When the second master arrives, things will be saved.
Guan Yu's arrival not only brought five thousand naval troops as reinforcements, but most importantly, brought the latest news from Liu Bei.
Liu Bei is indeed preparing to go south and conquer Jiangling as a foundation for his success.
But now with hundreds of thousands of people, Liu Bei couldn't march quickly at all. Although he was still heading south, betting that Cao Cao would not pursue him, Liu Bei also made two arrangements, sending a navy led by Guan Yu to carry some people south quickly. .
First, people can be quickly sent to Jiangxia for refuge.
Secondly, it is also convenient to contact Zhang Xi's reinforcements, allowing Zhang Xi to lead his troops ashore as soon as possible to meet Liu Bei.
Until now, Liu Bei still didn't understand why Zhang Xi chose Hanjinkou as the meeting place.
But now it's really a mistake. Because Liu Bei wants to go south to occupy Jiangling, Hanjinkou has become the Yangtze River ferry closest to him.
Liu Bei's plan was to send Guan Yu south first, contact Zhang Xi, and have Zhang Xi and Guan Yu come to meet him, and take the people away first, so that he could rush to Jiangling with ease and simplicity to resist Cao's army.
According to the information Guan Yu found along the way, Liu Bei's wish did not come true. Cao Cao sent tiger and leopard cavalry to chase Liu Bei for three hundred miles day and night. Guan Yu was not sure about Liu Bei's current condition.
Therefore, the first time Guan Yu saw Zhang Xi, he asked Zhang Xi who he wanted, and then asked Zhang Xi to lead his fleet and people to Jiangxia, while he led his troops to meet Liu Bei on land.
After all, Guan Yu still didn't trust Zhang Xi's ability to lead troops in combat, and the deeds of the Battle of E County had not yet reached Guan Yu's ears.
Zhang Xi didn't care, Guan Yu was a famous general in the world, and it was the right decision for him to command and respond to Liu Bei.
But at the same time, Zhang Xi also told Guan Yu that it was okay to join Liu Bei, but he had to find a way to defeat the 10,000 Cao troops coming towards Hanjinkou first.
Although Guan Yu was aloof, he did not underestimate the tens of thousands of Cao's troops. He quickly asked Zhang Xi for news about Cao's troops. After learning that Man Chong and Xu Huang were leading the army, Guan Yu also looked solemn.
"The only solution for now is to take him by surprise!" Guan Yu said while stroking his beloved beard. "Ping'er and I will lead five thousand naval troops ashore to set up an ambush. You can lead your troops to defend against the enemy. When the enemy arrives, there is no need to go out to fight. It is better to just hold on. When I come out from the rear, you can attack from both front and back again and we will be able to break through. enemy."
The strategy is nothing special, it is a very common strategy of attacking from both front and back.
Zhang Xi was very doubtful, could this really happen? !
After all, his opponent was Xu Huang, the famous general who defeated Erye head-on in the Battle of Xiangfan.
As for Man Chong, not to mention, besides Zhang Liao, he was the most troublesome person for Sun Shiwan.
The two of them are not rookies. Not only they have been on the battlefield for a long time, but they are also first-rate in commanding the army.
But Guan Yu was very confident, and Zhang Xi had no choice but to obey. The most important thing is that Zhang Xi could not think of a better strategy to retreat from the enemy.
Therefore, Zhang Xi ordered Kou Feng to form a formation outside the ferry, waiting for Cao Jun's arrival, while Erye and Guan Ping began to make a roundabout way, trying to reach Cao Jun's retreat.
In just two days, Zhang Xi saw Cao Jun's figure.
Xu Huang and Man Chong were actually quite surprised when they saw Zhang Xi. They really didn't expect that there was actually a Jingzhou army at Hanjinkou.
Jingzhou has surrendered, and most of the Jingzhou Army is also undergoing reorganization. Which part of the Jingzhou Army does this place belong to? !
