Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 278 Fighting Cao Hong
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Zhao Yun shot three times in a row, one shot was as fast as one shot, Yu Jin managed to dodge the first two shots with all his life, the third shot finally failed to completely dodge, he had to roll off the horse.Even so, his helmet had already been blown away by Zhao Yun's shot.With just one face-to-face and three rounds, Yu Jin had no chance of losing.

"Stop, stop with me!" Knowing that he is not Zhao Yun's opponent, but Yu Jin also knows that if he withdraws like this, his flanks will be completely exposed to the front of Xiliang cavalry.In this case, even if Cao Hong escaped death, even if he could escape with his life, Cao Cao would look good on him when he went back.But face to face, Yu Jin knew that he was not Zhao Yun's opponent.So Yu Jin made up his mind to fight Zhao Yun, but did not fight to the death, stalking him like a mosquito, preventing him from freeing his hands to attack Cao Hong's rear.

I don't know if Yu Jin has thought about it, no matter how nimble a mosquito is, it will inevitably end up being slapped to death in the end.At this time, Zhao Yun had 1 iron cavalry under his command, and the cavalry under Yu Jin's command totaled no more than 1.After a few times of entanglement, Zhao Yun simply changed the target of the attack, and directly attacked the [-] people in Yujin first.

"General Zilong, why don't you go help General Zhao first?" Pound saw Zhao Yun's change of battle strategy, and felt that it was a bit risky.In case Zhao Feng couldn't hold Cao Hong head-on, even if he wiped out Yu Jin, it wouldn't help.Of course, Pound also knew that Zhao Feng was not afraid of Cao Hong alone.I'm afraid that if Zhang Jaw and Xu Huang intervene, it will be very disadvantageous.

"Don't worry!" As if anticipating what Pound was worried about, Zhao Yun didn't say a word, and directly led the army to kill Yu Ban.Seeing that the opponent was coming, Yu Jin made up his mind to pester Zhao Yun.But Zhao Yun's ability to command cavalry can be said to be the best in the world.There are 1000 Xiliang iron cavalry, with 1 people as one, a total of twenty.Under Zhao Yun's command, like twenty poisonous snakes, they rushed out from all angles to the more than [-] cavalry in Yujin.

"The first part, the left wing javelin gallops; the second part, the right wing crossbow shoots; the third part, frontal cavalry shooting; the fourth part, outflanks the right rear..." Following a series of instructions issued from Zhao Yun's mouth, commanding soldiers Raise the flag to direct the ministries to act according to the order.Although there was a sequence of commands, the [-] cavalry units acted in accordance with the commands, almost at the same pace before and after, and besieged the enemy in the core within a short time.Or long-range shooting, or close hand-to-hand combat.You want to fight me desperately, I have already run far away; you want to shoot me with a bow and arrow, but you find that someone is already slashing at you with a knife.The current Yujin army is like a dam full of holes, which may collapse at any time.

"Hold it up, hold it up!" Yu Jin became impatient. Although he knew that he was not Zhao Yun's opponent and was outnumbered, Yu Jin never expected that after the opponent adjusted their forces to target him, it would actually be Zhao Yun's opponent. Such a one-sided situation.If this continues, within half an hour, he will be completely defeated.

It was in this year in history that Ma Chao fought Cao Cao in a decisive battle in Guanzhong in order to avenge his father, and the Xiliang iron cavalry once killed Cao Cao.If Cao Cao hadn't smuggled from Pubanjin and copied Ma Chao's rear route, and Ma Chao had fallen into a divorce scheme and turned against Han Sui, the victory or defeat would have been unpredictable.Time has passed, and Han Sui, who was supposed to be in trouble with Cao Cao at this time, has been dead for five years.On the contrary, Ma Teng, who should have died, was still lingering on the sickbed.Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that not only Yu Jin, but the entire Cao army did not fully understand the combat effectiveness of Xiliang cavalry.

In all the previous battles, including the battle in Luoyang a month ago, when Cao Jun had the most troops, he only encountered five or six thousand Xiliang cavalry.Even sometimes, the general who commanded the army was still the dazed young man Ma Dai.Now facing [-] Xiliang iron cavalry all at once, and the commanders are veterans like Zhao Yun and Pang De, Yu Jin suddenly found out sadly that the enemy he was facing was extremely powerful.Even if it is a one-to-one comparison of troops, it is very difficult to deal with it by yourself.If there are not enough troops now, then I will be even worse.

The situation here at Yu Jin was in a precarious situation, and Cao Hong, who was in the middle, couldn't take advantage of Zhao Feng.[-] elite soldiers from Hebei, head-to-head against the Sichuan Army, which has almost the same strength.After several years of painstaking training by Zhao Feng, the combat power of the Sichuan army is far stronger than when it was in Jieting.Under such a head-to-head fight, the short Sichuan army showed no signs of collapse.Cao Hong was so angry that he yelled, but there was nothing he could do.

