Chapter 403 - Defenseless
"Great!" Lu Qian laughed and said: "We live in a high place, and we are like a broken bamboo when we go down the mountain, how can we be brave?" The general does not need to go deep into the enemy camp, he only releases arrows outside the camp to feint, and leads Zhuge Liang to send troops to rescue, and then retreats to the riverbank, and a certain self will lead troops to respond. β
The two have discussed, and when they wait until the fifth watch, the Cao army in the village will be killed together, Lu Qian will go to the river from the north road, and Mao Hui will kill from the mountain and go straight to the Jingzhou military camp.
Mao Hui knew that Zhuge Liang was scheming, and immediately ordered the soldiers to rush into the village on a hillside to observe the situation.
I saw that the men and horses in front rushed straight forward, but did not encounter any obstacles, and came down from the mountain, the speed was extremely fast, and most of the soldiers and horses had rushed into the village.
In the blink of an eye, a fire broke out in the village, the soldiers rushed everywhere to kill, but there was no movement in the camp, and the soldiers came back to tell that the Jingzhou soldiers had already retreated, and this was an empty camp.
"Oh no, go to the river!" Although he won a complete victory, Mao Hui broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly ordered a retreat.
Only then did the sound of singing gold sound, and the Cao army had not yet retreated, but it led to an ambush behind the mountain, and the Jingzhou soldiers killed them from the halfway up the mountain.
Mao Hui was shocked, he didn't care about beckoning soldiers and horses, he hit the horses and left, an army in front blocked the way, and the general under the firelight shouted: "Huo Jun is here, those who descend will not be killed!" β
"Kill it!" Mao Hui raised his knife and roared, ordered his soldiers to step forward, and took advantage of the chaos in the dark night to move forward, kill a bloody road, and rush to the shore.
At this time, Lu Qian had already led his troops to the shore, and in the hazy moonlight, he saw that the riverbed was bare, and there were only a few pools of stagnant water, which was just right to cross the river.
Cao Jun rushed down, and after walking for a while, someone shouted, it turned out that there was a perennial flowing water here, and there was a lot of silt in the river, and some soldiers fell into it, and it was swallowed up in a blink of an eye.
Lu Qian was shocked, divided the men and horses into several teams, and ordered the front army to explore the road and carry stones to pave the way across the river.
Lu Qian went to the opposite bank first to command and respond, and the black pressure in the riverbed was full of human figures, stone weapons collided, and the soldiers shouted and scolded, which was very noisy.
Suddenly seeing the sky in the distance reflecting red, Lu Qian knew that Mao Hui's attack on the camp was successful, and the Jingzhou soldiers would soon catch up, urging the soldiers to cross the river as soon as possible.
As soon as the front army arrived at the shore, suddenly a white light rushed upstream, and the stormy waves came close in a blink of an eye, Lu Qian's heart sank, and he shouted: "Come ashore!" β
But it was too late, the river that had been accumulated for two days rushed in, the water was bigger than ever, the turbid waves rolled, and Cao Jun was caught in it, and there were screams everywhere.
Lu Qian suddenly scolded: "It's Zhuge Liang's trick again." β
There were only more than 1,000 Cao soldiers on the shore who came ashore in embarrassment, and they were shocked to see this scene, and they couldn't do anything about it.
There were still some soldiers stranded on the other side, and what made Lu Qian even more worried was that Mao Hui's retreat was cut off, and the other half of the men and horses would definitely die.
"Ahh
"Gan Ning is here!" The Cao army on the shore was in chaos, and when he saw that the first military generals were red, they fled in all directions.
"There is an ambush, go quickly!" LΓΌ Qian was completely desperate and hurriedly mounted his horse and led his troops to retreat.
Mao Hui fled to the river, but he heard the sound of the waves like thunder, and a figure was wandering on the shore, and many Cao troops were hovering here.
"Where did the water come from?" Mao Hui was shocked, called someone and asked, "Where is General Lu answering?" β
The Cao soldiers replied with a crying voice, and they knew that Lu Qian had just led the troops across the river, and suddenly the torrent upstream rushed down, and most of the soldiers were washed away, and there were ambushes on the north bank, and they were already killed.
