Cao Cao actually didn't know that Guan Yu and Shen Chen knew each other.
Because he only knew that Cao Ren went to Huangmenting to perform a mission that day and happened to meet Liu Guanzhang and was chased by them.
This situation is like a killer chasing his prey, and when passers-by happen to see him, he roars when he sees the injustice, draws his sword to help, and saves all the people.
The relationship between the two is at best a stranger's savior relationship.
More importantly, after that, Shen Chen's family moved to Jingzhou, and Liu Bei became the shepherd of Xuzhou. According to Cao Cao's knowledge, the two met just once, and they had nothing to do with each other after that.
So he had no idea that Shen Chen had interacted with Liu Guanzhang at Tao Qian's residence before that, and had developed a certain connection and friendship.
Time has long since passed. Six years have passed, and Cao Cao has almost forgotten that Liu Bei once rescued Shen Chen.
Therefore, he only considered whether Guan Yu would take this opportunity to escape, but did not consider whether Guan Yu would take this opportunity to let Shen Chen go, and then wait for Shen Chen to go back and bring reinforcements to repel him.
However, Guan Yu will not leave at this time, because Liu Bei's two wives are still in Xudu. With Guan Yu's character, he will definitely take them away together.
It's just that Cao Cao was just greedy for women, and used himself to save others, thinking that Guan Yu wouldn't care about the life and death of Mrs. Gan Mi. Just like most people in this troubled world, they only regard women as property and don't think about it. He did it because of his loyalty.
Here Shen Chen went all the way south. Later generations of Xiangcheng people should know that Ziyun Mountain stretches for more than ten kilometers. Although the highest altitude is only more than 400 meters above sea level, it is surrounded by mountains and dense forests.
Only after passing through this mountainous area, the road to Ye County in later generations and today's Kunyang is extremely smooth and a plain.
At this moment, the soldiers at Huangmen Pavilion on the road spread their iron feet and began to sprint at a small pace.
Ancient people did not have enough oil and water, so it was difficult for them to train like modern soldiers. Only Huangmenting soldiers have always had a sufficient supply of meat, eggs, and milk. They were supported by the agriculture, commerce, and manufacturing industry in the entire ting, and they had very good physical endurance.
In just half an hour, they had walked seven or eight kilometers. When they were about to leave the Ziyun Mountain area, the sound of galloping horses' hooves roared in the distance.
"Array up!"
Shen Chen shouted loudly.
The surrounding messengers immediately blew their whistles. Different whistles represented different instructions. Junior officers such as military commanders and captains at all levels also blew their whistles to pass on the orders.
In an instant, the team began to form a well-trained formation. The swordsmen and shieldmen in the front row crouched on the ground and raised their shields, while the spearmen put their spears on their shoulders.
Although the cavalry was powerful, including the Wuhuan cavalry, Xiliang cavalry and tiger and leopard cavalry regiments at that time, it must be explained that these cavalry are light cavalry and cannot be used to face infantry formations head-on. They can only be used to charge into formations. surprise attack.
Because once the cavalry charges against the infantry formation, even if you dodge the four- to five-meter-long spear array in the front row and rush through the first row, you will never be able to run again when you reach the second or third row. Already.
When the collision force of the horses is exhausted and they are trapped in a tight siege, the cavalry will only be hacked to death. Therefore, the role of the cavalry at that time was indeed to use mobility to complete tasks such as surprise attacks, warnings, patrols, and scouts, rather than Everyone imagines entering the enemy's formation.
Now that Shen Chen's army was far away, he saw Cao's cavalry attacking again and reorganizing their formation. Moreover, he had not yet left the mountainous area of Ziyun Mountain. With the mountains at his back, he was basically in an invincible position. Wait and see what the opponent's cavalry did. Just do what you want.
Shen Chen was riding on horseback. He had actually just taken advantage of the large army to attract the enemy's main force and secretly sent a few scouts to Kunyang to report the news, asking Lou Fa to send a thousand soldiers and baggage vehicles to meet him.
After leaving this mountainous area, they still had to walk more than ten kilometers back to Kunyang. For them, this plain terrain was equivalent to a death zone.
The infantry were surrounded by cavalry on all sides on the grassland. Once they ran out of arrows, they would end up like Li Ling.
So he could only choose to divide his forces.
But if the enemy also divided his troops, Shen Chen would indeed find it difficult, so he asked the scouts to ask Lou Fa for reinforcements. When he returned to Kunyang, he would bring more baggage vehicles to meet Gan Ning.
Fortunately, he retreated one day in advance, which means that they are still one day away from Cao Jun's infantry. Maybe when they arrived at Xiangcheng, Cao Jun's infantry arrived at Ying. They are now in Ziyun Mountain, and it is estimated that Cao Jun's infantry has not yet arrived. There is enough time difference to reach Xiangcheng.
