Outside Xiushui County, Zhou Yu's 20,000 soldiers and horses were encamped to face the soldiers and horses in Xiushui County. In the evening, a famous spy monitored the opponent's every move. It was necessary to mobilize troops and horses without alerting the opponent under such circumstances.
possible.
The Jiangdong camp more than ten miles away had already lit up torches, illuminating the camp extremely brightly. Zhou Cang took two thousand soldiers and horses and hid outside the camp after Zhou Yu led the soldiers and horses away.
Those hundreds of soldiers, holding broadswords in their hands, followed Zhou Cang quietly. They were the more than 500 powerful soldiers selected by Zhou Cang from an army of 20,000.
Because it was the first time to lead troops alone, Zhou Cang's palms holding the sword were full of beads of sweat, and there was also a faint trace of sweat on his forehead. His big round eyes stared at the Jiangdong camp a few hundred feet away.
At the camp, Zhou Yu's army left in a hurry and did not take away the food, grass and baggage. Zhou Yu also left two thousand soldiers and horses to guard the food, grass and baggage.
The sun had set in the evening, and night was about to fall. This was the time when the army was at its lowest alert in the day. Zhou Cang tightened the armor on his head and waved his hand, and the two thousand soldiers and horses behind him silently moved toward the Jiangdong camp.
The soldiers at the gate of the camp were dozing off against the camp gate. Suddenly, a soldier's eyelids rolled slightly and he looked at a figure not far away and woke up with excitement. Looking at the Jingzhou soldiers and horses so close at hand, the soldier was about to scream.
Yelling. Zhou Cang quickly threw the big knife in his hand and knocked down the waking soldiers.
"Plop!" The sound of a broadsword penetrating armor and piercing flesh woke up the other people on the side. Zhou Cang didn't have time to think about it and took a few steps forward. He grabbed the corner wood placed in front of the camp gate and roared.
He raised the wood above his head and threw it towards the camp gate. The sound finally alerted the soldiers who had agreed, and the soldiers ran out of the tent one by one to see what happened.
Zhou Cang didn't give them any time to react. He quickly stepped forward, pulled out the sword inserted into the neck of the Jiangdong soldiers, roared angrily, and led two thousand soldiers and horses to kill into the camp. Sima, who was left behind at the Jiangdong camp, finally reacted.
, while ordering people to beat drums to gather the soldiers, he led his own soldiers to rush towards Zhou Cang, trying to withstand Zhou Cang's front.
Seeing the Jiangdong general Zhou Cang in front of him without any hesitation, he raised his sword and rushed forward. "Cang!" The collision of weapons resounded through the sky. Jiangdong Sima held the sword tightly with both hands and was shaking. The violent impact just now almost caused his death.
He couldn't grasp the weapon. As if he was dissatisfied with not killing Jiangdong young general once, Zhou Cang roared and rushed forward again. The young general was slightly afraid, leaving Zhou Cang behind and ran towards the gathering place of the soldiers, with Zhou Cang hotly pursuing him.
When the two thousand soldiers and horses rushed into the Jiangdong camp, they had already lit torches one by one. Following Zhou Cang's attack, he threw torches into the camp from time to time. The tents along the way burned one after another. The fire soon filled the entire Jiangdong camp.
The young general Jiangdong who turned around and left finally arrived at the gathering place of the soldiers. Nearly a thousand soldiers gathered here. Some of them were disheveled and some were not even wearing armor. The young general arrived with his own soldiers and had no time to rectify the troops, so he took nearly a thousand soldiers with him.
The horse was in close combat with Zhou Cang's army, which was hotly pursuing him.
The five hundred soldiers in front were like steel swords. Under the leadership of Zhou Cang, they smashed away the nearly a thousand soldiers standing in front of them. The Jiangdong soldiers who were still in chaos instantly turned into a pile of scattered sand.
The soldiers and horses behind Zhou Cang scattered in all directions under the impact. Zhou Cang glanced at the scattered Jiangdong soldiers and horses and shouted: "Scatter and kill the enemy. Burn this camp for me."
With an order, the army originally following Zhou Cang suddenly dispersed. Groups of soldiers, led by their respective corps commanders and chiefs, pursued the scattered Jiangdong soldiers, while not forgetting to burn the already dilapidated camp.
Zhou Cang rushed to the rear camp with 500 soldiers. Looking at the mountains of grain and grass, Zhou Cang threw the torch in his hand without feeling distressed. The grain and grass burned with a roar, and the flames became higher and higher, even causing the fire to burn.
The dissipated sunset became even more beautiful. After taking one last look at the burning grain and grass, Zhou Cang led his soldiers and turned around to kill the fleeing Jiangdong soldiers.
In just a quarter of an hour, the two thousand Jiangdong soldiers and horses stationed in the camp had been slaughtered by Zhou Cang, and the rest scattered and fled without a trace. Regardless of the fleeing soldiers, Zhou Cang immediately led the two thousand soldiers after defeating the Jiangdong soldiers and horses.
The horse took the small road and headed towards Xiushui County.
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On the only way to Ai County, Su Fei had already deployed with two thousand soldiers and horses. The canyon was not very deep and he could see everything in the valley from the tops of the mountains on both sides. But Su Fei did not relax and instead sent out
Teams of scouts were always paying attention to the surrounding situation. A large number of rolling logs and boulders had been prepared on both sides of the canyon. In addition, Su Fei also ordered people to cut down trees and cut the trunks into spikes and place them on the mountain walls on both sides.
