Chapter 385: Helpless Zhang Fei
One night, Zhang Fei returned to his camp after inspecting as before, but just as he was about to rest for a while, the roar of soldiers and horses outside the camp made Zhang Fei's heart tighten, he knew that he was most likely falling for the enemy's strategy, so he hurriedly put on his body the armor that had just taken off half of it, and walked quickly to the outside of the camp.
Half an hour ago, he saw that the Jingzhou camp was already dimly lit, and from a distance, the sergeants were burying the pot and cooking, it was hard to imagine that after just half an hour, the soldiers in Jingzhou had already arrived outside the camp, which was visible, and it was too late to put down the formation at this time.
But Zhang Fei knew that Zhuge Liang's news had not yet arrived, and he could never give up Xiakou and retreat into Jiangdong at this time, in that case, Zhuge Liang did not defeat Sun Quan, and naturally it was impossible to divide his troops to meet Zhang Fei.
At this time, Xiakou, an important town in Jingzhou, was already the same as Xiangyang at the beginning, leaving only some old and weak women and children and other people with limited mobility, and a large amount of money and capable people as long as they supported Zhuge Liang, they were all transferred to Jiangdong by Zhuge Liang during this time, and Liu Chan, who Lu Su thought about before, naturally arrived in Yuzhang County a long time ago.
The reason why Zhang Fei did not meet the enemy in Xiakou was precisely because the remaining people in Xiakou City were very resentful of Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei, in this context, Zhang Fei could only choose to close the city gate and lead the army to meet the enemy outside the city.
In a trance, the Jingzhou Navy was a lot closer, and Zhang Fei knew that he could not delay any longer, so he bit his silver teeth and ordered his army to line up as quickly as possible and go to meet the enemy.
Zhang Fei has always been known for being strict in the army, and the slightest disobedience to the sergeant under his command is to impose a heavy punishment, so his order is indeed very effective in the army, and sure enough, the sergeant under his command gathered nearby, took up arms and prepared to face this sudden enemy army.
What surprised Zhang Fei was that according to Zhuge Liang's understanding with him before, Liu Feng's defenders in Jingzhou were clearly all naval troops, but now after these sergeants landed, their momentum from a distance was actually quite good, and they were not weaker than ordinary foot soldiers.
And what surprised Zhang Fei was the reason why Zhou Yu dared to let Huang Gai lead these soldiers to land and attack Zhang Fei's camp.
As early as when Liu Feng obtained a county in the South China Sea in the hands of Shikun, and handed over the responsibility of training the navy to Gan Ning, he said first, what he wanted was a brave team on land and water, not a team like the Jiangdong Navy that could only be majestic in the boat.
Such a request, at first made Gan Ning quite incomprehensible, until a rather barren Nanhai County encountered bandits, Gan Ning understood Liu Feng's good intentions, those Nanhai bandits saw that Gan Ning was training a naval army, so they were quite disapproving, still in the county to do their own thing, until Gan Ning led the elite of these sergeants to get off the warship, on land to beat those mountain bandits on their backs, had to surrender to Gan Ning, This made Gan Ning's heart determined to train a team that can not only dominate the ship, but also be able to stand on land.
It is also in this context that in these years of hard work, Jingzhou's naval army is actually far more powerful than Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei believed.
In this background, as soon as Zhang Fei led the army and Huang Gai and Gan Ning, the Jingzhou naval army led by Gan Ning and the two appeared, and the scene that Zhang Fei expected in his mind that the army led by himself was like a tiger entering the flock did not appear, but Huang Gai and Gan Ning each led an army, and when Zhang Fei only had one person to command, the sergeants under his command hurriedly met the battle, and they were divided into two, and the sergeants under Zhang Fei's command were surrounded in a short time.
Since the declaration of war on Jiangxia, every step of the Jingzhou Navy has been carried out under Zhou Yu's careful arrangement, which seems to be a normal step forward, but in fact it is a very strict plan, on the other hand, Zhang Fei does not have a decent strategist on his side, so he ignores one detail after another, which led to the hasty battle at this time, and also caused the originally confident him to fall into passivity as soon as he first fought.
Thunder strike, at this time used to describe this battle is the most appropriate, Zhang Fei at this time the remaining troops are only more than 10,000, and they are not the elite in the first place, the real elite soldiers are waiting for Zhuge Liang's dispatch in Jiangdong at this time, and the last battle with Sun Quan is carried out.
More than 10,000 Jiangxia defenders, against 30,000 Jingzhou naval troops, and it was an offensive and defensive battle on land, this should have been a scorching battle, Zhang Fei also thought so, but it turned out that Liu Feng's previous accumulation in Jingzhou laid a solid foundation for the Jingzhou naval army, coupled with Zhou Yu's slight tricks of the immortal genius, it was really not something that Zhang Fei, who was not here, could resist.
A rout came as scheduled, Zhang Fei jumped in the formation, everywhere he went, there was a river of blood, but he couldn't withstand the all-round rout of the other sergeants, only less than two hours later, when Zhang Fei looked up again, the sergeants under his command had already lost three or four thousand people, and the rest were only two-thirds, he knew that there was no way to retreat, if he could hold on for two more hours, it was already his limit, if Zhuge Liang didn't send a message, he could only retreat into the city of Jiangdong to make plans, After all, there are dangerous situations to defend, and he can still deal with one or two.
Zhang Fei's defense line was retreated again and again under the attack of the Jingzhou naval army, and finally, there was less than half a mile away to reach the city of Xiakou, the situation in the city, Zhang Fei naturally knew, he knew that if he led the army to retreat into the city, with the hatred of the people in the city for himself, most of them would cause greater casualties, so he opened his eyes angrily, and immediately ordered to withdraw in the direction of Jiangdong, because he knew that every defender under his command was very important after Zhuge Liang really took Jianye, Years of conquest and no foundation have overstretched the troops under Zhuge Liang's command, even if they have won the entire Jiangdong, it will be difficult to have the confidence to compete in the Central Plains without resting for a year or two.
At this moment, a group of cavalry east of Xiakou quickly approached the rear of Zhang Fei's defense line, and Zhang Fei looked at it from a distance, and his heart was cold.