Chapter 145 The War in Yanzhou

Author: Huang Tianorder

Chapter 145 The War in Yanzhou

After Lu Junyi reported Zhang He's combat effectiveness, Jia Xu was a little surprised, but he didn't care.

After all, 20,000 people can't make any big waves on their own territory.

"It is expected that Yuan Shao's army will camp nearby tonight. Do the two generals dare to attack at night?" Jia Xu stroked his beard and clicked on a location on the map.

After all, this is our own territory, and we know exactly where nearby is suitable for camping and where we can garrison troops.

"Yes!" Zhang Bao nodded.

That night, he and Zhang Liang each led three thousand people towards the camp where Gao Lan had set up camp.

Lu Junyi was preparing to attack outside the city. Once the camp succeeded, they would immediately rush over and rob the camp.

After killing a soldier patrolling the camp with one arrow, Zhang Liang roared and rushed straight into the camp.

However, the imagined war and chaos did not appear, but instead there was a kind of dead silence.

The dark camp in front of them was like a big mouth, waiting for them to burrow into it.

Then the soldiers led by Zhang Bao also rushed into the camp. After trampling several tents and finding them empty, Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao understood that the situation was not good, but it was too late.

"Hahaha, you guys from Qingzhou, I've been waiting for you for a long time, kill me!"

Gao Lan shouted loudly with a big gun, and a large number of soldiers appeared from all directions, and the clouds were densely packed together.

The crossbowmen who had been prepared long ago fired wildly, hoping to defeat the troops attacking at night in one fell swoop.

After Gao Lan set up the camp, he felt that the Qingzhou Army was back to rob the camp, so he directly asked Zhang He to station some distance behind the camp, and then set up a half-real and half-empty camp, waiting for the Qingzhou Army to take the bait.

In the end, he really found him.

"Form up and wait for reinforcements." Zhang Bao roared and joined forces with Zhang Liang to form a circular formation.

There were soldiers coming to kill him from both sides and in front, but he did not dare to order a direct retreat.

If you are chased by your tail, you will be defeated like a mountain.

Yuan Shao's army has cavalry, but they are not Xia Houyuan. They cannot outrun the cavalry on flat ground, and they will easily be overwhelmed by the cavalry.

The next moment, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang looked at each other and made the same decision. They mobilized their cloud energy almost at the same time and launched a brazen attack on Yuan Shaojun. Then, taking advantage of the moment when they stopped to stop with Yuan Shaojun, they directly tightened their formation and opened up with Yuan Shaojun.

distance.

Quickly shrink into a round formation with shield soldiers on the outside, spearmen on the inside with their spears mounted on large shields, and archers in the middle, with a huddled posture like a hedgehog, coldly confronting Yuan Shaojun.

"Send a signal and ask for support!" Zhang Bao's face was gloomy. He didn't believe that Jia Xu had not thought of this.

So, they are bait?

"Huh!" Zhang Bao snorted coldly when he saw the signal ringing in the sky after the signal was sent, feeling a little more at ease.

Although he was very angry that Jia Xu used them as bait, when he saw the signal from the horizon, he knew that this was what Jia Xu had expected. In this case, it would be okay.

He didn't know what Jia Xu was thinking. Telling them in advance would prevent him from dying. This kind of behavior was really annoying.

"Throw the kerosene!" Zhang Bao roared, and directly ordered the kerosene to be thrown backward regardless of the distance, and then the torch also fell in the direction of the kerosene.

They were originally here to attack and set fire at night, so now it was just right to use these things to delay the attack.

It may seem like a way out for self-determination, but it actually leaves them with a chance to live.

He knew that the reason why Gao Lan surrounded the three sides was definitely out of good intentions, but to create an opportunity for the cavalry to circle back. If he didn't set fire to seal the road, they would be attacked by the cavalry.

At the same time, Zhang Bao personally led a thousand men, set up guns and shields and blocked the sea of ​​fire, waiting for Zhang He's attack.

"Boom!" the cavalry roared.

Zhang He led his men and horses around the camp and found that there was no chance. Then he turned the horses' heads and rushed towards the city.

They had originally planned to encircle the camp and call for reinforcements. Now that they saw that Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang were well-established in their advance and retreat, and were still under siege in the camp, they were already a turtle in a urn.

So Zhang He didn't even think about it and rushed directly in the direction of the reinforcements.

He almost told Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang openly not to expect reinforcements to come.

"Fire the arrow!" Zhang Bao frowned, but still chose to believe in Jia Xu. It was impossible for Jia Xu not to count these things. They had confidence in Jia Xu.

Although the Qingzhou Army has not yet popularized this single-shot powerful crossbow among all members, they did bring a lot with them during this night attack.

At close range, one shot can penetrate the soul. It is impossible for soldiers without shields and armor to block such a powerful crossbow.

Seeing that his men were hit by a wave of arrows that hit nearly a hundred people on the ground, Gao Lan was not angry, but waved his hand to signal the archers in the camp to fire back.

"Strange, is the armor wearing rate of the Qingzhou Army so high?"

Gao Lan looked at the rain of arrows hitting the Qingzhou Army like it was tickling, and suddenly noticed that all the Qingzhou soldiers seemed to be wearing armor.

