fought for Hanzhong, plus Guan Yu attacked Xiangyang, Cao Cao has not had time to recuperate and recover. Therefore, in the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao's troops could only barely defend. The forces of the offensive were certainly inadequate.

Although Dongwu got Jingzhou, the population of Dongwu was not large, and the newly obtained Jingzhou also needed soldiers to defend, so Dongwu did not have the strength to carry out a large-scale attack in a short time.

The only one who has the ability to conquer the city is Liu Bei.

Liu Bei, who has been in Jian'an for twenty-four years, is still very strong, although Guan Yu lost Jingzhou, but at this time Liu Bei's forces are still at a peak. This can be seen from the scale of Liu Bei's battle of Yiling, in fact, Liu Bei still has a lot of troops in his hands.

Although Shu is small and its national strength is not strong, Shu has Zhuge Liang, the first internal affairs master in the Three Kingdoms period. The weak Shu State was under the exhibition of Zhuge Liang, and the national strength was not consumed too much, Zhuge Liang went out of Qishan and fought with Cao Wei so many times, and after Zhuge Liang's death, Jiang Wei still had a large army to attack Wei. It can be seen how powerful Zhuge Liang's internal affairs level is.

However, it is a pity that Zhuge Liang's succession did not have Zhuge Liang's ability, and in the Sima Zhao period, the national strength of Shu declined, coupled with Liu Chan's incompetence, and was finally destroyed by Zhong Hui and Deng Ai.

Adou had thought countless times about what would happen if Liu Bei had not been defeated by Yiling.

Liu Bei did not have such a big loss as Yiling, Shu was able to attack Wei at least a few years earlier, if he could capture the land of Yongzhou, get Shu Wanglong, and occupy the land of Qin, the national strength of Shu would no longer be under Wei.

"Childe, it's almost time for Yiyang!" The voice of Xiang Enclave interrupted Adou's thoughts.

Adou nodded slightly, and then looked at the sky, it was still early, and it seemed that the Seven Guards were walking much faster than they expected. With the Takahashi saddle and horse pedals, even the marching speed is much faster, which makes Adou very satisfied.

I saw Xiang Fei say: "Childe, you are really amazing."

Fei always thought that he already knew a lot about cavalry, but really. Words, there are people outside the world, and there are heavens outside the sky.

Childe's horse pedal, I have also seen it in the Huns, but it is all used for unilateral assistance on the horse, and no one has ever thought of bilateral horse pedals. And this Takahashi saddle, with it, you can't fall off no matter how you shake it when you sit on the horse, Childe is really a god! ”

Jin Mo next to him smiled and said, "Yes, with such a sharp weapon, my riding skills have also reached a big level." Ha ha...... Xiang Fei, you have been unjustly killed, you have practiced equestrianism for decades, and now with this high bridge saddle and bilateral horse pedals, we are as good as you ride on the ground! ”

Seeing Xiang Fei's unhappy expression, Adou said: "Although this Takahashi saddle and bilateral horse pedal are cavalry weapons, the essence of war still depends on people. I believe that despite this Takahashi saddle and bilateral pedals, you are still no match for Xiang Fei. And riding and archery kung fu is not something that can be used with a saddle and a horse pedal, and it is not necessary to fight immediately and on land, even if there is a high bridge saddle and bilateral horse pedals, ordinary people do not have three or five years of kung fu, and they still can't practice the ability of riding and shooting. ”

At this moment, the scout fast horse galloped over, came to Adou's approach, and said: "Hui Gongzi, we have a large group of Cao Jun's men and horses, and we are heading in the direction of Yiyang. ”

"How many are there, and who is leading the troops?" Adou hurriedly asked.

"Hui Jia Gongzi, there are about 3,000 Cao troops, looking at the costume, it should be the county soldiers of the Cao army, judging from the banner, the leader is a cavalry captain, surnamed Deng!" The scout spoke.

"Last name Deng?" began to think quickly, and after thinking for a long time, he didn't expect that the cavalry captain surnamed Deng would appear here at this time, and he also brought three thousand Cao troops.

