Xu Huang led two thousand elite cavalry, with lightning speed to conquer Dangtu County, the county commander suddenly heard that Xu Huang led the army to arrive suddenly, and was so frightened that he had to lead his troops to surrender in order to protect himself.

Subsequently, Zhang Yan led the army to Dangtu County, because the county town is petite, it can not accommodate tens of thousands of troops, so Zhang Yan only took his relatives to follow 3,000 into the city, and the rest of the army was all stationed outside the city.

On the other hand, Zhang Liao's occupation of Maqiuju also made Zhang Yan quite pleased.

That night, Zhang Yan was discussing with Jia Xu, Liu Ye, Lu Su, Gu Yong, Yang Xiu and others how to deal with the 100,000 invading army in Dangtu County.

While they were discussing, someone suddenly came to report: "Lord Qi, General Zhang sent a scout and sent a good news from Ma Qiuju!" ”

"Good! Zhang Liao lived up to expectations and won the first battle, let people in! Zhang Yan said happily.

A moment later, a scout walked in from outside, carrying a package with some blood stains on it, and after Zhang Yan looked at it, he knew that there should be a human head inside, as for whose it was, he still didn't know.

So, without waiting for the scout to speak, Zhang Yan first asked, "Whose head are you carrying?" ”

The scout immediately knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "Lord Qiqi, this is the head of the rebel general Ji Ling!" ”

"What do you say? Is it Ji Ling's head? Zhang Yan asked in surprise.

"It's Ji Ling's head. General Zhang set up an ambush in Maqiuju and ambushed the enemy troops who came to rob Maqiuju, and the leader was Ji Ling. General Zhang beheaded Ji Ling, and his 1,000 troops were all wiped out by General Zhang. And General Zhang's subordinates. But he did not lose a man or a horse. When the scout said this. is also very happy, Ji Ling was beheaded, which can be said to be a great piece of good news.

Zhang Yan ordered the scout to open the package, and a bloody human head came into his eyes, Ji Ling's eyes were wide and did not close his eyes, Zhang Yan seemed to be able to see Ji Ling's fear and unwillingness when he was dying from those eyes.

Ji Ling was the first general under Yuan Shu's account, when Yuan Shu led the army to invade Xuzhou. Zhang Yan once captured Ji Ling alive, but later released Ji Ling in order to recruit him in the future. Unknowingly, he was killed by Zhang Liao.

Moreover, what surprised Zhang Yan was that Ji Ling, as the general of the rebel army, only brought a thousand cavalry to rob Maqiuju, which is a bit unreasonable.

So, Zhang Yan immediately asked the scout about the situation, and then he knew. The west of Xiquyang City was hit by torrential rain, and Ji Ling led 5,000 cavalry from Shouchun to rush in the rain and wind. Due to the muddy roads, the lack of people and horses, and the suffering of hunger and cold, many people in the army fell ill and temporarily lived in Xiquyang City.

However, in order to fight for this strategic location, Ji Ling did not hesitate to lead a thousand cavalry to Maqiuju in the starry night.

Coincidentally, when Ji Ling arrived, Zhang Liao had just occupied Maqiu for less than half an hour, if it wasn't for the scouts who discovered Ji Ling's army first, informed Zhang Liao, and let Zhang Liao be prepared, I am afraid that he may not be able to completely annihilate Ji Ling's entire army.

After Zhang Yan learned about the cause and effect of the whole thing, he felt a little sorry for Ji Ling's death. Ji Ling has seen this person before, and he can be regarded as a useful general, and his force is not weak, he originally planned to subdue him for his own use in this battle, but he didn't expect to be killed by Zhang Liao.

It's no wonder that Zhang Yan didn't predict that things would happen so bizarrely, if he had known that Ji Ling would lead the tired division to arrive, he would have asked Zhang Liao to leave Ji Ling alive.

But at this time, Ji Ling was dead, and it was too late to say anything. And Zhang Liao won the first battle and killed the enemy's general, which is really a big credit.

As a result, Zhang Yan immediately appointed Zhang Liao as the general of Huya, doubled his salary, and rewarded him with a thousand gold to reward his merits.

Jia Xu said in a timely manner: "Lord, according to the information of the scouts, my subordinates think that Zhang Liao can lead the army of victory and rush to Xiquyang City in the starry night. ”

Zhang Yan thought for a moment and felt that what Jia Xu said was quite reasonable, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, if he could occupy Xiquyang City, it would be equivalent to giving Yuan Shu's army a heavy blow.

So, Zhang Yan ordered the scouts to go to Maqiuju quickly, and let Zhang Liao lead the crowd to attack Xiquyang, as for what method to use, whatever he wants, anyway, as long as he occupies Xiquyang City at dawn, it will be a great achievement.

