Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 417 Competing in the Central Plains ([-])

After about an hour, the scout Xiaoxiao came back to report.

"General, there is too much horse manure!"

Scout Xiaoxiao scratched his head vigorously, "There are too many villains to count, at least there are thousands of horse dung."

"Shang Qiantuo?"

Zhang Liao's eyes were fixed, and he asked carefully about the old and new horse manure, and immediately had a bad feeling in his heart.

According to Xiao Hou Xiaoxiao, the horse manure was pulled down in the last three days. Even if there are two piles of manure for one horse, thousands of horse manures mean that there are at least hundreds of horses. How can there be so many horses in Huainan? question.

If it is a passing cavalry, it is impossible to pull all the horse manure in a small area.

In other words, there are only a few hundred horses that have stayed here for a long time.

Zhang Liao was silent, frowning and pondering for a long time before ordering, "Order the scouts to search the area within a radius of [-] li, and don't miss any place where people can hide, and then order all the ministries to be careful!"

"As ordered!"

The scout Xiaoxiao and the adjutant responded in unison and left quickly.

In a small valley twenty miles away, Sun Ce's [-] army was ambushing here, preparing to fight with enough energy.

Just when the scouts reported back, Zhang Liao's army stopped to rest, and Sun Ce became impatient.

I was pacing back and forth in an open space when I suddenly saw Xiaoxiao scout rushing over, "My lord, it's not good."

"What happened?"

Sun Ce was restless and couldn't help asking loudly.

The small scout came forward and reported loudly: "The scout cavalry is everywhere, searching the nearby forests and ravines. Some scout cavalry have already searched here, and they will search here in one more time at most."

"what?"

Sun Ce was taken aback, "Could it be that Zhang Liao discovered our army's ambush here?"

Lu Su came over, shook his head and said, "Probably not. If Zhang Liao found out that our army had set up an ambush here, he might not have condemned Hou Biansuo's nearby mountains and ravines. He must have found some clues."

Sun Ce frowned and said, "Could it be that our army sent away the people nearby, which aroused Zhang Liao's suspicion?"

Lu Su said: "People avoid soldiers if they want to. This is the most normal thing, because it shouldn't be the reason."

Sun Ce frowned even more, "What's the reason?"

Lu Su shook his head and said, "I don't know what went wrong."

Sun Ce is also a decisive person, after thinking for a while, he said: "Since the sneak attack is not successful, then we should not attack. Our army is twice as large as Zhang Liao's, and we are waiting for work at leisure. If Zhang Liao can't do anything, I just go back to Jiangdong as soon as possible. "

Lu Su knew that he had no choice but to cup his hands and said, "My lord is wise!"

Soon, the [-] army no longer hid their tracks, and quickly rushed out of the valley where they were hiding, and headed northwest to kill.

The Qianjun scouts who were searching around found the Wu Jun who had rushed out at the first time, and they were all shocked. They turned their horses and rushed back to the camp at the first time, but they were chased by the Wu Jun cavalry.

Soochow fierce general Tai Shici personally led hundreds of cavalry, chasing and killing Qianjun scouts.

Fortunately, the war horses of the Gan army are better at short-distance running than the horses of the Eastern Wu cavalry, especially the war horses of the scouts. They are all carefully selected tall horses.

No matter how good Taishi Ci's riding skills are, and the horses he rides are also top-notch, how many people can be killed by one person.

"General, it's not good!"

Zhang Liao was waiting for news in the camp, when the scouts rushed back one after another.

The scout Xiaoxiao gasped and said, "A large number of Wu troops have been found twenty miles to the southeast, and they have already killed them."

"Good thief, there really is an ambush!"

Zhang Liao's complexion changed, and he said quickly: "It seems that as expected, the main force of the Wu army did not cross the Huai River to the north."

The adjutant next to him hurriedly asked: "General, Wu Jun has already killed him, what should we do now?"

Zhang Liao's complexion changed, and he said decisively: "Sun Ce has worked hard to lure our army out of Anfengjin, and he will definitely order the navy to attack Anfengjin from the waterway. There is no room for loss in Anfengjin. You should speed up the army to retreat. After two thousand soldiers and horses are cut off."

"This……"

The adjutant said in a calm voice: "General, please lead the army one after another, and the last general will be cut off."

Zhang Liao sternly said: "Stop talking too much, follow the military orders."

"General!"

The adjutant said anxiously: "An Fengjin can have no general, but he can't have a general! If the general has good or bad, who else will take charge of An Fengjin's overall situation. If An Fengjin loses, even if all the soldiers of the three armies die in battle. It's hard to make an inch of merit, and at that time, the brothers will lose their lives for nothing, and even if they escape back, they will be sanctioned by military regulations, please take the overall situation as the most important thing."

"This……"

Zhang Liao hesitated.

It is not his style to abandon his subordinates, but what the adjutant said makes sense.

The military regulations of the army are strict. If the important pass is lost, it will affect the military plan of the lord. lose.

If he unfortunately dies on the battlefield, An Fengjin may really fall.

"Please go, general!"

The adjutant's face was filled with passion and enthusiasm.

"That's it!"

Zhang Liao patted the adjutant on the shoulder heavily, and said in a deep voice, "You must stop the Wu army for half a day, so as to buy enough time for the army to retreat back to Anfengjin. Don't worry, you will not die in vain. When the battle is over, I will personally ask the Lord to help you. Please credit."

The adjutant said loudly: "Don't worry, general, the final general will not disgrace his life!"

Zhang Liao didn't say anything more, and immediately rushed out of the tent, and quickly ordered the army to assemble.

The army had just set up its camp, and Wu Jun had already appeared not far ahead.

Without saying a word, the adjutant went up to him bravely with two thousand soldiers and horses.

Zhang Liao ordered the army to throw away most of the luggage, and quickly withdraw to Anfengjin with only weapons and three days of rations.

In front of the Wu army, Sun Ce was urging his horse forward.

A meteor scout horse rushed over like a whirlwind in front of him, and before he got close, the scout cavalry on horseback said loudly: "My lord, Zhang Liao left behind two thousand soldiers and horses, and then threw away his luggage and ran for his life the same way. .”

"Ok?"

Sun Ce's eyes narrowed, he pulled the rein of the horse, and said in a concentrated voice, "I don't think Zhang Liao is so decisive."

Lu Su couldn't help but praised: "This person must have seen through our army's plan to lure snakes out of the cave. There is no benefit in a decisive battle between a rival in love and our army, so he decisively led the army back. What a great general!"

"Chase!"

Sun Ce couldn't hold back his anger any longer, and shouted, "We must not let Zhang Liao run away!"

The [-]-strong army rolled into the ground, killing the [-]-strong army that rushed over.

However, as soon as the contact was made, due to the rapid movement of the army, the former army of the Wu army, who could no longer maintain its formation, was killed and suffered a big loss under the desperate counterattack of two thousand troops.

Sun Ce was so angry that more than a dozen defeated soldiers hurriedly led the troops to the Qianjun formation.

(End of this chapter)