The battle between Lu Junyi and Du Bo was in full swing when a red-faced and yellow-bearded general who was the commander of Shuanglao came out of the battle and repeatedly invited the battle: "My master is the 'Red-faced Tiger' Yuan Lang. Today I want to kill the general to become famous. Who can come and do it?" Do you want to do good deeds, Mr. Zhou Quan?"
When Sun An saw this, he said angrily: "This guy is so arrogant! Since he also uses two weapons, I'll go meet him for a while!" After that, he rode out.
In the enemy formation, the "Axe Demon" Xiang knew that Sun An was powerful and was afraid that Yuan Lang would underestimate the enemy. He shouted from behind: "Yuan Hu, this wielder of two swords is quite extravagant, so please be more careful."
Yuan Lang said proudly: "You don't know that my whole life has been characterized by extravagance and covering up."
He made a pair of steel swords, which read the Chinese character "grasping". Such weapons were ancient weapons that flourished in the Zhou and Qin Dynasties. It is extremely rare for people to use them today. Just looking at their shape, they are weird and abnormal: The handle is vertical, long or short. In short, a big fist is placed on the end of the handle like a hammer. The fist is held like a sword, and two fingers of the index finger are extended like a fork. The whole body is made of steel. It is no less important than an ax and ax, and has the functions of a fork, a spear, an axe, a hammer, a sword, and a hammer. It cannot be used by a general who is not strong and brave.
However, Sun An is also a tiger warrior. His double swords, if used by another person, would inevitably be fierce. However, in the hands of Sun An, the swords are not at all light and agile, and they are invisibly restrained by Yuan Lang: with two swords Two enemies, heavy against heavy, but Sun An had one more word for quickness.
However, Yuan Lang's double weapons were different from ordinary ones. Their moves were varied and a bit strange. Therefore, Sun An did not dare to be careless. He concentrated on fighting with the opponent, and it was difficult to tell the difference for a while.
Du Xiu and "Double Mace Opening the Sky" Feng Tai looked at each other and both clapped their horses to fight. Wang Xun watched Du Xiu's moves several times, thinking that he would not lose to the opponent. At this time, he slapped his horse and danced his sword to catch Du Xiu.
Xu Guanzhong sighed: "There are so many brave generals in just a few states!" He drew out his spear and stopped Fengtai.
The four men fought against each other, and in the blink of an eye they fought for twenty or thirty more rounds, but they were evenly matched. Li Huai sighed to the generals around him: "A camel is too skinny to be taller than a horse. There are many brave generals among the elite of the Song Army."
The generals were not angry after hearing this and were about to go on stage. Li Huai stopped and looked at the city with gloomy eyes and said: "Look, there are still a few people standing there waiting to be killed. They may not be weaker than you and others. Even if they don't wear iron armor." The army charged at him for a while, although they could not capture the city, but they still frightened the eunuchs. They trapped the Song army in the city, and then mobilized the navy to block the water and food routes. Within a month, he would be deprived of food and life. "
After hearing this, the generals under his command cheered repeatedly and shouted to open the formation. Behind the densely packed banners, five thousand elite cavalry were hidden.
His five thousand soldiers all wore deep helmets and iron armor, with only one pair of eyes exposed. The horses were all heavily armored and wore masks, with only their four hooves hanging on the ground. Judging from his position, they were all in groups of three. , two archers on the left and right, supported by a spearman in the middle.
Li Huai gave an order, and the armored cavalry moved slowly. The eight generals in the field were entangled tightly. Cao Cao was shocked when he saw it. Because Zhu Jing's arrow injury was not healed, he did not fight, so he led Yan Qing and Geng Gong out of the battle. , shouted: "Follow me as a brother, don't let go, pick up a few of them back quickly!"
The three of them rushed side by side and were bypassed from left to right. Du Bo and others were afraid of being surrounded, so they had to avoid his attack. Lao Cao calmly picked up the four generals Lu Junyi and led the troops back to the city. Huaixi was so angry that The four generals were screaming.
At this time, the armored cavalry had already charged up, and the archers fired arrows, killing all the Song troops who had not entered the city. Fortunately, the city gate was closed in time, and he did not take advantage of the situation to rush in.
The boy in the city continued to shoot after being ordered to do so. However, when the bows and arrows were shot out, they could only hear the clanging sound of their armor, but no damage was done.
When the generals returned to the city, they saw that Tong Guan's face turned pale with shock. He shook his hands and cursed: "Unexpectedly, Wang Qing has developed such a trend. This kind of armored army is the power of Xixia's entire country. I only trained three thousand, but I gave him a rebel to make up five thousand. It's lucky that we are all in the city. If we were fighting in the field, would we be alive at this moment?"
The generals looked at the armored cavalry slowly retreating like a torrent of steel, with sullen expressions and no words.
