After some attempts failed, Cao Ren began to think about it.
What should we do next? !
Retreating, that's impossible. It's just a slight setback on my side, and it won't hurt my vitality. If I retreat, it will seriously damage morale.
Therefore, Li Dian advised him to return to Fancheng, but Cao Ren refused without thinking.
After some observation, Cao Ren also understood that the soldiers on the opposite side were not "peasants" holding bamboo poles, but a group of well-trained elite soldiers. Not only that, they seemed to be elite soldiers who knew how to fight with multiple arms.
If that's the case...then come, who is afraid of whom?
Cao Ren also had his own pride. The reason why he dared to lead five thousand soldiers to attack the fortified Fancheng was because he had trained an army with multiple arms to fight together.
Cao Ren called the formation of his army the "Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation".
Today, let this "Eight-Gate Golden Lock Formation" teach Liu Bei how to behave.
Cao Ren waved his hand, and his sergeants began to change their formations.
Cao Ren's "Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation" is not as mysterious as written in the novel, it is divided into eight gates or something. It's not as silly as in the TV series, where a group of soldiers are holding flags and spinning in circles... The so-called "Eight-Door Golden Lock Formation" is actually just the cooperation of various arms.
The formation is divided into eight parts, and the soldiers in each part hold different weapons. As the formation changes, the enemies who break into the formation will be at a numerical disadvantage in a short period of time. Coupled with the changes in weapons, One second you are facing spearmen, and the next second you may be facing short soldiers fighting in close combat. If you switch back and forth like this, people who do not have enough battlefield experience will be killed.
Cao Ren thought that his "Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation" was so great that no one else could understand it. In fact, he was just bullying the few people who had actually read military science in these days.
There are three people in Liu Bei's formation who can understand.
Xu Shu, Zhang Xi, Zhang Fei.
Because Cao Ren's "Eight Gate Golden Lock Formation" has always been the same as the principle described in "The Art of War", it's just that Cao Ren has some of his own understanding and application.
People who don't understand it at first will easily fall in and be unable to get out, but once they understand it... even Zhang Fei knows how to break it.
However, Zhang Fei is not the kind of person with low emotional intelligence, and he saw the opportunity a little too late, so he simply let Military Advisor Xu pretend to be cool.
Military Advisor Xu smiled slightly and called Zhao Yun... What happened after that was exactly the same as in the novel.
Cao Ren's eight-door golden lock formation was completely broken by Zhao Yun in accordance with Xu Shu's request.
The infantry faced Zhao Yun's rangers. Although Cao Ren's army was more numerous, the conflict between the arms was too strong, and he was able to see through the way the formation operated. As soon as Zhao Yun entered the formation, he directly cut off the stiffness of Cao Ren's formation, and used more people to deal with more people. The formation with few people turned into fighting independently.
As a result, Cao Ren's infantry suffered heavy casualties.
Cao Ren was also furious, but he didn't lose his cool after all.
When I thought that my formation had been broken by the enemy, but I could not break the enemy's elite formation, and if I continued to fight like this, I would only lose troops and generals, so I quickly paid the money to withdraw my troops, pack up the remaining troops and return to the camp.
However, due to his own face problem, Cao Ren once again rejected Li Dian's suggestion to retreat and decided to make a final struggle - to rob the camp tonight.
Again, because of the problem of night blindness, it is very dangerous for the army to operate at night in these days.
Cao Ren's soldiers had to eat countless amounts of meat every day to make them strong and able to see at night... He didn't believe that Liu Bei's army could do the same.
It is true that not everyone in Liu Bei's army has night vision, but there are still many people in Zhang Fei's camp who can see clearly.
Another thing is, Xu Shu is not a fool. How could he not have guessed that Cao Ren would not give up? !
Even if Xu Shu couldn't guess it, how could Zhang Xi not know... I've watched "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" so many times in vain.
Cao Ren wanted to rob the camp, relying on his army's ability to see at night, but he didn't expect that his little tricks would be completely figured out.
