Three Kingdoms

Looking at the camp of General Zhengxi Feiqian in the distance, Liu Bei took a long breath, and then exhaled in the cold wind: "Go forward! Attack!"

Liu Bei did not set up his own camp, and he did not even bring any equipment or tools to set up a frontline camp. Along the way, he would either finally capture the Zhengxi camp and defeat the Zhengxi general Fei Qian, or he would be defeated and retreat to the county, and At this moment, it can be said that the most important thing in Sichuan, and also the unblocked soldiers, has brought hundreds of thousands of soldiers. If it is really defeated, even if it returns to the county, life will not be easy.

But this is still an opportunity.

It was an opportunity to confront General Zhengxi head-on. If he missed this opportunity, Liu Bei didn't know if he could still wait. Even if he was willing to wait, would others in Sichuan be willing to wait?

Once the number of people reaches tens of thousands, it becomes boundless.

Although there were more people than Zhengxi's troops, Liu Bei's face was not at all relaxed at this moment. He just looked at the Zhengxi Camp in the distance. In the dim sky at dusk, the Zhengxi Camp looked like a giant Lying down like a scorpion, showing its ferocious look.

Guan Yu stood beside Liu Bei, holding a long sword in one hand and holding his long beard in the other.

"Counting the time, third brother will be here soon, right?" Liu Bei said softly.

Guan Yu nodded, and then realized that Liu Bei couldn't see him, so he responded again: "If we calculate it based on the distance, it will only be two days."

The sun was already setting in the west and was about to set soon.

As the vanguard of the entire army, Guan Ping has led his troops gradually approaching the camp on Zhengxi's left wing. If he looks down from a high altitude, he can see a red and black triangle, like a huge arrow, piercing towards Zhengxi. General Xi’s camp!

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Huang Cheng had a deeper understanding of fighting in the mountains and forests.

Frontal fighting is never what the mountain camp should focus on. Side attacks and backstabbing, penetration and blockade can better bring out the powerful and terrifying combat capabilities of the mountain camp.

This time, Huang Cheng was responsible for sealing off Fei Qian's flanks and doing a good job of defense to prevent Zhang Fei from Fujian from taking advantage of him.

Others may not be familiar with the three Liu Bei brothers, but Fei Qian understands it exceptionally well. If Liu Bei and Guan Yu move out, will Zhang Fei still sit back and watch, or will he not move at all? Although in this era, the coordination on the battlefield cannot be as accurate as in later generations, the general time coordination can still be achieved, so once the frontal battlefield starts, the possibility of Zhang Fei coming to attack from the flank will be very high. Big.

For Huang Cheng, if he wanted to blockade and protect Fei Qian's flanks, the biggest problem was not how to kill the enemy, but how to find the enemy, catch up with the enemy, or even bypass the enemy. Because of the terrain, fighting in the mountains and forests is destined to be impossible as it is on flat ground, where both sides line up and then fight each other. It can only be a surprise attack and a counter-surprise attack. In fact, it is a battle where life and death can only happen in the blink of an eye.

In the mountains and forests, for mountain soldiers who have been trained for a long time, the biggest threat is not food. Feiqian's powerful and cost-effective logistics support system is indeed better than the level of many elite princes. The intake of fats and oils is already completely crushed. The importance of oils is not only reflected in the provision of energy, but also includes many aspects, and even affects the development of intelligence. In the process of thousands of years of genetic evolution, the satiety and happiness produced by ingesting oils The feeling is hard to replace by eating anything else.

At the same time, as a soldier of Huang Cheng who has been training in the mountains from the beginning, it is also a basic skill to use local materials and use some worms, wild vegetables and mushrooms in the mountains and forests, at least what kind of mushrooms and what kind of wild fruits cannot be used I still know a little bit about eating, which is already much better than most ordinary soldiers.

Therefore, in fact, the biggest impact on Huang Cheng and others is the problem of roads.

Strictly speaking, it’s easy to get lost.

Among the mountains and forests, at first glance, they are all mountains and trees. Although the shape and number may be slightly different, in fact, when the human brain is lazy all the time, it is impossible to remember what is on each mountain top. The difference is that if you are not careful, you will get lost, and then fall into a vicious circle that becomes harder and harder to get out of, until your energy is exhausted, becoming a meal for wild beasts and turning into fertilizer for the weeds in the mountains and forests.

However, since General Fei Qian entered Langzhong, his relationship with the local people in Sichuan and Sichuan has become closer day by day. Therefore, in Huang Cheng's hand, there is also a somewhat crude-looking map with the people's marks on it. Some hunting trails are only known to hunters who have been walking in the mountains and forests all year round...

These mountain roads not only allowed Huang Cheng to rest among the mountains, but also allowed him to go around and get ahead of Zhang Fei...

