I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 226, Combined Encirclement and Suppression

Zhang Fei instantly picked up the soldiers on the opposite side with a spear. Like a shooting star, the spear instantly stabbed five soldiers to death. There was a gap in Cheng Pu's army formation, and Zhang Fei rushed into the gap excitedly.

At the same time, the two armies charged together, many soldiers were stabbed to death by spears, and the battlefield was full of blood!Soon there will be rivers of blood!
Although Cheng Pu's army is Sun Jian's elite army, a large number of soldiers will fall every round after fighting with Zhang Fei's army. During the battle between Liu Bei and Zhang Yan, everyone's ceramic armor was captured, and he went to Later, Xiliang asked Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping to go to the territory of the Tengjia Army to buy a large number of ceramic armors, almost 2 sets.

Although these armors are not as good as iron armors, their defensive power far exceeds that of leather armors. Therefore, Zhang Fei's army has already surpassed Cheng Pu's subordinates in terms of equipment. In addition, the combat effectiveness of Xiliang soldiers is generally stronger than that of Jingzhou troops. Soon Cheng Pu's army was defeated by the soldiers led by Zhang Fei.

Zhang Fei danced with a spear very fast, stabbing one person to death with one spear, and overturning four or five soldiers. Under his strong fighting power, Cheng Pu's army formation was continuously broken into by Zhang Fei!The soldiers around Zhang Fei continued to expand along Zhang Fei's breakthrough, trying to completely tear Cheng Pu's army apart!
After Cheng Pu found the brave and invincible Zhang Fei, he immediately brought his personal guards to block him!A spear resisted Zhang Fei's spear!
Zhang Fei was surprised and said, "You have good strength, but you didn't back down!"

Cheng Pu didn't speak but stabbed Zhang Fei's throat with a spear!Zhang Fei dodged it, and then used all his strength to strike straight down with his spear. Cheng Pu blocked it with a horizontal spear, and the spears on both sides were broken.

Zhang Fei immediately drew out his saber, Cheng Pu also drew out his spare long saber, and the two fought together with their sabers.

Zhang Fei slashed at Cheng Pulian eleven times. Although Cheng Pu resisted with all his strength, every time he blocked a knife, he had to take a step back. Cheng Pu backed away until his body was blocked by his own soldiers.But his arms were already numb from Zhang Feizhen, and he could no longer lift them up.

When Zhang Fei was about to kill Cheng Pu, two of Cheng Pu's bodyguards stood in front of Cheng Pu, and the remaining bodyguards took Cheng Pu to escape. When Zhang Fei killed Cheng Pu's two bodyguards, Cheng Pu Pu was gone.

Zhang Fei said angrily: "I didn't expect it to be so difficult to kill a general. I really don't know how the second brother killed Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju in the first place!"

Brothers Liu Guan and Zhang were originally Liu Bei with a bit of reputation. Later, Guan Yu beheaded Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju among the ten thousand troops.Zhang Fei thought that his martial arts were not inferior to his second brother, and he also wanted to complete such a move, so that the whole big man would know his reputation!It was only through Zhang Fei's practice that he discovered that it is so difficult to kill the general!
Without Cheng Pu's command, Zhang Fei led the soldiers to kill Cheng Pu's men and retreated steadily. Soon Cheng Pu's men were divided into two, and Zhang Fei's command surrounded these soldiers on three sides.

Cheng Pu's subordinates saw that they were surrounded, and their morale plummeted. In the end, they were under the pressure of not dying, and they all ran for their lives to the rear.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Fei was overjoyed and said, "Everyone take advantage of the victory to pursue and kill all these rebels!"

You can't kill a general, but it's not bad to be a famous general who wins every battle!

Seeing Cheng Pu's defeat, Sun Jian immediately ordered: "Order Huang Gai to lead people to support Cheng Pu, and order Zhu Zhi and Han Dang to lead the troops to step forward and deter Liu Bei's left and right armies!"

The messenger quickly conveyed Sun Jian's order.

Huang Gai immediately led his army forward to support Cheng Pu!
After Liu Bei found out, he ordered Guan Yu to lead his troops to support Zhang Fei!

Liu Bei smiled when he saw Sun Jian's entire army in the central army, "Sun Jian's elite are all in the central army, and his left and right armies are far inferior to his central army. Many soldiers fled before the battle !"

