The Yuan Family of the Three Kingdoms I call the shots

Chapter 569 Xuzhou Pingding ([-])

The appearance of Zhang Liao surprised Yuan Shang, he really didn't expect this guy to appear suddenly at this time.

It wasn't that Zhang Liao's appearance would pose any threat to this battle, but it was precisely because his appearance could no longer influence the overall situation that Yuan Shang was very surprised.According to Zhang Liao's wisdom, Yuan Shang believed that since he did not appear on the battlefield with Li Dian and Le Jin, it meant that he had realized that the Xuzhou battle was hopeless for Cao Jun. According to Yuan Shang's thinking, Zhang Liao The most important thing to do now is not to appear in this battlefield, but to entangle the troops and horses to return to Yanzhou, preserve the strength for Cao Jun, and fight Yuan Jun in the final decisive battle in Zhongzhou Wei.

Beside Yuan Shang, Wang Shuang rode his horse to Yuan Shang's side and said, "My lord, according to your opinion, what should we do when Zhang Liao comes here?"

Yuan Shang half-closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "Zhang Liao is hard to become a big weapon when he comes here. The general trend of this battle has been achieved. Soochow will definitely be driven away by our army, and Li Dian, Le Jin and others will also be defeated. Eat it for our army, he is just going through the motions, showing off his fancy, let him go, I want to see what tricks he can play."
It was at this time that Zhou Yu, on the side of Soochow, had already issued an order to withdraw troops under the promise of Sun Quan. Following the cross-over instruction of the flags in the Soochow middle camp and the sound of golden ringing, Soochow soldiers and horses began to retreat. Relying on the front line with strong bows, crossbows and shield giants, they began to shrink slowly towards the rear, showing a tendency to stick to their migration. The soldiers and horses in charge of the luggage in the camp began to move backward. The tents and some light luggage in the camp had already been The tendency to abandon.

Looking at the movements of the Eastern Wu soldiers from a distance, Pang Ji couldn't help but frowned, and said: "Sun Quan and Zhou Yu of the Eastern Wu, why did they have the intention to retreat in the middle of the battle, and even the tents and luggage of the big camp have to be cut off. What kind of trick is this?"

Yuan Shang rubbed his chin and said with a smile: "They didn't play any tricks, they know how to advance and retreat, understand the current situation, according to Zhou Yu's thinking, without the support of Cao Jun, it is completely useless to fight us head-on now , At best, it’s just a waste of troops, and a little baggage is not very important, it’s better to retreat to the river mouth, retreat slowly, preserve strength, and stabilize Jiangdong.”

Hearing this, Pang Ji suddenly said, "Since this is the case, shall we beat the dog in the water?"

Yuan Shang smiled when he heard the words: "Although I never let go of the opportunity to beat the dog in the water, the problem is that the current Soochow is not completely a dog in the water. They just see this place is useless and retreat temporarily. At best It can only be regarded as a bereaved dog, it is better not to mess with it."

Pang Ji didn't seem to understand: "It's also a dog, a dog in the water can fight, but a dog that has lost its family can't chase it?"

Yuan Shang nodded when he heard the words, and said: "Of course, even though a bereaved dog is lost, its fighting spirit is still there. A bad counterattack is enough to bite you, but a dog that falls into the water has no fighting spirit and morale. It is basically a combat power value. The scum of 5..."

Speaking of this, Yuan Shang raised his hand and pointed at the remnant army led by Li Dian and Le Jin from a distance, saying: "It's like the Cao army now... order the three armies, if Soochow wants to withdraw, let them withdraw, but There is no need to be lenient when dealing with Cao Jun, and leave Li Dian and Le Jin to me."

"promise!"

With the relocation of the battlefield situation, the situation in the field began to gradually change. The retreat of the Soochow Army did not make Yuan Jun use all his strength to pursue, but was able to concentrate more troops to besiege Li Dian and Le Jin. Under the ebb and flow, Yuan Jun's combat power began to gradually compress Cao Jun, and the gap between Cao Jun's battlefields was only the tip of the iceberg.

Li Dian and Le Jin's troops fought less and less, and the situation was at stake. At this time, Zhang Liao's soldiers and horses rushed to the outskirts of Yuan Jun.

At this moment in the outskirts, Ma Yan, a member of the Yuan Army, had long been guarding outside the formation. When he saw Zhang Liao, he saw Ma Yan stepping forward with his gun raised, pointing at Zhang Liao and yelling at Zhang Liao.

"Mr. Zhang Liao, you dare to come here instead of advancing or retreating. The land of Xuzhou is no longer yours. If you don't go back to Xuchang early, you dare to stay here and die?"

Zhang Liao's face was cold, he stared at Ma Yan quietly, and said: "I don't want to stay in Xuzhou, but if I leave, I have to wait for the two generals Li Dian and Le Jin to go back together. I hope your Excellency will be at your convenience."

Ma Yan couldn't help being happy when he heard this.

"Zhang Liao, do you think this battlefield was opened by your family? You can come and leave whenever you want, I am! Let alone Li and Le, even you, don't even think about staying here today... Watch me kill you!"

Ma Yan considered himself a general of the Yuan army. Although he had heard of Zhang Liao's reputation, he did not take it seriously. He considered himself a bit brave, not afraid of Zhang Liao, and stepped forward to fight against him.

Zhang Liao didn't panic, he rode his horse forward slowly, saw Ma Yan coming, raised the long knife in his hand and confronted him for a few rounds, knowing the opponent's strength in his heart, then suddenly his eyes showed a cold light, Suddenly raised the knife, aimed at Ma Yan's head, and slashed down with all his strength, while yelling: "If you want to die, I will fulfill you!"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Liao changed his moves so quickly, and suddenly made a deadly move. Ma Yan was startled, and there was no time to parry in a hurry, so he had to retreat.Zhang Liao took advantage of the situation to pursue, and then Ma Yan retreated empty-handedly, shouting to the surrounding subordinates: "Go! Break into the enemy's formation!"

