Jianming Chaos

The remnants of the defeated soldiers, Hog Tu Lang, rushed back to Fancheng and reported to Cao Ren the process of the defeat.

Cao Ren was furious, and jumped up against the case: "Liu Bei, you are deceiving our army without anyone! I will fight him personally tonight!"

Li Dian persuaded: "The governor should not be arrogant, I think it is best to wait a few days before mobilizing troops. The opponent's morale is high, if we confront him again, we will suffer the loss."

Cao Ren refused to listen to the advice and said, "I am the chief governor, and I can decide when to march! Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang died tragically, and almost the entire army of 5000 troops was wiped out. It is not a gentleman to take revenge!"

Li Dian said: "Not only do we have to take revenge, but we also have to pay back double! But it's not the right time. To send troops at this time, our winning rate is close to zero; Liu Bei is a general who uses troops, and we must not underestimate them."

Cao Ren stared at him and said, "Is General Li afraid of him?"

"I'm not afraid of him, but just advise the governor to proceed carefully so as not to lose again."

"What can the magistrate of Liu Bei's district do? Erlu's defeat was because he underestimated the enemy and fell for a trick. If I were to lead the army, I would win a complete victory." Cao Ren was full of confidence.

Seeing that he insisted on going, Li Dian said, "If the commander-in-chief wants to go to war, I would like to stay in Fancheng."

When Cao Ren heard this, his face changed suddenly: "If you don't go out with me, are you afraid of death or have two hearts?"

Li Dian hurriedly explained: "No, no, the governor must not misunderstand. In this case, I would like to go with the governor."

Cao Ren immediately ordered to regroup and make a comeback.

The army returned with a full load, and Liu Bei was overjoyed. He personally rewarded the three armies and thanked Shan Fu: "If it weren't for the advice of the military advisor, our army would not have won a complete victory! The military advisor has contributed a lot!"

Shan Fu hurriedly helped him up, and said: "My lord, the prize is due to the joint efforts of all the soldiers. However, the enemy will never stop here. If I guess correctly, their lord will definitely lead his troops tonight .”

Liu Bei was puzzled: "I am prosperous and the enemy is declining, they will not come again so soon, will they?"

"The other side thinks that our army has relaxed, and will definitely surprise us and launch a night attack."

"How about that?"

"Don't be afraid, my lord. When the army comes, the rear will be empty. The enemy stationed troops in Fancheng. When they leave the city, they can send a team of troops to take the city by the sidewalk and cut off their way back. If Cao's army arrives, just fight and fight. He exhausts me to be full, even if I am few, I am victorious."

That night, Shan Fu ordered Guan Yu to lead an army to attack Fancheng by night, Zhang Fei led [-] cavalry out of the city to ambush, Zhao Yun led [-] cavalry out of the city to lure the enemy, Zhiming and others went to the tower to wait for orders; The people in the city are told: there will be a large-scale military exercise outside the city tonight, don't be alarmed, just rest assured.

After everything was ready, Shan Fu ordered the gates of the city to be closed tightly, prohibiting the people from entering and leaving.

When they arrived at Zishi, Shan Fu and Liu Bei boarded the tower to observe the movement in the distance.Zhiming originally wanted to go out of the city to fight with the army, but Shan Fu asked him to go to the tower together, in charge of directing the shooting of arrows and protecting the lord, just in case.

Soon, the flames shot into the sky in the distance, and people shouted and neighed one after another.Shan Fu smiled and said: "Cao Jun has indeed come, this time I want them to come and never return!"

Under Shan Fu's instruction, Zhao Yun had already led a hundred cavalry to line up two miles outside the city, waiting for the enemy.Seeing Cao Jun coming, all the cavalry raised their weapons, as if preparing to fight.

Cao Ren ordered the army to stop and asked Li Dian: "Since Liu Bei knew that our army was going to launch a night attack, why did he only send so few people to fight?"

Li Dian said: "This is a tactic to lure the enemy to go deep. There must be a large army ambushing in the rear. We must be careful."

With the help of the fire, Cao Ren saw that the opponent's formation was not in order, and the cavalry was stumbling around. He thought that this team must lack strict training, so he laughed and said, "Look, this kind of army is also worthy of fighting with us! People say that Liu Bei is a hero, but I can't think of him. The soldiers are so poor! Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang deserved to be defeated by this generation!"

Li Dian took a closer look at the enemy's formation and found something was wrong, so he whispered, "Commander, this is a tactic of 'pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger'. The opponent is obviously showing weakness and trying to make our army relax before launching a counterattack. Its true strength is by no means limited to this, so don’t be careless.”

Cao Ren didn't think so, and went out of the battle to point a gun at Zhao Yun and said: "Hey, leader, you go back and tell Liu Bei to surrender the city quickly, so as not to lose troops and lose generals."

Zhao Yun went out to respond: "The commander of your army can report his name."

