Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 254 Yuluo Horse

Cai Mao's army lit a fire and made meals at the end of Pingdan. The whole army got up at three o'clock in the morning and assembled.

In the cold winter, the southern sky at eight o'clock in the morning is still gray and bright, filled with white mist, and the north wind blows, making the fog gradually change from thick to light.

When the sound of horns spread all over the wilderness, and the beating of drums shook the heaven and earth, near the forest about three miles away from Guan Yu's camp on the south bank of Lanxi, in Cai Mao's camp, dense crowds had already left the camp and came towards Guan Yu's camp.

Cai Mao camped at the edge of the forest yesterday. It was winter, the forest was withered, the vegetation was dilapidated, and the world became yellow and brown. Except for the evergreen trees, the forest was covered with dead leaves. It seemed a good time to set fire.

But this place is no better than Yiling, Yiling is just the bank of the Yangtze River, not the edge of Yunmengze Lake, but it is already very humid, Lu Xun asked people to bring hay to barely light the fire, and only Liu Bei's camp was burned.

And this place is by the lakeside on the south bank of Dongting Lake, further south than Yiling, the humidity in the winter air is unimaginable, unless you use incendiary bombs, it is really difficult to burn with ordinary flames.

Therefore, although Cai Mao made a big taboo in the north by camping by the forest in autumn and winter, it was not a mistake in the south.The same is true for the battle of Yiling. What Lu Xun played was not a fire attack, but a psychological attack, taking advantage of Liu Bei's eagerness to start a war.

"Report!"

Cai Mao stood on the temporary high platform, guarded by his followers, raised his own banner, and looked into the distance among the thousands of troops.

At this moment, a messenger came galloping on horseback, knelt down under the stage and said: "Report, Taiwei, the troops sent by General Hussars have arrived at Zikou this morning and are on their way to Yiyang."

"Oh?"

Cai Mao was overjoyed: "It's just in time. Let them take the siege equipment by boat and go around outside the west city of Yiyang. After I destroy Guan Yu, I will destroy the city of Yiyang."

"only!"

The messenger sent an order, and immediately went back to deliver the order.

"Taiwei, the troops of General Hussars came at the right time. It seems that we can capture Yiyang and destroy Linxiang."

Hu Zheng smiled and said: "It is said that Liu Pan's soldiers and horses and his family are all in Linxiang. Once Linxiang is broken, Jingnan will be available!"

"Ah."

Cai Mao nodded and said, "That's right, now it's up to my General Xing Daorong."

His gaze is to the south.

Liu Cong has far more troops than Liu Qi.

Most of the 20 troops left behind by Liu Biao belonged to Liu Cong.

Therefore, in terms of total military strength, it is Liu Cong who is in charge of more than 5 troops under the control of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun, and Liu Qi, who is under the control of Huangzu Liu Pan, has more than [-] troops.

This time Cai Mao went south, in addition to the about 5 troops under his own control, he also asked Zhang Yun to lead [-] horses to Jingling County to contain Jiangxia's navy.

Once the Jiangxia navy dared to come south to assist Jingnan, Zhang Yun, who was located in Jingling and Yunshe, immediately went south along the Han River and occupied Jiangxia County.

Therefore, after fighting for so long, Cai Mao had already reached Yiyang, which was a short distance away from Linxiang County in Changsha County, but no Jiangxia navy came to help.

Moreover, Cai Hao and Zhang Yun also have a very big advantage in terms of total force.

Cai Mao's troops were divided into multiple groups and surrounded Yiyang. In addition to the annihilation of Hanhu's army, there were still 5 troops against Guan Yu and Huang Zhong's more than 6000 people.

Although Yiyang hadn't been captured yet, he was afraid that Shen Chen would be scheming, so he ordered Zhang Yun to send [-] reinforcements here just to make sure nothing would go wrong.

