"No, get back!"
Although Cao Ren didn't know what the word "shooting" meant, just seeing the black hole of the gun pointed at him made him feel cold and his heart beat faster at this moment. He pounced back and pulled Cao Chun down.
The next second, the sound of "ping ping ping pong" exploded from behind him, and the tiger and leopard knight standing in the first row was instantly beaten to a pulp.
Because they were going to attack at night today, they did not wear heavy armor. The leather armor on their bodies could not stop rifle bullets at all. The blood was like flowers blooming at night, one after another vying to bloom. Just a moment ago, they were like the tiger and leopard cavalry of the killing god. In just a moment, It turned into corpses all over the ground.
Cao Ren dragged Cao Chun, and because of the excessive force, Gululu rolled far away. However, because of this, the two of them only suffered minor injuries, so they stood up and ran away.
Zhao Yi laughed when he saw this scene and said: "Quick, quick, give the two General Cao a good send-off, don't let them think that we are not polite enough."
"Hello boss~!"
Ma Liu was so excited that he led the soldiers in pursuit while loading ammunition.
At this moment, they have switched to free-fire mode. They shoot as soon as they load the ammunition. If they can kill an enemy, that's it.
Zhao Yi listened to the distant gunshots and chuckled: "It seems that man didn't lie to me. I really didn't expect that Cao Ren would attack Jiangling at night and beat Lu Xun to death. Our little governor Lu is still too young after all." Yes, you have suffered from inexperience, Xiaoling, send someone to run overnight and deliver a message to the lord, asking him to send more people to take over Jiangling."
"yes."
Cao Ren and Cao Chun were chased by Zhao Yi's men for dozens of miles out of Jiangling, and then they returned cursing and carrying guns.
"Huhuhu...Zhao Yi...I, Cao Ren, have no sworn relationship with you!"
General Cao, who was panting, looked at Jiangling City, which was lit up with dots of fire in the distance. He felt unwilling to give up in every possible way, but the reality was before him. He had failed, or in other words, his original strategic goal had been achieved. But someone stalked the cicada and stole the fruits of victory. This was the hardest thing for Cao Ren to accept.
"General, we have recorded this grudge, and we must make him pay it back twice as much later."
Cao Chun gritted his teeth when he said this. The night attack on Jiangling that was originally very smooth ended in this way. The five hundred tiger and leopard cavalry he brought directly lost more than a hundred people, and almost all the others were also killed. They all suffered from injuries of varying severity, and it was considered the most serious battle he had ever taken part in during his tenure.
Early the next morning, Liu Bei was still enjoying the hard-earned tranquility in bed, when he heard someone outside the house shouting:
"My lord~~~My lord has urgent news~~~~There is urgent news~~~!"
"Urgent report? Is Sun Quan chasing us? Or is Cao Cao coming again?"
Liu Bei rushed out of his bedroom without washing his shoes or wearing them.
"Yes...it's General Zhao Yi. He left the city with a hundred people overnight. He just asked someone to send back the news, saying that he...he has captured Jiangling. Please send troops to garrison and support immediately." ."
"Wha...what? He captured Jiangling with a hundred men? Jiangling is not Zhou Yu...could it be that he..."
"No, I heard that it was Cao Ren who led the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to fight back. The night attack came and drove out all the people in Jiangdong. General Zhao took this opportunity to defeat Cao Ren and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and then captured Gangneung.”
"This...this, this, this..."
The news came so suddenly. Liu Bei didn't even wash his face or brush his teeth. He felt that everything was so dreamy. Jiangling changed hands just after he slept? Was he taken over by his good son-in-law? Immortal disciples are indeed extraordinary in their actions.
"Quick, call for the military advisor immediately!"
Zhuge Liang worked overtime to deal with government affairs the day before and didn't go to bed until early in the morning. However, he was awakened by a rapid knock on the door less than two hours after he fell asleep. Then he also showed the same expression as Liu Bei just now.
"What did you say? Hongfei took Jiangling with a hundred people?"
"Yes, military advisor, my lord asked you to go to him immediately to discuss taking over Jiangling."
Zhuge Liang was in a daze for a moment, then he quickly got up and put on his clothes while pushing the door open and walked towards Liu Bei's meeting hall with the messenger.
