Text Chapter 158 Strong Pursuit
Zhang Chao didn't know what the battle situation was ahead, after all, he and Lu Bu had lost contact for a long time, and no one could guarantee that the other party was still holding on. Zhang Zhiyuan just relied on his confidence in Lu Bu's combat power to think that the other party should still be here.
"Report." It didn't take long for the fast horse scouts in front of them to rush back. As soon as he came to Zhang Chao's face, he turned over and dismounted and knelt down and said: "General, there is a mixed division of Hun cavalry and Yanmen County infantry five miles ahead. In the land of the soil slope after five miles, you can see a tall Lu character flag hanging in the air in the distance, presumably General Lu should still be holding on. β
"Oh, General Lu is still attracting enemy troops, okay." Hearing the report from the scout, Zhang Chao was naturally overjoyed. He was worried that LΓΌ Bu would not be able to defeat the enemy of 30,000 with 8,000 men, not to mention the Hun cavalry with extraordinary combat power, and he was even prepared to escape with some of the remnants of the vanguard army being severely damaged. But now it seems that the situation is much better than I imagined, so it is better.
After knowing that Lu Bu was fine, Zhang Chao called Zhao Yundao: "General Zilong, I now give you a task for the Dragon and Tiger Army, that is, to immediately make a detour and go to the south gate of Yinguan City to ambush, once you find that the enemy army has fled to the city, when the city gate is wide open, you will rush into the city, occupy the city, and report to our army." β
"No." Zhao Yun clenched his fists and agreed, and then turned around and wanted to leave. Zhang Chao grabbed him and said: "Zilong, the difficulty of your mission this time is that the road is far away, you need to go around to the rear of the enemy, and the time is tight, and when you rush to the city, you still need to go forward into the city, you may complete it?" β
"The lord and rest assured, the cloud and the dragon and tiger army will definitely not disappoint the lord." Zhao Yun also knew the difficulty of the task, but even if Zhang Chao ordered it, he had no reason to refuse.
"Okay." Seeing that Zhao Yun was so confident, Zhang Chao said excitedly: "In this way, it will be up to Zilong and the generals of the Dragon and Tiger Army to show their might." Remember, as long as you can complete the task well, the recovery of Yanmen will be a battle tonight, come, give all the food I brought to General Zilong and the battalion commander of the Dragon and Tiger Army. β
Zhang Chao said that he was excited, and said to the chief guards Dian Wei and Xu Chu beside him.
"Lord, this is the eldest lady, the second lady specially prepared for you before the expedition, and we didn't have it..." He wanted to say that he didn't even want to eat, so why should he share it with others.
"Shut up. Zhongkang, do what I say. Where is the iron guard, escort Ziman to the side for me. Zhang Chao's face immediately darkened and scolded angrily.
Dian Wei is the chief guard of the Iron Guard, and together with Xu Chu, he manages and protects Zhang Chao's personal safety, because the two of them are powerful and loyal to Zhang Chao, and they have always been respected by the Iron Guard. If it were a normal day, I would never dare to do anything to it.
But the order was given by Zhang Chao, so that's another story. Several iron guards rushed forward and held Dian Wei down.
Pressed down by the iron guard, Dian Wei habitually wanted to resist, and Xu Chu on the side stepped forward cautiously and said: "Shut up, you have delayed the lord's major affairs, and it is not enough to sacrifice the flag with your head." β
was told by Xu Chu, Dian Wei was honest, and when he saw that Zhang Chao still had a tiger face, he was so frightened that he completely closed his mouth.
On the other side, Xu Chu took out the food prepared for Zhang Chao by Cai Yan and Bai Tong and sent it to Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun looked at these delicacies that should have been enjoyed by the lord, and was so excited that he couldn't speak for a while.
"Zilong, don't think too much, just distribute these things to everyone, this is just a piece of my personal mind. Okay, you can send it out now, I'm afraid it's really too late at night. Zhang Chao looked at Zhao Yun's excited appearance, so he stepped forward and patted him on the back, and then said with a soothing expression.
"No." Zhao Yun said almost with tears in his eyes, and then turned around and rode towards the Dragon and Tiger Army behind him. It is conceivable that after he returns, he will definitely give an excited speech.
After Zhang Chao sent Zhao Yun away, he came to Dian Wei, who was held down, and said: "Ziman, if you don't listen to the military order, will I punish you for disobedience?" β
"No, I don't know how the lord punished me?" After Dian Wei calmed down for a while, he also knew that he was wrong.
"Well, then you will be punished for not drinking for half a year." Zhang Chao smiled, revealing a strange expression.
"Ahh Lord, isn't this too heavy, you can change it for me. As soon as he heard that he couldn't drink alcohol for half a year, Dian Wei really wanted his life, and then pleaded again and again.
"Oh, that's it, then I'll punish you for killing the enemy general when you rush to kill, remember, if you can't kill the general, you'll lose." Zhang Chao knew that the other party would not agree, so he pretended to retreat and said.
