When the fire in Ji Nan was shining, illuminating Guan Yu's banner, Guan Yu and his subordinates were preparing to attack.
Because the march along the way was too fast, many knights were equipped with equipment, and the saddle horse harness was also damaged. Tao Wei and others took action at this moment, drawing all available equipment from their subordinates to replace the knights under Guan Yu.
After hearing that the Wu army was defeated, Guan Yu left Guan Ping to form an array in Chishan south of Yicheng to stop Le Jin's offensive, led 1,500 light cavalry and rushed south quickly.
They passed many Wu army defense areas along the way, and Guan Yu would never entangle with the Wu people. He kept distributing people to block the enemy, lure the enemy, intercept and disturb them. At the end of the journey, he finally set out, and only more than 800 cavalry left arrived near Zixudu.
In order to cross the Zixudu River blocked by the Jiangdong Navy, Guan Yu divided dozens of horses to appear in other river sections, making a tentative gesture of crossing the river to cover Guan Yu's team.
In order to cover up, Guan Yu's team used only small rafts to cross the river. After all, the carrying capacity of the rafts was limited. It took almost half an hour to pass, and there were only more than 300 riders who had arrived in Ji Nan City.
Due to the dense patrol of Wu people, the subsequent men are still looking for opportunities, and three horses and five horses come over.
According to Guan Yu's original plan, he only relied on more than 300 cavalry to force the defense of the Wu army in Jingbei and enter Jiangling City. Although this can be called a master of art and courage, it can be seen that the surprise attack of Jiangdong really forced Guan Yu to feel a little embarrassed.
Fortunately, Lei Yuan's troops occupied Ji Nan City, which solved Guan Yu's biggest problem, and made the troops that Guan Yu could control suddenly expand ten times.
For a general like Guan Yu, the enemy is actually not very important. As long as he has three or five thousand soldiers and horses in his hand that can be fought, the enemy will have 30,000 to 50,000, and he is not afraid.
Now that Lei Yuan is in Jiangling, based on Guan Yu’s understanding of Lei Yuan, he is sure that Jiangling will not be missed. Then Guan Yu himself can calmly wait for the opportunity and pursue greater victory.
Now he has waited.
When Wu Hou's troops entered the battlefield, it was the opportunity that Guan Yu had to wait for.
Guan Yu immediately called the order, lit the pine open torch, lit the fire, and held the flag high.
At this time, the three thousand infantrymen led by Tao Wei and others were also gathering one after another. According to Guan Yu's instructions, they would cooperate with the cavalry and take advantage of the situation to attack after the Jiangdong Army fell into chaos. Guan Yu was the former general of the governor of Jingzhou. All the soldiers present at this moment were from Jingzhou, and there was no problem obeying Guan Yu's instructions.
Only Shamoko was watching the situation a little confused.
It is true that he was the prefect of Qishan County, but this position was actually used for the central appeasement and was not regarded as a serious local official by Jiangling. So he had never seen Guan Yu before. He had only heard that the general in charge of Jingzhou in the Han family was a hero who could fight against ten thousand.
But that was just a rumor after all. At this time, Shamoko could neither understand nor imagine such a way to attack the Wu army.
Shamoko walked around anxiously in a small camp on the flank of the cavalry. When he saw Tao Wei passing by, he quickly grabbed it: "Old Tao! Come here!"
Tao Wei was busy, and he had no time to pay attention to him. He just said, "Bar King, why don't you put on your armor quickly? Hurry up, don't delay!"
Shamoko grabbed his arm and said, "Are you stupid? Look at the front, how many Wu people's army is? At least ten thousand, they are all elite! There are more people coming from behind! General Guan is just forcing him to break through like this? We still have to follow him? This... what is the difference between this and dying?"
He was used to being unscrupulous in his own tribe, and he shouted too loudly. The knights around Guan Yu heard it, and many people immediately glared at him.
Tao Wei struggled desperately from Shamoko's hands: "You are going to die! Don't implicate me!"
But his movements were a little slower, and Guan Yu had already rode over, scanning the two of them with half open eyes.
Tao Wei bent down subconsciously.
Shamoke stared at Guan Yu in a daze, and somehow she felt sweating profusely on her forehead.
"You two have made great contributions after fighting this time. So there is no need to be nervous. I will understand how to fight this battle, and you will soon understand."
Hearing Guan Yu say he would not blame him, Tao Wei relaxed all over. He pulled Lashamoke and said repeatedly: "Thank you General Guan, we actually..."
Before he finished speaking, Shamoko's face flashed red, and then it became brighter and brighter.
In his wide eyes, there were blazing flames rising in the southeast direction, spreading on the water, spreading in the reed marsh by the river, and spreading among the sails of the Jiangdong navy, and spreading among the masts and oars. Because of the wet reeds in spring and summer, dark gray smoke is more violent than the fire. The smoke should not be inconspicuous in the night, but when it evaporates with the hot wind, it suddenly blocks the moonlight in the sky, like a gray giant swaying teeth and claws, almost everyone will burst out with a strong sense of fear from the depths of their hearts.
Tao Wei stared in that direction and rubbed his eyes.
He murmured: "Jiangjin Port? Is it on fire?"
"This is the method that Feibinber and I arranged together." Guan Yu stared at the fire and said in a deep voice: "The larger the troops mobilized by the Jiangdong people to Jiangling, the more dense the berths of their fleets at Jiangjin Port. At this time, I used the fire as a roar and launched thirty fire ships hidden in the port bank north of Jiangjin Port. The fire ships broke into the Jiangdong fleet, and the Jiangdong naval army would be in chaos. When the navy was in chaos, Sun Quan and the Jiangdong generals would inevitably panic... This is enough!"
"General Guan, what do you mean?"
Guan Yu looked down at Tao Wei, turned to the more than 300 knights who followed him through Zixudu. He asked in a relaxed tone: "Xu Zhi came to help thousands of miles away, which helped me a lot. Since that's the case, how about we and Xu Zhi work together to do a big thing?"
The knights all said, "This is a matter of course, it's great!"
Guan Yu leaned down to Shamoke again: "I heard that you, the barbarian king, are quite brave and have helped Xu Zhi several times. But I wonder, are your courage still there?"
Shamoke wanted the most face. At this time, he was questioned by Guan Yu in public. He was really ashamed and angry, anxious and angry. He screamed a few times and lifted up his usual big wooden stick: "I... I have killed General Wu during this trip! I have killed Xie Jing!"
As soon as these words came out, Wen Si at the other end of the queue beat his chest repeatedly: "Don't this guy Shamoke blush?"
Guan Yu laughed loudly, and his laughter made everyone's ears buzz.
In the laughter, he said, "This barbarian is very brave and very good. What about the others? If you don't dare to go out to the camp to fight, you might as well take a step back. Guan will never blame him!"
Who will retreat at this time? Who can retreat? Guan Yu asked three times in a row, and the queue was solemn, and no one retreated.
At that moment, Guan Yu raised his long spear with one arm and drew a huge arc. All the soldiers present felt that Guan Yu's eyes were swept across him without anger, and undoubtedly conveyed the belief of winning.
"You follow me!"
Everyone, including Taowei and Shamoko, couldn't help but respond: "Abide by the order!"
The temporary camp gate outside Ji Nan City suddenly opened wide.
Guan Yu rode his horse out first, followed by flying flags, four hundred elites rumbling on the sound of hooves, and thousands of infantrymen lined up in a solemn manner.
Chapter completed!