Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2100 Why does the correct action not have the correct result

Cao Zhen is not a mediocre general. As a general of the Cao family who has successfully developed in the middle and late stages, his skills are naturally not weak. Even if Liao Hua turned his head to avoid it, You Zi felt a strong wind blowing across his neck. The wind pressure made my throat ache!

  Almost at the same time, Cao Zhen also turned his side to pass Liao Hua's vertical chop like Mount Tai. Although Liao Hua changed slightly in the end, he still didn't catch up with Cao Zhen's pace. He just drew shining sparks on his arm armor, which didn't leave any deep memory for Cao Zhen.

   As soon as the two fought against each other, they immediately knew each other's strengths and depths, and became more cautious than before. After confronting each other for a few breaths, they shouted at the same time, stepped forward, and fought again!

  The two sides met each other, Cao Zhen kicked his legs fiercely, accelerated again in an instant, stretched his arms, and even used the saber like a short spear.

Most people use the saber mainly for slashing, but Cao Zhen's skill of using the saber as a short spear can make full use of the length of the saber for a while. Another aspect is to notice Liao Hua's previous agility. The way of chopping is easy to be dodged by Liao Hua.

   Liao Hua didn't expect the change of Cao Zhen's sword technique. He didn't have time to think about it on the spot, so he changed the trajectory of the saber. Instead of intercepting the tip of Cao Zhen's knife, he slashed at Cao Zhen's outstretched arm!

  No matter how the tip of the knife changes, the point of force is still on Cao Zhen's arm!

  Cao Zhen stretched his right hand forward, his saber was too powerful, and he didn't have time to change it. Seeing Liao Hua slashing with his saber vigorously, he could only lift up the shield in his left hand to block Liao Hua's saber!

  『Dang! 』

   The sword and shield collided with each other, splashing sparks all over the sky!

  Liao Hua's strength was tyrannical, coupled with Cao Zhen's hasty block, and under the sudden impact, Cao Zhen couldn't hold back his strength, so he couldn't help but staggered back a step, his heart jumped suddenly, and he screamed inwardly!

   Sure enough, in the swaying flames, I saw Liao Hua holding a knife in both hands, and he was already following him like a shadow. He came straight to Cao Zhen, and the sword slashed down like lightning!

Cao Zhen, who hadn't fully adjusted his figure, didn't have time to do any other evasive actions. He could only shout angrily, stand up the shield, and while trying his best to shrink his vitals behind the shield, he poked his sword out from the edge of the shield. , Like a poisonous snake, it stabbed towards Liao Hua's waist!

  Liao Hua didn't even look at the saber that Cao Zhen stabbed, but just slashed down with all his strength!

  『Dang! Dangdang..." Liao Hua was like a blacksmith hitting a flaming iron block with a hammer, bursting out bursts of sparks on Cao Zhen's shield!

Shields generally have two handles. The arm passes through one of them and then holds the other in the palm of the hand to fix the shield so as to avoid the flipping displacement when blocking. But the problem is that although this fixing method strengthens the lateral stability , but only rely on the rotation of the palm and wrist to adjust and control in the vertical direction. In comparison, naturally there is not enough strength to support and resist repeated slashing. Adjust the angle of your own arm according to the direction of the opponent's cutting force.

But the problem is that Liao Hua's saber is like lightning, and he cuts several times in an instant. In addition, Cao Zhen covered up his vitals, including his own face, for the sake of safety. How could he see Liao Hua's face through the shield? The direction of the subsequent cuts?

  Of course Liao Hua couldn't see the angle of Cao Zhen's arm behind the shield, but Liao Hua could judge the weak defense in that direction based on how hard Cao Zhen's shield was when the saber hit the shield!

   After two or three cuts, Liao Hua found the right direction, and made two consecutive cuts, almost at the same position, and immediately chopped Cao Zhen's shield backwards!

  Cao Zhen was so shocked that he couldn't continue to adjust his defense, let alone counter attack. He could only follow the force of Liao Hua's slash, and a lazy donkey rolled out of Liao Hua's attack range in embarrassment.

