Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

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Le Jin looked at the city wall and shouted: "Sun Quan's [-] soldiers were defeated by General Zhang's [-], and now they are retreating in an open manner. The Jiangdong rats regard us as nothing, and I want to lead the troops to pursue them in order to repay the lord."

The guard Xue Ti hurriedly dissuaded: "General Le, don't be impulsive. This may be Sun Quan's suspicious strategy. He deliberately led us to divide our troops out of the city. It is better for us to stick to Hefei."

Li Dian twitched his beard and analyzed: "Sun Quan thought he had a large number of troops, but he retreated in a disorderly manner. It must be because he felt that there was no hope of attacking the city, and he was unwilling to waste money and food here."

"What Mancheng said is very true. When I go out in battle immediately, I will follow the example of General Zhang and beat him to [-]." Le Jin was so excited that he was about to go downstairs.

Zhang Liao stretched out his hand to stop him: "Xue Hujun is right. General Le's task is to defend Hefei. General Li and I will go after Sun Quan."

"This..." Le Jin felt as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly, but he didn't have a share of such an easy-to-earn military exploit, so I can do it myself.

Xue Ti, the guard, nodded and added: "According to Wenyuan's arrangement, we must follow Wei Gong's secret letter."

Xue Ti brought out Cao Cao's secret letter, and Le Jin had no choice but to obey. He cupped his fists and said, "Sun Quan will go to Xiaoyaojin when he retires. You can make a fuss there."

"General Le guards the city with peace of mind, and General Li and I will go back as soon as we go." Zhang Liao nodded.

Zhang Liao and Li Dian walked down the city wall and said: "Sun Quan has [-] people after all. It is impossible for us to completely eat them up. What Wen Qian said just now is correct. Jiangdong's retreating troops must pass through Xiaoyaojin. I will lead my cavalry to pursue from the front. draw attention.

General Li led a partial army to go around behind, first letting go of the main force in Jiangdong, looking for an opportunity to demolish the Xiaoshi Bridge in Xiaoyaojin, and then working together to eat Sun Quan's army behind. "

"General Zhang has a good strategy, I'll arrange it right away." Li Dian accepted the order with cupped fists.

The Jiangdong ministries retreated alone. When they attacked the city, their morale was low. Now they retreated lightly and marched very fast. When Sun Quan reached the north of Xiaoyaojin, only a small number of elite soldiers from Han Dang and Zhou Tai were left waiting.

Zhang Liao led two thousand cavalry in pursuit, and soon reached Jinbei and bit Sun Quan's rear army.

At this time, Sun Quan had less than 10 people in the north of Xiaoyaojin, and 800 people could not resist Zhang Liao's 800 men. Now the number of opponents is obviously more than [-]. The surrounding Jiangdong soldiers all looked dull and hesitant. They thought from the bottom of their hearts that they could not fight Cao Bing.

"My lord, the morale of Cao's army is high, and Zhang Liao is very brave. We have to ask the front army for help, otherwise these people will be hard to escape." Lu Meng reminded quickly.

Sun Quan nodded, "Ziming quickly sent someone to deliver an order for Gong Yi (Jiang Qin) and Gong Miao (He Qi) to return to the army to meet them."

"only."

The Cao army led by Zhang Liao was like a rainbow, and the Jiangdong army in the north of Tianjin could not resist the retreat. The musicians in the army even forgot to cheer.

At the critical moment, veteran Han Dang beheaded the two advocates. The advocates continued to beat the drums and trumpets in panic, and took the lead in shooting down several cavalry with bows and arrows.

Zhang Liao had experienced [-] vs [-] chasing troops, so now [-] are fearless against [-] people. They are not afraid of the cold arrows in the formation, but become more courageous as they fight, and they overwhelm the Jiangdong side in terms of momentum.

Seeing Zhang Liao's bravery, Han Dang said to Zhou Tai with firm eyes, "I'll hold Zhang Liao back, you Ping, you escort the lord to go first."

