Daqin arrests alchemists, what does it matter to me as a qi refiner?

Chapter 216 Sudden reinforcements! If not my brother, who are you?

As expected, Liu Bei was overtaken by Cao Cao's pursuers.

Three days ago.

Cao Cao's goal is the entire south, so naturally he will not limit his vision to one city.

If you want to attack the south along the waterway, Jiangling is the threshold that cannot be bypassed.

If he fails to capture Jiangling, all of Cao's army's offensives will be in vain.

But there was another Liu Bei near Jiangling. Cao Cao was very worried that Liu Bei would take the lead in occupying Jiangling and defend the city.

That would cause him great trouble.

So at the beginning of the war, after learning that Liu Bei had left Xiangyang, Cao Cao immediately sent out five thousand cavalry, abandoned their baggage, and traveled day and night, hoping to stop Liu Bei before he rushed to Jiangling.

But the incident happened suddenly, and Cao Cao's preparation was not complete.

Just when Cao Cao thought the situation was about to become very troublesome, a turning point appeared!

When Cao Cao learned that Liu Bei was taking hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians with him, he was so happy that his mouth almost burst into tears.

"Liu Bei, Liu Bei, you are asking for death! You can't blame others!"

"A woman's kindness has harmed you!"

If Liu Bei abandons everything and goes directly to Jiangling to defend himself, Cao Cao's offensive will become very difficult.

But with so much drag, Liu Bei's marching speed would definitely not be too fast, so Cao Cao would have enough time to take Jiangling.

Afterwards, relying on Jiangling, Cao Jun's offensive can be launched quickly!

Not only that, Cao Cao might be able to take this opportunity to kill Liu Bei and his gang members in one fell swoop!

Cao Cao is not a fool, so he naturally knows the threat of Liu Bei.

In these troubled times, although Liu Bei's kindness to women is very stupid, there is no doubt that this is the most popular move.

You can tell just by looking at the people's soldiers who are willing to flee with Liu Bei.

At this time, Liu Bei is undoubtedly a huge danger to Cao Cao.

He must nip this person in the bud.

Otherwise, Liu Bei will definitely become his powerful opponent in the world!

Cao Cao was not a benevolent king, let alone a reasonable gentleman.

What he has always pursued is to take advantage of his illness to kill him!

Considering that the other party has the people with him, why don't you kill him? This is simply nonsense!

Nowadays, soldiers are very fast, and the competition is to see who is faster.

Liu Bei is faster, so he can go to Jiangling first and rely on natural dangers to build defenses.

Then Cao Cao's attack will encounter the first difficulty.

If you can't even win Jiangling, let alone fight for world hegemony.

But if Cao Cao were to catch up with Liu Bei first, or even take Jiangling directly, not to mention Liu Bei, I'm afraid Sun Quan would also be in danger.

The competition is all about speed!

But with so many encumbrances, how could Liu Bei be as good as Cao Cao?

What's more, Cao Cao also sent five thousand cavalry, with light chariots and simple followers, to pursue him all the way!

The result is self-evident. Liu Bei was caught up by Cao Cao's men without any surprise.

Dangyang Changbanpo, Liu Bei and his group of civilian soldiers met Cao Cao's five thousand cavalry unexpectedly.

Both sides were stunned for less than a breath, and then they were ready to fight.

Looking at the enemy's five thousand cavalry, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but be shocked.

The best thing didn't happen, and the back-up plan he prepared finally happened.

After communicating with Qin Tian that day, Zhuge Liang thought about how to solve this situation if it really happened.

Logically speaking, there is only one way to die at this time, but it is by no means without life.

"Although Liu Bei himself is a benevolent woman, his two younger brothers Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are fierce generals who are rarely matched in this world."

"Give them enough troops, and they may be able to create miracles that ordinary people can't imagine."

Qin Tian's judgment has always been accurate, and Zhuge Liang is naturally willing to believe Qin Tian.

In particular, Guan Yu's strength was extremely extraordinary, and his reputation for killing Hua Xiong with warm wine is still vivid in his mind.

So Zhuge Liang sent Guan Yu to lead the people down the river.

One is because Guan Yu is quite powerful and can deal with enemies if he encounters them.

Yes, even if you go down the river, it is not foolproof. Cao Jun may also chase him along the river.

Although the possibility of abandoning the rear supply line and attacking Huanglong is very low, Zhuge Liang still has to consider the possibility of this happening.

Letting Guan Yu take some of the people to leave first was also a layer of insurance.

The second layer of insurance is Zhang Fei!

Zhang Fei may appear to be a tough guy, but he is actually extremely careful and extremely brave on the battlefield.

