Seeing the three hundred cavalry stopped, Cao Wu finally breathed a sigh of relief. He slowed down and the little red horse breathed and rested.
The two people on the horse were also panting.
After a while, Ada pretended to be casual and took away Cao Wuhuan's right hand from around him, and asked: "It was really thrilling just now, what should we do next?"
"I don't know if Zhang Fei is dead or not. I hope the nearby troops can see the smoke and come to support."
Just as he was talking, smoke and dust rose from the official road ahead, and hundreds of horses were running towards it.
A general in white helmet and white armor ran ahead on horseback.
Cao Wu recognized the man, Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan.
A Da quietly lifted up the veil, and Cao Wuze shouted with great joy: "Come quickly, General Zhang!"
Zhang Liao was stationed in Xiangyang and camped twenty miles outside the city. Suddenly he saw the smoke rising and immediately led his troops out to check. It was considered a quick response.
Although Zhang Liao was brave, he was a general under Lu Bu and was not considered a direct lineage to be reused at this time.
For Cao Wu, he had only met Cao Wu a few times, and he only knew Cao Wu a few times, and he didn't know Cao Wu well.
Seeing Cao Wu appear here, he was surprised at first, and then glanced at Ah Duo in Cao Wu's arms.
No matter why General Beifu came here, he came to the front line with a beautiful woman in his arms. Coupled with the rumors that Cao Wu had heard before about Cao Wu trampling the scholar to death in the street, he couldn't help but feel contempt.
But he was quite dignified and did not show it on his face. He asked: "As far as Wen Yuan knows, General Beifu is not among those recruited for this war. Why is he here?"
Cao Wu pointed backwards: "Let's talk about it later, let's chase the people first. Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide are behind, General, go quickly!"
"This is the rear..."
Zhang Liao was doubtful.
Cao Wu said anxiously: "He came out of the Dabie Mountains, don't let him escape!"
Zhang Liao could only lead his army to pursue him.
When things got urgent, he only brought more than 600 cavalry, and a group of cavalry passed by Cao Wu's horse on both sides.
Cao Wu's little red horse is like an island facing the flowing water, going backwards.
The little red horse was so handsome that a group of cavalry horses actually separated to make way for her.
Zhang Liao looked back in surprise and uncertainty, wondering what Cao Wu was capable of.
By the time his cavalry had passed, he had already seen the shadow of Zhang Fei's cavalry.
Although Zhang Fei's army did not hold a flag, the armor systems of the two sides were obviously different. Zhang Liao saw something was wrong at a glance and shouted: "Whoever is in front of you, capture him quickly!"
One man emerged from the three hundred cavalrymen, and it was Zhang Fei who had replaced his subordinate's horse and mounted it.
At this time, he had picked up the Zhangba Snake Spear and coldly snorted: "Grandpa castrates... Bah, bah, this is Zhang Yide from Yan!"
Only then did Zhang Liao believe Cao Wu's words. When Liu Bei took refuge with Lu Bu, he had met Zhang Fei once or twice and knew that Zhang Fei was brave.
As soon as he signaled, the cavalry behind him began to form.
Zhang Liao's cavalry was twice that of Zhang Fei's, but Zhang Fei was not afraid at all and began to form a formation.
Cao Wu watched from behind, feeling that the cavalry on both sides were elite soldiers, and he didn't know who would win and who would lose.
"kill!"
Zhang Liao shouted loudly and charged first with his crescent halberd.
When Lu Bu's power was at its strongest, his general Gao Shun trained a group of armored elite cavalry called the Trap Camp. There were only 800 people, and everyone was extremely brave.
When Lu Bu was defeated, Gao Shun vowed not to surrender. Most of the soldiers who fell into the camp were killed at the first glance. A few survived and joined Cao Cao's camp following Zhang Liao, who was also in Lu Bu's camp.
The cavalry behind Zhang Liao was composed of elites from the trapped camp.
If they weren't elites, they wouldn't have rushed over so quickly when they saw the smoke.
"kill!"
Zhang Liao's cavalry formed an arrow formation, galloping on the official road, piercing Zhang Fei's cavalry like real arrows.
Zhang Fei, however, lined up in five rows and pushed forward like five horizontal lines.
His cavalry had charged for a while just now, but their charging speed now was far inferior to Zhang Liao's.
