Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

Chapter 133 A Rider of Thousands, Unstoppable Power of Evil

that night.

Xu Zhen led the army to set off first, from Wan County to Shu County.

He arrived in Shu City overnight, and he and Dian Wei had to lead the army to the checkpoint outside Shu City.

Check out the military terrain yourself.

And look for favorable terrain to ambush Liu Xun's vanguard army.

Lujiang is less than [-] miles away from Hefei, Liu Xun will definitely send a vanguard army to explore the way first, if he can make a contribution, he will win the pass and wait, if he can't win, he will spend a confrontation and wait for the army to come and attack.

Therefore, since the military situation has already been found out in the marching strategy, it must be done early, without any delay.

But after Xu Zhen said this, Cao Ang immediately disagreed, and pulled Xu Zhen to speak in the main hall.

"I really can't go!"

Cao Ang looked very sincere, staring at Xu Zhen with both eyes, and said sincerely: "If brother goes, what if he is ambushed instead of working hard all the way?"

"Liu Xun claims that [-] soldiers are coming to attack, and the local people in Shucheng have already retreated to Wan County in fright. Now there are only [-] of us in the city."

"The first battle must have a brother sitting in the middle! Don't take risks."

"If something really happened, what should I do? How can I explain to my father? And how can I defend the Lujiang River! At this time, almost all military strategies are waiting for my brother."

"I hope that brother will put the overall situation first!"

Xu Zhen and Dian Wei looked at each other, walked quickly to help Cao Ang, and said with a smile on his face: "Zixiu, I will lead the army in person, which can inspire the fighting spirit of the soldiers, so we must go to this battle."

"Brother! Don't forget, you are a minister of Wenzhi!" Cao Ang said so earnestly that he almost pulled Xu Zhen to cry.

What kind of vanguard are you civil servants on!
Dian Wei, Xu Chu and the others are responsible for the charge, why are you going there yourself?Are you addicted to war?

You were not like this before.

When to commit a dangerous mistake with the body, the key is that our current situation has not yet reached such a point.

You need to go to battle yourself.

"I'm stable now."

Xu Zhen patted Cao Ang's shoulder heavily and looked at him with a smile.

"There are 1000 people in my camp, and I will go to the pass to check the ambush first, and wait for opportunities in the mountains and forests along the way."

"We already know the topography of Lujiang River, especially the area of ​​Shucheng. We have checked it four or five times early, and nothing will happen. Don't worry, Eldest Son!" Dian Wei also persuaded.

"Really not!"

Cao Ang took Xu Zhen's arm, this is not the southern expedition to Wancheng.

That time, it was because Dian Wei charged forward and had already broken through most of the passes, leaving soldiers and horses to guide him along the way, and Xu Zhen sat in the middle of the army and went deep, followed by six thousand tigers and leopards.

It's different now, he just brought a thousand soldiers and horses, isn't that nonsense!It's not really necessary to rely on military exploits to gain fame and merit, so why bother so much!

"It's okay, Zixiu don't have to worry, I'll just go this time."

Xu Zhen signaled Dian Wei to hurry up and put on his battle armor and skirt robe, and at the same time, he spoke words of comfort to Cao Ang.

For a while, Cao Ang had nothing to do with him.

Liu Xun's soldiers and horses should already be on the way, but it is not easy to find them now, and he will definitely not march along the main road.

It should be Xiaolu will also send troops to come, so thousands of troops go out, it is easy to be discovered and then ambushed.

In fact, you shouldn't go out any more, just wait for work in the city.

"I'm going, Zixiu defends the city!"

Xu Zhen patted him generously, with a relaxed expression on his face.

Just went out and met Zhuge Liang who came in a hurry.

"Master, what are you doing?"

Zhuge Liang was also stunned, why did he suddenly put on his battle armor, as if he wanted to go up and charge in person.

"Go out and explore the camp."

"Go now?"

Zhuge Liang's eyes widened, and he stared at him in disbelief, "You don't have to go in person, do you?"

"No, you have to go in person!"

"Alas!" Cao Ang sighed again, "Brother insists on this, but I don't persuade him. In this way, let Zhao Yun lead two thousand tiger and leopard riders to act together."

"It's also good to support the guards. There is no room for loss in this battle. There should be no such risky behavior."

Cao Ang had a complete order to station the tiger and leopard cavalry in Lujiang, so these soldiers and horses were also dispatched by him.

If my father was here, he would have scolded him a long time ago and visited the camp himself, why didn't you just go and kill Liu Xun!

Unfortunately, Cao Ang did not dare to scold him.

We can only let Xu Zhen go out and be a little willful. Everyone knows that the main purpose of sending soldiers and horses to explore the camp at this time is not to make meritorious deeds.

It should be to smash Liu Xun's march and know where his soldiers and horses are, so that he can arrange them before he is stationed in the camp.

