Chapter 77: The front enemy has not been eliminated, the pursuers are here again

"It's Xu Huang, go quickly!" Liu Feng shouted loudly, then whipped the war horse under his crotch hard. The war horse rang at full speed. The six thousand people brought by Liu Feng also began to escape desperately.

"Chasing me, don't be leaving Liu Feng!" Xu Huang immediately led people to chase him.

"Run!" Seeing Xu Huang chasing him, Liu Feng seemed a little panicked, and he saw Liu Feng running over the mountains to the south.

"General, look, Liu Feng must be in a panic way. There are mountains to the south, which are not easy to march. It seems that Liu Feng must be doomed this time!" said the deputy general.

Xu Huang nodded and shouted softly: "Brothers, chase me. Those who capture Liu Feng alive will be promoted to two levels, and the bounty will be 50!"

When Xu Huang called out, the soldiers immediately became excited. Everyone didn't care about the formation, but rushed towards Liu Feng. After all, these fifty golds were a very large amount. If they were enough to live a rich life for the rest of their lives.

The two teams chased and fled, but the distance was gradually narrowed. From time to time, the fallen Shu army was chased by Xu Huang and their lives were lost. Liu Feng didn't care about so much now, so he just ran forward hard.

Looking at Xu Huang who was approaching behind, Liu Feng was extremely anxious. If Xu Huang caught up, his life would be explained here.

"It's almost here! There are still five miles!" Liu Feng couldn't help but comfort himself.

"There are three miles left!"

"One more mile!"

Finally, a hillside appeared in front of Liu Feng. A small path in the middle of the hillside was winding and twisting. Seeing this small path in the distance, Liu Feng breathed a sigh of relief and finally arrived!

"Brothers, hurry up, cross the slope in front, and we will be saved!" Liu Feng shouted and rushed forward desperately.

Not long after, Xu Huang also came here. Xu Huang looked forward and Liu Feng was not far away, just over a mile away from him.

"Chasing!" Xu Huang waved his axe and chased Liu Feng first.

"Swoosh!" An arrow broke through the air and happened to shoot at Xu Huang's horse's feet. The sudden arrow shocked Xu Huang's horse, and his front hooves were involuntarily off the ground and raised them up.

Immediately afterwards, countless bows and arrows flew over from the slopes on both sides, turning into black dots under the moonlight, drew an arc, and fell from the sky. When these black dots fell on people, they immediately pierced into people's body and brought up blood flowers.

In the dark night, the little rain of arrows fell from the sky, and with the shouts of killing around him, for a moment, Xu Huang could not tell how many enemies there were, and even where the enemy was hiding. As the rain of arrows fell, Xu Huang's army immediately became a mess.

"There is an ambush! Retreat!" Xu Huang swung his axe and swept away more than a dozen arrows, but the soldiers around Xu Huang did not have the ability of Xu Huang. After a rain of arrows, a large number of people fell down beside Xu Huang.

Xu Huang grabbed the reins, and the horse immediately turned its head and then retreated to the back. At the same time, Xu Huang kept waving a big axe to block the incoming bow and arrow.

On the slope, Meng Da had already discovered Xu Huang in the crowd at this time.

Meng Da took out a big bow from behind, bent his bow and aimed carefully at Xu Huang. Then, as soon as he let go, the arrow shot by Meng Da turned into a meteor and headed straight for Xu Huang.

The generals in Shu had a big characteristic, that is, they were good at shooting. Look at these generals in Shu who defected to Liu Bei, whether they were the experienced Yan Yan, Zhang Ren, or the younger Zhang Yi and Wu Lan, they were all good at shooting archery. Meng Da had been in Shu for many years and had not mastered other skills, but he had mastered his archery skills. Although he was not as good as Lu Bu's shooting halberd at the gate, he was still considered a hundred steps to penetrate the willows.

Meng Da was good at shooting, and Meng Da also used a large bow of three stones. The arrows shot out of this kind of bow were much stronger than those shot by ordinary soldiers. The parabola shot out was much smoother than those shot by ordinary bows.

The arrow flew straight towards Xu Huang, and the frosty moonlight shone on the black arrow, reflecting a trace of cold luster. The white feathers at the tail trembled with the wind. The moment the arrow shot out, the surrounding bows and arrows seemed to slow down. The special arrows rushed towards Xu Huang's face with a sound of breaking through the air.

