Chapter 69: The two armies clash
When Pang De surrounded and annihilated Cao's army, Liu Bei followed.
Before, Liu Bei received the cavalry of the Cao army rushing in, and it was not good to arrive. Later, Pang De sent someone to report that Cao's army was still far away from him, and he was afraid that he wanted to drag himself back.
The third time he came to report that he had surrounded the 10,000 Cao troops who had broken through and asked for support.
Liu Bei was strange and asked Fa Zhengdao: "What does Ling Ming mean by this, and what does Cao Cao want to do?" ”
Fa Zheng thought for a while and said, "My lord, could it be that Cao Cao wants to use the cavalry to drag Ling Ming and let us go to support." This forces us to fight a decisive battle! ”
Liu Bei looked at the sky and said: "It's almost dark this day, Cao Jun has been tossing for a day, and Cao Cao is still not giving up!" ”
Fa Zhengdao: "Cao Cao not only wants Nanyang, but also wants to keep Longyou. The only way to crush us! It seems that Longyou is not optimistic about Cao Cao, otherwise how could he be so anxious! ”
Liu Bei said: "Cao Cao is not optimistic, it means that we are very optimistic!" He laughed.
After laughing, he said: "Third brother, you lead all the cavalry to support Ling Ming quickly!" Zhang Fei went as promised.
Liu Bei said: "Let's move forward for the time being!" The camera moves, this night is dark, Cao Cao is not like a free command during the day! Fa Zheng also felt that this was the best, and if blindly avoiding the war would not be good for the morale of the army, he agreed.
After Zhang Fei arrived at the battlefield, Liu Bei received the exact news, Liu Bei told everyone about Pang De's siege of Cao Jun, and everyone was overjoyed and sighed that Pang De had both wisdom and bravery.
Liu Bei said: "Cao Cao is wishful thinking, thinking that we will not fight back!" Feng Xi and Zhang Nan, the two of you led the troops to quickly support Ling Ming's encirclement and annihilation of Cao's army.
Second brother, you and I will go to block Cao Cao. Cao Cao lost tens of thousands of elite soldiers and fought for a day. We are already at a disadvantage, and it is our chance to break Cao! What do you think of filial piety! ”
Fa Zhengdao: "When you fight, you fight, enter the army, lord!" ”
Liu Bei shouted: "Okay, the whole army will attack!" ”
After Liu Bei arrived at the battlefield, Xu Huang left the battle. Liu Bei didn't chase and waited for Cao Jun.
Cao Jun Han Hao and Xiahou Shang led 30,000 soldiers and horses, and received a report of Xu Huang's defeat, and some did not know how.
Liu Bei has already arrived, his task is to surround Pang De, so that Liu Bei supports, Liu Bei himself came, the previous soldiers and horses have fallen into a predicament, and there is no intention to go again, everyone quickly reported to Cao Cao, waiting for Cao Cao to dispatch.
Cao Cao listened to the report of his herald, calmed his mood, and said in a low voice: "Xu Huang has been on the battlefield for a long time, why would he suffer such a loss!" The herald didn't know how to answer.
Jiang Ji opened his mouth and said: "King, Liu Bei has been delaying and avoiding the war today, giving us the illusion that Liu Bei does not dare to fight. Not daring to fight and not being able to fight are two different things! Hence the flaw.
Although Xu Huang is powerful, after all, he can't command the attack on Pang De and guard against Liu Bei at the same time. ”
Cao Cao glanced at Jiang Ji and said, "Who is the infantry commander of the breakthrough formation!" If you die in battle, it's enough, and come back alive and be killed! ”
After a pause, he said: "Right now, we have lost for a while, and we can't withdraw." The order was ordered to Cao Zhen to lead the cavalry to come to reinforcements, and Yu Ban drew 5,000 soldiers and horses for Cao Xiu to continue to entangle Zhang Ren. ”
Jiang Ji's eyes widened and said, "King, the combat power of the iron chariot soldiers is not bad!" ”
Cao Cao said: "The combat power is not bad, Cao Xiu's 15,000 soldiers and horses can't get rid of it for two hours?" Needless to say! "My men went to give the order.
Cao Cao led his army to meet Liu Bei. Seeing the surrounding terrain, he said: "Zitong, the terrain here is also conducive to cavalry, now what we have to do is to start a war with Liu Bei." When Cao Zhen's cavalry arrives, we will win! ”
Jiang Ji said: "What the king said is that success or failure is here!" ”
Cao Cao ordered Cao Ren to lead 20,000 people to take the lead, and Han Hao, Xiahou Shang, Xu Huang, Zhu Ling and others attacked Liu Bei separately.
Liu Bei saw Cao Jun running over and said with a smile: "Okay, it's rare to be able to fight Cao Cao head-on for so many years." ”
Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, Feng Xi, Zhang Nan and others resisted separately. Pound joined after purging the remnants of the enemy. The two armies exchanged lives for lives, blood for blood.
The battlefield was filled with the sound of drums, and the sound of swords, guns, and halberds intersecting was mixed with the sound of the wind. I couldn't even hear the shouting and scolding, the two armies were fighting, and they were all focused on each other, as if at this moment they were only paying attention to each other and the weapons in their hands, and they only had how to kill the person in front of them so that they could still stand.
The sun is sinking in the west, and it is already sunset. Liu Bei sighed: "It's about to end, I'm afraid it's a matter of victory or defeat!" ”
Fa Zhengdao: "My lord, if you don't lose, you win." Cao Cao's purpose is different from ours. I'm afraid that Cao Jun's cavalry won't even have half of the cavalry left! Liu Bei replied well.
