Three Kingdoms: I switched to Liu Bei, why are you crying, Cao Cao?

Chapter 57: Enemies on All Sides, Great Victory

However, Wei Xu led the Xianzhen Camp to attack Liu Bei's central army, while Han Xian supported him outside the camp.

Because it is night and there may be scouts and spies outside the camp, it would be inconvenient to launch a night attack if there are too many people.

It is necessary to use a small group of soldiers to open the camp gate, and then the main force will rush in.

He was waiting outside the camp when he suddenly saw a big fire starting in the camp in the distance. He was delighted and immediately raised his arm and shouted:

"Our army has succeeded. Follow me and charge into the enemy camp!"

"Kill!"

He shouted loudly, and more than 7,000 soldiers behind him rushed towards Liu Bei’s army camp.

Han Xian took the lead, feeling braver than ever before, and rushed towards the center of the army.

But when he entered the camp, he found no resistance inside.

From the camp gate to the center of the army, there was no obstacle at all. They moved forward all the way and were invincible.

Seeing this, he couldn't help but think that the Xianying Camp was indeed powerful!
How come there is no one alive along the way?
But the question is, why are there so few corpses?

He was unable to react for a moment, and hearing continuous shouting and killing in front of him, he simply led his troops straight in.

But halfway through the journey, he suddenly saw a general with a bloody face coming over. Without waiting for him to ask, he shouted:

"General Han, please retreat! The enemy has set up an ambush!"

Han Xian took a closer look and found that the person who came was Wei Xu. Hearing that there was an ambush, he was shocked and hurriedly turned around and shouted:
"Withdraw the troops, withdraw the troops!"

But his troops were now charging straight into the camp, leaving him no time to retreat.

The front army heard the order, but the rear army had not yet heard it. The two sides received different orders, and their retreat was blocked in an instant.

Seeing this, Han Xian turned around and asked:
"Since the enemy has set up an ambush, where are the troops?"

Wei Xu was also confused at this time. He only knew that as soon as he entered the central army, a big fire broke out in front of him, arrows were constantly fired from both sides, and there was a lot of noise in the side camp. He realized that he had fallen into an ambush and retreated in a hurry.

Now that I heard the question, I didn't have time to think and said:
"It's within the two side camps!"

Han Xian was a veteran after all, so he said:
"Our army is too numerous to retreat, so we should attack from the front!"

"General, go ahead and clear the way. I will stop the enemy for you!"

Wei Xu was also confused just now. When he heard this, he said:

"That's exactly what you want!"

After replying, he turned around, rode his horse and shouted:
"The trapped camp listens to my orders, follow me to break out of the encirclement!"

The members of the Xianzhen Camp were all veterans who had fought in many battles. When they heard this, they became more determined, stabilized the situation, and raised their shields to block the arrows from both sides.

But at this moment, a burst of fierce shouting and killing was heard from behind.

Before the two of them could react, a soldier came to report:
"General, it's bad. Our army's retreat has been cut off by the enemy!"

Hearing this, Wei Xu and Han Xian were both horrified and had no choice but to rush forward.

At this moment, a loud shout was heard from afar:

"All troops, listen up, follow me to stop the enemy!"

As soon as this voice was heard, a large number of soldiers and horses came out from both sides to block the camp gate.

Torches were constantly thrown towards the central army in the camp.

A fire dragon was raging inside the camp, dust was rising outside the camp, and there were shouts everywhere, as if there were enemies coming from all directions.

Seeing this, Han Xian was already trembling with fear and said:

"Where did the enemy get so many troops?"

Wei Xu also had a look of fear on his face:

"I don't know either!"

In their impression, the enemy army had no more than 10,000 people, among whom there were prisoners. It would be enough to block the four gates. But what about the soldiers outside the camp?
Could it be that they have been surrounded by the enemy?
They had no idea that there were captured soldiers outside the camp, so they didn't need to join the battle, just shout.

In fact, the main force in the camp is less than 5,000 people!
As long as you make an effort, you can get out.

But at this time, the two were intimidated by the momentum of Liu Bei's army and didn't know where to break out!

