Just when Tian Feng was eagerly waiting for the reinforcements, Zhang Yan outside the city was the first to receive the news that the reinforcements had arrived. Zhang Yang in Hanoi led his headquarters of 10,000 troops and had already arrived, only a hundred miles away from the eldest son and less than a hundred miles away from Zhang Yan's camp. The city of Xuushi is eighty miles away.
After hearing the news, Zhang Yan couldn't help but take a breath and thought to herself: "It's so fast."
The reason why he was so eager to capture Changzi City was that he wanted to occupy the city before reinforcements arrived. However, the tenacity of the defenders completely exceeded his expectations. Although the number of defenders was only a few thousand, they were able to hold on. There is no broken city now.
However, the eldest son had reinforcements arriving. Zhang Yan had already expected it. He estimated the time and had already ordered the sentry cavalry to spread out for hundreds of miles. The reinforcements from the Shangdang side were detected early in the morning.
"Ten thousand people?" Zhang Yan thought for a while and sneered. She had already taken it into consideration.
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Shangdang and Hanoi are adjacent counties. The distance from north to south is only a few hundred miles. Zhang Yan, who was stationed in Huai County, received Tian Feng's request for help. He immediately ordered 10,000 soldiers from his headquarters and hurried to Shangdang. He only used In less than five days, he led his troops and arrived at the Xun clan south of the eldest son.
The Hyun family was less than a hundred miles away from the eldest son. Seeing that this place had not been captured, Zhang Yang's tense mood relaxed. Since the war has not yet reached here, it means that the Black Mountain Army has not completely occupied Shangdang. The battle in the eldest son city is still going on. Ongoing.
But Zhang Yang still discovered it. After entering the Xuans' territory, there were Black Mountain sentry riders one after another to spy on our army. This shows that the Black Mountain army is not far away.
Zhang Yang had also been in charge of the army for many years. He immediately ordered his sergeants to be on guard. As expected, it didn't take long before the enemy's signal came from the front.
Tan Ma reported back: "General Qi, there are Montenegrin troops ten miles ahead blocking the way."
Zhang Yang looked solemn and shouted loudly: "Come up and greet us."
The soldiers and horses from Hanoi marched ten miles and saw a group of Black Mountain bandit soldiers. The leading general shouted loudly: "This is a general under the command of Zhang Yan, the commander of the Pingnan Zhonglang. Now Shangdang has fallen into the hands of my general. You guys are not happy." surrender."
He saw that although there were more than ten thousand soldiers in this band of thieves, their ranks were uneven and their banners were uneven. Zhang Yang couldn't help feeling contemptuous. He sneered and said, "People say Zhang Yan is very good at commanding troops. But now I see that his troops are just a bunch of rabble." "
Zhang Yang immediately moved with his big gun. All the military schools under his command came to kill him. As expected, the Black Mountain Army collapsed at the first touch. The left school commander also joined in the chaos.
"Kill with me." Zhang Yang waved his troops to cover up the attack. The corpses of the direct kill were scattered all over the field. The Black Mountain bandits fled.
Compared with the distance traveled, the Han soldiers who ate three meals a day and were in good health were much faster than the Montenegrin army. The more than 10,000 Montenegrin soldiers were like a group of frightened zebras on the African savannah. The Black Mountain soldiers seemed to be fierce and united. The lions are like a group, each with its own division of labor. Zhang Yang personally leads 300 horsemen to charge in, detouring from both sides from time to time. Block by block, the fleeing prey is intercepted by the huge crowd of defeated soldiers, waiting for the siege of the large group of companions behind them. They are divided in this way. The maneuver tactics of encirclement and interception by the cavalry can be said to be used to the extreme in the hands of Zhang Yang, who was born as a cavalry general in Bingzhou.
Listening to the screams of the dead companions behind him and the desperate cries of those who were still alive. Seeing that the bandit was about to be overtaken, he felt a chill running down his spine and the hair on his hair stood on end. This kind of life could be swallowed up by the mouth of death at any time. No one can withstand the terrifying pressure for a long time. Colonel Zuo was also secretly trembling in his heart. If it hadn't been for the commander-in-chief's plan, he might have knelt down and begged for surrender when he encountered this kind of situation.
