Liu Bei knew very well that the soldiers in the stronghold were no match for Gao Yi's tiger and wolf divisions, so he adopted a strategy of holding on to defeat the enemy!
To be on the safe side, Liu Bei even locked the gate of the camp, and forcibly placed more than a hundred horse-repelling stakes in the passage that was only two feet wide.
"You're a righteous kid, you're a despicable person! You're a shameless gangster, you've gone too far!"
"I never thought you could be so despicable. Taking advantage of the fierce battle between me and the Cao thieves, you secretly attacked Xiaopei City, causing all eight thousand Pei soldiers in my city to die on the battlefield."
"Hmph! You, a young brat, want to kill me, Liu Bei! It's just wishful thinking!"
"I, Liu Bei, have a very hard life... When I was shooting a halberd at Lu Bu's gate, you secretly attacked me with cold arrows, and you also warned Lu Bu to kill me. In the end, I was not alive and well!"
"Now my second brother Guan Yu has gone to ask for help. When our Pei army approaches, it will be your death."
Just as Liu Bei was uttering wild words in the camp, a sonorous and powerful word came from Gao Yi's mouth.
"Liu Xuande, don't be arrogant! Let me ask you, are you willing to leave the stronghold and return? Otherwise, the fire of karma will fall from the sky and you will be wiped out."
Liu Bei was furious and mocked: "I, Liu Bei, am a descendant of the Han Dynasty. I have three thousand soldiers under my command, and I am protected by steep cliff walls. How can I be afraid of you, a warrior? I would rather die than surrender!"
Looking at the righteous Liu Bei.
Gao Yi's eyebrows were filled with murderous intent, and he immediately ordered: "The whole army listens to the order, strangles the mouth of the valley, and uses defense as offense. Do not let a single enemy soldier go. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed!"
After saying this, Gao Yi wielded the Heavenly Dragon Halberd in his hand, pointed at the uneven steep slope on one side, and led the twenty-eight bow riders all the way up the slope.
Seeing this scene, Liu Bei, who was hurriedly organizing and strengthening defenses, and the many soldiers in the stronghold, all widened their eyes.
OMG! This is amazing!
They couldn't believe that there were cavalrymen in the world who could run on horseback on rugged cliffs.
Don't you know that the twenty-eight cavalry archers led by Gao Yi are not just ordinary people, but are all first-class cavalry archers with strong combat capabilities.
The world once praised him as: Xiang Yu's Twenty-eight Cavalry.
It is composed of the twenty-eight most courageous archers and cavalry generals under Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu. They are:
[Lingjian Cavalry, Broken Qiong Cavalry, Blood Killing Cavalry, Red Cloud Cavalry, Hidden Front Cavalry, Ying Mo Cavalry, Tiangu Cavalry, Wild War Cavalry, White Tiger Cavalry, Snow Leopard Cavalry...]
At that time, Xiang Yu was known as the Overlord of Western Chu. His fierce fighting prowess was astonishing in ancient times and today. He could carry a tripod across the street with ease. He was truly an enemy of ten thousand people.
As the saying goes: There are no weak soldiers under a strong general.
The twenty-eight archers and cavalry generals can be said to have made outstanding military exploits when they followed Xiang Yu in his southern and northern campaigns.
Whether it was the desperate Battle of Julu or the overwhelming Battle of Pengcheng, they were always at the forefront of the Western Chu army.
Even in the final battle of the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, the Siege of Gaixia, they were still fearless even though they were trapped in an ambush from all sides.
With only the strength of twenty-eight cavalry, Xiang Yu helped Xiang Yu break through the dense blockade of 500,000 Han troops, break out of the siege, and reach the bank of Wujiang River.
[It’s a pity that people in the world are ignorant and judge heroes by their success or failure]
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At this time, Gao Yi and his twenty-eight archers had climbed to the top of the steep slope.
Gao Yi stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the enemy troops in the camp below as if they were nothing, and shouted loudly: "Prepare rockets, let me burn the enemy camp."
