Outside the city of Dengxian County, inside the Wei army camp.

In today's Wei army, morale is very low.

The two main generals went head-to-head in front of the battle, and in the end, both were defeated and both fell, which everyone saw with their own eyes.

Zhang Hu also responded in time, and took Zhang Liao's personal guards to rescue Zhang Liao back to the camp, but in the subsequent response, Zhang Hu lacked too much.

First of all, Zhang Liao's injury is indeed more serious than Guan Yu, and now he has fallen into a coma, secondly, Zhang Hu's reaction is not as fast as Deng Ai, and he was not able to cover up the boss's injury in the first time, on the contrary, Zhang Hu also helped Zhang Liao remove his armor in the military tent, so that all the generals in the army witnessed Zhang Liao's injury.

A knife in the back, penetrating the body, the wound was one foot long, and the place that penetrated deep into the flesh was two inches, and the most fatal thing was that under Guan Yu's brute force, Zhang Liao's spine was severely hit and was already damaged and deformed.

This is also an important reason why Zhang Liao is unconscious.

Guan Yu was stabbed by Zhang Liao, although it was also very serious, but it was a traumatic injury after all, and Zhang Liao, who had a spine damage, had already injured the central nervous system.

In these years, there are no X-rays, limited by the times, and the level of doctors in this era has no concept of what the nervous system is. This kind of injury, even in modern society, is not so easy to completely heal without leaving sequelae.

Not to mention, this foot-long, two-inch-deep wound is basically impossible to stop bleeding and suture with the means of military doctors in the army.

Zhang Hu was also anxious and had no choice, and while reprimanding the incompetence of the military doctor, he hurriedly wrote a letter to Cao Pi in Luoyang, hoping that he would send the imperial doctor to treat Zhang Liao's injuries.

As for covering up Zhang Liao's injury, Zhang Hu didn't have this concept at all.

Therefore, almost everyone in the Wei army knows that their own commander is seriously injured and difficult to recover, and they have reached the critical moment of life and death.

Therefore, when the Shu army on the opposite side took the initiative to attack the next day, the Wei soldiers panicked.

Zhang Hu is already working hard to support him, but he is not his father after all, he doesn't have that prestige, and he doesn't have that ability.

And Zhang Liao, who has always been unpopular within Cao Wei, and the deputy general who can partner with him is basically the kind of person who has no prestige and limited ability, which also leads to the fact that once Zhang Liao falls, the entire Wei army will show a sense of panic without a leader.

On the Han army's side, Guan Yu failed to go into battle in person.

It's not that the second master doesn't want to, but he really can't.

As a general, when Guan Yu is healthy, of course, he is in charge of the affairs of the army, and this priority is very clear, so Xu Shu, as a military advisor, is only based on suggestions and never interferes with Guan Yu's decision.

But now the second master is injured and inconvenient, if he is just formulating tactics and commanding the battle, then Xu Shu will not say anything, but if the second master has to go into battle with injuries, then Xu Shu will definitely not be able to just look at it.

Today's Jingzhou Legion, the only person who can balance Guan Yu in terms of qualifications and talents is Xu Shu, and the reason why Liu Bei has always kept Xu Shu in Jingzhou is nothing more than this, when Guan Yu is inconvenient, he can have a back hand to help Guan Yu control the Jingzhou Legion.

Therefore, this time Xu Shu did not continue to let Guan Yu be willful, but he did not directly turn against Guan Yu to seize the military power, Xu Shu himself did not touch the military power, he just bypassed Guan Yu and directly appointed Guan Ping as the commander of the whole army, responsible for launching an active attack on the Cao army in Deng County.

Your Lao Tzu's military power is still in the hands of his son, even if Guan Yu wants to say something, he can't say anything.

And just like Deng Ai said, if Zhang Liao is really seriously injured, then Guan Ping, Guan Xing, Deng Ai, and Xu Shu will go out together, and Cao Wei will rely on a Zhang Hu, which will not be able to stop the offensive of the Han army at all If Zhang Liao is not seriously injured, he can still command, even if he Guan Yu personally goes into battle to command, it will not be pleased.

Therefore, in this battle, in fact, there is no difference whether Guan Yu is personally in battle or not.

Then it is better to stay in the tent and recuperate.

Therefore, Guan Yu, the injured general, was pressed together by Xu Shu and Guan Ping, Guan Xing, Guan Yinping, Deng Ai and other Guan Yu's family members to recuperate, and then Xu Shu immediately wrote to Jiangling and Jiangdong, asking for help to find a famous doctor to treat Guan Yu's injuries.

Outside the camp tent, Guan Ping was not polite, the next day he was promoted to the point general, assigned the offensive task, with Deng Ai, Liao Hua, Guan Xing as the vanguard, divided into three ways, attacked the Deng County camp.

As soon as it came up, it was an attack on all fronts.

It's not that Guan Ping didn't have a strategy, and the battle plan was not detailed enough, so there was really no need for this.

In fact, Guan Ping is still relatively low-key and modest, which is not the same as his father. The first time he was in charge of the army, Guan Ping was still a little uncertain in his heart, and asked Xu Shu and Deng Ai how to use the army.

Xu Shu and Deng Ai have the same opinion on this - you will know if you fight tomorrow.

If Zhang Liao is really okay and can continue to command, then the Wei army's defenses must be very tight, and after a little temptation, he found that he couldn't move, so he retreated directly and held on, and waited until Wang Ji and Kou Feng's reinforcements arrived before making a move.

If Zhang Liao is really seriously injured, then don't be polite, attack directly on all fronts, I don't believe that Zhang Liao's son Zhang Hu has such an overall view and can coordinate the entire defense line.