.In the canyon, Sufei also sprinkled sulfur and tung oil on the bushes. Sufei covered the sulfur and tung oil with thick dry firewood, and then sprinkled withered grass on top to cover it. If you didn't look carefully, you would think it was dead branches.
Broken leaves.
"Report to the general." A scout ran over and said, "The Jiangdong army is coming."
Su Fei's spirit was shaken, and with a wave of his hand, the armies on both sides of the canyon quickly lay down and hid. Not long after, the rumble of footsteps sounded at the entrance of the canyon. Through the dense bushes, Su Fei could see groups of soldiers and horses walking slowly at the entrance of the canyon.
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Looking at the canyon in front of him, Taishi Ci's eyes flickered. This was not the first time he had passed through this canyon, but Ai County and Xiushui County had not been captured a few days ago, so there was nothing to worry about. And now the Jingzhou army has invaded Jiangdong. If Jingzhou
If the army ambushes above this canyon, Jiangdong soldiers and horses will surely suffer heavy casualties.
Although he doubted whether there were extra soldiers and horses in Jingzhou to set up an ambush here, he still ordered people to go and investigate. The army slowly stopped at the mouth of the valley, and a group of scouts rode fast horses into the canyon to check. The mountains were high and the forests were dense, and it was a good time.
In the evening, the light in the canyon was not very good. A few scouts looked around the canyon and found nothing wrong before exiting the canyon.
After hearing the soldier's report, Tai Shici breathed a sigh of relief: "I've thought too much. Then even if Xu Shu was talented, he couldn't have known that I would go to Ai County? It's even less possible that Xiushui County didn't have enough troops.
Divide your troops and come to set up an ambush."
Thinking of this, Taishi Ci did not hesitate anymore and ordered the army to move forward. When they entered the canyon, they saw deep valleys and dense forests. Taishi Ci ordered to speed up through the canyon. The 10,000 troops formed a long ribbon in the canyon and moved quickly along the canyon.
The two thousand soldiers and horses above the canyon clung to the ground and did not dare to make a sound. Su Fei carefully calculated the opportunity to take action through the few rays of light among the trees.
Seeing Jiangdong's ten thousand troops all entering the canyon, Su Fei waved his flag without hesitation. The archers on both sides of the canyon suddenly stood up and released their bows and arrows. The bows and arrows fell towards the canyon with fire.
It's like fireworks.
Taishi Ci looked at the rockets all over the sky, his expression darkened and he said something bad. He turned around and shouted: "Quick! Leave the canyon." After saying that, he led an army of 10,000 people and quickly rushed towards the mouth of the canyon.
Su Fei, who was above the canyon, snorted coldly when he heard Tai Shici's shout. He turned around and gave a few orders. The big flag behind him waved. Then, at the mouth of the canyon at both ends, a rumble sounded, and huge boulders fell down and blocked the place in an instant.
They took up residence at the mouth of the valley and blocked Taishi Ci's 10,000-strong army in the valley.
At the same time, the rockets fell one after another, and the dry firewood in the valley burned the tung oil below. The sulfur made a loud noise under the burning of the fire. Within a few breaths, the valley was covered with fire.
Jiangdong's army was quickly cut into several sections by the fire, and was engulfed by the raging fire and suffered heavy casualties. Arrows fell from time to time in the fire, causing chaos to the already stretched Jiangdong army.
Hearing the screams behind him, Taishi Ci suddenly turned his head and saw that the army behind him was surrounded by fire and could be annihilated at any time. Some soldiers who had no time to escape were ignited by the fire, and their bodies quickly caught fire, and the soldiers screamed.
He ran around and finally fell into the fire.
Looking at the miserable elephant behind him, Taishi Cihu's eyes were wide open. His eyes were about to burst and he had no time to curse. He pointed at the mouth of the valley blocked by huge rocks in front of him and shouted: "Open it for me." Jiangdong's soldiers also knew that the only way to do this was to open the mouth of the valley.
Escape, one by one, desperately rushing to the mouth of the valley to carry the boulders.
By the light of the fire, Su Fei finally found Tai Shi Ci among the army. He was a little excited. If he could keep Tai Shi Ci, it would be a big loss for Jiangdong. Su Fei's eyes were full of excitement, pointing at Tai Shi Ci.
He shouted from behind: "Throw all the wooden thorns over there!"
Hundreds of thousands of spikes were thrown into the valley, and then the spikes fell at a terrifying speed and rushed downward one by one, like piercing through rock and splitting into the air.
Taishi Ci was shocked when he saw the dense spikes above his head. He drew out his sword and shouted: "Be careful up there."
Unfortunately, the speed of the spikes was too fast. The spikes had already fallen as soon as Taishi Ci shouted. The thick armor was penetrated by the spikes like paper in front of the spikes. A Jiangdong soldier, Heihei, was stabbed by the spikes before he could react.
A transparent one.
Some soldiers who reacted quickly hid behind boulders and escaped, but more of them suffered casualties. Taishi Ci swung his sword to shoot down the spikes rushing toward him, but there were too many spikes to block the horse underneath him and was hit by several spikes.
The thorns stabbed him all the way through, and he died on the spot. Just as he was about to fall to the ground, Tai Shici slapped his horse on the back and jumped off the horse. His shoulder hurt, but he was stabbed by the sharp thorns.
After a wave of spikes, Taishi Ci's army suffered heavy casualties. Taishi Ci covered his shoulders and directed the remaining soldiers to move away from the valley mouth and left with the remaining soldiers.