Three Kingdoms: At the beginning, Lu Bu was mistaken for his father-in-law

Chapter 308 3 Born Guo Fengxiao, a hero who ranks among the best.

Although Xia Houyuan, who was still in the mist, had not seen Zhang Fei's true appearance, the sound of "I am Zhang Fei from Yan" could be clearly heard even deep in the camp. At this time, he excitedly waved his brow-tip knife, Drinking the reward he had set, he rushed forward.

Cao's troops poured out like a tidal wave around the camp. Of course, Zhang Fei couldn't see this scene, but he could tell the truth from the noise. It was by no means a bluff.

"Third General, no, we have fallen into a trap, retreat quickly!" Huo Jun shouted while waving his spear to knock down the incoming arrows.

People's subconscious choices are often the most correct.

Huo Jun is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. His first reaction is to withdraw his troops because he understands how dangerous Liu Jun's situation is now.

Because Xia Houyuan, who was supposed to appear at the East Village, suddenly appeared at the West Village, which was completely out of Zhuge Liang's plan.

Regardless of how many Cao troops were taken away before that hour, and whether the ones left behind here were elites, Xia Houyuan's excitement when he shouted was clearly here.

As the attacker, Liu Jun had always believed that this was an empty camp. If he was suddenly ambushed, his military morale would instantly be shaken.

What's even more terrible is that this diffuse fog will also be a boost to Cao's army, because this kind of battle involving tens of thousands of people will inevitably have dozens or even hundreds of large and small battle circles.

In this case, the fog hinders the military's vision, making it impossible to judge the number of casualties on one's side, and even whether the general is alive. The swaying military morale may collapse at any time.

Although it was only a moment, Huo Jun had already clearly realized the unfavorable situation of the battle.

But in Zhang Fei's opinion, this is simply nonsense. You, Huo Jun, are afraid of death, but I, Zhang Fei, are not. The Jingzhou Army has been trained under Yun Chang and I for two years, and its combat effectiveness has long been different from what it used to be, not to mention Zhan Duan. Just opened, the advantages and disadvantages have not been distinguished, how can we retreat.

He might be able to kill Xia Houyuan just like he killed Xia Houdun in the battle at Taihang Mountain. How could he, Zhao Zilong, be able to do it, but Zhang Yide can't?
"Brothers, fight with me!" Zhang Fei rushed towards Xia Houyuan who was shouting with his black horse belly.

When the two people's eyes met, the eyebrow-tip knife and the Zhangba snake spear collided.

The two weapons sparked bursts of sparks in the void, each sacrificing the strength of his life to kill the other as soon as possible.

There is a jingle in later generations: one Lu, two Zhao, three Dianwei, four passes, five horses and six Zhang Fei, Huang Xu, Sun Tai and two Xiahou.

But judging from the actual situation, except for Lu Bu, who is firmly in the top spot among the people, the others, especially the second to eighth, should be in the middle. After all, even if they have no record of head-to-head confrontation, There are also comparative records.

For example, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao fought for more than 200 rounds without deciding the outcome, and Ma Chao fought with Xu Chu for more than 200 rounds without deciding the outcome. Judging from the battle records of Guan Yu and Huang Zhong, they can be regarded as ties.

As for Huang Zhong's formation killing Xia Houyuan, it was not a duel between the two sides, it could be regarded as a sneak attack.

Xia Houyuan, who was not ranked as high as the rest of the world, faced Zhang Fei. Even though he was slightly inferior in terms of martial arts, it would not be possible to tell the winner in a short while, let alone the winner.

Furthermore, this is Cao Jun's home field. The surrounding Cao Jun troops surged up and exerted a considerable restraint on Zhang Fei. In the current battle, it seemed that Zhang Fei was fighting Xia Houyuan alone while also being distracted in killing the enemies coming from around him. Cao Jun, but only he knows the difficulty of it. If the fight continues like this, there will be no winner in hundreds of rounds.

When Huo Jun saw this, he originally wanted to step forward to help, but Pili rushed in boldly, and the two spears were entangled together. It was not easy to escape, so there was no hope of helping.

Zhang Fei can be reckless at times, but overall he is a rough-and-tumble man. He couldn't defeat Xia Houyuan after more than a dozen rounds. He even had a vague attitude of becoming more courageous as he fought, and he immediately had the idea of ​​withdrawing his troops.

After all, he couldn't see what was happening to the army at the rear, and he couldn't even give orders. The damage would be great if he left now, but it was still too late.

If it were later, the situation would be difficult to predict.

