Chapter 151: Falling Short
Regarding the conversation between Liu He and Guo Jia, Zhang Yan naturally didn't know that after he returned to the party, he began to carry out secret operations, called all the henchmen under his command over, made some secret instructions, and then began to prepare for the evening slip. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although Zhang Yan is very righteous to his brothers, he is not so good to the soldiers under his command, and sometimes he is even very cruel, so he will not hesitate to kill the spies who conceal the news and do not report it.
Therefore, he was bent on escaping for his life, and naturally he would not care about the lives of those ordinary soldiers.
Of course, despite this, in order not to be too embarrassed, Zhang Yan still decided to take away the thousands of the most elite people in the camp, and in order to hide people's eyes, he also led the army to carry out a night raid and robbed Liu He's camp in the name of leaving the city, but after leaving the city, he fled all the way to the north, went to Taiyuan, and gathered troops in order to deal with Liu He together.
After making careful arrangements, at the second watch on the third night after visiting Liu He's camp at night, Zhang Yan announced with great fanfare that he was going to lead his troops to rob the camp, and took away the 8,000 elite soldiers in the city, and as for their families, they were also sent to the grain truck within these two days, and quietly escorted to Taiyuan.
"I wish the commander a victory and success." Sun Qing, the general of the Montenegrin Army, and Wang Dang, the deputy general of the Montenegrin Army, who were left to serve as the main generals in the city, did not know Zhang Yan's true purpose at all, and thought that Zhang Yan really led the army to life and death, and fought for a glimmer of life for them, so he admired Zhang Yan's desperate behavior very much, and toasted them before leaving.
"Haha, rest assured, we're going to win this time." Although these two people were local bandit leaders who took refuge later, they were not Zhang Yan's old department, but seeing the other party toasting so sincerely, Zhang Yan's heart was also a little guilty, so he drank the wine bowl as a result, but said solemnly: "In case we really can't come back in this battle, as long as we hold on for three days, even if you surrender, I won't blame you." Alright, that's all that's been said, let's go. ”
Zhang Yan threw the wine bowl to the ground, got on his horse, carried a spear, and led the army out of the southern city gate.
After Zhang Yan and others led the army out of several miles, they immediately ordered the officers and men of the whole army to turn north and go directly to Taiyuan along the main road.
When he had just left Shangdang City, Zhang Yan also instructed the soldiers to advance carefully, for fear of causing any trouble, and for the safety of the army, he personally led the elite to break the rear.
However, when he came to the main road, he saw that there was no danger on the road, so he immediately relieved his heart, led the army to the forefront, and led the army to Taiyuan with all his might.
Although Sun Qing and the others were allowed to defend for three days and surrender, Zhang Yan knew that with the few men and horses under Sun Qing, not to mention three days, even if they couldn't hold it for half a day, once Liu He found out that he had led the army to escape, he would immediately catch up, and even if they could successfully reach Taiyuan at that time, they would definitely suffer heavy losses.
It was in view of this that after feeling that his side was safe, Zhang Yan immediately came to the front of the team and led the army to prepare to rush to Taiyuan.
However, sometimes things are so incredible, not long after he completely relaxed, he saw a drum sound in the dense forest not far ahead, and then heard the sound of breaking through the air, and the crossbow arrows shot like flying locusts.
Although only hundreds of people died, the remaining soldiers were all in great panic, riding war horses and scurrying around, ignoring Zhang Yan's shouts, so countless people died by trampling on the people and horses.
"Boss, let's go." At this moment, Du Chang, the general under Zhang Yan, led hundreds of people to the front and protected Zhang Yan to kill outside.
However, they did not expect that the enemy infantry that followed the encirclement was extremely powerful, although they all desperately wanted to break through, but they still could not break through the encirclement of the enemy, these hundreds of dead soldiers have been killed and wounded, but only caused more than ten small casualties to the enemy.
"This, what kind of army is this? Why is it so powerful? Even if the most elite infantry under Yuan Shao's command arrived in the camp first, I'm afraid they don't have such strong combat power, right? ”
Seeing that his side suffered heavy casualties, but there was still no hope of a successful breakthrough, Du Chang couldn't help but smile bitterly and muttered.
But seeing Zhang Yan's face pale, he gritted his teeth and said: "It must be Liu He's team that comes, hmph, if you want to say who the most elite team in the world is, we really can't say, but here within a radius of hundreds of miles, it must be Liu He's guy who can have such an elite army, so it seems that I want to rush to Taiyuan now, and I still haven't escaped his calculations." ”
"Huh? It turned out to be Liu He's team! In this case, Dashuai, you can leave us alone, with your skills, it is not difficult to escape in this dark night, Dashuai, let me change into your armor and go first! ”
"No, Du Chang, how can I give up my brother? If you want to go, let's go together, you have to stay together, I can't go. Hearing Du Chang's words, Zhang Yan shook his head resolutely and said in a deep voice.
But seeing Du Chang hurriedly said: "Dashuai, how can you be rash at this time?" If you don't leave, what's the use of sending you to death in vain? Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood, only when you are gone, our death is worthwhile! ”
After Du Chang finished speaking, he began to take off Zhang Yan's armor, Zhang Yan had no choice but to sigh, let Du Chang take off his armor, and then said with tears in his eyes: "I, Zhang Yan, remember the affection of my brothers, and when I return to Taiyuan, I will treat your family members well, treat your parents as my own parents, and raise your children as my children. Also, I also remember this hatred, and when I feel Taiyuan, I will definitely gather the brothers of the Montenegrin Army to kill back, capture Liu He alive, kill him with my own hands, and avenge you! ”
After finishing speaking, Zhang Yan lightly verticalized, flashed left and right in the chaotic army, jumped vertically and horizontally, and quickly disappeared on the battlefield under the cover of night.
"Kill, capture Zhang Yan alive!"
"Zhang Yan, now that you have been surrounded, you can't escape at all, so it's better to surrender."
"As long as you surrender, I can guarantee that these people under your command will not die!" This is Liu He's voice, he believes that under his own heavy surrounding, even a fly can't fly over, let alone Zhang Yan, a big living person, not to mention that Liu He has already seen Zhang Yan wearing armor and sitting on horseback, if he can still let him slip away under his nose, he will really be embarrassed and thrown home.
But I didn't expect the man to smile immediately: "I'm sorry, Liu Yuanjun, let you laugh, my handsome family has already left." ”
"What? Unexpectedly, he fell for his golden cicada shelling plan! Alas, it would be nice if Jia Xu was here, he would definitely be able to see through his plan, but it's a pity that he fell short today, so that Zhang Yan ran away. Liu He sighed and secretly said that it was a pity.