Chapter 16 Win or Lose

Guan Yu is too strong!

After a long battle, Li Dian had to have such feelings about his enemy. Since Le Jin was forced to withdraw from the battle, he has been fully responsible for attacking the Jingzhou army on this side. Under his command, after nearly three hours of bitter fighting, the casualties of 60,000 Jingzhou troops have definitely exceeded 20,000. But with Guan Yu's efforts, he still didn't collapse.

No matter where he encounters danger, it is always Guan Yu who goes up to plug the loopholes at the first time. And his arrival is always accompanied by a large number of casualties of Cao's army. Since the beginning of the war, Guan Yu Qinglong Yanyue has already had more than a hundred souls under the knife. More than ten officers above the rank of the captain alone have lost their lives under his knife. Many Cao's generals with higher martial arts were not resentful of Guan Yu's bravery and came forward to fight with him one after another, and the final result was death.

Li Dian's own martial arts can only be regarded as first-class, but he has been with Xu Chu and other first-class masters for a long time over the years, and his vision is naturally not bad. Just looking at Guan Yu's performance, Li Dian knew that it was also a death for him to take the battle, so he had no idea of killing Guan Yu from the beginning, and even intentionally or unintentionally, he had been avoiding a frontal conflict with Guan Yu, similar to Cao Xiu and Cao Chun. Although this approach is very wise, it is undeniable that it is because of this that the morale of the Jingzhou army has always been so over the Cao army. In the era of cold weapons, the spiritual power brought by personal heroism cannot be underestimated.

"General, General Yu Ban was defeated!" Just as Li Dian was about to launch another attack, the deputy general next to him pointed to the army in the east and shouted in disbelief. Li Dian looked at it in astonishment, but saw that Yu Ban's infantry began like a rabbit or ran back or rushed to his side. Even Yu Ban himself was in the midst of defeat.

"It's a trap!" Li Dian soon saw the army chasing Yu Ban, as well as the awe-inspiring Gao Shun among them. No wonder Yu Ban, who has always ruled the army rigorously, was defeated. It turned out that his opponent was not only Zang Ba, but also trapped in the camp. The problem is that his defeat on his side will not only help him to attack Guan Yu, but also disturb his formation. The final result can only lead to a mess.

"King of Wei, order the withdrawal!" Looking at the expressionless Cao Jian, Jia Xu whispered. Cao Yan looked at the collapsed Yu Ban and the trapped camp behind him, and his heart was full of chagrin: he actually ignored this elite soldier. For ten years, it was Gao Shun and his camp, and in Yanzhou, I was once again so embarrassed by him. The more critical problem is that Liu Bei is not the second and fifth son of Lv Bu. Once he loses his first move and wants to win back the disadvantage, it will be difficult.

"Tan Ling Zi and He Wen Lie, withdraw first!" Full of unwillingness to take a look at the battlefield, Cao Wei still made a decisive decision and gave such an order. If they don't withdraw in time again, it will only make Cao Xiu and others fall into a passive situation, and now they can only withdraw first.

The horn of withdrawal sounded, and Li Dian, Cao Xiu and others, who were fighting fiercely, hurriedly ordered the team to withdraw from the gossip array. Previously, Cao Chun wanted to lead the tiger and leopard to quit, but due to Guan Yu's entanglement, this goal was not fully achieved. Now the whole army has retreated, and the infantry of Li Dian's troops have also withdrawn together. It is not easy for Guan Yu to stop it.

"Well, let them go first!" Guan Yu snorted coldly and signaled his soldiers and horses to gather for the time being. The Jingzhou Army, which used 40,000 as bait, suffered nearly 20,000 casualties. Almost the same number of Cao troops were left on the ground. Considering that Cao's army has tigers and leopards, and his own troops are at a disadvantage, the result of such a battle is acceptable.