"Run quickly. We are almost there. Brothers, please work harder." Zuo Xiao encouraged loudly. From the Hyun family to Changping, it was only a distance of more than 20 miles. There were more than 10,000 Black Mountain troops from Zuo Xiao's headquarters. There were only more than 4,000 soldiers left. His heart was bleeding. He could only hope that the commander-in-chief could replenish his troops after this battle.
The rapid sound of horse hooves behind him came to mind again. When Colonel Zuo looked back, he saw Zhang Yang, who was covered in blood and eager to kill, leading more than a hundred horsemen to approach again like a god of plague. In the distance, there were densely packed Hanoi infantry following closely. Continuous encirclement and killing. Zhang Yang is bound to capture many of his own men in this battle. A trace of resentment flashed in Zuo Xiaoxiao's eyes. Just wait. When we get to the plowshare, Zhang Yang, I will definitely kill you.
Zhang Yang chased them all the way. This battle was a joyous one. He beheaded more than 3,000 people along the way and captured more than 5,000 members of the Black Mountain Army. This group of Black Mountain bandits was indeed a vulnerable group of rabble.
However, Zhang Yang did not pay attention to the increasingly steep road ahead. There were only less than three thousand cavalry, infantry and horses following him.
"Master Taishou, please wait for a moment to pursue me." As the killing spree began, suddenly a horse came from behind and stopped Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang frowned and asked, "What's the matter?"
The cavalryman who reported the message immediately replied respectfully: "Reply to the Grand Administrator. Mr. Dong ordered me to come and deliver the message. Don't pursue the poor bandits. The terrain ahead is steep. Beware of deception by the thieves."
"Dong Zhao, the thieves have been defeated. If we don't take advantage of the situation now, how can we wait?" Zhang Yang said dissatisfied. At this time, he was in high spirits. He was not willing to stop easily. But as the commander of the army, he still had instinct. I looked at the terrain around me. I didn’t look too closely at this. I took a deep breath when I didn’t notice it.
I saw that the surrounding roads were rugged and narrow, and the mountains were undulating. It was indeed a dangerous place where it was easy to set up an ambush.
"Could this be the plowshare mouth?" Zhang Yang had suppressed bandits for a while in Shangdang and served as a prefect of Shangdang for a while. He has always been familiar with the terrain of Shangdang. The plowshare mouth has undulating mountains and many twists and turns. It is one of the few dangerous terrains in Shangdang where it is easy to set up ambushes.
"Report to the prefect. That's right." The knight next to him said with his hands raised.
Zhang Yang felt a chill running down his spine. Although he didn't believe that the Black Mountain Army could think of setting up an ambush here, Zhang Yang decided to withdraw his troops out of caution.
But before the military order could be passed down, an exciting sound of horns was heard from all around. Then countless Black Mountain thieves rushed out from the surrounding mountains and valleys like a torrent.
Zhang Yang was both shocked and lucky. He thought to himself: "Fortunately, Dong Gongren sent someone to stop him in time. If not, I would have died here today."
However, he didn't feel lucky for long. He saw a uniform cavalry troop pouring out on the road ahead. There was a big word written on the banner. It was someone who was not Zhang Yan.
Zhang Yan raised his spear and shouted immediately: "Zhang Yang, son. Zhang Yan has been waiting for you here for a long time. Why don't you quickly dismount and be bound?"
Zhang Yang couldn't help but gasp. Just looking at these countless light cavalry, he knew that it would be difficult to escape from this battle. You must know that although the Shangdang soldiers are fast, how can two-legged soldiers run? He couldn't compete with the four-legged cavalry, let alone the soldiers under his command who had chased them for more than twenty miles with all their strength. At this time, their physical strength was already at the end of their strength.
Zhang Yang gritted his teeth and shouted: "Stand in formation, live and die together." At this point, Zhang Yang could no longer care about regrets. He retreated, which would inevitably result in the annihilation of the entire army. He might still have a chance to survive if he formed a formation and waited for reinforcements.