Volume 5 Chapter 17 Dangyang Bridgehead
Zhao Yun's search was based on a small team of twenty people, scattered to search. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 He divided the six hundred men in his hands into twenty-five squads, and put the last remaining hundred men as a brigade five miles away. Twenty-five teams of twenty men were tasked with finding people, and that brigade was tasked with keeping guards. Regarding Cao Cao's southward journey, Zhao Yun really had a very bad premonition in his heart.
The procession weaved through the vast wilderness like fishing boats with nets. Families with chariots and horses, refugees dressed as soldiers are the first people these teams need to ask questions. Although Chen Zhi had described to Zhao Yun the appearance of several people he was looking for before the search was carried out, it was really difficult to distinguish people from Chen Zhi's vague descriptions without the aid of images. Chen Zhi is not a person who can speak, and the image that comes out of his mouth is already a little difficult for Zhao Yun to understand, and Zhao Yun is not a person who can talk. He can grasp the principles very well, but he does not have a good grasp of the verbal strategy. It was obviously a headache for him to describe a person's image in detail, but all the soldiers understood it. Therefore, after thinking about it, Zhao Yun rigidly explained to his soldiers to ask others like this: "We are Lord Liu Bei's reinforcements." Now Lord Liu Bei has gone west. You can see Lord Liu Bei's main formation through this Dangyang Bridge. In addition, we were ordered by Lord Liu Bei to look for a car painted vermilion with cyan silk cloth as the window, I wonder if you have seen it? ”
This is a very strategic set of questions: the first sentence is undoubtedly to indicate the identity of the dots, in the name of Liu Bei's reinforcements to calm the people, which is very useful here. The second sentence is to give hope to the people. For those people who are still alive, it is impossible for Zhao Yun to ignore their life and death, so it is also a good thing to show them a way to live. The third sentence is the focus of the question, Zhao Yun described the appearance of the car that Liu Bei prepared for his wife and children, compared to people with their own characteristics, a car that is different from other vehicle styles is undoubtedly very well described.
Of course, Liu Bei's wife and children may also abandon the car and drive, but the car should still be there. From Zhao Yun's point of view, finding the car is the key, and it doesn't matter if you don't find the target after finding the car. If you search again with the car as the center, you can easily find them - they are unlikely to go far.
A lot of people is easy to do, just like Zhao Yun is doing now. The team dispersed and went out to search for less than a quarter of an hour, when a team from the southeast came with news that Liu Bei's wife had been found.
"That's great." Zhao Yun couldn't help but slap his palms and rejoice. Being able to find his goal so quickly was something he hadn't expected. But this is the best, now that Cao Cao's army may come over at any time, every moment and every breath is crucial, and Zhao Yun doesn't want to waste time in vain.
Zhao Yun was about to leave there to check, but a bad news from the rear completely disrupted his inner peace: "General Qiyu, I found a large number of Cao Cao's troops heading south. ”
"Coming? How many people are there? Zhao Yun hurriedly asked.
"The front is about two miles, continuous, and I don't know how many people there are." The soldier who came to report said loudly. This soldier is in charge of guarding from afar. What he did was to observe the other party carefully when Cao Cao's army arrived, and then quickly retreated. Because of the relatively short observation time, he did not discern the detailed number of the enemy.
"What flag is the other party flying?" Zhao Yun was not angry at the soldier's vague report, because he knew that the other party could only do this. Although he also wanted to know how big the scale of the enemy was, he chose to ask about it from another angle-Cao Cao's army in the southern expedition set out in the form of several brigades, and each brigade had its own handsome flag, so whether there were handsome flags and how many handsome flags there were, it was possible to judge the number of enemies and the main generals. Of course, this is only under normal circumstances.
"There are two handsome flags, one side has a character on it, and one side has a Cao character on it, the specific name is not clear, but it is certain that it is the handsome flag of the Cao Junlu team." The soldier replied quickly.
"Zhang and Cao?" Zhao Yun frowned, and he was horrified in his heart: "Zhang and Cao, it's the handsome flag of the road team again, so it must be Zhang Liao and Cao Ren's own team that came over." Judging by what the soldiers described, the size of the enemy is not under sixty thousand, and it is even possible that it will be more. It seems that Cao Cao sent all the soldiers and horses he could to drive. It's really a big deal, is he so afraid that Liu Bei will seize Jiangling? Zhao Yun sighed, and then had a headache about how to solve the situation he was in.
