Chapter 54: Boil the duck before eating

Now that everything has been finalized, everyone on our side and Zhang Lufang should have slept well that night, except for the soldiers on routine patrol.

Of course, I don't know if Liu Zhangjun slept well or not, but I guess that knowing that our army was going to rob the camp at the third watch tonight, they wouldn't sleep too well whether they believed it or not. I also specially told a soldier who was in charge of monitoring the enemy's movements tonight and asked him to see if there would be a fire in Liu Zhang's military camp at the third watch, and he asked me if there was a fire and came to my camp tent, and I told me, I smiled and said no, just wait until dawn and I will tell me that it is not too late.

After the fifth watch, which is now called five o'clock in the morning, my pre-arranged personal soldiers came in and gently woke me up, to be honest, because this battle is too important for us, and the typical one who loses will face a desperate situation, so in fact, I fell asleep late, and I slept for about three hours before and after. However, when I went out of the tent, I heard the soldiers in charge of staring at Liu Zhang's camp tell me that there was a lot of movement in the enemy camp at the third watch last night, and dozens of places in Liu Zhang's camp were on fire, and many of our generals, including the lord, were awakened to see, and some of the generals wanted to take advantage of the situation to fight, but they were all stopped by the lord, and finally had to go back to sleep.

I asked him what about the Pang military division? He told me that Pang Junshi didn't come out to see at all, and listened to the accompanying soldiers say that the lord went to his tent and saw that he was sleeping soundly, and he kept snoring, and the lord hesitated again and again, but still didn't wake him up, and slept directly.

I thought to myself: "This Pang Tong is really a character, he is really calm, then I have nothing to worry about last night's fighter plane is real." ”

At this time, all the generals came out of their tents, because they had been strictly ordered not to make noise, and the soldiers could not even speak when it was not necessary, and everyone could only make eye contact. However, I can see that there is no trace of tiredness and dissatisfaction in everyone's expressions, on the contrary, everyone is very excited, everyone is in place, each tidying up their own troops, and waiting for Liu Bei to give an order.

At this time just after the fifth watch, the sky was just bright, and if there was no such action, it could be said that people were the most sleepy and relaxed time of the day. Our army slowly drove out of the camp, and while the night had not subsided, after meeting Zhang Lujun by the river, he immediately did not hesitate, and almost immediately plunged into a surprise attack on Liu Zhang's military camp!

It may be that last night's ambush made Liu Zhang's army too tired, and even their sentries were our soldiers who rushed to the front, and only after they had completely crossed the river did they find that our army had approached their camp. The sound of gongs, screams, and shouts of killing were mixed together, and I was just standing far away at the front of my military camp, standing side by side with Pang Tong on a makeshift high platform.

This time it was said that the night attack was not a sudden attack in the night, and it poured out all the military strength of more than 30,000 people together with our side and Zhang Lufang, and even our commander Liu Bei put on armor and personally supervised the battle in the rear army, killing! Kill! Kill! If you don't kill all the enemy troops, you will be trapped here!

I don't know how tired Liu Zhang's army, who tossed all night last night or didn't wait for our army, was tired at this time, I just saw that the military momentum of our army and Zhang Lu's army was almost completely unresisted and quickly invaded Liu Zhang's army's camp, and even faster, from the rear of Liu Zhang's army's camp, a large number of Liu Zhang's soldiers who were almost unclothed began to flee in the direction of Shudi!

Liu Zhangjun's camp began to burn, and the fire grew bigger and bigger. This time it was not the fire that lured our army to rob the camp, but the fire of victory that was lit by the warriors of our army!

At this time, I actually thought that if it was not Pang Tong's ugly guy by my side now, but my beautiful Qing'er, I would definitely immediately pick her up and return to my tent to add to this feeling of victory!

When the troops were collected, it was already dawn, and our army had seized countless grains, grasses, and ordnance. It's just that the horses really don't have much left for our army, and when the enemy army fled in a hurry, they all thought of grabbing the horses faster at the first time, so there was nothing they could do.

