Chapter 170: Come Prepared
Although Cao Ren's tiger and leopard cavalry sortie was highly classified by Cao Ying, Liu Bei still received the news that Cao Ren was encircling Han Xun in the northeast of Xudu with a well-trained team.
Cao Cao was supervising the battle on the front line of Guandu, and the defense commander of Xu Du was not there, so it was the right time to sneak attack Xu Du at this time.
Liu Bei was overjoyed to receive the secret letter, and immediately stepped up his training: while training some simple formations, he sent people to investigate in case of a plan, and it is estimated that he will be able to enter Xudu in half a month.
In order to prevent accidents, Liu Bei ordered Zhao Yun to lead 1,000 elite soldiers to closely defend the troops coming from the direction of Xu Du in case of accidents.
At night, it was late, Liu Bei was sitting in the military tent and thinking to himself.
Suddenly, I heard that there seemed to be a little chaos outside, and I couldn't help but feel suspicious in my heart, and I was just about to get up, and suddenly I had an alarm, and I hurriedly flashed, and a strong arrow was shooting on my table, straight into the grass and trees for half a minute.
Then I only heard the tiger roaring in the army, as if returning to ancient times, listened carefully, only heard the sound of killing and shook the sky, and then raised my eyes to look, but saw the torches and pine trees, reflecting the military tent a fiery red, bright as day. Countless arrows rained down into his tent, and the blood of the guards outside Liu Bei's gate poured out and splashed on his big tent.
In this scene, even though Liu Bei had experienced a hundred battles, Liu Bei didn't dare to get up, so he had to lean under the square table, only to feel that the powerful arrows flew over his head like locusts. Suddenly, I heard a few muffled sounds outside, and the arrows were much smaller. Liu Bei passed another moment, and then he sat up straight cautiously, looking around with wide eyes. Suddenly, the door of the big tent opened, and I saw Guan Yu walking into the tent with the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in his hand, and shouted:
"Big brother, come with me!"
Liu Bei heard the eagerness in Guan Yu's voice, why did he hesitate? One dodged and took off his double-strand sword from the tent, and at that moment, he didn't even have time to put on his clothes, and escaped from the tent with Guan Yu in only a pair of pajamas.
Goodbye to the outside of the tent: the wildfires are lit and the sky is endless, and there are countless wild beasts howling, which is terrifying! I saw that the back camp had already been filled with smoke and dust, and the fire was soaring into the sky, reflecting half of the sky! There were still countless warriors riding tigers and straddle leopards, wearing steel helmets, carrying guns and crossbows, rushing into the camp. These people are well-trained, with a clear division of labor, some set fires, some cover, some ambush, some attack, and some set crossbows.
And the few warriors who were shooting around Liu Bei's tent just now were obviously prepared, and they surrounded Liu Bei's tent with a strong crossbow, and their intentions were extremely sinister! How dare such a group of ruthless people resist? They are all in the midst of being slaughtered and waiting to be slaughtered, and they don't even have the power to parry.
This is a battle, this is clearly a massacre, and the most hateful thing is that I didn't even know who the other party was and when he came, so I was killed by these samurai and didn't leave a piece of armor.
Guan Yu and Liu Bei didn't have time to think about it, and they only felt that the shouting and killing sound of the rear camp was the most dense, and it was obvious that the enemy was outflanking from behind and cut off their main road to Jingzhou first. Guan Yu and Liu Bei glanced at each other, both of them were experienced in a hundred battles, and they didn't hesitate at the moment, leading Liu Bei to run to Zhao Yun's garrison.
Fang was about to go out of the gate of the village, and met two people: these two people were wearing iron helmets and riding two fierce tigers. The samurai on the tiger body used his feet hard, the two tigers howled like a roar, opened their teeth and danced their claws, and when they landed, Liu Bei's horse legs and feet were weak and fell to the ground, Liu Bei rolled off the horse directly, and the two tigers rushed towards Liu Bei.
The situation was critical, Guan Yu stepped off the red rabbit horse but did not refuse, his front hooves rose, only to see the blue light flashing, Guan Yu raised the knife and cut down a person from the tiger. When the tiger saw the blue light flashing, he instinctively felt the breath of death, and ran away.
