Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 597

Zhao Yan smiled wryly and shook his head: "How can I not know that the quilt is tense, but Gongming's trilogy is mostly recruits, and he has lost a lot in the defense of Fancheng before. Let him alone this time to feint, I am afraid it will chill the hearts of other soldiers. "

Cao Ren thought for a while, then frowned and said: "Xu Gongming is so sincere, how can he let him fight alone, I will let Niu Jin send troops to go with him, but Guan Yu chose this season to start the war, we can't wait until the winter clothes are ready, let alone wait When the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, if there is an all-out war and the clothes are still thin, can Bo Ran (Zhao Yan) have a clever plan to help me?"

Zhao Yan picked up his beard and thought, and seemed to gain something from his expression, but in the end he shook his head and refused to speak.

Cao Ren looked at his words and looked at his face, and asked: "It's a close call, even if Bo Ran is in a difficult situation, he should tell me."

Zhao Yan's expression was solemn: "It's not easy to make winter clothes for war in this season, and such a huge quantity is not easy. I guess we have to wait until March and April next year to prepare everything, but at that time, it will basically not be used. At present, there is only one method. Desirable."

"What is the best way?" Cao Ren asked anxiously.

"There are still many households in Fancheng, but I don't recommend it as a last resort." Zhao Yan hesitated to speak.

Cao Ren understood in an instant that there was really no way to rob the people, but the consequences would be a big loss of popular support. Unless Fancheng was abandoned, this kind of tactic could not be used.

"For the time being, it's a bad idea." Cao Ren nodded slightly.

In fact, Cao Ren didn't feel guilty at all, because ordinary people were like cattle and sheep in his eyes, and he would rob them if he had to. Thinking of Cao Cao's winter clothes were not enough, would he plunder the people in Wancheng?

Absolutely not, Cao Ren denied this idea.

Because after suppressing Hou Yin's rebellion at the beginning of the year, he had slaughtered Wancheng completely. All valuable objects in the city had already been collected by his arrogant soldiers. Cao Cao had no sheep even if he wanted to gather wool.

In order to prevent them from being defeated individually, Cao Ren asked Niu Jin and Xu Huang to send a total of [-] troops to the north to Deng County to attract the attention of the other party. The soldiers selected were all elite soldiers with winter clothes.

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, the vegetation withered and the land was desolate.

The wilderness was muddy and difficult to move after the snow. Xu Huang and Niu Jin marched slowly northward. When they reached fifty miles north of Fancheng, they suddenly heard thunderous thunder and murderous aura from the northeast direction. Thousands of cavalry rushed down from the small hill.

Xu Huang and Niu Jin immediately held their ground. The cavalry on the opposite side had serious flags and neat ranks, like a tiger like black. They were secretly startled.

More than a hundred personal guards in the central army held out two generals in the formation. The general on the left had a square face, a handsome appearance, and a red robe and a golden helmet. He was the fierce general Gan Ning; With a tall white horse and a cold and beautiful sword upside down, he is Pound, the commander of this cavalry.

Xu Huang and Gan Ning once had a battle in Fancheng, but at that time there was no winner because of their own concerns.

"Isn't Gan Ning a boatman? Why do you always come to land to fight? Later, Lao Gongming will fight with him, and I will deal with the round-faced man surnamed Pang on the right." Niu Jin whispered under his throat. .

"Just General Yi Niu." Xu Huang was startled for a moment, then nodded in agreement, saying that it is up to you to choose, these two are stubborn.

Xu Huang followed Cao Cao to fight Ma Chao in Weishui. Although he didn't fight directly, he knew Pang De was brave. As Cao Ren's deputy, Niu Jin often moved back and forth between Xiangyang and Huainan, so he didn't know what opponent he picked.

Xu Huang and Niu Jin's [-] soldiers were a mixture of more than [-] light infantry and hundreds of light cavalry. They had no advantage in front of the opponent's pure cavalry with bright armor and strong horses.