"Yigong must be careful." Zhou Tai instructed.

"I can save it, you Ping go quickly." Xingdang urged.

Zhou Tai immediately escorted Sun Quan to go first, but when he reached the river, he found that Li Dian's men were demolishing the bridge.

"Thief, dare you."

Chapter 413 The Battle of Xiaoyaojin

Zhou Tai escorted Sun Quan to fight and leave. As soon as he arrived at Xiaoshi Bridge in Jinkou, he saw Cao Jun demolishing the bridge. Most of the bridge deck was broken, and the broken and fallen planks were swept away by the river.

Li Dian rushed out and disrupted Sun Quan's retreat route. Although General Zhou Tai fought bravely to fight first, Jiangdong's soldiers were even more frightened when they saw that their retreat route was cut off.

Confucian general Li Dian didn't like to fight bravely, and he didn't have Zhang Liao's ability to enter the battle first. He just calmly commanded Cao's soldiers to surround and kill the frightened Jiangdong soldiers, and cooperated with Zhang Liao to keep the remaining few thousand people.

During the battle, Li Dian keenly noticed hundreds of halberd-wielding warriors fleeing here and there guarding more than a dozen cavalry. He intuitively thought that there were some important people among them, so he ordered his soldiers to attack the tiger warriors under Sun Quan's chariot.

Sun Quan was also panicked at this time, and he said while running: "Why is this partial teacher chasing us all the time?"

Gu Li, the supervisor of the army, reminded: "My lord's brocade robe and golden helmet are really eye-catching, and they are easy to become the target of Cao Jun. Why don't they be discarded in order to prevent people's eyes and ears?"

"Bastard, what's the point of taking the lead and throwing away the armor?" Sun Quan was still concerned about his image at this time.

Gu Li said earnestly: "Today's crisis is comparable to Cao Cao in Tongguan. He can still cut off his beard and abandon his robes as the Duke of Wei. My lord, don't hesitate."

Due to Li Dian's fierce attack from the rear, there were fewer and fewer tiger warriors around Sun Quan. The accompanying general Zhou Tai clasped his fists and said, "My lord, why don't you change your helmet and robe with the last general, so that I can attract Cao Jun's attention."

"Uh... that's fine..." Sun Quan pondered for a while before agreeing.

After simply exchanging helmets and robes with Zhou Tai, Sun Quan looked like a barbarian cavalryman.

"The final general is now going back to his horse to meet Yigong (Han Dang), and by the way, attract Cao Jun from the rear. The Lord can take this opportunity to detour and find a way to cross the river." Zhou Tai said after fastening his brocade robe.

Gu Li hurriedly stopped him: "General Zhou had better not divide up the troops. It would be troublesome if Cao's soldiers didn't fall for the plan, but they can return to join General Han at the same time. Although the morale of our army is low, the total strength of our army is more than that of Cao's army. It's time to take advantage of the chaotic waters to break through."

"This..." Zhou Tai asked Sun Quan for his opinion.

Sun Quan was in a state of confusion as he ran back and forth. He forced himself to think calmly, and finally pointed to the north and said, "The generals will follow Gu Li's advice. Let's meet up first and then disperse. Cao Jun can't catch up..."

"Wei." Zhou Tai nodded.

Zhou Tai was wearing a golden helmet and a red brocade robe, which was very eye-catching. In addition, he rushed back and forth to cut the generals, which quickly attracted Li Dian's attention, and he ordered Cao Jun to bite the enemy in front of him.

Sun Quan's troops moved north, Han Dang delayed Zhang Liao's retreat to the south, and soon the two armies joined forces.

In order to delay Zhang Liao, Han Dang rushed into the crowd to fight with him just now, but he almost fell down after several rounds. Fortunately, the deputy general Tian Qi escaped after saving his life. An hour later, he ran desperately towards the Little Lion Bridge.

