In fact, as early as when conquering Qianjun, Zhao Yun had already expected that Zhang Liao would definitely choose to break through when he was trapped in the lonely city, so he had already prepared a response in advance, and later Liu Qi asked him to lead a large-scale attack on Huainan, Zhao Yun's main target was naturally aimed at Zhang Liao's army from Huainan.

However, Zhao Yun's heart was not very sure where Zhang Liao would pass by, and later after asking Jiang Ji, he learned that the Marquis of Zhuyi was located on the north bank of Suishui, which was the only way to lead from Huainan to Peiguo, as long as they laid an ambush on the north bank of Suishui, and then sent spies to investigate the news along Suishui, they would not miss Zhang Liao's army.

Zhao Yun immediately felt deeply convinced when he heard this, and immediately led five thousand cavalry to Zhuyi, although he only had five thousand cavalry under his command, and it was really not enough to face the tens of thousands of troops of Zhang Liao, but he was going to ambush the enemy, and he also launched an attack when the enemy army was halfway through, and all the cavalry under his command were elite, so the chance of victory was still relatively large.

However, it is said that Zhang Liao led the army under his command to travel day and night, and traveled 400 miles in the past three days to the south bank of Suishui, and saw that there was no danger on this road, and his heart was slightly settled, and he ordered the army to rest for a while, and then prepare to cross the river.

As a famous general of a generation, Zhang Liao naturally knew that he had to send spies to investigate the enemy's situation, so he first ordered the spies to go to investigate the situation before crossing the river, but after more than half an hour, he saw the spies on the opposite bank raising a red banner representing peace.

Zhang Liao was reassured, because as long as he crossed the Suishui, there would not be much danger in front of him, and at the same time, he was secretly thinking: "This Zhao Yun is now famous all over the world, and he doesn't even know that he has set up an ambush here, so it can be seen that his knowledge is also limited, and it is really ridiculous that a person like this can easily seize Qian County." Alas. It's all to blame for Zhang Xi's waste, as long as he is a little more careful, more than 10,000 people in Xiao County are guarding against danger, and Zhao Yun has no hope of winning. ”

Zhang Liao thought for a moment of self-pity, and when he saw that the sergeant was almost repaired, he ordered the sergeant to cross the river.

Zhang Liao's army numbered 30,000 men. Among them, there were 5,000 cavalry and 25,000 infantry, and this time to cross the river just in case, it was natural to leave the elite cavalry to cross the river after the southern part of Suishui was broken, and the infantry was ordered to cross the river first.

So his first men to cross the river were 5,000 crossbowmen.

The crossbow is a long-range killing weapon, and the crossbowmen are also the most effective way to restrain the cavalry, if the crossbowmen cross the river first, once Zhao Yun's cavalry arrives, his crossbowmen can pin down the enemy. So as to plan for the next group of soldiers to cross the river.

Although Zhao Yun's cavalry did not come now, it does not mean that he will not come in the future, after the investigation just now, although Zhang Liao disdains Zhao Yun's strategy, but he knows that since this person has been in Gongsun Zhan's army, and is famous for his bravery, the cavalry led by him is not necessarily much worse than his own Bingzhou iron cavalry.

Therefore, of course, Zhang Liao would be afraid of Zhao Yun's cavalry.

But what he didn't expect was that. The fears still happened, and by the time the crossbowmen were only halfway across the river. Suddenly, a group of cavalry appeared on the opposite bank of the river, and this group of cavalry swept like a dark cloud, aiming directly at the crossbowmen of the Cao army who were crossing the river.

The speed at which the cavalry rushed over was very fast, and where did the crossbowmen in the panic have time to draw their bows and arrows? By the time they could react, the galloping cavalry had already approached, brandishing sharp swords. A frenzied slaughter was carried out against them.

Crossbowmen who have lost their protection from a distance are the target of slaughter even in front of ordinary infantry, not to mention the elite cavalry they are facing? So, barely had time to react, and the shape of the battlefield fell into a one-sided slaughter.

Even through the water, Zhang Liao could faintly hear the screams of his soldiers before they were killed. This scream made his heart twitch fiercely, in such a situation, even if he had the ability to reach the sky, he could not save the decline of the five thousand crossbowmen, although he also had five thousand iron cavalry, and the combat effectiveness was not necessarily worse than the other party, but after all, the river crossing was scattered, and the formation could not be kept intact as if marching on land, coupled with the enemy's strategy of attacking half-crossing, so as long as they dared to rush over like this, they would definitely be slaughtered by the enemy cavalry with a complete formation and high morale.

It was based on these considerations that although Zhang Liao felt sorry for the 5,000 crossbowmen who were being slaughtered, he did not send any more reinforcements, because when the enemy occupied a favorable position, it would be in vain to go, and he could not afford to kill more men and horses for a hopeless victory.

Now the best way is naturally to wait, and when Zhao Yun can't hold her breath, she will take the initiative to lead the army to pursue, and then she can completely attack it halfway.

Of course, the current Zhang Liao no longer has any extravagant hopes for Zhao Yunhui leading the army to cross the river, because he has realized that this Zhao Yun is probably not as simple as he imagined, and I am afraid that this cavalry was deployed on the opposite bank in advance.

