Chapter 191: Invasion of the Tomb

Chen Cheng now had to check on the enemy's movements almost every half an hour, so he knew the enemy's movements earlier than the sentry on the mountain beam. Before the Han cavalry arrived, he had already ordered the cavalry to assemble out of the camp, and the moment the enemy crossed the mountain beam, he gave the order to attack forward.

The camp is on the west side of the long slope plateau, and the mountain beam is on the east side of the long slope plateau. After the cavalry attacked, it could go around the rear of the large camp from the open space between the mountain beam and the long slope. This is very dangerous, it is an excellent defensive position, although it is not as good as the terrain of Tongguan and Hangu Pass, but as long as the soldiers dare to fight, it is not a problem to withstand twice the enemy army.

When Chen Cheng put the camp here, he had already thought about defense. After examining the terrain, it was decided that with enough arrows, it would be difficult to break through. If it were to be replaced by him to attack, the best way would not be to attack head-on, but to send infantry to seize the mountain ridge in the east first, so as to ensure that his rear road would not be cut off, so that he could use his troops forward.

Zhang Liao waved his army over the mountain beam, and killed and captured hundreds of Xiliang troops scattered outside, and was about to continue to move forward, but he heard the thunder of drums in front of him, and the smoke and dust were loud, and thousands of cavalry came up head-on.

He had entered Hanyang County with Ding Yuan, and knew that the terrain here was dangerous, with mountains and beams, and the terrain was narrower than near Chencang. If tens of thousands of cavalry can be deployed near Chencang, then only four or five thousand cavalry can be deployed here. Due to the limitations of the terrain, there are only so many soldiers and horses that can come forward to fight, even if there are more troops, they can only watch from behind.

Zhang Liao had already seen how brave the enemy general Chen Cheng was yesterday, even Lu Bu was wounded in a photo, although he was conceited and brave, but he did not have the confidence to fight against such a fierce general. Moreover, the terrain here is narrow, which is more suitable for the enemy's heavy cavalry charge. Therefore, before he crossed the mountain beam, he divided half of the cavalry to stay in the rear, and lined up in a wide arc, and a thousand of them stood in front of the formation with crossbows spread on horseback.

At this time, seeing the enemy cavalry rushing out, Zhang Liao immediately ordered his subordinates to turn their horses and retreat towards the way they came. After bypassing the mountain beam, the team started again, preparing to shoot a few rounds with a strong bow and a crossbow, and then turn back to fight.

Chen Cheng led the army to the edge of the mountain beam, gradually slowing down the speed of his horse. The red dots in front of him were neatly arranged into a thin line, probably an ambush or something, which suddenly reminded him of Liu Yu's moon array. His purpose now is to retreat, not to fight the enemy here. Even if you kill a few thousand more enemy troops, what good can it do? Now that the enemy has retreated, there is no need to rush straight over.

Of course, if the terrain here wasn't so peculiar, like a stab coming down, Chen Cheng wouldn't mind leading his troops to rush and kill for a while. Well, forget it now.

He did not lead the Flying Bear Hussars to rush up, but stopped on this side of the mountain beam. The thousands of cavalry that followed behind saw that the friendly troops in front of them had stopped, and they also slowed down, and finally stopped on this side of the mountain beam. When Chen Cheng's army rushed out, Han Sui also sent the general Tian Le to lead 5,000 cavalry to kill together.

At this time, the friendly troops in front blocked the road, Tian Le was depressed in his heart, and immediately came forward, shouting: "Chen Yuanjun, why did you stop here?" ”

Chen Cheng glanced to the side, smiled, and said, "It turned out to be General Tian." ”

He pointed to the narrow intersection in front of him and said, "You see that the opening here is so narrow, it's easy to kill, I'm afraid it will be very troublesome to come back." ”

Tian Le looked forward, a little disapproving, and said in his heart: How can you send troops to fight for fear of danger? I'm also afraid, I'm afraid, what kind of battle is there to fight, it's better to go home and sleep with my mother-in-law!

But Chen Cheng's status is several levels higher than him, even Han Sui has to be respectful in front of Chen Cheng, Tian Le is just a general under Han Sui, how dare he say anything else? It had to be what Chen Cheng said.

Over there, Zhang Liao turned his horse's head and found that the enemy army had stopped on the side of the mountain beam. He was not surprised by this, there were enemy sentinels on the ridges, and he could see the situation below. When the enemy saw that this side was prepared, they were reluctant to ram into the strong bow and crossbow, which was also a normal thing.

However, he still had some regrets in his heart, if the enemy general was brave and forced to rush over, the bows and crossbows on this side would be fired together, even if the opposite side could not shoot a few people with a shield, the horse would be shot to death.

Zhang Liao thought in his heart: I thought that the enemy chieftain would be excellent in martial arts, so he would not be able to withstand the temptation, but how did he know that he was so cautious? However, it is not useless to be able to detect that the main force of the enemy army is still there.

While he was thinking about it, he asked left and right, "General, what should I do now?" ”

Zhang Liao said: "Since the enemy army is not chasing, then we will retreat back for a distance first, and then wait." ”

"Wait?"

"Yes, General Zhengxi and General Zuo are rushing with the main force, and when they come, they will have their own decision whether to fight or not."

