On the west city of Hefei, Zhang Liao Fujian stood behind the female wall, looking at the river weir outside the city, his face was solemn. It is not difficult to guess Huo Jun's intentions based on his soldiers, probably to build a weir to store water, and want to flood Hefei City.

Counting that the rainy season was coming, Zhang Liao pounded the city wall, feeling angry.

"General, look!"

The attendant pointed to Huo Jun's army that was being mobilized, and said happily: "Or General Xiahou went south to rescue our army, and Huo Jun had to divide his troops to the north." ”

Zhang Liao did not answer, but squinted and quietly watched the movement of the enemy army.

But seeing the banner moving in the wind, the sergeants came out of the camp and marched north under the leadership of the generals of various departments. Among the armies, only Huang Zhong's headquarters, which was holding on to the river weir, did not move, and even the headquarters of Na Huo Jun also moved to the river weir camp. Before the army was huge, the military fortress surrounding the city was abandoned, and only the Heyan camp in the west of the city remained.

Outside the city, Huo Jun's army dispatched so loudly that not only Zhang Liao found it, but even Li Dian and Zhu Guang's two generals also noticed it, and they went to the west of the city one after another. Watching Huo Jun shrink his forces and hoard them around the river weir. Relying on the fortifications of the previous river weir, the camp was erected.

Seeing this, Zhu Guang was overjoyed and said: "When the reinforcements arrived, Huo Jun had no choice but to lead the army to the north to defend against the enemy. Now shrink the battalions to the river weir, if you can occupy the river weir, or defeat the soldiers and horses left behind in the river weir, the siege of Hefei can be solved, and you can also fight with General Xiahou to break the enemy. ”

Saying that, Zhu Guang looked at Zhang Liao and said, "General Zhang, Huo Jun's army is heading north, and the elite of the enemy has left. This is the time to strike a thief, and this opportunity must not be missed. If the rainy season arrives, the enemy will break the river weir, and my Hefei will be broken by the enemy. ”

The elite degree of the army is well known to the defenders in Hefei. In the past, Zhu Guang once went out of the city to attack the fortifications of the river weir, and the army was ordered to block it. The elite led by Zhu Guang was not the opponent of the Qi Yu army at all, and after several rounds of fighting, they were directly defeated, and the department fled. Fortunately, Zhang Liao led the army to kill and saved Zhu Guang's department.

According to Zhang Liao's evaluation, the elite level of the Qiangyu Army, whether it is the quality of the soldiers, or the armor and weapons, is already a first-class elite army, and the 5,000 Qiangyu Army can defeat an ordinary army several times its own.

Zhang Liao put his hand on the women's wall and said calmly: "I'm afraid that it is Huo Jun's strategy to lure the battle, and he is afraid of the strong city of Hefei, so as to divide the troops and base the enemy to lure our army to fight, and at the same time ambush the elite outside the city to besiege and kill my soldiers who go out of the city to fight." ”

Li Dian stroked the Han sword in his hand and said with a sneer: "If you follow General Zhang's words, then I will wait for the city to nest in the city, and wait for Huo Jun to flood Hefei!" ”

After a pause, Li Dian looked at the sergeants around him and said, "Huo Jun has besieged the city for nearly four months, and there is not much grain and grass in the city, so the sergeants are gradually panicking. ”

Since Huo Jun went north to Hefei last winter, he stayed outside Hefei for more than three months. The soldiers in the city watched the weir being built bit by bit, and faced the coming rainy season, which made it impossible for them not to panic.

Looking at the cloudless sky, Zhang Liao's shoulder ached faintly. Since the Battle of Tianzhu Mountain, his shoulder was injured by Guan Yu, and although he was healed by good doctors, he was no longer at the peak level, and his shoulder would hurt every rainy day.

Rubbing his shoulders, Zhang Liao said: "The rainy day is coming, Huo Jun is moving his troops north, and he must not fight." However, in order to avoid Huo Jun luring me into battle, I asked the scouts to go out of the city to explore dozens of miles to see if there were any ambushes. ”

As he spoke, Zhang Liao pointed to Heyan again and said, "Send sergeants out of the city to test the sergeants who stayed in Heyan, and send a group of sergeants to test the enemy army in the evening." ”

"No!"

