Chapter 360: The Battle of Xiapi
In Liu Bei's eyes, shock gradually disappeared, and extremely strong anger surged out.
I, Liu Bei, is a pastor of a state, a relative of the Han Dynasty, and a famous scholar of a generation, but I have been repeatedly invaded by you, a humble man. How can this hatred be swallowed?
In a rage, Liu Bei pushed Mi Xue away and shouted: "Send the order, I will build up all the troops. This time, I will kill Nie Zefeng, this man!"
After saying that, Liu Bei took the hanging sword from the wall and walked out the door with murderous intent.
There was no one in the pavilion in a blink of an eye.
It took a long time to recover from the horror. Mi Xue felt the sign of her face with her hands, her teeth bit her red lips, and her eyes were filled with resentment... north of Xia Pi.
At the end of the horizon, the dust covers the sky and the sun, the earth rumbling, and the vibration of the collapsed and cracked mountains and cracks spreads rapidly from far to near.
On the road, Nie Zefeng was riding his horse.
After crossing the floating bridge and reaching the south bank, Nie Zefeng was urging the army, constantly advancing towards Xia Pi.
Although he successfully crossed Xushui, in terms of military strength, Nie Zefeng's troops were still at a disadvantage.
In addition to Chen Gui, Liu Bei's garrison in Xia Pi still had 20,000 to 30,000 troops, and he was still waiting for his work.
In the field battle, Nie Zefeng relied on the advantages of cavalry, even if Liu Bei had a 100,000 army, he was not afraid.
But if Liu Bei held Xia Pi and did not come out, it would be obviously not easy to use Nie Zefeng's troops to break through a strong city that was several times his own troops.
All Nie Zefeng had to do was to catch Liu Bei off guard and maximize his unexpected effect.
The army was moving rapidly, and Xia Pi was not far away.
A rider rushed from the south, and the person who came was Li Feng.
"Brother, the scouts in front of him have returned. Liu Bei has personally led a large army to fight." Excitement burst out on Li Feng's face.
Liu Bei actually came in person.
Nie Zefeng was also excited. What he was most worried about was that Liu Bei was firm in the walls and clear the world and could not defend himself.
But unexpectedly, this old guy couldn't hold back his anger and led his army to fight. Isn't this just right?
"It's just right. If this old guy dares to come, I will let him see with his own eyes how powerful I am, Nie Zefeng."
Excited, Nie Zefeng ordered the entire army to slow down the marching and prepare to face Liu Bei's army.
In order to ensure the suddenness of the attack, Nie Zefeng led more than 3,000 Shenxing Cavalry and more than 1,000 Iron Pagodas to advance in this battle, and more than 10,000 infantry were still behind.
Before launching an attack, the cavalry must rest on horseback, so Nie Zefeng no longer rushed wildly. While marching normally, the horses were restored to their physical strength.
Five thousand cavalry continued to move forward. Twenty miles away from Xia Pi City, Nie Zefeng finally saw the shadow of Liu Bei's army.
Nie Zefeng jumped onto a small slope, looked far away, and looked over the enemy's situation.
But in the wild sight, tens of thousands of Xuzhou troops formed an iron-like military formation, stretching across the road, sealing the way to Xia Pi.
The huge wooden shield stood up in front of the formation like fish scales, and spears poked upwards diagonally like a forest. Behind them, thousands of crossbowmen were waiting in a tight battle, and on both the left and right wings, they were guarded by seven hundred cavalry.
The big banner with the character "Liu" was fluttering in the wind, and the Xuzhou army was in order and did not panic due to the arrival of Nie Zefeng's army.
This army is already Liu Bei's most elite army. Now, even facing the Nie Zefeng cavalry sweeping across Jingbei, they still maintain their fighting spirit.
"It seems that Liu Bei has used his strength to use the strongest troops."
Nie Zefeng's tone was slightly approving.
However, the praise was fleeting, and then the knife-cut face was occupied by the murderous aura of the hoe.
No matter how strong Liu Bei is, can you be stronger than the Western Liang Iron Cavalry? In Nie Zefeng's opinion, the resistance in front of you is just a mantis arm blocking the chariot.
"Where is Li Feng?" Nie Zefeng suddenly shouted.
"The last one will be here." Li Fengyue immediately stepped forward to answer.
Nie Zefeng pointed his sword, "I ordered you to lead two thousand gods to detour the enemy's formation, and only disturb the enemy's formation, and not close forces."
"promise."
After Li Feng got the order, he rode down the hillside and led two thousand cavalry to go away fiercely.
"Where is the deputy general?"
“Here.”
The deputy general came forward excitedly. At some point, he took off his armor again, revealing half of his red arms.
"I ordered you to lead the Tiefutu to form an array. Just wait for the general's order to launch an attack on the enemy's lineup immediately. You are allowed to advance and not retreat."
The deputy general led his order and left excitedly. A thousand iron pagodas in heavy armor formed a formation in a short time.
Although Nie Zefeng despised Liu Bei strategically, he did not dare to be careless in tactical terms.
Liu Bei knew that his main force was a cavalry and he must be equipped with a strong bow and crossbow in the formation. If he rashly launched a frontal impact, he would follow the footsteps of Gongsun Zan's white horse righteousness.
What Nie Zefeng has to wait for now is that Li Feng disrupts Liu Bei's military formation with his light cavalry, and only after the flaws come out could he launch a fatal blow.
"Famous scholar Liu Bei, let you see my ordinary man's methods." Liu Bei was wearing military uniform and holding a sword in his hand, with a serious expression.