"Military advisor, how do you think this matter should be handled? Zhao Hongfei can always surprise people!"
When Liu Bei saw Zhuge Liang, he asked hurriedly.
"My lord, this is a great good thing for our army! My lord, have you ever remembered what you talked with Liang in Longzhong? Now that Jingzhou has been captured, Nanjun and Jiangling have secured the dangerous Yangtze River. This place can block Xiangyang to the north and Xiangyang to the south. Controlling Hu Township, connected to Wuchang in the east and Yiling in the west, can be used as a strategic town to resist Cao Cao and as a military point to advance to Yizhou in the west."
"So, we should send troops to Jiangling immediately! But...who should we send?"
Liu Bei originally wanted one of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to go, but his second and third brothers had just returned, and now he was a little reluctant to send them out again.
"Isn't Hongfei in Jiangling City now? I think he is the best candidate! And we will take this opportunity to not only stabilize Jiangling, but also go north and capture Xiangyang in one fell swoop!"
"Let Hongfei go? But he has no experience in commanding large-scale siege warfare."
"My lord, you can transfer General Zilong from Guiyang to Jiangling, and just hand over the four counties of Jingnan to Liang."
"Yes, yes, yes, as the military advisor said, immediately order Zhao Yun to lead three thousand troops north to Jiangling to reinforce Hongfei!"
Since Zhao Yun was in Guiyang, it would take several days to reach Jiangling, but Liu Bei first sent his adopted son Liu Feng with 2,000 people to support Zhao Yi first.
When Liu Feng led his men to Jiangling City, he issued Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's military orders in place, while Zhao Yi was given the title of Deputy Military Advisor Zhonglang General. His power increased greatly, and he even accidentally squeezed out Pang Tong, who was supposed to be the general. s position.
"My father-in-law gave me a promotion? This relationship is good. How many troops can I, the lieutenant general, command?"
Liu Feng knew that Zhao Yi was a popular figure around Zhuge Liang, so he did not dare to neglect, and said with a smile: "Hongfei, this deputy strategist Zhonglang General has a flexible number of troops. He should be able to command a team of up to five thousand people."
"Five thousand people? I'm getting rich~ I'm getting rich~ The number of people has increased from 1,000 to 5,000. Now I can use more equipment!"
Zhao Yi was thinking about how to upgrade the equipment for his team, and quickly said: "A military advisor is worthy of being a military advisor. Cao Ren just lost Jiangling. He must have never thought that we would attack Xiangyang in one go! Brother Feng, you bring two thousand people, I I only have a hundred people under my command, but my elder brother’s 3,000 people will soon be in place, so we’ll all come out in force without giving the other side any chance to react!”
"Come out in full force? Hongfei, do you mean no one is left in the city?"
Liu Feng was frightened by his bold suggestion and was about to admonish him, but he remembered what Liu Bei had told him before he left, that all military operations in Jiangling would be at the disposal of Zhao Yi, and the latter was now the deputy military adviser, General Zhonglang. Well, apart from this level of status, he is still an immortal disciple, so he doesn't need to worry about it at all.
"It's just that they came out in full force, but not everyone was left. I also bothered Brother Feng to lead a hundred people to create an illusion in the city, and arranged them evenly on the city wall, with each person holding two flags, so that Jiangling would be safe. ~! Of course, after my eldest brother Zhao Yun arrives, we still need to strengthen the proper defenses. If Zhou Yu finds out about our capture of Jiangling, he will definitely be furious, and we must be on guard against that guy jumping over the wall."
"Okay, I understand."
After Liu Feng and Zhao Yi handed over military power, the two thousand men they brought with them were only a hundred. The latter suddenly had more troops, but the one he used most easily was the core one hundred men. Liu Feng led The two thousand people who came had not received Zhao Yi's modern training, and their combat effectiveness when commanded was obviously not at the same level.
But even this was enough. What Zhao Yi wanted to do was to block the shot and capture Xiangyang before Cao Ren could react.
Once Xiangyang is captured, the situation for Liu Bei's army will be completely opened up. By then, Cao Cao will be rejected in the north and Sun Quan will be joined in the east. Yizhou in the west will be like searching for things, as well as Hanzhong and Xiliang. Zhao Yi has already conceived in his mind. How to win.
