Chapter 245: Defeat and Deceive the Enemy
After the sky darkened, Zhang Liao finally rushed to Yangzhai City, but the situation of Yangzhai City really surprised him, and he was unexpected!
Looking at the corpses all over the ground and the wide open city gates, he was a little dazed for a while. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
He didn't expect that Yang Zhai City would be breached so quickly!
He received the news that Hua Xiong led 2,000 cavalry south to Yingchuan today, and he didn't care about it at that time, because as far as he knew, after he warned Li Min that Li Min had deployed more than 6,000 soldiers and horses in the Yangzhai area, and defended 2,000 with 6,000, and Huaxiong was at a disadvantage in cavalry siege, even if Li Min was difficult to win, he would not be defeated, at least he could hold out for more than a day.
Therefore, his plan was to rush to Yangzhai at dusk, and take advantage of the night to cooperate with Li Min to annihilate the Hu cavalry led by Hua Xiong in the territory of Yingchuan, so as to give Hu Zhen a shock! Then he looked for an opportunity to kidnap Li Min, pretending that Li Min died at the hands of the Hu people, and promoted Tang Xiang as the Taishou of Yingchuan, and then operated Yingchuan as a stronghold for himself to go south in the future.
But he didn't expect that the battle of Yangzhai was such a result in front of him, Huaxiong rushed from Chenggao to Yangzhai, it took half a day on the way, and the siege time was only half a day, and Li Min's 6,000 soldiers and horses couldn't hold it even for half a day, ending up in such a situation!
Zhang Liao suddenly remembered Guo Jia's nine-character evaluation of Li Min, who was virtuous, good at internal affairs, and ignorant of soldiers, but he didn't expect Li Min's ignorance of soldiers to reach such a level!
It is really an incompetent general who kills a thousand armies!
At present, the Qiang Hu soldiers have entered the city, and there is still a sound of killing in the city, Zhang Liao estimated that with Gao Shun's character and military quality, he would not leave the fort when the cavalry was in the field, but after the cavalry entered the city and lost the advantage of mobility, Gao Shun should seize the opportunity to enter the city to fight in the streets. Therefore, Gao Shun was mostly in the city at this time.
He immediately ordered 800 Tiger Warriors to light torches and strode towards the open gate of Yangzhai City, while 200 Brake Warriors hid in the shadows and quickly followed.
Sure enough, not far from the city, Zhang Liao and the others saw that Gao Shun's trapped camp was fighting with the Qianghu soldiers.
He shouted loudly, first confronted Gao Shun's trapping camp with the slogan, and then led the tiger battalion to move forward quickly, and when he got closer, an order, Dian Wei led the tiger battalion straight to the battle group, all like tigers descending the mountain.
In terms of the combat effectiveness of individual and small groups, the Tiger Battalion is undoubtedly the strongest in Zhang Liao's army, especially after being led by Dian Wei, the head tiger, the Tiger Battalion has undergone a radical change, and has played that fierce and unparalleled momentum!
The addition of this new force completely reversed the tide of the battle, and the casualties of Huaxiong's Qianghu soldiers rose sharply!
After the Tiger Battalion attacked, Zhang Liao went to see Gao Shun first, but when he saw the excited Tang Wan and Su Wan in the formation, he couldn't help but be a little confused, and then he understood that Gao Shun must be not at ease, and took Tang Wan to take everything to avoid worries.
But Tang Wan dared to come to the battlefield, it was still unexpected by Zhang Liao, he nodded approvingly, but he did not pass, the battle situation was urgent, he went directly to see Gao Shun, who commanded the battle, and handed Gao Shun a bronze mask hanging from his waist.
Because Zhang Liao and Dian Wei had fought with Hua Xiong before, so both of them wore bronze masks as a disguise this time, this bronze mask was made by Han Ke, and only three have been made so far, one with a majestic face and worn by Zhang Liao, one with a hideous face and worn by Dian Wei, and one with a wooden face, but it was worn by Gao Shun.
And Zhang Liao and Dian Wei also changed weapons, Zhang Liao used a halberd, Dian Wei used a Mo knife, he couldn't let Hua Xiong recognize them, otherwise if Hu Bing escaped and reported Hu Zhen, it would be a big trouble!