In this way, the situation in Jingnan as a whole became that Cai Mao detoured to the weak point of Liu Pan's army, and fought more and less in Yiyang, and his chances of winning were still very high.

At this time, in addition to the more than 2 people in the headquarters, there are nearly 1 people in the rear camp, and Han Xi, Sun Yi, and Zhou Bo can come to meet them at any time in Nan'an, Hongkou. Now that Zhang Yun's reinforcements are coming, it is natural to rest easy.

"Dong dong dong dong!"

The sound of war drums in the early morning shook the fields, and the long sound of horns seemed to dispel the morning mist.

Xing Daorong came outside the camp from his horse and shouted, "Where is Mr. Guan Yu?"

The gate of the camp was opened wide, and Guan Yu galloped out on his horse.

Just like yesterday, the two confronted each other in front of the two armies. At this moment, the north wind was chilling, and the cloaks of the two were flapping.

Cai Hao and Hu Zheng watched from behind, and when they saw that Guan Yu had come out, they laughed. Hu Zheng said, "Guan Yu is really arrogant, and when he was provoked by words, he went out of the camp to die. We have General Xing here, so we must let him Back and forth."

Cai Hao also laughed: "There are rumors in the north that this Guan Yu Zhang Fei is an enemy of ten thousand people, and he once took the head of a general among ten thousand troops. Now I have Xing Daorong, forgive Guan Yu, this battle was lost to Yiyang."

The two giggled, thinking that Guan Yu was really provoked and left the camp alone.But they don't know that although Guan Yu is proud, he has never been an arrogant and reckless man.

Now that he came outside the camp, he must have other plans, so he faced Xing Daorong's provocation and said loudly: "Guan is here."

"Guan Yu is a man!"

Xing Daorong thought to himself that he had figured out Guan Yu's reality yesterday, but that's all, he immediately shouted: "Yesterday it was too late to fight for a long time. Today I will fight with you for [-] rounds, and I will definitely kill you!"

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!"

"Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

In Cai Mao's formation, horns blared and drums vibrated, and the soldiers shouted one after another to cheer for Xing Daorong.

Seeing this situation, Xing Daorong was triumphant, and rushed forward with his horse and axe: "Guan Yu will die."

"Humph!"

Guan Yu snorted coldly, and turned Chitu Mama around.

I saw Chitu jumping up, drawing a gorgeous arc in the air, leaping two feet away, avoiding Xing Daorong's charge.

Before Yihe had fought, Xing Daorong reined in his horse and came galloping again, slashing with a big axe, which was easily resolved by Guan Yu.

The two quickly confronted each other with swords and axes, and collided with each other crackling, and they hit each other a few times.

After Xing Daorong went back yesterday, he learned from the painful experience and thought that it would be impossible to compete with Guan Yu.

His big ax is cumbersome and consumes a lot of stamina, so he will suffer in a protracted battle.

So he decided to give full play to his strengths - to fight hard.

I saw that Xing Daorong struck down with the ax, and after being blocked by Guan Yuge, he did not withdraw the ax and made the second move, but continued to press down.

His strength was actually not small, his whole face was flushed red, holding the handle of the ax with both hands, clenching his teeth tightly, trying to use all his strength to push Guan Yu off the horse.

However, Guan Yu raised his hands high, the Azure Dragon Saber did not move at all, and Xing Daorong's hands were already sore from the fight, and there was nothing he could do to defeat Guan Yu.

Seeing this situation, Xing Daorong only thought it was because Guan Yu had a horse under his crotch to borrow strength, so he withdrew the axe, instead of cutting vertically, he chose to chop horizontally, and chopped towards Guan Yu's waist.

How could Guan Yu not know what was going on in his mind, but fighting hard was the most time-consuming, and sometimes a round of stalemate could last for a quarter of an hour, so it was often the first choice to delay time.

Otherwise, some people fight for [-] rounds and finish it in one or two hours, while others fight for [-] rounds in a day and a night. This is the reason.

