"What's the matter?" Cao Ying knew that Jia Xu would not be untargeted, and hurriedly asked.

"Yesterday, the Mantai Shou, who stayed in Xuchang, sent someone to report that a batch of grain and grass that had just been transported to Xuchang through Hebei was intercepted by Liu Bei's sailors when crossing the Yellow River. Thousands of stone grain were half robbed, and the rest were sunk to the bottom of the Yellow River. Now more than 200,000 troops are hoarding Yanzhou, once the grain road is cut off, I am afraid that the army's morale will be unstable! Jia Xu said with rare concern.

"Wen He is too worried, hundreds of miles along the Yellow River, how can Liu Bei cut off my grain route?" Cao Ying was a little disapproving. This can't be blamed on him, Cao Ying, who has only been making trouble in the north and the Central Plains all his life, still has too superficial understanding of the water master. Although hundreds of miles along the Yellow River are under his jurisdiction, as long as there is accurate information, this Jingxiang water division led by Gan Ning can raid any of their ports at any time. Once the port is strangled to death, then Cao Ying's army cannot be regarded as cutting off all the grain, but at least it will be beaten by seven or eight folds. In this way, Cao Jun has been stranded in Yanzhou for a long time, and once the grain and grass cannot be helped, he will eventually die.

"If Liu Bei really sends sailors to blockade the Yellow River, then it's not just the grain and grass that is a problem!" Jia Xu muttered. This time, Cao Ying really didn't hear it, because his eyes were already fixed on the tiger and leopard cavalry led by Cao Hong in the distance, and they were about to engage Zhang Liao's reinforcements.

"Wen Yuan, that should be a tiger and a leopard to ride!" Among the reinforcements rushing to gallop, Zang Ba leaned up and asked Zhang Liao.

"That's right!" Zhang Liao said in a deep voice. As a cavalry expert in Liu Bei's army, who commanded cavalry second only to Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao was not very confident about the upcoming battle. Although he also brought 15,000 cavalry this time, Zhang Liao was not very sure whether these Jingzhou cavalry could fight with the tiger and leopard cavalry.

"Wind and Cloud Cavalry, disperse!" Looking at the five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry that was getting closer and closer, and even Cao Hong's hideous face had already been seen, Zhang Liao gave an order, and the Fengyun cavalry still dispersed according to the training formation, preparing to exercise the trapping wolf tactic, and did not directly collide with Cao Hong, but wrapped Cao Hong's tiger and leopard cavalry in the core and slowly encroached. However, after all, the tiger and leopard cavalry is the elite of the world, and Zhang Liao's order is not too late, but the tiger and leopard cavalry came too fast, and the pocket array of the Fengyun cavalry has not yet been fully deployed, and the front army of the tiger and leopard cavalry has already collided with more than 3,000 people at the tail end of the Fengyun cavalry, and for a time the Fengyun cavalry was forced to engage with it in short combat.

"It's tough!" Zhang Liao looked back and glanced at it hurriedly, and he already saw that the other party was fighting with his subordinates under the leadership of Cao Hong. These iron-clad tigers and leopards, equipped with good horses, are like mobile fortresses. The cavalry of the Wind and Cloud Cavalry obviously suffered a loss once they faced them. In fact, in terms of hand-to-hand combat skills, these Fengyun Cavalry soldiers who were personally taught by Zhao Yun were no worse than their opponents, and they might even be slightly better. However, the disadvantage of equipment and the lack of experience make it difficult for them to realize the effect of training.

"Kill!" Wielding a knife to kill an enemy soldier, Cao Hong took the opportunity to look around. From the first glance just now, he felt that this Fengyun Cavalry was a little strange, and it always seemed that something was wrong. Now even in the midst of a fierce battle, Cao Hong also carefully checked the other party.

Finally, after slashing to death one of the cavalrymen in front of him, Cao Hong noticed that something was wrong: there were five or six short spears hanging on both sides of the ownerless war horse. It was no more than four feet long, and the cold light flashed at both ends. Cao Hong didn't know what this short spear was used for, and if it was used as a blade, there was no need to equip it with five or six.