Chaotic troops are like birds and beasts that don't listen to human words, no matter what Han Dang tried to stop them, it was useless. His poor lieutenant Tian Qi died in the battle. When Han Dang followed Sun Quan to besiege Jiangxia Huangzu, it was Tian Qi who sacrificed his life for a hundred cavalry in Ganning to rob the camp. They rescued each other, but in the end they did not escape the fate of blocking the knife.

When Han Dang joined forces with Zhou Tai, he fought Cao Jun again. Han Dang saw 'Sun Quan' (Zhou Tai) rushing back and forth with a knife from a distance, as if he saw the little bully back then.

"A good man should be like this." Han Dang ignited his fighting spirit to block the pursuers desperately, and tried to approach the direction of 'Sun Quan', but the opponent was out of control like a wild horse, and no one knew whether he was breaking through or counterattacking.

Zhou Tai's outstanding performance caught Zhang Liao's attention. He kept wielding the sword for nearly two hours, and his arms became a little sore.

Just as Zhang Liao was about to regroup and catch up with Zhou Tai in search of battle, Li Dian ran towards him on horseback. The total strength of Cao's army was more than half that of Jiangdong's, so he couldn't encircle and kill them.

"Has the Little Lion Bridge been demolished?" Zhang Liao asked with concern.

Li Dian nodded and replied: "Of course it has been demolished. The Jiangdong soldiers crossing the river cannot return to the army to support them. I took advantage of the situation to rush back two thousand 'lambs', but there seems to be a wolf among the sheep."

The wolf in Li Dian's mouth is naturally Zhou Tai, Zhang Liao nodded and said: "This man is well-dressed, it seems that he is not an unknown person, I am going to capture him alive."

"The thief general is brave, I will go with the general." Li Dian suggested.

"Good." Zhang Liao nodded.

Zhang Liao and Li Dian rushed towards Zhou Tai's direction with their two horses. When they met the Jiangdong soldiers who were blocking the way, they took advantage of the situation and took them away. During the pursuit, they first encountered the general Han Dang.

Han Dang's martial arts were not as good as Zhang Liao's, and with Li Dian at his side to help out, dangers were afoot in less than two rounds. Just when he was about to follow in the footsteps of Lieutenant General Tian Qi, a golden helmet and a red robe rushed over from the formation. .

Zhou Tai joined the battle group in time, and shot Zhang Liao's sword away.

"Lord...how is it you?"

Han Dang's eyes changed from surprise to joy and then to surprise. Before he could react, Zhou Tai dragged him away into the crowd.

The first surprise was that Sun Quan was so skilled in martial arts, it was as if his father Sun Jian had come back to life, and the joy was that Sun Quan came to save him in a golden body. The last surprise was that he saw the other party's face clearly, and the other party was not Sun Quan but Zhou Tai, that was just my own wishful thinking just now.

"Mancheng, did you hear what Han Dang said just now?" Zhang Liao asked curiously.

"Looks like the lord?" Li Dian asked tentatively.

Zhang Liao nodded, "It seems... Mancheng is careful..."

Halfway through the conversation, a cold arrow flew towards Li Dian, Zhang Liao hurriedly pulled Li Dian to avoid it, but the arrow hit Li Dian's back.

While dodging, Zhang Liao realized that it was a cavalry soldier who shot the cold arrow. He vaguely saw that the opponent had a long upper body and a short lower body. His purple beard was particularly eye-catching, and he looked like a barbarian.

"Mancheng, how are you?" Zhang Liao asked with concern.

Li Dian gritted his teeth and said, "I'm not in the way. The man just now may be Sun Quan. General Zhang can go after him with all his strength. If Lord Wu can be captured, the Lord can seize Jiangdong."

"Then take care of yourself." Zhang Liao nodded, raised his knife and went straight to 'Sun Quan'.

Zhang Liao immediately ordered to round up the golden helmets and red robes with all his strength, which created an opportunity for Sun Quan to escape.

"My lord, you can go quickly." Gu Li reminded continuously.

