Chapter 414: Fight and retreat

Zhang Liao did not ride a horse because the stick wound on his buttocks had not yet healed, so he did not ride a horse, but lay on the ox cart, and when he heard that another pursuer was coming, he couldn't help frowning and said: "Why is this Tao Qian so ignorant of current affairs, is it easy to bully the regular army of our Han Dynasty?" Come on, lead my horse, this time I'm going to give them a little bit of power! ”

Mi Zhu hurriedly said, "Brother Wen Yuanxian, your injury doesn't matter, right?" Let's let Mi take a look, after many years of friendship, it won't really turn his face. ”

Zhang Liao said with a smile: "What are these sticks, they should tickle me, not to mention that so many days have passed." Brother Zizhong is too benevolent and righteous, if you don't hurt them, how can they listen to you? Brother Zizhong can only move forward with peace of mind, these pursuers have me and General Gao to take care of. ”

As he spoke, Gao Shun had already turned his horse and went to the back. Sure enough, there was a big smoke and dust behind him, and countless people and horses flocked to it, among which there was a big flag, with the word "Liu" on the book, and one of its members, holding a double-strand sword, was majestic, but Gao Shun didn't know it.

I saw that the man pointed the sword in his hand forward, and rushed out from behind him, brandishing the Qinglong broadsword, and shouted: "Guan is here, who dares to fight with a certain one!" ”

Liu Xin put such an army in Xuzhou for more than two years, in order to prevent Liu Bei, although Gao Shun did not know Liu Bei and Guan Yu, but he had also heard their names for a long time, so he naturally guessed who they were. Although Liu Xin has repeatedly reminded his generals and warned them that Guan Yu's martial arts are strong and should not be underestimated, there is a common problem with the practice of martial arts, that is, no one is willing to obey anyone, which is probably what is often said "Wen has no first, Wu has no second".

Gao Shun was the same, he didn't take Liu Xin's words to heart at all, and when he heard Guan Yu calling for battle on the opposite side, without saying a word, he urged the horse to rush out and said loudly: "Guan Yu, Hugh is rampant!" Let Gao come and comprehend, how much weight do you have! ”

In fact, Gao Shun's courage to fight is not without capital. In the past two years in Xiangyang, he has not been less involved in martial arts with other generals, except for Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Dian Wei, his martial arts should be in the middle of Xu Huang. After coming to Xuzhou, Gao Shun fought with Zhang Liao several times, and the results were all unequal.

Guan Yu has always been arrogant, and when he saw Gao Shun coming out, he didn't say anything, so he rushed over and raised his hand with a knife. Gao Shun was caught off guard, and shrank his neck in a panic, and the red tassel on his helmet had already been cut off by Guan Yu. In fact, this is Guan Yu's usual method, in history, Hua Xiong, Yan Liang, and Wen Chou all died under his sneak attack.

Gao Shun was lucky enough to dodge this knife, but he was also shocked into a cold sweat, and he was furious, and the spear shook and stabbed Guan Yu in the chest. Guan Yu was not in a hurry, drew his knife and stood up, and fought with Gao Shun in one place. However, after more than ten rounds, Gao Shun has already been left and right.

In fact, with Gao Shun's martial arts, he and Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and others can fight for fifty or sixty rounds, but this time it was different, and in the blink of an eye, Gao Shun was defeated. The reason why Gao Shun lost so quickly was that his martial arts were not as good as Guan Yu, secondly, he lost the opportunity, and thirdly, he was angry and confused.

Seeing that Gao Shun was in danger, and suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, the whole earth seemed to tremble, and then Liu Bei's rear army was in chaos. Although Guan Yu was fighting with Gao Shun, he still paid attention to the movement in the rear, after all, Liu Bei's martial arts were ordinary, and he didn't dare to take it lightly. As soon as he saw that the rear army was in chaos, Guan Yu didn't care about Gao Shun, slashed him with a knife, forced him away, and turned his horse back.

Gao Shunzheng's arms were numb and sweating all over his body, and he finally let Guan Yu slash the knife, and when he came back to his senses, Guan Yu had already retreated to his own formation. Gao Shun suffered this big loss, and even lost his life, how could he swallow this breath, waved the spear in his hand, and ordered the three armies to rush to kill together.

There was already a great chaos in the opposite formation. Liu Bei brought 30,000 horses, and on the way, he also collected more than 1,000 remnants of Cao Bao's army. But only 5,000 of these people were Liu Bei's direct army, and the rest were temporarily allocated to him by Tao Qian. The cavalry that came out of nowhere seemed to have recognized it, and they chose Liu Bei's 5,000 people to fight.

Those cavalry were led by Zhang Liao and came in a big circle. Before the horse arrived, the arrows arrived first, and the scene of five thousand arrows firing at one foot was very spectacular, but Liu Bei was not in the mood to appreciate it, and his men and horses fell down in a blink of an eye. That was not the end of the count, and the cavalry finished firing a volley, and soon hung up their bows and arrows, drew their scimitars, and rushed into his formation with a shout. In this series of movements, these cavalrymen not only did not pause at all, but urged the horses under their crotches to move faster. The rapid running of the war horse brought a powerful impact, easily tearing Liu Bei's army formation through a big hole from the flank, and the horse team lined up in a triangular formation and stabbed through this opening like a sharp knife. The cavalry on the horse brandished a scimitar, slashing left and right, coupled with the trampling and collision of the war horses, Liu Bei's men and horses suddenly suffered heavy casualties.

