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Chapter 326 Huang Zu Carelessly Lost Qichun

"Before, there was Liu Bei in the east, Liu Yao in the south, Liu Biao in the west, Cao Cao in the north, and the Yellow Turbans and bandits rebelling. I only occupied half of Yangzhou and dared not move. Luckily, Yao'er came back. In one year, Liu Bei was defeated! Cao Cao was beaten away! Sun Ce also beat Liu Yao to flee everywhere!!"

"Yao'er, this time, my father is finally free, and we have collected enough food and grass. Jingzhou, let Wei father take care of it for you!!"

Xingping two years, March 27

Yuan Shu mobilized more than half of Shouchun's troops, dispatched a total of [-] troops, and made Zhang Xun a general, marching towards Lujiang, preparing to attack Jingzhou!
Lujiang, Wan County

A few days ago, when Feng Yao was fighting Cao Cao in Qingzhou, there were also turmoil in Wan County.

Sima Zhiyue, appointed by Feng Yao, has just recruited five thousand strong men!Emergency training is going on, and I want to get recruits to the battlefield as soon as possible.

The scouts came to report suddenly, and Zheng Bao, a bandit from Tianzhu Mountain, led an army of ten thousand to attack.

Zhi Yue was frightened, although she had already expected this kind of thing to happen and made all kinds of preparations, but the enemy still came too fast, the recruits were not well trained, if they forced to fight, they would definitely lose.

Zhi Heng said: "Yue'er, what should we do now that something like this has happened? Is the sky going to kill my Zhi family?"

Zhiyue said: "Father, don't worry, the child has already thought of a countermeasure, please lead the women of the whole clan, let them dress up as men, put on the cloth armor worn by soldiers, take weapons, and mix in the army Let the enemy think that our army is strong!"

Zhiyue also asked his uncle to immediately retreat to the west with the grain and grass that had already been loaded into the cart, as well as the old and weak.

Zhiyue personally led the archers and lay down outside Zhijiazhuang, leaving only Zhiyong and a thousand elite soldiers in the village.

After all this was arranged, Zheng Bao and other bandits roared and led the army to less than a mile outside the village. Zheng Bao was worried that he would be ambushed. , Although I have recruited thousands of people recently, they are all new recruits. I have only trained for a few days, so what is the use? As long as I lead the army to kill a few of them, I guarantee that they will all start running away when they see blood!"

Zheng Baoyun ordered Chen Ce to attack, and said: "Be careful with bows and arrows!"

Chen Ce led two thousand swordsmen and ten cavalry to approach Zhijiazhuang.

At this time, suddenly a group of extremely tall and strange cavalry rushed out from the village, followed by a thousand elite soldiers behind them.

"It's a camel cavalry!!"

One of Chen Ce's subordinates was shocked and shouted! !
The bandit was terrified and wanted to retreat. Chen Ce was furious, and immediately cut off the head of the shouting subordinate with a knife, and shouted: "Whoever dares to disobey the order, this is the result!!"

The bandit didn't dare to retreat, Chen Ce shouted: "Although the enemy has ten camels, we have twice the number of them!! Killing these recruits who have never seen blood is as easy as chopping melons and vegetables!! As long as We rushed into the manor, those beauties and gold and silver are the first to get us!! Don't you want to give this opportunity to the brothers behind?"

"The beauty is ours! Gold and silver are ours too!!! Kill!!!"

The bandit's morale was instantly boosted, and he charged forward.

Zhi Yong led ten camel cavalry, and when he saw this, he yelled, "Here comes your death!! Sons of Marquis Haihun, let me see your bravery!"

The thief general Chen Ce led the cavalry forward by force, but just met the camel cavalry. When the horse saw the tall camel, it panicked and ran wild. Zhi Yong rushed over, stabbed Chen Ce to death with a single shot, and shouted: "The thief general is dead!! Kill me!!"

Wherever the camel cavalry went, the bandits fled in fear, and two thousand bandits were killed and retreated in defeat.

When Zhi Yong led the army to pursue and kill him, Zheng Bao's army came to kill him. Zhi Yong followed his plan and retreated to Zhuangzhong pretending to be defeated.

Seeing that Daxi ordered the bandits to swarm up and enter the village, Zheng Bao didn't think that Zhi Yong had already withdrawn from the back of Zhuangzi. At this time, there was no one in the village, and all that was left were firewood full of oil.

"It's not good!! I've been tricked!! Withdraw quickly!!" Zheng Bao was shocked.

A burst of rockets struck, and [-] bandits were immediately engulfed in a sea of ​​flames. The bandits were in chaos, and not many were burned to death, but after the formation was in chaos, Zhiyue, who was lying on the periphery, immediately ordered the archers to shoot again and again! !

When Zheng Bao rushed out of the sea of ​​flames, only 6000 people were left. After reorganizing the formation, Zheng Bao said angrily: "If I don't kill Zhiyue, I will not be able to relieve my anger!! Brothers, the wealth of the Zhi family must be in the sky!" In front, anyone who wants to make a fortune, follow me to kill!!"

After rushing for less than a mile, suddenly there were armies on both sides, one of which was fighting under the banner of Zhizi, and the other was fighting under the banner of Liuzi. The two armies each had 5000 people! !

Zheng Bao asked one of his men: "Why is your information inaccurate, the enemy clearly has more than 1 people!!"

His subordinates were terrified, and pointed to the flag and said: "General, the other army is not the Zhi family army, but the Liu Ziqi. This must be the reinforcements who just arrived!!"

Just when Zheng Bao was puzzled, Zhiyue and Zhiyong rushed up with the thousand elite soldiers just now.

"Zheng Bao, I have already got the support of Haihunhou. These five thousand elite soldiers have just arrived from Liaocheng! But our target is not you, but if we continue to linger, I will wipe out your entire army Here!!" Zhi Yue shouted.

Zheng Bao was frightened and led the defeated soldiers back.

After Zhiyue's victory, he withdrew immediately, because the five thousand soldiers were mostly disguised as women, if they really fought, they would definitely not be the opponents of those bandits who add blood every day!

After reuniting with the luggage led by Zhien, Zhiyue's army marched towards Jiangxia, and soon arrived at Xunyang City in Lujiang County. Although the county magistrate of Xunyang did not dare to stop him, he did not let Zhiyue enter the city.

Zhi Heng worries that if this continues, there will be nowhere to go, no way out, and this army will soon be defeated without a fight.

Zhiyue said: "Father, twenty miles to the west from now on is the territory of Jiangxia County. There is a city named Qichun City there. There are not many guards. When we arrive, it happens to be night. It is easy to attack at night, and it can be used as our base in the future!! As long as we secure this city, Huang Zu must be worried that we will attack Jiangxia City. Even if Huang Zu does not withdraw his troops from Runan, he will definitely divide his troops attack!!"

Zhi Heng nodded and sighed: "Yue'er, I hope you are right, the future of the Zhi family is in your hands!!"

Zhi Yue's eyes shone brightly, she nodded vigorously, led the army forward, and indeed captured Qichun.

Qichun is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, downstream of Jiangxia City. Although it is a small county under Jiangxia's rule, it is at the junction of two prefectures and three counties.

To the west is Jingzhou, to the east is Yangzhou!
The three counties are: Jiangxia in the west, Lujiang in the east, and Yuzhang in the south.

It is also located between the Yangtze River and the Dabie Mountains. The terrain is narrow. Although it is poor, it is at the throat of the two prefectures and three counties. Before that, because Lujiang and Yuzhang were all friendly forces, Huang Zu was eager to attack Runan, so He didn't care about Qichun's defense.

(End of this chapter)