Chapter 250: The Long Drive (2)
With Cao Jun's deliberate spread, the news that Zhang Fei was trapped in Jianyang City soon spread back to the Qingzhou army.
When Liu Bei got the news, he immediately wanted to personally lead his troops to the rescue, but was stopped by Zhao Yun and others.
The reason is that Liu Bei acted like this, but he was afraid that he would delay the big event.
At dusk on this day, Guan Yu, who was in the north to guard against Yuan Shao, rushed back day and night.
Liu Bei was naturally overjoyed to see Guan Yu returning, and with their brotherly friendship, Guan Yu would definitely be on his side.
Regarding Yu's support, the resistance to his personal command of the troops will be small.
I just didn't want Guan Yu to stop him from leading the troops.
"Yun Chang, even you don't want me to save Yide!"
In Liu Bei's big tent, there are only the two of them now.
Even when he saw Liu Bei's anger, Guan Yu's expression remained the same, he just said in a deep voice: "It's not that I don't want my brother to go, it's just that now when Cao Cao and Tao Qian are anxious, once my brother is far away, I'm afraid that Xuzhou will completely fall into Cao Cao's hands. All our previous plans will be turned into empty words."
"Is it righteous for a brother to let down many who have died for the sake of one man's selfishness?"
Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu, suddenly sneered, and pointed at each other, "Yun Chang, can you believe that today, if Yide and you change places, he will definitely do his best to persuade me to save you!"
Guan Yu nodded, not denying it, but nodded, "Yide will indeed be like this."
Liu Bei sat down and sighed, "In the past, when you and I came out of Youzhou, we were just wandering rangers in the market, with nothing to grow, but we still came to this day. There is only one Xuzhou, if you lose it, you will lose it, and you will take it back in the future. Others don't understand the friendship between us, so it's just a matter of stopping me from going, how can you not understand?"
Guan Yu was silent for a long time, and finally spoke: "I naturally understand what my brother said, so Yu is here to ask for soldiers. My brother has a great responsibility and can't go, but I can go. Please brother and my soldiers, and I will definitely save Yide."
He clasped his hands into fists and said in a deep voice, "If you can't save Yide, Yu will not return."
Liu Bei took a few steps forward and grabbed Guan Yu's arm.
On the second day, Guan Yu took 5,000 soldiers and horses and went straight to Jianyang.
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In Jianyang City, Zhang Fei has been at ease in the past few days.
Cao Jun made it clear that it was a plan to lure the enemy, so naturally he would not waste his troops to attack the city.
So in the past few days, inside and outside the city, there has been nothing wrong.
When Zhang Fei had nothing to do, he would lie on the city wall and chat with Cao Ren and others outside the city.
Cao Ren and others are also willing to chat with him, they have all met before the Tiger Prison Pass, and they can also be regarded as old people.
Today, Zhang Fei was lying on the head of the city, looking at Xu Huang under the city, and said with a smile: "Xu Gongming, my second brother is also from Hedong, and you are still fellow villagers."
Xu Huang looked up at him, and he admired Zhang Fei for being able to talk and laugh in such a situation.
"How can he be compared to Guan Yunchang, he is the enemy of 10,000 people who killed Hua Xiong. Akira is just a nobody, just a little bit of battle."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "Xu Gongming, listen to the words, are you not convinced by my second brother's ability?"
Xu Huang did not deny it, "Guan Yu is just a brave man, and he may not be good at military strategy. If he dares to come this time, I will make a name for himself in the world."
Zhang Fei laughed, "Defeating him Guan Yunchang is indeed enough for you to become famous in the world, but don't be careless and become my brother's sword."
Xu Huang rode away.
Zhang Fei squinted at the layout outside the city.
End to end, full of pitfalls.
Although he said it was powerful, he had to admit it.
This Xu Huang is indeed a talent in military strategy.
After getting along for many years, he naturally understands the temperament of the two brothers, and most of the people who came to the rescue were the second brother Guan Yu.
He gently patted the city wall in front of him, thinking about how he would solve this dilemma if he was Guan Yu.
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Day and night
Next, Guan Yu led the army to arrive.
Just went down to the village at a great distance, and confronted Cao Jun outside the city.
"Yun Chang, I see that the Cao army outside the city is very densely defended, with several heavy camps, and they are connected from end to end, whether it is in front of or after the attack, I am afraid that it will cause a flanking attack in the front and back."
In Guan Yu's main account, the accompanying tricks analyzed the situation.
Now that the draw has begun to grow a beard, although it is not as good as Guan Yu's long hair, it looks a lot more stable in the end.
Guan Yu nodded when he heard this, "Cao Jun's formation does have some means, if it is a change of people, it is really difficult to deal with it, but it just ran into my hands."
He smiled and said, "Do you have an idea?"
"Since the beginning and the end echo, there must be people defending the front and back. Today, I have seen that the one who guards the rear army is Cao Ren, who is under Cao Cao's account, and the one who guards the front army must be the one who sets up the formation."
Zhao Zhao understood what he meant, "Yun Chang means to attack the back and actually attack the front?"
Then he frowned again, "It's just that now our manpower is only half of Cao Jun's. If the strong attack fails, I am afraid that it will be defeated. With the men and horses in our hands, as long as there is a big defeat, there is absolutely no possibility of fighting again."
Guan Yu smiled, "What Zijing said is naturally reasonable, but things on the battle array are ever-changing, where is there a stable battle situation."
Zhao nodded, "You mean that I want to attack him and hold Cao Ren back."
Guan Yu said with a smile: "Cao Zixiao is good at defending and not attacking, with your ability, even if the troops are not as good as the army, it is not difficult to delay him. As long as he moves, I will storm the front village."
