Chapter 4 Section 15 Peace Soldiers

"Rumble, rumble...... With Guan Hai's military order, the heavy drum sound echoed in the night, and the heaven and earth suddenly turned into a huge cowhide drum, and the fields were stirred with a "rumbling, rumbling" war drum.

The torches lit up sporadically, and to the sound of drums, the four legions adjusted the rhythm of the march and changed their formation. In a short time, in the darkness of the night, a square formation of four torches was fully unfolded on the field. After answering each other with a trumpet, the four legions reported that each was in place.

"All the army, forward. I'm invincible! Guan Hai waved his tiger teeth and gave the order to attack.

"No", all the sergeants shouted in unison, and then, the drums were heavy, the trumpets were loud, and with the footsteps of the soldiers, the nails and leaves made a neat metal sound.

The drums gradually subsided, and the shouts of the lieutenants came and went: "Spearmen, tree spears, step forward slowly, hold down, hold down your steps." "Swordsmen, enter the gap between the spearmen, and raise the torches high. "Bow soldiers, the night is dark, and there is no order, no arrows shall be fired".

Later, the captain's shouts died down. Immediately, a burst of copper whistles sounded from left to right, from front to back, resounding throughout the array. After a while, the sound of the copper whistle changed into a neat long and short whistle, Cao Cao listened carefully, this copper whistle coincided with the sound of the soldiers' steps, and seemed to guide the soldiers to unify their steps.

"Beat the drums, move forward steadily", Guan Hai, who had been listening attentively, ordered the drums to be sounded again.

The drum sound started again, Cao Cao suddenly found that this drum sound was completely different from the drum sound just now, the drum sound just now was a rapid and passionate four-beat section, and the current drum sound was a slow and heavy beat - "Boom, boom, boom, boom", with this low drum sound, the Qingzhou army advanced slowly.

In the night, Xiahou Dan's hoarse shout sounded: "Sons, it's Qingzhou soldiers, our reinforcements have arrived!" Don't panic, come to me, and assemble the whole army. ”

Cao Cao cried with joy and shouted: "Brother Xiahou, Cao Mengde is here, hold on, I'll come over." ”

There was a cheer in the night, and the Cao army, which had fled in all directions, stabilized its footsteps and gradually moved closer to the Qingzhou soldiers.

In the camp of the Liangzhou soldiers, Xu Rong looked at the torches dotted in the dark, and after a little calculation, he immediately ordered: "Mingjin, collect the troops." ”

A Liangzhou general was surprised and asked urgently: "General, our army has won a new victory, and its spirit is high." The other side came with all the infantry, and our army was cavalry. The night is dark, and the other side can't see us clearly, so our army can take the opportunity to mobilize the army, launch a flank attack or counterattack, defeat this reinforcement, and then it is not too late to collect troops. ”

Xu Rong shook his head and refused: "Cao Jun is a new soldier, with a small number and lack of training, and he has been fighting fiercely with our army for half a day. The Qingzhou soldiers have been in battle for a long time, you see, they marched in the night, steadily and steadily, step by step, and the formation was not panicked. And our army has been fighting fiercely for a long time and is already exhausted. In such a dim nightlight, brazenly mobilized the army to launch a surprise attack, one was not good, it was entangled by the Qingzhou soldiers, and our army was in danger.

Moreover, according to the light of the enemy army, the enemy army was divided into four phalanxes, one on the left and one on the left, and the Chinese army was composed of two phalanxes, and the whole army set up a sharp arrow formation that was conducive to the assault. According to the Qingzhou military system, one phalanx is one corps, four phalanxes are exactly four corps, and the four legions have a total of 15,000 people, plus the follow-up auxiliary troops, the total strength of the enemy army has reached 20,000, which is exactly the same as the number of our army. However, after half a day of fierce fighting, many of the sergeants are wounded, and if the battle starts again, if the assault fails, they will lose the victory.

