Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 117 Snatching Xiakou (5)
Liu Bei couldn't help frowning when he listened: Yes, Cao Jun's cavalry is indeed coming fiercely, if his men and horses run away when they encounter them, and retreat without a fight, how will the more than [-] Jingzhou righteous people think of themselves?I have always advertised to the outside world that "love the people like a son, and benevolent and moral". Now when the enemy is in front of him, he is even unwilling to show a gesture of sharing weal and woe with the people. Wouldn't it make the people of the world laugh?Even if it is necessary to implement the plan of fleeing east and west, and the golden cicada escapes its shell, now it is time to fight head-on and still have to fight head-on.In this way, when I make a comeback one day and occupy Jingzhou, I will not give others the excuse of abandoning people in distress.Thinking of this, Liu Bei thought for sure, and immediately swept away the previous panic and hesitation, looked back at the generals and officials around him, gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Fight! Bloody battle to the end! Cao Aman is really deceiving—— If you don't kill his rebellious spirit, how can Bei be worthy of the people of Jingzhou who came to justice together?" Then, with a glint in his eyes, he issued a general order to Liu Feng and Sun Qian: "Feng'er, Sun Jun, you go to the front line immediately. Gather your soldiers and fight in formation! Bei personally sits in the army and beats drums to cheer you on!"

Liu Feng and Sun Gan all clasped their fists in response, and rushed forward under orders.Liu Bei turned around and shouted to the messenger, "Beat the drum!"

"咚咚咚" bursts of heavy and vigorous drums, urging the previously scattered soldiers to quickly gather together, those veterans brought by Liu Bei from Xuzhou who were mixed in the refugee camp team, when they heard the majestic drums Summoning, everyone's morale is boosted, as if a wolf has aroused all the sternness.These fierce soldiers who have been rolling on the blade for many years and are used to strong winds and waves prepared their own weapons in a moment, and gathered under the banners of their respective generals, divided into archers, spearmen, The shield players lined up in three layers and were ready to go.

At this time, Zhuge Liang drove his horse and ran to the people who were rushing over, and persuaded loudly: "My fathers and elders followed Liu Huangshu to the south with righteousness. Now that the Cao thief is chasing him, Liu Huangshu and Liang should fight to the death to repay the kindness of your fathers and elders! The elders are unarmed, and retreat, and the detachment returns to the battalion to defend itself - so as not to be accidentally injured in the melee!"

The overseas Chinese in Jingzhou stared at him silently for a moment, and then dispersed chattering.

"Hey! It's all our fault that we walked too slowly, making Uncle Liu Huang..."

"Military Master Zhuge is right—let's retreat quickly and don't hinder Uncle Liu's battle."

"Let's go! Let's go..."

After calling back the Jingzhou scholars, Zhuge Liang called Liu Nuo, the commander of the guards under Liu Bei's tent, and said: "Liu Jun, after the battle, you will lead the guards to protect the lord closely, and you must not let the lord fall into a melee. Among them, the lord is the head of the three armies, and there is absolutely no room for loss!"

Liu Nuo has been Liu Bei's personal bodyguard since he was in Runan, and his martial arts skills are not inferior to Liu Feng's, so he is a fierce general.It's just that his personality has always been deep and introverted, and he is usually not easy to make friends with, and he is not good at speaking.After hearing Zhuge Liang's order, Liu Nuo still had no expression on his face, but nodded emphatically to express his understanding.

After Zhuge Liang finished his orders, he clamped his legs around the horse's belly, and drove the horse back and forth to inspect the formation.He doesn't need to hear Liu Nuo's answer. He knows that Liu Nuo, who has always been silent, doesn't like to talk, but he will be extremely serious when he executes orders—and with Liu Nuo's seriousness, responsibility and superb martial arts, he will be able to protect the lord Safety.

"Put on the war drum!" Liu Bei ordered loudly, and a large cowhide war drum was quickly lifted in front of him.He rolled up his sleeves, took the two drumsticks and held them tightly in his hands, walked to the front of the drum step by step, raised the drumsticks high, and said, "Boom!" Boom, boom, pounding."

