Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 110 The Battle of Xiaopei
"Oh? Where did the horse come from?"

Liu Bei was very surprised. Horses are a precious strategic resource. There is only one possibility that horses can appear near Xiaopei, and that is that the local princes purchased them from the north.

Sure enough, Zhang Fei immediately said, "The one who robbed Lu Bu."

"Really?"

Liu Bei was overjoyed and asked, "How many horses are there?"

Zhang Fei said: "One hundred and five horses."

"Well, it's not much, but it's enough."

"Brother, go try a horse?"

"Don't rush."

Liu Bei mused, "Don't leak the news now, we need to train the cavalry secretly, otherwise Lu Bu will attack soon, and these 150 horses will be of no use."

Zhang Fei patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, brother, leave everything to me."

"it is good."

Liu Bei readily agreed.

This year has been a good one for him.

Shen Chen gave him a sum of property and armor, and got a batch of war horses, and his strength has also improved.

The description of this incident in the later "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is that Liu Bei severely reprimanded Zhang Fei and asked him to return the horse to Lv Bu, but Zhang Fei refused to return it, so Zhang Fei fought against Lv Bu. After a hundred rounds, the outcome was undecided. famous scene.

But in fact, Liu Bei's personality belongs to a relatively staunch type. The image of Zhang Fei in the novel is actually the image of Liu Bei in real history. How could he be such a pedantic person?
Lu Bu was unkind first, so he took him in with good intentions, but the other party stole his hometown in a blink of an eye, and sent Yang Feng and others to plunder his military supplies. For this kind of white-eyed wolf, Liu Bei hated it to the bone, and it was impossible for him to do it because of Zhang. Fei robbed the opponent's horse and was angry.

It's just that Liu Bei's strength is really bad now.

According to the records of "Three Kingdoms" and "Hou Han Shu", at that time Lu Bu and Liu Bei fought in Xuzhou in a dark and dark way. About 1 people from Lu Bu came to Xuzhou from Yanzhou, and Liu Bei also had about [-] paper strength.

However, one of his subordinates, Cao Bao and Xu Dan, were rebellious. Without the help of the Danyang soldiers left behind by Tao Qian, Liu Bei was helpless. His real strength was only a few thousand, and he was defeated by Lu Bu.

When he went to Guangling, he was helped by Mi Zhu. Mi Zhu's family was very rich, and there were more than 1 servants alone. With his help, Liu Bei not only recovered the decline, but also gathered more than 1 horsemen, and his strength seemed stronger than before. a lot.

But these more than 1 horses are actually a lot of water, most of them are servants of Mi Zhu's family, and there are very few elites in battle.Therefore, in the battle with Lu Bu, he was repeatedly at a disadvantage.

However, Lu Bu was not much better off. He could not get the support of the Xuzhou family, which led to a serious depletion of soldiers and could not be replenished. Therefore, in 197 AD, according to the "Book of the Later Han", when the conflict with Yuan Shu broke out, he was left with only Three or four thousand soldiers and horses, hundreds of cavalry.

It's just that he didn't expect Yuan Shu to send him a wave of warmth, and sent general Zhang Xun and others to lead tens of thousands of horses to conquer.As a result, he was defeated by Lu Bu, captured a large number of soldiers, and expanded them into his own team, which made Lu Bu gain another 2 troops at once.

Therefore, in terms of strength, although Liu Bei is Yuzhou Mu, there is still a big gap with Lu Bu.

At the beginning of the third year of Jian'an, when Lu Bu learned that Liu Bei had robbed his horse, he was really furious. He gathered 1 horses, and personally led generals Gao Shun and Zhang Liao to kill Xiaopei.

February [-]th, already spring, in Peiguo, Yuzhou, Xiaopei County.

There are very few people in a radius of a hundred miles. In the north is Surabaya, which flows obliquely from northwest to southeast, and in the south is Fengshui between Bianshui and Surabaya. The entire city of Xiaopei is surrounded by the angle formed by the two rivers. between.