Xu Huang's ability to shoot arrows was also good, and he was ranked among the top five among the Cao army soldiers. So when the sound of breaking through the air came, Xu Huang judged that the arrow was not good. Xu Huang looked closely and saw a black dot flying towards him at an extremely fast speed. Xu Huang was shocked and subconsciously shrank his neck to avoid the arrow shot. However, Meng Da's arrow was too fast, and Xu Huang's movements were still a moment late.

The arrow hit Xu Huang, rubbing the edge of Xu Huang's helmet, shot into Xu Huang's forehead. The friction between the arrow and the helmet actually rubbed a little spark. Xu Huang screamed and fell from the horse, unconscious.

Xu Huang's deputy general hurried over and found that Xu Huang had not died yet, but Xu Huang's breath was already very weak at this moment. At the critical moment, Xu Huang's helmet played a key role. The friction with the arrow reduced the speed of the arrow's firing. In addition, Xu Huang's intentional dodging caused the arrow to be more resistance to the arrow. Therefore, although Xu Huang's skull's forehead has been smashed by the bow and arrow, the person has not died yet.

The deputy general found that Xu Huang still had a breath, and without saying a word, he dragged Xu Huang and ran away.

On the slope, Meng Da clenched his fists hard. Meng Da had already performed his best with the arrow just now. Originally, Meng Da thought that this arrow could shoot through Xu Huang's head, but unexpectedly, at the last moment, Meng Da actually dodged for a while. Although he also shot Xu Huang, Meng Da was not sure if he shot Xu Huang to death.

However, at this time, Meng Da couldn't control so much. No matter what, Xu Huang had temporarily lost his combat power. Now that the enemy has no leader, it is a good time to start chasing him.

"Beat the drum!" Meng Da shouted, and the soldiers next to him immediately began to beat the war drum.

At this time, Liu Feng had already run out for several miles.

"Dong, dong, dong..." The rapid sound of war drums came, and Liu Feng stopped suddenly.

"Listen, is there a drum sound?" Liu Feng asked.

"General, it came from behind us by the sound of drums!"

Liu Feng looked back and smiled: "It seems that General Meng Da has succeeded. He ordered the three armies to turn around immediately and chase Xu Huang!"

The soldiers were at a loss by this sudden change. Just now everyone fled like a stray dog, but now they are going to pursue others. The gap between the two is too big.

This whole plan was designed by Meng Da. Meng Da knew that he would not have much chance of winning against Xu Huang. If he wanted to defeat Xu Huang, he had to use some strategies. It would be best to ambush Xu Huang hard.

So Meng Da set up a suspicion array and sent people to go out at night to find a way to the back of Xu Huang's camp, making Xu Huang think that he would send someone to attack the camp from behind at night.

Then Meng Da ordered Liu Feng to take 6,000 troops to go around to Xu Huang's camp and attack Xu Huang while the night was shining. If Xu Huang had not discovered his plan to attack at night and Xu Huang was not prepared, Liu Feng's attack would definitely hurt Xu Huang's army. If Xu Huang had discovered that Liu Feng was going to steal the camp, then the second plan would be made.

The second plan is that Liu Feng will lead Xu Huang to the ambushing place where Meng Da was. Meng Da and a group of archers had already been ambushing behind the nearby slope. Once Xu Huang came over, arrows were immediately shot at Xu Huang. In the night, Xu Huang didn't know how many people there would definitely not fight to the death, but chose to retreat. And while Xu Huang was panicking, Meng Da would personally snipe Xu Huang. Meng Da believed that with his own archery skills, even if Xu Huang could not kill him, he could still shoot Xu Huang. Once Xu Huang was injured, Liu Feng and Meng Da would not have to be afraid of fighting with Xu Huang alone.

I have to say that Meng Da was very careful in doing things. Meng Da was worried that this plan would be leaked early, so only core generals such as Meng Da and Liu Feng knew about the whole plan before, and the soldiers kept hiding it. The so-called "playing the whole set" was because the soldiers were always unaware of the inside story, so when Liu Feng retreated, everyone ran away desperately, and Xu Huang had no doubts, so he was introduced into the ambush circle. If the soldiers had known Meng Da's plan before, the effect would have been not so good.

Xu Huang was seriously injured, causing Xu Huang's eight thousand children to lose their backbone. Later, Meng Da and Liu Feng joined forces and chased Xu Huang. Xu Huang's army had no command and could only continue to retreat. Liu Feng and Meng Da took advantage of the situation to capture Xu Huang's camp and seized countless supplies, food and supplies.