Twenty-eight archers and cavalry generals lit rockets one after another, drew their bows and nocked arrows, and aimed at the enemy camp.
"Swish swish!"
There were showers of flying arrows and fire, as if falling to the ground like meteors.
The dead grass and debris in the camp instantly ignited, and smoke filled the air everywhere.
In an instant, the entire camp turned into a sea of flames.
A large number of enemy soldiers were forced to flee by the flames, and either turned into burning men or huddled behind the wall.
Liu Bei was also completely panicked. He hurriedly drew his sword and shouted: A man would rather rush forward and die in battle. How can he survive by hiding behind a wall? "
"In this battle, our army has three thousand troops, while the enemy only has eight hundred cavalry. We are outnumbered, and the advantage lies with me!"
"The whole army obeys the order and quickly meets the enemy."
Inspired by Liu Bei, the soldiers in the camp began to organize a counterattack, trying to break out of the sea of fire and break out of the siege.
It’s just that the ideal is very full, but the reality is very slap in the face!
On the road, nearly a hundred horse-repelling stakes that were originally used to block the enemy's cavalry under Gao Yi's command, instead became a toy for the enemy.
As a result, the soldiers who swarmed up were blocked on one side of the horse-rejecting pile and were unable to move forward.
But the eight hundred knights under Gao Yi took advantage of this opportunity, immediately took out their bows and arrows, and shot a large number of enemy soldiers with their bows and arrows.
After several rounds of volleys of arrows.
The hundreds of soldiers who rushed to the front fell into a pool of blood in pieces, turning into piles of corpses that were still warm, and they all died with their eyes open.
Liu Bei was so angry!
I wanted to scold the soldiers for being stupid!
But in the end, he suppressed his resentment and continued to encourage:
"Soldiers, don't panic, don't be afraid! Just arrows are nothing to worry about! The enemy has bows and arrows, don't we have bows and arrows?"
"Archers line up, soldiers with swords and shields cover, shoot arrows! Shoot arrows! Don't worry about running out of bows and arrows, but worry about the enemy not retreating."
"The soldiers continue to step forward. They first open up the horse-repelling stakes, and then continue to charge. Those who drive away the horse-repelling stakes will be rewarded with five gold coins! Those who kill one enemy will be rewarded with ten gold coins!"
As the saying goes: Under a heavy reward, there must be a brave man!
In the end, after killing and wounding more than a thousand soldiers, Liu Bei's soldiers successfully broke through the horse-rejecting stake.
They were only fifty steps away from the eight hundred knights under Gao Yi's command.
Just when they wanted to go all out and completely defeat the eight hundred knights in front of them.
A scene that made them desperate suddenly happened.
Eight hundred knights, they suddenly moved!
The knights put back their bows and arrows one after another, drew out their swords from their waists, and began to drive their horses, gradually launching a charge.
Seeing this scene, the soldiers who were charging forward suddenly woke up.
After being blocked by Juma Zhuang, most of the 3,000 soldiers in the camp had been killed or injured, and now there are only more than 1,000 soldiers.
When the number of soldiers is roughly the same, a collision between infantry and cavalry is almost like suicide.
Sure enough, when the two armies collided.
The armored and sharp infantry formation was powerless to resist under the fierce impact of the war horses, and was like window paper that could be broken by a poke.
Immediately afterwards, countless steel knives rose and fell! Just like the sickle of death, ruthlessly taking away one living life after another.
Countless horse hooves trampled on the corpse, blood and flesh flew everywhere.
In the camp, Liu Bei looked at all this in despair. He laughed angrily, raised his head to the sky and screamed sadly: "Heaven helps the thieves but not the Han people. Now that I have suffered a disastrous defeat, I have no shame in living in this world!"
Liu Bei, who was desperate, slowly shed two lines of clear tears. He raised the three-foot long sword with trembling hands and put it against his neck, preparing to kill himself to thank the world.
