Han Xiang

Chapter 61 Give Him a Snake Spear
Under the cover of night, [-] Huainan soldiers filed out. The scene was like opening a sluice to release water. No matter how powerful Cao Cao's soldiers were, it was impossible to completely stop them when they broke through.

Noisy shouts covered the sound of war drums, so that the flag could not be used at night. The battle started in an orderly manner, but soon became chaotic, and in the end it was easy to kill one's own people.

Cao Cao had heavy troops on the east, west and south sides, and handed over the north gate, which was the least likely to escape, to Liu Bei. At this time, Liu Bei had only three thousand soldiers and horses, and the tens of thousands of soldiers facing Qiao Rui could not stop him.

As soon as Liu Bei felt the pressure, he immediately asked Cao Jun from the east and west gates for help. Cao Cao, who was stationed at the south gate, found that something was wrong, and immediately transferred the ambush from the southwest two routes to the northeast gate for support.

After Long Xiang led his troops out of the city, the outside teams had already handed over. He deliberately held his ground and moved forward slowly. It was not until the fierce battle ahead that he pointed in a direction for Tang Xi to open the way.

There are too many torches at night, and the target is too big. Without torches, you can’t see the road clearly, and your own men are easy to get lost. Therefore, Long Xiang divided the 130 infantry into five columns, and No. 1 in each column lit a torch to lead the team to open the way. Cao Xing’s cavalry The squadrons lined up on both wings to maneuver and stand by, and kept their formation stable during the process, making it easier to fight when encountering a small group of enemy troops.

Long Xiang led 160 people and kept moving around the battle area. Taking advantage of the gap when Ximen Cao's army did not arrive, he was lucky to escape from the most intense place.

I don't know how long I have been running, but the surrounding light is getting dimmer.

Long Xiang looked up at the sky. At that time, the clouds covered the stars and the moon. It became impossible to distinguish the direction by the Big Dipper.

Suddenly a 'Fire Dragon' approached quickly from the east, and Cao Xing immediately reminded:
"Quhou, there is a cavalry force coming. Judging by the number of torches, it is estimated that there are five or sixty people."

Long Xiang turned around, held the gun in his hand, and shouted at the crowd: "Everyone is ready to fight, whoever wants to use your feet to walk, will work hard for a while."

"Yes." Everyone shouted in unison.

Long Xiang rode his horse to the front, thinking that if he had strengthened his practice in the past two years, he could block Zhang Fei's blow with all his might, and he should have a chance of winning against ordinary miscellaneous fish.

At this time, he can't learn from Yuan Shu. If he persuades himself, the people below will follow suit.

The 'Fire Dragon' approached quickly, and the leader of the other party arrived before the sound came, and shouted like thunder: "Wu, that thief, don't go, Zhang Yide from Yan is here."

With the help of the faint light of the fire, Long Xiang and Tang Yumeng looked at each other, and said to himself that they were our old acquaintances.

Long Xiang solemnly shouted: "Uncle Xi and I stepped forward to retreat from the enemy, Officer Cao, hold your ground, and you are not allowed to step forward without my order."

"Okay." Tang Yu nodded without thinking.

"Huh? Wei"

Cao Xing swallowed his saliva after hearing this, Zhang Fei's reckless man even frightened Lv Bu, thinking to himself, are you really so brave?
Could it be that the modesty in Xiapi at the beginning was just an act?

Before Cao Xing could react, Long Xiang and Tang Yu had already charged out.

Long Xiang shouted while running: "Zhang Yide, let's see who I am?"

Seeing that the 'two-way running' was about to close, Zhang Fei suddenly showed an incredulous expression, wondering why this voice was so familiar?

No matter who it is, I will give him a snake spear first.

Zhang Fei raised his Zhang Ba Snake Spear with angry brows sideways, and rushed straight in Long Xiang's direction.

A black horse with a black face is like being invisible. Fortunately, Long Xiang's hearing is keen and he can calculate the distance between the two sides based on the sound of horseshoes.

Long Xiang urged the horse to also charge forward. If he stood still at this time, he would become a living target at night.

The moment he approached, Long Xiang shouted again: "Zhang Yide, Long Xiang is here!"

