There was a shortage of military rations.

Li Zheng frowned slightly, but he was still very calm.

But when he heard the return from the horse, he became a little uncalm. What did he come out for? It is to bite off a piece of meat from the people of Jiangdong.

For this opportunity, Zhuge Liang took a great risk and almost defended an empty city.

If you can't have results, I'm really sorry for Zhuge Liang.

And Li Zheng has great confidence in himself, because his men and horses are the only ones who have fought with Cao's army, and he knows that he led his troops to attack Xiahou Yuan.

Although it was because Xiahou Yuan led 100,000 people, he won after all.

Strong, confident.

"You approached them without any problems? Didn't meet their probes, rangers? Li Zheng put down the dishes and chopsticks, stood up and asked.

"They didn't scout the horses, only a small number of rangers were on guard all around. Our men abandoned their horses and lurked in the grass to hear about them. ”

The cavalryman reported and immediately excitedly said: "Their situation is not good, it seems that they have experienced a fight." ”

"Tell me more." Li Zheng was even more energetic and pointed forward.

"Although they couldn't get too close, it could be seen that they were marching very slowly, but they had very few baggage vehicles, and they should be very tired. The formation is only barely neat. In the front, the people and horses after the break are just like this, but the soldiers and horses in the word "Zhou" are even more messy, and it looks like there are many wounded soldiers, and they are just barely hurrying at present. By the way, there are more than 20,000 people. ”

The knight couldn't hide his excitement, he was happy, and even he knew what it meant. The more heavy wagons there are, the slower they go, and vice versa, the faster they march.

Travel light.

Li Zheng was originally a calm person, but at this moment he was also overjoyed, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back. His eyes twinkled, calculating.

Zhuge Liang's guess was right.

Zhou Yu only sent rangers nearby as a guard, but did not send out a horse to listen to the reality of the East, and he did not expect Zhuge Liang to be so bold to defend the empty city and send elite soldiers out of the city to plan a sneak attack.

Zhou Yu originally had 20,000 elite soldiers, but now there are more than 20,000.

The eye of the probe horse is not omnipotent, and can only calculate the approximate number. But Zhou Yu actually had wounded soldiers, which proves that Zhou Yu led his troops to fight with others.

There were many dead and wounded, and more than 20,000 remained. The scale of this war must be huge, could it be that he went to attack the lord?

Thinking of this, Li Zheng frowned, but then his brows relaxed. "Quite possibly. Now the situation is not favorable to the Jiangdong people, and Zhou Yu is not a person who is waiting to be killed. If you definitely want to turn the tables, what better strategy could be better than this hard blow? I'm afraid it was the mobilization of Han Dang's elite soldiers. But the lord should be fine, otherwise Zhou Yu would have sent people to publicize and attack General Zhang Fei, not only to sit firmly in Nanjun, but also to plot against Xiangfan. But now Zhou Yu is retreating, quietly and silently, obviously failing. ”

"Although the avenue is spacious, there are still too many more than 20,000 elite soldiers, and it is a long queue to put it up, and if something happens, it is very likely to collapse. Zhou Yu had to divide the army into three parts, separating the front, the middle army, and the rear army, Zhou Yu should have led the middle army, and there were many wounded soldiers. The distance between the three people and horses is not too far from each other, and they can be rescued in time. In other words, I don't have much time, I will defeat Zhou Yu in the shortest possible time, and kill more of Zhou Yu's soldiers and bite off a piece of fat. When the front army and the rear army rescued Zhou Yu, they quickly retreated. Thou shalt not fight. ”

Fighting is definitely going to be fought, but how to fight is a problem. Li Zheng's combat experience is not rich, but his theoretical knowledge is extremely rich.

And the most common military theory is to attack its weak points. Now Zhou Yu is not guarding against the enemy from the east, and he is leading the wounded soldiers in the Chinese army, which is naturally a weak point.

"Point the soldiers, don't bring a single war horse. Restrain the soldiers, and keep silent. After some consideration, Li Zheng quickly ordered.

"No." His own soldiers answered the promise and went down to give the order.

This time it came out, and Lee was exactly the one who made the turtle. The army did not carry any war drums, nor did they carry iron armor.

Iron armor is used when fighting to the death with the opponent.

It is not suitable to put on the attack in advance, and Li is a sudden sneak attack, fast in and out, hit and run.

The reason for not riding a war horse is because the sound of horses' hooves may alarm the other party, and there are also war horses that occasionally get out of control. All in all, it was fast, but he quietly approached Zhou Yu and ran away.

Li Zheng's personal soldiers dispersed the camps of the various military candidates, and the military candidates then notified Du Bo, Shi Chang, and Wu Chang, and the army gathered immediately.

Including Li Zhengnei, there are no people on horseback. There was only one flag with the word "Li", which was carried by a strong soldier.

