Chapter Seventy-Two: Striking the West (2)
"Lord Chen, will the Xiliang Army be fooled?"
Seeing that Xiliangjun had become a lot more cautious, and he could no longer find a chance to make a sneak attack, Xu Chu seemed to be a little suspicious of Chen Gong's strategy. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
"General Xu, don't be impatient, the more frequent our attacks, the heavier Guo Yan's thoughts will be to call back, and as long as they cross the Bishui River, then our plan has been completed, now as long as we drag them down, let them advance as slowly as possible, by the way, General Xu has already arranged for soldiers to transfer the people of Zhongmu County!"
Xu Chu stared at the Xiliang Army who was gradually moving away in front of him, and replied casually: "It's sent, but it seems that Zhu Jun is seriously injured and dead!" ”
Chen Gong was slightly shocked, although there was no much friendship between Zhu Jun and him, but Zhu Jun's patriotism and dedication to the country made Chen Gong very moved and admired, I didn't expect him to die like this, and I felt very sorry in my heart.
"General Zhu was sincere but did not expect to fall here, which is a great loss for the Han court."
Xu Chu didn't care much about this, and responded perfunctorily.
Guo Yan was as anxious as Chen Gong expected at this time, and the more the enemy attacked them several times, the more anxious he became, because the other party's intention was obvious, that is, to delay him and prevent him from rushing back to support.
From the mouth of the grain transport troops just now, Guo Yan already knew that the number of troops harassing them was only more than 1,000 people, and it was obviously a partial division left by the main force of the other party, the purpose was to support them, so after the army walked out of this forest, he left Zhang Ji's 3,000 people to protect the logistics baggage troops, and Guo Yan himself personally commanded the main army to rush back to the Tiger Pass, the other party was attacking Luoyang, so the number of defenders of the Tiger Pass must not be very large, this is the best time for them to counterattack.
Xu Chu saw that Guo Yan had divided his troops again, and he was slightly surprised, along the way, Guo Yan's actions seemed to be known in advance by Chen Gong, every time he was able to predict in advance, Xu Chu began to admire Liu Zhi's vision in his heart, and actually knew that there was such a powerful person in Zhongmu, a small county town, he did not admire Chen Gong's resourcefulness and scheming, but he only admired the vision of his own lord, it was really strange!
Zhang Ji has always been more cautious in marching and fighting, he knows that his task is to keep this batch of grain and grass, the other party's purpose is not to burn his grain and grass, but to drag down the speed of the army, but the enemy army is small, and now Guo Yan has led the army to leave first, then the other party's goal will definitely change, maybe he will try desperately once, and shoot at this batch of grain and grass in his hand.
Zhang Ji has 3,000 soldiers under his command, this is his own army, in addition, there were more than 2,000 soldiers in the escort team, and there were nearly 5,000 people together, if the other party really only had 1,000 people, Zhang Ji really didn't believe that the other party would dare to make a move.
Zhang Ji divided his army into three teams of 1,000 people, he personally led one to open the way in front, and Zhang Xiu led one to guard in the back, with 500 soldiers on each wing scattered to protect, and 2,000 soldiers from the escort team in the middle to protect, so that as long as the enemy launched an attack, he would be stopped by his peripheral soldiers at the first time, the enemy army was small, as long as he showed up, his troops from several other directions could surround the other party and then gather and annihilate.
The army had nothing to do all the way, but the scouts who accompanied the army found that some enemy sentry posts had been following the army around, and the scouts tried to drive them away several times, but it didn't work, and the other party was very alert, and immediately retreated when they saw the Xiliang army approaching, not giving them a chance to seize this group of people.
Zhang Ji knew that the enemy army was about to make a move, and sure enough, the army continued to the west, walked twenty miles, and came to Wulipu, which is a small village, but from a distance there was no human population, Zhang Ji said badly, ordered the army to be vigilant, and walked around the village.
Sure enough, the Xiliang army walked halfway, and as soon as the Chinese army passed, the opponent's men and horses came out of Wulibao and rushed straight to the right wing of the Xiliang army, and the five hundred Xiliang troops in charge of the right wing guard hurriedly met them, preparing to intercept the other party.
But the enemy army did not want to fight, and released a burst of arrows at the Xiliang army from afar, turned around and ran, and the Xiliang army just wanted to pursue, but was stopped by Zhang Ji, he was worried that this was the enemy's trick to lure the enemy.
It's just that before he could breathe a sigh of relief, another enemy army chased after him from behind, and rushed straight into the rear army of the Xiliang Army, Zhang Xiu immediately raised his gun to meet the battle, but happened to meet the other party's main general Xu Chu, and after the two met, they didn't say a word, and then they started to move.
Xu Chu is older, and belongs to the strength of the fierce general, and Zhang Xiu is only eighteen or nineteen years old, the body is fully developed and mature, the strength can not compare to Xu Chu, his weapon is a iron spear, the weight is about forty pounds, slightly lighter than the weapon of the little overlord Sun Ce, Zhang Xiu is known as the king of guns in the north, under the tutelage of Tong Yuan, although the grade is not big, but a body of marksmanship is good.
However, the two didn't fight a few moves, Zhang Xiu's arms were shocked by Xu Chu's big knife and uncomfortable, he was shocked, this general's knife skills are strict and his strength is not bad, if he fights hard with him, he is afraid that he will not be able to take twenty moves, so he immediately changed his playing style, from the previous hard to wandering and grappling.
Xu Chu was also a little surprised at this time, he originally saw that the other party was just a young general, so he didn't use all his strength to attack, but the opponent's moves were very smart, several times he borrowed his strength to offset his strength, he only brought five hundred people to rush into battle, the other party has a thousand people, they are at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, and Chen Gong specially explained, let him not fight hard with the other party, just a little impact on the opponent's formation, test the opponent's virtual reality, so Xu Chu round his arms, a few quick moves in a row, Forced Zhang Xiu to retreat, and then immediately led the army to retreat, the Xiliang army on the left flank was already about to feel at this time, and Zhang Ji's front army had also been dispatched, if the time was delayed for a while, I was afraid that they would be completely surrounded.
Zhang Xiu was forced to retreat by Xu Chu's fierce knife skills, and at this time, his chest was annoying, his intuition was not smooth, and he was unable to pursue, so he could only watch Xu Chu lead the army away.
"Xiu'er, are you okay?"
Zhang Ji arrived on horseback, and saw that Zhang Xiu's face was pale and his body trembled slightly, obviously he had encountered a vicious battle, so he asked with concern.
"Father, I'm fine, it's just that the thief is too fierce, Zhang Xiu is not an opponent, it's a pity that this time I led the army to the expedition without bringing the tiger head golden gun that the master and his old man gave me, otherwise I wouldn't have been so embarrassed just now."
Tong Yuan accepted three apprentices, in addition to Zhang Xiu, there were Zhang Ren and Zhao Yun, among which he gave Zhang Yun a Fengxue Liang silver gun, and also gave Zhang Xiu a tiger head Zhan golden gun, but this tiger head golden gun is heavier, Zhang Xiu is not fully qualified at present, so he did not take it with him this time.