Ninety-five: Take the initiative

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White horses stood up on the banks of the Yellow River, neighing majestically.

Zhao Yun held a spear, reined in the reins, raised his eyes to the south, and crossed the Yellow River and walked another hundred and ten miles to the city of Xingyang.

In front of Zhao Yun was the frozen three-foot Yellow River, which meandered from the west to the east, like a jade belt.

Behind Zhao Yun, there are 10,000 neatly armored Tang Army soldiers, after the training of Zhao Yun, Ji Ling, Liao Hua and others, now the army is neat, the order is prohibited, and hundreds of banners are hunting in the wind.

"General Zilong, let me try if this river can cross the army?"

Ma Dai was appointed by Zhou Yu as a deputy pioneer and served as Zhao Yun's assistant. For Zhao Yun, a tiger general with outstanding weapons and martial arts, Ma Dai admired it from the bottom of his heart and volunteered to explore the way on the river.

Zhao Yun held the spear in his hand and said with a smile: "Ma Bozhan is too worried, this weather is so cold, the ice on the river surface is at least about two feet, even a million troops can walk on the ground!" ”

Ma Dai couldn't help but say that he rode up to the surface of the Yellow River, wielding his knife and slamming the river, "Roar~ho!" ”

Ma Dai roared like thunder, and raised his knife to the surface of the river with all his strength, and the ice splashed in an instant, and the big knife could only cut a scar when it fell, and it could not chisel through the ice at all.

Ma Dai cautiously turned the horse's head and came to Zhao Yun's side, and arched his hand: "General Yuzilong, the ice on the river surface is at least about two and a half feet, and the army can cross the river with confidence." ”

Zhao Yun made a move with a spear in his hand, and ordered loudly: "Cross the river!" ”

In order to facilitate the crossing of the Yellow River by the army, Zhao Yun ordered Ma Dai to lead 2,000 men in front, each carrying a sack on his shoulder, which contained half a bag of sand and soil, and sprinkled all of them on the river surface to increase friction and avoid accidents in which soldiers slipped and fell on the river surface.

Zhao Yun and Ma Dai stopped on the river, urged the soldiers to cross the river, and ordered no one to push and collide, and those who violated the order were dealt with by military law.

The north wind was cold, blowing flags and waving flags, hunting sounded, Zhao Yun and Ma Dai stayed on the river for an hour and a half, until the army completely crossed the Yellow River, and then rode their horses across the river.

The 10,000 soldiers were in good order, and none of them fell and injured themselves on the river, and everyone admired Zhao Yun and Ma Dai's due diligence, and praised them in private: "We have never met such a good general before, and with General Zilong, are you afraid that you won't be able to win the battle?" ”

After the army crossed the Yellow River, buried the pot to make rice, rested for an hour, Zhao Yun made a spear move, and led his troops to kill Xingyang in the starry night.

Zhou Yu led Ji Ling and Cao Xing's two generals to raise 20,000 troops to follow the pace of the vanguard troops across the Yellow River, and also took a short rest, the people were well fed and the horses were fed, and the starry night attacked Xingyang.

A few months ago, in order to repel the Jin army led by Wei Chou, the Yu army almost poured out, and later Fang Li took away the military power, and sent these soldiers of the Qiu State to Jiangguan and Chiyang to guard, and the Yu army on the south bank of the Yellow River was only about 15,000.

Zhao Yun led his troops to march all the way, easily defeated several small teams stationed along the way, and drove straight all the way to Xingyang City in the early morning.

Xingyang City was suddenly in chaos, and Ji Dan, who had just been promoted to the position of the Duke of the Kingdom, accompanied by Sun Zhong and Dong Sheng, climbed to the top of the city to encourage the morale of the army, and commanded 10,000 soldiers in the city to defend the city.

Zhao Yun immediately raised his gun and shouted towards the city: "In accordance with the edict of Tang Gongji Shubi, we will crusade against the rebel ministers Ji Dan, Han Zhong, Dong Sheng and others, and the rest will be exempted." Otherwise, break the city, and there will be no forgiveness! ”

Ji Dan scolded on the city wall: "I'm ...... Fang Li, this ambitious guy has kidnapped my brother, and he wants to destroy our kingdom? How can it be so easy, to break through Xingyang, I'm afraid you don't have the ability! ”

Dong Sheng was fully clothed, standing beside Ji Dan and shouting: "The soldiers listen to my orders, the enemy army is close to the city, and the stones and trees are all down, and the arrows are fired together, killing him and there is no return!" ”

Xingyang has a long history, the city is high and the walls are thick, Zhao Yun led his troops to probe, did not take advantage, then Mingjin collected the troops, retreated five miles and set up camp, waiting for the arrival of Zhou Yu's army and then make plans.

Knowing that preparations had been made in Xingyang City, Zhou Yu was no longer in a hurry to march, and ordered to set up camp thirty miles away from Xingyang, and sent a large number of soldiers to set up ambushes on the road from Xingyang to Korea and Luoyang, and reported to him as long as he caught a suspicious person. At the same time, he sent his own soldiers to rush to Zhao Yun's camp and reminded Zhao Yun to beware of robbing the camp at night.

