Chapter 700: The baggage is intercepted

The 3,000 reserve army under Hua An, escorting the Wei delegation, entered the ambush circle preset by Zhang Yu and Zhou Cheng unsuspectingly, but they did not know that they were already in danger.

"Two generals, the enemy's vanguard cavalry has entered the ambush circle of our army." A soldier rushed to Zhang Yu and Zhou Cheng and reported softly.

Zhang Yu and Zhou Cheng glanced at each other, quickly stood up from their hidden position, and stared in the direction of the valley, and sure enough, they saw more than two hundred Jin cavalry, opening the way in front, and behind them was a crowd of black pressure, obviously the Jin army of 3,000 men and horses, escorting the Wei delegation was about to enter the ambush circle.

"Continue to hide, let go of the enemy's vanguard, and when the enemy's main force enters the encirclement, immediately launch an attack." Zhang Yu gave the order in a whisper.

"Yes, General." The generals beside him whispered.

The cavalry of the two hundred Jin army quickly crossed the ambush circle, while the main force of the three thousand forbidden army and the Wei delegation entered the ambush circle step by step.

"General, the enemy army has entered the ambush circle." One of the generals whispered.

Zhang Yu and Zhou Cheng glanced at each other and ordered loudly: "The whole army attack, defeat the enemy, and charge." ”

"Boom." With a cannon shot, the 10,000 light cavalry lying in ambush on the high part of the valley suddenly slaughtered from multiple directions and rushed towards the Jin army and the Wei delegation.

The general of the reserve legion, who was responsible for protecting the Wei mission, was taken aback when he saw several times the enemy's light cavalry suddenly killing from all directions, and he was momentarily confused.

"The whole army is close together to protect the mission." The general of the reserve corps shouted loudly and gathered his soldiers and horses. Prepare to protect the Wei State mission to leave.

Under the orders of the generals of the reserve corps, the 3,000 officers and men of the reserve corps began to move closer to the Wei mission, intending to protect the officials of the Wei mission and the important materials transported to Jiangnan.

However, Zhang Yu and Zhou Cheng had more than three times as many soldiers and horses under their command, and they were all cavalry, so it was feasible to protect the departure of the embassy officials, but it was impossible to protect the dozens of carts of materials that the Great Wei Kingdom had presented to the Great Jin Dynasty. After all. These materials were loaded on the baggage carts, which seemed very cumbersome, and it was very difficult to move, and it was absolutely impossible to evade the pursuit of the cavalry.

"Kill ......" Zhang Yu and Zhou Cheng's light cavalry. They are all elite divisions that have experienced vicious battles. The combat power is far superior to that of the reserve army under Hua'an. For this reason, as soon as the confrontation began, the soldiers of the reserve corps could not resist. And hastily retreated backwards.

Seeing that the 3,000 soldiers and horses under his command had no strength to resist the enemy, the general of the reserve regiment was taken aback, and looked at the enemy cavalry that was surging in horror.

"General, retreat! If you don't withdraw, it's too late. A pro-soldier anxiously persuaded.

The general of the reserve army, who was tasked with defending the Wei mission and a large number of supplies, thought that if he withdrew like this, he would definitely be punished by Hua'an, and it would be a stain for life, and dying on the battlefield could save his reputation, so he was a little hesitant.

"General, retreat! General Hua had already made arrangements. The official of the Wei State Mission looked at the general of the reserve corps and whispered.

"What, General Hua has already made arrangements." The reserve corps general was a little puzzled.

"That's right, General Hua has already explained that once he encounters a large number of enemy troops, he will give up all the supplies and save his life." The official of the Wei State Mission, Zhengse said.

When the general of the reserve army heard this, he was surprised for a moment, and said in confusion: "I am a general under General Hua, and you are an official of Wei State, if General Hua has an arrangement, he should sue me, why would he sue you." ”

The official of the Wei State Mission shook his head and said softly: "I don't know about this, the enemy army is strong at the moment, and our army has no strength to resist at all, so retreat immediately!" ”

The general of the reserve regiment nodded and ordered loudly: "Soldiers, protect the evacuation of the mission, quickly." ”

When the officers and men of the reserve army under his command heard the order, they kept the Wei mission, slowly retreated back, and gradually broke away from the battlefield and arrived at a safe area outside the valley.

Seeing that the soldiers of the reserve army under the command of Hua'an and the Wei delegation had evacuated the valley in a hurry, Zhang Yu and Zhou Cheng ordered that they should not pursue, and immediately began to look for the figure of the heirloom jade seal among dozens of baggage vehicles.

"General, there's an iron box here, it's so heavy that it can't be opened." Soon, a soldier made a discovery.

When Zhang Yu and Zhou Cheng heard this, they hurriedly ran over, and carefully looked at the big iron box in front of them, and found that this was a gorgeous box with exquisite workmanship and inlaid with jade.

"Someone, bring an axe." Zhang Yu ordered loudly.

Soon, a soldier brought a large axe for combat and handed it to Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu took the big axe, glanced at Zhou Cheng, and smashed it towards the iron lock on the big iron box.

After a crisp sound, the iron cable on the big iron box was only smashed out of a small wound, but the big axe in Zhang Yu's hand was broken a large piece, obviously this iron lock is not an ordinary iron lock, but made of special hard materials.

