Knowing that the audacious "Zhang Baiqi" dared to lead a mere 400 horsemen to attack his main camp at night, Lu Zhi had no intention of continuing to stay in the tent. He and the deputy general Zongyuan and Liu Biao, the marquis of the Northern Army, went to a simple sentry post nearby, and climbed to pay attention to the riots on the southwest side of the camp.

As for the Tun Cavalry Captain Bao Hong and the Shooting Captain Ma Riyan, they were also ordered to leave after the infantry captain Liu Jiang. I have to say that Lu Zhi is riding for a white horse, which can be described as a great teacher.

"It's getting more and more unexpected......"

Standing on the sentry post with Lu Zhi and the sect members and staring into the distance, Liu Biao's face couldn't help but show a little surprise. After all, before this, his admiration for Zhang Huang was only mostly curiosity and jokes, but at this moment, he had to admire Zhang Huang's courage.

You must know that even he, Liu Biao, would not dare to rashly attack a camp with an army of nearly 30,000 at night with a few 400 cavalry, let alone the Northern Army, the strongest division in the world.

It's not a question of "thinking" or "not thinking", but "dare" and "dare".

Zhang Baiqi ...... Jizhou Yellow Turban is an unknown person, and he has made one after another feats that make the world's heroes inevitably look sideways, even though Liu Biao has always had a strong sense of superiority, it is not good to regard Zhang Huang as an insignificant pawn at this time.

"That thief has hit the perfect time! …… Luck! The sect member smiled bitterly and sighed.

He could imagine that the main camp of the Northern Army, which had temporarily lost the shelter of the cavalry battalion, was attacked by Zhang Huang and his four hundred cavalry without realizing it. What a scene it would have been for the soldiers of the Northern Army who had slept around the campfire in a daze: perhaps when they opened their eyes for the last time, their consciousness was still in a foggy stage. Before they could realize what was happening around them, the thieves slashed their blades and slashed down on their heads.

In an unguarded situation, what if it is a non-commissioned soldier of the Northern Army who has mastered the rigid body? Not having time to cast a rigid body is equivalent to not mastering it!

And this qiē is because the two light cavalry in the Northern Army, namely the Changshui Battalion and the Yue Cavalry Battalion, are not nearby. If there were these two patrolling and guarding the main battalion of the Northern Army, there was no doubt that Zhang Huang's mere 400 cavalry would not even be able to touch the corners of the Northern Army's infantry.

Because of this. The sect member couldn't help but sigh.

But when these words reached Lu Zhi's ears, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought. After a moment's hesitation, the wise Confucian asked in a calm tone. "Is it really lucky?"

"What?" The sect member glanced at Lu Zhi in confusion.

I saw Lu Zhi glance at the night sky with his hands behind his back, and said slowly, "Whether it is 'Zhang Baiqi' who has to abandon Pingxiang County tonight, or our army will definitely send cavalry to chase and kill him." These two things are simply obvious. Both sides know it. …… This means that there is a good chance that the Vietnamese cavalry battalion will not be near the main camp of our army tonight. ”

The sect member raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and vaguely realized something in his heart, and asked with a frown, "That Changshui Camp ......?"

"Zhang Baiqi is probably gambling." Exhaling slightly, Lu Zhi continued to explain, "Except for the Yue Cavalry Battalion, our Northern Army only has four battalions left of Archery, Changshui, Tun Cavalry and Infantry. Thereinto. The Tun Cavalry Battalion was not suitable to take over the defense of Pingxiang County, so it was also excluded. That's why. The only troops that we will send to take over Pingxiang County are the three battalions left in the shooting battalion, the Changshui battalion, and the infantry battalion. ”

"Only thirty percent sure that the white horse dares to attack the camp?" There was a hint of incredulity in the sect's eyes.

It is no exaggeration to say that if it is not the Changshui battalion that goes to take over Pingxiang County tonight, but the two battalions of archery or infantry, if Zhang Huang comes to attack the camp in this case, it will be purely self-defeating. Because of the presence of the knights of the Changshui Battalion, even if these knights who are good at battlefield charging and killing are not used to chasing the enemy at night, but with the absolute superiority in numbers, Zhang Huang's few 400 cavalry will never have a chance to live.

"Actually, it's more than 30% sure." Liu Biao listened to it sincerely, and shook his head when he heard the words, "In fact, the shooting battalion is not suitable to be sent to Pingxiang County to take over the city defense. …… The reason is simple, the Voice Shooter is a light bow guard, and the Tiger Ben is a heavy foot guard, and the mobility of the two is not the same. On the battlefield, the Tiger Benshi is naturally a bulwark and a barrier for the archers, to protect the weak archers at close range; But if they are told to go elsewhere, the tiger warrior will become a burden to the archers...... You won't leave the tiger warriors behind, just call the shooters to go to Pingxiang, right? Therefore, the Shooting Battalion must also be excluded. ”

"I see, ......I see," the sect member glanced at Liu Biao in surprise, and was deeply convinced of what he said. It is undeniable that the role of the Shooters on the battlefield is huge, but their weaknesses are also quite obvious, and without the protection of the Tiger Warriors, a single song, that is, five hundred cavalry, is enough to crush them. Therefore, the generals and colonels of the Northern Army would never ask the shooters to go to Pingxiang County alone when their own safety was not guaranteed. It's not that it absolutely can't, but it's not suitable, and everyone will subconsciously exclude this battalion army.