There are few people on Liu Beijun's side who can see at night, but Liu Beijun has been prepared for it.
Let the people in, close the camp gate, light the torch, shoot the arrow... It doesn't matter if you can see it, it's not long-sighted to lose this thing.
Cao Ren was disgraced again, and finally fought his way out with his soldiers. Before he could return to the camp, he saw flames burning in his camp. He was shocked and knew that this was Liu Bei's sneak attack on his camp.
Okay, I couldn't make a sneak attack, but I was attacked by someone else... What else can I do, just run away.
As long as they run out, gather the remaining soldiers, and then go north to join the army led by Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang, they are not without the strength to fight.
But what Cao Ren could think of, Xu Shu could not imagine, could he be allowed to run to Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang so easily? !
Therefore, Cao Ren was frightened when he ran all the way.
After finally running out for a while, Cao Reng was about to gather the retreating soldiers when he was intercepted by Zhao Yun and launched a surprise attack.
Cao Ren led his soldiers forward to fight, but found that his soldiers had not yet come out of the shadow of defeat, their morale was low, and they had no intention of fighting.
As soon as Cao Ren realized that he couldn't defeat Zhao Yun, he didn't want to fight, so he turned around and left.
After finally getting rid of Zhao Yun's pursuit, before Cao Ren could catch his breath, he met Zhang Fei again.
But this time it was even worse. Zhang Fei brought his own troops, and the power of the highly imitated version of the Yuanyang Formation was almost 200% powerful in a chaotic battle, killing Cao Ren's soldiers and fleeing in all directions.
When Cao Ren saw that this was nothing, he quickly abandoned his soldiers and ran away.
After finally getting rid of Zhang Fei, when he was exhausted, he met Kou Feng again... Kou Feng howled happily, and the two men even thought of their own majesty in capturing Cao Jun's general Cao Ren alive.
At this time, Cao Ren no longer looked at who the person was, let alone thinking about meeting Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang. Instead, he did not dare to turn around and run away. Under the cover of his own soldiers, he quickly crossed the river in the middle of the night and returned to Han Dynasty. North shore of water.
After retreating to the north bank of the Han River, Cao Ren had time to gather his troops, but only less than a thousand men came back.
Cao Ren angrily led his army back to Wancheng.
They have all returned to the north bank. It is better to go back to Wancheng and get closer to Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang when they cross the river again.
There was no need to go to Fancheng at all. If he did, he would be attacked from both sides. Cao Ren didn't care whether it was attacked by Guan Yu or not.
Guan Yu's attack on Fancheng was necessary for Liu Bei, but Cao Ren didn't care at all.
After relying on Xu Shu's strategy to defeat Cao Ren, Liu Bei was not idle and directly sent his troops north to meet the suspected soldiers on the north side of Xinye.
At this time, Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang also received the report of Cao Ren's defeat. Knowing that Cao Ren had been defeated and retreated to Wancheng, they would not fight Liu Bei desperately.
Leaving some people behind, these two men ran faster than rabbits and evacuated the battlefield in an instant.
I just felt sorry for the one who stayed behind to break the queen. The general of this broken queen army was named Xia Houlan.
Well, we are Brother Yun's good buddy, the kind we grew up with.
Xia Houlan thought that Zhao Yun should not fight him. He had never won a battle since he was young... and he surrendered directly to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei also followed Zhao Yun's suggestion and made Xiahoulan the military supervisor of the entire army.
That is, the Chief of the Military Justice Department.
From now on, the military officers of Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, and Zhao Yun will all be under the jurisdiction of Xiahoulan, and Xiahoulan is indeed a man who is proficient in the law and an upright person... Our Brother Yun can Not the kind of person who has a backdoor relationship.
After the battle, Liu Bei was in a good mood and specially held a celebration banquet. Except for Guan Yu and Guan Ping's father and son who were far away in Fancheng, everyone else attended the celebration banquet and drank together to celebrate.
By the way, Liu Bei also had to reward everyone based on their merits. Everyone was given some trophies or something.
After all, Liu Bei is now dependent on others, and there is really not much room for promotion, so he can only give more rewards.
