Chapter 92 Close Cooperation
On top of the mountains, a black bear wearing a bamboo hat overlooks the battlefield.

At this moment, he had a blank expression on his face, his eyes fixed on the slowly moving enemy and friendly troops on the battlefield.

But my thoughts went back to that cold night when I first arrived, my body and mind were cold and helpless.

His thoughts were churning, and the scene of his escape flashed through his mind.

Especially when they robbed the three Jiangdong merchant ships, they didn't covet any manpower or property at that time, they just wanted to find a place to hide and sleep peacefully.

A ship that big is like a mobile house.

Later, when we passed Pengcheng and passed through Lu County, we saw the Taolin Manor from afar.

At that moment, he even hoped to become the owner of Taolin Manor, stop his actions, and wait quietly in the manor for the chaos to end.

Reason told him that a peaceful life was hard to come by.

Those beasts in human form in the Wei and Jin dynasties will only make the country worse and worse!
Without this means of support, one would naturally hide in a corner and passively wait for peace and abundance from others.

But he possesses extraordinary skills, and as long as he can hold on, he will definitely be the strongest person in the world!
It doesn’t matter whether you become the emperor or not. What matters is that if you don’t agree, no one else can hold that position securely!

After discovering the remote control distance of the Taoist soldiers, Black Bear deeply understood his greatest advantage.

This was by no means a night attack by a small group of troops, but a fair and open decisive battle between a large army!

You don't need many outstanding middle and high-level officers, as long as you can manage the military system construction at the battalion level. Then when the decisive battle comes, as long as they are within your sight, you can use the Taoist soldiers to lead the battle flags, and then command all the troops within your sight to move together!
"A famous general in the world?"

Murmuring softly, Black Bear raised his right hand, slowly clenched his fist, and swung it down fiercely!

On the battlefield, the great general Lu Bu rode his horse and attacked Cai Mao's front line from behind, and the captain and more than a hundred people with the battle flag in the front line were unable to react in time.

Suddenly, they saw a tall and strong general in golden armor running towards them, and they all retreated.

The heavy Fang Tian Ji was swung in a circle and the flagpole was easily cut off.

This unusual movement did not affect the front line of the collision and fighting. Lu Bu continued to move forward and slightly turned his horse's head.

Ignoring the arrows shot at him, he rushed from north to south along the edge of the battle formation.

He charged forward like this, without needing to swing his Fang Tian Ji. With just a slight adjustment, he could easily knock one helmeted head off after another.

Although they are all Taoist soldiers, they also have differences in their combat instincts and skills.

With the same command, Lü Bu can maximize the use of his equipment when charging; if Yuan Shu is strengthened to the level of a god general, the opponent can dodge or block seven or eight times out of ten attacks like Lü Bu does.

Lu Bu continued to stir up trouble behind the enemy's front line. Although he had many bows and crossbows, he was unable to suppress the enemy effectively and was instead suppressed by Gan Ning's archers.

Where the front lines collided and fought, because of Lu Bu rushing back and forth behind, the soldiers who were injured and lacked physical strength on the front line found it difficult to be transferred to the rear, and for a time the battle order in the area was chaotic.

But the morale of the opposing forwards was far more stubborn than Black Bear had expected, and he couldn't help but frown as he looked down at the battlefield.

He immediately understood the key point: it was not that the damage caused by Lu Bu was not enough, but that the noise he caused was not big enough.

If a dozen knights follow Lu Bu to disrupt the enemy's rear formation, the soldiers fighting on the front line will naturally notice what is happening behind the formation, and will become distracted, their attention will be lost, and their morale will continue to decline until it collapses.

To use a metaphor, Lu Bu on horseback is like a thin silver needle used for acupuncture, which can easily pierce the arm, but because it is too thin, the person being pierced cannot feel it for a while.

That's probably how it works: even if a cockroach's head falls off, its body can still survive for a while.

Therefore, next time if you want to unleash Lu Bu's true power, you should let Lu Bu charge into the enemy's formation before the battle, and behead the enemy general in full view of everyone!

If you see it with your eyes, you will naturally feel fear.

It is not like now, the soldiers on the front line are so focused on fighting that they don’t realize that the battle flag has been cut down.

About five minutes later, the front-line soldiers who were slow to react gradually reacted and could not stop retreating.

Gan Ning, who was about to make a decisive decision on the battlefield, was covered in blood, and led the Ming Guang armored heavy infantry on both sides to chase and kill him.

At this time, the troops sent by Cai Mao to make a flanking movement to the south had already arrived and were adjusting their positions, but they hesitated again.

If they attack Gan Ning from the flank now, the four blue, red, yellow and white troops coming down from the Wanshan Mountains will be able to flank them!
Unfortunately, Cai Mao did not send more troops and was unable to continue expanding the front line southward.

After a slight hesitation, the enemy shrank into a group, trying to hold this position and wait for subsequent reinforcements.

If he retreats again after the defeat of the front team, it will seriously undermine the fighting enthusiasm of Cai Mao's central army officers and soldiers.

