Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1177 Leaving the City
Although Wang Wei had commanded many naval battles, he had never seen anyone dare to jump off the boat and attack the main general's flagship. He was terrified for a moment, but he was a military general after all. He subconsciously held his sword horizontally and held up the back of the sword with both hands, trying to resist the opponent's sword force.

The idea was good, and it would be fine if the opponent was an ordinary general, but the one Wang Wei encountered happened to be Guan Yu.

Although Guan Yu's arm injury had not yet healed and he could not use his full strength, this jump in the air chopped him down, and he exerted his maximum strength. The force of this sword plus the momentum of falling in the air already had a force of several hundred pounds, and it was all concentrated on the blade that chopped down. How could Wang Wei resist it?
When the two arms collided, there was a loud bang, and Wang Wei felt the force coming like an overwhelming force, and the long sword in his hand was quickly pressed down.

He suddenly felt something was wrong, and he roared loudly, trying to push the other party away with his arms. However, this option was undoubtedly too difficult for him. With a loud snap, the bones in both of Wang Wei's arms broke, and he was knocked flying.

He fell heavily on the deck and rolled over for more than ten times. The severe pain almost made him lose consciousness. In his blurred vision, he saw the enemy rushing towards him and his soldiers rushed forward to protect him. Then his eyes went dark and he lost consciousness.

Yuan Xi stood at the bow and watched Huang Zhong entangle Wen Pin tightly. Both sides were skilled in archery. In less than half a minute, they had used up several tubes of arrows in the exchange of arrows.

Wen Pin realized that he was gradually losing the upper hand. He was surprised to see that Huang Zhongzhong was becoming more and more energetic. The man opposite him had white hair and beard, and he was probably at least fifty years old. However, he had great strength and was far stronger than himself.

He realized that if he continued shooting at Huang Zhong like this, he would be defeated sooner or later, so he planned to let the boats move closer and wait for an opportunity to engage in hand-to-hand combat with Huang Zhong. But then he hesitated again. The opponent's archery was powerful, which meant he had extraordinary arm strength. Such a person must be very skilled in martial arts. He had no chance of winning at all. What if he lost?
At that time, almost all the archers in the army were the most elite ones with the best arm strength and martial arts. Only those who were selected to shoot arrows would be the elite among the elite and become scouts.

The same is true for military generals. If you want to become a first-class general, archery skills are the most important. After all, there are few opportunities for close combat among thousands of troops, and most of the time you have to use bows and arrows to kill the enemy.

This is why Lu Bu, Guan Yu, and even Zhao Yun, Zhang He and others are all extremely good at shooting. With their archery skills alone, they can easily suppress and defeat second-rate generals.

Only at their level do they have unique ways and experience to deal with arrows, and it is difficult for them to win against each other with bows and arrows, so in the end they can only rely on close combat to decide the outcome.

As for the weaker generals, they were often killed by their bows and arrows before they could even reach them.

Wen Pin's martial arts were actually first-rate, but he was still suppressed by Huang Zhong, which made him lose confidence in winning a close combat. So after hesitating for a moment, he gave up the risky fighting style and focused on dodging and delaying, wanting to wait until Huang Zhong's strength was exhausted.

When Yuan Xi saw this, he ordered the boat forward and ordered Sun Li beside him to help Huang Zhong. Sun Li had been itching to do something, so he immediately drew his bow and shot a stream of arrows at Wen Pin.

During the years following Yuan Xi, Sun Li also learned military strategies, but in the end he found that he was not cut out for it. After studying for several years, he was not even as good as Zhang Fang, who had learned everything by himself.

Sun Li didn't know that Zhang Fang was actually a rare genius, which was why Yuan Xi repeatedly entrusted him with important tasks. However, Sun Li was not discouraged. After thinking about it for a few years, he chose the track he was best at.

strength.

He is now in his twenties, which is the peak period of his physical condition. As he grows older, his strength increases, far surpassing his peers.

The longbow in his hand now is a two-stone bow, which has the same power as the longbow used by Huang Zhong. Although Sun Li's skills may not be as good as Huang Zhong's, he has been taught by Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci and others over the years, and his basics are very solid. So as soon as he made a move, he fired two arrows in succession, shooting at Wen Pin's chest and abdomen.

Wen Pin was concentrating on dodging Huang Zhong's attack when he was suddenly hit by two arrows that came at him like lightning, causing him to panic. Seeing that he could not dodge in time, he rolled over and jumped backwards, barely avoiding them.

He saw two arrows brushing against his body and hitting the body of the guard beside him. He knew that he was being targeted and immediately lost the will to fight back. He quickly ordered the warship to turn around.

Wen Pin's idea was to leave the battle group as quickly as possible, then meet up with Wang Wei and retreat, and then counterattack again after resting. However, as soon as his warship turned sideways, he heard thunderous cheers in the distance.

"The commander of the Jingzhou Army has been captured alive!"

"General Guan captured the chief general of Jingzhou alive!"

"General Guan captured Wang Wei alive!"

Wen Pin was shocked when he heard this. He looked around and saw that Wang Wei's fleet was in chaos. The flag of the Jingzhou army on Wang Wei's flagship had been torn down and replaced with the flag of Liu Bei's army.

He was suddenly shocked. This was totally unexpected. Wang Wei was also a famous general in the Jingzhou army. How come he was killed in less than half an hour?

Wen Pin saw Guan Yu's army coming towards him with dozens of ships, and the Jin army's warships behind him. He was surrounded on three sides. The enemy had already encircled him, and he was afraid that he would not be able to escape on the water!
The warships of Yuan Xi, Huang Zhong, and Guan Yu gradually surrounded Wen Pin's fleet. Wen Pin led the fleet to break out several times, but was forced back by the intensive attacks. Seeing that his retreat was blocked, he had no choice but to give the order: "Move closer to the north bank and prepare to land and enter Jiangling!"

