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Lu County is on the east bank of Surabaya, and Pengcheng is on the west bank of Surabaya. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the past, Cao Zhen led 3,000 cavalry to raid Lu County in a detour of 700 miles, and threw the wheels into Surabaya with iron locks during the day, creating a false impression that the Wu army would be cut off from returning. On the night of the same day, Cao Zhen led his army across the west bank of Surabaya and traveled day and night to Pengcheng.

Therefore, at this moment, before dawn, these three thousand iron horsemen appeared like ghosts behind the sleeping Wu army's camp.

The attack on Lu County and the cutting off of Surabaya were just to divert the tiger from the mountain, but the real purpose of the Wei army was to unexpectedly break through the Wu army in Pengcheng and relieve the danger of Pengcheng in one fell swoop.

This is Jia Xu's two-pronged strategy to resolve the crisis in the southeast.

Jia Xu once said to Cao Ying that this strategy is quite risky, and it will certainly be risky to use only 3,000 soldiers and horses to deal with an enemy more than ten times his size.

So for this strategy to succeed, the key is speed.

With lightning speed, surpass the enemy's reconnaissance eyes and ears, surpass the enemy's decision-making, and be ahead of the enemy's speed at every step.

Obviously, Cao Zhen did it.

He rushed down the hillside with a long roar, and the three thousand iron horsemen behind him roared violently, like a landslide and the ground cracked, and crushed towards the enemy camp like a tidal wave.

The earth trembled, and the long trumpets tore through the darkness of the dawn and swept toward the enemy camp with the roar of horses' hooves and shouts of slaughter.

That day collapsed, the sound of fierce ghosts howling finally alarmed the trapped Wu people.

The first to be discovered were the soldiers on duty, and in such a whitish season in the East, it was the time when the human body was most tired, and those soldiers who were dozing off were awakened by the vibration under their feet. And when they wiped their sleepy eyes and widened their eyes as they searched in the direction from which the vibration came, everyone was stunned.

The tide of black oppression rushed in, as if they were countless terrible ghosts coming out of hell, and they couldn't see their faces or figures clearly, only the cold light reflected by the soldiers, like the gaze of death, pierced through the darkness and pierced their fragile hearts.

"Tiger and leopard ride, it's tiger and leopard ride!"

One of the Wu soldiers, who was the first to see the enemy clearly, screamed, turned around and fled.

The tiger and leopard cavalry is famous all over the world, although most of it was wiped out in the battle of Luoshui that year, and it has also suffered heavy losses in the battle with the Han army in recent years, but the fierce prestige can still make these Wu people in Jiangdong who are not accustomed to land warfare frightened.

The escape quickly formed a chain reaction, and the rest of the soldiers on duty also collapsed.

At this time, most of the sleeping Wu people were awakened by the screams and rumbling earthquakes, and when they described that they were rushing out of the big tent in disarray, and before they could even find their own weapons, the iron cavalry of the Wei army had already rushed to the front of the village.

"Where are the crossbowmen, the halberders are in front of the formation, and they are not allowed to retreat!"

In the middle of the camp, Pan Zhang was shouting at the soldiers with a knife to meet the enemy, he was half-naked, he didn't even have time to put on his clothes and armor, and he had obviously just woken up from his sleep.

Under the reprimand of the main general, the Wu army hurriedly formed a formation, and more than 1,000 people crowded behind the camp fence, and some people didn't even have weapons, and they were pulled into battle by their superiors with their bare hands.

The torrent of iron horses rushed forward, and in the blink of an eye, it was approaching less than a hundred paces.

Because the Wu army besieged Pengcheng with an absolute superiority of troops, only the northwest direction facing Pengcheng was set up with antlers and other fortifications, and as for the southeast and other side and rear directions of the camp, only wooden fences were simply erected, and the fortifications were extremely weak.

From the commander of the Wu army to the lower-level officers and soldiers, no one expected that Cao Ying, who had been sleeping for nearly two years, would suddenly wake up, and under the strong pressure of the Han State in the north, he could still draw troops and horses to the south, so the Wu army would be so light on the enemy.

It's just that this heart of contempt for the enemy has now become the weakness of the dead.

Fifty steps, the Iron Curtain is approaching.

When they saw the enemy's hideous face clearly, the already panicked Wu people completely collapsed, and the formation that had just been formed collapsed.

A few seconds later, the sharpest spear pierced the weakest shield, and in a crackling and howling, the Wu people's defense line was easily breached. The hand-to-hand combat that Pan Zhang was looking forward to turned into a one-sided slaughter battle by the Wei army in a blink of an eye.

The three thousand Wei army iron horsemen, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, wantonly drove and crushed the Wu army, which had no will to fight. The 30,000 Wu army was like a collapsing domino, and you squeezed me and pushed me to flee in the direction of Shuiying in the northeast.

"Don't retreat, resist me, and those who retreat will be ......"

Pan Zhang galloped back and forth, screaming and shouting at the terrified soldiers, trying to stop the defeat of the army.

It's just that the impact of the Wei army was too sudden and violent, and the morale of the army was both disintegrated and could not be easily recovered, and the defense line of the Wu army had completely collapsed.

