Cai Maojun made a fire to make food at the end of the day, the whole army got up and assembled at three o'clock at sunrise, and lined up at the beginning of the camp at three o'clock in the morning, that is, at eight o'clock in the morning, to provoke outside the Guan Yu camp.

In the cold winter, the southern sky is still gray and bright at 8 o'clock in the morning, and the white fog is filled, and the north wind is howling and blowing, making the fog gradually turn from thick to light.

When the continuous sound of trumpets spread all over the wilderness, and the sound of drums shook the heavens and the earth, near the forest on the south bank of Lanxi about three miles away from Guan Yu's camp, in Cai Mao's camp, a dense crowd had already left the camp and formed a formation, heading towards Guan Yu's camp.

Yesterday Cai Mao camped at the edge of the forest, it was winter, the forest withered, the grass and trees were broken, the world became yellow-brown and intertwined, except for the evergreen trees of the four seasons, the dead leaves were piled up all over the woods, it seemed to be a good time to set fires.

However, this place is not as good as Yiling, Yiling is only the bank of the Yangtze River, not Yunmengze Lake, but it is already very humid, Lu Xun brought hay to reluctantly light a fire, and only burned Liu Bei's camp.

And this place is the lake on the south shore of Dongting Lake, which is further south than Yiling, and the humidity in the winter air is unimaginable.

Therefore, although Cai Mao camped on the edge of the forest in autumn and winter, committing a taboo in the north, it was not a mistake in the south. Including the battle of Yiling, Lu Xun was not actually playing a fire attack, but a strategy to attack the heart, taking advantage of Liu Bei's eagerness to go to war.

"Report!"

Cai Mao stood on a temporary high platform, protected by his entourage, erected his own banner, and looked into the distance among the ten thousand armies.

At this moment, a messenger galloped on horseback, knelt down under the stage, and said: "Report, Captain, the men and horses sent by the hussar general have arrived at Zikou this morning and are rushing to Yiyang. ”

"Oh?"

Cai Mao was overjoyed: "It was just in time, so they took the siege equipment with the boat and went around to the west of Yiyang, and when I destroyed Guan Yu, they destroyed the city of Yiyang." ”

"Yui!"

The messenger ordered, and immediately went back to deliver the order.

"Tai Lieutenant, the hussar general's soldiers and horses have come at the right time, it seems that it will not be far away to capture Yiyang and destroy Linxiang again."

Hu Zheng said with a smile on the side: "It is said that Liu Pan's soldiers and horses are all in Linxiang, and once Linxiang is broken, Jingnan can be obtained!" ”

"Hmm."

Cai Mao nodded and said, "Yes, now it's up to my general Xing Daorong." ”

He looked to the south.

Liu Cong had far more troops than Liu Qi.

Most of the 200,000 troops left by Liu Biao at the beginning belonged to Liu Cong.

Therefore, in terms of total strength, Liu Cong was in charge of more than 100,000 troops by Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, and more than 50,000 horses against Liu Qi controlled by Huangzu Liu Pan.

This time, Cai Mao went south, in addition to the army of about 60,000 under his control, he also asked Zhang Yun to lead 50,000 horses to Jingling County to contain the Jiangxia naval army.

Once the Jiangxia Navy dared to come south to aid Jingnan, Zhang Yun, who was located in the area of Jingling and Yunshe, immediately followed the Han River south and occupied Jiangxia County.

Therefore, after fighting for so long, Cai Mao has already killed Yiyang, a stone's throw away from Linxiang County in Changsha County, but he has not seen the Jiangxia Navy come to help.

And in terms of total strength, Cai Mao and Zhang Yun also have a very big advantage.

Cai Mao's troops divided into multiple routes and surrounded Yiyang, in addition to the annihilation of Hanhu's entire army, there were still more than 50,000 horses to deal with Guan Yu and Huang Zhong's more than 16,000 people.

