Chapter Seventy-Four: A Trip for Nothing

Song Hui, the general of the Sui army, led 3,000 infantry to flee for his life, and all the pursuers behind him were lost to the 100 cavalry led by Xu Zhi to intercept them.

Xu Zhi observed the situation of the enemy forces on these two routes, and found that there did not seem to be many enemy troops in the north, so there were only three or four thousand men and horses, and decided to intercept the enemy troops in the north first.

"Follow me." Xu Zhi shouted loudly and led a hundred cavalry to the north.

Xu Zhi's decision was undoubtedly correct, the small number of enemy troops in the north was one thing, the key was that the enemy formation was scattered, and its equipment was also very poor, so that Xu Zhi's cavalry had no power to fight back at all, and a burst of slashing and slashing would stop their pursuit.

Xu Zhi was not greedy for merit, and after the war horse swept by, he looked back and saw that it had already received an effect. Xu Zhi saw that Su Hu'er's army was continuing to chase Song Hui, and the forwards had already dispersed.

Chance, definitely chance.

The formation of the enemy army is not dispersed, and the advantage of the cavalry is not obvious, since it is scattered, I'm sorry, it's not negotiable to kill you.

A good Xu Zhi Xu Liqiang, turned his horse and led a hundred cavalry to Su Hu'er's 30,000 army formation, and killed him in a cross-cutting manner along the forefront of the Liang army.

Don't look at the hundred cavalry, there are not many, the war horses raise their iron hooves to form a torrent and fiercely smash into the enemy formation. In addition, the enemy army was very scattered, and the galloping cavalry swept by, with severed limbs and stumps, blood splattered, and the killing was quite amazing.

Xu Zhi, who had rushed to the edge, led the cavalry out of the battlefield and monitored the enemy army hundreds of meters away. And the Liang army was restrained by the slashing just now, the front army stopped rushing, and the rear army quickly caught up, and Su Huer's army began to dense.

Su Hu'er rushed over from the rear, and when he saw the shape in front of him, he knew that it was wishful thinking to expect his infantry to chase the cavalry. Now that he also knew why the Sui army fled, looking at the thousands of troops in the north from afar, he didn't know whether it was friend or foe, so Su Huer could only stop the army and watch.

Taking advantage of the pause of the Liang army, the Sui army slipped away very smoothly.

Judging from the clothing, the army that came was a peasant army, and there were about 3,000 people. The leader of this army is Zhang Shan'an, who appeared in history, and the original history should have crossed the river at the end of the year, but for some reason this life crossed the river two months in advance and came to Yuzhang here.

Zhang Shan'an became a robber when he was seventeen years old, and turned to attack the Huainan region, with more than 100 troops. It happened that Meng Rang was defeated by Wang Shichong of Jiangdu, and some of his troops surrendered to Zhang Shan'an, and Zhang Shan'an got 800 people.

Later, Zhang Shan'an, who was active in Jiangbei, learned that Lin Shihong had defeated the 20,000 troops of Liu Ziyi, the ruler of the Great Sui Dynasty, and established Great Chu, so Zhang Shan'an decided to lead his army south and cross the river to prepare to return to Lin Shihong.

It's a pity that he didn't know what was going on, at this time, Lin Shihong had already been defeated and was eliminated by Lu Chang.

In this era, the news transmission is not like that of later generations, coupled with Lu Chang's strong wall and clear wilderness, the news of Lin Shihong's demise is not very widespread.

Zhang Shan'an led his army to this place, which coincided with the battle between Xu Zhi and Song Hui, the generals of the Sui army, and Su Huer, the general of the Liang army. Since it is the army of the Sui Dynasty, it must be the enemy. The enemy's enemy is a friendly army, and the Liang army on the opposite side is on the same front as himself, so Zhang Shan'an made a decision and decided to lead the army to cut into the rear of the Sui army to outflank.

The crooked attack was right, and Zhang Shan'an's actions just disrupted Xu Zhi and Song Hui's wishful thinking, and only then did the Sui army flee in a hurry.

