Chapter 101 Zhang Ying is timid

Liu Harrier's military ability is average, when his 30,000 army was assembled, and he slowly swung his army south from Jiujiang Yinling to crusade against artillery, Zhou Yu's 21,000 soldiers and horses had occupied four counties in Danyang, and Zhou Yu and Lao Xingling 3,000 people were stationed in Danyang County, and with Zhou Yu's personal charm, he recruited troops on the spot, and got the help of 2,000 three-turn hidden professional Danyang elite soldiers!

Li Tong led 5,000 soldiers and horses to guard Wuhu County, on the left flank of Danyang County; Zhao Yun led 6,000 people to the right wing in Wanling County, and Zhou Yu's 2,000 sailors assisted in the defense of the Lishui military camp in the waters of Wanling County. Lin Pingzhi and Ma Chao, Pang De and Yan You's 3,000 cavalry, 1,000 infantry and 1,000 Shanyue elite soldiers were stationed in Moling (Nanjing) behind Danyang County to ensure that the grain route was unblocked, and the cavalry was still the protagonist of this battle, and they had to launch a fatal blow to them when Liu Harrier's army was tired!

This time, the artillery had prepared half a year's military rations for Zhou Yu, so that Zhou Yu could fight an absolutely rich war!

The 500 pairs of iron armor sent by the Zhang family are indeed good things, and the artillery has left a few pairs to be handed over to the Gongxian County for weapon prevention and control, and the rest are handed over to the generals and armed guards.

Liu Harrier's army, led by Zhang Ying, Tian Zhang, and Gao Rou, left Jiujiang, crossed the Yangtze River into Danyang County, and camped in Niuqi. It's not that Zhou Yu doesn't want to intercept Zhang Ying on the Yangtze River, it's really that the main force of the naval army with great artillery is dragged by Zhou Tai, and the 2000 naval division in Zhou Yu's hands is really not the opponent of Zhang Ying's naval army, so Zhou Yu has no choice but to retreat and fight with Zhang Ying on land.

Zhang Ying in line with the principle of dividing the troops, resolutely refused to divide the troops, he and Gao Rou commanded 25,000 thousand men and horses to camp in Niuqi, leaving Tian Zhang with the navy to meet in the Jiangcheng area.

"Refuse to divide the troops?" Zhou Yu received the scout's report and shook his head, it seems that Liu Yu has a false reputation, and he actually appointed Zhang Ying as a straw bag.

"Zhang Ying must be Liu Xuan's brother-in-law." Lao Xing said with a smile.

"Huh! Then his wife is going to cry. Zhou Yu said with a smile: "If you explore again, you must figure out Zhang Ying's march route." ”

"Zhang Ying thinks that he has 25,000 people and a naval army, so he is stronger than us, but he can't see the situation clearly."

Zhang Ying looked at the map of Danyang County, and Gao Rou and the two thought for a long time, and finally determined the route of the march.

"Zhou Yu'er is not familiar with military affairs, and he doesn't know how to occupy such a favorable terrain as Niu Qi, but instead divides his troops and garrisons in four counties, which is really ignorant! Didn't he know his insect carving skills? We camped in Niuqi, it seems that we are surrounded by Zhou Yu's various armies, but the art of war is surrounded by ten clouds, and Zhou Yu's troops are already small, what does he use to besiege us? As long as we don't beat his Danyang County, he can't help it! Zhang Ying analyzed.

Gao Rou was very cooperative with Zhang Ying and said, "Then what if we attack Danyang County?" ”

"Haha! This is Zhou Yu's abacus, as soon as we attack Danyang County, Zhou Yu's left and right wings Li Tong and Zhao Yun will definitely attack us, it is said that Zhou Yu has a cavalry in his hands, it is estimated that this cavalry is stationed in Moling, when we are attacked by Zhou Yu, this cavalry will definitely come out to sneak attack. Zhang Yingzhi said proudly.

