The fire at Jiangjin Port is no longer as fierce as before, and the night is like a curtain covering the fields.
The terrain around Jiangling is flat, but not without any ups and downs. In addition to roads and small rivers, there are also a small number of gentle slopes, forest land and earth cliffs. Guan Yu's subordinates are very familiar with these terrains, so they can retreat and encircle and intercept them freely in battle, almost without a trace.
But this terrain also hides the figure of Zhang Liao's troops. Even if Zhang Liao has two thousand cavalry, he is not familiar with the local terrain. However, if they are determined to hide for a while, it will be difficult to grasp the movement at night.
Therefore, when Guan Yu stepped to the front of the queue, everyone was confused, and they didn't know why General Guan suddenly made this move.
Then he became confused and turned to alert.
Because after Guan Yu left the line, there were thunderous sounds rolling in the night, and the wind also brought tremors.
Zhang Liao's cavalry team is here! They are so close that we can't even find out?
Veterans with keen sense of smell began to gather, and soldiers with long-handled spears and halberds lined up in the direction of the sound, looking tensely into the night, while crossbowmen began to hang their bows and sternly.
After a moment, the sound of horse hooves trampling on the ground became more and more intense. The people who were preparing to look at the sound of horse hooves, saw the shadows of people and horses flashing in the dark, and a cavalry team was split up, slowly galloping against the edges covered by the flames.
The war horses were occasionally neighing, and the cavalry team had about 10 or 20 horses, and the horses were all dressed as elite cavalry of the Cao army.
Seeing this, some soldiers were squatting on the ground wearing iron armor, seizing time to accumulate physical strength. Some of them had very rich experience in combat formations such as Liu He and Wen Si, and immediately ordered their subordinates to list horizontal teams in several other directions to prevent Cao's cavalry from attracting attention and then attacking through the formation from other directions.
When the arrow was tense, Guan Yu took two steps forward without caring. His figure was too eye-catching, and the entourage holding a big shield quickly trotted and followed.
Guan Yu waved the Songming torch in his hand and shouted: "Why don't Wenyuan come to see you?"
The Cao army cavalry team was wandering and slowly stopped, and one of them ran out of the ranks of cavalry, with a solemn dignity. It was indeed Zhang Liao.
Under everyone's stunned gaze, Zhang Liao jumped off his horse, waved to his subordinates, and let them stay where they were. Then he walked to Guan Yu.
Several Guan Yu's entourages intended to stop him, but were immediately pulled back by their companions.
In the past decades of troubled times, I don’t know how many powerful and brave generals have risen, but it is rare that they can fight the north and the south for decades and go through hundreds of battles without making a reputation.
Under the command of King Hanzhong, Guan Yu was one of them; and among the northern Cao army, Zhang Liao was one of them.
Who needs a entourage to meet such a hero who is one of them? If the two of them fight for life and death, who is the one present who is worthy of intervening?
If you have that spirit, it is better to stare at the Cao army cavalry opposite you, so as not to disturb my lord and lord.
Seeing Zhang Liao approaching slowly, Guan Yu smiled and said, "Wenyuan, how late you come."
Guan Yu was both civil and military, and read the scriptures quite well. The sentence he said: "How late you come?" was the words of Master to Zigong.
At that time, the Master was seriously ill, and Zigong asked to see him. The Master wrote a song and cried, and died seven days later.
At this time, Guan Yu used this move, of course, not to say that he was about to die. Instead, he used his intention to mock Zhang Liao: Our army was enemies in front and behind, and when you were suddenly at a loss, you did not give your all. At this time, you were still wandering around the battlefield, but you didn't know that no matter what you wanted, it was too late.
Zhang Liao only shook his head:
"When I came, I received a secret order from Duke Wei to help Jiangdong seize Jingzhou, but I don't have to be too brave, so as not to win easily in Jiangdong. Duke Wei also sent me a message saying that I should not hurt Yun Chang's life, keep a tiger to kill Jiangdong. With such an order, I..."
Speaking of this, Guan Yu laughed in silence: "How much does Cao look down on Guan? He actually thought that Sun Quan's child's rough tricks could be hidden from me? He actually thought that the fragmented troops in Jiangdong could be taken over to Jingzhou?"
Of course Guan Yu himself knew that Sun Quan was coming in a fierce manner. If it weren't for some special reason, the chess game he set up in Jingzhou would have been stabbed to pieces by the people of Jiangdong.
But with his nature, he never had any disadvantages in front of outsiders, so he always acted arrogantly, as if he was confident.
