On the morning of September 20th, with thick fog and white mist, the Bafu forward took the opportunity to lead his army across the Tuma River.
It is now the dry season, and the Tuma River has already ebbed. The river surface, which was originally thirty feet wide, is now no more than three or four feet wide. The water is so shallow that you can see the floating sand on the bottom of the river. The rest of the exposed river bed is densely covered with sprouts.
The pasture is half as tall as a man and is so green that it seems particularly unsuitable in autumn.
The Bafu soldiers found six places where the water was as shallow as their ankles, and waded through the river in groups.
At this time, everything was quiet, not even the sound of birds or insects, only the heavy footsteps of the soldiers stained by the river water. Even though the conditions for crossing the river were good, until the fog became thin and they could vaguely see in the distance, the soldiers of the Han army
Not even halfway through yet.
Liu Bei looked back at the dark crowd on the south bank, and couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He thought, Ting Jian was right, the army was moving so slowly, and it would be a fantasy to want to fight in the wild. So he turned his head and looked at the north bank of the river.
After pondering the tactics for a moment, he called Zhang Fei over and asked him to lead a thousand cavalry to attack Wenchang Pavilion in the southeast of Chonghe City.
Wenchang Pavilion is less than eight miles away from the Duma River. Under the guidance of the guide, the Bafu knight only rode for about two quarters of an hour before he vaguely saw the shadow of the town market.
This place was originally a relatively prosperous market in the Bohai Sea, famous for its corn transshipment. At its peak, there were more than 500 families living here. But now there are heavy troops gathering along the Duma River, and most of the civilians have fled, leaving only
A few lonely old people who are unable to go hiking are trapped in hundreds of empty thatched mud huts.
Cao Jun had fifty cavalry stationed here, and the rest were infantry. When they saw Zhang Fei's army coming, they did not dare to resist, so they all retreated to the temple streets. Zhang Fei led his troops through here, one by one.
He searched the ground and surrounded and killed him, but in this way, he also lost the opportunity. When Cao Jun sent hundreds of cavalry to assist, he only occupied half of the market.
At this time, the weather was already bright. If Cao Jun blocked the street, Zhang Fei would not be able to use force even if he had the power. So he decisively abandoned the market and led his people to retreat to the plain south of Wenchang Pavilion. Cao Jun's knights rushed over immediately, and both sides planned to attack.
This horse racing hedge.
At this time, the infantry who were still trapped in the city quickly withdrew. The remaining two hundred people collected the corpses of their companions. However, they did not receive the order to retreat from their superiors and did not know where to go, so they boarded the east side of the pavilion.
We were on a higher slope and watched the battle unfold from a distance.
I saw the knights on both sides facing each other with their long horses, using their horse power to gallop towards the opposite side. A burst of golden dust was brought up from the tail of the horse, covering both sides. When the two collided, the knights did not dare to
They blinked due to the smoke and dust, but raised the tip of the spear high, trying their best to find the weakness of the opponent in front of them. When they stabbed the tip of the spear, once it hit, everyone, regardless of whether they were men or horses, was impaled. This went on for more than ten rounds.
, people, horses and corpses litter the ground, and there is still no winner or loser.
There were many soldiers in the Han Dynasty, so when they saw this, some of them were replaced first. After breakfast, they changed people and horses before fighting again.
Zhang Fei and his team had been racing for several rounds, breaking through ten levels. But after a few quarters of an hour, the war horse was overwhelmed, sweating profusely, and foaming at the mouth from exhaustion, so he had no choice but to jump off the horse to rest. p>
While chewing biscuits among his followers, he complained to the knights who were resting together: "Damn it, the thief is so difficult to beat. I rushed for a few times, but the thief still dared to challenge. These boys
Xianbei is as good as the Battle of Pingcheng!"
Several soldiers agreed in unison, and a close confidant who was very popular with Zhang Fei said: "The general is indeed brave, but I see that there are warriors in the enemy's formation, and they have killed many people in our army, so they think they can win!" It turns out!
When Zhang Fei was fighting on the left wing, there was also a warrior on the right wing of Cao's army. He was eight feet tall and looked like a bear. No one in the Han army could fight him.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Fei immediately said: "Then I'll go meet him!" Then he immediately went to his mount and took off the reins, changed into a new purple horse and rushed into the enemy's formation again.