As the fire grew bigger and bigger, the soldiers began to panic and fled in all directions.

Han Xian's 7,000-plus soldiers and horses were thrown into chaos in an instant.

Wei Xu knew that this would not work, so he gritted his teeth and said:
"Let's just keep pushing forward!"

Fortunately, the Xianzhen Camp had elite troops, so even though Han Xian's troops were in chaos, the Xianzhen Camp still maintained order.

With a loud shout from Wei Xu, he led the Xianzhen Camp to charge out.

Han Xian saw this and shouted:

"Wait a minute, General! Wait for me!"

He also led his troops and charged towards the front camp.

The two of them fought their way out, but heard a loud shout:

"Yan's Zhang Yide is here, where are the enemy going?"

The sound was like thunder, and it almost frightened Wei Xu and others to fall off their horses.

Looking carefully, he saw Zhang Fei riding a black horse, holding a snake spear, leading his troops to attack.

When Wei Xu saw Zhang Fei coming, he was terrified and shouted:
"Come with me to stop Zhang Fei!"

Upon hearing this, the soldiers of the Xianzhen Camp rushed towards Zhang Fei, and the two sides stood together.

If Gao Shun was the commander at this time, even if Zhang Fei came, he would not be able to break through the Xianzhen Camp formation.

But Wei Xu was afraid of the pursuers from behind, so he just ran away, abandoning the Xianzhen Camp and leaving with only his own guards.

Although the Xianzhen Camp was powerful, it had no good general to lead it, and casualties occurred soon after.

Fortunately, Wei Xu had the Xianzhen Camp guards. Han Xian was behind him. Seeing Zhang Fei coming to attack him, he was almost scared to death. Seeing Wei Xu leaving, he hurriedly said:
"General Wei, wait for me!"

But no matter how he shouted, Wei Xu never turned back.

Han Xian felt a chill in his heart when he saw this, but then he heard a voice behind him shouting:
"Where is the enemy going?"

Turning back, he saw a general rushing out from the camp.

Without waiting for his reaction, Zhang Fei rode his horse towards him again.

Han Xian was filled with fear and shouted:
"Wait a minute, I want to surrender, I want to surrender!"

But he shouted this too late. Before he could finish his words, he was stabbed by Zhang Fei. Han Xian's death was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Seeing that their main general was dead, Han Xian's guards surrendered one after another. Only the Xianzhen Camp continued to fight and retreat, following the direction Wei Xu left.

Zhang Fei chased all the way and was surprised to see that the Xianzhen Camp could still fight without its commander.

If the troops were sufficient, he would have kept Wei Xu here no matter what.

But now seeing them leaving, he had no choice but to lead his troops to stop the remaining soldiers of the Xianzhen Camp.

On the other side, Wei Xu escaped from death but still felt frightened.

After thinking for a long time, I still couldn't figure out where the error was.

Seeing that he did not have many soldiers around him, he had no choice but to wait where he was and gather the remaining soldiers.

As a result, after waiting for a long time, there were more than 700 people in the Xianzhen Camp, but only more than 200 people caught up, and more than half of them were killed!

None of the others under Han Xian's command followed.

Seeing this, Wei Xu felt sad, thinking that the loss of soldiers from the Xianzhen Camp and the death of Han Xian was a serious crime, and he didn't know how to explain it when he returned.

But if they stopped here they were afraid of being pursued by Liu Bei's army, so they had to move towards Xia Pi with trepidation.

With Wei Xu's departure, the battle officially came to an end.

After Zhang Fei returned to the camp, the fighting within the camp had already ended.

Liu Bei collected the prisoners and took a quick count, and discovered that in this battle, nearly six thousand people were captured.

Because Han Xian's troops were not regular troops, they were originally bandits and some soldiers from Yuan Shu's army.

Seeing fires everywhere in the camp and the commander not being there, they had no choice but to drop their weapons and surrender.

Most of the rest of the casualties were caused by being trampled.

A few died in the melee, while some were directly burned to death.

As for Liu Bei's troops, they suffered relatively few casualties, which was unusual.

