Soldiers come to the world

It was also a coincidence that Xiahoudun's army arrived at Bowangpo only two hours later than Liu Jing's. This time Xiahoudun led [-] elite soldiers, not only to eradicate Liu Bei.

At the same time, it also forced Jingzhou to strengthen Xiangyang's troops, weaken Jiangxia's defense, and give Jiangdong an opportunity to provoke a war between Jiangdong and Jingzhou.

But for Xiahou Dun, instigating the war between Jiangdong and Jingzhou is a little farther away. This goal may not be achieved, but the eradication of Liu Bei is within sight.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Xiahou Dun had already replaced Li Dian. He paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his back, listening to Li Dian's report on the confrontation with Liu Beijun.

Xiahou Dun was about forty years old, he was eight feet two feet tall, and had a mighty appearance. Like his brother Xiahou Yuan, he was a brave general. It was a pity that when he attacked Lu Bu a few years ago, he was shot in the left eye by a stray arrow and lost his life since then. Yimu, known as 'Blind Xiahou'.

Even so, he was still deeply trusted by Cao Cao, and he was named Henan Yin, in charge of the Central Plains armies. This time, in order to completely annihilate Liu Bei, Cao Cao even ordered Xiahou Dun to come to Nanyang to supervise the battle in person.

Xiahou Dun had a heavy responsibility. He was afraid that Liu Bei would escape into Jingzhou, so he first appointed Li Dian as the vanguard to contain Liu Bei, and then he personally led the army to Xinye, preparing to wipe out Liu Bei in one fell swoop.

As Liu Jing said, what Xiahou Dun worried about most was that Liu Bei would turn into a rabbit and flee to Jingzhou Water Country. At that time, he would really be unable to catch him, and he had to cut off his retreat first.

"I ordered you to send troops to cut off Liu Bei's retreat. How could you return in a big defeat?" Xiahou Dun asked with anger in his eyes, extremely displeased.

Li Dian lowered his head in shame, "Han Zhi led 2000 people to attack Xinye County and cut Liu Bei's back. Unexpectedly, we encountered Jingzhou army grain convoy, and the two sides fought fiercely, with equal strength, because Han Zhi was killed in the fierce battle, our army was unfortunately defeated, the subordinates are guilty, please punish the general!"

"You can't even beat the Jingzhou army, you are really incompetent!"

Xiahou Dun cursed angrily, but he had no choice but to hold back his breath and asked, "How many reinforcements are there in Jingzhou, and where are they stationed?"

Li Dian tremblingly said: "Reporting to the general, the Jingzhou army has about 1 people and is stationed in the south of Xinye, about [-] miles away from Bowangpo."

"strangeness!"

Xiahou Dun frowned, "Why are they so far apart? Could it be that the Jingzhou Army has no intention of helping Liu Bei?"

"I think there must be a special reason for this. Liu Biao and Liu Bei may also have a disagreement and a mutual heart disease."

"Of course I know!"

Xiahou Dun waved his hand in dissatisfaction, "Don't worry about them, now we want to prevent Liu Bei from evacuating after hearing the news, we must fight him immediately."

Speaking of this, Xiahou Dun turned his head and shouted at Pi Jiang, "The army and horses are not allowed to set up camp, attack immediately and attack Liu Bei's camp."

As soon as the words fell, a spies report came from outside: "A military emergency, Guan Ping and Mi Fang led a thousand troops to guard their families and left Xinye and evacuated to the south!"

Xiahou Dun was stunned, did Liu Bei's army react so quickly?This is going to be bad.

At this time, there was a commotion outside, and a soldier shouted outside the tent: "There is a fire on Bowang Slope!"

Everyone went to the outside of the tent. Countless soldiers had gathered outside the big tent. They looked at Bowangpo three miles away. Xiahou Dun also saw it. Looking at each other, wondering what happened?

Xiahou Dun felt a little uneasy in his heart. He thought of the evacuation of family members in Xinye County. This was most likely the same incident.If the situation is not good, run away.

