Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 495 Ambush and Defeat

At the head of Shu County, Wang Zheng silently watched Sun Cejun retreat slowly.

Sun Ce's retreat was because Wei Yan's bravery exceeded his expectations. If he continued to fight, he might not be able to take advantage of it, so he made a quick and decisive decision.However, Wang Zheng's original intention was to take the opportunity to break out of the siege is the best policy, at least to attract Sun Ce's attention, making him unable to take care of the ambushes elsewhere.At this time, seeing that Sun Ce's defense was well-regulated, although the troops withdrew, the front and rear formations were not chaotic at all, knowing that it was impossible to take advantage of the opportunity to break through, he simply accepted it as soon as he saw it.

On the one hand, Lu'an has been recovered, so the situation has turned around now, and Shu County is no longer a dangerous place, so there is no need to leave. On the other hand, it must have attracted Sun Ce's attention anyway, at least the next level. The goal is achieved.

"Mr. Zhou County, since Bandit Sun retreats, let Wen Chang and Qiao Wan retreat into the city."

Wang Zheng thought for a while, and said to Zhou Hui: "However, even though the troops are withdrawing, Sun Thief can't be too relaxed. The general's intention is to arrange for more than a hundred elite riders to be taken out of the city every half an hour. One circle, beating gongs and drums, must be disturbed to the point of restlessness, making it powerless to look around."

Zhou Hui had no objection, and Tao Ze also nodded in agreement. Wei Yan, a deputy, and Qiao Wan, a girl, could almost beat Sun Ce's general.
What's more, Sun Ce has taken the initiative to hang up the exemption card, and it is expected that there will be no fighting in the middle of the night.

When Wei Yan and Qiao Wan returned to the city, everyone went down to greet them in person, and Zhou Hui couldn't wait any longer. He went up to hold his hand, greeted him attentively, and praised him again and again: "I saw the bravery of Wen Chang today!"With the power of a drink, the sky thunder was wiped out.What's more, those rebels are reckless?Are you afraid that you will be shuddered by fright?Haha, really elated!Greatly increased the prestige of my defenders. "

Wang Zheng was also concerned and asked, "Is there any wound in Chief Wen?"

When the lightning hit Wei Yan just now, the others were naturally astonished, but Wang Zheng was the first to react. He came from later generations and knew the principle of the lightning rod. Although the weapons were changed to knives and guns, they still held up an iron gun and danced around. This is actually a short weapon rather than a spear, which attracted Rolling Thunder to strike at his position, but Not surprising at all.

Thanks to his fate, he didn't hit the head directly, but set his eyebrows on fire.The mount under his crotch also suffered disaster, and was blackened by the thunder fire.

When a person is struck by lightning, no matter how brave he is, perhaps he was so focused on killing the enemy on the battlefield that he didn't have time to think about it. Now that the war is over, in retrospect, he is proud and proud, but he is also unavoidably afraid.Wei Yan was also honest, jumped off the horse hastily, and said: "My young master, Wang Zhoumu, was never injured. I didn't think too much about it at the time of the fight. I just felt that my whole body was hot and crisp, and it was quite enjoyable."

This remark caused everyone to burst into laughter, and Wang Zheng turned his attention to Qiao Wan, who was aside, and said softly: "Miss Qiao has shown her might in this battle. She is indeed a hero among women, and women do not give way to men."

Qiao Wan ignored him, and took off the helmet on her own. It seemed that she was also suffocated in the helmet for a long time. After taking it off, she first let out a long breath, and the corners of her mouth were slightly pursed, and she burst into a shallow smile, which made everyone cheer together. Dazed, when she was about to take a closer look, the smile disappeared like a flash in the pan, and Qiao Wan returned to her cold state, as if she didn't want to smile more for everyone to see.

Zhou Hui and others returned to the county government, while Wang Zheng returned to the barracks and took out the letters sent by the second batch of envoys sent by Wu Sheng to read.

This letter was naturally written by Guo Jia, in which he described his battle plan in detail.

Because Wang Zheng had noticed in advance that Sun Ce's soldiers and horses outside Shu County had been mobilized, Guo Jia also judged that the most likely place for Sun Ce's army to set up an ambush was the Zipeng Mountain between Hefei and Shu County. Set up an ambush, Guo Jia's plan was to divide Huang Zhong and Wu Sheng into two armies after leaving Hefei. Naturally, they successfully met outside Shu County.

If Sun Ce's army is really in ambush, the first to lead the enemy out of the mountain by feigning defeat all the way, and then attack from left to right, must be defeated with one blow, and then all armies will join forces in Shu County to launch a counterattack against Sun Ce's army.

From Wang Zheng's point of view, this plan looks good, but it is actually very dangerous.

In his previous life, when he read Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he always felt that the strategy of cheating is very useful, and the benefits are huge, but since time travel, he has rarely used this strategy, why?

