Chapter 106: Luring the Snake Out of the Hole
However, Lin Yuan didn't care about Chen Jun's anger now, because he had already arrived at the foot of Anlu City.
The news of Lin Yuan's attack on Anlu City also reached Chen Youliang's ears as soon as possible.
Chen Youliang began to panic, and urgently ordered Zhao Pusheng, the defender of Hanyang City, to lead the army to support.
Zhao Pusheng, the third fierce general at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
Chen Youliang's luck was very good, in addition to getting Zhang Dingbian, he also won the third fierce general Zhao Pusheng.
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhao Pusheng was also Chen Youliang's general.
He was brave and good at fighting, and his achievements were impressive.
Before the Battle of Longwan, he was responsible for guarding Zongyang, and Xu Da was ordered to go west to meet this person, but he couldn't attack it for a long time.
I couldn't do it even after thinking about many ways.
In the end, it was Zhu Yuanzhang who adopted Liu Bowen's strategy to separate Zhao Pusheng and Chen Youliang.
Zhao Pusheng was unjustly killed by Chen Youliang.
Xu Dacai successfully won Zongyang and won a first-line opportunity for the follow-up Longwan War.
Anluseong is a small city in the northwest of Hanyang County.
Its geographical location is extremely special, it is located in the north of Yunmengze, bordering Suizhou, and is the northwest gateway of Hanyang County.
If Lin Yuan captures this city, it will open the gate of Hanyang County.
The vast Jianghan Plain was directly in front of him.
This is a crucial pass, so Chen Youliang will never allow it to be lost.
Otherwise, the whole of Hanyang could be lost.
In Anlu City, there were only 8,000 defenders at this time, and the leading generals were Chen Youliang's henchmen, Cai Zhong and Cai He.
That's right, it was the Cai brothers who were sacrificed by Zhou Yu during the Three Kingdoms period.
The martial arts of these two people are mediocre and resourceful, Lin Yuan really doesn't understand why Chen Youliang asked the two of them to guard An Lu City.
Under normal circumstances, the more important the city, the more it needs to be guarded by a general.
Maybe it's because it's close to Hanyang City.
Cai Zhong, Cai and the two brothers, facing Lin Yuan's army of 5,000, directly closed the city gate and held out.
Because Lin Yuan brought troops this time were all naval troops and had no siege equipment, he only besieged Anlu City.
He was waiting for the arrival of the third battalion of the Longxiang Battalion, and the Cai brothers in the city were also waiting for Zhao Pusheng's rescue.
Both sides will see who has the quickest reinforcements.
Every day, Lin Yuan assigned some soldiers to Anlu City to scold and scold the Cai brothers, how ugly they were.
However, the Cai brothers turned a deaf ear and kept it hidden.
After three days of shouting and cursing, even the soldiers in the city heard the nameless fire.
In the early morning of the fourth day, Lin Yuan suddenly led the army to retreat.
Head northeast.
This strange move directly aroused the suspicion of the Cai brothers in the city.
Cai Zhong said: "Why did Lin Ziyi suddenly withdraw his troops? Could it be that he knew that our general Zhao Pusheng was about to arrive, so he retreated decisively? ”
Cai He shook his head: "If he wants to withdraw his troops, he can retreat directly to the southeast, Yunmengze Beidawan has completely fallen into his hands, how can he withdraw his troops to the northeast?" ”
Cai Zhong was slightly startled, "Could it be that he is going to ambush General Zhao Pusheng's men?" ”
"It must be so!" Cai He nodded, his expression solemn, "In other words, Lin Ziyi's purpose at the beginning was not to attack Anlu City, but to surround and send reinforcements, and ambush General Zhao Pusheng who rushed to support!" ”
"That's right, now that I think about it, he led a battalion of naval troops, and he didn't even have siege equipment, how could he be able to defeat Anlu City, it must be a siege point to send reinforcements!" Cai He very much agreed.
"The most important thing for us now is to inform General Zhao Pusheng and let him be careful!"
"Wait, brother!"
Cai Zhong suddenly stopped Cai He from sending a message to remind Zhao Pusheng.
"Lin Ziyi wants to ambush Zhao Pusheng, if we lead a force and quietly follow him, and when he is about to ambush, he will jump out in one fell swoop, and have a front and back attack with General Zhao Pusheng, we will definitely capture Lin Ziyi alive!"
After listening to his brother's plan, Cai He's eyes lit up, and his face was full of admiration.
"Brother is still smart, you can even think of such a plan! Brother, I really admire! ”
Cai Zhong nodded and said, "You and my brothers, since they took refuge in Chen Youliang, they have been criticized by the generals under his command, saying that we are straw bales, and that we can only be reused by virtue of our brother-in-law's identity!" ”
"Hmph, wait until we capture Lin Ziyi alive this time, see who dares to say that we will only eat soft rice!"
"The little brother is willing to follow his brother all the time!"
"Good! Good brother! ”
In the evening of the same day, Cai Zhong and Cai He, two brothers, personally raised an army of 5,000, left the city, and went straight to the northeast.
Before leaving, Cai Zhong also sent a message to Zhao Pusheng, asking him to cooperate with the action, attack back and forth, and capture Lin Yuan alive.
It wasn't until the next morning that Zhao Pusheng, who was on his way, received the letter.
After reading the letter, Zhao Pusheng shouted that it was not good.
"Cai Zhong Cai He, Zhong Ji!"
By the time his army met with Cai Zhong's troops, it was already 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
"General Zhao, didn't you encounter an ambush all the way here?"
Cai Zhong saw that Zhao Pusheng's army was intact and neat, as if he had encountered a big battle, and he couldn't help but be puzzled.
When Zhao Pusheng saw the two Cai brothers, he was angry.
"Take them down for me!"
With his order, some of the guards had already unloaded Cai Zhong's weapons and tied them up.
"Zhao Pusheng, you are bold! Why are you taking us for no reason! Are you going to rebel? Cai He said in a fierce voice.
Cai Zhong also resisted and scolded, "Zhao Pusheng, you are so bold, you actually dare to betray the lord and take refuge in Lin Ziyi, you really ate the bear's heart and leopard's gall!" ”
Cai Zhong felt that Zhao Pusheng must have taken refuge in Lin Yuan.
Only this explanation can make sense why Zhao Pusheng's army appeared in front of them intact after encountering Lin Yuan's army.
Now, Zhao Pusheng arrested them, definitely to curry favor with Lin Yuan.
Because they are Chen Youliang's brother-in-law, if they catch them, Chen Youliang will throw a rat trap.
How did they know that they had fallen for Lin Yuan's plan to lure the snake out of the hole.
Lin Yuan deliberately drove his army to the northeast, making the Cai brothers mistakenly believe that he was going to ambush Zhao Pusheng.
In this way, the Cai brothers were seduced.
He only needed to go around the mountains and forests once, and he could easily avoid the attacks of the Cai brothers and Zhao Pusheng.
Turn around and eat An Lucheng directly.
An Lucheng was siphoned off by the Cai brothers with 5,000 people, and only 3,000 people were left to defend the city, how could they resist Lin Yuan's attack.
In addition, the third battalion of the Longxiang Battalion also arrived in Anlu City.
Combined, the two battalions numbered as many as 10,000.
The defenders of Anlu City, even if they want to, can't hold it.
Cai Zhong Cai He didn't know that he had been tricked, but Zhao Pusheng knew it very well.
And at this moment, a sentry suddenly arrived in the southwest.
It's the sentinel of Anlu City.
"General Yu, Anlu City has been lost!"