At this time, a spy rushed over and knelt down on one knee to report, "General, Liu Bei has set fire to the barracks and led his troops to retreat south."

"Sure enough, I guessed it right!"

Xiahou Dun gritted his teeth and said, "This mature rabbit will run away when it smells bad."

He thought of the prime minister's entrustment, and he must wipe out Liu Bei. If he didn't seize this opportunity, he might never have another chance.

Xiahou Dun thought that Liu Bei was going to escape, fearing that he would fail the prime minister's expectations, he ordered anxiously: "Hurry up the [-] troops, and follow me to catch up!"

Li Dian was taken aback, and quickly persuaded him, "General, calm down. Liu Bei is extremely cunning. If he just pretended to withdraw but ambushed us halfway, the consequences would be disastrous, and we should not pursue him."

Xiahou Dun snorted heavily, "You and Liu Bei have confronted each other for so long, but you have never seen you take the initiative to attack. The only sneak attack was a disastrous defeat. I think you are discouraged. What right do you have to make irresponsible remarks here? "

Li Dian was so ashamed that he lowered his head and didn't dare to persuade him any more. Xiahou Dun gave him a hard look. Although he was so anxious that he wished to kill Liu Bei, he also knew that his army had marched forcefully, and the soldiers and horses were extremely exhausted. If he attacked rashly and was ambushed by Liu Bei, he would lose more than he gained.

He pondered for a moment, then said to Jin: "General Yu can lead [-] troops around the path and rush to Liu Bei's front to cut off his retreat. I will rest for a while and come to meet him immediately."

"Follow your orders!"

Yu Jin took the order to leave, and Xiahou Dun immediately ordered: "The three armies rest for an hour, eat and drink horses, and send troops in an hour."

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This time when Cao Jun attacked Xinye, Yu Jin volunteered to take the lead. He always regarded the encounter in Runan as a great shame and humiliation for him. He was actually tricked by a kid, which has become a big joke among Cao Jun.

Every time there is a drink at a party, someone will tease him about it, and even the prime minister will joke with him about it. On the day of the big banquet, the prime minister toasts him, jokingly saying, "I will toast you again for Mr. Liu." liquor. 'He was so ashamed.

For half a year, Yu Jin had been brooding over this matter in his heart. This time Xiahou Dun was ordered to enter Nanyang. Although he did not attack Xiangyang and did not meet Liu Jing, Yu Jin still took the initiative to ask for orders and was willing to follow Xiahou Dun on the southern expedition.

He had a subconscious mind in his mind that the closer he was to Xiangyang, the more chances he would have to wash away his shame.

At this time, Yu Jin suffocated all his energy, he only had one thought in his mind, to grab Liu Bei and turn himself over completely.

"Quick! Speed ​​up!"

Yu Jin shouted orders and commanded five thousand Cao troops to march quickly. The path he took was the shortcut that Cao General Han Zhi led two thousand troops yesterday. The mountain road over the hills was a straight line leading to Xinye. To pass between the hills, it is inevitable to take a detour.

Although it is a straight-line shortcut, it cannot use heavy carts or large-scale cavalry, and can only be carried out by infantry and light soldiers.

The [-] Cao army was mighty and mighty, stretching for several miles, passing through one hill after another, rushing towards Xinye, all the soldiers seemed to be desperate, Yu Jin issued a death order, and must arrive in Xinye within an hour and a half county.

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Bird Valley, this ten-mile-long forest road is the official road where Liu Jing was attacked last night. The undulating forest road leads all the way to Bowang Slope. Lindau comes up.

In the dense forest about two miles away from the entrance of the valley, 2000 Liu Bei troops have been ambushing here for a long time. Generals Guan Yu and Zhang Fei each led [-] men in ambush on the east and west sides.

Guan Yu narrowed his eyes and stared at the narrow official road in the distance, appearing to be in a state of uncertainty. Zhou Cang on the side saw his worry and asked in a low voice, "Are you worried about your son?"

Guan Yu shook his head, "Don't ask too many questions."

