The broken army was powerless to resist, the vanguard and the Chinese army were scattered, and they could not save each other, Deng Yu's face was dark as if he could drip water, and he led hundreds of cavalry to continue to kill the breach. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Hu Dahai, who was not far away, saw Deng Yu from afar, and was about to rush over to join him, but at this time, he heard Deng Yu shouting first: "Tongfu, our army is ambushed here, I'm afraid Xuyi City is also facing an attack, you quickly lead the army back to rescue!! ”

Hu Dahai's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he hurriedly replied: "There are endless killing opportunities here, how can the marshal be in danger as the master of the Broken Army?" ”

"Tongfu doesn't need to be persuaded much! This time our army was ambushed, it was all my fault, how could I abandon the soldiers, and besides, with my martial arts, if I retreated with all my strength, no one in the Zhou army could stop me! ”

Seeing that Deng Yu had made up his mind, Hu Dahai no longer hesitated, gathered more than 1,000 soldiers and horses, struggled to break through the encirclement, and galloped towards Xuyi City.

On the other side, Zhang Qi led the rear army to move forward cautiously, and sent scouts along the road to investigate, walking and walking, and suddenly a team of scouts came to report quickly, saying that the soldiers and horses attacking the Zhou army Dazhai in front were ambushed, and they were fighting with the enemy.

Zhang Qi was stunned when he heard this, his face was full of horror, and then he remembered Li Ke's advice, gritted his steel teeth stubbornly, and ordered the rear team to change to the front army, and quickly rushed back to Xuyi City.

In Xuyi City, it was said that not long after the three divisions of the Broken Army left, Li Ke ordered the soldiers guarding the city to hide all the banners in the city, if they saw the Zhou army killed, without his instructions, the whole army was not allowed to act rashly, let alone panic, violators, beheaded! At the same time, he ordered the city gate to be opened and the drawbridge to be lowered.

A group of officers defending the city heard the order, they were puzzled, now Zhang Shicheng is dead, the Zhou army is preparing to withdraw, and the broken army also sent most of the men and horses to attack, the Zhou army is too busy to take care of itself, how can there be spare strength to attack Xuyi City?

Li Ke knew it in his heart, and he didn't say it to the officers, but just climbed the battle tower at the head of the city, sat by the railing, and then called a confidant soldier, set up a chess game, and actually burned incense to play chess.

It didn't take long for an earth-shattering shout to kill suddenly outside the city, only to see a group of men and horses bypassing the marching direction of the broken army, and rushing towards Xuyi City, this man and horse was the Zhou army led by Zhang Shicheng himself.

It turned out that Zhang Shicheng acted in accordance with Ye Dexin's strategy, ambushed four soldiers and horses outside the camp, and then led a large army by himself, with Song Zuxing, Ye Wenju and other generals, as well as strategist Ye Dexing, came to attack Xuyi City.

The scouts of the Zhou army first approached Xuyi City to investigate, and saw that the city was terrifyingly quiet, and saw that the city did not set up a flag and arrange guards, so they suspected that there was fraud, and hurriedly rushed back to report Zhang Shicheng.

After Zhang Shicheng heard this, he laughed loudly, but he didn't believe in the scout's intelligence, so he stopped the army and personally stepped forward to investigate.

Zhang Shicheng was suspicious in his heart, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Li Ke sitting in the war building, playing chess by himself with a focused expression, as if no one was around, as if he didn't notice the surging Zhou army.

The more Zhang Shicheng looked at it, the more suspicious he became, after riding his horse back to the main formation, he hesitated, neither ordered to attack nor ordered to retreat, Ye Dexin saw Zhang Shicheng's face full of solemnity, and hurriedly asked.