Cao Cao appeared six miles away, and his arrival here was only a matter of moments. Because its strength is far above his own dozens of times, it is obviously impossible to expel Cao Cao's army with the blood in his chest like he did against Cao Chun before. In today's situation where the enemy is too strong, hard work is definitely self-inflicted, and a free retreat and a quick retreat is the best way to save your life.
It's just that...... If you retreat like this, what will happen to Liu Bei's wife and children who are trapped there? Right now, I've got the news that they've got, and it's impossible to leave it alone. So how to manage, how to deal with the retreat of the army, and how to complete this seemingly impossible task while ensuring their own fire, these are all problems that they need to solve.
Zhao Yun is a persistent person, and even in the current situation, he thinks that he can complete the initial task. He made a quick decision at the moment: let his subordinates take a large team of men to find Zhou Rui and Chen Dao, and tell them the news that Cao Junxing was going south and that Liu Bei's wife and children had been found on his side, and then they were relieved and led the team to the west to fight Liu Bei's main battle. As for himself, he planned to take the team that found the news of Liu Bei's wife and children, and led two spare war horses to continue to search for the location of Liu Bei's wife and children, and bring them back as much as possible. Don't think that this is pure courage and resourcelessness, in fact, for Cao Cao's boundless army, Zhao Yun is most likely to complete the task by moving in the way of such an elite squad. After all, with Cao Cao's ability, there is no way to take care of every corner on the field.
Cao Cao's army is coming again. This hateful and frightening news soon spread throughout Nagasakapo. The people who had just experienced a military disaster naturally clearly understood what it was like for their weak self to meet that group of fierce soldiers. Those people are ruthless, and if you stop in front of them, they will beckon you with their knives without blinking.
"What should I do?" The lonely people looked at Chen Zhi and Zhou Rui weakly with their eyes hidden with tears, and the expectations were self-evident. Although for these people, they have been abandoned once, but they have no ability to change all this, and they always want to be free from this sin, but they can only set their eyes on these two generals. Although among these two generals, there is also a subordinate of the famous person who has just abandoned them.
"Do you want to take them with you?" The young general couldn't bear to turn his head and ask the elders around him. Although his armed forces are very good, and he has the experience of leading troops to fight many times, he still lacks some independence in handling things. For such a big event, he didn't dare to make a decision at the moment, so he could only ask about the decision of another person around him. In his opinion, since this General Chen Zhi of Liu Beijun is a person who even his current boss Zhao Yun admires, it should be very decisive.
"You can't take them with you." Chen Zhi shook his head heavily, and said softly to Zhou Rui: "The people don't have any combat effectiveness, and they are marching very slowly, bringing them will definitely let us be caught up." That will set us up for failure, like ...... Just like before. Chen Zhi paused when he said the reason, as if he suddenly realized something, and quickly changed his words.
"But......" The young man turned his head and looked at the people who were crying and running southwest, but he became resolute, "but ...... I can't bear it. I came out of them in the first place. ”
"Can't bear it? Are you going to lose with them? Hearing Zhou Rui say this, Chen Zhi was silent for a while, and then said: "You must know that this will kill you and these people under you." ”
"I know, but there's always something we have to do." Zhou Rui's young face was resolute.
"Oh well. Since you're so sure you're going to do this, I'll have to give up my life with you. Chen Zhi smiled bitterly, but seemed to breathe a sigh of relief: "Cao Cao's army is still five miles away at the moment, although it is coming in a hurry, but its soldiers and horses are very heavy, but it is impossible to move as quickly as cavalry. So we still have some time. If we let the soldiers protect these people, we think we can reach the Dangyang Bridge. That's a level, and once we get there, we should be much better. After all, we just have to hold on there. Chen Zhi pretended to be relaxed and said. He saw that Zhou Rui didn't seem to know much about the terrain here, so he made things simple. In fact, after he decided to stay with Zhou Rui to escort the people to retreat, he had already made desperate plans in his heart. In his opinion, even an outside general knows how to protect the people, so how can his uncle, who has always been on the mission of saving thousands of people from fire and water, fall behind in such things. He didn't want future generations to just say, "Look! That's a bunch of hypocrites who have abandoned the people! ”
Since it was decided in this way, everyone took their own arrangements and did not mention it. Since the people already knew the news of Cao Cao's army at this moment, they were also extremely frightened in their hearts. When they heard that Zhou Rui and Chen Zhi were willing to escort them to the south, but they just wanted their side to travel faster, they cried with joy. They all accelerated their speed, but they also knew that their lives mattered.
