Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 330 Encounter on a narrow road

The three camps of Liang Jun, Yan Jun, and Yu Jun were all located to the north of Anyi Yanchi. Huan Xi and Murong Ke chose to go around them at the same time, making a big circle in the north.

Both parties were very cautious and walked very slowly, just for fear of leaking the news along the way.

However, without their knowledge, the two armies got closer and closer.

The first to discover each other were the advance troops sent by Huan Xi and Murong Ke to explore the road.

"Did you hear it? There seems to be movement ahead!"

Guo flapped his wings and whispered towards Zhang Shisheng.

Zhang Shisheng nodded:
"They should be the Xianbei people's scouts! I can smell their odor from a long distance away."

Hearing this, Guo Zhenchi glanced at Zhang Shisheng and couldn't help but remind him softly:
"There are many Xianbei people under Duke Liang's command now. Once your words get out, I'm afraid it will cause trouble."

Zhang Shisheng chuckled:
"I'm just going to tell you that you should be careful about your words and actions in front of outsiders."

Now Guo Zhenchi and Zhang Shisheng were both lieutenant generals in the army. Since they were sentry cavalrymen, Huan Xi assigned them five hundred cavalry to explore the road ahead to avoid being ambushed and caught off guard.

"Commanders, mount your horses!"

Because the terrain where Guo Zhenyi was located was relatively high, he could use the moonlight to determine how many troops there were in the Yan Army's pathfinding force, but the Yan Army generals did not know how many Liang Army troops were in the distance.

Zhang Shisheng did not argue with Guo Zhenyi about who should stay. At this time, the most important thing was to inform Liang Gong of this matter.

"it is good!"

This movement naturally aroused the enemy's vigilance, and Guo Zhenyi no longer thought about ambushing the opponent at this time.

The two of them were old acquaintances. When Huan Xi attacked Zhang Chonghua in Didao, they were sentinels in the army. They fought over the spoils of war, but fortunately they were able to make meritorious deeds.

Since Huan Xi had already ordered him to do so, he was not allowed to escape alive when he encountered enemy scouts along the way.

However, the enemy cavalry in front did not rush over, and the general responsible for exploring the route of the Yan army wanted to report the news to Murong Ke immediately.

Guo Zhanchi couldn't help but take a breath. This could never be the enemy's scout team. Who would send thousands of sentry riders out of the camp in the middle of the night if nothing happened.

"Shi Sheng! Go back and report the letter to Mr. Liang!"

Guo fluttered his wings and ignored him.

Guo fluttered his wings and shouted, and all five hundred cavalrymen got on their horses and got ready for battle.

Therefore, Guo fluttered his wings and did not dare to alert the enemy. He immediately ordered his cavalry to hide and prepare to ambush the enemy scouts in front.

Guo flapped his wings and urged.

Zhang Shisheng agreed, got on his horse and rode westward.

He only had 500 cavalry under his command, so how could he wipe out thousands of the opponent's cavalry? Since the news was destined to be leaked, letting Huan Xi know earlier that a large enemy force might be approaching would also allow Huan Xi to prepare early.

The moon in the sky was big, round, and bright. In fact, such a day was not suitable for sneaking. However, Murong Ke and Huan Xi went against the grain, thinking that the other party would not have thought that they would choose such a day.

Just looking at the news alone, there is definitely no shortage.

Therefore, they did not dare to step forward rashly, and the two sides fell into a confrontation.

Under the bright moonlight, a cavalry force of thousands of people appeared in Guo Zhenyi's sight, leading their horses.

"What are you talking about! You encountered an enemy army in the front, no less than a thousand riders?! How is that possible!"

After hearing Zhang Shisheng's report, Huan Xi was shocked and instinctively doubted the authenticity of the information. However, he also thought that Guo Zhenyi and Zhang Shisheng could not lie about the military situation, and Huan Xi's face showed a solemn look.

Zhang Shisheng said resolutely: "Mr. Liang, this matter is absolutely true. I also ask Mr. Liang to send his confidants to verify it with me!"

