After summer, the climate is quite hot.
As soon as noon comes, people will be very irritable.
Zhang Fei stood alone outside the camp, looking at the sky, guessing that the appointed time had arrived, then turned around and gave the order to pretend to attack the city.
His mission today is to hold Yuan Tan back and then take the opportunity to make a sneak attack.
Five thousand troops were deployed at the foot of Yingling City, with Zhang Fei and Chen Dao leading each side.
Cheng Yu was in the middle army, with Zhuge Jin and Bu Zhi standing behind him.
Zhang Fei stepped forward to invite a fight.
Yuan Tan stood at the top of the city and laughed loudly: "A mere five thousand men and horses dare to invade our territory. Where is Zhao Chen? Let Zhao Chen come out and talk."
Bu Zhao led the banner with the word "Zhao" and slowly walked out from behind Cheng Yu.
Talk to Yuan Tan according to the tone Zhao Chen taught him.
"If you have the ability, come down to the city and challenge!"
Yuan Tan was unmoved and just stood on the city waiting.
He expected that Zhao Chen's army would not dare to attack the city. They had come a long way and the supply of food and grass was the biggest problem. It would only take a few days to defeat Zhao Chen without spending a single soldier.
But how could he have expected that it was here that he would fall into the trap of the real Zhao Chen while defending the city.
It turned out that Linzi, one hundred and eighty miles away, never imagined that Dong'anping at the Zishui ferry was being attacked by Zhang Liao's army.
The general who led the army at Fukou could not resist Zhang Liao for a single round, and was beheaded.
When Gao Gan, the general who stayed behind in Linzi, learned the news, Dong'anping had already been lost.
Gao Gan was shocked: "This is Qingzhou, how come the army dares to attack Dong'anping? Is it the Yellow Turban Army again?"
Xin Ping, who was on the side, replied: "The team that attacked Dong Anping had refined tactics and came and went quickly. The leader was highly skilled in martial arts and definitely not a Yellow Turban Army."
"Could it be Sun Guan's son?" (Sun Guan lies down with a gun...)
Xin Ping then denied: "Although Sun Guan occupied Taishan County and had some illusions about Qi State, he has never invaded the country since he captured Qingzhou. It shouldn't be the case, not to mention the word Zhang on the flag."
"Who is that?!"
Xin Ping suggested: "General Gao, no matter who it is, there are not many people in the team attacking Dong'anping. Dong'anping is the only way for Mr. Yuan to go back and forth to the mausoleum. It is also a reinforcement channel and must not be lost. There is still a large army in the city at this time. There are more than 20,000 people, why not divide the army into 10,000 to recapture Dong'anping."
The senior cadres adopted Xin Ping's suggestion and immediately led the army out of the city from the east gate of Linzi.
Unexpectedly, every move of the senior officials was under the eyes of Zhao Chen outside the east gate.
It turned out that Zhao Chen led the remaining 1,000 people and lurked in the woods southeast of Linzi, observing every move in Linzi City.
Seeing a group of people coming out of Linzi City and heading east, Zhao Chen realized that the time had come, and immediately displayed the banner, encouraging the soldiers behind him to shout in unison and kill towards Linzi City.
For a moment, the shouts of killing shook the sky. The soldiers guarding the city of Linzi were shocked, quickly cheered up, and looked into the distance.
I saw a group of people not far away, coming towards Linzi quickly.
The guards immediately reported to the general guarding the city.
Xin Ping's face was filled with shock that someone would dare to harm Linzi in Qingzhou.
When he climbed to the top of the city and took a look, his heart relaxed.
The men and horses under the city were under the banner of "Zhao". The team was loose and scattered. It was estimated that there were only a thousand people, and it did not look like a large army with combat effectiveness.
Especially the strange things those people were holding in their hands, which looked like branches or straw, without any sense of oppression from the light of swords and shadows.
He laughed heartily: "Where did this ignorant kid come from? How dare such people dare to run wild in front of Linzi City?"
You must know that there are still more than 10,000 people in the city. Even if a regular army comes to attack the city, Xin Ping is confident that he can handle 30,000 troops.
Zhao Chen was very happy to see that there was only one civil servant guarding the city.
He hurriedly revealed his identity: "I am Zhao Chen and Zhao Houde. Please surrender immediately."