Once the layout is complete, the defense will be even simpler. Hold for several days without losing, and when the morale and military strength of the enemy army are all weakened, then you can counterattack and then chase.

Create a backlash.

Persuading him to no avail, Xu Zhen left the camp and led a thousand soldiers out of the city. Cao Ang went all the way to the gate. Don't go too far."

"Come back after a little investigation!"

"Okay, don't worry, Zixiu, I'll just patrol around for a week, and if I can't find Liu Xun's soldiers, I'll be back right away!" Xu Zhen smiled cheerfully, "Never go far."

……

After a day and night.

The north of Shucheng was close to the border of Hefei. Xu Zhen led people out from the trail. During this period, he encountered Liu Xun's soldiers and horses three times, but he didn't make a move.

Instead, he hid in the mountains and took the horses away from here, because Xu Zhen did not see Liu Xun's backbone soldiers and horses.

This means that he has not appeared yet.

However, Zhao Yun discovered this trail on the left, which is very likely to be the route for the Hefei army to advance.

The vanguard army was divided into three batches, with a total of more than [-] people, walking through the mountains.

They all follow this path, and then divide into three routes. Along the way, they should also check whether there is a place worth ambush, or check whether there is an ambush.

And Zhao Yun's cronies have been watching here for the past few days.

The method of concealment is to pull the war horse away from this road, and then keep an eye on the intersection day and night, spying secretly, and dare not move.

These methods are all calculated by bandits.

The same is true for climbing trees and checking.

Among the soldiers and horses of Zhao Yun's cronies, there are hundreds of them who were bandits from Wo Niu Mountain.

These ability to evade searches, but to investigate from a distance, and to judge the direction of soldiers and horses based on the clues of personnel's appearance, can be said to be fully displayed now.

At this time, in the mountain depression, thousands of people were hidden by the hidden mountain. Xu Zhen's guard camp carried sabers instead of long soldiers, except for a bow and hundreds of arrows.

There are three days of dry food and water.

Xu Zhen sat on the lawn, lowered her body, and listened to Zhao Yun's thieves report on the current situation.

"Your Majesty, there is still half a day left, and the soldiers and horses from the past should be able to go outside Shucheng."

"With 1 people, without a heavy siege weapon, it is impossible to conquer Shucheng."

"The gate of Shucheng is not high, but it is easy to ambush on both sides. As long as the defenses are properly deployed, all you need to do is wait for Liu Xun to arrive."

"Your Majesty, do you still have to wait?"

Zhao Yun turned to ask Xu Zhendao.

"Wait a little longer," Xu Zhen rubbed his chin, "We have a thousand fine cavalry here, there is no way to march here, if someone comes in and kills them, if not, we can escape to Shucheng outside."

"If they make noise and are chased, they will definitely not attack the city."

"When these thieves attack the city and lose, and then pass through this necessary place, we will fight again."

"You don't have to worry about Shucheng, Zhongkang alone can guard thousands of Gebei thieves, not to mention he still has more than [-] soldiers in his hands."

"Okay, then listen to the king's words."

At this time, Dian Wei walked in from the outside, lowered his body all the way, his face was beaming, as if he had found a treasure, and he immediately laughed in front of Xu Zhen.

"Your Majesty, there is food, I found Liu Xun's food truck."

"Tsk."

Xu Zhen frowned, it was a bit difficult to make a choice, if he did it, he could loot his food and grass, or even burn a large amount of marching food.

Let Liu Xun's troops delay for several days.

But naturally it was exposed.

I don't know if there was a fight over there.

"Keep an eye on it!"

"Focused on it," Dian Wei slapped his thigh, and smiled, "There are only a dozen grain trucks, and hundreds of people are escorting them. They are probably for the vanguard troops, and we have brought as many as possible."

"As soon as Shucheng starts fighting, let's go grab it."

Zhao Yun and Xu Zhen looked at each other and smiled wryly.

Dian Wei is the only one who has the bravery of a vanguard general, but sometimes looks like a bandit.

"I want to get closer."

After Dian Wei finished talking about grabbing, he spoke seriously to Xu Zhen again.

"If the guess is right, Liu Xun should be here. If you want to make meritorious deeds, it's the first battle."

"If you come out bravely, you can be surprised."

"Am I right?"

Xu Zhen nodded, "Yes, that's right."

"Junhou and Zilong together, first shoot at it with a bow and arrow, and mess up its position. I will bring the brothers of the guards to paste it, and then kill it."

"Well, if this is the case, it will definitely be effective, so we can really achieve our goal when we come out."

Zhao Yun also challenged Xu Zhen.

"it is good."

The second half of the night.

Sure enough, Liu Xun's soldiers and horses appeared at the corner of the path. Although the terrain here is not steep and there are many hills and forests, it can be seen that the road is narrow, and it is difficult to run parallel in many places at the same time.