Jian Yongdao: "Sun Jian only has 1 troops in his headquarters, and the remaining [-] are all from Sun Jian's annexation of Jingzhou governor Wang Rui! Although Wang Rui is a celebrity, he is not good at fighting, and the soldiers he trained are not very powerful!"

Liu Bei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he ordered his left and right armies to storm Sun Jian's army, and at the same time ordered Zhao Yun's cavalry to attack Sun Jian's left army!

After receiving the order, Liu Bei's left and right wings attacked Sun Jian's two wings. The combat effectiveness of the soldiers on Sun Jian's two wings was indeed much worse than that of Sun Jian's central army, and they were beaten back and forth as soon as they fought.

Zhu Zhi shouted: "Everyone, hold on, you can't continue to retreat! If you retreat again, you will be killed without mercy, and the archers will shoot Liu Beijun!"

"Let's shrink our formation and don't let Liu Bei's army break through our formation. We must rely on each other!"

Although Zhu Zhi continued to command the army to resist, and even brought his personal guards to resist, the difference in equipment, strength and morale of the soldiers was too great. Under his encouragement and command, his subordinates were still Liu Bei's army to fight retreated, and even many people fled.

It's just that Zhu Zhi knew the danger of deserters, so he left behind a group of soldiers. Any soldier who dared to escape from the battlefield would be killed on the spot, beheading dozens of deserters in a row. There is a way out.

Han Dang on the other side is also in the same situation. These Jingzhou soldiers are not their confidantes at all, and it only takes a few days to subdue them. Facing the fate of being beaten, he can only rush to the front to boost morale.

Zhao Yun realized that Zhu Zhi's army was at the end of its strength, and another straw could crush them to death, so he shouted: "The whole army is attacking!"

"Kill!" The cavalry brought billowing smoke and dust, and kept rushing towards Sun Jian's army!
"Liu Bei's cavalry is attacking, Liu Bei's cavalry is attacking!" The billowing smoke made Sun Jian's soldiers not sure how many enemies there were. They didn't have much to lose, and Zhao Yun's dispatch became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

As soon as Zhao Yun's cavalry rushed into Sun Jian's army, instead of continuing to fight, these soldiers immediately dropped their swords and turned around and ran away!

The soldiers shouted while running: "The imperial army is too fierce, we are defeated, we are defeated!"

For a while, the army was defeated like a mountain, and Zhu Zhi's supervising army could not resist the soldiers who kept fleeing.

Seeing the soldiers running away, Zhu Zhi knew that they were defeated, so he could only escape with his own guards!

Seeing his left wing collapse, Sun Jian said angrily, "These useless Jingzhou troops can't fight like a man!"

At this time Zhu Zhi fled to Sun Jian's side and said: "General, let's run away, Xiliang soldiers are too fierce, Jingzhou soldiers are no match at all, if we don't flee now, our elite will be wiped out by Liu Bei in Xinye!"

Sun Jian said calmly: "I will lead my guards to defend against Liu Bei and the others for a while, and you flee to the Feishui. Liu Bei's army is all soldiers from Xiliang, who can't swim. We will be safe when we cross the Feishui!"

But Zhu Zhi took Sun Jian's hand and said: "General, the 1 soldiers in the Chinese army are our confidantes. The 2 Jingzhou soldiers are not of one mind with us. Even if the general saves them here, they will escape, and we Even if we abandon it, it will not hurt our foundation, if our central army suffers heavy losses here, how will the general fight for hegemony in the Central Plains!"

Zhu Zhi continued: "We use [-] Jingzhou soldiers to help us buy time, and we escape to the ship that transports grain and grass!"

In order to facilitate the transportation of food, there are hundreds of transport ships behind Sun Jian, and now these ships have become lifesaving ships!

After hearing this, Sun Jian finally gave up his plan to use his personal guards to rescue these Jingzhou soldiers, but he still said: "Jingzhou soldiers can give up, but Demou and the others still have to be rescued, let Yigong step back and help Let's buy time and tell Yigong to retreat when our Chinese army retreats!"