The scout took the order and turned to leave.

Then, Jia Xu said to Zhang Yan: "Lord, after Zhang Liao occupies Xiquyang City, as long as he does not change the flag and block the news, our army can set up an ambush here again, and then meet the army of Yuan's army, and the army of Yuan Shu can be defeated in one battle." ”

"Yuan Shu's army has more than 90,000 people who have not yet arrived, and our army only has 50,000 people, will it be too risky?" Zhang Yan asked cautiously.

Jia Xu said: "The scout has already said just now, west of Xiquyang City, is being harassed by a storm, and most of Ji Ling's five thousand cavalry are sick, not to mention those infantry?" Even if these armies are intact, Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses are all newly recruited, many of them have never been on the battlefield, they are simply a group of rabble, and the soldiers are not necessarily willing to die for Yuan Shu, not to mention that Ji Ling is dead, Yuan Shu has no leader, and the rest of the generals are incompetent. As long as our army sets up an ambush on ten sides in the vicinity of Xiquyang City, Yuan's army will definitely be defeated! ”

"Ambush on all sides? Tell me about it! When Zhang Yan heard Jia Xu mention the ambush on all sides, he knew that Jia Xu had a plan in his heart, so he asked.

Jia Xu then said his plan in public, and after Zhang Yan heard it, he praised it repeatedly, and even Lu Su, Liu Ye, Gu Yong, Yang Xiu and others sighed at Jia Xu's clever plan.

It's no wonder, after all, Lu Su, Liu Ye, Gu Yong, and Yang Xiu are all young talents, and their life experience and way of looking at things are not as advanced as the older Jia Xu. This also confirms a truth from another aspect, that is, ginger is still old and spicy.

Zhang Yan immediately conveyed the order, asking Xu Huang, Chen Ying, and Li Dian to lead an army of 40,000, advance lightly, and go to Xiquyang City overnight with only three days of dry food. However, he left Yang Xiu, Gu Yong, Mi Fang and 7,000 soldiers to guard the grain and grass in Dangtu County and defend Maqiuju. Prevent harassment by Yuan Shu's other armies.

Saying goes. The soldiers and horses did not move. Grain and grass go first, this grain and grass is a necessary thing for marching and fighting, if there is no grain and grass, no matter how strong the army is, it will not be able to support it for long.

Therefore, guarding the grain and grass is also a heavy responsibility.

Yang Xiu has now become Zhang Yan's confidant, and he is also the master of the march, and it is understandable to leave to guard the grain and grass. But Zhang Yan also considered that Yang Xiu was too young. I'm afraid that I can't take on this important task alone, and I will leave Gu Yong behind, Gu Yong is usually silent, and he seems to be dumbfounded, but he is wise and foolish, and he has a good plan in his chest, and he is a few years older than Yang Xiu. In addition, Zhang Yan also specially left Mi Fang to lead the 7,000 soldiers, Mi Fang is Zhang Yan's brother-in-law, and he can be regarded as a close person. Who else is there for such a heavy responsibility?

The army set out overnight. Xu Huang ordered the troops and horses of his headquarters, acted as Zhang Yan's vanguard, and led two thousand elite cavalry to quickly march towards Xiquyang City.

Zhang Liao killed Ji Ling, annihilated Ji Ling's department, and was named General Huya, which was already known to Xu Huang. Xu Huang was envious on the one hand, and jealous on the other, wishing that he and Zhang Liao would exchange positions, so that he could get military merits.

Therefore, after Xu Huang ordered his troops and horses, he immediately led his troops to gallop away and kill towards Xiquyang City.

Xu Huang is the front, Zhang Yan is the commander of 30,000 troops as the Chinese army, and the rest are all under the command of Chen Ying and Li Dian.

Since Zhang Yan took the Son of Heaven to Pengcheng, there have been relatively few wars, and in order to stabilize the situation and concentrate on the development of the occupied area, the army has trained every day in addition to training, which is inevitably a little boring.

This long-trained, well-disciplined army has been sealed by Zhang Yan for more than half a year, and this is the moment for them to show their swords to the outside world, and every soldier's heart is burning with a fire, looking forward to a big battle that can be achieved.

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Zhang Liao received Zhang Yan's order in Maqiuju, and he was awarded the title of General Huya for his merits, and he also asked him to lead his headquarters of 3,000 cavalry to attack Xiquyang City.

In fact, when presenting the good news, Zhang Liao had already had this intention, after all, this was a rare fighter, fleeting, but because he was not long under Zhang Yan's account, he did not dare to express his opinion directly, so he could only stay where he was and wait for the order.

