Han Xiang

Chapter 444
"I don't know what you're talking about, but Hugh blamed me for what Mei Cheng did!"

"What a sharp mouth!"

Seeing Tai Shici's expression of having nothing to do with himself, Zhang Liao was so angry that he threw Mei Cheng's head aside.

Tai Shici was tit-for-tat, snorting coldly: "Cao Cao deceived the lord's traitor, and you are a traitor who does evil. What right do you have to judge? Your rice fields deserve to be destroyed."

"What qualifications do you have? The sword in my hand is the qualification."

Zhang Liao raised the saber in the air, and there was still blood on the saber, which was bloody and pungent when blown by the wind.

Tai Shici was not afraid at all, and then put the spear across his chest, and said in a deep voice: "Whether you are qualified or not, it doesn't matter if you say it yourself, at least I don't agree."

"I will let you agree, just like what Mei Cheng did just now." Zhang Liao meant to kill Tai Shici.

"Then I'll try."

As soon as Tai Shici's words fell, he raised his spear and rushed towards Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao was already prepared to fight with his sword.

The two generals showed their supernatural powers, and fought back and forth with a knife and a spear. They fought for more than [-] bouts in front of the valley.

Duan's nature is desperate, and he will not give in.

The two frontier generals and battlefield veterans were still talking harshly to each other before the battle, but when they really fought together, they stopped talking.

The martial arts are evenly matched, and the fight is inextricably linked, leaving no chance for distraction.

The soldiers on both sides kept their eyes on each other, and gradually forgot to cheer and cheer, and watched the exchange of swords and guns intently.

Around fifty rounds, Zhang Liao glimpsed the arrival of the rear army from the corner of his eyes, and he and Tai Shici were evenly divided, and it was meaningless to continue fighting.

Zhang Liao tried his best to parry the opponent's gun, and then led the horse to run two feet away. He raised his knife and clasped his fists and said solemnly: "The general's martial arts are indeed extraordinary. Sun Quan is young and vigorous, so why not abandon the secret and surrender to the country? Zhang is willing to recommend for the general."

"You want me to bend my knees and surrender to the bandits? That's Mingzhu's secret vote. Why don't General Zhang join Jiangdong with me? Let's fight against Cao Cao's rebels and avenge your old master Lu Bu. I would also like to recommend one or two for you."

Tai Shici retorted with the same words. Zhang Liao's face changed drastically after hearing this, and he scolded in a deep voice: "Lü Bu didn't listen to his loyal advice, so his success failed. He and I are not masters and servants. How can we talk about avenging the old master? General Taishi was under Liu Yao's command , How did you end up with Sun Ce in the end?"

"Cao thief is the leader of Lu Bu, and General Liu died of illness. Can the two be the same?" Tai Shici also became excited.

"Hahaha." Zhang Liao laughed out loud, "Sun Ce originally attached himself to the traitor Yuan Shu. He didn't help the emperor to defeat Liu Yao. How could Liu Yao die of depression and illness? Besides, Liu Yao was a Yangzhou shepherd appointed by the Han Dynasty, and Sun Ce forcibly occupied his land and slaughtered him." Officials and common people, why don't you avenge the old master?"

"that's me."

Seeing that Taishi was speechless, Zhang Liao immediately added: "Since General Taishi didn't understand, how about I change the question? If Sun Quan is captured and killed in the future, will you die for him?"

"Ah this."

Tai Shici was idled by Sun Ce, and his relationship with Sun Ce had already weakened, let alone being a brat, but he couldn't show weakness in words, so he pointed his gun at Zhang Liao and shouted sharply: "Traitor, don't mess with me!" Xinsheng, just now we didn't decide the outcome, so hurry up and continue."

"We have already fought, and the outcome is really hard to tell, but the athletes under my command have not enjoyed it, so how about a fight?"

Zhang Liao's fight with Tai Shici was purely to delay time, and now all the soldiers under his command had come out of the valley, and were on par with Tai Shici's troops, so it was meaningless to fight alone at this time.

