The sky is high, the clouds are clear, the fields are endless, and the fresh green is everywhere.
In the wilderness, a group of three thousand cavalrymen were hurriedly moving forward in the wilderness.
That big flag with the word "Zhang" flying in the morning wind.
It was spring, but the early morning wind was still so cold that it made people shiver. Zhang Liao, who was walking quickly, subconsciously tightened his armor.
From yesterday to this morning, his three thousand cavalry only rested for less than an hour. Zhang Liao did not dare to take a short rest. In order to perfectly complete the first battle after surrendering to Yan Liang, Zhang Liao could only put his fatigue behind him.
As the army moved quickly, the originally flat terrain gradually became undulating, and undulating hills began to appear on both sides of the road. All the birds and beasts in the forest that had not yet woken up were startled by this passing army.
Zhang Liao had served Cao Cao for many years and was very familiar with the terrain in Chen County. This was one of the reasons why Yan Liang used him as a general in this battle.
Zhang Liao raised his head and glanced ahead. He vaguely felt that Wuping County was not far away.
"We must arrive at Wuping before noon, and we can catch the Wu army by surprise while they are eating." Zhang Liao's mind was already thinking about the siege battle that would take place a few hours later.
As we ran, the woods on both sides became denser and denser, and the hills became steeper.
The sound of horse hooves echoed in the mountains, and there was silence for the rest of the week.
The soldiers and horses moved forward quickly without stopping at all. All the soldiers' attention was focused on the road and did not pay too much attention to the surrounding terrain.
Zhang Liao, however, acted instinctively and suddenly felt that something was wrong with the surrounding atmosphere.
When the army passed by before, birds would be frightened from time to time in the woods, but when passing through this section of the road, not a single bird was seen flying.
Ordinary soldiers would naturally not notice this subtle difference, but it could not be hidden from Zhang Liao's eyes.
"Could it be that there is an ambush hidden here?" This idea quickly flashed in Zhang Liao's mind.
But immediately, he denied this speculation.
Although there are hills on both sides of this place, they are mostly low and can only barely be used to set up an ambush. Taishi Ci of Wuguan only has a thousand soldiers and horses. He wants to use this few men and horses to ambush his troops in this terrain.
Riding three thousand steps is really extremely arrogant.
Although Zhang Liao eliminated the speculation of an ambush, the suspicion still lingered in his heart.
In the blink of an eye, the long snake-like procession had already passed by.
Suddenly, shouts of death rose into the sky. Countless flags were erected on the slope tops on both sides in the blink of an eye. Thousands of people suddenly rose up amid the deafening roar.
Zhang Liao was startled. He raised his eyes and scanned around. His field of vision was instantly filled with the flags of Wu Jun. With a rough sweep of the leaping heads, there were four to five thousand people.
Sure enough, there is an ambush!
Unfortunately, the guess was correct, and what surprised Zhang Liao even more was that the number of ambushes was actually so large, far exceeding the one thousand enemy troops reported in the intelligence.
Thousands of thoughts came to mind like a tide, Zhang Liao's mind changed, and he suddenly understood the mystery.
It turns out that the attack on Yangxia was just a trick by the Wu people to lure the enemy. They wanted to trick their own lord Yan Liang into sending light troops to raid Wuping.
Ling Tong's troops who attacked Yangxia took the water route. It was difficult for the scouts to see through the bluff of his army, so they mistakenly reported Wuguan as having only a thousand troops. But as we can see now, Wu Jun actually left most of his troops in Wuping.
, made a special trip to ambush him here.
"Withdraw troops, withdraw all troops——"
Suddenly awakened, Zhang Liao reacted very quickly and immediately ordered the entire army to withdraw.
The mountain road here is not narrow, and the mountains on both sides are not dangerous enough. Even if the enemy ambushes are everywhere, it may not be able to cut off his retreat.
