Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 598

Pound's cavalry lined up and rushed into the formation. Its power was like a landslide and the city was destroyed, and its momentum was like the Yellow River breaking its embankment.

Cao Jun's generals were both defeated. It was the time when morale was declining. In addition, without heavy armor protection, the formation was dispersed in an instant. Xu Huang didn't care about Niu Jin's life or death.

After all, the number of Pound's cavalry was relatively small. After the first charge, their power weakened, and they could only divide the weaker part of Cao's army. It was very difficult to wipe out the five thousand cavalry in front of them. Finally, they chased them five or six miles away. More than a thousand levels were beheaded and returned to Deng County.

The former general Guan Yu led the main force to besiege the east gate of Dengzhou, the right general Zhang Fei supervised Mengda's Shangyong soldiers to attack the west gate, and the later general Lantian supervised Hu Xiu and Fu Fang's troops attacked the south gate together with Gao Shun's trapped army. The cavalry patrolled north of Fancheng, and cooperated with Chu Qing's reconnaissance battalion to intercept and kill the messenger of Fancheng.

Gan Ning was originally in charge of support on the warship, but he wanted to join the battle on land. Finally, under the coordination of Lan Tian, ​​he temporarily joined Pound's cavalry to intercept the reinforcements sent by Fancheng.

At this time, Liu Bei's territory spanned the three prefectures of Jing, Yi, and Jiao. After acquiring Xiangyang, the Yangtze River and the Han River became one, forming a relatively complete strategic pattern for both Cao Cao and Sun Quan.

Because Liu Bei's heavy troops will inevitably be placed on the border, no matter if there is a major war in Hanzhong, Xiangyang or Jiangxia in the future, they can quickly provide support through the Hanshui River and the Yangtze River. Invading the Central Plains, and the unstable factors of Jiangdong Sun Quan have not been completely resolved, so the purpose of this operation is to take down Fancheng.

Fancheng is equivalent to the outer city of Xiangyang, and Hanshui is like the inner city wall of Xiangyang. Forming a corner can effectively resist the enemy in the north, and it will be easier for Guan Yu to take Xiangfan at the same time, because Cao Cao's Xuanwuchi water army is no match for the Jingzhou navy .

Lantian deliberately created tension in Deng County. First, he used the leaders of Lu Meng, Lu Chang, and Xu Shang to let Cao Ren know Guan Yu's determination to go north. Second, he used scouts, cavalry, and navy to form a blockade to isolate Fancheng in the south. In the end, use Deng County as a base to block, or repel Cao Cao's reinforcements, the psychological defense of the soldiers and civilians in Fancheng will inevitably collapse.

When Pang De and Gan Ning returned from victory to the north, Lu Jian, the defender of Dengzhou, had to abandon the city and flee after two days of guarding. He didn't know why he was so unlucky that he could be attacked by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei at the same time.

Xu Huang packed up the remnants and was defeated and returned to Fancheng. Cao Ren and others were shocked when they heard the words. They never thought that when Guan Yu attacked Deng County, he would still have the strength to stop Fancheng's reinforcements.

Cao Ren's subordinates had already taken out the arrows from Niu Jin's armpits. Fortunately, Pound's armor-piercing arrows were not poisonous. Still lying on the couch did not wake up.

"Guan Yu, this old man, is deceiving people too much. Quickly gather troops and horses to save Deng County. I want to avenge General Niu." Cao Ren and Niu Jin had a deep friendship, and when they saw their old friend seriously injured and unconscious, he was furious.

"No, Guan Yu came prepared this time. He may think that Fancheng is not easy to fight. He deliberately attacked Deng County to lure us to divide our troops. The general should not be angry and fall into the trap." Zhao Yan tried his best to dissuade him.

Xu Huang cupped his fists to remonstrate: "Zhao Yilang is right. Guan Yu sent Gan Ning and Pang De to intercept with cavalry, which means that there are still strong generals in charge of attacking Deng County. It is not known whether Deng County can be kept at this time. The main force stationed in Wancheng, Xinye and General Zhang Wenyuan have [-] soldiers, and I believe they will be able to rush to help Deng County as soon as possible, General Zixiao might as well stand by and wait for help like before."

Cao Ren nodded, "I also know that the current situation may not be that bad, but I just feel that Guan Yu is aggressive, just now he couldn't do enough because of anger, Gongming fought hard, let's go back and rest first."

"Wei." Xu Huang cupped his fists and retreated.

