Han Xiang

Chapter 212 I'm Procrastinating
Lei Xu looked at the flags on the opposite side, and calmly analyzed: "Xu Chu and the Huwei battalion went to Junqiu, and there were three banners of dragon, Xu, and Tang in the enemy line in front, indicating that we were in front of the left and right city defense camps, and now there are only so-called craftsman camps and cavalry in the city The battalion can fight, if we can defeat the thousands of people in front of us, maybe we can take advantage of the situation and take Hefei, and the benefits will not only be a little bit outside the city."

"If you win the city, you will gain more, but the price will not be small. I don't know how powerful the city defense battalion is now."

Zhang Duo's brows frowned into a plain word: "In short, if we suffer a disadvantage, we will trouble Mei Cheng later. I don't know what is going on with Li Shu."

Lei Xu shook his head slightly: "Defending the city is different from fighting in the wild. No one knows their strength. If there is a disparity in strength later, we will retreat decisively. If Long Xiang is desperate, there is no need to fight them to the end."

"I listen to you, I will rely on General Lei to attack later, and I will assist on the flanks."

"Ah."

The two formed a temporary alliance because of Mei Cheng's instigation, and originally planned to plunder outside Hefei, but they didn't expect Long Xiang to welcome them out, which was contrary to Hefei's previous strategy against the enemy.

After marching so far, it is impossible to retreat when they see the defenders, so the two plan to try it. If they can win, they will pick the fruits of Hefei.

The Hefei Third Battalion was kept in order. Lei Xu and Zhang Duo could only let the front hold down the formation because they hadn't finished forming the formation yet, so there were commotions in many places in the rear team, and everything was in Long Xiang's eyes.

Long Xiang shouldn't have given the enemy time to prepare, but he wanted to cover Zhang Fei's surprise attack from the flank, so he ordered Xu Ding to step forward to fight.

Xu Ding took the order to go forward, and Hengdao immediately shouted angrily in front of the battle: "Where are you bastards, dare to invade our territory? Those who have the courage, come out and die."

Lei Xu saw that Xu Ding was tall and tall, and he was not sure whether it was Xu Chu or Xu Ding, so he frowned and asked, "We don't kill the unknown, and we will use the name of Xu after the battle. Could it be Xu Chu who defeated Sun Ce?"

Xu Ding raised the knife in his hand, and snorted coldly with disdain: "I am Xu Ding, you want to find my second brother? I'm afraid your necks are not strong enough."

Lei Xu was hesitating whether to play, and Zhang Duo tilted his head beside him and reminded in a low voice:
"Although it's not Xu Chu himself, he doesn't look easy to mess with. We have enough strength in our troops, why do we need to fight head-on? It's not worth it at all."

"General Zhang's meaning."

"Procrastinate for a while, wait until the formation is completed, and then directly attack."

Lei Xu and Zhang Duo coincidentally agreed, so he pointed his spear at Xu Ding, and said contemptuously, "Since it's not Xu Chu, how can we fight with us? Why don't you retreat quickly and come to fight with someone famous."

"You"

After hearing this, Xu Ding was speechless, and turned his head to ask for advice from the team. Seeing that Tang Yu, Hao Meng and other generals were sullen, Long Xiang's expression was very relaxed, and he thought that General Long really had the demeanor of a general.

"Yunqi, let me go."

"General Long, I'm going to call the formation."

"I'll go as well."

Holding the spear, Long Xiang gestured for everyone to silence, then signaled Xu Ding to retreat with his left hand, but he urged his horse to meet him.

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar Lei Xu opposite, Long Xiang held the saddle and asked coldly: "General Lei is safe and sound, I wonder if I, Long Xiang, are qualified enough?"

"Longxiang, is he really Longxiang?"

Zhang Duo looked at it and confirmed it to Lei Xu.

Receiving affirmative glances, Zhang Duoxu raised his eyes and asked himself: "So this guy is really so young, how can such a reckless man defeat Zheng Bao and Sun Ce? Could it be that he is really the queen? No, Hefei should mainly rely on Xu Chu before."

