The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 222 Chapter 221
At noon, Zhang Yan led the army to Xiquyang City, and Zhang Liao and Xu Huang came out to meet him.

The news that Zhang Liao wiped out all [-] soldiers in Xiquyang City with only one survivor had already reached Zhang Yan's ears. As soon as they met, Zhang Yan praised Zhang Liao a lot.

This made Xu Huang who was on the side very jealous after seeing it. If eyes can kill people, at this moment, Xu Huang's eyes have killed Zhang Liao countless times.

Zhang Yan could see the jealousy in Xu Huang's heart from his eyes, but he just wanted to make Xu Huang jealous. From the very beginning, he deliberately arranged for Zhang Liao to get the credit first, thus arousing Xu Huang's competitive spirit. Heart.

It can be said that this is also an indirect aggressive method.

However, what Zhang Yan didn't expect was that Zhang Liao had completed these two battles so well, two victories in two battles, and not one person was killed in battle, which can be regarded as a miracle.

In order to complete the strategy of ambush from all sides, Zhang Yan specially dispatched ten scout teams, each with fifty scouts, scattered within a radius of thirty miles of Xiquyang City, to scout out possible ambush locations first, and then report back quickly.

In addition, a group of scouts were specially sent to investigate the location of Yuan Shu's army.

Zhang Yan did not let the troops enter the city, but stood by outside the city, waiting for the news from the scouts of each team.

About an hour later, the scouts from each team sent back one after another, and found more than 30 places that were easy to ambush, easy to hide, and difficult to be discovered by the enemy.

Zhang Yan collected all the locations and marked them one by one on the map, and then together with Jia Xu selected ten locations that could be each other's horns and can also stand on their own for an ambush.

At this moment, scouts came to report that General Dingyuan Gao Shun had conquered Zhongli, leading the victorious army, he was heading towards Xiquyang, he had already passed Maqiuju, less than [-] miles away.

Hearing the news of Gao Shun's return, Zhang Yan's face was full of joy. The ambush from all sides was just the time when people were needed, and Gao Shun's arrival at this time was like adding wings to a tiger.

In addition, the scouts sent to investigate Yuan Shujun also brought back news.

Huben Zhonglang General Xu Chu led an army of [-] troops including He Yi, Liu Pi, and He Man, and they were already approaching Xiacai City. After Yuan Shu knew about it, he immediately dispatched Mei Cheng to lead an army of [-] troops to Xiacai for support, and the remaining [-] troops The army led by Lei Xu and Li Feng continued to advance towards Xiquyang City.

However, due to two days of torrential rain within a hundred miles of Shouchun in the past two days, the water accumulated into a stream for a while, and the water level of the nearby river also rose a lot. Go, still stay on the ground, making the road muddy.There are also some sections of the road that were directly washed away by the water.

The [-] troops of Li Feng and Lei Xu were all infantry, marching on such a muddy road, and marching in the torrential rain two days ago, the journey in a day was less than [-] miles.

Although the weather is sunny today, the ground is already very muddy, which has brought great inconvenience to the march. So far, Li Feng, Lei Xu and others are still more than 40 miles away from Xiquyang City.

When the news came, Zhang Yan immediately felt a little relieved. In this way, he could have enough time to set up an ambush, and the number of troops to be dealt with suddenly decreased by 3, which also reduced a lot psychologically. pressure.

Therefore, Zhang Yan sent someone to summon Gao Shun, and asked Gao Shun to come to Xiqu Yangcheng alone first, so that the army could march slowly.

After Gao Shun arrived in Xiquyang City, Zhang Yan ordered the generals to gather all of them in the hall of the county government office and formally hold the pre-war military meeting!
In the hall of the county government office, Zhang Yan looked around at the generals standing in the hall, and said: "Come here, all of you, take a look at the map!"

Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Xu Huang, Chen Ying, and Li Dian all gathered together. Zhang Yan spread out the map on the table in front of him, and pointed to the ten red dots on the map surrounding Xiqu Yangcheng. : "This time, the number of invading enemies has decreased by 5000 to only 40, and the pressure on our army has also been reduced a lot. Moreover, due to the sudden rainstorm, it has been very difficult for them to march these two days. Until now, It is still more than 500 miles away from Xiquyang City. In this way, our army can fully prepare for an ambush. I discussed a strategy with the military adviser, called an ambush on ten sides. Each of you leads two soldiers and horses, each Two thousand and five hundred soldiers, two thousand infantry, and five hundred cavalry will be scattered among these ten ambush points for me. When the scouts give you the order to fight, you will immediately lead the army to set off and swarm up to surround these Yuan troops. In this circle, strive for one effort, one battle depends!"

