Chapter 369: Breaking the Cauldron and Sinking the Boat
Zhang Liao was instructed by Jia Xu and deliberately led his troops to attack Mopi, but in fact, he crossed the dancing water upstream and went straight to Guan Yu's old camp.
This move is similar to the previous battle of Xiaoyaojin, but Guan Yu is strong in martial arts after all, and there are many generals in Jingzhou, Zhang Liao knows that it is difficult to succeed, and the target this time is Zhuge Liang.
With Guan Yu's courage and Zhuge Liang's wisdom, it is difficult to match the generals of Cao Ying, not to mention that the soldiers are now divided into four ways?
Now the situation is critical, comparable to the battle of Guandu back then, if Zhuge Liang can be eliminated, there is Jia Xu as a strategy, there is still the strength of a battle.
The men and horses crossed the Wushui, found out that Guan Yu really hit the plan, led the troops to attack the front camp, and Zhang Liao urged the horses to rush straight to the Jingzhou army camp.
At the end of this battle, all the soldiers broke the cauldron and sunk the boat, everyone was determined to die, there was no retreat, and they were desperate to change Zhuge Liang's life.
Seeing from afar that the enemy army was camping, at this time the front army was victorious, Guan Yu went to chase the enemy again, the soldiers who stayed in the camp were slackening their guards, Zhang Liao urged the horse to roar out and rush straight to the fence that had not yet been closed.
"The will to fall into battle, there is death and no life!" Zhang Liao shouted violently, waved the big knife, the cold light flashed, and he beheaded four or five people in a row.
Hou Cheng and Zhang Hu guarded the left and right, and the old troops of the 800 trapped camp were like fierce tigers, opening the way first, and the 3,000 ironclad cavalry followed.
Xu Chu went north to protect Cao Cao, because the road was far away, and he had to trek through mountains and rivers, and the heavy cavalry was useless in the desert, so he left it to Zhang Liao to command.
The left battalion was suddenly attacked, and this side was already a weak place, and the Jingzhou army was in a panic, some fled backwards, and some hurriedly resisted, but they were all killed by Zhang Liao.
The trapped camp is like a sharp spearhead, opening the way in front of the guide, and the ironclad army is like a torrent, and the people who pass through it are on their backs, and no one can stop them.
At this time, Zhuge Liang was checking the map in the camp of the Chinese army, and Guan Yu went to chase the enemy, but he had no time to persuade him, so he had to think about a strategy to break the enemy first.
Jia Xu is a scheming man, and he has seen through his strategy several times, unless the army is fully superior, there is no room for the slightest carelessness.
When he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard the sound of drums in the camp in the west, the sound was very chaotic, and he vaguely heard the sound of shouting and killing, Zhuge Liang was taken aback, and hurriedly went out of the camp to check.
Xiahou Lan came quickly and said, "Military Division, the big thing is not good, there is Cao Jun attacking the camp, and the left camp is in chaos!" β
"Order all the departments to hold the camp steadily, and Hugh is panicked!"
Zhuge Liang gave the order to go down, stood on the four-wheeled vehicle and looked, only to see people and horses walking in the distance, and a cavalry like a tiger entering the flock, which was overwhelming.
Li Dian was shocked: "This is Zhang Liao, the military advisor is leaving!" β
Zhuge Liang was unmoved, and said in a deep voice: "The three armies all look at the order flag and act, if I retreat, the army will be defeated like a mountain, the men and horses will be defeated, and the big thing will go!" β
Li Dian hurriedly said: "Zhang Liao's bravery, I'm afraid that Yun Chang can't resist it, the military division is the weight of the three armies, so he will retreat for the time being, and he will protect the flag in the future." β
At this time, Chen Zhi also heard the news and rushed over, and the Bai Yu soldiers were lined up on both sides to protect the big tent of the Chinese army, and also persuaded Zhuge Liang to leave quickly.
Zhuge Liang stood in the car to observe the enemy's situation and asked, "Has the Chinese army camp been set up?" β
Chen Zhi nodded and said, "It's all arranged according to the drawings of the military division." β
Zhuge Liang's eyes were slightly cold, and he suddenly smiled: "Zhang Liao intends to break the cauldron and sink the boat, and do the old things of Yaojin, An Zhiwu Jing Chu man, when he rises to the challenge, how can he retreat from the battle?" β
Chen Zhi hugged his fists and said: "The last general is willing to intercept Zhang Liao." β
Zhuge Liang's expression had regained his composure, and he shook his feather fan lightly and said: "Cao Jun swears to fight to the death, and at this time he is in full swing, so he can't fight with him, so quickly transfer Gan Ning to listen to the order." β
The soldiers went to give the order, and at this time, the men and horses of each battalion had already reacted, and when they heard the general's order, they all stood still and stood next to the Dazhai trench, watching the Cao army rush straight to the Chinese army like a wolf and a tiger.
