Chapter 56 Cao Pi abolished the emperor and usurped Yan Liu Nanye fought for righteousness and re-established the army (8)

As soon as Deng Yi fought with Cao Zhang, he realized that he underestimated Cao Zhang. The two fought for less than five rounds, and Deng Yi was beaten by Cao Zhang without the power to fight back, if it weren't for Cao Zhang's mercy because of the competition, I'm afraid Deng Yi wouldn't be able to stand it for three rounds.

Although Li Ru is a layman in martial arts, he can also see that Cao Zhang is powerful, and this alone shows that the difference between Deng Yi and Cao Zhang is not half a star. Li Ru said to Liu Xian: "General Liu, go and help General Deng." ”

Liu Xian and Deng Yi were both generals in Jingzhou and had the best relationship in Cao Ying. He also felt that Deng Yi was embarrassed to lose to a yellow-haired boy, so he stepped forward with a gun and said, "Your Highness, let's see how the general's marksmanship is." After that, he fought with Deng Yi and Cao Pi.

Cao Zhang saw that the second future battle was not angry but happy, wielding a halberd like a dragon. Ancient military generals, but those who used halberds, either had excellent strength and excellent martial arts, or they were vulnerable, just to pretend to be 13. Cao Xian obviously belonged to the former, and he did not fall behind in the battle with the second general.

When all the soldiers saw Cao Zhang's bravery, they applauded. Li Ru and the others couldn't help but nod when they watched from the sidelines. Xiahou Shang sighed: "Your Highness has the style of a great prince. The eldest prince he was talking about was not Cao Pi, but Cao Ang.

As soon as the words fell, I saw Cao Zhang on the battlefield lock the tip of Deng Yi's spear with a painting halberd and the crescent moon and then pull it out, and Deng Yi's spear flew out of his hand at that time. Liu Xian came to the rescue with a gun, Cao Zhangze flashed his horse, and scratched Liu Xian's horse buttocks with a halberd. The war horse galloped in pain, and as a result, Deng Yi, who was bare-handed, was left in front of Cao Zhang.

Deng Yi lost his weapon, how can he compete? I could only clench my fists and admire: "Your Highness's martial arts are superb, and I can't wait for it!" ”

Cao Zhang raised his eyes and looked around at the admiring eyes of the soldiers around him, couldn't help laughing, looked at Li Ru and said, "Can I be a pioneer in my martial arts?" ”

Li Ru nodded and said: "Your Highness's skills are enough to be a pioneer, but there are many people under Sun Quan who can recruit people who are accustomed to war, and Your Highness should be cautious." ”

Cao Zhang nodded in agreement, and then everyone returned to the hall. Li Ru ordered Xiahou Shang, Niu Jin, and Cao Zhang to lead 100,000 troops, ambush them in the north of Yingshui, cut off the bridge, and wait for Sun Quan.

However, he said that Sun Quan was not in a hurry to send troops after receiving Lu Su's return, but ordered to investigate day and night. It wasn't until I heard that Nan Ye and Liu Bei had joined forces and began to march to Xuchang that they sent troops from Xuzhou. Since the number of soldiers and horses of the three families was the same this time, Nan Ye and Liu Bei personally commanded the troops, and Sun Quan also personally led the soldiers and horses to come, so as not to lose the right to speak in front of Nan Ye and Liu Bei.

In this dispatch, Sun Quan left Zhou Yu and other generals to guard the house, ordered LΓΌ Meng and Dong Xi to be the front team, and led Ling Cao, Ling Tong, Chen Wu, and Song Qian in the center, and Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai and other generals in the rear. Along the way, all the counties passed by the wind fell.

LΓΌ Meng and Dong Xi came to the south of Yingshui, and when they saw that the bridge on the river had been destroyed, they looked around for boats to cross the river. As soon as the men and horses crossed the river, Lu Meng and Dong Xi saw a small general riding a white horse, holding a halberd, and leading thousands of soldiers and horses.

Dong Xi saw that Cao Zhang led the troops and didn't know him, so he couldn't help but smile at Lu Meng and said: "As the saying goes, we have already crossed the river, and this general is coming, so it can be seen that this son will not lead the troops, and he will not know the fighters, so he will wait for me to win." "Let's talk about riding horses and leading troops to fight Cao Zhang.

