Chapter 361: Confrontation
Che Gong, Ma Xiaoxiao, and Liu Fan led the team to walk on the pipeline in Yangzhou, and the ripe grain around was now piled up in the field, and no one took care of it. Liu Fan sat on the shadow, followed by Xiang Yu and other ordinary fierce generals, Luo Cheng still returned to the Demon Wolf Mountain to cultivate, in Luo Cheng's words, his time to go out of the mountain has not yet arrived. Xiang Yu and Li Cunxiao followed Liu Fan's side left and right, serving as Liu Fan's guards at the time.
Liu Fan turned the head of the horse and walked to the side of the road, looking at the soldiers passing by him, a sense of helplessness rose in his heart, he was just the lowest level of society in his previous life, but now he has become a person who controls the life and death of tens of thousands of people. The higher the position, the heavier the responsibility, the march of tens of thousands of people without a trace of superfluous sound, only the flag fluttering in the wind, a success of ten thousand bones, this battle I don't know how many people can not follow themselves home.
"Lord, those who do great things must not be benevolent to women, this time Yangzhou must be taken down no matter what. Guo Jia came to Liu Fan's side under Lu Bu's escort and said softly: "A battle with the Praetorian Guards is our battle of life and death, and only by occupying the entire Yangzhou can we continue to provide us with soldiers, food and weapons and equipment, and can we provide us with strong support and defeat the Praetorian Guard." ”
"I know, don't worry, if you don't capture Yangzhou this time, I will never stop if I repel Zhang. Liu Fan nodded heavily, and everyone in the Praetorian Guards who passed in front of him held their heads high, and their eyes were full of excitement. Liu Fan turned the head of the Absolute Shadow and rushed towards the front of the team.
"Captain, you retreat with people first, and we will break off. Zhao Yun waved the gentian gun in his hand, turned his horse's head, and looked coldly at the cavalry troops of Yangzhou who were pursuing. Guan Yu and the four of them also turned their horses' heads, and lined up with Zhao Yun and looked coldly at the pursuing enemy soldiers in front of them.
Wang Tong, who was pursuing, also had a dignified face, and the army of 100,000 troops surrounded by 3,000 people was still rushed out of the encirclement by the other party, which was an absolute shame for Wang Tong, a battle-hardened general. Wang Tong waved his hand to stop the pursuing cavalry, Liu Hongtao did not hesitate at all, and led the only remaining hundreds of remnants under his command to frantically whip the war horses towards the brigade.
Of the 3,000-strong cavalry brigade, less than 300 remained. The rest of the cavalry were also wounded one by one, and Liu Hongtao, the strength of Zhao Yun's five people, was also considered to have seen it, and he should be able to retreat with the strength of these five people. Liu Hongtao did not dare to delay in the slightest, the strength of the Yangzhou garrison has made a strong progress, and now he must go back to report the news. If the gap in strength and combat power cannot be informed to Liu Fan in time. Liu Jiajun will be dealt a heavy blow this time.
"General, do you want to attack?" Wang Tong stood in place with the cavalry and looked coldly at the five people opposite, although there were only five people, but the powerful murderous aura was no less than the murderous aura emitted by an army. Several officers stepped forward. looked at Liu Fan and Zhao Yun coldly, although the strength of Zhao Yun and the five people was strong, but if they wanted to compete with the army, they were looking for death.
Wang Tong has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and it can be said that this battle surprised Wang Tong the most. He mobilized 50,000 cavalry, 100,000 infantry in order to leave behind this cavalry of 3,000 men. He didn't expect that the Liu family's rebellious combat power would be so strong just a forward team, especially the five soldiers in front of him, who were even more killing machines.
"No need, let's go back, we lost this battle, even if we kill them, our losses will not be small. Return. Wang Tong turned the horse's head, spared a circle from the battlefield and hurried back to join the large army in Yangzhou, this time he took all the Yangzhou elites in the Shouchun line, ready to have a positive coach with Liu Fan, and wanted to eliminate Liu Fan in a battle. And for this battle, he even transferred the army of Yizhou.
