The Three Kingdoms Fight for the Deer

Chapter 62
Chen Deng was also taken aback. He never thought that Zhao Yun's cavalry could ride and shoot, but his reaction was fast enough, and he immediately ordered: "Don't panic, the sword and shield soldiers hold up their shields to resist, and the archers fight back! !"

After a while of panic, Chen Dengjun fought back in a hurry. Although there were many soldiers, his proficiency in operating bows and arrows, and the degree of cooperation with sword and shield soldiers were not at all tacit, and they could not cause much damage to Zhao Yun's soldiers. This shows that the soldiers and horses in Xiapi City should be very lack of training.

"Turn the horse's head and retreat back, the rear army becomes the front army, and the front army becomes the rear army." Seeing Chen Deng ordering to shoot, Zhao Yun immediately chose to retreat. It is not a wise choice to shoot cavalry and archers in the city, let alone Chen Deng also set up a tripping rope and a horse-repelling gun. He couldn't charge at all, so retreating was the most sensible choice. He didn't need to fight Chen Deng in a war of attrition in the city. It was not worthwhile to exchange one cavalry for five infantry.

The cavalry retreated as fast as they marched. Before Chen Deng's soldiers could shoot, the cavalry had already retreated nearly fifty steps. It was clear at a glance which soldiers had higher combat qualities.

"Damn it, this Zhao Yun is so smart that he chose to retreat instead of charging. If I charge, I can at least keep half of his soldiers and horses." Although he is an enemy, Chen Deng also admires Zhao Yun from the bottom of his heart. Why do generals worry about Li Yuan?

When he saw Zhao Yunjun retreating between the two rows of houses, Chen Deng suddenly shouted: "The archers lying in ambush on the roof shoot!"

The archer who heard the order stood up from the roof and shot at Zhao Yun's army horse with a bow and arrow. To Zhao Yun's surprise, he did not expect Chen Deng to ambush the archer on the roof. Fortunately, he was also prepared and ordered: "Raise the shield for cover, retreat quickly, and retreat to an open space without archers."

The cavalry under Zhao Yun's command were all equipped with shields that could withstand arrows. After hearing Zhao Yun's order, the cavalry immediately raised their shields to block the arrows. Although they responded in a timely manner, dozens of cavalry were still shot. People were shot off their horses, and a dozen others were shot on their horses. The horses threw off the soldiers in pain. Zhao Yun was very distressed when he saw this scene. These soldiers were trained with great difficulty.

Seeing Zhao Yun retreating, Chen Deng knew that it was time to fight back. He ordered the soldiers to remove the tripping ropes and horse-rejection guns, and asked the archers to put away their bows and arrows and take out their swords. Regardless of his status as a scribe, he raised his long sword and led the army to attack Zhao Yun. Before attacking, he knew that there was only one chance, and it was very important to seize the opportunity. If Zhao Yun reacted and organized another charge, they would have no chance of winning.

"This Chen Deng is really powerful. He even dared to lead the troops to launch a counterattack." Zhao Yun felt a little admiration for Chen Deng in his heart. A lot of people.

Just as Zhao Yun was about to order resistance, at this moment, a burst of shouts came from the south gate. Zhao Yun was overjoyed when he heard this, but Chen Deng secretly cried out that something was wrong. , I saw a large group of soldiers swarming in from the city gate. Although there were a large number of people, the queue was orderly and not chaotic at all.

"The governor of Yuzhou, Li Yuan, is here. Tao Qian, why don't you get off your horse and surrender quickly, do you want to see the loss of your soldiers in vain?" A black horse came down to the front of the formation surrounded by many soldiers.

Looking around, Chen Deng saw that the visitor had sword eyebrows and tiger eyes, and was very heroic. He was wearing a maned lion helmet, a black chain mail armor, a black cloak on his shoulders, and a golden gun with a tiger's head in his hand. He was majestic. With a murderous look, he is not someone to be provoked at first sight.

When Chen Deng's soldiers heard Li Yuan's name, they couldn't help panicking. The story of Li Yuan's battle against Lv Fengxian in Hulaoguan had already been spread all over the world. In many people's hearts, he was the God of War.

Chen Deng was a little flustered when he saw Li Yuan being so majestic. The soldiers under him were already weak before fighting. It really was the name of a person, the shadow of a tree, but he still mustered up his courage and scolded: "Li Yuan, you invaded my Xuzhou city. It is really the worst crime, my lord has no grievances with you, why do you want to attack?"

"Who are you to report your name?" Li Yuan pointed at Chen Deng with the tip of his gun.

