Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 418 Competing in the Central Plains ([-])

An Fengjin, the flames soared into the sky, and the sound of killing was boiling.

The navy of the Eastern Wu Dynasty went against the odds and attacked An Fengjin at night.

Although the guards in the city had been on guard for a long time, they were too late to guard against it, and Jiang Qin, the general of the Eastern Wu, led five hundred dead soldiers to attack the top of the city and took the opportunity to open the city gate.

The dry army fought back vigorously, and the two armies fought desperately in the cave of the city gate, which was very tragic.

However, the defenders in the city suffered from mistakes and were unable to defend, and their strength was not as good as the Soochow navy. As more and more Soochow navy attacked the city, they gradually became unable to resist and retreated while fighting.

Seeing that An Fengjin was in danger, the Wu army's rear suddenly became chaotic.

"What happened?"

After Jiang Qin received the urgent report from the commanding officer, he couldn't help being furious, and asked sharply.

"General, something is wrong."

A small school rushed over, sweating profusely, and jumped up and said: "There is a dry army coming from behind."

"what?"

Jiang Qin was taken aback, and asked sharply, "Where is the army from behind?"

The little principal said anxiously: "I don't know, wow, I don't know how many soldiers there are in the dark night, the rear army is already in chaos."

Jiang Qin's face was livid with anger, and he was speechless for a while.

Seeing that An Fengjin could be captured in one fell swoop in at most half an hour, such an accident happened unexpectedly.

"General, what should we do now?"

Seeing that Jiang Qin was livid and silent, the small school hurriedly asked.

Jiang Qin's complexion changed several times. He had already heard the shouts of killing from the rear army, and even the Chinese army was in chaos. It is in danger of collapse.

"Qisha!"

Jiang Qin roared, and burst out a word from his teeth extremely unwillingly, "Withdraw!"

Wu Jun, who was fighting desperately, suddenly received an order to withdraw his troops. He was a little at a loss for a while.

When they reacted, the morale of the army, which had been retreating steadily, was greatly boosted, and they launched a desperate counterattack.

Under the ebb and flow, the Wu army who attacked the city was immediately killed and defeated, and fled outside the city desperately, throwing away their helmets and armor.

It was overjoyed when Wu Jun left thousands of corpses and retreated, and the generals in the city hurriedly boarded the top of the city to watch.

"General!"

The lieutenant general was overjoyed when he saw Zhang Liao who had just galloped down the city, and shouted loudly.

Zhang Liao reined in his horse and shouted, "How is the situation in the city?"

The deputy general said loudly: "Fortunately, the general led the army back in time, and everything in the city is fine."

"Enter the city!"

With a wave of Zhang Liao's hand, the exhausted six thousand soldiers rushed into the city immediately.

The lieutenant general was about to run down to the top of the wall to meet Zhang Liao, but Zhang Liao had already strode up to the top of the wall.

"See General!"

The lieutenant quickly stepped aside and bowed his hands in salute.

Zhang Liao showed anger, and said in a deep voice, "What happened? Why did Wu Jun take the city gate?"

The deputy general showed shame, and said: "Wu Jun took advantage of the night to sneak attack, our army was too late to guard against mistakes, so we were sent down the city gate."

Zhang Liao was furious, and sternly reprimanded: "I have repeatedly told you that you must be careful of the Eastern Wu navy's sneak attack. How could you be caught off guard by the Wu army? If there is something wrong with An Fengjin, how can I have the face to meet the lord."

"I will be convicted at the end."

The deputy general wiped off his cold sweat, bowed his head and said, "Please punish the general!"

"That's it!"

Zhang Liao waved his hand angrily, and personally arranged to repair the city defense.

A school lieutenant came up and said, "General, Wu's army has just been defeated. Do you want to take advantage of the victory and pursue it!"

"Chasing a fart!"

Zhang Liao, who had always been calm, was also furious and said angrily, "How do you chase after him?"

"Uh……"

The school lieutenant gave a dry laugh and quickly stepped aside.

Zhang Liao ordered Liuqian to run for a whole day, and the six thousand army who had just fought a fierce battle with the Soochow navy disarmed and rested, but he didn't care about resting for a while, and personally arranged the city defense without touching the ground to cope with the upcoming attack of the Wu army. .

Early the next morning, Sun Ce indeed led his troops to join the Soochow navy.

Jiang Qin tied him up and went into Sun Ce's account to plead guilty.

Sun Ce heard that the naval army not only failed to sneak attack and capture Anfengjin last night, but because Zhang Liao suddenly led the army to kill him, he was attacked by the Qian army and killed thousands of soldiers. Although he was furious, he did not punish Jiang Qin , but a few words of comfort.

Jiang Qin was really overwhelmed with gratitude, and secretly made up his mind that when he attacked the city in the future, he must fight hard to die.

Without An Fengjin, Sun Ce would not be able to cross the Huai River to the north with peace of mind.

After the army rested for a day, Sun Ce immediately ordered to attack Anfengjin.

The [-] infantry and [-] sailors were divided into three groups, which took turns to attack An Fengjin. Zhang Liaojia never left his body, and personally supervised the battle at the head of the city day and night. attack.

However, the Wu army's offensive was too fierce, and it was completely a gesture of not giving up on An Fengjin.

Fearing that An Fengjin would be lost, Zhang Liao mobilized the people to join the battle and assist the army to defend the city, while sending two groups of fast horses to Nanyang and Xuzhou respectively to ask for help from Zhao Yun who was guarding Nanyang, and at the same time to Luo Zheng.

After Zhao Yun received Zhang Liao's request for help, he immediately led [-] soldiers from the field to forcibly cross Liu Qi's territory.

Counties, Yuan Tan Daying.

"Lord!"

Xin Pingji stepped into the tent of the Chinese army, and surrendered to Yuan Tan.

"Zhongzhi is free!"

Yuan Tan waved his hand and asked, "How is the situation in Kaiyang?"

Xin commented: "Xiahoudun has experienced hundreds of battles, and it is not so easy for Luo Zheng to break through Kaiyang, and he is at a stalemate."

"So good!"

Yuan Tan said happily: "Let the soldiers hurry up and rest, and go south to Kaiyang tomorrow morning."

Xin Ping's expression changed, and he said suddenly: "Our army sent troops this time only to force Luo Zheng to retreat. As long as Kaiyang is not attacked by Luo Zheng, our army's goal will be achieved. When Cao Cao repels Gao Shun, he will naturally lead his army Go north to deal with Luo Zheng."

Yuan Tan nodded and said, "What Zhong Zhi said is absolutely true."

Xin Ping added: "Since this is the case, there is no need for our army to go to Kaiyang. As long as our army enters Ju County, it will naturally be able to contain Luo Zheng's army. With our army on the side, Luo Zheng would not dare Attack Kaiyang with all your strength."

Yuan Tan's eyes lit up, he nodded again and again and said, "What Zhong Zhi said is absolutely true, so we will follow this plan."

It is naturally best if you can not fight Luo Zheng to death.

Although Yuan Tan didn't want to see Cao Cao destroyed, he actually didn't want to provoke Luo Zheng. After all, Yuan Tan wasn't his old man. He was still very afraid of the vicious name of Luo Zheng. The purpose of joining the army is naturally excellent.

Xin commented: "It's late at night, my lord, let's rest early!"

Yuan Tan said happily: "Zhong Zhi also went down early to rest, so we can hurry tomorrow!"

Xin Ping agreed, then cupped his hands and was ready to retreat.

At this moment, there was a sudden shrill scream outside the camp piercing the night sky.

(End of this chapter)