Goose Three Kingdoms

Chapter 523 One enemy

More than thirty miles south of Ji County, except for a small number of scouts and guard knights, the rest of the Youzhou cavalry who arrived here sat on the ground to eat dry food or feed the horses.

Yan Rou, who led this cavalry, rode his horse to inspect the situation. They had piled up grass and trees on both sides of the road and set them on fire.

The smoke filled the air and was carried southward by the wind in an attempt to cover up the signal smoke set by the defenders of Ji County.

Zhang Liao, commanding a thousand cavalrymen, was more than ten miles away from them. He only left a small number of knights on guard, and the rest of the troops were resting.

Zhang Liao led a dozen knights northward and observed the Youzhou cavalry at the edge of the enemy's scouts' alert and blockade area.

Only now did Zhang Liao realize that the so-called Five-Colored Knights should be used in scattered positions.

For example, at this moment, the five-color knights were separated and paired up, each giving him two centuries.

The smoke was suspended and the vision was hazy.

However, he could also sense that there were a large number of Youzhou cavalry forces in the north, and Zhang Liao was originally worried about the low morale.

As a result, except for his own knight, the rest of the five-color knights were eager to try.

With such morale, Zhang Liao had thrown aside his worries and only thought about how to meet the enemy.

After observing for a while, he retreated to the main camp and said to the captain and officers waiting there: "The enemy has so many cavalry but they ordered the troops to rest, which means they don't know the strength of our army."

No one argued or made any comments, they just listened quietly.

Zhang Liao drew his sword and drew on the ground: "I will divide the troops into left and right, each with a hundred cavalrymen, and each with three draft horses, dragging branches, so as to stir up dust, making it more difficult for the enemy to know the strength of our army."

"In order to prevent our army from breaking through from both wings and attacking from behind, they can only widen the battle line. In this way, the troops are distributed and the formation is thinner, which is conducive to our army to break through. In this battle, the Grand Marshal has not come and the enemy army has attacked first. Our army cannot retreat, let alone hold on. We can only meet the attack. Therefore, when meeting the attack, the whole army will follow me and attack the enemy directly!"

Looking around at everyone, Zhang Liao used his sword to pin the enemy's troops behind him: "There is only one goal, and that is the enemy's head. Do you understand?"

A black flag 100-man general asked, "If the enemy army sets up a deputy general and a deputy flag, should we continue the assault?"

"Yes, when the whole army is charging, you must not linger or engage in direct combat with the enemy. Our target is the enemy generals and battle flags, and we must kill any that appear."

Zhang Liao saw the other side nod, and then said: "Our army will also set up a deputy flag. If I die in battle, the deputy general will hold my battle flag and continue to attack the enemy general. If my battle flag falls, immediately raise the deputy flag and guide the entire army of knights!"

"Here!"

More than thirty people nodded in agreement, which was in line with their tactical instincts.

Zhang Liao had anticipated that Youzhou cavalry would come south to help in the battle, but he did not expect so many of them to come.

The black bear had not anticipated this, and was thinking of a split attack.

Seeing that the two wings of Yuan's army were advancing like a crab's pincers, he immediately ordered the chariots to turn around, and Lu Bu also began to break out.

When Yuan Shang saw his chariot turning, he couldn't help but look depressed, and his mind felt a little dazed, as if there was a lingering dark cloud covering his head, which could lead to heavy rain and thunder at any time.

He simply got angry and said to Li Fu, "Order the knights in the central army to chase and kill the black thief!"

Li Fu calmed down and said solemnly: "Yes!"

As Li Fu conveyed the order, the flag officer on the simple wooden lookout platform near the chariot waved his flag, and the cavalry of the central army immediately went out and pursued northward.

At the same time, drums and trumpets resounded throughout the entire central army formation, and the black bears retreated faster amid the rumbling drums.

Not only him, but also the fifteen Hundred Cavalry Teams that were resting in the rear also turned around and headed north.

Soon the Black Bear Chariot sped along, passing through Zhuo County, Zhuo County.

The defenders, volunteers and militiamen were standing in the county town. When they saw him retreat northward in such a mess, the county magistrate, county officials and powerful people all breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that the general has blocked the attack of the great Sima, but they still closed the city gates and did not interfere.

In the afternoon, Black Bear met up with Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao came to greet him quickly and pointed to Liangxiang County, a few miles west of the road, and said, "Your Majesty, this county is in rebellion, and we are sending food and fodder to the rebels."

"No problem, inform the 100 generals of each team."

The trumpeter on the carriage blew the horn, and the hundreds of men on standby in various places drove their horses closer.

