Under Liu Zhang's death order, Zhang Ren launched a phalanx attack outside the Jingzhou soldiers' bunker. The soldiers in the front fell into a trap, and the soldiers in the rear immediately made up for it and charged towards the Jingzhou defense line regardless of casualties.
The so-called elite soldiers selected by Xu Shu were just young and strong men with some courage. Their combat experience was far inferior to that of the Sichuan Army. Even if they had bunkers to help them, they were no match for the Sichuan Army. They were broken through layer by layer and wiped out layer by layer, with less than a stick of incense.
In a short time, all the bunker defenses in Jingzhou were destroyed, the two thousand elite soldiers were wiped out, and the Sichuan army pursued them along Baichuan Street towards the West City.
When Liu Zhang entered Baichuan, Zhang Ren had already led the main force to pursue Xu Shu, leaving a few thousand soldiers to completely occupy Baichuan City. Fazheng rode on his horse and said to Liu Zhang: "My lord, there are 10,000 Lei Tong cavalry in the west city. This time
Liu Biao and Xu Shu are unable to fly."
"I hope so."
Liu Biao's cavalry was wiped out in one battle. With the cavalry following them, it was impossible to retreat smoothly. Zhang Ren's army broke through the soldiers behind the Jingzhou Palace in such a short period of time. It stands to reason that Liu Biao and Xu Shu would not be able to cross the Xiangjiang River.
However, Liu Zhang always felt that something was wrong.
Xu Shu is so smart. He wouldn't have expected that Baichuan would be defeated. Why would he stay here for five days? Did he really want to endure one more day?
Liu Zhang walked into the county government with a group of generals. The temperature had risen. When it rained heavily, he suddenly felt stuffy inside the armor. As he walked, Liu Zhang took off his armor and threw it to his soldiers.
"Rest for half an hour, and prepare to go out in half an hour."
Liu Zhang said anxiously that the casualties he had to pay for a small Baichuan City were too great. Although Zhang Ren had already led an army to pursue him, Liu Zhang still wanted to conquer Xiangyang himself and wanted to watch the moment when Xu Shu was crowned.
Until now, he had not seen clearly what Xu Shu looked like.
"Report."
At this moment, a soldier came to report in a panic, his face wet from the rain, and he looked sad.
"The Thunder Copper Cavalry was defeated in Caisangpo, and countless men and horses were lost." The soldier's voice almost disappeared when he said the last two words.
Liu Zhang suddenly stopped all movements and froze his hands in the air. Reason told him that this was impossible. Even if 10,000 cavalry could not attack the defeated Jingzhou soldiers, how could they be defeated? The cavalry could not be defeated in any way against the infantry.
But the uneasy premonition that he had been having before suddenly came to light, and Liu Zhang knew that it was true.
…………
It was raining heavily, and Liu Zhang and the Sichuan soldiers stood on the top of the mulberry-picking slope. Raindrops as big as soybeans hit the mulberry trees on both sides of the road, washing the leaves until they were green.
Down the slope, there were corpses of Sichuan army cavalry and horses everywhere, and the mixed blood washed away in the heavy rain.
"What's going on?" Liu Zhang pressed the hilt of his sword and asked hoarsely.
"Jingzhou soldiers dug up the soil under the mulberry picking slope in advance, and it was soaked by the heavy rain. Lei Tong's cavalry swooped down from the mulberry picking slope. The horses' hooves were stuck in the mud. The horses were trampling on each other. Xu Shu was standing on the mulberry field.
The ambushed soldiers took advantage of the situation and broke out, and our army was severely defeated."
Zhang Ren answered word by word, his eyes looking at the cavalry burial ground down the slope, rainwater sliding down his eyebrows, and he wiped his eyes hard.
When Zhang Ren arrived with his army, Lei Tong's cavalry had been defeated. The scene of 10,000 cavalry rushing down the hillside, only to be brutally strangled by the rushing infantry emerged in his mind. Zhang Ren's heart was torn together.
"Did Xu Shu expect heavy rain today early in the morning? So he dug up the soil here beforehand? So he chose to retreat today?"
Liu Zhang listened silently to Fazheng's words, his tone full of incredulity, but Liu Zhang knew that the answer was yes. Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang were both the top counselors of the Three Kingdoms. They were good at watching the weather and taking advantage of it.