We must hold on to the end and buy time for the rear.

So, under the remote control of Black Bear, Team Qinghong followed Gan Ning and continued to advance along Longzhong Road.

The Yellow and White Teams split up and moved southward. The Yellow Team confronted Cai Mao's detachment, while the White Team went around to the south and appeared behind Cai Mao's detachment before they were able to gain a foothold.

Almost at the same time, the Red Team on Longzhong Road turned south and the White Team also changed its formation from the southeast corner of the opponent.

In less than ten minutes, except for the Green Team that followed Gan Ning and continued to advance, the Red, Yellow and White Teams surrounded Cai Mao's army!
The Qingzhou and Taishan soldiers involved in the battle saw the great tactical advantage and their morale immediately rose.

On the contrary, the formation of the more than 700 people surrounded was tightened and their morale dropped.

Almost at the same time, Cai Mao's central army began to advance and sent a battalion southward in an attempt to support the besieged troops.

The Red Team following Gan Ning also accelerated southward, and the two sides collided almost at the same time.

On the top of Xiangyang City, Liu Biao looked at Cai Mao's detachment, which was surrounded and could be eaten at any time, and couldn't help asking his subordinates: "Are the surrendered soldiers of the Northern Army so skilled in battle formations?"

I can’t imagine how well the Qingzhou soldiers would have performed under Xiahou Dun’s command before their defeat.

However, even such a powerful Qingzhou army was defeated by the joint attack of Liu Bei and Black Bear.

The soldiers of Qingzhou seized the opportunity and coordinated so closely on the battlefield that everyone on the city wall was terrified.

No one answered Liu Biao's doubts for a while. At this time, the red, yellow and white teams that had completed the formation change and encirclement advanced together, and the besieged Jingzhou soldiers fired bows and crossbows.

The Qingzhou soldiers, who lacked bows and crossbows, advanced slowly with shields in their hands. When they had advanced less than ten steps, they hurled all kinds of short spears and stones, one round after another.

The besieged Jingzhou soldiers were too tightly packed together, and the projectiles fell over their heads. Before the fifth round had even begun, the besieged Jingzhou soldiers were defeated.

However, the Qingzhou soldiers have experienced fighting for a long time and have high combat skills. They are also accustomed to life and death, especially the death of the enemy.

The Qingzhou soldiers, who had become hunters and butchers, stood up with their shields firmly, thrusting their spears and halberds in a riot, forcing back wave after wave of fleeing soldiers, preventing them from breaking through the siege or disrupting the Qingzhou soldiers' formation. The Qingzhou soldiers in the back row continued to throw spears, coming from three directions, leaving almost no blind spots.

Any struggle by the besieged soldiers was meaningless, and none of the more than 2,000 Qingzhou soldiers and officers who participated in the fight took the initiative to persuade them to surrender.

Only when the besieged officers and soldiers broke down, voluntarily abandoned their weapons and flags, and knelt down to beg for surrender, did the Qingzhou soldiers end this unfinished battle.

Under Black Bear's remote control, the Yellow Team gathered the surrendered soldiers and cleaned up the battlefield, while the Green Team and the White Team quickly left the battle area and reorganized their formations.

After the formation was slightly neater, the two teams simultaneously made a long detour from the south.

The support troops that were fighting with the Red Team in an attempt to rescue the besieged troops saw the Green Team and the White Team appear on their flanks. The besieged troops had already been defeated and surrendered, so they immediately retreated in an attempt to withdraw from the battle.

Almost at the same time, the Red Team that was fighting with them charged forward and held on tightly.

The Green Team, which was halfway around and closest to the opponent, immediately turned around and cooperated with the Red Team to attack the opponent from the south flank.

When the support troops saw the White Team advancing in large strides and intending to cut off their retreat, they immediately began to flee without caring about anything.

This time, his butt was completely exposed, causing the Red Team and the Green Team to chase him.

The two teams got mixed up during the chase, and for a moment Black Bear lost control of their command and dispatch.

The reinforced White Team, equipped with ten centuries, was still advancing in an orderly manner and was about to cross Cai Mao's central army.

On the battlefield, Cai Mao was dumbfounded.

There was no big problem with his command. The problem was that the Qingzhou soldiers changed their formation too quickly, and the coordination between the various units did not leave any gaps. They almost gave him no time to react, and his flank was eaten away.

Now the new flank had been defeated, and Cai Mao's central army soldiers had already been deployed, leaving only two battalions of the rear army.

Almost without thinking, Cai Mao instinctively sent out a battalion to support the fleeing soldiers on the flank to prevent them from attacking the central army, and also to prevent the Qingzhou soldiers from taking advantage of the situation to pursue and completely disrupt the central army.

While Cai Mao was giving orders, he also turned his head to observe the golden-armored cavalry general. The other party had already left the battle and was just wandering around with a spear in his hand, mainly to harass.

But Cai Mao knew very well that the other party really wanted his head.

Over the city wall of Xiangyang, the sun was at its highest point in the sky.