Seeing that the defeat was decided, Pan Zhang had no intention of fighting, so he had to flee with the main stream of Wangshui Ying, hoping to escape on the warship and reorganize the battle with the advantage of the navy.

When Lu Meng left, he drove away most of the warships, and the ships left in the water village at this time, even if Wu Jun got on the ship in an orderly manner, it was only enough to accommodate more than 10,000 people.

As a result, tens of thousands of people crowded on the side of the dock, unable to get on the boat, and had no way back, which was simply a mess.

Seeing that the Wu army was so chaotic, Suo did not chase after him in hand-to-hand combat, but ordered three thousand iron horsemen to shoot arrows at will, shooting the enemy without resistance.

The rain of arrows pounced, ruthlessly shooting on those meat targets, watching the soldiers around him fall one by one, Pan Zhang's heart was anxious, but there was an empty anger, but he was powerless to save the defeat.

A dense rain of arrows poured in, hundreds of Wu troops fell one after another, and the corpses piled up on the docks gradually piled up, and the collected blood flowed into Surabaya, and the entire river was stained with blood.

However, while the Wei army shot a large number of Wu troops, it also eased the chaos on the docks, and the survivors could no longer worry about the pull of their companions, and braved the rain of arrows to climb onto the warship desperately.

At this time, the soldiers who fled to the ship could no longer care about their comrades who had not yet boarded the ship, and they resolutely chose to hurry to sail, and when the warships were offshore, those boats climbed on the side of the ship, and the soldiers who had not yet boarded the ship were squeezed into the bloody river one by one.

"Don't drive the boat, dare to drive the boat Lao Tzu will kill you!" The ship in front of him was about to start, and Pan Zhang, who had not yet boarded the ship, shouted anxiously.

Escape is important, who cares if you are the general and threat, the soldiers on the ship ignored the commander's order, and hurriedly hoisted the sails and the rudder to prepare for the shore.

This is the last straw, if the ship leaves, then Pan Zhang can only choose to surrender humiliatingly in addition to dying in battle.

At this critical moment of survival, Pan Zhang suddenly roared, jumped onto the crowded crowd, stepped on the heads and shoulders of his subordinates, and ran towards the already moving warship as if dancing.

Leaping with all his might, he flew out of the distance and over the water, grabbing the side of the boat at the last moment. At this time, the ship was already offshore, and when I looked back, hundreds of soldiers were being squeezed into the water by those behind, and those who did not fall into the water were crying and begging for the boat to come back.

"Finally, I was in a hurry and saved my life, and now I will revenge Pan Zhang."

Pan, in his resentment, was also glad that his life was saved, and he took a long breath and put his arms on the strength of his arms, ready to climb onto the boat.

At this moment, an arrow broke through the air.

Burst!

With a crisp sound, Pan Zhang's brows tightened, and when he looked down, he saw a bloodstained iron arrow.

The arrow had pierced him through his chest.

After a few seconds, his fingers were released, and Pan Zhang fell out of the boat and into the blood-stained water, where he soon mixed with the other floating corpses and could no longer distinguish them.

A hundred steps away, Cao Zhen put down the hard bow in his hand.

The sun gradually rose, and the light of the morning glow shot from behind, illuminating the entire battlefield.

Even Cao Zhen, as the victor, couldn't help but show a little surprise when he saw the tragic situation in front of him.

………… Thousands of miles away, Yecheng.

In the Imperial History, Sima Yi was meeting with Chen Qun in private.

"Zhong Da, take a look, this is the announcement of the persuasion of the Han army into the city, can you see what is in it?" Chen Qun handed over the receipt in his hand.

Sima Yi took it and glanced at it a few times, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and then, he folded the book back and forth a few times, and finally reopened it to read it again, and couldn't help but smile.

"Liu Bei is not stupid, he really unraveled your secret words, that Fang Shao is also worthy of his reputation, and he actually came up with such a 'blatant' way to reply." Sima Yi praised.

Chen Qun's expression was not as happy as Sima Yi, he took the book and read it again, and sighed: "This code said that as long as I wait for the surrender of the city, the status and official position will remain as usual, it seems that Xuande Gong still has some old friendships." ”

Sima Yi snorted and said disapprerovingly: "What kind of old friendship is nothing more than a fair exchange of interests, if we help him win Yecheng, or even the whole world, what is the reward he gives us." ”

Chen Qun didn't say anything, just sighed again.

Seeing that Chen Qun was frowning, Sima Yi said: "Changwen, at this point, you don't have to worry anymore, everything we do is to protect the interests of the scholars." In the future, the world will be the world of scholars, and all the scholars of the world will be grateful to us, and our children and grandchildren will be proud of what we are doing today. ”

Sima Yi said a lot of righteous and awe-inspiring words, and Chen Qun's frowning brows gradually relaxed, but after pondering for a long time, he said: "Now I heard that Your Majesty is leading the army to capture Liyang, if Your Majesty can take back this city and smoothly cross the river to rescue Yecheng, then the number of victories and defeats is not yet known." If we surrender the city to Xuande Gong at this time, is it a little too early? ”

Sima Yi pointed and tapped on the table, and after thinking for a moment, he said: "Changwen, your concerns are also reasonable, then we will take ten days, if Your Majesty cannot defeat the enemy of Liyang within ten days, we will not hesitate again." ”

(To be continued)