Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 117 The Enemy of Wancheng ([-])

"Qinglong Yanyue Slash!"

"Hundred Birds Spear toward the Phoenix!"

Accompanied by a roar, in the middle of a circle of heavy carts, the two figures who were originally entangled suddenly separated, and each retreated a few steps until they touched the cart.

"Huh?" Zhang Xiu took advantage of this time to take a look at the four thousand Xiliang iron cavalry under his command, and they were already fighting with Guan Yu's infantry.Originally, the Xiliang iron cavalry only needed one charge to crush these ten thousand people.But now they are all trapped in the battle of chariots, unable to form a formation. In this way, the biggest advantage of Xiliang iron cavalry will not be able to be brought out, and they can only fight against infantry on horseback.

"Don't love to fight, withdraw quickly!" Zhang Xiu knew at a glance that the chances of winning today were not high, and he repeatedly ordered his subordinates to withdraw quickly.But at this time, there was a roar from the north, and another group of people killed it.It was a battle, Zhuge Liang asked Guan Yu to hide the ambush soldiers in the heavy carts, entangle the Xiliang army and fight with them.At the same time, let Zhou Cang lead the only [-] cavalry to fight out from Anzhong County after the battle started, and attack Zhang Xiu's thousands of cavalry infantry twice.

"Zhang Xiu looks at the knife!" Guan Yu's roar came from behind, and Zhang Xiu was forced to turn around and fight again.The two had fought for more than 70 rounds just now, and Zhang Xiu was gradually unable to stand up to Guan Yu's heavy sword and fast horse, and his arms were already numb.Seeing Guan Yu lingering, Zhang Xiu could only grit his teeth and hold on, hoping for a miracle.

"General, hurry up!" At this time, Hu Che'er stepped forward from the flank to block Guan Yu's move, and Zhang Xiu took the time to jump out of the circle. Seeing that Hu Che'er's every move was a desperate move, Zhang Xiu knew it too. He was risking his life to fight for his own chance to escape, so he gritted his teeth and hurriedly turned his horse's head and retreated northward.

"Quick retreat!" Zhang Xiu gathered up the remaining soldiers and hurriedly withdrew to Wancheng. Guan Yu fought for more than a dozen rounds, and finally cut Hu Che'er under his horse with a single knife, and then freed up his hands to direct the battle. It didn't end until the sun went down.

"Your Majesty, the last general is incompetent, so that Zhang Xiu ran away with hundreds of riders!" Zhou Cang stepped forward with a face of shame.Guan Yu looked at the messy battlefield and said nothing for a long time.At this time, the commander-in-chief of the army came to tell Guan Yu: Of the 2000 cavalry of the Xiliang Army, about 400 or [-] cavalry escaped, and only [-] of the remaining [-] were captured, and the rest were all killed in battle.On the contrary, the thousand infantrymen were almost completely annihilated under the attack of the two groups of troops.But Guan Yu himself suffered heavy losses, with more than [-] casualties.

"The Xiliang army is really the best in the world, and our army has suffered so many casualties with such a design!" Guan Yu also sighed, and couldn't help but recall the past when he faced Dong Zhuo.Looking at Hu Che'er's body on the ground, Guan Yu sighed and said: "This man is loyal to protect the Lord, let him be buried for a good life!" Then he ordered the whole army to march north to Wancheng.

"Lieutenant General Li, why are you here?" When Zhang Xiu ran more than 30 miles away from Wancheng, Zhang Xiu saw that the oncoming person was Lieutenant General Li who stayed in Wancheng to guard him, and there were some remnants of defeated soldiers behind him. My heart suddenly turned cold.

As soon as Vice-General Li saw Zhang Xiu, he immediately cried with a mournful face and shouted: "General, the last general is incompetent. Just now, a hundred or so soldiers came to the city with more than a dozen carts of grain and grass, saying that the general robbed them. The last general will see them." There were few people, so I ordered the city gate to be opened to let them in. I didn’t want the cart to be full of soldiers, there were hundreds of them. As soon as they entered the city, they jumped out of the cart and fought with our people. Our army failed to expel them for a while. After leaving the city, they were followed by Liao Hua leading an army, there were so many of them, the brothers fought for a while, and the city was still lost!"