"The enemy is one mile away!"
"The enemy has advanced three hundred steps!"
"The enemy has advanced two hundred steps!"
"The enemy has advanced one hundred and fifty steps!"
"Archers prepare!"
Shen Chen personally stood on the edge of the team, with Shen Tao, Deng Zhao, Chen Zhen and others beside him, directing the battle.
Seeing that the opponent was getting closer and closer, the man in the front rode a blood-red BMW that was bigger than the horse next to him. He was wearing a fluttering green robe, and the Qinglong Yanyue sword in his hand shone brightly under the sun. .
"Wait!"
Seeing the approaching general, Shen Chen immediately stopped the soldiers who were about to fire arrows.
When they were fighting against Cao Cao at the foot of Ziyun Mountain, Shen Chen was commanding from a hill in the rear. He was too far away and neither Cao Cao nor Guan Yu saw him.
But now that he was approaching, Guan Yu finally saw where the enemy general was, his eyes narrowed slightly, and murderous intent filled his eyes.
He especially likes to light a lamp at night to look at the Spring and Autumn Period, so he is a little short-sighted, but not particularly serious. But if he is too far away, like now when he is 150 steps away, nearly 200 meters away, he will not recognize Shen Chen at all.
In Guan Yu's eyes, he could only vaguely see a few vague figures riding on horseback, who should probably be the generals of Shen Chen's army. At this time, he did not choose the soldiers to advance, but watched from a distance.
In fact, the reason why he chose to divide his troops was because he thought that Shen Chen was still commanding the battle with the large forces in the rear, and these were just troops sent to ask for help, so he thought of dividing some of Cao Cao's troops. Now chasing him was just doing it. It’s just a look.
After a while, he planned to feign a charge and wait until the arrows from Shen Chen's army came over and consumed part of the cavalry. Then he would use the enemy's fast bows and arrows as an excuse to withdraw his troops and send these reinforcements to Kunyang.
What he didn't expect was that among the few knights over there, a young general in black suddenly rushed out on horseback and shouted loudly: "Who is coming? I, Chen Chen, will not kill the nameless ghost with my sword!"
Is that Shen Chen?
Guan Yu was taken aback and squinted his eyes to look carefully, and finally saw that he looked familiar.
Time is also flowing, and time flies by. In just six years, Shen Chen has already changed. He used to be just a five-foot-six-inch kid. Six years later, not only has his appearance changed from immature to green, but his height has also grown. Nearly two feet.
Many people think that ancient people were short in stature. In fact, "Three Kingdoms" records that except for Cao Cao and Liu Bei, most of the celebrities at that time were eight feet tall, which is over 1.84 meters tall.
For example, Cheng Yu is 8 feet 3 inches tall, which means he is 1.91 meters tall. He is a standard fierce general strategist.
The average height of 8-year-old boys in later generations of our country is about 125-130 centimeters. When Shen Chen was in Xuzhou, he was 5 feet 6 inches, about 128 centimeters, which was within this range.
Now it has reached 1.72 meters, which is 7 feet 4 inches. This is actually much different from the average height of 165-169cm for 15-year-old boys in my country. It does not mean that Shen Chen has exceeded too much development.
But even so, he was already completely different from his eight-year-old self. He was completely different. In addition, Guan Yu was a bit short-sighted, so it was normal not to notice.
But at this time, the two armies were facing each other, and Guan Yu did not dare to recognize each other, and instinctively wanted to cover his face.
Mainly because he felt shameless to see Shen Chen.
Over the years, Liu Bei was in Xiaopei, and because he was relatively close, he often wrote letters to Shen Chen. Although they had not seen each other for six years, Liu Bei and Zhang had long been in contact, and through letters, they had a close relationship. connect together.
Now times have changed, the eldest brother's life and death are unknown, the third brother is missing, Zilong and Ziyi don't know where they are now, but he is in the enemy's camp, which makes Guan Yu feel ashamed.
What he didn't expect was that Shen Chen shouted: "That red-faced and bearded man over there, are you the enemy general? Do you dare to come out and fight me?"
Um?
Guan Yu frowned.
Red-faced and bearded?
My appearance has not changed much, so Ah Chen must have recognized me.
Then why don't we recognize each other?
Looking to the left and right, Guan Yu immediately understood that Shen Chen did not want to expose their relationship, so he shouted: "Who dares to be rampant in front of me? I am Guan Yu from Hedong. How does your head compare to Yan Liang?"
"What? You are Guan Yu who killed Yan Liang in Baima last month?"
