The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Huge pain poured into Deng Xian's body.

Deng Xian screamed and fell off his horse.

But Ma Chao mercilessly shot Deng Xian again.

Deng Xian didn't even have time to react this time.

He was directly stabbed to death by Ma Chao.

The battle between the two main generals came to an end at this moment.

Deng Xian, who was trusted by Liu Zhang, died tragically at the hands of Ma Chao.

As soon as Deng Xian died, Gao Pei, the lieutenant general, suddenly panicked.

Gao Pei knows best how much he has.Even slightly worse than Deng Xian.

Even Deng Xian could only end up falling on the spot in the hands of the opponent's young general, let alone Gao Pei himself.

After he saw that Deng Xian was dead, he couldn't hesitate at all, and immediately began to lead the few remaining soldiers around him to retreat.

It's not that he didn't dare to continue to resist Ma Chao here, but that he knew that staying here would lead to death.

Chapter 963 It's a bad start

It doesn't matter if he is dead, but the 3 elite soldiers behind him can't all be left here.

They must be taken away and brought to Nanzheng City.

Otherwise, with the loss of these tens of thousands of horses, Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu in Nanzheng City will be under great pressure.

Although Gao Pei didn't think he could take away all the [-] soldiers and horses, but at this point, it is considered a part if he can take away some of them.

It's better than losing all these people here.

If they were all lost, even if Gao Pei didn't die here, Liu Zhang would definitely not let him go.

The [-] soldiers, after Deng Xian's death in battle, scattered like birds and beasts. Without the command of the general, the already chaotic soldiers and horses became even more chaotic at this meeting.

Some people are at the forefront of fighting the cavalry, they can't dodge, they can only muster their courage to fight the cavalry.

And with this part of the containment, the remaining people who were farther away began to retreat at this time.

It was at this time that Gao Pei quickly ran towards Nanzheng City with thousands of troops.

This place is not far from Nanzheng City, just outside the city. It only needs to walk for a while, and you can come to the city.

Of course, this doesn't seem like a long distance, but for Gao Pei, it takes a long time to walk.

These tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were massacred wildly by Ma Chao's cavalry, and there were not many people who could really follow Gao Pei and escape back to Nanzheng City.

With 3 people, 1 people can escape back to the city, which is already very good.

After Ma Chao killed Deng Xian, he was also excited. At this time, his purpose was to keep all the enemy troops here outside the city, so he launched a frenzied massacre of these Xichuan soldiers and horses led by Deng Xian.

Thousands of Xiliang iron cavalry massacred Deng Xian's remnant soldiers outside the city. They were a group of lambs waiting to be slaughtered. In just half an hour, there were not many left of the [-] army here.

The rest of the people had either fled to the city of Nanzheng, or they had turned into cold corpses.

Ma Chao's body was stained red with blood, his hair was a little messy, and his helmet was thrown out at some point. Although he was facing some weak opponents, there were still some small wounds on Ma Chao's body.

During the battle just now, he didn't pay attention, but now that he stopped, Ma Chao felt a little tired.

Looking at the enemy troops who had already fled to the city, Ma Chao did not continue to chase them.

For one thing, Ma Chao himself was a little tired after going through such a long massacre just now. Even an iron fighter has limited physical strength. What's more, Ma Chao swung his spear at least hundreds of times just now. It will be extremely exhausting.

Secondly, those soldiers had already run to the foot of Nanzheng City. Once Ma Chao led his own cavalry to the foot of the city, they would be shot and killed by Zhang Lujun on the tower.

When the time comes, the gain outweighs the loss, and Ma Chao doesn't need to attack the city, so naturally he won't make such a wasteful sacrifice.

Anyway, Liu Bei told him the order to cut off Liu Zhang's reinforcements, which Ma Chao has already done.And he did a good job. At least [-] of the [-] army were beheaded by him, and the rest fled back to the city with their armor and armor thrown away.

At this time, Ma Chao only needs to clean up the battlefield, and then go back to report.

On Nanzheng City.

The news of the battle between Ma Chao and Deng Xian outside the city caused a lot of commotion, so Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu and others in the city naturally knew about it.

It's just that this is what happened on both sides of the city. After Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang, from the north of the city, gradually ran to the south of the city, the battle here is coming to an end.

When Liu Zhang came to the south, he only saw Gao Pei in a mess, fleeing back to the city with some remnants of his soldiers.