Hunters in the mountains and forests often say: It is better to have one bird in the forest than in the forest. Our army has already gained a bird, and the fruits of victory are already in hand, so let's collect the troops, and let us go back to celebrate the victory of this hunt. ”

The golden drums of the Liangzhou army sounded, and the Liangzhou cavalry pursued by Siye, like the sea at low tide, quickly retreated. Seeing this, the Qingzhou soldiers stopped attacking, and the two sides maintained a tacit understanding and did their own thing without interfering with each other. Later, with the retreat of the Liangzhou soldiers, the two sides opened up and disengaged.

From night to morning, Cao's army gathered the rout on the battlefield and gradually assembled the troops. Fortunately, several brothers of the Cao Cao clan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan and others all saved their lives. Duweizi was killed in battle to cover Cao Cao.

Cao Cao cleaned up Wei Zi's body, cried bitterly, and shouted: "Brother Wei wake up, Brother Wei wake up." Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan and others also shed tears with them.

Guan Hai shook his head and asked suspiciously: "Is this Weizi Chen Liuren?" His army is so tough, is it forbidden to train? I once went to Mount Tai with my lord to visit Yu Wenze, it is said that he has moved his family into Chen Liu, Cao Gong, you are also Chen Liu, have you seen Yu Ban Yu Wen Ze. ”

Cao Cao, who was born in a family, didn't look down on Guan Hai, who was born as a bandit and had the status of Liu Bei's family slave, and when he talked to Guan Hai, he basically reluctantly replied because of Guan Hai's rescue. However, these words aroused Cao Cao's interest, and Cao Cao stopped crying and bowed to Guan Hai to thank him for his rescue.

Yun Shan Wuhai said compliments for a long time, and Cao Cao Fang asked lightly: "Brother Guan mentioned a person just now, called Yu Ban Yu Wenze, who is that?" ”

Guan Hai was born from a humble background, and he was looked down upon by all the princes in sour jujube, and usually, the princes from all walks of life felt that he had a shi identity even when he looked at him. At this moment, Cao Cao asked him in a low voice, and the dizzy Guan Hai blurted out: "Yu Ban Yu Wen Ze, a person from Tai'an in Taishan County." According to my father-in-law, this man is one of the best military training experts in the world. When my father-in-law went to study in western Liaoning, he took me to visit the forbidden rules. Later, our army entered Mount Tai to suppress bandits, and my lord had specially invited him to go out of the mountains to help, but unfortunately, I heard that he moved his family to Chenliu County. Later, there were frequent wars, and my father-in-law never had time to go to Chenliu. ”

Looking at the direction of Qingzhou, Guan Hai continued to add: "After the war in Donglai is over, my lord will definitely come to Xingyang in person, just by the way to visit Yu Ban Yu Wenze. By the way, Gong Cao, you are in Chenliu, did you hear that it is too forbidden to Wen Ze, where did he move to live? ”

Cao Cao smiled innocently and explained: "I have been living in Luoyang, I don't know much about my hometown, and I recruited troops in Chenliu some time ago, but unfortunately, I haven't heard of the news that Wen Ze is too forbidden." ”

Guan Hai asked in a daze: "Gong Cao, at this moment, the sky is clear, and our army has not stopped all night, whether to set up camp immediately to prevent the attack of the Liangzhou soldiers." ”

Cao Cao sighed sadly and said: "I recruited 5,000 people from my hometown to serve as soldiers, and now, nearly 4,000 people are spilling their lives in the wilderness. General Guan is in charge of setting up camp here, I will go to the coalition camp, after informing the alliance leader, I will go to my hometown, and when I recruit some soldiers in my hometown, I will come here and fight Xu Rong with Xuande Gong. ”

Guan Hai stupidly admonished: "Gong Cao take care all the way." When you arrive in Chenliu, you must help my father-in-law inquire about the news of Yu Ban Yu Wenze, and tell him that my father-in-law will come to visit him immediately, well, perhaps, my father-in-law has already entered Chenliu. ”

