612 The Second Army Meets 1
Although Zhang Fei is very strong, he still feels very difficult to face the Six Flower Formation composed of 12 "Night Eyes"; although Zhang Fei injured several "Night Eyes" soldiers, the injured "Night Eyes" will be replaced soon; and how can Zhang Fei replace it? He can only accept constant attacks and has long been on his body. Not only are he injured by a knife and a gunshot wound, but he also has several crossbow arrows on his body!
Zhang Fei felt more and more difficult, and his hands and feet were no longer so flexible. He was about to be killed by "night eyes"; there was indeed a sound of horse hooves behind him.
There is no doubt about this. It was Guan Yu. Liu Bei and his two led their personal soldiers to check whether Shan Fu was killed. Why didn’t Zhang Fei return? He couldn’t wait for Zhang Fei and his soldiers to return, so Liu Bei led Guan Yu and 500 personal soldiers to chase him.
"Yeye" was also depressed. If you had half a stick of incense, Zhang Fei would definitely be killed; but now Guan Yu and Liu Bei brought their troops to him, it would not be so easy to kill him again.
Ten "Night Eyes" covered Xu Shu and more than 20 injured "Night Eyes" soldiers evacuated first, and the remaining "Night Eyes" soldiers were unable to escape and were all entangled. They had to resist desperately to protect Xu Shu and his party from leaving, but before they could leave, Liu Bei and Guan Yu led their troops to kill them.
In fact, at this time, there were not many soldiers under Zhang Fei. It was estimated that there were more than 100 people at most. However, Liu Bei and Guan Yu immediately brought 500 personal soldiers. These 500 personal soldiers were the earliest soldiers who followed Liu Bei. Their combat power was still very strong. Although they could not be compared with "Night Eye", they were also one of the best players in a hundred.
When Guan Yu saw that his third brother Zhang Fei was in danger and was killed at any time, he couldn't care about so much, so he immediately slapped his horse to rescue Zhang Fei. Seeing that the situation was urgent, Liu Bei immediately asked his personal soldiers to join the battle group and surrounded Xu Shu and others again.
At this time, the "Yeyan" soldiers had been fighting fiercely for a long time and their physical strength was also affected. However, facing the encirclement of Guan Yu, Liu Bei and his personal soldiers, the "Yeyan" soldiers did not consider the consequences at all. They had only one belief in their hearts, that is, to sacrifice their lives to rescue Xu Shu.
Fortunately, when fighting and eating, the "Yeye" soldiers had already sent a signal to let Taishici's army lurking in the distance come to greet him. After Taishici heard the signal flare, they immediately led 5,000 flying bear troops to quickly approach the fierce battle.
After Taishi Ci and Ju Shu arrived at Guo Jia's instructions, they immediately studied the plan to rescue Xu Shu and how to sneak into Cao Cao's jurisdiction. This is not easy. After all, there are 5,000 iron cavalry, plus three war horses per person, that is 15,000 cavalry. Such a large army moves, it is impossible to hide Zao Shucao's horse exploration.
The situation was immediately followed. In the absence of any help, Ju Su first asked Taishi Ci to lead 5,000 iron cavalry to sneak at night; all the war horses were cages and thick cotton cloth was wrapped on the horse's hooves; at the same time, scouts were sent to clear Cao Cao's exploration horses on the way, so that Taishi Ci and 5,000 iron cavalry could sneak into Cao Cao's territory.
When "Night Eye" was in trouble and Xu Shu was in danger, Taiming Ci's army arrived.
When Liu Bei saw that there were iron cavalry with his troops dozens of times that of his own. After all, there were 15,000 war horses. Liu Bei was far away, so he could see clearly that he felt that tens of thousands of iron cavalry came and felt a chill in his heart.
The 'Night Eye' soldier shouted: "Brothers, our reinforcements are here!"
Guan Yu was not stupid either. He had so many iron cavalry to fight. If he didn't escape, he would have to die. He immediately took Zhang Fei to cover Liu Bei's escape. Liu Bei's 500 personal soldiers could only be cannon fodder and helped Liu Bei's three brothers resist for a while.
After Taishi Ci led his army to chase and killed Liu Bei for a while, he basically killed 500 of Liu Bei's personal soldiers. He could no longer catch up with the three brothers of Liu Bei, so he turned his horse's head and after cleaning the battlefield, he escorted Xu Shu and the "Yeye" soldiers to leave.