After Qin Tian's reminder, Zhuge Liang had already anticipated this situation, so he sent Zhang Fei to meet the enemy without hesitation!

Thanks to the fact that there are so many people following Liu Bei, there are naturally many soldiers among them.

Facing 5,000 soldiers who had abandoned their supplies and supplies, Zhang Fei only had 800 cavalry, but he was not without a chance of victory.

If the enemy rushes into the people and kills them, they can certainly create chaos, but they will also fall into the quagmire of the crowd.

There is only death waiting for them!

However, the order Zhang Fei received was not to fight to the death with the enemy at all, but to delay as much as possible.

In this way, the enemy may become angry and attack the people, but this is a necessary loss.

For the sake of righteousness, we can only abandon those people.

Of course, Zhuge Liang would not tell Zhang Fei, let alone Liu Bei, such a decision.

Because he knew that once he said it, things would definitely not develop as he imagined.

"You just need to lead and harass them, and the other party will never dare to rush into the people and fight."

Zhuge Liang said confidently: "Because the enemy will worry about whether this is our plan. Once they rush in, you can cut off their escape and eliminate them all here!"

The advantage of the cavalry is speed. Without speed, they are just at the mercy of others.

"As long as the enemy generals are not stupid pigs, they will never make such a decision!"

Zhuge Liang said confidently: "And the person who can be sent by Cao Cao to chase you, how can he be a stupid pig?"

Zhang Fei seemed to feel something, but he said nothing and set off with his soldiers.

Liu Bei was in a anxious mood, and naturally he couldn't notice Zhuge Liang's thoughts.

At this moment, he was in a state of confusion, and naturally it was whatever the military advisor said.

Soon, Zhang Fei led eight hundred cavalry against the five thousand people.

The two sides faced off for a long time and did not act rashly.

But as Zhuge Liang said, time is on their side.

As long as they pass Changbanpo, the enemy will definitely not dare to pursue them. This is already deep into the hinterland, the terrain is complex, and there are many enemy troops.

Whether Liu Bei can be found or not, he also said that maybe everyone will die here.

Changban Slope is a hurdle. After passing Changban Slope, Liu Bei's heart can be half relieved.

Zhang Fei's eight hundred cavalry were a hurdle, and the infantrymen who were protecting tens of thousands of people slowly retreating were another hurdle.

No one knows whether the other side will use the people as shields. If the enemy uses the people as human shields, even their five thousand cavalry will be punished on the spot!

Not to mention that they have to bear the infamy of massacring people!

The general of Cao's army couldn't help but cursed fiercely when he saw this scene.

"Whoever wants to say Liu Bei is a benevolent and righteous person in the future, I will tell him! This is simply shameless, especially shameless!"

Using the people as human shields isn't enough to show Liu Bei's shamelessness!

But we can't continue to put it off like this. If he watched Liu Bei leave, he would not only have done nothing, but would have made a mistake.

At this time, even if they die, they have to give it a try!

Cao Jun retreated slowly.

Zhang Fei's expression was not only not relaxed, but also very vigilant.

Of course he would not believe that these five thousand cavalry would let them leave. The other party retreated obviously to open up their formation and start charging!

The atmosphere instantly became chilly.

A breeze blew by, and with a loud shout, Cao Jun suddenly began to charge.

Obviously, he wants to stop Liu Bei here regardless of the situation and fight to hurt both sides!

Zhang Fei tightened his grip on the spear and began to mobilize his troops.

Facing the charge of the cavalry, standing there stupidly is undoubtedly an act of waiting for death.

Liu Bei would never let Zhang Fei retreat, because there were countless people behind him.

But it was Zhuge Liang who gave Zhang Fei the order at this time. At this point, Zhang Fei can only choose to trust the military advisor's judgment!

Just when the two sides were about to come into contact, a batch of bows and arrows suddenly shot out from the forest on one side.

The number of bows and arrows was not large, but it was enough to slightly block Cao Jun's charge!

The expressions of Cao Jun's generals suddenly changed.

Is it possible that this is the enemy's plan? It seems that they are easy to kill without any resistance, but there are countless soldiers hidden in the mountains and forests on one side, just waiting for him to get into his pocket?

Thinking of this, Cao Jun's charging speed suddenly slowed down, and there was even a tendency to turn around and leave.

Five thousand cavalry are an extremely important force no matter which dynasty they are placed in. Even Cao Cao today would be very heartbroken by this kind of loss.

When they saw the bows and arrows fired from one side, not to mention Cao Jun, even Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang were stunned.

What? Do we have reinforcements? How come we don't know?

