Not long after Zhang Xi prepared water and food, Zhang Xi saw a large group of people heading towards Hanjinkou.
Zhang Xi was immediately startled because there were too many people.
According to the scouting horse report, although the entire team was scattered, it stretched for more than ten miles and looked to be at least 50,000 to 60,000 people.
Zhang Xi was confused. How could there be so many people? !
But fortunately, Zhang Xi was not stunned for too long. His Erha once again jumped up and down and ran over, telling Zhang Xi that his lord Liu Bei would be arriving soon, and asked Zhang Xi to quickly open the village gate to greet him.
Zhang Xi quickly opened the gate of the village and led a hundred soldiers to greet him. As expected, he saw Liu Bei not long after.
However, it was different from the Liu Bei that Zhang Xi thought. Although this Liu Bei's clothes were a little torn and his face was a little shabby, he was full of energy and had a smile on his face.
Moreover, when Zhang Xi saw Liu Bei, before he even saluted, he saw Liu Bei bowing to him and said.
"Being prepared to escape this catastrophe is entirely due to the power of Yuan Zhang. Please pay homage to me."
Zhang Xi hurriedly supported Liu Bei who was about to bow down. This was wrong, and it was not in line with the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers in this era.
"Why did my lord say this?!" Zhang Xi quickly asked in surprise after supporting Liu Bei.
I am here to guard the ferry and cook some food. How come this is my own merit? !
Liu Bei was still smiling, very happily.
But Zhang Fei had already rushed out, grabbed Zhang Xi's wrist, and said with a smile, "Yuan Zhang, I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss you Zhang!"
Zhang Xixin said, "Your surname is not Feng. Why are you saying this if you have nothing to do? Please speak softly, it's so loud that your ears are ringing."
"Three generals, you are well. How about you go take a shower and change clothes first?!" Zhang Xi said as he stayed away from Zhang Fei.
One's ears couldn't stand it, and the other's nose couldn't stand the smell of blood and sweat mixed together. The smell was really unbearable.
It's not that Zhang Xi can't accept the smell of blood. Zhang Xi was already used to this smell when he was guarding the city in E County.
The key is that they were too close this time. Zhang Fei looked like he had just fought hard and hadn't showered in dozens of days. Who could stand the smell when mixed together.
Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, then laughed so hard that Zhang Xi started to have tinnitus.
Liu Bei, on the other hand, came out to the rescue now.
"Don't be busy before reminiscing about the past. I'm tired from the long journey." Liu Bei smiled and said to Zhang Xi, "Chang Yuan, let the soldiers set up camp again on the outside and guide the people into the camp to have a good rest. Early tomorrow morning, we will lead the people in Jiangxia, it’s a good time to settle down.”
Zhang Xi quickly agreed, then bowed his hand to Zhang Fei as a farewell and went to do his own business.
It's just that Zhang Xi is also very strange. Liu Bei and Zhang Fei don't look like they have just experienced the Changbanpo Battle Royale. And the number of these common people is also a bit ridiculous, right? !
"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" only talks about Liu Bei escaping from pursuit. History books say that Liu Bei led a dozen cavalry to escape, and there is no mention of the fate of the people at all.
But Zhang Xi thought about it, in that kind of chaos, the fate of the people would not be good. Even if Cao Cao's army did not kill, they were probably separated. It was impossible to follow Liu Bei and still reach Hanjinkou.
Why are there so many people this time? !
And speaking of Xu Shu’s family members? !
As soon as Zhang Xi thought of this, he quickly asked people to find Kou Erha. After a while, Erha appeared.
"Brother, what do you want from me?!" Kou Feng asked.
"Gongzhong, let me ask you, have you ever seen your lord and the families of Military Advisor Zhuge and Military Advisor Xu?!" Zhang Xi asked with a serious look on his face.
Kou Feng thought for a moment and said, "I've never seen it."
Zhang Xi's heart skipped a beat for a moment.