"What? Another grain cart?" Zhang Xiu felt dizzy when she heard this, and almost fell off her horse.Looking at the total of more than 1000 people around her, Zhang Xiu knew that Wancheng would not be taken back, so she gritted her teeth and said, "Retreat, retreat to General Xu Huang in Xiangcheng!" After finishing speaking, he turned his horse's head and headed east Withdrew, and the rest of the soldiers quickly followed.

"Haha, Kong Ming and Yuan Jian have really contributed a lot to winning Wancheng this time! When I report to the elder brother, there will be a reward!" In the prefect's mansion of Wancheng, Guan Yu sat on the main seat in high spirits and said, Zhuge Liang and Liao Hua even said Don't dare to be.

"Your Majesty, Wancheng is an important place. Now that it has been taken, we should leave a large army to guard against Cao Cao." Zhuge Liang waited for everyone to get over their excitement, and quickly advised.

"That makes sense. I have already sent someone to tell my elder brother to send troops here as soon as possible." Guan Yu nodded.Speaking of which, the dispatch of troops this time was indeed a bit ill-considered. Originally, it was only intended to attack Xiangyang to support the other two groups of troops. Now after Wancheng was captured, it was inevitable that the troops would be a little stretched.At present, Guan Yu left 5000 troops and Liao Hua to guard Wancheng, and he led the remaining [-] people to go south to join Li Yan and Chen Wu, preparing to march into Xiangyang.

"Greetings to General Zhao!" Under the Public Security City, Wang Fu led all the officials from the Public Security to go out to greet Zhao Feng who had just arrived here.As Zhao Feng expected, Wang Fu was not Cai Mao and Kuai Yue's best friend, but belonged to the "Pro-Xu faction" in Jingzhou. Seeing the army coming here, and Wenpin, an old man from Jingzhou, came forward to speak out, he surrendered relatively straightforwardly.

"General Wang, you don't need to be polite!" Zhao Feng quickly helped Wang Fu up. In history, this old man was also a person who would rather die than surrender, and finally died in Maicheng together with Zhou Cang.After the army entered the Public Security Bureau, Wang Fu told Zhao Feng that Jiangling was only about 50 miles away, and now Kuai Yue himself is in charge of Jiangling, the city has tens of thousands of defenders, and there is enough food and grass, but it is extremely difficult to break the city.

"Kui Yue guards Jiangling, and Cai Mao guards Xiangyang. These two places are extremely important. The city walls are high and dangerous, and the two thieves guard them personally. Even if we take down all the other counties and counties, the two of them can move with each other and wait. Cao Cao's reinforcements." Zhao Feng looked at the map and couldn't help sighing.Jiangling City is the capital of Jingxiang. The city wall is tall, steep and strong, no less than that of Wu County in those days.Liu Biao and Kuai Yue have been operating here for many years, and it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.

Not to mention Xiangyang, there have been countless classic battles fought here in history, but almost none of them were resolved after several years of fighting.Wanting to take Xiangyang as soon as possible, it is really sad.

"Exactly!" Wenpin sighed after looking at the map.At this time, Tan Ma came to report that after Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang's army crossed the muddy water, they turned northward and captured Wancheng. At the same time, Li Tong led an army of [-] to help the battle. "Okay, now it's impossible for Cao Cao to rescue Jingxiang. Order the three armies, and two days later the troops will be dispatched to Jiangling to meet Wenyuan's partial division. Let's play with Cai Dudu and Kuai Biejia slowly!" This result finally convinced Zhao Feng. He breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that he could come to besiege Jiangling and Xiangyang at the worst.

