Chapter 805: Late Night Pursuit
Jia Xu set a poison plan, this is a test for Zhang Liao, this battle is very important, if Zhang Liao can hold, then the offensive of the Xiliang army will be temporarily blocked, but if it is defeated, the Xiliang army can crisscross Qingzhou before Zhang Liao reassembles the garrison army, unless Zhang Fan can return in time, otherwise the war will be ignited in the whole territory of Jizhou!
All forces in the world are paying attention to the battle in Jizhou, of course people like Liu Biao Taoqian are just watching the excitement, they don't have the courage to send troops, but Cao Cao is waiting, he doesn't need to see the Jizhou army defeated, as long as the Xiliang army can hold on to the Jizhou army, he will attack decisively and give Zhang Fan a great blow!
Far away in Chang'an, Lu Bu is also eyeing the tiger, he has a big grudge with Xiliang Jun, and he is also very resentful of Zhang Fan, at this moment he is undoubtedly the happiest person, with a beauty by his side, watching the two enemies fight each other, what could be more pleasant than this?
He is far away, and if he wants to send troops, he must be carefully considered, but if the Xiliang army and Zhang Fan are both defeated, he will definitely send troops regardless of one qiΔ, it is an excellent fighter!
This battle has touched the nerves of too many people, and victory or defeat will appear in a day!
As night approached, the scouts of the Xiliang army hid in the dark, constantly watching the movements of Guangzong City, Li Dao Guo Yan had long been ready to send troops, whether it was tonight or not, it was always good to be prepared.
"Do you think Zhang Wenyuan will really choose to go out of the city overnight?" Li Daodao.
Guo Yan was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "As far as the soldiers and horses in Guangzong City, where is the elite opponent of our army, Zhang Wenyuan will choose to flee as long as he is not stupid, after all, Guangzong City is small and undefendable, he will not be so stupid!" β
Li Wei nodded: "In this case, it depends on how Zhang Wenyuan chooses, but he will fail no matter what, Mr. Wenhe's resourcefulness makes Lu Bu afraid, let alone Zhang Wenyuan?" β
The two looked at each other and laughed, and at this time there was a noise outside the camp, and a sentry Pegasus came to report: "Report to the two generals, the north gate of Guangzong City is wide open, and a large group of men and horses have left the city, and cleared the surrounding sentry spies, we have suffered heavy losses!" β
"Good, good!" Li Dao Guo Yan was not surprised and rejoiced: "Zhang Wenyuan is really out of the city!" β
Then they asked, "Have they ever carried the people with them?" β
The sentry hurriedly said: "It is not real in the dark, but it is true that many people in costumes followed them out of the city, and they fled all the way to the north, and the speed was very fast!" β
"How fast can you bring the people! It's ridiculous that he Zhang Wenyuan is so stupid, no matter what, tonight is his death! β
Li Dao and Guo Yan glanced at each other: "Hurry up and gather troops and horses, and follow me to pursue!" β
The two immediately counted the soldiers and horses, attacked first, and then ordered someone to invite Jia Xu and let him come later, and the governor would fight.
The Xiliang army left the camp in a mighty way, and the vanguard troops were mostly cavalry, including more than 10,000 light cavalry, and the remaining 60,000 or 70,000 people were Xiliang iron cavalry, and their combat power was amazing!
A full 80,000 cavalry clashed first, and the rear team was commanded by Jia Xu, but Li Wei Guo Yan was afraid that Zhang Liao would run away, so he pursued first, Jia Xu was a step slower, and the commander was a foot soldier, and the distance between the two was gradually widened, which made Jia Xu frown.
"On the battlefield, the most taboo is to be greedy and reckless, Li Dao Guo Yan is also a general in a hundred battles, why are you so impulsive?" Jia Xu's strategy was used properly, and Zhang Liao went out of the city as he expected, in this case, the elite Cheng DΓΉ of the Xiliang army would never fail on the frontal battlefield, but Li Wei Guo Yan's behavior led to some flaws in the whole link, but Jia Xu had no better way, he couldn't keep an eye on Li Dao Guo Yan, so he had to order the foot soldiers to march quickly, but fortunately, this time it was his own plan, and there would be no big mistakes.
In the dark night, Li Dao and Guo Yan rode their horses and galloped quickly, both of them had smiles on their faces, all the way north, sure enough, there were traces of someone stepping on the horse, but after chasing for a long time, they did not see Zhang Liao's army, and the two couldn't help frowning and suspended the march.
As soon as the two stopped, a sentinel came to report that Zhang Liao did not go north directly to Julu, but secretly turned in the dark and went to Qinghe County in the east!
Li Wei sneered after getting the news: "It must be that Zhang Liao is afraid of our pursuit, so he is suspicious and wants to lead us to Julu, but I don't know that his every move has already been discovered by our army scouts, and he is doomed to defeat today!" β
Guo Yan echoed: "If you want to say that this Zhang Wenyuan also has some brains, he knows that he is slow to carry the people, so he wants to mislead our army and give him a chance to escape, but he is doomed to miscalculate!" β
The two laughed, there were no doubts, everything was under control, they waved their big hands, and the vanguard immediately moved in the direction of Qinghe County in the east, pursuing Zhang Liao.
Xiliang Iron Cavalry is a heavy cavalry, soldiers and horses are wrapped in heavy armor, stepping on the ground with a sound, sixty or seventy thousand people converge together, the momentum is simply shocking, who can match?
