Chapter 128 Ziwei, don't come to kill my enemy generals
Chen Dao had fought Zhang Fei for more than a hundred rounds without losing. If Liu Bei hadn't stopped and continued the fight, Chen Dao would have definitely lost in the end.
His force is not weak, but he is still not as good as Zhang Fei.
Now he had the advantage in fighting Ling Cao alone. With one against two, it would be difficult for him to deal with Ling Cao and Zhou Tai.
The soldiers and horses of both sides are fighting. Although Sun Ce's soldiers and horses are large in number, they are indeed a little tired from the continuous march. However, Zhou Ping's soldiers are well fed and well-sleeped, waiting for work. They are also led by two fierce generals, Zhang Fei and Chen Dao.
, they also killed fiercely.
Although they couldn't kill the opponent immediately, they already had a slight advantage.
Zhou Ping had two thousand soldiers lined up in the camp ready to go to the battlefield at any time as reinforcements.
Zhang Wu rode a red rabbit horse out of the camp and ran in the direction of Chen Dao.
Zhou Tai and Ling Cao jointly attacked Chen Dao. They didn't even notice a red horse running in the distance. The man on the horse reined up the horse and stopped fifty or sixty steps away. He drew an arrow from his quiver, nocked his bow, and shot at
They took aim.
Chen Dao didn't pay attention either. He was currently dealing with two brave enemy generals with all his strength.
Zhou Taizhi's fierceness is relatively outstanding among Sun Ce's generals, and Ling Cao is not weak either. If the fight continues, Chen Dao feels that he may be defeated.
But even if he is defeated, he cannot retreat. This is the first time he has truly led troops into battle. Even if he dies in battle, he cannot escape.
Ling Cao originally thought that he would be able to quickly deal with the enemy general holding a halberd, but after the fight, he discovered that the opponent's force seemed to be much stronger than his own.
Fortunately, Sun Ce saw that it was difficult for him to defeat the enemy general, so he called Zhou Tai to help. Now, the two of them were able to kill each other quickly.
When Chen Dao was overwhelmed and nearly hit by Ling Cao several times, he felt very proud when suddenly an arrow shot out of nowhere and hit Ling Cao in the shoulder.
"ah!"
Ling Cao screamed in pain and found a feather arrow stuck in his shoulder. He thought he had been hit by a stray arrow.
Fortunately, this arrow surprised Ling Cao, and Zhou Tai and Chen Dao were also surprised.
Chen Dao did not take the opportunity to stab Ling Cao, but there was Zhou Tai next to him, so it would not be easy for him to stab Ling Cao.
"Ling Cao, stand down first and I'll deal with him." Zhou Tai shouted to Ling Cao.
Ling Cao was suffering from pain in his left shoulder. Although he could still fight now, his fighting power had been greatly weakened. Staying here would only make Zhou Tai unable to use his hands and feet. He was thinking about killing the enemy soldiers when he suddenly glanced and saw the cavalryman in the distance.
The man on the red rabbit horse was aiming at Zhou Tai with his bow and arrow.
He immediately understood that the shot on his shoulder was not a stray arrow, but someone secretly shot him.
Now, that person wants to make a secret attack on Zhou Tai.
"Youping, be careful, someone is shooting from behind."
Ling Cao shouted anxiously to Zhou Tai.
Zhou Taixun raised his head and saw Zhang Wu shooting an arrow at him in the distance.
Seeing the arrows coming, Zhou Tai hurriedly urged his horse to get out of the way. He only heard a "chirp" sound, the wind blew past his ears, and the arrows flew past his ears.
"so close!"
Zhou Tai secretly shouted in his heart, and Chen Dao's halberd came at him again. He quickly raised his knife to block it, and at the same time shouted to Ling Cao: "Gongji, go after the person who shot the arrow in the dark."
He saw that Zhang Wu only had a bow and arrows and no other weapons, and knew that this was a man who specialized in shooting and was most afraid of close combat.
Ling Cao went after him. If he caught up, he would definitely be able to kill him. Even if he couldn't catch up, he would be able to stop him from sneaking shots at him.
"good."
Ling Cao responded urgently, slapped his horse and raised his sword and ran towards Zhang Wu.
When Zhang Wu saw that his second arrow missed, he knew that the enemy general had discovered him and it would be difficult for him to sneak another shot. He was about to pat his horse to help Zhang Fei, but saw the man who had been shot in the shoulder pat his horse and chase him. He couldn't help but feel secretly happy in his heart.
