Chapter 70 The tiger and leopard ride is sad
The north gate of Gangneung Castle was silent at this time, and there were no figures to be seen, no noise to be heard, and not a single flag to be seen, if it were not for the four people standing still on the battlements of the city wall, people who saw all this would have thought that this was already an empty city. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The four people standing were Liu Bei, Pang Tong, Xu Shu and Chen Dao, and all four of them just stood quietly and looked into the distance.
Everything was ready, according to the news sent back by the sentinels, Cao Cao took a boat to lead the water army to take the Han River into the Yangtze River to Jiangling, and by land, it was supervised by Zhao Yan, the capital governor and the guard, Yu Ban, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Zhu Ling, Lu Zhao, Li Dian and Feng Kai, as well as Cao Chun's tiger and leopard cavalry, a total of more than 60,000 people killed Jiangling, among which Cao Chun's tiger and leopard cavalry was still the vanguard, and may be the first to reach outside the city.
When Liu Bei heard that the vanguard of the Cao army was still a tiger and leopard horseman, he thought about giving them another blow to completely defeat their spirit, and at the same time, it could once again arouse the confidence of the army and the people to win against Cao Bisheng, and after discussing with Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others, he once again set a trap for the tiger and leopard horseman.
Seeing the dust flying in the distant sky, the four of them slowly retreated and hid in the city tower.
Cao Chun walked all the way, the anger in his heart was hard to dissipate, the last time he was beaten by Zhang Fei and fled, losing nearly 1,000 elite cavalry, he originally reported to Cao Cao that Liu Bei's ambush of 30,000 horses was defeated, who expected to get the news later, Liu Bei except for 5,000 foot horses, the rest were all pretended by the people who fled with him, this face is really lost.
Although Cao Cao didn't blame, Cao Chun felt sorry for his eldest brother, this tiger and leopard rider was the elite of the elite selected from various armies!
Although Zhao Yan only told him to explore the road in front and not to get too far away from the infantry behind, he was full of anger, and unconsciously walked faster and faster, and opened a distance of more than ten miles with the army behind, and took the lead in arriving at the city of Jiangling.
There were no large horse traps along the way, but the gate of this city was closed and there was no one upstairs, could it be that Liu Bei was no longer in Jiangling City? It's impossible.
This time it was Cao Xiu who accompanied Cao Chun, and he was also puzzled by the dead silence of Jiangling City in front of him: "Is it an empty city?" ”
Cao Chun shook his head: "It is impossible for us not to know a little bit of news about such a big thing as Liu Bei abandoning the city and fleeing, I am afraid that Zhuge Liang is playing some tricks." ”
Cao Xiu asked, "Then should we go to attack the city?" ”
"No," Cao Chun told himself to be calm, the enemy is good at showing weakness and setting traps, "we are cavalry, only suitable for two armies to fight, how can we attack the city." ”
Cao Xiu didn't ask anymore, so let's wait for the big army behind.
Just when everyone was puzzled, the city gate was raised, and a man stood in the city gate with a horizontal spear, majestic.
That person Cao Chun and Cao Xiu both knew each other, and many soldiers of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry also knew him, he was Liu Bei's brother in life and death, the guy who called himself Yanren Zhang Yide.
Zhang Feili remained motionless in the city gate tower, as quiet as the entire Jiangling City, but stared at Cao Chun in front of him with a pair of big ringed eyes, and didn't think about whether people could see his big black pupils so far away.
The tiger and leopard rider suddenly became agitated: "It's him again." "It's the same guy last time!"
"Quiet!" Cao Chun stopped everyone and said to Cao Xiu, "This person dares to defend the city single-handedly, there must be a trap in the city." ”
Zhang Fei waited for a while, and saw that Cao Chun on the other side had no intention of coming over to him for revenge, so he couldn't hold it back, so he had to shout again: "I'm Yanren Zhang Yide, who will fight me to the death!" ”
The tiger and leopard ride again and get restless, this, isn't this pure heart to expose our scars and humiliate us?
Cao Chun suppressed the anger in his heart, and replied to Zhang Fei: "If you come out, don't hide in the door hole and shout!" ”
Zhang Fei didn't come out, and shouted again: "Fight and don't fight, retreat and don't retreat, why is this!" ”
Cao Chun was even more convinced that there were a large number of ambushes behind Zhang Fei, otherwise this guy would not have been so rampant.
Things turned out to be Cao Chun's expectations. Zhang Fei waited for a while and saw that Cao Jun was reluctant to step forward, so he had to move the spear in his hand, and suddenly a large number of knights rushed behind him.
Zhang Fei raised his spear on his horse, shouted loudly and led the army to rush out of the city gate to kill Cao Jun.