Li Zheng himself was also wearing double leather armor and carrying a short-handled broadsword.

"Don't make a noise casually, listen to my orders, kill the past, hit and run." Li confronted the soldiers, gave another order, and then turned to the west, and according to the intelligence of the horses, rushed to Zhou Yu's headquarters.

The opposing army's army is also moving, and there is still a distance of about ten miles from the avenue, so the distance needs to be calculated, and the two sides can meet.

The distance of more than ten miles is in an instant.

It was only about a mile away from the main road, and the spies here also dismounted and hurried on their feet to deliver the news quickly. Li Zheng led more than 9,000 elite soldiers to stop temporarily and listen to the feedback from the front.

"General, if you go straight and go straight, you can meet Zhou Yu from the side." One of the spies came in at a hurry, panting.

"Go !!"

Without roaring, Li Zheng pulled out the short-handled broadsword on his waist and pointed to the west, but he himself did not rush out, he was not a war general after all, and he did not have a horse.

A large number of soldiers trotted past Li Zheng and rushed to the west. And Li Zheng stayed in the middle of the army, and even the "Li" character banner left him.

Disguised as an ordinary soldier.

Although the fields were in a trance and the grass was extremely high, it was only a mile away, and Li Zheng led his troops to march in a hurry, and the footsteps were also very loud.

It didn't take long for the army to be discovered by the rangers set up by Zhou Yu.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack." The rangers spotted Li Zheng's army, but did not resist, but shouted that the enemy was attacking, and then joined up with his own army.

The rangers were only twenty or thirty horsemen, and there was no way to resist.

And Zhou Yuzhong's sergeant was in a hurry.

"How can there be enemy troops here??? What about spies? Are spies all decorations? ”

"I heard that the Metropolitan Governor has deployed spies in the north, west, and south to guard against Huo Jun, Fu Tong, Guan Yu, and Guan Ping. Then again, how can there be enemy troops in the East????? Our General Huang Gai and General Zhou Tai are both in the East. Besides, there are no soldiers in the East. ”

"What are we going to do??? There were only 2,000 soldiers who could fight, and we were all wounded. ”

There was a commotion, a panic.

These Jiangdong soldiers are all elite, but after a fierce battle in the middle of the night, they are already tired, and more have been injured. Even if you want to run, you can't outrun each other.

Zhou Yu's brows were locked, and his face was pale. But he was much quicker than the soldiers, and immediately thought of joints. said angrily: "Zhuge Liang, he actually underestimated me. ”

"Someone. Immediately send someone to inform Zhou Tai, Huang Gai, to attack Chengyang and burn the Guan military rations in Chengyang City. ”

Zhou Yu gave the first order.

"No." A herald immediately complied, took two cavalrymen, and rode together towards the camp of Chengyang Zhoutai.

"Ordered the soldiers to line up to resist. Send people to order Han Dang, Cheng Pu, and Lu Bu to send troops from the north and south to attack and eat this army of soldiers and horses. ”

Zhou Yu quickly gave the second order. Although it was already the end of the strong crossbow, Zhou Yu's forces still had the absolute upper hand, and when they suddenly met, the brave won.

You can't retreat at this moment, and if you retreat, you will be defeated.

Although the army is divided into the front, middle, and rear, they are very close to each other, and if the other side is worse, they can surround the front and rear parts and eat the other side.

"No." Everyone quickly agreed, and sent out a herald to order Han Dang, Lu Dai, Cheng Pu and others, Ling Tong led 2,000 elite soldiers to meet the battle, and Zhou Yu reluctantly organized thousands of wounded soldiers, and also moved forward, as Ling Tong's backing.

"Athletes, don't panic. Just eat this centaur, and be happy. Kill!!!!! The energetic young general Ling Tong, holding a spear, galloped forward, taking the lead, and the two thousand soldiers behind him were also demoralized and strode to follow.

"Don't be afraid, they fought fiercely all night, and marched so far, and the end of the crossbow." Li Zheng hid among the soldiers and gave a loud order.

"Kill !!!"

Suddenly, neither side wore iron armor. But there are archers, and the archers on both sides shoot arrows at each other before they make contact.

The soldiers under Li Zheng's department not only recuperated and recuperated, but also numbered more than the other party, and naturally there were more archers than the other party.

"Whoosh !!!" After a rain of arrows, countless soldiers from both sides fell. There was no iron armor, not even shield soldiers, and the soldiers were only protected by leather armor, which was too thin.

Because of the large number of archers, Li Zheng killed more than the opponent. After three or four rounds of arrows, the two suddenly met. There was a fight, and people turned on their backs.

Blood spilled, skulls rose to the sky, and deadly blades sliced through flesh and stabbed to death.

Humans are killing each other.

