The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 555 The method of cracking
"Zhang Liao came prepared, but we still can't fight him head-on." Zhao Yun said calmly. Although the advantages of the Flying Cavalry Army hadn't been brought into play, he didn't turn his head to fight Zhang Liao because of this.

"Why can't they confront him head-on?" Lu Lingqi was puzzled. She thought that Zhang Liao had a large number of cavalry, so Zhao Yun didn't fight against him.

Zhao Yun explained: "The main purpose of the Flying Cavalry Army is to contain the enemy's forces and prevent Cao Cao from concentrating on attacking the city. If he fights Zhang Liao head-on, he will lose a lot. Cao Cao can afford it, but we can't afford it. We occupy Hebei. He can form a cavalry at any time, but we can't, so we can't fight him head-on, let alone outside the city, once Zhang Liao's cavalry gets entangled, Cao Cao's other troops are likely to come to support immediately, and our entire army will be wiped out. I can’t go even if I want to.”

"So that's how it is," Lu Lingqi nodded as if realizing something, "But how long are we going to run away? It's not an option." Zhao Yun didn't know how to answer this question, because they couldn't fight Zhang Liao and they could only fight. Temporarily avoided.

Zhang Liao led his soldiers and horses to chase after the flying cavalry army. Seeing that Zhao Yun still did not turn around to fight, he was puzzled. He didn't know why Zhao Yun ran away, but he knew that Zhao Yun was definitely not a coward. He had seen how powerful the opponent was during the fight, so he wouldn't think that Zhao Yun didn't fight because he was afraid of him. He even thought that Zhao Yun was trying to lure him to a certain place to ambush him.

Thinking of this, Zhang Liao immediately ordered: "The cavalry obey the order, stop the pursuit and return to the camp."

The soldiers felt very strange. They didn't know why Zhang Liao had to retreat. Now the enemy obviously didn't dare to confront them, and they should take advantage of the victory to pursue them. However, Zhang Liao ruled the army very strictly. Although the soldiers were puzzled, they obeyed the order to retreat.

"Husband, Uncle Wen Yuan seems to have retreated, what's going on?" Lu Lingqi noticed that Zhang Liao had actually retreated.

Seeing that Zhang Liao stopped pursuing, Zhao Yun ordered to stop too, then turned his head to watch Zhang Liao's movements, and saw that Zhang Liao really led the cavalry to retreat, he was also very puzzled.

"Could it be that Uncle Wen Yuan is thinking about my affection, so he doesn't chase me on purpose?" Lu Lingqi's thinking was a little naive.

"Lingqi, although you have a good relationship with Zhang Liao, I believe he will not stop chasing because of this. Maybe he didn't chase me because he was concerned about my ambush." ​​Zhao Yun guessed Zhang Liao's thoughts.Just when Zhang Liao stopped pursuing, Cao Cao's side had already begun to attack the city, and Cao Zhen personally led the soldiers into battle.

Cao Zhen was a famous general of Cao Wei and Cao Cao's adopted son. Cao Zhen's father, Cao Shao, once recruited troops for Cao Cao, but was later killed by Huang Wan, so Cao Cao adopted Cao Zhen.During Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition in the second year of Taihe, Cao Zhen sent Zhang He to defeat Ma Su in Jieting. At the same time, Cao Zhen defeated Zhao Yun and Deng Zhi's partial divisions in Jigu, allowing Zhuge Liang to return without success.

Although Cao Zhen is still young, he is very brave in combat and possesses good military talents, so Cao Cao intends to train Cao Zhen, hoping that he can become a general who can stand alone in the future. Cao Zhen does have this potential. It also greatly increased the morale of Cao Jun.

"Come on, everyone follow me!" Cao Zhen was not afraid of the bows and arrows on the city. He picked up a shield and rushed towards the city gate very bravely. The bows and arrows on the city slanted down like rain, but they were still unstoppable His steps.

Cao Cao was very happy to see Cao Zhen so brave, and ordered: "All soldiers follow Cao Zhen's footsteps. The troops who crashed the car are ready to attack the city gate, and the troops who erected the ladder are also ready to move the ladder to the city wall."

Under the command of Cao Cao, the soldiers carried out the orders in an orderly manner. Thousands of soldiers followed Cao Zhen's pace and marched forward bravely to open the way for the troops to control the crash.

Li Yuan observed carefully in the city, and he saw a man who was extremely brave, leading the soldiers to charge into battle, completely ignoring the threat of bows and arrows, so he couldn't help asking: "Do you know who the general in the city is?"

Xi Zhicai replied: "My lord, this person is Cao Zhen, Cao Cao's adopted son. Although he is still young, he is brave in battle. We must block him, otherwise the Cao army under his leadership is likely to break through our attack." Defense."

Li Yuan thought that the Cao family really had many generals. Whether Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, or Cao Chun, plus Cao Zhen, they are all generals that cannot be ignored. He sighed: "It's a pity that I let Han Sheng go to the west gate to defend, otherwise I must Let Cao Zhen experience the power of Han Sheng's arrow."

Li Yuan believes that Huang Zhong's archery skills can definitely threaten Cao Zhen, but it is unrealistic for Huang Zhong to come back now. After all, Ximen has been attacked, and Huang Zhong needs to sit in the town himself. At the same time, he regrets that he has no talent for archery. Although Li Yuan is diligent Archery practice, but the skill is average, it can only be said to be slightly better than ordinary soldiers, let alone compared with Huang Zhong, even compared with Zhao Yun and Gan Ning, so at this time he can't rely on bows and arrows to threaten Cao Zhen at all.

"Can Zhicai have a way to stop the enemy?" Li Yuan was worried as he watched Cao Zhen getting closer to the city gate.

Xi Zhicai smiled and said: "My lord, don't worry. Although Cao Jun has prepared a lot of shields, according to my observation, most of them are made of thick wood, and the surface is not covered with iron sheets. Since ordinary bows and arrows can't handle them, We can change tactics and use rockets."

"Yes, why didn't I think of it!" Li Yuan patted his head. Cao Jun's shields are all made of wood, which is flammable in case of fire. Using rockets can easily break their attack. "Zhicai immediately went to prepare Good fuel, let soldiers use rockets to shoot."

"Hahahaha, don't worry, my lord. I've already had the fuel brought up, and there are tens of thousands of arrows that have been oiled. As long as the arrows touch the open flame, they will be ignited immediately." People have already started to prepare before, otherwise it will definitely be too late to prepare now.

"Zhicai is worthy of being my think tank, he is always more thoughtful than I think." Seeing that Xi Zhicai had prepared the rocket in advance, Li Yuan felt a lot more relaxed. .

Cao Zhen found that the arrows on the city stopped suddenly, feeling a little strange, so he put down his shield and looked up, and found that the soldiers on the city were busy with something. With his sharp eyes, he saw a lot of fires suddenly appearing on the city, because it is daytime So it wasn't particularly obvious, he didn't know why the soldiers on the city lit the fire, but he understood in the next moment.

(End of this chapter)