Running all the way, I don't know how much time it took, but I saw from a distance that a small bridge arched in front of me, and there was a jade-faced black-armored general standing in front of the bridge. He stood there majestically, the Zhangba snake spear in his hand stood straight, like a god, and people only had an indescribable power at a glance.
He is none other than Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei is in charge of the queen of the palace. At a time when Cao Cao's army might move south at any time, it was really a dangerous thing for Liu Bei's army to be so close to the battlefield. However, despite the danger, for some special reason, Liu Bei did not flee south in a hurry. He sent Zhang Fei, the only general in his hand, to block Cao Cao here, so that Cao Cao's pursuit momentum slowed down a little - until now Liu Bei didn't know that it was only Cao Cao's elite cavalry who defeated him last night, and Cao Cao's own team was still behind at this moment, but it was just about to follow.
Seeing Zhang Fei guarding the bridge, Chen Zhi and his party couldn't help but be overjoyed. Chen Zhi even greeted Zhang Fei from afar: "Third general, respond to me quickly." Cao Cao's army will soon be coming. ”
"Uncle is at ease, with my Yide here, I will naturally not let Cao Jun pass." Zhang Fei's voice like a bell sounded, but he roared quite confidently.
Everyone went straight across the Dangyang Bridge under Zhang Fei's answer. At this time, Zhang Feicai grabbed Chen Zhi's arm and asked softly, "Didn't you say that you and they went to find my two sisters-in-law and little nephew?" How? Didn't find it? ”
"There is already news, but because Cao Cao's army is about to be killed, Zilong is afraid that we will suffer losses, so he asked me to withdraw first, and he himself led a team of people to continue to search for the past." Chen Zhi replied with a slight breath.
"Such an important matter, how can you hand it over to others, if it is ......" Zhang Fei said this, suddenly as if he remembered something, glared at Zhou Rui, but ignored it: "If something changes, then what?" ”
"I'm afraid it won't be......! I think Zilong is a loyal and righteous person, I'm afraid it won't be like this. Chen Zhi retorted, although his rebuttal was not very loud because of Zhang Fei's status, but in his heart, he did not take Zhang Fei's suspicion seriously. Some people will know who they are even after knowing each other for a while. In his heart, Chen Zhi still has such unspoken words.
"I don't know my heart." Zhang Fei said this very carefully, he glanced at Zhou Rui on the side, as if he was afraid that he would hear it: "If that Zhao Yun is really loyal, then why didn't he come to the lord in the first place?" It's a shame that I still called him brother and sister at first. Alas, it's really unpopular. Finally, he ended his sentence with a long sigh, waved his hand, and let Chen go to the back of them first. Things had come to this point, and he knew it was useless for him to say more. The ones who talked to Chen Zhi were just boring whining.
"This is where I am. Whether it is the Xiahou brothers or the Cao family, whether it is the famous Qingzhou soldiers or the most powerful tiger and leopard rider in the world, anyone who wants to pass through here must get the consent of my old Zhang. Come, everyone who wants to take my eldest brother's life. As long as I'm standing here, I'll never let you hurt my eldest brother even a bit. Zhang Fei stood with a halberd, exuding this amazing momentum all over his body. The eyes on his face, which were originally the size of copper bells, narrowed slightly at the moment, but he looked at the enemies who were gradually rushing all the way with unusually attentive eyes.
In the distance, the yellow sand in the sky rolled up, like the waves of the sea, condensed into a huge wave and overwhelming the sky. In front of this amazing wave, a team that could not tell whether it was a man or a ghost was running wildly. Although their appearance was a little hideous and a little embarrassed, it was clear that they had fought from the enemy's army. They also maintained a vague formation as they galloped, as if to protect the man in the center of the group. For the people here, Zhang Fei couldn't see it very clearly from a distance, but he saw their identity as women from the gap in the square array.
"Did he really do it?" Zhang Fei saw this, although he couldn't really see the other party's face, he still quickly judged the comer, and thus felt curious and shocked by Zhao Yun's surprise: "Being able to bring people out of Cao Cao's army is not something that can be done by just the bravery. It is obviously impossible to face so many people alone without a firm belief, and I really don't know what made him persist until now. However, it is really a pleasant thing that the little nephew and the two sisters-in-law did not have an accident. Thinking of this, Zhang Fei finally breathed a sigh of relief, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face. In his heart, although there are still some mustards for Zhao Yun at this moment, they are not so serious. At least Zhao Yun, as an outsider now, is still working so hard for his side, it is obviously impossible to say that he is completely grateful in his heart. Regarding grievances, he Zhang Fei can see it clearly.
