Chapter 352: The Decisive Battle in Hanzhong (2)
Through the rising flames, Liu Bei looked at the Yan army opposite with gloomy eyes, and whispered to Fa Zheng and Zhang Fei beside him: "Pass the order, get ready, and when the flames are extinguished, our army will immediately divide into two ways, let Zhang Wei and Zhang Wei take half of the men and horses to attack the city, third brother, you personally lead a team of men and horses, and go with General Yan to block Ao Lie." "Ao Lie has the name of the little overlord, and his martial arts are the best in the world, among the people under Liu Bei's command, only Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are qualified to fight with Ao Lie, so Liu Bei will let Zhang Fei resist Ao Lie, and Liu Bei also has a layer of meaning, he knows that Zhang Fei and Ao Lie have a good personal relationship, and Liu Bei wants to take this opportunity to cut off the connection between Zhang Fei and Ao Lie.
Zhang Fei said with a sad face: "Big brother, let me deal with Brother Mohan, I ...... I can't do it. "Zhang Fei is a straightforward person, his way of thinking about things is very simple, Ao Lie has helped Liu Bei's three brothers several times, especially for Zhang Fei, when Ao Lie only had more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, but took out a thousand elite cavalry to Zhang Fei, you must know that the cost of cavalry is more than five times that of the infantry army, not to mention that Ao Lie sent out is still elite cavalry. Zhang Fei after getting this thousand cavalry, only to be able to kill back Feiru, save the lives of Liu Bei and Guan Yu and others, from this point of view, Zhang Fei has always believed that Ao Lie is the savior of his three brothers, in the following years, this thousand cavalry followed Zhang Fei to fight in the south and the north, they used the determination to be the first in each battle and the fighting spirit of seeing death as home, imperceptibly affecting Zhang Fei's thinking, so that Zhang Fei realized that small people can also have great courage, now Zhang Fei rarely whips soldiers as often as in history, in the final analysis, It was still influenced by these cavalrymen. Today, there are less than 500 of the original 1,000 cavalrymen, but most of them have been promoted to officers in the middle and lower levels, and it can be said that they are the backbone of the cavalry under Liu Bei. Now that Liu Bei asked Zhang Fei to take these people to a decisive battle with Ao Lie, Zhang Fei naturally felt that he couldn't do it.
Zhang Fei's hesitation made Liu Bei very unhappy, and rarely made a face at Zhang Fei, Liu Bei looked directly at Zhang Fei, and asked in a low voice: "Third brother, when did you also have the kindness of a woman?" What is this place? What time is it? Where can you be so indecisive and mislead the country and the people? If you don't go, you won't have to call me big brother anymore. Liu Bei's words were both soft and hard, standing at the height of righteousness. also carried the brother's personal feelings, and clearly pointed out two options to Zhang Fei, either lead the troops to resist Ao Lie, or break off the righteousness between the brothers.
Liu Bei's resoluteness made Zhang Fei have no choice, so he had to sigh, and then depressedly lifted the Zhangba snake spear, and moved to the side of the large array close to the Yan army with the 10,000 cavalry directly under him, just waiting for the fire to be extinguished. He led his army to block Ao Lie's onslaught.
At the same time, on the other side of the sea of fire, Ao Lie saw Zhang Fei's movements through the flames, and knew that he must have been ordered by Liu Bei. Prepare to intercept your own after the flames are extinguished. Ao Lie is not a ruthless and unrighteous person, he has helped Liu Bei several times before, in fact, to put it bluntly, he just wants to win over Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, but as he grows older and comes into contact with each other. Ao Lie has changed his mind, he no longer has the heart to win over, but sincerely treats Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as brothers. These two people are really good men in Ao Lie's eyes, although they each have obvious flaws, but no one is perfect, and only those with flaws appear real, because of this, Ao Lie really doesn't want to meet Zhang Fei, or rather, Liu Bei deliberately let Zhang Fei stand on the opposite side of Ao Lie, and use Ao Lie's emphasis on love and righteousness, and use Zhang Fei to tie Ao Lie and buy time for Liu Bei to attack Hanzhong.
