Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 302 Defeat at Hanjinkou

Neither Wei Yan nor Cao Zhang moved, they were waiting quietly. Wei Yan was waiting for Li Song to come, while Cao Zhang was trying to delay the time so that Cao Ang could run further.

Not long after, Li Cunxiao, Xu Chu, Luo Cheng, Pei Yuanqing, etc. came to Changbanpo, and saw Cao Zhang standing on the bridge alone, with dust flying behind him, worried that there might be an ambush, so they stopped.

Li Cunxiao rode his horse up to Wei Yan and asked, "Master Wen, you came here first, can you figure out what's going on?"

"To tell you the truth, general, when I arrived at this time, I saw Huang Beard Cao Zhang riding alone on the bridge. To the east, there was a lot of dust flying in the woods. I'm afraid there are many soldiers and horses lying in ambush there. I dare not move rashly." Wei Yan said .

"Hmph! There's no need to worry about it. Send someone up to try it and you'll know if it's true or not." Pei Yuanqing said.

"No! Zhuge Liang is full of tricks! What if this is Zhuge Liang's trick again? In my opinion, it's better to be careful." Zhang Yun, who had suffered in Xinye, hurriedly said.

"Junyi, could it be that you were scared out of your wits by Zhuge Liang? Why are you so timid? You just send some people to try, and there will be no loss. Why are you so afraid of this?" Pei Yuanqing said.

"Okay! It's better to be careful! In my opinion, it's safer to inform the Prime Minister of this matter." Luo Cheng said, everyone hastily seconded, and immediately sent someone to notify Li Song.

Soon Li Song came to the Changban Bridge and stopped to look. The scene in front of him was very similar to that described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but the person standing on the bridge was changed. It was not Zhang Fei from Yan, but Zhang Fei. Cao Cao's yellow-bearded son Cao Zhang.

Cao Zhang opened his eyes wide, and faintly saw the rear army's green umbrella cover and Yue Yue banner coming, so he guessed that the person who came was Li Song, and it depended on this time whether he could fool them.

Cao Zhang immediately bluffed and shouted: "I am Cao Zhang of the Pei Kingdom! Who dares to fight to the death with me?"

Li Song asked: "Is it really Cao Cao's yellow-bearded son Cao Zhang on the bridge?"

"Prime Minister! It is undoubtedly Cao Zhang! The last general has seen this person before." Yu Jin said.

"I heard that Cao Zhang was called "Huang Xu'er" by Cao Cao because of his yellow beard. Before he was weak, he liked to fight fierce tigers. He had great arm strength and was not good at writing, but he was good at archery and driving since he was a child. He was a rare general." Li Song said.

Yu Jin nodded, yes, Li Song looked at the people not moving forward, so he knew that he was worried about the ambush, and he didn't dare to act rashly. There is no ambush in Changbanpo, but it was just Cao Zhang's deceit. To be fooled.

"I have seen through the enemy's plot, but it's just a bluff! If there is no ambush, who would dare to fight Cao Zhang?" Li Song laughed.

"The final general would like to learn about Cao Zhang's skills!" Guan Sheng clasped his fists in a salute, and then rode out on his horse and shouted, "Son Cao Zhang, give me a knife."

Cao Zhang didn't talk nonsense, so he sat down on his horse and stepped forward to face Guan Sheng. The two fought for dozens of rounds, regardless of the outcome.

Seeing this, Cao Zhang blocked Guan Sheng's knife with one move. He pulled out his horse and called more than twenty riders to flee for their lives.

But when Cao Ang and others approached Hanjin, they suddenly saw dust heads rising up behind them, drums were beating all over the sky, and shouts were shaking the ground.Cao Ang sighed: "There is a big river in front, and there are pursuers behind. How can this be good?"

"Cao Pi! Cao Zhen, Xia Houshang, set up an formation to meet the enemy. Since there is no way to retreat, we will fight the enemy here to the death!" Cao Ang pressed the hilt of his sword with one hand and held the silver gun tightly with the other.