At a glance, the flags were flying and the armor was clear. These solemn soldiers made him feel much more at ease.
Right ahead, the dust in the sky had stopped, and the vibration of the ground was gradually stopped. From a distance, thousands of enemy cavalry had stopped advancing and gathered hundreds of steps away, and dared not go further.
It seemed that the enemy who was coming was already intimidated by his military power and did not dare to show off his power again.
Liu Bei's face gradually rose.
"Report to General, General Mi has already come out and is heading towards the upstream floating bridge."
The scout who was rushing to report loudly.
Liu Bei nodded slightly, and a look of satisfaction flashed through his eyes.
Chen Gui has all attacked. As long as he can destroy Nie Zefeng's floating bridge, he can cut off the north-south connection and turn Nie Zefeng's ten thousand troops crossing the river into a unit of our army.
In this way, the danger in Xia Pi can not only be resolved, but he can even trap Nie Zefeng to death on the south bank.
"Nie Zefeng, even if you are clever and whimsical, what if you build a floating bridge? In the end, you are not smart but are mistaken by your cleverness, hum."
Liu Bei snorted coldly, his expression gradually became disdainful.
Just as I imagined that the enemy formation had changed opposite, a cavalry rushed out diagonally, but did not attack from the front, but instead turned toward the flank.
Liu Bei's spirit immediately became nervous and shouted loudly: "Where is Wang Wei?"
"The last general is here." A general under his command shouted.
Liu Bei pointed at the horse whip and said, "The bandit army wants to detour our flanks. You can go to the right wing to suppress the formation. You must not let the bandit army approach."
"promise."
Wang Wei took the order and rode his horse away.
Liu Bei's army formation on the right wing quickly changed its formation, and a large number of crossbowmen arrived, preparing to face the enemy troops coming from the flank.
Nie Zefeng, who was watching the battle head-on, clearly saw Liu Bei's army changing formations, and thought that Liu Bei was indeed a little worthy of it, and he saw that he wanted to attack his flank first.
"So what if you see it, Liu Bei, you are not dealing with an unknown person, but General Li Feng."
Nie Zefeng was full of confidence in his brother, but he did not have any worries. He just held his head up and watched the changes.
On the right wing, Li Feng led two thousand gods and galloped to the scene, and was less than two hundred steps away from the flank of Liu Bei's army.
Two hundred steps, this has entered the range of the strong bow and hard crossbow.
The horse's hooves were flying, still moving forward rapidly.
The Xuzhou army was moving in a row. Although they could not see clearly, Li Feng, with the experience of an excellent cavalry general, knew that the enemy crossbowman was ready to shoot arrows.
"The whole army, head west!"
With a loud shout, Li Feng quickly turned his horse's head, and the good horse under his crotch made a neighing "Gray Rule" and changed direction.
Two thousand divine riders shot like arrows suddenly changed direction halfway, swept across the enemy's flanks and headed backwards.
At this time, the Xuzhou military formation had just issued an order to shoot arrows.
Hundreds of arrows came over the sky, but it was a moment late. Most of the arrows shot in the air. Only more than ten people of Li Feng's Divine Walking Rider were shot.
Li Feng, who avoided the arrow attack, led his army to quickly circumnate to the rear of Xuzhou army and rushed away again.
The Xuzhou military formation changed immediately. The soldiers in the rear changed the back formation into the front formation, hurriedly forming a formation to meet the enemy, while a large number of crossbowmen rushed to the back formation.
Just a moment later, Li Feng's light cavalry had already passed by the back formation. The knights shot arrows on the horse, and a locust-like arrow rushed over. In an instant, more than a hundred Xuzhou soldiers were shot, and screamed suddenly.
Just as the Xuzhou army was about to counterattack with a crossbow, Li Feng's light horse immediately rushed past the formation and turned around to the enemy's left wing again.
In this way, with the powerful power, Li Feng kept leading Xuzhou Army's nose like a monkey, forcing his opponent to constantly change the formation and run around and change.
This is the power of the light cavalry.
Liu Bei stayed in Xuzhou all year round. Although he fought with Cao Cao several times in his life, Cao Cao's cavalry was not strong at that time. In fact, Liu Bei could be said to have no experience in fighting large-scale cavalry.
What he is facing now is Li Feng, the cavalry general who is second only to Nie Zefeng, with only a few roundabout pulls. Liu Bei's originally strict military formation was gradually chaotic, and there were signs of being in chaos.
The flaw has appeared.
In the southeast, Liu Bei's army's formation was in chaos, with crossbowmen and spearmen crowding together, and for a moment they were in chaos and unable to turn directions.
How could this moment of flaw escape Nie Zefeng's eagle eye?
With his eyes as sharp as a blade, murderous intent suddenly suddenly appeared. Nie Zefeng said sternly: "Tiefutu, let me attack the enemy formation in the southeast. Only allow me to advance, not retreat!"
The orders were passed down one by one, and the deputy general who had been in line for a long time could not hold back at this time. When he heard the order, he roared and rushed out with a long roar.
A thousand iron pagodas burst out, carrying the supreme power, and rushed towards Liu Bei's army.
The iron hooves stepped on the ground, causing a sound that shook the sky and the earth. The sound was huge, almost like a torrent that broke down the dike.
The 20,000 Xuzhou troops all changed their color.
The enemy finally launched a strong attack.
When Liu Bei saw Nie Zefeng coming again, he glanced at him and headed straight to the weak point of his military formation.
"Where is Mi Zhu?" Liu Bei shouted in an emergency.
Chapter completed!