On the bank of Xiangjiang River, the soldiers were heavily armored and nearly 200,000 troops faced off at Baichuan. Xu Shu raised his head and glanced at the dizzy spring day, and said to Liu Biao: "My lord, no matter how cruel Liu Zhang of Yizhou is, he is also a descendant of the Han Dynasty.
In terms of seniority, you should be brothers."
"Yes, I am the eldest brother and he is the younger brother." Liu Biao's gray beard trembled in the wind.
"When brothers meet, how can they be silent? You should talk."
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At the Sichuan army formation, Liu Zhang and Fazheng looked at the Jingzhou army formation from afar. After the dense rain of arrows, they saw the restlessness of the Jingzhou soldiers. Shamoke held up the iron caltrops and laughed loudly: "Lord Shenwei, those Jingzhou rats have been captured."
I'm so frightened that I give the order to kill them."
"Charge and kill." Yan Yan and other generals asked for orders one after another.
"No." Fazheng raised his hand and said calmly: "Our army has come from afar. Although its morale is like a rainbow now, it cannot last long. It needs to rest to recuperate its strength. Our military strength is equivalent to that of Jingzhou soldiers, but we are far better than Jingzhou soldiers.
There’s no need to rush.”
"Sir, he also said that Xu Shu would ambush us halfway, but we were careful all the way and didn't even see the hair of the Jingzhou soldiers."
Hao Sheng held up his two hammers and shouted carelessly, "When I heard that Zhang Ren was defeated, this was the first battle defeat for the Sichuan Army. Hao Sheng wanted to fight with the Jingzhou soldiers, but he didn't expect that Fa Zheng wanted the whole army to march slowly.
I've been holding my breath in, and now it's time to let it out.
"What do you know?" Liu Zhang scolded coldly, looking at the tight military formation of the Jingzhou soldiers in the distance, he sighed and said: "We have fallen into Xu Shu's trick. The Jingzhou soldiers used the time we spent to move forward cautiously to arrange the formations.
Just waiting to relax and wait for work."
"My subordinate is too suspicious. Please forgive me, my lord." Fa Zheng bowed to Liu Zhang.
Liu Zhang waved his hand disapprovingly: "What's your crime? Xu Shu has already guessed what we were thinking. Besides, I gave the order of three columns and seven teams. It's just that Xu Shu didn't plan an ambush, but concentrated on arranging the military formation. Isn't this the last thing to do? That's all.
Is the formation set up by the new soldiers in Jingzhou enough for us to hit them?"
"Lord, don't underestimate the enemy." Fazheng reminded.
"I won't. I am very careful with these Jingbei monsters. I will wait for the whole army to rest for half an hour and then use the whole army to charge against the Jingzhou soldiers. As far as I know, only the most of the Jingzhou soldiers are left."
There are no more than 20,000 elite infantrymen, and our goal is to kill this group of people."
Liu Zhang tightened the hilt of his sword, and Bai Chuan fought. He wanted to decide the outcome in one fight.
"Yes." More than a dozen generals agreed in unison.
At this moment, a fast horse emerged from the Jingzhou army formation and galloped straight towards the Sichuan army formation.
The Jingzhou sergeant walked on horseback and shouted: "It has been announced that Jingzhou Mu Jing has been promoted to Duke, and Yizhou Mu Liu Jiyu is invited to have tea and chat."
Several sergeants came out of the Jingzhou military formation and set up a tea table in the center of the two armies. A man and a horse rode slowly out of the formation. Liu Zhang looked from a distance and saw that it was his old brother Liu Biao.
"My Lord is not allowed to be invited. Xu Shu is full of tricks and there must be a conspiracy." Fazheng reminded loudly.
The Jingzhou messenger sergeant urged the war horses and walked back and forth in front of the Sichuan army's formation. He stared at Liu Zhang and waved the spear in his hand from time to time. Liu Zhang glanced into the distance. The rays of the morning sun shone golden on the Jingzhou soldiers, and Liu Zhang smiled slightly.
"Xiao Zhi, did you know? The wise and cunning have two magic weapons to win. The first is their wisdom."
"What about the second one?" Fazheng asked curiously.
"The second thing is that their enemies are afraid of their wisdom. After the battle of Zhang Ren, we already know the name Xu Shu. We are afraid of his wisdom for the first time and have given him time to arrange his troops. Are we going to do it again?
Wrong once?
When facing a wise man, we must stay awake at all times and be on guard, but we cannot be wary of everything. Since we cannot think of any conspiracy he has, we should not scare ourselves."
"Master, do you mean to agree to the appointment?"
"It doesn't hurt to meet."
Fazheng pondered for a while and realized that the two magic weapons of the wise mentioned by Liu Zhang were actually very suitable for him to use on himself.
