Lu's relatives

Chapter 437 The Farmer and the Snake at the End of Han Dynasty
Chu Cheng's fall from the horse was beyond everyone's expectations.Zhang Yan rushed forward immediately, but was hugged by Yu Du who was at the side, dragging Zhang Yan desperately to prevent Zhang Yan from entering the reach of Guan Yu's long knife.But Guan Yu, who was also surprised by Chu Cheng's bad luck, after the initial shock, Dan Feng's eyes narrowed slightly, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, making no secret of his gloating.

"The red-faced thief! Give me back my life!" Guan Yu's attitude made Zhang Yan's eyes red, and he shouted violently, trying to break free from the poison, and went forward to fight Guan Yu desperately.Zhang Yan is really angry!In the early years of fighting with the Yellow Turban, all relatives in the family died, so he left such a baby son, until he erected a hill in Montenegro and secretly worked for Cao Cao, just to be on the safe side, he even had to give it to Chu Cheng added a protection lock to save Chu Cheng from being implicated if Montenegro changes in the future.Everything has been done this way, and I thought that my precious son could at least pass on the incense without any disasters, but unexpectedly, he was detained by Liu Bei last night. Zhang Yan endured it in order not to make Liu Bei suspicious, but in the end he was still In a trick of God, he died on an inconspicuous boulder in the middle of the field.Zhang Yan can't make Qi from the same stone, can he?Guan Yu, who led Chu Cheng to come here, became the first target of Zhang Yan's hatred.

"Hmph!" Faced with Zhang Yan's sudden violent attitude, Guan Yu still had a calm look. It seemed that Chu Cheng who died beside him was not qualified enough to let him have the slightest influence on Second Master Guan. It was the surprise just now, which gave the thieves father and son a lot of face.As for Zhang Yan's angry shout, Guan Yu's expression was even more indifferent. There was a bit of contempt on his face, and he even felt regretful that he could not personally avenge Xiao Qi, the soldier who had protected him from the plain. .

"Commander! I heard that this red-faced thief once fought with Lu Bu back then, and he was able to sustain dozens of moves without losing! Commander, you must never underestimate the enemy!" Zhang Yan's struggle almost caused Yu Du to fall off his horse. Du also didn't care about Guan Yu hearing any important news, and shouted at Zhang Yan.

"Ah!" The red-eyed Zhang Yan was finally persuaded by Yu Du, but Guan Yu, who was so close but helpless, uttered a heart-piercing howl like a wolf king who had lost his young lamb.Yu retreated under the drag of the poison.

"Father, this Black Mountain bandit leader retreats so easily, we must guard against his deceit!" Seeing that Guan Yu didn't seem to care about Zhang Yan's howling, he was only 16 years old and was adopted by Guan Yu as his adopted son on the way to Youzhou With a hint of worry on his Guan plane, he whispered to Guan Yu.

"It doesn't matter!" Guan Yu stroked his beard, and said in a proud and deep voice, "It's just his son, forgive him for not having a different heart because of such things! Besides, even if he has a different heart, why should I be afraid?"

"Father!" Guan Ping estimated that at this time he was also speechless to Guan Yu's arrogant temper, and said in a very hasty tone: "But father, outside of Yecheng, there are nearly 6 bandits on foot in Heishan. The number of people is more than three times that of our army, and there is a long distance between you, father-in-law, and uncle. If there is any disagreement, just give an order, my father and son are in the rear army, maybe there is still a fight , but Uncle is right in front of the battle, and his life is in danger!"

"This..." Hearing Guan Ping's words, Guan Yu's face showed a somewhat nervous expression. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw Zhao Yun, who was supposed to be guarding Liu Bei, right next to him, and Guan Yu felt in his heart. After sinking, he hurriedly gathered his horse and stopped him from wandering around looking for something. Zhao Yun asked anxiously, "Zilong?! Why are you here? Brother!"

"Second brother! My lord ordered Yun to go to the rear to urge the Heishan soldiers to march to the east and west sides of Yecheng, not to just block the north gate of Yecheng! But the Heishan soldiers only said that there was no Yan army order, and they did not dare to move lightly. It was so easy to say that the Tong cavalry went first, but unexpectedly these people were not in the same formation and marched like geese. Yun felt a little strange, and was about to report to the lord, but these soldiers would be crowded and unable to get close. Keep the clouds out of the Chinese army." Zhao Yun also had an anxious and gloomy expression at this moment, sweat was already breaking out on his handsome face.