The Zhangba Snake Spear was like an arrow, leaving an afterimage under the firelight, piercing Long Xiang's heart on the horse, and Tang Xi, who was holding the torch, had his heart in his throat.

Clang.

Long Xiang raised his gun and tried his best to flick the snake spear away, and his arms suddenly felt numb, thinking that Zhang Fei's strength was still so strong.

"Yun Qi, is it really you?"

Zhang Fei recognized Long Xiang, and immediately retracted the snake spear.

Holding the spear in his hand, Long Xiang jokingly said, "Yide, didn't you hear that just now? You almost poked a hole in my heart"

"Haha, the wind was so strong just now, I didn't hear clearly at all. Brother knew that you would break out from the north gate, and asked me to find and rescue you as much as possible. I didn't expect you to escape to such a peripheral area."

Zhang Fei smiled cheerfully.

Long Xiang asked: "How is Shi Jun recently?"

"Xiao Pei is lost, and now he is active in the northeast of Yuzhou, hey," Zhang Fei sighed.

Long Xiang comforted: "If you want to help the Han family, you must go through some hardships, so that you will succeed, I have no doubts about it."

"Yun Qi's words are nice to listen to. Cao Cao is going to wipe out the Huainan army this time. If you want to go south for fear of dying, why don't you just go with me?"

Zhang Fei warmly extended the invitation.

Long Xiang pointed to his own people, shook his head and refused: "Shouchun still has many brothers, and their families are still in Huainan. Now is really not the time."

Zhang Fei reminded: "Cao soldiers are blocking everywhere now, I'm afraid you won't be able to go back to Huainan."

Long Xiang was noncommittal, changed the subject and asked, "Yide, do you know which side is the north?"

"Here."

Zhang Feixin pointed and asked curiously, "What are you going to do?"

Under the firelight, Long Xiang smiled mysteriously.

"Cao Cao's soldiers and horses are in the south. I plan to go all the way north. Can he catch me?"

"What do you mean?" Zhang Fei looked confused.

Long Xiang turned his head forward and explained in a low voice: "I'll walk north for dozens of miles, then turn and go south to avoid Cao Cao's pursuers, isn't that all right?"

"Yunqi, you are really cunning." Zhang Feixin said that I have learned.

Long Xiang smiled, clasped his fists and said, "It's not suitable to stay here for a long time, I have to lead my troops on my way, Yide, you should go back quickly, and send my regards to the envoy."

"Ok."

After Zhang Fei was about to turn around, Long Xiang stopped him and said solemnly:
"General Qiao Rui has a debt of gratitude to me. If he fails to escape this time and is lucky enough to fall into your hands, please spare his life, please."

"I can save it."

With Zhang Fei's guidance, Long Xiang led his army to march northward overnight. Five torches moved under the night sky, looking like fireflies from a distance.

Walking until dawn, we arrived at a dense eucalyptus forest.

Long Xiang saw that the concealment of this place was good, so he took everyone into the forest to rest.

After running around all night exhausted, many soldiers fell asleep after eating dry food, and Long Xiang also leaned against a tree and closed his eyes for a nap.

After an unknown amount of time, Long Xiang was awakened by the noise outside the forest. He shook his head and stood up, only to see Cao Xing looking for him in a hurry.

"Quhou, many Cao soldiers have come from the south."

Long Xiang suddenly lost all sleepiness. He looked at Tang Yu and said, "Uncle Xi, let everyone pay attention to concealment, especially those war horses. Chief Cao and I will take a look."

"Well, be careful."

Long Xiang waved lightly, then walked out of the woods with Cao Xing.

The thunder was rolling, and the flags were flying.

Through the leaves of the plants, Long Xiang saw more than a hundred Cao cavalrymen chasing the dozen or so riders ahead.

When Cao Bing was running, someone was still riding and shooting.

Sports riding and shooting is extremely difficult to master, even Cao Junzhong is not good at it.

Long Xiang frowned, and murmured, "It seems to be one of us."

"Cao Bing is fierce and brave. I'm afraid they will be more dangerous than good. If we don't break into the woods, we'd better stay still."

(End of this chapter)