(Continue to ask for votes, collections, support, Yan Liang needs your support)
The night is like splashing ink.
In the woods outside the camp, more than 3,000 people were wearing cats and crawling in the grass.
Zhou Cang, whose face was as black as coal, held a big knife and stared coldly at the brightly lit camp outside the forest.
"Old Zhou, do you think this Hebei army discovered our ambush?" Pei Yuanshao next to him looked suspicious.
Zhou Cang snorted, "How many officers and soldiers have we ambushed on this road, and have we ever been discovered? I don't believe that the Hebei Army can defeat our plan just after arriving."
As he spoke, veins protruded on the back of Zhou Cang's hand that was holding the steel knife tightly, and traces of murderous aura surged on his ferocious face.
"That's what I said, but I heard that the Hebei Army is led by the brave general Yan Liang. This man is superb in martial arts. In the battle of White Horse, even General Guan Yunchang was defeated by him. How can you and I be rivals? I think we can forget it with this vote.
Bar."
The Battle of Guandu was of great significance. Even grass bandits like Gui Zhoucang who gathered in the mountains and forests were always concerned about the progress of the war.
Passers-by and traders from the north constantly spread the news about the war in Guandu all over the country.
In fact, Yan Liang and Guan Yu only had a draw, but after being passed around and processed by countless mouths, the story of a draw became known as Yan Liang's defeat of Guan Yu.
Zhou Cang has always regarded Guan Yu as his idol. When he heard that Guan Yu was defeated at the hands of Yan Liang, he naturally hated Yan Liang deeply.
And this is exactly why he, a bandit, dared to go down the mountain and rob a group of fully armed regular cavalry.
Zhou Cang wanted to be ashamed of his idol Guan Yu.
"General Guan is a natural-born divine general. How can he be the enemy of Yan Liang? What we heard must be rumors. Tonight I will kill Yan Liang and put an end to these rumors with my own hands!"
Zhou Cang's round eyes opened wide, and murderous aura filled his body.
In his opinion, he was thousands of miles behind Guan Yu. If even he could defeat Yan Liang, how could Guan Yu be defeated by Yan Liang? The so-called rumors would naturally be self-defeating.
Pei Yuanshao was about to say more, but Zhou Cang slashed his sword and shouted sternly: "Brothers, follow me into the camp, kill all the enemies, and seize their horses, money and food!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Cang grabbed the horse's belly and rushed out of the forest.
Thousands of yellow turban thieves moved with great force behind them. This group of disheveled grass bandits, armed with all kinds of weapons, rushed toward Yan Liang's camp with great momentum.
Pei Yuanshao had no choice but to ride out and follow him.
The three thousand Yellow Turban troops were overwhelming and broke through the camp effortlessly. Zhou Cang took the lead and charged directly towards the Chinese army's tent with his sword drawn.
But what surprised Zhou Cang was that all the tents he passed along the way were empty, with not a single shadow of the enemy visible. It was like an empty camp.
Zhou Cang gradually had an ominous premonition in his heart, and he realized that he might very well fall into the trap.
At this moment, the brightly lit Chinese army tent appeared in front of him, and he could even see a general holding a candle and reading at night under the candlelight.
"This guy must be Yan Liang. Regardless of whether he fell into an ambush or not, I will chop him to death first."
Zhou Cang's eyes were bloodshot, his blood surged up, he slapped his horse, wielded his sword, and rushed towards the tent with a loud shout.
Inside the tent, Yan Liang slowly put down the bamboo slips and squinted at the black-faced thief general who was charging towards him, with a sneer appearing on the corner of his mouth.
The enemy general came suddenly, but he stood still and didn't even blink.
"Thief, you will die——"
On the ground, pits appeared steeply.
The long sword was swung, and Zhou Cang rushed towards him. Suddenly he felt his body was empty, and he and his horse fell into the pit.
At the same time that Zhoucang fell into the pit, the sound of cannons suddenly erupted around the camp, and along with the rumble of horse hooves, countless iron cavalry emerged from the darkness, like Shura ghost soldiers escaping from the underworld, rushing in from all directions.
Thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers, who had missed the attack, were already in a panic-stricken mood, and were instantly thrown into the abyss of fear by the sudden ambush.
In terms of combat effectiveness and quality, these rabble are far beyond the reach of Yan Liang's elite cavalry. Now that they have fallen into an ambush, they will naturally fall apart in an instant.
A thousand light cavalry rushed in like tigers rushing into a flock of sheep, slashing at the fleeing enemy with their blades, and their horses' hooves ruthlessly ran over the enemy's flesh and blood body.
Wherever the iron cavalry passed, blood flowed like a river.
