Wei Ba then ordered the whole army to cross the turbulent water and march in formation. The chariot was on the outermost side, the soldiers walked on the inside, the ballista cart and the thunderbolt cart were on the inside, and the others all walked along the river. With turbulent water as a cover, Wei Ba only needs to guard one side.

With heavy ordnance such as thunderbolts and ballistas, his speed is not fast, but he is only thirty miles away from Lixian, and no matter how slow he is, he will definitely be able to arrive in two or three days, so he does not rush time at all, but it is Cao Yu who wants to grab time.

Because of Wei Ba's attack, the 3,000 Wei troops arrayed on the east bank of the turbulent water were all wiped out, and now the total number of Wei troops stationed in Licheng does not exceed 3,000, with more than 20,000 troops of Ma Tan, if it were not for the sake of giving full play to the advantages of ordnance as much as possible and reducing casualties, if it were not for the scruples of tigers and leopards riding on the side, Ma Tan would have taken Licheng a long time ago. Now, with Wei Ba on the side to contain the tiger and leopard riding, Ma Jian is of course more relaxed.

But Cao Yu's situation is a little difficult.

Originally, the 7,000 Wei army guarded Licheng, plus the tiger and leopard cavalry and the Wuwei battalion he brought to respond, no matter how you look at it, this is a safe and secure thing. However, because of his negligence, Wei Ba annihilated 3,000 Wei troops, and used his anger to defeat the Tiger and Par Cavalry and Wuwei Battalion, which severely damaged the morale of the Wei army. Now that Wei Ba has successfully established a foothold on the east bank of the turbulent water, he is pressing towards Licheng step by step, once he is allowed to join forces with Ma Yan, it will be difficult to hold Licheng.

Unless he can kill Wei Ba on the east bank of the turbulent water first.

Cao Yu didn't have this idea, but Wei Ba refused to give him the slightest chance. Wei Ba's speed of action was very slow, but the vigilance was very tight. The ballista is loaded with arrows and can be fired at any time, and although it is impossible to reload, the Thunderbolt is also equipped with a counterweight, which can be stopped at any time and at any time, and it can be loaded with stone bullets to fight.

Cao Yu couldn't find a chance to raid, and watched Wei Ba slowly push towards Lixian. On the first day, Wei Ba only walked ten miles, and on the second day, he walked another ten miles. When encamping in the evening. There are only ten miles left in Liuli County, and if the speed is faster tomorrow, he will be able to make contact with the Wei army stationed on the east bank of the turbulent water at noon.

Cao Yu was anxious. He invited Chen Tai and Xu Ding to discuss, and the three of them sat around the fire. While sipping hot tea. While discussing softly. In just two days. Cao Yu lost a lot of weight, his eyes were black, and his eyes were full of bloodshots. His face was also unhealthily pale.

"General Xu, how is the morale of the Wuwei battalion?"

Xu Ding glanced at Chen Tai and said succinctly: "You can fight." ”

Chen Tai frowned. He didn't know if what Xu Ding said could fight because the morale of the soldiers had recovered after two days of adjustment, and they could fight, or if the soldiers still wanted to fight hard with Wei Ba, so they could fight. Although they are all capable of fighting, the meaning is completely different. If it is the latter, it means that they have not yet regained their senses, especially Xu Ding himself has not regained his senses, and it is very dangerous to rashly fight Wei Ba again. After the last battle, Chen Tai reviewed what he knew about Wei Ba's achievements, and he found that Wei Ba was very good at taking advantage of people's psychological weaknesses to arrange tactics. Against such an adversary, it is necessary to remain calm at all times.