Although most of Liu Bei's 5,000 men and horses were allocated to him by Tao Qian back then, after two years, they have almost become his personal soldiers, and they are also regarded by Liu Bei as the basis for his future competition for the world. Now, under the impact of this powerful cavalry, more than half of Liu Bei's men and horses have been killed or wounded, and he will have to fight all his family resources if he continues to fight.

Guan Yu hurried back to Liu Bei's side, and said in a loud voice: "Big brother, these Jingzhou troops really have two strikes, let's retreat quickly." ”

However, now I want to say how easy it can be, his flank and rear army have been broken into several pieces under the impact of Zhang Liao's cavalry, and they can't take care of each other, and on the opposite side, Gao Shun, who had just suffered a big loss at the hands of Guan Yu, was rushing over with five thousand elite foot soldiers.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Guan Yu waved the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in his hand and said loudly: "Big brother, you follow closely behind the little brother, and wait for the little brother to kill a bloody path." ”

While speaking, a group of cavalry had already rushed in front of them, Guan Yu didn't say a word, and under the swing of the big sword, several cavalrymen had already fallen off their horses. Soon, however, more riders pounced on them without fear. Guan Yu gritted his teeth, slashed all the way over, and almost entered a no-man's land, no one could withstand his head-on sword, and some cavalry even had people and horses split in half by him. Seeing this, Liu Bei didn't dare to slack off, and followed closely behind Guan Yu with a double-strand sword, and was really killed by them.

Seeing that he was about to rush out, a general suddenly appeared in front of him, holding a big knife to block Guan Yu's way, it was Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao was originally leading a group of cavalry to attack Liu Bei's flank, but in a blink of an eye, he caught a glimpse of the team he had assigned to attack Liu Bei's rear army and fell off his horse, knowing that they had encountered a strong enemy, so he hurriedly reined in his horse and killed him, and was blocking in front of Guan Yu and Liu Bei.

When he was in Luoyang City, Guan Yu had met Zhang Liao, and Zhang Liao had been following Liu Xin at that time, which was obviously very important to Liu Xin. And Zhang Liao stayed in Xuzhou for two years, and his prestige spread abroad, and he didn't know how much higher than Gao Shunlai, who had just arrived at the beginning, Guan Yu also had to be careful, restrained his war horse, and shouted: "Zhang Liao, Guan Mounian has done a lot of good deeds in Xuzhou, let you go, and quickly get out of the way!" ”

Zhang Liao hurried over, gasping for breath, and recognized that it was Guan Yu who broke his cavalry, only to see that he was all over his body, even the people and horses were stained red with blood, and he didn't know how many brothers he had killed, so he couldn't help but be furious, and the big knife in his hand pointed at Guan Yu, and shouted: "Guan Yu, don't talk nonsense, take your life!" ”

Guan Yu was not afraid of fighting with Zhang Liao, he was just worried about Liu Bei's safety, and when he was hesitating, countless military horses on the right flank rushed over, but it was the more than 20,000 Xuzhou troops that Tao Qian handed over to Liu Bei to lead temporarily.

These armies were supposed to be led by Liu Bei, but they encountered Cao Bao who had retreated from defeat on the way. Cao Bao is the first general under Tao Qian, and when those troops saw Cao Bao's arrival, they didn't think about it, and they automatically came under Cao Bao's command, which shows how bad the military discipline of the Xuzhou Army is!

Cao Bao used 5,000 cavalry to face the enemy Gao Shun's 5,000 infantry, but he was completely defeated, and he couldn't help but be afraid of the Jingzhou army. His men now have more than 20,000 Xuzhou soldiers, but they cowered and hid aside, keeping a little distance from Liu Bei's 5,000 men. As a result, these armies were saved instead and were not affected by the impact of Zhang Liao's cavalry. Seeing that the Jingzhou cavalry and Liu Bei's men and horses were mixed together, Cao Bao opened his mind again, this was a good time for him to make meritorious contributions, so he waved his army and killed him.

Although Zhang Liao was heartbroken for the soldiers who were killed by Guan Yu, he was not a brainless person, he was born in the Bingzhou army, and knew that cavalry combat was the most taboo to be entangled with the enemy. Seeing that the Xuzhou army of the brigade was killed, Zhang Liao whistled, turned his horse and left, and the rest of the cavalry of the Fourth Army heard the order, and they also broke away from the battle and gathered on his side.

Guan Yu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and lowered the Blue Dragon Treasure Sword in his hand. At this time, Cao Bao had already rushed over and asked with a smile, "Xuande Gong, are you okay?" ”

Liu Bei actually had a belly full of fire, if you didn't take these troops, you wouldn't have suffered such a big defeat, so I don't believe that he Zhang Liao dared to brazenly attack the army formation of 30,000 people. However, Liu Bei has always been good at disguise, and such thoughts will not be revealed at all, but he just shook his head and said: "Thank you General Cao for your timely help, since you have formed a grudge with the Jingzhou army this time, you must not let Zhang Liao and Gao Shun leave calmly, and ask General Cao to order the pursuit." ”

Cao Bao saw that Zhang Liao's cavalry had retreated, and there were only half of the Jingzhou infantry in front of him who suddenly stopped their footsteps, how could he let go of the credit he had received, even if Liu Bei didn't say it, he would order a pursuit. As a result, tens of thousands of Xuzhou troops Hulala turned around and rushed towards Gao Shun.

Gao Shun was already about to rush in front of Liu Beijun, but suddenly saw Zhang Liao leading the cavalry to make a detour, and knew that things had changed, so he also stopped the team and retreated. In the face of the surging Xuzhou soldiers, Gao Shun did not panic, commanding the five thousand foot soldiers, using bows and arrows for a while, and broadswords and spears for a while, and fighting and retreating.