Under Zhang Liao's arrangement, the soldiers in the city were divided into two groups according to his orders, and went out of the city one after another to attack the Heyan camp.

For the first time, Zhang Liao personally led the army to attack and harass, and Zhao Yun met the battle with elite troops, relying on the rejection of horses and antlers, defeating and killing more than 100 Cao troops.

The second time, near dusk, Zhang Liao led the army out again, and Zhao Yun was eating. Huang Zhong led his sergeants to fight back Zhang Liao, who was harassing the camp.

That night, Zhang Liao summoned Li Dian, Zhu Guang, and Xue Yi in the hall to discuss the strategy of breaking the enemy.

Zhang Liao put the sword on the desk and said, "According to the scout's report, there are no Huo Jun ambushes within twenty miles outside the city. I expected that Huo Jun knew about the reinforcements in Xuzhou, so he sent the army and the Qi army to the north to build a camp to prevent General Xiahou from going south. ”

Saying that, Zhang Liao looked around at everyone's faces and said: "The army went north, Huo Jun moved the camp to the river weir, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun were his wings, and he wanted to stick to the camp and wait for the rainy season to arrive. Now we should strike first, not as Huo Jun intended. ”

"The Liao sent the soldiers in the city to attack and harass, and Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong took turns to go out of the palace. Huang Zhong, an old man, his strength is gradually dissipating, and he is not Liu Bei's confidant; Zhao Yunzhi is strong in force, powerful Jiangzuo, and Liu Bei's general. Therefore, the soldiers and horses are strong and weak, Zhao Yun will be strong, and Huang Zhong will be weak, and they will be stationed in two battalions, which is an opportunity to break the village. ”

"Tomorrow is today, send soldiers out of the city to attack and harass, and send scouts to patrol the outside of the city, beware of Huo Jun setting up ambushes in the suburbs. If Huo Jun is still like this tomorrow, General Li and I will go out of the city on the day after tomorrow and fight Huo Jun to the death. ”

Then, Zhang Liao looked at Li Dian and asked, "Break through the enemy camp, kill Huo Jun, and make meritorious contributions, at this time." I wonder if General Mancheng dares to go to war with Liao? ”

Li Dian's face was solemn, and he arched his hand and said: "Dian is willing to follow the prime minister's order to go out of the city to fight with the general." ”

"Good!"

Zhang Liao said in a deep voice: "When Liao and General Mancheng go to war, General Zhu will guard the city, and the guards will supervise the soldiers in the city. ”

"No!" Zhu Guang and Xue Yi responded.

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Not to mention that Zhang Liao finalized the deployment of the decisive battle with Huo Jun out of the city, the three generals Yu Shao, Ding Feng, and Gao Xin led 5,000 troops to wear armor and carry food, and under the continuous guidance of the scouts, they marched to the northeast and rushed to Dongcheng.

Dongcheng County is located in the east of Chengde, more than 100 miles away from it. The brothers Wu Dun and Wu Jing led reinforcements across the Huai River, and under the instructions of Xiahou Dun, marched from Dongcheng to Hefei, and the two armies wanted to meet and camp in the north of Hefei.

Why did it be Wu Dun and Wu Jing brothers who led reinforcements to support, not Xuzhou Assassin Shi Zangba. First, it is related to the geographical location, Wu Dun is the Taishou of Licheng, and his brother Wu Jing is the Taishou of the East China Sea, and the two are close to the Hefei battlefield.

The second is that Zang Ba is having a headache for Mi Fang's northward trip, Mi Fang's trip to the north brought the villagers of Qingxu Seashore before, and under the guidance of the locals, Mi Fang broke several county seats. When Xiahoudun's letter came, Zang Ba was leading his soldiers to conquer Mi Fang, recapture the county seat, and drive him to the sea.