After this road converges, it can be divided into three roads to go out, two of which are marching on the plains, which is a smooth road.

Of course, where the vanguard army had already stepped, Liu Xun certainly never imagined that Xu Zhen, a dignified prince, would be able to entrenched in the mountains like a bandit with difficulty, while the war horses were in the further mountain depressions.

Moreover, this place is closer to Hefei, not in Shucheng. If Xu Zhen appears here, it is equivalent to going deep alone.

Liu Xun's complexion is serious, his beard is thick and messy, his face is very thin and close to the bones, and his outline is extremely obvious.

Because of this, it is even more serious on a war horse.

At this time, several lieutenants were guarding him on the left and right. When they arrived at the gathering place, they ordered the soldiers and horses to speed up, and immediately went out of the mountain into the plain in three ways.

At this time, when the thousands of people in front of his army turned into the mountain and Liu Xun approached, a round of arrows shot obliquely into the air and flew towards them with the wind.

Immediately, there was a whistling wind, and the screams one after another were like a gust of wind, shooting and killing a row of soldiers.

Liu Xun's face changed drastically, and he reined in the reins and looked directly into the woods on one side in horror.

"Shield Soldier!"

He yelled loudly, and soon another round of arrows came from the woods, killing another group of people.

Su Wei draws his bow and nocks his arrows very fast, and shoots while walking, his steps and shooting posture are very stable.

Taking advantage of the darkness, they lowered their bodies and walked forward in the grass, so they didn't even look at how many people were in front of them, and shot directly.

Xu Zhen was also in this team, advancing slowly with a bow, struggling to see the figure in front of him.

Zhao Yun, on the other hand, rushed to the back of the mountain and took a long way around to send an order to let the next hundreds of people ride horses and outflank them from behind.

Everyone who raised the fire has now completely extinguished the fire, and can only vaguely see people moving around.

As for Liu Xun's location, Xu Zhen took a glance at it at the beginning, and his photographic memory allowed him to still remember the location.

And can predict its movement.

So Xu Zhen relied on his memory to shoot several arrows in several possible directions.

Until he saw the arrows splashing in the sky also shot over.

Only then slowly retreated.

This is their temporary advantage. Su Wei's shooting range is much farther than those of Liu Xun's soldiers.

So although the arrows over there also shot back in midair, they landed almost halfway.

Suddenly, they heard the sound of war horses approaching.

And the constant shouting of the generals.

"The general is shot!"

In the panic, someone yelled again.

This sentence caught Dian Wei's ears. At this moment, he shouted angrily, struck a flint, raised the fire from below, and immediately drew his knife out and charged into the crowd.

One person took the lead and quickly cut a bloody path, breaking through the defenses of the crowd and advancing forward.

It wasn't until Dian Wei and other hundreds of dead soldiers raised fire that Liu Xun realized that the real ambush was so close to him!

But it seems that it is too late to call soldiers and horses around to defend.

In the long and narrow road, the Chinese army was blocked by the mountains, and they couldn't rush forward immediately. The people who could really join the battle at this moment were not much different from Xu Zhen's side.

The rest of the soldiers and horses were blocked from the terrain, but the only advantage was that once someone was killed in battle, or they gave up their positions to charge forward, they could be replenished continuously.

In this way, it is completely enough to kill Xu Zhen.

So Dian Wei understood that he had to be quick.

"Kill in!"

At this moment, he was striding forward like a madman, constantly beheading in the crowd. The two armors on his body could guard against ordinary swords. After gaining momentum, he killed the enemy in the dark sky.

After dozens of breaths, it was no longer a battle with Dian Wei, but a bunch of dead people were still holding Dian Wei's arms, calves and so on.

But he seemed to be moving forward in the mud, still struggling to slash at the person in front of him, and the rest of the guards did the same, slashing at the enemy in front.

This kind of aura of sacrificing one's life and forgetting to die is really more terrifying than the evil ghost urging one's life.

However, as soon as Zhao Zilong's white horse arrived at this time, he rushed out from the slanting stab, and almost all the rest of the cavalry were left behind by him.

His war horse seemed to be shining under the moonlight. He overcame some obstacles with great spirituality, landed on the ground and continued to run.

Herod neighed.

Because almost all the attention was on Dian Wei, Zhao Yun galloped his horse and sprinted a few ways, bypassing a lot of defenses. He tied his long spear to the horse's back, and drew out a stab at Liu Xun.

Liu Xun blocked with a big sword and swung the spear with all his strength, while Zhao Yun let him hit the spear to one side, and more agilely took out the long sword from the other side of the horse's back. With a flash of cold light, he cut Liu Xun directly. The handle of Xun's broadsword cut off his head by the way.

"It's really a good sword!"

Zhao Yun felt emotional in his heart.

This sword was borrowed by Junhou from Xiahouen.

(End of this chapter)