"Xiang Fei, you have been in Runan for so long, do you know that there is a cavalry captain surnamed Deng in Runan?" Adou asked.

Xiang Fei thought for a long time, and then shook his head: "There doesn't seem to be such a person in Runan, I haven't heard of it." ”

Jin Mo next to him suddenly said: "Childe, do you think it will be the ancient city Deng Ai?" ”

Xiang Fei next to him said: "It shouldn't be, that Deng Ai is just a small official, and now this surnamed Deng is a riding captain." Moreover, the ancient city is also a small city, and there are no 3,000 soldiers at all. ”

"Xiang Fei, don't forget, this Deng Ai burned 80,000 robbers with one fire, and with such a record, Cao Cao will inevitably give Deng Ai an official knighthood. It is not impossible to make him a cavalry captain. Jin Mo said.

Adou next to him also felt that what Jin Mo said was very reasonable, Deng Ai killed an army of 80,000 with 500 people, and this merit would definitely be rewarded by Cao Cao. And the cavalry lieutenant is an official with no actual work, in comparison, the cavalry lieutenant is more like a firefighter, where there is a fire, it is not impossible for Cao Cao to make Deng Ai a cavalry captain.

When Deng Ai became famous in the first battle, Adou wanted to kill Deng Ai. However, at that time, the ancient city had just repelled the bandit army, and when the inhabitants were united, the Seven Evil Guards would definitely not be able to attack the ancient city.

Of course, with Adou's martial arts, it is entirely possible to assassinate Deng Ai single-handedly. But Adou will not do this, first, the success rate of assassinating the enemy general in the enemy camp is very low, even if it is successful, Adou still needs to retreat, now Adou is safe and stable, there is no need to take risks for just one Deng Ai. If you exchange a civil and military all-round heir of Shu for Deng Ai, Shu will lose money.

In addition, the Seven Guards are also inseparable from Adou, and now Adou is the commander of the Seven Guards, as a commander, how can he easily leave his own troops and run to assassinate others, which is not consistent with the identity of a commander at all. So Adou had to let Deng Ai go for the time being. But Adou's heart to kill Deng Ai has never been put down.

If Jin Mo's analysis is correct, it is really Deng Ai who came to the place, then it is just the intention of Adou. In a field battle, the chance of killing Di Deng Ai is much greater. Thinking of this, Adou waved his hand and said, "Order the three armies, turn around immediately, let's see if the ground is Deng Ai." ”

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At this time, Deng Ai was heading to Yiyang with 3,000 men.

There were originally 4,000 soldiers in Anseong, and later Deng Ai recruited another 5,000 militia to deal with the bandits. These 5,000 militiamen have been tempered by blood and fire after fighting the bandits, and they are no longer the original militia without the slightest combat effectiveness. Although the combat effectiveness of these militias is still not as good as that of the county soldiers, they have absolutely no problem dealing with bandits.

And Deng Ai has just defeated 100,000 robbers, which is enough to deter other robbers, so Deng Ai thought that there would be no more robbers attacking Ancheng in a short time, and now Ancheng is not in danger for the time being, so Deng Ai selected 3,000 people from the county soldiers in Ancheng and marched all the way to Yiyang, and also exterminated some robbers on the road by the way.

Deng Ai is well versed in the art of war, and Runan itself is also a bandit, and the road is too peaceful when he usually marches, so Deng Ai has always been a multi-faction scout, and now the number of scouts sent by Deng Ai is three times as much as usual.

It is precisely because Deng Ai has more scouts that when the Seven Evil Guards are advancing towards Deng Ai's army, Deng Ai's scouts also appear Adou.

The scout rushed to Deng Ai and reported: "General Qiqi, we are now rushing towards this side. It's less than thirty miles away today. ”

"Less than thirty miles!" Deng Ai gasped, the distance of thirty miles was still very close. At this time, Deng Ai secretly scolded in his heart, what are you scouts doing to eat, wait until the enemy is so close, but now it is in vain to scold these scouts, anyway, the enemy is already close, so Deng Ai opened his mouth and asked: "Can you find out who it is?" How many came? ”

"General Hui, all the people who came were cavalry, they were too fast, and we were in a hurry to return, so we didn't carefully check how many enemies there were. However, the banner of the enemy's land reads 'Seven Evil Guards'. The scout spoke.