Although he hadn't taken Yiyang for the time being, he was afraid that Shen Chen would be scheming, so he ordered Zhang Yun to send 10,000 reinforcements over, just to ensure that nothing went wrong.

In this way, the situation in the entire Jingnan has become Cai Mao's detour to Liu Panjun's weak point, and he still has a very good chance of winning in Yiyang with more and less fights.

At this time, in addition to the more than 20,000 people in the headquarters, there were nearly 10,000 people in the rear camp, and Han Xi, Sun Yi, and Zhou Bo could come to meet at any time in Nan'an, Hongkou.

"Knock knock!"

The sound of war drums in the early morning caused a sensation in the four fields, and the long sound of the horn seemed to dispel the morning fog.

Xing Daorong came from the horse to the outside of the camp and shouted, "Where is Guan Yu's husband? ”

The camp gate was wide open, and Guan Yu rode out on horseback.

The two of them faced each other in front of the two armies as they did yesterday, and at this moment the north wind was slaughtering, blowing the cloaks of the two and hunting.

Cai Mao and Hu Zheng looked at the rear, and when they saw Guan Yu really coming out, they laughed, and Hu Zheng said: "Guan Yu is really arrogant, and when he provokes with words, he goes out of the camp and dies." We have General Xing here, and we will let him come and go. ”

Cai Mao also laughed: "It is rumored in the north that this Guan Yu Zhang Fei is also a ten thousand enemies, and he once took the rank of general in the army. Now I have Xing Daorong, forgive Guan Yu, this battle was lost to Yiyang. ”

The two giggled and laughed, thinking that Guan Yu was really provoked to leave the camp alone. But I don't know that although Guan Yu is arrogant, he has never been an arrogant and reckless man.

When he came to the camp at this moment, he had other plans, so he saw him facing Xing Daorong's provocation, and said loudly: "Guan is here." ”

"Guan Yu Piff!"

Xing Daorong thought to himself that he had figured out Guan Yu's reality yesterday, but so, he immediately shouted: "It was late yesterday, and it was inconvenient to fight for a long time, today I will fight with you for 300 rounds, and I will inevitably kill you under the horse!" ”

"Woo woo

"Knock knock!"

"Ho ho

I saw that in the middle of Cai Mao's formation, the horn sounded for a long time, the drums vibrate, and the soldiers shouted one after another, cheering for Xing Daorong.

Seeing this situation, Xing Daorong was triumphant, and rushed over with a horse and axe: "Guan Yu is dead." ”

"Humph!"

Guan Yu snorted coldly and turned the body of the red rabbit horse.

I saw Chitu take a leap, crossed a brilliant arc in the air, and actually jumped two feet away, dodging Xing Daorong's charge.

Before Yihe fought, Xing Daorong galloped over again, and the big axe slashed and was easily defused by Guan Yu.

The two quickly held each other's knives and axes, crackling and colliding together, and struck a few times.

After Xing Daorong went back yesterday, he learned from the pain and thought that it would definitely not work to fight with Guan Yu.

His big axe is bulky and requires a lot of physical strength, and he will suffer if he fights for a long time.

So he decided to play to his strengths – to work hard.

saw Xing Daorong chop down with an axe, and after being blocked by Guan Yuge, he did not withdraw the axe to make a second move, but continued to press down.

His strength was actually not small, his whole face was flushed, he held the handle of the axe with both hands, gritted his teeth, and wanted to use all his strength to press Guan Yu off the horse.

However, Guan Yu raised his hands high, the Qinglong knife did not move at all, Xing Daorong's hands were already starting to ache, and he didn't have any choice but to get Guan Yu.

Seeing this situation, Xing Daorong only thought that Guan Yu was relying on the strength of the horse under his crotch, so he withdrew the axe, no longer changed to a vertical split, but chose to cut horizontally, slashing towards Guan Yu's waist.

How could Guan Yu not know what he was thinking, but working hard was the most time-consuming, and sometimes he could hold each other for a quarter of an hour in a round, so it was often the first choice for delaying time.