After everyone heard this, they all looked at each other in dismay. No one spoke, but they were all gearing up, mentally trying their best. Finally, the battle was coming!

Seeing that they were silent, Zhang Yan said again: "Remember, you are each other's horns, complementing each other, and you must not let an enemy go. Do you... have the confidence to complete this arduous and glorious task? "

Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Xu Huang, Chen Ying, and Li Dian replied in unison: "Please rest assured, my lord, the last general will do his best to complete the task!"

"Okay!" Zhang Yan yelled, with a happy expression on his face, then turned to Jia Xu and said, "Military Master, from now on, you will arrange it!"

Jia Xu nodded and said to Zhang Liao in a loud voice: "General Zhang, please take two troops and lie in ambush in Zhangjia Village and Niujia Village in the southwest of the county..."

As he spoke, he pointed out the coordinates of these two villages on the map with his hands, so that Zhang Liao could clearly identify these two locations.

Zhang Liao glanced at the map, cupped his fists and said, "Here!"

Jia Xu then said to Gao Shun: "General Gao, please lead two troops to ambush the Shamen Village and Lijia Village in the northwest of the county."

"Here!" Gao Shun clasped his fists and said.

Jia Xu said to Chen Ying again: "General Chen, please lead two troops to ambush in Shangshui and Xiashui villages in the northeast of the county."

Chen Ying nodded and said, "Obey!"

Jia Xu said to Li Dian again: "General Li, please lead two troops to ambush in Nanhu Town and Gaoliu Village in the southeast of the county."

Li Dian cupped his fists and said, "Here!"

After Jia Xu finished his order, he said immediately: "These eight locations are different in distance from the county seat, but they are all areas that are very easy to hide. In comparison, the soldiers and horses brought by General Zhang and General Gao need to ambush. The location is a little farther away, but it is also an extremely important place, neither can be discovered by the enemy, nor can the enemy escape after entering the ambush circle, so the burden on the shoulders of the two of you is not light."

Zhang Liao and Gao Shun said in unison: "My lord, please rest assured, no matter how heavy the burden is, the general will try to pick it up!"

Jia Xu said: "Good! General Zhang wiped out nearly 1000 enemy troops in one day, and killed three generals Ji Ling, Chen Lan, and Lei Bo. It can be said that he did a lot of credit. With [-] people, Zhongli County was conquered, and it was hard work to be able to come to the round quickly. Then these areas to the west of the county will be handed over to you for guarding, and I hope you will continue to work hard and make great achievements in this battle!"

"Here!" Zhang Liao and Gao Shun said in unison.

Jia Xu said to Li Dian and Chen Ying: "The place where the two generals are going to ambush is only ten miles away from the county seat, and the nearest one is Gaoliu Village, which is only seven miles away, and Yuan Shu's troops are all coming from the west. Ambush or not is actually not very important. But out of caution, Yuan Shu's army is likely to adopt a siege. If we don't hide well and are discovered by Yuan Shu's scouts, our army will completely waste all previous efforts. So , you must not think that Yuan Shu's army will relax their vigilance if they don't pass through here, remember?"

"Please rest assured, my lord and military adviser, we will definitely do a good job of hiding it, and we will never let Yuan Shu's army find out!" Li Dian and Chen Ying said in unison.

"Very good! Then, the four generals, please go to collect your troops and horses, and set off now. When you arrive at the location, there will be a team of scouts waiting there, waiting for your dispatch at any time. Remember, before there is no order from the lord, No matter what happens, don't act rashly, anyone who disobeys the order will be executed!" Jia Xu said firmly.

"Here!" Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Li Dian, and Chen Ying replied in unison.

At this time, Xu Huang, who had been standing there, saw Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Li Dian, and Chen Ying turning around to leave. He panicked, and suddenly said, "Please wait!"

Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Li Dian, and Chen Ying all turned around and stood there, looking at Xu Huang suspiciously.

"My lord, the military adviser, they all have missions, why am I the only one who doesn't? Didn't they say ambush from ten sides, this is only eight sides, shouldn't I lead the army to ambush the other two sides?" Xu Huang hurriedly clasped his fists and asked.