Because it is not only difficult to control the scale of fraudulent defeat, but if you are not careful, it is very likely to become a real defeat!

Especially the Xuzhou army is very famous now, and Huang Zhong and Wu Shengxiang are famous for their bravery. Even if they are ambushed, if they are defeated too quickly, the enemy will inevitably doubt it.

But the feigned defeat actually requires a quick defeat, otherwise the casualties of the soldiers paid are too high, so is it worthwhile?
Wang Zheng stood proudly in front of the tent with his hands behind his back, looking up at the night sky solemnly, the moon was covered by deep clouds.

The breakout battle in front of Shuxian City had just stopped not long ago, but the ambush battle in the north had just begun. This night was destined to be uneventful.

Outside Hefei City, Zipeng Mountain.

This place where the future famous Cao Wei general Li Dian is buried seems to be incompatible with the famous general. Huang Zhong, who passed by here twice, was also embarrassed every time.

Of course, compared to the last time when he broke out of the siege from Linhu, it was really embarrassing, but this time he threw away his helmet and armor, and the chaos and flags were all staged.

Because of the darkness of the night, in order not to cause the chasing Sun Cejun to lose his target, and to point out the direction for the scattered soldiers, Huang Zhong specially ordered the officials in each capital to light up a lot of torches. Looking back by the water, he saw more than a thousand soldiers scattered. In the wilderness with a radius of several miles, there are little fires everywhere, and there are all fleeing people pretending to be defeated.

"How far is it from Zipeng Mountain?" Huang Zhong asked.

"Twenty miles or so."

"Where is He Qibu now?"

"Bite our tails, and we are chasing after us. Sun Bandit's vanguard cavalry is at least seven or eight miles away from me."

"Where's General Wu?"

"The forward of our department is rushing forward, trying to meet General Wu's headquarters as soon as possible."

Huang Zhong flicked his horsewhip, looked back, and shouted in a deep voice: "Hurry up, don't give the surroundings a chance to intervene!"

"Xiang'an, Linhu and other cities are still under the control of Sun Thief, especially Xiang'an. This is where Sun Ce's back road is located, and it is also the main throat of Linjiang. There must be a lot of troops stationed there. If suddenly Crossing in, even if there are over ten thousand troops in our army, it is also a big threat!"

"Pass my general's order, and give the forward half a quarter of an hour to meet General Wu!"

Huang Zhong feigned defeat and broke up, trying to lure He Qibu out of the mountain. Although it was Guo Jia's plan, he and Wu Sheng knew about it in advance, but in all fairness, it was indeed a dangerous move.

Although some soldiers and horses of the enemy succeeded in chasing them out, but the long night was dark and they couldn't see their fingers. Even with the well-trained heavenly army, even if they were not careful, they might turn from a false rout to a real rout. It is also a test of Huang Zhong's ability to control the rhythm of the entire army and the rhythm of the battlefield.

Especially Huang Zhong always felt that He Qi, the enemy general on the opposite side, also seemed to see that they were bluffing, and they came chasing with such intentions!
Huang Zhong called Guo Lu over again and asked, "How about the flags of the various ministries?"

"Back to the general," Guo Lu called out energetically, "I have kept in touch with the banner officers of each battalion since the beginning of the fraudulent defeat. The general said that it should be scattered and not chaotic; you can discard unnecessary The baggage, even the false military flag, but the channels of the ministries must be kept open. This has been done.”

Huang Zhong nodded his head when he heard the words, and looked around, they passed by the edge of a clear stream at this time, the water was gurgling, and looking along, it meandered to a far away place.

There are reeds growing along the coast, shaking gently in the wind, and when the torch shines, a vast expanse of whiteness, withered reeds, soil in the water, and various smells are mixed together, rushing towards the face.

In addition to the noise of galloping horseshoes, from time to time there will be wild ducks, resident birds, etc. "flapping" and flying away.One after another, the torches flashed past Huang Zhong and the others, and the glowing red torches illuminated the face of the knight on horseback, showing an expression of excitement.Many officers and soldiers who knew Huang Zhong ran over, and they didn't forget to turn their heads and yell twice, or shouted: "General, the sun thief is about to catch up." Or shouted: "What happened to General Wu in front? When will we Starting to turn around and fight back?"

Not long after, there were two or three galloping horses ahead.

They didn't have time to get off their horses, and didn't even bother to slow down their horses. They ran straight to the water's edge, grabbed the reins, and galloped back and forth around Huang Zhong's people, trampling the stream and mud, and there was a "crash" sound: "General The forwards of our troops have met with General Wu. General Wu ordered our troops to act according to the original plan! Deploy immediately."

"it is good!"

Hearing this, Huang Zhong clapped his hands fiercely, his brows brimming with joy.

He has a calm temperament, and he followed Wang Zheng's side. Under the influence of his ears and eyes, he was also quite proud of not being able to show emotions, but this battle commission is really important. Seeing that the most difficult part has finally been completed, the joy in his heart can't be restrained , immediately laughed loudly, turned to the left and right, and shouted: "Guo Lu!"

