In just a few short breaths, the atmosphere on the ever-changing battlefield was simply suffocating.
It’s like time has stopped at this moment——
It wasn't until the cavalryman holding his bow on the slope slowly spoke that the deadlock was broken and time began to turn:
"With sixty-sixties of hair - there is only one person in the world who has such extraordinary archery skills. I thought I would never see this heroic veteran in my life, but I didn't expect to be lucky enough to compete with him today -"
"Huang Hansheng, Old General Huang, it seems that you are still as good as before?"
The chaotic battlefield was still clearly divided at this moment. Liu Bei's army was dispersed by the cavalry at first, but under Zhuge Liang's quick command, they reunited and separated from Cao's army using the high slope occupied by the enemy cavalry as a boundary.
Confrontation across the slope.
On Cao Jun's side, it seemed that he had received the order from the cavalry commander. A large number of cavalry troops no longer rushed forward, but held their spears and spears in the distance, just waiting for the next call.
The field seemed to be the home court of the two generals. The cavalry general spoke, and Huang Zhong also put down the long bow in his hand, echoing:
"I've heard for a long time that there are warriors in Cao's army who can pierce Yang Yang with a hundred steps. On the battlefield, capturing the commander with three arrows can determine the outcome - it seems that this legend is not exaggerated. I can appreciate it today -"
"But in front of me, if you want to easily murder my lord, Xiahou Miaocai, you still need some heat!"
"Hahahahahaha——"
Xia Houyuan looked up to the sky and laughed, looking extremely happy.
In fact, it's not just because I met my opponent on the battlefield, it's not convenient to talk about it for other reasons.
However, such a confident look does not mean that Xia Houyuan is arrogant. From the corner of his eye, he has already caught a glimpse of Liu Bei's army that is constantly coming from the mountain road. On the other hand, his side has lost the speed advantage during the charge, and with only these three thousand soldiers
Ma, Xia Houyuan will never make a head-on decision with the opponent.
Seeing Xia Houyuan laughing like this, Liu Bei was a little scared, and many generals of Liu Bei's army were itching with hatred.
Lei Bo and Liu Feng, who had arrived late, shouted:
"They are about to retreat! Hurry! Come forward and block them! We must not let them go easily!"
In the eyes of Zhuge Liang, they had broken their trust. The only person they could rely on now was Liu Bei. The general Liu Bei almost died under Xia Houyuan's arrow. How could this teach them not to hold grudges?
However, this reflects the shortcoming of Liu Beijun's lack of mobility at this moment.
Xia Houyuan glanced at the reinforcements of Liu Bei's army who had come from afar, and said to Huang Zhong with a smile:
"If you want to take Dingjun Mountain, you are already too late - if you want to have an overview of the overall situation from here and control Hanzhong, you must first pass my level!"
"See you later, General Huang!"
"law!"
I saw Xia Houyuan put down such words easily and left in front of Huang Zhong without looking back. Even though Huang Zhong had a bow in his hand, he had no intention of firing in pursuit.
The three thousand cavalry troops came and left without a trace. In just a moment, they disappeared on the same spot and left directly towards Dingjun Mountain amid the billowing smoke.
"Old General Huang! You! What are you doing! Why don't you chase them! What's more! What's more, you also have a bow and arrow in your hand——"
When Liu Feng chased Huang Zhong, he watched Huang Zhong let Xia Houyuan go. He felt angry for no reason. He walked up to Huang Zhong and sternly accused him.
In the end, Huang Zhong just glanced at Liu Feng with pitiful and ignorant eyes, left a few words and ordered the troops to retreat.
"Do you think that with Xia Houyuan's archery skills, he can't hit you between the eyebrows with an arrow when you are chasing him?"
"Of course I can pursue it, but since it will eventually result in losses, there is no need to do so."
Liu Feng froze on the spot, trembling all over, and quickly stopped the general next to him——
Finally, this exaggerated encounter ended with Xia Houyuan's overall victory. The sudden attack of three thousand soldiers and horses came quickly when Liu Bei's army was not yet firmly established. After sweeping through, they flew away again.
The battle caused more than a thousand casualties to Liu Bei's army, but no one in Xia Houyuan's party was seriously injured.
——
"Something's wrong...something's wrong!"
Probably a few hours later, Liu Beijun, who had completely gained a foothold, had already set up camp on the spot, and also built a high camp wall in front of him - just in case the same thing happened again during the day.
Where is Zhuge Liang?
Zhuge Liang left Xia Houyuan and now in the evening, he hasn't drank a sip of water or said a word. Even if Liu Bei came to shout in person, he couldn't move Zhuge Liang. He just sat blankly on the general platform before.
He rested his head on his hands, his eyes were dull and his brows were furrowed.
"I seem to know! I know! It must be like this! Otherwise, there is no way to explain it!"
Zhuge Liang's strange cry spread throughout the camp, and also alerted the generals who had been discussing matters in the commander's tent.
Liu Bei also was slowly pushed out of his tent in a cart.
When I saw Zhuge Liang on the high platform, he was going crazy. The speed at which he was pacing back and forth was almost causing sparks to appear on the stage.
"Kong Ming? What do you know?"
"Yes, military advisor... you have been thinking about it for a long time. Could it be possible that you discovered something that we didn't notice?"
Huang Zhong also looked puzzled, but he actually had the same doubts as Zhuge Liang, but he didn't have the energy to study it.
All the generals sat in a circle in front of the general platform, eagerly waiting for Zhuge Liang to speak.
Zhuge Liang, on the other hand, clapped his hands and stamped his feet, which made many people worry about Zhuge Liang's mental state.
"Commander...are you...are you okay?"
Liu Feng asked tentatively, and finally Zhuge Liang spoke:
"Everyone! I have thought about it for several days... and finally discovered Cao Jun's secret!"
"Do you still remember that General Zhang was the vanguard and led tens of thousands of troops, but was completely wiped out by Cao's army at the end of the Golden Bull Road?"
Bringing up old things again, no one wants to recall their previous defeat.
Especially since many of the soldiers in the formation at this moment were the ones who survived that defeat.
"Remember - General Zhang took 10,000 light cavalry without authorization and wanted to surprise Yangping Pass overnight and capture Hanzhong first - although General Zhang had violated the military advisor's order before, the good news is that even if he was defeated, General Zhang
My life was saved, but fortunately there was no greater damage..."
Lei Bo echoed from the side and said that he was seizing all the time to perform well in front of Zhuge Liang, but looking at Zhuge Liang's appearance, it seemed that he didn't care about his attentiveness at all.
"This is just the surface!"
Zhuge Liang suddenly flicked his feather fan, his tone became increasingly serious, and his expression seemed to be regretful.
"Why didn't you find out earlier!"
With such regret in his heart, Zhuge Liang pointed out the strange feeling he had felt from Cao Jun for several days with one sentence.
.
"It's speed——everyone..."
"Clam?"
Just hearing this, everyone was a little confused. Only Huang Zhong fell into deep thought, with the music in his eyes twinkling.
"Their cavalry is too fast!"
"Some soldiers told me before that when General Yide was defeated by Xu Chu, the enemy was so fast that they could not react in time, and they defeated 10,000 of their light cavalry in a devastating manner - but they only used less than half of the men and horses -
"
"When I saw it today, the cavalry led by the enemy general Xia Houyuan also surpassed the speed of all the horses in our army."
"They're fast... but they're not supposed to be that fast!"
Carefully searching the corners of his memory, the scenes of the battle during the day seemed to reappear before Zhuge Lian's eyes. He never noticed it at first, but this time, his eyes were always looking at something "abnormal" on Cao Jun's horse.