But then, Kou Feng said again, "Brother, why are you asking about this? The female convoys are always guarded by white soldiers. As foreign ministers, even if we are fleeing, we must have some taboos."
What the hell does this mean? ! Who doesn’t know the taboos? !
Zhang Xi suddenly became furious. This guy really needed a beating.
"Who's asking if you haven't met yet? What I'm asking is, are the family members of the generals under my lord's account lost in the rebellion?!" Zhang Xi gritted his teeth and made it clear.
But Kou Feng still looked at Zhang Xi with a puzzled expression and said, "This time General Guan and I went to meet the lord. Although the lord was chased by Cao's army's tiger and leopard cavalry, he repelled the tiger and leopard cavalry and killed nearly a thousand soldiers. Why do people say they want to rebel against the army?!"
Um? !
What? !
Can you say that again? !
Liu Bei was unexpectedly not dispersed by the tiger and leopard cavalry at Changbanpo, but instead killed the opponent, causing thousands of casualties? !
Hey, come on, you have to use some logic when writing, okay? The Tiger and Leopard Rider is made of paper, right? !
But when Zhang Xi asked Kou Feng for details, he couldn't explain it.
Kou Feng said that he followed Guan Yu to the rescue, so he caught up with a tail and helped to chase down the tiger and leopard cavalry. However, because the opponent was a cavalry, the infantry led by him could not catch up at all, so there was no gain. .
In other words, before Kou Feng and Guan Yu arrived, Hubaoqi had already suffered a lot of losses. As for the cause of the loss, Kou Feng really didn't know.
Zhang Xi could only put aside this question for the time being and arrange for his soldiers to set up camp and prepare for defense.
Liu Bei brought too many people, and people kept coming in one after another. Zhang Xi was busy all night and finally managed to gather all the people.
Then, before Zhang Xi could rest, he had to introduce Su Fei and Chen Jiu to Liu Bei. After Liu Bei praised them greatly, Chen Jiu and Su Fei took turns to command the navy to transport the people to Jiangxia.
Then at noon the next day, Zhang Xi waited for the soldiers led by Guan Yu who had broken off the rear. Only then could he hand over the defense and go have a good sleep.
After waking up, Zhang Xi couldn't wait to go to Xu Shu to confirm the safety of their family.
Fortunately, Xu Shu, Xu Shu's mother and Mrs. Xu were all safe and sound, and were all in Xu Shu's tent.
Then Zhang Xi took advantage of the situation and asked Xu Shu what happened in the battle at Changbanpo.
With less than 10,000 troops scattered to protect hundreds of thousands of civilians, how did they manage to avoid being scattered by the tiger and leopard cavalry? !
Zhang Xi still couldn't figure it out, but as a witness, Xu Shu gave Zhang Xi an answer on the spot.
The reason is very simple, some are artificial, some are cheating, and some are unparalleled.
The person who created the cheat is Zhang Xi, the person who cheated is Zhang Fei, and the person who opened Wushuang is still Zhao Yun.
The military training methods left by Zhang Xi were meticulously inherited by Zhang Fei, and based on the characteristics of the Yuanyang Formation and Wugang Chariot, Zhang Fei also made certain improvements to the command methods.
Zhang Fei requested that all primary schools must maintain adequate contact with each other at all times. If they are separated, the separated primary schools can assemble on the spot, respond to nearby companions, and rely on Wugang vehicles to defend on the spot first, and then think about it themselves. Ways to send reinforcements for rescue.
With this command method, Zhang Fei usually focused on training his soldiers. This at Changbanpo saved Liu Bei's army's life.
Liu Bei ordered the entire army to disperse to protect the people. Before Zhang Feilin dispersed, he repeatedly asked each primary school to march according to the drill. Therefore, while protecting the people, each primary school still maintained the habit of responding to each other although they were a bit far apart.
Liu Bei's army marched slowly like this until they reached Changban Slope, and were finally overtaken by Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry.
