Chapter 987: Attack on grain and grass
Zhang Xiu clenched his fists, turned over and left.
100,000 stone grain and grass plus the baggage required by the army, the team stretched for several miles, and Zhang Xiu led the Lieyang archers to appear very suddenly, before this, the Jingzhou army did not get any news, and the team was in chaos for a while.
When the billowing dust and smoke came towards the Jingzhou army, the first to panic were the ordinary people who escorted the grain and grass baggage, most of these people were ordinary people in Jingzhou or temporarily recruited from along the way, once they encountered the enemy, they were the first to panic.
The non-commissioned officers in the army were also a little flustered, especially after seeing that these cavalry turned out to be the state army.
"General, it's not good, the cavalry of the state army is here." The guards rushed into the carriage desperately and shouted.
Cai Zhong, who was in the midst of excitement, was interrupted, got up from the maid dissatisfied, drew his sword and said angrily: "Why are you so alarmed." ”
The guards glanced at the maid next to him with nostalgia, and hurriedly said: "General, it was the cavalry of the Bingzhou Army who killed from the left, and there were about two hundred people. ”
After Cai Zhong listened to the words, the anger in his body also dissipated a lot, "It's just that there are more than 200 people, and the herald army stepped forward and defeated them." ”
The guards hugged their fists and left in a hurry, he could see the scene in the carriage clearly, if Cai Zhong reacted, the first person to be unlucky would definitely be him, don't look at him as Cai Zhong's personal guard, with Cai Zhong's temperament, then killing people will not blink.
"It's a disappointment." Cai Zhong's long sword sheathed and snorted coldly: "It's just more than two hundred people, so the army is so panicked, a group of wine bags and rice bags." ”
"Don't be angry, general." The maid stepped forward and gently kneaded Cai Zhong's shoulder.
Cai Zhong pinched the maid's soft face and said, "Let's wait for General Ben in the carriage first." "There is a surprise attack by the state army, after all, the stakes are very high, if the grain and grass are lost, even if there is Cai Mao, he will not escape death, although the maid is beautiful, as long as she returns to Huai County in the future, there will be no shortage.
After getting out of the carriage, Cai Zhong gasped, although there were only more than 200 cavalry in the Bingzhou army, they directly entered the Jingzhou army, and the thousands of Jingzhou troops killed by more than 200 people were in chaos.
"Incompetent." Cai Zhong shouted: "Where are the cavalry? Don't hurry up and meet the enemy. ”
After Zhang Duo learned the news of the sneak attack of the Bingzhou Army, regardless of the injuries on his body, he turned over and got on his horse, and after seeing the banner of the Bingzhou Army, he couldn't help but feel a sudden feeling in his heart, unlike Cai Zhong, he had a certain understanding of the cavalry of the Bingzhou Army, and the cavalry in front of him turned out to be the Lieyang Archer.
The main general of the Lieyang Bow Cavalry, Zhang Duo is no stranger at all, it is trained by Huang Zhong, a partial general of Changsha County, others do not know Huang Zhong, but Zhang Duo has a deep understanding, Huang Zhong is not only superb in swordsmanship, good in managing troops, and his archery skills are extremely powerful, Zhang Duo was fortunate to see it once.
"The Jingzhou army is in danger." Zhang Duo sighed, the Burning Sun Archers appeared on the battlefield, there must not be only so many people, just more than 200 Burning Sun Archers made the three thousand Jingzhou troops panic, if Huang Zhong led the cavalry to appear at this time, how should the Jingzhou Army meet the enemy.
Perhaps he heard Zhang Duo's heart, on the right side of the army, dust and smoke were everywhere, and under the breeze, the banner of the Burning Sun Bow was revealed, and the first person, holding a Wanshi bow, was Huang Zhong.
"General, enemy cavalry has appeared on the right." The guard said in a panicked tone.
"Go to two thousand men and hold off these cavalry." Cai Zhong's tone was a little eager, the strength of these cavalry exceeded his expectations, it was difficult for a thousand cavalry to stop more than two hundred Sun archers, and all the cavalry had already been sent.
Three arrows appeared on the Wanshi bow, Huang Zhong's right hand loosened, and the three bows and arrows headed towards the three cavalrymen.
Three Jingzhou cavalrymen clutched their throats and fell off their horses.
I have to say that Huang Zhong's shot really shocked the Jingzhou army, one bow and three arrows, so accurate, and they didn't fight, which already made them feel afraid.
"Kill!" The Wanshi Bow in Huang Zhong's hand swung forward and shouted.
Eight hundred Sun archers rained the first round of arrows at the Jingzhou army.
With precise archery, in just one round, hundreds of soldiers of the Jingzhou army fell to the ground, and the Burning Sun Archers just turned around the front of the Jingzhou army and poured out the arrows in their hands again.
The Burning Sun Archers led by Huang Zhong were like very patient hunters, constantly relying on arrows and the mobility of the Burning Sun Archers to inflict damage on the Jingzhou army, and even in such a chaotic battlefield, the eight hundred cavalry were extremely orderly and cooperated very closely with each other.
In the eyes of onlookers, such a battle is not an engagement, but a personal performance of the Sun Archers, and from the battle to the present, not a single one of the Sun Archers led by Huang Zhong has fallen off their horses.
Cai Zhong scolded: "Where is Zhang Duo? As the deputy general of the army, the enemy army is not ready to lead the troops and horses quickly. ”
"General, General Zhang Duo was seriously injured by you, I'm afraid I won't be able to go to the battlefield." The guard reminded.
"Waste, a group of waste, the enemy army is only a thousand people, let you wait so panicked, don't forget that you are the elite Jingzhou army, the invincible Jingzhou army." Cai Zhong yelled angrily.
"General, General Zhang Duo is here." The guards saw the banner belonging to Zhang Duo and hurriedly reminded him.
"Meet the General." Zhang Duo hugged his fists.
"Okay, General Zhang, quickly lead the soldiers and horses to resist the enemy army, and after General Ben's army has defeated these cavalry, leave all the enemy cavalry on the battlefield, and after returning to Jingzhou, General Ben will definitely ask for credit for you in front of the saint." Seeing Zhang Duo, Cai Zhong was moved.
Zhang Duo sneered in his heart, judging from the situation on the battlefield, the Jingzhou army is very likely to fail, but Cai Zhong is towards the credit after defeating the Lieyang Bow Cavalry, "General, the cavalry of the Zhou army is extremely elite, and the most important thing at present is to ensure the safety of grain and grass, and then order the grain carts to gather in one place and send fast horses to General Cai Mao for help." ”
Zhang Duo is very contemptuous of Cai Zhong's actions, as the chief general of the army, he actually does things in the army, if the grain and grass cannot be kept this time, even if Cai Mao's power in Jingzhou is huge, Cai Zhong will definitely die.
Like a dying man finding the straw that saved his life, Cai Zhong hurriedly ordered.
Zhang Duo led thousands of soldiers to the right side of the army, but he saw that the Jingzhou army had soldiers who began to flee, under the fierce archery skills of the Sun Bow and Cavalry, the Jingzhou army was under great pressure, and they were sent to escort grain and grass, which was thought to be a good errand, after all, at this time, the princes and coalition forces were in an absolute advantage in numbers, who would have thought that the Bingzhou army still had a cavalry active on the battlefield.
(End of chapter)