Chapter 23 Rescue Xu Chang

It's still a step late.

On the night when Gan Ning sent someone to send a letter to Liu Bei, Cao Jun, who was opposite Guan Du, suddenly crossed the river. Gan Ning is naturally a soldier to block, and the water comes to cover the earth. He personally leads people to fight, or to bully these Hebei dry ducks.

What Gan Ning didn't expect was that he had kicked the iron plate this time. As soon as he sailed out of the water village, Gan Ning was shocked: the enemy was actually connected by chains, forming several huge water fortresses, slowly pressing towards the south bank.

Although he was surprised, Gan Ning had no choice, so he still bravely confronted the other party. As a result, as soon as the war began, his own slams and battleships were hit by the other party's serial warships. Gan Ning was anxious and sent out the turtle ship to collide again. He didn't expect that although the turtle ship could break one of the other's serial warships, under the entanglement of those chains, the turtle ship was also bound, and finally he could only watch the other party kill Henan.

Next, he was more passive. After the enemy came ashore, Gan Ning was forced to fight with him in the water village. After a scuffle, 30,000 Jingxiang sailors suffered more than 10,000 casualties. Gan Ning was forced to take Songshan Avenue and withdraw in the direction of Wancheng. In fact, Cao Jun died when he fell into the water, and the casualties were no less than 20,000. But in any case, the Yellow River waterway has been completely opened. After occupying Guandu, Cao Zhang immediately ordered people to seize the time to use these ships to build a pontoon bridge for subsequent reinforcements. At the same time, people were sent to contact Cao Ren and Xu Huang to prepare to attack Xu Chang and withdraw from the siege.

"Third brother!" Just when Cao Zhang was so busy, Cao Pi suddenly led people to Guandu.

"Second brother, the soldiers here are in chaos. If you don't stay in Yecheng, why did you come here?" Cao Zhang was also shocked to see Cao Pi coming to Guandu.

"Mr. Gongda is stationed in Yecheng. I'm sorry. I have discussed with my husband that Xu Chang sent troops this time to save his father, so he led the last 5,000 tigers and leopards to help the battle!" Cao Pi pointed to the tiger and leopard with a tiger's back and bear's waist behind him and smiled. Cao Zhang nodded when he heard the words. He knew that with a tiger and leopard riding, he would have a better chance to save Cao Qian.

"The sword has no eyes on the battlefield, and the second brother needs to be careful!" Cao Zhang hesitated for a moment and reminded him. It is said that he is a younger brother, and it is inappropriate to talk to his brother like this. However, Cao Pi waved his hand and said, "The third brother is worried too much. You and I have been on an expedition with my father. I have seen a lot of battles in this battlefield, and my brother Yu will take care of it."

"That's good!" Cao Chang nodded. At this time, Xiahou Dun's army had also crossed the river. Everyone merged into one place, except for 100,000 reinforcements who fell into the water and drowned when crossing the river, and there were more than 70,000 people left. At present, according to Xiahou Dun's proposal, he was stationed in Chen Liu first, waiting for Liu Wan and other people from Liang County, who had merged with Cao Ren, and then went to Xuchang to rescue Cao Yan.

"There are still tens of thousands of horses in my father's place. In addition to us and Uncle Ren, we are afraid that there are no less than 200,000 soldiers in the three places, and they are all elite soldiers who can get used to fighting. Man said that even if he took advantage of the situation to break through Liu Bei, it would not be a problem!" In Chen Liucheng, Cao Zhang was also very excited.

"Third brother, don't be careless!" Cao Pi motioned Cao Zhang to calm down, and then sighed, "I have discussed with Mr. Gongda before I came. He believes that Liu Bei can mobilize at least 400,000 troops in the Battle of the Central Plains."

"Will there be so many?" After listening to Cao Pi's words, Cao Zhang was also a little stunned. Cao Pi nodded and then explained in detail, "Liu Bei's old base is the Xuzhou army. With the help of Mi Zhu and Chen Deng, he gathered more than 100,000 elite soldiers. Later, he occupied Huainan, Jiangdong and Yuzhou, and gained more than 100,000 soldiers. Liu Biao sent Jing Xiang to Liu Bei. There are many people in Jingxiang, which is enough to raise more than 100,000 soldiers. In addition to Jiaozhou and Qingzhou, Liu Bei can also get about 100,000 more soldiers. I heard that Liu Bei recruited Shanyue, and the Wuxi barbarians were an army, with a full of 70,000 to 80,000. These aliens are brave and good at fighting, and their combat power should not be underestimated! In addition to the troops stationed in Qingzhou to prevent the troops of General Gongming and the defenders of Wancheng, Liu Bei could mobilize 400,000 troops to fight against us. In fact, he also missed a calculation: with the previous Jia Xu's poisonous plan and the offensive of Guan Yu and Zhang Liao, another 40,000 to 50,000 Cao troops were collected and compiled by Liu Bei.

"That's it!" When everyone listened to Cao Pi's words, their scalps were also a little numb. Xiahou Ba was stunned for a long time, and finally asked weakly, "If that's the case, why don't we wait to send some military horses?"

"I also want to, but the border army of General Qianshao in Bingzhou is naturally immovable. In addition, the previous expedition against Yuan Tan, although it is smooth sailing, but it consumes a lot of money and food. In this case, at most, another 100,000 troops can be dispatched. Mr. Gongda said that even if he rescued his father, he would end the battle as soon as possible. Otherwise, the military food will not be available. Cao Pi sighed.

"So that's it!" Only then did everyone understand that they were not very rich in this army. At this time, it was reported that Cao Ren's army had left Liang County, and it was estimated that he could reach Chen Liu in two days at most. Hearing this, everyone was a little relieved.

