Chapter 691: Burning Zhang Ren
"Poof!"
Leng Bud couldn't dodge, was hit by an arrow in the thigh, and lost his balance and fell to the ground. Jiang Wu immediately turned the horse's head and galloped over, about to cut Leng Bud under the horse.
Zhang Ren was shocked and angry when he saw this, and shouted: "Thief dares! ”
He drank loudly as he galloped towards this side, trying to snatch back the cold bud.
Jiang Wu didn't care about Zhang Ren's threat at all, regardless of wanting to step forward and kill Leng Bao to make meritorious contributions.
"Chirp!"
Zhang Ren saw that Jiang Wu was getting closer and closer to Leng Bao, and while galloping wildly, he shot at Jiang Wu with a bow left and right on the war horse.
Jiang Wu watched several arrows shoot at him, and he had no choice but to slow down the speed of his war horse and start to avoid these deadly threats.
In the process of slowing down, Zhang Ren had already come to Leng Bao's side and rescued him back to his own formation.
Seeing this, Jiang Wu was furious, but he had no choice but to turn his horse's head and run towards his own formation.
He came to the front of the formation, picked up the weapon in his hand and pointed at Leng Bud, who was hit by the arrow, and shouted: "What is a famous Bashu general, it's just like that, if you retreat now, you can still pick up a life." ”
"If you dare to take a step forward, you will have to wait for no return!"
When Sergeant Guan saw that his commander had shot the enemy general, his morale was greatly boosted, and he shouted: "Kill!" ”
The momentum shook the sky, like a thunderous roar, and when the Yizhou army on the opposite side saw this, their faces changed slightly, and many people couldn't help but take a step back.
Leng Bud was only shot in the thigh, and he didn't have to worry about his life, and when he heard Jiang Wu say this, his teeth couldn't help but creak.
Zhang Ren's face was pale, but he looked at the formation formed by the Guanzhong army on the road, and finally forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, brandished his spear, and shouted: "Withdraw the army!" ”
Although Leng Bud was injured, he was still full of fighting spirit, and asked, "Our army is several times larger than the thieves, why did you withdraw your troops?" ”
Zhang Ren said: "Don't be blinded by hatred!" ”
After finishing speaking, he no longer paid attention to Leng Bao, and let the soldiers retreat slowly, but he himself personally led the troops to break off.
It was not that Zhang Ren was unwilling to continue to expand the results of the battle, but Jiang Wu led the Guanzhong Army, which had arrived with 5,000 new troops, had already occupied favorable terrain and was ready to fight.
On such a narrow road, the superiority of the Yizhou army's strength did not play any role at all.
On the contrary, the soldiers are fierce and well-armoured, but they can do their best to play to their advantages. If you fight with the Guanzhong army here, the victory or defeat is unpredictable, and the gains outweigh the losses.
As the commander of the First Army, Zhang Ren naturally has a lot of issues to consider, and he will definitely not fight with the Guanzhong Army in this situation.
Looking at the orderly retreat of the Yizhou army, Jiang Wu narrowed his eyes slightly.
An adjutant general next to him said: "The thieves retreated, do we want to lead the army to pursue?" ”
Jiang Wu shook his head and said, "Although the thief army retreated, it was well founded. Now that we occupy favorable terrain, we can make the Yizhou army fearful. ”
"If you rashly lead the troops to pursue, the formation will inevitably be chaotic, and it may not be the opponent of the Yizhou Army with a large number of troops."
Although Jiang Wu is fierce in his bones, with Zhao Yun training his courage, he is not a fool, so he can naturally see the situation clearly.
After seeing the retreat of the Yizhou army, Jiang Wu estimated that Liu Pi and the others had already gone away, so he ordered the army to retreat.
However, it was said that Zhang Ren led the troops to retreat, and Leng Bud was hit by an arrow in the thigh, Zhang Ren found a military doctor to pull out the arrow for Leng Bud and bandaged it briefly.
Leng Bao said hatefully: "The thief will insult me too much, if I don't take revenge, my heart will be uneasy!" ”
Zhang Ren sighed: "I thought that I could kill Liu Pi in a battle, and then take advantage of the situation to capture Langzhong, but I didn't think that Jiang Wu would actually lead the troops to kill at this time, which added a lot of variables." ”
Leng Bao said: "Jiang Wu will definitely not stay there all the time when he sees our army retreating, if we lead the army to kill back now, we will definitely be able to catch the thief off guard." ”
"In this way, I can not only break through this way, but also vent the hatred in my heart, why not?"
Zhang Ren heard Leng Bao's words, pondered for a while and felt very reasonable, and said: "You are wounded by an arrow, it is better not to bump with the army, this time you can chase me alone and lead the troops." ”
Leng Bud said excitedly: "It's just a small injury, why worry about it?" If I can't kill Jiang Wu with my own hands, I will not be reconciled, so the general will let me go with me. ”
Zhang Ren couldn't resist Leng Bao, so he had to let him lead the troops to pursue the Guanzhong army.
Prior to this, Zhang Renxian sent scouts to reconnoitre, and when he really got the news that Jiang Wu led the troops to retreat, he was immediately overjoyed and pursued with a large army.
On the other hand, the Guanzhong army, under the leadership of Jiang Wu, slowly retreated.
Everyone had just traveled a distance, and Jiang Wu suddenly secretly thought in his heart: "The lord often says that when the army retreats, you must be cautious and not give the enemy a chance to pursue. ”
"Our army is retreating now, what if Zhang Ren leads his troops to chase after him again?"