Li Dao Guo Yan smiled, with such a strong army, any army formation will collapse, who can match it?
After chasing for a while, after all, it was Zhang Liao who took the first step, and at this moment he was about to reach the territory of Qinghe, Li Dao Guo Yan finally saw the crowd in front of him, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, hurry up, shouting and killing!
"General, don't kill us!"
When the vanguard came to the front of the formation, the figures in front of him knelt down, Li Dao Guo Yan frowned, and took a closer look, but found that it was not Zhang Liao's soldiers, but the people, all wearing cloth clothes.
The two of them were a little impatient, at this moment it was the critical juncture of the pursuit, where was there any air control for these people, and immediately shouted: "Where is Zhang Liao?" β
Some people knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Zhang Liao is ahead!" It's chilling to hate him for bringing us out and not protecting us! β
Li Wei Guo Yan sneered, and thought of Jia Xu saying that he wanted to win the hearts of the people of Jizhou, so he comforted him with kind words: "It's okay, you can wait in the same place, and when I capture and kill Zhang Liao, I will take you back to the city, and promise not to use swords and soldiers!" β
The people fell to the ground and shouted, all saying that the two were merciful, Li Dao Guo Yan couldn't stop laughing, and the leader continued to chase, but no one noticed that after they left the dust, those "people" who should have trembled and feared suddenly showed cold eyes, and a trace of a cruel smile appeared on the corner of their mouths!
Li Dao Guo Yan didn't feel anything, continued to pursue forward, and soon they found Zhang Liao's location, Zhang Liao at the moment is next to a big river, the name of this river is called Qinghe, Qinghe County is named after this, this is the flow of the Yellow River, although the water flow is not turbulent, but the victory is extremely wide, can be used as a natural risk.
Zhang Liao is leading the crowd to cross the river, Li Dao Guo Yan is in a hurry when he sees this, they are cavalry, they are not good at this kind of terrain, if Zhang Liao crosses the Qing River, they can't catch up!
"Zhang Liaoxiu is leaving!" Li Dao shouted loudly, and rushed forward with a gun.
Zhang Liao over there was obviously shocked when he saw this, his troops had not completely crossed over, in order to cover the army, he gritted his teeth and fought with a knife, and the two fought in one place in an instant.
Zhang Liao's force is higher than Li Dao's, it stands to reason that Li Dao is not his opponent, but probably because of impatience, the two fought for more than 20 rounds, Zhang Liao was actually defeated and retreated.
Seeing this, Li Wei laughed: "Your subordinates are defeated, stay for your life!" β
He hurriedly pursued, and Zhang Liao fled quickly, the wolf was unbearable, and he roared hoarsely: "Hurry up, go from below!" β
"Below?"
Li Dao was startled, and then he was stunned to see Zhang Liaojun actually jumped off the river bank, strangely there was no splash, only to see the "river" crowded, Zhang Liaojun was like walking on the ground, frantically fleeing to the other bank!
"Hell, is it true that Zhang Liao has divine help?"
It turned out that Zhang Fan had been focusing on the development of Jizhou, and the Qingshui River almost spanned Jizhou, which was the key point of people's livelihood, so he spent a lot of money to widen and dig deeper, so that there could be more water for the people to water the land, and secondly, because of the channeling, the side close to the Yellow River was not prone to flooding, which was a two-way solution, so now there is no water in the Qingshui River, which is no different from flat land.
"What's the situation!" At this time, Guo Yan also led the army to arrive, because it was dark and he couldn't see clearly for a while, and he was also a little stunned.
Li Dao laughed: "God help me!" The water in the Qingshui River has been drained, like flat ground, we can chase it without worrying about being blocked! β
Guo Yan saw that this was indeed the case, and Zhang Liaojun was walking on the ground on it, and he was fleeing in panic.
Li Dao shouted: "Zhang Liao has been defeated, the army's morale is in great mourning, everyone follow me to pursue, and make contributions today!" β
"Kill!" The Xiliang army roared in unison, this roar was so majestic, it was shocking in my ears.
In their opinion, Zhang Liao's army only knew how to flee, like a rabble, and there was no need to rely on the follow-up infantry army at all, and only the cavalry troops could annihilate it!
"Tonight, this river of clear water will be filled with your blood again!"
The two men looked up to the sky and laughed, feeling that they were lucky, and rode their horses quickly, leaping down from the river bank and chasing forward.
Originally, the two of them were still a little worried, but they quickly calmed down, it turned out that although the sediment in the Qingshui River was a little soft, it was completely possible to leap horses, and their own cavalry were all elite, how could this difficulty be helped?
With Li Dao Guo Yan, the light cavalry in the front row also entered the riverbed, and there was no big problem, the two of them were completely relieved, a sneer appeared on the corner of their mouths, and then looked at Zhang Liaojun who was panicked like a lost dog in front of him, not to mention how happy he was: "Lord, today we will kill Zhang Liao first, and then kill the chaos, and then eradicate Lu Bu and help you take revenge!" β
The two of them led the crowd to rush forward, the river bank was long and wide, and the Xiliang Iron Rider jumped straight down from all places, following closely behind!
"Haha, die!" Li Dao's spear can already reach the back of Zhang Liaojun in the back row, and a beautiful pursuit and annihilation battle is just around the corner!
Victory is so close, but it is so far away, just as Li Dao was about to attack, he suddenly heard a scream behind him, surprised and looked back, suddenly his face changed greatly, and he shouted madly: "No! β
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