At this time, he was wearing bright armor painted red and a dome-shaped iron jacket with red tassels on his head. As he galloped on a war horse, he was like a ball of flame rising in the sky, which was really conspicuous in the crowd.
In the first charge, he did not engage Cao's cavalry, but let all Cao's troops on the left see him. When he ran back, sure enough, he saw a strong armored knight charging forward.
Come here, holding a long spear, with a small flag with a black tiger hanging on the tip.
Neither of them stabbed each other in the first round. They just bumped the poles, but they were both shocked. Both sides knew that they had encountered an opponent they had never seen before and it was difficult to win with brute force. Therefore, in the second round, they both started to attack each other.
A surprising move. Zhang Fei straightened the tip of his spear, and when the two sides got closer, he suddenly turned to one side and picked up the brim of the opponent's hat with the tip of his spear, actually pulling off the opponent's entire armor.
Under the iron helmet was a dark-brown face. Apparently he was not frightened by the loss of his helmet, because his long spear had already been taken out and thrust straight into the belly of the horse where Zhang Fei was sitting. The horse was only covered.
How could a layer of cowhide withstand such a puncture force? There was a sudden pop, and the tip of the spear pierced through the abdomen. Zhang Fei found that he had lost strength when sitting down, and knew that the opponent had succeeded, so he quickly jumped off the galloping horse. Even though
He was wearing armor, but the fall still made him sore.
When Zhang Fei looked back again, he saw that the opponent had broken his long spear. He pulled out his knife and jumped off his horse, intending to continue fighting with him on foot. However, Zhang Fei took the fall and knew that he could not use his strength and it was no longer his.
The opponent could only call his subordinates to protect him. At this time, Cao Jun took advantage of the momentum to pursue and called dozens of knights to chase Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei had to change the horses of his subordinates and retreat in embarrassment.
Before leaving, Zhang Fei did not forget to turn around and shout: "Black iron man, what is your name?"
The man who looked like a black tower said in a loud voice: "I am a soldier under the marshal's command, Xu Chu and Xu Zhongkang."
As soon as Zhang Fei retreated, the Han army's offensive also stopped. The Han cavalry formed a formation on the plain to prevent Cao Jun's knights from attacking again. However, Cao Jun obviously had no intention of continuing to fight. They moved the infantry in Wenchang Pavilion.
The soldiers gathered together and slowly evacuated to the north, leaving Wenchang Pavilion to the Han army.
At noon, Liu Bei led the follow-up army to station in Wenchang Pavilion.
Although he had gained important territory, Zhang Fei was deeply impressed by Cao's army. He said to Liu Bei: "There are elite soldiers in the bandit army who carry the tiger flag. They are called tiger soldiers and are very durable." Liu Bei heard this and smiled at Guan Yu who was standing aside.
He said: "There are tigers in the bandit army. Our army has tigers, so we can see who is real and who is fake."
When Guan Yu saw Liu Bei talking and laughing frivolously, he sat down and said, "Brother, please don't forget the arrangements you made when you came here. Don't test the rebel army lightly, and don't start a big war lightly."
Liu Bei waved his hand to show that he knew, then straightened his face and sent Chen to lead the scouts to inquire about the layout of Cao Jun's camp.
Chen arrived and led fourteen people. Each of them picked a horse and set off. They only brought bows, arrows, quivers, swords and other items, and went northwest along the official road. After traveling for about ten miles, they met a small team of Cao's army on the road.
He quickly killed them, put on Cao Jun's clothes, pretended to be from Hebei, and continued riding northward.
Ten miles further north, they crossed a hill and saw a series of military camps in front of them. They knew that it was Cao Cao's camp. They led their horses to a deep forest and lurked until it became completely dark.
People kept coming in and out of the enemy camp, and Chen Dao listened carefully to the bugles coming in and out. Chen Dao picked three more people and said to them: "You can go in. Be careful. Don't panic at any time." They remounted their horses and galloped.