Only to the west is the endless plain.

Strictly speaking, this city is located in the northeast corner of Yuzhou, the most east of Yingchuan, and the southeast of Yanzhou. It is the southeast barrier of Cao Cao's territory.

It seems to be a strategic location, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

But there are actually climate impacts to consider.

The end of the Han Dynasty was in the Little Ice Age.

Future generations may not understand how cruel the Little Ice Age was.

Let's say that.

The high temperature continued in the summer of 2022 AD, and the temperature in many places in my country reached a maximum of more than 40 degrees, and the duration was very long.

But this is not the arrival of the Little Ice Age, it can only be regarded as a little embellishment of the greenhouse effect.

During the normal Little Ice Age, the average summer temperature in the south was more than 40 degrees, and even in the northeast it was very common to maintain it above 30 degrees.

In winter, the northern Hebei area is the coldest with an average of minus 40 degrees, and the south of Guangdong and Fujian has heavy snowfall, with an average of minus ten degrees, and all rivers and lakes are completely frozen.

From here, we can see how serious the disaster caused by the Little Ice Age is.

The end of the Han Dynasty was also in the Little Ice Age. Last winter, almost all large lakes such as Poyang Lake, Taihu Lake, and Chaohu Lake in Jiangdong were frozen. In Jingzhou, only Yunmengze, which was more than 1 square kilometers, was not frozen.

And in summer, the super high temperature can burn people to death. For example, last year when it was summer, there was a drought, which caused a severe drought in Huainan area, which is obviously extremely rich in water resources. Famine was rampant, which made Yuan Shu's strength great Amplitude attenuation.

Therefore, although Xiaopei is located between the two rivers, affected by the climate in recent years, there is still some water in Surabaya, and Fengshui is almost dry. You don’t need to walk across the river. Sandy riverbed.

Liu Bei was standing on the tower at this time, watching Lu Bu's densely packed army slowly approaching from the river bed of Fengshui to the south.

He didn't send anyone to organize it. Everyone said to attack halfway, but people used the river to walk across, which was no different from flat ground. Attacking halfway was meaningless tactically, and it was better to defend the city.

only.

Looking at the dilapidated Xiaopei City, Liu Bei sighed in his heart.

Pei County also has a certain meaning to him, that is, his ancestor Liu Bang once served as the head of the Surabaya Pavilion to the east of Xiaopei.

Liu Bang is not from Pei County, but from Fengyi, [-] kilometers away from Xiaopei. At that time, it was just a town, which belonged to Pei County. After the Eastern Han Dynasty, Fengyi had been promoted to Feng County, so administratively, it has nothing to do with Liu Bang. .

But the Surabaya Pavilion is just outside the city. Liu Bang started his business here, met Fan Kuai, Xiao He, Cao Can, Xia Houying and others here, and led them to revolt from Peixian County, and finally created the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, Liu Bei has a lot of affection for this place, but it is a pity that he has no property and strength to use to repair the city, resulting in the city being dilapidated and can only barely defend.

The Lu Bu army in the distance was getting closer and closer. Their numbers were so dense that they seemed to be invisible at a glance. Under the scolding and organization of officers at all levels, they slowly moved towards the south of Xiaopei City, and then they were about one mile away from the city. , began to rectify the army.

Among the crowd, there was a middle-aged general in his forties, nine feet tall, with a face like a crown jade, a long halberd in his hand, a sweaty BMW under his crotch, wearing armor, like a god without anger and prestige, he was the number one in the Three Kingdoms The fierce general Lu Bu.

He rode on the back of a red rabbit, surrounded by hundreds of cavalry, and galloped to a hillside in the west of Xiaopei City. Looking at Liu Beijun on the tower of Xiaopei City in the distance, his eyes were extremely cold.

How dare Liu Bei rob my horse?

"kill!"

Almost after Lu Bu's army had been reorganized, he gave the order to attack.

There is no opening statement on both sides, and there is no scene of Liu Bei and Lu Bu talking on the top of the city tower and the other under the city.