Then under Sun Jian's order, Huang Gai and Cheng Pu led the army to retreat continuously, breaking away from the battle with Liu Bei.And Han Dang continued to retreat while fighting, and Sun Jian even brought his own guards to help Han Dang resist Guan Yu's army!

Sun Jian was already strong in martial arts, and his personal guards were also first-class elites. After they joined, Han Dang and their formation finally stabilized. Zhu Zhi continued to command soldiers to board the ships for transporting grain and grass, and even in order to transport more soldiers, They also discarded the grain and grass, so hundreds of transport ships boarded thousands of soldiers!
Guan Yu was flying with a long sword, brave and invincible, and any soldier in front of Guan Yu could resist more than Guan Yu's sword. He was like a sharp arrow piercing through Sun Jian's army.

At this moment, a long knife blocked Guan Yu's face! "When" sounded, the sound of metal and iron resounded throughout the battlefield!
Guan Yu looked at the people who stood in front of him with a cold face and said, "Sun Jian!"

Sun Jian said excitedly: "Ever since you beheaded Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju among the ten thousand armies, you have been called the number one general in the world. If I kill you today, I will be the number one general in the world!"

Since Sun Jian joined the army, he has never convinced anyone in martial arts. Even in Xiliang, there are not many generals who can fight him with 10 strokes without losing, and there is no one who has defeated him, so he is very concerned about his martial arts. Very confident!
Guan Yu said calmly: "Guan has never considered himself the number one general in the world!"

He still remembered that before the Hukou Pass a few years ago, Lei Gong defeated the joint attack of their three brothers, and he knew that Lei Gong was much stronger than him!

Even Sun Jian was surprised by Guan Yu's modesty, but he still said, "Today I will try your martial arts!"

After finishing speaking, Sun Jian slashed Guan Yu more than a dozen knives in one breath, but Guan Yu did not change his face, and blocked Sun Jian's attacks one by one with the long knife in his hand. Guan Yu was calm and confident, while Sun Jian was panting and sweating profusely. Obviously the attack just now consumed a lot of energy.

At this time, Guan Yu started to fight back. He knew that as long as he killed Sun Jian, the battle would be completely over, so he exploded with all his strength as soon as he made a move!

Guan Yu's long saber attacked Sun Jian with a deep thunderous sound, and Sun Jian felt the power of the saber to block it with all his strength!
"Dang!" The dull voice resounded around the battlefield, Guan Yu cut off Sun Jian's Gudian knife three times in a row!

When Guan Yu was slashing towards Sun Jian, he had no weapon to resist Guan Yu's knife. Sun Jian, who knew he would die, closed his eyes and waited for death!

But at this time a voice shouted: "Don't hurt my lord!"

A strong man of eight feet rushed over and shot at Guan Yu with a big sword. Guan Yu shook off the flying knife with his own sword. At this time, the strong man picked up the spear on the ground and rushed to Guan Yu and said, "My lord, go!"

The person who came was Cao Zumao, a thief under Sun Jian's sect!
And the personal guards around Sun Jian also pulled Sun Jian back to retreat!

Guan Yu was in a hurry to kill Sun Jian, but he didn't hold back Zu Mao, he cut off Zu Mao's spear with all his strength, and chopped off Zu Mao's head with the second blow!

After Guan Yu killed Zu Mao, Sun Jian was no longer visible!
At this moment, Zhang Fei rushed over, saw Zu Mao's corpse and said enviously, "Second brother, you killed another general!"

Then he was puzzled and said: "My martial arts are not inferior to your second brother, why don't you have such abilities as your second brother!"

But Guan Yu said indifferently: "Among Sun Jian's army, besides him, who else can be regarded as a general, but he just killed a personal guard!"

Guan Yu is really right about this point. Except for Sun Jian who has a little reputation among Sun Jian's army, everyone else can be said to be unknown. The Yellow Turban Army with a scale of [-] people in the Central Plains is not worth reporting. Naturally, Sun Jian's subordinates will not be well-known in the Central Plains.

From the perspective of the world, the most difficult thing to fight is the Xiliang rebellion. The imperial court has been fighting for decades and is still fighting. The second is the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou. Even if they are defeated, they will recover quickly, and even become stronger as they fight!The rebellion in other places is not worth mentioning. Basically, a general with a few thousand troops can suppress it.