But Xia Houyuan is not a second-rate general, and he may not be able to defeat you. It is not that easy to run away, not to mention there are so many helpers around him. Seeing Zhang Fei trying to turn his horse to escape, he hurriedly stepped forward to fight.

puff~
Zhang Fei thrust his spear forward at will, pierced the chest of a Cao Jun cavalryman, then lifted his body and threw him backwards, hitting Xia Houyuan.

The latter immediately raised his knife to block it, so that he would not be knocked off his horse.

It was in this empty space that Zhang Fei had run away without a trace, but his thunderous voice could still be heard clearly, "Quickly retreat! The entire army retreats. This place is not far from Fukong Mountain. At the foot of the mountain, It’s safe!”

Zhang Fei fought all the way out, not running too fast. On the one hand, he wanted to help his own people break out of the encirclement, and on the other hand, he wanted to shout the military order to withdraw.

The fog was too thick and it was impossible to see what was happening far around him. Zhang Fei could only go out and fight on his own, praying in his heart that more soldiers could escape.

Fortunately, after Huo Jun heard Zhang Fei's military order to evacuate, he broke away from Lazi's entanglement and helped clear the way along the way.

The distance from the Central Military Tent to Nanzhai was not too far, but it took a full two-quarters of an hour to run. It was not easy to fight a bloody road with Xia Houyuan leading troops behind to pursue him.

In the end, Haolai relied on his personal bravery to kill Zhang Fei, who was covered in blood, and finally tore open the encirclement of Cao Jun and opened up a way to escape.

He didn't even dare to leave directly, but stayed at the entrance of the village, fearing that the passage would be blocked again.

As a general, he has the obligation to cut off the rear. What's more, Zhang Fei knows very well how difficult it is to obtain these soldiers and horses. Liu Bei's future great cause and the dream of reviving the great Han Dynasty are all pointed at them.

This method of risking life and death really had an effect. Many Jingzhou soldiers ran out of the village entrance, and some people fled in a hurry and got out from the side railings.

No matter what, it was obvious to the naked eye that many people had fled. It was not until Xia Houyuan came out that Zhang Fei had no choice but to withdraw.

Cao Jun's pursuit remains the same. It is difficult for infantry to pursue, but it is too easy for cavalry.

Although Lin Mo's plan is to hold Liangzhou, Sizhou and Bingzhou in his hands, intending to cut off the supply of war horses to the other three princes, at this stage, Cao Cao can still obtain war horses, so Xia Houyuan's hands , there are still two or three thousand cavalry, which is enough to chase and kill.

Perhaps Zhang Fei's shouting when he ordered to evacuate had an effect, or maybe Guo Jia gave Wu Shen three orders not to pursue too deep. After reaching the foot of Fukong Mountain, Xia Houyuan ordered everyone to stop, and even turned around without daring to stay for a long time. The head left.

Back on Fukong Mountain, I didn't know this, but I was really shocked. There were about [-] people who rushed into Cao Jun's camp, but only less than [-] people came back.

Maybe some people ran out from the crossbars of other villages and came back later, but the number of this group of people was not too large. It is estimated that the number of soldiers and horses lost in this battle was no less than 6000. Zhang Fei stomped his feet in distress.

It was only half an hour from entering the stronghold to leaving the stronghold. How could so many soldiers and horses be lost? These were all elites carefully trained by myself and my second brother.
In fact, true elites cannot be made through training. Only those who need to wrestle in the bloody water on the battlefield and survive in the end can truly be worthy of the word elite.

Perhaps the quality and combat power of these Jingzhou troops have indeed made a qualitative leap compared to before, but the state of mind will never be released without the baptism of the battlefield.

Even military training wizards like Gao Shun and Chen Dao can only train a small group of ace troops by re-selecting from the elites in the military camp.

The third master obviously overestimated his and Guan Yu's abilities.

"What's going on?" Liu Bei hurried to the wounded barracks with a look of disbelief on his face. He had promised to defeat the enemy and destroy Xizhai, but why did he end up like this?

In fact, let alone Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang was also somewhat reluctant to believe the result. His first reaction was that they did not act according to their own arrangements.

"Brother, we followed the military counselor's instructions and ambush outside the Xizhai. The front was fine, just as he expected. But when the ugly moment came, I led people to rush into the military stronghold and found out that Cao Jun had an ambush early, waiting for us to jump. Go in!"

So it wasn't that they messed up their plan, but that their own intentions were discovered?
Zhuge Liang's heart suddenly sank.

