As the sun set, Jiang Yu began a tentative attack, because the route Guan Yu walked, this area, which happened to be a plain, was a flat river, which was very suitable for cavalry to charge, and for the infantry, such terrain was a nightmarish existence.

Three thousand cavalry, divided into six batches, began to charge Guan Yu, looking at the oncoming huge cavalry team, Guan Yujun unconsciously timid, the infantry faced the cavalry with an instinctive fear, just like an ordinary person facing the oncoming high-speed galloping truck, not to mention the lethality of the cavalry, just the impact of the war horse can bring them to the sky.

The darkness of the night aroused the fear in the hearts of the soldiers even more, and the waves of cavalry seemed to be tireless.

The front army was constantly retreating, and it was almost about to crowd the rear team that Guan Yu had worked so hard to build.

Guan Yu kept giving orders, it was the first time he was facing such a large-scale battle, he was a strong general on the battlefield, he would not frown when he rushed to the battlefield, but this kind of battle was beyond his expectations, in his opinion, even if the Xiliang army had 3,000 cavalry, he did not dare to think of 20,000 soldiers to challenge.

"The hoplites stepped forward." Guan Yu gave an order, the soldiers wearing armor all over their bodies slowly walked to the front of the team, seeing this soldier, some panicked soldiers gradually stabilized, the only thing in the army that can compete with the cavalry is this heavy infantry, even the cavalry can not easily kill the heavy infantry, the high-speed running war horse may knock the heavy infantry away, but it is difficult to kill them with the weapon in his hand.

Seeing this situation, Jiang Yu directly started the next deployment, the heavy infantry has a certain advantage on the battlefield, but the weakness is also obvious, that is, they have no speed, the heavy infantry in Guan Yu's hands is only more than five hundred people, and the cavalry can completely bypass these infantry and charge other parts.

In the face of the cavalry that was constantly galloping and killing, the heavy infantry felt very helpless, if they followed the pace of the cavalry, they could be exhausted to death.

The sky was bright, Jiang Yu was still very patient and fighting, as if a wolf was following the prey in his mouth, showing enough patience to wait for the prey to reveal his flaws, so as to deliver a fatal blow.

A night of fighting, so that Guan Yu's soldiers are tired to deal with, the cavalry can take turns, they must always be vigilant, Guan Yu also did not sleep all night, in the face of such a battle, he felt that he had 20,000 soldiers, and he could not use any strength, and at the same time secretly hated that he did not choose the right place, this is the plain, change the terrain, the cavalry can not be so arrogant.

When the first rays of sunlight in the morning sprinkled on the earth, Jiang Yu roared loudly: "The whole army is attacking!" ”

The rumbling charge was many times stronger than the guerrilla in the middle of the night, and after a night of suffering, the soldiers were already very tired, if it weren't for the cavalry of the Xiliang Army in front of them, they would be killed at any time, and they would have fallen to the ground and fell asleep.

Most of the cavalry in Jiang Yu's hands were aliens, these aliens, who had experienced harsh conditions and had not slept all night, had no impact on them, and launched a charge, full of momentum.

The front army was quickly defeated and retreated, Guan Yu suddenly became anxious, he could see that this time the Xiliang army was serious, and hurriedly ordered the heavy infantry to step forward, hoping to temporarily suppress the Xiliang army.

The cavalry did not give the heavy infantry any chance, and under Jiang Yu's order, the cavalry quickly avoided the heavy infantry and attacked the weak link in the infantry.

The battle lasted for five hours, the cavalry showed enough patience, and the infantry had already lost their sharpness under the repeated torment, Guan Yu led the soldiers and horses to retreat in the direction of Nanjun, along the way Jiang Yu kept leading the troops to fight, only Guan Yu's team was killed by a river of blood, and the corpses were piled up, after counting the losses, Jiang Yu's face showed a trace of a lunar smile, after this battle, Guan Yu would not dare to support Xiangyang.

The news that 20,000 Guan Yu's reinforcements were defeated by 3,000 cavalry quickly spread throughout the city through the Xiliang army, and some families also began to think about what happened behind them, Guan Yu is Liu Bei's brother, at this moment of crisis, he will naturally lead troops to rescue, but he was defeated by 3,000 cavalry on the road, will anyone in Xiangyang come to the rescue?

Many families began to be unoptimistic about Liu Bei, but because Liu Bei's monitoring in the city was very strict, they could only hide their careful thoughts for the time being, while causing trouble.

Zhuge Liang's white face showed anger, "Isn't it an explicit order, no one is allowed to support Xiangyang?" ”

"Kong Ming, the second brother is also worried about the safety of Xiangyang." Liu Bei stepped forward and said, he didn't feel anything wrong with Guan Yu's support for Xiangyang, if it was Zhang Fei, I am afraid that he would have been killed with a scream.

"Ugh." Zhuge Liang sighed and didn't say anything, the feelings between these three brothers are strong, I don't know if it's luck or disaster, Guan Yu's support doesn't seem to have any problems, but it gives the defenders in other places a wake-up call, maybe there are cavalry of the Xiliang Army outside their city staring at them, under such pressure, even if it is the final moment of the Battle of Xiangyang, no one will dare to support, the reason why Zhuge Liang let them stand still is to give the Xiliang Army the last blow.

