Chapter 11 Fighting Thief IV
Pointing at the bridge of war in front of him, Xiahou Yu squatted down and said to Cao Pi, "Do you still remember the story I'll pass before? How many chances do you think they have to successfully fight?"
"No! There is a river passing by under this terrain. It can not freeze in such a cold winter. The river of this river must be very fast. Before finding another road that can pass through the river, they must come from the bridge to cross the river. This, this." Cao Pi kept recalling the various stories that Xiahou Yu had told him in his mind. "This is all about hot spring gate! So we are warriors! Si! Ba! Da!"
Cao Pi suddenly recalled what Xiahou Yu told him that there was a place called Wenquan Pass in the west, where a very famous battle occurred. Because the terrain was narrow and a must-pass road, a city-state called Sparta dragged hundreds of times the enemy's troops with 300 people.
He remembered the way that the husband raised his hands and shouted Sparta after he finished speaking, and he learned to do the exact same movements of Xiahou Yu.
"It's cold outside, go back to your mother's place. She will talk about it after staying outside for a long time. Just have me accompany Ziqing here." A pair of slender big hands crossed Cao Pi's head and then pulled him off the stone. After all, the river is only about ten meters wide, just like Cao Pi's big move. If the other party shoots a cold arrow at him, it will be bad if something happens.
"Oh! Brother, then I'll go back to the car!" With both hands raised, Cao Pi, who looked like a warrior, jumped into the carriage.
"Zi Xiu, you are not in good health recently and are not suitable for catching a cold? Don't worry, with me and Zi Hui here, I will definitely help you return to your hometown safely."
Looking at the young man standing straight, Xiahou Yu patted the snowflakes on his body.
This person is Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang. When he went out, he and Cao Chun were responsible for the protection work together. As a result, he was infected with cold and coughed non-stop the day after he went out.
It's also a blessing that he is the eldest son of the old Cao family, so he quickly quit a carriage for him to use. The safety of the group of people along the way was left to Cao Chun alone.
"Cough cough! It's okay!" Cao Ang waved his hand, and then looked at the robber who was repelled again and again, with a much rosy face.
"Mencius once said that the right time, place and people are in harmony. I also followed my father to participate in many expeditions. This time, our army used bridges as the main direction of defense and used carriages as a rejection of horses, which was a good place. As a road between north and south, there were many pedestrians on this road. Although we were blocked, the attack on the villages on the opposite side would soon be exposed, so they had to escape into the woods today, so they could not afford to delay. The more time they were delayed, the more dangerous it was for them. And as long as we persisted, the more chance we had to wait for reinforcements, the longer we persisted, the more we had the opportunity to wait for reinforcements.
The arrival of the situation is also with us. In addition, the time we brought the most powerful personal soldiers under my father's tent this time. When we look at the other side, the leader is brave but not resourceful, and the people below will only participate in the attack in a swarm and want to retreat when encountering setbacks. This kind of team is okay to fight with the wind, but once it is blocked or penetrated by the other side, it will definitely collapse the fastest. This is the harmony of people. The right time, place, and people are all in our side, so why worry? Cough cough cough..." While Cao Ang was talking confidently about the gap between the two sides, the opponent's attack was repelled again.
Compared with the bandits who failed to attack continuously, the morale of less than forty people led by Cao Chun is getting higher and higher. Those who are brave dare to jump onto the carriage and then pounce from top to bottom to carry the opponent off the horse.
Ma Li stood by the river, looking at the two young men standing on the other side who looked contemptuous of him and others, and couldn't help but feel angry. He quietly hid back, then took down the bow and arrow from his mount, preparing to attack the two people opposite him.
However, he did not expect that when the arrow flew over, the young man who had been coughing had good martial arts skills. He stretched out his hand and grabbed his arrow from the air.
Cao Ang, who had caught the arrow, threw it to Xiahou Yu. "You should stand by my side honestly. Don't think that I'm in poor health now, but just a literati like you, I won't have any problem with hitting ten."
"Go, do you think you, Ip Man, I will hit ten more." Although I don't believe that Cao Ang can hit ten of him, Xiahou Yu felt that it would be fine to hit five of him with just this skill of killing arrows with no hands.
Cao Ang pointed to the man who took out a knife and was ready to go into battle in person because he grabbed the arrow. "I see that the other party's charges were the ones behind him, so he must be the leader of the other party. He should be anxious when he saw this. Tell Zihe to be careful. The other party's next charge may be more dangerous than the previous few times."
After hearing Cao Ang's words, Cao Chun was ready to face it. After all, the other side had no hiding the commander's consciousness since the two armies fought.
"It's a pity that we didn't bring bows and arrows this time, otherwise we would have to let him know what the hedgehog looks like if we were standing in front of the military formation and commanding. "Xiahou Yu's only regret for this battle was that the cavalry did not carry bows and arrows when he returned to his hometown this time.
The main reason is that the weather is too cold. In this weather, the bow is not only not easy to pull open but also more easily broken. With so many people in the convoy, Cao Cao did not expect to encounter thieves attacked. After all, he had cleaned up this road more than once or twice. If he hadn't hit Mali, the bold thief, this time the escort would be a dangerous job.
He walked to the middle of the bridge with a machete, but since he came up in person, he would naturally not be like his subordinates. After all, he was a captain of a hundred riders, so he had to follow the rules.
He rode a war horse to the middle of the bridge. "A certain Black Mountain horse is here, who dares to come out to fight to the death!"
Yes, his idea is very simple. He first called the enemy's leader and let the opponent's leader come out. After he defeated the soldier's leader, the opponent would naturally collapse. If the opponent was afraid of his own force and dared not take the battle, his depressed morale would also warm up, and the opponent's morale would plummet. At that time, he would take the lead in breaking through the enemy formation, wouldn't that beautiful woman let her play with it?
As for whether he would fail, Ma Li never thought about it because he was very conceited with his force.
"Don't worry about him, just be prepared for defense." Seeing Cao Chun holding a spear and eager to try, Xiahou Yu stopped him from going out to compete with the other party.
"But..."
"No, execute the order!" Just as Cao Chun wanted to speak for a while, Xiahou Yu decisively interrupted his words.
Chapter completed!