"The tiger and leopard ride hasn't slowed down yet." Chen Tai was silent for a moment, and then said slowly: "Great King, I suggest that you replace the attack with defense and don't give Wei Ba a chance." Bixia has already transferred 10,000 people over, and there are still thirty miles away from our army, and they will definitely be able to arrive tomorrow, with these men and horses, there will definitely be no problem in holding the turbulent defense line. ”

Xu Ding touched his thick white short beard and didn't say a word, but it could be seen from his expression that he didn't approve of Chen Tai's decision. Cao Yu thought for a moment and asked rhetorically, "Uncle Xuan thinks we can't defeat Wei Ba alone?" ”

Chen Tai nodded silently.

Cao Yu exhaled: "I know, the morale has not recovered, and it is difficult to be outnumbered." Uncle Xuan, just do what you do, we can't have any more mistakes. ”

Chen Tai was relieved and turned his gaze to Xu Ding. Seeing that Cao Yu had made a decision, Xu Ding couldn't say anything more, so he had to nod.

……

Wei Ba stood at the edge of the turbulent water, watched Ma Jian stride over from the pontoon, and immediately greeted him with a smile on his face, and Lao Yuan arched his hand and smiled: "Brother Young Chang, hard work!" ”

Ma Jian stretched out his hand to hold Wei Ba's arm, and then asked, "Ziyu, do you really have a way to defeat the tiger and leopard rider?" ”

Wei Ba blinked: "If Brother Young Chang thinks I'm not sure, will you still come?" ”

Ma Tan was stunned for a moment, and then hahadaxiao: "Ziyu, you are really right." I don't know much about your tactics, but I have a lot of confidence in you. If you say it's okay, I'll believe it's okay. ”

"Brother Young Chang, please!" Wei Ba invited sideways and invited Ma Jian to the big tent. As soon as he set up camp in the evening, he sent for Ma Tan to come to the camp for a talk. It is said that although he is a general of Zhennan and has a higher military rank than Ma Tan, since he has even given up the command of the general, and he is bent on supporting Ma Tan, of course he will not put this score again, and Ma Jian must come to see him.

He invited Ma Tan to come because he decided to put the breakthrough here, not Lixian.

With him covering on the east bank, turbulence is no longer a problem, there is no need to fight to the death in a position favorable to the Wei army, and it is completely possible to cross the water at a place of his choice. The reason why he didn't do this before was because he was too far away from Lixian at that time, and after crossing the water, he still had to make a detour back to the vicinity of Licheng, so it was better to get closer.

Wei Ba invited Ma Jian into the big tent and sat down around the firepit. There is a copper kettle hanging on the fire, and the fish is boiled in the pot, and the fish fragrance is overflowing. Wei Ba took the bowl himself, first filled a bowl of steaming fish soup for Ma Tan, and then filled another bowl himself, held it in the palm of his hand, looked at Ma Tan and smiled: "How, this soup is boiled at the right time." ”

"Good soup." Ma Yan took a sip of the soup and nodded repeatedly: "However, if you add a little tiger bone and leopard marrow, it will be even better." ”

Wei Ba couldn't help but laugh and hooked his fingers. Nanhu immediately walked out, and after a while, she came back again, followed by two fierce dogs like calves, drooping with blood-red tongues, standing quietly at the door of the tent, her eyes swept over Ma Tan's face, like two sharp short knives, bloody and fierce.

Ma Tan was taken aback, although he did not lose his temper, he was somewhat nervous. He looked at Wei Ba, Wei Ba smiled slightly, and gave Nanhu a look. Nanhu pointed with his hand: "Sit!" ”

The two fierce dogs immediately sat down in obedience.

"Sleep!"

The fierce dog lay on the ground obediently, resting his head on his two front legs, and looked at Nanhu.

"Creeping forward!"

The two fierce dogs twisted their waists, walked on the ground, circled around Ma Jian and Wei Ba, and fell down on Nanhu's legs.

Nanhu took out a burning piece of wood from the fire, threw it in front of them, and shouted, "Bit! ”

The two fierce dogs immediately lowered their heads and started the firewood.