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Zhang Fei roared loudly, urging the soldiers to speed up. The sound was so loud that Zhang Fei's roar seemed to be echoing in the mountains and forests on both sides.

Although Zhang Fei knew that rushing like this would consume a lot of physical strength for his soldiers, how could he move forward slowly and calmly when his eldest and second brothers were facing off against Zhengxi in the county?

Liu Bei asked Zhang Fei to guard Fujian to defend against Zhengxi's attack on central Sichuan. But if Zhengxi defeated and captured Liu Bei, then what's the point of Zhang Fei guarding Fujian no matter how well he defended it?

Therefore, after Zhang Fei received the information from Liu Bei, he without hesitation mobilized almost all the troops in Fu County and rushed to the county to flank Fei Qian, the general who conquered the west.

Of course, there are risks in doing this, but Zhang Fei also has ideas. After all, Zhang Fei knows that this time is also a great opportunity, because he has to rush after receiving the news, so Zhang Fei has no time to recruit more people, otherwise if he follows Zhang Fei's Because of his temper, he would not hesitate to move out of Fujian County!

As long as we can defeat Zheng Xi, everything will be worth it!

"Hurry! Hurry up!" Zhang Fei roared again, the buzzing sound making the forest seem to be shaking.

Zhang Fei entered in a calm manner, and even did not take any precautions at all. Even in his opinion, doing careful precautions along the way was simply a waste of time. This was not entirely Zhang Fei's recklessness; I think the most important thing is to rush to the vicinity of the county as soon as possible, and work with Liu Bei and Guan Yu to encircle and attack the Western Army.

Furthermore, the Zhengxi troops who invaded the previous time have all retreated, and they will probably not look back so soon. Zitong in Fu County has been very peaceful recently, and no unusual movements have been noticed. Even if the Zhengxi troops noticed their As long as you move fast enough, even if Zhengxi's troops want to catch up, they won't be able to catch up!

Zhang Fei's soldiers responded feebly and continued to move forward. The queue stretched out and stretched along the official road, winding and undulating.

Suddenly, the soldiers from Dezhengxi Mountain who were hiding in the bushes behind the forest suddenly sprang out, raised their swords, and three or five people formed a small formation and launched a surprise attack on Zhang Fei's soldiers!

In almost all the small formations of Zhengxi Mountain soldiers, two or three people in the front rushed in with their swords drawn, while some soldiers in the back raised their crossbows and fired the first wave of fatal crossbow bolts!

Although the hand crossbow cannot compare with the strength and range of the hand crossbow, it is still deadly at close range. A row of hand-held crossbow bolts shot out. Many of Zhang Fei's soldiers were shot in the face or chest before they had time to see their approaching opponents. If there was no armor to block them, the crossbow bolts would directly penetrate into the flesh and blood until If it is pierced with bones, even ordinary leather armor will be shot through if it is shot from the front. Only a few people wearing iron armor can rely on the iron pieces to defend themselves to some extent.

The sharp crossbow arrows brought out a shower of blood, and Zhang Fei's soldiers screamed again and again. Many people were shot to the ground, and the formation was in chaos. At this moment, the soldiers from Zhengxi Mountain who were advancing had arrived. , while waving his hands to chop, another group of Zhang Fei's soldiers who were unable to react fell to the ground with a fountain of blood...

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

At this moment, Zhang Fei's soldiers finally reacted. While roaring, they drew their swords and raised their spears for defense.

The rapid sound of gongs rang out, breaking the silence in the mountains and forests, awakening countless mountain birds and beasts that inhabited the mountains and forests, and emitting shrill screams, mixed with the screams of humans, making the entire valley tremble. They all seemed to be shaking.

"kill!"

Huang Cheng led a group of soldiers through the woods and rushed forward. In the unpruned forest, those hanging branches and vines were like small whips. They were slapped on the face and body, which was very painful. However, Huang Cheng and other Zhengxi Mountain soldiers seemed to have no feeling at all. , each one walked as fast as flying, as if walking on the ground, and they didn't care about the whipping of those branches, as if they were just the gentle caress of a lover.

Huang Cheng and his soldiers suddenly rose up and caught Zhang Fei by surprise. Facing the soldiers from the Zhengxi Mountains who jumped like tigers and leopards in the mountains, these ordinary Sichuan and Shu soldiers led by Zhang Fei were unprepared. Secondly, the entire formation was not good, making it impossible for them to make effective attacks. Resistance, some subconsciously prepared to move forward, and were hit by crossbow arrows. Some just blocked the attack from one side, and were chopped down by the sword from the other side.

