A few days later, the Cao soldiers on Chrysanthemum Island had recovered from seasickness, and the main force of Cao's army on the Nanpi side had also arrived at Shanhaiguan and made contact with the ships sent by Zhao Yu. After the two sides agreed on the time, Cao Cao led more than 10,000 elite soldiers on Chrysanthemum Island to board the ship and start to march to the east side of Shanhaiguan.

In addition to Cao Cao's more than 10,000 elite soldiers, Tian Chou took his more than 5,000 people to follow Cao Cao to seize the pass, and Zhang Xiu made a timely request to Cao Cao to use cavalry to break the queen. Because this was in line with the needs of the current war situation, Cao Cao naturally agreed immediately.

The voyage between Chrysanthemum Island and Shanhaiguan was less than ninety nautical miles, and with the sailing capacity of the fleet led by Zhao Yu, it could be reached in two hours at most. In order to avoid startling the grass and snakes and affecting the surprise attack on Shanhaiguan, this fleet carrying more than 15,000 people has not approached for the time being, and is ready to wait until the western front side launches a frontal attack before landing quickly.

Finally, when the appointed time came, the Cao army on the Western Front began to attack the west side of Shanhaiguan, and at the same time lit wolf smoke as a signal on the coast. The wolf smoke of that era could be seen more than ten kilometers away, and the reconnaissance ship sent by Zhao Yu in advance immediately rushed back to the sea area where the main fleet was located at the fastest speed to report to Cao Cao after seeing the wolf smoke, and then Cao Cao gave an order, and 15,000 elite soldiers began to land quickly on the coast about ten miles east of Shanhaiguan.

Not only the soldiers, but also several ships carrying assembled trebuchets produced in Yizhou, which were all transported by Lu Ren from Yizhou in a hurry after calling back to Zhao Yu. After all, Cao Cao is going to fight a key battle, and the main defense direction of Shanhaiguan is in the east, that is, the side that Cao Cao wants to fight, where can he do it without some siege equipment?

Without further ado, when Cao Cao's fifteen thousand men suddenly appeared at Shanhaiguan, it immediately caused panic among the Karasuma tribe in Guanli. However, after all, Shanhaiguan is a dangerous pass, and after snatching Shanhaiguan, Badun and Yuan Shang left nearly 30,000 troops in Shanhaiguan, although they were panicked at the moment. But the strength of the first battle was still there, and he immediately sent a fast horse to Liucheng to ask for help from Bunton.

Not to mention how Cao Cao fought fiercely under the Shanhai Pass, just say that Zhang Xiu at this time led his more than 2,000 cavalry to guard the place between Chrysanthemum Island and Shanhaiguan, which is about thirty kilometers away from Shanhaiguan, and this is a carefully selected distance.

The atmosphere was a little tense and depressing, because everyone knew that there would definitely be reinforcements from Karasuma in the direction of Liucheng to reinforce Shanhaiguan, so this time it was not as simple as going to a certain Karasuma tribe to fight the autumn wind before, but really going to fight a tough battle, even a battle to the death.

Seventeen-year-old Zhang Quan followed Zhang Xiu's side, and hesitated for a long time before asking Zhang Xiu, "Father." We only have more than 2,000 horsemen, so how can we resist Karasuma's cavalry? It's clearly ......"

Zhang Xiu interrupted Zhang Quan's words: "Don't worry about this!" As a father, he will not let his brothers die in vain. Don't worry, Lu Servant has already made arrangements there, you just have to do what your father says! ”

said so, but Zhang Xiu's heart was also a little empty, and from time to time he couldn't help but glance at the coast.

Finally, the scout cavalry sent by Zhang Xiu rushed back to report to Zhang Xiu, saying that there were about 5,000 horsemen rushing towards Shanhaiguan. These were not the main forces of Liucheng Badun, but mobile units stationed along this coast. Zhang Xiu nodded. Although these 5,000 cavalry were more than twice that of Zhang Xiu's troops, Zhang Xiu did not pay attention to them. And Zhao Yu also made it very clear to Zhang Xiu that Zhang Xiu always had to have a decent battle before "dying in battle", otherwise it would be too much to say.

Order. Zhang Xiu's more than 2,000 cavalry followed Zhang Xiu to meet the Karasuma reinforcements. In addition, Zhang Xiu did not forget to send someone to tell Cao Cao, saying that he had exchanged fire with the reinforcements here, and asked Cao Cao to hurry up and tackle the problem.

Soon, Zhang Xiu's more than 2,000 horsemen encountered 5,000 Karasuma reinforcements. Frankly. The 5,000 Karasuma reinforcements didn't expect that the other party still had a force waiting for them, and before they could react to the encounter, Zhang Xiu had already launched a surprise attack. Immediately, the five thousand carasuma cavalry were dazed.

By the way, during this period, the Karasuma divisions did not have a relatively regular military establishment, and when they started fighting, they were accustomed to rushing up in a swarm to fight indiscriminately. And this style of play is unstoppable, but once something happens, its scattered nature flaws will be immediately exposed/revealed. On the other hand, these nomads are armed with weapons...... It's really flattering.

On the other hand, Zhang Xiu is not the case, Zhang Xiu has led the troops for many years, and his tactical level is still very good, otherwise how could he take advantage of a lot in several battles with Cao Cao? Jia Xu's strategy is of course exquisite, but if Zhang Xiu's own hardware strength is not enough, it will only be nonsense. In other words, Zhang Xiu's troops were regular troops, and the 5,000 Karasuma cavalry were a group of bandits.

