The Jagged Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 406 The Battle of Dangyang ([-])

Zhou Cang is a full-fledged martial artist, knowing that he is not good at military strategy, so when everyone was discussing just now, he didn't dare to say a word.Now that Guan Yu has made a decision, he stood up and said: "Junhou, when we were in Nanyang County, I never had the chance to go to the battlefield. This time, let me take my brothers to the battlefield?"

Seeing Zhou Cang's earnest words, Guan Yu said with a smile: "Okay, okay, okay, since you have the heart, I promise you here. You go to assemble the troops immediately and set off immediately. General Zhao Lei will be your commander." Respond later."

But unfortunately, Zhou Cang's 3000 troops were attacked by the enemy as soon as they arrived outside Dangyang City.This was totally out of Zhou Cang's expectation, he never thought that the enemy army just came here to meet them.

In fact, it was Zhou Cang himself who was too proud and conceited to look down on Soochow's army.His army arrived at forty miles outside Dangyang City at night, and began to set up camp in a simple way.

However, Zhou Cang did not have the best early warning preparations, and the soldiers were exhausted from the rapid march for several days. After setting up the camp, they all began to rest.As a result, 5000 troops led by Xu Sheng sent by Lu Meng attacked the camp that night.

Fortunately, Zhao Lei's troops arrived in time, and the two joined forces to fight against the enemy. The two sides fought fiercely for more than two hours. , in desperation had no choice but to retreat temporarily.

Zhou Cang and Zhao Lei's men immediately cleared the camp, causing more than 300 casualties, and nearly one-third of the tents and other items were burned.It was obvious that this place was no longer suitable for stationing troops, so they had no choice but to retreat ten miles away and find another place with a good geographical location to camp again.

Although Zhou Cang's defeat in the first battle did not cause much loss, it did deal a great blow to the morale of the troops.

After Guan Yu arrived and learned of the situation, he couldn't help being very angry, and reprimanded Zhou Cang severely, ordering him to be more careful in his actions in the future, otherwise he will be banned from going to the battlefield again.How could Zhou Cang dare to say no, and immediately obediently agreed.Seeing Zhou Cang's flustered look, Guan Ping's generals immediately laughed secretly.

That night, after some consideration, Guan Yu decided to fight the enemy first on the second day, first to see the specific strength of the enemy, and then arrange the combat strategy.

So, early the next morning, Guan Yu ordered Zhou Cang and Zhao Lei to lead the troops of the headquarters, a total of 6000 people, to call for battle outside Dangyang City.

But what was unexpected was that Dangyang City only sent a large number of people to defend the city, but they turned a deaf ear to the call of General Zhou and Zhao Er, and no one dared to come out to meet the enemy.

In Dangyang City, however, it seemed rather unsettled.Seeing that Guan Yujun was yelling and scolding very badly outside the city, Zhou Tai was very angry and wanted to go out to fight immediately, but under Xu Sheng's various persuasion, he couldn't help it in the end.But the anger in his heart could not be dispelled no matter what.

Zhou and Zhao quarreled outside the city for a long time, and Zhou Cang almost exploded with anger, so he had to come back to see Guan Yu indignantly.

Guan Yu's expression changed when he heard what Zhou Cang had said, and he knew that the enemy general he was about to face was indeed no ordinary person.Although he really wanted to attack Dangyang city by force, it was really time-consuming and the casualties would be relatively large.Moreover, they don't know the real situation of the enemy in the city now, they only know that their main generals are Xu Sheng and Zhou Tai.

After thinking alone for most of the night, Guan Yu decided to take a tentative attack tomorrow to see if the strong attack would be effective.If so, take advantage of the trend and win Dangyang City in one fell swoop.

In the early morning of the next day, Guan Yu actually led the army to attack in person.

Zhou Cang led three thousand soldiers to attack Dangyang City first.At this time, Zhou Tai finally couldn't bear it anymore, and suddenly rushed out of the city with 4000 troops of his own army.

Zhou Tai's sudden appearance seemed to make Zhou Cang's army panic.After the two sides fought for two to three quarters of an hour, Zhou Cang's men and horses were obviously in a state of exhaustion, and some places even collapsed.

In desperation, Zhou Cang had no choice but to lead his soldiers and horses to fight and retreat.Zhou Tai didn't dare to pursue too much, after all, Guan Yu still has a lot of people waiting behind him!
Guan Yu waited until Zhou Cang returned, because the purpose of this attack was to test, and now Zhou Cang led the enemy troops out of the city, which was an unexpected gain.

