Chapter 2097 life and death
Taishici returned to his formation, wearing armor and standing with several armored cavalry. Meng Jian, who looked no different from a knight, exchanged a look with him and smiled knowingly.
Taishi Ci joined the ranks, standing side by side with Meng Jian, looking at Guan Yu's position in the distance. "Public power, if I was the one who commanded those men at this moment, how would you design it?"
This plan was initiated by Meng Jian and ordered to be implemented by Taishi Ci. Judging from the effect of the execution, it was basically in line with the original prediction. Guan Yu and the elite infantry and cavalry leaders in the front were tripped and could not escape for the time being.
Guan Yu is not stupid. He will definitely try his best to find out the truth, but that will happen at least a few hours later, and it may even be tomorrow. With so much time, Gongsun Xu, Gongsun Du, and Yan Rou have completed the task. If he is lucky, he might be able to kill Liu Bei directly. Even if Liu Bei does not die, this plan will not fail, which will severely damage Liu Bei's strength and intimidate the Hu tribe on the grassland. On the one hand, it can still leave cracks between Liu Bei and Guan Yu.
From Liu Bei's perspective, Guan Yu knew that he was ambushed by Gongsun Xu but did not move his troops. No matter how Guan Yu explained, he would have thoughts in his mind. From Guan Yu's perspective, Liu Bei's attack can only prove one problem: without him, Liu Bei and others could not even win Gongsun Xu, the younger generation, and their conceit would be more stubborn.
According to the design, Meng Jian perfectly implemented Guo Jia's teachings, planned the abnormal relationship between the ruler and the ministers such as Liu Bei and Guan Yu, and then conceived the details, which achieved quite good results, so that Taishi Ci was a little curious.
Meng Jian smiled. "Will the governor follow someone like Liu Bei?"
Taishi Ci thought about it and laughed. Meng Jian was right. He could not serve someone like Liu Bei. He went to Dongdong with Liu Yao not only because Liu Yao came to invite him in person, but also because Liu Yao was a real royal family and a famous descendant, and was known for his bravery. He was also a famous scholar in Donglai with his brother Liu Dai, and Liu Yao himself had a good ability. If he had not met an opponent like Sun Ce, he might not have been able to pacify Jiangdong.
"We should not use sub-scheming to governors, but we should use big plans."
"oh?"
"I'm sure the governor said that when Guo Jijiu was guiding us, he used the example of governor."
"What do you say about Guo Jijiu?"
"Guo Jijiu said that people have what they want, they must be flaws. Some people want to make meritorious, some people want to make money, and some people want to leave their names. From the perspective of using strategies, these are flaws. Using tricks to make tricks can be used to control heavy weights. Those who want to make money can lure them to achieve success, those who want to make money can lure them to make great profits, and those who want to leave their names can lure them to make great reputations." Meng Jian raised his eyebrows and smiled and said, "What is the flaw of the governor?"
Taishici laughed. "Guo Jijiu is so smart, it turns out that I have been in his trap."
"The sacrificial wine is indeed wise, but he was also designed by the king and willing to serve the king? Therefore, the wisest one is the king. He shares the same desire as the people of the world and does not need to use other means to gain the death of the people of the world. This is the real way to control the heavy weight with light, and use a lot of force to achieve a thousand pounds."
Taishici turned around and looked at the knights. "The power of the king is reasonable. As soon as the "Shi Lun" is released, we martial artists are all followers of the king, so why should we speak cleverly?" He sighed softly, and his heart was filled with emotion. "By the third level of the scholar's realm, the king can compete with the saints and create a new generation of style."
Liu Bei was sweating profusely in pain and was so angry that he was furious.
Although Gongsun Xu failed to kill him, he cut a large piece of his central army, and at least more than 2,000 knights were intercepted. These knights were located in the back and had to wait for the companions in front to complete acceleration and widen the distance before they could start and accelerate. When they suddenly encountered an attack, they had no time and space to accelerate. They passively faced the armored cavalry that rushed over. They had no power to fight back and could survive at most 10% or 20%.
Without speed, cavalry is not even as good as infantry. Infantry can form formations and cover each other. Cavalry sitting on horseback can only face continuous impacts alone. If you want to survive, you will be extremely lucky.
Although the casualties of the knight made him heartbroken, what he couldn't accept was that the one who defeated him was Gongsun Xu. Ten years ago, when he just followed Gongsun Zan, Gongsun Xu was still a teenager and asked him for his two-handed swordsmanship. Unexpectedly, ten years later, this former young man brought his armored cavalry to kill him in a mess and faceless manner.
Am I old?
While Liu Bei watched Gongsun Xu lead the knights to trample on his position, he ordered slow down and turn. It was not easy for Mercedes-Benz cavalry to turn around. It would take at least three or five hundred steps to complete the transformation of the formation. At that time, Gongsun Xu had already completed the first wave of impact, either turning around and fighting again, or leaving the battlefield directly. He was not sure whether he could catch up with Gongsun Xu.
Cavalry battles, life and death are all in a moment. The difference between masters and mediocre players is whether they can grasp this moment and defeat the enemy. Obviously, he failed to seize the opportunity this time and was caught off guard by Gongsun Xu, the kid.
If Zhao Yun was there, he would never have made such a mistake.
While regretting, Liu Bei turned around and beating a drum to remind Zhang Fei of the Right Army, asking him to beware of Gongsun Xu's attack. Although the Right Army was the farthest away and had the most time to prepare, everything was prepared. The Left Army and the Central Army had been severely damaged, and the Right Army must not have any problems.