In addition, there is another one, that is, after Zhang Xiu arrived on Chrysanthemum Island, Lu Ren immediately began to change the costumes of Zhang Xiu's more than 2,000 cavalry. Needless to say, swords and lances, all of them are covered with thickened, full-body rubber horse armor. Not only was this armor very protective for cavalry at the present time, but it was also much lighter and more agile than the conventional armor of the time.

To put it simply, what would be the result of a well-equipped and well-trained regular army encountering a group of ragged bandits from Zhou to the top? Anyway, it didn't take long for these 5,000 Karasuma cavalry to be killed and scattered by Zhang Xiu, and they began to flee in the direction of Liucheng. Seeing this, Zhang Xiu also smiled bitterly in her heart, saying that such an opponent is really too much, and if she "dies" in the hands of such an opponent, it is indeed too much to say.

After correcting his mind, Zhang Xiu immediately asked people to go to Shanhaiguan to report Cao Cao's current battle situation here, and at the same time, through the pursuit, Zhang Xiu moved his troops to the east for more than 30 kilometers. In this way, Zhang Xiu is more than 60 kilometers away from Cao Cao, and the location is already close to Chrysanthemum Island.

Sixty kilometers, converted into the Han system, is nearly 150 li, with the foot strength of the average horse at that time, it takes about an hour and a half to fight back and forth. After Zhang Xiu stopped and rested for a while, the cavalry sent to report to Cao Cao also rushed back, and brought back Cao Cao's words that Zhang Xiu should not pursue too fiercely, so as not to have an accident. As for Cao Cao's own battle...... If you bring it back with cavalry, although you have a slight upper hand in the battle, it is obvious that it will take some time. Shanhaiguan! Where is it so easy to tackle the problem head-on?

Zhang Xiu nodded when she heard these news, and she was secretly relieved in her heart. If Cao Cao's fight is too smooth, then he will have to take his men and horses to fight dozens of miles east. But in that case, it would be too close to Liucheng, even if Lu Ren had already prepared, the risk factor would still be too high.

Not long after, the scouts came to report that about 20,000 cavalry troops had arrived in the direction of Liucheng this time. This time, as soon as the cavalry heard that the opponent was 20,000, they all sweated down. Two thousand against five thousand, it's not much of a problem if it's fought well, but against 20,000 fierce black-bladed cavalry, the combat power is worse than one to ten, and just thinking about it makes people sweat on their backs.

Zhang Xiu also swallowed a mouthful of saliva at this moment, and his eyes looked at the sea again. And this time, when he looked at the past, Zhang Xiu's heart suddenly calmed down a lot, because he saw a thick pillar of smoke on the sea. Zhang Xiu understood in her heart that this was a signal from Zhao Yu, which meant to let Zhang Xiu do what he wanted.

With the bottom in his heart, Zhang Xiu's face also showed a very strange smile. Looking around at the group of cavalry around him, Zhang Xiu sneered: "If you are afraid of death, I won't embarrass you, get out of here now!" ”

That being said, no one moved. Zhang Xiu nodded with satisfaction after reading it, and after looking at it again, he called a younger cavalryman to the front and ordered: "You rush to inform Cao Gong and ask Cao Gong to step up the attack." As for the 20,000 Karasuma cavalry here, I will fight to the death. ”

"This ......"

"Go quickly!!"

"No, no!"

The young cavalry rode away, Zhang Xiu looked at the background of the young cavalry, and said as if talking to himself: "This kid is still young, don't follow me to death." ”

Everyone was silent, Zhang Xiu looked around at everyone again, stroked the war horse that stepped down, and then clamped his legs and took the lead in the direction of Karasuma's reinforcements.

Or how to say that you should never underestimate the role of the leader? In that era, the leading role of generals could not be ignored.

There are few people who are not afraid of death, but there is one thing, when someone takes the lead, it often stimulates the blood and fighting spirit in the hearts of others. Moreover, these cavalry under Zhang Xiu were all crawling on the battlefield, although they would be afraid occasionally, but when they saw Zhang Xiu taking the lead in the charge, the fear in their hearts suddenly disappeared, and they all screamed and followed the horses.

So is Zhang Xiu really going to die? Of course not! He is going to fight this "last" battle in front of Cao Cao. It's just that none of the cavalry noticed at this time, and Zhang Xiu's charging route never left the coastline at all.

The two sides hedged each other, and soon met on the Hiraizumi corridor on the coast. And the 20,000 Karasuma cavalry who came this time were also stunned when they saw Zhang Xiu's 2,000 cavalry rushing to kill like this, and said in their hearts that the other party dared to rush and kill like this with such a small number of people? Doesn't it make it clear that you're here to fight hard?

The battle was about to break out, and Zhang Xiu's fierce charge disrupted the formation of 20,000 Karasuma at the beginning, and for a while, the sound of killing in this narrow coastal plain area shook the sky, and at the same time, it became a mess. As for the matter of going to reinforce Shanhaiguan, where can the Karasuma cavalry, who has been disrupted, still take care of it?

However, Zhang Xiu's head is short of men and horses after all, and he can still disrupt the 20,000 Karasuma cavalry when he is full of strength at the beginning, but after a little time, Zhang Xiu's head is a little unable to hold on, and the Karasuma cavalry also eases up and begins to counterkill Zhang Xiu. Seriously, these "tattered kings" are all eyeing the weapons in the hands and the armor on the hands of Zhang Xiu's cavalry, and they are all desperately greedy. It was precisely because of this greed that they forgot to go to reinforce Shanhaiguan immediately.

At this time, Zhang Xiu did not panic, but after turning the direction, he still traveled along the coastline. Finally, when Zhang Xiu saw a ship on the sea in front of him appear in his field of vision, that strange smile appeared on Zhang Xiu's face again...... (To be continued.) )