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Chapter Twelve: The Afterhand

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  The vibration that can make the earth form such a regular surname, except for the large-scale cavalry on the move, Liu Feng couldn't think of anything else with this ability. And throughout Jingzhou, those who have the ability to mobilize cavalry on a scale, apart from Cao Cao, who else is there?

  The crisis has arrived, Liu Feng didn't have time to think much, rushed into the account and picked up the Qingying sword, casually put on a robe, ran out of the account and pulled Huang Yuemei towards the direction of Shuizhai.

  "Great Master, what are you going to do?" Huang Yue Mei asked in surprise.

  "No time for explanations, the enemy will arrive soon, let's board the ship first." Liu Feng replied casually.

  "How is it possible that the young master would know of an enemy's presence? Even if there really was one, our scouts would have detected them beforehand."

  Huang Yue Mei didn't believe Liu Feng's intuition, wanting to break free from his pull, but she was after all a weak woman, only able to unwillingly be pulled by Liu Feng as they jogged along.

  "Ah——"

  Behind him, a painful groan sounded, Liu Feng turned his head to look back, and saw that Huang Yue Mei had been tripped to the ground, not only was her face and body covered in dust, but also several scratches were scraped on her snow-white arm.

  Liu Feng was indeed too hasty, forgetting that she was a lady, and rushed forward with large strides, it's strange if he didn't knock her over. Seeing her fall to the ground, Liu Feng quickly went forward to help her up: "Are you okay? I'm really sorry. We can't stay here for long, let's get on the boat first and then think of a way to deal with your injuries."

  Liu Feng helped her up and was about to continue walking, but Huang Yue Mei was furious now. Looking at her dusty face and the wound on her arm that was still bleeding, she complained to him in an dissatisfied tone: "What's going on here? You don't explain anything and just drag me away by force. Don't touch me again!"

  If it weren't for the fact that she had helped him treat his wounds, Liu Feng wouldn't have bothered with her safety at all. Seeing that she was throwing a tantrum like a young lady, Liu Feng lost interest in meddling further and shook his head: "You're on your own." With that, he left Huang Yue Mei behind and ran towards the plank bridge.

  A moment later, when Liu Feng had just crossed the dry camp, a sudden chaos broke out in the northwest corner. A dust storm suddenly rose to the ground, and the strong wind and rain burst into the north camp, with an unstoppable momentum, rushing towards the water village.

  It's indeed a cavalry regiment.

  Hanjin Ferry is located east of Dangyang. According to intelligence, after Cao Ren's army defeated the main force of Liu's family in Dangyang, they gave up continuing to pursue eastward and went straight south from Dangyang to Jiangling. Therefore, most scouts were arranged west of Hanjin. However, this cavalry came from the north, passing through the reconnaissance blind spot of Liu's family army, so it could launch a sudden attack on Hanjin.

  This sudden raid by the strange troops instantly threw Liu's army, which had just calmed down, into chaos once again. The infantry in the dry camp, without any preparation, allowed the enemy cavalry to charge into the main camp without any delay. More than 2,000 infantrymen who were resting suddenly collapsed like startled birds and swarmed towards the warships docked in the water fortress.

  Liu Feng, who had anticipated the enemy's arrival beforehand, was lucky and did not have to endure the chaos of people pushing each other. He boarded the flagship where Liu Bei was before the confusion occurred.

  "General Cao's army is approaching, be careful father."

  Liu Feng rushed up with his sword and interrupted Liu Bei's conversation with a young general.

  That young man in silver armor and white robe, with a dignified appearance, had a high nose bridge that showed a heroic spirit, should be Liu Qi.

  As early as when Liu Bei adopted Liu Feng as his son, this eldest son of Liu Biao had gone to Jiangxia to take up an official post to avoid trouble. This was the first time he met him, but his appearance and demeanor were quite different from the "timid and incompetent" Liu Qi in Liu Feng's impression.