As the saying goes, taking advantage of your illness to kill you, Meng Da and Liu Feng are not kind-hearted and righteous people. Now Xu Huang has lost command and has been defeated thousands of miles away. It is the time to beat the dog in the water. How could Meng Da and Liu Feng miss such a good opportunity?

So Meng Da and Liu Feng left some troops to count the harvest, take care of the wounded, and chased them in the direction of Xiangyang with their large troops.

Guan Yu Camp.

Over the past few days, Guan Yu and Guan Ping took turns to challenge, but Cao Ren could not help but refuse to go to the battle.

In fact, Cao Ren calculated very clearly that Guan Yu's food and grass should be exhausted soon. Just wait a few more days and wait until Guan Yu's food is exhausted, he can win without a fight.

Cao Ren thought well. Guan Yu did not bring much food and grass, but it was far from when he was about to finish it. At that time, Guan Yu was on the verge of being out of food in Maicheng, but A Dou sneaked into Zhu Ran's camp, and Zhu Ran's camp released a lot of food and grass, all of which were taken away by the Shu army. In addition to the things that A Dou brought from Shangyong, there was no need to worry about food and grass problems within thirteen or fourteen days.

But now, what worried Adou was another thing, that is, the soldiers from Jiangdong gathered together again and were heading towards him, and it was Lu Xun who led the troops!

Guan Yu Camp.

Guan Yu, Guan Ping, Liao Hua, Wang Fu, Zhao Lei and Adou were discussing matters in the tent.

Zhang Yi hurriedly walked in from outside, and saw everyone there, and said, "Report to the Lord, our horses discovered that the Jiangdong army was coming along the Xiangjiang River."

When the Jiangdong army was coming, the people present were somewhat surprised. You should know that Lu Meng had just died shortly after, and Jiangdong also defeated the two generals Zhu Ran and Jiang Qin. The loss was not small. After Lu Meng's death, Jiangdong's military and political forces would definitely face a new reshuffle.

There are many families in Jiangdong. Although the recruitment hall established by Sun Ce at that time attracted a group of talents from ordinary people and poor people, when it comes to resources, ordinary people can't compare with the children of those aristocratic families. So now more than ten years have passed, and most of the civil servants and military generals under Sun Quan are still from aristocratic families.

It is precisely because of this that although Sun Quan's territory is not as large as Cao Cao and his troops are not as strong as Liu Bei, Sun Quan's subordinates are mixed and very difficult to manage. Just like in the Battle of Red Cliff, half of the people persuaded Sun Quan to surrender, which is almost impossible for Cao Cao and Liu Bei's forces.

So in Adou's opinion, the new reshuffle of the Jiangdong forces after Lu Meng's death will inevitably last for a long time. But unexpectedly, in just a few days, the Jiangdong troops were integrated and killed!

Guan Yu stroked his beard and asked, "How many people have come from Jiangdong, and who is leading the troops?"

"About 70,000 to 80,000, Lu Xun was the leader!" Zhang Yi said.

"Lu Xun! Hahaha... I'm just a scholar!" Guan Yu said disdainfully.

Speaking of which, Guan Yu's impression of Lu Xun is still the guy who flatters himself as soon as he takes office. Guan Yu doesn't take such a person to command troops seriously.

Adou next to him was completely different. Guan Yu was plotted against Jingzhou by Lu Xun for a time, but he didn't expect that he still looked down on Lu Xun so much. If so, he would inevitably suffer a great loss.

Adou shook his head secretly, but he didn't expect that the waves would rise again and again. He just tried every means to kill Lu Meng, but he didn't expect that a more powerful Lu Xun would come so soon.

Although Adou knew that after Lu Meng's death, Lu Xun replaced Lu Meng, it was caused by specific historical reasons. At that time, Liu Bei's army was approaching and the ministers of the Eastern Wu were facing life and death, so they were united and unanimous to the outside world. Even so, when Sun Quan ordered Lu Xun to be the commander, there were still many people in Jiangdong who opposed it. Now Jiangdong is not facing a crisis. According to Adou's idea, even if Lu Xun was the commander in the end, he should have been arguing for a long time. Then he also had enough time to fight back to Shangyong.

Adou thought very well, but he ignored one thing, that is, Sun Quan's influence. Now Sun Quan is no longer the ignorant young man in the Battle of Chibi. As he grows older, Sun Quan's desire for power is increasing. Although Sun Quan's prestige in the hearts of the ministers in Jiangdong may not be very high, no one dares to disobey Sun Quan's orders. So when Sun Quan's power was opposed to the public, even if the ministers in Jiangdong were dissatisfied with each other, he would not dare to say "no" again.