"And the infantry battalion ......," Liu Biao's words continued.

Hearing this, the sect member was taken aback, looked at Liu Biao in confusion, and asked eagerly, "Isn't the infantry battalion also suitable?" ”

Liu Biao did not answer the sect member for the first time, but paused, and then asked the sect member, "Lord Adjutant General, and ask how much cavalry our army has?" ”

The sect member looked at Liu Biao with puzzlement, and replied hesitantly, "There are 2,500 people in the Yuecai camp and 5,000 people in the Changshui camp, a total of 7,500 people...... Our northern army had almost 17,500 cavalrymen of varying strength. ”

Liu Biao smiled slightly, and asked again, "What about the infantry?" ”

"Only the infantry battalion has 5,000 ......," said this, the sect member finally suddenly realized.

Although the infantry is weaker than the cavalry, it is undeniable that the infantry is quite a panacea, and when the infantry forms an infantry phalanx, it can attack and retreat, and it can completely achieve both offense and defense, which the cavalry does not have.

Yes, the cavalry was not at all suitable for defense. After all, the advantage of cavalry is that they have the help of war horses under their hips, so when the cavalry is charging, ordinary infantry is no match for cavalry at all. But. When the cavalry was used to defend and lined up in place, they only had an advantage in height at best without the help of their horses to charge, and even they were not as good as an ordinary infantry when defending.

It's not hard to guess. If a general guarding a place can only choose one type of army to defend, it is believed that this person will definitely choose infantry or archers, and will never choose cavalry. The reason is simple, because cavalry is an offensive, aggressive class, and it is not suitable for defense.

In this way, Liu Biao's words are not difficult to understand: with nearly 20,000 cavalry and only 5,000 infantry at the same time. Which unit will be sent to Pingxiang County?

Although the choice for this is not absolute. But in this case, cavalry is generally chosen, because there are many cavalry, and there are only so many infantry.

"What a white ride!" A little horror finally appeared in the sect member's eyes, and he looked at the southwest side and muttered, "Incredible...... How can this thief think so thoroughly? ”

After that, he glanced at Liu Biao meaningfully, and was secretly surprised in his heart: this Zhonghou who was sent by the great general He Jin to supervise the Northern Army to supervise them did not expect that his talent was so outstanding.

Those who shared a similar view with the sect members also included Lu Zhi. However, compared with the sect members' gradual awe and scruples about Liu Biao, Lu Zhi's view of this is much purer: because Liu Biao is the only nobleman of the Yan Liu royal family. Lu Zhi, who was extremely loyal to the Han Dynasty, was naturally pleased to see that the power of the imperial family was getting stronger and stronger, especially in the current period when the power of the court was gradually controlled by the relatives of the great general He Jin.

[It seems that an opportunity should be found for this son...... Alas, I'm afraid that the people on the general's side won't let it go......]

Glancing at Liu Biao slightly, Lu Zhi secretly had an idea, and was ready to recommend this Liu Biao and Liu Jingsheng as officials with merit after this expedition against the Yellow Turban Thieves, and at the same time break away from the forces of the great general He Jin, consolidate the power of the imperial power, and it is best to serve as a party assassin. After all, in today's imperial court, the greater the power of the general He Jin, the more powerful it is, the more and more insignificant the power of the royal family, like this phenomenon of the main dry and lush branches and leaves, that is the root cause of the palace chaos in the past, and it is also what Lu Zhi and other loyal ministers do not want to see.

While Lu Zhi was thinking about it, suddenly a herald came to the bottom of the sentry under the guidance of the officers and horsemen, and shouted at Lu Zhi above with his fists, "Lu Shuai, the thieves have been killed only four miles away, and Lord Zhou Yang, the Marquis of Ququ, in the infantry battalion, heard the news and quickly summoned the infantry to form a formation and intercept the thieves......"

This should have been good news, but Lu Zhi didn't see the slightest joy when he heard it, and he shouted to the officers and horsemen below the sentry, "Captain Liu's side can gather the soldiers properly?" ”

One of the officers hurriedly jumped on horseback and went to inquire about the news, and after a while, he returned to his original place, hugged his fists and said to Lu Zhi, "Back to Lu Gong, Captain Liu said that he has gathered more than 3,000 infantry, and the rest of the infantry is also fighting with the thieves under the command of the military marquis ......of Qu."

"That's ......" Lu Zhi raised his hand and tapped his fingers on the door of his head, and suddenly asked in a deep voice, "What about the Tunqi camp?" ”

Another officer rode in the direction of the tun cavalry camp, and after half a ring, the words of Bao Hong, the captain of the tun cavalry, came: More than 7,000 cavalry have been assembled and are on standby.