Cao Cao immediately said: "General Guan, all my wounded soldiers have been handed over to you, if they can be cured, they will be your soldiers in the future, I will now set off to Suojube to tell the alliance leader the news of the attack of the Liangzhou soldiers, so that they can be on guard as soon as possible." ”

Guan Hai shook his head and said proudly: "Don't worry, Cao Gong, after the sky is bright, my Qingzhou Xunchi Corps will be able to act." With me here, I will never let a soldier go to the sour date. ”

Cao Cao stretched out his thumb and praised: "Okay, I will definitely report the heroism of General Guan in front of the alliance leader." ”

After half a day of hurrying, Cao Cao rushed back to the sour dates. When Cao Cao entered the camp, Yuan Shao, Zhang Miao, Liu Daiqiao, Yuan Yi and other Taishou were holding a drinking party, singing poems to each other and paying each other, so happy and entertaining.

Seeing Cao Cao enter the camp, Yuan Shao raised his glass and invited: "I have heard that Brother Meng De is talented, the poems are timeless, and today he marched overnight, and he must have written a lot of poems. ”

Cao Cao was speechless and replied sarcastically: "When Cao was marching, he only paid attention to the scouts sent in front. Patrol soldiers were dispatched to the left and right, and the rearguard guarded the grain and grass. Survey the terrain for the generals all the way to guard against enemy attacks. Feelings, on the march, there was no time to feel nostalgic. ”

Yuan Shaolang laughed loudly and said proudly: "Cao Gongxue is rich in five cars, full of talent, poetry and writing, and is famous all over the world. As the saying goes: It is the true style of celebrities and gentlemen. As a general, we should talk and laugh and use soldiers, and scold Fang Xuan. How can he be like a peddler's pawn who is in charge of the army, trembling and without grace. ”

Cao Cao gritted his teeth and said: "Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the way of life and death, the priorities, must be carefully observed, how can you talk and laugh at it, be reckless, and dare not take the major affairs of the military as a child's play." ”

Everyone was speechless, and Yuan Yi interrupted and said, "Brother Meng De marched to the army for a day, why did he come back again?" ”

Cao Cao hugged his fist at Zhang Miao, and replied sadly: "Zhang Gong, our army advanced to the vicinity of Xingyang, and was suddenly attacked by the Liangzhou army on the edge of Bianshui, and fought all day, the army has been defeated, Brother Weizi was unfortunately killed, and the inferior people were fortunate to be rescued by Qingzhou soldiers and escaped with their lives."

Yuan Yi laughed and said: "Brother Meng De's march is so trembling, I thought it was bound to be a big victory, who knows if he will still be defeated, and he needs Liu Bei's house slaves to save his life to save his life." It can be seen that whether the soldiers are used in a joke or cautiously has little to do with victory. Rather than this, it is better for us to talk and laugh and use soldiers, even if we are defeated, there is still a Confucian demeanor. ”

Zhang Miao, Liu Dai, Qiao Mao and others nodded their heads one after another, expressing their appreciation.

Cao Cao was so angry that he almost turned his back on it, Yuan Shao saw this situation, raised his glass and said softly: "Meng De, you have been fighting fiercely all day, you have worked hard, come, drink this glass of wine, and suppress the shock." ”

Cao Cao didn't take the wine glass, and said angrily: "The princes stay here, why don't you wait for Dong Thief to sit on the chair and die?" If the princes are willing to listen to my plan, please Yuan Benchu lead the Hanoi people to move to Mengjin, and the princes will guard Chenggao, according to Aocang, Saiyuyuan, Dagu, and control the thieves to death; Then make Yuan Highway (Yuan Shuzi Highway) lead the Nanyang soldiers, attack the Wuguan, Yaowei Sanfu, and then can be deep ditch and high base, do not fight with him, but use the suspicious soldiers left and right to enter, so that he is panicked, and he will definitely die; Today's soldiers are moving with righteousness, wandering here and watching, making people laugh and laugh, and stealing for the public will not take it! ”

Zhang Miao and the others snorted slightly: "Meng De's new defeat and sharp spirit are frustrated, so I have to recuperate for a few days and then make a good plan." ”

Zhang Miao's subordinate Wei Zi died in this battle, and Zhang Miao's words didn't mean any greetings, and they didn't care about it at all.

