Chapter 173 Zhang Yan was captured
The two just glanced at each other, and then each took his henchmen in different directions. Carefully discerning, they are walking in the land of their own military camp, and the purpose of gathering troops and escaping here is obvious.
is talking about Zhang Yan, still chasing Zhang Chao excitedly, and she doesn't know what happened in the mountains behind her.
As the pursuit continued, the distance between the two sides seemed to be getting closer and closer. Zhang Yan could see Zhang Chao's back, which made him even more excited: "Brothers, Zhang Chao is in front, as long as you can catch up and kill him, the future merger will be ours." ”
"Kill!" Stimulated by Zhang Yan's words, the red-eyed Black Mountain Army shouted and chased after him.
Zhang Chao in front was still running on foot, and was changing the direction according to the different terrain of the mountains and forests.
If you look closely, you will find that General Zhou Cang, who is very familiar with this area, is also running behind Zhang Chao's footsteps at this time.
Whether it was Zhou Cang or Xu Chu, they were very shocked in their hearts at this time, why was the lord so familiar with the mountain and forest environment? Can you still discern the direction under the constant turn, and are heading towards the pre-set ambush circle?
You know, the dense forest is next to each other, and some places even don't see sunlight for a long time, in such an environment, if you want to distinguish the direction unless there is a modern instrument compass or the like, otherwise, it is difficult to distinguish.
But Zhang Chao was indeed able to lock the direction after turning around and turning around, which was not easy. Naturally, this is also the ability he practiced in the dense forests of the Golden Triangle before.
Decades of jungle life allow Zhang Chao not to get lost here, he only needs to look at the denseness of the leaves to distinguish the specific direction of the southeast, northwest and northwest. has been fighting on land or on horseback, so that Zhang Chao's ability has very little place to play, and now that he has entered the dense forest, it is like returning to the Golden Triangle for him. This is also the reason why he dared to accept the dangerous plan proposed by Jia Xu, and dared to keep the distance between himself and Zhang Yan between 200 meters and 150 meters.
From time to time, even Zhang Chao would turn around and take a look at Zhang Yan and the others behind him. Once you find that the distance is far away, you will deliberately stop and wait for the other party to chase after you.
It was such a stop-and-go that Zhang Yan always thought that he could catch up with Zhang Chao, until he slowly approached the edge of the dense forest and wanted to enter the ambush circle set up in advance.
Zhang Yan has been chasing behind him, and a thousand henchmen around him have always rallied around him, which also makes him himself more confident, thinking that once he can catch up with Zhang Chao, then with these hands, he will definitely be able to cut him under the knife.
Victory was in sight, so that Zhang Yan lost the basic power of judgment, he didn't think about why the four reinforcements sent couldn't intercept Zhang Chao, he didn't expect that after he left, the entire Montenegrin army was already in chaos. He only knew that this place was not far from the forest, so he shouted: "Everyone speed up, the forest is about to go ahead, and he must not be allowed to escape." ”
This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Zhang Yan naturally didn't want to let go. As he spoke, he also took a sharp breath and sped up the speed of running on his feet.
Zhang Chao, who was walking in front, saw that he was about to walk out of the dense forest, and he was about to arrive at the place where the ambush circle was set up, and he was relieved to look back at the pursuer Zhang Yan at the same time, and found that they were still one hundred and fifty meters away from him, so he said to Zhou Cang and Xu Chu beside him: "Let's slow down a little." ”
The ambush circle is in front of you, and at this time, it will be clear whether the plan can be implemented smoothly. In order not to let Zhang Yan find out and escape, Zhang Chao needs to shorten the distance between the two sides and give the other party stronger confidence.
After hearing this, Xu Chu, Zhou Cang, and the guards who followed couldn't help but slow down, which was also a way to rest. Having said that after running so far in a row, no one will feel untired.
The iron guards were all composed of the most elite warriors in Zhang Chao's group, and even they felt very tired, not to mention Zhang Yan and the others who were chasing behind them. They were also very tired, just because the prey was in front of them, and they forgot everything for a while.
As Zhang Yan accelerated, Zhang Chao deliberately slowed down, and the distance between the two sides was constantly narrowing. One hundred and fifty meters became one hundred and twenty meters, then one hundred meters, eighty meters, and finally fifty meters.
At a distance of fifty meters, even the hair of Zhang Chao's head could be seen clearly, and Zhang Yan was even more excited, chasing after him at full speed with a thousand henchmen.
"Let's speed up." Seeing that the distance between the two sides was so close, Zhang Chao, who didn't want to stand under the dangerous wall, gave an order, and then took the lead in speeding up, and the Tiewei, who had rested for a while, also accelerated suddenly, and began to widen the distance between the two sides.
Seeing that the distance was about to be shortened, an angry look flashed in Zhang Yan's eyes, and he yelled for his men to chase after him, and at the same time asked the people to prepare to release arrows, at this distance, bows and arrows can already play a big role.