At this moment, Guan Yu nodded to Guan Ping.

Guan Xing understood, immediately took off his big saber, rode his horse to the front of the formation, and shouted to Zhou Tai: "Who is coming, let's fight again by name."

Seeing that he had repelled the enemy army, Zhou Tai immediately relieved the grievance he felt yesterday, and felt very happy, so he couldn't help laughing a few times.

Now I heard that the other party came out with a tall young military general, his appearance was even more extraordinary, and he faintly resembled Guan Yu.

Zhou Tai's heart moved, he stepped forward and said loudly: "That's Zhou Tai from Xiacai in Jiujiang! Who is the enemy general?"

Guan Ping's martial arts are extremely strong, and he has seen a lot of famous generals in the world, so of course he will not be intimidated by Zhou Tai's name.He snorted coldly and said loudly: "I am Guan Ping!"

Zhou Tai snorted, knowing that this was Guan Yu's eldest son.After he replied "It's a pleasure to meet you", he raised his long spear and rode his horse towards Guan Ping.

When Guan Ping saw this, a sneer appeared on his face, he also raised the sword in his hand, and rode his horse to kill Zhou Tai.

I saw the two horses passing by quickly, and the weapons in their hands were waving. After a loud noise, the weapons of the two sides collided together.

Zhou Tai suddenly felt his arms go numb, and secretly praised Guan Ping for his strength.Guan Ping's feeling was similar to Zhou Tai's.

This is really a match for a match, and a match for a good talent.The two of them no longer retained their strength, and started fighting with all their strength, it was hearty.The two sides soon passed ten or twenty rendezvous, and Zhou Tai became more and more excited as they fought.

At this time, Guan Yu had a thought, and he had a plan.

After Guan Yu let the two fight for more than a dozen rounds, he suddenly ordered Ming Jin to withdraw.Then, Guan Yu's 4000-man rear team became the front team and began to retreat.

Guan Ping was able to fight vigorously at first, and he felt that his situation was just right. Maybe after dozens of rendezvous, he would be able to kill Zhou Tai, a Jiangdong tiger general.

But now when he heard the sound of Ming Jin, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and was almost taken advantage of by Zhou Tai. Fortunately, his reaction was fast enough to block the sneak attack of the opponent's long spear, but he couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.

However, a military order is a military order, Guan Ping shouted loudly, forced Zhou Tai to leave, and shouted: "General Zhou, we will meet later!"

After speaking, Guan Ping turned his horse and galloped back to his base camp.

Zhou Tai was fighting vigorously at this time, how could he let Guan Ping go like this.What's more, Guan Yu actually withdrew his troops. If he didn't pursue him now, when would he wait?

With a wave of his lance, Zhou Tai ordered the whole army to pursue him.

Xu Sheng, who had been standing on the top of the wall watching the battle, was startled when he saw Zhou Tai's entire army rushing out suddenly.Who is Guan Yu?He took the initiative to retreat at this time, is there no conspiracy behind it?

Xu Sheng immediately sent people out of the city to inform Zhou Tai, telling him to lead his army back to Dangyang City.

But Zhou Taichong killed so fiercely that the people Xu Sheng sent out couldn't find anyone.He led his men and horses to chase and kill him for a distance of ten or twenty miles, but Guan Yu's army had little ability to resist him.

At this time, Guan Yu's support troops finally arrived.After the two armies joined forces, they finally blocked the attack of Zhou Tai's troops.

Zhou Tai saw that if this situation continued, he would not be able to take advantage of it, so he wanted to withdraw his troops.

At this time, Xu Sheng's notice also arrived, which was exactly what Zhou Tai wanted, so he immediately led his army to retreat.Guan Yu's army did not pursue them, but watched them leave safely.

After Guan Yujun returned to the camp, Guan Ping was obviously a little angry.He usually didn't dare to show his air in front of Guan Yu, but now he strode directly to Guan Yu's handsome tent and asked, "Father, why are you so weak in front of Zhou Tai today? Are you really afraid of that guy?"

Guan Yu saw that Guan Ping spoke in such a nonchalant manner, his phoenix eyes glared, two sharp lights shot out, and he scolded: "Who are you talking to?!"

Guan Ping was stunned by Guan Yu's stare, and when he realized that he had offended his father, he couldn't help but panic, and knelt down and said, "The child has lost his temper, please forgive me."

Guan Yu's face became better now, and he said, "Get up and talk later. What happened today is for my father's sake."

(End of this chapter)