Volume 1: Xu Du Fengyun Chapter 68: Fierce Battle of Runan (I)
Cao Ren sat in Huainan County, appointed deputy marshal Liu Bei, led Guan and Zhang, and cooperated with Cao Ang, Cao Zhen, generals Ji Ling, and Wang Ping to send more than 30,000 troops to Runan.
'Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The majestic war drums of Cao Jun's war reverberated outside the vast and boundless city of Runan, and in the earth-shattering drums of hundreds of big drums, a cavalry phalanx of more than 5,000 people surrounded Liu Bei and Cao Ang and others and slowly approached Runan.
Cao Jun's black and oppressive army seemed to be boundless, stretching beyond the mathematical theory, Liu Bei was riding on the tall and divine horse with iron armor, and his eyes were deeply looking at Runan City more than ten miles away in the distance.
The banner of Cao Zi above his head fluttered in the wind, and behind him, in addition to Guan Zhang's two sworn brothers, the rest of the generals and soldiers under Cao Cao's command were thinking, "When will I, Liu Xuande, have such a large army?" ”
Liu Bei stared at the direction of Runan City with a cheetah-like cold gaze, and said sharply: "Who dares to be a pioneer and will defend Yuan Shu for a while?" "The last general is willing to go to (a certain house)." I saw Guan Yu and Zhang Fei shouting in unison.
"Good! I appoint you two as the vanguard, go, kill Yuan Jun and raise the prestige of our army. ”
"Regarding the two generals Zhang, Yuan Jun will definitely hug his head and run away." Cao Ang arched his hand and said. Guan Zhang and the others did not speak, and raised troops and horses, each leading 300 cavalry, and rushed to the front of the battle.
At the head of Runan City, Yuan Shu stared out of the city with his swordsman, there was a trace of worry in his eyes, he began to doubt whether his decision was wise at this moment, whether he could keep Runan This is related to the dignity of his fourth and third dukes, and the dignity that is more important than life!
How could Yuan Shu not understand the strength of Cao Jun, if he wasn't brave and good at fighting, he would not be able to break the Huainan City that he had carefully planned.
Will your troops be able to resist it? When Yuan Shao received his letter asking for help, would he come to help or look at his own jokes? Even if he rushed to help, could his army break through Cao Cao's defense line in Luoyang and come to Runan in time to help? Once Cao's army captured Runan and entered the city, Yuan Shu believed that even if he begged for mercy, Cao Jun would not let himself survive in the world, and the Dazhong he had carefully established would naturally disappear with his own death.
Yuan Shu sighed and said to himself, "I don't know if I can hold it?" ”
At this time, the sound of war drums stopped abruptly, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei appeared in the boundless wilderness together, with a mighty momentum and murderous rush towards Runan City. Seeing this, Yuan Shu shouted in a deep voice: "The enemy army is coming to challenge, who dares to plunder the formation?" ”
Lei Bo and Chen Lan glanced at each other and hugged their fists to fight. Yuan Shu nodded and shouted, "Cheer for the two generals!" Chen Lan and Lei Bo were fully armed, led the soldiers and horses to the city, and confronted Guan Zhang and the galloping two. The two sides were also familiar with each other, but they didn't talk, they just picked up the weapons in their hands and shouted and rushed towards Guan and Zhang.
Cao Ang beckoned to Cao Zhen and said, "Come and enjoy the battlefield style of Guan Zhang." When Cao Zhen heard this, he turned his horse to Cao Ang's side, and the scene of the battle between the two sides on the steep slope was unobstructed.
I saw Guan Yufeng's eyes narrow, and the tip of the spear that Chen Lan stabbed out was just a stone's throw away, and in an instant, he suddenly carried the knife in one hand, only to see a flash of white light, and the powerful and heavy knife picked away Chen Lan's hard shot, and Chen Lan's pupils shrank.
What a fast knife! Chen Lan, who was closest to Guan Yu, barely saw how Guan Yu's knife was swung clearly. Suddenly timidity arose in my heart. Still in his thoughts, the second knife and the third knife followed, even if Chen Lan was timid, he had to fight hard, and he could block the three knives, not only him, but even the horses under the crotch began to shake and stand unsteadily, the power of Guan Yu's three knives can be seen!
Cao Ang, who was watching the battle, had deep eyes, glanced at Liu Bei, who was a little complacent behind him, and said to Cao Zhen: "Few people can block Guan Yu's three swords, and even if they do, they will be physically exhausted." Cao Zhen nodded, everything on the battlefield was in his eyes, and he naturally had an estimate in his heart, Chen Lan's ability Cao Zhen still knew a little, much stronger than the dead Wang Fang, looking at Chen Lan's tired appearance, he could roughly guess how domineering Guan Yu's martial arts were.
"But no one is perfect, Guan Yu before the three knives and Guan Yunchang after the three knives are two people." Cao Ang said a little mysteriously, he said this naturally to warn Cao Zhen how to grasp the key points in the future battle with Guan Yu, so that how to make a move to his advantage, "Brother means that as long as he can resist Guan Yu's three swords, he will not be afraid of it, and his later moves will be tired." ”
Cao Ang smiled and said in a low voice: "I would like to call it "Guan Sandao", it seems very simple, but it is really difficult to do. Cao Zhen thought so, and pointed to Guan Yu, who was fighting with Lei Bo, "Then does this Brother Zhang Yide have a way to deal with it?" ”
Cao Ang raised his eyes and looked, Zhang Fei and Lei Bo both belonged to that kind of power-type generals, they were similar to the wrestling, only to see Zhang Fei and Lei Bo fighting, the two horses were wrong, Lei Bo Wu Yong couldn't stand Zhang Fei's strength, the two fought less than five times, and somehow the corners of Lei Bo's mouth began to bleed, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he turned the horse away.