The Butcher has two magic weapons for victory. One is brutality, which intimidates the enemy on the battlefield. The other is that the enemy is afraid of his cruelty and walks away. Just like the Jingzhou fortresses along the way, they almost all collapsed without a fight.
Xu Shu made it clear that he was here to provoke the Sichuan army. You could tell by the look on the sergeant's face that if Liu Zhang failed to keep the appointment, not only would the morale of the Sichuan army be low, but more importantly, he would be able to pull the Jingzhou soldiers away from their fear of the butcher. Xu Shu invited him.
It can be described as well-intentioned.
"Uncle Liu Huang of Yizhou, do you have the guts to keep the appointment?" the Jingzhou sergeant shouted arrogantly, raising his spear.
"Ho, ho, ho."
Tens of thousands of soldiers in Jingzhou's formation raised their spears and shouted to the sky. The sound shook the surrounding areas, and all eyes were focused on Liu Zhang.
"What are you shouting for? If you shout again, I will knock your head off with a hammer." He was so angry that he shouted sharply at the Jingzhou soldiers who were more than ten steps away. The very human voice immediately made the arrogant Jingzhou soldiers suddenly change their expressions.
Liu Zhang stopped him so powerfully that he looked back at the red sun in the east and smiled: "Okay, Liu Jiyu from Yizhou is here for the appointment. I would like to see what Liu Biao's brother who betrayed the royal family has to say."
Liu Zhang reined up his horse and just stepped out of the horse's head. Suddenly, he saw Liu Biao in front of him suddenly fell from his horse and fell on his back on the grass. The 100,000 soldiers of the Sichuan Army were stunned for several seconds, and the whole army looked up to the sky and laughed.
"Hahaha, when our lord showed up, Liu Biao was so frightened that he peed his pants."
"Not only is he peeing, but his liver is trembling."
"Children from Jingzhou, we are a bunch of rats. As soon as the Lord comes out, we will immediately become frightened."
"Ha ha ha ha."
The shouts came one after another, and the laughter of a hundred thousand troops was deafening, like a pot of boiling water, churning over the wilderness. Everyone in Jingzhou soldiers bowed their heads, and their morale was extremely low. Generals such as Cai Mao, Zhang Hu, etc. shook their robes fiercely.
Xiu, very depressed.
When Liu Biao listened to the Sichuan army's ridicule, he seemed to be able to see the sighs of the Jingzhou soldiers behind him. He couldn't express the pain in his heart. He had already controlled the horse carefully, but he hadn't ridden a horse for too many years. He had been sitting in the Mufu all day long, and his body bones had already aged.
, the horse's hooves stepped into a hollow in the soil, and coupled with the nervousness in his heart, the horse's back shook and it immediately fell down.
Even though he was nearly sixty years old, Liu Biao couldn't help but blush and stepped out on his horse alone. At this time, he could only get up by himself, patted the dirt on his body, led the horse and continued to walk towards the tea table.
The Jingzhou sergeant who was provoking in front of the Sichuan army lost his initial enthusiasm and turned his horse back in despair. Liu Zhang immediately galloped out. Starting from Fucheng, Liu Zhang was on horseback almost every day, even in Chengdu.
He also wanted to ride a horse to inspect the Xicheng craftsmanship. His riding skills were not bad, even if he was not good at them. Compared with Liu Biao, an old man who was covered in dirt while leading his horse, he was really heroic, in his prime, and scolding Fang Qiu.
"Ho, ho, ho."
The Sichuan soldiers struck their swords on their shields and made a loud challenge. Fazheng said to Zhang Ren on the side: "General, please order Lei Tong to lead the cavalry in a detour to attack the rear of the Jingzhou soldiers, disrupting the Jingzhou soldiers' rear formation at all costs."
"yes."
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Xu Shu raised his head and looked into the distance. Cai Mao beside him became impatient and said loudly: "Sir, what do you mean by calling the lord out like this? Don't you see that the morale of our army will be greatly reduced by doing this now?" When Cai Mao saw it,
Liu Biao was angry when he fell off his horse. He was angry with Liu Biao and even more angry with Xu Shu. I don't know what he was saying. If he had been there, he would have led the army to kill him.
Xu Shu was dissatisfied. Your lord couldn't even ride a horse. I could have predicted it if he fell off the horse. Then I would really be a fortune teller. He said calmly: "Don't worry, General Cai Mao. I have my own opinions. Zhang
Tiger."
"The end is here." A vigorous general stepped out on horseback.
"Lead all the cavalry to take a detour and copy the Sichuan Army's rear route, disrupting the Sichuan Army's rear formation at all costs."