"Three generals...... Help me! "After a night of running and continuous combat, even those who are as strong as Zhao Yun can't help but be sleepy. It was already a very rare thing for him to be able to sit on a horse with a gun and adapt to this kind of high-speed running, and it was too much for him to ensure the integrity of his manners, or to require him to speak with full energy.
After listening to Zhao Yun's weak words, and looking at the red appearance of their group, Zhang Fei didn't accuse anything more. As a general, he naturally knew how bad Zhao Yun's current situation was, he nodded heavily, took a step back, turned sideways, stretched out his hand to signal Zhao Yun and them to pass, and then stood back in his original position again.
The Cao Cao army that was chasing Zhao Yun and them was gradually approaching, and they all saw Zhang Fei standing at the head of the Dangyang Bridge, and they couldn't help but stop moving forward. Forced and the astonishing momentum that came from Zhang Fei's body, and looking at Zhang Fei's fierce expression, Cao Cao's soldiers really had a heartfelt fear in the face of Zhang Fei, who was blocking his only way forward. This is a fear that they have never felt before, if they really use a certain sentence to describe it, they will definitely say that this kind of fear from Zhang Fei is just like the veterans in the army who participated in the decisive battle of Tiger Prison Pass in the past year, giving people a feeling of facing ghosts and gods. If you have to distinguish what the feeling is different from what you felt at the beginning, then you can only say that it is Lu Bu who brings those who have participated in the Battle of Tiger Prison Pass such a terrifying feeling, and the person who brings them such a feeling now is the Zhang Fei in front of them - although the people are different, the momentum and the feeling they give people are the same.
Among the Cao army, who did not dare to march in such a momentum, there were naturally some people who quickly reported what happened here to their superiors. Soon, Cao's army, which had barely lined up on the battlefield, scattered on both sides, and the group walked out of this separate passage. The first person was a white horse with a long lance, born with Danfeng eyes and white skin, a long beard that reached to the chest under his chin, wearing a bright gold chain armor, a red big feather on his shoulders, and a special person on the left and right to play a red Luo Tian umbrella to shade the sun, so a graceful and majestic bearing - who is this Cao Cao? Xu Chu, Cao Chun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Zhang Liao, Zhang He and other famous generals of the Cao army all followed Cao Cao on light horses and came in front of this large army together.
Zhang Fei saw the appearance of the Red Luo Heavenly Umbrella and understood that Cao Cao had come in person. Although he didn't quite know how Cao Cao, who was supposed to be in the back team, suddenly came here, these things obviously had nothing to do with what he was going to do right now. Far from retreating because of Cao Cao's arrival, he was happy because of it. He was delighted with Cao Cao's arrival. In his eyes, Cao Cao, who has arrived here now, is undoubtedly able to command all Cao Jun in one breath.
"I'll just scare him away." Zhang Fei thought that he already had a clear goal in his heart, and a mouthful of white teeth became obvious with a big grin.
"It's Zhang Yide! Who dares to come forward and fight me. The performance began, and Zhang Fei, who was standing at the head of the bridge, used his amazing momentum as an auxiliary to challenge Cao Cao's army, which had an army of nearly 100,000 people, as if no one was there. His words like a giant thunder, his astonishing momentum like Mount Tai's overpower, and his sharp eyes like a thunderbolt all made him feel that he was being ignored and the general of Cao Jun couldn't help but weigh his ability before he wanted to move forward. After all, attacking on the battlefield is either life or death.
The huge battlefield became quiet as Zhang Fei's voice fell, and everyone looked at each other in shock at Zhang Fei's toughness, and on the other hand, they couldn't help but comfort the hearts that always rose involuntarily.
"This person in front of you is really terrible." For the soldiers in the army, Zhang Fei's momentum was not directly aimed at them, but compared with the generals, they could basically be killed with one blow, and they were still a little overwhelmed by Zhang Fei's momentum alone. Although Zhang Fei is only one person, they have nearly 100,000 people.
Cao Caojun's silence seemed to Zhang Fei to be frightened by himself, and he became more excited at the moment, and his words became more arrogant and arrogant. "It's Zhang Yide! Who dares to come forward and fight me. Under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, he once again loudly challenged Cao Jun. This time, not only was the momentum on his body stronger, but even the eyes that looked at Cao Cao couldn't help but have a little contempt.
