Chapter 178 defeated Liu Biaoqiao to take Xiangyang, and chased the Yue soldiers into Fancheng

In the above book, Liu Xuande angrily reprimanded Liu Biao, which led to the Jingzhou general Cai Deqi vs. Zhang Wenyuan. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Zhang Liao Zhang Wenyuan was young and frivolous at this time, and his frivolous words angered Cai Deqi, took the lead, and even injured his shoulder and won the first battle.

Liu Xuande saw that Zhang Wenyuan had won, so he did not enter the army, but Mingjin collected his troops and returned to the camp.

After returning to the camp, Liu Bei summoned the generals to discuss the strategy of breaking Xiangyang in the big tent of the Chinese army.

This time, Liu Biao personally came here to supervise the formation, but I don't know which general in Jingzhou guarded Jiangling. Jingzhou Xinbao reported that Liu Biao did his best to meet the army of Jiangling this time to meet us. Its subordinates are not very appropriate! It is also the main reason why the main force of our army besieged Xiangyang. Tian Feng stood on the side of the sand table, pointed to Fancheng on the bank of the river and said, "There are 20,000 defenders of Fancheng and 20,000 sailors of Shuizhai. With the combat strength of our army, it should be a success. I thought that although Huang Xu was weak, he was deeply influenced by Xu Yuanzhi's teachings, and he was even more favored by the lord. Its resourcefulness is not below me! In this battle of the navy, the general can rest assured. ”

Speaking of this, he pointed to Xiangyang again and said: "The battle of Xiangyang, whether you win or lose is not in Xiangyang!" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Liu Bei asked.

"Liu Biao did his best to raise the army of Jiangling, but the troops in Jiangling City were empty. If the general avoids his elite and makes a detour to besiege Jiangling, how can Liu Jingsheng deal with it? Tian Feng asked rhetorically.

"The intention of the military advisor is to lure him out of the city to rescue, and set up an ambush on the way?" Xu Ding heard his words and asked.

"What Boyang said is extremely true." Tian Feng pointed to Xiangyang City and said, "Everyone, look at Xiangyang City. The walls are tall and thick, and if our army attacks the city, although there are sharp weapons to attack the city, the enemy army also has the strength to resist our army. As a result, our army will inevitably suffer heavy casualties. Now, if we want to reduce the losses of our army, the best way is to lure the enemy out of the city, set up an ambush on him, and then block the road back to Xiangyang and force him to flee to Gangneung. ”

"How can our army make the enemy scheming?" Liu Bei asked.

"Chen, you go and select a Jingzhou soldier and ask him to pretend to be a horse and rush to Xiangyang City to report the news, and say that the Shu army made a detour to Changbanpo and rushed to Jiangling. General Yide can lead 20,000 elite soldiers to Changban Slope and lie in the woods, and attack it when Liu Jingsheng leads his troops through; General Boyang can lead the 8th Battalion of the Jiugong Army to follow the enemy when the enemy's large army leaves Xiangyang, and when General Yide starts the battle, block the enemy's return route back to Xiangyang. Tian Feng paused when he said this, looked at Xu Ding and Zhang Fei and said very seriously: "The two generals must remember that the purpose of this battle is only to drive the Jingzhou army to flee to Jiangling. Therefore, there is no need to kill them all. The enemy's rescue force must not be less than 30,000 people, and if they really fight, I am afraid that it will be difficult to distinguish the victory and defeat for a while, so leave a way for the enemy to survive, and the battle will end quickly. ”

Zhang Fei and Xu Ding received the order.

After dawn the next day, Zhang Fei took Wu Yi, Chen Qi, Zhang Jun, Li Shun, and Jing Yu to lead the ten battalions of spearmen and spearmen, and the ten battalions of sword and shield soldiers to pass outside Xiangyang City and run towards the southeast.

Such a movement has already been reported by the soldiers defending the city. Liu Biao was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly sent people out of the city to investigate.