Sighing secretly, Ao Lie knew in his heart that it was impossible to avoid facing Zhang Fei today, which made Ao Lie's heart feel very uncomfortable, and what made Ao Lie feel even more disgusting was Liu Bei's little trick, he knew that he had a deep personal relationship with Zhang Fei, but he just let Zhang Fei stop him, and his intentions were sinister, Ao Lie couldn't think of words to describe it.
The flames gradually subsided in Ao Lie's depression, and Liu Bei gave the order to march without waiting for the flames on the edge of the battlefield to be completely extinguished. Zhang Wei and Zhang Yi led nearly 100,000 Shu soldiers to the scorched land and rushed to Hanzhong City, while Zhang Fei took 10,000 cavalry from his headquarters and another 40,000 Shu soldiers to slowly block in front of Ao Lie.
With a hint of bitterness, Ao Lie urged forward alone, looked at Zhang Fei's pitch-black face, and said to Zhang Fei: "Yide, are you going to be an enemy of someone?" ”
Zhang Fei shook his head at first, then nodded again, smiled equally bitterly, raised the Zhangba snake spear and pointed at Ao Lie, and said with some loss: "Brother's life, I have to obey Lao Zhang." Brother Mo Han, I'm sorry. Zhang Fei's words are equivalent to completely tearing his face with Ao Lie and standing on the opposite side of Ao Lie.
"Okay, since Yide has a hard time, I won't say anything anymore, you and I can rely on our own abilities!" Ao Lie was afraid that Zhang Fei would be embarrassed, so he didn't continue to talk about it, but put forward the request for a decisive battle.
Zhang Fei took a deep breath, and then shouted loudly: "All the soldiers listen to the order and line up to meet the enemy!" "In normal times, under Zhang Fei's order, the 10,000 elite cavalry under his command would immediately be in operation, and an effective battle formation would be quickly formed according to the enemy's situation. But today, the elite cavalry behind Zhang Fei did not move, or rather, they did, but they did not form a battle formation as Zhang Fei imagined.
Under the leadership of more than 500 middle- and lower-ranking officers, at least 8,000 of the 10,000 cavalrymen turned over and jumped off their saddles, threw away their weapons, knelt on one knee in the direction of Ao Lie, and shouted: "See the lord!" Among the more than 8,000 people, many people have not seen Ao Lie himself, but this does not prevent them from being grateful to Ao Lie, because this cavalry was formed with a thousand Yan Zhao cavalry under the command of Ao Lie, and their souls belong to Ao Lie. No matter who it is, they will not forget the first person who taught themselves to ride a horse and the first person to teach themselves to wield a knife, for these latecomers, the team that Ao Lie gave to Zhang Fei is their mentor, their guide, and their close comrades-in-arms and brothers, so the souls of these latecomers have gradually been imprinted with the unique mark of the Yan Army in the subtle way, which has led to a scene that has not been encountered in a hundred years. More than 8,000 elites knelt on one knee in front of the enemy monarch and called the lord.
"You guys! What are you doing? Get up, give it all to me! Zhang Fei shouted a little frantically after seeing the situation behind him. No one knows the personality of these people better than Zhang Fei, they have all experienced life and death with Zhang Fei, and have fought on various battlefields together, not so much that Zhang Fei is angry, but that Zhang Fei is heartbroken, he doesn't want to lose these old subordinates who have suffered with him.
