Chapter Seventy-Seven: Hidden Arrows Hurt
On the top of the city, Tao Ying and Cao Cao scolded each other so shamelessly. Hearing that Cao Cao was going to take his father's head, Tao Ying not only did not get angry, but laughed at the head of the city.
"You are not only faithless, but unfilial! You can't get my father's head, and you lie to your father when he dies, it's just a brute! ”
After Tao Ying finished speaking, he pointed to the civilian officer of the army beside him and said: "Cao Cao, look at the people around me, when you go back to Yanzhou one day, I will definitely send your words to Zhuzhou, so that the entire Han Dynasty will know that you are not only the grandson of the eunuch, but also a faithless, shameless, unfilial, and brutal despicable villain!" ”
After Tao Ying finished roaring, Cao Cao pointed to Tao Ying in the city and shouted: "Look at me breaking your city, don't cut off your tongue!" When the time comes, I'll see how arrogant you are! ”
As soon as Cao Cao finished speaking, two arrows suddenly swished towards Cao Cao, one didn't pay attention, and after the two arrows were shot, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu shot two arrows in a row.
Suddenly, two arrows flew in, and Cao Cao's side flew forward, and an arrow hit him in the back, and the general fell to the ground with a pop.
A person pounced, startling Cao Cao's war horse, the war horse raised its head, and another arrow that flew from it hit the eye of the war horse. Cao Cao's war horse was in pain, scurrying around, and threw Cao Cao out on horseback.
The arrows that flew one after another hit Cao Cao's war horse, and Cao Cao's war horse struggled a few times, fell to the ground with a pop, and died. Seeing Cao Cao lying on the ground, Liu Bei hurriedly waved his hand and shouted, "Sons, follow me out of the city!" Cao Cao was killed by an arrow, and he will kill him with me! ”
How could Guan Yu and Zhang Fei miss such a good opportunity to make meritorious contributions? The two of them went down to the city with Liu Bei to lead the troops out of the north gate and went out to kill, fearing that the city would be lost, Tao Ying hurriedly defended the city with Yu Ban.
Liu Bei led 2,000 troops out of the city, Tao Ying even asked Guan Yu to bring his elite soldiers out of the city to take Cao Cao directly, and the Cao soldiers outside the city saw that Cao Cao was hit by an arrow, and a group of people suddenly ran back.
The other generals didn't know whether Cao Cao was alive or dead, and Liu Bei's army was shouting everywhere: "Cao Cao is dead, those who surrender will not die!" ”
Many soldiers thought that the Lord was going to die, and they became even more panicked. Soon Cao Cao's army was in chaos, and in the chaos, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei led the soldiers and horses to cover up and kill everywhere, and Cao's soldiers were defeated! Cao Cao's subordinates, Cao Ren and others hurriedly rescued Cao Cao and ran towards the camp.
Tao Ying looked outside the city, the boundless Cao soldiers withdrew like a tide, Liu Bei's three brothers led the soldiers and horses to pursue Cao Cao, Cao Ren was busy leading the troops to resist, but the morale was low, and the morale of the soldiers and horses in Xuzhou was high, plus Tao Ying's elite soldiers could each be one as three, so under the leadership of the fierce general Guan Yu, Cao Ren's army soon couldn't resist.
After Zhang Fei stabbed three generals to death with a spear, he met Cao Cao's general Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Fei fought on the battlefield, the two of them were fighting fiercely, seeing more and more soldiers and horses in Xuzhou, Le Jin and others hurriedly came to save Xiahou Yuan and retreated.
Guan Yu and Cao Chun fought, the two fought for less than ten rounds, Cao Ren was defeated by Guan Yu, withdrew his troops and left, Guan Yu chased after him. This battle lasted until ten o'clock in the afternoon, when Tao Ying beat the drum and beat the gold. Liu Bei defeated Cao Chun's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses with 5,000 soldiers and horses, killed Cao Cao by nearly 100, and forced Cao Cao to retreat directly to Huben.
Liu Bei chased him outside the city of Huben, and the reinforcements of Huben arrived, and Liu Bei led his troops back to Tan County. Liu Bei returned to Tan County, and just outside Tan County, Tao Ying had already asked the soldiers to collect almost all the spoils on the battlefield.