But when Zhang Liao stood up and withdrew his troops, Taishi Ci stood on the hillside with his spear horizontally, looking down at Yan's army proudly.
On his face, a joy of revenge surged.
Taishi Ci kept the shame of Chai Sang's defeat in mind. Today, he can finally use Yan Jun's blood and a beautiful ambush to wash away the shame of that year.
Seeing that Yan Jun was about to retreat, Taishi Ci sneered, moved his silver spear, and shouted sternly: "Send the order, release the fireball quickly——"
The order was passed and the military flag waved.
Around them, the Wu soldiers lit seven or eight takraw balls that had been tied up, and pushed them down with their weapons. The blazing fireballs rolled down the hillside like they were flying.
At the same time, all the other sepak takraw balls were ignited, and dozens of fireballs roared down the hillside, cutting Yan Jun's Long Snake Army Formation into several sections in an instant.
At this time, Zhang Liao realized the seriousness of the situation.
Although the terrain here is not very narrow, the giant fireball pushed down the mountain by the Wu people was enough to block the road. What's more serious is that the Wu people not only blocked both ends of the road, but also chopped his soldiers and horses into dozens.
interception, causing them to fall into the dilemma of not being able to take care of each other, losing command, and fighting on their own.
The Wu people's move was obviously well-prepared and had already taken into account the terrain here.
In front of them, a huge fireball rolled down. Several soldiers were unable to hide and were rolled over by the fireball. Not only did their bones break, but their whole bodies were set on fire, and they were wailing and rolling. It was miserable to see.
On the road that stretched for several miles, there were howls and troops were raised. The three thousand Yanjun infantry and cavalry were cut into several sections. Before they could fight, they fell into panic.
No matter how determined you are as a warrior of steel, you cannot compete with the power of natural fire.
Now that his subordinates were in chaos, Zhang Liao knew that he could no longer control the situation, so he could only withdraw as much as possible for the current plan.
He then commanded his soldiers, trying to use weapons to deflect the fireball blocking the road, so as to clear the road and withdraw from the ambush.
At the top of the mountain, the sound of war drums was already sounding, and countless Wu troops rushed down from both sides like a flood, covering the mountains and plains.
Taishi Ci even jumped on his horse, raised his spear, and galloped towards the big flag with the word "Zhang" in it.
When Zhang Liao ordered his soldiers, he suddenly saw an enemy general rushing down the hillside like flying, with a spear like a rainbow in his hand, heading straight towards him.
Before the gun point came, Zhang Liao felt the murderous intention coming from the hunter. He knew that his general's martial arts were not weak even before they fought.
Faced with this difficult situation, Zhang Liao suddenly felt a surge of grief and anger in his heart. He showed no fear on his face, and with a low roar, the long knife in his hand rolled out like a wheel.
Clang~~
Fire flew everywhere, and swords and spears collided in a flash of lightning.
The huge force from the spear tip poured into his body like a tide, which only made Zhang Liao's energy and blood boil, and his body swayed even more. He squeezed the horse's belly with his legs and barely managed to stabilize his body.
After half a lifetime of fighting, Zhang Liao was forced into such a difficult situation for the first time, and he couldn't help but be surprised by the enemy general's martial arts.
The enemy general's pressure also angered Zhang Liao. He took a deep breath to suppress the boiling blood, turned his horse, and swung his sword to kill Taishi Ci.
Taishi Ci, who passed by the wrong horse, was no less shocked than Zhang Liao.
With his strength as the most powerful general in Jiangdong and the madness of his dive from the top of the mountain, Taishi Ci originally thought that this powerful blow would be enough to kill any enemy general.
But what surprised Taishi Ci was that when he returned to his horse, the enemy general was still standing on his horse and did not fall. In the blink of an eye, his energy and blood were subdued, and he turned to attack him instead of defending.
"There are actually some people under Yan Liang's command. Looking at the flag, this person must be Zhang Liao, who has recently joined Yan Liang..."