Zhang Shicheng then told the visions he saw one by one, and then said suspiciously: "According to the detailed report, our army has been repeatedly deflated, because Deng Yu implemented the advice of the strategist Li Ke, this Li Ke is very wise, if he had already discovered the killing situation laid by our army, he first sent a group of soldiers and horses to bluff to attack our army's camp, but left most of the soldiers and horses in ambush in the city, tempting our army to attack, our army is defenseless, once ambushed, it will be destroyed!" ”

Ye Dexin pondered carefully, and after about half an hour, he laughed loudly: "King Cheng doesn't have to worry too much, this Li Ke is very courageous, and his plans are more whimsical, according to the minister's opinion, his bluff arrangement just shows that there is a shortage of soldiers and major generals in the city, and he wants to follow Zhuge Liang to perform an empty city plan!" King Cheng, please quickly wave your troops and attack and take Xuyi City in one fell swoop! ”

Zhang Shicheng has suffered several big losses from Li Ke since he set out on the expedition, and the current battle situation is weird, but he is worried that he will fall for Li Ke's treacherous plan again, so he hesitated: "What Wei Zhang said is reasonable, but in the art of war, 'the real is false, and the virtual is real', in case there is really an ambush in the city, the consequences are unimaginable!" ”

Ye Dexin was anxious, worried that the broken army would return to help Xuyi City, so he hurriedly admonished: "If King Cheng is worried about the ambush, you can first send a team of light cavalry to rush into the city to explore the truth, if it is really Li Ke who is making a mistake, King Cheng will wave his army to attack, seize Xuyi City, and capture Li Ke!" ”

"Hahaha, Wei Zhang's suggestion is good, it is very much in line with the king's wishes!"

Zhang Shicheng laughed loudly, recognized Ye Dexin's countermeasures, and sent a cavalry to rush into the city to find out the truth, and at the same time, ordered all departments to be on guard and wait for battle.

Zhang Shicheng's arrangement took a lot of time, and when the cavalry sent rushed to the suspension bridge, Li Ke had finished playing a game of chess, and when he heard the sound of horses' hooves, Li Ke knew that there were cavalry coming to explore, his face was calm, and he wanted to play another game.

And the soldiers who played against Li Ke did not have Li Ke's state of mind, as soon as he heard the sound of horses' hooves approaching, he panicked, and when he placed the chess pieces, his hands trembled violently, Li Ke saw this, and smiled at him, as if to signal that he didn't have to pay attention.

The cavalry of the Zhou army rushed across the drawbridge and entered the city in one go, but did not encounter any obstacles, so they shouted in unison and signaled that they could enter the city.

The Zhou army outside the city was preparing to charge, but at this time, they heard Zhang Shicheng shouting: "Wait !! ”

"King Cheng, Xuyi City is close at hand, you can get it with your hands!!"

Ye Dexin persuaded again loudly, but Zhang Shicheng suddenly appeared in his mind the scene of leading troops to rob the city in ambush, falling into a pit, and almost being shot to death by Zhang Qi, so he hesitated again.

Song Xingzu, Ye Wenju and other generals also came to persuade each other, Zhang Shicheng felt an inexplicable irritability in his heart, and after thinking about it, he ordered: "Cheng Kui (Song Xingzu, the word Cheng Kui), you lead two thousand soldiers and horses into the city first, and I will observe the enemy's reaction, if the enemy army does not move again, it confirms Wei Zhang's speculation, there are no soldiers in the city, and then I will order the whole army to attack!" ”

Song Xingzu listened to the order, and immediately led two thousand soldiers and horses to rush to Xuyi City, but Zhang Shicheng hesitated so much, and it took a lot of time, seeing that Song Zuxing was about to cross the drawbridge and rush into the city, and the defenders in the city still did not move, Zhang Shicheng sighed and ordered the whole army to attack.

At this moment, there was an earth-shattering shouting and killing sound from the rear of the Zhou army, Zhang Shicheng was so frightened that his heart trembled, mistakenly thinking that his intuition had come true, Li Ke really set up a siege and killing, and immediately subconsciously reined in his horse and fled.

As soon as Zhang Shicheng moved, a group of Zhou troops immediately retreated, and for a while, there were countless people who abandoned their guns and helmets, and people were like a tide, horses were like landslides, trampling on each other.

While fleeing, Zhang Shicheng looked back and was shocked, and saw Zhang Qi leading the army to kill with great momentum, so he was even more panicked, and fled west in despair.