"Seven Guards? Have you ever seen it clearly? Deng Aimeng's spirits were lifted.

"The last general can see clearly, it is indeed the Seven Evil Guards!"

"Hahahaha......" Deng Ai suddenly laughed: "God help me!" ”

After the battle of the ancient city was over, Deng Ai had already inquired from the mouth of the bandit leader that the leader of the Seven Evil Guards was Adou. At that time, Deng Ai had the heart to capture Adou, but it was a pity that Deng Ai had no soldiers and no generals in his hands at that time, so Deng Ai could only give up. Deng Ai didn't expect his luck to be so good, he actually met the Seven Guards here, needless to say, this Liu Chan must be in the Seven Guards Army.

That's a great achievement! Deng Ai believes that if he can catch Liu Chan, he will inevitably prosper in official fortune, and it will become inevitable for him to enter the center as an official.

Deng Ai took a deep breath, forcing himself to suppress the ecstasy in his heart, and at the same time kept admonishing himself: to be calm, you must be calm. This Liu Chan was able to rescue Guan Yu with his own strength, and he also broke into Cao Ying alone, and then he was even more general

stirred into a pot of porridge, it can be said that it is both civil and military, and it is absolutely careless in the face of such a person. If you're not careful, you might end up killing your opponent.

Deng Ai hurriedly took out the map of Runan from his arms, found his location, frowned and thought for a moment, and then said to the general on the left: "Have you noticed that there is a dense forest in the place we just passed? ”

The general nodded, and Deng Ai continued: "You immediately take a thousand men and horses to ambush there, and when I lead the enemy there, you must let them pass, and when they have passed, then kill them from behind." ”

Then Deng Ai said to the general on the right: "After passing this dense forest, walk five miles, there is a small slope, you lead a thousand men and horses, ambush behind the slope, and when I bring the enemy in, you immediately come out from behind the slope and meet the enemy with me." ”

"The last general obeys!" The two generals each left with a thousand men and horses to find their own ambush sites.

At this time, Deng Ai continued: "The enemy is cavalry, and the speed will definitely be faster than ours, so if you escape, you must not be caught up by him." After a while, the horsemen will come forward to lure me to the enemy, and the rest of the people will stay in this book, and if they see me running back, everyone will immediately run back the way we came, do you understand? ”

"The last general understands!" Several school officials around Deng Ai answered at the same time.

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The distance of thirty miles was not far for the cavalry of the Seven Guards, and soon, Adou saw the figure of Deng Ai in front of him.

Deng Ai stood there with only forty or fifty soldiers on horseback, while the infantry had already retreated to the rear.

When the men and horses on both sides came to the front of the battle, Deng Ai looked up in the direction of the Seven Guards, only to see that the other party was all soldiers, the horses were all strong Hun war horses, and the soldiers were bright and bright, with a solemn atmosphere, and they knew that they were elite soldiers at a glance. Judging from the momentum, these seven guards are comparable to Cao Cao's tiger and leopard rides.

Seeing the formation of the Seven Guards, Deng Ai secretly said in his heart, he didn't expect these Seven Guards to be such elite soldiers, no wonder they could make Runan so chaotic, such people and horses are completely on the same level as the robbers he has seen before.

Then Deng Ai then looked towards the middle, only to see that under the banner of the Seven Guards in the middle, standing at the front was a young man who looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, the young man was wearing thin armor, did not wear a helmet, his head was tied very casually, and he was holding a long-handled Pu knife in his hand, the blade of this Pu knife was three points wider than the ordinary Pu knife.

Seeing this young man, Deng Ai's eyes lit up, judging from his age, the person in front of him should be Liu Bei's son Liu Chan. And from a distance, there are seven or eight percent of the people painted on the wanted notice, presumably he is Liu Chan. Those robbers were right, Liu Chan was really among the seven guards.