Cao Zhang and Dong Raid fought for less than 20 rounds and left, and Dong Raid hurriedly beckoned Lu Meng to lead the army to chase after him. Lu Meng advised Dong Xian: "Be careful of the trick of luring the enemy!" ”

Dong Xi said: "The main father-in-law's rear team is coming, and even the strategy is not tight. ”

Lu Meng looked back, and sure enough, Sun Quan's soldiers and horses had arrived. It turned out that just as they were collecting boats to cross the river, Sun Quan's squadron had already arrived at the river. Seeing Sun Quan's men, LΓΌ Meng also had the confidence to follow Dong Xi to chase Cao Zhang, leaving only a small number of men and horses to help Sun Quan cross the river.

Dong Xi and LΓΌ Meng chased Cao Zhang to the north of Yingchuan, and suddenly heard the sound of war drums, Xiahou Shang on the left led an army to kill, and Niu Jin on the right led an army to kill, and Cao Zhang led his troops back to kill. There are 100,000 people in the combined army of these three people, and the front team of Dong Xi and Lu Meng is only 30,000, how can they match it? He was killed at that time.

Lu Meng and Dong Xi fought to the death, and then they fought a bloody way to escape to the river. Before he reached the river, he saw Sun Quan leading his troops. It turned out that after Sun Quan crossed the river, he heard that the front army was victorious, so he urged the troops to come to respond, where did he want to get a moment of time, the front army had been defeated?

When Dong Xun saw Sun Quan, he shouted, "Lord, go quickly!" ”

Sun Quan was shocked when he heard this, and when he wanted to return to the army, the defeated army of the front team had already rushed into the squadron formation, and the soldiers were in chaos. General Cao Zhangsan saw the opportunity and led Cao's army straight to Sun Quanshuai's banner. Sun Quan was busy ordering the three generals around him, Ling Cao, Chen Wu, and Song Qian, to come forward to fight, leaving only the young general Ling Tong to guard.

Cao Zhang and Ling Cao fought together, Chen Wu faced Niu Jin, and Song Qian faced Xiahou Shang. If you talk about martial arts alone, except for Cao Zhang, who has the upper hand over Ling Cao, the other two Cao generals are not Wu generals' opponents. But Cao Jun is more than Wu Jun! The main general is not an opponent, he can summon soldiers to help the group fight, so where can the three Wu generals resist?

Ling Cao fought with Cao Zhang in the chaos of the army for less than ten times, and a Cao soldier stabbed Ling Cao with a spear. Cao Zhang took advantage of Ling Cao's resistance to the spear, and slashed Ling Cao under the horse with a wave of his halberd. At the same time, Song Qian was also beaten to death by Xiahou Shang's troops, but only Chen Wu escaped from the chaos by virtue of his strong martial arts.

Although the three generals of Eastern Wu failed to resist Cao's soldiers, they bought precious time for Sun Quan. Sun Quan took advantage of the confrontation between the three generals and ran to the river with Ling Tong, and at this time there were more than 300 horsemen left by his side.

Just when Sun Quan breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to find a boat to cross the river. Cao Zhang led more than 2,000 horsemen to chase after him, shouting: "Where is Sun Quan fleeing!" ”

Ling Tong saw that Cao Jun was coming like a mountain, and shouted: "It's too late to find the boat, the lord quickly crosses the small bridge!" "Let's turn around and fight Cao Zhang to the death, to avenge my father Ling Cao.

Sun Quan was already panicked at this time, and he forgot that the bridge had been broken, and rode his horse towards a small bridge. When he rode across the bridge, he found that the bridge had been torn down and there was not a single plank. This can surprise Sun Quan at a loss.

Just when Sun Quan didn't know what to do, Chen Wu, who had been defeated just now, also went to the bridge covered in blood, and shouted to Sun Quan: "The lord can order the horse to retreat, and then let the horse move forward and jump over the bridge." ”

Sun Quan was overjoyed when he heard the plan. It turned out that due to the rush of time, Cao Bing only demolished the middle of the bridge for more than a distance, and there were wooden planks on the front and rear bridges, and ordinary war horses might not jump over, but Sun Quan's BMW Express was no problem. I saw that Sun Quan took back the horse and was more than three feet away, and then the horse was whipped, and the fast sail jumped and flew over the south of the bridge. Chen Wu followed closely behind and jumped over the bridge.

Ling Tong, who helped Sun Quan resist the pursuing soldiers, was not equal to Cao Zhang's age, martial arts and Cao Zhang, Cao Zhang was happy when he saw the hunt, and did not allow the soldiers to besiege and kill Ling Tong, but fought with Ling Tong alone. If it was placed in normal times, Ling Tong did have the strength to fight Cao Zhang for a hundred rounds, but today he was eager to avenge his father, and he was still concerned about Sun Quan's safety, and it was inevitable that he was nervous with Cao Bing all around, which made Ling Tong have a bad mentality and play a little abnormally.

