There are gentlemen in the Three Kingdoms

Dian Wei held Xu Chu's saber with an iron halberd, bared his teeth and said, "Xu Zhongkang, this time you are looking for death yourself! How dare you attack my camp, this is where you will die!"

Xu Chu sneered and said, "Dian Wei, don't bluff here! Don't think I don't know, Cao Cao has a headache and can't even stand up on the bed. Your generals in Cao Ying have no leader. Hey, if you know the way, If you are willing to submit to the prime minister, I can let you go and intercede for you in front of the prime minister, and let you be my follower from now on, how about it?"

After saying this, Dian Wei was startled, and the twin iron halberds in his hands shook slightly.

This subtle movement did not escape Xu Chu's eyes. He laughed loudly, drew back his saber, and continued to attack Dianwei fiercely.

Dian Wei came back to his senses, and shouted: "Your surname is Xu, don't lie here! Watch me take your life!"

At the same time, in Cao Cao's commander's tent, urgent reports from the front line were delivered to him one after another.

But Cao Cao is just covering his head now, the pain is so painful that he can't even speak a complete sentence, how can he give correct instructions?

And at this critical moment, Xun You stood up and said to the crowd: "Sikong is too sick to be a director, and Tao Shang's army is in a hurry to attack us. We need a general to stand up and preside over the overall situation, give orders, and stabilize the morale of the army!"

Everyone, look at me, and I look at you.

At this critical moment, who has the courage and prestige to lead the generals to resist Tao Jun?

Generals with foreign surnames are not considered at all. The main force of Cao Jun is still in the hands of clan generals, and only clan generals can issue orders for Cao Cao.

It's a pity that Cao Ren is currently in Chenliu. If he is there, everything will naturally be presided over by him.

As for the others, Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong are dead, and among the remaining Cao clan, the only one who has the prestige to command the overall situation is

"Uncle Miaocai, please take charge of the overall situation!" Xia Houshang stepped out of the shift and said to Xia Houyuan.

The generals also knew that in terms of seniority, only Xia Houyuan could take on this important task, so they stood up one after another and asked Xia Houyuan to take charge of the overall situation.

Only Xun You, Cheng Yu and the others looked at each other worriedly.

Xia Houyuan's ability is nothing to say, and his prestige in the three armies is enough. The problem is that his character is too rigid.

But right now, things are urgent, but I don't care about other things.

Xia Houyuan was ordered in the face of danger, without further ado, he immediately said to the generals: "Tao's army is coming to attack, if they are allowed to cross the pontoon bridge, it will be in danger, all generals, pack up your troops quickly, follow me to the river bank, and find a way to stop Tao The offensive of the army!"

"promise!"

Upon hearing Xia Houyuan's words, Cheng Yu hurriedly said: "General Miaocai, don't act too hastily at this time."

Xia Houyuan had already raised his knife and walked out, but he stopped when he heard that, and said, "What do you mean?"

"Tao Thief is cunning, every move we make now, there will be no retreat, and the only thing we should do now is to be safe!"

Xia Houyuan snorted, and said: "That's right, but the pottery merchant made it clear that he knew that Sikong was ill and couldn't be a director, so he stormed the pontoon bridge in order to gain benefits by attacking our Chinese army, and the place where the pontoon bridge is the fortress of Dazhai Once the place is lost, when the pottery merchant army is approaching the camp, dare to ask Zhong Degong, among the generals of the three armies, who can stop it?"

"This..." Cheng Yu couldn't refute.

Right now, this matter is a contradictory matter. In fact, it is not necessary to send troops. If you don't send troops, you will just wait for death.

Xia Houyuan said to Cheng Yu: "I'm not someone who doesn't listen to honest advice. I'll lead the army to deploy on the bank of the river to prevent Tao's army from crossing the river. As long as Tao's army crosses the river, I won't bother with them. In this way, we can withdraw our troops at any time to deal with emergencies. , Mr. Zhongde guards the camp carefully, thinks carefully about the strategy of retreating the enemy, if you have a good plan, you can go forward and call me at any time, how about it?"

