Chapter 983: I caught a big fish this time
Zhang Fei led the army to attack Huailing City, the old nest of the Xuzhou Army, and found a lot of military supplies, but did not see artillery and gunpowder. When Zhang Liao commanded the army to the decisive battle of Dangshan, he did not think that he would return to Huailing, so he took all the artillery and gunpowder with him.
Although he did not find the eye-catching firearms, Zhang Fei also made a small gain, and after the supply was completed, he immediately boarded the boat and went down the Huaishui, and when he arrived at the place where the Surabaya entered the Huai, he turned into Surabaya and went straight to Xiapi on the bank of the Surabaya River.
On the day that Zhang Fei captured Huailing, some members of the Shadow Team urgently went to Xiapi to report the news. After receiving the urgent report, the new Xuzhou Mu Chen sent someone to send a letter of help in the direction of the East China Sea. There were 5,000 regular troops and 5,000 reserve soldiers left behind in Xiapi, although there were only 10,000 troops, but a lot of heavy defensive equipment provided by the Jin State was placed at the head of the city, even including dozens of small artillery, which could be safed in a short time.
Zhao Tong, who had just returned to Qu County in the East China Sea, was mobilizing the troops on Yuzhou Island to cross the strait when he received a letter from Chen.
Zhao Tong was also a general with brains, he divided the 20,000 cavalry into two parts, one was 5,000 heavy armored cavalry and 5,000 light cavalry, which was personally led by himself to Xiapi for reinforcements; the other was 10,000 light cavalry, led by another division commander who was born in the senior class of Crouching Tiger, and ambushed in the Houqiu area in the southwest of Qu County.
As the saying goes, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. Although Zhang Fei is a generation of famous generals and fierce generals, it can be seen that Zhao Tong, who has more famous generals, has been taught by Zhao Xing, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Guo Jia, Jia Xu and other super fierce people since he was a child, and he really didn't take Zhang Fei, who commanded an army of 40,000, in his eyes. With 5,000 heavily armored iron cavalry in hand, Zhao Tong really dared to rely on 10,000 people against Zhang Fei's 40,000 troops.
By the time Zhang Fei led his army to the outside of Xiapi City, the city was already heavily guarded, and the four gates under the city were closed. The defense of Xiapi City was built by Tao Qian many years ago, and now it is strongly supported by the Jin State, so it showed a very tough posture in front of Zhang Fei from the beginning.
Zhang Fei commanded his troops to launch a tentative attack, which resulted in a very fierce counterattack. At this moment, the 10,000 cavalry who came to reinforce rushed to the city of Xiapi, and Zhang Fei hurriedly led his troops to withdraw thirty miles south.
In the case that he could not find out the origin of this cavalry, Zhang Fei decisively chose to avoid it, which can be regarded as very cautious. He kept in mind that the main task of this raid was to capture the military port of Yuzhoushan, not the guarded city of Xiapi.
After Zhang Fei carefully examined the map, he found that the Huaishui River went east into the sea, and if he followed the coastline north from near the mouth of the sea, he could reach the Yuzhoushan Military Port after a distance of 1890 miles. After some thought, Zhang Fei temporarily adjusted his strategy and made the decision to divide the troops.
Zhang Fei asked Huang Zu to lead 10,000 soldiers to stay near Xia Xiang in the southeast of Xiapi, pretending to be an army of 40,000 to attract the attention of the Xiapi defenders and the troops who came to reinforce them. He himself led 30,000 soldiers down Surabaya, re-entered the Huaishui, went downstream, and immediately went ashore after reaching Huaipu, and then traveled all the way north, completely bypassing Xiapi.
Fortunately, the intelligence scouts in Xuzhou were able to find out the movements of the enemy army in Xia Xiang at the first time, and then saw the traces of Zhang Feijun's actions from above the Huaishui, and they quickly transmitted this important information back to Xiapi.
Chen is not an ordinary state pastor, he is an old Jiang Tuan who once served as a "confidential secretary" for the king of Pingxi for three years, and he is not ambiguous at all about commanding the army to fight. Chen immediately came to the military map, and after taking a closer look, he muttered to himself: "This Zhang Fei, who has such a big appetite, has actually hit the head of the Jin State Navy Division's camp! If he is allowed to snatch it, then it will be worth it!"
Chen immediately sent an urgent report to Zhao Tong outside the city, asking him to hurry back to the Yuzhoushan Military Port with his brother. At the same time, Chen also sent an urgent report to the generals of the Jin State Naval Division who remained in the military port of Yuzhou Mountain, informing them of the possible sneak attack by Zhang Fei and his army.
After Zhao Tong received Chen's information, he spat fiercely, and then said to the commander of the light cavalry division under him: "I order you to lead 5,000 light cavalry to Xia Xiang as soon as possible, and destroy Huang Zu who is pretending to be a ghost for me! I myself will return to Qu County with 5,000 heavy cavalry, and if I don't catch Zhang Fei this time, I won't be surnamed Zhao!"
The commander of the light cavalry division was also a classmate and friend of Zhao Tong, and after hearing this order, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly took more than 5,000 light cavalry and led hundreds of military dogs straight to the next phase.
Young people, they are all goods who are not afraid of things. There are only 5,000 people, and they dare to encircle and annihilate 10,000 Huang Zu, which is indeed ruthless!
By the time Zhao Tong arrived at Houqiu with his heavy cavalry, the 10,000 cavalry who had been cruising in this area had already taken the lead in moving to the area of Yilu Township, thirty miles southeast of the east of Qishan, and had an encounter with the 30,000 troops led by Zhang Fei.
Although there was no famous general to lead and command, more than 10,000 cavalry of the An Army still exerted combat effectiveness that surprised Zhang Fei.
Lao Zhang had never seen a cavalry unit with thousands of military dogs on the battlefield, and the tall and horse-tall Fuyu soldiers had received the most formal and systematic training from the beginning, and when they really fought the enemy, they found that they were no weaker than the Flying Tiger Army and the Blue Wolf Army.
Zhang Fei, who didn't take any advantage, was very impatient in his heart, he really couldn't understand where this cavalry unit that blocked the way of the army came from. What especially distressed Zhang Fei was that the thousands of military dogs raised by the opposing soldiers, that is, thousands of pairs of eyes, wanted to launch a sneak attack on this kind of troops, and the tactics of night attack were tantamount to a fool's dream.
Zhao Tong, who arrived in Houqiu, did not do anything, and directly led the troops to the south, but actually went around behind Zhang Fei's department and got stuck on the only way for Zhang Fei to lead the army to retreat south. What was even more unexpected was that the Jin naval division stationed on Yuzhou Island actually sent two thousand sailors to drive down the east wind in a warship with a smaller tonnage, touched into the Huaishui, and went straight to the Huaipu area where Zhang Fei landed.
Zhao Tong was so bold that he commanded 5,000 heavily armored cavalry to launch a fierce attack on Zhang Feijun. The troops defending Yilu Township saw a fireworks signal rising behind Zhang Fei's troops, so they immediately launched an attack on Zhang Fei from the front.
Zhang Fei, who was furious, roared in front of the battle to find someone to fight alone, but was ignored by the soldiers of Yu Anjun, a group of wolf-like heavy cavalry swarmed, and directly killed the BMW under Zhang Fei's crotch, and after paying the price of serious injuries and sacrifices of several brothers, Zhang Fei, who was seriously injured and fell to the ground, was finally captured alive by Zhao Tong!