I was in such a hurry because I was afraid that Zhang Xiu, like history, Jia Xu would persuade me to surrender to Cao Cao
At the beginning of last month, Liu Cong sent some gifts to Zhang Xiu and wrote a letter to Jia Xu. In the letter, Liu Cong elaborated on the strategy that Cao Cao might adopt in the next few years, and pointed out that Cao Cao would lead an army to attack Wancheng in the south in the spring of next year, while Nanyang County would not sit idly by and said a little about its governance situation over the past six months, and attached several maps for Jia Xu reference.
All this is not to strengthen the feelings with Zhang Xiu and let Jia Xu strengthen his confidence in himself.
Anyway, the results seem to be good so far
Zhang Xiu’s brow is quite dignified. I can see that his psychological pressure is very great now, while Jia Xu’s eyes are still sharp as usual from many skinny faces, as if to penetrate people’s hearts.
Although it was midnight, I heard that Zhang Xiu was greeted with clothes in a hurry after Liu Cong arrived, but Jia Xu was neatly dressed as if waiting for a long time.
Without talking nonsense, Liu Cong asked, "Where is General Cao Jun now?"
"According to the report, the pioneer has arrived in Ganshui, fearing that he will cross the river early in the morning." Zhang Xiu sighed and looked up at Liu Cong and said, "I have already left the city early in the morning to meet the battle. I wonder how many troops I brought on this trip?"
"Come so fast!" Liu Cong was surprised but calm. "The army is returning to the road and now it has 300 pro-guards."
Zhang Xiu disappointed turned to look at Jia Xu.
"Do you have a plan to break the enemy?" See Jia Xu silent Zhang Xiu had to go back and ask bretz.
Liu Cong laughed and said, "With the general plan, no one can say that the two armies will win."
Zhang Xiu, after all, is a few years older, and he will be even more disappointed if bretz says something to break the enemy’s sleeve.
Fighting is not a joke, it’s killing people.
However, Liu Cong’s analysis made Zhang Xiu really feel that he was prepared. Liu Cong first pointed out that his own advantage was to stick to the main points, and that there were risks and disadvantages, and that the total number of troops was less than that of the other side, so that he would strive to maximize his strength.
Of course, Liu Cong didn’t tell Zhang Xiu that he relied on strategic secret weapons, such as thunderbolt and crossbow.
It’s not that I don’t trust Zhang Xiu, but now I say that no matter how good it is, it’s better to bring him a strong shock in actual combat
The whole meeting was not long. Jia Xu didn’t speak much. He asked about the arrangement of Liu Cong’s troops and didn’t make any suggestions or tricks.
After driving for a whole day, Liu Cong also felt tired to death. After determining the day, he went to sleep. As soon as his head was touched by a soft pillow, he immediately fell asleep.
The next morning, after a night’s dream, Liu Cong was awakened by the pro-guard, washed in a hurry, ate some dry food, put on heavy armor and took the department to Zhang Xiu camp.
Before entering the camp, Zhang Xiu guards came to tell Liu Cong that Zhang Xiu had led his troops out of the city and left for Suishui.
After knowing this, Liu Cong asked him to lead the way straight to the front of Ganshui.
People who fled all the way to help the elderly and carry their burdens to the city to avoid the war disaster. Seeing their numb faces, I think they have become accustomed to it. Some children are frolicking and being scolded by adults before they are curious with their families. They stare big eyes and watch bretz ride by. There are curiosity, doubt and deep envy in their clear eyes.
The closer we get to Luanshui, the calmer Liu Cong feels. This calmness doesn’t come entirely from self-confidence. To be honest, he is not sure of winning now because he knew that all this would happen before, and he has thought about it too many times. Now he can’t get excited at all.
Cao Cao personally led a 150,000-strong army to attack. If the flag is not mistaken, the pioneer should be Xia Houdun and a series of resounding names. Liu Cong should have been excited already.
Afraid? There must be, but bretz knows that there must be a lot of water in the so-called 150 thousand army, and even if it is actually 150 thousand people, it is impossible to gather at the Ganshui River at one time and divide their troops one after another.
On our side, after half a year’s rest and expansion, the number of Zhang Xiu troops has exceeded 1,000, plus 5,000 chosen men, as well as Deng Yi and other county soldiers in Nanyang County. If it makes it possible to fight.
However, when Liu Cong led the trilogy to meet Zhang Xiu by the Ganshui River, he found that he underestimated Jun.
Ganshui river is wide, but it is much narrower because of winter, and the slow water potential is beneficial for Cao Jun to cross the river.
On the other side of the river, the flag "Xiahou" fluttered in the wind, and thousands of troops lined up along the river bank to hold each other.
Compared with the other side, Zhang Xiu’s side of the army is not enough to see.
Even Zhang Xiu’s face is a little ugly, but now he is retreating. Maybe he knows that if he withdraws his troops, he will follow and escape. If he doesn’t cross the river, he will have to break up on his own side.
There are thousands of troops on both sides of the strait, but the atmosphere is not noisy. The atmosphere is extremely cold. Only the flag flying in the wind makes a horrible sound.
Cao Jun crossed the river after noon.
Before crossing the river, archers in leather armor walked from the queue to the front, bent their bows and took arrows to throw them at the other side. Not to be outdone, Zhang Xiu made his own archers fight back and trained Cao Jun obviously lost slightly compared with Zhang Xiu archers.
Both sides passed by in the rain like locusts, but did not bring much damage. At this time, Cao Jun’s brigade moved.
First of all, the cavalry is wearing heavy armor, and the shallow river is splashed with water. In winter, the bleak sunshine splashes high and wet, and the cavalry armor washes up the cold spear. As more and more cavalry drive horses into the river, the whole water seems to be stagnant!