After a short time, someone came to report: "Report to the lord, the enemy army is rushing in the direction of Gangneung." The purpose of this view should be Gangneung Castle! ”

"What? They're going to attack Gangneung! Liu Biao was shocked when he heard this, and immediately ordered, "Yidu, Zirou, your two brothers are good at guarding Xiangyang." Wen Ping, you immediately order 30,000 elite soldiers and pursue them with me. We must not let them break through Gangneung, otherwise the situation of our army will not be good! ”

General Wen Ping hurriedly received the order and went down to count the soldiers and horses. Liu Biao immediately took out his armor and blades, and ordered people to bring horses, and took the generals Wang Wei, Zhang Jian, Cen Hui, Chen Xiang, Kong Yu, Yuan Kang, Tan Fu, Zhai Chao and others to go out with the Wenpin army to pursue the Shu army.

The troops marched more than 100 miles, but they saw the road full of smoke and dust, and there was no trace of the enemy in front of them. Liu Biao was very anxious, and took the lead, leading the generals and many cavalry to run ahead. There was a two-hour gap between the front and back of the enemy, and although they had been chasing for two hours, they had not even seen any trace of the enemy. How could Liu Biao's heart not be worried. Jiangling is far from Xiangyang, fast horses galloping, but half a day's journey, now it has passed, even did not catch up with the enemy, I am afraid that when the enemy attacks Jiangling, my own rescue troops may be one or two hours late to arrive.

Liu Biao's heart was full of worries, his heart was in his throat, and he was almost about to be turned out by the horse. In such a hurry, they ignored the terrain on both sides of the road.

Pass through a place called Nagasaka Slope, and there is a mountain before entering this place. This mountain is replaced by Jingshan, and the main road passes through the foot of this mountain. At the foot of the mountain was covered with lush trees, and the grass had grown to the height of more than a man. Such terrain is an excellent location for ambushes and raids.

However, Liu Biao and the others were full of concern about the situation in Jiangling at this time, where did they have any intention to observe the abnormalities here? They hurried through with a large army.

The 30,000-strong army was galloping, and in an instant, half of them entered the road at the foot of Jingshan. Zhang Fei hid in the woods, looking at the galloping Jingzhou army from afar, with an imperceptible smile on his face, and said in a low voice: "What are the heads of these strategists?" It's really amazing, this Liu Jingsheng is really fooled! ”

Soon, the Jingzhou army all entered the ambush circle. Zhang Fei took the drumstick, came to the big drum that stood on the side, rounded his arm, and beat the war drum with "dong dong dong". The Shu army, which was ambushed in the barren grass in the woods, began to attack under the leadership of generals Wu Yi, Lei Bo, Zhang Jun, Li Shun, and Jing Yu.

At first hearing the sound of drums, Wen Ping, the general of Jingzhou who supervised the rear army, suddenly raised the big gun in his hand and stopped the five thousand parts behind him. Just looking back, he found that from the woods above Jingshan, a Shu army full of mountains and fields had emerged.

Looking at the team brought by Liu Biao in front of him, it is already far from the same. He had no choice but to command his troops to meet the battle. The two generals of the Shu army who surrounded him were two battalions of sword and shield soldiers and two battalions of spearmen led by Li Shun and Jing Yu.

Li Shun saw that Wen Ping soon commanded the Jingzhou army to start a counterattack, and saw that this person's command ability and adaptability were extraordinary, and hurriedly rode his horse to fight him. In this fight, he discovered that Wenpin's martial arts are so high that he can't compete with himself! He hurriedly shouted, "Jing Yu, come over and help me!"

When Jing Yu heard this, he hurriedly attacked two moves, put aside the enemy general in front of him, and came over to help Li Shun.

Wenpin fought Jing Yu and Li Shun alone, but he didn't fall behind. However, his soldiers did not have such strength and luck! At this time, the soldiers under his command were surrounded.

It turned out that there was also an army behind him - one of the trump cards in the Shu army, the Jiugong Army.

The eight battalions and the four battalions of the Jiugong Army were in front, and the four large phalanxes were neatly arranged to advance forward, and the dancing swords and the lightning-like spears were harvesting the lives of the Jingzhou army from time to time. A tragic cry pierced Wen Ping's ears like a gale and a cold wind, making him tremble all over.