Cao Cao thought for a while and suddenly smiled and said: "Prime Minister, in battle, one must have both wisdom and courage to be considered superior. Don't look at how many brave generals the Huaixi thieves have and such iron cavalry. However, if there are no wise men to match them, , it is not difficult to find his weakness. We have such famous commanders as the Privy Council with both civil and military talents, what do they have? They are just brainless people."
Wang Zhen was surprised after hearing this: "General Wu, how can you tell them that they are brainless?"
Cao Cao pointed to the armored army and said, "Excuse me, Prime Minister, if this armored cavalry is the commander of the Prime Minister, can it be used easily when facing the enemy's fortified city?"
Tong Guan thought for a moment and smiled: "If I use soldiers, these killers will naturally be hidden. They must lure the enemy into the field to defeat them."
Cao Cao cupped his hands and said: "The Prime Minister is brilliant! Compared to the Prime Minister, the person who leads the army is as childish as a boy. What do we have to worry about?"
Tong Guan nodded repeatedly, then suddenly frowned and shook his head, sighing: "That said, but he has this iron cavalry, which is enough to lock me in this isolated city, and then charge the state and attack the government, and the ministers in the court, just like Wang Zhen said, Don’t you laugh at my incompetence?”
Liu Yanqing said: "That's not all. We are now deep into the enemy's territory. Most of the food, grass and baggage are in Fancheng. If he cuts off the waterway, it will be even more lively."
When Tong Guan heard this, he became more worried and said angrily: "Since you see the dilemma, do you have any solution?" Liu Yanqing remained silent.
Cao Cao said: "The strategy to defeat the enemy is not difficult. You can have the army sit here to deal with him, send a partial army up the Han River, and go straight to Fangling! Although Fangling is Wang Qing's basic location, but since From Duan Er to Du Bo, more than 100,000 troops have been sent out. How many more sergeants are there? We can take advantage of the weakness."
Tong Guan perked up after hearing this - it turns out that the city of Xiangyang is adjacent to the Han River in the north, and the city wall reaches the water's edge. It is inaccessible to ships and people. Therefore, Du Bo had come from the west and had to cross mountains to meet Li Huai.
"Wonderful!" Tong Guan clapped his hands together and showed joy: "His iron cavalry can't walk on the mountain road. Even if the infantry pursues him, how can he catch up in time despite the heavy mountains?"
All the confidants were full of praise: "The commander-in-chief really has a wonderful plan!"
Tong Guan waved his hand to stop the flood of flattery. He lowered his head and thought about it carefully. He felt that this strategy was indeed correct. He raised his head and laughed loudly. The sound was heard both inside and outside. Li Huai and others could hear it faintly in the distance, and they all joked: "After all, he is a castrate." Thief, I’m afraid he’s so frightened that he’s going crazy.”
Naturally, a group of cronies came to join in the fun and asked: "Why is the commander laughing?"
Lao Cao felt his scalp go numb, and as expected, he saw Tong Guan smiling and pointing at the city, his tone was extremely contemptuous: "I only laugh at Du Bo's stupidity and Wang Qing's Shaozhi! Humph, this guy deserves to be called Sai Zhang Fei's martial arts skills are indeed not bad, but his brains are far inferior to those of Han Huanhou! He only knows that joining forces will lead to greater strength, but he doesn't think about where he is going, so he opens the door to the mausoleum as much as possible. Such fools and fools will be damned to death!"
Cao Cao was originally going to ask Ying to fetch Wang Qing, but at this moment he felt something ominous for no reason.
He turned around and saw Wang Chen laughing, and thought to himself: This guy is good at martial arts and is not bad at leading troops. Wouldn't it be good to recommend him?
Just as he was about to speak, Tong Guan's big hand grasped Cao Cao's shoulder heavily, his eyes were extremely fiery: "Xiao Wu, how many people do you need to do this big thing?"
Cao Cao smiled and was about to politely refuse, when suddenly Liu Yanqing said loudly: "Wonderful! The commander has a keen eye for people. It really requires a general to handle this matter properly. However, he does not have enough troops after all, so the general will have to ask for help - I Together with General Wu, there are more than 20,000 troops, which should be enough to attack Wang Qing by surprise!"
Tong Guanduan shouted: "Okay! It is indeed a veteran general. In this case, you will be the chief general and Wu Zhi will be your deputy. I will make up for the 30,000 men and horses under your command. There is no need for war horses to defend the city here. All the war horses in the army will be used." As for you, bring Wang Qing to see me within twenty days! Do you dare to accept this order?"
Liu Yanqing straightened his back, cupped his fists and said, "The last general takes command!"
Lao Cao sighed secretly, acted energetically, and said proudly: "The last general takes orders!"
There are different teachings: the iron cavalry is so thorough that it scares children, and the clever strategies are astonishing to the heavens and Meng De. The house mausoleum is broken and the earth's veins are cut off, and the tiger's cub is captured in the tiger's den.
(End of chapter)
