The three countries are very nuclear

Chapter 75 Siege and Ambush

When Guan Yu was in a dilemma, Zhang Baiqi on the opposite side also received a letter from Zhang Yan asking for help.

After reading the contents of the letter, Zhang Baiqi's complexion changed drastically, and he hurriedly read it again from the beginning, for fear that he had read it wrong, and at the same time compared the inscriptions in the letter and printed the letter.

When everything was confirmed, Zhang Baiqi had a look of disbelief on his face.

"How did this happen! Why did the general lead an army of [-] people and was defeated by Lin Chao, and it was still such a disastrous defeat!"

Hearing Zhang Baiqi's voice, Lieutenant General Bai Rao walked into the tent and asked, "Young General, why are you so panicked?"

Zhang Baiqi was Zhang Niujiao's fake son. Although Zhang Niujiao had passed away, the title of major general was retained by Zhang Yan, which vaguely meant to regard Zhang Baiqi as his successor.

"See for yourself!"

Zhang Baiqi handed over Zhang Yan's letter and said.

Bai Rao took the letter, and after reading it, he had the same expression as Zhang Baiqi.

"how can that be!"

"I don't want to believe it, but it's true."

Zhang Baiqi shook his head and smiled wryly.

Zhang Yan did not explain in detail what happened in this battle in the letter, so Zhang Baiqi couldn't figure it out.

Why did the [-] army lose, and it was defeated so terribly!
"Major General, why don't you send scouts to Anxi to investigate first, and then go to the rescue after confirming the facts." Bai Rao worried, "The general is brave and good at fighting. He has led the army for several years and has never suffered After such a big defeat, this letter may not be credible."

Logically speaking, this is the safest course of action.

But Zhang Baiqi shook his head, and said: "You think that XX doesn't want to confirm, but the general made it clear in the letter that it is now at the critical point of life and death. If XX doesn't go to support, it will take ten days at most, then Lin Chao will die." Break through the city. At that time, the life of the general will be in danger!"

"But……"

Bai Rao instinctively felt something was wrong, and wanted to dissuade him, but was interrupted by Zhang Baiqi waving his hand.

"No but!"

Zhang Baiqi looked firmly and said: "Since the death of the adoptive father, the general has treated a certain as his own. If such a critical moment, a certain is timid, isn't it unconscionable, not as good as a pig or a dog!"

In terms of emotion and reason, public and private, Zhang Baiqi should go to support after receiving Zhang Yan's handwritten letter.

Zhang Yan is alive, even if all the troops brought out are wiped out, there will still be 30 troops left behind by Zhang Yan in the Jizhou Valley Road. Among the [-] people who belonged to Zhang Yan, they could easily pull out another army.

But if Zhang Yan unfortunately died in battle, the Black Mountain Yellow Turban would definitely scatter like birds and beasts and become a mess.

Besides, Zhang Yan's two sons are both incompetent, and Zhang Baiqi is likely to be his future successor. Naturally, it is impossible for him to sit back and watch Zhang Yan's defeat.

"Major General Loyalty, I admire you!" Bai Rao clasped his fists in praise, "It's just that Guan Yunchang is not an incompetent man. Our army's sudden retreat will arouse his vigilance."

In several tentative small-scale battles, Zhang Baiqi's side lost more than they won, so naturally they knew Guan Yu's strength.

"You think Guan Yunchang is afraid that our army won't be able to do it. It should be that Liu Xuande hasn't issued an order, otherwise he would have called here."

Zhang Baiqi sneered, but he really hit the point.

"So I don't want to alarm him, so I just leave a few soldiers to continue to confront him. You only need to wait for three days, and then withdraw to Lunu City at night after three days. It is unlikely that Guan Yunchang will attack our army within three days."

Bai Rao thought for a while, and thought that Zhang Baiqi was right.

Then he asked, "Young General, how many troops are left in our army?"

"2000 people are enough, and it's useless if there are more. A certain person led 6000 people to support the general. Even if he encounters the Lin Dynasty, he will have the strength to fight."

"In that case, I would like to go with the major general to rescue the general."

Bai Rao clasped his fists and said loudly.

"Okay!" Zhang Baiqi nodded, "A certain general ordered that the army march eastward at midnight tonight and go straight to Anxi!"

"only!"

……

Under Anxi City, Lin Chao launched a large-scale crazy attack for four consecutive days.

The [-] black bandits who surrendered will lead the battle, and the [-] veterans will supervise the battle team behind. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!

Those prisoners of Zhang Chunjun who surrendered earlier have transformed into senior veterans at this moment, and gladly accepted the task of supervising the war.

In this mode, the siege battle on the first day was extremely fierce. The soldiers under Lin Chao once climbed the city wall. If Zhang Yan hadn't woke up in time to boost morale, Anxi might have been beaten down directly.

On the second day, Lin Chao still used this mode to attack the city.But in the melee, no one noticed that there seemed to be fewer soldiers supervising the battle, and less cannon fodder for the siege.

Correspondingly, more flags were erected, and the horns were blown louder.

But in this round of attack, Zhang Yan still led the army to resist desperately and persisted.

By the third day, the person standing in front of the battle and supervising the battle had quietly changed from Zhao Yun to Dian Wei.

The commander-in-chief of the first army quietly left the battlefield like this.

However, no one noticed.

After all, in Zhang Yan's eyes, Lin Chao is the backbone of the army.As long as he is there, it means that the main force of the army is there.

On the fourth day, Lin Chao still ordered the attack on the city, but in the first three days there was no achievement, which caused the morale of the army to decline, and the threat to Zhang Yan was even smaller.

In this regard, Zhang Yan did not doubt at all, but lamented that the most difficult time was finally over.

Next, just stick to the city defense and wait for Zhang Baiqi's reinforcements to arrive. Under the attack from both sides, Lin Chao will inevitably retreat. At that time, Anxi's danger will be resolved.

However, Zhao Yun who left was not alone.

Instead, he took a full 5000 people.

Thirty miles northwest of Anxi, there is a very special terrain.

The official road here is narrow, but it is the only way for Lu Nu to go to Anxi.Around one or two hundred zhang around the official road, there is lush water and grass, enough to hide thousands of people.

In addition, it was autumn at this time, and the lush vegetation had already withered and turned yellow, and the ground was blown into a mess by the hunting autumn wind, which could even cover the traces of the march.

Zhao Yun calculated the time, if Zhang Baiqi set off on the same night or the next day after receiving Zhang Yan's letter, he would arrive here in these two days.So he sent Xia Houlan to lead a hundred riders to investigate ahead, while he set up camp in a hidden place, preparing to set up an ambush.

Finally, at dusk on the second day, Xia Houlan noticed the dust flying in the distance and faintly flickering flags, and knew that it was Zhang Yan's reinforcements, so she hurriedly rode back and reported to Zhao Yun.

Hearing the news, Zhao Yun divided the 5000 men under his command into two groups, one led by himself, and ambushed here.

The other route was handed over to Xia Houlan to lead and lay in ambush behind.

When Zhang Yan's reinforcements passed by, after letting the former army pass by, he attacked them halfway and cut off the entire team.Xia Houlan led the army to rush out again, surrounded and annihilated it!
Finally, in the evening, Zhang Baiqi's army arrived.

(End of this chapter)