"General Zilian, General Wen Ze may not be able to hold on anymore. Do you want to support him?" Looking at Yu Jin who was already showing signs of collapse, Man Chong's eyes almost popped out. Why did Yu Jin become like this? Like a soft persimmon?But doubts are doubts, if he is allowed to be banned now, it is tantamount to letting him wait to die.Cao Hong also knew this. Looking at the surrounding situation, Cao Hong gritted his teeth and waved Man Chong to mobilize the last [-] infantry left as a reserve team, not to support Yu Jin, but to attack Zhao Feng's army head-on.

Cao Hong was no fool. If he used infantry to support the cavalry, it would only mess up the battlefield and make it difficult to make a breakthrough for a while.Instead of this, it is better to challenge Zhao Feng's infantry formation head-on.Cao Hong roughly estimated that Zhao Feng's infantry phalanx had a strength of about 9 to 3 troops.I have already bet on 2 people just now, and now I am betting on another [-]. The ratio of troops has almost reached [-]:[-]. This advantage is already quite obvious.After Zhao Yun and Yu Jin saw this scene, they also understood Cao Hong's thoughts, and they were fighting to the death without mentioning it.

"Command, blow the horn, follow me!" Seeing the last [-] reserve team rushing up, Zhao Feng also frowned slightly.Cao Cao's capital is really too strong. Although the two partial divisions have been blocked, Cao Hong's main force is fighting against himself, and he still has a numerical advantage.

Take a closer look at the battle situation on the field, although the Sichuan Army has greatly improved its combat effectiveness after years of rigorous training.However, when facing these strong men from Hebei, the short stature of Sichuan people still has obvious inherent disadvantages.If there is no former flying army or Shanyue army at this time, I am still sure that I can continue to fight Cao Hong.But with an all-in-one Sichuan army, this battle would be much more difficult to fight.The only solution for now is to rely on myself to go into battle and see if I can boost morale and stabilize the situation.

"Go!" Following Zhao Feng's order, he himself and Niu Jin and others mobilized together, entering the fierce battle circle.The Sichuan Army, who had felt a lot of pressure at first, saw the main general go out in person, and suddenly became imposing, one by one clamoring forward, fighting fiercely with the enemy who was far more numerous than himself without fear of death.As soon as Zhao Feng entered the battle circle, he already felt the huge pressure. There were too many people on the other side.

"Hey!" With a sound, he stabbed a Du Bo of Cao Jun to death. This is already the No. 13 person who died under his hands.Since he entered the battle circle, no one has been able to catch him for more than three moves.Supported by the heroic performance of the general, the Sichuan army, which was already in jeopardy, burst out with a burst of new combat power, continuing to maintain this fragile balance.

"Cao Zilian, dare to fight to the death with me!" Zhao Feng raised the spear instead of pulling out his spear after he shot through the chest of an enemy lieutenant.Cao Jun, who was stabbed on the gun, was about to die for a while, but he couldn't break free, so he could only be hung in the air and struggled.It looked like a frog pierced by a bamboo stick.The Sichuan army all loudly invited Cao Hong to come out and make a decision.

"Ah!" Accompanied by a scream, the man's body was thrown away like a rag, and then trampled into shapeless shape by thousands of troops.From beginning to end, Cao Hong did not make any positive response.Unsurprisingly, Cao Jun's momentum was compromised.

"Come on, prepare your horse and carry your sword. I want to fight Zhao Botao to the death!" Cao Hong gritted his teeth.Man Chong beside him hastily grabbed him, but at this moment he heard the army's exclamation. Man Chong and Cao Hong turned around in astonishment, only to see that a group of men and horses were coming towards their army.

"Could it be Liu Bei?" Cao Hong and Man Chong looked at each other, but at this moment, they heard a group of troops coming from the south, Cao Hong and Man Chong were overjoyed.

"Is it General Xu, or is it General Zhang?" Cao Hong was overjoyed, and was already incoherent.Those who came from the south could only be from his own two sided teachers.Even if it was Liu Bei who was dying in Xingyang City who came behind him, as long as Zhang Jai and Xu Huang were added, Cao Hong would have an absolute advantage in strength.However, the smile on Cao Hong's face soon froze, because he saw that the incoming army was not wearing Cao Jun's black armor, but Liu Jun's vermilion armor.There are about [-] people in this team. As soon as they joined the battle group, the Sichuan Army, which was clearly in a tense situation, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's going on here, who is the army?" Cao Hong said angrily.According to the information, Zhao Feng has dispatched all the elites, and there are no reinforcements in the south now.After carefully asking people to climb up to check the banners of the troops coming from the road, it took a long time for someone to say uncertainly: "General Cao, the enemy's banner seems to be General Liao."

