Chapter 595: Big Brother Has Been Waiting for You
Zhang Liao once led the dragoon army to garrison in Liaotao City for many years, which can be said to be troublesome, bullying men and women, and doing a lot of evil things (book friends can go back and look at chapter 254: "Zhang Liao Jizhou plays hooligans"). It wasn't until the outbreak of the Great Plague that Zhang Liao reluctantly led the army to urgently withdraw to the Shangdang, otherwise, this hateful guy wouldn't have to "scourge" Jizhou for many years!
For the famous "arrogant" general of the Jin State, Yan Liang is naturally very familiar. While struggling to resist Zhang Liao's fierce attack, he shouted loudly: "Zhang Wenyuan, you are so bold, why do you not declare war against our army, but it is not good to bully my big sword!"
Zhang Liao used another trick to split Huashan's sword skills, and then replied: "The Jin Kingdom and Yuan Benchu have already been on the same footing, and it is naturally a life-and-death struggle between me and you, so why not declare war! Zhang Mou wants to learn General Yan's famous sword technique today!"
The two generals who wielded the broadsword fought fiercely without any fancy, and the soldiers on both sides within a radius of dozens of zhang were only frightened into dodging. If anyone doesn't have long eyes at this time and rushes into the range of Zhang Liao and Yan Liang's fight, he is afraid that he will be cut into pulp by these two in an instant.
The well-trained dragoon soldiers were originally ambushing Yan Liang's army at ease, not only occupying an absolute advantage in physical strength, but also riding on the back of high-grade war horses produced in the northern pastures of the Jin Kingdom, so whether it was in the sharpness of the attack or the duration, it was difficult for the Yuan army to resist in the chaos.
The first wave of cavalry formations responsible for breaking up the Yuan army naturally separated from both sides of the field where Zhang Liao and Yan Liang were fighting, and after Rao passed, they moved closer to the middle and merged in one place. Viewed from above, the formation of the Flying Tiger Cavalry as it marched like a rushing river sparing the reef in the middle of the river, converging again and continuing to flow forward.
In the face of the cavalry charge, the soldiers of the Yuan army had no choice but to disperse and dodge. All the soldiers who stood in front of the horses were either trampled to death by the horses' hooves or hacked to death by knights wielding sabers on their horses, in short, they died unjustly and aggrieved. Because the soldiers of the Yuan army carried their armor and heavy weapons behind their backs in order to get rid of the heat, after the sudden sniping, many people didn't even have time to put on the armor, and they became unjust souls on the battlefield.
The first group of dragoons quickly swept behind Yuan's army in a formation that quickly chiseled through. The soldiers of the Yuan army, who thought they could take a breath, looked at the large number of infantry closely behind the cavalry of the Jin State with some despair, and they were lining up in a neat offensive formation, like a large stone roller used by a farmer to grind wheat, and the speed was evenly pressed.
The 5,000 infantry of the Dragoons, who were responsible for killing and wounding Yuan's army, had sharp spears in their hands in their front rows, military steel crossbows in the middle row, and soldiers in the back row holding small hands to throw thunder. The pikemen in the front row used a forest of guns to assassinate the Yuan soldiers, the soldiers in the middle platoon followed closely behind the pikemen to shoot the scattered Yuan soldiers, and the soldiers in the back row concentrated bombardment on the small Yuan troops that had temporarily assembled in a defensive formation.
The five thousand infantry were followed by another five thousand cavalry, but they were slightly different from the cavalry in charge of the charge in front of them, and they held crossbows instead of sabers. The bow and crossbow were suitable for shooting the fleeing Yuan soldiers at a long distance, and the four legs of the war horse were sure to catch up with the fastest deserter.
Zhang Liao's "Three Stacks of Lang" tactics specially designed for Yan Liang exerted an overwhelming advantage when the second Lang passed through the frontal battlefield. A large number of Yuan soldiers who dodged the impact of the cavalry were killed by the dragoons who dismounted to fight, and they had no fighting spirit and the courage to resist. By the time the cavalry of the Third Lang appeared, the 20,000 soldiers brought by Yan Liang were already less than 10,000 alive, and they huddled together in panic, despite the hot weather, the fear from their hearts still made them feel that they were not crowded enough to resist the slaughter of the Jin army.