At the beginning, the biggest doubt in Zhang Liao's mind was, why did his spies wave the red flag representing peace at him when crossing the river? But now that I think about it, I understand that these spies must have been controlled by the Chu army as soon as they crossed the river.

In this way, Zhang Liao was even more jealous of Zhao Yun.

In less than half an hour, the screams on the other side gradually stopped, more than 1,000 people were killed, more than 2,000 people surrendered, and the remaining less than 1,000 people fled desperately back to the north bank of Suishui.

And Zhao Yun's next action was indeed as Zhang Liao expected, he did not recklessly order to cross the river, but guarded the position, this scene made Zhang Liao very helpless, and at the same time, his fear of Zhao Yun was further deepened.

"This person is brave and strategic, brave and brave, and he is indeed a fierce opponent of mine, I really didn't expect it to be a powerful enemy." Zhang Liao shook his head with a wry smile, meditated for a while, and then felt that after nightfall, he should lead the army to quietly open this place, and then find another place to cross the river.

Therefore, in desperation, Zhang Liao had no choice but to order all the soldiers to camp on the spot and make a posture of confrontation for a long time, but secretly quietly issued an order to order the soldiers to prepare for evacuation overnight.

But it didn't take long for Zhang Liao to hear the spies come to report in a panic: "General, it's not good, there are chasing soldiers behind our army, the smoke and dust are covering the sun, and it looks like it should be the main force of Xu Shu's army, there are still thirty miles away from our army, how our army should behave, please ask the general to decide." ”

"What?" Zhang Liao was taken aback when he heard this, he didn't expect the narration to chase after him unconsciously, if it was in peacetime, he was not afraid, because the two sides were evenly matched, and there were 5,000 cavalry under his command, even if Xu Shu was full of wisdom and Tai Shici was brave and good at fighting, he had to weigh the losses.

But now it is different, because Zhao Yun's cavalry is facing each other across the river, once he sees Xu Shu's army coming, he will definitely cross the river immediately to attack, and once he is under the opponent's belly and back, he has absolutely no hope of winning.

"It seems that if you want to get through here, you can only rely on the number of people to break through, fortunately, Xu Shu's army still has thirty miles, even if the cavalry comes with all their might, it will take at least an hour's work, hehe, I hope Zhao Yun only has these five thousand cavalry around him, so that we can still have a fight, otherwise, I don't know how much we will have to pay."

Thinking of this, Zhang Liao immediately ordered all the soldiers to assemble, immediately cross the river with all their strength, and rush over at any cost.

This time, in order to win more opportunities for the soldiers to cross the river, Zhang Liao decided to personally lead the infantry battalion soldiers to cross the river first, and after the infantry battalion soldiers dragged Zhao Yun's cavalry, the elite Bingzhou cavalry waded through the water and launched a general attack on Zhao Yun's cavalry.

Zhang Liao led 20,000 infantry, and began to cross the river from the south bank, and the battle line was opened for more than a mile, he believed that although there would be casualties on his side, he would be able to delay the opponent's cavalry, because everyone knew that the cavalry could only exert its maximum combat power in close combat, and although the long-range ones also had crossbow arrows, the infantry around them were not stupid, because they all carried large shields, and believed that ordinary crossbow arrows would not cause them much damage.

Not long after Zhang Liao led the army, he saw that the Zhao Yun cavalry on the opposite bank quickly dispersed to a distance of one mile, and then each cavalry soldier dismounted, took out a repeater from the horse, and loaded the crossbow arrows in just half a pillar of incense, and then aimed the repeater at his infantry, quietly waiting for his army to approach.

"Hehe, I heard that the crossbow of the Chu army can fire ten crossbow arrows at the same time, but our army is so scattered, it would be good if one of the ten crossbow arrows could shoot at our soldiers, so that our army would only suffer five thousand casualties at most, and his cavalry could be firmly dragged down, and when the time came, with just one order, my Jizhou iron cavalry could immediately come and slaughter the enemy cavalry who were dragged. In this way, it is equivalent to our exchange of 5,000 infantry for 5,000 cavalry of the Chu army, which is a lot of money for us. ”

Zhang Liao looked at the soldiers of the Chu army who were ready, with a smile on his face, and thought secretly.

The army was about to cross Suishui, and seeing that the distance from the enemy army was only one hundred and fifty paces, Zhang Liao gave an order, and all the infantry took out their big shields, blocked in front of them, and then continued to cross the river.

But at this moment, an unexpected change happened to the Wei army, they suddenly felt that the density of crossbow arrows was four or five times that of the kind of crossbow commonly used by the Chu army, which made a huge gap in the defense that seemed to be seamless, and many sergeants fell down with screams, and their blood stained the water red.

Zhang Liao didn't expect that just a round of crossbow arrows went down, and his 20,000 infantry looked like there were nearly 5,000 casualties, and then the Chu army loaded the crossbow arrows in half a pillar of incense, and then Leng Sensen's crossbow arrows were aimed at them again. (To be continued......)