It's just that the current situation is not very optimistic. Liu Pan was stuck in Yidu and couldn't go north. After Guan Yu captured Wancheng, he gathered Li Tong's follow-up troops, and it was a bit difficult to face Xiangyang.Excluding the several counties laid down by the guards, there are only more than 2 people in Zhang Liao's group. With this manpower, let alone capturing Jiangling, it is difficult to besiege the city.

"Liu Pan, Liu Pan, please do your best!" Zhao Feng felt depressed when he heard that Liu Pan was still being beaten by Huo Jun.This time against Cai Mao and Kuai Yue, no matter what I said, I was just helping out. I didn't expect that the assists would become the main attack now.

"Why don't you avoid the truth and pretend to be false? Please General Guan and the others don't attack Xiangyang first, but attack Zhangling instead?" Wen Pin looked at the map and said suddenly.Zhao Feng took a look. Although Zhangling is a county, its area is not small, almost half the size of Yuzhou.Historically, after Liu Bei occupied this place, he once set up Zhangling and a part of Hanzhong as three counties: Shangyong, Xincheng, and Weixing.The current Zhangling County mainly includes Nanxiang, Xincheng and Shangyong. Wei Xing is still under the rule of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong at this time.

Judging from the map, if Guan Yu's army does not attack Xiangyang and instead attacks Zhangling, then after pacifying Zhangling, they can go south to attack Yidu County with Liu Pan.Once Yidu is captured, Cai Mao's Xiangyang and Kuaiyue's Jiangling can be surrounded at the core.Even if they can't beat them for a while, consumption can kill them.

"It's like swallowing a hard steamed bun. You can't chew it for a while, but you swallow it in your stomach and digest it slowly!" Zhao Feng finally figured out something. Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang put forward their own suggestions, but let them decide how to do it, and they can't direct these two uncles by themselves.It's just that the development of things later was far beyond the expectations of the three of them.

Two days later, Zhao Feng's army marched to Jiangling to join Zhang Liao's partial division. "General, Huarong County has surrendered, and I left Zhang Nan and 1000 troops to garrison." After meeting, Zhang Liao said first.

"Wenyuan has worked hard!" Zhao Feng replied with a smile, and then ordered people to set up camp twenty miles south of Jiangling City, ready to meet the enemy.

Besides, Kuai Yue in Jiangling City was not very flustered when he heard that Zhao Feng's army had arrived. "How many people does Zhao Feng have?" Kuai Yue asked Tan Ma who was reporting.

"No more than 2 people, Zhao Feng camped twenty miles south of the city." Tan Ma replied.

"More than 2 people? With just this few people, he would never want to destroy my city." Kuai Yue snorted.At that time, Huang She, the son of Huang Zu, was at the side. Hearing the words, he immediately came out and said, "Lord Kuai, since Zhao Feng has few people, why don't you break through this group of troops first, and then fight Guan Yu?"

"Huh?" Kuai Yue was also moved when he heard the words, looked at the people under the tent, Kuai Yue said slowly: "I don't know which general is willing to fight Zhao Feng?"

"Young general Yang Ling is willing to go!" The first general hurried out of the queue, but it was Yang Ling, the captain of Guan Jun.Kuai Yue ordered Yang Ling and Huang She to lead an army of [-] to challenge Zhao Feng's army.

At the same time, Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu, who had just led their troops south to Fancheng, also received a letter from Zhao Feng. "Unexpectedly, Liu Pan was so weak that he couldn't take down Yidu County. Bo Tao suggested that I go down to Zhangling first, and then attack Yidu from two fronts." Guan Yu read the letter and said.

"General Zhao's words are not unreasonable!" Zhuge Liang was silent for a while, and then he said this.

"Kong Ming?" Seeing Zhuge Liang's lack of interest, Guan Yu wondered.

"Ah!" Zhuge Liang sighed softly, and then said, "Kai Qi, the prefect of Zhangling, is the younger brother of the Cai Mao clan and Liang's brother-in-law!"

(End of this chapter)