Zhuge Liang's mind was wandering and he didn't know where these people came from.

These people are definitely not Sun Quan's troops. Even if they know the truth of the death of lips and teeth, how could Sun Quan send people to help in such a situation?

And looking at those people's offensive, they don't look like regular troops.

If it were Sun Quan's people, there would never be only such a few people, and Zhuge Liang should have received the news long ago.

For a moment, the battlefield was in a stalemate due to the sudden reinforcements coming from no one knew where they came from.

Waiting like this is never an option.

Seeing that Liu Bei was about to leave, General Cao Jun couldn't sit still.

He has wasted too much time here, and if he continues like this, he might really get nothing!

Now he has two choices.

Either turn around and leave, pretending that you didn't see anything, or just rush over and fight with the opponent!

General Cao Jun's eyes flashed, obviously he was struggling.

But soon, he made a decision.

He judged that Liu Bei had absolutely no support at this time, and the offensive in the mountains and forests was just a bluff!

"Give me my order, all soldiers, follow me and charge!"

"Make a great contribution, today, take down Liu Bei!"

"Get Liu Bei!"

"Get Liu Bei!"

Accompanied by bursts of shouts to kill, the five thousand cavalry finally moved.

As the enemy got closer and the shouts of death got louder, the worst happened.

After all, there was some chaos in the team of tens of thousands of people.

Zhang Fei also moved, but instead of facing the enemy, he was preparing to harass from the flank.

As long as the other party is not allowed to enter and exit at will, Zhang Fei's goal will be achieved.

The two sides quickly connected with each other, and then separated at the touch of a button.

The strength gap between the two sides is still quite large.

Cao's army's 5,000 cavalry were all elite, and although Zhang Fei had 800 cavalry, they were not comparable in terms of quality.

Even though Zhang Fei was extremely brave, Zhang Fei lost more than a hundred people in just one confrontation!

I'm afraid that if it happens twice more, no, even if it only takes one handover, even Zhang Fei will have to retreat to the team.

But at this moment, hundreds of people suddenly appeared in the surrounding mountains and forests!

The soldiers who kept rushing out of the forest seemed to be an endless stream, and they quickly gathered into a pile.

The man at the head was a sturdy man, holding a long sword, and was very brave.

"Wei Yan of Yiyang is here, who dares to step forward!"

These thousands of people only have a dozen horses, and most of them only have a long sword, and they don't even have armor.

At a glance, you can tell which bandit is coming out of the mountain den.

Not to mention Cao Jun's 5,000 cavalry, even Zhang Fei's 800 cavalry only needed one charge to disperse this team.

To put it bluntly, these people are no different from the ragtag Yellow Turban Army back then.

But it happened that these thousands of people blocked the path of Cao Jun's advance, making the general of Cao Jun hesitate to move forward.

Could it be...that it was really a scam?

Seeing these people, Zhang Fei was confused, and Zhuge Liang was also confused.

Where did these people come from?

If not my brother, who are you?

But in this situation, no one is destined to be able to give the answer!

"Hahahaha, your grandfather Zhang Fei is here, who dares to come forward and fight!"

Zhang Fei didn't know what was happening, but he knew that these people must be friendly forces, and this was their chance!

Having said that, Zhang Fei actually rode his horse forward, apparently intending to fight Cao Jun head-on!

"Zhang Fei is here, who dares to come forward and fight!"

Zhang Fei roared angrily and charged forward with eight hundred cavalry!

As if to confirm Zhang Fei's words, a sparse rain of arrows was shot out from the forest on the other side.

These arrows did not even hurt Cao Jun's hair, but they became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Especially Zhang Fei, whose eyes were red, looked like Shura, which made everyone present feel frightened!

"Zhang Fei is here, who dares to come forward and fight!"

"Zhang Fei is here, who dares to come forward and fight!!"

"Zhang Fei is here, who dares to come forward and fight!!!"

With three more roars, Zhang Fei led eight hundred cavalry into Cao's camp and massacred them.

The enemy had been frightened for a long time. How could he dare to fight back at this time? He fled in a hurry with his cavalry!

Zhang Fei looked fierce, but in fact he didn't cause much damage to the enemy at all.

Including the previous confrontation, Cao Jun only lost dozens of people.

But the sight of Zhang Fei chasing down five thousand cavalrymen and killing them was so amazing that everyone present was stunned.

Zhang Fei chased him for a long time before the rest of them realized what was happening and started chasing after him!

At this moment, Zhuge Liang couldn't even hold the feather fan in his hand.

This world is so crazy, how could something like this happen?

(End of this chapter)