First of all, the two sides are already sworn enemies. As Lu Bu took the initiative to attack Liu Bei several times, captured his Xuzhou, and dispersed his army, the conflict between the two was irreconcilable.

Secondly, no one would foolishly run down the enemy's tower alone. Even if Lu Bu is invincible in the world, the fierce battle itself is extremely high, and hundreds of archers will still turn into hedgehogs with a round of salvos.

Therefore, when fighting, face the enemy head-on without any warning.Even like the dark forest, whoever finds the enemy first will choose to strike first.

The horn sounded "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo".

In front of the battle there was a thin-faced general, and behind him were [-] majestic soldiers, all of whom were dressed in pitch-black armor, standing still like sculptures, everyone with serious eyes, they could be called elite soldiers in all battles.

This general is Lu Bu's general Gao Shun, and the eight hundred soldiers are the world-famous trap camp.

The trapped camp is heavy armored infantry, and of course it cannot be used to attack cities.

So at this moment Gao Shun is serving as the temporary commander in front of the formation.

Gao Shun is actually a very regrettable famous general. If he followed Cao Cao and Liu Bei instead of Lu Bu, even if it was Sun Quan, his achievements would not be lower than Zhang Liao or even Guan Yu.

Trapped camp is secondary.

His real strength lies in his excellent command in front of the battle. When Lu Bu's subordinate Hao Meng rebelled last year, Gao Shun commanded calmly.

It's a pity that because of his excellence, Lu Bu didn't dare to reuse him. When he was not fighting, he would take away Gao Shun's soldier talisman, take away all military power including the camp, and hand it over to his confidant Wei Xu.

Only when fighting, would the soldier talisman be handed over to him, and he had to watch it all the time, so he was very guarded against him.

But even so, Gao Shun had no resentment in his heart, and was extremely loyal to Lu Bu.

At this moment, the sound of the horn resounded throughout the world, Gao Shun waved his hand, and immediately there was a messenger to convey his order, indicating that he was ready to attack.

At the end of Yuzhong and early middle of the year, following Gao Shun's order, about 1000 people from the two groups on the left and right sides of him began to move. They carried the stairs and headed for Xiaopei city in a mighty way.

As a city located at the angle between two rivers, Xiaopei naturally has a moat, and the river can still flow now, because the source of water for the moat is not from Fengshui, but Surabaya.The flow of Surabaya water is so large that it can barely fill the moat.

It is precisely because of the protection of the moat that Liu Bei persisted in Xiaopei for nearly a year in history. From the third year of Jian'an, that is, the beginning of 198 AD, until the autumn and September, Gao Shun and Zhang Liao finally broke the city.

Now that Gao Shun is launching a strong attack, the first thing to consider is the moat issue. Therefore, these two troops are not used for attacking, but for carrying the trench bridge to the moat to pave the way for the army behind.

The distance between the two sides was less than a crossbow, and the two men and horses carried the ladders and ran in line. The distance of four to five hundred steps was reached in an instant. When they approached the city, they raised their shields one after another.

Liu Bei was watching with Tai Shici on the tower in the distance. Lu Bu had more troops than them. Since Xiaopei was defeated last time, he had only 3000 troops and [-] or [-] old troops given by Cao Cao. The enemy surrounded the city, so Zhang Fei was there At the north gate, Guan Yu is at the west gate, while he himself and Tai Shici are at the south gate.

Seeing that the enemy was already galloping towards them, and they all began to raise their shields to cover the ditches, Liu Bei did not immediately order the arrows to be released.Because the arrows are so precious, he doesn't have many, so he must save some.

On the contrary, Tai Shici bent his bow and set an arrow, and shot out suddenly, the arrow pierced the void like a meteor, and shot into the neck of an enemy soldier silently, as if carrying a icy chill.

"it is good!"

Liu Bei applauded loudly.

Unlike Liu Yao, when Tai Shici defected to Liu Yao from his hometown, Liu Yao looked down on him very much, so he just appointed him as a scout captain.