After Zhao Yun saw the letter, he smiled and said to Ma Dai: "Zhou Gongjin is like a god, and the reason why he set up camp thirty miles away is to let the Yu army go out of the city and rob the camp. You and I set up an ambush tonight, waiting for the army to come and throw a snare in front of us! ”

"The army was so frightened that he closed the door and dared to come out to rob the camp?" Ma Dai showed a half-believing expression.

Anyway, if you change yourself, you will stick to the city and never go out, as long as it is protracted, the Tang army will take the initiative to retreat if there is not enough food and grass. Or when the weather warms up, the other princes will definitely not sit idly by and watch the Tang state grow, and then the Tang army will retreat without a fight.

But since the commander had orders, Ma Dai couldn't allow Ma Dai to think too much, so he and Zhao Yun made an ambush, just waiting for the army to go out of the city at night and rob the camp.

The sun was setting, and it was getting dark soon.

The Tang army camp was quiet, there was no movement, neither attacking the city nor scolding again, so it was quietly stationed five miles east of Xingyang City, I don't know what conspiracy is being planned?

Chen Pi, the newly promoted lieutenant general from Ji Dan, and Cui Yi, the general of the lower ranks, came to the palace to ask to see the Duke of Yu Ji Dan, and requested: "The Tang army is standing still under the city, and nine times out of ten it is waiting for the main army to come to help. ”

Ji Dan stroked his beard and said: "The two Aiqing are reasonable, if you wait until the main force of the Tang army arrives, the enemy army will be more powerful." Our army should take advantage of its weak strength to take the initiative to attack, defeat its military prestige, and strengthen our morale! The widow allocated 3,000 soldiers and horses to each of you, and went out of the city to rob the camp overnight! ”

"Order!"

Chen Pi and Cui Yi agreed with a brush, each lit up 3,000 soldiers and horses, quietly opened the east gate of Xingyang, kept silent and picked up the bell, and quietly slaughtered the Tang army camp five miles away.

General Dong Sheng, who had been tired on the city wall for a day, had just gone home to rest for a while, when he heard the noisy footsteps outside, and after inquiring, he learned that Chen Pi and Cui Yi had gone out of the city to rob the camp, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

After learning of Dong Sheng's intention, the young Ji Dan disagreed, pinched his chin and said: "The general is too worried, the Tang army is tired from afar, and our army is taking advantage of its unstable foothold to frustrate its spirit, why does General Dong have the ambition of others to destroy his prestige?" ”

Dong Shengchang shook his head to the ground and said bitterly: "If it is not for the ministers and others to destroy their prestige, the Tang generals are brave and good at fighting, the morale of the Tang army is high, and our army has no chance of winning." The Jin general Wei Chou was powerful enough, and he beheaded the two generals of our army, Cai Yun and Kong Mi, but he was wounded under Zhao Yun's gun and charged head-on. ”

"Hmph...... It seems that General Dong is getting older and more timid! ”

Ji Dan was displeased, and brushed his sleeves away, "That's Cai Yun and Kong Mi, the two generals are useless, Chen Pi and Cui Yi are both young generals promoted by widows, and they are all skilled in bows and horses, and they are definitely not as unbearable as you say!" Can we just defend to defeat the Tang Army, and if we don't take the initiative to attack, how can we win? ”

Looking at Ji Dan's distant back, Dong Sheng could only look up to the sky and sigh: "It seems that the luck of the Kingdom of Qiu has come to an end!" ”

The Tang army camp was like a lurking beast in the night, and there was no sound except for the soldiers who were patrolling back and forth.

Chen Pi and Cui Yi led their troops out of the city and ran all the way, and soon killed in front of the Tang military camp, cut down the fence, rushed in, killed every person, burned the tent when they saw it, and shouted: "The army is coming, those who surrender will not die!" ”

Suddenly, there was a bang, and the ambush soldiers all around came out, the bows and crossbows were thunderous, like flying locusts, and the soldiers who shot turned on their backs, and the dead were incalculable.

Under the light of the torch, Zhao Yun jumped on his horse and held a spear and took Chen Pi directly; "There is no plot to rebel, and I have fallen for my ambush! Don't you get off your horse and die? ”

The two horses intersected, and there was no three-in-one battle, Zhao Yun picked up the gun and fell, and a shot hit Chen Pi's throat, and picked off the horse.

At the same time, Fang Li on the other side of the Yellow River received a system prompt: "Qiang ...... Zhao Yunzhen beheaded Chen Pi - 72 commanders, 79 Wu Yong, 47 strategies, and 36 internal affairs."

Cui Yi learned that Chen Pi was killed, he was so frightened that he couldn't restrain the soldiers, turned his horse and wanted to escape, but happened to bump into Ma Dai, fought to the death, supported the four or five rendezvous, and was cut off by Ma Dai.