Cao Cao was indignant when he heard this, turned around and walked out, beckoned Cao Hongfu Hou Dan and others, and hurried to Chen Liu.

In Xingyang City, Xu Rong, who returned from a great victory, issued an order to rest the troops for three days, and the Liangzhou soldiers after a hard battle, their physical strength and will were greatly tested.

Xu Rong didn't want to go to war, and of course Guan Hai outside Xingyang City didn't want to do much, anyway, his own lord was coming, and wouldn't it be better to wait for the lord to come and decide how to fight. Moreover, in order to save Cao Cao, the soldiers did not sleep all night, and they also took this opportunity to sleep with him in the dark.

However, the next day, the battle situation suddenly changed, and Sun Jian on the southern front finally couldn't bear it, and led his army out of Luyang, captured Liang County by the Rushui, and was preparing to cross the river. Crossing the river, it is the plain of a horse and a flat river, the Yuyuan Pass at the foot of Song Mountain, and the Taigu City garrison in the south of Luoyang is not much.

And Yuyuan Pass and Taigu City were lost, and Luoyang City was stripped of its clothes. For this reason, Dong Zhuo urgently ordered Xu Rong to reinforce and share with another Liangzhou general, Li Meng, to guard Yuyuan Pass and Taigu City. He sat in Luoyang and plundered. The defense of Xingyang and Chenggao was fully entrusted to Lu Bu of the Bingzhou Army.

Xu Rong led the order to withdraw the troops.

Because Lü Bu himself was still plundering in Luoyang, and the Bingzhou army was mainly stationed in Chenggao City on the Tiger Pass and behind the Pass, under the condition that the Qingzhou army was pressuring, the Bingzhou army without a commander was unwilling to go out to fight. On the other hand, according to Guan Hai's intelligence, he couldn't understand the meaning of Liu Bei's explanation of "standing by and moving", and his persistence made him never make a move to withdraw the army. With the well-trained Qingzhou soldiers, attacking Guanhai's camp was also a thankless act.

As a result, a strange phenomenon appeared on the eastern front of Luoyang: Xingyang in front of the Tiger Prison Pass had become an empty city, however, the hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides were separated by an empty city, and no one was willing to make the first move.

Three days later, Guan Yu cavalry into the Qingzhou camp, that night, the Qingzhou soldiers made a big move, made a feint to attack the Tiger Prison Pass, but the 14th and 15th regiments of Qingzhou occupied Xingyang City under the cover of night. At this point, the situation on the battlefield immediately changed, relying on Xingyang City, the Qingzhou soldiers gained a firm foothold under the Tiger Prison Pass, and at this moment, Lu Bu had not yet arrived at Chenggao.

In Puyang City, Cao Cao walked out of the city gate with a slender man with a slight beard under his chin, and the generals of the Cao family were surrounded by him. Cao Cao waved his horsewhip and said proudly: "Wen Ze, my trip to Puyang has finally found you as a talent, and it is no longer difficult to break the thief in the west." When we get to Yangzhou and recruit Danyang soldiers, you can help me train well. Watch me break through Luoyang and destroy Dong thief. ”

Wen smiled humbly. Said: "The world's male soldiers, but from four places, Liangzhou, Bingzhou, Yangzhou Danyang, Qingzhou, now, Dong thief occupies Liangzhou, Bingzhou, Qingzhou and Liu Bei occupy, the rest of the princes in the world want to train a male army, must go to Danyang to recruit troops." As far as I know, Sun Jian, the Taishou of Changsha, Mu Taoqian of Xuzhou, Yuan Shu, the later general, Kong Ling, the assassin of Yuzhou, and the Taishou Yuan of Shanyang, etc., all of the elite soldiers under these people came from Danyang.