When Pei Yuanshao saw Zhou Cang fall into a pit, he was so frightened that he just wanted to step forward to rescue him. Unexpectedly, the enemy ambushed all around, and he was frightened to death in the blink of an eye.
At this juncture, he could not care less about the lives of his companions, so he turned his horse and fled out of the camp.
But, it's too late.
Yan Liang walked out of the tent, riding a black war horse, and chased after him.
Yan Liang's horse is a good horse from Youzhou, so how can it be compared to Pei Yuanshao's inferior mount.
In the blink of an eye, Yan Liang was chasing him from behind, and with the sharp wind of hunting, his long knife turned into a fan-shaped surface and slashed straight towards Pei Yuanshao.
Pei Yuanshao heard the wind of the sword approaching, and as he was running away, he hurriedly shot back and used all his strength to try to block Yan Liang's sword.
You idiots, let's have a good fight!
There was a snapping sound, and blood splattered everywhere.
Yan Liang's violent blade actually cut Pei Yuanshao into two pieces at the waist.
Yan Liang, who cut off the general with a single blow, dragged the blood-dripping sword with him and majestically charged into the scurrying enemy group. The blade passed by without leaving a single life behind.
In a matter of seconds, more than three thousand Yellow Turban thieves were killed and their blood flowed like rivers. Only a few with quick legs managed to escape back to the mountains and forests.
When Yan Liang, who was satisfied with the killing, turned his horse back, Zhou Cang, who had fallen into the pit, had been dragged out by a hook and his whole body was tied tightly.
Yan Liang didn't even look at him and walked straight towards Xu You who was coming towards him.
"Mr. Ziyuan, are you enjoying this scene?" Yan Liang jumped off the horse and asked with a smile.
Xu You looked at the corpses scattered all over the place, a look of surprise clearly flashing on his face.
He was not shocked by the brutality of the scene, but by Yan Liang's plan to lure the enemy into encirclement and kill him.
In Xu You's view, Yan Liangyong was brave but lacked strategy.
He originally thought that Yan Liang would use direct blocking methods to destroy the yellow scarf thieves with his powerful strength, but unexpectedly, Yan Liang unexpectedly used this almost bloodless strategy.
Using troops to attack and plan is the highest level of using troops.
"General Yan's strategy is... very good." Xu You squeezed out a few words through his teeth, seeming a little reluctant, but he had to admit it.
Yan Liang laughed, turned around and shouted: "Bring that thief general over."
Several soldiers dragged Zhou Cang over, who was tied up all over.
Although he was mortified and tied up like a rice dumpling, the man with the body of a tiger had an angry look on his face and showed no fear at all.
"Tell me who the thief is." Yan Liang looked down at him and said coldly.
Zhou Cang glared at Yan Liang angrily and said sternly: "I am the same as Zhou Cang in Wanniu Mountain. If you want to kill him, you can kill him. I won't even frown."
It turned out to be Zhou Cang, and his courage was just like in the novel.
"This general is Yan Liang, the general under Yuan Gong. I came to command the Yellow Turban Army in Runan on the orders of Yuan Gong. As a member of the Yellow Turban Army, why did you go against this general?" Yan Liang asked.
When Zhou Cang learned that the man in front of him was Yan Liang, he became even more furious and said angrily: "You insulted General Guan Yunchang. Of course I will avenge General Guan."
Zhou Cang in the novel admired Guan Yu very much before he defected to Guan Yu, which Yan Liang naturally knew.
But when he thought of the white horse, what Guan Yu had done by slashing it with his sword without asking any questions, Yan Liangliang felt unhappy.
Hearing Zhou Cang's claim to avenge Guan Yu, Yan Liang said displeased: "How concerned are you about the matter between me and Guan Yu? Is Guan Yu your second uncle?"
"General Guan is a hero in my eyes. I respect him. If you offend General Guan, you offend me." Zhou Cang blushed and shouted angrily.
Zhou Cang spoke like an old man and didn't take Yan Liang seriously at all. The Hebei soldiers on the left and right saw it and were furious. They gritted their teeth and wanted to cut this grass bandit into pieces with a thousand knives to vent their anger on Yan Liang.
Xu You, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but said: "He's just a grass bandit who doesn't know what to do. Why talk nonsense to him? Just chop him down with a knife."
If it were any other yellow turban thief who dared to be so arrogant, Yan Liang would have chopped him down with a knife.
But the one in front of him is different. This is a talented military commander who was listed in the novel. When most of the best talents in the world have gone to their owners, even a second- or third-rate talent like this is enough to make Yan Liang reluctant to part with him.
"I didn't expect that Zhou Cang would be so passionate about Guan Yu. Humph, I don't believe I can't conquer you..."