Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 658 Cheng Ke
This Zhao Ren is also a mighty general, with the double hammers swinging, there is almost no enemy under him. In a blink of an eye, blood and brains are all over the double hammers, and even splashed all over his body.Wiping off the flesh and blood on his face casually, he shouted at the top of his lungs, "Kill the thief, kill the thief!"

More than a thousand people also shouted loudly: "Kill the thief, kill the thief!"

In the entire northern camp, a strange phenomenon appeared. Thousands of Linxiang soldiers trapped in an ambush circle kept shouting, but the Yangzhou army, which had the upper hand, just killed the enemy silently, and no one made a sound.

Because Huang Zhong wanted to show his face in front of Xu Fang, many of the people who were in charge of ambushing in the camp this time were the swordsmen and archers of Huang Zhong's headquarters system. refer to.

When fighting on the battlefield, most people will yell loudly to cheer them up, but there is another kind of people who just keep hacking and killing without saying a word. The former yell to boost morale; Those who don't make a sound are to gather spirits.

Huang Zhong happened to belong to the latter, and the saber archers in his headquarters naturally had this characteristic, that is, they went into battle to kill the enemy without making a sound.

All of a sudden, two parts with very different styles collided fiercely, and the night battle was in full swing.

A flying arrow shot obliquely and hit Zhao Ren's thigh.Zhao Ren put the hammer in his left hand into his right hand, and raised both hammers at the same time, knocking down a Yangzhou soldier who was killed by bowing, and drew his knife with his backhand, cutting off the flying arrow.Although his body was wounded, he didn't change his expression, he saw an enemy general dressed as a Dubo not far away, he threw his saber and hit him on the shoulder.

Although Du Bo was wearing armor, he was very strong, and his saber penetrated into his shoulder blades. With a scream, he retreated a few steps. Three or four soldiers of the Linxiang Army threw themselves on their bodies. All those with short swords hacked and pierced into his body.Blood splattered.

This Dubo is also one of the few elite swordsmen and archers of the second-tier unit under Huang Zhong's command. Before he was about to die, he swung his knife to fight back, chopped down two enemies, and finally lifted the jaw of an enemy general, and the blade ran along his cheek. Go up, straight to the forehead.

The enemy soldier dropped his sword and retreated, covering his face with his hands, screaming miserably.After screaming twice, he was surrounded by two Yangzhou soldiers and hacked to death with both knives and guns.

This scene fully shows the tragedy on the battlefield, like this Dubo and this soldier of Linxiang Army, who died on the spot, it is not too miserable to get a good time, those who were injured the worst, especially those who were injured in the wrong place, Huang Zhong’s department is actually alright, many of them are new troops recruited in Xuzhou, like Xu Fang’s headquarters, many of them have been fighting with Wang Zheng from Zhao County to the present, after several years, although the death rate is much lower than Other armies, but almost no one was injured, broken legs and hands, and beyond recognition are actually common.

This is why it is said that "compassion does not command soldiers". If you are a benevolent person, I am afraid that if a war is fought, let alone go to see the corpses, it is just those who are injured.

On one side are the soldiers of Yangzhou, and on the other side are the Linxiang Army.Elite against elite, fighting at the head of the northern camp at night. When they were fighting, Zhao Ren heard a few horse neighs, which sounded from a deeper place in the camp.
In his busy schedule, he turned his head to look, but the night was so dark that he couldn't see it.Only to distinguish the sound, it probably came from around Nanying, maybe five or six miles away, Zhao Ren couldn't help but thought, "Could it be the Fan County Captain's department?"

The guess was right, it was Fan Ling who led out of the city first.

After learning that Linxiang City only sent [-] cavalry, Huang Zhongdang reacted. The enemy was very cautious. No longer sending troops to attack, Xu Fang, who had already ambushed on the west side of the barracks, immediately asked Huang Zhong to lead someone to lead Fan Ling to the southern camp, and then he arranged the northern camp to attract Zhao Ren's troops.

Speaking of which, in order to lure the enemy to attack, Xu Fang dared to burn down the entire northern camp, which is not a small amount of courage.With such a large cost, how could Fan Ling and Zhao Ren not be fooled in the end?
Qingniu is nothing more than an introduction, the highlight of this lure the enemy out of the city is actually a self-destructive camp!
So far, the trend of the situation is mostly within Xu Fang's expectations. If there is an accident, that is, Huang Zhong's troops performed very well, and they used the same infantry to firmly trap the vanguard of the Linxiang Army. The cavalry not only surrounded them, but after half an hour of the bloody battle, they had clearly gained the upper hand, causing Zhao Ren's soldiers and horses to suffer heavy casualties.

You must know that the cavalry in the cold weapon era is far from being comparable to infantry in terms of physical fitness and excellent equipment. In the first battle between Wang Zheng and Cao Jun in Zhao County, it took a lot of effort to annihilate Niu Jin's thousand-man cavalry under various designs.

Although he has also entered the system, Xu Fang is not a hero, nor is he a player like Wang Zheng. Naturally, he doesn't know that Huang Zhong's headquarters is actually a special unit, so he can't help feeling secretly.