"Cao Ren, the commander-in-chief of the Cao army! Who are you?"

"Changshan Zhao Zilong, by the order of my lord, I will wait here for a long time."

Cao Ren laughed loudly and said, "Hmph, it doesn't matter which mountain you belong to! Just because you and other mobs want to fight us? If so, I'll kill you first!"

Cao Ren patted his horse and rushed straight up with arrogance.Li Dian shouted from behind: "Captain, be careful, Zhao Yun's marksmanship is excellent, and he is no one to be taken lightly!"

Zhao Yun raised his gun to fight.When the two confronted each other, Cao Ren stabbed several times, Zhao Yun dodged one by one.He was ordered by Shan Fu not to fight back for now.

Cao Ren became more and more courageous in the battle, using his skillful spear fighting skills, and seemed to have completely suppressed the opponent; Zhao Yun pretended to be unable to resist, and after struggling to block the opponent's last wave of attacks, he was exhausted, turned his horse back, and at the same time ordered The army retreats.

Cao Ren thought that he was afraid of war, so he ordered the army to chase him down.Cao Jun chased after him like a tide.

Seeing that the enemy had been taken in, Zhao Yun hurriedly waved his hands and issued a signal, ordering some of them to drop their helmets and weapons and pretend to be in a panic.

Sure enough, Cao Jun took the bait and chased after him even more brazenly, stepping into the battle situation carefully designed by Shan Fu.

While chasing, the flames in front of him shot up into the sky, and an army came out halfway.Cao Ren was startled.

This army has obviously received formal training, and they will not panic when encountering the enemy, and they will attack in a standard three-column offensive formation.

Seeing the majesty and momentum of the opponent's army, Cao Jun couldn't help but start to panic, and stopped his horses one after another.

Cao Ren said to the whole army: "Everyone, don't panic, the enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered, go!"

Before the words were finished, a big man in front of him charged forward with a spear and a horse, and his voice was like thunder: "Where is Cao Ren kid? Zhang Fei from Yan is here, take your life quickly!"

When Cao Ren heard that it was Zhang Fei, he hurriedly ordered all the troops to besiege him.Cao Jun didn't know the opponent's strength, so they stepped forward to intercept.

Zhang Fei rushed all the way, as if he had entered an uninhabited land, blood and flesh flew all over the place, and corpses piled up like mountains.

Cao Ren once heard that Zhang Fei had a tie with Lu Bu back then, and now he saw his swift and messy attack, which caused a sharp drop in his army, and he couldn't help but lose face.

The three elite soldiers fought with Cao Jun.Although Liu Jun is few, he is superior to Cao Jun in terms of combat effectiveness. This is also the result of Liu Bei's regular military training.

At this time, Zhao Yun led the crowd to kill with carbine guns.Surprisingly, this team was invincible wherever they went, as if the gods assisted them.Seeing this, Cao Ren and Li Dian were terrified.

Zhao Yun went out to fight.When the two horses met, Cao Ren shouted sharply: "You are defeated, hurry up and surrender!"

Zhao Yun said sharply: "You are the real defeat!"

The two had a big fight.Zhao Yun was a little more serious this time, and used the "Golden Needle Long Stabbing" move. The spear was as fast as a shadow, and Cao Ren couldn't resist it all at once. Fortunately, Li Dian came to rescue him in time, so he was able to escape.

Li Dian knew that he was not Zhao Yun's opponent, so after fighting for a few rounds, he turned his horse back.

Seeing the main general fleeing, Cao Jun began to be paralyzed and fled back one after another.

Zhang Feiwu chased after him with his spear, ruthless and fierce; Zhao Yun also led the "sharp spear team" to chase after him, stabbing the enemy immediately.It turned out that this team was carefully cultivated by Zhao Yun, and each team member had mastered the Zhao family's marksmanship taught by him personally.Zhao Yun's marksmanship is unparalleled in the world, so the fighters he cultivated are also invincible.

Under the leadership of Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun, Liu Jun killed the enemy soldiers so that they could not be connected head to tail.Cao Bing, who lost his fighting spirit, was already defeated and fled.The [-] Cao army was defeated by the [-] Liu army in this way.

Shan Fu, who was watching the battle from the tower, couldn't help smiling when he saw that his strategy had succeeded for the second time.He deeply remembered what Sima Hui said: "Arrogant soldiers are bound to be defeated. If you don't have many soldiers, you should be fine, and if you win, you should not use weapons." He thought that the reason why the opponent lost two games in a row was because they mistakenly believed that numbers determine the outcome. This is the main cause of the defeat.

Liu Bei, who was standing aside, saw this situation and said, "It seems that the example of winning more with less will add another page to the history books."