The cavalry on both sides collided. Zhang Fei's first row of cavalry ran into Zhang Liao's team first. The snake spears and crescent halberds collided with each other, and the other cavalry also raised their swords to slash.
The power of the front arrow formation was unstoppable in the charging formation, but Zhang Fei, who was in the middle of the horizontal formation, blocked the arrows of the front arrow formation alone.
This is a hand-to-hand fight with real swords and guns, the will to stay in the battle, life or death, the confrontation of cavalry is more brutal than the fighting of infantry.
Because the infantry mostly fought in teams of two, but the cavalry was different. There was only one chance of slashing with the sword, and there was only one chance of life and death.
Zhang Liao's cavalry, led by the trapped camp, moved uniformly, and half of Zhang Fei's first row fell instantly.
However, Zhang Fei's second row of cavalry caught up and the sharp arrow array of the trapped camp was scattered.
Next is the third row, the fourth row, and the fifth row.
Zhang Fei's cavalry was like an overwhelming force, with each wave rising higher than the other.
"So difficult!"
As soon as the two Zhang came into contact, this idea came to their minds at the same time.
Like the other cavalry, the two separated after only one round, but their palms were numbed by each other.
Suddenly, Zhang Liao saw the wound on Zhang Fei's stomach, and immediately turned around and stabbed the wound directly with his halberd.
"The little thief hurt me, don't take advantage of others!"
Zhang Fei's horizontal spear pushed aside the crescent halberd, causing the wound to burst, and he gritted his teeth without saying a word.
"Good man!"
Zhang Liao admired in his heart, but also felt strange in his heart. He thought to himself that he might not be able to hurt Zhang Fei in a duel with Zhang Fei, but which warrior caused the wound on Zhang Fei's body?
He made up his mind that if he saw this warrior in the future, he would greet him with courtesy.
While thinking, he gathered the people and horses.
The first conflict between the two sides has come to an end.
Six hundred cavalry versus three hundred cavalry.
Zhang Fei's army lost more than eighty people in battle. Zhang Liao's army had the numerical advantage, but more than eighty people died.
In one charge, more than 160 horses lost their owners.
This is the battlefield, Zhang Liao thought.
The battlefield is not a place for generals like Cao Wu to travel with beautiful women. It is bloody, cruel, and ruthless in determining everyone's fate.
The two sides shifted their positions, Zhang Liao made a gesture, and the entire army turned around and prepared to charge again.
But a scene happened that stunned him.
Zhang Feijun no longer charged, but the whole army rushed to chase the little red horse in front.
The two people on Xiaohong's horse, one woman put her hands on her forehead, shook her head and sighed, the other man kept turning his head, and the curse words from Pei Guoqiao County kept coming out.
"Are you so angry?"
Zhang Liao led the cavalry behind him in pursuit.
Seen from a high altitude, the red horse leads the way, followed by the black horse general and more than 200 cavalry, and then the white horse general and more than 500 cavalry.
Three waves of people chased each other, galloping on the official road, raising smoke and dust all the way.
Not long after, Cao Wu suddenly turned his horse to the left, because a thousand-man infantry team appeared in front of him.
Maybe he saw the smoke coming from behind, or maybe Zhang Liao made the explanation when he came.
Thousands of people lined up in a phalanx, with shields placed on the outermost side, and pikemen standing behind the shields, ready for battle.
Zhang Fei's eyes widened and he shouted: "That little thief, you lied to grandpa again!"
After saying this, his cavalry all turned to the left.
However, this time was not like last time. One-third of the exhausted cavalry failed to successfully turn, and dozens of cavalry crashed directly into the Thousand Men.
"Wow!"
The elite cavalry have already learned how to deal with battle formations. They specifically select gaps in the shields, mount their horses on the shields, and leap into the formation.
The cavalryman slashed with his sword, bringing up a pool of blood.
Although they also killed some people, everyone knew that those dozens of cavalrymen had been trapped in the quagmire of the Thousand-Man Team, and it was only a matter of time before they died in the Thousand-Man Team that was well-positioned for battle.
On the other side, seeing Zhang Fei turn in front, Zhang Liao's troops had more time to react. The cavalry behind him also turned, and only a few hit the shield.
Zhang Fei chased Cao Wu with more than a hundred cavalry with his eyes split open, while Zhang Liao bit Zhang Fei's tail.