Zhang Liao killed through the camp in the west, didn't care about chasing those fleeing soldiers, and rushed straight to the camp of the Chinese army, except for the Jingzhou soldiers who fled just now, there was no one in front of him.
Rushing through the fence and looking up, I saw that the Jingzhou army was all standing solemnly, each forming a formation, Zhuge Liang was standing on the car, shaking the feather fan, and couldn't help but sink in his heart.
The Jingzhou army was well-trained, and Zhuge Liang was shocked but not confused, which was diametrically opposed to the Wu army that fled indiscriminately last time.
When Zhang Liao saw this situation, he knew that this battle must be dangerous, but at this time, the arrow had to be launched, and the men and horses rushed forward, and there was no turning back.
"Kill, go straight to Zhuge Liang's four-wheeled vehicle!"
Zhang Liao did not hesitate, the sound of horses' hooves shook in his ears, and he raised his knife and stared at Zhuge Liang in front of him.
In the Chinese military camp, the soldiers on both sides fired arrows in unison, and Cao soldiers continued to fall, but everyone rushed forward and was unmoved.
The Cao army selected this time is full of confidants and old generals, Zhang Liao and Xu Chu's subordinates, with amazing combat power, united as one, ready to change the situation of the war in a war.
Zhang Liao took the lead, rushed through several big tents, and killed several people, the Chinese army camp had already been deployed, the trench fence, the archers hid in it, the crossbow arrows rained down, and the losses of the Cao army intensified.
Zhang Liao saw that the conflict ahead was not enough, and made a detour to the left, at this time only a stone's throw away from Zhuge Liang and Shuai Qi, Cao's army was all demoralized, and after the men and horses crossed the big tent, they prepared to attack from behind.
But when they bypassed the camp tent, they found that Zhuge Liang was a mile away, and he crossed several ditches forward, turned from the west gate to the east gate, and broke out of the camp.
Zhang Liao's face changed greatly, the hand holding the knife trembled slightly, and the defenders in the eastern camp had already been waiting for it, and the arrows were fired in unison, and the Cao army fell countless times.
Hou Cheng was also surprised and asked loudly, "What's the situation?" β
It's just a blink of an eye, they actually went around the camp and lost more than 1,000 people, and the crossbow arrows of the Jingzhou army were short and dense, like raindrops, which was really unguardable.
Zhang Liao took a deep breath of cold air, stared at Zhuge Liang, and said in a deep voice: "Fall into the camp and get off the horse, follow me straight forward, no need to take a detour!" β
Cao's army once again formed a team and rushed towards the Chinese army in the rain of arrows, this time regardless of the defenders in front of them blocking or the trench fence, they all went straight forward.
Zhang Liao's riding skills are exquisite, and his mount is also a good horse, all the way over the trench, across the fence, the arrows are blocked by his broadsword, only the trap camp is close behind, and the heavy cavalry behind has been thrown away.
Seeing that the Chinese army was approaching, Zhang Liao saw that the surroundings were already heavily guarded, and at this time he was already a little weak, so he rushed in rashly and had little chance of winning, and was about to take a bow and arrow to shoot Zhuge Liang.
At this moment, suddenly the drums in the Chinese army formation were loud, and an army came out from behind the big tent, blocking the way, and the first one put the golden armor and red robe, urging the horse to wave the knife and kill: "Zhang Liao, can you see that Jinfan is willing to Ninghu?" β
"Die!" Zhang Liao had no choice at this time, and raised his big knife and slashed at Gan Ning.
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There was a loud bang, and the two of them did not give in to each other, and the huge force struck, and the man on the mount stood up and hissed with his head held high.
Zhang Liao didn't intend to entangle with Gan Ning, once he stopped, he would give up all his efforts, but he didn't expect Gan Ning to be so brave that he blocked the knife he was determined to get, and he was angry in his heart, and he slashed it with a backhand with a loud shout.
I saw that the knife turned over like a strange python, drew a strange arc, and went towards Gan Ning's chest with a cold light.