Chapter 15: Victory in the first battle
When Lu Kuang saw Huang Zhong coming, he was so frightened that he turned around and left, and Cao's army was in chaos, crowding and stampeding each other.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led the troops to kill, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, and the people who passed by turned over on their horses, and saw Liu Qi's blood boiling on the horse.
Conquest of the battlefield, bloody fighting, is the place that every hot-blooded man yearns for, such a brutal and bloody killing, even he feels that the beast nature in his heart is about to move.
"Those who descend will not be killed!" Zhang Fei raised the snake spear high, and a burst of shouts was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, resounding throughout the audience.
Guan Yu's red rabbit horse man stood up, stroked his long hair with a horizontal knife, and scanned the audience with an awe-inspiring murderous machine, Cao Jun had long been intimidated by Guan Yu's prestige, and threw away his weapons one after another, kneeling and surrendering.
Lu Kuang fled in panic in the chaotic army, and as soon as he rushed out of the rear army, he saw a cavalry in front of him blocking the way, headed by a general, with a white horse and white robe, and a horizontal gun.
"Death to those who stand in my way!" Lu Kuang was in a hurry to flee for his life at this time, and when he saw that there were only five hundred people, he raised his knife and rushed over.
Zhao Yun rode the horse with a spear, galloped, the two horses staggered, and heard Lu Kuang's miserable howl, and the person flew up from the horse, and fell heavily in the grass in the distance, silent.
"Changshan Zhao Zilong is here, and those who descend will not be killed!"
As soon as he broke off, Cao Jun was shocked, and they all gathered in one place, and at this time, Huang Zhong also led his troops to chase after him from behind, and there was nowhere to go, so they surrendered one after another.
The whole battle lasted less than half an hour, and the second general Lu Xiang was beheaded, capturing more than 3,000 Cao soldiers, and the rest of the dead and wounded escaped, and captured countless weapons and horses.
Liu Qi waited excitedly under the city, four of the five tigers will be dispatched in this battle, and that is not devastating.
The four generals came to the city together and replied to Liu Qi, covered in blood, terrifying, and the morale of the soldiers and horses behind them was high.
Liu Qi laughed and said: "You are really today's tiger generals, and you really live up to your reputation, which is an eye-opener for me." ”
Guan Yu glanced at Huang Zhong in his left hand, and Danfeng's eyes were gently closed, retracting his edge.
"Surrender without a fight, not happy!" Zhang Fei was still unsatisfied and complained.
Liu Qi said with a smile: "The three generals don't have to worry, the front army was defeated, Cao Ren will definitely raise the army to take revenge, and the show will start the gong." ”
Zhang Fei said loudly: "Cao Ren handed it over to me!" ”
These people are all born generals, and only on the battlefield can they be completely released and get out of bereavement and grief as soon as possible.
Liu Qi and the generals entered the city, ordered the prisoners to be guarded, held a banquet to celebrate the merits, and rewarded the three armies.
The hundreds of war horses were selected by Zhao Yun, and the cavalry in the army now is not enough for him to lead alone.
Cao Ren was waiting for news in Fancheng, thinking that Liu Qi was vulnerable, and Erlu would be able to take Xinye.
Suddenly, hundreds of defeated troops fled back, telling that Erlu had been killed, and most of the soldiers had been captured, and the whole army was annihilated.
Li Dianyan, who joined the army, said: "Although Liu Qi is weak, Guan Zhang is still brave, and he cannot be underestimated. ”
Cao Ren said angrily: "Xinye is just a small land, if it is not for the prime minister's order, even if Liu Xuande is there, he can also step on it." Liu Qi is just a sick and weak boy, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are brave and unscrupulous, why be afraid? ”
Li Dianyan said: "Fancheng is an important place in Nanyang, and the army cannot be exhausted, so it is necessary to guard against Xiangyang soldiers and horses." ”
Cao Ren said with a smile: "It's too much to join the army, a certain has already set up a sentinel along the river, there are troops in Xiangyang, and the guards are enough to defend, and it is not too late to return to help when a certain person breaks through the new field." ”
At that time, he ordered Li Dian to be the vanguard, and ordered 20,000 troops to come to Xinye, leaving only 3,000 new troops to defend the city.
Yesterday, there was a great victory, the morale of the Xinye defenders was high, and they persuaded them to surrender and take prisoners, and the number of troops increased to 10,000, and Zhao Yun's cavalry was also expanded to 1,000.