"Chang Yun, after the repeated setbacks in the Jianghuai River, the Sun family decided to join forces with Wei Gong to seize Jingzhou. The envoys in charge of the joint affairs of the two families passed through Hefei several times. At first, I heard the envoys of Jiangdong say that they would gather together for three years, learn lessons from three years, and work hard to strengthen. They would definitely enforce Jingzhou. At that time, they had planned to consolidate the army and martial arts for six years. Who knew that a few months ago, Duke Xuande broke into Guanzhong, which led to a series of subsequent changes. Therefore, Sun Quan thought that the opportunity was not missed, so he launched it in advance."
Speaking of this, Zhang Liao sighed: "After three years of life, Jiangdong's troops have reached a scale. However, it still lacks tenacity and ruthlessness, and even less experience in large-scale land warfare. To be honest, the soldiers in Jiangdong were not my opponent that day, and now they were destroyed by Yun Chang. I have watched the whole process on the side and did not find it unexpected."
This compliment is very useful.
Guan Yu smiled with his beard.
While laughing, he asked, "Since this is the case, isn't it ridiculous for Wen Yuan to come this time? It's so hard to get tired, what's the purpose? A brave general like you is rarely a big scene of tens of thousands of people fighting with tens of thousands of people, but he is a spectator throughout the whole process... don't you feel disappointed?"
Zhang Liao kept standing side by side with Guan Yu, slightly behind a few inches: "It's okay to be a spectator. After all, the soldiers in Jiangdong are so weak, which is really unexpected. I will watch the war and then ride north, and I think Mr. Wei will not blame him."
Speaking of this, he raised his voice a little: "I led two thousand northern goblins here. If you want to leave, you will stay. If you want to stay, you will stay. The clouds are long, you can't stop me."
Two thousand elite cavalrymen are extremely terrifying powers on any scale. If Guan Yu is not wary of this, it is definitely fake.
At this time, hearing Zhang Liao's words, the intention of leaving was revealed, and Guan Yu couldn't help but chuckled twice.
From Jiangling to Yicheng where the Cao army general Le entered, it was only 180 miles away. Guan Yu was able to lead the light cavalry to run back in one day, so Zhang Liao could naturally run over easily.
As for the two thousand cavalry, how to cross Zixudu, how to pass through Jingcheng occupied by the Wu army, Dangyang two fortresses, and how to bypass the Chishan military camp occupied by Guanping to the north... that is all a trivial matter. There is no need to mention it in front of generals of Guan Yu and Zhang Liao.
After laughing twice, Guan Yu stopped.
All of this sounds reasonable, and it was said by Zhang Liao's old friends for many years. If it were the past, Guan Yu would have believed it.
But at this moment, Guan Yu had just sent troops to Yicheng too boldly, which led to the unstable Jiangling capital. If it weren't for Lei Yuan's urgent source, the situation in Jingzhou would be unimaginable, and the Jingzhou army would have been defeated, and Guan Yun's reputation for decades would have been destroyed.
In comparison, Guan Yu thought about it many times. However, he hid these complex emotions deep in his heart and prevented outsiders from knowing it.
This made Guan Yu try his best to make a cautious analysis of the current situation, and he never dared to neglect the slightest.
Guan Yu is both wise and brave, not a man who is just a brave man. He was used to being proud of himself before, and he was very concise and had little cleverness. But at this time, he instantly changed several angles and thought about it urgently...
He turned his body to stare at Zhang Liao, his eyes slightly opened, and his brilliance suddenly appeared.
"Wenyuan, you can't hide it from me."
Zhang Liao stopped, his face remained unchanged: "Oh?"
Guan Yu walked back with his hands, walked a few steps, and continued, "Just just now, Wen Yuan said, "You came here on the order of Duke Cao to help the Marquis of Wu, but because Wu Hou was weak, it was not enough to shake Jingzhou. So Wen Yuan could only be a spectator and intends to withdraw from the war around Jiangling. These words really disappointed me. In my opinion, there must be fraud."
"Chang Yun, I'll come to meet you in person. I'm full of sincerity. Where is the deception?"
Guan Yu smiled and shook his head: "Wenyuan, you and I have always appreciated each other and respected each other. In my eyes, Zhang Wenyuan is definitely not the kind of person who sits and watches his own plans become empty, but can still be calm and only think about retreating safely. If you are two thousand riders who are surfing around Jiangling, you must have a special goal. You come to meet me, and it must be to achieve this goal!"
Zhang Liao was speechless and said after a moment: "The clouds are so brilliant!"
Guan Yu thought about it and said later, Zhang Liao said directly:
"Before I led my troops with Sun Quan, Duke Wei had three secret orders with me. The first one was to ask me to sit and watch, so as not to win easily in Jiangdong; the second one was to ask me not to hurt Yun Chang's life. The third one was to make preparations made by Duke Wei. If Sun Quan could not take down Jiangling or even the army was severely defeated... I would act in time, control Sun Quan, and take it to the north. Such a vaguely vague product must not fall into the control of Duke Xuande."
Chapter completed!