Otherwise, some people fight for 300 rounds and finish it in an hour or two, while others fight for 300 rounds for a day and a night, and that's why.

Therefore, since Xing Daorong chose to fight with Guan Yu, it was naturally Guan Yu's wish, so he also pushed the boat down the river, raised the Qinglong knife in his hand, and easily stopped Xing Daorong's axe.

I felt a strong and heavy force coming, Xing Daorong did have some strength, but compared to Guan Yu, it was still a lot worse, killing ordinary soldiers or chopping melons and vegetables, but when he met a martial saint, he didn't mention it.

The two fought again, and they stalemate for a while, but after only four or five rounds, Xing Daorong's strength was exhausted, and he was so tired that he was panting like a cow and sweating like rain. Guan Yu was afraid of revealing his flaws, so he kept breathing rapidly, pretending to be very tired.

Soon the two horses began to spin back and forth, and the two of them were entangled in a general way, and they fought for about ten rounds, but it was longer than the twenty rounds of the battle yesterday, because both men were competing for strength.

"This Guan Yu is indeed powerful, although General Xing is brave enough to win the three armies, but he still didn't kill him after fighting back and forth with this Guan Yu, it seems that he is in vain, and General Xing is going to fall into a bitter battle."

Hu Zheng picked his head and watched, the two of them kept chopping and slashing in that formation, and the fight was on the same footing, and the layman looked at the excitement, and felt that the two of them were fighting in the dark, which was quite spectacular.

"How do I think, General Xing seems to have fallen into the upper hand."

Cai Mao was far away, his eyes were not good, he squinted his eyes and watched, although the fight over there was quite tigerish, but he just felt as if Xing Daorong was always at a loss.

Hu Zheng also saw it and said: "It seems that yes, every time General Xing fights with Guan Yu, he will be repelled by Guan Yu." ”

"Feeling."

Cai Du also said: "It seems that the horses of the criminal general are a little unbearable, after all, General Xing is tall, and the ordinary horses do not move, and Guan Yu's horse name is said: Red Rabbit, which was Lu Bu's mount back then, was the first famous horse in the world, and the criminal general suffered on the horse." ”

While a few people were talking, they fought back and forth for a few more rounds.

Hearing the sound of "hoo", the war horse under Xing Daorong's crotch neighed and screamed, and was suddenly crushed to the ground.

Xing Daorong himself also fell headlong, and the Qinglong Knife followed him like a shadow, and it had already reached the top of his head.

Compared to the red rabbit, his war horse is like the difference between a husky and a lion.

Chitu is a sweaty BMW, Guan Yu is more than two meters tall and weighs more than 200 pounds, so he can easily carry it.

And Xing Daorong is also more than 1.8 meters and has a body of nearly 200 catties, but his horse is an ordinary war horse, and there is no way to carry out such a fierce battle.

The main thing is that both sides have been working hard.

In the Han Dynasty, there were no bilateral stirrups, and if they fought for strength immediately, the generals often had to rely on their legs to clamp the horse's belly to borrow strength.

Xing Daorong can fight with Zhang Fei for more than a dozen rounds, but he also has a weak second-rate level of force, and some basic skills are there, although his waist and legs are extremely sore, he can barely hold on.

But the war horse under the crotch was very difficult, so in such a high-intensity fight, the war horse couldn't hold on, and if he was not careful, the horse stumbled and fell to the ground.

"Ahh

Xing Daorong was smashed, and he only felt that his internal organs were about to shake out.

Fortunately, the skin was rough and the flesh was thick, and the height of the war horse at that time was about one meter two, and the place where it fell was not high, so it was only shocked and not too injured.

When he came back to his senses with a disgraced face, turned over with difficulty, looked up, and saw the green dragon knife, he was suddenly frightened, thinking that Guan Yu was going to take the opportunity to kill him, so he trembled, instinctively wanting to kneel and beg for mercy.