"I can't smash the iron lock, it seems that this must not be an ordinary item, will it be the heirloom jade seal." Zhou Cheng said loudly.

Zhang Yu nodded and said softly: "Most of this is the heirloom jade seal, but it can't be very sure, it will be known after it is transported back to Xuchang City and opened by the locksmith." ”

"These dozens of cars are all gold and silver treasures, even if there is no heirloom jade seal, this trip is worth it, with these gold and silver treasures, it is enough for us to expand our army by tens of thousands." Zhou Cheng said excitedly.

Zhang Yu sneered at the corner of his mouth, looked at the generals beside him, and signaled the generals to immediately send a signal, so that the 10,000 troops in ambush would be killed immediately, so as to monopolize these dozens of carts of gold and silver treasures.

When the general heard the order, he was about to send a signal, when he suddenly found that a large fire had ignited not far away, which was obviously some kind of signal, and he was surprised by this.

"Look, General, Wolf Smoke." The general hurriedly reported to Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu looked up, less than a mile beside him, sure enough, a pile of wolf smoke was ignited, suddenly, his heart was surprised, the first thing he thought of was Zhou Cheng beside him, seeing Zhou Cheng also looked at the wolf smoke with surprised eyes, he dispelled this idea, so he doubted whether the main force of the Jin army was nearby, but from the investigation for many days, the main force of the Jin army was all in Hebei, and there was no transfer to the south.

After such an exclusion, there is only one possibility, most of them are Wei Tong and Le Hong who are stationed in Dingtao City.

"The wolf smoke is to pass on information, but our army scouts have been probing for several days, and they have not found a large number of troops around, is there something missing?" Zhou Cheng said in surprise.

Zhang Yu frowned and thought for a moment, and said softly: "The grass and trees around the valley are lush, and the Jin army has not yet been able to find our army's 10,000 light cavalry, and the scouts of our army may naturally ignore the soldiers and horses ambushed around." ”

"That General Zhang thinks that he is ambushed here, and what is the purpose." Zhou Chengzheng asked.

Zhang Yu sighed, and said: "In the vicinity of Yongqiu, in addition to our army, Wei Tong and Le Hong, who belong to Dingtao City, are the most recent ones, most of them are the soldiers and horses of the two of them, as for the purpose, most of them are the same as us, to seize the jade seal of the country." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Cheng nodded, and said softly: "I really didn't expect that they actually played a trick Yellow Sparrow behind, so what should we do now?" ”

"After the main force is broken, immediately take these gold and silver treasures and return to Xuchang City." Zhang Yu said without hesitation.

Zhou Cheng felt that this could only be the case, so he immediately ordered to send hundreds of men and horses to send these dozens of baggage carts in the direction of Xuchang City, while 10,000 light cavalry stayed behind and was responsible for blocking the enemy army.

Zhang Yu glanced at the general beside him, and the general immediately rode his horse into the distance, he wanted to personally go to the location of the ambush of 10,000 ambush soldiers, and at the critical moment, lead the 10,000 army to suddenly kill to relieve the siege of the army in front.

"Report, General, there is a force in the northeast that is killing." A small soldier reported loudly.

"Do you see clearly? How many centaurs are there? Zhang Yu hurriedly asked.

"The black pressure is overwhelming, and it is estimated that there are 20,000 troops." The creep replied truthfully.

When Zhou Cheng heard this, he couldn't help but gasp, and hurriedly said: "General Zhang, we only have 10,000 light cavalry, and the enemy army has 20,000 troops, and the strength is twice that of our army, how can we resist." After speaking, there was a look of horror on his face.

Zhang Yu smiled and said confidently: "General Zhou doesn't have to worry, a few days ago, I was always a little uneasy in my heart, for this reason, I transferred 10,000 troops from the rear just in case, it is estimated that it should be almost there, with these 10,000 reinforcements, it is enough to resist Wei Tong and Le Hong, you can rest assured." ”

"Oh, General Zhang transferred 10,000 troops from the rear, why didn't he tell the last general." Zhou Cheng asked suspiciously.

Zhang Yu smiled awkwardly, and said: "I'm afraid that you will be too careful, so I haven't sued you for the time being, but it's the same for now, haha!" After saying that, he smiled disguisedly.

When Zhou Cheng heard this, he was always a little uneasy in his heart, and he inexplicably felt that Zhang Yu suddenly transferred 10,000 troops to come, probably to deal with himself, but the battlefield situation changed abruptly, so this 10,000 army eventually became his backing, of course, this is just speculation.

Soon, the 20,000-strong army led by Wei Tong and Le Hong arrived at the location of Zhang Yu and Zhou Cheng, and put on an offensive posture.

Zhang Yu rode forward, hugged his fists and said: "General Wei, General Le, I haven't seen you for a long time, I don't know why you two generals are coming!" "The language is quite abusive.

When Wei Tong heard this, he smiled contemptuously, and then said loudly: "Zhang Yu, why do you have to pretend to be stupid, you should obediently hand over the jade seal of the country!" ”

"Yes! Now our army has 20,000 horses, and you only have 10,000 cavalry, so hand over the jade seal of the country! Le Hong followed and persuaded loudly. (To be continued......)