It was not easy for Xia Houyuan to say this.

Cheng Yu also knew that the best method at the moment was as Xia Houyuan said.

He nodded at Xia Houyuan, and said: "In that case, please general be more careful."

Chapter 8 Guo Jia's Response

The battle for the pontoon bridge tested the strength of the most elite infantry generals on both sides, while the crossbowmen of the two sides supported each other on the edge of the two banks in the rear. It can be said that they are all direct participants.

The battle for the pontoon bridge was the most useless, but it was the cavalry who charged at the forefront on the battlefield during the day.

The midday sun dazzled people who couldn't keep their eyes open, and the sunlight shining on the river water even illuminated the situation on the eight pontoon bridges. The colorful brilliance reflected by the river water mixed with the blood of the soldiers. , looks beautiful, but actually makes people feel hairy.

The scenery is beautiful, but it is like hell.

Part of the main force of the Jinling Army fought on the pontoon bridge, while more of the main force of the Chinese army formed a horizontal formation on the bank, stretching ten miles across.

The Jinling army was well-organized, with flying flags and dazzling armor, and there were many cavalry among them. Along the way, just the smoke and dust they brought up could be seen several miles away.

On the other side of the river, Cao Jun's camp was in front. Xia Houyuan asked all the generals to fight one after another and sit behind the pontoon bridge. Judging by their status, it is self-evident that they will defend to the death.

The pottery merchant rode his horse back and forth in his own army, watching the lineup on the opposite side with a smile on his lips.

"Although the flag raised by the enemy is Sikong Cao, it is obviously inconsistent with Cao Cao's usual formation, and I don't know which general Cao will preside over it? The trapped beast is still fighting, and there is no good fruit to eat." Pottery merchant While observing the situation, he muttered to himself.

Qianzhao and Tianyu, who had just been transferred from Hebei to the front line, followed closely behind the potter's horse.

Qianzhao said to Tao Shang: "Prime Minister, we are very grateful for your reuse of Hebei soldiers this time. In order to deal with Cao Cao, before we came, we have already made a large number of objects to cross the river according to the request of the Prime Minister. We only wait for the Prime Minister's order." , you can forcibly cross the river!"

Tian Yu also said: "Youzhou general, willing to be the vanguard!"

The pottery merchant nodded at the two of them with emotion, and said: "You are indeed loyal and courageous. Tian Feng's words are indeed true. I have heard that there are many heroes in Hebei. Let me take this opportunity to show you your skills today. Let go!" Let's do it!"

"promise!"

"Woooooo!"

A loud bang of horns resounded through the air.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Ma Yan, Gao Gan, Chun Yuqiong, Meng Dai, Deng Sheng, Feng Li, Xia Zhao, Wang Mo, He Mao, Yan Chang and other Hebei heroes commanded their soldiers, carrying With countless long ladders made of bamboo poles, they galloped towards the river bank.

These countless long bamboo poles are all made of strands of long bamboo and tied together. Facing the river channel several feet wide, these simple and unpretentious things do not seem to have much effect.

but it is not the truth.

Because it can win in numbers.

When those countless long bamboo ladders were set up from the air and landed on the river bank of their own side, the expressions of Cao Jun's generals suddenly changed.

"Quick! Stop them!"

But it's too late to say these things now.

However, Zhang Yun, the general of Hebei, was the first to get off his horse, stepped on those fragile "bamboo bridges", and shouted at the soldiers behind him: "Rush over!"

"dismount!"

"dismount!"

"dismount!"

The generals of the cavalry and the soldiers of the cavalry dismounted from their horses one after another, stepped on the fragile bamboo pole with sharp knives in their hands, and roared towards the opposite position.

Xia Houyuan was also in a hurry. Preventing the enemy from crossing the river was his most fundamental strategy.