The lord can resist the half-day attack of the Liangzhou soldiers with the weak army of Chen Liujun's under-training, which is enough to be proud, and when we train the Danyang soldiers, the world will be the hunting ground of the lord. ”

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and then looked up to the sky and smiled.

Xiahoudun suddenly shook his body, blocked in front of Cao Cao, and said in a low voice: "The team of light horsemen coming in front of him is the flag of Liu Bei's own army. The person who came may be Liu Bei himself, the lord, do you need to avoid it? ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he looked at it, and in the distance, a cavalry team of 50 people was moving rapidly, and in the smoke and dust, he faintly saw that this small group of cavalry was also equipped with an empty saddle horse behind each of them. The leader of the general was dressed in black armor, wearing a fiery red cloak, a dazzling golden helmet on his head, and a chestnut high-headed horse on his crotch, and his horse was unusual.

The general couldn't see the specific appearance clearly, his face was covered with a sweat towel to cover the smoke and dust, and only the exposed eyes were cold and shining. The red tassels on the helmet and the cloak on the body were shaking in the wind, like a cloud of fire, floating quickly.

Cao Cao's gaze moved back, and behind the general, a cavalryman held a spear in his straight hand, which showed no mercy, as if it were a sharpened iron rod stuck in a wooden handle. At the tip of the gun, a small triangular flag fluttered, and the flag was embroidered with a bear head with a simple smirk.

Bear head - sure enough, it's Liu Bei's madman.

Cao Cao waved his hand, smiled indifferently and said, "What to avoid?" I also knew Xuande, we were all contributing to Dong, and at this moment, Dao Zuo met each other, just to talk. ”

Turning his head, Cao Cao explained to Wen Ze: "Wen Ze, I won't tell you anything, I heard about your name from Liu Bei's generals, and it is said that Liu Bei will never forget you. I privately think that the person who can be admired by Liu Bei, who is familiar with the military, must be extraordinary, so I hereby invite you to come out.

However, Liu Bei's general told me that you were staying in Chenliu, and it wasn't until I asked for a good time to search for it that I found Brother Yu's trace in Puyang. Fortunately, Brother Yu agreed, and he was willing to go out to Cao Mou, hehe, I Cao Mou has Yu Wenze, just like the old (Han) Gaozu had Zhou Yafu, and Emperor Wu had Huo Quai, you and I can go hand in hand with the world. Come on, Wen Ze, let's say hello to Xuande, I want to thank him for recommending Brother Yu. ”

It turned out that this man was Yu Ban, who avoided the military disaster and moved his family to Dongping.

When Yu Ban heard Cao Cao's words, he couldn't help but smile slightly bitterly. Cao Cao is forcing himself to express his position in front of Liu Bei.

In terms of strength alone, Cao Cao's new defeat was not long ago, and Liu Bei sat on Qingzhou, Sanhan, Liaoxi, and Lelang, both the territory and the population he actually controlled were the largest among the princes, however, Liu Bei's situation was the worst among the princes: he had beaten the forbidden army, causing the court to throw him in Qingzhou for several years; Qingzhou, the land of the four battles, is not good for attack; Strong enemies surround it, and there are peeping eyes everywhere: there are Gongsun Du and other races in the north; In the south, there are Tao Qian and the East China Sea pirate Zang Ba; In the West, after Liu Bei sent troops to attack Dong Zhuo, he greatly offended the alliance leader Yuan Shao. In this way, no matter whether Liu Bei wins or fails in the battle against Dong, he has no good fruit to eat.