Some people were sweating profusely, and the more they understood military affairs, the more frightened they felt.

The coordination of the Qingzhou soldiers on the battlefield had exceeded their imagination.

It took no more than a quarter of an hour for an elite infantry battalion under Cai Mao to go from engaging in battle to being surrounded, completely defeated and forced to land!

It is not a problem to say that it will collapse at the slightest touch.

If the veteran troops under Cao Cao are so strong, what can they use to stop Cao Gong from leading the imperial troops south in the future?
For a moment, the entire Zhennan Shogunate was shocked and watched the battle in silence.

Only if Zhuge Liang reforms the command system in the future and uses the Eight Formation command system with drums, trumpets, and flags, can we achieve the same command efficiency as Black Bear does now!
Seeing this, Kuai Liang, the military advisor of the Zhennan Shogunate, spoke up to break the deadlock: "My lord, now that Captain Hei and Cai Degui are at a stalemate and killing is rampant, why don't you send an envoy to recall the young master and ask why he started the dispute without authorization?"

His words attracted the attention of Huan Jie, the new employee in the corner.

Huan Jie was a filial and incorrupt official recommended by Sun Jian, and he supported Sun Jian in integrating Jingzhou. After Sun Jian died unexpectedly in battle, it was Huan Jie who redeemed Sun Jian's body.

A few years ago, Huan Jie supported Zhang Xian, the governor of Changsha, in his rebellion against Liu Biao. After the war, Huan Jie lived in seclusion and fled for a while.

After Yi Ji was sent away, Liu Biao recruited several more officials, and Huan Jie was the representative of Jingnan.

Liu Wang, a worker from Nanyang, was also standing in the corner. At this moment, he couldn't help but twitching his lips. His eyes made contact with several people from Nanyang, and he was speechless.

Liu Biao looked around and his eyes fell on the cousins ​​Wang Kai and Wang Can. Wang Can saw Wang Kai was about to step forward, so he quickly reached out and pulled him, using the force to step forward himself: "My lord, I would like to pay a visit to the young master."

Liu Biao looked back at Wang Can and said, "Go and ask him clearly."

"I accept your order."

Wang Can bowed deeply and immediately stepped back a few steps, turned around quickly and went down the city wall. He led a dozen of his personal knights out of the city gate and galloped along the Longzhong Road at the west gate.

Dozens of breaths later, a group of knights rode to the west gate, led by Gao Qian, one of Liu Qi's close followers.

Gao Qian reined in his horse in front of the city gate, dismounted and held up a clean head: "My Lord! Cai Mao was plotting a rebellion! Commander Zhang Tong was in cahoots with him and set up an ambush in Longzhong, but he has been defeated and killed by you!"

Liu Biao put his hands on the parapet and looked down at Gao Qian and the others. However, Zhang Yun, who was beside Liu Biao, was shocked, stuck his head out to look, and immediately glared at him.

He was about to yell at her when Liu Hu beside him elbowed him. Zhang Yun asked with red eyes, "What basis do you have to accuse Zhang Tong of treason?"

"After you defeated Xiahou Dun, you found a military letter from his camp, in which you saw a secret letter from Cai Mao that indicated he was collaborating with the enemy!"

Gao Qian looked up and shouted, "Sir, I dare not delay and sent someone to Xiangyang overnight! But there was no response from the lord. Sir, I was worried that Cai Mao would kill the messenger and block the lord's eyes and ears. I was also worried that the lord was in danger, so I had no choice but to send troops to fight the enemy!"

"Is there such a thing?"

Liu Biao was puzzled. He turned to look at his nephew Zhang Yun, and then to the brothers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue. Kuai Yue stepped out first and bowed, "My lord, why did Cai Degui leave the city last night?"

"It is to propose marriage for his sister."

Liu Biao spoke in a relaxed tone, and glanced at Huan Jie: "Degui heard that Bo Xu had lost his wife, and wanted to ask me to be a matchmaker, and wanted to marry his sister to him."

Huan Jie saw many people looking at him, so he stepped out and bowed, "My lord, Cai Degui doesn't know my family's background, but my wife is still alive."

In the previous few years, he supported Zhang Xian in his rebellion against Liu Biao. After Zhang Xian died of illness, Huan Jie took the lead in supporting Zhang Xian's son.

After the defeat, Huan Jie hid himself until now and has only returned to officialdom. His wife also followed him in hiding, so it is possible that she was mistakenly believed to have died.

However, Cai Mao seemed to want Huan Jie to experience all the things that happened to him, such as getting promoted, getting rich, and having his wife die in middle age.

But Huan Jie was unwilling to marry Cai Mao's younger sister, nor did he want to become Liu Biao's brother-in-law.

Liu Biao nodded and looked at Kuai Yue: "Yidu, go to Wenpin's camp and ask him to mediate the dispute between the two armies. I want to ask Degui in person."

"Yes, there is no time to lose. I will go right away."

Kuai Yue bowed deeply, took a few steps back, turned around and walked quickly down the city.

(End of this chapter)