"My lord, is there a guard at your side?" Guan Yu's red face had turned purple at this moment, and his red phoenix eyes were wide open, and he also asked anxiously.

"My lord is surrounded by 1000 guards and 3000 cavalry led by Uncle Zhi. But..." Zhao Yun said guiltily.

"It's alright, alright!" Guan Yu let out a long sigh of relief when he looked up at the place where Liu Bei's army was gnawing at the black mass of heads.But before Guan Yu could finish his breath, he heard the second half of Zhao Yun's sentence: "But in front of the north gate of Ye City, not only are there 3 Black Mountain elite soldiers, but the Chinese army and [-] Black Mountain bandit infantry are also close by. There are even [-] cavalry..."

"It's not good! The Black Mountain bandits have evil intentions!" Guan Yu is not in the mood to care about what Zhao Yun said, because Liu Bei didn't want Zhang Yan to know about Chu Cheng, so he made a reckless decision to let the Black Mountain bandits and Zhang Yan go with the army. It's a "little thing" outside of Yecheng.Thinking of Zhang Yan's appearance that almost swallowed him alive just now, and the sinister gaze he looked at himself when he was dragged away by the leader of the black bandit cavalry, even if his heart is as stable as Guan Yu, he broke out in a cold sweat at this moment: "Hurry up, Ping'er, gather your troops quickly, and go with me to rescue the lord!"

"Father, you..." Guan Ping, who had never seen Guan Yu with such a tense expression, was taken aback for a moment, but seeing Guan Yu's anxious appearance, Guan Ping didn't dare to ask any more questions, and rushed towards Guan Yu and Zhao Yungong He surrendered and left.

"Second brother, you mean, the Heishan Buqiuhui..." Zhao Yun didn't understand Guan Yu's intention at the moment, Zhao Yun, who didn't have a good impression of the Heishan bandits, also showed a deep sense of anxiety on his face, and his eyes almost stared bleeding.Now is not the time to ask why Guan Yu was so sure that the Black Bandits would rebel.Although Liu Bei is surrounded by Chen Dao, Bai Xuan soldiers and Youzhou soldiers, after all, the current situation is that he is surrounded by black bandits with three times his own strength.If he really had a different heart, I am afraid that even Lu Bu would not be able to get it right with the tens of thousands of enemies at his side.

"It's all Yu's fault!" Guan Yu didn't bother to explain any more at the moment, he just hated that Zhang Yan was in front of him just now, why didn't he cut him off with a knife!The Qinglong Saber in his hand was already clenched even tighter, and he was about to charge into the formation of Black Mountain bandits who had turned around in front of him.

As if to verify Guan Yu's "inference", the words shouted by the loud soldiers in Yecheng, who Guan Yu laughed at Yuan Xi just now, spread far away again, and were heard by Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and a group of Youzhou soldiers He made a serious statement: "Liu Bei! Ignore the laws of the Han Dynasty! Offend our state and county for no reason! I hate it! All people of insight, why don't we attack it together!"

"Heishan volunteers, under the order of Mr. Yuan Xi, kill the traitor Liu Bei! If you don't attack now, when will you wait!" The situation Guan Yu didn't want to see finally happened.The Black Mountain bandit soldiers who were still pretending to be crowded before to block Zhao Yun's return to the central army, after listening to the betrayal signal shouted by their own general, immediately showed their fangs one by one, and pointed their blades at the "friendly army" who was beside them. ".

"Kill, kill, kill! Haha! Kill all these villains who dare to covet my Yuanjiazhou County!" Yuan Xi, who was on the wall of Yecheng at the moment, didn't care about drinking and having fun, got up and fell inside the female wall, and passed through the wall. Standing on the stack, as if enjoying a wonderful show, staring at the two troops that had gradually become chaotic under the city.

The chaos in the rear is not very obvious. There are still many Black Mountain bandit soldiers looking at each other with Youzhou soldiers beside them. They have not recovered from the transition from allies to enemies for a while. , was showing his might to the black mountain bandits blocking the way, intending to approach Liu Bei's Chinese army infinitely, and rescue Liu Bei and others who were already trapped in the Chinese army at this moment.But the [-] Black Mountain bandit soldiers who were originally placed by Zhang Yan in front of the city wall of Yecheng knew Zhang Yan's order early on. When Yuan Xi shouted the first agreed signal, many Black Mountain bandit soldiers were there. Before receiving Zhang Yan's order, he couldn't help but draw out his weapon. That is, this small change was discovered by Chen Dao, which made Liu Bei withdraw from the front line as soon as possible and sneak into the Chinese army. The former army of the Montenegrin bandits turned back and was injured.But despite this, after hearing Zhang Yanming's order, the Black Mountain Bandit Front Army, which responded quickly, still caused great casualties to the soldiers in the middle army of Liu Bei's army who were caught off guard.