Hearing that he could drink after killing the general, Dian Wei agreed in one sip, "Okay, everything will be handed over to my old Dian." β
"Okay, that's the equivalent of a military order. In this way, I will hand over a thousand heavy cavalry of the Zhang family army to you in a while, I hope you will not disappoint me. Zhang Chao nodded and gave a military order.
As soon as he heard that the most elite Zhang family's heavy cavalry had been lent to him, Dian Wei suddenly said excitedly: "Don't worry, my lord, Ziman will not let you down." β
Xu Chu, who saw all this, was envious, and he knew that he had jumped out just now. Now this opportunity for meritorious service is going to be given to Dian Wei.
After making all the arrangements, Zhang Chao let everyone rest on the spot, and at the same time released the scouts out of the five miles of land, monitoring the movements of the Ada army headquarters at all times.
In order not to attract attention, Zhang Chao didn't even set up a military tent for this rest, so he rested under a big tree with his back.
At this time, it was the cold winter moon, and the weather was very cold, but when everyone saw that even the lord was treated the same as them, they didn't feel too cold. Speaking of which, there are not many sergeants around Zhang Chao now, nothing more than 1,000 heavy cavalry of the Zhang family and 2,000 light cavalry of the Zhang family.
It's just that these are the elite of the absolute elite, and they are all existences that can be used as ten, with the existence of these people, as long as they are not ambushed from all sides, Zhang Chao is confident that he can fight his way out and retreat.
Time passed, and when it was over, when it was ugly, that is, at more than two o'clock in the middle of the night, Zhang Chao and his three thousand subordinates all woke up and were ready to attack.
Dian Wei had a happy face, and took a thousand heavy cavalry of the Zhangjia army to take a step forward, and slowly began to touch the Ada army headquarters, Zhang Chao and Xu Chu took two thousand Zhangjia army light horsemen behind, and followed in the dark night.
Zhang Chao and the others followed after Dian Wei left for half an hour, and after advancing for about three miles, the shouts of killing in front came out.
"Lord, it seems that the old canon has already handed over to them." Hearing the fierce shouting and killing, Xu Chu, who was holding a long-handled broadsword on the side, said excitedly.
"Well, hurry up, let's go up too, otherwise I'm afraid you won't have any merit." Hearing the excitement in Xu Chu's tone, Zhang Chao smiled.
"Okay." Xu Chu hurriedly agreed, and at the same time let go of his voice and said to the light cavalry of the Zhang Jiajun beside him: "The lord has an order, speed up and enter the battlefield." β
Xu Chu's shout caused the two thousand light cavalry of the Zhang Jiajun who had been screaming in a hurry for a long time to shout, and the sound of hurried horse hooves rang out, and Zhang Chao galloped forward under the protection of several iron guards.
Zhang Chao's speed was not slow, but when he arrived, the battle was over, and only five hundred heavy cavalry of the Zhang family were left here. The battalion commander who stayed behind saw Zhang Chao coming, and hurriedly strode forward, knelt down on the ground two feet away, and said: "Second son, General Dian took the first battalion of brothers and General Lu's vanguard army to pursue the enemy army together, this is the head of a general named Liu Zai of the enemy army. It's just that General Dian said that this person's status is still too low, and he wants to catch big fish. β
Looking at the bloody head of Liu Zai in front of him, Zhang Chao nodded his head, and then said to the scene: "Leave two battalions of light cavalry to clean up the battlefield, and the others will follow me and chase forward." β
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At this time, a crowd of people was walking forward through the dirt slope.
Among the walking troops were Lu Bu's vanguard army and a battalion of Zhang's army led by Dian Wei.
"Lao Dian, it's all up to you for a while, as long as I can break through the opponent's peripheral camp, then I can take the vanguard army to intersperse and inflict the biggest damage on the other party." Wearing a purple and gold crown and a hundred flower robes, Lu Bu, who had a heroic face, was rushing forward with a red rabbit horse, and said to Dian Wei on the side.
"Don't worry." Dian Wei's eyes widened like copper bells, and with the most elite Zhang family's heavy cavalry behind, there was nothing he didn't dare to do.
Just like just now, with two battalions of heavy cavalry, he charged and crushed more than 3,000 Ada's troops. It's a pity that only one Han general Liu Zai was killed, and the Xiongnu generals Ada and Attila didn't know where they went.
Dian Wei, who felt that he had not received any great credit, met Lu Bu who came from the voice. At that moment, as soon as the two of them were combined, they led their troops straight to the Xiongnu prince to go to the Beisuo Department.
Dian Wei's main responsibility is to protect the safety of the lord Zhang Chao, but he is also a fierce general, and he likes the feeling of galloping on the battlefield, and now he finally has such an opportunity, he can attack unrestrainedly, where can he not do his best.
Lu Bu was the same, he had been besieged in the dirt slope for several days before, and he had lost his troops and lost his generals, and he was angry in his heart. Now that there is a chance to take revenge, where will you be polite.
When the two of them gathered, a murderous aura filled the entire sky, so that they were only 3,500 men and rushed to attack the army of at least 10,000 people, most of whom were elite Hun cavalry.