At this time, the side door of the carriage opened. Black Bear looked at them, raised his hand and pointed at the side door: "Share the peaches!"

"Here!"

These generals immediately ran over to receive the peaches. Black Bear said to Zhang Liao: "The Hebei soldiers will soon catch up with us. We should defeat the Youzhou people first, then turn around and counterattack the Yuan army. They are chasing us in a hurry. Although they have a large number of people, they can't stand the battle." "Yes."

Zhang Liao agreed and then said, "I will deploy decoy troops on both wings so they can attack at any time."

"The Youzhou people are so weak. Keep them to deal with Yuan Shang. I want to see if he dares to fight me hand to hand!"

Black Bear looked Zhang Liao up and down and said, "After this battle, I will buy you a new set of armor."

"my pleasure."

Zhang Liao smiled and said with a little regret: "The surrounding terrain is open, but it's a pity that we can't inflict heavy damage on the Youzhou rebels."

"It takes twenty years for a person to grow. Wouldn't it be a pity to kill them so easily? Without them, who would mine for me?"

Black Bear then asked about Zhang Liao's deployment of decoy troops. After listening, he said, "Since Liangxiang has rebelled, the general will lead the main force to the east, and I will lead the battle in the middle. After I launch the attack, the general will wait for an opportunity to join the battle and chase them all the way to the river bank. Then our army will face the enemy with its back to the river."

"Here."

Zhang Liao spoke calmly and raised his hand to salute.

Black Bear smiled and nodded. Seeing that the peaches had been divided, he immediately turned around and got into the car. The door was closed and the roller shutter connected to the wheel power was also installed.

The rear carriage was also filled with low-level puppet Taoist soldiers holding crossbows. After removing several layers of horizontal boards from the inside, the shooting holes were revealed.

The knights who retreated with him also changed to the horses here and lined up again.

Seeing that the horses had also gathered, the black bear turned his head to look far to the south, secretly estimating the distance between them.

Even the pursuing cavalry of Yuan's army were already exhausted at this moment, not to mention the infantry.

There are many advantages to marching in formation, but the disadvantage is that it is slow and easy to get tired because of the armor.

No longer worrying about Yuan's army, Black Bear immediately urged the chariot forward.

Seeing his chariot appear, the Youzhou scouts retreated quickly and the Youzhou army also quickly reorganized.

In order to restrict his chariot, when the enemy was three or four miles away, Black Bear saw that the other side was cutting down road guard trees and blocking the road in all directions.

He did not think it was strange and continued to move forward at a constant speed.

When they were two miles apart, there was no communication between the two sides, and the three knight teams of Black Bear took the lead in the attack.

On the opposite side, groups of cavalry were also rushing southward, but their arrows were ineffective, and they could only watch helplessly as the three cavalry groups passing by each other crashed into the cavalry formation.

The Youzhou cavalry would not sit still and wait to be charged, but would each charge forward, or dodge, or advance to meet the attack.

As expected, the three elite armored cavalry units cut through the small cavalry regiments and headed straight for the enemy's battle flag.

Under the battle flag, Yan Rou was extremely horrified: "Go and kill them quickly!"

The knights on both sides rode forward to meet the attack, but before they could all rush out and escape, Yan Rou saw Tai Shi Wengong, dressed in a white robe and golden armor, covered in blood, who had already killed his way through the cavalry in his sight and was heading straight towards him.

Without thinking, Yan Rou turned his horse around and was about to retreat.

But the knights behind came forward in an orderly manner to fill the positions, and immediately collided with dozens of Han and Hu elite cavalry led by Yan Rou.

Zhang Liao then led his team through the open fields on the east side of the road, while the Youzhou knights on the opposite side also slowly formed a formation and moved.

Before the two sides charged, the area around Yan Rou in the center of the army fell into chaos.

Through the hazy smoke, Zhang Liao's vision was still clear and he could clearly detect the enemy's confusion.

But the Youzhou people opposite him did not notice what was happening on the side and were still staring at Zhang Liao.

The purpose of the Youzhou people was the same. Zhang Liao was not important, and it didn't matter how many Guanzhong officials and soldiers were killed or injured.

The important thing is the black bear. Intercept the black bear and cooperate with the Jizhou soldiers to encircle and kill the enemy.

As long as Zhang Liao does not charge, the people of Youzhou on the opposite side will not take the lead in charging and will be happy to confront him.

During this brief confrontation, Yan Rou was knocked off his horse by Lu Bu's halberd, breaking his head and most of his right arm and shoulder. Then the battle flag fell, and the thousands of cavalry in the central army were scattered.

At this moment, Black Bear stopped the chariot in front of the obstacle and looked around the battlefield.

(End of this chapter)