Therefore, since Xing Daorong chose to fight with Guan Yu, Guan Yu's wish was naturally fulfilled, so he followed suit, raised the green dragon knife in his hand, and easily stopped Xing Daorong's horizontal axe.

I felt a powerful force coming, Xing Daorong did have some strength, but compared with Guan Yu, it was still a lot worse, killing ordinary soldiers or chopping melons and vegetables, but meeting Wu Sheng, it is natural do not mention.

The two fought again, and they were in a stalemate for a while. After only four or five rounds, Xing Daorong exhausted his strength, was so tired that he was panting like a cow, and sweated profusely.Guan Yu was afraid of revealing his flaws, so he continued to breathe rapidly, pretending to be very tired.

Soon the two horses began to spin back and forth, and they fought together like a two-man turn. They fought for about ten rounds, but it was longer than the twenty-odd rounds they fought yesterday, because both of them were competing for strength.

"This Guan Yu is indeed formidable. Although General Xing was the champion of the three armies, he fought back and forth with Guan Yu, but he still failed to kill him. It seems that the name is in vain. General Xing is about to fall into a hard fight."

Hu Zheng raised his head to watch, the two of them kept chopping and slashing, and the fight was like fire and water. For those who are not watching the excitement, they would think that the fight between the two of them was quite spectacular.

"Why do I feel that General Xing seems to be at a disadvantage."

Cai Hao was far away, and his eyes were not good. He squinted his eyes and watched. Although the fight over there was very vigorous, he just felt that Xing Daorong was always at a disadvantage.

Hu Zheng also noticed it, and said: "It seems to be true. Every time General Xing fights Guan Yu, he will be beaten back by Guan Yu."

"Feel."

Cai Du also said: "It seems that General Xing's horse is a bit unbearable. After all, General Xing is tall and ordinary horses can't carry it. The name of Guan Yu's horse is: Chitu, which was Lv Bu's mount back then. It was the best horse in the world. The famous horse, General Xing suffers from the horse."

While several people were talking, they fought back and forth for several rounds.

Hearing a "wow", the horse under Xing Daorong's crotch neighed and hoofed, and was suddenly crushed to the ground.

Xing Daorong himself also fell headlong, and the Azure Dragon Saber followed him like a shadow, and it had already reached the top of his head.

Compared with the red rabbit, his war horse is like the difference between a husky and a lion.

Chitu is a sweaty horse. Guan Yu is more than two meters tall and weighs more than 200 kilograms, so he can easily carry it on his back.

And Xing Daorong is also about 1.8 meters tall, and his body is close to [-] catties, but his horse is an ordinary war horse, and there is no way for such a fierce battle.

The main reason is that the two sides have been fighting hard.

There were no double-sided stirrups in the Han Dynasty. If they were fighting for strength immediately, the generals often had to rely on their legs to firmly clamp the horse's belly to borrow strength.

Xing Daorong was able to fight Zhang Fei for more than a dozen rounds. At any rate, he still had a weak second-rate level of force and some basic skills. Although his waist and legs were already extremely sore, he could barely hold on.

But the horse under the crotch was very strenuous, so in such a high-intensity fight, the horse couldn't hold on, and accidentally, the horse stumbled and fell to the ground.

"what!"

Xing Daorong was smashed to pieces, he felt that his viscera were about to come out.

Fortunately, the skin was rough and the flesh was thick. In addition, the horse was about 1.2 meters tall at that time, and the place where it fell was not high, so it only shook and did not suffer too much injury.

When he came back to his senses in disgrace, turned over with difficulty, raised his head, and saw the Azure Dragon Saber, he was frightened out of his wits, thinking that Guan Yu was going to take the opportunity to kill him, so he fought, instinctively wanting to kneel down and beg for mercy.

Unexpectedly, Guan Yu said: "You have some abilities, but the horse under your crotch is very thin. I, Guan, never take advantage of others' danger, go back and change the horse, and come back after rest."

