Chapter 94: Iron Cavalry Breaks 10,000 People
With only 5,000 people taking Linzi, the Qingzhou Governance Office, it can be regarded as an exciting move.
Gao Gan and his army of more than 10,000 people gave up the siege and led the team away.
Zhao Chen's army in the city rejoiced.
But Zhao Chen knew in his heart that it was very difficult for 5,000 people to collect 3,000 surrendered soldiers and hold Linzi City.
As Cheng Yu said, Zhao Chen made a detour to Taishan County and raided Linzi as a dangerous move.
The Qi country where Linzi is located is in the middle of Qingzhou, close to Beihai, Le'an and Jinan, with Yuan Tan's army in the east and Yuan Shao in the west.
It can be said that the belly and back are subject to the enemy, and it is a lonely city.
But Zhao Chen had to do this, otherwise with 10,000 people, against Yuan Tan, who had an army of tens of thousands, it would be impossible to take the entire Qingzhou in a short time.
Taking Linzi is to cut off Yuan Tan's retreat, so that Yuan Tan's grain road has to take a detour, which is the key to breaking through Yuan Tan.
Now the pressure is on Zhang Fei and Chen Dao, if they can't leave Yuan Tan in Yingling, then Zhao Chen can only give up Linzi before Yuan Shao's army comes, return to Gumu, and then plan to send troops to Qingzhou.
Therefore, when Zhao Chen saw Gao Gan and the leading troops leaving, he hurriedly wrote to Cheng Yu and asked the messenger to send it overnight, and he must send it to Cheng Yu before Gao Gan and the leading army.
The messenger rode two horses and arrived at the camp of Zhang Fei and Cheng Yu at noon on the second day.
Cheng Yu opened the letter, and sure enough, it was Zhao Chen's notes and seals.
There are only eight words written in the letter: attract Yuan Tan and surround the point to send reinforcements.
Zhang Fei asked suspiciously, "What does the military advisor mean?" Why is there only eight words for sending the letter in such a hurry? ”
When the people saw the faith, they did not know why.
Only Cheng Yu's heart is like a mirror.
It is such a benefit to have a first-class strategist to go out together, there is no need to say much, and there is no need for everything to be arranged by Zhao Chen, just a click can implement Zhao Chen's intentions in place.
More importantly, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, communication could only be relied on. When the two armies faced each other, the interception of communications occurred from time to time, and only two kinds of communication were the safest, one was so complicated that it was necessary to crack the code, and the other was so simple that only one's own people could read it, and even if they were intercepted by the enemy, there was no need to worry about the information being leaked.
Cheng Yu understood Zhao Chen's meaning and immediately arranged the next step.
It's just that according to Zhao Chen's strategy, at least three leading generals are needed, but now there are only Zhang Fei and Chen Dao.
Cheng Yu looked at the sword on his body and smiled slightly, it was time to let the sword come out of its sheath and see Yuan Tan's soldiers.
Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi carefully comprehended the meaning conveyed by Cheng Yu, each led a thousand cavalry, carried two days' rations, and hurried out of the camp.
Now there are only 3,000 infantry left in the camp, and the leading general is Cheng Yu.
"Houde doesn't even know this, does he?"
Cheng Yu drew his sword and swung it a few times in front of the camp.
The sword blossom pear fell, which made all the soldiers applaud.
He used to be a military general, and during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he also rebelled in Dong'e County, and he had his own set of methods for training soldiers.
After the dance, Cheng Yu pointed his sword at the sky and shouted to the soldiers: "Colleagues, let Yuan Tan see how powerful we are, and go out to camp and attack the city at sunset!" ”
The soldiers were deeply encouraged and responded one after another, and the shouts of killing resounded throughout Fuzhen Mountain.
In May, the weather is getting hot and muggy.
The afternoon sun is getting scorching.
At this time, Gao Ganhe led more than 10,000 troops, and he had not yet passed through the drama county on the border between Beihai and Qi.
After yesterday's battle, not only did they lose nearly 10,000 people, Mr. Xin Ping was also killed, and Linzi also fell into the hands of Zhao Chen.
