noffsinger Chapter 13 Liu Bei was nearly killed by Hua Xiong! Sun Jian was rescued by Cao Cao.
Chapter 13 Liu Bei was nearly killed by Hua Xiong! Sun Jian was rescued by Cao Cao.
Besides the three generals, Han Dang also shared the same idea.
Sun Jian frowned, and his fists clenched without him even realizing it.
Although he defeated Hua Xiong, Hua Xiong still had a large and powerful force, and he was not seriously injured.
If we retreat now, the value of this victory will be greatly diminished.
However, if he did not retreat, without the supplies provided by Yuan Shu, he would have no chance of defeating Hua Xiong.
After thinking for about two and a half minutes, Sun Jian finally gave the order:
"Order the entire army to retreat, first back to the Allied Forces' camp!"
"Here!"
The four officers quickly returned to their respective tents to arrange the retreat.
And not far away, inside Sishui Pass
Hua Xiong constantly dispatched sentries to monitor the movements of Sun Jian's army.
Upon learning of Sun Jian's plan to retreat, Hua Xiong couldn't help but lick his lips.
"It seems that Sun Wentai has run out of supplies."
"Want to go?"
"There's no door!"
"Order all troops to prepare immediately."
"After two incense sticks have burned, follow this general in a surprise attack on Sun Jian's troops!"
Zhao Cen, Hu Zhen, and the others exchanged glances.
They were somewhat unhappy that Hua Xiong had taken the fight before.
But now, Sun Jian has run out of supplies, and Hua Xiong could win this battle even with his eyes closed.
They naturally had no reason to stop Hua Xiong from going into battle.
The Xiliang cavalry truly deserves to be called one of the strongest armies in the world.
It was all ready in less than the time it takes for two incense sticks to burn.
As for the other infantry, Hua Xiong simply didn't have the patience to wait for them.
He handed over command of the infantry to Zhao Cen and Hu Zhen, and ordered Li Su to guard the pass.
He himself led the Xiliang cavalry to charge towards Sun Jian's encampment!
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however.
An unexpected situation arose for Hua Xiong.
Before reaching the encampment of Sun Jian's troops, one needs to pass through a forest.
In that forest, Hua Xiong was ambushed!
The leader was none other than the three brothers Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei.
Liu Bei, shamelessly, borrowed a thousand elite white horse riders from Gongsun Zan and set up an ambush for Hua Xiong here.
Originally, Liu Bei planned to use the woods to hide the thousand white horses.
When Hua Xiong was defeated by Sun Jian again, they launched a surprise attack and took Hua Xiong's head!
I must say, this idea is quite good.
With Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's unparalleled bravery, they could have easily taken Hua Xiong's head by launching a surprise attack when he was defeated!
But the key issue is...
During the two days Liu Bei lay in ambush there, he was unaware that Sun Jian's army had run out of supplies, nor that Sun Jian's army planned to retreat.
Suddenly, he saw Sun Jian retreating along the Bian River towards the allied camp, and he panicked.
People tend to get things done poorly when they panic.
The White Horse Cavalry, who had been hiding well in the woods, also fell into panic as Liu Bei became flustered.
Hua Xiong was planning to pursue Sun Jian's troops when he happened to pass through this area.
This is just great!
Originally intending to take advantage of Hua Xiong's defeat, Liu Bei unexpectedly faced Hua Xiong and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry in full swing!
The White Horse Cavalry, though also the elite of the elite.
However, Liu Bei only had a thousand White Horse Cavalry under his command, while Hua Xiong had nearly 20,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry!
The huge disparity in troop strength caused Liu Bei's army to collapse at the first encounter.
If it weren't for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei risking injury to cover Liu Bei's breakout,
I'm afraid that the mighty Emperor Zhaolie of Han will die in this forest tonight!
Looking at the remaining dozen or so White Horse Cavalry, Liu Bei was on the verge of tears.
