Chapter 208: Mid-Fu
The people present were all taken aback when they heard Zhou Yu's gap. Zhou Yu pondered: "Our reaction is quite fast, maybe Lu Bujun is not in place yet." But we should prepare for the worst. Chao Sun Jian hugged his fist and told his plan.
Because the army of more than 100,000 led by Zhang Lang followed Sun Jian's army. It is impossible for Sun Jian to retreat at full speed. The two sides moved eastward with this in mind.
A few days later, a cavalry scout suddenly rushed into the big tent, turned over and dismounted, rushed into the big tent, knelt down and said: "Lord, the two generals of Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin have arrived in Shangyong, but ......"
Everyone's hearts tightened, and Sun Jian asked urgently, "But what is it?" ”
The scout said: "When our army arrived at the city, Shangyong City was already occupied by Lu Bu's army!" Everyone was shocked, and the scout continued: "The two generals led the army back thirty miles and relied on the mountain to go down!" ”
Sun Jian looked at Zhou Yu, who squinted his eyes and thought.
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Zhang Lang learned the news of the recovery of Shangyong City, and immediately led an army of more than 100,000 to launch a strong attack on Sun Jian's army. The infantry was in the center, with strong bows and crossbows, catapults, and crossbows kept attacking, and the large array of infantry troops slowly advanced at the same time, and at the same time, the cavalry was on both flanks, and the opportunity was to assault. Sun Jianjun had no intention of fighting, so he took the initiative to abandon the camp, and after being broken by cavalry, the army quickly retreated. Zhang Lang immediately commanded the cavalry assault, the cavalry on both sides galloped back and forth on the field, Sun Jian's cavalry was small, and the momentum of the combat equipment was not as good as that of Lu Bu's army, only a moment of effort, five or six thousand cavalry were killed by the cavalry led by Zhang Lang!
Zhang Lang won the victory and took advantage of the situation to pursue and kill Sun Jian's army.
In the afternoon, Zhang Lang led more than 10,000 cavalry to catch up with the enemy's rear team, and after a rush, Sun Jian's rear team of nearly 20,000 people was defeated like a mountain, running all over the mountains and wilderness, and all the heavy grain and grass fell into Zhang Lang's hands. Zhang Lang left it alone and continued to pursue and defeat the enemy.
Zhang Liao led the army to catch up with Zhang Lang's footsteps behind, he was very anxious, he was worried that the general was chasing too fiercely and the other party's way!
A scout galloped in from ahead. When Zhang Liao saw it, he frowned and grabbed the reins of the horse. The scout rushed to Zhang Liao, and immediately clasped his fists and reported: "General, the general has defeated the rear of Sun Jian's army, and all the logistical baggage has fallen into the hands of our army!" ”
"Where's the general?" Zhang Liao asked urgently.
"The general continues the pursuit!"
Zhang Liao hurriedly asked the Hanzhong officer beside him: "What is the place further afield?" The officer replied: "Further on is the valley of thorns, full of thorns, although the mountains on both sides are not high, but the thorns are full of mountains and rocks, it is a treacherous place! Zhang Liao's face changed, and he ordered: "Order all armies to speed up their march!" "No!" Several generals agreed, scolded and shouted: "The general has an order, speed up!" Hurry! ”
In the evening, Zhang Lang led the cavalry to chase a group of routs into the Valley of Thorns. It was dark early in the mountains, and although the sun had not yet completely covered the mountains, the valley was already very dark. Zhang Langhe looked at the cavalry marching on the path below the valley, winding along the path, the surroundings were very quiet, and the sound of horses' hooves echoed in the valley.
Zhang Lang reined in the war horse, raised his hand, and the whole team immediately stopped.
Zhang Lang raised his eyes and looked around, and the heavy thorns and craggy rocks around him made him feel uneasy. Zhang Lang turned his head to Yang Kun and said: "Pass the order, the front team will become the back team, the back team will become the front team, and exit the valley immediately!" Yang Kun got the order, immediately hit the horse down, and shouted: "The front team becomes the back team, the back team becomes the front team, retreat immediately!" The team immediately began to turn. At this moment, a shout suddenly sounded from the mountains on both sides, and countless figures appeared on the hillside, sending out a dense rain of arrows. Lu Bu's cavalry was caught off guard, fell to the ground in the middle, and hurriedly retreated out of the valley.
"The one who rides a red horse and wears a red robe is Lu Bu, shoot at him!" There were people shouting on the hill. In an instant, Zhang Lang felt as if all the arrows were coming towards him, the sound of swishing filled his ears, and dense arrows flew all over the sky; Zhang Lang desperately waved Fang Tian's halberd, and in the loud bang, one arrow after another was shot down, but the arrow rain was too dense, and there were arrows that passed through Zhang Lang's swing, and with a pop, they were nailed to the armor on the left chest, which was obviously a crossbow arrow fired by a strong crossbow, otherwise it would be impossible to shoot through the armor on Zhang Lang's body!
The surrounding soldiers were shocked when they saw this, and hurriedly rushed up, using their bodies to resist the rain of arrows that kept flying down with their shields! There was a loud crackling sound, and soldiers were constantly being shot off their horses!
Zhang Lang was hit by several arrows in a row, and the red rabbit horse was also hit by two arrows. Everyone hugged Zhang Lang and finally exited the valley.
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Zhang Liao led the army to the outside of the Valley of Thorns, and when he heard that Zhang Lang was injured, he was shocked, and hurriedly rushed to the front with dozens of Qingshui to visit.
I saw Zhang Lang sitting in the field, with a thick bandage wrapped around his body, and the red rabbit horse lying next to him in a wilted manner. Zhang Liao hurriedly rushed up and said with some annoyance: "How can the lord take risks lightly? Zhang Lang smiled, "Wen Yuan taught a lesson! Fortunately, it's not a big deal, but nearly a thousand soldiers have been folded! After a pause, he said in a deep voice: "This Zhou Yu is really careless!" If you don't pay attention, you will fall for him! Standing up, he glanced behind Zhang Liao, and saw that the army was coming. Turning to Zhang Liao, he said: "Wenyuan, pass it on, all the armies will rest here for one night today, and continue to pursue tomorrow!" "No."
On the other side, after Sun Jianjun stopped Zhang Lang's pursuit, he camped on the spot relying on the valley. The valley was densely covered with Sun Jianjun's tents.
Zhang Lang climbed a high mountain outside the valley, and then looked into the valley by moonlight, only to see tents dotted around. couldn't help frowning, "Zhou Yu is really leaky in doing things!" Now be vigilant, there is no chance at all! ”
In the following days, the two sides continued to chase for a week and moved eastward, and came to a place nearly thirty miles away from Shangyong. Sun Jianjun joined Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin's subordinates, and relied on the mountain to set up a hurried camp by the river!
Zhang Lang led the army to assault several times, but they all returned with tight defenses. Zhang Lang then temporarily gave up the attack, set up a camp in front of Sun Jian's army, and confronted Sun Jian's army. This confrontation lasted for ten days, and Zhang Lang still had no intention of attacking, Zhang Lang's intention was to exhaust the grain and grass on Sun Jian's side, so that they would be defeated without a fight.
And at this moment, Sun Jian's grain and grass have indeed run out.
Several generals hurriedly entered the big tent and saw Dao Sun Jian and Zhou Yu. He saluted Sun Jian first, and then Han Dang said urgently: "Lord, our army only has enough food and grass for half a day, and now we can't break through the interception of Lu Bu's army, what should I do?" ”