Chapter 52 Liu Biao died and lost Jingzhou Cao Liu Sunnan fought against Chibi 9

After Liu Bei left Xinye, he attracted tens of thousands of people and more than 10,000 soldiers all the way to Jiangxia. Due to the large number of people, they can only travel ten miles a day.

Although Zhuge Liang made some arrangements in Xinye and delayed Cao's army, he would still be caught up by Cao's army in this situation, so he said to Liu Bei, "The people are marching slowly and may be intercepted by Cao Bing. I will first go to Jiangxia to ask the eldest son to send troops to respond."

When Liu Bei heard the words, he ordered Liu Feng to attract 500 soldiers to escort Zhuge Liang to Jiangxia for help first and lead the people to move forward slowly. On this day, Guan Ping, who was responsible for the break, caught up with the front team and reported to Liu Bei: "Lord, Cao Cao sent a large group of cavalry to kill him. I'm afraid it will arrive in a moment."

Liu Bei was shocked to ask Jian Yong next to him, "What should I do?"

Jian Yong said, "The cavalry will be invincible, and the lord can quickly abandon the people, and there is still a glimmer of life."

Liu Bei waved his hand and said, "The people have come here from the new field, can I bear to abandon it?"

Sun Qian said, "If the lord falls in love and does not give up, the disaster is not far away."

Liu Bei said angrily, "The people should not abandon it! What can you say to save the people? Don't say much about the rest.

The counselors on the left and right did not answer when they saw Liu Bei's anger, and they really couldn't fight against the cavalry and save the people in this wilderness. At this time, Xun pointed his finger in front of him and said, "In front of it is Dangyang County, and there is a mountain called Jingshan. The lord can let the people go first, and our army will block it here for a while. It's just..."

Liu Bei was happy to hear Xun's plan at that time and asked, "If you still want, please speak frankly."

Xun said with a wry smile, "It's just that Cao Bing is coming fiercely. Even if it can be blocked for a while, it will eventually be a defeat. If the lord left at this time, he might not be able to save the people, but the soldiers could be saved. If you stay here, the loss of soldiers will not count, and in the end, the people will also be caught by Cao Bing.

Liu Bei thought for a moment and sighed, "I can't bear to abandon the people after all, so I will do my best and listen to fate!" Even if it's just blocking for a while, you can tell the people and let them flee to Jiangxia, so as not to be caught by Cao Bing.

The people of Xinye were moved to tears when they heard that Liu Bei broke up in person. Some people heard Cao Bing cry in a frightened voice and cried all over the wild for a while. Liu Bei listened to the people's crying on the mountain and ordered Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to lead a thousand cavalry to ambush. Just wait for Cao Bing to fight to the death.

It was Xiahou Dun who led the tiger and leopard to chase Liu Bei this time. Before that, he was calculated once by Zhuge Liang, and half of the 100,000 troops were burned, so he took the initiative to pursue Liu Bei. Although there are only 5,000 people riding tigers and leopards, Xiahou Dun is more confident than 100,000 horses. This is because 5,000 tiger and leopards have the strength of centurion and are elites selected from 500,000 troops. This team of cavalry has few enemies in the world.

Xiahou Dun chased to the bottom of the mountain and saw Liu Bei set up the mountain with a smile. Jingshan was just an earthy mountain. There were no stones and few trees on the mountain. Liu Bei was ready to hurry. There was no way to prepare rolling stones at all, so he had to order the gun soldiers to line up in front to resist the iron horse. Xiahou Dun also saw that Liu Bei's greatest intention was to use the terrain to slow down the impact speed of the cavalry and shoot the cavalry with bows and arrows. However, it is not difficult for the tiger and leopard to break this formation.

"The tiger rides in the front, the leopard rides in the back, and climbs the mountain." Xiahou Dun gave an order, and 5,000 tigers and leopards rushed to the mountain in formation.

Liu Bei saw Xiahou Dun forcibly ordering the cavalry to climb the mountain with a smile and ordered, "The crossbowman is ready to... release!" The condescending advantage is undoubtedly reflected at this time. The range of the bow and arrow is 30% longer than usual, which allows Liu Bei to shoot an extra round of arrow rain before the cavalry approaches.

In the face of the overwhelming rain of arrows, Xiahou Dun's eyes did not panic at all. What's more incredible is that the 5,000 tigers and leopards were riding were also like Xiahou Dun's. Not only did they not retreat with fear, but also had a contemptuous smile on his face. Seeing the arrows close in front of him, the first tiger riders held weapons one after another and called the eagle ling.

There is a saying that open guns are easy to hide and hidden arrows are difficult to prevent. It is a technical job to block arrows with weapons. Compared with bullets, the difficulty is limited. Usually, only generals can have this ability. Although the tiger and leopard ride is strong, it is not strong enough to use knives and guns to block the rain of arrows. But they have a clever way. These tigers wear heavy armor, sacrificing their speed and strengthening their defenses. Ordinary bows and arrows can only wipe out a spark on their armor and can't hurt them at all. Therefore, the tiger knight pawn only needs to protect the front door with the weapons in his hand and take a little care of the ** war horse, regardless of the arrows shot at his body.

Liu Bei on the mountain thought that a round of volley could at least cause thousands of casualties to Xiahou Dun's dense cavalry. Unexpectedly, after the arrow rain, only dozens of tiger knights in the front row fell. This is not Liu Bei's shock. After the soldiers fell off their horses, they all got up again and continued to follow the brigade to charge the mountain. Obviously, this round of arrow rain only killed dozens of horses, and Cao's army was not dead. How could Liu Bei not be shocked? As for Liu Bei's subordinates, he was even more frightened.

"shoot! Keep shooting arrows! Aim at the war horse!" Liu Bei has not been leading the army for many years. When he found that he could not directly destroy his opponent, he did not choose to fight hard, but chose to weaken his opponent and create an advantage for the next hand-to-hand battle.

The equipment of the tiger horse is somewhat similar to the Xiliang iron horse, and the war horse is not armored, which is indeed a weakness. However, this weakness is the same for most cavalry. As long as the cavalry exerts its speed advantage, it can restrain the archers without the opportunity to shoot first. What's more, the tiger knights can also use weapons to block arrows to protect the war horse.

Liu Bei's second round of volley was not neat because the soldiers were scared by the performance of the tiger and leopard, and not all the soldiers calmly carried out Liu Bei's order to shoot at the war horse. Therefore, this round of zig shooting is more appropriate to describe it as random shooting, which does not bring greater losses to the tiger and leopard riding, but only the loss of dozens of war horses.

Xiahou Dun has approached Liu Bei's soldier with two rounds of arrow rain. Of course, he will not only be beaten and fight back. Taking advantage of the gap just passed by the second round of arrow rain, he ordered: "Leopard rides and shoots arrows! Tiger riding charge!"

Soldiers riding tigers and leopards can't throw javelins, but it doesn't mean that they don't have the means to attack long-range. The tigers and leopards selected from the centurors are skilled in bows and horses and are good at riding and shooting. Xiahou Dun gave an order, and the leopard knight who huddled behind the tiger horse raised his bow and shot.

In order to stop the cavalry, Liu Bei put the gunmen in the front row, and the archers shot in the back. This tactic was originally good, but Liu Bei did not expect that Xiahou Dun did not choose to charge forcibly, but chose to use the tiger as a shield and the leopard as a spear to charge. A shower of arrows shot by the leopard all nailed the front gunmen, caught Liu Bei off guard and lost hundreds of gunmen.