Wen Pin was helpless. If Wang Wei hadn't helped him guard his retreat, he wouldn't have been so careless. But no one expected that Wang Wei would be defeated so quickly and directly trapped Wen Pin.

Now if Wen Pin wanted to escape, there was no way by water, so he could only abandon the ship and go ashore, then enter Jiangling to avoid the defense and wait for reinforcements to rescue him.

Yuan Xi and his men also saw Wen Pin's intention and chased after him. Seeing that the other side was chasing him closely, Wen Pin immediately came up with a plan and ordered his ships to turn sideways and advance instead of retreating. This time, Yuan Xi's warships rushed past the front, and the encirclement passed by Wen Pin's warships. Wen Pin was overjoyed to see that there were only a few ships in front of him, and he wanted to take the opportunity to escape.

But with a whoosh, the rope holding the sail of Wen Pin's flagship was shot down by Huang Zhong's arrow, and the speed of the ship dropped sharply. In the current situation, it was too late to hang the sail again. Wen Pin was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood, and he could only barely escape to the shore.

All of this was seen by Hao Zhao who was standing on the top of Jiangling City in the distance. He saw that Wen Pin's fleet on the river in the distance was divided and surrounded by the allied forces of Yuan and Liu. Warships were constantly sunk and captured. The remaining ships crashed into the shore in panic. The Jingzhou soldiers on the ships jumped off the ships like ants and ran towards Jiangling.

How could the allied forces of Yuan and Liu give up? Boats kept docking and soldiers got off the boats to chase after them. The two sides fought while fleeing. The Jingzhou army could no longer find the general who gave orders, and they were in chaos while fleeing. They were about to be wiped out.

The deputy general beside Hao Zhao saw this and said, "General, what should we do now?"

"Open the city gates and wait for them to come in?"

Another deputy general said, "I'm afraid it's too late. It looks like they won't be able to reach the city before they are caught up."

Everyone showed hesitation on their faces. If they didn't leave the city, they would be ignoring the danger. If they left the city, what if the enemy took the opportunity to break into the city?
Hao Zhao frowned and suddenly asked, "What's going on in the woods outside the city?"

The lieutenant general quickly replied: "We have been sending people to search these days, and the enemy has not sent any ambushes."

"Moreover, there were more than a dozen spies inside, and they sent a message this morning. If they had encountered the enemy, they would have sounded the alarm long ago."

After hearing this, Hao Zhao hesitated for a moment, then said decisively: "All cavalry, follow me out of the city, launch a surprise attack on the enemy troops chasing the Jingzhou army, and cover the Jingzhou army's entry into the city!"

After hearing this, all the generals responded in unison. Hao Zhao's decision was undoubtedly correct. The troops on the opposite shore were all naval infantry, and the cavalry had an overwhelming advantage over them. Even if they could not defeat the Yuan-Liu coalition, they could stop their progress and rescue the Jingzhou army.

Rescuing the Jingzhou army is also equivalent to saving themselves. Only with more defenders can they cope with the next enemy siege. Now Hao Zhao's letter for help has been sent out. As long as they can hold on for seven or eight days, reinforcements will arrive!

At that moment, the gate of Jiangling city was wide open. Hao Zhao led hundreds of cavalrymen and rushed towards the direction of the fighting between the two armies. Behind him, two thousand infantrymen ran forward, ready to deploy at any time to welcome the Jingzhou army into the city.

When they passed through the forest road, they found it was very quiet. On both sides of the road were sentries stationed by Hao Zhao. When they came over, the scouts waved to them.

When Hao Zhao saw this, he felt relieved and led everyone to speed through the woods and rush towards the Yuan-Liu coalition force.

The timing of his cavalry attack was extremely clever, causing a brief period of confusion among Yuan and Liu's pursuing troops, causing them to relax their pursuit of the Jingzhou troops. The Jingzhou troops felt as if they had been pardoned and cheered.

Hao Zhao rushed left and right and finally reached the center of Gai, rescued Wen Pin who was surrounded, and asked the soldiers to lead the war horse for Wen Pin to ride.

Wen Pin said gratefully: "Thank you for saving me, General. I fell into the trap set by the other party and ended up in such a mess. I will definitely take revenge for this in the future!"

Hao Zhao said: "There is still a lot of time to come, General, please follow me into the city quickly to plan a counterattack!"

Wen Pin knew the situation was urgent, so he immediately mounted his horse and said, "Okay!"

"Wait for me to repel the pursuers and cover the soldiers entering the city!"

At this time, Yuan Xi saw Wen Pin being rescued, so he said to Sun Li: "Set off the fireworks."

Three fire snakes rose straight up and exploded in the air. Yuan Xi thought that whether he could stop them would depend on Zhang Fang's response.

Almost at the same time, hundreds of Jin army soldiers jumped out from under the woods. Although their steps were a little unsteady, they still ran to various places at an extremely fast speed. Those places were exactly the sentry positions stationed by Hao Zhao!
The spies on both sides of the road were chopped to the ground by the suddenly appearing Jin soldiers before they could react, and naturally they had no time to send out a warning.

Zhang Fang aimed at a dozen trees that had been tampered with previously and ordered the soldiers to take tools to cut them down. In just an incense stick of time, a dozen trees that had been cut halfway fell down, blocking the road.

Zhang Fang picked up the kerosene can in his hand and shouted, "Set fire!"

(End of this chapter)