Is it from Nanjun? Or from Jiangxia? !
No matter which part it is, two people will definitely occupy Hanjinkou.
However, in order to prevent unnecessary fighting, Xu Huang and Man Chong sent someone to send a letter to the opposing coach to inform Jingzhou that Liu Cong had surrendered.
Then the soldiers reported that the opposite side was Liu Qi's troops from Jiangxia.
Okay, no need to say, let’s get started.
It's not that Zhang Xi doesn't want to cheat, it's mainly that Zhang Xi doesn't have the confidence to deceive two famous generals in the world.
Moreover, there are few people in Zhang Xi, and it is time to rush to meet Liu Bei, so deception and delay will not do any good to Zhang Xi.
Therefore, Zhang Xi reported his family status neatly, and when Cao Jun knew that this was the Jiangxia Army, he was not polite and launched an attack directly.
Then Xu Huang and Man Chong were dumbfounded.
They had seen and heard a little bit about the quality and combat power of the Jingzhou Army.
I heard Yu Jin, who was responsible for reorganizing the Jingzhou Army, said that these guys can only serve as auxiliary soldiers in Cao's army, transporting food and other things. If you expect them to go into battle to kill the enemy, it is tantamount to messing up the position and seeking death.
But now Xu Huang discovered that the Jiangxia army in front of him only numbered three thousand in number. They had all kinds of weapons, including bamboo poles and spears. They were also hiding behind carts to resist the enemy. They looked similar to the people fleeing along the way. These miscellaneous soldiers were able to block the attacks of Cao Jun led by him again and again.
Moreover, the losses on one's side seem to be greater than those on the other side.
Xu Huang sensed that something was wrong, while Man Chong frowned, remembering the strange army that Cao Ren and Li Dian had talked about before, and suddenly had a bad feeling.
But before these two people could react, thousands of soldiers suddenly came out from behind them, and the leader was very familiar to both of them.
Xu Du's old friend, Liu Bei's first general, Guan Yu and Guan Yunchang.
Before Xu Huang could command the rear army to meet the enemy, the enemy in the front also gave up the defense of the cart, passed directly between the two planks, and rushed straight towards Cao's army in front.
Xu Huang and Man Chong were both calm and composed. They immediately divided their work. Xu Huang led the rear army to stop Guan Yu, while Man Chong led the front army to defeat the enemy in front of them.
Guan Yu was a famous general in the world, and he had the reputation of killing Yanliang among all the troops. Xu Huang went to fight Guan Yu and let Man Chong deal with the enemy in front of him. Man Chong was originally quite pleased.
But Man Chong soon stopped thinking so.
The rear army Xu Huang was trying his best to stop Guan Yu, and for a while it could be said that they were evenly matched.
However, the front army led by Man Chong could not defeat the Jiangxia soldiers who were rushing over from the opposite side. They were forced to close to the central army.
No wonder, after dividing the troops, Man Chong only had four to five thousand men, while Zhang Xi had three thousand Jiangxia soldiers who had been trained in the Yuanyang Formation.
Although the combat power is not as good as that of Zhang Fei's men, it is much better than ordinary Cao's army.
Man Chong was knocked unconscious all of a sudden. The enemy was almost within range of his central army. He had no choice but to ask for help from the rear army.
But Xu Huang was helpless. Do you really think that Guan Yu, a famous general in the world, was just blown away? !
Guan Yu not only has amazing military strength, but his ability to command combat is also first-rate. It is because he leads a naval force that his ability to fight on land is a bit poor, otherwise he would have beaten Xu Huang.
Now it is very difficult for Xu Huang to maintain a stalemate, and he has no time to support Man Chong.
But the consequence of not supporting was that Man Chong's front army couldn't stop it after resisting for a while and collapsed directly. Xu Huang's rear army was rushed by the defeated army and immediately dispersed its formation. Guan Yu seized the opportunity to directly suppress it. In the end, Xu Huang and Man Chong had to flee with the defeated army.