Zhiming, who was on standby on the tower, also admired Shan Fu's tactics. Originally, he was in charge of directing the archers to shoot arrows outside the city, but now it seems unnecessary.Zhiming thought, as a rookie who had just debuted and lacked actual combat experience, Shan Fu could command operations with ease like a seasoned veteran. Without a solid foundation in military theory, rigorous and wise logical thinking and How can the decisive decision-making ability be achieved?Are these tactics passed down from his teacher?It seems that Sima Hui is really a hidden saint, maybe there is some connection with his mission.

Zhiming feels that he has grown up again. He has gradually adapted to this kind of battlefield life, and has successfully completed the role change, from an ordinary martial arts practitioner to a formal soldier.

Cao Ren was defeated and Li Dian escorted him all the way.Zhao Yun and others were instructed by Shan Fu not to pursue them, which allowed them to escape.

Running to the gate of Fancheng, Cao Ren shouted to the tower: "I am Governor Cao, open the gate quickly!"

no respond.He called again, but still no answer.

Cao Ren felt something was wrong.At this time, a tall figure appeared on the tower, and a group of broad-faced and long-bearded people laughed at them.

With the help of the firelight, everyone saw that it was Guan Yu who led the army to take the city while Cao Jun was out of the city.

Guan Yu pointed to Cao Ren and said, "Captain Cao, you only care about fighting and not defending the city. I, Guan Yu, have been ordered by Shan Fu's army division to take this city! Now you have nowhere to go, so hurry up and capture it!"

Cao Ren was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse, and said to everyone, "Get out! Get out quickly!"

The remnants of the defeated generals followed the desolate general and fled quickly towards Xuchang; some of them fell off their horses in a panic, and had no time to keep up with the group, so they had to flee to a remote place with their tails between their legs.

Seeing their distressed appearance, Guan Yu stroked his beard and smiled.In fact, as long as he lays down a soldier outside the city, he can catch Cao Ren 100% of the time, but Shan Fu is ordered to let him go back and report to Cao Cao, so as to destroy the prestige of King Wei.

Liu Jun returned to the city victoriously, and Liu Bei thanked Shan Fu again.Shan Fu helped him up, and said, "Uncle Huang doesn't have to perform the 'ceremony of a monarch and his ministers', it's my job. Yun Chang must have captured the city, let's go and celebrate."

Liu Bei immediately led his people across the river to Fancheng.Although it was late at night, everyone was in high spirits, waiting to drink Huanglong.

When everyone came to the city gate, Guan Yu and Liu Mi, the county magistrate, were already waiting at the city gate.After some ceremonies, Liu Mi welcomed everyone into the county office.The banquet has already been prepared, and the celebration banquet begins.

Everyone takes their seats.Liu Bei raised his glass and said to the generals: "Today's two major defeats against Cao Jun are all due to my military advisor Shan Fu and the joint efforts of all the soldiers. Liu is very grateful! Let's toast to this victory!"

Everyone raised their glasses and drank it all in one gulp.Liu Mi, who was sitting next to Liu Bei, said: "Everyone, please listen to the next sentence. Although I, Liu, only serve as a small county magistrate, I am also a person who understands righteousness. Cao Cao manipulated the government and abused power. I have already I hate him to the bone. When Cao Jun entered the city, I had already planned to instigate a rebellion, but because of the lack of troops, and Cao Ren said that they were ordered by the emperor to attack Uncle Liu. I hesitated for a long time, although I knew they were pretending In the name of the Son of Heaven, but still dare not act. Looking back now, I am really ashamed!"

Guan Yu said: "Magistrate Liu, don't blame yourself. Although you didn't instigate a rebellion, you did a great job! When I came to capture the city just now, it was because of your initiative to open the city gate that our army was able to succeed without a single soldier. Into the city."

When everyone heard this, they applauded.Liu Bei raised his glass and said: "It is a blessing for Fancheng and Jingzhou to have County Magistrate Liu here. Cao Cao's ambition is well known in the world. I believe that there are countless patriotic people like County Magistrate Liu in the court and abroad." People exist. Come, let’s toast to County Magistrate Liu’s act of justice!”

Everyone did everything together, and the feeling of drinking after winning the battle was really refreshing.

After the banquet, Liu Bei and Shan Fu discussed, leaving Zhao Yun and 1000 troops to guard Fancheng for the time being to prevent the enemy from turning back; the rest returned to Xinye.

After returning to Xinye, Zhiming realized his lack of strength and incomplete knowledge of weapons, so he humbly asked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei for advice.The two of them were naturally very happy when they heard that someone was apprenticed to them.Guan Yu taught him to use a broadsword, and Zhang Fei taught him to use a spear.Taking advantage of the fact that there is no war at present, Zhiming practiced the skills of sword and spear hard every day under the guidance of the two, and it was quite fruitful.Guan Yu and Zhang Fei could also see that he was an all-rounder in martial arts, knew everything at once, and made rapid progress, and secretly admired him.