"Realize for yourself." Cao Ang pouted and said. Ignoring Cao Zhen's questioning, he rode to Liu Bei and said, "The timing is right this time, what does Uncle Huang think?" ”
Liu Bei nodded slowly, pulled out the sword at his waist, and said loudly: "Attack!" Under the summons of the heralds, the whole army was in full array, the cavalry phalanx was the vanguard, the infantry behind them followed closely, and the bows and crossbows on both sides were guarded, attacking towards Runan, and the shouts of killing shook the sky.
In order to cover the evacuation of Chen Lan and Lei Bo, a group of personal soldiers sacrificed themselves to block Guan Zhang and the others, and naturally they were beheaded by the local people and horses without accident. ”
As a result, the siege and defense of the city were in full swing......
In the early morning of the next day, a ray of morning light shone through the clouds on the blood-stained head of Runan City, both above and below the city was a hellish scene of Shura, corpses were all over the field, broken ladders fell to the ground, damaged nest cars were everywhere, but more were soldiers killed in battle, or curled up with temporary pain, or the head was missing, or the corpse was incomplete, smashed into a meat pie, and the flesh and blood blurred abounded, whether it was Cao Jun or Yuan Jun, there were heavy casualties......
The city of Runan was unusually silent, thousands of Yuan soldiers crowded each other, leaning against the wall and falling asleep, looking exhausted, most of them did not close their eyes after a day of sleepless fierce fighting, and they were exhausted. Even the soldiers on duty became kowtowers at this moment, nodding uncontrollably, obviously extremely sleepy.
However, Dazhong's Son of Heaven did not mingle with the soldiers at this moment, but had already returned to the splendid palace of Jingbi to rest. However, this moment of silence did not last long, and the war drums of Cao's camp suddenly sounded, 'Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! The loud and dull sound of the drums seemed to strike at the hearts of every Yuan soldier, causing them to wake up from their sleep, and Qiao Rui rubbed his eyes and lay on the battlements to look out of the city in the distance.
Qiao Rui saw the large-scale mobilization of the Cao army under the command of Liu Bei, as if the entire Cao army camp had been mobilized, and it gathered into a black and oppressive phalanx, gradually forming an overwhelming offensive.
"Deliver my orders quickly! Please move the Son of Heaven to the city to encourage the soldiers and prepare for battle! Qiao Rui turned around and shouted, "All of them go into battle!" He stared at the overwhelming Cao army, looking at the posture as if today was a desperate battle for the enemy army.
"When"
"When"
"When"
The bell to gather the army was ringing, and a group of Yuan troops rushed across the drawbridge and quickly concentrated on the outer city, and the outer city wall that stretched for several miles was densely covered with Yuan troops, swords and spears were shining, bows and arrows were dense, and the majestic royal flag of the Yuan army fluttered in the sun.
Outside the city, Cao's army had already completed the formation under the command of Liu Bei, "Attack!" Liu Bei waved his sword and roared.
The drums of the Cao army began to become tight, it was the drums of the attack, and tens of thousands of Cao troops gathered around the ladders and nest carts to kill the south like a tide, as if covering the entire field. Arrows rained down on the city, and rolling stones smashed into the dense Cao army like an ant colony, and every time a boulder fell, a gap would appear, blood burst out, and wails resounded throughout the field, but in an instant, the gap closed, and was drowned by the attacking Cao army.
The Cao army attacked like a tide, and the rolling stones and sassal trees thrown by the Yuan army in turn on the city head were like splashes in the lake, and they were instantly submerged by the crowd, and the Cao army finally approached the city wall of Runan like a torrent of frenzy.
The frontal battle has entered the white-hot stage at this time, both on and below the city are like arrows raining, people continue to fall down from arrows, a cloud ladder on the city wall, Cao soldiers like wolves and tigers climb upward, the top of the head a piece of rolling stone and wood smashed down, there are always a few soldiers screaming and falling down the ladder, but immediately there are people swarming up. At the head of the city, in front of each ladder, there were countless Yuan troops fighting fiercely with the Cao army.
The bridge at the head of the city was already red-eyed, and he led his personal retinue to fight fiercely with the surging Cao army. The spear sprinted, the sword slashed, the fight was bloody, and the big knife in his hand cut down the Cao soldiers in front of him.
Yuan Shu pressed his sword, stood on the head of the city, and stared at the Cao army who was fighting with him outside the city, "Your Majesty, look over there!" A relative shouted, Yuan Shu heard the sound and looked, only to see a person with bright armor, holding an overlord gun under the cover of a group of Cao troops, killing the city! That's Cao Ang!
"The vanguard has gone to the city, and we are the first, so can we wait for the party to be peaceful?" Cao Zhenti roared hoarsely.
"Fight to the death!" The emotions of the soldiers were soon infected, one by one, they were not afraid of death, their fighting spirit was high, Cao Ang who jumped on the city danced the overlord gun, how could the Yuan army in the city have his enemies, one by one he was killed in horror, only the kung fu of tea, Cao Ang was already full of corpses in front of him, and a group of soldiers looked at each other, and they all involuntarily turned their eyes to Qiao Rui, as if to say, "Ah! Qiao Rui swallowed his saliva, and it was difficult to ride a tiger.