Chapter 209: Ambush
Zhang Jun took more than 8,000 soldiers out of the city at night, originally wanting to avoid the Han army camp, but the Han army in the camp reacted quickly and completed the assembly in a very short time, shouting and rushing out of the camp to intercept.
In fact, the 8,000 cavalry acted very loudly, and it was impossible to be silent. Zhang Jun originally planned to make a detour and suddenly appear in the hinterland of the rear of the Han Kingdom unknowingly, but now that he was discovered in advance, he simply did not do anything, and asked each soldier to light two torches and act with great momentum.
Originally, it was to mobilize the Han army, as long as it could achieve its goal.
In the thin morning light, the Liang army collided head-on with the Han army that came to intercept it, causing a scuffle. Due to the haste of the incident, the Han army was ill-prepared, and was soon broken through the defensive line by the captives. After that, the conquest army did not do much entanglement, and quickly got rid of the Han army and fled to the east, only a moment of effort, and the Han army, which was stunned and did not dare to pursue, could only see their backs from afar.
The captives who followed Zhang Jun on the expedition were all sturdy men who crawled out of the pile of dead people, and if they did not have superior physique and force, it would be impossible to fight their way out of the encirclement under the siege of the Han army. This will be to follow the Metropolitan Governor to the Han Kingdom to knock the world upside down, thinking about the land, wealth, and promotion, naturally he exerted twelve points of strength, and they all rushed like a tiger descending the mountain.
Speaking of which, Liu Yao was careless, he personally led an army of 200,000 to press the border, it was the time when he was looking forward to being proud and full of confidence, it would be good if the Liang army defending the city was not frightened, how could he still take the initiative to rush out to the camp? He was sure that the Liang army would not dare to fight, so he summoned all the generals to the camp to discuss matters. Due to the lack of a main general, the Han army that was attacked by Zhang Jun did not dare to act rashly, so they could only hold on to the camp after the interception failed, and watched the knights of the Liang army leave in the dust.
By the time the general in charge of this battalion, the Tianshui County Shou Ebi Mu, hurried back to the barracks, the conscription army was already more than ten miles away. Ebi Mu, who learned the news, sent someone to report to the emperor, and hurriedly ordered soldiers to chase after him.
In the palace tent of the Chinese army's camp, after receiving the report of the Ebi herdsman's army, Liu Yao was still suspicious, not believing that the conquest army would really weaken the defending force and take the initiative to attack, could it be that he fled for his life? But the direction is wrong, if you run away, you should run to Caohan.
Since it is not an escape, there is only one possibility, the Liang army wants to disrupt the rear and cut off the food route of the Han army!
Liu Yao first summoned Hu Yankou, who was reappointed as the vanguard general, to discuss, and after hearing the news, Hu Yankou took the initiative to ask for battle, vowing to lead the Xiongnu iron cavalry to exterminate the Liang army, a cavalry that did not know the height of the sky.
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Besides, Zhang Jun ran eastward with the two armies of Long Xiang and Hujie for less than thirty miles, and then rushed to the riverbank in the upper reaches of Weishui. Although the melee just broke through the encirclement of the Han army and escaped from the gap of the 200,000 army, it also lost more than 100 soldiers.
Han Hu, who was slightly tired, caught up and hugged his fists and said loudly: "Metropolitan Governor, further east is Longxi County, and to the northeast is Nan'an County, where it is heavily guarded and very difficult to fight." ”
Wang Meng, Zhou Tong, Hu Shuo, and Chen Zhen also rushed over at this time, and they all said in a deep voice: "Governor, the front is Weishui, if you don't cross the river quickly, I'm afraid that the chasing soldiers behind will come in an instant!" ”
A sly smile appeared on Zhang Jun's face, and he asked, "Do you all think it's hard to fight in the east?" ”
"Hmm."
Han Hu, Wang Meng and Zhou Tong nodded almost at the same time, but Hu Shuo didn't care, this guy only followed Zhang Jun to fight, as for where to go and who to fight, he didn't care. As for Chen Zhen, she frowned and looked thoughtful.
Where to go, how to fight. Zhang Jun has long been aware of these two questions, otherwise how could he act easily?
"That's right!" Zhang Jun struck with both palms and said loudly, "I expect the Han army to think the same way, this is a good time for us to jump out of the encirclement and get rid of the Han army." ”
"Wang Meng!"
"Yes."
"Order you to lead 1,000 iron cavalry troops equipped with iron cavalry in the left battalion headquarters of the Longxiang army to ambush in the reeds on the left side of the Weishui River, and when the Han army is coming, listen to the war drums and lead the army to cover up."
"No!" Wang Meng immediately crossed his hands to receive the order.
"Zhou Tong!"
"The end will be."
"Order you to lead 2,000 light cavalry from the right battalion of the Longxiang army to ambush the reeds on the right side of the Weishui River, and when the Han army is coming, listen to the war drums and lead the army to cover up."
"The rest of the Hujie soldiers and others will rest in place by the river with the governor of Pontus."
Although Wang Meng and Zhou Tong didn't understand Zhang Jun's intention to arrange this, they still ordered their subordinates to ambush each other. Zhang Jun ordered the remaining 4,000 or so people to sit down by the river to rest and wait for the arrival of the Han army.
In fact, this is a gamble of a back-to-back battle, and if you win, you can calmly cross the Weishui; If you are defeated, you will die without a place to be buried. War has never been 100% predictable, and the odds of winning with three layers are already good, not to mention that Zhang Jun now estimates that he has a fifty percent chance of winning!
If the Han army was cautious enough to gather all the troops and then pursue them eastward, then Zhang Jun would be useless even if he had two ambushes. In the face of the superior, well-equipped, and well-trained Xiongnu Chinese army, the effect of all intrigues and tricks will be greatly reduced.
Zhang Jun is betting that the Han army is underestimating the enemy!
First of all, the Liang army had been cowering in the city before, except for a small victory in the water battle, it had never taken the initiative to fight with the Han army at all, which would give the Huns an illusion that the Liang army was afraid; Secondly, Zhang Jun led the army to break through at night, and the other party did not know how many troops and horses he led. Even if the Huns estimated according to the purpose of the Liang army's intention to sneak attack their own grain route, it was impossible for the Liang army to exceed 1,000 people.
In the end, although the breakthrough was rushed in a hurry just now, Zhang Jun still estimated that the Han army that was broken into the camp was only about 6,000 people, and if the Han army in this battalion did not wait for the other Han troops to converge and chase alone, then the number would definitely not exceed half of the total number of the battalion.
With these three points, then the pursuing Han army will never exceed three thousand! Zhang Jun had a great chance to break through the Xiongnu Han army first, and then calmly cross the Weishui and escape, jumping out of the range of 200,000 Han troops.
Time was slowly passing, and although Zhang Jun was calm and calm in front of the soldiers, he was still nervous. Every battle is actually a life-and-death decision, and no one can remain indifferent. Even though Zhang Jun has won many victories, he is not really a god. He was just a student before he crossed over, and after he crossed over, he was a son who didn't know how to fight, even if the souls of the two worlds merged, he was still a mortal after all.
Finally, it's time to come.
When the cluster of Han cavalry on the western horizon suddenly appeared, a boulder in Zhang Jun's heart finally landed, and he was right! Now that Liu Yao, the emperor of the Xiongnu Han Kingdom, is in person, he can't keep this Xiongnu Han army of less than 3,000 people.