As soon as he heard Zhao Chen's name, Qian Zhao behind Xin Ping became interested.
Qian Zhao hurriedly said: "Mr. Zhongzhi, could it be Liu Bei's military advisor Zhao Chen?"
Xin Ping thought for a moment and said calmly: "I don't think so. Firstly, Zhao Chen sent troops to invade Qingzhou. At this time, he should confront Mr. Yuan in Yingling. Secondly, Zhao Chen defeated Cao Cao and Yuan Shu's men. How could the army led by Zhao Chen It looks like this, General Zi Jing, let’s take a look at the people in front of the city. Not to mention how a large army can defeat them, even bandits can capture them. Do you think it’s possible that it’s the real Zhao Chen?”
Qian Zhao replied: "Sir, you mean that someone is pretending to be Zhao Chen and coming to Linzi?"
Xin Ping nodded: "It's very possible."
Zhao Chen, who was under the city, saw that the two were indifferent, and suddenly understood that they must not believe him.
This made Zhao Chen a little anxious, but he didn't expect that his identity would not serve as a good bait.
At this time, in Dong'anping, twenty miles away, Gao Gan was leading an army of 10,000 to pursue Zhang Liao's 1,000 cavalry.
Zhang Liao followed Zhao Chen's plan and slowly led the high-ranking army towards Wenshui River.
As expected, Gao Gan fell into the trap and refused to let go of Zhang Liao. The dusty army of 10,000 came chasing after a thousand cavalry.
Seeing that the temptation failed, Zhao Chen was anxious and immediately taunted: "Last year, I, Zhao Chen, were not afraid of Cao Cao's 100,000-strong army. Now that you are in Linzi, how can I take it lightly? You are just like a rat, and I don't dare to Come and fight.”
Qianzhao was aroused by Zhao Chen and immediately became anxious.
"Young boy, who are you to dare to come here and run wild?"
Zhao Chen declared again: "I am Zhao Chen!"
Lu Xun on the side also stood up and said: "This is my husband Zhao Chen, Zhao Houde, and military advisor Liu Xuande. How can this be false? Why don't you surrender quickly?!"
"That's such a big statement. Even if he is Zhao Chen, can these stragglers still be able to defeat my 10,000-strong army?"
After saying that, Qianzhao ran down the city regardless of Xin Ping's obstruction, leading the army to kill Zhao Chen.
Xin Ping hurriedly advised: "General, lead the troops to kill Zhao Chen, but you cannot take away all 10,000 soldiers. Zhao Chen has only a thousand troops outside the city. General, you can lead an army of 5,000. I will leave 5,000 troops to defend the city." ,how?"
Ask for permission.
Finally, after half an hour of stalemate, the east gate of Linzi City opened.
Qian Zhao led an army of five thousand people and walked towards Zhao Chen in mighty force.
Looking at the dense crowd of soldiers behind Qian Zhao, Zhao Chen smiled inwardly.
He suddenly became serious and whispered to Lu Xun beside him: "Wait for my order in a moment, and immediately withdraw to the direction of Wenshui and join General Wenyuan, otherwise you and I may be in danger of our lives."
Lu Xun tensed up after hearing this and nodded repeatedly.
Afterwards, Zhao Chen looked at each other, made a face without saying a word, then gave an order and immediately turned around to leave.
Qianzhao was humiliated by Zhao Chen and became furious.
"Zhao Chen, kid, you dare to tease me, you will risk your life!"
Qianzhao let out a loud roar, and the five thousand troops rushed toward Zhao Chen's team.
Fortunately, Zhao Chen ran fast, and the team of a thousand people was very flexible, and he was able to put a mile away from the army of soldiers in the first place.
The originally lazy team of a thousand people now seemed to have changed. Everyone was energetic and moved quickly.
Qian Zhao led the army to chase him for half an hour, but found that he still couldn't reach Zhao Chen's fur. He was even more annoyed and kept urging the army to speed up.
Gradually, only part of the cavalry of the 5,000-strong army caught up with Zhao Chen, while the other infantry fell behind due to lack of speed.
Just when Zhao Chen was less than five miles away from Wenshui, Qian Zhao behind him led two thousand cavalry to catch up, and he was already close at hand.
