Chapter 155: Counting is Counting
Tens of thousands of iron cavalry lost and rushed across the Xiangjiang River, and Guan Yu and the remaining hundreds of men and horses fled into Fancheng. Ma Chao and Ma Tie surrounded Fancheng with tens of thousands of iron horsemen, preparing to attack.
At this moment, although Zhao Yun, who was in Xiangyang City, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, he didn't dare to go out of the city at all, because the 20,000 cavalry led by Zhang Lang himself was outside the city! There are only 20,000 defenders in Xiangyang City, and they are all infantry, and their combat effectiveness and will cannot be compared with the blue wolf army's assault cavalry.
In the night, Zhang Lang saw that the four gates of Xiangyang City were always closed, and the city walls were waiting for him, and he couldn't help muttering: "This Zhao Yun is really cautious enough!" It would be nice to change Zhang Fei! β
A scout galloped in front of Zhang Lang, "General, the army led by Liu Bei is less than twenty miles away from Xiangyang!" β
Zhang Lang frowned, "Why did they suddenly pull down!" β
Zhuge Liang on the side said: "It must be Xu Shu who heard that Guan Yu led the army to the south, so he urged Liu Bei to withdraw the army." He must have thought that we were busy dealing with Guan Yu and were unable to deal with them, and wanted to catch us off guard. β
Zhang Lang smiled: "Guan Yu lost too quickly, it is impossible to catch us off guard!" But we really can't deal with them! "After thinking about it," how about simply giving up fighting Xiangyang and transferring troops to attack Nanyang?" Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, "The lord is wise, and his subordinates think so too!" We can do that! Then he said so and so. Zhang Lang smiled and nodded.
In the middle of the night, Liu Bei led the army into Xiangyang City.
Zhao Yun came to meet Liu Bei. As soon as Zhang Fei saw Zhao Yun, he glared, stepped forward and grabbed Zhao Yun's shirt and scolded angrily: "Why did you watch my second brother being defeated by Lu Bu and not send troops to help?" What kind of heart do you practice? Did you deliberately want to kill my second brother? Zhao Yun felt uncomfortable.
"Third brother!" Liu Bei shouted.
Zhang Fei glared at Zhao Yun and snorted and let go of him. Zhao Yun hugged his fists and said: "Although the last general really wants to go out of the city to rescue, Lu Bu personally led an army of 20,000 and waited outside the city!" Glancing at Zhang Fei, who was angry on the side, "There are only 20,000 foot soldiers in the hands of the last general, if you go out of the city, the whole army will be wiped out, but I am afraid that this Xiangyang City will be lost in the end!" β
Xu Shu said: "What Zilong said is true. Even if Zilong comes out, it is impossible to get General Guan Yu's army, and the final result can only be the annihilation of the whole army and the loss of Xiangyang! β
Liu Bei nodded with deep pain, and said to Zhang Fei angrily: "Third brother, you wronged Zilong, and you can't apologize!" Zhang Fei jumped up, "I'm not wrong!" I don't apologize! He turned and left. Liu Bei was so angry that he was going to die, but he was helpless. asked Zhao Yun: "Zilong, what is the current situation in Fancheng?" "Back to the lord, there are still 5,000 defenders in Fancheng, and the brothers Ma Chao and Ma Tie have surrounded Fancheng."
Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay, if there are still five thousand people, although Ma Chao has a large number of people, after all, he is a cavalry, and he is not good at attacking the city, so there should be no problem in a short time!" β
Xu Shu frowned and said: "Zhuge Liang is like a ghost, I'm afraid Fancheng won't be able to defend it for long, we must hurry up and find a way!" Liu Bei asked urgently: "The military advisor has a clever plan?" Xu Shu smiled slightly, "Lu Bu must not have thought that we would launch a surprise attack tonight!" Liu Bei was stunned, "The military advisor wants to launch an attack tonight?" Then he nodded, "Lu Bu and Zhuge Liang must not have thought of it!" I immediately went down and gathered my army and prepared to go out of the city to attack! With that, he was leaving.
Xu Shu hurriedly stopped him: "Slow down, lord!" "What else does the military advisor have to say? β
Xu Shu said: "I don't mean to gather the whole army to attack, but to gather cavalry to launch a surprise attack!" That's how you can get the most out of it! If the whole army is gathered and the south is not discovered by Lu Bu's scouts in advance, then it will be a failure! Liu Bei nodded, "Okay!" According to the meaning of the military, gather 6,000 light cavalry to raid Lu Bu's camp! Fight Success! β
Later in the night, Zhao Yun and Xu Shu led 6,000 light cavalry to leave the city and quickly slaughtered the large camp set up by the LΓΌ Bu army by the river. The horse's beak is tied and the horse's hooves are wrapped in cloth, and they can only hear the sound when they run very close.
Six thousand light cavalry rushed through the gate and swarmed in. However, the camp was quiet, as if there was no one. "There's no one here!" "There's no one here either!" The cavalry who searched around shouted. Xu Shu's expression changed, and he shouted urgently: "Get out of here quickly!" But as soon as he finished speaking, a torch lit up all around, turning the night into day! The six thousand cavalry soldiers couldn't help but panic!
Zhuge Liang and Lu Bulian appeared in the Chinese army, and Zhuge Liang shouted at Xu Shu: "Yuan Zhi, don't come to harm?" β
Xu Shu said angrily: "Kong Ming, you are really more treacherous!" β
Zhuge Liang laughed, "Each other, if it weren't for that, I'm afraid I would die in the hands of Yuan Zhi today!" β
Xu Shu said to Zhao Yun: "Zilong, the matter has come to this point, you can only sacrifice your life to kill to get out of danger!" Zhao Yun nodded with a grim expression, "Strategist, you follow me, and I will protect you to fight your way out of the encirclement!" With a wave of the silver gun, he shouted, "Rush with me!" The Jingzhou light cavalry in the siege of 6,000 shouted violently and rushed towards the south!
Whizzing ......, in the dark night, the sound of breaking the sky sounded, and the locust-like arrows hit the Jingzhou army's light horsemen on their backs, screaming again and again. The two sides scuffled, and the Jingzhou light cavalry was the opponent of the blue wolf army's sudden cavalry, and they were killed so much that they turned over on their backs! After a scuffle, the remaining hundreds of light cavalry fled back to Xiangyang City with Zhao Yun and Xu Shu, who were covered in blood.
Liu Bei looked at the few hundred cavalry in front of him, and he had the heart to cry. In this battle, Liu Bei's cavalry was basically wiped out! Liu Bei said with emotion: "Lu Bu is brave and invincible, and now he has Zhuge Liang to help, it is really like a tiger with wings!" Zhang Fei on the side snorted and ran out. Liu Bei frowned.
After a while, a guard came to report: "Lord Qiqi, the three generals have gone out of the city alone!" β
Liu Bei was shocked and hurriedly rushed out of the hall. Ascending the city gate tower, I saw Zhang Fei scolding and challenging in front of Lu Bu's military camp, "Lu Bu! You three-surnamed house slave! Do you dare to fight me to the death? Shrinking turtle! Come out! β
A moment later, Zhang Lang carried Fang Tian's halberd and rode out of the gate on the red rabbit horse, and came to Zhang Fei more than a dozen steps away and restrained the horse's reins. Zhang Fei shouted, and urged the horse to rush up with a spear, and the two started a big battle in the night. Zhang Fei screamed, waving the Zhangba snake spear like crazy, Zhang Lang brandished Fang Tian's halberd to parry, and the crackling sound was endless.