However, the reality is still so unbearable.
It was me who killed these cavalry soldiers. It was me who naively thought that as long as I put 10,000 cavalry here, I would be safe and able to prevent the Jingzhou soldiers from retreating. It was me who was incompetent. It took so long for Xiaobaichuan City to survive.
Just conquered.
Liu Zhang was not wearing battle armor, and his thin underwear was soaked in the rain. His heart was colder than his body. The hand holding the sword hilt was shaking, and the sword blade was swinging rapidly in the scabbard.
The veteran general Yan Yan was supporting a man staggering down the slope. It was the cavalry commander Lei Tong. However, Liu Zhang saw that Lei Tong had broken an arm. When he was five steps away from Liu Zhang, Lei Tong suddenly knelt down with both knees.
He smashed into the mud, splashed a piece of sewage, and cried bitterly.
"My lord, Lei Tong is sorry for you. Lei Tong deserves death for his crime. Not only did he not hold back the Jingzhou soldiers, but he also lost thousands of soldiers and horses. Please forgive me, my lord, and give Lei Tong the death penalty. Lei Tong is willing to die to apologize."
Lei Tong's forehead was knocked into the mud, and only half of his arm was left with blood pouring out in waves, dripping on the ground, and flowing down the slope with the rain.
The generals looked at Lei Tong lying on the ground with sadness in their hearts.
"Take General Lei down for treatment." Liu Zhang took a deep breath and said in a deep voice.
Lei Tong raised his head, with mud and water all over his head and body. He looked at Liu Zhang's mist-covered face. He couldn't say anything anymore and kowtowed to the ground with all his strength: "Thank you, Lord, for your kindness. Lei Tong will have a better future."
I will avenge today's crime and repay you with death."
Lei Tong was led down by the soldiers. Yan Yan stepped forward and said: "Lord, we have counted the casualties. More than 3,000 soldiers were killed and about 5,000 were lightly or seriously injured. Almost all the horses are gone. Without the cavalry, we cannot catch up with the Jingzhou soldiers.
And now that the rain and fog are thick, Xu Shu may set up an ambush in Jingzhou along the way, so..."
Yan Yan paused for a moment and glanced at Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang had no expression on his face and clenched his fists hard. Yan Yan continued: "The person who ambushed General Lei Tong was Jingzhou General Chen Sheng. This person was Zhang Hu, the bandit of Crouching Tiger Mountain.
The brother of General Lei Tong threatened to avenge Zhang Hu. General Lei Tong's horse got stuck in the mud and fell off the horse. Chen Sheng could have killed General Lei, but he only cut off one of General Lei's arms. He said, said..."
"What did you say?" Liu Zhang's tone was calm, but all the generals in Jingzhou knew that he was suppressing the anger in his heart.
Yan Yan lowered his voice and said: "Chen Sheng said, spare Lei Tong's life and come back to tell the lord that he must either go back to Yizhou or wait for him to take the lord's head under Xiangyang City as soon as possible..."
"Presumptuous~~"
Liu Zhang suddenly shouted loudly, his face trembling, he drew his sword and cut down the mulberry tree in front of him: "Young boy Chen Sheng, you dare to insult me. If the city of Xiangyang is destroyed, I will destroy all nine of its tribes in order to sacrifice three thousand soldiers."
The spirit in heaven.”
"Lord, calm down." Yan Yan and other generals bowed down together.
Liu Zhang stood in the heavy rain with his sword in hand, brimming with anger. All the generals around him were chilled, and even Xiao Furong instinctively tightened her grip on the white jade sword in her hand.
The sharp sword was in the air. At this moment, Liu Zhang wanted to swing the sword to kill people.
Heavy rain was pattering on the roof, and the entire Sichuan army was on standby. Their morale was high, and they were waiting for the fog to dissipate, and the entire army marched towards Xiangyang City.
Gao Pei walked into the room, split open the tables with his sword, and then slashed with his sword. Pang Yuan, the black soldier, looked on with a smile while holding up his spear.
[bookid=2655925,bookname="The Love of Time Travel and the Mortal Love"] Works of a sixteen-year-old soft girl