Chapter 97: Ambush

"Pack it all up?"

Ma Chao nodded: "With the strength of Yulin Cavalry, it is just to deal with Yan Liang and Wen Chou, what is there to be afraid of? Not to mention the strength of these two people, even if the two of them have thousands of soldiers and horses, with the strength and speed of Yulin Cavalry, what can they do to us?"

Tai Shi Ci also nodded, he felt that it was the same. After staying in the imperial army for a while, he had seen with his own eyes what the strength of the soldiers of ordinary princes was in Yanzhou, and he knew the gap between the two sides best.

Although Yuan Shao's troops are the elite of a hundred battles, but also refers to a small number of main forces of soldiers and horses, Yuan Shao has expanded too fast in recent years, although he has many soldiers and horses, but the quality is uneven. Especially this time, Yan Liang and Wen Chou led them, except for a small part of the two of them, who were considered to be elites in a hundred battles, and the rest were all local town guards and horses who were not stronger than the people.

In terms of strength, it can't be compared with ordinary elite soldiers, let alone the elite Yulin cavalry among the elite of the imperial court?

If it were a normal situation, maybe Yan Liang and Wen Chou's personal martial arts would be able to make up for the gap between some soldiers, but the martial arts of the two were basically a joke in the eyes of Zhang Liao and others.

Although he had learned from His Majesty before setting off that an immortal had escaped to Yuan Shao's forces in Hebei, this immortal was currently on the Youzhou side with Yuan Shao, and he didn't have time to pay attention to this side at all, so he ...... Zhang Liao had nothing to worry about at all.

"In that case, let's divide the soldiers into two places!"

Ma Chao led two thousand soldiers alone and went directly to find trouble with Wen Chou, and Zhang Liao took Tai Shici and the remaining soldiers and horses to deal with Yan Liang.

In doing so, first, Wen Chou is the farthest away, and his soldiers and horses are already from afar, although Ma Chao's soldiers are few, it is enough to defeat Wen Chou.

And although Yan Liang was tricked by himself and went around in a big circle, in general, the fatigue was not as high as that of Wen Choujun, and most of the soldiers led by Yan Liang were natives of Anyi, and these people were eager to go home, so the fighting spirit would be more vigorous Zhang Liao was ready to go in person, and there were slightly more soldiers and horses left.

It's not that Zhang Liaoxin is too Shi Ci, it's that Tai Shi Ci has a limited time to join the forbidden army, and among the three of them, he has the shortest cultivation time, and for the sake of insurance, it's better to be with himself and adapt to it for a while.

Ma Chao joined the imperial forbidden army a long time ago, and later had real combat experience in Yuzhou, so he had a clearer understanding of the soldiers under his account and his own strength, Zhang Liao was naturally relieved.

The arrangement was proper, but he encountered an unexpected situation, Zhang Liao looked at the person who was tied up and thrown in front of him, and he didn't know how to decide.

"You say...... The leader of your family wants to see me?"

The man nodded, his face was as usual, and there was no fear on his face, even if a random person next to him could take his life with a slight stretch of his hand.

Although Zhang Liao admired this person's courage, he was not very happy about this person's attitude, not to mention that this person in front of him was a bandit at all, what qualifications did this person have to be arrogant in front of him?

I think that he Zhang Wenyuan is also the Yulin general of the Han Dynasty today, a real general, and he also commands one of the elite Yulin cavalry of the imperial court.

"Who is the leader of your family?" Ma Chao didn't know much about what he was listening to, and he didn't know much about the situation in Bingzhou, so he asked.

When the man heard this, he raised his head directly and said, "The leader of my family is Zhang Yan of Montenegro!"

"Zhang Yan?" Tai Shici sneered: "No wonder you are so arrogant, it's just that you picked the wrong occasion!"

Ma Chao was also quite disdainful: "It's just a bandit leader, where did you get such a big show?" He actually asked General Zhang to see him in person, who do you think?", several people ridiculed, and the person was also a little panicked, and then he realized that this situation seemed to be a little wrong.

It turned out that this person was Zhang Yan's subordinate, and he was here to communicate with Zhang Liao, which was nothing more than that the head of his family wanted to meet Zhang Liao and then talk about something.

Specific things, this person also knows some more than seeing that this cavalry army pretending to be a rogue is a court soldier, Zhang Yan feels that he can have a good relationship with this group of people and arrange a way out for himself.

Zhang Yan rebelled with the Yellow Turbans at the beginning, and he was also a figure who had seen the world, and then the Yellow Turban failed, and he took the remaining brothers to dominate in Bingzhou.

Although he was living a happy life, he knew in his heart that going on like this was not a long-term plan, and if he wanted to really live a free life, he had to think of a way back as soon as possible.

Yuan Shao's attitude towards himself didn't seem to be enthusiastic, and Zhang Yan didn't look down on Yuan Shao very much, so he thought about taking refuge in the imperial court.