"What a Zhuge Liang, he expected it again." Mao Hui's heart was pounding, the chasing soldiers behind him had arrived, and there was no way out.
was hurriedly preparing to meet the enemy, suddenly there was an enemy army upstream, at this time the sky was already bright, only to see the Jingzhou soldiers outflanked left and right, murderous.
Mao Hui saw that Chen Dao was downstream and was not his opponent, so he hurriedly urged the horse to break through upstream, and he must be a partial general who went to intercept the river, as long as he killed this person, he could take advantage of the chaos to escape.
The two horses were staggered, both of them swung their knives violently, Mao Hui's arm shook violently, and the big knife came out of his hand, exclaiming: "Who are you?" β
"Changsha Yangling is also!" Yang Ling was in a hurry to make meritorious contributions, struck hard, and slashed with his backhand, and without waiting for Mao Hui to beg for mercy, he cut him off the horse.
Cao's army was completely in chaos, blocked on the bank of the river with nowhere to go, and surrendered one after another.
LΓΌ Qian fled back to Xingyang with hundreds of remnants, Xin Bi was shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly greeted him outside the house, seeing that the people and horses were embarrassed, he hurriedly inquired about the military situation.
"It's someone else's trick again!" Lu Qian sighed dejectedly, ordered the soldiers to go back to rest, and returned to the palace as he spoke.
"Alas, I don't want Kong Ming to have such wisdom, it's hard to guard." Xin Bi listened to the solemn expression and said: "The prince has moved to Yecheng with civil and military officials, and Zhang Liao has no time to take care of himself, so he can only ask Hebei for help. β
While deliberating, Gan Ning had led his troops to chase down the city and shouted for the defenders to open the city and surrender.
Lu Qian was full of resentment when he was defeated, and when he heard the report, he was furious and said: "Gan Ning is a thief who deceives people too much, and I will fight him to the death." β
Xin Bi said: "The general has been defeated repeatedly, and Gan Ning must have underestimated the enemy!" The enemy lay in ambush overnight, and pursued all the way forward, and the soldiers must be tired. This arrogant soldier will be defeated, so don't care about him for the time being, but tonight he will lead the troops to attack him, and he can win a complete victory and stabilize the morale of the army. β
"Mingfu Gaojian!" Lu Qian was overjoyed, first went back to the camp to rest, and then went to rob the camp in the middle of the night.
At the fourth watch of the next day, Lu Qian led the Xingyang defenders, killed from the south gate, and went straight to the Ganning camp.
Although the Jingzhou soldiers were strictly disciplined, they were only deployed as usual, and the men and horses were on guard day and night to kill the enemy, and the soldiers were already tired, and Gan Ning also thought that Lu Qian's men were defeated and returned to the city in a miserable defeat, so they would not dare to fight again, so they relaxed their vigilance.
Most of the bonfires in the camp were extinguished, and the patrol soldiers also hid in shelter and took a nap.
The Jingzhou soldiers panicked and hurried to meet the enemy, a round of sparse arrow rain had not yet been released, the Cao army had removed the antlers, and Lu Qian took the lead in the camp, rushing around to kill and set fire.
Gan Ning was awakened in his sleep, and when he heard that Cao Jun had attacked the camp, he was furious, and immediately put on a suit to greet him, and saw that there were shouts of killing everywhere, and half of the camp was burning, so he had to give the order to abandon the camp and retreat.
"Gan Ning thief, look at the arrows!" When Lu Qian saw Gan Ning in the chaos, he did not fight him, and fired three arrows in a row on his horse.
"Dog thieves sneak attack, dare to fight me?" Gan Ning avoided the arrows and urged the horse to dance the knife and rush straight over.
After the success of this battle, Lu Qian finally let out a bad breath, laughed, and ordered the soldiers to force Gan Ning back with arrows and lead the troops back to the city.
Gan Ning gathered the defeated army and watched the camp burned down, but fortunately he was only the front soldiers and horses, and did not carry baggage, the loss was not serious, and he retreated not far away to rest and wait for Zhuge Liang's army.
Not long after, Chen Daoxian led the troops to arrive, saw the ashes in front of him, and asked in surprise: "What happened?" β
"Careless!" Gan Ning sighed lightly and said with a wry smile: "I fish all day long, but I was bitten by a turtle." β