Chapter 445: Fang Rui's Wit
Fang Rui entered Changshan first, bypassed Zhongshan, and was about to kill when he suddenly stopped.
According to the map, coming out of the vicinity of Shangquyang in Changshan, and entering the vicinity of Wangdu in Zhongshan, the nearest is a mountain road, and the county order of Shangquyang has also arranged a few locals as guides to lead the way for them.
But this mountain road, in terms of the art of war, belongs to the kind of terrain that is easy to be ambushed.
On both sides are jungles and hillsides, although the mountain road is wide, if the cavalry enters, it is easy to be unable to move, the infantry is okay to pass, the cavalry is not suitable, and it is very easy to be ambushed.
"The Lu family used to be our people, and they were very familiar with everything about us, especially the way we fight."
"He knows the strength of our cavalry."
"He will also find a way to deal with our cavalry, in this situation, the only one who can save Wangdu is the cavalry, if the cavalry goes to rescue, he can think that we will not rush according to the conventional method."
"He should be able to think that we will take a detour and attack the enemy outside the city by surprise."
"Ahead is the vantage point of the ambush cavalry."
Fang Rui analyzed.
Several heavy cavalry commanders around him listened, looked at the mountain road ahead, and nodded approvingly.
"So what are we going to do?"
A cavalry commander asked.
"Take a detour again, continue north, is there a more suitable passage to the north?" Fang Rui finally asked Shang Quyang, the person who was responsible for leading the way.
"There is one, but if you are on the road with cavalry, it will take you half a day to walk."
Humanity that leads the way.
Fang Rui said: "Half a day is half a day, don't go into the mountain, avoid places where you may be ambushed, and keep walking!" ”
Even if the cavalry has to walk for half a day, the second road must not be close, but compared to the consequences of falling into an ambush, this half a day can be ignored and go directly to the second road.
Fang Rui felt that Lu Yu must have underestimated his own strength.
Maybe you can kill them by surprise.
After walking north for a while, the road they walked was all flat land, and the person who led the way led them through a forest again, but the woods on this side were different from the ones just now.
Most of it is flat ground, with plenty of space for cavalry to fight.
It passes through the woodland, crosses the Hengshui and enters the vicinity of Tang County.
When they left Shangquyang, they prepared a pontoon bridge, and they were originally going to build a pontoon bridge from Hengshui after crossing the mountain road, but now they have changed the route, and the pontoon bridge is also with them.
However, Hengshui could not be bypassed, and if they had to be bypassed, according to the man who led the way, they needed to travel for five more days, and they did not have so much time to spend on it, so they could only cross the river.
Arrange a few soldiers with good water ability, swim to the opposite bank, fix the rope, and the pontoon bridge is built.
The cavalry cautiously crossed the pontoon bridge, and after some distance, it was Tang County, north of Wangdu, and then went south to reach Wangdu, when the sun was almost down.
"Continue south, I want to make sure if there is really an ambush near that mountain road."
Fang Rui thought for a while and made a special decision.
If there is an ambush there, by the way, kill this group of ambush soldiers, weaken Liu Bei's troops, and then go to the rescue of Wangdu, so as not to cause instability in the rear and not be attacked.
Because if the ambushers do not see anyone passing through the mountain road, or know that Wangdu is under attack, they may kill back and attack from the rear of the cavalry.
This potential threat is not allowed to exist in Fang Rui.
He had to be a little more stable in order to save the heavy cavalry.
"Yes!"
The commanders of the cavalry said in unison.
Led by the man who led the way, they rushed to the exit of the mountain road before nightfall.
Fang Rui sent someone up the mountain again to find out what the situation was.
After half an hour, news finally came back from the mountain, and sure enough, there was an ambush, and it was estimated that there were 10,000 men hidden, and the enemy had prepared a lot of stones and arrows, just waiting for their cavalry to pass.
"Set fire to the mountain!"
Fang Rui quickly checked the situation around him.
There are no farms in the vicinity, and there are no fields, so it is eligible to burn the mountain.
A few cavalrymen prepared torches and lit the hay on the hill, and the fire gradually spread, and the fire burned brightly, illuminating the darkness of the night, and finally the sea of fire spread to the enemies who were lying in ambush.
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Zhang Fei followed Lu Yu's instructions and led his troops to ambush here.
Lu Yu's judgment was very accurate, according to his understanding of the situation in Yang Zhao's army, he calculated the people who supported Zhongshan, and the soldiers would be divided into two routes, and the second road would be cavalry, and they would attack on a detour, so they found the right place and did a good job of ambushing.
These 10,000 people have been hiding in the mountains for almost two days.
Waiting and waiting, he couldn't wait for the reinforcements to arrive, Zhang Fei would inevitably be a little impatient, wondering if Lu Yu had misjudged that there would be no reinforcements passing through here at all.
They are, a waste of time.
It's better to work together and storm Wangdu.
Just when Zhang Fei was complaining in his heart, the soldiers around him noticed that something was wrong.
When they turned around, they could see that a large piece of light appeared behind them without warning, and they saw that the light was a sea of fire, and with the mountain breeze at night, it also brought a burst of hot breath.
When it was blown by the wind, the sea of fire burned even more vigorously.
"General, it's not good!"
One of the lieutenants said eagerly: "The mountain is on fire!" ”
Zhang Fei also felt that something was wrong, and when he looked back, he could see that a large sea of fire was spreading in his direction, stared at it for a while, and hurriedly shouted: "Go down the mountain, go down the mountain quickly!" ”
I don't know if it was found or if there was an accident on the mountain.
But they have to go down.
Otherwise, they will be burned alive.
The retreat behind has been cut off by the sea of fire.
In the silence of the night, there was also the sound of "popping", the trees being burned and bursting, covering their somewhat panicked sounds.
"Go down!"
Zhang Fei led the team and walked down the mountain first.
Their only retreat at the moment is the mountain road below.
Walking into the mountain road, he retreated in the direction of Wangdu, and soon walked out of the mountain road.
However, before they could leave completely, the sound of horses' hooves sounded nearby.
The heavy cavalry led by Fang Rui slaughtered without warning.
"Kill!"
The sound of shouting and killing echoed in the darkness.
The fire on the mountain was so bright that it lit up the night below.
Zhang Fei and the others took advantage of the firelight to see a group of cavalry rushing to kill, and they were immediately in a hurry, there were archers, who had already drawn their bows and shot arrows, but the heavy cavalry had armor defense, and the arrows could not have much impact.
A distance of an arrow, in the blink of an eye, was taken away by the cavalry.
"Block!"
Zhang Fei shouted loudly.
But it can't be stopped.
The speed of the cavalry was very fast, and the horse lance in his hand was very long, and the soldiers around Zhang Fei had not yet eased up, and the war horse was already close, only to see the cavalry's horse lance pressed down.
The sharp edge penetrated out, and in the blink of an eye, he killed a large number of Zhuojun soldiers in the front row.
The cavalry in the front row had just plundered by, and the cavalry in the back row followed in the blink of an eye, and they separated under the leadership of Fang Rui, expanding the scope of the charge, invincible, no one could stop them!