"General Liao?" Cao Hong thought for a while after hearing the words, and finally asked Man Chong: "Bo Ning, is there any fierce general surnamed Liao in Liu Bei's army?"

Man Chong thought for a while, but finally shook his head and said: "Look at the banner, this person is just a partial general, presumably he is just an unknown person, the general doesn't need to be distracted by this, let's focus on dealing with Liu Bei behind him."

"I know!" Cao Hong gritted his teeth, and then ordered some people to be separated, and he turned around to face the people behind him.But as soon as he stepped forward, Cao Hong realized something was wrong.Because the oncoming army is playing under the banner of "General Longxiang Wen".

"When did Wenpin come?" Cao Hong was even more surprised.According to intelligence, shouldn't Wenpin confront Li Yan in Yiyang?How could it suddenly appear behind him.Zhang Jai and Xu Huang vanished from the world, the planned partial division did not come, but the two enemy troops came, these two things are really not quite right.In Cao Hong's mind, he already had a vague premonition.But now it was difficult to ride a tiger, and he had already fallen into the melee, and it would not be so easy to get out.Furthermore, the opponent's two reinforcements did not seem to be many in number, even if they were added, Zhao Feng might not be too much for him.It would be very detrimental to the morale of the army to withdraw the troops rashly without knowing the outcome.Thinking of this, Cao Hong secretly gritted his teeth, ready to continue the fight to the death.

It was this lack of thought that made Cao Hong suffer this disastrous defeat.After getting help from Wen Pin and Liao Hua, Zhao Feng stabilized and was able to fight Cao Hong again.On the other side, Yu Jin, who hadn't received any assistance, finally couldn't hold on after continuing to hold on for a long time.Although the reinforcements from Wenpin and Liaohua were not aimed at them, the psychological pressure brought by them became the last straw that broke their psychological defense.

"Not good!" Man Chong also exclaimed when he saw this scene.The collapse of Yu Jin caused a series of chain reactions in Cao Jun.After repelling Yu Jin, Zhao Yun immediately swung his army straight into the hinterland of Cao Jun's infantry, and then used the powerful impact of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to stab Cao Hong's waist hard, cutting Cao Jun in half from the middle. section, and then surrounded the section with fewer people, ready to swallow it completely.

"You bastard Yu Jin, you bastard Zhao Yun!" Cao Hong, who was fighting with Wenpin, saw this scene, and suddenly became furious.Just for a moment of distraction, a big knife slashed over.Cao Hong hastily crossed the blade a notch, and his arms felt numb for a while.

"Who are you?" Cao Hong looked at the 30-year-old yellow-skinned man in front of him and asked in amazement.Just from the move just now, Cao Hong knew that he was definitely not this person's opponent.But he saw someone crossing his sword and said with a smile: "Nanyang Li Yan Li Zhengfang, General Cao is polite!"

"Bastard!" Cao Hong knew that if he continued to fight, there would be no gain for him, so he was about to retreat, but he saw the remnant soldiers from the north rushing towards them.The first person was Ma Yan and Liu Han, the lieutenants under his command.I sent them to bluff and set up an empty stronghold to keep Liu Bei away.Now that they are here, they can only explain one thing: Liu Bei is also here.

Sure enough, when Ma Yan and Liu Han saw Cao Hong, they were furious and said: "General Cao is in trouble. That fellow Liu Bei led his troops out of the city in person. I have few soldiers, so I really can't resist it!" I felt a burst of dizziness in my mind, and now it was a mess, and I was defeated.No matter how tenacious Cao Hong was, he knew that continuing to fight to the death would not help, so he immediately ordered the three armies to withdraw in the direction of Hulao Pass.

"Cao Hong wants to retreat, stop it with me!" Zhao Feng, who was in command of the Chinese army, saw Cao Hong retreating to the west, and quickly ordered to catch up with him as much as possible to stop him.However, Cao's army was well-trained after all, and it was Yu Jin's part of the cavalry that was defeated at this time, and the overall retreat was fairly orderly.Under the pincer attack of Zhao Feng, Zhao Yun and others, after Cao Hong left more than ten thousand people behind, he managed to escape back to Hulao Pass with most of them.

"Zhang Jaw, Xu Huang, what the hell are you doing?" Cao Hong, who was retreating along the way, kept gritting his teeth and cursing these two colleagues who had missed their promises. As for not being able to help him encircle Zhao Feng.Of course he didn't know that Xu Huang was having diarrhea at the foot of Songshan Mountain, while Zhang Jai was staring at the wreckage of the boat floating on the Luo River, helpless.

And at the base of Xingyang City, Liu Bei, who escaped from birth, saw Zhao Feng, and the first thing he said was: "Bo Tao, I knew you would definitely come!"

(End of this chapter)