While he was training, he came to report to the horses, and Cao Ren came to take revenge with all his army.
Liu Qi summoned the generals and said: "Cao Ren personally came to take revenge, I want to recover Nanyang in a battle, and the generals must act according to the plan and must not make mistakes." ”
Everyone was shocked, Guan Yu Danfeng's eyes widened slightly, and the essence burst out, and they all felt that Liu Qi's eyes were low, and a small victory was a little carried away.
Liu Qi said with a smile: "This matter must be done step by step, let's set a small goal first: capture Cao Ren and take Fancheng, how about it?" ”
Zhang Fei said loudly: "Cao Ren will be handed over to me to deal with, and the rest will be at your disposal." ”
Xu Shu said: "Cao Ren has a lot of soldiers, so he should not be allowed to enter the country, so he should camp outside the city, deal with them, and wait for an opportunity to break the enemy." ”
Liu Qi nodded and said, "What the military advisor said is extremely true!" ”
Zhao Yun was ordered to be the vanguard, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led the army, went out of the city to the east of the Baihe River and set up camp, and still left Wei Yan to defend the city.
The generals led their troops away, and after the army was dispatched, Liu Qi called Wei Yan, who was depressed, and said with a smile: "Wen Chang blames me for refusing to reuse?" ”
Wei Yan's expression was uneasy, but he said, "The last general will not dare." ”
Liu Qi said with a smile: "A few pawns, there is no need to use many generals, I don't ask Wen Chang to come out these days, I don't want Cao Jun to recognize it, I have another use." ”
Wei Yan turned his worries into joy at this time, and said with his fists clenched: "Please give the general's orders." ”
Liu Qi said: "Cao Ren poured out of the nest this time, Fancheng must be empty, I was about to take the opportunity to take it by the general, do you dare to go?" ”
Wei Yanlang said: "The last general will never give up!" ”
Liu Qi took out two letters and said: "Fancheng County ordered Liu Mi, a native of Changsha, and a relative of the Han family, who had a good relationship with his father, and was forced to surrender to Cao due to the situation. When the two armies confronted each other, Wen Chang rushed to Fancheng overnight, and used this letter to secretly contact Liu Qin, so that Fancheng could be taken away. ”
"Yes!" Wei Yan took it, saw that the other one was not signed, and asked, "Who is this letter for?" ”
Liu Qi said with a smile: "This letter is left for you, if you can enter the city smoothly, you will act according to the strategy in the book." ”
"Yes!" Wei Yan saw that Liu Qi was able to take precautions, and he was deeply admired and happily accepted the order.
Liu Qi transferred Fu Wei and Wei Yan to accompany him, leaving Huo Jun and others to guard Xinye, and after all the arrangements were completed, he and Huang Zhong rode to the camp.
During this time, he wanted to persuade Xu Shu to bring his mother several times, but Xu Shu was filial piety, because of the long distance, he didn't want the old man to run, and the border was extremely strict, and he was frightened along the way, thinking that his identity was secret, so he politely refused.
Now that the war has started, it is even more impossible to go to Yingchuan to pick up people, even if he sees through Xu's mother's letter is fake, Xu Shu will go to Xuchang to save people, and he can't stop people from doing their filial piety, right?
This matter has nothing to do with the authenticity of the letter, the important thing is that the hostage is in Cao Cao's hands, which is a yang conspiracy, so Liu Bei could not dissuade him at that time.
Seeing that Xu Shu was about to be pitted, Liu Qi was anxious in his eyes, and suddenly had a plan, so he simply captured Cao Ren and exchanged him for Xu's mother.
As a clan relative of the Cao family, Cao Cao's confidant general, I don't believe that Boss Cao will not agree!
And Cao Ren is also related to his plan to take Wancheng, so the most critical thing in this battle is to capture Cao Ren alive, and if he dies or escapes, it is not considered a success.
Thinking about the various battles that were about to happen along the way, I came to the big camp unconsciously, Guan Yu had already set up camp, and the three camps in front and back were properly arranged.
Liu Qi raised the account and reiterated to the generals again: "The intention of this battle is to capture Cao Ren alive, and use him as a hostage, so that Cao Cao can be blackmailed and delay the southward movement of his army, and his life must not be harmed." ”
Zhang Fei's chest snapped: "Give it to me!" ”