In fact, for Zhang Fei's entire army, the number of soldiers in the Zhengxi Mountains led by Huang Cheng was only one-tenth of the number, and the part attacked was relatively close to the front. After all, Huang Cheng's main strategic purpose was still interception. If after the attack, At the end of the day, it is very likely that Zhang Fei will directly adopt the short-tail strategy, so the focus is still on hoping that Zhang Fei can shrink and slow down the speed of his advance...

However, even in the first half of the attack, because Zhang Fei's soldiers came along the entire official road, after encountering the attack, in the blink of an eye, Zhang Fei's formation, which looked like a long snake and python, seemed to be attacked at the same time. Several ferocious badger beasts had bitten it, and it was rolling feebly, with blood and flesh flying everywhere, and it looked very miserable.

Zhang Fei's soldiers on the top of the mountain could naturally see further. They saw the Zhengxi mountain soldiers emerging from the valley and woodland and killing their own horses to the east and west. They were so anxious that they shouted loudly and held on tightly. The weapon in his hand was powerful but he couldn't use it. He could only watch the chaos in the distance become more and more unbearable.

If they were intercepted and formed into several formations on flat ground, they would be able to gather more or less automatically. Maybe under the command of a lieutenant general, they could outflank them. But now they are up and down the mountain, and some are separated by ravines. , how can this be encircled and outflanked?

Some of Zhang Fei's soldiers standing at a lower level had their sights completely blocked and could not see the specific battle situation at all. It was as if they had encountered an invisible enemy. They could hear the screams of their own soldiers. All of this It was as if they had encountered a ghost, which made these Zhang Fei soldiers feel cold from the bottom of their hearts.

"Kill! Fight forward!" Zhang Fei roared loudly as he rushed to the fighting site ahead, "Forward! Move forward! Don't block the way! Fight forward!"

"General! Third General!" the guard on the side said urgently, "Be careful there is an ambush! Third General, why don't we gather the queue for now..."

Before the guard finished speaking, he was interrupted by a slap from Zhang Fei, "No! The eldest and second brothers are waiting for someone in the county. At this time, there is no way to retreat! What these soldiers want to do is to intercept Yu. So! What you want is to temporarily withdraw your troops! You can’t retreat, not even a step! Kill! Kill them!"

Zhang Fei encouraged his soldiers and led the Chinese army to the front. Although they could not rush forward on the mountain road at one go, the constant congestion of Zhang Fei's soldiers still put considerable pressure on the mountain soldiers under Huang Cheng's command. .

"Tsk..." Huang Cheng was somewhat surprised by Zhang Fei's reckless charging forward.

Under normal circumstances, shouldn't we lock the array tightly and then temporarily abandon the part being attacked before making the next move? Why are you rushing over like this without any thought, and aren't you afraid of another ambush?

But the problem is that after all, Huang Cheng still doesn't understand Zhang Fei well enough, nor does he understand the emotions between Zhang Fei and Liu Bei and Guan Yu, so he really hasn't prepared a second wave of ambush to deal with Zhang Fei in the central army...

Huang Cheng chopped down Zhang Fei's soldiers on the opposite side with his sword, and whistled, asking his soldiers to blow the horn to retreat. "Oh, what a pity...if only there was enough kerosene...hum..."

In order to ensure that the soldiers would not be too embarrassed in the mountains and forests and maintain corresponding physical strength, some cold-proof materials and dry food accounted for the vast majority of the carry. As for things like kerosene, there were relatively few. Many, unless the time and place are really favorable, it is not easy for a long snake formation like Zhang Fei to unleash a heavy damage effect like Lu Xun's.

At the same time, the most important thing is that Zhengxi Yingzhai also needs kerosene, and the transportation from Sichuan to Shu is still relatively difficult after all, and the overall quantity is also limited, so even if it is a pity, it is helpless at the moment.

The low sound of the horn echoed in the mountains and forests. Some of the soldiers from the Zhengxi Mountain Camp picked up the fallen weapons and threw them, and some fired the last crossbow bolt in their hand crossbows, breaking the contact between the two sides. In Zhang Fei's Before the army completely arrived, they gradually withdrew from the battlefield.

It was good to be able to kill Zhang Fei, but Huang Cheng knew that the physical strength of his soldiers was not as fierce as they looked. Thinking about it, he knew that although it was a shortcut, the difficulty of climbing was naturally higher than that of ordinary roads. The bigger it is, the more physical strength it consumes. If the soldiers are not specially trained, ordinary soldiers may not be able to maintain fighting strength even if they arrive at the ambush point.

Zhang Fei has no way to retreat, but Huang Cheng still has a certain amount of room. Therefore, although Huang Cheng has an advantage in the current battle overall, it does not mean that he can use only one-tenth of Zhang Fei's number of soldiers. Defeat it head-on, so temporary evacuation is naturally the best option.

But from now on, the battle with Zhang Fei is actually just the beginning...