Chapter 216 Yan Liang's army was defeated
It's Yan Liang, who looks indifferent, but still smiles. After seeing that the three generals were almost scolding, he said, "What are you anxious about?" Waiting for us to defeat the state army, then we can grow our bodies and go straight into Yanmen, at that time, whether it is the people or property, isn't it all in our pockets? ”
After Yan Liang said this, the generals were stunned for a moment, and then nodded involuntarily. Yes, you Zhang Chao can run a business and know how to make more money, but the premise is that you can keep it, otherwise, everything you create is not making wedding dresses for other people?
Whether it is Yan Liang, Gao Ran or others, they never thought that they would lose the battle against the Shangzhou army, and it was precisely because of this thinking that they ignored the migration of the people.
When Yan Liang's army was ready for a battle, Jia Xu and Huang Zhong finally arrived with 10,000 troops from Yanmen and set up camp opposite it.
The two armies stood opposite each other in the Lingwu area, and the distance between the camps of the two sides was only about ten miles. Once you climb high and look into the distance, you can see the flags fluttering in the other camp.
After the military camp was settled, Jia Xu projected the arrow of the letter into Yan Liang's army in the situation of releasing bows and arrows. In the letter, Jia Xu asked Yuan Shaojun to give an explanation for the killing of one hundred and three friendly soldiers, and at the same time hand over the people who did it, as well as the sergeants who plundered the people in the Pingcheng area of Yanmen, and the state army could retreat.
Jia Xu appeared here for the sake of justice. When the letters are all over the camp, it is equivalent to occupying the side of justice and justice.
When the ancients marched and fought, the first thing they paid attention to was that a division was famous. Even if the flames of war are to be ignited in Youzhou this time, if the reason is not sufficient, it will definitely not work.
The bow and arrow letter was delivered to Yan Liang's hands, and after he read this, he tore it to pieces on the spot, and at the same time said, "They are bold. If you dare to ask us to give an explanation, then use your fists to speak. ”
It is impossible for Yan Liangzi to hand over his errant soldiers, and doing so is tantamount to admitting defeat. It is absolutely impossible for him to admit defeat in front of the despised army.
In the following time, for three consecutive days, every day there were bows and arrows and letters, until the last day, Jia Xu proposed that if the murderer was not handed over tomorrow morning, he would have to meet each other.
"Haha, it's a good soldier to meet, then I want to appreciate how powerful the Bingzhou army is." Yan Liang also scoffed. After tearing up the letter in the same way, he also handed down the order, that is, the army had a good rest for the night, and to-morrow morning there would be a showdown with the army of the state. He must use his soldiers to tell the other party what will happen if he dares to ask himself about his crimes.
Under Yan Liang's order, the army rested early, and it seemed that they had to recharge their energy and prepare for tomorrow's battle.
It's just that what Yan Liang and his generals don't know is that these three-day letters are Jia Xu's plan. He didn't attack immediately when his army arrived, in order to dispel the opponent's defenses. Now, when the time came, how could he really wait until the next day to fight?
It was that night that Tai Shici quietly appeared in the rear of Yan Liang's military tent with 30,000 Hun cavalry.
Although Yan Liang marched all year round, he was also prepared to prevent the camp from being stolen. But most of the defense was placed in front of him, and he couldn't have imagined that Tai Shi Ci would appear in the rear, and there was something that Pingshu County had already changed hands.
According to the agreement with Jia Xu's military division, Tai Shici appeared five miles behind Yan Liang's army as promised. The lights in the enemy camp could already be seen with the naked eye.
Tai Shi Ci stood on the horse with an iron spear in his hand, and raised his right hand high: "Sons, warriors, the time has come to make meritorious contributions, follow me." ”
The Hun warriors who surrendered to Zhang Chao and saw that their families were living a good life had always held their breath and wanted to establish military exploits. Unfortunately, there has been little opportunity. Now that the opportunity has finally come, where will someone retreat, and immediately with a shout, he will whip up.
When he landed, 30,000 Hun iron cavalry roared from five miles away to attack Yan Liang's army. A charge was imminent, and when there were still two hundred and fifty paces away from the camp tent, 30,000 cavalry drew their bows and shot, and immediately arrows rained down and fell in the army tent, so that most of the Yan Liang soldiers who were guarding the back gate were shot down by the original small number.
The sudden appearance of the Hun cavalry, the number of which was still so large, completely disrupted the defense of Yan Liang's army. When the generals and soldiers woke up from their dreams one by one and were about to take up arms to resist, they found that the barracks had long been full of cavalry and enemies.
The 30,000 Huns army rushed to the camp, which made this meeting shake the ground, and the powerful momentum forced some timid people to lay down their arms and surrender. There are some brave people who want to resist with swords, but in the end, because they are outnumbered, they can't have the desired effect.
After the main general Yan Liang was awakened by the sound of iron hooves stomping on the ground, he knew that things were not good. He immediately put on his armor and walked out of the camp. As soon as I got out of the camp, I saw a black cavalry rushing towards me from a distance.
"It's not good, get out of here." Even though Yan Liang had the ability to fight against ten thousand enemies, he also knew that the role that his personal strength could play in the face of a large number of iron horsemen was also very limited.