Liu Bei's series of policies greatly violated the interests of the landlords, among them, the policy of supporting the samurai to compete with the Confucian scholars, and the importance of the merchants' promulgation of contract laws and other measures, which made the Confucian scholars very dissatisfied. Looking at the world, Liu Bei has more enemies than friends. According to Yu Ban's calculations, Liu Bei is standing under the dangerous wall at this moment, and he doesn't know it, which is not a good place to go to it.

Besides, in any case, seeing that the poor sour boy who came to visit him in the past has achieved so much now, and he will bow his head to serve him in the future. This made Yu Ban unable to swallow this breath.

"Anyway, Cao Gong now has the title of General Fenwu, a worldly bureaucrat, and his family is huge. And Liu Bei, a poor boy, is now just a Qingzhou driver, with a deep foundation and a bad name. No matter how this war against Dong ends, Liu Bei, who offended both sides, is the next target. Yu Ban secretly calculated in his heart, made up his mind, and hugged his fists to salute Liu Bei, who was approaching.

"Brother Wen Ze, you are here, let me find it." Liu Bei jumped off the horse, uncovered the sweat towel covering his face, and opened his arms enthusiastically, ready to give Yu Ban a bear hug.

Xiahou snorted angrily, and Yu Ban took half a step back at the same time, revealing Cao Cao in front of Liu Bei, and quietly dodged Liu Bei's embrace.

Liu Bei stopped suddenly, turned his head to look at Cao Cao, and suddenly said: "It turned out to be Cao Gong Mengde, hahaha, it seems that Brother Wen Ze has been recruited by Cao Gong, congratulations to Cao Gong." ”

Cao Cao was very satisfied with Ban's performance just now, but such a small action of taking half a step back made Liu Bei understand who was in charge and who was subordinate. Although Liu Bei was dissatisfied with no one in his eyes when he met, he only cared about greeting Yu Ban, however, in a cheerful mood, Cao Cao had no intention of caring about Liu Bei's faux pas.

"Huhuha", Cao Cao let out a smug laugh and happily greeted Liu Bei: "Xuande, where are you going?" I heard that there is a war going on in your Donglai County, how is the situation of the war? ”

Liu Bei looked at the people around Cao Cao and replied casually: "The battle in Donglai, the overall situation has been decided. It's not worth worrying about anymore, Cao Gong, how is the battle on the front line in Luoyang? ”

Asked about Cao Cao's sadness, Cao Cao replied gloomily: "The sour jujube coalition army sings all day long, and does not think about going west." I was not angry at the inaction of the coalition army, and led the army westward alone, but on the edge of Bianshui, I was attacked by Xu Rong, and the whole army was ......"

Liu Bei nodded silently, looked back at the guards who were riding on horses, and said, "Take two horses, I will talk to Cao Gong about the front-line war in detail, you get off the horse to rest, boil some water, and make two cups of tea for me and Cao Gong." ”

Subsequently, Liu Bei hugged his fist to Yu Ban and said regretfully: "Bei is one step late, I don't know that Wen Ze has returned to Cao Gong, I regret it very much, Wen Ze, wait for me to talk to Cao Gong about the front-line war, and then recount the feelings after farewell." ”

In this way, Liu Bei and Cao Cao sat on the small pony on the side of the road to talk, Cao Cao gave a detailed introduction to the situation of the coalition base camp, and analyzed the situation of Dong Zhuo's confrontation with the coalition army, and talked about his strategic views in the coalition base camp. It's a pity that the corrupt Confucian soldiers don't know that the survival of the world is here, and they actually use this place of life and death as a place to show their personal demeanor. ”

Liu Bei's words, when it came to Cao Cao's heart, Cao Cao nodded again and again in agreement.

Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Where do you plan to go when Duke Cao goes?" ”

Cao Cao replied: "I am going to Danyang, recruit new soldiers, train soldiers, and fight against Dong thieves again in the future." ”

Liu Bei shook his head and said with a smile: "Since ancient times, the southern soldiers are not as good as the northern soldiers, although the Danyang soldiers are the elite of the southern soldiers, but they are still inferior to the Liangzhou soldiers recruited in the bitter cold land in the north, and the state soldiers. Nowadays, the front line of Luoyang is full of countless well-trained Liangzhou soldiers and state soldiers, why did Cao Gong go to Danyang? ”

Yu Ban interjected and said: "Xuande's words are wrong, the Liangzhou soldiers on the Luoyang front, and the state soldiers, all have subordinates, Dong Zhuo is brutal, and he comes from the border area, and the Liangzhou soldiers, and the state soldiers are in the same township, how can these border soldiers be easily recruited, instead of wasting efforts on the Luoyang front, it is better for us to go to Danyang to work hard." ”

Liu Bei looked at Yu Ban with a smile, his eyes burning. Yu Ban was taken aback, and the scene of the pig's head and pig's face that day resurfaced in front of him, and at that time, Liu Bei was also smiling and greeting him "enthusiastically".

Cao Cao heard the meaning of Liu Bei's words, and asked in surprise: "Could it be that Xuande has a way to recruit Liangzhou soldiers and state soldiers on the front line?" ”

Liu Bei smiled indifferently and said, "I don't plan to recruit them." ”

Cao Cao let out an "oh" puzzled sound, and Liu Bei continued: "I am going to capture them." I made an appointment with Sun Wentai (Sun Jian) to launch an attack from the east and south of Luoyang at the same time. On the Luoyang front, I originally had four corps, and recently, I transferred three more corps. With the strength of seven legions, I prepared to launch an offensive on the eastern front of Luoyang, echoing Sun Wentai on the southern front. How about Gong Cao is willing to fight with me, and all the captured soldiers will be returned to you? ”

After speaking, Liu Bei approached Cao Cao and whispered: "The most important thing is that the soldiers summoned in this way do not need Cao Gong to spend a copper plate. ”

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and asked, "Duke Xuande is in Donglai, dealing with 300,000 horses in Liaodong, how many legions did he dispatch?" ”

Liu Bei's eyes didn't blink and said a lie: "Four legions, plus the nine township guards mobilized by Donglai. ”

Cao Cao resolutely made a decision: "War, the rest of my army is in Puyang City, Yuan Rang (Xiahou Dun's character), you bring Wen to sort out the team, and then fight Xingyang." ”

Turning his face, Cao Cao said unceremoniously: "Xuande Gong, since the two armies are fighting together, the military armor cannot but be unified, and I also ask Xuande Gong to match the military armor for me, and our army can advance westward." ”

When the two armies fight together, it is necessary not only to unify the armor but also to unify the orders. Cao Cao only asked Liu Bei for armor and weapons, but he didn't say who was in unified command, which was really treacherous.

Anyway, Liu Bei pulled the remnants of Cao Cao's army, not to fight, but to dilute the political impact of his unauthorized attack at Yuan Shao's place. Using the Cao family to confront the Yuan family, with Cao Cao's banner, may be able to weaken Yuan Shao's anger. Just the cost of the war at that time - thinking of this, Liu Bei readily agreed to Cao Cao's request.

On the southern line of Luoyang, by the Rushui River, Sun Jian, who had just crossed the river, was raided by Xu Rong, and the roaring Liangzhou soldiers smashed arrows, javelins, and axes intensively on Sun Jian's subordinates on the north bank of the river. In less than a moment, the river was completely red, and the tragic scene of corpses accumulating and silting was displayed in front of everyone's eyes.

During the battle, people and horses kept screaming and falling into the river, splashing a mixture of muddy water, mud and blood, but Sun Jianbing continued to rush towards the river of death......