Zhang Xiu looked more and more serious, and he constantly ordered the troops to stop everywhere. However, the pioneer of Cao Jun was unstoppable, and even though he was wearing several arrows, he was desperate to charge the shore.
On the other side of the river, jun archers threw arrows at Zhang Xiu troops in a crazy way, suppressing Zhang Xiu’s counterattack.
Soon, hundreds of Jun cavalry rushed to the river bank, and the first member of the cavalry rushed to the front with a spear. People could be killed in a short time, and Jun’s morale was high. Zhang Xiu saw that his anger was about to ride in front of his horse, but he saw a group of men rushing out like lightning into the front of the cavalry. The man with a pike and a flint stabbed him in the chest and fell off his horse.
This change suddenly rushed to the shore, and the cavalry of Cao Jun were stunned by this thunderbolt. I can’t believe what I just saw.
Liu cong, who succeeded in the raid, didn’t want to shake the pike at all. Cao Bing stabbed the horse’s legs at his side and clamped the horse’s belly and shouted, "Drive them to the river!"
☆, Chapter 24 Night leak pillow sleep
Thick blood splashes, heavy armor, pungent smell of blood is suffocating, and besides screaming, swords and guns strike each other, horses scream, and they have their own heavy breathing. At this time, people’s five senses are much sharper than usual, and the reaction is so keen that they are on the edge of life and death, which completely inspires the potential of bretz. He sidestepped an arrow, feather and pike, and ruthlessly swept the enemy off the horse and set foot on the horse in front of him …
The pro-guards around him went crazy and resisted the attack around him. Someone was shot in the face, but he didn’t realize that someone was shot in the face. He struggled to follow the flag bearer behind Liu Cong, holding the flagpole in his hands. The black word "Liu" fluttered in the wind and guided the pro-guards to follow the direction.
Another rain of dense arrows roared from the sky, and the arrows fell to bretz’s side like a meteor with horrible cold light.
In an instant, several people were shot by arrows, and their horses were littered with arrows. The horses were immortal for a while, screaming and kicking their limbs in vain, but they didn’t know that their master’s body was soaked with blood.
Liu cong also got an arrow in the leg, and his armor was well protected. But at this time, he didn’t notice it at all. It was not until the horse stepped into the river and kicked out the blood-stained water droplets. When the cold water vapor excited him, he suddenly bridled the horse, holding the pike in one hand and pointing obliquely to the sky in the other, and holding the reins tightly in the other. The horse stood up and instantly clamped his legs on the horse’s belly and shouted, "Get back!"
Come as fast as the wind, more than 200 fighters turned the horse’s head. First, they swept the cavalry of Jun along the river bank, and finally they turned and ran back to Zhang Xiu array with thunderous momentum.
Zhang Xiu didn’t look at the banner in situ. It should have come from the other side of the river bank to outflank him. Bretz turned over and almost fell down. The pro-guard behind him was an experienced man who immediately grabbed Bretz on one knee.
"Ha almost betrayed" bretz at this time just feel calf pain very yi tooth took a chill strong smile.
The pro-guard named Liu Hu is actually an uncle and brother of Bretz. He held the arm of Bretz and said "be patient" in a low voice. When he saw that Bretz clenched his teeth slightly, he held the arrow shaft "crack" and broke it. Because of the precaution, Bretz didn’t feel much pain. He patted Liu Hu on the shoulder and said, "Come on, Emoko, you have a rest."
Liu Hu also wordless got up and turned to behind bretz.
Bretz looked back and saw that almost all the pro-guards behind him were wearing arrows and feathers, so few people lost their lives. It looked quite neat.
Just silently counting the number of people, I suddenly heard four cheers like thunder. I turned my head and saw Zhang Xiu capture a member of the enemy’s general, and galloped to the other side of the river. Jun threw his weight around his own array and suddenly his morale soared. He raised his cheers like a forest of swords and guns, and then he shouted a wave after wave, shaking the world.
"Ha ha! Happy! " Zhang Xiu a clip horse belly rushed back to the array will axillary enemy will throw their legs directly jumped from the horse to conveniently take a few quick steps to the front of bretz grinned.
"Ha, what am I? Do you know what I just killed?" Zhang Xiuxi couldn’t help but hold Liu Cong’s arm and said, "That’s Shi Huan, the general of Cao Jun!"
Liu cong is stunned by a history? I don’t think I’ve heard of it. Is it famous?
Before he thought much, Zhang Xiu pulled the arrow hanging from his armor and threw it aside and said to Bretz, "Cao Junfang has broken this for a while and damaged the general Shi Huan for fear that he won’t attack again at the moment."
Bretz shook his head and said, "It’s hard to say that it’s better to strengthen the alert." Just then, he saw a teenager riding across the river alone and shouting something.
"I’ll go and see." Zhang Xiu seems to be used to taking the reins from the pro-guard, and soon he reached the river. The teenager said a few words and let the man cross the river.
After seeing the young man crossing the river, he went straight to the pile of corpses behind the horse, rummaging for a moment, and found a corpse, took out the rope and tied it tightly, then climbed the horse and rode slowly to the other side of the river.
When he did these things, both sides watched him quietly, except for the occasional groan of the injured, and the whole battlefield was shrouded in silence.
"It’s Shi Huan Shi Jing." When Zhang Xiu said this, his expression was very calm, but there was a faint approval and emotion in his tone. Filial piety always made people admire.
Bretz, who personally caused all this, also appreciated the trip to Shi Jing and nodded his head, but didn’t know what to say.