There were no arrows used before, it was Zhang Yan who wanted to catch them alive. He thinks that if he can catch a live Zhang Chao, the benefits should be even more. Now it's hard to catch up, so you want to kill the target with a bow and arrow.
Pei Yuanshao, who had been following Zhang Yan's side, saw that the archers were ready to release arrows, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he had already clenched the machete in his hand, making it a preparation that once these people wanted to release arrows, he would be ready to kill.
Despite this, his identity will be exposed, but this is better than Zhang Chao's matter, in that case, they are not meritorious, but guilty.
Pei Yuanshao clenched the machete in his hand, looking like he might shoot at any time, and just watched the archers around him raise their bows and arrows one by one, ready to shoot.
"That Zhang Chao suddenly fell, and the brothers rushed in front of him for meritorious service." A shout sounded, which made the archers who were about to release their arrows stop moving, and also made Pei Yuanshao, who was about to kill, withdraw his murderous aura.
It turned out that just now, Zhang Chao, who was running, suddenly tripped over something and fell to the ground, which made the archers lose the best time to release their arrows, of course, for ordinary infantry, this is indeed a great opportunity.
When Zhang Chao was running, he looked back and saw that the archers were ready to release their arrows. Knowing that at such a distance, if you don't get one right, you will be injured, so you deliberately pretend to fall down and fight the enemy's deployment.
Sure enough, Zhang Chao's fall made Zhang Yan and the others excited. The archers were not letting go of their arrows, and chased after them.
When Zhang Chao, who fell, got up, the distance between the two sides was only less than fifty meters, and seeing that the crisis was coming, Zhang Chao's face did show a strange smile, and then turned around and fled again.
Such a smile made Zhang Yan, who was pursuing, have a bad feeling, and before he could think about anything, the soldiers around him had already chased after him, and then he saw someone retreating frantically. As he returned to someone, he shouted, "Not good, there is a legion of cavalry." ”
"What? There are cavalry! At this time, Zhang Yanzheng was puzzled, and suddenly heard such a shout, and his whole face couldn't help but change, he finally figured it out, this was the enemy's trick to lure the enemy, and he was tricked.
"What should I do?" At this time, a henchman came over and asked Zhang Yan out loud.
Due to the pursuit all the way, everyone is very tired now, and if they are against the cavalry, they really dare not guarantee that they will have any combat power.
"Withdraw!" After knowing the cavalry in front, Zhang Yan had lost the confidence to kill Zhang Chao. After saying this, he turned around and was about to leave, but a cold machete was already across his neck and said: "If you want to live, stand there honestly, otherwise don't blame my big knife for not recognizing people!" ”
It was Pei Yuanshao, who had been following beside him, who was talking, and seeing that Zhang Yan was leaving, he couldn't care about it at this time, so he took the knife sideways.
Zhang Yan was originally a little suspicious of Pei Yuanshao, but the moment she saw Zhang Chao, she had forgotten it, and now when she saw the knife across her neck, she suddenly glared and said, "Do you want to rebel?" ”
"You are not the emperor, why do you rebel." Pei Yuanshao said unmoved, and the big knife in his hand was even tighter and tighter, a picture of if you dare to move, I will dare to make a move.
Zhang Yan was restrained, and the army stopped standing there because of this. Everyone was shocked by this sudden scene, and they were all at a loss.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Chao has outflanked him, and beside him, in addition to the original person, there is also a middle-aged fierce man, who is holding a cirrus knife and carrying a painted bird bow on his back, this person is the general Huang Zhong.
Huang Zhong was the one who was arranged here to pick up Zhang Chao. After seeing the enemy enter the ambush circle, he rushed out with 3,000 cavalry, and then, under an order, abandoned his horse and flanked him in a fan shape.
Zhang Chao stood in the crowd and was protected, and saw the scene of Pei Yuanshao holding the long knife on Zhang Yan's neck at a glance. Immediately, he was very happy and said: "Okay, General Pei has made a great contribution, now listen to my orders." Those who lay down their arms will not be killed, otherwise, they will be killed! ”
Under Zhang Chao's order, Huang Zhong, who was waiting for work, ran forward with three thousand cavalry and surrounded the Black Mountain Legion in front of him.
The lord will be controlled, and after running so far, one by one he is out of breath, and he has long lost his combat power. Now with 1,000 to 3,000, the Montenegrin army has long lost the strength to fight, and when Huang Zhong's army came up, they all threw down their weapons one after another.
Zhang Yan was captured, and he didn't even struggle, which made Zhang Chao overjoyed and stepped forward and said: "Zhang Yan, you are actually a reckless hero, but you didn't choose it well and became the head of the thieves of the Black Mountain Army." Now I read that you are a man, and I will give you a chance to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, are you willing? ”