Chapter 434 [Counter Attack]
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It is normal for Zhang Liao to appear here, but because Zang Ba and others fled for the middle of the night, they had already run to the west bank of Xishui. Here, it was Lejin stationed in Qichun. Li Dian's army headed north to attack the transit station in Xiling. The Le Jin army had all boarded the Li Dian's water army ships and set sail. Zhang Liao, as the grain supervisor, loaded grain and grass on the transport ship at the West Bank wharf, and then followed.
As the lifeline of a military, food and grass are the most important and the responsibility is heavy. Zhang Liao did not dare to be careless, so he personally led his entourage cavalry and went out to patrol thirty miles, but he was about to meet Zang Ba. With Zang Ba's appearance at this time, it would be strange if he didn't think they were thieves.
After Zhang Liao saw that it was indeed Zang Ba, he was shocked and knew that he must have suffered a defeat. He immediately asked the followers to bring back the backup horses, and asked Zang Ba and his entourage to get on the horse and return to the camp first.
In the temporary camp on the west bank of Xishui, Zang Ba, who had been washed up in the central army tent, was mentally upset. The defeat was too bad, and the loss of two generals was lost. The entire army was destroyed, and he was only spared. He knew the Longlang military rules, and this time, he was afraid that death penalty would be inevitable.
Zhang Liao pondered and said, "Song Qian, Chen Wu... If Liao expected it was not bad, the main general should be Cheng Pu. He deliberately abandoned the city, led our army into the turf, and raided at night... He must have dug a tunnel. Otherwise, it would be impossible to break in so quickly, and kill two of our generals..."
"Bojian! Zhongtai!" Zang Ba's thought that two brothers who had followed him for many years died overnight. The two thousand old brothers disappeared overnight. It was really heartbreaking. Thinking about it, he was afraid that he would not be dead for a long time, so he couldn't help but feel sad and shed tears by pressing his knees.
Zhang Liao reached out and pressed Zang Ba's thick shoulders and said in a deep voice: "Xuan Gao, this is not the time to be sad. You still have the opportunity to atone for your merits and avenge your two captains!"
Zang Ba raised his head suddenly, his eyes wide open: "Wen Yuan..."
Zhang Liao's eyes were shining, something that was heart-wrenching was shining: "Cheng Pu, Song Qian, and Chen Wu counterattacked Zhu County and won a great victory. At this time, the whole army would be immersed in ecstasy. Moreover, they were all attentive at this time, only focusing on the direction of the general's main fleet. They would never have thought that there was a grain transport team thirty miles away."
Zang Ba's eyes became brighter and brighter, and his fists were clenched: "Yes, they would never have thought that I would kill him and shoot him back! Wen Yuan... If you do this, you will violate the military order. In this way, you borrow a soldier and I will fight back..."
Zhang Liao shook his head: "Most of my subordinates are old soldiers in Bingzhou, and they are brave and unruly. In addition to the general, I, Gao Boping, and Chengyi Jie (Cheng Lian), it is difficult for everyone else to command."
Zhang Liao was talking about the truth. His grain-supervising team was extraordinary, mostly Yu Yong from the Battle of Xia Pi. After the Battle of Xia Pi, the Bingzhou Army left by the horse general Lu Bu was divided into three parts: Gao Shun commanded the elite soldiers of the camp, Zhang Liao commanded the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry, and Cheng Lian commanded the remaining infantry.
Because of this, Zhang Liao, the grain supervisor, was able to use cavalry patrols that were short of even the vanguard army.
Zang Ba uneasy: "But..."
Zhang Liao waved his hand: "Xuan Gao is also a refreshing person, why bother with such a child? That's it."
What else can Zang Ba say? He can only hold his fists heavily: "I, Zang Ba, remember this kindness in my heart. I will have a long time to write, but I will ask for something in the future. Ba will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
Zhang Liao waved his hands repeatedly: "Xuan Gao doesn't have to do this. I made meritorious service. You atone for your sins and each has gains. Why not do it?"