Guan Yu's five men also stayed in place and did not move, until all the cavalry disappeared on the horizon, and then turned their horses to chase after the brigade. This time the battle also made the five people run out of aura. This time, it was their luck that the Yangzhou garrison did not launch an attack, as long as the Yangzhou garrison launched an attack. There is no doubt that the five will die under the swords and guns of the Yangzhou army. The five people watched the retreat of the army in Yangzhou, and they were also greatly relieved.
"My lord, the vanguard army is back. Just when Liu Fan arranged for the army to set up camp, a herald ran into the barracks on horseback and knelt on one knee towards Liu Fan. Liu Fan's brows furrowed, it had been two days since the vanguard army went out this time and had not sent back any useful information, and the garrison in Yangzhou was still a mystery to Liu Fan.
Repeatedly, Liu Hongtao and the Five Tigers, who rushed back with their subordinates, turned over and dismounted, and several soldiers rushed over to take over the war horses in their hands, and the cavalry who rushed back behind them had their own comrades-in-arms in charge. When Liu Fan saw the people in front of him, he was shocked, and he was suddenly shocked, Liu Hongtao's whole person had become a bloody person, and his shoulder was even cut off, and the five tiger generals behind him were also brought one by one, and the battle armor on his body was all dyed blood red. Dozens of cavalry rushed back and fell from their horses as soon as they rushed into the barracks.
"The last general will see the lord!" The five people knelt in front of Liu Fan, Liu Hongtao knelt on the ground with his legs, supported the ground with one hand, and said: "The last general is incompetent, three thousand soldiers, and the last general only brought back less than three hundred people, please punish the lord!"
"Get up, tell me what's going on? You met the brigade in Yangzhou?" Liu Fan looked at the six people in front of him in surprise, and didn't care about letting people treat their injuries, so he directly brought the five people back to the big tent. The six of them followed closely behind Liu Fan and entered the military tent, Guo Jia, Wang Jian and other officers were discussing the military situation, and they were also stunned when they saw Liu Hongtao.
"Find all the officers above the rank of lieutenant to the tent. Liu Fan waved one hand and sat in the big tent, Guo Jia and Wang Jian were also relieved of the work in their hands, standing on Liu Fan's left and right hands, and soon the sound of war drums to gather the war drum officers quickly resounded throughout the barracks, and it didn't take long for all the officers in the army to gather in the big tent.
"Lord, this time we were ordered to investigate the military situation in front, and by the way, to explore the combat effectiveness of the Yangzhou army. We didn't meet the cavalry division from Yangzhou City until we reached the boundary of Shouchun, and a big battle broke out between us and the cavalry regiment. "This time it was Liu Hongtao as the main general, and naturally Liu Hongtao was responsible for telling him all the military and war affairs. At that moment, Liu Hongtao started from encountering the cavalry division in Yangzhou, and was later surrounded by the infantry corps in Yangzhou, and then to the later breakthrough battle, from beginning to end Liu Hongtao made all the details clear to everyone, especially the combat effectiveness of the Yangzhou garrison was not inferior to that of the Liujia army, and even the fighting willpower was not necessarily worse than the Liujia army.
Liu Fan glanced at the officers sitting down with a solemn face, and even the generals summoned by Liu Fan were all frowning, although they did not directly participate in the battle, but they were very clear about the strength of Guan Yu's five people. In this realm where the five people were forced, I have to say that the combat effectiveness of the Yangzhou garrison is also beyond everyone's imagination.
"So the strength of Yangzhou's garrison has been completely changed?" Liu Fan sat in his position with a frown, his fingers kept tapping on the table, the strength of the Yangzhou garrison has grown beyond Liu Fan's imagination, this time it is obviously impossible to occupy Yangzhou easily, and a bloody battle is inevitable.
"Yes, the combat effectiveness of the Yangzhou garrison has been greatly improved, and the will to fight is also very tenacious, and the five of us have not been able to easily penetrate the enemy's formation. Moreover, the opponent's army formation is even faster than ours in terms of scheduling. "The last time I fought with the Yangzhou garrison, Liu Hongtao also participated, and the weak will to fight of the Yangzhou garrison made Liu Hongtao remember deeply, but this time the change of the Yangzhou garrison even made Liu Hongtao feel a little unbelievable, an army can be changed, but only a year of effort, the change of the Yangzhou garrison made everyone feel a little incredible.