Although Guan Yu did not take Lu Xun seriously, Adou did not dare to look down on him at all. What's more, Lu Xun still has an army of 70,000 to 80,000 people in his hands.

At this time, Lu Xun's scout had also returned the news from Guan Yu to Lu Xun.

Lu Xun smiled slightly. As expected, Guan Yu did not go far and was blocked by Cao Ren in Xiangyang.

Everyone was also surprised when they heard that Guan Yu was blocked in Xiangyang. Because of Lu Meng's original idea, the Shu army could enter Maicheng from the north, and it must have reached an agreement with Cao Cao that the Cao army would let the Shu army rescue Guan Yu through Xiangyang. Everyone was also worried that Cao Cao would join forces with Liu Bei to attack Jiangdong. But now looking at Guan Yu fighting with Cao Ren, it seems that Cao Cao and Liu Bei did not join forces.

"Governor, since Guan Yu has not escaped yet, I am willing to lead troops to capture Guan Yu and avenge Governor Lu!" Xu Sheng immediately stood up and said.

Lu Xun shook his head: "I ordered the three armies to set up camps. Without my orders, no one can go to fight!"

"Lu Xun, what do you mean?" Xu Sheng asked sternly when he heard Lu Xun's order to set up a camp.

Xu Sheng was not convinced by Lu Xun, a scholar, as the governor. When he led his troops back to Maicheng, he just wanted to avenge Lu Meng. Now Guan Yu was right in front of him, but Lu Xun ordered not to fight. Xu Sheng was furious when he was angry. He ignored Lu Xun's boss and shouted at his name.

Ding Feng next to him immediately grabbed Xu Sheng and signaled Xu Sheng to be calm and not impulsive. He also asked, "Governor, why don't you let me fight? Guan Yu has only 10,000 troops, and we have an army of 70,000. Even if Guan Yu is in charge of the camp, we will definitely be able to defeat Guan Yu if we spend some effort!"

"Did you ever think about what after we defeat Guan Yu?" Lu Xun asked calmly: "If Cao's army came over while we were fighting with Guan Yu, what should we do?"

After hearing this, Xu Sheng felt that Lu Xun was talking about something, and he felt a sense of silence, but he still argued: "So what if Cao Cao comes to kill? The generals come to block the water and cover the soil. He has only 30,000 to 40,000 people in Xiangyang City. With my Jiangdong soldiers, I am still afraid that they will not succeed!"

"What if Cao Cao's army in Mopi has arrived in Xiangyang?" Lu Xun continued.

"Then I will kill Cao Cao!" Xu Sheng said viciously.

"Okay, the courage is commendable!" Lu Xun narrowed his eyes: "But have you ever thought that if Liu Bei loses Jingzhou, he will inevitably raise an army to retaliate. If all tens of thousands of us lose here, it just so happened that Liu Bei went down the river, advance by water and land, and attack Jingzhou, what should we use to resist Liu Bei!"

"This..." Xu Sheng really had nothing to say this time.

Quan Cong next to him nodded secretly. Lu Xun was indeed extraordinary. Xu Sheng was speechless in just a few words, and every sentence was reasonable. Unconsciously, Quan Cong's view of Lu Xun changed a lot.

Lu Xun continued: "Now the Cao army probably hopes that we will fight Guan Yu. When both sides suffer losses, they will reap the benefits of the fisherman! So we must never attack Guan Yu now. All we have to do is wait! When Cao Ren and Guan Yu fight, we can make a profit!"

"Wait! When will we wait? If Cao Ren doesn't fight Guan Yu for a year, would we have to wait for a year?" Xu Sheng was still the one who asked.

Lu Xun smiled slightly: "Don't worry, Cao Ren will definitely fight Guan Yu in less than twenty days!"

"Hmph, you said twenty days are twenty days?" Xu Sheng hummed in a low voice.

Lu Xun explained without rushingly: "If I expected it would be right, Guan Yu's food and grass will support it for up to twenty days. If Guan Yu's food is exhausted after twenty days, he will definitely not sit still and wait for death. Even if hundreds of thousands of troops are blocking it, Guan Yu will definitely find ways to break through. Where do you think Guan Yu's breakthrough will go?"
To be continued...