Zhang Xi also won his first military honor in his life, and it was not a small one.
It was he who led the troops to burn Cao Ren's military camp.
Originally, Zhang Xi didn't want to go. He was really afraid of death.
Although Cao Ren and Li Dian have already led troops to attack at night, who knows if there are capable people left behind in the army. If you encounter such a ruthless character, it doesn't matter if you haven't completed the task. Don't turn around and be found out. The plan was immediately clicked.
But Liu Bei really has no one. He can't let Liu Bei burn Cao Ren's camp by himself.
If Cao Ren returned to the camp and saw Liu Bei burning the camp, he would have gone straight to Liu Bei. Killing Liu Bei would be considered a counterattack.
So Zhang Xi could only go, because he was not only a soldier, but also a marching commander, a proper military position.
Zhang Xi was on tenterhooks along the way, but at last he was lucky and didn't encounter any experts staying in the camp.
Even Zhang Xi falsely claimed that he was sent back by Cao Ren to mobilize troops, and the soldiers guarding the camp did not suspect it, because Zhang Xi really showed that he could see at night. People in Cao Ren's camp thought this was a sign exclusive to the soldiers in Cao Ren's camp. Woolen cloth.
As soon as the camp gate opened, Zhang Xi without hesitation asked the lieutenants to rush in and set fire to the camp, while he left a few soldiers to protect himself. He waited until the fire was almost gone before leading his soldiers to retreat quickly.
Although there were surprises along the way, he finally completed the mission without any danger and received a military medal.
In the future, we will be considered as people with military merit. If we continue to accumulate this, there is no way that we will one day become a marquis.
After all, in the Han Dynasty, people without military merit could not be granted the title of marquis.
Well, that’s a bit far.
Liu Bei repelled Cao Ren, and Guan Yu also regained Fancheng... Guan Yu's recovery of Fancheng was not so easy to leave. It depends on the final outcome of the game between Liu Bei and Liu Biao.
Liu Bei was very happy now. He laughed frequently at the celebration banquet. In the past, he could not see his "happiness and anger without expressing his emotions" at all now.
This time he defeated Cao Ren, which showed his ability as Liu Bei, and he will be able to speak more forcefully in front of Liu Bei in the future.
Another one, Liu Bei finally tasted what it was like to have military advisors to help him.
There is no need to think about it and your head will hurt. Just listen to what the military advisor says and make your own decision.
Moreover, Xu Shu, the military advisor, saw through Cao Ren's military formation with ease, and made arrangements to take back Fancheng in advance, allowing himself to completely connect Xinye and Fancheng in a line, and gain a certain strategic depth.
Liu Bei had never fought such an easy and worry-free battle in his life.
Of course, there is Zhang Xi, and Liu Bei also wrote down Zhang Xi's name... Liu Bei has already seen the current combat effectiveness of Zhang Fei's soldiers in actual combat.
To put it bluntly, if Zhang Xi had helped him train soldiers in Xuzhou and Xu Shu had given him advice, he would have been afraid of Lu Bu, so why would he have to swallow his anger to a slave with a third surname?
Now Liu Bei can't wait to perform a sword dance on the spot to express his mentality.
As for Zhang Xi, he suddenly thought of something.
Holding the wine glass, Zhang Xi found Xu Shu.
"Brother Yuan Zhi...Brother Yuan Zhi is having fun again, but he doesn't know where your father is?!" Zhang Xi asked in a low voice.
After defeating Cao Ren, according to the legend, Cheng Yu, a wicked guy, would take the risk and deceive Xu's mother into Xudu.
Although this matter is inconsistent with historical facts, Zhang Xi has to be on guard.
Xu Shu, on the other hand, smiled and said to Zhang Xi, "How dare I forget my mother?! As early as when I took refuge with the envoy, I sent people to Yingchuan to invite my mother to reunite. Now that I think about it, it's almost time. !”
"..." Zhang Xi nodded and said no more words.
Well, it seems that this matter is probably based on historical facts.