The soldiers of Army Liu were boiling. They followed the sound and watched Uncle Liu Huang, whose temples were already a little gray, struggling to beat the drums to help the battle. The blood in each chest seemed to be rolling with the sound of his deep and violent drums—— Qi Qi cheered loudly like a landslide and tsunami, and his morale soared to the sky.

Escape the golden cicada
Cao Cao was standing on the top of the hillside on horseback. He was not as cautious as Zhuge Liang—he did not use Zhuge Liang's speculation to "divide the troops into two groups and attack Liu Jun head-to-tail". Come and intercept Liu Bei and the others head-on.At this moment, he also saw the familiar figure who was struggling to beat the drums to support the soldiers, and he also heard the cheers of Liu Bei's soldiers soaring into the sky to kill the enemy.However, his expression remained as calm as a mountain, and he only smiled coldly and said to himself: "Liu Xuande——no matter how hard you force yourself today, you will not escape bad luck!"

"My lord prime minister, please give me your orders on how we can attack Liu thief!" Cao Chun patted his horse and begged for orders.

"Don't panic--wait until they get all their energy up, and then the men of the Tiger and Leopard Camp will be more interested in killing!" Cao Cao stroked his beard on his chest, squinted his eyes and smiled coldly.He decided to use upright and head-on fighting to completely destroy the spirit of Liu Bei's army, and let them be defeated in front of more than [-] Jingzhou overseas Chinese.Thinking this way from the bottom of his heart, he glanced sideways at Jia Xu and asked, "Doctor Jia, what do you think?"

Why did Prime Minister Cao ask my opinion first in public?I'm afraid that others will have other ideas? …Jia Xu hurriedly glanced at Xun You out of the corner of his eye, saw the strange and inexplicable smile on Xun You's face, thought for a while, and replied: "Your Excellency, the Prime Minister has his own strategy, why would Jia dare to speak nonsense?"

Cao Cao hummed, and with a single stroke of the sword in his hand, Xia Houyuan, Zhang He, Cao Ren, Xu Huang and other generals gathered around one after another.He commanded solemnly: "Cao Chun, you lead two thousand tiger and leopard riders to rush straight down to Liu thief from the middle line, and take his camp of the Chinese army; Exit; Zhang He, lead two thousand tiger and leopard cavalry to outflank the right flank! The remaining two thousand tiger and leopard cavalry will be led by Zhenxiang himself..."

Just as he was talking, he glanced sideways, only to see Jia Xu standing aside, his expression slightly changed.

Cao Cao looked at Jia Xu in surprise, "Is there something missing in this order?"

Jia Xu bowed and said deeply: "My lord, there is a saying in the saying, 'You can't exhaust your power, you can't reveal your power, you can't vent your anger.'"

"Well... the truth is understood." Cao Cao nodded slightly, still holding the sword in his hand high in the air, and raised his voice to order, "The truth orders, Cao Chun, you still lead two thousand tigers and leopards to ride straight from the middle." Pounced down; Xia Houyuan led [-] tiger and leopard cavalry to go straight down from the left flank; Zhang He led [-] tiger and leopard cavalry to outflank and descend from the right flank! Zhenxiang led [-] tiger and leopard cavalry behind Take a rest and adjust your interest rate, gather your momentum and wait for the opportunity!"

"The last general takes orders!" Cao Chun, Xia Houyuan, Zhang Yun and others all agreed.

"Remember, all generals, don't entangle and fight with the people of Jingzhou, just focus on capturing Liu Bei - those who dare to resist will be killed without mercy! Those who dare to stand in the way will be killed without mercy!" After Cao Cao said, he was silent for a moment, and then he will be executed The sword in his hand slashed down fiercely—the sound of hooves sounded like thunder in an instant, shaking the sky and the earth, Cao Jun's cavalry rushed down the hillside like black lightning bolts, and went straight to the group of Liu Bei's troops. Block the wall of people and kill them.