Liao Hua slashed continuously, expending a lot of energy, panting sharply, and did not continue to chase Cao Zhen. He turned his head to look at the guard behind him. It's one finger Cao Zhen...

  Guard Liao Hua didn't say a word, stepped forward, raised his hand and shot!

  『Fuck! 』

  Cao Zhen is really out of his mind at this moment! Under the desire to survive, Cao Zhen didn't even have time to stand up, but just used all his limbs on the ground like a wild dog, and jumped to the side suddenly!

The crossbow arrows are strong, and at such a short distance, even if Cao Zhen avoided the vital points, he could not avoid other parts. Between the flashes and flints, blood bloomed like epiphyllum in the night. Cao Zhen, who was hit by the arrow, flew backwards on the ground!

   These few times, the changes were so fast that the surrounding soldiers didn't even realize it. When they saw Cao Zhen was wounded and defeated, they stood there blankly, and then suddenly came to their senses and rushed forward!

  Liao Hua's subordinates were fighting for Cao Zhen's head, while Cao Zhen's guards were trying to stop him while scrambling to save Cao Zhen, but pushed Liao Hua to the back row...

Amidst the swaying light and shadow, Liao Hua seemed to see Cao Zhen being lifted or supported through the gaps in the shadows, as if he had been shot in the legs and feet, and could only curl up with one foot and jump with the other, staggering away. I couldn't help but clicked my tongue, but there was no need or desire to continue chasing and killing, because compared to taking the head of a general, the most important thing is to complete the established strategic goals!

Liao Hua let out a loud roar, and re-entered the front line. After losing Cao Zhen's commanding defense, and the original Nanying chief was incapable of combat power, it collapsed like snow melting, and the entire camp fell into a huge disaster. In the chaos!

In Hanshui Beiying, although Xu Yu was brave, he was not a fool. He knew that it was impossible to attack Cao Jun's camp with nearly a thousand cavalry. It's just to deal with Liao Hua in the southern camp, to create more attack windows for Liao Hua, not to really attack Cao Jun's camp.

  Thus, although Xu Yu came aggressively, but when he saw Cao Jun starting to line up outside the camp like muddy water flowing out, he immediately ordered to retreat.

  『Woo…』

In the sound of the horn, the cavalry, who seemed to be about to see life and death with Cao Jun, immediately turned around, and then threw the torches on the ground in front of them, covering each other and exiting the range of the firelight. They came suddenly and retreated equally suddenly. By the time Cao Jun reacted, they had disappeared into the darkness.

It was the first hour of Yinshi, the darkest time before dawn, and the Cao Jun soldiers who were dazzled by the fire in the camp couldn't see where the hussars without torches were. They could only hear the sound of horseshoes. No one was there.

  Cao Ren sent a group of Cao Jun infantry out to try and pursue them, but they were quickly shot back by a burst of arrows. Hussars have always been versatile, and their attack power as temporary archers is not much smaller than that of infantry archers.

  The problem was in front of Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren. Should he withdraw his troops and return to the camp? It was safe, but there was still an hour or so before the fate, and there was no guarantee that the opponent would come again. Should he send troops or not? What's more, the original plan of Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren was to attack Fancheng. Although the southern camp is said to be chaotic, Fancheng is obviously more attractive, and it is impossible to give up completely.

  So under Cao Ren's order, Cao Jun began to advance forward with torches, and Cao Xiu also led cavalry around the infantry line, preparing to cooperate with Cao Jun's infantry and swallow these cavalry in Fancheng in one fell swoop!

  Cao Xiu led the cavalry towards Fancheng diagonally from behind the infantry array. His main task was not to fight directly with the opponent's cavalry, but to intercept and then attack the gate of Fancheng at a critical moment!