Next to Sun Jian, Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, and Zu Mao were guarding the regiment, nervously commanding the soldiers to form a dense formation in order to block the impact of the Liangzhou Iron Cavalry. A soldier rushed to Sun Jian's side in blood and reported: "The head of the family, the brothers can no longer support it, I hope the head of the family will quickly cross the river to the south bank to take refuge." ”

Sun Jian threw his sword angrily and said: "Since I have been fighting, I have never heard the word "retreat" in every battle. When we meet on the battlefield, if we don't win, we will die, let me leave my brothers and flee for my life, and never mention it again, brothers, fight to the death, and I am with you. ”

Huang Gai suddenly walked to the shore and exclaimed, "Look, it's Han Dang who is back." ”

Sun Jian turned his head to look, and sure enough, the military flag on the south bank was fluttering, and the 200 soldiers who went with Han Dang were clearly armored, and they galloped on the south bank with great force. Another 500 or so soldiers, waving the Qingzhou military flag, quietly gathered around several carts.

Cheng Pu glanced at him and said, "Han Dang is back, and there may be hope for our army." When someone came, he sent the lord to the south bank first, and ordered Han Dang to send troops to respond, and the soldiers who stayed on the north bank resisted one by one and slowly withdrew to the south bank. ”

Zu Mao stopped and said, "I'll be in charge of the north bank, two, you are responsible for escorting the lord to the south bank." ”

Cheng Pu nodded and said, "It's all up to the grandfather, come here, and take the lord on the boat." ”

Zu Mao shouted: "Soldiers of the ancestral family, the head of the family is here, come here, form a formation." ”

The scattered soldiers moved when they heard the sound, and they fought hard to get closer to Zu Mao, and after a while, more and more people gathered around Zu Mao. At the same time, Cheng Pu and Huang Gai's soldiers separated and entangled the Liangzhou soldiers to gain the opportunity for Zu Mao to form a formation.

"Front row, set up a shield", Zu Mao shouted, the soldiers with shields in their hands sparsely raised the shields in their hands, and "group a shield array" Zu Mao shouted again.

In the front row, the unshielded soldiers gritted their teeth, threw down the broken weapons in their hands, and tightly held their arms with each other to form a human shield. The halberds in the back were placed on the shoulders of the people in front one after another, like a huge hedgehog, and the 400 soldiers formed a thin defense system that protected each other in rows.

"Protect the lord, get on board," Zu Mao shouted. With a wave of Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, the soldiers of the two men ran towards the river bank.

"Form a formation, cover the lord on board." Cheng Pu shouted.

On the other side, Xu Rong saw the revealed Zumao shield array, then looked at the soldiers on the south bank of the river, shook his head and sighed: "Liu Bei's army actually appeared here, will this be his vanguard or all his partial divisions?" ”

A Liangzhou general replied: "Judging by the situation, it seems that it is a transport team that transports supplies to Sun Jian, but first, Liu Bei's military system is different from ordinary people; Second, we don't know when Liu Bei and Sun Jian stood together, and why they appeared on the south bank at the same time as Sun Jian's generals, so it's really hard to judge Liu Bei's movements. ”

"Okay, anyway, Liu Bei's army appeared on the south bank, he couldn't rescue him on this side of the river, Sun Jian left us a gift (Zumao Shield Array) before leaving, we don't eat this gift, I'm really sorry for him. The order was given to the cavalry to make a detour from the flank, and we will collect our troops when this group of enemies is completely annihilated. In addition, it was forbidden for our troops to approach the river bank. ”

After Xu Rong gave the order, he turned his horse back, yawned lazily, and said, "There is nothing to see below, as long as our army does not provoke the soldiers on the south bank, this is a one-sided massacre." I'll go back to Yuyuan Pass first, and after the battle is over, you will immediately withdraw with the whole army. ”

In the thunderous sound of horses' hooves, arms, shoulder blades, half of the head, etc., all kinds of human body parts flew in the air, and plasma splashed like a fountain! The soldiers of Zumao fought until the last moment, and the whole army was exhausted......