As soon as Xu Huang left, Cao Ren's expression turned dark again. Seeing this, Zhao Yan comforted him: "Since the general knows what he knows, why bother with others? It's better to prepare for the battle and strengthen the city defense. Once the King of Wei's reinforcements arrive, the crisis will be resolved."

Cao Ren leaned down and complained to Zhao Yan in a low voice: "Bo Ranxiu wants to comfort me, how can the current situation be so simple? The news of Xu and Niu's defeat will soon spread to all battalions. Lack of clothing and food, I am afraid that Guan Yu will mutiny before he comes."

"Didn't a few messengers go out? I believe that the general's eagerness will be conveyed to the King of Wei. Guan Yu will be repelled as long as the army goes south. Don't forget that Zhang Wenyuan repelled Jiangdong with 2 troops. Sun Quan has an army of [-], now his [-] people should be able to make great achievements, the general only needs to restrain the soldiers, if not, he can ask the people to 'borrow'." Zhao Yan replied.

A look of sternness flashed in Cao Ren's eyes, and he said that he would borrow sooner or later, but he didn't know how long he could last. As for Zhang Liao, the general who conquered the east that Zhao Yan said, he might not be Guan Yu's opponent who could defeat the soldiers of Jiangdong.

Zhang Liao received Cao Cao's order to set off from Xinye. He crossed the river and waded across the river and marched quickly to Chaoyang to rest, and then sent scouts to Deng County in the south to inquire about news.

The scouts brought Lu Jian into Zhang Liao's camp, and when they met Lu Jian, he knelt on the ground and wept, as if he had suffered a particularly serious grievance.

"General Lu, hurry up. The King of Wei has dispatched troops from Wancheng. I believe he will arrive in a few days. Tell me about the military situation in Dengzhou. I want to lead my troops there for a while." Zhang Liao helped Lu Jian with both hands. rise.

Knowing that Zhang Liao had brought [-] soldiers, Lu Jian quickly shook his head to persuade him, "General, you must not be careless. Guan Yu's strength may be [-] to [-]. Besides, his generals are extremely fierce. It is better to wait for the king of Wei to arrive before going."

"Soldiers are not many but fine, generals are not courageous but strategic. This general once defeated Sun Quan by [-]. Besides, I haven't seen General Guan for many years. This time I just catch up with him. You will know the information Tell me, who are General Guan's subordinates?" Zhang Liao asked nonchalantly.

"There is Zhang Fei," Lu Jian blurted out.

"What? Zhang Fei is in Jingzhou?" Zhang Liao had a look of incredulity on his face, wondering how could he be Guan Yu's general?That's clearly another "minion" of Liu Bei, okay?
Lu Jian nodded, "The black servant is really there. Guan Yu commanded the main force to attack the east gate of Deng County, and Zhang Fei commanded Meng Da to attack the west gate of Deng County. That Meng Da seems to have come from Shangyong."

"Let's not talk about Meng Da, General Lu, who are the other chief generals of the northern and southern sects?" Zhang Liao frowned.

"They adopted the method of encircling three and missing one. Outside the north gate, there were only a few soldiers from Liao Hua in ambush. Except for the fierce attack at the east gate, the south gate was the most powerful in the rest of the way. The general's name seemed to be Lan Tian, ​​but this man None of them commanded in front of the formation." Lu Jian explained.

"Lan Tian. This name is a bit familiar." Zhang Liao said to himself first, and then continued to ask: "Lan Tian is not commanding in front of the formation, so who is commanding the siege?"

Lu Jian thought for a while and replied, "It's the rebel generals Hu Xiu and Fu Fang, and there is another person whose surname seems to be Gao."

Zhang Liao stroked his beard: "What's so tall? Don't you even have a name?"

"I just saw the word 'high' on the flag behind him, but he didn't report his name like other generals, so the last general didn't find out his full name, but his soldiers were all wearing heavy armor at the front, I don’t know how many bows and arrows our defenders have wasted,” Lu Jian replied helplessly.

The surname is Gao, the soldier is heavily armored, the answer in Zhang Liao's mind is ready to come out, but he still can't believe it, because he has not heard from him for so many years, how could he suddenly appear in Liu Bei's camp?Besides, this person's character is foolish and loyal, so it is impossible to switch to Liu Bei.

Zhang Liao was in a restless mood after hearing this, so he called his personal guards and told him, "Hurry up and gather your troops, I'm going to Deng County to meet that General Gao."

(End of this chapter)