It turned out that after Cao Cao's tigers and leopards crossed the Han River, they set foot on the Jianghan Plain full of rivers and streams, and were forced to turn eastward and westward along the way.This made them miserable soldiers who had been traveling across the Central Plains and in the north for years. They could not enjoy the unrestrained boldness and unrestrained joy they had in the Central Plains and the snowfields outside the Great Wall. The tiger and leopard knights almost He had lost his usual composure and became murderous. When he saw Liu Bei's troops waiting in formation, he couldn't help becoming extremely excited, like an eagle in the sky pounced on a hare on the ground.

"Fire the arrows!" Liu Feng and Sun Qian roared out with their knives in the middle of the soldiers in front.

"Swish, whoosh, whoosh!" There was a dense sound of bowstrings, and arrows from Liu Bei's army shot like rain, splashing on the cavalry of Cao's army who were rushing straight.

Immediately, many of the Chinese cavalry led by Cao Chun were shot down by arrows.He snorted coldly, waved the long spear in his hand left and right, and sounded a long horn. The two deputy commanders under him, Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, immediately understood, and each led six hundred armored cavalry to guard them; It widened in an instant, like a huge crane's wings spread out, firmly protecting the sides of the army, leaving only the gradually accelerating crane's head to continue to rush forward.

"Throw the spear!" Seeing the enemy cavalry getting closer, Liu Feng shouted sharply with bloodshot eyes.

The spearmen of Liu Jun's second horizontal team shouted in unison—the densely packed spears flew out of their hands with the strength of their whole bodies, drawing bright arcs in mid-air, and the black and white A large group of cavalry cavalry charged towards Cao Bing pierced straight past.

The earth-shattering sound of rumbling horseshoes was interrupted out of thin air by bursts of miserable howls and angry shouts.Blood mist splashed in the crane-shaped formation of cavalry cavalry of Cao Jun, and everywhere horses with spears tied leaned over and fell down, and the cavalry on horseback were thrown away from the saddle.Moreover, what made Cao Chun, Cao Zhen, and Cao Xiu's eyes tear apart was that many of the soldiers who turned over and fell from their horses did not die under the spear rain of the surprise attack, but were trampled into flesh by countless iron cavalry rushing up from behind.

"Rush! Rush! Rush in and kill them all!" Cao Chun took the lead, his voice roaring like thunder.

The low sound of war drums, the sound of long ox horns, the sound of rumbling horseshoes, and the roar of soldiers finally gathered at this moment to form torrents colliding fiercely, vibrating vigorously between the sky and the earth—the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry finally charged into the sky. Liu Bei's army launched a head-on confrontation.

Countless soldiers of Liu Bei were knocked into the air by the horses; countless cavalry soldiers of Cao Jun were picked up by the spears standing all around.A tragic melee kicked off.

At this time, the two cavalry of Xia Houyuan and Zhang Yun also crossed in from the left and right directions-five thousand tiger and leopard cavalry and two thousand Liu Bei's troops fought hand-to-hand, and Liu Bei's archers were the first to suffer.Before they had time to shoot arrows, they were killed by Cao Jun's cavalry machetes like melons and vegetables.

With a bang, Liu Jun's three-story horizontal team suddenly collapsed like a river bursting its embankment—Liu Feng was so shocked that even his voice changed: "Quick! Quick! Quickly retreat to the middle of the refugee camp! Everyone scattered everywhere, Fight on your own!"

Originally, according to his idea, after the first two rounds of blocking battles were launched with archers and spearmen, fighters such as swordsmen, shieldmen, etc. should rush forward to divide the siege - but, Cao's army, tigers and leopards are more powerful than others. There are many people, and they are unstoppable. Sending them up now is voluntarily sending them to death.Why!It was also Zhuge's military division who had planned correctly in advance: "Break the whole into pieces, disperse among the people, and fight on their own." Now, only this strategy can be implemented.

Over there, Xia Houyuan led a cavalry to kill a group of Liu Jun who was fighting and retreating with swords and axes. In the blink of an eye, he saw them rushing into a group of Jingzhou common people.Xia Houyuan suddenly remembered Prime Minister Cao's instruction to "avoid the people and not fight", so he turned his horse's head and wanted to lead his subordinates around.

(End of this chapter)