Suddenly, a team of thousands of people approached in the distance at a rapid pace! Liu Bei stared for a moment and said, "It's not good, it's the cavalry of the Cao Army!" ”
Liu Bei looked at the battlefield, the two sides were already staggered, and the Han army's formation had been opened.
After Cao Zhen arrived, he did not ask Cao Cao for instructions. Jump into the fray right away. Cao Zhen divided his cavalry into two teams to attack the Han army's infantry, and the cavalry galloped at high speed, fully exerting its advantage over the infantry, which was an excellent battlefield for the cavalry.
Cao Zhen's 5,000 Cao army cavalry arrived unexpectedly, and in an instant, the Han army on the west side was scattered. It's too late for the Han army to start recycling!
Cao Zhen also did not give the Han army a chance to reorganize the formation, the Han army immediately disorganized, scattered and fled, Zhang Nan saw that his men were rushed and could not form an army, led his own soldiers to kill the fleeing general, drove the soldiers and horses back to meet the battle, the Han army was intimidated by Zhang Nan, and began to turn over and resist.
But Zhang Nan's location was also exposed. Cao Zhen led the cavalry to look directly at Zhang Nan's repeated attacks, and Zhang Nan knew that his retreat would affect the armies, so he went head-on. As soon as the two missed, Cao Zhen was in full swing, and Zhang Nan attacked less and defended more. Zhang's troops were killed and scattered by Cao's cavalry.
Cao Zhen said: "If you don't get off the horse and surrender, when will you wait!" ”
Zhang Nan said angrily: "Cao Cao is a national thief, and I am a loyal minister of the Han family." How can you be a thief! ”
Cao Zhen was furious, took advantage of Zhang Nan's anger, saw Zhang Nan's flaws, and picked it off with a halberd.
After Cao Zhen killed Zhang Nan, he drove the defeated soldiers to kill Feng Xi. When Feng Xi saw that Zhang Nan was killed, he was furious in his heart, gathered 2,000 soldiers and horses, and arranged a small army formation to meet the battle, and Cao Zhen divided his troops to bypass the array laid by Feng Xi to attack the Han army.
Feng Xi scolded Cao Zhen, hoping to take this opportunity to provoke Cao Zhen to attack him and reduce the impact of the cavalry on the Han army.
Cao Zhen didn't pay attention to it, and only focused on attacking separately. Feng Xi saw that Cao Zhen was not coming, and took the initiative to attack Cao Zhen. Cao Zhen couldn't ask for it, and Feng Xi was not defeated by Cao Zhen, and he was forced to defend again and again.
Cao Zhen laughed and said: "If you wait for such a waste, you can only stay under Liu Bei and make up for it!" ”
Feng Xi saw Cao Zhen insulting Liu Bei, he was annoyed in his heart, and regardless of life and death, he attacked again and again. Cao Zhen was also a little surprised when he saw Feng Xi's desperate posture. Concentrate on defense.
When Feng Xi's strength was old, he shouted when his strength was exhausted: "If you fight well, you can still fight with me for a few more rounds, fighting hard will only make you die faster, accept your life!" ”
As soon as Cao Zhen's voice fell, he heard a thunderous roar: "Milky little child, come on, fight with your Grandpa Zhang." ”
Liu Bei noticed that Cao Zhen was breaking through to Zhang Nannan in the west and said in surprise: "After such a long battle, Cao Cao still has thousands of cavalry!" Did you deliberately seduce me before? ”
Cao Zhen's cavalry galloped in all directions, and Liu Bei didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly ordered Zhang Fei to lead the remaining 2,000 cavalry reinforcements, delaying time to give the various departments time to reorganize their formations.
Zhang Fei rushed to save Feng Xi. Zhang Fei took Feng Xi and ordered Feng Xi to go to reorganize the army, and sneered at Cao Zhen: "Boy, come on, come on, your grandfather Zhang has lived enough, and you will let me take my life!" ”
Cao Zhen swallowed. Raising the halberd, he said: "Cavalry combined attack, besiege and kill this thief!" ”
Zhang Fei waved the Zhangba snake spear and said: "You bully the soft and fear the hard, what is there to be crazy about, hurry up and get out of the way!" I don't even have the courage to fight with your grandfather Zhang! ”
Cao Zhen also ignored it, broke away from Zhang Fei, and commanded and led the cavalry to charge the Han army into two sections.
Cao Cao laughed when he saw Cao Zhen breaking the formation and said, "Zidan will definitely be the pillar of my Cao family in the future!" Wen Lie, my family's Qianli horse. It's your turn, let you lead 3,000 tigers and leopards to ride directly at Liu Bei's banner. Don't let me down! Cao Xiu's face was solemn and he walked away.
Cao Xiu led the tiger and leopard to ride all the way invincible, no one could stop him, Guan Yu and Huang Zhong saw the tiger and leopard riding fiercely, and knew that the target was Liu Bei. Hurriedly blocked.
When Liu Bei saw it, he said to the people around him: "Go and give an order, so that the second brother and Han Sheng can concentrate on collecting the soldiers and horses, so as not to be defeated, and let the tiger and leopard ride in!" "The herald commanded.
Fa Zheng hurriedly said: "My lord, it's too dangerous!" ”
Liu Bei turned back to Chen Zhi and said, "Uncle Zhi, the white-eared elite soldiers are the crown of all soldiers and horses in our army. The tiger and leopard rider is the leader of all Cao Cao's soldiers and horses. Take a look! ”
Chen Zhi said: "Lord, we won't lose!" ”
Liu Bei nodded and smiled: "This is the battle for hegemony, the battle for hegemony in Nanyang." I'm fighting against Cao Cao, my half-lifelong enemy. ”
His eyes flashed with a glimmer of essence and he said: "As long as it lasts until it is completely dark, and the enemy and I are unknown, we will be separated." ”