As for this, Zang Ba was no longer worried. Only then did he think of a key question: "How many soldiers and horses do Wenyuan have?"
Zhang Liao made a gesture.
Zang Ba felt a chill in his heart: "It's only eight hundred?"
Zhang Liao smiled lightly: "Two hundred cavalrymen, four hundred regular soldiers, two hundred auxiliary soldiers. Both the servants and the ship workers do not count."
Zang Ba was overjoyed and slapped his hands: "It's great, just like there are cavalrymen..."
Zhang Liao raised his hand and cut it off: "I can't take it all away, at least half of the escorts to the food and grass... In this way, all the cavalrymen will be taken away. Anyway, the waterway will not be used. In addition, three hundred regular soldiers, a total of five hundred infantry and cavalry will be 500. How about it?"
Zang Ba grinded his teeth, and his eyes were bleeding: "It's enough to counterattack."
Neither of these two people are a stable and successful general. One is unwilling to be a logistics supervisor in this southern battle, and is determined to find opportunities to make achievements. Now that the opportunity has come, how can you not seize it? Not to mention, if you don’t fight a turnaround, take back what you lost and carry this shame back. Not to mention whether the general will kill him, even he can’t spare himself.
One adventure makes a big choice; the other has no choice.
An accidental encounter led to a military adventure. Can this adventure that bets on future and life succeed?
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Thirty miles away, northwest of Zhu County, at the foot of the Xishan Mountain, a temporary military camp rose from the ground. This was the Jiangdong Army Cheng Pu's troops who attacked Zhu County at night and defeated Langya Army.
Cheng Pu made an empty city plan, killed another one and shot back, and killed two generals in a row, annihilated more than 2,000 Langya Army in one fell swoop, and won the first victory since the Jiangdong Army and the Longlang Army started the war. The victory was sent to Xiling, Sha Xian. The whole army also had a high morale, sweeping away the affliction of not accepting the battle in recent days, giving up the city and retreating hundreds of miles.
Cheng Pu sent the head letter from his brothers Sun Kang and Sun Guan to Sha Xian, and hung the headless corpses of the two at the east gate of Zhu County to ensure that when the Dragon Wolf Army landed in the city, they could see them from afar. As for why the Jiangdong Army was not stationed in the city, it was very simple. This time they really abandoned the city, and they had to destroy the city walls so that the Dragon Wolf Army would not be able to live in peace.
As night fell, the central tent of the Jiangdong Military Camp was exhausted, but excited, Song Qian and Chen Wu entered the tent one after another and bowed to Cheng Pu.
Cheng Pu was over fifty years old and became stronger. He was the elder among the generals of Jiangdong. He was known as the best man below Zhou Yu, but his reputation was even higher than that, and was respected by the soldiers of the Jiangdong Army.
Cheng Pusu asked the two generals to take their seats and said with a smile: "Looking at the look of you two, you have gained a lot in the battle last night?"
Song Qian and Chen Wu, one counted military capital and the other inspected the prisoners. That was so hard that one couldn't stop.
"...A thousand stones of food and grass, twenty-five warships, thirty-seven pairs of intact two-dang armor, hundreds of swords, shields, bows and crossbows, nearly a thousand halberds, tens of thousands of arrows... There are more than one hundred and twenty war horses, now we can form a cavalry battalion." Song Qian was furious, obviously very concerned about these war horses.
Chen Wu also couldn't hide his joy. He fought last night. The whole family captured more than 1,800 people, killed hundreds, and escaped only more than 100 people.
"It's a pity that the enemy chief Zang Ba was fleeing." Chen Wu apologized to Cheng Pu, "We only care about attacking the temple and failed to surround the enemy's camp in time, causing Zang Ba to escape. I hope the Zhonglang will forgive the crime."
"Forget it." Although Cheng Pu felt that the beauty was not enough, this huge victory was enough to make up for the small shortcomings. "You two bravely fought against the enemy and each killed one general, and they all made great contributions. I have already expressed my support to fight against the enemy (Sun Quan), and there will be rewards soon."