Cao Zhang and Ling Tong fought for more than 30 rounds, and Ling Tong lost the upper hand. At this time, Ling Tong saw that Sun Quan had already crossed the river on a leaping horse, and he had a heart disease. He knew that it would be difficult to kill Cao Zhang to avenge his father this time, so he took advantage of the strength to shake a shot, turned his horse and left, and was shot several times before he broke out of the encirclement. Cao Zhang couldn't let Ling Tong escape, and the leading troops followed him.

Ling Tong killed to the side of the bridge, and when he saw that the bridge was broken, Cao Zhang chased after him again, and said secretly: "My life is over!" At this time, Dong Xi and Lu Meng led the defeated soldiers to arrive and rescued Ling Tong and walked along the river. The three of them fought and fled, and there were fewer and fewer soldiers in Eastern Wu behind them, and the more than 300 horsemen of Ling Tong's escort Sun Quan had already been killed. Seeing that the three of them were surrounded by Cao Bing, they saw a boat coming from the river, and Sun Quan greeted each other on the boat.

It turned out that after Sun Quan crossed the river on horseback, he traveled not far away, and saw Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai leading the rear team to come. So Sun Quan hurriedly urged the rear team to move forward to respond. Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai hurriedly came to the riverbank and came with Sun Quan to pick up Ling Tong and others.

Dong Xi, Lu Meng, and Ling Tong did not hesitate to jump when they saw the boat coming, but they didn't want to jump on the boat, they only heard the sound of "puff~puff~" falling into the water, and all three of them fell into the river with people and horses.

Cao Zhang was stunned when he saw the three people jumping into the river in the back, and what was even more strange was that the remnants behind the three generals also jumped into the river one after another. After a while, Cao Zhang came to his senses, and saw the three generals leading the remnants of the army to swim in Sun Quan's boat. It turned out that the soldiers of Soochow were all water-based, and although they could not swim across the river with helmets and armor, it was no problem to swim only a certain distance to the boat.

Xiahou Shang and Niu Jin also caught up at this time, and when they saw that Sun Quan was about to flee by boat, they ordered the soldiers to release arrows. However, by this time, Sun Quan had already retreated far from the shore, and the rain of arrows only killed some of the defeated soldiers of Eastern Wu who did not have time to get on the ship.

Cao Zhang saw Sun Quan running away from under his nose, and his heart was really uncomfortable. He said to Xiahou Shang, who had the highest official position: "There are not many Wu soldiers left, and we will definitely be able to capture Sun Quan when we chase and kill across the river." ”

Xiahou Shang is indeed unwilling, but the bridges on the river are all broken, and the boats are on the south bank, how can he catch up? Then he said to Cao Zhang: "I can't cross the river without a boat, so let's go back to the city to resume my life." Even if Sun Quan is not captured, this battle is also a big victory, and His Royal Highness should be the first to take the lead! ”

Cao Zhang was still unwilling to say: "Could it be that I can't find a boat to cross?" ”

Xiahou Shang explained: "By the time we find the ships, Sun Quan has already lined up on the other side. The Wu army attacked halfway, and we will be defeated. What's more, Nan Ye and Liu Bei's soldiers and horses are coming, if they delay here, they will lose Xuchang, it will be because of a small loss! ”

Cao Zhang's belligerence is true, but he is not stupid, and he knows that it is reasonable when he listens to what Xiahou Shang says. So he ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield on the north shore and transport all the grain, grass, baggage, weapons and armor left by Sun Quan back to Xuchang.

The Eastern Wu generals protected Sun Quan and returned to the south bank, and Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai had already begun to set up camp. Sun Quan looked at Cao Bing on the other side of the river to pack up his own grain, grass and weapons, and he was depressed, not to mention it.

After the camp was set up, Sun Quan promoted the account, first rewarded Ling Tong and Chen Wu, and then said to the generals: "Most of the soldiers and horses in this battle have been lost, and the soldiers and soldiers are disheartened, what face do I have to go to the Xuchang Alliance?" It's better to return it early, what do you think? ”

As soon as Sun Quan's words fell, one of the generals stepped forward and said: "The lord must not!" Everyone looked at it, and the person who spoke was Lu Meng.