But he soon knew, and Zhang Liao, who had just turned his head, gave an order: "Fengyun cavalry, javelin shooting!" More than 10,000 warriors of the Fengyun Cavalry who were immediately distributed on both sides untied their javelins and threw them at the enemy soldiers who were surrounded by them, and threw them at the tiger and leopard cavalry warriors who were dozens of paces away from him.

"What?" Cao Hong was also taken aback when he saw the javelin rain at first glance, and in his surprised eyes, 10,000 javelins pierced into the army formation of the tiger and leopard cavalry. Although the iron armor of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is extremely strong, not only ordinary arrows, but even the sabers of the Fengyun Cavalry in hand-to-hand combat, many times fail to cut them. But this sharp javelin, combined with the impact of the Fengyun Cavalry at full speed, suddenly pierced the iron armor. The first round of javelins was followed by the second round, and after the two rounds of javelin test firing, the two sides began to fight hand-to-hand.

"Kill!" Zhang Liao stabbed a tiger and leopard to death with a shot, but the iron armor also made his shot a little difficult, and Zhang Liao threw down his spear and drew his saber to fight with him. With two rounds of javelin rain, more than 1,000 tiger and leopard cavalry have been knocked down, and now the Fengyun cavalry is almost slashing around the opponent with a strength advantage of more than 3:1. But Rao is like this, and he still can't take any obvious advantage, and the power of the tiger and leopard riding can be seen.

"King Wei, I'm afraid General Zilian won't be able to hold on!" Jia Xu in the distance, Qing was a bystander, and saw that Cao Hong and the tiger and leopard cavalry were surrounded by Zhang Liao's superior forces in the core and could not move, while the infantry he led was blocked by Zang Ba, and the scene did not prevail.

"Ordered Wenlie and Zihe, leave Guan Yu alone, go and help Zilian!" Cao Ying looked at the two battlefields close at hand, Zhang Liao on Cao Hong's side had the upper hand, while Guan Yu's side had been obviously suppressed, so it was up to him to see who couldn't bear it first. It's just that with the arrival of reinforcements, the resistance of the Jingzhou army on Guan Yu's side is obviously a lot more tenacious.

"Reinforcements have arrived, brothers work hard!" Wielding a knife to kill an enemy soldier, Liao Hua also seized all the time to boost morale. Since Chen Wu retreated, he had taken on more responsibility. At this moment, they heard a horn in Cao Jun's array, and then Cao Xiu and Cao Chun began to summon the tiger and leopard cavalry in the melee to withdraw from the battlefield and rush to support Cao Hong.

"Hold them back!" After sensing Cao Ying's intentions, Guan Yu immediately gave the order. It had been a fierce battle for more than an hour, and the Jingzhou army, which had already suffered more than 10,000 casualties, suddenly broke out with the last fighting spirit and entangled the enemy troops around them. The two sides were already strangled together, and it was not easy for the tiger and leopard cavalry to get out of the battlefield, but now it was even more difficult to meet the stalker Jingzhou army.

"Wen Xiang, you lead your people, go and help the prince!" Waving a knife to force back Yu Ban on the other side, Zang Ba said loudly to Xu Sheng on the side. He has already firmly suppressed Yu Ban and Cao Hong here, and Xu Shengda can free up his hands to help Guan Yu.

"Xuan Gao, be careful yourself!" Xu Sheng also knew that Guan Yu was under a lot of pressure now, and after a false shot, he beckoned the 10,000 foot soldiers under his command to help Guan Yu. Yu Ban wanted to stop him, but now that he was entangled by Zang Ba, he was already lacking in skills, and this battlefield was not like Guan Yu's side, so he could only watch Xu Sheng lead people out of the battlefield, and he would fight against Zang Ba again.

"Reinforcements have arrived, brothers, reinforcements have arrived!" Dong Xi, who was on the outermost periphery, almost cried excitedly on the spot when he saw Xu Sheng coming. With the addition of Xu Sheng, a thousand elite soldiers, Guan Yu's originally precarious situation suddenly changed a lot.