Huo Jun on the side saw that Liu Bei was a little confused, so he further explained: "Xiahou Yuan was ambushing in the Chinese army's tent. The last general and the three generals were shot at by random arrows as soon as they rushed in. Xia Houyuan took advantage of the situation to rush out, and Cao Jun also followed. They are coming from all directions, and if the three generals had not fought hard to cut off the rear, they would have lost far more than five or six thousand troops."

Hearing this, Liu Bei took a step back in shock.

The promised victory over Cao's army, the promised victory over Xizhai, and the promised change of ownership of Nanjun
Not to mention that the First World War was a mirror image, and fifty or six thousand people were killed. Liu Bei's heart was bleeding.

Since the defeat of Anfeng, he has been living in Jingxiang. Cai Mao wants his life, and Liu Biao is always near and far away from him. It is not easy to gather such troops and horses. He thought it was the beginning of the journey, but it turned out to be bad news. .

"Brother! It's okay. After I rest and recuperate, I will kill him again and I will definitely kill Xia Houyuan!" Seeing that Liu Bei was in a daze and seemed to be unsteady, Zhang Fei hurriedly comforted him.

"Third brother, thank you for your hard work." Liu Bei just frowned and nodded.

He didn't say anything, but Zhuge Liang on the side knew clearly that what Liu Bei was really heartbroken about was not the loss of these soldiers and horses, at least not completely.

But after he visited the thatched cottage seven times, the military advisor he invited, and who thought he could look up to the world and be as wise as Lin Mo, was actually defeated in the first battle.

This defeat was not only a blow to his troops and horses, but also a shake in his belief.

Zhang Fei did not blame himself. Zhuge Liang knew clearly that it was because Zhang Fei was horrified by the celestial phenomena he predicted and his complete speculation on Cao's army's movements.

But Liu Bei's perspective was different. He pinned all his hopes of achieving great things, sweeping Jingxiang, and even defeating Lu Lin and reviving the Han Dynasty on himself.But he lost the first battle, and he still lost at the hands of Guo Jia.

You know, Cao Cao was defeated by Lin Mo several times, and Guo Jiake was with the army. Even in the two battles of Anfeng later, Lin Mo was not in Huainan, and Guo Jia was defeated by Zhang Liao and Jia Xu alone. .

Naturally, Guo Jia's positioning will not be too high.

But it happened that such a counselor, who had been defeated by the Lulin Group several times, made him lose his mind as the mainstay of the renaissance of the Han Dynasty. This sense of gap was the source of his confusion.

"I didn't expect Guo Jia to have such means. I misjudged his strength." This was said to Liu Bei.

In fact, it was also told to Zhuge Liang himself.

He really didn't expect Guo Jia to have such abilities.

You must know that he predicted the foggy weather in advance, and then used the trick of doubting the enemy to attack the mountain and shock the tiger. Finally, he turned against the enemy and executed four of the 36 tricks in a row. It was considered that all the traps were exhausted.

If Guo Jia wants to see through it and lay an ambush in turn, it means that he not only has to understand the occurrence of the foggy weather tonight, but also accurately predicts our army's actions. It can even be said that there is a discrepancy in any detail. In the end The effects will not be reversed like this.

Suddenly, Zhuge Liang's eyes sank, and then he sighed: "I understand, I asked Xia Houyuan to go to Xizhai a few days ago just to show off to me. He has already returned quietly."

After saying that, Zhuge Liang only felt his shoulders became heavier.

In other words, Guo Jia had completely predicted his plan two days ago. The seemingly ordinary defense change of letting Xia Houyuan go to Dongzhai was actually a trap.

"Military advisor, don't always praise him for how powerful Guo Jiaduo is. How come he is so powerful and is so submissive to Lin Mo?" Although I don't hold any grudge against Zhuge Liang for his failure, it's boring for you to always emphasize it. Listen. The appearance seems to be excusing.

Zhuge Liang laughed bitterly, and the hand holding the feather fan drooped.

Yes, Guo Jia is truly extraordinary. Whether it is astronomy, geography or military strategy, he is not inferior to him.

But such a strange person was defeated by Lin Mo. How amazing was this Lin Mo.

Zhuge Liang, who once sat in a thatched cottage and laughed and talked about the situation, realized for the first time that the geniuses in this world are really like flowers blooming, and he is not as outstanding as he thought.

I even thought that if I really met Lin Mo, would he be worse than Guo Jia?

"This defeat has shaken the morale of the military and depressed morale. It is no longer suitable to fight again in the short term."