Unexpectedly, Guan Yu said: "You also have some ability, that is, the horses under the crotch are thin and weak, and I, Guan Mou, never take advantage of the danger of others, go back to change the horses, and come back after resting." ”

"Good, good."

Xing Daorong nodded hurriedly, and after recovering a little, he picked up his big axe, didn't care about the war horse, and crawled back with a roll.

In the distance, Cai Maojun had been shouting and beating drums and cheering for Xing Daorong before, but now that he fell off his horse, he gradually quieted down for a while.

In addition, Guan Yu did not take advantage of the danger, but let him change horses and fight again, which is also admirable.

The soldiers all admired the strong, so the soldiers felt ashamed when they saw Guan Yu in the distance, quietly waiting for Xing Daorong to fight again, and when they thought of Cai Mao's arrangement for the archers to ambush him, they all felt ashamed.

"Captain!"

Xing Daorong was helped to the high platform of Cai Mao's army, and limped and said: "The last general will lose expectations, and I hope that the captain will punish him!" ”

"Huh."

Cai Mao raised his hands and said: "It's not your fault, it's just that the horses are unbearable, and what is the matter with General Xing?" I wonder if the general is unharmed, will he still be able to fight the enemy? ”

"Thank you for your concern, although I fell off the horse, my foot was only slightly sore, and everything else is fine."

Xing Daorong hurriedly said: "It's just that I wanted to fight Guan Yu for three hundred rounds, but Guan Yu's horse is a world-famous red rabbit horse, but my horse can't fight for a long time, I'm afraid I can't fight against it." ”

This is an attempt to shirk this errand.

In fact, Xing Daorong is not stupid, but very witty, and he also found some problems.

After more than ten rounds, he was so tired that he was panting and sweating like rain, although Guan Yu seemed to be very tired, there was no sweat on his face.

And no matter how you make a move, people can block it every time, which is quite easy.

This made Xing Daorong realize that something was wrong.

Although I don't really want to admit it.

But he always had a feeling.

That is, people don't seem to be doing their best at all.

It seems to be playing a trick on himself.

So instinct made him feel that he couldn't go on, so he thought of taking advantage of this opportunity to shirk responsibility.

"It's good that you're healthy."

However, Cai Mao asked: "But the general said yesterday that he would be able to kill Guan Yu, why did he say today that he couldn't fight against him?" ”

"Amount"

Xing Daorong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Taiwei, I don't want to fight, but if I ride an ordinary war horse, how can I fight with Guan Yu?" ”

Cai Mao smiled: "If the general has a good horse, can he kill Guan Yu?" ”

"It's nature."

Xing Daorong boasted of Haikou and said: "The last general has relied on the big axe in his hand to suppress Guan Yu, but the horses are thin and can't borrow strength, so they haven't been able to win for a long time." If there is a good horse, Guan Yu will be killed. ”

He originally thought that there were no good horses in the southern army, and Cai Mao would definitely not be able to meet his requirements, so he could push the boat down the river and no longer fight.

Unexpectedly, Cai Mao laughed and said, "Come on, bring me jade!" ”

"Huh?"

Xing Daorong was dumbfounded.

Then he saw someone bring a war horse to the front.

The horse was tall, slender, and black as ink, except for the pure white mane at the back of the head.

"The Book of Songs: Lu Song" has a cloud: "The black body and white hyena are called horses." ”

This horse is the horse.

Cai Mao introduced: "This is the BMW that Zhang Xiu gave to the first emperor, and the first emperor gave it to me, I will give him to the general, I wish the general to kill Guan Yu!" ”

"Thank you, Captain, for the horses."

Xing Daorong was helpless, so he had to bow his head and thank him, and then said, "Please allow the last general to rest for a while and then go to fight Guan Yu." ”

"Well, then take a break, and the general should behead Guan Yu as soon as possible."

Cai Mao cast an eager gaze, which made Xing Daorong suddenly feel a lot of pressure and a chill in his back.

(End of chapter)