Liu Bei originally planned to borrow the [-] Black Mountain bandits as cannon fodder this time, so most of the troops brought with him this time were precautions, in order to protect the fleeing Youzhou cavalry on the battlefield.But now on this crowded battlefield, not to mention being proud of Liu Bei, the Youzhou Jingqi, who helped him gain great popularity in Youzhou, could not exert its due power in the crowd tactics of the black bandits. The soldiers are indeed entrenched in Hebei for many years, and they have been entangled with Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan for more than ten years. They know the weaknesses of Youzhou cavalry well.Many Black Mountain bandits disregarded the advantage of Youzhou soldiers cutting and killing on horseback, and desperately wanted to leave some marks on the mounts and horses of these soldiers!

This trick is too ruthless!Due to Liu Bei's mistake in decision-making, there are nearly [-] cavalrymen outside Yecheng at this moment, plus the thousands of soldiers and horses ridden by the Black Mountain bandits.It is almost comparable to the strength of Yuan Shao's decisive battle with Gongsun Zan, which made Qu Yi's Xiandengying battle famous.

It's a pity that the battle that year took place on the vast Youji Plain, and the cavalry charged so well that Yuan Shao would have surrendered if he hadn't boarded the camp first and was ordered in danger.But now, in this piece of corn field outside Yecheng, let alone cavalry charge, if they run a little faster, their horse's legs are easily broken by the soft field.And the wretched tactic of leaving marks on the mounts and horses of the Youzhou soldiers after being risked by the black mountain bandits made the horses who had been trained for a long time, and some even had their ears deafened in order to learn the advanced experience of Yanzhou back then. , was also inspired by the severe pain and splattered blood.The simple one-sided stirrups from the Huns are still popular in Youzhou now, which is a hemp rope tied to a straw mat saddle for stabilizing cavalry.But now, this could have been an excellent "weapon" for the Youzhou cavalry to stabilize the world, but now it has also become a reminder for the Youzhou cavalry.

The single-side stirrup is indeed easy to prevent the cavalry on horseback from being bumped by the galloping fast horse, but when facing a frightened war horse, the inferiority of this device is revealed.The Youzhou soldiers who were accidentally knocked off their horses had a chance to escape, but many of them were entangled in the seemingly simple one-sided stirrups that could replenish equipment at any time, and fell to the side of the horses.If it's just this, there's nothing wrong with it.Dealing with frightened horses is also a must-learn "subject" for cavalry, but after frightened horses, there are still bandits from Montenegro who are already hostile to each other because of food and other issues between the two armies.

These black mountain bandits were carefully cultivated by Liu Bei in terms of combat power, equipment, and distance. They were used as Youzhou soldiers in the headquarters.What's more, they don't have horses!What's more, for the Black Mountain bandits who run around in the mountains all year round and play hide-and-seek with the officers and soldiers who come to encircle and suppress them from time to time, they are simply tossing and turning in the chaotic battlefield.

When the soldiers in Youzhou became more and more chaotic, these bandits were even more comfortable, so much so that such a scene appeared on the battlefield outside the north gate of Ye City.It was the Youzhou soldiers who were in a mess because the horses that seemed to be contagious were frightened. That was a well-known powerful soldier in the world. Why are many black bandits who don't even have shoes suppressing and beating them.For a while, it is said that the casualties were heavy.

"My lord, Zhang Yan's bandit chieftain is really rebellious! These black mountain bandits who killed thousands of knives did not dare to fight our army head-on. Instead, they tried their best to attack our cavalry and horses. Many horses were frightened, and they started to cause chaos. The size of the battalion is screaming, my lord, you can't stay here for long, and I will send you out with all my might!" Liu Bei served as the commander of the Baiyan army, and the loyal general Chen Dao, who was in charge of the black mountain bandits, was suddenly unexpected. After another incident of treason that was reasonable, his eyes were red with anxiety, and he rushed to pull Liu Bei, who was guarded by his personal guards.

"It's over? That's it? My second brother and Zilong? Where are they?" Liu Bei's face was strangely tense.The "reputation" of being indifferent to emotions has the most perfect interpretation in Liu Bei at this moment.There was no look of surprise on Liu Bei's face, as if the fighting was going on in all directions and had nothing to do with him at all.Still thinking about showing a self-deprecating smile, and even thinking about Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, he murmured.