Because of Qin Zhen's design, the entire center of the camp was like a cage. Once the enemy entered, all they needed to do was set fire and block the camp gate.

Capture every enemy soldier who walks away!
After Liu Bei took inventory, he found that there were less than 500 dead and wounded, and many of them were burned.

Faced with this situation, Liu Bei felt so happy!
With such a casualty ratio, all losses are worth it.

Later, Zhang Fei returned with Han Xian's body. Considering that Qin Zhen was still waiting outside the camp, he ordered someone to bring Qin Zhen back.

When he saw Qin Zhen coming back, Zhang Fei laughed loudly:

"Military Advisor, Military Advisor, I, Old Zhang, finally surrender!"

"Thanks to the military advisor's advice, our army has won a great victory!"

"I've fought for so many years, but I've never felt as refreshed as I do tonight!"

He really has nothing to say to Qin Zhen now!

A battle that was calculated might be a fluke.

But it was the same in both games, that shows strength!

Being able to defeat the strong with the weak through calculation, even if it were Zhang Fei, he would never be able to do it in his next life!
Liu Bei looked at Qin Zhen and smiled:

"Thanks to the military advisor, our army has won another victory!"

His expression was not as enthusiastic as Zhang Fei's, but he could not hide the joy in his heart.

This time, when they came out, everything was planned by Qin Zhen.

All of this is in line with Qin Zhen's promise before he came, that this trip will be smooth sailing and there will be no harm.

Now that they have gained benefits and vented their anger, even Old Liu feels very relaxed.

But Qin Zhen heard this and shook his head and laughed:
"Zhen is just making a plan, how can he compare to the hard work of Lord Yide?"

He was not being modest when he said this, because Liu Bei and Zhang Fei now looked quite disheveled, with traces of smoke and fire on their faces.

It is more difficult to fight on the battlefield than to just talk.

At this point, he looked at his thin arms and legs and sighed:
"It's a pity that Zhen doesn't know martial arts, otherwise he could also fight in the battlefield and kill the enemy!"

He also wanted to fight in the battlefield, but his swordsmanship was not very good. He was okay at commanding troops, but if he were to fight in the battlefield, he would be no better than a third-rate general.

But Zhang Fei laughed when he heard it;
"The military advisor cannot go to the battlefield. If the military advisor is both intelligent and brave, then I, Old Zhang, will be ashamed!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the three of them burst into laughter.

After laughing for a while, Liu Bei asked:

"Military Advisor, now that our army has defeated Lu Bu's troops, should we head to Xiang County next?"

Seeing that Liu Bei was asking about serious matters, Qin Zhen asked:
"I wonder how many tents our army has burned this time? Are the food and fodder affected?"

When he asked about the loss, Liu Bei said:
"At least half of the tents were burned, and I'm afraid several thousand stones of food and fodder were burned."

In the past, if so much food and fodder had been burned, Old Liu would have been heartbroken.

But now compared with the spoils, these food and grass are not much!

Besides, there are tens of thousands of stones of grain in his camp!
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Zhen nodded and said:
"Then we should head to Xiang County, and quickly!"

Hearing this, Zhang Fei's smile froze, and Liu Bei's heart tightened as he said:

"Why should our army hurry? Could it be possible that the enemy might come after us?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Zhen smiled and said:

"We are not afraid of the enemy, but we are afraid of rain. We have lost half of our tents. If it rains, won't we get wet?"

After saying this, he smiled, shook his head, and walked into the tent.

It took Liu Bei and Zhang Fei a while to realize that Qin Zhen was joking.

For a moment, both of them looked at each other in bewilderment!
I'm used to Qin Zhen's seriousness, so it's a bit hard to get used to him suddenly telling me a joke!

"I didn't expect the military advisor to be so funny!"

After a long while, Zhang Fei finally said this, and Liu Bei nodded and said:
“It’s quite funny!”

As they spoke, the two of them walked into the camp.

Although he had not slept all night, Liu Bei had no intention of resting. He set up the camp, sold some of the food and grass, and then led his troops towards Xiang County.

Now, he has no obstacles. Once Xiang County is taken, he can gain a firm foothold and plan big things!
(End of this chapter)