This battle was very difficult. The attacks of "Yeyan" against Zhang Fei and Guan Yu's two great men suffered heavy losses. Everyone was injured in 100 "Yeyan" and 16 seriously injured people. This was the heaviest loss after the establishment of "Yeyan". Fortunately, the armor and helmet performance of "Yeyan" were particularly good. Even a great man like Zhang Fei and Guan Yu would not be able to live with one move, otherwise the consequences would be difficult to imagine.
Xu Shumin also saw the strength of Lu Ning's army. The weather was not very good, which was not conducive to combat. If the weather was better, the combat power would be even stronger than three points; Lu Ning's army's extremely powerful combat power also surprised Xu Shu! Such strong strength was also an army that Xu Shu had never seen before.
With such a big move by Taishi Ci's army, it is impossible not to disturb Cao Cao in Xuchang. Lao Cao's probationary also found out that Lu Ning's army was sneaking into the territory and attacking Liu Bei.
After Cao Cao received the news, he dared to be careless and immediately raised his troops and came to Runan. Although the weather was not good, it was not conducive to sending troops, but Lu Ning's army had all come to the territory, so he could still care whether he could send troops. Although Lao Cao didn't have many cavalry in his hands, he was all dispatched and the infantry also dispatched one after another.
Of course, after Lu Ning captured Runan City, it would not be returned. I have never heard of Lu Ning's army returning it after capturing the city.
Cao Cao was also in a state of atmosphere. He didn't know why Lu Ning's army came to the territory. After getting angry, he had no choice but to force his troops to deal with the emergencies.
The weather was indeed very cold. The soldiers under Lao Cao were trembling all over the body. Even if there were cavalry, it would be difficult to withstand such weather. In addition, Lao Cao's cavalry did not have saddles, so it was not easy for soldiers to ride on horseback; while Lu Ning's cavalry all had saddles, wrapped in thick cotton jackets, and were first-class in equipment. In this case, they felt uncomfortable. The soldiers under Lao Cao only had a single coat on their bodies, how could they bear this? But whoever dared to disobey Cao's orders, the soldiers could only set off.
On the way back, Taishi Ci cut off and really met Cao Cao's army. There was no way to avoid it. There was only one way, no matter how you go around, you had to travel through Cao Cao's jurisdiction.
Taishici's army met with Cao Cao's vanguard Xiahou Dun and Cao Chun's 5,000 thousand troops. Xiahou Dun and Cao Chun's 5,000 tiger and leopard cavalry blocked the way of Taishici's army.
Taishici ordered all soldiers to prepare for battle and asked the soldiers to take out crossbow arrows and prepare for attack.
Taishici stepped forward and said, "General Xiahou, our army does not want to go to war with your army, so we are going to return by way of passage; of course, if your army must have wanted to leave our army behind, I will accompany you to the end."
Xiahou Dun was depressed after hearing this! Is this a way to borrow? I sneaked into the jurisdiction quietly. Now I am still so arrogant when I meet. Are you really afraid that you will not be able to succeed? General Xiahou Dun also knew in his heart that the two sides would definitely not get any advantage in the decisive battle, but Cao Cao's central army was behind. It is still possible to keep Taishi Ci's army, but I don't know what the casualties will be.
Xiahou Dun said: "General Taishi, how could you break into my jurisdiction?"
Taishici said: "General Xiahou, we are using the road, not breaking in; if our army wants to use force against Lao Cao's jurisdiction, why not trouble like this? Just send troops directly from Guandu, Liyang, Donglai, and Xingyang to attack. Is it necessary to go deeper alone?"
After hearing this, Xiahou Dun also felt that this was true. If Lu Ning wanted to attack, it would not have to be so complicated. He just sent troops from Liyang, Guandu, Xingyang and Donglai. Moreover, if he attacked like that, he would really face attacks from several armies, and it would not be easy to deal with it.
Xiahou Dun said: "General Taishi, what does your army lurking in my jurisdiction mean?"
Taishici said: "General Xiahou, I said it was not lurking, but a way to pass the way. Our army punished Liu Bei a little bit of a despicable villain; in fact, it was also to create conditions for your army to attack Runan later, to help you, our army did not have any malice."
Xiahou Dun said: "General Taishi, I can't decide whether to stay or not your army. Should I wait until I send someone to report to the Prime Minister before making a decision."
Chapter completed!