But Liu Bei knew Tai Shici's ability, and he broke out from the encirclement of tens of thousands of yellow scarves alone, which was unstoppable.Therefore, after Tai Shici defected to him, he was appointed as the subordinate governor, that is, the commander of the personal guards around him.

Then in the past two years, he followed Liu Bei and wandered around, and now he has become Qu Junhou.

Don't look at him as a military marquis, but he is already the second most general under Liu Bei after Guan Zhang, because Liu Bei's troops are too few. Although he is a shepherd of Yuzhou, he is qualified to appoint Guan Zhang as a general of Zhonglang.

But you don't have that many troops, and if you dare to call yourself General Zhonglang with hundreds of people, the court will lose all face.

So up to now, Guan and Zhang are just military commanders, each leading about 1000 people, Tai Shici's trilogy has 500 people, and Liu Bei personally leads about 500 people, and the number of about 4000 people is all Liu Bei's current strength.

Tangtang State Shepherd has only this manpower, which makes people feel sad.

But there is no other way, besides Yuzhou Mu and Huangshu's name, he has nothing to show for it now.

Tai Shici's arrow shot past, immediately the morale of Liu Bei's army on the tower was boosted, and they shouted and clamored one after another, which caused Lu Bu's army attacking below the city to be confused for a while, and the offensive was stalled.

Seeing this, Gao Shun immediately ordered to beat the drums.

"Dong dong dong dong!"

The drums and thunder sounded, and the officers of Lu Bu's army heard the order and once again yelled at the soldiers to move forward.

Soon they came to the city and began to lay trench bridges.

The moat bridge is not a ladder, it looks like a long wooden plank, which is convenient for people to cross the river.

But then Liu Bei shouted: "Smash!"

"Smash!"

With an order, the rolling stones and trees began to be thrown down one after another.

Lu Bujun's shields are actually small round shields, which at most protect the upper body and can be shot with bows and arrows.

But under siege, bows and arrows are non-renewable resources, while rolling stones and wood can demolish buildings in the city or dig them from nearby rivers.

Therefore, it is the best way to use rolling stone wood first.

Immediately, countless heavy objects fell from the top of the city, the shields couldn't resist it at all, the trenches and bridges were smashed one after another, and a large number of mourners from Lu Bu's army fell into the moat, killing and injuring nearly a hundred people in an instant.

Many soldiers in the back instinctively started to look at the main formation, looking forward to the sound of Mingjin's retreat, but unfortunately, Gao Shun never retreated, so they could only continue to bite the bullet and rush forward, constantly laying trenches and bridges, and kept being smashed Dead and smashed.

This process lasted for nearly two quarters of an hour, until Liu Bei realized that the opponent's number of moats and bridges was insufficient, so he roared: "Open the city gate and kill!"

"kill!"

Tai Shici was the first to respond.

"Kill!"

"The city gate is open!"

"Kill it out."

There was a lot of shouting and killing around, and the people on the tower began to clamor.

In fact, Liu Beijun had already prepared for the tower below the city. After the order was issued, the city gate was opened immediately.

The reason why Liu Bei chose to open the city gates for close combat was because he had too few supplies, and there were not many bows, arrows, rolling stones and wood, so he had to save them.

Therefore, when seeing that the opponent's trench bridges were insufficient to rush over on a large scale, they immediately chose to go to Kaesong to face the battle.

The gate of the city was opened, and the two sides quickly joined forces.Tai Shici had also come down, but he didn't ride a horse, because the distance between the city and the moat was less than ten meters wide, so there wasn't that much space to ride a horse.

When he came down, Liu Bei's army had already killed them. The crowd was crowded, shouting and roaring, and the sound of weapons intertwined.

The sound of "dong dong dong" drums continued in the distance. Gao Shun noticed that although their trench bridge had been damaged a lot, there was still a chance, so he continued to increase his troops and sent two more troops to carry out the battle. test.