Zhang Fei was shocked by Guan Yu's Versailles, and said, "I also want to kill such a personal guard!"

Guan Yu said: "Then hurry up and kill, Sun Jian hasn't escaped yet!"

"Kill, kill Sun Jian for me!" Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others are veterans who have experienced many battles. It is easy to find that Sun Jian's army on the battlefield has no fighting spirit. To catch Sun Jian and others, end this war!

At this time, Sun Jian saw that his elite had boarded the ship, and he also took Han Dang and the others to escape the battlefield.

Guan Yu's pursuit was blocked by Jingzhou soldiers. Seeing that Sun Jian had left, the Jingzhou soldiers were still willing to fight there. They threw away their swords one after another and said: "We are the army of the governor of Jingzhou, and we are our own people. Don't fight any more. !"

Guan Yu and others could only take prisoners first.

Seeing this scene, Liu Bei also ordered: "Take in the surrendered soldiers, and stop massacring soldiers!"

As Sun Jian and the others fled, the shouts of killing on the battlefield ended, and the soldiers in Jingzhou dropped their weapons and waited for Liu Beijun to take them in.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also began to count their casualties and count their results.

Half a day later, Guan Yu and others came to the big tent of the Chinese army to report the results of the battle to Liu Bei!
Liu Bei asked, "How many people have we lost?"

Jian Yong said with a gloomy expression: "More than 2000 people died in the battle, among which more than 200 cavalrymen were lost because they joined the battlefield at the latest, and the remaining 2000 people were infantry, and there were about 3000 mildly or seriously wounded! These people can go back after a while! "

Liu Bei's face suddenly turned ugly. This battle cost him one-sixth of his soldiers.

Guan Yu comforted: "Brother, the enemy is equal to our army after all, and Sun Jian is also a fierce general in the world. Now only one-tenth of the army can defeat Sun Jian's army. It is already a good command of my brother!"

Liu Bei continued to ask: "Where is the enemy? How many enemies have escaped?"

Jian Yong said: "We captured 1 Jingzhou troops, and there were more than 6000 corpses on the battlefield. Sun Jian probably escaped with 7000-6000 people! But when they fled, they discarded all the food and grass, and they should not run far. !"

Liu Bei said firmly: "Chasing, I can't let Sun Jian escape. I want to use his head to deter the rebellious officials and thieves of the big man, and let them know the fate of rebelling against the big man! Zilong, you lead the cavalry all the way to kill Sun Jian, you must read this Rebellion!"

Zhao Yun surrendered his command and led the cavalry in pursuit of Sun Jian's rout!

Then Liu Bei said to Guan Yu: "Yun Chang, the navy is indispensable to encircle and suppress Sun Jian, and the help of the navy is also indispensable to deal with Yuan Shu!"

Guan Yu bowed his hands and retreated, took Liu Bei's order to Nanjun to contain the navy, and prepared to deal with Yuan Shu later!
Finally, Guan Yu looked at Jian Yong and said, "Xian and you lead the Jingzhou officials to appease the captured Jingzhou soldiers. Their participation will be indispensable in the subsequent battles!"

Jian Yong cupped his hands and said, "No!"

Liu Bei himself took Zhang Fei to the Wounded Barracks to visit these wounded soldiers and boost their morale!
On the other side, Sun Jian was having a hard time. Sun Jian was still sad that Zu Mao was killed. Zhu Zhi and the others went to Sun Jian and said, "General, there is no time to be sad. Our current food and grass are only enough for one day, and we can't find any more." We will run out of food soon.”

Sun Jian put away his sad expression and said: "Continue to go north, we will meet the highway, only with the power of the highway, we can defeat Liu Bei, Guan Yu killed my general, I want Liu Bei's head to pay homage to the great glory!"

Cheng Pu asked, "But the journey is hundreds of miles long, what should we do with our food and grass?"

Huang Gai also said: "There are 5000 fine cavalry in Liu Bei's army. If they follow us, we will definitely be defeated."

When they fled, many of them discarded their swords and weapons, and naturally they could not be the opponents of Zhao Yun's cavalry.

Huang Gai continued: "But if we continue to stay on the boat, we will die without food, and if we go ashore, it is impossible for us to run on two legs than four!"