After Zhang Yan heard this, he said to Xu Huang: "General Xu, the ambush was originally set on ten sides, but the other two sides are too dangerous, and I don't want General Xu to put himself in danger, so I discussed it with the military adviser. Just a moment, it's temporarily canceled!"

"In that case, I don't have any tasks?" Xu Huang asked in surprise.

Zhang Yandao: "Eh... yes, why not, you lead the troops to guard the city with me, this is the mission."

Xu Huang immediately retorted: "How can that be done? They have all gone out to perform the mission of Flying Daggers, how can I stay in the city? Besides, the strategy offered by the military advisor is the strategy of Flying Daggers, that is to say, this strategy Ten sides must be required to achieve the greatest effect. Otherwise, why didn’t the military commander call it Eight Sides Ambush? If these two sides are missing, then there will be no formation of Ten Sides, and it will not be able to exert the maximum effect of Ten Sides Ambush. It is very likely There will still be mistakes. The general is not afraid of any danger, even if he goes up the mountain of swords or into the sea of ​​fire, the general is not afraid, at worst, he will die on the battlefield and be shrouded in horse leather!"

Jia Xu hurriedly echoed: "My lord, what General Xu said is very reasonable. The strategy offered by my subordinates is an ambush on all sides. If you just remove the two sides abruptly because of the danger, then the ambush on all sides will not be able to play its fullest role." Since General Xu is not afraid of danger, why doesn't my lord let him carry out the most dangerous ambush on both sides?"

"My lord, what the military advisor said is right. The general is not afraid of danger, so the lord will let the general go!" Standing in front of Zhang Yan, Xu Huang begged bitterly.

Zhang Yan frowned, thought for a while, and then said: "Then...well, since you insist on going, then I'll let you go. But it's really not trivial to ambush at these two places. The location is just on the way of Yuan Shujun's advance. If there is any mistake, it will not only scare the snake, but also may make this plan of ambush from ten sides fall short. Moreover, once the enemy finds your ambush position, you will be caught in a trap. Surrounded by tens of thousands of troops, I will not send a single soldier to rescue you. Therefore, life or death depends entirely on you and your subordinates. But if you succeed, then after the victory of this war, you It is the first achievement! Let me ask you again, even if your life is in danger, do you want to go?"

Xu Huang thought to himself: "Wealth and wealth are in danger, if I don't fight to the death, how can I get this first merit?"

"Go, I must go this time!" Xu Huang shouted.

Zhang Yanda shouted: "Excellent! General Xu is not afraid of hardships and dangers, he is really a rare general under my command! Bring the wine, I want to toast General Xu!"

Xu Huang waved his hand and said, "My lord, I'd better save this wine and drink it after our army wins. The last general will definitely live up to my lord's expectations of me. I will definitely come back to drink with my lord! When the time comes, I won't return if I'm not drunk!"

"Okay, if you don't get drunk, you won't return!" Zhang Yan said.

Everyone present listened very carefully. Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Chen Ying, and Li Dian all admired Xu Huang's courage. They bid farewell to Zhang Yan and Jia Xu together with Xu Huang, and went to gather troops outside the city. The horse quickly rushed to various ambush locations.

Seeing Xu Huang leaving, Jia Xu smiled and said to Zhang Yan: "My lord's aggressive method is really effective. However, General Xu is still kept in the dark. After the victory of this battle, I don't know Xu Huang Will the general blame the lord?"

"In extraordinary times, we need to use some extraordinary means. In fact, isn't the strategist's plan of ambush on all sides also a two-handed preparation? If Xu Huang can really hide in Yuan Jun's way forward, then I will really treat him Xu Huang admired the five-body projection. If he failed to hide, at least he would lure the enemy deep and lead him into the ambush circle." Zhang Yan said.

Jia Xu said with a smile: "My lord is so clever, my subordinates feel inferior!"

Zhang Yan said: "The military master is self-effacing. In fact, in terms of means, the military master is much better than me. I can't think of this plan of ambush on all sides. In this world, people who can come up with such a plan, I'm afraid It’s very few.”

"The lord has won the prize. If you continue to praise like this, the subordinates will really feel ashamed."

"Hahaha..." Zhang Yan laughed loudly, then stopped mentioning the matter and began to prepare for the battle.

(End of this chapter)