"Promise!" Cao Pi and others responded, and hurriedly led their subordinates to set up a battle formation here, intending to fight the enemy. If they win, they will have a chance of survival, and if they lose, they will die here.

Li Song ordered the army to speed up and make sure to catch Cao Ang. Li Song said: "Cao Ang is just a fish in a cauldron and a tiger in a trap. If you can't catch him at this time, it will be like letting the fish into the sea and the tiger returning to the mountain. Will work hard to move forward.”

All the generals took the lead and chased after them one by one.Suddenly, at the sound of drums behind the hillside, a group of soldiers and horses flew out, shouting, "I've been waiting here for a long time! The thief comes quickly and dies!"

The general at the head held a saber in his hand and sat down on a thousand-mile steed. It turned out to be Xia Houba, who went to Jiangxia to borrow [-] horses to find out about the battle at Changban in Dangyang, so he specially cut off from this road.

When Cao Cao saw that it was Xiahouba who came, he couldn't help but chuckled and said, "You are just a child with a yellow mouth! If you dare to be rampant here, who would like to go and capture him?"

"The final general is willing to capture him alive for the prime minister!" After Li Cunxiao said that, he rode his horse out and went straight to Xiahouba. As soon as the two fought, Xiahouba was captured alive by Li Cunxiao and Li Song.

"Okay! Cunxiao is really brave! Detain Xiahouba first, so that he can take care of him. After capturing Cao Ang, we will behead him together. Let's continue to pursue Cao Ang." After Li Song said, he led the army to continue chasing and killing Cao Ang.

A cavalry flew to report to Cao Ang, and Xia Houba was captured alive, and the army he led was heading towards this place.Cao Ang burst into tears when he heard this, and said, "I'm the one who hurt Brother Xiahouba."

Everyone hurriedly persuaded Cao Ang to let him relax, and Xia Houba would be fine.

As he was speaking, he suddenly saw war drums beating loudly on the south bank of the river, and boats like ants came sailing with the wind.Xuande was shocked.When the boat envoy came to see a man in white robe and silver armor standing on the bow of the boat, it was Liu Qi who came.

Liu Qi checked Cao Ang's army and shouted, "Where is Mr.! Liu Qi came here to meet you."

"Young Master! I'm here!" Zhuge Liang stretched out his hand and shook Liu Qi, shouting.

Liu Qi was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the warship to dock. Liu Qi jumped off the warship, came to Zhuge Liang, stretched out his hand to hold Zhuge Liang's hand, and said, ignoring Cao Ang's existence, "Mr.

Zhuge Liang was overjoyed, so he led Cao Ang and others to join forces with Liu Qi, and let the boat go.Going down the river, when Li Song led his army to arrive, the warship had already gone, but he had no choice but to withdraw his troops and make another plan.

On the warship, everyone discussed the policy of defeating Li.Kongming said: "Xiakou City is dangerous, and there is still a lot of money and food. It is a long-standing place. Please come and live in Xiakou, my lord."

Zhuge Liang turned his head to Liu Qi and said, "Since I returned to Jiangxia, my son has rectified his warships and packed up his weapons. He and my lord have fought against each other, so that we can resist Li Song. If we return to Jiangxia together, we will be alone and alone." .”

Liu Qi said: "The words of the military adviser are very kind. But I want to ask General Cao Ang to go to Jiangxia temporarily; to rectify the army and horses, it will not be too late to return to Xiakou."

Liu Qi said so, but his eyes never left Zhuge Liang. As for Cao Ang, he had nothing to do with Liu Qi's eldest son. What he cared about was Zhuge Liang, not Cao Ang.

Cao Ang naturally understood Liu Qi's intentions, and by inviting himself to Jiangxia, he was actually playing Zhuge Liang's idea, wanting to poach his corner, Cao Ang also looked at Zhuge Liang, and the latter nodded to him.

Cao Ang hurriedly said: "What the eldest son said is true, then Cao Ang will take the liberty to disturb!" So he left Cao Zhang and led five thousand troops to guard Xiakou, and Cao Ang, Kong Ming and Liu Qi joined Jiangxia.

(End of this chapter)