"The general is wise, Zhou Yu's plans have all been seen through by the general, what else can he do, General Mo is willing to make contributions to General Zhang, exterminate Zhou Yu in Huiji, and take the head of that great person to sacrifice to Lord Assassin Shi." Gao Rou got up and said.

"Excellent! Zirou, I have always admired you, your loyalty to Lord Thorn Shi is beyond doubt, and you are proficient in spear skills, you are a brave general under Lord Thorn Shi, I will definitely ask Lord Thorn Shi for credit after this battle. Zhang Ying smiled and patted Gao Rou's shoulder and said.

"Thank you, General Zhang!"

"I decided to personally lead the army to attack Zhou Yu's left flank Wuhu County, after taking Wuhu, I will go straight to Moling, cut off Zhou Yu's grain route, and surround Zhou Yu's cavalry in the city, so that his cavalry will have no use, and when Zhou Yu will run out of food and collapse without a fight. Your task is to guard the cow for me. Niu Qi is the only way for Zhou Yu to support Wuhu, if you hold here, you will choke Zhou Yu's throat, and if you can't beat Niu Qi, all he can do is watch Wuhu fall! ”

"No!"

"Zhang Ying led the army to Wuhu, the scouts didn't dare to follow too closely, they only dared to watch from afar, the number of Zhang Ying's army is unknown." Lao Xing walked into the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhou Yu was making tea, although there was a way to drink tea in the 'Three Kingdoms', but Zhou Yu still boiled tea, and the tea was extremely bitter, Zhou Yu enjoyed this masochistic method of drinking tea.

"Lao Xing came to have a cup of tea and tasted my tea-making skills." Zhou Yu poured a cup of tea for Xing Daorong unhurriedly.

"It's bitter! This stuff really doesn't taste so good, I really don't know how you drank it? Lao Xing took a sip of tea and still couldn't stop saying.

"Haha! Although the tea is fragrant, but the taste is very light, I still like this bitter taste, it's good to drink it, don't you make tea and drink it first bitter and then sweet? This boiled tea is very bitter at first, then very sweet, and now does it feel sweet in the throat? ”

"It's a bit indeed, Brother Gongjin? Zhang Ying has moved, why aren't you in a hurry, Zhang Ying's army is very well guarded, and our scouts can't even find out the number of people now, so you are not in a hurry? Lao Xing said.

"There's nothing to worry about, Zhang Ying is a cautious and almost timid person, you can see his characteristics as soon as he enters Danyang County's various styles, 5000 sailors don't need such a mobile and flexible force, concentrate on guarding the back road for him, what is the use of Tian Zhang taking these 5000 people in Jiangcheng, can he guard the retreat for him? If Zhang Ying is defeated here, can he return to Jiang Cheng? Just timid. Now he doesn't dare to come to Danyang County, let Gao Rou guard Niu Qi, and go to Wuhu by himself, it seems that he has some ability, but in fact, he just doesn't dare to fight with us head-on, and he plans to go sideways. Will such guts go to Wuhu with a small number of troops? If my guess is right, Niu Qi now has a maximum of 5,000 people in Gao Rou, and Zhang Ying must have gone to Wuhu with an army of 20,000. ”

"So what do we do?" Lao Xing asked.

"How many days will it take for Niu Qi to go to Wuhu?" Zhou Yu took a sip of tea and said.

"At least for a day." Although Lao Xing is not a wise general like Zhou Yu, he still knows basic military knowledge, and as soon as he arrived in Danyang County, Lao Xing spent a small day figuring out the geography of Danyang.

"Let Lin Pingzhi Yan Yu and them go out of the city to Danyang County to meet the teacher! Tell him to guard against enemy scouts during the march, and kill one when he sees one! Zhang Ying must be made to think that they are still in Moling. Zhou Yu said with his fingers dipped in tea and marking the marching route on the table.

"Will there be 1,000 people left in Moling? Half of our military rations are in Moling," Lao Xing said worriedly.