Huan Xi said in a deep voice:
"I'll go myself!"

After saying that, Huan Xi turned around and shouted:
"Guard Yi Cong! Guan Long suddenly rides! Mount your horse! Follow me to the front line!"

In fact, Huan Xi only thought that this was Murong Ke's back-up plan to rob the camp. He still insisted that Murong Ke had personally led his elite troops to ambush Zhu Xu.

After all, it is not necessary to use all the elite to rob a camp. Gan Ning's hundred cavalry robbed Cao's camp.

Of course, small-scale camp robberies only focus on destroying the enemy's morale. It is difficult to charge left and right in the enemy's camp to find the opponent's supplies and supplies.

Led by Zhang Shisheng, 15,000 cavalry followed Huan Xi to where Guo Zhanchi was. Before Huan Xi could give the order to defeat the enemy cavalry down the slope, the deafening sound of horse hooves could be heard in the distance.

The movement was even louder than when Huan Xi arrived earlier. It turned out that after learning the news, Murong Ke also chose to personally lead the troops to inspect.

"Damn it! Why are so many cavalry here?"

Huan Xi stared down the slope, secretly frightened.

At this time, the moon had set and the sun had not yet risen. It was the darkest period before dawn. The two armies lit up torches in unison.

With the help of firelight, Huan Xi roughly estimated that the enemy troops in front of him were tens of thousands of horsemen, and he couldn't help but be speechless.

As everyone knows, Murong Ke was also shocked by the number of Liang Jun. He saw brightly lit fires on the hillside, and he estimated that there were at least tens of thousands of torches.

"This must be the elite cavalry of Liang Jun who left the camp before! Damn it! It turns out that Huan Xi also had the idea to rob the camp."

Until now, the two of them still don't understand that they accidentally bumped into each other and thought of each other.

"Zang'er! You return to the camp quickly and order Lieutenant Feng to leave some soldiers to guard the camp while the rest come to reinforce."

Murong Ke shouted to Murong Zang beside him:

"In addition, Li Wei only took 50,000 infantry and cavalry with him, and there are still 20,000 soldiers in the Yu camp. Tell Lu Polou that the outcome depends on this battle, and ask him to bring reinforcements as well."

Murong Ke brought 30,000 cavalry and 40,000 infantry in the rear, including 20,000 Yan troops and 20,000 Yu troops.

As for Li Wei's 50,000 cavalry, in order to confuse Huan Xi and avoid being discovered by Liang Jun's scouts, they have left the battlefield and retreated to the direction of Wenxi. They will definitely not be able to come back for a while.

"General, I will obey the commander's orders!"

Murong Zang agreed and immediately drove his horse back to the camp.

Huan Xi was also recruiting reinforcements at this time:
"Po Hu (Deng Qiang)! You quickly return to the camp and lead 20,000 heavy armored infantry to come to meet you. Remember to remind Shi Yue and lead the remaining 10,000 infantry to stay alert and guard the camp strictly."

Huan Xi did not want to fight Murong Ke at this time, after all, Li Wei's fifty thousand cavalry were still missing.

But he did not dare to retreat easily. There was no infantry phalanx behind him to support him. Once he retreated and was pursued by the enemy at night, it would be difficult for him to direct his soldiers to turn around and fight, and it could easily turn into a unilateral pursuit by the Yan army.

Deng Qiang did not accept the order. He volunteered and said:
"Mr. Liang, please entrust the frontline officers and soldiers to the last general. The last general will ensure that everything is safe. Please also ask Mr. Liang to return to the camp in person to supervise the reinforcements."

Huan Xi knew that he meant well and did not want to put himself in danger, but at this moment, Huan Xi could not leave.

"I am with the soldiers! How can we abandon the army and leave! Stop talking nonsense, why don't you go quickly!"

When the surrounding Liang Jun heard what Huan Xi said, even though they were rich in gold and did not avoid danger, they all felt the courage to move forward.

Seeing that Huan Xi did not agree, Deng Qiang had no choice but to accept the order and leave.

　No more tonight, good night.

　
(End of this chapter)