Because, he believes, Zhang Yan will definitely not miss this fighter.

Sure enough, he waited for the news he needed to wait.

Zhang Liao turned over and jumped on the black shadow that he had just tamed, asked all his subordinates to mount, and brought the rest of the captured more than 700 war horses and 500 pairs of armor with him for other purposes.

"Let's go!"

With Zhang Liao's shout, three thousand soldiers, under the leadership of Zhang Liao, immediately set off for Xiquyang.

The rumbling sound of horses' hooves resounded on the official road at night, and below Zhang Liao, every soldier did not want to make meritorious contributions, and the enthusiasm in his heart was extremely high.

Zhang Yanjun's war horses were all purchased from the Wuhuan people, and because Li Cai was a person who knew horses very well, he had high requirements for the quality of horses.

At that time, Li Cai carefully selected these 10,000 good horses from the tens of thousands of war horses raised by the Wuhuan people and transported them to Xuzhou by sea ship twice, which led to the sophistication of today's Xuzhou cavalry.

Wuhuan horses have very good endurance, and they are not afraid of the cold, and their speed is relatively fast, while the three thousand soldiers of Zhang Liao's department, everyone is riding such a horse under their crotch.

From Maqiu to Xiquyang City, it was only a distance of fifty miles, Zhang Liao and others drove their horses to gallop, and it only took more than half an hour to arrive in the territory of Xiquyang.

The cold moonlight had moved into the western sky, and the night was thicker, and it was already the end of the day, and it was the time for people to sleep soundly.

Zhang Liao led the cavalry and gradually approached the city of Xiquyang, and in order not to attract attention, they wrapped the four hooves of the horses with cloth to avoid making violent noises.

Along the way, Zhang Liao first sent 200 scout troops to solve the secret outpost of the Yuan army in front of them, so that he was able to come to Xiquyang City silently.

When there was still about a mile from the city, Zhang Liao asked the army to stop advancing, he looked at the high city wall, the closed gate, and the soldiers standing on the city wall, if they attacked, there would definitely be casualties, and they were all cavalry, and they did not lead the siege equipment, so they could not take the city at all.

Fortunately, Zhang Liao had already prepared, and he asked people to bring the five hundred pairs of almost complete haode armor that were captured, and some bloody clothes, and selected the most elite five hundred cavalry, and then put them on their bodies, pretending to be the cavalry of Yuan's army.

And he mixed in with the cavalry, took these five hundred cavalry, pretended to be very tired, and swaggered to the bottom of Xiquyang City.

On the city of Xiquyang, the garrison is very strict, the swords and guns are numerous, the bows and crossbows are ready, suddenly everyone heard a chaotic sound of horses' hooves from far and near, facing the faint moonlight, they saw hundreds of cavalry galloping in the direction of the city, everyone was nervous, immediately swords rattling, ready for battle.

It was only when the cavalry approached that they saw that they were wearing the same armor as them, and their bodies were already covered with blood, and they looked very tired.

At this time, Zhang Liao took a step forward, came to the city, pretended to be weak, gasped for breath, and said hesitantly: "We have been ambushed...... General...... Gathered in Machu...... We were surrounded, and the general ordered us to break out of the siege and come to report and pray for reinforcements...... Fast...... Open the gates...... Let's go inside......"

When the soldiers on the tower heard this, they immediately believed it and hurried to tell the guard, who saw this, and when he asked people to open the city gate, and personally led the army to meet him, he was ready to ask what was going on.

As soon as the city gate was opened, Zhang Liao was the first to ride a horse into the city, holding a spear, and when he opened the way, he instantly stabbed to death a soldier blocking the door, and the five hundred cavalry behind him immediately rushed up, and the cavalry hidden in the distance also rode out one after another, rushing towards the direction of the city gate.

Zhang Liao was brave and good at fighting, with a spear, he killed a bloody road, and stabbed the guard to death with a shot, and the soldiers behind him followed closely, and directly rushed away from the guards at the city gate and killed into the city.

The soldiers of the Yuan army were suddenly attacked, helpless, and the cavalry continued to enter the city, Zhang Liao commanded Ruoding, sent people to occupy the city gate, and killed the defenders at the city gate.

In just one stick of incense, Zhang Liao occupied the city gate and washed all the soldiers at the city gate in blood.

After Zhang Liao occupied the city gate, he immediately made a decision and immediately ordered: "You take 500 people to the west gate, you take 500 people to the south gate, you take 500 people to the north gate, leave 500 people to guard here, be sure to guard the four gates, don't let one go, the rest of the people all come with me and go into the city!" (To be continued......)