Chapter Eighty-Six: Cutting Off His Way

Zhang Liang was in full swing at this time, and Zhao Yi's appearance just gave Zhang Liang an outlet, and he just wanted to order his soldiers to rush to kill, but was stopped by the generals who saw through his thoughts: "General, Zhao Yi must have come here to lure us into pursuit, and we must not fall for Zhao Yi's treacherous scheme." Ask the general to give the order to continue the march. ”

Zhang Liang snorted heavily and adopted the general's suggestion: "Keep going!" The Yellow Turban Army continued to march, but Zhao Yi launched an attack on the Yellow Turban Army while Zhang Liang was marching. His soldiers rushed to a certain distance, and did not charge head-on with the Yellow Turban Army like Cao Cao, but harassed the Yellow Turban Army with bows and arrows. caused many casualties among the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army.

Several of the soldiers around Zhang Liang died under Zhao Yi's feather arrows, which made Zhang Liang's suppressed anger rise again. At this time, Zhao Yi had already made a move, and the Yellow Turban Army could not let Zhao Yi shoot him, this time Zhang Liang ignored the general's words and ordered to pursue Zhao Yi.

Zhao Yi did not entangle with Zhang Liang, and quickly left with his soldiers when the Yellow Turban Army was dispatched.

Zhang Liang led the elite cavalry to chase and kill regardless of it, but Zhao Yi did not fight Zhang Liang to the death, but blindly led his soldiers to run wildly. "Zhao Yi, dare to fight me to the death!" Zhang Liang shouted, and the war horse was always three hundred steps away from Zhao Yi and could not be surpassed.

Zhang Liang led 5,000 soldiers at this time, and Zhao Yi only had 2,000 in his hands, so a fool would fight Zhang Liang head-on. Zhang Liang led his troops to pursue for about a quarter of an hour, feeling that there would be no result if he chased any further, Zhang Liang slapped the horse's back fiercely, just wanted to let his soldiers retreat, but saw that the speed of Zhao Yi's war horse had weakened a lot, was it because of the long-distance run, the war horse was tired?

This thought only flashed in Zhang Liang's mind for a moment, and he was pushed down by hatred. Isn't this a good opportunity to hunt down Zhao Yi, Zhang Liang, who already had the intention of retreating, rushed to kill again.

When he was one hundred and fifty steps away from Zhao Yi, the corners of Zhang Liang's mouth showed joy, and he waved his hand to the archers to prepare. More than two hundred archers immediately drew their bowstrings. Although Zhang Liang and the others do not have the martial arts of Lu Buyuanmen to shoot halberds, they are better than many people. More than 200 people fired arrows at one point, Zhao Yiyan had the possibility of survival, and Zhang Liang even thought of the scene where Zhao Yiwan's arrow pierced his heart.

But just as the archer pulled the bowstring, Zhao Yi suddenly turned around, still holding a crossbow arrow in his hand. With the sound of a machine starting, Zhang Liang saw a black shadow shooting towards him. It's so fast that I don't even have time to react. Zhang Liang only had time to turn sideways, and at this time, the guards beside Zhang Liang rushed over and blocked in front of Zhang Liang, and this crossbow arrow was nailed straight into the back of the man's heart.

Zhao Yi was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that there would be such a loyal and brave person around Zhang Liang, but this was not the time to sigh, Zhao Yi activated the bow and arrow again, and the crossbow arrow slashed through a streamer and inserted it into the eye of the war horse under Zhang Liang's crotch. The horse, which was originally tame and docile, became manic because of the pain, and shook its body violently with a neigh, throwing Zhang Liang off the horse's back.

Zhang Liang fell off the horse, and these soldiers were startled, thinking that Zhang Liang had fallen for Zhao Yi's plot. gave up chasing Zhao Yi, and all came around to check Zhang Liang's situation at this time, if Zhang Liang died, the Yellow Turban Army could be said to be leaderless, how to deal with the attack of the official army.

"General, are you alright?" The guards beside him helped Zhang Liang who fell off the horse to his feet, and asked in a panicked tone. Zhang Liang struggled to get up from the ground, only to feel a piercing pain in his right arm. The pain made Zhang Liang tremble constantly, but seeing the panicked eyes of the soldiers around him, he could only endure the pain, restore his expression to the original appearance as much as possible, and raised his right hand with difficulty: "Withdraw the army." At this time, Zhao Yi had already gone away, and there was no need to catch up. With this experience, Zhang Liang was also afraid that Zhao Yi would do this kind of thing, and he would not die if he fell off the horse this time, and he would not know next time.

Zhang Liang returned to the Yellow Turban Army, forced his body to command the soldiers to continue to march, Zhao Yi led the elite cavalry to harass himself one after another, which made Zhang Liang very annoyed, and could only order his archers to attack, but the range of the archers' bows and arrows was not as far as the crossbow arrows used by Zhao Yi, and the feather arrows had fallen halfway.

Zhao Yi only pestered Zhang Liang for two hours, and then ordered the soldiers to return. Gao Shun and Guan Yu had already reached a dangerous position at this time, and Zhao Yi's resistance was no longer necessary.

Zhao Yi, Huangfu Song and others led the official army, and they followed the Yellow Turban Army seven miles away. The arm was injured, Zhang Liang was in unbearable pain, he supported his body forward, his eyes kept paying attention to the surroundings, Zhao Yi, who had come to attack him from time to time, had disappeared at this time.

His subordinates came over and reported: "General, the army of Huangfu Song has not changed, and it is still following our army at seven miles. ”

At this time, Zhang Liang's department is only ten miles away from the periphery of Taihang Mountain, he can even see the undulating mountains when he looks up now, the Yellow Turban Army has hope in his heart, according to the current marching speed, I am afraid that it will not take an hour for his army to enter Taihang Mountain, this hope of survival makes the faces of the army smile, and the overnight rush is dissipated by the impact of this hope.