Zhang Liao and Yan Liang have been fighting for more than 50 rounds, and they are still evenly matched. Zhang Liao was very depressed in his heart, feeling that his martial arts had obviously improved a lot over the years, and he was still not sure of winning in a battle with Yan Liang today; Yan Liang was even more depressed than Zhang Liao, since he lost to Guan Yu that year, he practiced his sword skills every day, and broke through the last barrier in martial arts five years ago and entered the realm of bravery, but in a battle with Zhang Liao today, he was forced to be in a hurry by the other party.
In fact, Zhang Liao and Yan Liang have been improving over the years, but the former is larger and the latter is smaller, but the overall strength is just the same.
Zhang Liao hurriedly watched the situation on the battlefield and found that the dragoons had completely gained the upper hand, and all that remained was the steps of slaughtering or capturing prisoners, so he suddenly yelled at Yan Liang: "General Yan stop for the time being, Zhang has a very important word for you!"
Yan Liang is a martial artist, not as attentive as Zhang Liao, and when he saw Zhang Liao shouting to stop, he really stopped honestly. If it were for him to call Zhang Liao, I was afraid that Zhang Liao would not only stop, but might also make a ruthless move. It can also be seen from this that the difference between Yan Liang and Zhang Liao is that one can be a pioneer, but the other can become a marshal.
Yan Liang glared at Zhang Liao and asked him viciously: "Zhang Wenyuan, what do you have to say!"
Zhang Liao also stared at Yan Liang with his eyes, and then said: "Yan Liang, you might as well turn your head and look around, you have already been defeated! Now there are still nearly 10,000 of your brothers on the battlefield who have not lost their lives, and their life and death lie in your thoughts! If you are willing to put down the big knife, I will order my subordinates to spare the lives of these 10,000 soldiers; if you still want to fight, I am not afraid of you, let my subordinates kill all the soldiers of the Yuan army, surround you and shoot you directly with arrows, and see the eldest brother Guan Yu in the future, at most not one!"
Zhang Liao's words were three layers inside and three layers outside, which made Yan Liang ponder for a while before coming back to his senses. Yan Liang knew that Zhang Liao was threatening him with the lives of his 10,000 soldiers, but he couldn't understand how Zhang Liao finally involved Guan Yu when he said it, so he asked: "Zhang Wenyuan, you and I are fighting on the battlefield, what do you have to do with your eldest brother Guan Yu!"
Zhang Liao replied: "Because my brother Guan Yu once specially entrusted a few of our brothers, saying that Jizhou Yan Liang and Wen Chou are loyal to the master and brave and commendable, when Yuan Shao is defeated in the future, don't hurt the lives of the two of you, and the eldest brother is willing to let the two of you serve as the vanguard generals in front of his account!"
Although he was disgraced by Zhang Liao just now, and now he is controlled by others, after Yan Liang listened to Zhang Liao's words, he still had a different feeling in his heart. The person he admired and feared the most in his life had such a high opinion of himself, and he still wanted to find a way out for himself and Wen Chou, which was really benevolent and righteous.
Just because of Guan Yu's kindness, Yan Liang felt that he should no longer insist and be stubborn, not to mention that there were still 10,000 brothers' lives in Zhang Liao's hands. And as Zhang Liao said, he can't escape today anyway, he can't beat Zhang Liao, and he is cut off by someone when he runs, and now his ending is either death or surrender, and there is no other way.
"That's it, that's it! I Yan Liang is ashamed of Yuan Gong's importance and cultivation in this life, and now for the lives of his 10,000 brothers, I have to be sorry!" After Yan Liang finished saying this, he rolled off his war horse and kowtowed three times in the direction of Qingzhou, and then got up and said to Zhang Liao: "General Yan Liang is at the mercy of General Zhang!"