Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 601

Cao Cao's mind is indeed not comparable to that of Ma Chao, but his suspicious character is also more suspicious than Ma Chao. After testing, Zhang Liao found that Lantian was more sinister than Jia Xu.

Seeing that Zhang Liao was pretending to be calm, Lan Tian smiled slightly and said, "This is nothing to worry about, General Zhang, don't be afraid, we may not drive Cao Cao apart."

"Sir is a great talent, Zhang Liao bows down, since the words are not speculative, let's take our leave and come to ask for advice tomorrow, everyone please." Zhang Liao reined in his horse and turned around after finishing speaking.

Guan Yu and the others also saluted and returned. Zhang Fei asked Lan Tian while walking on his horse: "Ziyu, the scheming just now was good. Shall we really send people to spread rumors? Cao Cao is suspicious by nature and will not move forward. Just wait until we take down Fancheng."

Lan Tian smiled slightly: "Why do we have to spread rumors by ourselves? Didn't the soldiers behind Zhang Liao's formation just now have no mouths?"

"Ziyu, you are really a good plan." Zhang Fei was dumbfounded. He wanted to praise him for being insidious, but that was really not a good word.

Considering the convenience of the supply line, Guan Yu detoured to Deng County according to Lantian's suggestion, took a defensive position against the reinforcements in the north, and took psychological warfare against Fancheng in the south. , which is of great benefit to the final breaking of the city.

If the original plan of the generals is to cross the Han River from the north of Xiangyang to encircle Fancheng, the reinforcements from the north will continue to march south. If the Jingzhou soldiers cannot win quickly, they will not be able to take the city. Because Cao Ren has many experiences in defending Fancheng, I believe that he will stick to it You can win by waiting.

Lantian did the opposite, and attacked Deng County first to leave enough strategic depth, so that the supply line would not be too long. In this way, they could attack, defend, advance and retreat. The defenders of Fancheng had a lesson from Lu Chang. People are at risk.

Although Guan Yu promised to fight again tomorrow, Zhang Liao still cautiously chose to retreat five miles and set up camp. At night, he divided into six teams inside and outside the camp to patrol and guard all night.

War is all about intrigue, Zhang Liao doesn't believe in any promises, he puts everything together and goes to sleep, his mind is full of images before the battle during the day, no matter how powerful Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are, it is their personal ability after all, but the bravery of a few people cannot change the war The ending, because Lu Bu is the best example.

The picture was finally fixed on Lan Tian. Zhang Liao was under heavy pressure from his understatement. He was always worried that this matter would reach Cao Cao. Do he need to explain everything?
The other self in his heart, like Mrs. Xianglin, proved his innocence. Zhang Liao's head was buzzing all night, and he didn't fall asleep until dawn.

At two o'clock in the morning, Zhang Liao sat up suddenly. He opened the curtain of the tent and saw that the sky was already light.

Based on Zhang Liao's understanding of Gao Shun, he knew that the opponent liked to launch an attack after dawn. The reason was that the yang energy of the court was beneficial to clear ears and eyesight, and the soldiers could perform better in battle after absorbing it.

Thinking of this, Zhang Liao frowned, and decisively asked the guards to wake up the soldiers of the battalions, and immediately buried the pot to prepare food for the battle.

With the order, the camp erupted instantly. Zhang Liao looked at the eastern sky, wondering if Gao Shun's habit had changed.

When Mao and Chen met, the soldiers of each battalion were resting after breakfast, when suddenly scouts from outside the battalion came rushing in, shouting in panic, "Enemy attack, enemy attack, Guan Yu is here."

Zhang Liao stepped on his horse and held his sword and shouted, "Order the battalions to assemble quickly, and the defeat of Guan Yu is now."

After a while, the two armies lined up, drums and horns sounded together, and tens of thousands of people began to hedge on the wide plain.

Originally, the weaker side would invite generals to fight, but at this time Zhang Liao didn't dare to brush Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's beards, so he had to bite the bullet and test the strength of the Jingzhou soldiers.