"Moling is in our rear, does Zhang Ying dare to go? Even if he dares to go, he will move with a full 20,000 men and horses, and he will not be able to avoid our scouts at all, Lin Pingzhi's cavalry will only take one day to travel back and forth between Danyang County and Moling, and it will be too late to support back and forth, the role of cavalry is in the field, and defending the city is not a waste of the advantage of cavalry? Zhou Yu said while scribbling on the coffee table, seeing that Lao Xing had no doubts, Zhou Yu continued: "Let Wanling's sailor out of the camp, Wanling's defense mission is canceled, and the sailor will drag Tian Zhang's sailor, I also know some about this Tian Zhang, not a general, but more brainless, Zhang Ying asked him to meet him in Jiangcheng, he will not leave Jiang Cheng, it is inevitable that Tian Zhang will go out to meet Zhang Ying, I want him to have a feeling of taking care of himself, let the navy not to pick up with him, just drag him, I want to defeat Zhang Ying first, and then go to meet him!" Zhou Yu stretched out two fingers to smooth out the fingerprints on the coffee table.

Zhang Ying marched quickly for a day to Wuhu City, and Li Tong had already repaired various measures to defend the city here, just waiting for Zhang Ying to come.

Zhang Ying knew that it was impossible to attack the city today, and the soldiers had walked for a whole day and wanted to rest, so he planned to set up camp, but where to camp was more particular, Zhang Ying chose a hill with a water source on the mountain to camp, there are many trees on the hill, you can hide your camp, and a dense forest under the mountain will obstruct the line of sight of the sentries in the camp, which was cut down by Zhang Ying, just used to set up camp, and you can also make tomorrow's siege equipment.

Li Tong really didn't want to defend the city honestly, in the face of Zhou Tai and Jiang Qin, Li Tong had never been passive in defense, and now Zhang Ying on the opposite side can't let him be cautious. However, after Li Tong's scouts reported the situation of Zhang Ying's camp, Li Tong couldn't cry or laugh, this person was precisely because he was timid, so his big camp was too stable, and there was no possibility of a sneak attack at all. The people were on the mountain, and the forest below the mountain was cut down again, and he went to steal the camp himself, and he would be discovered before he reached the foot of the mountain, so Li Tong had to give up the plan of sneak attack.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Ying's army had a full meal and went out of the city with various siege equipment.

"It is worthy of the soldiers and horses of the assassin history, it is well equipped, and the siege equipment looks so eye-catching." Li Tong raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Ying's military formation, and then looked at Zhang Ying, who was hiding on the high platform of the Chinese army, surrounded by personal guards, and Zhang Ying who was holding a city-breaking oar to protect his safety on the left and right.

Zhang Ying has an army of 20,000 troops, which is 4 times that of Li Tong's troops, surround Wuhu on three sides, surround three queyi, and want to break the courage of the defenders in the city!

How could Li Tong not understand Zhang Ying's sinister intentions, he shouted directly at the head of the city: "Defend the city for two days, and cross the river the day after tomorrow!" Go to the Thorn Mansion for dinner! ”

"Haha! What are you going to give us to eat? The third brother shouted in the midst of Li Tongjun.

"Eat his mother!" Li Tong scolded vulgarly.

"Hahaha!" The soldiers laughed presumptuously.

Zhang Ying laughed when he saw the enemy at the head of the city, and he didn't know why, so he asked the scout to get closer and inquire, and after a while, the scout replied: "My lord! The enemy is greeting the Assassin's mother. ”

"Rub!" Zhang Ying was furious, Zhou Yu guessed that he was Liu Ying's brother-in-law, in fact, Zhang Ying was Liu Ying's cousin, and Liu Ying's mother was Zhang Ying's second aunt!

"Siege! I want Li Tong's head! Whoever kills Li Tong will be rewarded with 100 gold! Zhang Ying shouted, "Damn! A military marquis of Yuhang, who took the shit luck as a personal department, did not know the height of the sky, and dared to provoke himself, I didn't know that I was angry, and Yangzhou had to tremble? ”