"Withdraw!" Cao Hong waved his knife to push back Zhang Liao in front of him, gritted his teeth and led the army to retreat. Zhang Liao was not busy chasing for a while. Instead, he looked at Cao Hong, who was retreating in a hurry. Cao Hong didn't know that the ending now was exactly what the Fengyun Cavalry wanted.

"Fengyun riding army, line up to chase!" Under Zhang Liao's order, the remaining about 10,000 Fengyun cavalry began to gather and began to chase at full speed in two columns. The target was Cao's army that had just retreated. At this time, Yu Jian, Li Dian, Cao Xiu and even Cao Chun have all converged together. Cao Hong's last three thousand tiger and leopard riders will also catch up. There are still more than 90,000 people from all walks of life, rushing to retreat in the direction of Xuchang.

The only one who is still fighting fiercely is Xu Chu and the 3,000 Tiger Guards. The barrel of the gun in Chen's hand was still tightly held, but his arms were sore. After a fierce battle, he and Xu Chu fought against each other for more than 80 rounds, which almost exhausted all his energy. If it hadn't been for Cao Jun's order to retreat, he would have made more than 20 moves at most.

"Withdraw!" Looking at Chen in front of him unwillingly, Xu Chu waved his hand to lead his tiger guard to retreat. Commander, do you want to chase? A deployment asked Chen.

"Chasing, naturally you have to chase. Pass on my general order to chase Cao Jun, but follow General Wen Yuan's Fengyun Cavalry, don't be too bold!" Chen took a breath, and when he ordered again, his tone had returned to normal. At present, under the command of Chen Zhi, Guan Yu, Zang Ba and others, all the soldiers gathered together and followed the Fengyun cavalry led by Zhang Liao and began to chase Cao's army.

"King of Wei, the enemy is catching up!" In the retreating Cao army, Xiahou, the son of Xiahou Dun and the captain of the cavalry school, said loudly. Cao's face was like water, but he said lightly, "It doesn't matter. Zilian's tiger and leopard are riding in the rear army. He must be ready!"

Cao Wei expected that it was not bad. In the end, Cao Hong, who finally retreated, rode with his tiger and leopard, and took the initiative to take the responsibility after the break. But what he didn't expect was that Zhang Liao did not fight with the tiger and leopard, but led the Fengyun cavalry into two columns and began to envelop Cao Qian's army, especially the soldiers of the Chinese army and the former army. That's right, Zhang Liao just wanted to reproduce the previous strategy of dealing with Sun Yi in Danyang, entangling the opponent's brigade with the left and right array of the wind and clouds, and then his own infantry followed up with the strangulation. After all, it is too unrealistic to annihire all the opponents by relying on their own troops of about 10,000.

"Wind and cloud cavalry, array scattering!" Under Zhang Liao's order, the Fengyun cavalry did not confront Cao Hong at all, but directly divided into two columns. Zhang Liao and Zang Ba each led one to envelop Cao Yan's army from left and right. At the same time, the cavalry also began to use crossbows to shoot at Cao's army. After shooting an arrow, they immediately bounced away to avoid the opponent's counterattack.

Ten thousand long arrows were shot into Cao's army. Because Cao's army was retreating and the cavalry was mixed, the casualties caused by these 10,000 arrows were not small. At the same time, because most of the tiger and leopard riders were wrapped in the array, they could not fight back against the Fengyun cavalry in time. Now Cao's army was almost naked and passively beaten.

"Good boy!" As the leader of the tiger and leopard horse, Cao Chun also had to look at Zhang Liao's ability to command cavalry. Just now, the Fengyun cavalry almost left immediately. Originally, it had always been on both sides of Cao's army, and then suddenly pressed into the middle and withdrew after a round of arrows. Tigers and leopards are all heavy cavalry in iron armor. If they chase each other on the flat ground, even if they are riding good horses in Bingzhou, they may not be catching up with the light cavalry. At the time of the war, the Fengyun cavalry was forced to fight with him in order to prevent Cao Hong from convergeing with the rest of the army. Now as soon as you chase it, the flexible surname advantage of the wind and cloud cavalry has been brought into play. When Cao Jun wanted to fight back, the other party had left far away.