"Good!" As soon as he heard that the Tun cavalry camp was ready, Lu Zhi's face was relieved, and he turned his head to the herald who had been waiting for a long time and said, "You go back and tell Zhou Yang, the Marquis of Ququ, in your infantry battalion, that he should not scare away the thieves, pretend to be invincible, and ...... that line of thieves Put it in! ”

"Let it go...... In? The herald's face was full of consternation.

"Deliver it like this! …… This is the order! ”

“…… Promise! ”

Seeing Lu Zhi's tough tone, the herald hurriedly took the order and left. At this time, Lu Zhi said to the officers and horsemen under the sentry, "Go quickly to Lord Bao Hong, and ask him to order his cavalry to outflank him in a detour from a distance after a quarter of an hour, and be sure to surround the entire main camp!" ”

"No!" An officer rode away.

Looking at this scene, Liu Biao reminded with a little suspicion, "Gong Lu, I'm afraid the strength of those riders in the Tun cavalry camp is ...... Not enough to stop Zhang Bai from riding. ”

It's not that Liu Biao has any prejudice against the Tun Cavalry Battalion, after all, the main knights of the Tun Cavalry Camp are still quite strong, and the problem is that there are more than 7,000 horsemen. To put it nicely, it's called a horseman, and to put it mildly, it's just a group of exclusive logistics and miscellaneous servants who help regular knights carry armor, horse armor, rations, and pull spare horses, although they don't have the slightest combat effectiveness, but they are limited to a little ability. After all, the main duty of these people is not to practice and kill enemies, but to assist the regular knights in the establishment. Therefore, when the object was the "Zhang Baiqi" who was quite outstanding in martial arts and witchcraft, Liu Biao was not optimistic about them.

"That's why, try to lure the enemy deeper!"

Lu Zhi explained with a smile that it was obvious that this was also a person who was not optimistic about the strength of those riders in the Tun Cavalry Camp.

"I see." Liu Biao, who had already expected it, smiled very cooperatively, and immediately, as if he had thought of something, he frowned and asked, "But then again, Duke Lu, if you let that 'Zhang Baiqi' wantonly enter the camp, because our army is strong, and the thieves are small, it will not be conducive to besieging and killing." ”

"Jingsheng is too worried." Lu Zhi waved his hand when he heard this, and said with a smile, "The old man watched 'Zhang Baiqi' attack on our army at night this time, and it was not a whim, so it is not difficult to infer that his target is still the old man." …… If it weren't for the old man, he risked his life to kill my army of more than 20,000 people in the middle of the night, could it be that he wanted to use the 400 cavalry power to kill all my huge Northern Army? ”

"That's right." Hearing Lu Zhi say something interesting, Liu Biao laughed unconsciously.

"Since the target is still the old man, it is not difficult to speculate on the actions of this thief......" Touching the beard on his chin, Lu Zhi said on the ground, "He came to think about the Chinese army, then let's let him in." But...... It's easy to get in, but it's hard to get out! After that, he instructed an officer to ride the road, "Go to inform the battalion of a sound of shooting, and order it to ambush on the north, west, and east sides of the Chinese army, and when Zhang Baiqi and his party are lured by the Chinese army, they will be killed on three sides, cut off their southern retreat, completely surround it, and then slowly try to do it!" ”

"No!"

Glancing at the back of the officer's horseman, the deputy general nodded and said, "There is a shooting sound camp, I think this group of thieves will not be able to escape, even if they are lucky enough to get out of the encirclement, I am afraid that most of them will be emaciated, and when the time comes, even the cavalry of the tun cavalry camp can easily annihilate them...... What a trick to catch a turtle in an urn! ”

Lu Zhi smiled and said nothing, but from the side, Liu Biao's expression was a little weird, and he said in his heart, just for Zhang Bai to ride so many people, is it really necessary for us to mobilize the army and almost the whole army to take action?

But it's funny, but for Lu Zhi's previous words, Liu Biao has somewhat recognized: the Yellow Turban General who has such courage and courage to attack the main camp of the Northern Army at night with only 400 Yellow Turbans, if he doesn't get rid of it today, he will definitely become a big trouble in the future!

[Hurry up here, Zhang Bai rides ......]

Glancing at the chaotic place a few miles away, Liu Biao said secretly.

And Zhang Baiqi, no, it should be Zhang Huang, he did not disappoint Liu Biao, in the infantry battalion Ququ Hou Zhou Yang's deliberate release of the water, Zhang Huang and others finally broke through the infantry's interception after a period of fighting, and his target was precisely the Chinese army. No! It should be the commander of the Northern Army and the commander of the Northern Army, the commander of the Northern Army, where Lu Zhi is located!

As Lu Zhi said, Zhang Huang also knew in his heart that even if he tried his best to kill the soldiers of the Northern Army, he would not be able to reverse the unfavorable situation of this battle. The only way to end the war, or to end it temporarily, is to kill Lu Zhi, the commander of the Northern Army.

Although it was difficult, this was also the only way for Zhang Huang and the Yellow Turban Army to survive. (To be continued......)