Shen Chen pretended to be shocked, then reined in his horse and ran away, as if he had abandoned his team and was heading into a hill behind him.
"Ha ha ha ha."
Guan Yu laughed and said: "You are just a cowardless rat. When he heard my name, he was so frightened that he abandoned his troops and fled. All the officers and men obeyed the order and kept an eye on them. I will hunt down the leader of the thieves and sacrifice his head to Sikong later." !”
"only!"
The soldiers responded with a roar.
Cao Cao didn't even know that Guan Yu and Shen Chen were connected, and they didn't even know.
Even in later generations with developed information, you don’t know who your friends are, let alone in ancient times with underdeveloped information?
So after the two men performed a clumsy performance worthy of a Golden Raspberry Award, every one of the soldiers believed it.
They thought that Shen Chen had heard about Guan Yu's deed of killing Yan Liang with a sword and a horse in the midst of thousands of troops last month, so he was so frightened that he fled in panic, but he didn't know that this was Shen Chen's plan to ask Guan Yu to meet behind the hill.
However, ordinary cavalrymen did not know that, but the lieutenants on the left and right were secretly sent by Cao Cao to monitor Guan Yu. When they heard that Guan Yu wanted to pursue him alone, they quickly said: "General, I will go with you."
"Let's go together, whoever will command the soldiers, just bring along a few escorts."
Guan Yu clamped the belly of the red rabbit horse, and the BMW chased in the direction where Shen Chen left like red lightning, saying something at the same time.
The left and right lieutenants thought so, so they left the left lieutenant behind. The right lieutenant shouted and led a few people to follow.
But if an ordinary war horse is a bicycle, then Red Rabbit is a Ferrari.
They had just started here. The red rabbit started to accelerate and soared more than ten feet away. After a few galloping jumps, he had already tracked into the forest and disappeared without a trace.
The deputy general followed with his men, but they couldn't even eat ashes, because by the time they entered the forest, Shen Chen and Guan Yu had long disappeared.
"Achen!"
Guan Yu's Red Rabbit was so fast that as soon as Shen Chen ran into the forest, he caught up with him.
Shen Chen led him around the mountains for a long time. After making sure that Cao Jun who was following Guan Yu had not come after him, he found a place with dense vegetation. Then he turned his horse's head and turned around and said, "I haven't seen you for many years, Uncle Yunchang." , come back and be safe."
"well."
Guan Yu stopped the red rabbit horse, came to him and sighed, lowered his head and said: "Ah Chen, I really don't have the face to see you now."
Everyone originally fought against Cao Cao, but he surrendered to the enemy. How could we not make him feel guilty?
Shen Chen smiled and said: "Uncle Yun Chang doesn't need to blame himself. In order to protect the two ladies, he succumbed to thieves and showed his loyalty to Yuntian. This is something everyone knows. How can I blame Uncle Yun Chang for this?" "
"only."
Guan Yu said sheepishly: "My reputation is fine, but it's a pity that I still don't know the whereabouts of my eldest brother."
Shen Chen said: "I do know. I learned that the emperor's uncle was attacked by Cao thieves in Xiaopei. I immediately guessed that he might have gone to Yuan Shaona, so I sent people to the north. As expected, I found out that the emperor's uncle was indeed in Hebei."
"Eldest brother is actually in Hebei?"
Guan Yu suddenly showed a happy expression on his face. During this period, he had been wanting to know the news about Liu Bei, but every time he asked Cao Cao for help, Cao Cao said that he had sent people out to search and it would take some time.
Moreover, he also told Guan Yu that he was still dealing with Yuan Shao and there were not enough manpower, so it would be difficult to find Yun Yun for the time being, which made Guan Yu very worried.
Now that he finally got the news from Liu Bei, he was naturally extremely excited.
Shen Chen immediately said: "Uncle Yun Chang, do you know why Cao Cao didn't take you to Yanjin to deal with Wen Chou after Baima killed Yan Liang?"
"Why?"
Guan Yu was puzzled.
Shen Chen said: "Because the emperor's uncle was in Yanjin, Cao Cao originally wanted to kill the emperor's uncle and Wen Chou together. Fortunately, the emperor's uncle did not make the same mistake as Wen Chou. He dismounted and went to pick up Cao's army's baggage, and thus escaped the disaster. ."
"What?"
Guan Yu's eyes flashed with anger: "Cao Cao has known about my eldest brother's whereabouts for a long time, but he didn't tell me? And he also wanted to assassinate him."
During the Battle of White Horse, Cao Cao had always brought Guan Yu with him, and he killed Yan Liang instantly. But when it came to the Battle of Yanjin, why did Cao Cao only bring Xu Huang and not Guan Yu? It was because he was afraid that Guan Yu would learn the news about Liu Bei.