Although there was only such a short distance left, Zhang Liang did not dare to take it lightly, according to Zhao Yi's style of acting, he would never allow his subordinates to enter Taihang Mountain so calmly. At this distance, the officers and soldiers may be hit more ferociously. The officers and troops were holding their ground at this time, perhaps preparing for a more violent attack.

"Order your soldiers, move forward quickly, and pay close attention to the movements of Huangfu Song's army, and report back immediately if there is a slight change." Zhang Liang gave the order, and his soldiers immediately carried it out.

The distance from Taihang Mountain is getting closer and closer, Zhang Liang's heart is more guarded, staring at the mountains in front of him, Zhang Liang's face shows rare excitement. A faint moan sounded, and Zhang Jiao, who had been unconscious for a long time, opened his eyes.

Zhang Jiao raised his hand to block a dazzling sun, squinted slightly at the blue sky in the sky, and asked, "Where have we traveled?" ”

As soon as Zhang Jiao woke up, Zhang Liang's confidence doubled, and he hurriedly beckoned to the soldiers: "Quick, bring water!" He took the water bladder and carefully poured it into Zhang Jiao's mouth, "Big brother, our army is almost at Taihang Mountain." ”

Under the moisture of the water, Zhang Jiao's face became slightly better-looking, he struggled to sit up, and when he saw the mountains in the distance, a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, he thought that Zhang Liang would fight to the death with Zhao Yi, and at this time, seeing that the Yellow Turban Army was moving quickly towards Taihang Mountain, the corner of his mouth showed a smile of relief.

The army walked for a quarter of an hour, paying close attention to the surrounding Zhang Jiao and noticed that something was wrong: "Third brother, what are the actions of the Huangfu Song official army?" At this time, the Yellow Turban Army is getting closer and closer to the mountainous area, according to common sense, the official army should stop itself at this time, but after walking for so long, the official army did not take the slightest action, which made Zhang Jiao very strange, and felt as if there was a huge conspiracy, which was slowly covering his head.

Zhang Liang smiled indifferently: "Big brother, don't worry, I have sent a scout horse to keep a close eye on the movements of the officers and soldiers, and the scouts have just reported, and the officers and soldiers have not moved, and they are still following our army seven miles away." ”

The position of the officers and soldiers has not changed in the slightest from a quarter of an hour ago, and this calmness not only made Zhang Jiao happy, but made Zhang Jiao feel frightened. Loyal ministers like Huangfu Song are very stupid, and they will never give up blocking the Yellow Turban Army because of the disparity in strength. I will definitely come up and fight to the death with the Yellow Turban Army.

Zhang Jiao suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly asked Zhang Liang: "Have you sent someone to investigate the path ahead?" "The officers and soldiers did not attack from behind, and perhaps set up an ambush from the road ahead. If you can't look ahead, then the Yellow Turban Army is in danger.

Zhang Liang knew what Zhang Jiao was worried about: "Big brother, don't worry, after I noticed that something was wrong with the official army's behavior, I sent a scout horse to investigate the situation." ”

As soon as Zhang Liang's voice fell, Tanma ran over in front of him with a panicked face, seeing this Tanma's panicked face, Zhang Jiao and Zhang Liang chuckled in their hearts, and hurriedly asked, "But something happened ahead?" ”

"General, I don't know who destroyed the canyon trestle bridge ahead, even if our army arrives, it will not be able to pass." Tanma's words were like a basin of cold water, which extinguished the hopes of these people, and the high morale of the people suddenly lowered a lot.

Zhang Liang still didn't give up, and asked Tanma: "How wide is the canyon?" Is the water urgent? ”

Tanma truthfully said: "The canyon is about 20 zhang long, and the water flowing in the valley is formed by the collection of many streams on the mountain, and the height difference is very large, and the water is turbulent and abnormal. ”

Zhang Liang's face was like ashes, his body shook twice, if the canyon is narrow and the water is fierce, he doesn't care, if the canyon is wide, the water is slow, it doesn't matter, at present, the two conditions are not met, Zhang Liang is already a little desperate in his heart, and asked his eldest brother: "Big brother, what should we do at this time?" "You don't have to guess that Zhang Liang also knows that this matter is definitely Zhao Yi's doing. Zhang Liang thought that he was cautious enough, but he didn't expect that it would be a bad move. In addition to being a little helpless, he was also a little ashamed, and he was calculated by Zhao Yi again.

Zhang Liang made a mistake, Zhang Jiao didn't care, it was normal to be calculated when fighting against an opponent like Zhao Yi: "It's not a shame to lose in the hands of a young talent like Zhao Yi." Besides, we are not at this point, we still have a chance. ”

Zhang Jiao coughed twice and rolled his eyes twice: "Let's go to the canyon first, if there is a way to get there." If that doesn't work, we'll consider the next step. ”

In less than half an hour, Zhang Jiao's army arrived near the canyon, and there was still a mile away from the canyon, and everyone heard the sound of rushing water. At this time, when they came to the canyon to watch, everyone's hearts kept falling, the canyon was twenty zhang wide, and the ground was ten zhang away from the water surface below, and the canyon's original angular rocks became very smooth under the impact of the current.

Everyone looked at the whirlpool flowing south, their faces were very ugly, and there were no trees on the opposite side, if there were trees, they could use crossbow arrows to wear ropes and make trestle bridges, but for rocks, crossbow arrows were useless.

"Big brother, what should we do?"