The other person stabbed Liu Bei with a spear, but fortunately, Guan Yu stabbed him with a backhand, and he killed the person and the tiger with a knife. But it was quite difficult to kill this person with Guan Yu's ability, not to mention ordinary soldiers, these people were capable warriors with one to ten.
Guan Yu stretched out his hand and grabbed Liu Bei on the horse, and took Liu Bei straight to Zhao Yun. Liu Bei really escaped from danger, and he didn't know that he had been tricked until now.
It turned out that Cao Cao knew that his generals were not loyal enough, and there were countless people secretly colluding with Yuan Ying. But at this time, he is weak, which is also human nature.
Therefore, as soon as Cao Ren's troops went out, Cao Cao let out the wind, and Cao Ren personally sent troops to exterminate Han Xun.
Along the way, Cao Ren traveled day and night, and the soldiers in his hands were already well-trained, and the tiger and leopard were beasts between the mountains and wilderness, and they were very good at hiding their traces, how could anyone find it?
In this way, such an army bypassed Xu Du and bypassed Qiang, blocking Liu Bei's return route first.
It was also this move that inadvertently bypassed Liu Bei's vigilant troops and directly led to the victory of this battle.
How can Liu Pi and Gong Du's 10,000 miscellaneous troops resist? Killed scattered. Liu Bi and Gong both heard the fight, but they didn't understand that they were attacked by someone, and they ran faster than Liu Bei.
It can be said that as soon as the battle broke out in the entire battalion, there was not even a commander-in-chief. Another group of ragtag armies who have never been in contact with blood, how can they resist such a special forces?
In the blink of an eye, corpses were lying on the ground, bloodstained, the black scorched earth was stained blood-red, and the smell of fish permeated every corner of the battlefield, this was a massacre. In one night, the army of 10,000 was slaughtered and scattered, and the dead were scattered.
As soon as the sky was dark, Cao Ren gathered his troops to inspect them, and there were less than 10 dead and wounded, and all the enemy was annihilated. This casualty was definitely a big victory, Cao Ren was overjoyed, the sergeant sat in a pool of blood to rest and prepare for battle, and sent people to inspect the battlefield, and occasionally a few people who faked their deaths were shot by this group of people like playthings.
By noon, the army had departed, and a fire burned Liu Bei's entire camp to a scorched earth, as if nothing had ever happened here, without a trace.
However, it was said that Liu Bei and the others fled back to Zhao Yun's station. In a moment, Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei and other generals and strategists gathered in the tent.
Zhang Fei was the most reckless, seeing Liu Bei and the disgraced faces, Liu Bei was only wearing a pair of pajamas, but he couldn't imagine that Liu Bei would be attacked by someone if he wanted to break his head, and he was attacked so badly, he immediately said:
"Big brother, what's wrong with you?"
Liu Bei was silent, and after a while, he heard the report:
"The two generals, Liu Pi and Gong Du, brought people here."
Hearing this, Zhang Fei shouted:
"Could it be that these two thieves rebelled? Lao Tzu slaughtered them first! ”
After saying that, he wanted to get out of the village, but he heard Liu Bei shouting:
"Third brother, don't be reckless!"
Zhang Fei heard the words and was at ease, and after a while, he heard Liu Pi shout:
"Wretched, too wretched!"
Before the person arrived, the voice came first, and when the voice fell, he saw Liu Pi covered in blood, and he didn't know whether it was his own or the enemy's, and he was the first to step into the tent.
But seeing that this man is eight feet long, his face is like a stove king, his face is full of long beards, and his voice is even more amazing, he is one of the thirteen heroes of the Yellow Turban Army. But he saw a man behind him, gloomy and compassionate, seven feet long, thin as a boneless, sallow and sallow ugly man, as if he had been malnourished for many years. But with a dark complexion, although skinny but muscular, it is Gong Du.
Liu Bi said loudly:
"Lao Tzu was served before he even saw people! Damn, the soldiers and horses are scattered. ”
Gong Du behind him didn't say a word, as if he was thinking.
Liu Bei waved his hand and smiled:
"General Liu, don't worry, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, it's good to be here."
With this smile, Fang Cai's melancholy was swept away.
Liu Biyan laughed when he heard this, and stretched out his hand to give a thumbs up:
"Uncle Liu Huang, you are really a character!"