"Good good."

Xing Daorong nodded hastily, and after recovering a bit, he picked up his big axe, ignored the horse, and scrambled back.

In the distance, Cai Haojun had been shouting and beating drums to cheer for Xing Daorong, but now that he fell off his horse, he gradually calmed down for a while. Although Xing Daorong fell off his horse, it was not a crime of war, but he fell off his horse after all.

In addition, Guan Yu did not take advantage of the danger, but asked him to change horses and fight again, which is also admirable.

Soldiers admire the strong, so when they saw Guan Yu in the distance calmly waiting for Xing Daorong to fight again, and thought that Cai Mao arranged for the archers to ambush him, they felt ashamed.

"Captain!"

Xing Daorong was supported under the high platform of Cai Mao's army, and he limped and said: "The general will disappoint everyone, and I hope the Taiwei will punish him!"

"Eh."

Cai Hao raised his hands and said, "It's not your fault, it's just the horses that are unbearable. What's the matter with General Xing? I don't know if the general is safe or not, and whether he can still fight against the enemy?"

"Thank you for your concern, Lieutenant. Although I fell off the horse, I only have a slight pain in my foot, and nothing else is serious."

Xing Daorong hurriedly said: "It's just that I wanted to fight Guan Yu for three hundred rounds, but Guan Yu's horse is a famous red rabbit horse in the world, but my horse can't fight for a long time. I'm afraid I can't fight against it."

This is an attempt to shirk this errand.

In fact, Xing Daorong is not stupid, on the contrary, he is very witty, and he also found some problems.

He and Guan Yu fought fiercely. After more than ten rounds, he was so tired that he was panting and sweating. Although Guan Yu seemed to be very tired, there was no trace of sweat on his face.

And no matter how I make a move, people can block it every time, which seems to be quite easy.

This made Xing Daorong aware that something was wrong.

Although I don't really want to admit it.

But he always has a feeling.

That is, people don't seem to be doing their best at all.

It seems that he is playing with himself.

So his instinct made him feel that he couldn't continue, so he wanted to take this opportunity to shirk his responsibility.

"As long as you're in good health."

However, Cai Mao asked, "However, the general said yesterday that he would surely be able to kill Guan Yu, why did he say today that he could not fight against him?"

"Forehead"

Xing Daorong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Taiwei, I don't want to fight, but if I ride an ordinary horse, how can I fight Guan Yu?"

Cai Mao laughed and said, "If the general has a good horse, can he kill Guan Yu?"

"It's natural."

Xing Daorong boasted to Haikou and said: "The final general has already suppressed Guan Yu with the big ax in his hand, but the horses are weak and cannot rely on their strength, so they have not been able to win for a long time. If there are good horses, they will surely kill Guan Yu."

He originally thought that there were no good horses in the southern army, and Cai Mao would definitely not be able to meet his requirements, so he could just push the boat along and stop fighting.

Unexpectedly, Cai Mao laughed loudly and said, "Come on, bring me Yuluo here!"

"what?"

Xing Daorong was dumbfounded.

I saw someone bring a war horse to the front.

The war horse was tall and slender, and his whole body was as black as ink, except for the pure white mane on the back of his head.

"The Book of Songs Lu Song" says: "The black body and the white hyena are called Luoma."

This horse is Luo Ma.

Cai Hao introduced: "This is the BMW that Zhang Xiu gave to the late emperor, and the late emperor gave it to me. I will give it to the general. I wish the general can kill Guan Yu!"

"Thank you Taiwei for giving me the horse."

Xing Daorong had no choice but to bite the bullet and thank him, and then said: "Please allow the general to rest for a while before going to fight Guan Yu."

"Well, then take a rest, General, please kill Guan Yu as soon as possible."

Cai Mao cast an earnest gaze, which made Xing Daorong feel a lot of pressure and his back shivered.

(End of this chapter)