Wei Yan led the army to chase to the mountain road dozens of miles away before finally stopping the pursuit, counting all kinds of captures below, more than 5,000 beheadings, Zhang Lujun's beheadings were only a lot more, and the number of prisoners on both sides together was only about 3,000. For this point, I think there should actually be a lot of prisoners, it is very likely that after our coalition forces killed Liu Zhangjun's camp, many Liu Zhangjun who were still asleep woke up and were about to surrender, but they were killed by those guys who exchanged their heads for rewards without even giving them a chance to open their mouths.

Although there is a saying that the poor Kou Mo chases, when the sentry reported that Liu Zhang, after the defeat, had gathered some defeated soldiers, he almost immediately retreated in the direction of Jiameng Pass, Liu Bei immediately ordered me to negotiate with Zhang Lufang about the future after discussing with Pang Tong, and he immediately raised his troops and kept a distance of fifty miles behind Liu Zhang's army and began to pursue.

The reason why he did not chase Liu Zhang's army as Cao Cao chased him in Dangyang was that he entered the mountain road after more than ten miles from this place to Shudi, and many places are difficult and dangerous to set up ambushes, not to mention, although our army has just gone through a big victory, but Liu Zhang can still get more than 10,000 men and horses after cleaning up the defeated army, although now it must be panicked and demoralized, but our army does not have an overwhelming advantage, in case people are forced to be anxious, find a better terrain and suddenly appear to fight to the death, it is likely to give our army a heavy blow. Therefore, our army is still cautious, anyway, Liu Zhang's army has no food now, even if he can forcibly conquer a few villages in the field, it is not enough for his more than 10,000 troops to stuff their teeth, and it is not too late to slowly clean them up when they are paralyzed by hunger. For Liu Zhang's duck, Pang Tong and I have the same opinion, that is, he can't pass Jia Meng anyway, so we will chase him slowly, and it is better to boil him in the pot little by little.

I went to Zhang Lu's army according to Liu Bei's wishes, and Zhang Lu, who had won a big battle, seemed to be very interested, and I took the opportunity to propose that the two brothers Yang Song and Yang Bai bring 5,000 troops with me into Shu to help and help again, and said that these people could be used to transport back Liu Bei as a reward for helping to take Shu.

As soon as he heard about the remuneration, although Zhang Lu said that he and Uncle Liu Huang would be each other's lips in the future, it would be too polite to say so, but then he immediately approved my request and asked Yang Song and Yang Bai to immediately order troops to set off with me. I secretly winked at Yang Song, and he understood it and was too happy to do it.

5,000 people entering Shu with our army is not a threat, and Yang Song, a guy who wants to take huge benefits from our side but has no ability to lead the army, can only add a layer of insurance for our army in the next battle against Liu Zhang. And Zhang Lu took the rest of the troops back to Yangpingguan, Ma Chao and Cao Cao's battle for Yongliang is about to start again, although his younger brother Zhang Wei has brought another 10,000 people to help, but if the opponent is Cao Cao, I don't think he will be very relieved.

In this way, our army began to follow slowly and leisurely all the way behind Liu Zhang's army towards Jiameng Pass, there is a saying that a monk can't run the temple if he can run, and Liu Zhang is a man and a soldier this time can run, but the grain and grass can't be taken away. Who would remember to carry a bag of white noodles for a delicious meal when they are desperately fleeing for their lives? It is estimated that even if someone who lacks a string does this, then he will definitely not be able to escape!

Along the way, Liu Zhangjun's speed towards Jiamengguan was getting faster and faster, and in the end, it was like crazy, but he was in a hurry. It's right to think about it, they can't resist the white noodles, and they can't take away the tent, and the most reliable thing is that the cooking soldiers are likely to run away against their own pots, so that they can also play a role in blocking arrows, and they must want to return to Chengdu as soon as possible if they don't eat.

As a result, our army can easily see that there are many horse bones left behind by Liu Zhangjun's garrison after being killed and boiled. Unable to catch up with the road, they fell behind voluntarily, and when they saw our army, more and more people knelt down and surrendered and begged to be taken in. After they surrendered, when they ate the food they had left behind, they devoured it one by one, and some even shed tears.