Zhang Liao retreated the enemy general with a sword, which doubled the confidence of the soldiers under him, and their fighting spirit was burning in their chests. They followed each other with loud shouts. Ma Yan ordered to be pulled back into the army formation, and Zhang Liao took advantage of his retreat. Fluctuating, he entered it in one fell swoop.The bottom line is that people block and kill people, and Buddhas block and kill Buddhas.

Zhang Liao's army set off a bloody storm on the front line of the field, which immediately attracted the attention of Yuan Jun's other generals in the battle. Zhang Yan was the first to react. He was closer to the place where Zhang Liao was massacred, and he went first to block its edge.

It didn't take long before Zhang Yan and Zhang Liao collided head-on. The two were old enemies. They had met countless times on the battlefield in the past, and they knew each other well.

Zhang Liaoyong was unstoppable, coming in a menacing manner, the two horses met each other, grabbed round arms, and aimed at Zhang Yan's head with a fierce knife.

Zhang Yan didn't give in, and swung his knife to fight hard. With a crisp "clang", Zhang Liao didn't move, and Zhang Yan shook his horse twice.It wasn't that he was showing weakness, but that his body was really weak. He had fought Soochow's young general Ding Feng in the battle with Soochow just now, and he exhausted all his strength, how could he recover so quickly.

Zhang Liao had fought against Zhang Yan before, so he understood his strength. Although he knew that he was superior to him, he knew that he could not force Zhang Yan to retreat with a single blow. Now seeing that he pushed Zhang Yan back with a single blow, he knew that Zhang Yan must have been in the melee just now. Excessive physical energy wasted, how long should we wait if we don't take his life now?
Thinking about it, he exerted all his strength, slashing at Zhang Yan's vital points one after another.Zhang Yan and Zhang Liao had only fought for more than ten rounds, and sweat appeared on their foreheads. The scene also looked very passive, almost being forced to fight by Zhang Liao.

At this moment, Yuan Jun's general Wang Men, Zhang Kai and others have also arrived. Seeing that Zhang Yan is out of support, all the generals go up together to fight against Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao was still fearless in the face of many Yuan Jun generals, and shouted loudly: "Get out of the way, don't stop this general from saving people!"

He slashed back and forth with the long knife in his hand, like the wind and fire. When several Yuan Jun generals bumped into the weapon in his hand, they felt as if it was as heavy as a thousand catties. .

When I was young, I saw Zhang Liao leading a group of brave soldiers into the circle and charged towards Li Dian and Le Jin.

Seeing Zhang Liao killing the general coming from afar, Le Jin was overjoyed, turned his head to Li Dian and said, "Mancheng, look, those are General Zhang Liao's troops...General Zhang Liao is here to rescue us!"

Li Dian's face flickered, he seemed to be touched suddenly, he opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't say it.

There was still some distance between the two Cao soldiers, but Zhang Liao's voice had already been heard from far and near, like the sound of heaven, it gave the second general and his subordinates a boost in their hearts.

"Mancheng, Wen Qian! What are the two generals waiting for? If you don't follow me to kill the enemy, when will you wait!"

Hearing this, Li Dian, Le Jin and their soldiers could not help but erupt. They held up their weapons one by one, mustered up their courage, and gathered in the direction where Zhang Liao was galloping.

On the battlefield, because of Zhang Liao's appearance, Li Dian, Le Jin and others had a glimmer of hope. Cao Jun fought bravely, and the two merged, trying to break out of the encirclement.

Because of the appearance of Zhang Liao, Cao Jun made an extraordinary performance, all of which fell into Yuan Shang's eyes.

But seeing Yuan Shang adjusted the sleeves of his robe, stood up, and walked to the front of the chariot, he couldn't help but sigh after watching it for a while.

"Zhang Liao really deserves to be the number one general under Lu Bu. Not only is he commanding well, he is smart and cunning, and he is also very brave! Every time I see him, I have an inexplicable throbbing, as if, as if..."

Wang Shuang said from the side, "It's like a dog seeing a bone?"

Yuan Shang smiled slightly, and gave Wang Shuang a blank look: "Just for this metaphor, I have every reason to gouge out your bones and feed them to the dogs. But, Yuan is in a good mood today, so he won't kill."

After all, Yuan Shang continued: "It would be a pity if a general like Zhang Liao cannot be accepted under the banner."

Wang Shuang immediately stepped forward and asked suspiciously, "My lord, do you want to give birth to Zhang Liao?"

Yuan Shang nodded and said, "Of course, taking Zhang Liao down may not be possible for a while, but from this moment on, I am ready to start planning! Now I still have a powerful army in my hand that I have never used. At this moment, Zhang Liao has already In a tight siege, success or failure depends on it!"

Having said that, Yuan Shang turned his head and said to the guard behind him, "Where is Ma Chao?"

The guard took two steps forward, cupped his hands and respectfully said: "General Ma leads a Xiliang iron cavalry, and they are camping not far away, and they will come to help the battle as long as the lord gives orders!"

Since Ma Chao was injured in the first battle in Xuzhou, he has been recuperating in Linzi, Qingzhou. Although he has not fully recovered from his injuries at this time, he is impatient and insists on going out. He has already arrived at Yuan Shang's camp the day before yesterday.

Yuan Shang nodded and said: "Let him come over, I will go with him too, this time I will take down Zhang Liao no matter what! Tell Ma Chao, this time it will depend on his performance."

(End of this chapter)