Unable to organize forces to face the enemy head-on, what Yan Liang did was how to preserve more vital forces. Under his loud shouting, generals such as Gao Lan, Lu Weihuang, and Ma Yan also withdrew with their soldiers in the direction of Zhongshan County, Jizhou, and allowed Tai Shici to wreak havoc in his military tent with 30,000 cavalry.
Yan Liang escaped from the barracks in time with three generals and about 5,000 horses, because he saw that there were reinforcements behind him, he did not dare to choose the direction of Pingshu County, and went straight to Zhongshan County.
In the process of running all the way, Yan Liang's face was pale, his teeth were gritted, and his eyes flashed with an uncontrollable anger, like an enraged lion.
Yan Liang didn't expect that the state army would dare to attack him at night, and he thought that he would fight early tomorrow morning. But the other party actually played a trick.
It's just that the art of war is fiction and reality, and it's not easy for him to say anything. But after this defeat, he was indeed angry. He thought that once he stabilized his position, he would definitely kill back. Tonight's defeat was not because the soldiers did not need to die, but because they were chaotic and unprepared.
Yan Liang was still thinking about how to take revenge, and even when he was thinking about asking the lord Yuan Shao to fight after he went back, suddenly there was a loud sound of horses' hooves in front of him, and General Huang Zhong, who had met before, appeared in front of him with a cirrus knife and a firehorse on a firehorse.
After Huang Zhong, there were five thousand cavalry. Everyone had knives in their hands and glared angrily.
I never thought that there were enemy ambushes here, and when I looked back at my side, most of them were infantry, and after the rush of outlaws just now, there was no formation for a long time, and if I fought in such a state, I would definitely suffer a big loss.
Knowing that he couldn't take the slightest advantage in the fight, Yan Liang immediately decided: "Where is Ma Yan?" You go with a thousand men to resist the enemy, and I will sweep with you in rear. ”
"No." Ma Yan, who was called, saw that there were enemy troops coming from the rear, and knew that Pingshu County might not be protected. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so long, and no one in the county government heard the news to inform them.
Even if he lost Pingshu County, he would be guilty of a lot of sin, and it was still an opportunity to make meritorious service at this time. There are Yan Liang and others who are plundering for themselves, so why be afraid? immediately agreed, and led his thousands of men to meet the rushing Huang Zhong cavalry.
Ma Yan rushed forward, and when Yan Liang saw it, he immediately turned around and said to Gao Ran and Lu Weihuang: "Quick, quickly retreat to the southeast, quickly!" ”
Yan Liang is going to sacrifice Ma Yan to save himself. Gao Ran and Lu Weihuang, who were preparing for a battle, saw their intentions clearly, and they also hurriedly led their troops to retreat to the southwest.
Yan Liang led the army to retreat, and when Ma Yan found out that it was too late, he had already come to Huang Zhong's face.
When he saw the cirrus knife in Huang Zhong's hand covering his body, he hurriedly raised his gun to greet him.
To say that Ma Yan has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, his kung fu is also good, especially when a spear dances, it is also impenetrable, and he can fight for at least thirty rounds in the face of Huang Zhong.
However, now his heart has already flown out, and all his moves are flawed, only three rounds later, Huang Zhong found a fatal flaw, and the blade of the knife was slashed, that is, it was slashed on Ma Yan's shoulder, and immediately blood flew sideways, and he himself was chopped off the horse.
Yuan Shao's soldiers, who had no desire to fight, saw that the Lord was about to die, and they all had no intention of fighting, so they dropped their weapons and surrendered.
In this way, Huang Zhong did not have anything to lose, so he killed the enemy general Ma Yan and captured more than 1,000 soldiers.
Relatively speaking, Huang Zhong is just a small victory here. Tai Shi Ci attacked Yan Liang's camp at night, killed more than 3,000 people, captured more than 30,000 prisoners, and solved the great trouble in front of him in a battle. When Jia Xu arrived with 5,000 infantry, everything was over.
"Strategist, are we going to pursue Yan Liang, he won't be able to go far." After Huang Zhong and Tai Shici came to Jia Xu, they hugged their fists and asked to fight.
"No!" Jia Xu shook his head and said: "The intention of the lord has been very clear, this time we are not trying to compete with Yuan Shao, but to occupy Youzhou and open a passage from Bingzhou to a foreign country in the north." Yan Liang fled immediately, so it was up to him to go, and we had to occupy Daijun and Shanggu and Yuyang before the other party could react, and Ji'er would open up the passage with Liaoxi and Liaoxi. ”
Jia Xu understands Zhang Chao's meaning very thoroughly. Although there are some things he doesn't understand very well, at least the other side is fighting with Yuan Shao right now, and he is very puzzled. He didn't understand, why didn't he make friends with Yuan Shao first, waiting for him to jump out when he fought with Cao Cao, but to strike first, is this one really so important? What kind of benefits can this channel bring?
Zhang Chao didn't say it, and Jia Xu couldn't understand it thoroughly. It's just that once the lord gives an order, he can only obey and do what is in front of him to the best of his ability.
Giving up chasing Yan Liang, Jia Xu swept towards Youzhou with a large army.
Because there was no preparation, in half a month, Daijun and Shanggu were taken, and the main army is currently attacking Yuyang.