Zhang Feizhan immediately tied more than a dozen heads, and his face was extremely excited. This was also Liu Bei's first victory against Cao Cao, and Liu Bei was also a little surprised.
The three of them led the soldiers and horses back, and when they arrived not far outside the city, they saw that Tao Ying had already collected the spoils, Zhang Fei pointed at the soldiers and said angrily: "Big brother, these two sons are not righteous, we are desperate to kill the enemy, but he is hiding behind him to snatch the spoils, what does this mean?" ”
Liu Bei looked at the side, above the city tower, Tao Ying was gone, and even Yu Ban didn't know where to go. Liu Bei and Zhang Fei were both a little angry.
Guan Yu next to him was a little worried. Because Guan Yu borrowed a thousand elite soldiers from Tao Ying, and these thousand elite soldiers defeated Cao Ren's strong army when he fought with Cao Ren just now. In the case that the soldiers and horses in Xuzhou are relatively weak, Tao Ying actually trained such a strong team, how can Guan Yu not worry?
When he was about to arrive at the edge of the city, Guan Yu was afraid that Liu Bei would be impulsive again, so he hurriedly said: "Big brother, it's not easy for me to look at these two sons!" In just a few months, he has trained such a brave soldier and horse, which is really not to be underestimated! ”
After listening to Guan Yu, Zhang Fei was unhappy immediately: "Second brother, why did you raise the morale of others to destroy your own prestige?" ”
Guan Yu sighed and said, "Third brother, it's not for me to raise the morale of others and destroy my own prestige!" Just now I fought with Cao Ren, and Cao Ren's soldiers were so brave that they were defeated by the elite soldiers of the second son. Besides, the second son's bow and crossbow and swords and guns are so sophisticated, I am afraid that he will be our strong opponent in the future! ”
Liu Bei nodded, and after chasing for nearly a day, the soldiers were a little tired, and Liu Bei led the military horses and didn't care about the spoils, and went directly into the city.
When the city heard that Cao's army had been defeated outside the north gate, the people rejoiced. There are ordinary people everywhere, and the common people who kill pigs and sheep come to the north gate to comfort the soldiers, and the whole Tan County is like the New Year.
When Tao Ying heard that Liu Bei was back, he was also busy leading his generals to say goodbye. Yu Ban took over his 1,000 elite soldiers from Guan Yu, and Tao Ying asked Yu Ban to guard the city to prevent Cao Cao's surprise attack. Liu Bei's three brothers, accompanied by Tao Ying, went to Tao Qian to ask for merit.
The North Gate broke Cao's army, Cao Cao was shot and didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and the news spread in Tan County. When Tao Ying and Liu Bei rushed to Tao's mansion, Tao Qian was lying on the bed, his spirit was obviously much better, and the group of officials around him were also beaming.
Entering the house, Liu Bei knelt down and said: "Assassin Lord Shi, the last general and the second prince have defeated Cao Cao outside the north gate, Cao Cao's life and death are uncertain, and the last general will chase him to Huben, because he is afraid that Tan County will lose the party before leading the troops back!" ”
Tao Qian nodded with joy on his face, this battle did show the prestige of Xuzhou, and let the people of Xuzhou, who always suffer defeats, re-establish their determination to resist to the end.
After the reward was completed, Tao Qian even gave a banquet to invite the officials to celebrate. On the banquet, the staggered planning was not lively, but Zhang Fei had to compete with Tao Ying after drinking too much.
Everyone knows that Tao Ying is just a weak son, where can he dare to compete with Zhang Fei? Yu Ban wanted to compete with Zhang Fei, but Tao Ying stopped him, he knew that Yu Ban was a commander, not a general. Although his own kung fu is also very good, but Zhang Fei is the top military general of this dynasty after all, once he is defeated by Zhang Fei, if he leads troops to meet Zhang Fei again in the future, his morale will definitely be affected at that time.
Zhang Fei provoked several times at the banquet, but Tao Ying ignored them, and Liu Bei did not stop them. Tao Ying knew what they were making trouble for, and if they won a battle, they would inevitably capture a lot of weapons, horses, and armor on the battlefield.