Although separated by a long distance, Chen Deng seemed to be able to feel the murderous aura on the tip of the gun. His back was sweating uncontrollably, and his clothes were wet after a while. He gritted his teeth and said, "I am Chen Deng, Chen Yuanlong from Xiapi. The lord has already left Xiapi, you are trying to harm him!"

Li Yuan looked at Chen Deng with both eyes. In his impression, although Chen Deng was not a person who was greedy for life and fear of death, the Chen family always focused on self-protection. He did not expect that Chen Deng would dare to lead the army against Zhao Yun himself at this time, but it was true if he thought about it. The current Chen Deng is still young. Although he is resourceful, he is far less mature than Chen Gui, and he is inevitably impulsive.

"Junior Brother, did Tao Qian really run away?" Li Yuan originally wanted to capture Tao Qian alive, but Tao Qian's capture in Xuzhou was his bag, but he was a step too late.

"Yes, third senior brother, I couldn't find any trace of Tao Qian in the Governor's Mansion. I think I should have run away, so I ask senior brother to blame me." Zhao Yun said apologetically.

"Junior brother, don't say such things. You captured Xiapi in just a few days. This is the first achievement. What a crime. Tao Qian escaped, so he escaped. I still have a chance to chase him back now. , do you know where he fled to?" Li Yuan would not blame Zhao Yun, he was very happy when he learned that Zhao Yun was going to use a bluff to attack Pi, and thought that Zhao Yun was indeed a famous general, and he was absolutely capable of commanding troops. No less than Huang Zhong.

"If I guess correctly, Tao Qian should have fled to Xiaopei." Zhao Yun replied.

"How did General Zhao know that Tao Qian fled to Xiaopei?" A war horse came out behind Li Yuan, and the one riding on it was none other than the military adviser Xi Zhicai. Li Yuan didn't want him to come with him at first, because Afraid that he would be injured on the battlefield, he wanted to take him over after officially taking over Xia Pi, but Xi Zhicai insisted on coming and Li Yuan had no choice but to do as he wanted.

"Reporting to the military division, Tao Qian can only flee to Xiaopei and Langya at this time. Chen Deng lined up heavy guards in the direction leading to Xiaopei, and sent only a few troops in the direction leading to Langya. Therefore, we It is estimated that Tao Qian should flee in the direction of Xiaopei." Zhao Yun expressed his opinion.

Xi Zhicai smiled wryly and said: "General Zhao's prediction was wrong. This is Chen Deng's suspicious strategy. He knows that General Zhao's cavalry is extremely fast. If he chases after him, he will definitely be able to catch up with Tao Qian, so he deliberately sent a small number of troops to guard Langya. Sending a large number of soldiers and horses to guard Xiaopei's direction is actually to divert your attention and make you make a wrong judgment."

After listening to Xi Zhicai's words, Zhao Yun suddenly realized that he had fallen into Chen Deng's trick, and immediately regretted it.

Chen Deng was startled, and looked at Xi Zhicai in disbelief, feeling that the person in front of him was really scary, but he saw through his suspicious tactics in an instant, if he had followed Zhao Yun before, Tao Qian might be doomed.

"General Zhao, don't blame yourself. You may be able to catch up with the cavalry now. After chasing Tao Qian, you must be captured alive." Xi Zhicai knew that Zhao Yun was not at fault. Zhao Yun took four thousand cavalry to attack Xiapi. I'm afraid it would be a bit embarrassing for him to see through Chen Deng's suspicious tactics on the spot.

"Okay, I'll go now. Fortunately, just in case, I had someone lead five hundred cavalry to chase in the direction of Langya. If I'm lucky, they may have caught up." Zhao Yun stopped talking and led the cavalry to the north. The city gate marched.

Chen Deng knew that Zhao Yun was going to chase Tao Qian, how could he let him go so easily, and immediately asked soldiers to stop Zhao Yun, "The soldiers under his command obey orders, then Zhao Yun wants to chase the lord, and the lord treats me with such kindness as a mountain, so what shall we do?" Let Zhao Yun leave, stop him for me!"

The soldiers under Chen Deng's command took action immediately when they heard about it. Although Tao Qian was not a master of great talent and strategy, he was still a virtuous master. He treated the people very well, so he won the hearts of the people, and the soldiers loved him very much. Hearing that Zhao Yun was going to chase Tao Qian's soldiers They all tried their best to stop Zhao Yun, but Zhao Yun was unable to launch an effective charge for a while.

(End of this chapter)