Zang Ba and Sun Guan divided two or three thousand soldiers and horses with the Wu Dun brothers, and asked him to lead the soldiers and horses of his headquarters and the troops they gave him to support the Hefei battlefield. The Wu Dun brothers did not dare to slack off, and led 10,000 soldiers and horses to cross the Huai River and rush to Hefei.

Two or three hundred miles from Huailing to Hefei, Huo Jun received the news that it took two or three days to send out the Qi Yu army, and the Wu Dun brothers walked more than 100 miles, just past Dongcheng.

The next day, the sergeants under the Wu Dun brothers crossed Dongcheng and marched to Xigepi at noon, where they encountered the Qi army, and the battle was about to break out.

Compared with the Wu Dun brothers, who were preparing for the war in a hurry, although the army was slightly flustered, they knew in advance that they would fight an encounter, and under the adjustment of the general, they quickly stabilized.

Under the banner of the Qi Army, Yu Shao summoned Ding Feng and Gao Xin to discuss the deployment of the enemy.

Yu Shao looked at the Xuzhou soldiers in the distance and asked: "I am ordered by the governor of the capital, our army goes far to win, and the enemy goes far away and is unprepared. Now when you encounter the enemy, you should fight and win. However, with the cavalry first, and the armor second, to defeat the enemy soldiers, is it okay? ”

Gao Xin and Ding Feng watched the situation of the Xuzhou soldiers, but saw that the Xuzhou soldiers encountered the Xuzhou army, and the hasty sergeants changed their formations from the marching army column under the reprimand of the officers, and the formation was not in order, and the flags were chaotic.

Gao Xin stood with a lance and said: "Most of the soldiers in Xuzhou are bandits, and they have no armor on the march. Today's army is not in order, the troops are chaotic, and they can be attacked! ”

As he spoke, Gao Xin pointed to the Xuzhou army formation and said: "The front army cannot be attacked, Xin led the cavalry to enter the formation from the flank, and the two generals led the army to break the formation from the front. ”

"Good!"

When the three of them hurriedly finalized the battle phalanx, the army under the tent quickly formed a team, with cavalry arranged on both sides and foot soldiers lined up in front, which was already the prototype of a formation. However, now the Xuzhou soldiers, Wu Dun and Wu Jing brothers are busy beckoning the army to line up, and the sergeants are urgently wearing armor.

The best way to test the elite of an army is to encounter a battle. The two armies were unprepared and fought in a hurry, but only those with outstanding training won, and the gap between the Xuzhou soldiers and the Xuzhou army was clearly visible.

Shaoqing, not waiting for the Xuzhou soldiers to finish the formation. The army has beaten the drums, and the drums are loud, shaking the heavens and the earth, and the cavalry marches in formation.

Because the right side is Xigepi, the land of the river, it is not conducive to the galloping of horsemen. Thousands of cavalry soldiers of the Qi army were separated on the left side, holding a lance and shouting, and the cavalry under the tent followed him to the front, like a hurricane wind and thunder, and went straight to the Xuzhou soldiers.

The cavalry was followed by 4,000 armoured warriors of the Monkey Army. When the foot soldier advances, the spear and crossbow are the first, and the sword and shield are in the center. There is no distinction between the arms of the army, and those who wield spears also use bows and crossbows; Those who do not use spears will wield swords and shields. The soldiers were like a forest, looming in the smoke and dust of the footsteps, and pressed down on the Xuzhou soldiers.

Cavalry marched together and assaulted the Xuzhou soldiers. Let the cavalry come first, and the footmen second. Thousands of cavalry soldiers are in the land of Jianghuai, even in the Cao army, it can be said to be a large-scale cavalry.

Gao Xin is from the Bohai Sea, and Huo Junneng appointed him as the cavalry governor of the Qi Army, because he valued his characteristics of being good at cavalry.

In this encounter with the Xuzhou soldiers, Gao Xin divided the thousands of cavalry into two parts, one was pulled with the Xuzhou cavalry, and he led one to enter the Xuzhou army from the chaos.

The soldiers are like wolves and tigers, and they are fierce.