Thinking of this, Jiang Wu couldn't help but secretly have an eye in his heart, so he sent dozens of elite horsemen to reconnoiter behind to see if the Yizhou army would chase after him again.
Sure enough, the army marched forward for half an hour, and suddenly a fine cavalry came to report: "General, Zhang Ren led the Yizhou army to chase after him again." ”
Jiang Wu was shocked when he heard this, and then he said with some joy: "Fortunately, I haven't forgotten the teachings of the Lord on Fair Day, otherwise I would definitely be caught off guard by the thieves today." ”
After finishing speaking, Jiang Wu thought about it for a while, and immediately sneered and said: "I feel sorry for not killing Leng Bao, and now Zhang Ren is so ignorant of life and death, he just killed him to make a contribution." ”
……
The autumn breeze is bleak, the fallen flowers are colorful, and the dead leaves are dancing.
Zhang Ren led the Yizhou army to pursue, and the soldiers stepped on the thick fallen leaves, and even the footsteps were not loud, and there was no dust raised in the sky.
The army marched for an hour, and Zhang Ren saw that the road ahead was covered with dead grass and fallen leaves, and couldn't help asking, "Where is this?" ”
A general who is familiar with the terrain replied: "This place is called the Black Wind Forest, and there is an extremely large forest on both sides of the road, because there is a valley erected next to the Black Wind Forest, and there are often strong winds that blow the sand into the forest, so it is called the Black Wind Forest." ”
"There are so many trees in the Black Wind Forest that countless leaves fall in the forest in autumn and winter. When the wind blows, the leaves dance in the wind, and the scene is spectacular. ”
Hearing this, Zhang Ren stopped the army and looked at the Black Wind Forest in the distance.
Above the Black Wind Forest, flocks of birds hovered in the air, chirping.
Seeing this, Zhang Ren muttered to himself: "Autumn has come, and the birds still haven't flown south?" ”
The general, who was familiar with geography, couldn't help but smile when he heard this: "The general doesn't know, the Black Wind Forest is extremely rich in products, there are all kinds of trees and fruits, and the birds can feed themselves even if they spend the winter here." ”
"Of course, most of the birds, they will also fly south in the cold winter, but it will take a while to leave."
When Zhang Ren heard this, he suddenly realized.
After staring at the Black Wind Forest for a while, Zhang Ren suddenly said: "Send a few more teams of scouts to investigate, don't fall into the ambush of the Guanzhong army." ”
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However, it was said that Jiang Wu led the 5,000-pass Chinese army and was ambushed not far from the Black Wind Forest.
"Didn't Zhang Ren arrive outside the Black Wind Forest early, why hasn't he entered the forest until now?"
The adjutant general replied: "According to the reports from the left and right, Zhang Ren was worried that there was an ambush in the Black Wind Forest, so he sent a lot of scouts to investigate, which delayed the speed of the march. ”
Jiang Wu's face changed slightly when he heard this, and he said, "I didn't expect Zhang Ren to be so vigilant. ”
After finishing speaking, he immediately sneered: "Scouting is scouting, I want to see if you can scout something." ”
The Black Wind Forest was too big, and half an hour had passed since the scouts of the Yizhou Army had completed all the reconnaissance of the forest.
didn't notice anything unusual, Zhang Rencai led the Yizhou army into the forest, Rao is so, Zhang Ren was still cautious all the way, and did not dare to slack off.
……
"General, general, Zhang Ren has led the army into the Black Wind Forest."
Jiang Wu was overjoyed when he heard this, and asked, "Have you ever seen clearly, the leader is really Zhang Ren?" ”
The scout swore an oath, "There can be no mistake. ”
Jiang Wu asked again: "How many soldiers and horses have entered the forest?" ”
When the scout heard this, he said with some hesitation: "There don't seem to be too many soldiers and horses entering the forest, only more than 10,000 people. ”
"Ten thousand?"
Although 10,000 is a lot, it is a little less than the total number of the Yizhou army.
Although there were some doubts in his heart, Jiang Wu didn't think too much about it, and said: "The Yizhou army is not afraid, as long as it can kill Zhang Ren this time, it will be a great achievement." ”
"Pass my military order and set fire to the forest!"
"Knock knock!"
The fierce war drums sounded, and suddenly from the ground in the Black Wind Forest, many Guan sergeants came out, and they took the prepared fire and set fire in the Black Wind Forest.
There are already a lot of dead leaves in the Black Wind Forest, and the wind is blowing strongly, and it is autumn and the trees are dry.
The fire fought against the wind, and the fire quickly swept through the entire Black Wind Forest, even in daylight, the fire was rising into the sky, almost competing with the scorching sun.
Zhang Ren led the Yizhou army to move forward cautiously, and suddenly saw thick smoke billowing and flames soaring into the sky, and his face couldn't help but change greatly.
"Withdraw, withdraw!"
When the Yizhou soldiers saw this, why didn't they know that they had been ambushed?
Under the threat of fire and smoke, they ran outside without Zhang Ren's command.
Zhang Ren ran away desperately, and shouted loudly: "First douse the rag with water, and then cover your mouth and nose with a wet cloth!" ”
After shouting, Zhang Ren's face was extremely ugly, and he scolded softly: "Jiang Wu, who is so ruthless, actually dares to set fire to the forest!" ”
The Black Wind Forest is not a small forest, but a real big forest, and such a large forest will probably disappear from now on.
The disappearance of the Black Wind Forest will affect the survival of many people and how many animals will lose their homes.
Generally speaking, even if the two armies clashed, they would not set fire to the forest, because doing so would be like digging up a river, which would be too hurtful to the heavens and the peace.