This General Huang is really a great general. Not only is he unduly courageous, but even the soldiers he trains are so strong. This kind of military management skills and military training skills, I am afraid that other than Zheng brothers, he is better than others. Can't compare them all?
Just as he was thinking about it, a sentry scout drove his horse towards him, and before he could get off his horse, he said in a hurry: "General, the gate of Linxiang City is opened again, and about thousands of people and horses have left the city. Looking at the leading general's flag, it seems that Zhang Xian, the eunuch, is personally leading the battle." "

"Oh?"

Xu Fang's expression lifted, the fish finally bit the hook, "What time is it now?"

"General, it's almost four o'clock."

At this time Xu Fangzheng led a troop standing on a high slope next to Huangzhong's army camp, condescending, looking down at the battlefield in the camp, seeing that there were only a few hundred people left in Zhao Ren's department, and they were fighting endlessly, unavoidably. With a heart of cherishing talents, he immediately ordered: "This enemy general is quite brave. Now it's time to employ people. Let's go and recruit him. If he can be used by our army, it may be helpful for the next battle."

He also sent an order to the soldiers on the other side: "When all Zhang Xian's troops leave the city, teach Captain Zhou to rise and fall the army and cut off their way back!"

"promise!"

Xu Fang looked sideways again and asked: "Where is General Huang, has the enemy been wiped out?"

"When the enemy general Fan Ling first joined the battle, he was slashed by General Huang in just a few rounds. However, the enemy army was quite fierce. Even when the main general was dead, he still resisted stubbornly. Even now, there are no more than ten out of ten. Refuse to surrender."

"It is said that the people of Chu are so fierce and decisive, but Gai is naturally natural."

Xu Fang was silent for a moment when he heard the words, and nodded slowly, "It's not a lie, Jingchuguo has many strong men!" Thinking of this, he sincerely praised: "It's hard for General Huang to conquer southern Hunan quickly." Then he thought again, From the battle situation in the battalion here, we can see that Huang Zhong's troops are excellent in combat power, and there are tiger generals like him leading them there. No matter how fierce the Chu people are, they are in a state of disunity after losing the main general. Advantages, if you want to fight at home, you may not be able to do it.
Maybe it's because of Jingzhou people's identity that he was merciful?

But that is the truth, it is also based on beheading the enemy general first, in such a situation the enemy has lost the possibility of turning the tables, and it is not a woman's benevolence to be merciful, it can only be said to be kind and righteous.

"Go and tell General Huang," Xu Fangwei thought for a while, and ordered: "Since there are only a few hundred vanguards left in the Linxiang Army, it is not a problem, just let him leave a general to surround him!"

"Let him immediately lead the main force to transfer out of the camp, intercept Zhang Xian's army leaving the city, and fight with them!"

Xu Fang was impressed by the performance of the Jingzhou Army, but at the same time, he was a little vigilant. Two groups of enemies entered the camp one after another. Judging by their aggressive posture, if Zhang Xian was allowed to enter the camp again, they might not be able to steal the chicken. It is possible that the Linxiang Army will completely disrupt the camp.

Anyway, the planned strategy is to lure the enemy into field battles. Since part of the enemy has been trapped in the camp, Zhang Xian's 4000 people should not be put in the camp, and they should be wiped out outside the camp.

Xu Fang turned his head, looked at the other side of the river, and said: "Hurry up and cross the river to inform Wei Yan's lieutenant, and teach him to be careful. If Hanshou has help, be sure to stop it, and never let go of a soldier." Come here!"

"No!" The herald took the order and left.

"Since Zhou Duwei wants to change Zhang Xian's way back, another important task that was originally entrusted to him is to wait for an opportunity to take the city, it seems that only this general will do it himself." Xu Fang stood upright with his sword, and looked into the distance The majestic city said calmly: "Pass down the general's order, leave a thousand people to help the friendly army to surround the enemy in the north camp, and the rest of the troops will go out from the west camp, and when Zhang Xian leads the troops out of the city, they will insert behind the enemy's rear and attack Linxiang!"

With one order, all three armies moved.The two large camps on both sides of the river, there are still more than [-] people remaining, and they are gearing up at the same time, vowing to take the city tonight!

So far in this battle, Xu Fang's strategy of "luting the enemy to fight in the field and taking advantage of the gap" has been half realized, and he successfully lured Zhang Xian with the courage of burning his own camp.

And the reason why the first half of the strategy can be realized is all because it is based on "attacking the heart". As for whether he can win the city, whether the second half of the strategy can be realized has nothing to do with attacking the heart. .

No matter how you strategize, use all kinds of wisdom, fight for the front in the battlefield, and fight against the priest, in the final analysis, you will still fall on the "strength"!
Zhang Xian led a thousand people out of the city and traveled four or five li when he suddenly heard a cannon fire, and a large army horse rushed out from the southwest and went straight behind him, cutting off his way back.

Zhang Xian turned pale with shock, turned his horse around to look at it, but saw a big flag erected in front of the army horse, with a big "Zhou" character on it, waving in the wind.

