Chapter 1592 - Only Merit Is Faulty
Liu Bei began to attack the city at nightfall and broke through the city gate at dawn.
The army was entering the city, and the cavalry led by Zhao Yun had already arrived.
Seeing that Xiangyang City was broken, Zhao Yun shouted: "Soldiers, the son has an order, you must not lose Xiangyang, kill me!" ”
Cao Shuo had earlier obtained a lot of war horses from the Huns, and the number of cavalry was certainly not too small.
Including the Flying Bear Battalion, nearly 10,000 cavalry swarmed towards Xiangyang City.
Liu Beijun, who was entering the city, didn't have time to close the city gate, and was blocked by Zhao Yun and his soldiers.
Wielding a spear, Zhao Yun slaughtered into the chaotic Xiangyang.
Many horsemen followed him into the city.
With the cavalry led by Zhao Yun joining, the morale of the defenders of Xiangyang, who had already fallen behind, was suddenly greatly boosted.
"The Cao family's Yuan Jun is here!" Cai Mao, who was disgraced in the battle, learned that Zhao Yun led the army into the city, and shouted to the soldiers: "Drive Liu Bei out for me!" ”
Reinforcements arrived so quickly, and the morale of the defenders was high, and they launched a fierce attack on Liu Bei's army.
After a killing, the battle robe on Zhao Yun's body had been dyed red and black.
Carrying a spear, he met a Jingzhou general.
The Jingzhou generals didn't recognize him either, so they brandished their weapons and stepped forward to kill.
Thinking that he was Liu Bei's subordinate, Zhao Yun also carried a spear to kill him.
The two of them killed for thirty or forty rounds, and the Jingzhou general found out that he was not Zhao Yun's opponent, so he left after dropping his horse.
didn't go far, and it happened that Cai Mao came over with people.
Seeing that Zhao Yun was chasing him, Cai Mao shouted: "General Zhao, don't chase after him, he is my general Wen Ping......"
Hearing Cai Mao's shout, Wen Ping, who had fought with Zhao Yun but was not an opponent, stopped.
Zhao Yun also reined in his horse and shouted to Cai Mao: "This guy will fight when he sees me coming up, I thought he was from Liu Bei's side." ”
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding!" Cai Mao stepped forward and said to Zhao Yun and Wen Ping: "It's all your own family, don't hurt the harmony of the two generals." ”
"On the battlefield, you live and die, and you don't recognize each other and kill each other, and it can't be said that you hurt your peace." Zhao Yun asked Cai Mao: "Xiangyang is solid, why was the city gate broken by Liu Bei?" ”
"General Zhao doesn't know." Cai Mao said: "Liu Xuande contacted Ma Liang and others in the city, although I was prepared, I didn't expect that they still had a lot of forces under them, and they actually broke through the West Gate. ”
"Fortunately, Childe ordered me to come to help, otherwise your lives would have been lost." Zhao Yun said: "Please also ask the general to mobilize troops and horses to drive Liu Xuande out." ”
Originally had already broken through Xiangyang, but Zhao Yun's arrival made Liu Bei lose the opportunity.
It was no longer possible to take Xiangyang, so Liu Bei had to lead the army to break through.
After breaking through, he ran wildly as if he was dead, and when he looked back, there were only Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and less than a thousand people left beside him.
In the past few years in Xinye, Liu Bei recruited tens of thousands of horses, and when he left Xinye, he also drove hundreds of people on the road together.
In just one battle, all his men and horses were gone, and even the people who were coerced by him to go on the road together were missing at this time.
Glancing at the few people behind him, Liu Bei sighed: "Is it really God who wants to destroy me?" ”
"Don't worry, my lord." Zhuge Liang said: "Although there are a lot of losses along the way, the lord still has a place to go." ”
"Is Kong Ming going to talk about Jiangxia?" Liu Bei asked.
"Exactly." Zhuge Liang said: "Liu Qi is in Jiangxia, he still has 10,000 or 20,000 people in his hands, as long as he takes Liu Qi's military power, and then leads Jiangdong into this war, the lord has the ability to fight with the Cao family." ”
"If I lose again, I won't stand a chance." Liu Bei said to Zhuge Liang with tears streaming down his face: "My net worth and life all depend on Kong Ming." ”
Liu Bei cried desolantly, and Zhuge Liang also felt a burst of pathos in his heart.
After serving Liu Bei, everything was originally smooth, but every time they met Cao Shuo, they had to return home......
Cao Shuo is really Liu Bei's nemesis.
Thinking so in his heart, Zhuge Liang said: "Don't worry, Lord, I will definitely be able to help Lordship get out of the encirclement." ”
Liu Bei failed to take Xiangyang and led his army to Jiangxia.
Cai Mao and others ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.
After all, Cao Shuo led all the infantry troops, and when he came to Xiangyang, it was already the afternoon of the next day.
When he was about to arrive at the city gate, Cao Shuo saw Zhao Yun riding a horse over.
Zhao Yun was covered with blood and had not had time to clean it up, and there were still remnants of the fierceness of the previous night's battle on his body.
Seeing Zhao Yun, Cao Shuo hurriedly asked, "Zilong is covered in blood, is he injured?" ”
Zhao Yun saluted, smiled at Cao Shuo and said, "Don't worry, Childe, this kind of scene can't do anything to me." All the blood on my body is the enemy's. ”
"It's good that there are no injuries." Cao Shuo breathed a sigh of relief.
Turning back and pointing towards the city gate, Zhao Yun said, "Childe, Cai Mao and the others are waiting at the city gate." ”
"When Zilong came, how was Xiangyang?" Leading the army towards the city gate, Cao Shuo asked Zhao Yun.
"Returning to Gongzi, when I came, the gate of Xiangyang City had already been breached." Zhao Yun said: "Liu Bei contacted Ma Liang and the others to cooperate with each other, and they really almost took Xiangyang City. ”
"This time to conquer Jingzhou, Zilong has made many achievements." Cao Shuo said: "When my father comes, I have to ask him for credit for Zilong." ”
"Credit is secondary." Zhao Yun said: "As long as Gongzi's march goes smoothly and he can capture and kill Liu Bei, it doesn't matter if I take credit or not." ”
"How could it not matter." Cao Shuo patted Zhao Yun's arm and said to him with a smile: "I know Zilong's ability very well, but others don't know. What I want is for the world to know that there is a white-robed general Zhao Zilong under my command! Since you have the ability, you have to let the people of the world know. Since he has made countless military exploits, he must let future generations have the capital to establish a throne. Zilong followed me, of course I can't let you be nameless. ”
"Thank you, Childe!" To be able to leave a name in history, of course Zhao Yun was happy, and he hugged his fists and thanked Cao Shuo.
Led the army to the gate of Xiangyang, Cao Shuo saw Cai Mao, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, and a number of Jingzhou officials waiting there.
In front of Cai Mao, Cao Shuo arched his hand and said, "There is General Lao Cai." ”
Cai Mao's face was full of guilt, and she replied with a big salute and said: "The prince ordered me to guard against it strictly, but I didn't expect that there would be a traitor in the city, and I lost Xiangyang first. Fortunately, General Zhao arrived in time, so he didn't make a big mistake, and asked Gongzi to confess. ”
"The people of Xiangyang are fighting to the death, there is only merit, how can they be guilty?" Cao Shuo smiled and said to Cai Mao: "Don't take this matter too seriously, I have written down your credits, and when my father comes to Xiangyang, I will ask him for credit for you." ”
Cao Shuo did not blame but asked for credit for them, Cai Mao and the officials in Xiangyang were relieved in their hearts, after this battle, they were already considered the Cao family's subordinates.