  Liu Bei's gaze fell on the distant dry camp, and the rapid collapse of the dry camp into chaos made his eyes flash with confusion and shock. His mouth twitched slightly: "How did the enemy suddenly kill us, why didn't the scouts report?"

  "Cao Jun may have taken a small path north to sneak up, our army had very few scouts arranged there, that's why Cao's army was able to find an opening."

  Liu Feng's words reminded Liu Bei, and his originally shocked and angry face changed to a complex expression, one of helpless despair.

  "This army can appear in Hanzhong at this time, it is clear that they were sent out long before the Battle of Changban, it seems that Cao Cao had expected that I might escape from the Battle of Changban, and actually set up a later move in advance. Cao Cao, indeed, is full of cunning and deceit."

  Liu Bei gritted his teeth, expressing his indignation and helplessness towards his sworn enemy. Meanwhile, over a thousand enemy cavalrymen had burst in like tigers into a flock of sheep, driving the fleeing defeated soldiers of the Liu family's army, passing through the dry camp and small stronghold, and rushing towards the water stronghold to kill.

  "Father, it's not suitable to delay, hurry up and change to a lighter boat, let's head towards the middle of the river." Liu Feng urged.

  Liu Qi said, "The enemy is still a distance away from here, enough for us to set sail and leave the camp, no need to trouble Uncle to change the wheelbarrow."

  Liu Feng pointed his sword at the chaotic dock and shook his head, sighing: "Brother, look, do we still have enough time to set sail and leave the shore?"

  As they looked around, the fleeing soldiers who had escaped with their lives quickly filled up all the plank roads, just like ants clinging to one by one moored warships. In this situation, how could they set sail and leave the shore?

  Liu Qi suddenly realized and nodded in approval, his solemn eyes revealing his appreciation for Liu Feng's judgment. He then said: "What Ah Feng said is absolutely right, Uncle should hurry up and change ships to go ahead first, I'll stay here with Ah Feng to cut off the pursuit."

  "That... we must be careful, let's meet again at the riverbank later." Liu Bei hesitated for a moment before turning around and going down to the deck, where he was escorted by a group of guards onto a carriage.

  Liu Feng had originally planned to follow Liu Bei together, but Liu Qi's sentence "I and Ah Feng will stay here as the rear guard" made Liu Feng embarrassed to leave first.

  As the defeated soldiers fled onto the ships, the seventy or eighty warships anchored along the shore set sail one by one. The flagship carrying Liu Feng, being the most heavily loaded, became the first choice for the fleeing soldiers to escape, but as a result, when all the other ships had already left the shore, more than 200 people were still crowded at the gangway of this ship and could not get on board.

  Like wolves and tigers, Cao's army finally arrived at the shore, and the dozen or so ships that were unable to set sail naturally became the hunting targets of these bloodthirsty beasts. Over a hundred cavalrymen rushed onto the dock, forming a forest of death with their weapons, and charged towards the fleeing soldiers crowded on the shore.

  Liu Qi on the deck, wielding his sword and shouting at the bowmen on the ship to shoot arrows, trying to suppress the enemy cavalry's charging speed. However, because no one had expected Cao Jun to appear suddenly, the ships had not yet been equipped with strong bows and crossbows, and ordinary bows and crossbows could hardly stop the charge of the well-equipped Hu Bao riders.

  Once the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry charge onto the ship, everyone on board will either be trampled to death by the enemy's iron hooves or forced into the Han River to feed the turtles. The routed soldiers crowded at the edge of the ship will also hold it back tightly, making it impossible to set sail by force. The situation has reached a critical point.

  "Damn it, I didn't die on Changshan Slope, how can I die with this bunch of trash in a place like this?!"

  Without thinking much, Liu Feng casually picked up a large knife, found a war horse and jumped onto it, led the horse to the other end of the deck, urged the horse on with all his might, clamped his legs tightly around the horse's belly, and rode the horse galloping across the several dozen meters wide deck.

  With a loud shout, one man and his horse burst out of the edge of the deck and leaped into mid-air.

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