Under the banner, a ferocious-looking general sat on his horse, pointed at Zhang Xian with a spear in his hand, and laughed wildly: "Zhang Xian, Changsha, do you know him as Zhou Tai?"

The matter has come to this point, there is no need to say more, Zhang Xian knows in his heart that this must be a trick of the Yangzhou Army.Annoyed and startled, he thought to himself: "Fan Ling, Zhao Ren missed me!" On the surface, he tried to stay calm and didn't answer, he just urged his horse back into the army, gave orders one after another, changed formation, and tried to retreat In the city.

How could Zhou Tai allow him to go away? Seeing that the powerful enemy had been tricked, he was happy, raised his spear, greeted the left and right, and shouted sharply: "General Xu has a clever plan, and the people of Chu have caught the trick!"

"Before all the generals listen to the order to leave the camp, I have a military order in front of General Xu, and I will never let half of the Chu people go back to the city! Brothers, follow me to rush up and kill these Chu people!"

The soldiers and horses under his command are dominated by the Yangzhou army. Yangzhou is the land of Wu and Yue, while Jingzhou is the territory of the former Chu State. Zhou Tai, who is from Jiujiang, knows this very well, so he directly calls him "Chu people" to arouse the soldiers' hearts of common hatred.

These words really worked, regardless of whether the generals were jealous for a while, amidst the thunderous shouts of killing, except for Zhou Tai who led 200 of his own troops to sit in the central army, the others rushed to the enemy's formation.

After waking up to the trick, Zhang Xian hurriedly changed his formation as if he had just woken up from a dream. No matter how elite the troops were, there would inevitably be some confusion.

As soon as the two armies fought, there was another thunderous sound of hooves from the west. Zhou Tai's heart moved, and he followed the sound. Not long after, he saw a "yellow" general flag appearing at Yuhu. He was overjoyed and laughed louder Fa Hong said: "General Huang has also arrived. The enemy general Zhang Xian, you have been surrounded by tens of thousands of our troops. You have already been ambushed, and you have not surrendered quickly? You can die!"

Here Huang Zhong and Zhou Tai are two brave generals attacking Zhang Xian, and Wei Yan has brought 5000 troops from the other side of the Xiangshui River to the northwest of Linxiang City to prevent Wenpin reinforcements from Hanshou. Fang, personally led [-] Yangzhou soldiers, went out of Xiying Gate and rushed towards Linxiang City.

Although they were divided into three groups, they all came to conquer Linxiang. Naturally, they brought a lot of siege equipment such as ladders, trebuchets, and sprinters, and they made a lot of them outside the city these days. Already prepared extremely well.

Arriving at the foot of Linxiang City, set up a formation, the cloud car is more than ten feet away, overlooking the city, the flags cover the fields, the sky is full of dust, and the sound of gongs and drums is heard for dozens of miles.Or use crossbow chariots, trebuchets, rushing chariots into the city, accumulating crossbows randomly, and arrows rain down.

At night, the clouds gather, and the night wind grows stronger, blowing the towers, and there will be killing and cutting sounds, and the ground will vibrate.

The headquarters of the Heavenly Army led by Xu Fang was originally an army of victorious victories, a division of hundreds of battles. In addition, they first conquered southern Hunan and then captured Liling, which strengthened their courage and morale.

If there are gods looking down from the clouds, it can be seen that there are beacon fires everywhere on the Changsha plain at this time.

In the east camp, besieged on all sides, thousands of people surrounded Zhao Ren's troops, and they were devouring them bit by bit;
On the field, Huang Zhong and Zhou Tai attacked from left to right, and Zhang Xian retreated steadily until Xiangshui retreated;

As for Linxiang in the center, Xu Fang stood within reach of bows and arrows, beat the drums himself, and supervised the attack.

Before dawn, a good news came from the camp. All the horses of the Linxiang army who entered the camp were killed. Zhao Renzhan was finally captured alive when he was exhausted. In the early morning light, there was another good news from the field, and the enemy had been successfully driven into the river. , Killed and flooded, the enemy's casualties counted, more than a thousand people were captured, and Zhang Xian, the prefect of Changsha, and more than ten generals were captured.

The two battlefields have been victorious. The armies gathered under the city, divided into three groups, besieged the city three times, and the offensive became more and more fierce.

At this time, the defenders in Linxiang City were already at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and there were no important generals to sit in. After seeing Zhang Xian, Zhao Ren and others being taken to the city to show the public, the morale of the army became more and more broken, and the resistance became weaker.

When the solstice was in the middle, after a loud bang, the capital of Changsha fell!
When Xu Fang led the generals into the city as victors, it happened that Wei Yan's military report came, saying that Hanshou's Wenpin reinforcements had arrived, and the total number was about ten thousand. Scale contacts.

"It came just right!"

Before Xu Fang could reply, Zhou Tai had already looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, and stepped out proudly: "The final general is willing to lead the headquarters to meet the enemy and make another contribution to Yangzhou!"

(End of this chapter)