Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun led an army of 80,000 people. They set out from Feiru. As soon as Pu entered Youbeiping County, they were discovered by the scouts of Gongsun Zan's army.
"Today the rebels have entered Youbeiping County and will reach Wu Ending City soon." Gongsun Zan said.
"Capital Commander, I am willing to lead my troops as vanguards to fight against the rebels." Gongsun Zan had just finished speaking, and Gongsun Yue, who was sitting at the bottom, was the first to respond.
"Okay, okay. It's a great blessing that my cousin has this realization. But most of my cousin's troops are infantry. If they face the Wuhuan cavalry, I'm afraid they will suffer a loss. Brother Xuande, what do you think?"
When Liu Bei heard this, he thought Gongsun Zan was asking for his opinion! This was clearly asking him to express his opinion!
"Be prepared, willing to lead the troops of this headquarters and serve as the vanguard to fight against the rebels."
"Okay, okay. The five hundred subordinates of Brother Xuande are all elite cavalry. With Brother Xuande as the vanguard, the rebels will be defeated!"
"Brother Bogui, I have a plan to help brother Bogui defeat the thief!"
"Oh! Brother Xuande, if you have any plans, tell me quickly."
Gongsun Zan did not expect Liu Bei to have a clever plan to defeat the thieves, and was really surprised.
"Wu Ending City, to the east of the city, there is a mountain called Shimen Mountain. There is a road in the mountain called Shi Menkou. There are cliffs on both sides of Shi Menkou. If the rebels want to attack Wu End City, they must pass through Shi Menkou. How about we
Ambush troops were laid in advance on the mountain walls on both sides of Shimenkou. When the rebels passed by Shimenkou, they would throw down rolling stones and build up wooden blocks from the mountain walls on both sides.
The thief will be defeated."
After Gongsun Zan heard this, he thought for a moment and then said:
"This is a very clever plan. However, it may not be able to completely wipe out the rebels. I am not aware of the stone gate that Xuande mentioned.
In my opinion, we are not as good as this. Brother Xuande led his troops to meet the enemy on the east side of Shimenkou. I personally led my troops to ambush on both sides of the east side of Shikoumen, and my cousin Gongsun Yue ambush on the west side of Shikoumen.
Both sides of the face.
After Brother Xuande fought with the rebels, he had to find a way to let the enemy pass through the stone gate quickly and in an orderly manner. When the enemy partially passed through the stone gate, my cousin and I led our troops to attack at the same time, and the rebels would be defeated."
"Captain Qi's plan is very clever, Yue is willing to follow it."
The plan was decided, Liu Bei returned to the camp and informed Chen Meng and others of Gongsun Zan's plan.
After Chen Meng heard Gongsun Zan's plan, he also liked it in his heart. This is a bit like attacking the enemy when they are crossing the river, attacking halfway across the river, making it impossible for the enemy to take care of them. The enemy is in a panic and will inevitably fail.
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To lure the rebels to pass through the stone gate quickly and in an unorganized manner, the best way is to make a sneak attack and then fake defeat.
"Brother, when the rebels arrived at Shimenkou from Feiru, they had been marching for many days, and the soldiers must be a little tired. We can take advantage of the fact that the rebels are not yet firmly established, and sneak attack the rebels first, and then fight with them again.
If we pretend to be defeated, the rebels will definitely pursue us." Chen Meng said.
The next day, Liu Bei personally led his troops in formation on the east side of Shimenkou. Behind Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Chen Meng, Zhao Yun and Tian Yu were lined up.
Not long after waiting, the scouts came to report that the rebels were less than five miles away. At this time, Chen Meng and others could already see the enemy's flag in the distance.
Liu Bei glanced at Chen Meng, who nodded. Then Liu Bei shouted:
"Charge and kill the enemy."
Five hundred war horses, galloping towards the rebels in front.
These rebels had just marched here and before they formed a formation, they saw officers and soldiers rushing from the front and hurriedly began to form a formation.
However, these rebels have not received much military training. If the rebels are allowed to calm down, they can still form an array, but in the panic when the enemy is about to kill them, they completely forget what to do.
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"Don't panic, don't be chaotic." Zhang Chun, the leader of the rebels, saw everyone's panic and shouted loudly. Zhang Chun naturally knew that when the two armies were fighting, they must not panic, otherwise they would be defeated before the battle.
But how could these panicked rebels return to normal all of a sudden?
While the rebels were still forming panic, Liu Bei had already led five hundred elite cavalry to kill them.
Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Chen Meng, Zhao Yun, and Tian Yu took the lead in rushing into the rebels, especially Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun. Among these panicked rebels, they were like no one.
The situation is average.
"King of Heaven, these people are the thieves who attacked and captured my Wu Ending City." A man next to Zhang Chun said. This man was Zhang Yao who abandoned Wu Ending City and escaped.
Although Zhang Ju asked Zhang Chun to treat Zhang Yao as a dead soldier, Zhang Chun knew that Zhang Ju's words were only angry words, so Zhang Chun kept Zhang Yao by his side and let this boy take the blame and make meritorious service.
Zhang Chun looked at Liu Bei and his men who were constantly charging ahead. His soldiers had already shown some signs of retreating under the attack of these people.
"The number of enemies is not large, just a few hundred. We have tens of thousands of people, how can we be afraid of them?" Zhang Chun said.
Zhang Chun rode his horse and hurried forward a few steps. When he saw a few soldiers trying to escape, he directly ordered his guards to hack these soldiers to death. Then he shouted loudly:
"If you are afraid of fighting and run away, kill them. There are only a few hundred enemies in total. We have tens of thousands of people. Why should we be afraid? Kill them."
The soldiers who originally wanted to escape suddenly gave up the idea of escape when they saw the row of people behind them holding bright swords and looking at them fiercely.
"Go back, go back, go back to me. Those who kill officers and soldiers will be rewarded." Zhang Yao shouted loudly.
The rebels who originally wanted to escape, after hearing that there was a reward for killing the enemy, once again joined the fight with Liu Bei and his party.
"You and I will each lead a team of troops and go around behind this group of officers and soldiers. We will give these officers and soldiers a jar to catch turtles." Zhang Chun said.
Since Chen Meng entered the enemy's formation, he has been paying attention to the enemy's movements. Because the ultimate goal of this battle is to lure the enemy through the stone gate, Liu Bei and his party did not rush into the depths of the enemy's formation, but kept following the enemy's formation.
Kill enemies on the periphery.
When Chen Meng saw the two groups of rebels coming from both sides, Chen Meng hurriedly shouted to Liu Bei and others:
"Retreat, retreat."
After everyone heard this, they immediately pretended to be at a disadvantage in the battle and ran towards Shimenkou. While running, they also threw away some military flags and weapons to make the enemy think that they had fled.
Zhang Chun and Zhang Yao also rushed over with their troops at this time. Seeing Liu Bei and his party running away in embarrassment, they couldn't help laughing.
"Chase me." Zhang Chunchong shouted to the rebels behind him, and then took the lead to kill Liu Bei and his party.
Next to him, Zhang Yao, like Zhang Chun, was eager to make meritorious deeds. When he saw the officers and soldiers escaping, he also hurriedly led his troops to pursue them.