Shen Chen nodded and said: "Exactly, but I would like to ask Uncle Yun Chang to think for the sake of the two ladies and not to anger Cao Cao. I have already written a letter to send someone to the north and asked the emperor to come south to you in the name of Liu Biao in the south. South, when the time comes when Yuan Shao's army moves south, I will leave Cao Cao with my two wives and come to Runan to join the emperor."
"Is that so?"
Guan Yu thought for a moment and asked: "Ah Chen, are you sure that your brother will come to Runan?"
Shen Chen said: "The emperor's uncle is the one who wants to defeat Cao Cao the most, and Yuan Shao definitely wants to join forces with Liu Biao to attack him, so as long as the emperor's uncle is willing to send Liu Biao as an envoy, I think he will agree."
"good."
Guan Yu nodded and said: "Then I will go back first. When the eldest brother arrives in Runan, you will immediately send someone to inform me and I will follow you."
As he said this, he planned to leave, hoping to lead his troops directly back to Cao Cao.
Shen Chen said: "No."
"Why?"
Guan Yu was puzzled.
Shen Chen said: "If uncle directly leads the troops back, it will definitely make Cao Cao suspicious. Cao Cao probably doesn't know our relationship now and thinks that Huangmenting was just a coincidence. But if Uncle Yun Chang goes back after seeing me, he will You can definitely guess that there is something old between us, so this must not be the case."
"snort."
Guan Yu snorted coldly: "You guessed it, I'm still afraid of him. If you want to kill him or scrape him, it's up to him."
Shen Chen smiled and said: "I know Uncle Yun Chang is not afraid of death, but where are the two ladies?"
"this"
Guan Yu thought the same thing. If Cao Cao was angry and blamed for letting Shen Chen go, it wouldn't matter if he was killed, but the two sisters-in-law.
Shen Chen said: "So we can't expose it yet, we should wait for an opportunity."
"When was that?"
Guan Yu was surprised and said: "Am I going to say that I haven't caught you when I go back later? But what reason should I use to give up chasing you?"
Shen Chen smiled and said: "Uncle Yun Chang doesn't need to worry about this. I have sent scouts back to Kunyang first to get the chariots. When the time comes, we will rely on the chariots to fight and retreat. Uncle Yun Chang only needs to command the cavalry to fight normally. That’s it, we will definitely be able to repel Cao’s army.”
"All right."
Guan Yu thought, originally they only had 1,500 cavalry, which was difficult enough to deal with 3,000 infantry. Cao Cao just asked him to delay time and wait for the infantry from behind to catch up.
Now Shen Chen's reinforcements will arrive soon. As long as he doesn't go to war, he will keep sending Cao's troops to die.
When Shen Chen's army defeated those Cao Cao cavalry, it would be reasonable and reasonable for him to order a retreat at that time, and Cao Cao could not blame him.
Thinking of this, Guan Yu approved Shen Chen's plan.
The two of them were waiting in the mountain forest, talking about this matter while delaying time.
After almost half an hour, Guan Yu went back.
When they came to their cavalry formation, the right deputy general and several knights actually got lost in the forest, but they have not come back yet. The left deputy general came up to them and said: "General, how are you?"
Guan Yu sighed and said: "Oh, don't mention it. The little thief was cunning. He got into the forest, but he disappeared. I looked around and almost got lost."
The mountain forest is already dense, and it is noon and the sun is hanging overhead. It is impossible to judge the direction by the sun, so it is very normal to get lost in the jungle.
Lieutenant General Zuo said: "General, there is no need to worry. The forest is dense, so it's normal if we don't catch him. But now that the leader of the thief is gone, why don't we wait and attack?"
Guan Yu shook his head and said: "No, before we five thousand people besieged three thousand of them, Sikong was repulsed. Now that we have fifteen hundred people going up, it will be even worse. Sikong just asked us to delay the time, don't waste our time by attacking. ."
This is the most correct tactic. Even if you go to Cao Cao, Cao Cao will recognize this tactic.
The deputy general said nothing at that moment.
Time passed by minute by minute, and in the afternoon, dust and sand suddenly billowed in the distance, and columns of carriages drove towards this direction, already appearing several miles away.
The combat effectiveness of the cavalry in the book is very objective and true. It refers to a lot of historical books, so don’t doubt it. If the Xiliang cavalry were so strong, Dong Zhuo would not have been beaten by Zhang Jiao. The real situation is that the cavalry now only has mobility. Without double stirrups and a high-bridge saddle, the cavalry's close combat ability on horseback is no different from that of infantry. Only a few fierce generals like Xiang Yu and Guan Yu can kill on horseback without stirrups and saddles.