"Gao Pei! Why are you back? What happened, where is Deng Xian?"

Liu Zhang was a little anxious at this time.

Although it is not very clear what happened outside the city, Liu Zhang already has some vague guesses.

Gao Pei fled back to the city, and just took a few breaths before he was arrested by Liu Zhang for questioning. He didn't dare to hesitate, so he could only speak to Liu Zhang while panting.

"My lord, something is wrong. We were ambushed by Guan Yu's men, and General Deng Xian was killed!"

To make a long story short, Gao Pei told Liu Zhang what happened outside the city.

After Liu Zhang listened, he almost couldn't catch his breath.

"what!"

He stood up from the chair, so anxious that he almost jumped up.

"You said that bastard Deng Xian is dead?"

"General Deng Xian was killed by a young general under Guan Yu who took off his horse for more than [-] rounds. When the general saw that General Deng Xian was killed in battle, he could only restrain his troops and retreat to the city for the time being, otherwise he would lose Commander, the [-]-strong army will be scattered by the enemy's cavalry, and there will be very few left."

Gao Pei knew that it was time to tell Liu Zhang about the battlefield in detail at this time. He began to put all the responsibility on the dead Deng Xian, and at the same time claimed credit for himself, saying that it was his hard work. Gather the remaining soldiers and horses, lead them out of the battlefield, and return to the city.

Otherwise, the [-] troops would not be able to withdraw at all, and would be completely lost outside the city.

Only in this way can Gao Pei get a chance to survive in the hands of the furious Liu Zhang.

Otherwise, the furious Liu Zhang would probably kill Gao Pei directly.

Although Gao Pei said so, Liu Zhang was still very angry, and lost [-] troops in this way.

Liu Zhang raised his hand and slapped him.

With a slap, a clear and loud slap hit Gao Pei's face directly.

Gao Pei, who was already a little panicked, was directly slapped by Liu Zhang's slap.

"Trash! They're all trash! Thirty thousand troops, Lao Tzu's [-] troops, you've tossed them away just like that. What do you use these trash for? You can't even beat a young general under Guan Yu. You can embarrass me!"

Liu Zhang really wanted to slaughter Gao Pei and these wastes with one knife, but it was easy to kill Gao Pei, but he couldn't find someone who was more powerful than Gao Pei and his army. Now that Deng Xian is dead, Liu Zhang only has Yan Yan. Yan and Zhang took office, and each commanded Liu Zhang's [-] troops in the city.

Counting the 3 remnants in Gao Pei's hands, there are still [-] soldiers.

As well as Zhang Lu's own [-] soldiers and horses, they still have [-] troops in Nanzheng City.

"My lord, now is not the time to be angry. Guan Yu sent people to cut off our road. He must have prepared in advance. I think their next plan must be to attack the city. Hurry up and return to the north gate, otherwise it will be too late to regret it." Yea!"

Chapter 964 Attacking Nanzheng

Just when Liu Zhang was still angrily reprimanding Gao Pei.

Yan Pu, who was standing beside Liu Zhang, immediately thought of something, and then said something to Liu Zhang.

Although Liu Zhang's attitude towards Zhang Lu and others is not good.

However, he still trusts Yan Pu.

After all, Yan Pu is a local, and he is the descendant of a big local family, so his status and status are all here.

Compared with Zhang Lu and others, Yan Pu has no ambitions and is more in line with the status of a counselor.

As a son, Liu Zhang also wanted to win over Yan Pu, and dug Yan Pu from Zhang Lu to his side.

After hearing Yan Pu's words at this time, Liu Zhang was not stupid at all, and immediately realized it.

"Not good, this may be the enemy's tactic to attack the west, follow me back to the north gate immediately!"

Liu Zhang didn't delay here, and gave up blaming Gao Pei at this moment.Instead, he ordered Gao Pei to garrison here with the remaining soldiers and horses.

Liu Zhang himself, together with Zhang Lu and others, turned from here to the north of the city.

In the north of the city, there are still Yan Yan and Zhang Ren guarding, although Liu Zhang does not think that Guan Yu's men will break through Nanzheng City in such a short period of time.

However, if Guan Yu really wanted to attack the west from the very beginning, if he acted on both sides, he would attack with all his strength, even with Yan Yan and Zhang Ren guarding him, it would be difficult.