  Cao Jun cavalry held torches, and the sound of horseshoes sounded like drums and thunder, rolling over the ears of Cao Jun's infantry in front, which also attracted many envious eyes. Before Cao Jun fought Jiangdong, the cavalry like Cao Xiu really made a lot of limelight, and because the rewards were generous after the victory, it naturally attracted the envy of Cao Jun's infantry. And these gazes made Cao Jun's cavalry feel somewhat complacent. They controlled their horses and galloped all the way, quickly passed the pawns who were constantly pressing forward, and then saw the hussars in front of them.

"over there! ’Cao Jun’s cavalry shouted, while guiding the following Cao Jun’s infantry, they followed these hussar cavalry. After the Jiangdong War, the morale of Cao Jun's cavalry was obviously much better than before.

  『Don’t let the thieves run away! 』

  『Catch up, catch up! 』

At the beginning, Cao Jun's cavalry was somewhat cautious, but when they found that the hussars seemed to have no fighting intentions, they just wanted to retreat to Fancheng, and they didn't even shoot their bows and arrows, so Cao Jun's cavalry couldn't help but kicked. The belly of the war horse picked up speed, seeing the pursuit getting closer and closer, even the panting of the hussars and horses in front seemed to be heard!

"kill! Kill it! 』The cavalrymen of Cao Jun couldn't help but raised their swords in their hands, leveled their spears, and rushed forward at a faster speed.

  At this moment, Cao Jun's war horse rushing to the front suddenly let out a mournful cry. The horse stumbled and fell to the ground.

   Before the others could react, two more horses fell down, followed by three more.

  『Be careful, there is an ambush! 』

  The Cao Jun knights reined in and shouted loudly to remind their companions to be careful. But they were too urgent before, how can they stop their pace when they are in such a hurry? So even though they shouted and shouted repeatedly, someone was still hit. Amidst the loud noises one after another, more than a dozen horses fell down, making the originally smooth team suddenly become messy.

  『Alert—! 』

  Cao Xiu, who was in the team, tried his best to control the horse while roaring loudly. But before his roar could reach the ears of every cavalry soldier of Cao Army, bursts of sharp whistles came from the darkness, quickly approaching.

  『Whoo, whoosh! Whoosh whoosh! 』

  A sharp arrow flew from the darkness, and shot at Cao Jun's knights, armor, and horses. Some arrows were bounced off by the battle armor, but some arrows also bloomed with bleeding flowers! All of a sudden, the screams of Cao Jun's cavalry and the screams of war horses mixed together. Under the light of sporadic torches, the struggling horses and knights looked very miserable.

  『It’s barbed wire! 』

  『The whole army stops! Raise the shield! 』

  Cao Xiu yelled loudly, not daring to move forward. After all, under the condition of insufficient light, leading the cavalry on this kind of "landmine"-like barbed wire will undoubtedly cause a great loss of horses...

   After all, the war horse is just a horseshoe that has been beaten in a circle. There is still flesh and blood in the middle of the horseshoe, and a barbed caltrop is stuck in it. Even if there are no other injuries, it will take a long time to recover. And in the darkness in the distance, how many caltrops are waiting!

Cao Ren arrived with his infantry, and after holding up torches to let the infantry come forward and sweep with spears and other utensils to clear a path, Xu Yu had already entered Fancheng with ease, and then slammed the gate. Guan, only the lingering sound remained, as if mocking Cao Ren and Cao Xiu.

  In Fancheng, Xu Yu jumped off his horse and laughed loudly: "It's fun! So much fun! In his voice, he couldn't hide his excitement. This time, he convinced Zhuge Liang, and with the only 3,000 troops in Fancheng, he managed to play with more than 10,000 Cao Jun. The reaction was basically in the plan, as if Cao Jun was acting with Zhuge Liang!

   Fancheng was full of jubilation, and Zhuge Liang was standing on the top of the city. The night wind blew the hem of his clothes, and he just smiled slightly, his eyes still looking into the distance.

   After all his plans to attack Fancheng soldiers and horses and then take advantage of the chaos to attack Fancheng failed, Xiahou Dun suddenly discovered that the changes in the South Camp also exceeded his expectations!