But soon he found that it might not work, because the open space was too narrow, and the soldiers of the enemy and us were crowded together. The increase in troops would make it impossible to kill the rear immediately, and the people in the past could not fight the opposite side, falling into the water and screaming The sound is endless, and some of them have become refueling tactics.

After thinking for a while, Gao Shun decided to attack from the side, and sent people to use all the remaining bridges, trying to open a gap from the southeast corner of the city.

However, Liu Bei is very good at small-scale warfare. He also noticed this keenly, so he personally led the people to the southeast corner of the city wall, and was forced to use some rolling stones, wood and a few bows and arrows to block Lu Bu's surprise attack.

The roar of horns and war drums resounded across the battlefield, the sound of shouts and fighting, the sound of weapons fighting, and the groaning and hissing of people when knives and guns were piercing flesh.

"The wall on the right, go to the two people and suppress them with bows and arrows! Quick!"

With a wave of Liu Bei's hand, the archers immediately went to fill the hole, and under the city wall, outside the moat section hundreds of meters away, densely packed Lu Bu troops swarmed towards this side, and a trench bridge covered the entire river. , constantly pouring down the city wall.

It's not that Gao Shun doesn't have archers at his disposal, but they are condescending and have a longer range.If they use bows and arrows, there is a high probability that they will shoot their teammates, so there is no way to use long-range weapons.

The war quickly lasted for more than an hour. There were already corpses everywhere near the city gate, and countless people fell into the water in the moat. It was not until the afternoon when the blazing sun shone on the people, making them warm and hot, that Gao Shun ordered Ming Jin to withdraw the troops.

The tinkling sound of gold resounded throughout the battlefield, and the attacking soldiers of Lu Bu's army seemed relieved, and began to retreat one after another.However, in the process of being chased, it was inevitable to lose some troops.

Liu Beijun also retreated into the city after destroying the remaining trench bridges. The soldiers were all exhausted, some were covered in blood, some were seriously injured, and some fell into a pool of blood and had no breath.

Tai Shici has completely turned into a blood man, and from head to toe, there is almost no place on his body where his original color can be seen—some bloodstains have dried up and turned black, and some places are still wet with blood. Reflects a deep light in the sun.

But he was not injured, but Liu Bei was injured. When the battle was the most intense, Liu Bei had to lead the people down the city wall to charge and kill.Since he had the chain mail given by Shen Chen, his body was fine, but during the chaos, he was attacked from behind and slashed on the chain mail. There was no wound, but his chest felt tight due to the impact.

He was carried back by Tai Shici. After all Liu Beijun soldiers returned to the city, the wounded were carried away for medical treatment, and the uninjured ones sat under the city wall to take time to rest.

Tai Shici and Liu Bei also struggled to climb to the top of the city tower. After watching Lu Bu's army retreat, they went limp and sat down under the parapet, gasping for breath.

Lu Bu's army receded like a tide in the distance.

But they did not go far, but set up camp several miles west of the city, obviously preparing to besiege the city for a long time.

The golden sun shone into Xiaopei in the afternoon, and warmly fell on Liu Bei and Tai Shici.

At this moment, the two of them had the joy of surviving a catastrophe, the joy of defeating a powerful enemy, and the most important thing was the cautiousness of knowing that the enemy would come again.

they know.

The enemy will not let it go, sooner or later they will come!
　Watching the Taobo game today gave me numbness, and I didn't have any ideas to code the words. It's outrageous that I only coded it now.

　　The next chapter is coming later.

　　In addition, some people are concerned about whether this book is a supplementary essay or a self-supporting essay. I don’t want to spoil it, but let me say that it is semi-self-supporting and semi-assisting. The protagonist is obviously not trying to build a pure feudal dynasty. A history of change.

　　However, there is no problem with Liu Bei and the protagonist being in the same camp. They both have the same ideals. According to the old saying in the past, they are called comrades.Therefore, their people-oriented thinking must be correct, and at most the Han Dynasty royal family can be added as a banner.

　　
　
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