Ma Tan's eyes suddenly straightened. It's amazing that dogs can listen to people, sit and lie down, but they can crawl forward. What surprised him the most was that these two fierce dogs were not afraid of fire. He had the impression that all animals were afraid of fire, and dogs were no exception.

"It's ...... Divine dogs? ”

"There are about fifty divine dogs in the Divine Dog Camp, and each one of them can do so." Wei Ba smiled: "This is my special soldier, the gift I prepared for the tiger and leopard rider." How is it, does Brother Young Chang feel sure? ”

Ma Tan glanced at Wei Ba and couldn't help but look up at Daxiao. He pointed at Wei Ba: "Ziyu, you, you, I really convinced you." Your whimsical ideas are endless. It is a misfortune who is the enemy of you. ”

Wei Ba smiled and said, "I think it's the most honorable thing to be friends with Brother Young Chang. ”

……

Cao Yu had just fallen asleep when he was woken up, and the guards told him a very unpleasant news. Wei Ba erected more than a dozen pontoon bridges on the turbulent water, and Ma Tan led a large army from Lixian and was crossing the river, it seemed that Wei Ba was preparing to cross the river here, and then attack Lixian from behind.

Cao Yu was taken aback, he was still thinking about how to hold Wei Ba and hold on for two more days, but he didn't expect Wei Ba to cross the water overnight and take the initiative to attack. Wei Ba's troops were insufficient, and it was impossible to take the initiative to break away from the position and take the initiative to attack him, but with Ma Yan, the situation would be different. Even if the infantry can't catch up with the cavalry, with the superior strength of Ma Tan, it is not a problem to drive the tiger and leopard cavalry away from Lixian.

In this way, the position behind Lixian County cannot be defended, and the loss of Lixian County is inevitable.

Cao Yu did not dare to slack off, and immediately left the camp as a whole army, although the tiger and leopard cavalry and the Wuwei battalion combined were only about 4,000 people, but the matter was urgent, and he had to do his best, block the horse first, and hold on until the reinforcements arrived.

Cao Yu gave an order, Xu Ding immediately led the Wuwei battalion out of the camp to line up, and Chen Tai commanded the tigers and leopards to ride on both sides to stand in formation, ready to charge. After the army left the camp, they saw the fire on the turbulent water surface up to 100 steps wide, as bright as day, and a group of Shu Han troops were arrayed. More than 2,000 Wei family soldiers stood at the forefront, waiting for the battle, and behind them, the tall bracket of the thunderbolt could be seen.

Cao Yu gritted his teeth and was about to give the order to attack, when a horse neighing suddenly came from the back of the tiger and leopard ride. A man of war horses stood up, threw the knight on horseback to the ground, and then rushed out of the ranks, jumping and jumping as if he had gone mad. The knight, with one foot still in the stirrups, was dragged up and down like a sack.

Cao Yu was furious and was about to give the order to reprimand, when two more war horses rushed out of the queue and galloped away. Immediately after that, several more horses went berserk, and the originally well-organized cavalry battle formation was suddenly in chaos.

"What's going on?" Cao Yu was shocked and angry, and roared.

Chen Tai was also very embarrassed, he didn't expect that the big war was imminent, and the always well-trained tiger and leopard riders would actually have such a situation, one after another the war horses went crazy, and the situation had a tendency to become more and more intense. At this speed, without the attack of the Shu Han army, this world-famous elite cavalry will be in chaos.

"Silence, silence!" Chen Tai turned his horse's head and greeted the chaotic place. Suddenly, a black shadow rushed out from under the belly of a war horse, jumped up, and pounced on Chen Tai.

Chen Tai looked at it and was immediately shocked. He screamed and lay on the horse's neck.

Ben Lei, the sacred dog of the Nanxi tribe, swept past his back, pounced on the body of a guard, opened his bloody mouth, bit the guard's neck, ripped him off the horse's back, and then shook his head, and disappeared under the horse's belly again, leaving the guard to hold the neck of the blood gushing and let out a terrible scream

(To be continued......)