After the Sui army fled, Su Huer and Zhang Shan'an met.

"The contemptible Zhang Shan'an was originally active in the Jiangbei area. Recently, it was reported that Lin Shihong defeated the 20,000 troops led by Liu Ziyi, the secretary of the Sui Dynasty, and established the Great Chu. Therefore, this time, Ben will lead his subordinates across the river and prepare to defect to Lin Shihong's Dachu. I don't know which general of the Great Chu State Your Excellency is? ”

Su Hu'er was stunned for a moment, and then figured it out, it turned out that this person didn't know that Lin Shihong had been defeated.

"The contemptible man is Su Hu'er, the general of Western Liang, who is leading his troops to fight against the Sui army. Lin Shihong's great Chu...... It's gone. It was the army that had destroyed them. ”

"Huh? How is this possible, there are only more than 3,000 troops that army just now, how can it destroy Lin Shihong of Dachu? Lin Shihong was able to defeat the 20,000 army of Liu Ziyi, the secretary of the imperial history, but couldn't he defeat the remnants of the thousands of Sui troops? ”

Zhang Shanan couldn't believe his ears, is this a god?

I was originally quite comfortable in Jiangbei, and I heard that Lin Shihong defeated the 20,000 elites of the Sui army in a battle, and his reputation was great. Originally, I thought that he had just established Da Chu, and this was the time to use people, and it was the right time for me to defect, so how to say that it was also from the dragon's work.

Hey, I'm full of enthusiasm and running thousands of miles, and the bamboo basket is empty!

"Don't believe it, do you? It's weird, and it's understandable that you don't believe it.

Liu Ziyi, who originally served as a scholar, had an army of 20,000, but was defeated by Lin Shihong in a battle, pursued for hundreds of miles, and killed countless enemies.

I heard that a young general named Lu Chang later packed up the remnants of the army and fought with Lin Shihong again, and Lin Shihong was destroyed in less than a year.

It's not just you who don't believe it, but whoever listens to it won't believe it!

How many remnants can that Lu Chang collect? There are only one or two thousand people when the battle is full, how many troops does Lin Shihong have? There are always hundreds of thousands of troops in the front and back, right? How could it be possible to eliminate Lin Shihong's Great Chu?

The problem now is, whether you believe it or not, Lin Shihong and his Great Chu State have indeed been wiped out. ”

Zhang Shan'an was very frustrated, this trip was in vain.

"Ahem, count me unlucky for this trip. That's it, since the Great Chu Kingdom is gone, then I can only go back. ”

The Liang Dynasty was preparing to establish a state, and the more troops the better. As soon as Su Hu'er heard that Zhang Shan'an was going back, where would it be! I can't persuade Zhang Shanan to stay.

"I said, General Zhang, why are you so dead-eyed? Lin Shihong's Dachu is gone, you can defect to others!

My lord Xiao Mo is a descendant of the Liang Dynasty and has a great reputation. At this time, the banner of rebellion had been raised to prepare for the establishment of the Great Liang State. At present, there are no less than 100,000 troops, and Lu Changxiao'er's army is really not enough, and sooner or later the area south of the Yangtze River will be the world of my Liang Dynasty.

Now that my brother has come, why not join my Liang Dynasty, it can be regarded as a dragon! ”

Zhang Shan'an was overjoyed when he heard this, and with Su Huer's recommendation, it would be convenient to join the Liang Dynasty.

"That's right, if the general can sponsor him, Zhang is also willing to join the Liang Dynasty."

"No problem, a qiē wrap on my brother's body. At present, the general is chasing the remnants of the Sui army, and General Zhang is just making some contributions, and he just happened to enter when he returned to the court. ”

"Then please General Su, our department is willing to cooperate with the general to eliminate the current Sui army."

Su Hu'er assured that Zhang Shan'an was relieved a lot. So, the two armies joined forces and went down to the village, rested for a day before marching.