While he was thinking, Zhang Liao's long sword had already swept forward with the power of the violent waves.
Taishi Ci did not dare to look down upon him, so he mounted his horse to meet him and stabbed him diagonally with his spear.
Bang~~
There was another metallic sound, and the two riders came at each other again.
Taishi Ci's energy and blood surged, and he immediately fell down. He turned back on his horse and pointed at Zhang Liao and shouted: "If Taishi Ci will not kill unknown generals with his spear, please tell me his name."
"Bingzhou Zhang Liao is the same." Zhang Liao stood with his sword horizontally, towering like a mountain.
Sure enough, it was Zhang Liao.
A sarcastic sneer suddenly appeared at the corner of Taishi Ci's mouth, "Who do I think it is? It turns out that you are Zhang Liao, the thief who has repeatedly betrayed his master. I didn't expect that the gun in my hand, Taishi Ci, would be stained by the blood of people like you."
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Taishi Ci's sarcasm made Zhang Liao furious. He suddenly shouted loudly and attacked again with his sword and horse.
Taishi Ci, however, showed no fear at all. He wielded a silver spear and fought fiercely.
These two cavalrymen were fighting together.
Although Taishi Ci was the most powerful general in Jiangdong, Jiang's army was good at water warfare, but overall his martial arts skills were inferior to those of the Central Plains generals.
Zhang Liao was Lu Bu's old general, and his martial arts was deeply taught by Lu Bu. After years of growth, he became much better.
The two of them fought with all their strength, but they saw that the blade of the sword was like a shadow, and the tip of the spear was like a rainbow. In the blink of an eye, more than thirty people passed by, and their movements were so fast that the soldiers around them could not see what they were doing.
However, although everyone tried their best, they were still equally divided, and it was difficult to tell the winner for a while.
The more he fought, the more Taishi Ci was amazed. Not only was he surprised that Zhang Liao was so good at martial arts that he could be on par with him, but he was even more surprised that Yan Liang had such an outstanding general under his command. He really didn't know how charming Yan Liang was.
He was able to subdue so many old generals from other families.
Although Taishi Ci was amazed, he was not impatient.
Now that he had the advantage of an ambush, he raised his troops and caught Yan's army off guard. If the stalemate continued like this, after he had killed all the enemy troops and gained the upper hand, he would have no difficulty in surrounding Zhang Liao with his troops.
Compared with Taishi Ci's calmness, Zhang Liao became increasingly anxious.
Around him, the panicked soldiers were being slaughtered by the Wu people. The military flags were falling down one after another. The soldiers who were cut into several pieces were in a desperate situation of being divided, surrounded and eliminated one by one.
As the battle progressed, the number of our own troops decreased, while the number of enemy troops increased. While Zhang Liao was dealing with Tai Shi Ci, he had to withdraw to deal with the rest of the enemy cavalry who were encircling and attacking him.
The Taishi Ci who was fighting in front of him was extremely skilled in martial arts. Without fighting for thousands of rounds, there was no way to determine the winner.
At that time, a common man feared that his own soldiers had been killed long ago, and he would be trapped in the siege of the Wu army. Even if he had no martial arts skills, how could he break out of the siege?
"Could it be that I, Zhang Liao, am going to die here today..."
Zhang Liao couldn't help but feel a hint of sadness in his heart.
At this moment, a loud horn sound suddenly came from the west. Zhang Liao was shocked and looked sideways anxiously.
But seeing billowing dust rising from the sky to the west, the Wu army's ambush was like a wave, turning upside down and collapsing one after another. A group of iron cavalry broke through the encirclement like a divine soldier descending from the sky.
The leaping horse takes the lead, and the majestic general who wields the sword wildly is none other than Yan Liang.
In an instant, infinite joy filled Zhang Liao's face.
Also at that moment, Taishi Ci's face was filled with unbelievable fear.