Cao Chun wanted such a situation, commanding the men and horses to retreat a little, he wanted to give full play to the advantages of the tiger and leopard riding in the open field, and teach this black barbarian a hard lesson.
Zhang Fei led five hundred horsemen and set up a formation without stopping, and directly rushed at Cao Chun to kill him.
Cao Chun slowly retreated, and at the same time waved the flag and commanded the army to quickly detour from both flanks, tightly besieging Zhang Fei's men.
Zhang Fei led the army to rush left and right in the formation, but the tiger and leopard cavalry had extraordinary combat power, and his men and horses could not impact Cao Chun's side at all, but gradually lost their support, and they were surrounded by the enemy more and more tightly, and they were about to die.
"Kill!" With Zhao Yun's shout, another four hundred horsemen rushed out of the city and rushed straight towards Zhang Fei, "General Zhang, we are here to support you!" ”
I knew that there was an ambush in the city, so that you would rush out and fight us! Cao Chun smiled: "In such a terrain, fight cavalry with me?" Kill as many as you want! ”
Cao Xiu also felt that the tiger and leopard would win, and asked Cao Chun: "Do you want to take the opportunity to kill into the city?" ”
Cao Chun thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No, it is impossible for there to be only such a small ambush in the city, and entering the city now will only be tricked." We only need to capture Zhang Fei, and the city will be panicked, and then the siege may be completed overnight. ”
Cao Xiu understood, and led the tiger riders around him to meet Zhao Yun.
Zhang Fei saw that the situation was not good, and actively moved closer to Zhao Yun.
The two led the army to rush and kill, and finally joined forces, but the Cao army became tighter and tighter, and it was not so easy to rush back to the city.
Cao Chun's smile became even stronger, two big fish can be caught today, if these two people can be taken down, Liu Bei is afraid that he will be so scared that he will lose his wife and children and run for his life bare-assed. Liu Bei, Liu Bei, are you still hiding in the city to watch the play?
"Kill!" At this time, the city rushed out of a few hundred steps to ride, and it turned out that Liu Bei personally led the army out to meet Zhang Fei.
Liu Bei was under the escort of Chen Zhi, and shouted while rushing over: "Third brother, I told you not to be reckless, why don't you listen to my advice!" ”
"Hahaha!" Cao Chun finally laughed out loud, he saw some archers appear on the battlements, and Liu Bei personally led the army to rush out, it seems that the ambush soldiers are almost out, quickly command the cavalry to quickly move closer to Liu Bei, capture the thief and capture the king first!
Liu Bei, Liu Bei, what kind of third brother of your family will only cause trouble for you!
Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun fought hard, and under Liu Bei's response, they finally joined forces and hurriedly retreated to the city.
Cao Chun didn't want to miss the opportunity, since the soldiers and horses in the city had come out three times, and even Liu Bei had personally come out to rescue Zhang Fei, the ambush soldiers who wanted to come to the north gate should be about the same, and Liu Bei was fleeing in embarrassment, even if there were a few ambushes in the city, they couldn't organize effective resistance in the panic. At this time, if the cavalry can take the opportunity to enter the city, although they do not expect to take Gangneung immediately, they can quickly occupy the north gate and wait for the subsequent army!
With the wave of Cao Chun's commanding flag, the tiger and leopard cavalry tightly bit Liu Bei's troops.
Seeing that there were already four or five hundred cavalry rushing into the city, Sergeant Liu Bei fled in all directions, and suddenly a cannon rang out on the city, and the city gate fell suddenly.
The archers on the city tower suddenly increased several times, densely crowded the entire north gate, and suddenly the arrows rained down, hiding the Cao cavalry that was still following behind like cutting leeks.
Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, who were retreating, took the lead in turning their horses' heads, and turned around to kill the enemy horses who had chased into the city and followed behind their butts without falling into the pit.
Outside the city, Cao Chun saw the sudden change in the battle situation, and his eyes suddenly darkened, he didn't expect these people to have so many back-ups, and they tricked Lao Tzu into the pit again one after another, only to feel a mouthful of blood gushing up from his throat, and he fell off the horse with a loud scream.
Zhang Fei saw that the enemy troops who rushed into the city had all been cleaned up, and ran to Liu Bei's side, and he felt that it was not enjoyable: "If I deliberately pretend that I can't beat them, it will damage my prestige." ”
Liu Bei saw Pang Tong and Xu Shu also coming over, and took their hands: "This is a set, or the two gentlemen are thoughtful." ”
Pang Tong looked at the more than ten zhang long pit on the ground, and said to Liu Bei: "This Zhuge Liang's wife really thinks about it, and comes up with such a thing, and the big trap of more than ten zhang is controlled by a big iron rod." The iron rod was stuck there, and it was okay to run like that on this trap, and as soon as the iron rod was removed, it all collapsed, which was a wonderful thing. ”