"Kill!" Zhang Liao's round of assault obviously slowed down the opponent's speed. The pursuing infantry immediately surrounded Guan Yu, bit off the opponent's tail, and then left people to surround and annihilate. Guan Yu himself led the brigade to continue to pursue.

In this way, you chase me. Once the retreat speed of Cao's army is accelerated, Zhang Liao will jump on it and use riding and shooting to slow down the opponent's retreat. Once the retreat is a little slower, Guan Yu will jump on it like a mad dog, at least biting a piece of meat.

This battlefield is only more than 60 miles away from Xuchang City, and it is full of open plains. If he really retreats with all his strength, Cao Jian can withdraw to Xuchang in more than an hour. However, with the cooperation of Zhang Liao and Guan Yu, it took almost an hour for Cao to retreat for more than ten miles. Cao Wei knew that it was not safe for him. Once he was trapped in the wilderness at night, he would be more passive.

"King Wei, there is no way to retreat like this!" Jia Xu drove forward at this time. Cao Qian looked at his soldiers. Many people's faces were already frightened. Zhang Liao's riding and shooting brought them too much psychological pressure.

"Is there any way for Wenhe?" Cao Shen listened to Jia Xu's words and hurriedly asked. Jia Xu looked at the situation around him and said, "The lord can be protected by the tiger and leopard to return to Xuchang first, and then let the army follow!"

"No, why did Cao leave the soldiers and run for their lives alone?" Cao Jian flatly refused Jia Xu's suggestion.

"King of Wei, if we retreat together like this, I'm afraid that we will be entangled by Zhang Liao, or the king of Wei will withdraw to Xuchang first to stabilize the army, and the rest of the infantry will retreat alone under the leadership of General Zilian and others. It's better than dying together in the suburbs together!" Jia Xu said bitterly. He said

"Mr. Wen He is not bad, King of Wei, please go first!" Li Dian also said at this time, and there was another rain of arrows while talking, and suddenly many soldiers fell to the ground.

Cao Shen looked at the army behind him. There were at least 80,000 soldiers and 80,000. Even if the martyr broke his wrist, he was reluctant to give up these 80,000 people at once. The lord will go first, and we will lead the infantry to withdraw to Xuchang safely!" Yu Ban is also a persuasion.

Cao Qian knows the ability of Yu Ji and Li Dian to command the army, but with their ability, they can bring most of the soldiers back to Xuchang at most, and they will definitely lose some. The problem is that the marching speed of the infantry is very slow. Even if they hurry to withdraw to Xu Chang, under the interference of the wind and cloud cavalry, Guan Yu can steadily chase behind them. At that time, there will be a very embarrassing scene under Xu Changcheng, that is, Guan Yu and Zhang Liao are steadily waiting behind Li Dian and Yu Ji, waiting for Cao Qian to open Xu. At the Changcheng Gate, they followed Li Dian and Yu Ji to enter Xuchang.

"Don't worry, the king of Wei has his own way to let the two generals withdraw to Xu Chang safely!" Jia Xu seemed to anticipate what Cao was worried about, so he quickly made a ticket. Looking at Cao Yan's unbelievable eyes, Jia Xu said, "If Jia Xu can't do it, he would rather die to thank the three armies!"

"Good!" Li Dian and Yu Ji knew Jia Xu's ability. Now I heard that there must be a way, and I was relieved a lot. At least there was a hope that their army would withdraw to Xu Chang. However, Cao Jian knows Jia Xu's surname. Since he has a way but doesn't know how to say it, it must not be a good way. Now speaking it will affect morale.

However, Cao Qian can't take care of this now. After dodging another round of arrow rain, Cao Qian ordered the whole army to stop moving forward, and all the tiger and leopard riders gathered to protect him and rush out of the siege and kill Xu Chang.

(to be continued)