Guo Lu came out as ordered: "The end is here!"

Huang Zhong said with emotion: "I will lead you to the headquarters, and then allocate 200 people with you, and continue to flee to the west. Each ten-man team will fire twice as many torches! Spread the distance between the queues a little more. Be sure to hide it. He Qi, teach him to think that our army is still retreating towards General Wu's position, and if you don't ask you to kill the enemy, if you lure He Qi over there, it will be considered a great achievement for you!"

"promise!"

"Order the other ministries to assemble, put out the torches, and follow this stream, turn north first, then turn around to He Qi's rear wing, and plunder and kill from behind!"

The key to Guo Jia's strategy is that whoever arrives at Zipeng Mountain first, whether it is Wu Sheng or Huang Zhong, will be responsible for deceitful defeat to lure Sun Ce's army out of the mountain. Stay away from Xiang'an and Linhu cities in the east, and at the same time, the other road is quietly copying the road and going around, rushing forward to the front of Zipeng Mountain, and giving the enemy on the mountain a counter-encirclement!

Once the anti-encirclement is formed, the ambushing Sun Cejun has only two options, either abandon the friendly troops who came out of the mountain and let the Xuzhou army eat them or
The rest of the troops in the mountains had no choice but to attack across the board, trying their best to rescue the troops who were surrounded by counterattacks.

If it is the former, for the Xuzhou army, under the circumstances that the situation is excellent, they will naturally wipe out part of Sun Ce's army again at the lowest cost, and it will be absolutely difficult for the remaining troops of the opponent to stop their road to Shu County in the south.

If it is the latter, the ambush battle in the mountains will be transformed into a field battle on the plain in the dark, and at such a time and such terrain, the Xuzhou army has absolute confidence to defeat any army of princes in the world. Soldiers!

In short, no matter which countermeasure the He Qi Ministry chooses, in Guo Jia's opinion, it will further weaken Sun Ce's military strength and greatly reduce the pressure on the king's government in Shu County.

Assemble the troops, don't blow horns or drums, so as not to disturb He Qi's troops behind.In the fields several miles away, groups of messengers ran in all directions, and quickly conveyed Huang Zhong's orders.

It had been designated earlier that the six or seven centurions that would follow Huang Zhong's copy of He Qi's rear formation approached the battalion flag methodically while extinguishing the torches.After the hundred people had gathered, they came to gather at the general flag.At the same time they were getting closer and gathering, the two to three hundred people under Guo Lu's command also continued to widen the distance between each other while lighting new torches.Looking from He Qi's department several miles away, they could only see the flickering torches in front of them from a distance, and they couldn't see the slightest inner strangeness at all.

700 Xuzhou cavalry gathered in one place silently. Huang Zhong called the Dubos together and simply mobilized before the battle.

He only said a few words: "The war has been going on so far, and the turning point is in sight. If you want to completely defeat Sun Bandit, you must first join forces and launch a general offensive."

"If you want the three armies to join forces, you must first break through the siege of Shu County. If you want to go south to Shu County, you must first break through the ambush of the sun bandits on Zipeng Mountain!"

"If you want to break through the ambush of the Zipeng Mountain bandits, you must first copy the enemy's rear formation. The most important thing is to be on your shoulders now. Everyone, if you win this battle, I will personally invite you The lord will not hesitate to reward you for your meritorious service!"

Speaking of it, Huang Zhong is not a person who is good at eloquence, but the morale of a victorious army like Tianjun is already high, and everyone's blood boils with a little encouragement, especially Huang Zhong's words are not rough, so let's make this battle the first. , and the most crucial fifteen words: "I will personally ask for credit for you, and my lord will reward you generously!"

Compared with the previous Battle of Beihai, Wang Zheng not only took part in the first battle of Jiangdong, but also took part in the elite, which shows how much he attaches importance to Sun Ce
If one can get the first credit in defeating such a formidable enemy, one can imagine how great the credit will be and how heavy the reward will be!
Many veterans even thought in their hearts that such a great achievement might not only be due to official positions, money, food, farmland, and clothing. Perhaps Huang Tian will also bestow divine favors again!
For the Xuzhou Army who has been in the army for a long time, this is the greatest reward Wang Zheng, the Tiangong General, can give!
The Dubos went back to the team, and relayed Huang Zhong's words to the chiefs again, and the chiefs told the soldiers directly, and all of them blushed and murderous, if it wasn't for covering up their voices You can't shout loudly, I'm afraid there will be killing noises soon!

Seeing that the morale was available, Huang Zhong nodded in satisfaction, and immediately waved his arms, drove the horse with a horizontal knife, and jumped into the stream first.
700 people joined each other back and forth, riding the wind through the night, and roaring away.

(End of this chapter)