"He looks down on us." This contempt was so obvious that everyone in Cao Cao's army could really see it. For a moment, they were all full of anger at Zhang Fei.
For such contempt, Cao Caojun, who had the upper hand on the scene, was uncomfortable. Although they all knew that their original silence was indeed suppressed by Zhang Fei's powerful momentum, under Zhang Fei's contemptuous glance, they couldn't express the true reflection in their hearts.
Those generals with relatively high rank and relatively open minds naturally would not be angry because of Zhang Fei's contempt and wanted to fight Zhang Fei in a decisive battle. Although they hated Zhang Fei's eyes in their hearts, they still looked at their lord Cao Cao. They didn't move at the moment, but still looked at each other very calmly.
Just because they're reserved doesn't mean their men are reserved too. As the deputy generals of these generals, there are some guys with very good abilities, but there are not a few impulsive people who have arrogant personalities and think that Lao Tzu is the best in the world. At that moment, a few of them couldn't stand Zhang Fei's contemptuous eyes and jumped out of their eyes.
"Phew! You white-faced man has looked down on the world. In Xia Li Jia, I came to ask for advice! I saw that General Cao Jun's formation suddenly rushed out of a horse, stabbed obliquely, and rushed to where Zhang Fei was, while rushing, as if he was selling something, an iron spear in his hand was like a brocade of flowers, which made people feel a little dazzled.
"And under Chen Feng! ...... "As soon as I saw Li Jiajing go out of the battle, the brothers in Li Jia's army couldn't help it. He had heard of Zhang Fei's prestige, and estimated that his brother was never that Zhang Fei's opponent in the past, in order to save his brother's life, although his scalp was a little numb, he had to rush forward like this. "Maybe with my and his force, I should be able to fight this Zhang Fei." Chen Fengcun's mind is like this.
The two rode their horses, and the horses were fast, and the hands of men were faster. Just listening to the sound of the wind in their ears for a few breaths, they had already arrived in front of Zhang Fei, and the knives and guns in their hands quickly beckoned to Zhang Fei's body: a knife, but the machete in his hand was like an extremely light silk, flashing four knife shadows in the air, sealing the space in front of and behind Zhang Fei; One person used a gun, but it was extremely gorgeous, pointing out a gun star like a rainstorm and stabbing at Zhang Fei's huge body. One person assists the other master, and the two of them, who are friends, actually cooperate this kung fu so smoothly that everyone in Cao Cao's army was moved.
"Pretty good two. Wen Yuan, it seems that your subordinates are really hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Cao Ren looked at it and said to Zhang Liao, who was silently watching all this happening. He knew that Li Jia and Chen Feng, who had just come out of the battle, were both Zhang Liao's subordinates, and it was said that they were still lieutenants who had just been promoted by Zhang Liao at the beginning of the year.
"Alas, Crouching Tiger? That's not going to make sense. As long as one of the two of them is out alive, I should probably be thankful. Although these two guys look good, their personalities are too bad, and they rush to challenge Zhang Fei, just afraid of ......" Zhang Liao said leisurely, but there was no sound when he said it. It's not that he deliberately sold the guanzi, but ...... The result of everything has already been shown lightly on the opposite side.
Facing the glittering blade of the attack, Zhang Fei didn't look confused at all. He stood on the ground without riding a horse, the corners of his mouth curled slightly, and that contemptuous smile appeared again. He didn't make any more movements, and in the face of the attacking moves, he just lightly picked up the Zhangba snake spear in his hand, followed by a rapid forward stab, and took a heavy step forward and stabbed the sharp snake spear into Li Jia's chest.
"Ah......h This is Li Jia's scream before he died. Looking at the coldness that penetrated his chest, his eyes widened, but he slowly lost his strength. Blood spurted out from the back of the snake spear, and the snake-shaped blood groove caused life to flow quickly from Li Jia's body.
With Zhang Fei's closing momentum, Li Jia fell from his back and fell heavily into the dust.
"You actually killed him, you actually killed him. Yes, Zhang Fei, you will give me death. Li Jia's death was undoubtedly unacceptable to Chen Feng, who was his friend, and he roared and swung his knife at Zhang Fei. Just now, he only assisted Li Jia's attack and did not have any effect on Zhang Fei, so Zhang Fei did not aim at him at the beginning. It was his luck, and he should have stopped there, but he was driven by extreme anger to think that Zhang Fei was not such a terrible guy - he directly used the knife against Zhang Fei.