Of course, not all the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were there, only the one thousand Tiger and Leopard Cavalry led by Cao Xiu were in the vanguard. The remaining four thousand Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were half a day behind, charging towards Changban Slope under the leadership of Cao Chun.
Traveling three hundred miles in one day and night, even the tiger and leopard cavalry were already very strenuous at this time, so Cao Chun divided his troops and asked Cao Xiu to lead the forward to continue the advance, trying to bite Liu Bei first. He led the rear army to rest for half a day, and then followed up.
Cao Xiu did indeed lead a thousand tiger and leopard cavalry to catch up with Liu Bei near Dangyang County.
When he first caught up with Liu Bei, Cao Xiu was also shocked - why did Liu Bei have so many troops? !
Stretching for more than ten miles, the number of people was no less than one hundred thousand. Cao Xiu almost gave up the attack.
Just kidding, using a thousand cavalry to attack an army of hundreds of thousands, even if the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is the strongest army in the world, there is no such option of dying in vain.
But soon, Cao Xiu realized that Liu Bei could not have so many troops. The entire Jingzhou combined did not have so many troops.
Taking a closer look, Cao Xiu discovered that these hundreds of thousands of people were all common people.
And Liu Beijun, in order to protect the people, actually took the initiative to disperse into dozens of teams.
Cao Xiu was overjoyed immediately.
Anyone who can do this is either a born hero or a fool. Obviously, Cao Xiu thought Liu Bei was the latter.
After seeing clearly what was going on with the enemy in front of him, Cao Xiu immediately organized his cavalry and formed an attack formation.
When Cao Xiu's cavalry appeared, a small school of troops behind Liu Bei's army had already noticed that something was wrong.
Although he was panicking, after such a long period of practice, the primary school knew what he should do first at this time. He immediately blew the bamboo whistle used for communication.
After blowing the bamboo whistle, the primary school immediately gave the order to start placing Wugang chariots in the direction of Cao Jun's incoming attack.
After hearing the bamboo whistle, the nearby primary schools also quickly moved closer, united the forces of three or four primary schools, and reasonably laid out a circular Wugang vehicle array.
Now Zhang Fei has more soldiers. Instead of the original 150 to 200 soldiers, a small school has 200 to 300 soldiers. Therefore, with a force of nearly 1,000 soldiers, more than 100 Wugang vehicles have been deployed. A car formation surrounded by cars.
As for the common people, they did not need these soldiers to rush them. As soon as they saw the flag of Cao's army, they immediately ran forward desperately. Although many people escaped, it did not affect the formation of the first batch of soldiers.
At this time, Cao Xiu also made a mistake-underestimating the enemy.
But we really can't blame Cao Xiu for this. He is young after all, and he hasn't been a member of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry for a long time.
In addition, in Cao Xiu's concept, how could a group of infantry, even in formation, be a match for a thousand cavalry on the plains.
What's more, he was leading the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, who captured Tadun alive and killed Yuan Tan's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.
Therefore, Cao Xiu was like a cat playing with a mouse, watching Liu Bei's soldiers in a playful manner blowing whistles to gather troops and form formations until he saw the other side began to form a circle with their carts.
At this time, Cao Xiu realized that he seemed to be a little careless. The opponent seemed to be a car formation.
But Cao Xiu still felt that he was the dominant side at this time. It's not like he has never encountered car formations in recent years. This kind of thing that can only be defended has long been eliminated by history.
Moreover, Liu Beijun's vehicle formation was not made up of chariots, but large carts used by civilians to load firewood. This kind of thing itself was not too strong and did not have any defensive measures.
You don't even need to get close to the vehicle formation, you just need to ride and shoot from the outside, killing the soldiers inside the vehicle formation.
It's only me who beats you, not you who beats me.
Cao Xiu thought well, but when he saw what he saw as a cart-like thing connected end to end, he suddenly erected a ten-foot-high wooden board on the outside of the cart, and stretched out spears and bamboo poles along the gaps between the carts. Come out and form a simple antler. Now Cao Xiu couldn't help it.
(End of chapter)
