"There are not enough attackers, but there are more defenders. Now occupy the city first, and wait for work at leisure. This is not why we fight." [Book of the Later Han Dynasty·Feng Yichuan]
Xiapi State, Xuyi County.
"Now that Yuan Shu's army has not arrived, there are only Zhang Xun, Qiao Rui and other generals with more than 10,000 troops outside Xuyi City. I think they have not marched for a long time. Firstly, they are worried about the small number of soldiers and do not dare to fight. Secondly, I think they are waiting.
Yuan Shu's army should attack the city together." After Chen Deng analyzed it, he gave his thoughts: "Tian Guorang was far away in Tancheng and was not aware of the situation here, so he taught the envoy the strategy of 'waiting for work in leisure'. In fact, it is not necessary, the envoy can
Before Yuan Shu's army arrives, defeat the enemy first."
From the mouths of two wise men, Liu Bei got completely different answers, which made him hesitate a little. After pondering for a while, he asked: "How far is Yuan Gongli and other troops from Xuyi?"
Chen Deng said: "It should take half a day's journey." Then, based on Tian Yu's established strategy, he made slight modifications to dispel Liu Bei's concerns: "Even if it fails, our army can still defend the city, north of Xuyi
It is the Huaihe River and the Sishui River, and there is no need to worry about soldiers and food. Yuan Shu's guest army is fighting, and the stalemate will last for a long time, so they will retreat first. At this time, if there is no battle, they will retreat to the city, for fear of damaging their morale."
"Okay." Liu Bei no longer hesitated and said decisively: "That's it, Yide!"
"The general is here!" Zhang Fei stood up and received the military order.
Liu Bei looked at the vigorous Zhang Fei in front of him, and his words were clear and resonant: "I will give you two thousand elite soldiers to break out for me!"
He brought 10,000 soldiers with him on this trip, most of whom were veterans who followed Liu Bei. In addition to the soldiers from Xiapi County organized by Chen Deng, Mi Fang and others, there were more than 15,000 people in total. Two people were allocated at once
Thousands of veterans are elite, which shows Liu Bei's great courage and great expectations for this battle.
It was just after noon. In the camp outside the city, the commander-in-chief Zhang Xun was preparing to have lunch. Qiao Rui was one level below him and sat on the second table.
Zhang Xun looked at the abundant rice meat in front of him and did not move the chopsticks in a hurry. He sighed softly and said: "The spy came to report that Liu Bei crossed the river this morning and entered the city through the water gate in the north of Xuyi City."
"I heard that there are more than 10,000 people? Counting the defenders in the city, there are nearly 20,000 people." Qiao Rui did not move his chopsticks, and continued to say a few words, and suddenly said in annoyance: "It is true that Mr. Yuan has to wait.
He spent half a day, if not for this, we would have captured Xuyi before Liu Bei arrived!"
Zhang Xun glanced at Qiao Rui, and although he did not agree, he did not reprimand the other party for his rude behavior. It was obvious that he had the same attitude as Qiao Rui in his heart.
Zhang Xun could see Yuan Shu's thoughts more clearly than Qiao Rui, but he was a subordinate, so it was difficult for him to say anything. After listening to Qiao Rui complain a few words, he picked up his chopsticks and ordered some warm food on the food table.
Liangrou interrupted and said: "That's all, let's eat first. It only takes half a day. When Yuan Gong's army comes, we will have the upper hand and then we can attack the city calmly. It won't be too late."
Seeing the general like this, Qiao Rui had no choice but to shake his head and say nothing. As soon as he picked up the chopsticks, he saw a soldier coming in from outside and said: "General! The Xuyi garrison has left the city!"
Zhang Xun stood up suddenly, took a big step forward, and walked out with his sword in hand. His movements were smooth and natural. Qiao Rui followed closely behind him, and also imitated his movement of stepping over the desk, except that his legs
He didn't put it away, and knocked over several dishes with his heel, making several clattering sounds on the ground. He staggered and almost fell. But Zhang Xun didn't look back at his embarrassed appearance, and walked out of the tent.
After leaving, he asked the soldier who had witnessed the whole process of Qiao Rui's embarrassment and was trying to suppress laughter in his heart: "How many troops are there?"
"Yes, there are two thousand people." The soldier's face turned red. Seeing Qiao Rui walking towards him, he tried his best to keep a calm tone.
After Qiao Rui heard this, he got down to business first: "Our army has an antler fort, why not stay in camp and hold it?"