Zhang Xi didn't expect this, and Guan Yu didn't expect it either.
Guan Yu originally thought that even if he could win with such a simple front-to-back attack tactic, he would probably have to pay a heavy price. However, just over an hour into the battle, Cao's army was defeated and dispersed.
But since they were defeated, Guan Yu was not polite and directly commanded the entire army to pursue them, all of which were infantry. There was no possibility of not being able to catch up.
When two sides fight, the real large-scale damage often occurs not during the battle, but when one side flees and the other side pursues.
Guan Yu knew this truth well, so he commanded his army to pursue in such an oppressive manner for twenty miles, killing thousands of enemy troops, and completely chasing Cao Jun to the point where they fled in all directions, ensuring that these Cao Jun troops could not gather to threaten him in a short time. After Hanjinkou, Guan Yu slowly gathered his troops, handed over to Zhang Xi, and asked two thousand people to act with him, preparing to go to meet Liu Bei.
However, Zhang Xi was cautious and insisted on waiting for the rear army to transport one hundred improved Wugang chariots brought by his two thousand men, and then let Kou Feng personally lead these soldiers to set off.
Before setting off, Zhang Xi repeatedly emphasized to Guan Yu that only Kou Feng or Zhang Fei could command these two thousand men. Others would probably only be able to use half of their combat power.
Guan Yu narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhang Xi for a long time. After seeing Zhang Xi with hair all over his body, he snorted and left.
Zhang Xi breathed a sigh of relief and led the remaining 1,000 soldiers back to Hanjinkou. While arranging defenses, he asked Chen Ju to lead the navy and lead the more than 50 fleets brought by Guan Yu south to Jiangxia. They came back by the way. When the time comes, let Liu Qi send some reinforcements.
Dangyang County Changbanpo, there should be some fierce battles that will go down in history at this time, but Zhang Xi really doesn't dare to go, it is better to stay at Hanjinkou and be responsible for the dispatch.
In the next few days, Hanjinkou was relatively calm, and Cao Jun had no intention of sending more troops to attack after the last failure.
However, many people came one after another from the direction of Dangyang County. They were all killed by Cao Jun and met by Guan Yu, who guided them to Hanjinkou.
Zhang Xi immediately asked the soldiers to prepare food and clean drinking water to let the refugees take a rest. When there were more people, he asked the navy to transport a batch to Jiangxia and then come back.
After Zhang Xi sent away three groups of people, about 10,000 people, the Jiangxia Navy led by Chen Ju finally returned, bringing with them Chen Dao and the 5,000 reinforcements he led.
As soon as Chen Dao heard that Liu Bei might be besieged in Dangyang County, he immediately led his 5,000 troops to Dangyang County to relieve him without taking any rest.
After Zhang Xi sent Chen Dao away, he continued to gather the people.
As time went by, Zhang Xi discovered that more and more people seemed to be coming to Hanjinkou, and the situation of the people was getting worse and worse.
The previous batches of people were just a little grayer on their faces, a little tired, and their mental state was a little worse.
But in the past few days, many of the people who came here had some injuries on their bodies, some were injured by falls, and some were obviously wounds caused by arrows or weapons.
Zhang Xi's face suddenly became solemn, and he ordered some of Chen Jiu's naval forces to go ashore to meet the people. His own force of one thousand troops began to form an array at the ferry.
Obviously, these people escaped from the battlefield, which means that the battle is not far from here.
Soon, as night fell, Zhang Xi saw a team of at least a thousand people heading towards Hanjinkou.
This was not Zhang Xi's first encounter with the enemy, so he was still calm and began to send out sentries to investigate the enemy's origins.
It turned out that Zhang Xi recognized the leader.
"Brother, hurry up and make a pot of rice and prepare food and drink. The sooner the better, the master is ahead and will be there soon!"
Come on, don’t be wary, it’s my own Erha.
(End of chapter)