"Get out of here!" Cao Chun's iron spear flew up and down, and the move was not far from Zhou Tai's vital point, but the ghost head knife in Zhou Tai's hand was all blocked. From the very beginning, Cao Chun has been entangled with Zhou Tai, and now although Cao Ying wants him to withdraw in time to deal with Cao Hong, he has always been entangled by Zhou Tai, and now he still lacks skills. Cao Chun knew that if he continued like this, he would be passive.

Cao Ying, a bystander in the distance, Qing, from the moment Guan Yu began to take the initiative to entangle Cao Chun, he had completely understood the combat intentions of Guan Yu and others: that is, at the beginning, he used Guan Yu's 40,000 people as bait to drag his main force, and then dispatched Zhang Liaoli to deal with him. Although he left Cao Hong just in case, it seems that this little bit of backhand has not played much role now. Of course, the reason why Guan Yu is so mysterious is also to avoid trying to clash head-on with the tiger and leopard riders, or at least avoid a comprehensive conflict with all the tiger and leopard riders.

If Cao Chun could clean up Guan Yu earlier; If he didn't put most of the tiger and leopard riding into the battle against Guan Yu; Even if he hadn't adopted Sima Yi's strategy to lure the enemy, maybe the result would not have been like this. Now Cao Ying has a vague premonition. At present, the two armies in the melee have exceeded 200,000, and the strength is almost completely equal, and they are killed in the dark in this wilderness outside Xuchang City. In terms of the combat effectiveness of the infantry, Guan Yu and Zhang Liao's Jingzhou Army, Yuzhou Army and even Xuzhou Army, because of their Danyang elite soldiers, Shanyue Army and Wudang Fei Army, are more powerful than Cao Ying's ordinary soldiers. But when it was the turn of the cavalry, the Fengyun cavalry was not as good as the tiger and leopard cavalry. It may seem like a tough game right now, but in fact the balance is delicate. After Guan Yu got Xu Sheng's support, although the situation was slightly better than just now, he was still at a disadvantage; On the contrary, because Zang Ba and Zhang Liao took Xu Sheng's way, when facing Cao Hong and Yu Ban, the advantage of troops was not so obvious, and the tiger and leopard cavalry was too strong, Zhang Liao failed to kill the other party for a while after surrounding them.

This delicate balance and fierce battle, once either side breaks this deadlock, then the probability of victory is almost 100%. Cao Ying keenly grasped this fighter plane, and ordered in a deep voice: "Order the soldiers to light the beacon smoke and let Zixiao lead people to help in the battle!" ”

"No!" The soldiers who had been waiting for a long time were ordered to go and light the beacon smoke, and at this time the two armies had been fighting fiercely for nearly two hours, from early morning to afternoon. It has been a long time since the head has been shifted, but on the ground, hundreds of thousands of living beings have sacrificed their lives to fight a decisive battle. This battle will largely determine the direction of Cao Liu's showdown, and even the future showdown. Not only Cao Ying, but at this time, Liu Bei had also led Pang Tong, Lu Su and other civil officials who had just crossed Yingshui and rushed to this side of the battlefield.

"Cao Ying lit the beacon smoke, it seems that he wants Cao Ren of Liang County to dispatch, inform the third brother, and prepare to meet the enemy!" Liu Bei was in very good spirits today, and he was full of energy when he gave orders. Kou Feng, who served as the captain of his guard, hurriedly went to give the order, and at the same time, the strategists were also whispering, discussing the military situation separately. In the end, it was Lu Su who spoke: "Don't worry, my lord, our chances of winning this battle are far greater than Cao Ying's." ”

"Why did Zijing say that?" Liu Bei said strangely when he heard this. Lu Su looked at everyone, and finally spoke: "Cao Ying's march this time has three strategies: upper, middle and lower. Now sitting in Xuchang to lure us to attack is really the next strategy in the next policy. ”

(To be continued)