Lei Xu ignored Zhang Duo, but saluted with guns and fists in his hands: "We were under Yuan Shu's command before, but we had no chance to meet each other. Today, we are indeed a handsome man. Who would have thought that the unknown Long Quhou would break out after leaving Shouchun?" It’s really admirable.”

"Stop."

Long Xiang interrupted Lei Xu, and asked in a deep voice: "Let's catch up on the old days later, since General Lei came out of Shouchun with me, why did he bring troops to attack today?"

Lei Xu's eyelids moved, and he replied calmly: "There is a severe drought in Huainan this year. The brothers behind me are hungry. I heard that General Long is farming in Hefei. Can you lend me [-] hu of military rations for the sake of my former comrades?" Emergency?"

"Twenty thousand dendrobium?"

"Ah, is that too much? Fifteen thousand is fine."

Long Xiang shook his head lightly: "It's not impossible to borrow food, it's just."

"But what?"

Lei Xu had some small expectations, thinking that if Long Xiang knew the current affairs, maybe he wouldn't have to fight today.

But what Long Xiang said next directly cut off Lei Xu's expectations.

"My food in Hefei is only raised by people in Hefei. If General Lei wants to eat it, he can lead his troops to vote."

"General Long is joking with me?"

Lei Xu frowned and showed displeasure, Long Xiang responded with a cold snort: "You were the one who made the joke first."

Thinking of delaying time, Lei Xu held back his anger and started to compliment: "General Long really knows how to joke, but it's a pity that General Qiao didn't realize that you are a talent, otherwise you wouldn't die as a guest."

Long Xiang was about to answer when he heard a whistle.

Turning his head, he saw the flag fluttering in Liu Ye's hand, which meant that Zhang Fei had arrived at the attacking position, and when Long Xiang ordered the battle from the front, he simultaneously inserted into the enemy's formation from the flanks.

Long Xiang turned his head and stared at Lei Xu, with a playful tone: "Lei Xu, there seems to be no friendship between us? You just deliberately exchanged pleasantries, are you delaying the formation?"

"Hmph, how is it possible."

When Lei Xu saw that his scheme had been exposed, he immediately denied it because of his guilty conscience.

"I'll tell you a secret. Actually, I was stalling for time just now, hahaha."

Long Xiang's laughter made Lei Xu and Zhang Duo's scalps tingle, and when the laughter ended, Long Xiang suddenly heard four words.

"Army attack."

As soon as Long Xiang's order was issued, the left and right city defense camps and tiger guard camps were pushed away like bulldozers, and the formation did not change at all during the movement.

Long Xiang suddenly launched an attack, Lei Xu and Zhang Duo were completely unprepared, and hurriedly let the front army block the attack, while the two were protected by their own soldiers and retreated.

The two sides fought hand in hand, and the killing sound shook the sky for a while.

On the way to retreat, Zhang Duo went to the small school in his formation and reported to him in a panic: "General Zhang, a cavalry has broken into our main formation. The soldiers have not finished forming the formation. Now the main formation is even more chaotic. Make up your mind."

"cavalry?"

Zhang Duo's eyes lit up when he heard this: "How many cavalry can Hefei have? Since Long Xiang wants to send me a war horse, we are naturally disrespectful. Let people surround the cavalry and kill and seize the horse."

"Although there are only fifty or sixty riders, the brothers can't stop it at all. The leader will call himself the leader"

Seeing the little principal hesitating, Zhang Duo was extremely impatient: "What time is it? What does he call himself?"

"He called himself Xu Chu"

"Xu Chu? It must be a false name. Xu Chu is now guarding the city, waiting for me to come forward and capture this person alive."

"General be careful."

"Noisy!"

Zhang Duo cowered in front of Lei Xu because Lei Xu's soldiers stood in front of him, and he wanted to create the impression that he was inferior to Lei Xu.

At this time, the formation was disturbed, and Zhang Duo had to go back to control the situation, so he showed abnormal decisiveness.

(End of this chapter)