But he was born as a Yellow Turban thief, so he didn't dare to casually express to the court that he wanted to take refuge, until the end of the war in Yuzhou, it is said that the imperial court received a lot of Yellow Turban soldiers, and even Xu Chu and Dian Wei are commanders like Qu Commander, Zhang Yan feels that the court does not seem to mind the identity of the Yellow Turban Army.

At this time, he began to think about how to contact the imperial court, and at the same time, ・・・・・・ couldn't seem too anxious, and had to put his posture full.

Zhang Yan consciously had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, how could he count the characters on the previous side, even if he surrendered, the other party had to show sincerity, so he didn't go to Zhang Liao in person.

In addition, he felt that Zhang Liao and the others must have to act secretly when they entered Bingzhou this time, and they could not reveal their identities, otherwise why didn't they even play the flag, and deliberately wore tattered clothes?

In this way, if he invites himself, the other party should not refuse, and he can take advantage of the situation to put on a posture and strive for greater bargaining chips for the negotiation - but his calculation was not reached, and Zhang Liao didn't bother to pay attention to him at all.

In the eyes of Ma Chao and the others, Zhang Yan, no matter how powerful you are, you are just a bandit, and the tens of thousands of soldiers under your command are a group of rabble, they are too lazy to pay attention to you Your luck, and now you actually take the initiative to send it to the door, isn't that uncomfortable?

"It seems that you have to teach this Zhang Yan a lesson, otherwise you will really think that you are a hero!"

Ma Chao is now wishing he could fight a few more battles, and kill Zhang Yan or something before cleaning up Wen Chou, he is not too troublesome at all.

However, Zhang Liao calculated the time, and felt that it was not appropriate to make extraneous branches before solving Yan Liang and Wen Chou: "For now, it is better to deal with Yan Liang and Wen Chou first, as for this Zhang Yan ・・・・・・" turned his head and said to the sturdy thief who was tied: "Go back and tell Zhang Yan that if he wants to surrender to Cheng, he will show the appearance of surrender, don't pretend to be a character there!"

After speaking, he nodded to the guard beside him, and led the army to leave, but the guard took out the ring head knife and waved it, and then left without looking.

This action frightened the young thief enough, and said that the other party was not satisfied with his attitude, and wanted to leave something on him, or leave something on him to warn his leader.

But after the knife light fell for a long time, he didn't feel anything unusual on his body, and when he looked down, he found that the rope that tied him was actually cut under that knife, and this scene not only did not make him happy, but was even more frightened - the rope was close to his body and only wrapped around him, but the rope was broken down by this knife but did not hurt him in the slightest, which shows how far that man's knife skills have reached? And this kind of master is actually just an ordinary cavalryman?

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt excited, hurriedly got up and found the horse he had hidden, and then ran back to his hometown to see Zhang Yan, ready to report the matter to his commander in detail - as for how his peers would choose, it was not for him to consider. ..., and Zhang Liao and the others, who let go of this 'messenger', were divided into two divisions not long after leaving, of which Ma Chao led two thousand cavalry to the northeast for a while, and then turned west

This route is equivalent to an arc, but as long as the calculation is accurate, it can just attack the flank of the Wenchou army - this is thanks to the open terrain of Bingzhou and the terrain with many plains.

At present, it can give full play to the characteristics of the flexible and mobile cavalry, and Ma Chaojiu has been in the Northwest Army for a long time, and he has a lot of experience in cavalry tactics, and now he is commanding a single soldier and horse, and he has not slackened because of his own and the strength of the soldiers, and he still chooses the most suitable route of advance and even attack, and sends a large number of scouts to grasp the detailed movements of the Wenchou army as soon as possible.

The soldiers of Yulin Cavalry, everyone can become an excellent probe horse, which gives Ma Chao more room for control, so soon Ma Chao locked the movement of Wen Chou's army, and determined the most suitable ambush location for the first time.

"One hit kills!"

Ma Chao had such an abacus in his heart, after he determined everything, he let his soldiers rest for a day, and then came to the ambush site in advance, quietly waiting for the arrival of Wen Chou's army.

To be honest, this place is not suitable for ambushes, because the terrain is too open, and Ma Chao chose a place to hide, simply because this place is able to cover the direction that Wen Choujun looked at because of the ups and downs of the terrain.

But because of the distance, even a cavalry assault would not have too good a good effect - but these were not a problem for Yulin Cavalry, so Ma Chao chose here.

More importantly, he didn't have a more suitable option.

"Captain, the enemy has appeared!"

When Wen Choujun slowly appeared from the horizon, and then slowly moved south at the limit of his sight, Ma Chao spit out a grass stalk in his mouth, and then put a gun in his hand, and he didn't talk nonsense, just pointed forward, and Yulin Cavalry immediately launched a charge with Ma Chao.

Unlike ordinary cavalry, the weapons they drew when charging were not spears and spears, but bows and arrows, and almost every soldier had at least three or five arrows in their hands, so that they could better exert the power of the rain of arrows.

At this time, Wen Chou, who was in the distance, did not panic at all when he saw the cavalry that suddenly appeared, but laughed a few times: "Where did this fool come from with the troops?