"My lord, if you keep the green hills, you won't have to worry about firewood. Generals Guan and General Zhao must be fighting here from the rear right now, but there are too many bandits. I'm afraid they won't be able to wait for a while. My lord, follow the last general." Break through, if you don’t leave, it’s too late!” Seeing that it’s all over, Brother Big Ear is still yelling here, not moving forward, Chen Dao’s expression straightened, and he clasped his fists at Liu Bei and said, “My lord, the last general Offended", he stepped forward, slashed his sword fiercely behind Liu Bei's horse, and then shouted that the white soldiers that Liu Bei had secretly trained in the past few years were protecting Liu Bei, and they were about to charge towards the rear army. Meet Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, "Meet Son".

Regarding Chen Dao's actions, Yuan Xi, who was watching from above Yecheng, was a little confused, so he didn't know what Liu Bei was going to do.It stands to reason that at this time the Black Mountain bandits behind Liu Bei's army were more than [-] elite Black Mountain soldiers brought by Zhang Yan. The Youzhou soldiers affected by the chaos, although it is not easy to say which one is stronger or weaker in terms of combat power, but it will be as difficult as going to heaven if they want to break through for a while.Unless it is to rush towards the two wings spread by the geese cavalry of the Black Mountain bandits, although they will face the quick attack of the Black Mountain bandit cavalry, it is much easier than resisting the [-] Black Bandit soldiers. Yuan Xi suddenly wanted to Knowing that Liu Bei is looking for his own death, why would he abandon the easy and seek the difficult!

At this moment, Chen Dao, who was protecting Liu Bei, who was recovering from God and was holding a double-pronged sword to guard himself, hadn't thought that it might be relatively easier to attack from both sides.But the problem was that even though the battle was intense at the moment, Chen Dao still relied on his survival instinct on the battlefield to veto the move to charge to both sides.

To the west of Yecheng is Yuan Tan's territory.Now Yuan Tan is confronting Cao Cao's army, and there is a bit of ambiguity in the tension. God knows what kind of "fortunate" Liu Bei will rashly get involved with the retreating soldiers, and what will happen to himself when the deadly enemy Youzhou soldiers meet with Bingzhou soldiers .

And it is even impossible to go to the east of Yecheng.Because of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's surprise attack on Pingyuan before, God knows what Lu Bu will do now, whether he will also take advantage of the battle in Yecheng, and come here to grab some cheap and share a piece of the pie. Even Liu Bei would never believe that Lv Bu's army, who had been coveting Jizhou for a long time, would be indifferent to such a good opportunity, and fled eastward rashly. Wouldn't that be a good meal for Lu Bujun, a hungry tiger?

In contrast, although there is an army of Black Mountain thieves in the north, after all, this gang of mobs took advantage of the first opportunity in this battle. Whether it is a single soldier or an army, their combat power is worse than that of Youzhou soldiers, so it is not ordinary part of.What's more, at this moment, there are [-] troops led by Guan Yu, who is used as the rear army to protect Liu Bei's military counselors and ministers.

It can be seen that God still favors the lucky ones shrouded in the halo of pig feet.For Liu Bei, Chen Dao's choice is undoubtedly the most correct right now.The [-] black bandits who were originally stuck between Liu Bei's middle army and the rear army were indeed a little bit crispy.With the help of the Heishan bandits who had pretended to be ordered by Liu Bei to scatter on both sides, and at the cost of nearly ten thousand people, they still failed to resist the two armies of Liu Bei and Guan Yu who were eager to meet.So that in less than half an hour, the rear army led by Guan Yu and Zhao Yun, who were already red-eyed and soft-handed, finally discovered the place where Liu Bei's army deliberately lowered the Chinese army.The generals of Youzhou, whose morale had improved significantly, could barely breathe a sigh of relief.

"Marshal, do you want to continue to increase the number of troops!" Zhang Yantong Yudu, who did not participate in this battle, was watching the situation from a towering place on the west side of the battlefield in Yecheng.Yu Du cautiously glanced at Zhang Yan, who had been gradually brought back by Liu Beijun and his face was livid, paused, and asked in a low voice.

"Hmph! Let Liu Bei live on for a few more days!" Zhang Yan didn't know what he was thinking on his gloomy face.He looked completely different from the angry expression when he witnessed the tragic death of his precious son just now. Although the loss was obviously heavy, he had successfully connected with Guan Yu's rear army. Yan gritted her teeth tightly and spat bloody saliva on the ground, saying in a harsh voice, "I have more important things to do!"

(End of this chapter)