Although the strength of the northern army is temporarily inferior to that of the southern army, because of the geographical advantage and the large number of cavalry, Zhang Liao can retreat calmly even if there is a disadvantage in the war, and will not become a defeat like a landslide.

Guan Yu's side mainly consisted of infantry. In the case of superior numbers, they didn't have enough cavalry to intersperse and turn around. They could only form the vanguard of the front army and the left and right wings to hedge. Respond with infantry listing the same formation.

The horses neighed and the soldiers shouted, as if to overturn the sky.

At the very beginning of the battle, Zhang Liao noticed Guan Yu's former vanguard, the armor shining under the sun, and he saw the trapped camp again, but the number was more than ten times larger than before.

Gao Boping, who raised this army for you?To equip thousands of people with such excellent armor, shouldn't it cost more than 5 people?
As soon as the two armies fought, Gao Shun's command of the "steel torrent" made Zhang Liao see what military power is.

After a while, the cavalry scouts of the Chinese army continued to report the battle situation on the front line. Zhang Liao's front army could not hold back the fallen army at all, and it was now retreating steadily. If it was not adjusted in time, the existing formation would be blown up. turn.

Overlooking the war from the air, the two sides collided like two lines at first. As time went by, the middle of Guan Yu's side began to bulge northward, while Zhang Liao's side became concave toward the north.

If Gao Shun's entrapment army can break through the obstacles, they can completely cut Zhang Liao's left and right wings, and then they can face Zhang Liao's central army directly behind.

Zhang Liao has been observing in secret. The [-] people in the middle have exceeded his expectations. Even the tiger and leopard cavalry built by himself cannot be used as the main force on the frontal battlefield, but Gao Shun's army can do this. If Liu Bei has more troops Who else in the world can stop such an army?

"Get out." Zhang Liao yelled loudly.

Zhang Liao ordered the battalions to leave the battle immediately, keep their formation to the north and fight and go. This time, as a tentative confrontation, he did not intend to fight Guan Yu to the death.

After the battle just now, he not only discovered the strengths of Guan Yu's army, but also saw the weakness of the opponent, that is, they are mainly infantry, and cannot carry out large-scale mobile combat, especially the heavy armored infantry of Gaoshun.

As long as one's own forces are large enough, cavalry will be used to break up the opponent's formation, and finally the battlefield will be cut and surrounded on a small scale. Zhang Liao is confident that he will defeat Guan Yu after Cao Cao's main force arrives.

Zhang Liao commanded the entire army to retreat, while Guan Yu took advantage of the situation to cover up and pursue, and finally broke Cao Jun's camp and stopped the pursuit.

The northern army withdrew [-] li to the north, Zhang Liao ordered people to start counting the number of battalions, and found that more than [-] people had been lost in this trial. If the fighting continued like this, one can imagine the price paid.

When withdrawing the army, it was too late to transport the luggage, and the camp was damaged by Guan Yu's soldiers and horses. Zhang Liao had to retreat all the way to Chaoyang County.

Defeating Zhang Liao was not the goal. Before Guan Yu had time to hold a celebration banquet, the scouts who went to the north to investigate sent information that Cao Cao's main force had arrived in Rang County.

Guan Yu frowned after hearing this, and asked Lan Tian with a serious expression: "Ziyu, Rang County is less than two hundred miles away from Deng County, so you can arrive there in about three or four days. If your oppressive tactics are not effective, aren't we preparing for nothing?" So long? Why don’t we take advantage of Zhang Liao’s retreat and go north, and we attack Fancheng with all our strength, and we may still break the city.”

"Don't worry, Yun Chang. It takes time for emotions to brew. Since the time is tight now, I can only increase my strength. In addition, Cao's army is too short to fight in a hurry. We have nothing to worry about. I will have a clever plan to make Cao Cao retreat." Lan Tian looked at Gao Shun and smiled mysteriously.

Gao Shun swallowed his saliva, Mr. was writing hard in Xiangyang before, so you were kidding me?

(End of this chapter)