   After defeating Cao Zhen, Liao Hua didn't chase Cao Zhen and others fiercely, but just made a show and turned around and rushed towards the water gate where Cao Jun's ships were moored.

Naturally, Cao Jun was stationed at the water gate, but these Cao Jun didn't even have a serious command, they were only commanded by a team. come out. And Liao Hua's men, who were rushing to attack, rushed towards those Shuimen Cao soldiers who were too late to stand up like a raging wave.

"kill! 』

  Liao Hua leaped up, knocked open a long spear with his saber, and then killed his opponent with a single blow. Immediately, he slammed into the enemy army, raised his sword and dropped it, killing three people in a row. Cao Jun's soldiers suddenly screamed in fright, and the formation became more and more chaotic. Liao Hua immediately seized this opportunity, rushed in with his personal guards, and quickly widened the gap.

  Shuimen with no commander in command, almost no ability to resist, was killed by Liao Hua and others in a blink of an eye, and the **** was fucked, completely exposing the ship that was supposed to be protected in front of Liao Hua and others.

  『Burning the boat! Chisel the boat! Be quick! Liao Hua set up his saber, looked around, and ordered.

  The division of labor and cooperation this time, the most important thing is not how many Cao troops were killed, nor how many supplies were destroyed. The purpose was very clear, which was to burn the ships. Burning these remaining ships in Jingzhou made Cao Jun lose the convenience of transportation.

Cao Jun also had some soldiers on duty among the ships, but there were not many of them. These Jingzhou soldiers were basically used as sailors, otherwise they would not have stayed on the ships to sleep. They howled and fled in all directions. These soldiers on duty are generally surrendered soldiers from Jingzhou. When they saw the serious Cao Jun, they were all killed and disarmed, and they had no ability to resist. These Jingzhou soldiers had no desire to resist.

Because of this, when Liao Hua and others dumped the fire oil to burn the ship, they did not receive much hindrance. The soldiers followed Liao Hua's order, or rushed into the cabin, and mercilessly hacked open the ship with their battle axes. The bottom of the boat, or directly poured kerosene into the boat, and then threw the torch...

  Before the second wave of support from Xiahou Dun came, Liao Hua had already burned and destroyed Cao Jun's ships at the water gate, and then calmly withdrew.

After all, there is no way for the raft floating down from the upper reaches to be like a manned ship. It can accurately destroy the pontoon bridge. Still how much can be used. It's just that the speed of passing can't be fast.

  『General, General! 』

  Cao Ren hurried on, but still took one step. After he led the people to the south bank, Liao Hua had already entered the forest. Seeing that Cao Ren's face was sallow and sweating non-stop, the guards on the side couldn't help feeling a little nervous. Cao Ren was originally injured. Although it was not a fatal injury, he could not say that he would recover in a short time. Seeing the current situation is so embarrassing, if another one falls, it will really deal a heavy blow to the overall morale! If that is the case, let alone attacking Fancheng, whether Xiangyang can be defended is a problem!

  Cao Renqiang smiled, "No problem! Go, send an order, put out the remaining fire quickly, and salvage the boat..." Cao Ren felt a burst of heartache at this point, gritted his teeth and endured it, and then continued, "In addition... rectify the queue, count the losses, and send out patrols to maintain order ...'

  After the order after order was issued, the southern camp gradually recovered its calm.

   As the commander in chief, Xia Houdun lives in the central army and must not act rashly. Naturally, Cao Ren came to see the scene in the South Camp. After finishing the arrangements, Cao Ren could barely hold on. If he wasn't worried about losing the morale of his army, he might have sat down on the ground.

  How did it become such a situation?

Thinking about it carefully, whether it is Xiahou Dun or Cao Ren himself, every step of the response is either thoughtful or judged based on experience, no matter which one is, even in retrospect, I still feel that there is nothing wrong with it. The correct way to deal with it, but why did these correct measures not have a correct result?

  (end of this chapter)