What Yan Pu said really happened. When Ma Chao defeated the legions led by Deng Xian in the south of the city, he also sent someone to convey a signal to Guan Yu.

Guan Yu knew that Ma Chao was fighting with Liu Zhang's men in the city at this time, and knew that the south of the city would definitely attract the attention of some soldiers in the city.

Taking advantage of this time, Guan Yu knew that it was the best opportunity to attack Nanzheng.

Only when attacking at this time, the guards in the city will be the weakest, otherwise, it will not be so easy to take down Nanzheng City at other times.

Guan Yu ordered his soldiers to attack the tower.

The [-] army had already surrounded the north of the city, and they were only waiting for Guan Yu's order.

Following Guan Yu's order, these soldiers rushed to the city gate frantically, and an offensive and defensive battle broke out in the north of Nanzheng City.

The attack of the [-] army really made the defenders in Nanzheng city feel tricky.

At this time, Zhang Wei, Zhang Lu's younger brother, was in charge of defense in the north of the city tower.

Zhang Wei is Zhang Lu's most trusted person. Apart from his own counselor Yan Pu, the entire Hanzhong army is under Zhang Wei's management.

At this time, Zhang Wei was also in charge of the defense of the north of the city, with Yan Yan as his assistant.

Guan Yu's army rushed up, Zhang Wei was quite capable, and his ability to command troops was barely strong enough to block Guan Yu's army.

At least, these men and horses were unable to break through the protection of the city gate, and rushed up from the bottom of the city using siege equipment.

For Zhang Wei, blocking it for half an hour was still very easy.

After all, there were quite a few soldiers in the city, and all of them were dispatched to the north gate of the city. There were tens of thousands of troops, and even if one person threw stones, Guan Yu's men and horses could be intimidated.

When Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang returned here, Guan Yu was still commanding his soldiers to forcibly attack the city.

After losing thousands of people and failing to take down Hanzhong City at all, Guan Yu saw Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu and others returning to the tower, and then he realized that it would be quite difficult to take down Hanzhong.

Knowing that there were many soldiers in the city, Guan Yu shook his head, and then went to ask Liu Bei for instructions.

After all, this time Liu Bei personally supervised the battle here, even if Guan Yu is the main general, sometimes he needs to ask his elder brother before he can make up his mind.

After Guan Yu conveyed the news of the retreat to Liu Bei, Liu Bei didn't say much. He watched the whole battle.

Naturally, it is also clear that under the current situation, it is very difficult to take down Hanzhong directly, and a strong attack will only increase the casualties of these soldiers brought by Liu Bei.

Instead of continuing to attack the city here and losing soldiers, it is better to adopt Liu Bei's initial plan to surround Hanzhong City first, cut off the connection between Hanzhong and Yizhou, and trap Zhang Lu, Liu Zhang and others to death here. In Nanzheng city.

It won't be long before they will leave the city by themselves and surrender.

Anyway, Ma Chao had already launched an attack on Liu Zhang's soldiers and horses just now, beheading many of Liu Zhang's soldiers and horses, which has given Liu Bei an advantage.

"Temporary withdrawal."

Liu Bei gave Guan Yu an order.

After Guan Yu understood Liu Bei's meaning, he did not continue to let his soldiers attack Nanzheng City.

When Zhang Lu, Liu Zhang and others rushed to the city gate, Guan Yu had already withdrawn his soldiers from the siege gate.

After a big battle, it didn't take long for it to die down.

Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu and others who returned to the north gate were relieved to see that Guan Yu had not knocked down the gate.

However, although Guan Yu did not take down Nanzheng City, Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu and others were already nervous when Guan Yu led his soldiers and horses to attack just now.

After all, the soldiers and horses brought by Guan Yu have surrounded Nanzheng City, and there are Guan Yu's soldiers and horses on all four walls.

Although Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu still have many soldiers and horses in the city, they can still resist one or two by relying on the city wall.If you go out of the city, your chances are not good.

Right now they are trapped here to death, they need to think of other ways.

However, just after the war broke out, Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu and others lost all their soldiers and horses.

They didn't think of fighting back for the time being, or going out of the city at this time to fight with Guan Yu's soldiers and horses.

After all, morale is low, and if you go out of the city, you will only be defeated by Guan Yu's men in one fell swoop.

The two sides also temporarily stopped their troops to rest.