"I wanted to shoot Zhang Liao, but it's a pity that Li Dian has become a shield, and it will be strange if I don't shoot a tiger for a long time..." Sun Quan shook his head in disappointment.

The tigers under the car escorted Sun Quan to escape to Xiaoyaojin again. At this time, the Xiaoshi Bridge was seriously damaged, leaving only the bridge slabs extending on both sides, with a gap of more than ten feet without bridge slabs.

Although Zhang Liao pursued Zhou Tai with all his strength, Li Dian, who was shot by the arrow, was still clear-headed. He directed some Cao soldiers to bite Sun Quan.

Sun Quan grabbed the reins and spun around the bridge. He looked at Cao Jun chasing behind and shouted: "There is no way out, and there are pursuers behind. What can I do?"

Gu Li pointed to the broken bridge and offered advice: "My lord, please hold on to the saddle and step back, and then use your horse to strenuously cross the broken bridge."

"Available?" Sun Quan looked at Gu Li suspiciously.

Gu Li shouted: "Don't hesitate."

Chapter 414

Sun Quan was suspicious by nature, but at the critical moment of life and death, he didn't care about taking risks. Sun Quan grabbed the saddle tightly, first controlled the mount to retreat a few steps, and then flew forward longitudinally with his legs clamped on the horse's belly.

Gu Li stood by the side of the road and picked up his whip and whipped it violently, in this way to give Sun Quan's horses a boost.

I saw the war horse galloping on the bridge pier, suddenly jumped up on the edge of the broken bridge, and flew to the south bank with Sun Quan on horseback. At this time, He Qi, who received the rescue order, was leading his army.

Sun Quan rode his horse across Xiaoyaojin, overlooking the soldiers on the south bank for a brief moment in the sky, and at that moment he felt like flying.

The horse landed with one front hoof just on the bluestone, and the bluestone was blown extremely smooth by the river wind. The horse's center of gravity was unstable due to the slippery front hoof, and the moment it landed, the horse leaned forward and almost fell, and finally threw Sun Quan on the horse. go out.

Just like that, Sun Quan was thrown like a dog, and he fell to the ground with his face covered in mud, embarrassed to see anyone.

"My lord, are you alright?" He Qi hurried over to help him up.

Sun Quan stood up and patted the dirt on his body. He pretended to be surprised and said, "It turns out that Gongmiao is here. What can happen if the horse stumbles? It's not so easy for Zhang Liao to capture me. If the bridge breaks, he's out of danger too?"

He Qi knelt down, cupped his fists and wept, "Your Majesty, as the master of the people, you should be cautious. Why are you cutting off the heir for us today? If the generals know this, they will not feel at ease. Once the lord is in danger of losing Jiangdong, I hope you will take this as a warning for the rest of your life."

"Today is my fault. I thought we were well prepared, and Zhang Liao might not dare to chase after him. I didn't expect... I will remember it from now on..." Sun Quan lifted He Qi up and thanked him.

On the surface, Sun Quan spoke beautifully, but in his heart he complained that the generals were not active in attacking, and that they retreated faster one by one.

Seeing that there were still fighting on the other side, He Qi knew that there would not be too many people who could escape, so he suggested to Sun Quan: "My lord, you can go to the ship first, and I will stay here to meet the rear army. I wonder who is still fighting on the other side?"

"Yi Gong and You Ping are still on the other side, I want to stay here and wait for them..." Sun Quan added in his heart that he got out of the car, the guards he had cultivated with great difficulty, and he didn't know how many guards he would have left after this battle.

"My lord just promised me not to take any risks..." He Qi reminded.

Sun Quan glanced at the situation on the other side, then turned and left. Many Jiangdong soldiers had already jumped into the river because they knew how to swim, and Cao Junjun would never chase deserters who were swimming.

In the melee in the distance, Han Dang and Zhou Tai also gradually approached Xiaoyaojin. Looking at the situation, it was known that Sun Quan had escaped safely.