The four thousand soldiers who came down from the mountain, though not as cruel and cold-blooded as the soldiers behind them, still slashed their brothers with their swords; Their spears were still piercing their men. And his subordinates may be able to find some self-esteem in these people, at least they can kill, injure, or even kill one or two opposing soldiers.

Wen Ping was a little desperate at this time. Sweeping into the distance, Liu Biao had already returned with the soldiers in front of him, and he had a glimmer of hope. The big gun in his hand quickly stabbed out two shots, and when he got the opportunity, he rode his horse and fled, and rushed to Liu Biao's horse: "My lord, there is the enemy's ace army in the rear, and the soldiers under my command are like firewood in front of them, and they are vulnerable. They slaughtered thousands of our soldiers, but there were no casualties. Withdraw to Gangneung, my lord! ”

Liu Biao was shocked when he heard this.

"If that's the case, I'm afraid Xiangyang will lose!" Cen Wei, who was beside Liu Biao, said.

"Lord, at this time, our army's retreat has been cut off, if we want to return to Xiangyang, I am afraid that Jiangling will be captured by the enemy! It's better to return to Gangneung for the time being and make plans again! Wen Ping saw the power of the Jiugong Army, and he had palpitations, and hurriedly admonished.

However, at this time, Liu Biao also found that his generals had already retreated, especially when he saw Zhang Fei on horseback on the opposite side, he actually shouted: "Not good! With this black man here, who can be the enemy of our army? ”

Wen Ping saw Zhang Fei riding alone and rushing directly towards Liu Biao, and hurriedly protected Liu Biao and shouted: "Lord, quickly lead the troops back to Jiangling." Wait for the end to stop him for a while.! ”

After speaking, he rode his horse to meet Zhang Fei.

Cen Wei, Wang Wei, and Zhang Jian all knew that Zhang Fei was brave and rushed to help.

Liu Biao saw that the enemy was outnumbered, so he led his troops to return to Jiangling. The four generals saw that Zhang Fei could not be attacked repeatedly, and when they saw Xu Ding and others leading troops to arrive, they abandoned Zhang Fei and went straight to Jiangling.

Zhang Fei did not chase after him, so he made two battalions of sword and shield soldiers disguise themselves as Jingzhou Army, so that Zhang Jun was the main general and Chen was the deputy general, falsely claiming Liu Biao's troops, returning to Xiangyang, earning the city gate, and seeking to capture Xiangyang.

When Zhang Jun and Chen arrived in Xiangyang, it was already late. The two came to the city and shouted to open the gates. The soldiers of the city believed it, and opened the gates of the city and let the two of them in.

Zhang Jun and Chen led the two battalions of soldiers into Xiangyang City, immediately killed the Kaesong soldiers, and then rushed to the city tower and killed a cadre of soldiers guarding the city gate with lightning speed.

However, Zhang Liao and Jin Dun, who had been hiding outside the city, led the ten battalions of cavalry to break into the city at a gallop, and the southern city of Xiangyang was soon controlled by the Shu army. The army led by Zhang Fei and Xu Ding also rushed into Xiangyang City after Zhang Liao.

Such a change alarmed the Kuai Yue brothers who were guarding the city in the city. When the two heard that the enemy lied to the Jingzhou army led by Liu Biao, they knew that Liu Biao had been defeated, and where was there still the fighting spirit to fight.

They hurriedly ordered their soldiers, grabbed the gate from the north gate of Xiangyang, and fled to Fancheng.

Zhang Fei and Xu Ding soon took control of Xiangyang City. Those Jingzhou troops who didn't have time to escape all surrendered, and there were more than 10,000 soldiers.

Liu Bei led the army into Xiangyang, and Zhang Bang was peaceful, which made the army no offender in the autumn. When the people of Xiangyang saw this, they were very supportive.

Xiangyang has been decided, and Liu Bei made Xu Dingtun army Xiangyang and garrisoned. He and Zhang Fei and Tian Feng went from the dry road to Fancheng. Prepare to conquer Fancheng with Gan Ning.