Now it seems that Xiangyang has no second way except to stick to it.

Zhuge Liang looked at the Xiliang army besieging the city carefully, and suddenly, dozens of soldiers not far away attracted his attention, mainly the soldiers used by the Xiliang army to attack the city wall, all of them were wearing armor, but these people were dressed in simple clothes, moving quickly, even the weapons in their hands were a little weird, and even at this time, the soldiers of the Xiliang army besieging the city became scarce, and after careful observation, it was found that the Chinese army gathered about two thousand soldiers.

"What are Xiliang Jun doing here?" Zhuge Liang said in a low voice: "Could it be? ”

"Fire oil ready." Zhuge Liang hurriedly ordered.

Dozens of soldiers in black clothes, under the response of the large army, soon approached the city gate, waving the shovel in their hands, constantly bringing up flowers of dust on the solid ground, doing this kind of thing, they are already at ease, under the precision of research, these soldiers used to blow up the city gate, even do not need to sacrifice, can successfully complete the task.

Jars of fire oil fell from the sky, quickly surrounding the city gate, on the city wall, this is a dead end, it is impossible to observe, Zhuge Liang does not understand what the soldiers at the city gate are doing, his intuition tells him that these soldiers are not simple, can only use fire oil to force them out.

"Rockets." Under Zhuge Liang's order, rockets were fired in the direction of the city gate.

The monstrous flames ignited, Huang Zhong's eyes suddenly tightened, this time was a critical period for the operation of soldiers, and when such a thing happened, not only did it mean that the city gate could not be blown open, but even the lives of these soldiers were worried.

"Boom, boom, boom" three explosions in succession, making Zhuge Liang on the city gate a little unstable, glanced at the army outside the city with a somewhat pale face, and hurriedly said: "Go to the city gate to see, what has changed." ”

The three packs of explosives did not cause major damage to the city gate, and under the attack of the explosives, the explosives exploded one after another, and dozens of men in black were also buried in the power of the explosives.

"Withdraw your troops!" Huang Zhong said coldly, today's siege has been prepared for a long time, the previous siege was to paralyze the defenders on the city, but I didn't expect it to be easily cracked by the defenders, which is not easy for the Xiliang army to slap in the face.

Through the binoculars, seeing Zhuge Liang with a pale face, Huang Zhong's eyes suddenly sharpened, and he snorted coldly: "Xiangyang will definitely be broken in the coming day." ”

After going back, Huang Zhong talked with his generals about the middle of the night, today's losses, so that all the generals were a little silent, the explosives that have always been invincible, there was an accident, and this accident is the fire oil released by the defenders, is the fire oil the nemesis of the explosives.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the defenders were able to crack the explosives by coincidence this time, presumably because they had been prepared for a long time, and the soldiers who were responsible for blowing up the city gates, the weapons in their hands were too obvious, and their outfits were too different from the Xiliang army, so they should think about the problem from this aspect." Guo Jia slowly expressed his opinion.

Everyone present was not a fool, after understanding this, they began to think about countermeasures, and the most important thing for the soldiers who opened the city gate was to blow up the city gate as quickly as possible, and it was the same when they captured the city gate before.

"Lord Guo meant, is it that they want to wear normal soldiers' clothes, and then blow up the city gates?" Huang Zhongdao.

"Exactly, not only that, but whenever Xiangyang is attacked in the future, the general will send soldiers to the city gate." Guo Jiadao.

The next day, the Xiliang army regrouped and began the offensive again.

Not only the Xiliang Army, but after Zhuge Liang went back last night, he also summed up some characteristics of the soldiers in the Xiliang Army who blew up the city gate, and instructed his generals to focus on observing the movements of these soldiers, and once they found it, they immediately threw fire oil at the city gate.

The momentum of the explosives made the defending generals completely shocked, and they carefully observed the Xiliang army one by one, after yesterday's defeat, there was no more such soldiers in the Xiliang army.

"Strategist, a soldier just went to the city gate." A sharp-eyed general hurriedly reported the situation.

Zhuge Liang was obviously also shocked by yesterday's explosives, and hurriedly ordered: "Use fire oil." ”

As soon as the oil was poured down, the soldiers who had been prepared for it hurriedly withdrew, but instead helped the defenders to ignite the oil.

Seeing this situation, Zhuge Liang's face suddenly fell, and it was obvious that Xiliangjun had played with them.

"Take a closer look at the Xiliang Army." Zhuge Liang left such a sentence and turned to leave.

"General, this is a letter from the family in the city through assassination, please take a look at it."

Huang Zhong took a cursory look and said, "Go and invite Master Guo." ”

Guo Jia took the letter handed by Huang Zhong, read it carefully, and said, "General, this is a great opportunity. ”

"Oh, what do you mean?" Huang Zhong knew that Guo Jia had always had a lot of means.