344. Encirclement and interception
It is said that Meng Dan was ordered to lead 20,000 Hun iron cavalry to encircle and suppress Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao's cavalry. At this time, Zhao Yun and the others took action to destroy a larger tribe. However, the continuous fighting in the past few days had exhausted Zhao Yun and his men.
So Zhao Yun and Zhang Liaoyi discussed and decided not to attack tonight, but to have a good night's rest. So they found a gentle slope and set up a temporary camp with the tents they had stolen, and then slaughtered sheep and cattle in preparation for a feast for the whole army.
In the past few days, he has lived a life of licking blood from the knife every day, which has made these 10,000 people miserable. It was easy to relax for a night, so all the soldiers took off their guards and ate to their heart's content.
Zhang Liao came to Zhao Yun and sat down beside Zhao Yun with a wine bag, and in front of them was a whole sheep roasted to a golden brown. Zhang Liao handed over the wine bag and said, "General Zhao, do you want to take a sip?" ”
Zhao Yun took a handful of wine bags, opened the lid and poured a sip and said, "Good wine!" General Zhang, I didn't even know that you still had wine with you, you hid deep enough along the way! ”
Zhang Liao smiled bitterly: "Where am I hiding this?" It was clearly seized in the morning. Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Zhao Yunyi reached out and snatched the wine bag, and then poured a sip, and then he took a sip of wine with one mouth, and praised: "Good wine!" Drinking this wine makes this roasted whole lamb even more delicious. ”
While speaking, Zhao Yun returned the wine bag to Zhang Liao, then pulled out a dagger from his waist and roasted the whole sheep, cut off a large piece of meat and ate it with the dagger. Zhang Liao also poured a sip of wine, and then followed Zhao Yun's example, but he cut off a leg of mutton and held it and gnawed it.
While drinking wine and eating meat, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao felt that this was the most comfortable dinner after entering the grassland, and when the two were eating, a scout ran to their front and reported: "Qi Qi two generals, we have found a large number of Hun knights fifty miles away, suspected of scouts for news. ”
"Oh? In which direction? Zhao Yun wiped the oil stains on the side of his mouth and asked.
"Northeast." The scout replied.
Zhao Yun nodded, turned his head to Zhang Liao and said, "I'm afraid that the various tribes of the Xiongnu have already received the news, and they have sent people to find our whereabouts at this moment." Next time, if you want to win by surprise, I'm afraid you won't be able to. ”
Zhang Liao took a bite of meat and said: "It doesn't matter, since you have come to the depths of the grassland, the soldiers are ready to do their best." ”
Zhao Yun smiled bitterly when he heard this: "That's right, but if our soldiers die one less, they can't be replenished at all, and if we continue like this, I'm afraid we won't have to wait for Liu Bao to return to the army, and we will fight all the people ourselves." ”
Zhang Liao frowned after hearing this: "Then what should I do?" Do you want to avoid its edge? We don't know the place here, and we can't hide even if we want to. ”
Zhao Yun groaned slightly: "What if you and I divide the troops?" You're in front and I'm behind! ”
Zhang Liao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "You mean to lure the enemy?" ”
"Yes, you're here to lure the enemy! I laid an ambush, and when the people came, I led the army to kill them by surprise. ”
"Yes, according to your word. Tomorrow I will go to lure the enemy. Zhang Liao immediately agreed. Zhao Yun was immediately relieved when he saw that he agreed, and what he was most afraid of at this time was that the two were no longer consistent. Now seeing that Zhang Liao agreed to be the bait, Zhao Yun was suddenly very happy.
The next day, Zhao Yun sent all his scouts out and asked them to hunt down the spies of the Huns. Then Zhang Liao took the lead in setting off with his men and horses, and headed to the north.
As soon as Zhang Liao moved, spies immediately discovered the figure of the army, but before the spies of the Huns could go back to report, they were killed by the scouts sent by Zhao Yun. The spies of the Huns turned around and ran away as soon as they saw that they were not good, but they underestimated Zhao Yun's determination to get rid of them.
They were soon surrounded by the scouts photographed by Zhao Yun, and although they tried their best to break through, they still left most of the spies behind, and only three or five people ran out. The three or five men hurried back to their camp. Then they immediately told Zhang Liaojun about his movements.
Then these remaining tribes sent troops together to encircle and suppress Zhang Liao and the soldiers he led. The remaining tribes here sent troops to encircle and suppress Zhang Liao, but they didn't want that Zhang Liao to be like a loach, slippery. When he saw someone coming to encircle and suppress him, he turned around and left with his men and horses. The generals sent by the tribes left behind thought that Zhang Liao was no good, so they bit Zhang Liao's army and chased after him. didn't know that this time was right in the way Zhao Yun realized the plan to lure the enemy.
Zhang Liao led the people to retreat all the way, and saw that he had run out for forty or fifty miles, when suddenly a group of men and horses came out from the south and suddenly killed the pursuers behind Zhang Liao. The Huns chasing Zhang Liao were suddenly shocked, they never dreamed that they were ambushed at the door of their house. But after the fright, these Huns suddenly found that Zhao Yun didn't have many people with him, so they thought about directly eliminating Zhao Yun's mother.
At the critical moment, Zhang Liao led people to turn the horse's head and kill it back. With the entry of Zhang Liao's men and horses, the people who were still resisting just now suddenly became chaotic. This chaos was good, it just gave Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao confidence, and the two of them worked together to defeat the men and horses who pursued Zhang Liao, and thousands of people were killed in this battle.
At this time, Meng Dan also led an army of 20,000 into the grassland, and he followed the traces left by the Han army all the way to the north. It was getting late when I was halfway through the journey, and suddenly I found a group of defeated soldiers coming this way.
Meng Dan sent people to stop them, and when they asked, it turned out that he had been defeated by the Han army. Meng Dan was overjoyed, he was worried that he could not find the army of the Han Chinese. So under great joy, Meng Dan ordered people to lead the way and went straight to Zhao Yun and the others to kill them.
At this time, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao had already defeated the Huns who came to surround them, and when they were complacent, a scout suddenly came to report: there was a group of men and horses behind them who took advantage of the night to come straight to this side.
Zhao Yun was shocked, hurriedly gave up cleaning the battlefield, and together with Zhang Liao, he led the men and horses to identify a direction and retreat. Just two hours after they left, Mundan and his men arrived at the battlefield where the battle was fought during the day.
Seeing the dead bodies in one place, the Han army has already evacuated. Meng Dan was immediately furious, and he shouted urgently: "Hurry up and find out the Han army for me!" After shouting, Mundan sent half of his army to find the whereabouts of the Han Chinese army.
At this time, Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao galloped all the way with the men and horses, and they couldn't find the direction at this time. Seeing that it was getting farther and farther away from the battlefield during the day, Zhao Yun proposed to rest for one night, and wait until dawn to see where to go.
(End of chapter)