Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 399 Tian Yu's Defeat
It was dawn, fifty miles northeast of Zhending City, at the junction of Changshan County and Zhongshan County, Tian Yu led 2000 troops and had already ambushed in place.

These 2000 people were dressed in the costumes of black bandits, but all of them carried hard bows, and each of them had seven or eight feathered arrows in the quiver behind them.

With so many arrows, it is enough to suppress a team of tens of thousands of people.

About half an hour later, a team of a hundred people appeared in the middle of the road.

This team was dressed in Jizhou military uniforms, and walked back and forth to observe the surrounding terrain, and some people made corresponding marks on the ground.

Tian Yu used to be the captain of the guards in Hejian County, and he is very familiar with the set of signs and slogans of Jizhou Tanma.

So he can easily judge that the large army of Jizhou soldiers is still behind.

Tian Yu quietly made a concealed gesture, letting the hundred probing horses pass first, so as not to arouse the defense of the enemy's main force.

The more than 100 people briefly checked the vicinity for a while, but in fact they just put on a show. After all, there was no danger along the way, and their vigilance had been relaxed at the beginning.

Soon the 100 people passed through here.

After another two cups of tea, the mighty Hejian Jizhou soldiers approached.

Jiao Chu was ordered by Yuan Xi to lead 5000 people to sweep up the thief's den in Anxiang. Although he found nothing, it was considered a military achievement.

But the next task gave him some headaches.

The Zhen family repented of their marriage and Yuan Xi was furious, so Jiao Chong could only lead his troops to Changshan County under the banner of punishing the Zhen family.

Changshan is Yuan Shang's territory, he and Yuan Xi are very at odds.

Yuan Shang took the title of prefect of Changshan County at a young age. Even though he himself was not in Changshan County all year round, he left a strict order not to allow Hejian troops to enter his territory easily.

So Jiao Touch was very cautious in bringing troops here this time. On the one hand, he publicized that the Zhen family ruined the marriage first and then killed the general Zhang Nan. famous.

On the other hand, a hundred people were sent to explore the way, and they brought letters and evidence to Zhending County to negotiate first, so as to prevent unnecessary disputes.

After this section of the road, Jiao Touch directly ordered the army to pass without any vigilance or stop, because there were already signs for safe passage ahead.

Suddenly a loud arrow pierced the silence.

Immediately afterwards, without giving Jiao Touch any time to react, two thousand arrows shot down like flying.

"what……"

"No, there's an ambush... ah!"

Screaming again and again, the Jizhou soldiers who were already in a loose formation and defenseless were killed and injured.

"Quick, form a shield defense, and the archers are ready to counterattack."

Jiao Touch loudly ordered his subordinates to set up the formation, but unfortunately the formation was too long, and the soldiers were all connected front and back, so it was difficult to protect the gaps on both sides.

The ambush site chosen by Tian Yu is a long and narrow road with high sides and low middle, which is suitable for ambushes. On the contrary, it is difficult for the party being ambushed to quickly and effectively form a defensive formation.

When the second round of arrows rained down, Jiao Chu had to dismount to dodge, so he couldn't command his men to defend well.

Jizhou soldiers suffered many casualties again.

However, Jiao Touch is also considered an experienced general. From the two rounds of arrow rain attacks, he can see that the opponent's ambush is only two thousand people. If he can hold out one or two more rounds of bow and arrow shooting, he may still have a chance to counterattack.

Three salvos consisted of more than 6000 arrows. Even if they were ambushed by Youzhou soldiers and horses from Zhongshan County, they probably would have run out of ammunition and food.

Sure enough, after the third round of arrow rain ended, the ambush points on both sides became quieter.

"The opponent has no more arrows, let me rush over and hack them to death!"

Seeing more than 2000 men dead on the ground, Jiao Touch was so angry that he was the first to rush out.

"Kill! Kill those Youzhou archers."

Archers are good at shooting, but they are afraid of close combat, and ordinary bandits can't have so many bows and arrows, so Jiao Chu misunderstood that the people who ambushed him were Youzhou soldiers and horses.

About 3000 people rushed out from the hiding place, brandishing their spears and knives, wanting to take revenge, but before rushing out ten steps, the fourth round of arrows rained suddenly.

Jiao Chusha's eyes were red, he didn't believe that the opponent had more arrows, and desperately ordered his subordinates to continue to charge.

"Keep going, this should be their last round of arrows."

Jizhou soldiers did not dare to disobey the command of the general, so they had to charge again.

It's a pity that Jiao Chu's judgment was wrong, and the fifth and sixth rounds of bows and arrows on both sides were shot quickly, and the soldiers and horses of Jizhou suffered another fatal blow.

The reason why Tian Yu ordered to pause for a while after the third round of attack was to create the illusion that there were no arrows, and without the protection of the shield, these Jizhou soldiers became living targets.

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Tian Yu commanded his men to shoot out more than 3000 bows and arrows in one breath. The Jiaochu army has a total of only 5000 people. They are still on the narrow and long trails that are not easy to avoid and form formations. After several rounds of arrow rain, they can still stand on the road. No more than five hundred.

And most of these 500 people were wounded. Tian Yu saw that it was time for a general attack, so he drew his sword and pointed it at the remaining enemy soldiers.

"Brothers wiped out this group of officers and soldiers!"

Two thousand archers quickly switched to melee weapons, and then roared out like bandits.

Jiao Chu was hit by two arrows in a row, and he was already terrified. Seeing so many thieves rushing out from both sides, he immediately led the remnant soldiers back and fled.

After chasing for three miles, another one or two hundred deserters were hacked to death. After Tian Yuling waved the flag, the two thousand soldiers stopped the pursuit and turned around to deal with the one hundred scouts who had passed earlier.

Jiao Touch fled for more than 20 miles before he dared to stop to rest. At this time, there were less than ten soldiers with him.

After a big defeat, Jiao Chu didn't know how to face Yuan Xi's fury. He first thought of making up for his mistakes, but there were only a few soldiers under his command, so there was no possibility of doing more meritorious deeds.

"No, you have to find a reason for your defeat. It's best to push the reason for your failure to others."

Jiao Touch thought for a while, and said to the remnant soldiers beside him, "Although the people who ambushed us just now were dressed as bandit soldiers, but...the bows and arrows they used...are extremely sophisticated. I think they must have encountered elite soldiers from Youzhou!"

A bright-minded soldier followed suit at the time.

"The general is absolutely right. Just now we made a rough calculation, and there are 2 Youzhou soldiers and horses in ambush!"

The corners of Jiao Tingting's mouth twitched, thinking that this little soldier would come to trouble, as long as they speak the same words, they won't be convicted of a felony.

Thinking of this, he coughed lightly.

"You guys remember it. When you go back, you say that Changshan County is not good for defending against foreign enemies. We led troops to help, but in the end we were defeated because the enemy was outnumbered. The main reason for the failure was the cowardice of the Changshan defenders!"

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Tian Yu led the troops to kill a returning carbine, and easily killed the hundred Hejian Tanma.

After that, he directed his men to clean up the battlefield and collect arrows that could be repaired and used.

At the same time Tian Yu defeated Jiao Chu's army, Liu Yu and others who were ambushing [-] miles south of Zhending City also exchanged fire with Jizhou soldiers and horses.

(End of this chapter)