The two generals bowed and said, "This battle depends entirely on Gong Cheng's plan and praise of paintings, and his command is good. We are just attached to Gong's tail, how dare we make a contribution?"
Cheng Pu waved his hand and smiled: "Okay, don't pretend to be humble. After a night of fierce battle, the soldiers were all exhausted. I'll have a good rest tonight. I'll send orders to the end. The soldiers will not be disarmed, the horses will not be disarmed, and they will lie down in harmony with their clothes. I'll wait for the dawn. Pay attention to the river surface. Once there is a policeman, withdraw the troops immediately!" After speaking, he was already stern. His majestic appearance made brave generals like Song Qian and Chen Wu also terrified and responded voluntarily.
In the middle of April, there is a moon, and the color is very light, as if it is separated by a layer of gauze, as hazy as the eyes of a lover.
Zang Ba did not have such poetic and picturesque meaning. In his eyes, there was only hatred that was even thicker than the night.
On the other side of the dark jungle, Zhang Liao was listening carefully to the report of the detective: "...The enemy patrols are quite a lot, but they are mostly patrolling along the river bank. There are only seven light and dark posts in our direction, and some brothers have already solved it. The enemy camp hastily built it, and according to the situation, they did not plan to stay for a long time. They only dug shallow trenches and laid bamboo sticks. They resisted horses and did not even have deer forts, but the camp fences were very deep and tied very firmly..."
Zhang Liao said lightly: "Cheng Pu is a long-time general in the army. Even if he set up a temporary camp, he is meticulous and does not resist the red deer fort. That's because they attacked lightly at night this time without bringing supplies... How about it, can they be dragged down?"
The sentry team nodded vigorously: "General, don't worry, these rows of wooden fences have not been placed in the eyes of our northern athletes."
Zhang Liao patted the team and led the shoulders: "Okay, go." He turned around and walked towards Zang Ba.
Zang Ba and several of his entourages scraped off the mud that had been smeared on the surface of the knife and halberd. When the blade reappeared, it was the time to drink blood.
"Wen Yuan, when I attack later, I will be the first to charge." Zang Ba licked the blade, and the blade still had the fishy smell of soil, soaking in his heart.
Zhang Liao stared ahead, Shaoqing, nodded: "Xuan Gao can get on the horse."
As soon as Zhang Liao finished speaking, dozens of steps ahead, a team of knights lying behind the hills untied the war horses and chewed the cages and turned over the horses. Then, with a light pat, the war horses curled up with four hooves raised their heads and shook their manes, stood upright, and made a long neigh free from the bondage.
The next moment, the iron hooves roared, the mountains and rivers were shaking, the smoke was pouring, and the riding shadows were everywhere.
The Jiangdong Army camp, which was originally a stagnant pool, was like throwing a huge rock from a high altitude, causing splashes to splash and swelling.
Under the moonlight, more than 30 obstacle-breaking knights dived down from the high slope, jumped over the trap like a tornado, broke through the scepter, and rushed to the Jiangdong Army camp in an instant. At this time, most of the soldiers in Jiangdong had not yet reacted.
The knights did not take advantage of the situation to kick the camp, but instead pulled the horse and threw out the ropes in their hands.
Wow, swow, swow, swow! More than thirty cowhide ropes flew out, none of which fell to the top of a row of wooden stakes. Before the soldiers of Jiangdong swung their swords and cut their ropes or shot arrows, the knights turned around and beat the horses like flying. When the loose ropes shook straight, the wooden stakes made an overwhelming crunch.
The long whip sounded, and the fierce horses were thriving. After more than thirty horses, one side of the camp finally couldn't bear it and fell down with a bang, smashing all the bamboo sticks that were originally used to block the enemy, and instead laying out an unobstructed road.
As soon as the camp was broken, more than a hundred cavalry and hundreds of powerful soldiers emerged from the night fog, rushed out from the jungle and hills, and the sound of killing shocked the sky.
Chapter completed!