The army marched slowly, and it was evening when it reached 20 miles outside Pingshou County, and it was less than 50 miles away from the Yingling.
Gao Gan proposed to march quickly and set up camp in Pingshou County, so as not to march overnight and be easily ambushed.
Pull the answer.
The soldiers were preparing for a rapid march.
Suddenly, a group of men and horses came from the south, all of them cavalry.
Before Gao Gan and Zhao Zhao could react, this cavalry had already been killed in front of them.
The cavalry carried the banner of "Zhang".
The person who came was Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide.
Zhang Fei led a thousand cavalry, and with his excellent riding skills, he took the lead in rushing into the army of high cadres and leading moves.
The army was already very tired after a long journey, and the previous battle was unpredictable, and now it became chaotic when it encountered the cavalry charge.
Except for Gao Gan, no one would have thought that they would encounter a sneak attack here.
Zhang Feicai didn't care how the high-ranking cadres and the army were scattered, he only cared about going from the south to the north, and did not stay for a moment.
The more chaotic the army, the better it was for Zhang Fei's cavalry.
Seeing the army like headless flies, he led and shouted: "Come with me!" ”
Several cronies beside him approached one after another, and some of the soldiers were also settled.
The lead describes the direction of Zhang Fei, leading the hundreds of people gathered to kill the generals.
Seeing this, Zhang Fei knew that this person should be regarded as a general under the banner, so he became interested.
He raised his spear and straddled his horse, roared angrily, and then led the army straight to the lead.
One man rides, one horse takes the lead.
The two met, and after only three rounds of fighting, Zhang Fei flew and stabbed through the body of the puller, and then struggled to pick it up, and the puller fell off the horse.
I didn't know until I landed, and the person who killed him was Zhang Feiye, the person in charge of Liu Bei's army.
Zhang Fei shot down one person, his morale soared, and he turned his head and ran towards another "high" banner.
The lord was beheaded, and the army was leaderless in an instant, and before he knew where to go, he was assassinated by other cavalry before he could react.
Gao Gan was taken aback when he saw that he was killed, and when he saw Zhang Fei coming towards him, he didn't care how many soldiers there were, so he only cared about leading the army to retreat towards the camp.
Zhang Fei's impact directly swept the army of the two to pieces, and they couldn't find the north, and there were countless dead and wounded.
The defeated army fled less than ten miles away, and another team of men and horses came head-on, under the banner of "Chen".
It was Chen Zhi who led another thousand cavalry to kill.
The purpose of the two of them was to defeat the 10,000 horses who came to camp in the mausoleum.
Cheng Yu meant that the military advisor told them to prevent these 10,000 people from entering the city.
Gao Gan saw that the comer was violent, and he panicked instantly, and he didn't have time to turn around, and Chen Zhi had already killed him.
He had to rush to the battle.
But Chen Zhi's martial arts are unmatched, he is prepared to fight without preparation, and his momentum is high and his momentum is declining.
He didn't even have time to show his weapon, and Chen's gun was already in his chest.
In just one round, Gao Gan was stabbed by Chen and fell off his horse.
And the infantry behind him could only watch as Chen Zhi's cavalry's spear stabbed rapidly, the cold light flashed in front of his eyes, and his body hit the ground with the spear, and then left a big hole in his chest, and then smashed heavily on the ground.
Some of the infantrymen had not even had time to close their mouths in surprise and had already been pierced by a single shot.
Wherever Chen arrived, the army of high-ranking cadres abandoned their weapons and surrendered.
The decadent army of 10,000, under the onslaught of 2,000 cavalry, suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and more than 6,000 surrendered.
The two generals, Zhao Zhao and Gao Gan, were cut off their horses, and Yuan Tan's forces in Linzi were all consumed.
At this moment, Cheng Yu, who stayed in the camp, had already taken 3,000 soldiers to challenge in front of the gate of Yingling City.
Seeing this, Yuan Tan couldn't help but laugh: "Thousands of people dare to come to my camp in front of the city to spread wild!" Come on, shoot back with arrows! ”
For a time, arrows rained down.