Because Zhang Liao gave the order to round up, Cao Jun's attention was all on Zhou Tai. Those soldiers who wanted to make meritorious deeds tried their best to stop them, and they kept calling Zhou Tai with long spears and short halberds.

Zhou Tai was covered in blood and shot several times, but he still refused to discard Sun Quan's helmet and robe. Fortunately, veteran Han Dang defended him desperately, and finally led him out of the siege to the river.

"The little lion bridge ahead is broken. You Ping quickly take off your armor, and I'll take you to swim to the other side." Han Dang had already begun to remove his armor while speaking.

"The armor can be taken off, but the helmet belongs to the lord..." Zhou Tai hesitated.

Seeing this, Han Dang yelled angrily: "When is this? Take off my clothes and armor quickly."

Zhou Tai was startled when he heard that, then nodded and endured the severe pain to remove his armor.

During this period, two Cao soldiers chased after him, and Han Dang swung his knife to kill him directly. Then he jumped into the river with Zhou Tai and paddled with one hand to swim to the south bank.

When Zhang Liao rushed to the river, Han Dang had already swam to the center of the river with Zhou Tai in his arms. He glanced at the helmet and robe on the ground, and then told Cao Bing behind him, "Shoot me a volley of arrows."

Then the arrows flew towards the river like raindrops. The wind and water on the river were so strong that it was difficult for the arrows to hit the people in the water, but they couldn't hold back and shot too many, Zhou Tai's aching body became a target.

When Han Dang took him to the opposite bank, there were several arrows sticking out of Zhou Tai's back in a coma, and He Qi quickly asked someone to carry them away. As for the thousands of Jiangdong soldiers stranded on the north bank, he was not going to wait any longer.

The Jiangdong soldiers in northern Jinbei had no generals at this time, and the soldiers and horses on the other side gradually disappeared in front of them. When they were desperate, they had to kneel down and beg for Zhang Liao's surrender.

Zhang Liao Xiaoyaojin beheaded 5000 people, captured more than [-] soldiers from Jiangdong, and only a few hundred jumped into the river to escape. He also almost captured Sun Quan himself several times, and won a complete victory in the defense of Hefei.

On the way back to Hefei City, Li Dian traveled with the army on a wooden cart. The arrowhead on his lower back had been taken out, and he could not ride a horse until the wound healed after simple treatment.

Zhang Liao seemed rather happy because of his complete victory, and his relationship with Li Dian was greatly eased during this time.

"Fortunately, Mancheng's arrow didn't hurt deeply, otherwise we wouldn't have won this battle. If I had used more strength, maybe you wouldn't have been hit by the arrow..." Zhang Liao looked a little regretful beside the carriage.

Li Dian shook his head lightly, "Who can guarantee that the general will not be injured? Why should General Zhang blame himself? But is the person who shot the cold arrow a stroke?"

"That man looks like a barbarian. I've seen him raise his bow several times. His riding and shooting skills are indeed very powerful. It should be a part of Han Dang's hometown in Liaoxi, but I have already asked someone to check it. The stroke will definitely vent his anger on Mancheng," Zhang Liao replied.

Li Dian smiled wryly, "It doesn't matter if Leng Jian is here or not, it's just a pity that 'Sun Quan' got away..."

"I didn't expect Sun Quan to be so outstanding in martial arts, but he looks too old. Even if he doesn't die in this battle, he will be seriously injured." Zhang Liao analyzed with a frown, because he saw that the man in the river was covered in blood, and was eventually pierced into a hedgehog by arrows. .

While the two were talking, a lieutenant came over with a pawn. Seeing this, Zhang Liao asked curiously, "I asked you to investigate the purple-bearded man who shot the sniper. You brought such a man here?"

General Pi cupped his fists and replied, "General, you said that the purple-bearded man who shot the sniper is not Han Dang's part at all, and his identity may be..."

"What could it be?" Zhang Liao was very puzzled.