So the cavalry on this side of the mountain turned their horses' heads and prepared to withdraw to a more open place. At this time, there was a horse on the side of the mountain beam who trotted forward, came to the narrowest part of the road, and said loudly: "I am the pastor of the state, Julu Hou Chen Cheng, please come and answer!" ”

Chen Cheng's mount under his crotch was extremely tall, five feet two at the shoulder, and his whole body was fiery red, as if it was burning in flames, so he could recognize him from a long distance. Zhang Liao was wondering what the enemy was fighting for when he heard Chen Cheng open his mouth to invite. He looked at the rebel leader a few hundred paces away in surprise, and when he heard the invitation, he was thinking about something else.

This guy is so loud!

You can hear it so clearly from a distance of hundreds of paces, so if you are in front of you, wouldn't it be like thunder?

It stands to reason that a warrior like him should not come forward to talk to the rebel leader. If others say that he is colluding with the rebels, it is really impossible to say it with a few more mouths. But Zhang Liao only pondered for a while, and then decided to go forward to see what the enemy chief meant.

For the sake of the country, there is some gossip, so what?

Zhang Liao stepped forward, shocked left and right, and dissuaded: "Julu Hou is brave and unparalleled, why should the general risk himself?" ”

"But I thought that the Giant Deer Marquis would definitely not hurt people with secret arrows!" Although Zhang Liao said this, he still instructed the deputy general a few words, and arranged a plan for how to deal with it in case of an emergency, and then he stepped forward.

Chen Cheng stepped forward, his original intention was just to boost the morale of the army, but he didn't want the enemy general to really come over. Looking at the enemy general trotting over, he was somewhat admired, yesterday on the battlefield he had already killed a lot of people, and now he dared to come up single-handedly, the enemy general is not small.

Zhang Liao restrained his war horse twenty steps in front of Chen Cheng and asked, "Zhang Liao, a former military captain under the command of General Zhengxi, has seen Julu Hou. ”

Chen Cheng was a little surprised by the other party's youth, and after hearing the other party's name, he was a little more surprised, but after he was surprised, he immediately felt that it should be so. There are only a few generals under Ding Yuan's command, and the same is true for the generals under Huangfu Song. Among the attacking Han army, there were both martial arts and strategies, but there were only a few people.

Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan are one of them.

As a descendant who has watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" several times, Chen Cheng is very familiar with the name Zhang Liao. In the Battle of Hefei, Zhang Liao led 800 cavalry to attack the 100,000 army of Eastern Wu, and killed until Sun Quan's commander, which made the Eastern Wu army invincible and terrified. Later, he led his troops to pursue, broke Sun Quan, Gan Ning, Ling Tong and other departments, and almost captured Sun Quan alive.

Xiaoyaojin broke 100,000 by 800,000, such a record was counted in the late Han Dynasty and even in the entire ancient military history. As the other side of the battle of Xiaoyaojin, Sun Quan was maliciously named "Sun 100,000".

Moreover, Zhang Liao was not only extremely brave on the battlefield, but also eloquent and resourceful, and once persuaded Guan Yu to temporarily take refuge in Cao Cao. I just don't know if this plot is made up in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", or if there is really such a thing. But whether it is romance or the official history that he doesn't remember much, Zhang Liao is a peerless general who is both civil and military.

Chen Cheng looked at Zhang Liaoying's vigorous appearance, and he liked it very much, a smile bloomed on his face, and he said: "It turned out to be Zhang Wenyuan, I have already heard that there are several generals under the command of General Zhengxi, and there are feet among them. What a blessing to see today! ”

Zhang Liao was solemn, and said: "I have also heard the deeds of Julu Hou in Xia, and I was originally a national general, and I was once favored by the first emperor, but why did I join forces with Xiliang traitors and come to attack the territory of the Han family?" ”

The smile on Chen Cheng's face was suffocated, he sighed, spread his hands, and said, "The arrow is on the string, I have to send my ears." ”

Zhang Liao was stunned, but he didn't expect Chen Cheng to react like this. After a few seconds of silence, he said loudly: "Now that the country is in an eventful season, it is the time for heroes and heroes to use force, why don't Juluhou get lost and turn to the light?" If you can turn your back and surrender, the court will definitely have a heavy use! ”

Chen Cheng said with a smile: "What Wen Yuan said is very reasonable, I am very moved, but I can only refuse." If I really do what Wenyuan said. Leaving behind his subordinates and surrendering to the imperial court is an injustice to the soldiers under his command. When I arrive in Luoyang, He Jin will definitely kill me. Of course, my life is nothing, but it is very unwise to die so easily. It didn't take long for the war in Liangzhou to subside, and if I wasn't there, it would definitely be another big chaos, and it would be unkind to the people of Liangzhou. ”

He said to Zhang Liao: "Such an unkind, unrighteous and unwise behavior, how can it be my Chen Cheng's doing? ”

Zhang Liao knew that what the other party said was right, although he said that just now, he didn't really think that he could move the other party to surrender by relying on a few words, so he skipped this topic and asked, "Then the Julu Hou called me to answer before the battle, but why?" ”

Chen Cheng pointed to the mountain beam on the side and said, "The terrain here is no longer conducive to the use of troops, and if you go to the west, the terrain will only be more dangerous." Even if Ding Yuan and Huangfu Song's whole division come to attack, I can stop it. God has the virtue of a good life, rather than working in vain and injuring many soldiers, why don't the two families quit the army? ”

Zhang Liao sneered when he heard this, and said: "Your Xiliang army invaded my borders, killed people, burned houses, and destroyed fields. ”

Chen Cheng sighed and said, "It's not my will to kill the people.......

Speaking of this, he shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'll read a poem to Wen Yuan." ”

“..........？”

Chen Cheng held the reins in his hand and read: "There is a limit to killing, and the nations have their own borders. If you can control the invasion of the mausoleum, how can you kill more? ”