"There are only two thousand people, why should I be afraid of him?" Zhang Xun glared angrily, and immediately walked out of the tent, saying so, but after many years of fighting, he did not dare to be careless. Soon, the gold in the camp
The drums were beating loudly, and archers climbed up to the archery towers one after another, or with sword and shield bearers, and soldiers with swords and shields gathered densely inside the wooden fence to prepare to meet the enemy.
Soon the sound of drums came from the top of the city, and the big banner with the character "Liu" fluttered in the wind. Zhang Fei, who led his troops out of the city, had also formed a charging formation and began to attack the weakly defended left wing of the camp.
Zhang Fei's men were mainly tall sergeants holding swords and shields. They lined up in horizontal rows and held up their shields to protect themselves. They rushed towards the camp like a tide. As soon as they entered the shooting range, Zhang Xun's arrows
The arrows flew over like raindrops, and the east wind happened to blow at this time. The camp Zhang Xun had set up was just to the west of Xuyi. The force of the rain of arrows they shot was quickly reduced by half due to the headwind.
They were overjoyed and quickly broke through the weak area and fought towards Muzha. Zhang Xun's troops saw the enemy was fierce and retreated in order to save their lives. Only the archers hiding in the high-rise archery towers continued to move down unremittingly.
Throw arrows.
Zhang Fei and others took advantage of the east wind at the turn of spring and summer and walked closely. After a while, they approached the wooden fence and began to raise fire to burn it. Black smoke billowed up and floated high into the sky. Liu Bei
Looking from a distance at the top of the city, it seemed that we were about to attack the enemy camp.
"Yuanlong." Liu Bei opened his mouth but stopped talking.
Chen Deng carefully observed the camps in the distance and saw that Zhang Xun's camp was arranged from the north to the south. Although one area was suppressed by Zhang Fei and began to retreat, the real main force never wavered. There were only hasty shouts and
Can't explain anything.
He shook his head and refused without thinking: "No, the time has not come yet."
Liu Bei was slightly disappointed and could only continue to focus on the battlefield, hoping that Zhang Fei could break through the camp as soon as possible.
At this time, Zhang Xun was ordering people to open the fence on the right wing. He had just deliberately shown weakness in order to lure out the soldiers and horses in the city. This was his impromptu plan and was discussed with Qiao Rui. Unfortunately, the other party had not made any move at this time.
Since our own camp was about to be in danger, we had no choice but to lead our elite troops to attack Zhang Fei's flanks and attack Qiao Rui, who was facing the enemy from the front.
Although there are only a few hundred elite soldiers under Zhang Xun, most of them hold swords in their hands and wear armor on their bodies. They are densely hiding under the wooden fence. Once exposed, their aura alone is enough to frighten people. Zhang Xun's cavalry are actually
There were not many, only about two hundred cavalry, divided on the left and right sides, advancing in coordination with the infantry.
When Zhang Fei loudly encouraged the whole army to fight, Zhang Xun suddenly led his troops to charge from the south. These elite soldiers quickly entered the formation and fought to the death. Zhang Fei's troops were caught off guard, and their formations suddenly scattered, unable to resist.
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At this time, Qiao Rui also took advantage of the situation and took advantage of the situation to counterattack head-on with the Chinese army, which had been gathering strength for a long time.
When Zhang Fei saw that it was his turn to be attacked on his flank, he quickly turned around and came back to try to break up Zhang Xun's army of several hundred men, and then faced Qiao Rui's ordinary soldiers directly. He held his long horse flat.
Use the horse spear to thrust forward. Once you get close to the enemy, use the horse spear to sweep or stab. Then there will be bursts of blood splattering. The sound of sharp weapons piercing the flesh, and the tragic feeling of suffering fatal injuries.
Howls came and went.
Zhang Xun had served under Yuan Shu many years ago, and his seniority was even longer than that of Sun Jian. Later, he was named a "general" due to his dozens of military exploits and his loyalty to Yuan Shu. In response to Yuan Shu's ambition to rebel, the army
All the generals had already tacitly understood it, and in private, when talking about seniority, they all said that Zhang Xun would definitely be the leader of the generals in the future, the 'great general' of the new dynasty.
Now this 'big general' abandoned the small soldiers he met and galloped away, thinking only of fighting Zhang Fei, who was showing off his power in his own army and felt like he was in no one's land.
Not long after, he intercepted the opponent from the side.