Zhang Liao asked Gao Shun in a few words, and quickly understood the battle situation in front of him.
The Qiang Hu cavalry encountered Gao Shun's pikemen and archers, which was considered to have met the nemesis, and lost the cavalry mobility advantage in the city, and the defeat was decided.
However, the addition of the Tiger Battalion greatly reduced the tactical effect of Hu Bing's small group operations, because the Tiger Battalion was also good at small group operations and was not afraid of dispersion.
At present, what Zhang Liao has to consider is not a question of victory or defeat, but how to annihilate all these Hu Qi! He looked around and saw those scattered war horses, his heart moved, and he immediately ordered Gao Shun: "Send soldiers to block the two city gates, gather the scattered war horses, gather them in one place, and ambush and guard." ”
When Gao Shun heard this, his eyes couldn't help but light up, this is also what he admires most about Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao can always see the enemy's hidden flaws at a glance, and can quickly come up with extremely ingenious ways to crack them, often being able to get twice the result with half the effort.
You must know that the Qianghu cavalry is most dependent on war horses, at the moment they dismount and fight, it is difficult to take care of war horses for a while, as long as they send troops to quickly collect these war horses, they can achieve three birds with one stone, Gao Shun through Zhang Liao mentioned points, and thought of more at once. First, the loss of these Qiang Hu soldiers is like losing their hands and feet, and it is difficult to escape back to Luoyang. Second, it can disintegrate the enemy's combat effectiveness, and watching the war horses being taken away, the Qianghu soldiers will inevitably be greatly affected. The third is to concentrate these war horses, which can be used as bait to lure the enemy to take them.
Gao Shundang even sent 200 people to gather the war horses and gather in one place.
Zhang Liao observed the battlefield again, after the Tiger Battalion joined the battle group, the momentum was like a broken bamboo, under the firelight, Dian Wei was holding a Mo knife, killing Hua Xiong with a knife and retreating again and again, Hua Xiong's defeat caused a fatal blow to the morale of the Qiang Hu soldiers, coupled with the strong attack of the Tiger Battalion, the Qiang Hu soldiers who had gathered together appeared in a large area of collapse, and many Qiang Hu soldiers fled into various alleys in the city, and the Qiang Hu soldiers who were originally in the houses also shrank back.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Liao immediately ordered Shi A to take the brake camp to start the operation. The Brake Battalion is the best at ambush and sniping, they are equipped with knives and crossbows, and they enter the dark alleys, and in groups of five, they will cooperate with each other, which will become the biggest nightmare for those Hu soldiers!
At this point, the battle has become a foregone conclusion, Zhang Liao came to his wife Tang Wan's side, listened to what Su Wan said, and learned that Tang Wan took the initiative to invite Ying to come over in order to avoid Gao Shun's worries, and couldn't help but praise it.
Seeing that Tang Xiang was also in the formation, Zhang Liao couldn't help but nod secretly, this eldest brother is also a brave person, if he is elected as the Taishou of Yingchuan, plus the cooperation of his own generals, it should not be bad.
The battle continued, the Qianghu soldiers were indeed strong, they broke out more fierce combat power in a desperate situation, the battle lasted until late at night, in addition to the main duel on the main road in the city, the two city gates and the place where the war horses were gathered also broke out many fierce battles, Zhang Liao guarded the north city gate and personally picked and killed more than ten horses.
In addition, they also rescued nearly 100 soldiers scattered under Li Min, but they did not get Li Min's whereabouts, but they heard that he was captured by the thieves.
Zhang Liao couldn't help frowning, what he was most afraid of was this situation, Li Min's life and death were unknown, his whereabouts were unknown, if he directly elected Tang Xiang as the Taishou, he would come out again, I am afraid that something would happen.
Immediately, he ordered his subordinates to take those routs to search carefully, to see people alive and corpses to die.
After a while, the battle gradually stopped, the soldiers returned one after another, after the repeated sweeps of the tigers, traps and brake battalions, there was no trace of the Qiang Hu soldiers on the avenues and alleys, only the corpses of a place remained.