However. Under the leadership of a captain over 30 years old, more than 8,000 elites did something against Zhang Fei's order for the first time, they still knelt on the ground, did not get up, and began to remove the armor on their bodies, and after stacking the armor on the ground neatly, the captain shouted in the direction of Ao Lie: "Sergeant Wang Li, please return to the team!" After Wang Li shouted, the eight thousand cavalry shouted in unison: "I will wait for the request to return to the team!" ”
Ma Chao behind Ao Lie had long seen that the combat effectiveness of this team of cavalry was extraordinary. I love it very much, and after seeing this scene, Ma Chao immediately rode his horse to Ao Lie's side and whispered to Ao Lie: "Second brother." Allow them to come back, they're all elite teachers. ”
Ao Lie didn't seem to hear Ma Chao's words, and neither agreed nor vetoed. just looked straight at Zhang Fei's black face, as if he wanted to see a flower on Zhang Fei's black face. Seeing that Ao Lie didn't react, Ma Chao was in a hurry. Ignoring the disrespect of Yue Fei, he raised his gun behind him and shouted at the more than 8,000 elites in Zhang Fei's array: "It's a brother's, go to the back to get the war horse and weapons!" ”
The more than 8,000 elites behind Zhang Fei immediately stood up, saluted Zhang Fei respectfully, and then walked towards Ao Lie's camp, their steps were so relaxed, but they were so resolute, it seemed that the years they had followed Zhang Fei were just a dream of Nan Ke, and their hearts had never left Ao Lie's body.
Zhang Fei, who had always been nervous, was at a loss, and silently clenched the Zhangba Snake Spear in his hand, but did not make any objections. For these old brothers and subordinates who share life and death, he can't kill the killer, and he doesn't want to see Ao Lie with swords. Zhang Fei did not object, it does not mean that everyone will not object, Meng Da, who was following Zhang Fei, suddenly pulled out his long sword, and cut down an elite passing by him with a sword, and shouted angrily: "Those who flee from the battle and sell their masters for glory are not allowed by military law!" ”
After hearing Meng Da's angry shout, Zhang Fei turned around and saw an old subordinate being cut to the ground by Meng Da, and immediately roared: "Meng Da! What are you doing?! Meng Da replied with a sneer: "Third General, you can't bear to be a killer in your heart, then this wicked person will be done by so-and-so!" I forgot to tell you that the lord had already let a certain serve as a supervisor of the army, and a certain is now exercising the duties of a supervisor of the army, and if the three generals have any objections, they can go to the lord and say it. After speaking, Meng Da no longer paid attention to Zhang Fei, and shouted to the Shu soldiers behind him: "Kill all these traitors, and leave no one behind!" ”
"Wait!" Zhang Fei roared unwillingly: "Meng Da, you said that they escaped from the battle and betrayed the master for glory, so what are you?" When you were still working under Liu Zhang's account, you secretly communicated with my eldest brother, and speaking of which, you should be asked to be beheaded! Zhang Fei, who has always been not good at words, saw his subordinates being killed, and that kind of distress made him suddenly become sharp, and a burst of blood pointed directly at Meng Da's sore feet.
Meng Da was angered by Zhang Fei's words, and said with a cold face: "Third general, at this time and that time, I hope you don't get entangled anymore, otherwise, there is reason to think that you are hindering the implementation of military law!" Meng Da was Liu Bei's supporter of Sichuan at the beginning, and he was valued by Liu Bei, and at the same time, his temper was a little arrogant, and he had always been at odds with the more proud Zhang Fei, and today, the grievances between the two broke out on the battlefield.
Zhang Fei was also enraged, and as soon as he raised the spear in his hand, he raised his hand and stabbed a sergeant of the law enforcement team off his horse, and then immediately crossed the spear and shouted: "Who dares to kill my brother!" Under Zhang Fei's deterrence, the sergeants of the law enforcement team commanded by Meng Da lowered their heads one after another, not daring to make any more eye contact with Zhang Fei's vicious eyes.
After shocking the law enforcement team, Zhang Fei turned his head and yelled at the old subordinates who had taken off their armor: "Hurry up!" Get out of here with Brother Mohan! Get out! Although Zhang Fei is vicious on the surface and vulgar in tone, how can those elites who have been with him for a long time not understand that Zhang Fei is actually protecting them? At that moment, more than 8,000 people, led by Wang Li, flew a military salute to Zhang neatly, and then turned around and continued to walk towards Ao Lie's camp.
Looking at the backs of these old brothers who fought together in the past, although Zhang Fei was reluctant and a little angry in his heart, he didn't want to see them not die on the battlefield, but under the knife of his own people, and let them return to Ao Lie's side, maybe it was the right choice. Zhang Fei couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart: Brothers, that's all I can do for you, I hope you can live happily under Brother Mo Han. (To be continued......)