At this time, Adou was also looking at Deng Ai. Deng Ai is in his twenties today, which is a good age. Deng Ai's figure is not very tall, but it can also be regarded as strong, because of frequent farming, Deng Ai's face is a little tanned by the sun, but it is not lacking in luster.

Today, Deng Ai wore a silver armor, although he was stained with a lot of mud on the road, he could still reflect bursts of sunlight, and with a bright silver gun, the whole person looked heroic.

Adou glanced at the big flag in the distance, and the word "Deng" was fluttering in the wind, so Adou stepped forward and asked, "Who is coming?" ”

"I'm Nanyang Deng Ai, dare to ask if it's Liu Chan's son in front of me?" Deng Ai asked.

Adou was stunned for a moment, how could Deng Ai guess who he was, and then suddenly remembered that his wanted warrants were all over the Central Plains, and many bandit leaders in Runan also knew that they were the leaders of the Seven Guards, and Deng Ai was not surprised to recognize himself. So Adou replied very simply: "Yes, I am Liu Chan!" “

Deng Ai nodded, since Adou has admitted it, then it is right. So Deng Ai opened his mouth and asked: "Look at these centaurs behind you, I guess you won't be caught today!" It seems that a war today is inevitable. After speaking, Deng Ai stepped forward with a gun, and continued: "I heard that you injured Zhou Tai and beheaded Zhu Ran in Jingzhou, broke into the prime minister's camp alone and then retreated, today I Deng Ai want to try what you are capable of, do you dare to come out and fight with me!" ”

Deng Ai is very conceited about his martial arts. At least among the people Deng Ai has seen, no one is Deng Ai's opponent. So Deng Ai decided to fight with Adou first, if he could take advantage of the situation to capture or kill Adou, then it would save a lot of trouble.

Although Adou has a brilliant record, in Deng Ai's opinion, no matter how powerful Adou is, he is only a sixteen-year-old boy. Moreover, Deng Ai has not yet encountered an opponent, so Deng Ai is very confident that he can defeat Adou.

"Why don't you dare!" Hearing that Deng Ai was going to fight with him, Adou didn't say a word, and immediately stepped forward.

Deng Ai's request also happened to be Adou's heart. It is not an easy thing to take the rank of general from the army, if you add that the general is close to the level of the five tiger generals, even if ten Lu Bu go together, it is impossible to take the other party's rank from the army. Therefore, if Deng Ai is in the protection of the army layer, it is still very difficult to kill Deng Ai. However, if you go head-to-head in front of the two armies, then it will be much less difficult to kill Deng Ai. Besides, Dou is not cowardly, and I am afraid that no one in this world can compare to Dou alone.

Seeing Adou come forward, Deng Ai was slightly happy in his heart, and he didn't talk nonsense, and immediately shot Ben Adou.

"Look at the guns!" Deng Ai's gun flashed in his hand, and he rushed straight to Adou, while Adou single-handedly slashed the long-handled Pu knife, and then raised it slightly, and set up Deng Ai's spear.

At the same time, I saw Deng Ai pressing hard, just suppressing Adou's Dipu knife, and Adou hurriedly used his strength to stabilize the long-handled Pu knife in his hand, and the two began to compare their strength

The text is 61,166 words. The poor gluttonous worm took a look at the book review, and the scolded body was incomplete. Gluttony felt a tremendous amount of pressure, and only now did he hold back this point......

In fact, the gluttonous insect looked at the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, except for Zhuge Liang's monster, other strategies are very simple in the eyes of people now. What two tigers compete for food, drive tigers and devour wolves, now looking back, Lu Bu is like a fool. and Ma Chao, Cao Cao made it clear that he was separating him and Han Sui, and Ma Chao believed it. Gluttonous insects also wonder why the IQ of the ancients was so low, could it be that the ancients were so simple? Or are modern people too savvy? Regarding the IQ of the ancients, gluttonous insects and bad evaluation, but gluttonous insects feel that a group of robbers who can't read big characters should not be as good as those strategists in the Three Kingdoms, of course, they are not as big as you read, so I designed the plot of the previous chapter, and as a result, the gluttonous worm was very tragically scolded for the dog's blood spray, hey, I thought about it behind closed doors......