These special guns are not simple. Each of Ma Su's army has only five guns, and the tip of each gun is made of iron and very sharp.

After Ma Zhongchang led the people to throw the gun, Gong Li and his friends tried it when hunting. They could easily penetrate the wild boar with thick skin and thick flesh, and the leather armor of the tiger and leopard cavalry could not be stopped. This caused Cao Cao's ace army to suffer heavy losses in a short period of time.

After cleaning the battlefield, Ma Su and Zhang Fei did not dare to stay for a long time, so they led the army and retreated calmly.

When Cao Cao retreated, although he was restrained by the commander, he retreated in the dark and the soldiers trampled on each other, and still lost many people and horses. He stopped after he was ten miles away from the bridge, rectifying the army and camping for rest.

This time, Cao Cao really retreated. Zhang Fei led so many cavalry to counterattack, which made him a little surprised!

All night, there was a panic of wind and a storm. Cao Cao was not sleeping soundly, so he sent someone to visit him as soon as the sky was dawn.

Rewards from exploring horses, there was no sign of Zhang Fei's army in Changbanqiao, only some dead horses and soldiers of the tiger and leopard cavalry were lying beside the road.

Cao Cao's army was not very casualties, but the loss of half of the tiger and leopard cavalry still made Cao Cao feel distressed!

Although Cao Cao also had the idea of ​​seducing the enemy, his defeats twice in a row still made the army lose all its energy and it was difficult to exert its combat effectiveness.

Although Cao Cao did not want to continue chasing Liu Bei, he was determined to occupy Jiangling, so he let the steady Li Dian lead his troops to provoke the attack in front, and a large group of troops followed up slowly.

After walking dozens of miles forward, Li Dian reported to the person: "Liu Bei did not retreat to Jiangling, but went along the river to Hanjin, with the purpose of joining Jiangxia and Liu Qi.

Cao Cao then breathed a sigh of relief and had no intention of continuing to chase Liu Bei and leading the army to Jiangling. He was afraid that there would be any changes. Taking over Jiangling's important land was Cao Cao's main goal this time.

Cao Cao knew very well that he was not facing Liu Bei's remnants, but also the covetous eyes of Sun Quan from Jiangdong.

Before Liu Biao died, Sun Quan kept looking at the prosperous places in Jingnan, hoping to include Changsha and other places.

Some time ago, Sun attacked and killed Huang Zu in the name of avenging his father. He could have taken advantage of the situation to capture Jiangxia, but Sun Quan retreated to Chaisang.

On the surface, he was avenging his father, but in fact he didn't want to occupy Jiangxia, because he was exposed to the enemy's troops from Liu Biao and Cao Cao, and he would be attacked from behind.

Sun Quan's purpose was very clear, first paralyzing Liu Biao, and then unexpectedly conquering Jingnan.

Although Cao Cao was approaching Jingzhou with a thunderous force this time, Liu Bei and Sun Quan had already surrendered before they could react.

Cao Cao fought with Liu Bei. Although Liu Bei retreated all the way, it took nearly a month. Sun Quan might not have reacted at the beginning, but now he must be gathering troops to prepare for the benefit of the fisherman.

Jiangling is the only way to Jingnan. With Jiangling, Cao Cao can control several counties in Jingnan. Otherwise, even if Liu Cong's orders work, Cao Cao can make an order and make an order, it will be beyond the reach. Jingnan is as independent as he will be in danger of the day.

Liu Bei had not reached Hanjin yet, and dust rose in front of him, and a military horse was protruding. Liu Bei was shocked.

Liu Bei said to the generals: "There is an interception in front and a pursuer behind, what if it does?" He urgently ordered Zhao Yun to prepare to fight the enemy.

As the army approached, the general in front of him, holding a blue dragon sword, sat down on the Red Rabbit Horse. It turned out to be Guan Yunchang. He went to Jiangxia to borrow 10,000 troops to explore the battle in Changban, Dangyang, and specially cut off from this road.

When Liu Bei saw that it was Guan Yu, he calmed down. Guan Yu protected Liu Bei and others to Hanjin. There were ships serving him. Guan Yu asked Xuande and Mrs. Gan, and A Dou sat in the boat.

Guan Yu inspected the tour and saw Zhang Fei and Mrs. Mi. He couldn't help but ask: "How come the third brother and second sister-in-law are missing?"

Liu Bei talked about Dangyang several times and knew that Ma Su came to help the war, Guan Yu was also quite moved. However, Cao Cao had hundreds of thousands of people, and they were not optimistic about the ambush. Liu Bei decided to wait for Zhang Fei and the others here for a long time.

Fortunately, Zhang Fei and Ma Su did not let them wait for a long time. After a few hours, Zhang Fei and Ma Su returned with more than a thousand energetic new forces, as well as many tiger and leopard cavalry horse equipment and other spoils.

When Liu Bei saw it, he naturally saw that they had won the battle at first sight. He was overjoyed and asked in detail about the ambush between the two. Although it was only a small victory, Liu Bei treated it as a big event and told the army all over, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted for a while!

Liu Bei was about to set off for Jiangxia, and Liu Qi and Zhuge Liang all formed the Jiangxia and Xiakou army and rushed one after another.

Liu Bei was overjoyed and joined forces to get more than 30,000 horses. Although it was far from Cao Cao, he had the capital to protect himself, so he called Zhang Fei and Ma Su onto the boat and let him go.

Everyone sat together and discussed the strategy of defeating Cao. Kong Ming first said:

"Xiakou City is dangerous and has a lot of money and food, so you can stay for a long time. Please ask the lord to stay in Xiakou. The young master will return to Jiangxia, rectify the warships, collect military weapons, and make the horns of the horns to resist Cao Cao. If they return to Jiangxia together, the situation will be lonely."

Liu Qi has a weak personality. Now that his father Liu Biao has passed away, he has no backing, and his younger brother Liu Cong surrenders to Cao Cao. He guards Jiangxia himself and has no backbone. According to Yi Ji's suggestion, he intends to transfer the power of Liu Bei, so he spoke:

"The military advisor's words are very good. But I am foolish in asking my uncle to come to Jiangxia for a while; I will stop rectifying the military horses and return to Xiakou."

Liu Bei knew that Liu Qi only knew how to recite poems and essays, and he was not the director of leading troops to fight. In addition, he didn't want to lose Jiangxia in a daze, and wanted to help Liu Qi rectify his military horses, so he agreed with Liu Qi: "The words of a virtuous nephew are the same."

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang discussed that according to previous management, they wanted to leave Yun Chang to lead five thousand troops to guard Xiakou.

Zhuge Liang naturally agreed, because he was also very troubled by his arrogance and stubbornness towards Guan Yu, and he wanted Guan Yu to stay away from him.

Although Zhang Fei had a deep prejudice against Zhuge Liang, he always respected literati and had a clear distinction between public and private affairs, so he would not do anything that embarrass him.

But Ma Su raised objections and suggested that Liu Bei: "Let Zhang Fei lead 5,000 troops to guard Xiakou, and Guan Yu lead the 10,000 troops to Jiangxia."

Although Liu Bei accepted Ma Su and his private soldiers this time, it was really difficult to arrange because others had made great contributions before they arrived, so they did not arrange specific positions.

During this discussion, Liu Bei personally asked Ma Su to participate, which naturally affirmed his ability. Now that Ma Su has made suggestions, he cannot ignore them, so he explained to Ma Su:.

"My third brother Zhang Fei, although he is extremely brave and proficient in military tactics, has never led troops alone to guard a place before, so he has been following me."
Chapter completed!