At this time, Zhang Liao's mentality changed again. He watched helplessly as Cao Wu, full of courage, used himself to seduce Zhang Fei's men and easily deceived one-third of his people.
I couldn't help but feel that my previous idea was not fair enough and that I should re-evaluate Cao Wu's ability.
Little did he know that what Cao Wu was thinking now was that he had scared his father to death just now. A group of infantrymen came out from nowhere and almost hit him. Fortunately, I passed the test in three grades and turned the steering wheel quickly.
Regarding Zhang Fei behind him, Cao Wu was in trouble and couldn't tell.
You said that you should be a good cavalry hedger, and then just charge forward. Can't you buy some melon seeds and hold the beautiful woman next to you to watch?
Why should you charge at me again after charging once? I am a counterattack fighter and I can offend anyone.
As mentioned earlier, there are mountains not far away from both sides of the official road, and there is not much area where Cao Wu can escape in a straight line.
He could feel that after several high-speed turns, the little red horse was almost overwhelmed.
He had no choice but to take a gamble.
After thinking about it, Cao Wubian ran and touched the horse's belly with his hand.
He stared at Zhang Fei and shouted: "Come on!"
Zhang Fei saw clearly and thought that this man's hidden weapon was really good. He could risk being injured, but he couldn't break his brother again.
He shouted angrily: "Let's go!"
Then he reined up his horse and ran towards the mountains, followed by the cavalry behind him, like a train of horses, sliding away dozens of feet in front of Cao Wu.
Zhang Liao, who didn't know what was going on, came from behind and saw Zhang Fei going up the hillside. He ordered his men to chase him, and he drove his horse to Cao Wu.
"Thank you, General Beifu."
Zhang Liao said.
One thanked General Beifu for reminding him where Zhang Fei was, and the other thanked General Beifu for using the infantry formation to weaken Zhang Fei's troops.
"It doesn't matter, Zhang Fei's guy is seriously injured and can't run very far, but the general doesn't need to chase him too hard to prevent the opponent from jumping over the wall."
Zhang Liao nodded. He had been marching and fighting for many years, and he understood the principle of surrounding three and missing one. He would only send people to follow Zhang Fei from a distance, and wait for Zhang Fei's troops to run out of energy before going to massacre.
Suddenly thinking of something, he asked again: "General, did you see which warrior injured Zhang Fei just now?"
Cao Wu pointed at himself with a smile: "If it weren't for me, how could he escape just now?"
"It's actually General Beifu?"
Zhang Liao was surprised, but looking at Cao Wu, it didn't look like he was joking.
This swinger brother who travels with beautiful women actually has this ability?
Seeing Zhang Liao's disbelief, Ada couldn't help but pipe up and said, "My general did it."
Zhang Liao pretended to look at Ah Da casually again. He always felt that this woman looked so familiar, but he couldn't remember it.
At this time, the herald of the thousand-man team that lit the smoke arrived. Seeing Zhang Liao here, he came over to report what had just happened.
With the new information, combined with Zhang Fei's sudden escape when he saw Cao Wu touch the horse's belly, Zhang Liao almost believed Cao Wu's statement, so he handed over his hand and said: "Zhang Liao thanked General Cao!"
This thank you was much more solemn than before.
In addition to the two thanks just now, Zhang Liao also thanked Cao Wu, two people and one horse, for saving the entire thousand-man army.
Xie Caowu shouted some words of beacon fire and beacon smoke to let the military formations along the way know the situation.
Thanks to Cao Wu for dragging him to Zhang Liao, he saved the lives of soldiers and civilians along the way.
It can be said that Cao Wu's righteous deed today saved thousands of people at once, which greatly admired Zhang Liao.
Coupled with the fact that Cao Wuxiao was brave and good at fighting and injured Zhang Fei, Zhang Liao's evaluation of Cao Wu increased sharply.
Just a quarter of an hour ago, he thought that Cao Wu was a dandy, but now, he only admired Cao Wu.
Cao Wu didn't know that this solemn-looking general was very active in his heart.
What he was thinking about was why Zhang Fei appeared here.
Just because you want to harass Cao Jun's logistics?
Or do you have other plans?
With the war approaching, he must figure this out before moving forward without destabilizing his rear.