He couldn't understand why a perfectly good ambush had turned out like this.
And Sun Jian, why did you retreat if you had nothing better to do?
Weren't you very brave before? You could even beat Hua Xiong, right? Why can't you do it now?
These doubts were not resolved until Liu Bei returned to the allied forces camp.
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the other side
Hua Xiong, who had defeated Liu Bei and his thousand White Horse Cavalry, was also burning with rage.
Because of Liu Bei's obstruction, the distance between Sun Jian's forces and Hua Xiong has been widening.
Furthermore, the Xiliang cavalry had just exhausted some of their strength, so even if they caught up with Sun Jian, it would probably not be easy to annihilate him completely.
"Damn you, you big-eared thief! What are you anyway?"
"I'm going to get revenge on that Sun Wentai, what the hell are you doing jumping out here?"
Hua Xiong was unaware of Liu Bei's true intentions; he only knew that Liu Bei had prevented him from continuing his pursuit of Sun Jian.
In the end, the desire to kill Sun Jian prevailed over reason.
Hua Xiong decided to continue the pursuit!
Meanwhile, Sun Jian's troops were desperately fleeing back to the allied camp.
The Sun family army, already starving and with little energy left, slowed down even further.
Two-legged creatures can never outrun four-legged ones.
The distance between Hua Xiong and Sun Jian also grew closer over time.
at last.
The two armies did clash!
Sun's army, which was on the run and starving, was like transparent paper, collapsing at the slightest touch!
Sun Jian himself also suffered two injuries, causing his combat strength to decline sharply.
Not far away, Hua Xiong, his eyes filled with hatred, aimed at Sun Jian!
He charged towards Sun Jian, carrying a large sword and riding a Ferghana horse!
"My lord, run!"
Zu Mao shouted and pushed Sun Jian aside.
But he himself was about to die by Hua Xiong's blade!
"Go away!"
A loud shout rang out!
Swift as lightning, the arrow hurtled towards Hua Xiong!
The archer was Xiahou Yuan!
Beside Xiahou Yuan, Cao Cao, Su Yu, Xiahou Dun, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Yue Jin, Li Dian, and others all appeared.
"Wentai, do not worry! Mengde will help you!"
Cao Cao drew his sword, Yitian, and led his generals and army toward Hua Xiong.
Behind Cao Cao, countless figures moved about, making it seem as if tens of thousands of troops had descended!
Hua Xiong was terrified and immediately ordered his troops to retreat.
If Cao Cao's army only numbered a few thousand, Hua Xiong, leading the Xiliang cavalry, was confident enough to defeat them!
But at this moment, Cao Cao appeared to have tens of thousands of men behind him.
How the hell are you going to fight like this?
Hua Xiong may be a bit reckless, but he's not brainless.
If he were to wipe out the entire Xiliang cavalry, wouldn't Dong Zhuo skin him alive when he returned?
Thus, the once-powerful Hua Xiong returned to Sishui Pass in disgrace, leading his Xiliang cavalry back to defeat.
Although Sun Jian's troops suffered some losses, Zu Mao, who was supposed to have died here in the original history, was saved by Xiahou Yuan with an arrow.
Sun Jian's gratitude towards Cao Cao can be imagined.
Although Sun Jian wasn't a very strong moral person.
But he would never repay kindness with enmity to those who have helped him.
However, Sun Jian couldn't help but ask the question that had been bothering him:
"Mengde... if I remember correctly, you only have a few thousand troops under your command, right?"
"How come it looks like there are tens of thousands of people?"
Upon hearing this, Cao Cao and Su Yu exchanged a smile.
Tens of thousands of people is certainly impossible.
But Su Yu had already ordered some soldiers to use the moonlight and the trees to wave their weapons in the woods.
In this way, the shadow of one soldier looks as big as seven or eight people!
The visual impact presented to Hua Xiong was no less than that of a few thousand people turning into tens of thousands.
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