At this time, Dian Wei also rushed back, but he took off his mask and asked Zhang Liao with a ashamed expression: "Lord, the thief escaped Huaxiong from the city, I don't know where to go, and the last general will be punished!" ”
Zhang Liao helped him up and said: "It's okay, after this battle, he is alive, without his subordinates, he can't turn the wind and waves in Yingchuan." ”
He had already heard from other tiger warriors that Hua Xiong was desperately covered by a group of guards to escape Dian Wei's pursuit, and Dian Wei did not find a reason to directly ask for guilt, which he greatly appreciated.
At this time, Shi A brought two people, one of them was wearing a high crown, his right hand was broken, he looked at Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and a group of soldiers wearing masks, and his expression was confused.
Before Zhang Liao could say anything, Tang Xiang behind him whispered: "Brother Zhongqiu!" ”
The man's body was shocked, and when he looked up and saw Tang Xiang, he also exclaimed: "Brother Qifeng, why are you here?" Who are they? ”
"Wen Yuan, he is Li Taishou, fortunately he was not harmed by thieves." Tang Xiang hurriedly said a word to Zhang Liao, and then went over to help Li Min.
Zhang Liao nodded, Li Min was found, and his plan became the majority.
Li Min was helped up by Tang Xiang, he looked at Zhang Liao, hugged his fists and said, "A strong man is a high follower?" This time, the people of Yangzhai were saved, all thanks to strong men, please accept Li Min's worship. ”
Zhang Liao didn't speak, and then Shi A spoke again: "Lord, in the dark night, there must be many thieves hiding in the Lifang house, if you don't get rid of them in time, I'm afraid they will still commit murder and harm people." ”
After listening to what Shi A said, Zhang Liao didn't say anything, but Li Min and Tang Xiang became anxious, Tang Xiang hurriedly looked at Zhang Liao: "Wen Yuan, the thief is ferocious, if you don't get rid of it, it will kill people, so what's good?" ”
Li Min paused again and again: "It's so dark at night, there are thousands of families in Yangzhai City, and there are countless hidden places in the walls, how to catch the hidden thieves!" ”
Gao Shun, Tang Wan and the others looked at Zhang Liao, showing expectant eyes, they were very confident in Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao did not disappoint them, he first instructed the deputy commander of the Tiger Battalion: "Dian Sima, quickly take five hundred tiger soldiers, put on the armor of the thief, take the war horse, pretend to be a thief to rout, go north to Mi County overnight, and kill the thieves left behind in Mi County!" Although Huaxiong escaped from the city, he had no war horses, and he could not catch up with Mi County before dawn. ”
"Whoa!" Dian Wei clenched his fists and led five hundred tigers to stride away.
Li Min came back to his senses at this time: "Yes, there will be thieves left behind in Mi County, I am afraid that the disaster will harm the county, so we should get rid of it quickly!" ”
Zhang Liao ignored this hindsight who did not understand military affairs and tired thousands of troops, but looked at Xue Ming, the deputy commander of the Tiger Battalion: "Sima Xue, take three hundred tiger soldiers, put on the clothes and armor of thieves, and act according to orders." ”
"Whoa!" Xue Ming received the order.
Zhang Liao looked at Shi A again: "Shi Junhou, lead the camp to cooperate with Commander Xue, also pretend to be a thief, and then run through the streets and alleys, um......" He groaned and said: "I shouted urgently, 'The enemy has retreated, and the Huadu Governor has an order, quickly flee to the broken wall in the west of the city, and if it is late, it will not wait', um...... Coupled with the sound of horses' hooves leaving the city, it should be able to trick the hidden thieves out, and then lead them to the west wall of the city. ”
After that, Zhang Liao looked at Gao Shun again: "Gao Sima, lead the camp to ambush under the west wall of the city and beside the road, and after the thief is lured, he will be annihilated in one fell swoop!" ”
When everyone listened to Zhang Liao's arrangement, they were all dumbfounded, and immediately couldn't help but mourn in silence for those hidden Hu soldiers, the lord's plan was too insidious.
In the array, Tang Wan couldn't help but purse her lips and chuckle, I don't know why her husband is such an upright gentleman, he can always come up with some damage plans, but although there are some losses, it is the best. (To be continued.) )