The Xuzhou army reacted, let the crossbowmen step forward, and opened the bow to shoot. However, there were too few crossbowmen who hastily assembled for battle, and the arrows broke through the air in a sparse manner, and very few could be shot at the cavalry.

"Shoot!"

Gao Xin rode in front, bent his bow and shot arrows, aiming at the Xuzhou soldiers who were in a hurry to line up, and shot over. Hundreds of arrows rained away from the sky, and with the blessing of horse speed, they shot towards the Xuzhou soldiers.

Due to the march, most of the soldiers in Xuzhou were not armoured, and many were injured by arrows, and the spearmen in the front row fell one after another, making the barely formed military formation chaotic. Some Xuzhou sergeants saw that the momentum of the cavalry was compelling and the cavalry shooting was accurate, so they couldn't help panicking and retreated.

Before Gao Xin's cavalry entered the battle, he saw the front row of soldiers of the Xuzhou Army scattering and fleeing, how dare they resist the cavalry, no matter how the officers call, it is useless.

The sturdy lieutenant in the Xuzhou army was quite courageous, riding a war horse to slash and kill the fleeing foot soldiers, trying to gather forces to stop the assault of the cavalry of the Xuzhou army.

Seeing this, Gao Xin drove his horse up and held a lance to meet the battle. In the middle of the horse, the lieutenant was stabbed to death by Gao Xin and fell to the ground. Drawing the lance, Gao Xin held a long lance on his left and a short spear on his right, clashes left and right in the formation, no one dared to stop him, and the Xuzhou foot soldiers fled in panic.

The Xuzhou soldiers hurried south, and neither the grassroots soldiers nor the generals were prepared to fight in Dongcheng. Or they didn't expect Huo Jun to send an army to attack them.

The army of Qi Yu, wearing armor, although it is hard to hurry, it is difficult to say that the physical strength is more abundant than that of Xuzhou soldiers. However, in the event of an encounter, the presence or absence of armor and combat readiness will be the decisive key.

Gao Xin led 500 cavalry into the battle, so that the Xuzhou soldiers frightened each other, avoided the edge, did not dare to face the battle, and in a short period of time penetrated the military formation, straight in front of Wu Dun. Let Wu Dun call the left and right to fight, hoping to drag Gao Xin and give the whole team time in this formation.

How could it be as simple as Wu Dun thought, after Gao Xin's cavalry entered the battle, Ding Feng led the armored warriors into the battle. Bows and crossbows come first, swords and spears are hand-to-hand, and foot soldiers face each other head-on.

The Xuzhou infantry only had one face, and they couldn't withstand the impact of the infantry of the Xuzhou army. After several rounds of fighting, the front of the Xuzhou army was completely defeated. But all the Xuzhou soldiers who relied on their courage to resist stubbornly almost all died under the sharp swords of the Qiang Army.

The infantry attacked, the cavalry attacked sideways, and under the infantry charge, the Qiang Yu army destroyed the withering and decaying, defeated the peripheral army formation, and forced to kill the Wu Dun brothers' own team. The soldiers of Xuzhou fled in a large area, and the banners fell down, and they fled backwards one after another. Only a large number of chariots and horses loaded with baggage were left on the battlefield, as well as foot soldiers who surrendered.

Under such a situation, Wu Jing, who was born as a thief, saw that the defeat was decided, gave up the army, led the troops, and fled directly; Wu Dun's reaction was a little slower, and his team was scattered by the rout, allowing Gao Xin and the cavalry to kill him and die in the chaotic battle.

Wu Dun was killed in battle, Wu Jing was defeated and fled, and the Xuzhou reinforcements were defeated. Although the Xuzhou army defeated the Xuzhou soldiers, the gap between whether there was armor or not was shown again. The armored soldiers of the Xuzhou army could not catch up with the Xuzhou foot soldiers who fled without armor, and only the cavalry soldiers of Gao Xin rate pursued and killed the deserters.

After chasing for several miles, the three generals Yu Shao, Ding Feng, and Gao Xin took the initiative to collect their troops and rest on the spot.

Time is in a hurry, and you see.

(End of chapter)