Xiahou Dun was a little relieved, but Liu Bei now feels very stressed. Under Xuchang City, Liu Bei has received the news that Cao Zhang has led his army to successfully cross the Yellow River and stationed in Chen Liu. At the same time, Cao's army in Liang County has also begun to move to Chen Liu.

Liu Bei understood that Cao Zhang and Cao Ren were ready to join forces and come here to compete with him. After understanding this, Liu Bei also ran it quickly. The people from Guandu and even Xu Tian were all over the place, and left to Xu Chang to prepare for a battle with Cao's army. At the same time, the rest of the soldiers left as the reserve team were also mobilized to give Cao a heavy punch under Xuchang City.

"King of Wei, wolf smoke ignited in the north. It seems that Brother Ren's reinforcements have arrived!" In Xuchang City, Cao Hong trotted excitedly to Cao. The latter was also stunned when he heard the words, and then hurried to the top of the city to look north. It was indeed the agreed wolf smoke.

"Zilian, pass the order, prepare for war, and prepare to break through!" Cao Yan ordered in a low voice, and Cao Hong rushed away when he heard the words. Jia Xu, who was beside him, looked at the wolf smoke and thought about the upcoming breakout battle, but he had no foundation in his heart. It seemed that he still missed something, but after thinking about it, he couldn't remember it.

The offensive and defensive sides, which had been leisurely for several months, immediately started to operate, and the atmosphere under the whole city of Xuchang suddenly became tense. After three days, Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun's army slowly appeared on the horizon east of Xuchang.

"I'm coming!" On a hillside in the distance, Liu Bei and others are all on the list. Looking at Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun, who were getting closer and closer, Zhang Fei, who had always been noisy, was also silent. At this time, after Liu Jun's hard work in the past few months, several defensive fronts have been built, and trenches, traps and all traverse in front of Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun.

"Uncle Yuan Rang, let me lead the tiger and leopard to rush through a bloody road to Xuchang City and save my father!" Looking at Xu Changcheng, who was close at hand, Cao Zhang couldn't suppress his fighting spirit more and more. Before Xiahou Dun could speak, Cao Ren beside him had said slowly, "No, Liu Bei has placed too many traps in front of him. If the tiger and leopard ride directly into the battle, I'm afraid there will be heavy casualties. I think it's better to go to the infantry first, clean up the road, and then re-open a bloody road with a tiger and leopard to enter Xuchang to rescue the master!"

"What Zi Xiao said is very true!" Xiahou Dun also more agree with Cao Ren's stable strategy. At present, under the command of Cao Ren, Cao's army, with 2,000 people as one, all kinds of soldiers under the command of Dubo and the head of the village, began to move slowly towards Xuchang City, and people kept falling into the trap along the way. In these traps, there are sharpened hard branches, and there is no chance of survival after falling.

"Rap arrows!" Looking at Cao Jun's bumping into the range of the bow and arrow, Chen, who was in charge of the sniper, roared, and all kinds of crossbows that had been waiting for a long time began to show their power. The front row is the most powerful bed crossbow, followed by the crossbow, and the copper box crossbow. Next, there are all kinds of crossbows and ordinary crossbows. Break the shield of the enemy with a strong crossbow cannon, and then kill the pedo soldiers who lost their cover with all kinds of other crossbows. Chen Da exercised such a strategy.

"What a powerful arrow!" Cao Yan on the head of the city, Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun under the city saw that in Liu Jun's angry crossbow arrows, their footsteps were like pieces of paper in the wind, and they were shot upside down one after another. The big shield made by Sangmu was easily shot through by the other party's bed crossbow, which was simply useless. As for the soldiers who lost their shield cover, they were naked and became living targets, and it was more common to be shot into a string of sugar gourds.

This sniper battle under Xuchang City is different from that of Zhao Feng's sniper attack on Xiahou Yuan. Zhao Feng has only been stationed in Xichuan for more than a year. Although it was built at night, the various crossbows of the Sichuan Army were equipped with a lot of crossbows compared with the Jingzhou Army and the Xuzhou Army in the Central Plains. Now Cao Ren and others have seen the power of the real crossbow, which is just like a killing machine.

"Zi Xiao, I'm afraid it won't work if it goes on like this. Let's gather all the horses and rush together!" Xiahou Dun looked at the 2,000 people who walked less than dozens of steps after entering the range, and now there are less than a thousand left. If you use the fueling tactics like this again, you can't get close to Xu Changcheng unless you run out of the opponent's arrows.

"That's right, I didn't expect Liu Bei's crossbow to be so powerful!" Xiahou Dun also felt that his back was cold. Even if they were thousands of people who had been on the battlefield for a long time, they didn't expect that there would be such a powerful crossbow in the world. At present, the two of them were no longer sending people in waves, but gathered all the soldiers, completely dispersed the front, and then rushed to the sniper position of the other side.

"Cao Ren is going to work hard?" Liu Bei on the slope was also shocked when he saw this scene. If the army rushes together, because the soldiers are too densely related to each other, the casualties caused by crossbows will be much greater than before. Almost every step, hundreds of Cao soldiers were shot to death.

"This is also a way. Only when such a large army presses in and quickly breaks through our military positions can the casualties be reduced. Otherwise, there will be a lot of delays for a long time, and there will only be more casualties!" Lu Su sighed after watching it. Liu Bei nodded silently. At this time, Pang Tong also said, "Master, now Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren have come here. Let's act according to the previous plan!"

"Exactly!" Liu Bei nodded, and then a flag soldier played the flag and remotely commanded Chen arrived behind the crossbowman. After seeing the flag, the latter also commanded the crossbow to continue shooting while ordering to prepare the second battle plan.

(to be continued)