(Foreword)

Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

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I gazed at the enemy's army in the trenches, and I estimated that the strength was about 10,000, so that it seemed to be at least equal to ours. But we must be the first to win, otherwise when the main forces arrive, our army will be like a collapsing chess game, and it will be completely defeated.

The enemy's army began to approach Yiling Pass, and our soldiers on the city wall kept shooting at the enemy with bows and arrows, but they were blocked by the oncoming enemy shields, which had no effect.

But at this time, a sudden wind blew around, and I knew that it must be Professor Wu using the "Tianjing Fan". The wanton wind blocked the enemy's advance, and seeing that the enemy army could not move an inch, I saw the enemy's generals cursing, but there was nothing to be done.

Although Professor Wu's "Tianjing Fan" can block the enemy's temporary attack, it cannot hurt the enemy's soldiers, and a long-term confrontation is not beneficial to our army, and only a quick battle can dampen the enemy's morale. As I thought, the wind grew weaker, and I suddenly realized that Xia Cheng and I couldn't help but think the same way.

"What's wrong? Isn't it amazing? Isn't it possible to call for wind and rain? How did it stop? It seems that I am still afraid of the general, rather than this, it is better to surrender as soon as possible, lest the general do it himself, and then you will cry and shout and I will definitely not show mercy. The enemy generals shouted with joy when they saw that the wind had stopped.

"We're not afraid of you, we just think you're not going to be able to break through our tempest, so wouldn't I have a chance to finish you out with my own hands? So I'm just giving you a chance to know what it's really like to fail. I could hear that Xia Cheng deliberately provoked the enemy's generals with words, and sure enough, the enemy's generals were furious, and hurriedly ordered the whole army to launch the most fierce attack on our army.

All of a sudden, the sound of killing and drums shook the sky, and the enemy soldiers rushed towards the walls of our army, waving their blades in their hands, and I did not speak, but just stared at him with my eyes.

"Closer, closer." I said silently.

I had to wait until the enemy soldiers approached our trenches before I could take them by surprise and attack them unprepared.

"Young man, the enemy army is in front of us, let's attack! As long as you give an order, my blacksmith will definitely bear the brunt of the attack, fight into the enemy formation, and make a contribution to our army! The blacksmith whispered in my ear.

"Not yet, come closer. We launched a surprise attack, and we didn't have a close enough distance to make a difference, and wait. "I did not agree with the blacksmith's advice, for our army timing is especially important. The pace of the enemy attack was getting faster and faster, and in a few seconds, I could feel them stepping over my trench, which meant that the opportunity I had been waiting for had finally arrived.

The enemy troops swarmed in, close to the trenches of our army, and I clenched the "heavy iron sword" in my hand, and at this moment, I suddenly stood out of the trench and brandished my sword, slashing at the oncoming enemy soldiers, and at the same time shouting: "All the army attack, all the army attack!" ”

At the same time, the soldiers behind me rushed towards the enemy troops like arrows from their bows, and one after another slashed at the enemy like fierce lions. All of a sudden, the soldiers of both sides fought each other in short arms.

The key to a surprise attack is timing. The purpose of the attack is not to be able to destroy all the enemy soldiers, but to destroy the morale of the enemy army and disrupt the rhythm of the enemy's attack.

Just when the enemy army was no longer as panicked as before, my surprise attack was complete.

I shouted, "All the army retreat!" ”

"Shaoxia, I'm fighting lively, why did I retreat?" The blacksmith asked, puzzled.

"This is a military order, there is no why, and there is no time to explain, the whole army retreats quickly!" My tone was resolute.

"But......" The blacksmith glanced at my resolute expression, and said helplessly, "Okay, I'll listen to you, and retreat." ”

A thousand soldiers of our army began to retreat towards Yiling Pass, but the enemy army was not without courage, and they came to us step by step. Our army was suppressed, and it became so difficult to retreat to Yiling Pass. We fought and retreated all the way, and finally came to the gate of Yiling Pass. Due to the defeat of the previous Wu army, the soldiers scattered and fled, and the gate of this city wall was also somewhat damaged. Seeing that the enemy soldiers had already followed us to the city gate, we could break through this non-existent gate almost effortlessly.

"Shaoxia, how is this good, the enemy soldiers are behind us, this city gate may not last long, it is easy to be knocked open by the enemy soldiers, once the city gate is opened, then the enemy army can not take advantage of the situation, before the main force of the enemy army comes, we have completely lost." The blacksmith said worriedly.

"This is indeed the most difficult problem we are facing, the situation at this time is completely different from our attack on Yiling Pass, we have neither heavy institutions to protect us, nor strong gates to resist, for us at this time, the situation is very difficult."

The sound of the enemy's soldiers killing shook the sky, several soldiers carried huge logs to our army's city gate, only need to hit lightly, the city gate will be opened, at that time the enemy army swarmed in, like a bamboo, we do not have the slightest ability to resist.

"Cui Li, Cui Li." I shouted Cui Li's name.

Cui Li hurriedly responded: "Cheng Yin, I'm here!" Cui Li's voice came from behind the city gate. My heart was inspired, and I seemed to see hope.

[Note 2] Jingzhou, it is generally believed that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jingzhou originally had seven counties: Nanyang County, Nan County, Jiangxia County, Lingling County, Guiyang County, Wuling County, Changsha County, after the Battle of Chibi, the seven counties of Jingzhou were divided by Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan, Cao Cao occupied the largest Nanyang County in the north of Jingzhou, Sun Quan got Jiangxia County and Nan County, and Liu Bei got four counties in the south of Jingzhou (Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang, and Wuling). Liu Bei's military security was not conducive to development, so he proposed to Sun Quan twice to borrow the southern county of Jingzhou, and Eastern Wu Lusu persuaded Sun Quan to temporarily lend the southern county to Liu Bei, so Liu Bei had five counties of Jingzhou (Nanjun, Changsha, Lingling, Guiyang, and Wuling).

------ Baidu Encyclopedia

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