Sun Jian said: "We went upstream along the waterway and plundered the towns around the Feishui River to obtain food. Liu Bei and his cavalry were on the west side of the Feishui River. As long as we robbed the towns to the east, Liu Bei's cavalry could not do anything to us. Inform Yuan Shuzhi County to come pick us up, otherwise we will be in danger!"

They can't stay on the river all the time, and these small boats don't have much combat effectiveness. If Liu Bei is transferred to the Jingzhou Navy, they will definitely be wiped out by Liu Bei!

Cheng Pu said: "Wentai, I have excellent riding skills, so let me inform Yuan Shu!"

Sun Jian saluted and said, "I will entrust Demou with my life!"

Then Sun Jian's fleet approached the east coast to let Cheng Pu leave.

After Cheng Pu got off the boat, he found a town, bought a war horse, and then galloped towards Luyang!

Sun Jian waited for Cheng Pu to leave, looked at the crowd, picked up a paddle and said, "Whether we can survive depends on everyone's hard work! Everyone contributes to rowing!"

Then Sun Jian paddled with all his strength, and the others saw Sun Jian's example, and they also paddled hard!Hundreds of small boats are flying upstream like long arrows!
But Sun Jian and the others saw Zhao Yun's men not long after they were rowing, and they were chasing them!Obviously Liu Bei didn't intend to let their defeated army go!
And Lu Yang on the other side!

Yuan Shu also soon got the news that Liu Bei had come to Nanyang County!

Yuan Shu pondered: "Liu Bei appeared in Nanyang County with an army of 3. It seems that Liu Bei has taken refuge in Dong Zhuo and wants to fight Lao Tzu!"

After all, Yuan Shu was a direct descendant of a powerful family, so he naturally knew that it would be impossible for Liu's clan to approve such a rebellion.

Just like the Nanyang Army is the hometown of the emperor, there are a lot of relatives and relatives here, but none of them have a good look at Yuan Shu, and no one supports Yuan Shu. If the two don't help each other, I'm afraid he will be kicked out of Nanyang County!

The same is true for other clansmen in the world. After they saw that the Yuan brothers and Dong Zhuo were not good people, they simply came out of sight.

As for Liu Bei, he knew that when he was in Jizhou, he did not deal with the nobles, and it could even be said that he used force to suppress the nobles. Although this was all to deal with the Yellow Turban Army, none of the nobles in the world appreciated Liu Bei. The aristocrats in Jizhou hated Liu Bei even more.

After everyone has seen that fighting the Yellow Turban Army is a matter of the court, what does it have to do with their family, why should their family pay for the Yellow Turban Army to fight the Yellow Turban Army!

It was because Liu Bei was kicked to Xiliang for offending the nobles and nobles in the world, so the relationship between Liu Bei and the nobles and nobles was very cold.

Other Han family clans may choose not to help each other because of Yuan's relationship, but Liu Bei's words may really use this opportunity to help Dong Zhuo fight them!

Ji Ling was a little worried and said: "My lord, our 4 troops are all recruits, while Liu Bei's [-] troops are all elites. I'm afraid we won't have the upper hand in a fight!"

Yuan Shu said with a smile: "Don't worry, Zili, Wentai has come to Nanyang County. As long as we join forces, there will be more than twice as many soldiers as Liu Bei. Not to mention that Wentai is still a fierce general in the world. I can pile up even if I employ people." Die Liu Bei!"

But Yuan Shu was too happy!
A few days later, Cheng Pu, who was in a state of distress, found Yuan Shu and said, "General Empress, we fought against Liu Bei's army in Xinye and returned after defeat. Now I ask the general to support you in Zhixian County!"

Yuan Shu couldn't sit still and asked in amazement: "Wentai has also lost, this Liu Bei is actually so powerful?"

Cheng Pu said helplessly: "Although our military strength is comparable to Liu Bei's, there are [-] Jingzhou soldiers who have no morale among them. This battle is dragged down by them! Please also rescue the general quickly, or my lord will be in danger!"

Yuan Shu was very loyal, and he immediately said: "Ji Ling, station all your troops in Zhixian County, and at the same time order Kong Ni. Li Shu led troops to Nanyang County to destroy Liu Bei. If Liu Bei is not encircled and suppressed, our hometown will not be safe!"

(End of this chapter)