Zhou Cang stood up with his sword back, not daring to ask any more questions. Guan Yu's thoughts were not on his adopted son Guan Ping, but on his worries about the future.

Eighteen years have passed since the 23-year-old Guan Yu followed Liu Bei in Zhuojun in the first year of Zhongping.

But he was even more confused, their future was still in turmoil. Although they had to live temporarily in Xinye County, they still lived under the fence of Liu Biao. My brother said more than once, wait for the opportunity patiently, and the sky will not fail me.

But. ． ． ． ． ．Where is the opportunity?

In fact, Guan Yu also understood in his heart that the opportunity his brother mentioned was in Liu Biao. Liu Biao was old but had no successors.

Once Liu Biao goes west and Jingzhou has no owner, their chance will come, but it seems that the elder brother values ​​Liu Jing very much. Just a month ago, the elder brother told him and Yide after drinking that there is a big secret hidden in Liu Jing. Their hope of capturing Jingzhou lies in Liu Jing.

Guan Yu was a little worried. Judging from Liu Jing's judgment on the battle situation today, this son really had some vision, but he was only 17 years old. Guan Yu was worried that his brother would fight wild geese all his life, and don't be blinded by wild geese in the end.

Just as Guan Yu was thinking, a spy rushed to him.

"Report to General Guan, General Cao Jun led 5000 people and is coming to kill here!"

Guan Yu was slightly taken aback, why is it Yu Jin, not Xiahou Dun?After thinking about it, Guan Yu realized that this was just Xiahoudun's vanguard, and he probably wanted to cut off his retreat.

Guan Yu sneered, Xiahoudun thought beautifully, but unfortunately they were a step too late, this is Xinye, don't think about it, who is the boss here?

"General, here we come!" A soldier pointed to the distance and shouted in a low voice.

Guan Yu nodded, "I've seen it."

I saw a Cao army of thousands of people marching from the north at a mighty speed. The march was so hasty that even the spies had no time to explore the way ahead.

Cao Jun came out of a mountain depression in the middle of the valley. The mountain in front of him was steep and he couldn't walk over the mountain. He could only turn into the official road. However, this place is not far from Xinye County. After leaving this forest road, walk another two miles. You can arrive at Xinye County.

Yu Jin was so anxious that he kept urging the soldiers to move quickly. His task was to occupy Xinye County, and then lead the army to block the valley entrance, so that Liu Bei's army could not go south.

Now he doesn't know how far Liu Bei's army is from him, but if the opponent has food and supplies, the marching speed should not be fast. At this time, Yu Jin had already seen the Taniguchi ahead, and he shouted: "Exit the Taniguchi and rest!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound of clappers in the mountain forest, followed by random arrows from both sides. Thousands of arrows shot at Cao Jun's soldiers densely from both sides of the mountain road. There was a scream on the valley road, and hundreds of people were shot. fell to the ground.

Cao's army was thrown into chaos, even Yujin's war horse was shot by several arrows, he fell to the ground with a long hiss, and Yujin fell four feet away. More than a dozen soldiers rushed up to support him.

In the mountains on both sides, the sound of drums was like thunder, and the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky. I don’t know how many troops are lying in ambush here. Thousands of Cao’s troops are in chaos. Everyone is scrambling to escape.

Although the soldiers of Cao Jun had experienced training, the forest road was narrow, and once it became chaotic, it was difficult to restore order. At this time, a group of army horses came out from the west. , holding a zhangba snake spear in his hand, shouting like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, "Zhang Fei, the man of Yan, is here, and he has been waiting for you for a long time!"

He led [-] soldiers into the enemy group. Cao Jun's soldiers were so frightened that they had no intention of resisting and fled desperately. At this time, Zhou Cang also led more than [-] people from the east mountain forest. After being defeated, countless people knelt down and surrendered, begging bitterly.

Nearly a thousand soldiers from the front of the Cao army rushed out of the valley, but there was a burst of war drums, and a group of hundreds of soldiers blocked the way. "Guan Yunchang is here, surrender quickly, spare your life!"