"Are they prepared in advance? Or is it that everyone in the Qingzhou Army is wearing armor?"

Gao Lan lowered his eyebrows and pondered, if it was the former, that would be fine, but if it was the latter, then the strength of the Qingzhou Army would be a bit too scary.

On the city wall in the distance, Jia Xu looked at the firelight in the distance with a mocking look on his face.

"Should I say he is worthy of being a famous general?"

Jia Xu had a sarcastic look on his face. It was exactly as he expected. Gao Lan and Zhang He were indeed good generals, with well-founded advance and retreat. Preventing night attacks was almost easy.

But after all, he was clueless. He only thought that they would attack at night, but he did not expect that he would directly launch a general attack at night.

If you are planning any conspiracy, just come to the upright conspiracy.

The decisive battle begins when the battle begins, and victory or defeat is determined by one wave.

"It's almost time! This time, Yuan Shao's army did not have any advisers, which was a bit beyond my expectation. It seems that although Yuan Shao suppressed Youzhou, it was not that easy!"

While speaking, Jia Xu gently shook his feather fan, directly pushing away the dark clouds in the sky. The moon was not very bright tonight, but he, Jia Xu, was the King of Stars, so it was natural for him to borrow some starlight.

"Nandou Immortal, Beidou Immortal, please help me!"

Following Jia Xu's soft words, Nandou and Beidou appeared behind Jia Xu. The three of them did not talk much and directly pulled the starlight. The Big Dipper and the South Dipper in the sky instantly shined brightly, spreading starlight on the earth.

The originally dark environment suddenly became brighter.

"Reinforcements are coming, brothers, follow me and kill!"

Zhang Bao looked at the stars in the sky and knew that Jia Xu must have follow-up arrangements, so he didn't care what the arrangements were and just shouted to boost his morale.

The momentum that had been declining due to being surrounded was instantly boosted.

On the opposite side of Zhang Bao's men were Gao Lan's men. After hearing Zhang Bao's shout that reinforcements were coming, their morale dropped a lot. However, since they were waiting in the camp after all, nothing happened to them.

"What's going on with the Qingzhou Army?" Gao Lan's scalp was numb, and he already felt that something was wrong.

"Oops, the Qingzhou Army wants to fight at night!" Gao Lan looked at the bright light and finally realized Jia Xu's plan.

But in order to surround Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, their formation had been scattered. If they were attacked fiercely at this time, they would probably be defeated directly.

"Send the signal and prepare to retreat!" Gao Lan took a deep breath and immediately cut off the warrior's wrists. He left two thousand people behind and then turned around and ran away with his army.

It's not that he doesn't believe that Zhang He can't defeat Lu Junyi, but he is worried that Lu Junyi is not at the front at all. If Zhang He encounters a large group of infantry from the Qingzhou reinforcements, he will definitely do his best to delay the opponent's footsteps.

In this way, the Qingzhou cavalry will definitely copy it from other places. When the enemy's internal and external forces respond to each other, their side will definitely be defeated.

Obviously they have almost the same troop strength, but Jia Xu suddenly used the effect of Tian Ji's horse racing and got the optimal solution.

"Bastard, isn't he afraid that this infantry will be defeated and eaten by us?" Gao Lan became more and more angry as he thought about it, but his own military qualities told him that he must retreat.

If they didn't make a showy move of surrounding the point and calling for reinforcements, the outcome of the head-to-head duel would still be unknown, but they just made a showy move.

They were captured directly using Tian Ji's horse racing method and suffered a huge defeat. Even if they had the intention to continue to invade Qingzhou, they would be unable to do so.

After Gao Lan escaped, all the soldiers surrounded by Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang surrendered.

If someone can be abandoned by Gao Lan without blinking an eye, he will naturally not be an elite. Faced with the situation where the general escapes and is surrounded, he will naturally not fight to the death.

When Lu Junyi and his men arrived, they found that Gao Lan had escaped, but he had made some gains. After all, he had captured a large camp's supplies and captured nearly two thousand prisoners.

When they went back to report to Jia Xu, Jia Xu sighed, a famous general is a famous general, and his decision-making in such moments of life and death is beyond ordinary people.

If Gao Lan had been a little closer, they might have won a complete victory this time.

But it was precisely because the other party was a famous general that he fell into his trap.

It can be said that success is a famous general and failure is a famous general.

"It is a victory after all. It is expected that Yuan Shao's army will be defeated and return with no more force to attack in a short period of time. It is considered a great achievement. I have already laid out a banquet for all the generals to celebrate!"

"Since Military Advisor Jia has figured this out, why don't you speak out!" Zhang Liang was angry and asked directly.

"What are you talking about?" Jia Xu was stunned for a moment and didn't respond.

Seeing Jia Xu's innocent face, Zhang Liang was stunned for a moment.

"Two generals, I don't think it's necessary for me to explain the overall layout to you, right?" Jia Xu said with a sneer.

"Third brother!" Zhang Bao grabbed Zhang Liang and said, "We two are not thoughtful enough. Please forgive me, Military Master Jia."

"Easy to say, easy to say!"
To be continued...