"General Gan hasn't seen you for a long time. Why don't you stay on the boat? It's a good plan to attack Deng County before it's too late, but we know that King Wei's army will arrive in no time? When the time comes, we will attack back and forth with Fancheng's army, and you will all die without a place to die. I advise you." You should rush back to the warship to respond." Xu Huang reined in his horse and moved forward, cupping his fists to challenge Gan Ning.

Gan Ning responded with a sneer: "Aren't you collaborating with Sun Quan? Didn't he tell General Ni Ben that the Baiqi robbed the camp? Whether it was a flanking attack or a front and rear death, we will not know until after the fight. As for the warships, there is no need to worry. Jingzhou has plenty. A good boatman, I will accompany Wenpin if he comes to die, and the Deng County you care about may be ruined."

Wenpin was transferred by Cao Cao to Wancheng to supervise the construction of warships a month ago. Xu Huang didn't know whether he would go south with the army. At this time, facing Gan Ning's teasing, he had to change the subject, "I didn't separate out in Fancheng last time. Win or lose, do you dare to try the big ax in my hand again?"

"My big knife has just been sharpened, and I just use you to test whether it is sharp."

Gan Ning said that he was going to fight with his horse, Xu Huang picked up his big ax and went towards him, the sword and ax collided back and forth and the fight was very fierce, the two fought more and more bravely in the cold wind, more than ten rounds were still tied.

Seeing that Gan Ning and Xu Huang were fighting fiercely, Pang De also lifted the rein and took two steps forward. He originally planned to challenge Niu Jin who was facing him, but Niu Jin mistook him for a sneak attack.

"Don't make a sneak attack, the thief will, let's see my Niu Jin's sword skills." Niu Jin said and galloped on his horse.

Pang De was stunned for a moment, and immediately stepped forward to meet the attack with a knife. As soon as he fought, he detected the opponent's depth. Niu Jin struggled to deal with it and secretly complained, wondering why there were so many monsters in Guan Yu's formation?

Four generals and four horses were divided into two places. The soldiers of both sides clamored and cheered for their own generals.

Xu Huang and Gan Ning fought until the [-]th and [-]th rounds, and obviously felt that the opponent's sword skills were more exquisite, and his own side had already tended to be on the defensive in these two rounds, and it was estimated that it would be difficult to sustain if there were more than ten rounds, so he returned to the formation to fight with soldiers idea.

Niu Jin next to him had only had three or five rounds, and he was already overwhelmed by Pound's strength and momentum. He didn't care about face and cut off the opponent's blade, and took advantage of the gap between the two sides returning to the horse to adjust, and immediately patted the horse and ran towards the main formation.

Pang De was stunned when he saw it, but Niu Jin was about to return to the battle, and now it was too late to chase, so he took out the bow and arrow from his waist, and immediately aimed at Niu Jin's back.

"Pang Dexiu made a cold shot." Xu Huang shouted to remind him.

"Your opponent is me." Gan Ning shouted angrily and dropped the heavy knife.

Xu Huang almost dropped his weapon because he was distracted just now. At this time, he was sweating profusely and his vest was cold. Because he was worried about Niu Jin's safety and had no intention of fighting again, he fought hard and sprinted back.

Just as Xu Huang was defeated on the front foot, there was a roar of mountains and tsunami from behind, like a whip hitting his back heavily. Pang De and Gan Ning commanded the cavalry to attack Cao Jun with the prestige of a fighting general.

Just as Niu Jin was reminded by Xu Huang, his body involuntarily tilted to the side. Pound's armor-piercing arrow just missed the vital point, but was also shot in the armpit of his right hand.

Because of Pound's great strength, the armor-piercing arrow pierced his flesh, and Niu Jin lost consciousness in pain while running. His eyes were black and he fell off the horse. Several guards rushed forward and snatched him back. .

(End of this chapter)