He slowly pulled and turned the horse's head, then slowly urged the horse away.
When Ling Cao saw Zhang Wu trying to run away, but he was running very slowly, he was equally happy. He slapped his horse and chased after him. He saw that he was only a dozen steps away from him.
At this time, Zhang Wu in front suddenly turned around, with his arrow already on his bow, heading towards Ling**.
Ling Cao didn't expect that when the opponent was running away, he would turn around and shoot an arrow at him. He was completely unprepared. When he realized that the arrow had been shot, it was too late to avoid it because of the short distance and the arrow flying very fast.
With a "pop" sound, the feather arrow hit Ling Cao's chest and entered without armor.
Ling Cao's horse was still running forward. After running a few steps, Ling Cao fell off the horse, leaving the empty horse to continue running forward.
A slight smile appeared on Zhang Wu's lips, and he didn't care about Ling Cao's life or death, nor did he care about Zhou Tai and Chen Dao.
He could see that Chen Dao alone could withstand Zhou Tai, and the most important one now was Sun Ce.
As long as Sun Ce can be shot to death, the war will be easily over.
He looked at Sun Ce who was fighting with Zhang Fei and urged his horse to run.
Ling Cao was shot off his horse. Zhou Ping saw this and thought that although Zhang Wu's behavior was not honorable, victory on the battlefield was more important than honor.
A black cat or a white cat, the one that can catch mice is a good cat. The one who plots evil and can defeat the enemy is a good strategist.
When Zhou Tai saw Ling Cao's fall, he was very angry and attacked Chen Dao even more fiercely.
Chen Dao was not afraid, brandished his tiger halberd, and fought with him inextricably.
Sun Ce, who was fighting Zhang Fei over there, did not see Ling Cao's defeat with his own eyes. He was struggling to fight Zhang Fei alone at the moment and did not dare to be distracted at all.
"Yeah, yeah, hey... take a spear from me."
Zhang Fei fought Sun Ce for seventy or eighty rounds, but could not win. This made him a little angry. He roared loudly and attacked harder.
Sun Ce raised his gun to block him, and the more he hit him, the more frightened he became.
I heard that Zhang Fei was brave and well-deserved. No wonder Ji Ling and Li Feng died at the hands of this man.
In this way, Guan Yu was probably as brave as Zhang Fei. Fortunately, he didn't come. If these two people came to attack together, he would definitely not be able to withstand it.
Sun Ce was thinking while resisting Zhang Fei's attack, but he had no idea that Zhang Wu had already ridden a red rabbit horse and stopped only fifty or sixty steps away from him, with his arrow drawn and his bow aimed at him.
He didn't notice, but Zhou Tai did.
Because Zhang Wu's horse was too eye-catching, he shot Ling Cao to death. Zhou Tai was always worried that Sun Ce would be secretly shot by him.
Sure enough, he found Zhang Wu riding to Sun Ce's side and aiming his arrow at Sun Ce.
Zhou Tai took advantage of the fact that he and Chen were on the wrong horse. He suddenly slapped his horse and ran towards Sun Ce. As he ran, he shouted: "General Sun, be careful, someone is shooting a hidden arrow."
Although Zhang Wu aimed his arrow at Sun Ce, Sun Ce was fighting with Zhang Fei and was mixed together, so it was not easy for him to release the arrow, fearing that Zhang Fei would be accidentally injured.
When Sun Ce heard Zhou Tai's shout, he looked up and saw Zhou Tai running towards him, with Chen Dao chasing after him.
When I took a closer look, Ling Cao was missing.
Sun Ce knew something was wrong. It seemed that Ling Cao had died in the battle, and Zhou Tai was no longer able to defeat the enemy general.
"General, be careful, the man on the red horse can shoot you secretly."
Zhou Tai shouted again.
At this time, Sun Ce found a man riding a red horse dozens of steps away, aiming at him with a bow and arrow.
And this man was the one who shot Han Dang to death.
I heard that it was he who shot Lu Bu that made Zhang Fei stab him.
They actually wanted to repeat the same trick and treat him like Lu Bu.
"Ziwei, don't shoot, I can kill him."
Zhang Fei also discovered Zhang Wu at this time and shouted loudly.