After a while, Liu Bei sighed bitterly: "But time is not in my favor. The army's food and grass cannot last more than a month. If we need to dispatch Lingling's food and grass, people will carry horses to transport it, and the losses will be huge."

This announcement shows that he is actually suspected of complaining.

Probably, Liu Bei realized it after he said it, so he quickly stood up and looked at Zhuge Liang, and said seriously: "Kong Ming, the situation is not optimistic this time. Is there any way to break the situation?"

Defeat is a defeat, but when it comes to Zhuge Liang's tactics in this duel, Liu Bei is still convinced.

At least, in his opinion, there were really no flaws.

Guo Jia's failure can only be said to be fate.

In fact, when he was in Xuchang, Cao Cao often boasted about how powerful Guo Jia was, but he didn't see Guo Jia take action at that time, so you guessed it.

Later, I saw that Cao Cao was defeated repeatedly with his assistance, so I didn't take him seriously anymore.

God knows how difficult it would be for him to face this guy. Such a flawless arrangement failed him. It wasn't fate.

"As my lord said, we are newly defeated and it is not appropriate to use troops immediately. Please be patient for now, my lord. It won't be long before our reinforcements arrive. We will definitely defeat them in one battle." Zhuge Liang could not think of anything for a moment. Good idea.

Especially after realizing that Guo Jia's talent is likely to be greater than his own, Zhuge Liang must be more cautious and not dare to be careless in the slightest.

This battle is not easy to fight.

Fortunately, Guo Jia had prepared a big gift for him before the expedition. This unexpected appearance could not be judged by celestial phenomena.

No matter how talented he is, it will be difficult for him to act as a backup.

Hearing this, Liu Bei didn't ask too many questions, just nodded silently, and then began to help bandage the wounded soldiers.

Seeing their injuries, Liu Bei himself felt very distressed.

"That star represents Jing Xiang's control."

"Then, this is the star that represents Jingxiang's foreign enemies, also called the guest star."

"Fukong Mountain is located in the southwest of Jingxiang, so the sky above the southwest should be used as the yardstick."

Under the night, Xia Houyuan looked like a studious child. After every sentence he spoke, he looked at Guo Jia, who was pale and coughed from time to time.

After seeing him nod, he asked the next question.

In fact, it was not just Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others who had a huge change in Guo Jia, Xia Houyuan himself felt this way.

Like them, Cao Cao always praised Guo Jia in the past, but his actual record was still too little. That is to say, he showed a more eye-catching performance in Anfeng, but the opponent was not Lin Mo after all, so he was still convinced. A little worse,
But this time, Guo Jia judged the weather by observing the sky at night, and thus judged the time of Liu Jun's sneak attack. What is even more shocking is that he even deduced the overall plan, almost overlooking the battle situation from a God's perspective.

After just one battle, Xia Houyuan admired him.

No, I also started to discuss some celestial knowledge with Guo Jia.

It's a little late, but as long as you are willing to learn, you can do it anytime.

"In the southwest sky, the main star is dark and the guest star is bright."

After Xia Houyuan learned to judge the stars representing the two forces, he murmured a few words and suddenly opened his eyes, "No, sir, if we follow the Book of Changes, wouldn't it mean that it is detrimental to me and beneficial to Liu Bei?"

But he has obviously been defeated. "

Guo Jia raised his eyes and glanced at where Xia Houyuan was pointing, and managed to squeeze out a meaningful smile. No one knew what he was thinking.

After a while, he said softly: "General, the celestial phenomena are the surface, and the way of heaven is the root. You must know that the way of heaven is impermanent. You cannot completely believe it, otherwise you will only be burdened by it and cannot be used by me."

Xia Houyuan showed an expression of sudden realization, nodded repeatedly and said: "What Mr. said seems to have a meaning. Can man conquer nature?"

Guo Jia smiled and said nothing and continued to look at the sky.

Xia Houyuan didn't ask any more questions and looked at the stars in the night sky quietly.

This knowledge is difficult to understand, and of course it cannot be fully understood with just a few words. Fortunately, with the role model, he is happy to learn.

When the two of them looked up at the sky, a star suddenly fell in the northwest.

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught the scene of Guo Jia with an expressionless face, but his right hand was obviously shaking for a moment.

"Sir, is that in the northwest sky? Does it represent us or Lu Bu's northern kingdom?" Xia Houyuan asked cautiously, knowing that the falling stars were not good news.

Guo Jia did not answer him directly, but turned to look at the west, missing the man who regarded him as a treasure.

"General, I've thought of a plan below that may defeat the enemy."

(End of this chapter)