After all, he is the general who guards Shouchun. If there is something wrong, Li Dian, who has a gap with him, can't be happy?
Tai Shici didn't know how many Cao troops were in the valley. In order to preserve his own trilogy as much as possible, he fought with Zhang Liao to delay time, and he planned to continue delaying to create opportunities for Sun Quan to attack Shouchun.

Facing Zhang Liao's provocation, Tai Shici didn't give in at all, and said coldly: "Our soldiers are waiting for work at leisure, don't say I bullied you later."

"OK."

Seeing that the soldiers under his command had lined up, Zhang Liao thought that with the equal strength of the troops and the reputation of Cao Jun's bravery, he could repel the opponent, but he didn't expect Tai Shici to be a tough one, so he could only bite the bullet and respond.

The war of tongues is over, the drums and horns are contending, and the two battles are against each other.

The soldiers of the two armies charged in formation, shouting loudly.

Will be against generals, evenly matched;

Soldiers against soldiers, evenly divided.

Zhang Liao's elite troops lost more than half last year. At this time, the old and the new were mixed and fought with Tai Shici.

Ming Jin retreated to count the number of people, and both sides lost hundreds of people each.

Hundreds of people are not worth mentioning in front of an army of tens of thousands, but for an army of only three or four thousand, [-]% of the battle damage in half a day is relatively high, which shows the intensity of the battle.

The weather was hot on summer nights, and the two armies camped and slept on the spot after the battle.

Zhang Liao was on the side of Gukou Mountain, but two miles away, he could see the flickering flames, which was the camp of his opponent Tai Shici.

There can be no mistakes in the fight between masters.

No matter whether you fight or retreat in the dark, without detailed planning, it is easy to be targeted by your opponent, and neither side can accept unknown losses.

Someone was holding a knife next to the couch, so neither of them slept well, so the alert level was raised to the highest level.

The two chief generals patrolled the camp several times at night, demanding that the generals of the various ministries should not sleep too hard, and would go into battle if the other party attacked at night.

So the next morning, the soldiers of both armies were tired.

After the two sides tested yesterday, they knew the details, and even if they were evenly matched, they couldn't crush each other. Zhang Liao Xunsi and Tai Shici had no deep hatred, and Tai Shici would definitely retreat after dawn.

The result was completely different from Zhang Liao's idea. Tai Shici buried pots to cook food before dawn, and assembled soldiers to wait in formation after dawn. He had no intention of retreating at all, but he also had no intention of launching an attack.

Tai Shici, what are you doing?
Fish dead and net broken?Doesn't seem like it.

But why not withdraw troops?Zhang Liao scratched his head and couldn't figure it out.

Tai Shici entangled Zhang Liao and did not withdraw his troops, but Zhang Liao was unwilling to accompany Tai Shici madly. He asked the whole army to keep its formation and move northward slowly. As a result, Tai Shici also moved horizontally in formation.

Zhang Liao didn't want to fight any more, and Tai Shici didn't want to fight any more. It was an ideal state to maintain a confrontation.

Even if he moved in parallel like this, according to the direction of the river, Zhang Liao would eventually be blocked by the river, so Tai Shici didn't panic at all.

After marching against each other for half a day, Zhang Liao suddenly realized that the other party was stalling for time, and wondered if something happened in Shouchun?

Zhang Liao decisively sent his cavalry back to investigate, but Tai Shici couldn't stop him even if he wanted to.

Tai Shici only had fifty or sixty cavalry, and if he sent too few, he might not be able to catch up. If he sent too many, he would be short of them if he needed them. He had to stay to deal with emergencies, so he let Cao Jun's cavalry return north.

According to Tai Shici's thinking, Sun Quan should have arrived at the besieged city of Shouchun at this time, and Zhang Liao's cavalry would undoubtedly fall into the jaws of a tiger when they returned, so it doesn't matter whether they block it or not, but the reality is far from the ideal.

The two armies maintained a confrontation for five days, and Zhang Liao was trapped in the southwest of Lu'an by Tai Shici.

At the same time, an army of 3000 troops rushed around to the rear of Taishici's army.

(End of this chapter)