He felt that he could defeat Sun Ce. If Zhang Wu shot Sun Ce first and then killed him, he would not be able to show his courage.
When dealing with Lu Bu before, Lu Bu was too fierce, and he didn't know at the time that Zhang Wu was going to shoot Lu Bu secretly.
Now that he knows it, he doesn't want his victory to be less glorious again.
But Zhang Wu had already spotted Sun Ce and shot the arrow.
Sun Ce had already noticed it, and while dodging to avoid it, he waved his gun to block it, knocking the arrow away just in time.
Zhou Ping carefully watched what was happening outside the camp and knew that now was the time for reinforcements to attack, so he ordered the two thousand soldiers and horses on standby in the camp to go out for reinforcements.
Sun Ce knew that it was difficult for him to defeat Zhang Fei, and there was another sharpshooter shooting cold arrows at him from a distance. He didn't want to continue the fight, and saw soldiers and horses in the opponent's camp coming to help, so he hurriedly shouted: "Retreat, retreat quickly."
"If you want to retreat, have you asked me if I have a snake spear?"
Zhang Fei heard Sun Ce's order to retreat, shouted loudly, and at the same time raised his spear to stab Sun Ce.
Sun Ce raised his gun to block him, and the two fought for three more rounds, when Zhou Tai arrived and slashed at Zhang Fei from behind.
Zhang Fei quickly turned around to block him, and Sun Ce took advantage of this opportunity to slap his horse and run away.
After fending off Zhou Tai's knife, Zhang Fei came to look for Sun Ce again, but saw that he had already run away, so he hurriedly chased after him.
Zhou Tai was also chasing after him, but at this moment, Chen was blocked by dozens of enemy soldiers, who were slashing and killing them.
Zhang Fei wanted to chase Sun Ce, but he was pestered by Zhou Tai. In desperation, he had to turn around and fight Zhou Tai.
Sun Ce's soldiers and horses received the order to retreat and were retreating. The reinforcements sent by Zhou Ping from the camp had also rushed in and were chasing the enemy soldiers together with the original soldiers and horses.
Zhang Wu saw that he could not hit Sun Ce, and watched Sun Ce escape. He did not pursue him again, nor did he shoot the enemy soldiers. He just stood and watched from a distance.
Those enemy soldiers were not worth shooting. What he wanted to shoot were only the enemy generals.
"Hahaha... With this victory, Sun Ce can stop it!"
Zhou Ping looked at the retreating enemy soldiers and laughed.
Zhou Tai backed away while blocking Zhang Fei. He had been stabbed in two places by Zhang Fei, but because he was wearing armor, the wounds were not too deep.
Under the obstruction of other soldiers, he was finally able to escape and retreated on horseback.
Zhang Fei and Chen Dao led their troops to pursue them out of the mountain road. When they saw a group of enemy soldiers coming for reinforcements in the distance, they hurriedly stopped and led their troops back.
After Sun Ce led his troops to fight, Sun Jing always felt that Zhou Ping must have the determination to win if he dared to lead his troops to stop him, so he put five thousand soldiers on standby in the camp. If Sun Ce was unfortunately defeated, he could immediately send troops to rescue him.
Later, I heard that the two armies were fighting, and at first the winner could not be determined. Later, reinforcements were sent out from the enemy camp, and Sun Ce's troops were retreating.
Sun Jing knew something was wrong, so she quickly led her troops out of the camp to meet Sun Ce.
Returning to the camp, Sun Ce sighed: "Zhang Fei's bravery is well-deserved. Unfortunately, I underestimated the enemy and went into battle with exhausted troops, which resulted in the defeat. Ling Cao died in the battle, and Zhou Lai blocked the way. It may not be easy to rescue Juchao."
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Sun Jing comforted him and said: "Bo Fu, although we suffered this defeat and lost our generals, how can we be discouraged as a general? Although Zhou Ping blocked the way, he didn't have many soldiers and horses, and he didn't dare to attack. We can give way first."
It is not too late for the soldiers and horses to rest and recharge their batteries before thinking of good strategies."
"My troops cannot pass. I am afraid that General Zhang Xun will not be able to defend his nest for a long time and will abandon the city and retreat. If this is true, General Yuan is afraid that he will not be able to defend Wancheng for a long time and Lujiang will be captured by Liu Bei."