During the Mercedes-Benz, Liu Bei and Qian Zhao met, and the two were dozens of steps apart. Liu Bei lowered his shield and blocked the abdomen of the arrow. Although he was so painful that he moved now, he didn't want Qian Zhao to see his injuries and disrupt the morale of the army.
The two greeted each other, changed their formation, Qianzhao led their troops to make a sharp turn and launched the first wave of pursuit of Gongsun Xu. Liu Bei slowed down, waited for the opportunity, and was also wary of other cavalry appearing. Since Taishi Ci arranged for cavalry to ambush here, it was impossible that only Gongsun Xu would be the few thousand people. If no one surrounds the formation, Qianzhao would probably be bitten by someone when chasing Gongsun Xu.
The siege had just completed the formation change and chased Gongsun Xu. Cavalry appeared in the northeast. Scouts rushed over to report to Liu Bei that Gongsun Fan was about to arrive on the battlefield, with about 5,000 cavalry.
Before Liu Bei could react, news came from the Right Army and found that the number of cavalry was unknown.
Listening to the sound of alarm drums, Liu Bei felt cold sweat, and a nameless fire surged in his heart. How did Guan Yu, the forward? He actually missed so many ambushers, without any reminder.
Yan Rou appeared on the right wing. Facing Zhang Fei, he wisely chose guerrilla instead of confronting Zhang Fei head-on. When he went to Zhuo County with Guan Yu and Taishi Ci, he had fought with Zhang Fei and knew that he was not Zhang Fei's opponent. He led the cavalry and staggered several positions with Zhang Fei, and then greeted Zhang Fei with his crossbow and passed by him.
Although Zhang Fei had a snake spear and killed several knights who were too close to each other, he was out of reach and had no choice but to be helpless against Yan Rou. Instead, he was shot several arrows. Thanks to the solid armor on his body, he was not injured.
Zhang Fei was very brave, but his subordinates were not as refined as Yan Rou's subordinates, and his armor and equipment were not as good as Yan Rou's subordinates. Some people were constantly being shot and fell off the horse. When the two armies separated and turned their own directions, the formation behind Zhang Fei had become much sparse, and they were farther away from Liu Bei's central army, and they couldn't even hear the sound of war drums clearly. Just as he was hesitating whether to pursue Yan Rou or reinforce Liu Bei, Yan Rou turned around and killed him again.
In Meng Jian's plan, Yan Rou's task was to entangle Zhang Fei. Qianzhao was also an excellent cavalry general, but compared with Zhang Fei, he was slightly inferior in his personal martial arts. Entangle Zhang Fei means breaking Liu Bei's arm, and it is the strongest right arm, which is of great significance to the completion of the entire plan. For this reason, Yan Rou selected knights mainly for riding and shooting, firmly implementing the plan, shooting from a long distance, and not having close contact with Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei had no choice but to turn around to fight.
When he got an ambush on the right wing, Liu Bei knew that something was wrong. This was a carefully designed conspiracy. He didn't know how many ambushing moves there would be. If he continued to fight, the losses would be greater. He immediately ordered a retreat to the frontier. The losses in this battle were too great, not only did the soldiers suffer heavy casualties, but the baggage would also be destroyed. Only by returning to Senei can he be replenished with food and grass.
It seemed that in order to prove Liu Bei's guess, smoke and dust rushed up from the north, scouts came to report, and a large number of cavalry approached, with unknown numbers. From a distance, it seemed to be Taishici's battle flag.
Liu Bei wanted to cry without tears. How could Taishi Ci appear here too? How careless was Guan Yu, the striker? He did not dare to delay and immediately ordered a retreat, and led his troops to catch up with Qianzhao, asking him not to chase him anymore, and quickly withdrew, and to save his life.
Liu Bei threw down a large number of baggage and took the way, ordering Zhang Fei, who had the least losses, to break the rear. Gongsun Xu was unwilling to accept it and wanted to chase him, but was stopped by Gongsun Fan who arrived in time. Gongsun Fan was worried about Gongsun Xu's safety and refused to let him chase him. Gongsun Xu was in a strong sense of fighting and repeatedly begged. Gongsun Fan had no choice but to take a compromise plan. He went to chase Liu Bei, and Gongsun Xu was behind him and prepared to respond.
Gongsun Xu agreed. He wanted to hand over the armored cavalry to Gongsun Fan, but he made a plan. Gongsun Fan disagreed. The armored cavalry was slow and he couldn't catch up with him. It was the most useful thing to do when he brought the armored cavalry. Gongsun Xu agreed. Gongsun Fan led three thousand light cavalry to chase him. He and Yan Rou followed behind, preparing to respond.
Gongsun Fan had no interest in chasing Liu Bei, but he could not resist Gongsun Xu and had to pretend to behave, so he didn't chase him quickly. He just wanted to make a decision and retreated for dozens of miles. At that time, he told Gongsun Xu that he wouldn't catch up. But he never expected that he didn't want to chase him, and some people didn't want to retreat. Zhang Fei, who was responsible for the culprit, felt that this battle was defeated. Seeing Gongsun Fan chasing him unyieldingly, he was furious and led more than a hundred personal guards to fight again, and met Gongsun Fan in a round. He picked Gongsun Fan down the horse, and then rushed into the formation, clashed and killed dozens of people in one breath.
Three thousand light cavalry groups had no heads, and were killed by Zhang Fei in a mess, so they had to retreat in panic.
When Gongsun Xu received the news, he cried bitterly and regretted it.
Chapter completed!