As long as Zhang Hu responds unfavorably and causes one side to break through, then the entire outer defense of Deng County will also be won.

Therefore, there is no need to engage in any strategy, and there is no need to engage in any temptation - attacking on all fronts is a kind of temptation.

If you can't fight, you will fight, and if you can't fight, you will withdraw and rest.

Guan Ping adopted such a strategy, and did a good job in the division of labor of the offensive echelon, and directly launched an attack the next day.

This time, the pressure came to Zhang Hu's side.

Zhang Hu's ability is indeed far worse than his father.

Zhang Liao can command the defense on the whole line and ensure the safety of the defense line, but it is obvious that Zhang Hu does not have such ability and overall vision.

Another one, the sergeant of the Wei army, who was already shaken by the fact that the commander was seriously injured and unconscious, and his morale was low, and he suddenly encountered an enemy attack, and his will to fight could not be raised at all.

Of course, the most important thing is Zhang Hu's misresponse.

In fact, Zhang Hu can't be blamed for this, it's really that the Shu thief on the other side is too cunning.

Zhang Hu didn't know what Guan Yu's injury was, but considering that his father was seriously injured, Zhang Hu took it for granted that Guan Yu's injury was not light.

If the commander is injured, the heart of the Shu thief army will inevitably fluctuate, and it should also be based on recuperation and stabilizing the army's heart. Killing Zhang Hu couldn't have imagined that at this time, the Shu thief actually didn't play cards according to the routine and took the initiative to attack.

In addition, there are too many people in the army for Guan Yu's family, there are three roads on the battlefield, one road for the Chinese army, a total of four directions, there are actually two big banners with the word "Guan" Zhang Hu subconsciously thinks that the person in charge of the command in the Chinese army tent is Guan Yu, and the person who storms on the left is Guan Ping.

In other words, Zhang Hu misjudged the situation and thought that Guan Yu's injuries were unhindered and he was still directing the whole army to attack.

There is one thing to say, that is, Zhang Liao has to be cautious in the face of Guan Yu's offensive, and always be vigilant about the safety of the defensive line, why does Zhang Hu think that he can rely on himself to block the attack of Guan Yu, the world's famous general? !

After all, Zhang Hu had too little experience in the army, and he had too little experience, so he misjudged the enemy's commander-in-chief from the beginning, and he was cowardly.

On the first day of defense, although Zhang Hu barely survived by relying on the camp defense system left by his father, Zhang Hu's own means were basically exhausted.

was caught off guard, causing all the three lines to be in a hurry, Zhang Hu has already dispatched all the reserves that can be used at hand, so he barely held up the defense line If the Shu thieves continue to attack tomorrow, Zhang Hu has no one to send.

And Zhang Hu's predicament was also seen by Guan Ping.

Guan Ping's qualifications are indeed a little worse, but who do you score compared to. It's not as good as Guan Yu, Deng Ai, and Xu Shu, but it's much stronger than Zhang Hu on the other side.

Zhang Hu's defensive method of demolishing the east wall and making up the west wall made Guan Ping instantly see the possibility of breaking through the camp outside Deng County, and even directly attacking Deng County.

The next day, Guan Ping was unceremoniously and continued to divide his troops into three ways and launched a fierce attack on the camp outside Deng County.

Originally, Guan Ping still thought that Zhang Hu was the son of Zhang Liao after all, and he had followed his father for many years, and under the influence of his ears and eyes, he should have some ability, and even Guan Ping was ready to attack if he couldn't attack today, and he would continue to attack tomorrow.

Guan Ping still has this bit of patience.

But Guan Ping didn't expect that after Zhang Hu lasted for most of the day, he still couldn't last until dark.

The first person to break the balance of power was Guan Xing, who led his troops to break through the defense line of the camp on the left side of the Wei army, and led the army to kill the Chinese army, forcing Zhang Hu to mobilize the Chinese soldiers and adjust the defensive direction of the Chinese army to deal with Guan Xing's attack.

And Zhang Hu's adjustment led to a short-term shortage of troops in the direction of the Chinese army camp that was originally quite thick, and Deng Ai, who was responsible for attacking the Wei army's Chinese army camp, keenly seized this opportunity, and under the onslaught of the leading troops, the direction of the Chinese army suddenly loosened and collapsed.

Once there is a loophole in the Chinese military camp, even if Zhang Hu demolishes the east wall to make up for it, he will not have this time.

As a last resort, Zhang Hu could only gather the remnants of the army, lead the army to retreat, and retreat into Deng County, wanting to rely on the advantages of Deng County's urban defense and continue to hold on.

Of course, Zhang Hu didn't forget it, and hurriedly sent a distress letter to Cao Pi in Luoyang again.

As Zhang Hu withdrew into the city of Dengxian County, Guan Ping did not continue to lead the pursuit of his troops, on the contrary, Guan Ping suspended the march.

It's not that there was an accident, it's just that Kou Feng led the Shangyong soldiers to arrive at the Nanyang battlefield one day ahead of schedule.

Now that Guan Yu is seriously injured and Kou Feng has arrived, the command of the Nanyang battlefield needs to be reassigned, and who is the main general in the end, this requires the two to make a coordination.

Kou Feng is also a figure who guards one side, and compared to Guan Ping, whether it is status or official position, he is a step higher. Whether Kou Feng is willing to obey Guan Ping's command or not is really hard to say.

At this time, in Deng County, Zhang Liao, who had been in a coma for two days, finally woke up temporarily at this critical moment.

(End of chapter)