Sun Ce had always won before, but after this defeat, he lost confidence in Yuan Shu and Zhang Xun, feeling that they could not defend Juchao and Wancheng.
Sun Jing added: "Liu Bei only has 3,000 troops guarding Xiang'an. We can send 5,000 troops to seize Linhu. Liu Bei will definitely divide his troops to rescue. Then he sent someone to see General Yuan and asked him to send troops here.
Come with us to attack from both front and back. I predict that if Wancheng sends out troops, Zhou Ping will definitely retreat, and we can then move in and take up residence in our nest to repel Liu Bei."
Sun Ce nodded: "It seems that this is the only way."
This time Sun Ce led 12,000 soldiers into the battle. In addition to losing Ling Cao, he also lost more than 3,000 soldiers.
After resting for three days, he sent Xu Kun and 5,000 troops to seize Linhu and threaten Xiang'an, hoping that Liu Bei would divide his troops to rescue him. He also sent people to Wancheng to ask Yuan Shu for reinforcements and attack Zhou Ping from behind.
Zhou Ping also lost more than a thousand soldiers in this battle. Although he won, the victory was not complete enough.
However, this satisfied him. His most important thing now was to defeat Sun Ce, dampen Sun Ce's spirit, and boost the morale of his troops.
At the same time, he blocked Sun Ce and frightened Zhang Xun, who lived in Chao City, so he abandoned the city and retreated.
If the nest can be obtained again, it will not be difficult to obtain Wancheng.
The greatest contributor this time was undoubtedly Zhang Wu, who shot and killed the enemy general Ling Cao, thus causing Sun Ce to be defeated.
However, some people are happy and some are angry.
It was Zhang Fei who was angry.
"Ziwei, if I fight with an enemy general in the future, you are not allowed to shoot hidden arrows again. I will personally behead the enemy general."
Zhang Wu didn't answer, feeling a little aggrieved that he was scolded even though he helped him.
"If you have the ability, you can go and fight with the enemy generals yourself. Don't come to kill my enemy generals." Zhang Fei roared again.
Zhou Ping said: "Yide, this is my order and has nothing to do with Ziwei. The enemy soldiers are far more numerous than ours, and Sun Ce is not a mediocre general. If it were not so, it would be difficult to win quickly. You have contributed a lot to this victory. I will
I’ll help you ask for credit from my lord.”
"Hmph, I don't care if I have any merit or not, I just want to kill the enemy general."
"Okay, next time you fight with an enemy general, I won't let Ziwei help you again." Zhou Ping said helplessly.
Zhang Fei laughed when he heard this and said, "Hey, hey, sir, you must keep your word."
"Of course it counts. With your courage and virtue, you are invincible, so you naturally don't need help from others."
"Sir, I am not invincible, my second brother is stronger than me, hehe..." Zhang Fei refused to accept anyone, so he accepted Guan Yu.
Zhou Ping felt speechless. Now Zhang Fei had killed many more enemy generals than Guan Yu. It was rare for him to still respect Guan Yu so much.
"After Sun Ce suffered this defeat, he will not dare to fight again in the near future. If my prediction is correct, he may let Yuan Shu send troops to attack us. Now the only option is for the lord to step up the offensive against Juchao and quickly defeat Zhang Xun.
Forced away."
Outside of Chao City, Liu Bei's camp is located.
Liu Bei was very happy when he heard that Zhou Ping had defeated Sun Ce.
"Hahaha... Gu was right. Not only is he good at making plans, but he is also good at leading troops. With him blocking Sun Ce, we can win the nest!"
He asked Zang Ba, Lu Su and others to build towers and oars, build mountains of earth, dig tunnels, and use various methods to attack the city, hoping to force Zhang Xun away.
Zhang Xun was in the city when he learned that Sun Ce's army had been defeated. His only hope suddenly came to nothing. At this time, he saw an intensification of the offensive outside the city. There were also many rumors about soldiers and horses in the city. There were often rumors that Liu Bei's troops had entered the city, causing confusion in the city.
People are panicked.
"General, it is difficult for General Sun Bofu to rescue him. I am afraid that Juchao cannot be defended. Should we return to Wancheng?" asked the military lord next to Zhang Xun.
"We will wait a few days and see. If General Sun Bofu is really helpless, we will return to Wancheng and guard with General Yuan." Zhang Xun said, looking at the enemy camp in the distance outside the city.