Go to the military camp and enter with the help of the bugle. Walk through the camp and pay attention to the strength of the troops. When you see the lax soldiers, you will give orders to stop, ask them who their names are and who their generals are. They will scold them for disobeying the military orders and beat them with riding whips. In this way until late at night, they had a preliminary idea of Cao Jun's camp. Chonghe City was a small city that could only accommodate more than 10,000 people, and could not support Cao Jun's confrontation with Han Army. Therefore, Cao Cao moved the camp five miles southeast.
The city was used to store and transport heavy supplies of food and supplies, and the camp was used to confront Liu Bei's army. After Chen Daode heard about it, he wanted to find some weak points in the camp that were sparsely defended, so that he could lead his troops to break through in the future, but Cao's army was extremely well-organized, with five steps and one post.
, there is almost no blind spot at every step.
When it was time to leave the camp, the sergeants at the camp gate asked Chen Dao for the password again. After one man came forward to answer the question, he was about to ride his horse out of the camp. Unexpectedly, the sergeants looked at each other, drew their arrows and said to him: "The bugle is blowing at midnight."
Immediately change, who are you waiting for? Come and visit the camp!" After saying that, he drew his bow and shot.
After hearing this, Chen Dao screamed inwardly, but he had no choice but to hold on to the arrow and rush forward. The moment he rushed out of the camp gate, he felt a pain on his back and arms, and he knew that he had
He was hit by an arrow, but fortunately it was not a critical injury and the horse was not injured. Chen Dao gritted his teeth and continued southbound. He hurried back to Wenchang Pavilion in two quarters of an hour. Only when he fell in the camp did he remember that the ten people in the forest were all injured.
If he didn’t come back, he would probably be surrounded and killed by Cao’s army.
After Liu Bei got the information from Cao Ying, he immediately summoned the officials in the government for discussion. He said to everyone: "I thought Cao Cao would want to fight me quickly, but I didn't expect that he also wanted to stalemate with me."
Xu Shu congratulated Liu Bei and said: "Ming Gong, this is a good thing. The thieves thought that our army was large and our food and supplies were too heavy to be used up. They only wanted to delay it for a while so that we could retreat without a fight. Who didn't expect that our army had food and supplies?"
It will take more than a hundred days, enough to delay until the Qingming Festival next year. Now our army has locked up most of the rebel army. We only need to wait for the good news from General Duan in the north and General Gongsun in the west." The current commander-in-chief of the Central Route Army is Gongsun Zan, because he
Han Fu's son Han Chun was still under his command, so Liu Bei asked him to take Han Chun eastward to fight with Zhong Yao.
Liu Bei was noncommittal and asked Xu Shu: "Is there any news from those two routes?"
Xu Shu replied: "General Gongsun and Han Shijun are besieging Yecheng. There is no progress, but good news has come from Duan Zhenbei. It is said that four days ago, he defeated Bao Xin and entered the garrison. Next, he plans to contact
Gongsun Du, together attack Jicheng."
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the tent couldn't help but laugh. They thought: The North Road is so successful, it seems that the rebel army is about to be destroyed. But when it comes to the specifics of individuals, their thoughts are actually different. For example, Liu Bei's dormitory
General Tai Shi Ci and Wei Gu thought to themselves: It's a pity that we have many troops here, but we can't make any military exploits and have lost our wealth and honor like this. For example, Chang Xi, the surrendered general who defected to Liu Bei in the past two years, Yuan Tan thought to himself: It's a pity that I
As a new arrival here, how can he prove his loyalty without fighting? There are also relatives like Dong Cheng who have been reprimanded and guarded against. He thought to himself: It's a pity that Cao Cao can't hold on for a moment. Is there really no way out for Your Majesty?<
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At the same time, the news of Duan Xuan's defeat of Bao Xin soon spread to Chonghe City. When the generals heard that the north was defeated, they could not help but be nervous. Only Cao Ren said to Cao Cao: "The counties in the north think that our army is about to fight.
They could not save each other, but Duan Xuan and Gongsun Du used strong troops to force them to attack Youzhou. It only took a moment for Youzhou to change its color. However, Gongsun Du had the intention of separatism and would not unite with Duan Xuan. Please order me to go north, and I will defeat them.
Gongsun will definitely be able to defeat the enemy with one strike!"
Cao Cao did not agree immediately, but continued to ponder. He looked at the map of Bohai County and suddenly had an idea.