The energetic Ling Tong was very strong, wearing iron armor and a spear in one hand, stabbed to death one after another soldiers under Li Zheng, killing more than a dozen people in the blink of an eye, but he also became a target.

The archers under Li Zheng's command are all average, because the archers in the army do not need to be very accurate in archery, as long as they shoot arrows in crowded places.

But there are also a few sharpshooters.

Ling Tong has the protection of iron armor, and it is not easy to shoot to death, but the horse under Ling Tong does not have much protection. So after a burst of arrows galloping, Ling Tong's horse was shot to death, the horse lost its front hoof, Ling Tong fell off the horse, but he was not injured, but quickly stood up, and continued to assassinate Li Zheng's soldiers with a spear, but the loss of the war horse somewhat detracted from Ling Tong's strength.

And a fierce general, in such a situation, the role played is also very small.

Although Ling Tong improved the morale of Jiangdong's 2,000 capable soldiers, but after all, it was the end of the crossbow, and after a period of fighting, Li Zheng's corporal had the upper hand, and one by one the soldiers were armed with spears and stabbed the Jiangdong soldiers to death, and Li Zheng's army was complete.

The captains lead their own teams and cooperate with each other to fight. On the contrary, the Jiangdong soldiers, because of the battle damage, even the basic establishment was also fragmented.

But it's amazing, Jiangdong soldiers are really very tough. He resisted stubbornly, although at great cost, he completely resisted.

This made Li Zheng very surprised, and his brows furrowed. He thought that he would quickly defeat Zhou Yu's men and horses, and then kill them, so as to avoid being attacked by the front and rear of the opponent.

This opportunity is fleeting.

Because the distance between the front and rear of the Jiangdong soldiers is not too far, just because of the road, the line is a bit long, and it will take a while to rush in formation, but this time will not be too long.

If the three parties are encircled, it will be unbearable.

After all, the other party has a lot of people, and they are extremely resilient and able to fight.

It's obviously the end of the crossbow.

At this moment, there are only two roads in front of Li. The first is to grit his teeth and continue to advance, defeat Zhou Yu's department, and then rush to the west and rush out.

The second is to immediately withdraw troops and not continue to expand the results of the war.

Li Zheng could judge that in this battle, they attacked and killed at least more than 1,000 people on the other side, and if they were seriously injured, they might have 2,000 results.

A small victory.

Li Zheng is brave and able to fight, but he is not a fierce general, at this critical moment, he did not rely on his personal courage to rush out, after some calculations, Li Zheng shouted: "Withdraw the troops." ”

"Withdraw troops, withdraw troops !!!"

Li Zheng's personal soldiers also shouted together, so the soldiers under Li Zheng's command began to withdraw their troops, but they did not flee blindly, but the soldiers in front of them rushed to kill, forcing back the Jiangdong soldiers, and then fought and left, and the archers continued to shoot back at the other party and suppress the other party.

Arrows rained down, even Ling Tong didn't dare to pursue, after all, although he was wearing iron armor, some of his body was exposed, and he died if he was careless.

So when Handang, Cheng Pu, and Lu Dai led the army to outflank them from the north and south, Li Zheng had already led his troops to go away.

And Li Zheng's soldiers were full of energy and ran extremely fast, and soon disappeared. And Han Dang, Cheng Pu's men and horses have already been at the end of their crossbows, so they naturally can't catch up.

In a sudden encounter, more than 9,000 people under Li Zheng's department did not care about their own battle damage, and killed 12,000 Jiangdong soldiers, and some soldiers were injured and wounded, and they would inevitably die.

The battle was fleeting, but it left behind corpses all over the ground and the backs of the long runaways.

Under the banner of the word "Han", Han stood on horseback, and his face was extremely ugly. "Centaurs from the East? Zhuge Liang sent out the elite soldiers, is there only an empty city left? really underestimates Zhou Tai, and Huang Gai. Damn it. ”

While gritting his teeth, Han Dang was also shocked that Zhuge Liang was so bold.

It must be known that in Chengyang City, a large amount of grain and grass of the Guan family is piled up.

But it was too late. The Metropolitan Governor should have thought of it a long time ago, and he should have sent a fast horse to tell Zhou Tai that the city was attacked, and the grain and grass left by the Guan family in Chengyang would also be burned.

Although our soldiers also suffered a lot of losses, they burned the opponent's grain, which can be regarded as a defeat for both sides.

Just as Han Dang was making such a noise, a cavalry horse came to Han Dang quickly, with a look of panic on his face, turned over and dismounted, and said, "General Han, the Metropolitan Governor has been hit by an arrow." ”

"What ?!!!!!" Han Dang was startled, and with a bang, the blade in his hand fell to the ground, and then Han Dang hurriedly rode his horse closer to Zhou Yu.