Chapter Five Hundred and Eighty-One The Great Master Zangba
The battle in the distance seemed to have been going on for a while, and it had already begun before Liu Zheng and the others arrived, because the five thousand vanguard troops under Zhao Yu were already one hour faster than Cao Bao's men.
Cao Bao later delayed for a while because of a battle with Liu Zheng's army.
When Liu Zheng and the others caught up with Zhao Yu, Zhao Yu and Zang Ba's people had been fighting here for a while.
Liu Zheng and others didn't wait long before the victory was decided on the battlefield.
Although Zhao Yu is also a prefect and has a great official position, he is only a civilian after all, and he does not understand the matter of marching and fighting. On the contrary, Zang Ba has been marching and fighting for many years and has gained experience. In addition, in recent years, he has become a bandit and is familiar with the terrain, and has the upper hand everywhere in the battle with Zhao Yu.
In addition, Zhao Yu had only five thousand soldiers and horses under his command, so it was naturally impossible for him to defeat tens of thousands of soldiers under Zang Ba.
It is only a matter of time before Zhao Yu's defeat.
However, Zhao Yu has been persisting, directing his men and defending, as if waiting for something.
Liu Zheng saw Zhao Yu and others so stubbornly, and guessed in his heart that they should be waiting for Cao Bao.
After all, Cao Bao's army was behind them, and it was only an hour away. As long as Zhao Yu continued to persevere for a while and persisted until Cao Bao's army came, it was really hard to say Zang Ba.
After all, Cao Bao had an army of 20,000, and although Zang Ba was powerful, he only brought 10,000 people over.
If Cao Bao could come here in time, then Zhao Yu might be able to turn the tables against the wind.
Unfortunately, what Zhao Yu didn't know was that Cao Bao was in no better situation than him at this time.
The battle lasted for more than half an hour, and most of Zhao Yu's five thousand soldiers were lost. The remaining people were still retreating continuously, and they were about to be surrounded by Zang Ba's people and killed them all.
Liu Zheng knew that it was time to appear by himself.
He ordered Wu'anguo to lead 4,000 troops to fight, but did not let his army attack all.
Others continue to stay where they are. When necessary, they just need to let these people stand up, make a move, and intimidate Zang Ba.
The sudden appearance of thousands of soldiers and horses led by Wu Anguo were wearing the uniforms of the official army, which made Zhao Yu, who felt a little desperate, see hope.
When he saw these people, Zhao Yu seemed to have found a life-saving straw and called out wildly.
"Here you come! The reinforcements are coming, General Cao Bao's men are finally here!"
"Soldiers, we have saved it, we have saved it!"
"As long as I stop these bandits, our reinforcements are coming, don't give up!"
Zhao Yu shouted wildly, hoping to arouse the desire for survival of the few remaining soldiers at this time.
To block the attack of Zang Ba and the bandits, they also wait for their own reinforcements.
With Zhao Yu's words, the few soldiers left had some confidence. After all, when they saw the reinforcements coming from a distance, everyone knew that if they persisted for a while, they would have the possibility of survival, and naturally their combat effectiveness became stronger.
The nervous ones were the bandits like Zang Ba who turned their heads and saw some coming from afar, wearing the uniforms of the official army. In addition, Zhao Yu and others were so excited, they really regarded Wu Anguo and others as Zhao Yu's reinforcements.
"What should the leader do? These dog soldiers come to reinforcements. Should we continue to fight or withdraw back to the mountains?"
After seeing these official troops at first sight, Sun Guan immediately felt a little reluctant to retreat, but he couldn't make a decision, so he could only ask Zang Ba what he meant.
Zang Ba was quite tall, with a beard, a deep look on his face, squinted his eyes, and looked at the soldiers and horses such as Wu'anguo in the distance, but did not retreat.
"Continue to fight! Is there a little bit of people who want to scare us? When we are vegetarians?"
"Not to mention these thousands of people, I'm not afraid of even twice as many people. Today we must kill Zhao Yu. If we retreat this time, we don't know when we will find such a good opportunity next time."
Zang Ba did not give Zhao Yu a chance. After just taking a look, he decided that not many people came. In Zang Ba's opinion, there was still a great chance that the people under him could defeat Zhao Yu and others.
When Sun Guan saw that his boss had said this, he stopped mentioning the retreat and immediately ordered.
"Brothers, rush for me and attack with all my might, and strive to destroy Zhao Yu when the enemy reinforcements come!"
These bandits are already fierce, and a few of them are greedy and afraid of death. With Sun Guan’s words, these bandits also showed a momentum of not being afraid of death. Groups of bandits began to pounce on Zhao Yu frantically.
The few remaining people around Zhao Yu were suddenly attacked by bandits from Zang Ba's men, and immediately became under great pressure.
Fortunately, these men and horses are usually well-trained, and they can barely support them under the attack of bandits like Zang Ba. Soon, the army of Wu'an Kingdom had approached here.
However, as soon as the people from Wu'anguo appeared, they did not come directly to help Zhao Yu and resist the attack of Zang Ba's bandits. Instead, they stood aside and looked at Zang Ba's bandits besieging Zhao Yu with the look of watching the show.
Zhao Yu was already anxious, but when he saw that his reinforcements had clearly arrived, he suddenly stopped leaving. He was also anxious and immediately started to curse.
"Come on, what are you doing? Can't you see that we are being besieged? Come and help!"
Zhao Yu started to curse loudly.
But he was embarrassed to scold him too harshly. After all, he still wanted to ask for help from the other party. If he really scolded these reinforcements, Zhao Yu would not have time to regret it.
But no matter what Zhao Yu said, Wu Anguo and others did not move at all and ignored Zhao Yu's call.
This time, Zhao Yu was strange, and at the same time, there was Zang Ba who was already preparing to fight.
Zang Ba looked at Wu Anguo and others with a puzzled look, and the expression on his face became deeper and could not be understood.
Zang Ba ignored the people around him, but walked to Wu'anguo and others and asked loudly.
"The general in front, how dare you ask which team he is?"
Unable to understand the other party's identity, Zang Ba glanced at the young general Wu Anguo who was leading the team, but he didn't know him, so he naturally didn't dare to be careless. He wanted to figure out the other party's identity first.
Chapter completed!