Zhao is also a lawless character, although he has converged a lot over the years, but the country is easy to change, his nature is difficult to change, and he still has some adventurous thoughts in his temperament.
He smiled and said, "Then you have to hurry, otherwise if I accidentally take off Cao Ren's head, the great credit for saving Yide will be in my hands."
Guan Yu smiled: "Just rest assured, the thief is easy to hear."
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On the second day, he led more than 1,000 people under the banner of Guanzi and prepared to capture the western military village with great fanfare.
More than 1,000 people, but it seems that there are thousands of people, making a posture of pressing the whole army.
The offensive was fierce.
Cao Ren had always known that Guan Yu was brave and fierce, and he didn't dare to be careless, and even left the military horses in the village to prepare for any response.
Guan Yu, who had already been ambushed in the east and was ready to attack, saw that Cao Ren's army was moving, and immediately led his army and horses to attack the camp in the east.
In the tent, Xu Huang saw that Guan Yu was suddenly killed, and he had no time to recruit back the soldiers and horses of the rear army, so he sent soldiers to inform Cao Ren, and then took 5,000 foot soldiers out to engage in battle.
is facing the roaring Guan Yu cavalry.
Xu Huang gritted his teeth and danced the big axe in his hand, "Hedong, Xu Huang Xu Gongming, come and get your name!"
Guan Yu glanced at this person, his ability to set up the formation is not bad, and he can be regarded as a character, so he can know his name.
"Hedong, Guan Yunchang."
Now it was an emergency, Guan Yu didn't say anything, and the horizontal knife went to kill Xu Huang.
Although Xu Huang's ability is not bad, but now Guan Yu is in the prime of life, and his spirit is flourishing, among the world, there are certainly people who can be his opponents, but unfortunately Xu Huang is by no means one of them.
After a few battles, Xu Huang was cut on the arm by Guan Yu and retreated in defeat.
The 5,000 foot soldiers he brought out were naturally defeated and lost, and they rushed towards the village.
Guan Yu led the army in hot pursuit and killed directly in the village.
Along the way, Cao Jun blocked them, but they were all broken by Guan Yu and beheaded several Cao generals.
broke the village again and again, and it was actually killed from the front village to the back village.
When Cao Ren was engaged in battle with Zhao, he suddenly saw Guan Yu coming from behind, and he didn't care about guarding the camp, so he hurriedly led the army to flee south.
Guan Yu's trip was originally to save people, and he didn't pursue when he saw this, straightened out the soldiers and horses, and collected the grain and grass in the village.
At this time, the war was over, and Zhang Feicai hurried from the city with his army and horses.
"I know that Xu Huang is not the opponent of the second brother." Zhang Fei stepped forward and patted Guan Yu's
Shoulder.
The two brothers looked at each other and laughed.
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When Liu Bei personally led the Qingzhou army to the east of Pengcheng, he joined forces with Tao Qian and confronted Cao Cao in Pengcheng.
[In view of the general environment,
Tao Qian has experienced a series of defeats, and he has long lost his original heart, and he is even more seriously ill, if it wasn't for the support of the battle before, I am afraid that he would have been ill a long time ago.
Now that he saw Liu Bei entering the game, he handed over all the military horses to Liu Bei's command.
At this time, Liu Bei had already received the battle report sent by Guan Yu, and while breathing a sigh of relief, his heart was greatly happy, and he wrote "Lao Guan Yu Order" in his hand.
"I have been a soldier for several years. Those who are good at using soldiers in the ancients have not driven into the enemy's encirclement for a long time."
Jia Xu looked at the words on the side, and said with a smile: "I can copy a few more copies and send them to Cao Ying opposite."
Liu Bei nodded, "That makes sense."
Liu Bei smiled and asked, "When does Wen He think Cao Mengde will retreat?"
It turned out that the two sides had fought several times in the past few days, but the battle was limited to small-scale cavalry battles or fighting generals.
Zhao Yun went out several times and defeated Cao Ying's generals in a row.
It's just that these are small wins and defeats that have nothing to do with the overall situation, and it is difficult to play a decisive role.
Jia Xu smiled and said, "Cao Mengde will not retreat, but I am afraid that he may not be able to help him. Now that we have entered the game here, on the Jizhou side, Yuan Benchu is afraid that he may not be able to endure it."
Liu Bei nodded, "There will be a battle between Yuan Benchu and Yuan Benchu sooner or later, and it's better to be late than early."
Jia Xu twisted the paperwork in his hand, "Yuan Benchu is only afraid that he will think so. Now that Cao's army was defeated under Jianyang City, if there is a fire in the backyard again, Cao Cao will have enough reason to withdraw his troops, and Yuan Shao will not have any more trouble."
Liu Bei was thoughtful, now that Lu Bu is not here, there is still one person who can attack Cao Cao.
"Wenhe means Yuzhou Yuanshu."
Jia Xu smiled and said, "Yes, Yuan Shu has always been on bad terms with Cao Cao, as long as someone provokes one or two from it, Yuan Shu will definitely send troops."
Liu Bei touched the sword at his waist, "So the person who provoked must be Cao Cao's person."
He said softly, "It seems that Meng De has a wise man."
Jia Xu smiled, "Since Li Ru's death, I haven't met such a smart person for a long time."
It turned out that Li Ru, who was in Chang'an that day, heard that Dong Zhuo was dead, and immediately took wine and died.
Liu Bei smiled: "I think of one person, but I don't know if I have the fate to meet."
After all, the man's lifespan was extremely short.