It is said that Zhao Chen attracted Linzi's garrison of the city guard and led the army all the way to Wenshui. Less than five miles away from Wenshui, he was overtaken by the two thousand cavalry of the leash behind him.
The two armies instantly struggled with each other.
Zhao Chen immediately ordered to set up a formation and use a square formation of a hundred people to deal with the cavalry, while he kept looking around, looking for the "high" flag army that had previously left the city to pursue Zhang Wenyuan.
Seeing Zhao Chen's 100-man square formation withstand the attack of two groups of Qianzhao cavalry, Qianzhao was secretly amazed.
There is actually such a phalanx that can resist cavalry.
He no longer cared about the square formation and focused all his energy on searching for Zhao Chen's whereabouts.
Sure enough, I saw Zhao Chen's figure in the middle of the square formation.
He smiled sinisterly and immediately ordered his cronies to launch a fierce attack on the square where Zhao Chen was.
The two armies collided, and instantly they were overturned.
Zhao Chen's square formation was rushed away, and the cavalry he was leading was intercepted.
At this moment, Zhao Chen was exposed to Qianzhao's vision.
He aimed his move at the right moment, quickly drew his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot an arrow at Zhao Chen.
The arrow was like a shooting star, whizzing through the crowd and heading straight for Zhao Chen.
When Zhao Chen glanced out of the corner of his eye, he was shocked, but he had no time to react. He could only turn around and expose his arms to resist.
The arrow hit Zhao Chen's left arm directly, and the arrow pierced through.
A sharp stinging pain reached Zhao Chen's mind, and blood dripped down his arm onto the loess.
Zhao Chen gritted his teeth and stood firmly with his right hand folded in his arms.
He can't fall! Once he falls, the army is finished.
Lu Xun on the side was a little flustered and at a loss.
Upon seeing this, the group of 100 people immediately gathered around Zhao Chen again.
Zhao Chen turned around and said to Lu Xun: "Today is the second lesson you have learned. Face it bravely and shoulder responsibility. Don't worry so much now. Look to the north to see if there is an army coming."
Lu Xun hurriedly looked to the north, but there was no sign of any large army on the horizon.
"Sir, no army is coming!"
Zhao Chen checked Lu Xun's information again in confusion, feeling a little panicked.
Normally, he would sit in the camp and command the army in battle. He had never been deeply involved. Even when he was attacked by Zang Ba last time, Zhao Chen never felt panicked. He only needed to evacuate in an orderly manner.
But at this moment, he was facing an army of ten thousand, and he only had a thousand men.
Looking at the enemy troops all around, the sense of oppression and fear cannot be understood without experience.
But Zhao Chen could not retreat. Zhang Fei and Chen Dao who were far away in Yingling were dragging Yuan Tan. Zhang Liao nearby was dragging Linzi's 10,000 troops. He was dragging Linzi's 5,000 troops, all in order to make Xu Sheng Sneak attack on Linzi.
Once he withdraws, there will be no more fire signals, and Xu Sheng will no longer be able to attack Linzi.
The ten groups of 100 people in front of them are getting tired and their numbers are decreasing.
Zhao Chen could only pray silently that Zhang Liao would arrive soon.
Night is approaching, and the momentum of the army has dropped to freezing point.
Zhao Chen could see a trace of despair in the soldiers' eyes.
"Is it possible to die before leaving the army?"
Zhao Chen laughed at himself.
Before he finished speaking, the ground suddenly shook.
Lu Xun followed the sound and saw the dust flying in the north. A cavalry was coming here under the banner of "Zhang".
"Sir, there is a cavalry."
Zhao Chen was overjoyed and looked along Lu Xun's hand.
"General Wenyuan is here and we are saved."
Sure enough, it was Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan who came, followed by an army of 10,000 high-ranking officials.
Zhang Liao rushed over, saw both sides of the melee clearly, and immediately led his troops to charge towards them.
The army of senior officials followed after a while, and together with the army, they had the potential to surround them.
A thousand cavalry led by Zhang Liao charged into the Qianzhao army aggressively, and dispersed the Qianzhao army in just one round.
The pressure on Zhao Chen's thousand-man team dropped sharply.
When the two armies met, Zhang Liao frowned when he saw that Zhao Chen's left arm was injured.
Zhao Chen smiled and said: "No problem, quickly rectify the troops and kill them out."
Seeing that the army was about to be surrounded by senior officials and Qianzhao.
He hurriedly ordered to light the fire and throw it on fire.
I saw all kinds of strange things in the hands of the thousands of people, immediately turned into burning torches and fireballs, and they were thrown towards Qianzhao and the army of senior officials.
The two armies of Yuan Tan did not expect such a fire attack at all, and were caught off guard. The horses were frightened and fled in all directions. The infantry was forced to give way, and the team instantly fell into chaos.
Taking advantage of the chaos, Zhao Chen, Lu Xun and Zhang Liao fought their way out.
Zhao Chen immediately said: "Wen Yuan, quickly lead the army to attack Linzi, Zixiang is still attacking the city."
Zhang Liao suddenly understood that Zhao Chen's purpose of risking his life was to attract the remaining troops in Linzi City so that Xu Sheng could make a sneak attack.
If he had said it when he made the plan, Zhang Liao would never have agreed to Zhao Chen taking such a risk and using his weak body to seduce the Linzi defenders. If anything went wrong, wouldn't it be a small loss but a big loss!
At this moment, in Linzi, twenty miles away, Xu Sheng led the army lying on the west side of Linzi, staring intently at the east.
Suddenly, there was a faint light of fire in the east. Xu Sheng was so happy that he immediately ordered an attack on the city.
The soldiers took advantage of the darkness and quietly reached the foot of Linzi City.
The soldiers in Linzi City are now all paying attention to the fire to the east.
Xin Ping was still worried about whether General Qianzhao could capture Zhao Chen, but he didn't know that danger was approaching quietly from behind.
Xu Sheng took the lead, raised his bow and shot three arrows at the soldiers guarding the city, and the soldiers accompanying him followed suit.
Suddenly, many corpses fell on the city, and the west gate of Linzi City became a deserted gate.
Then, Xu Sheng took the lead in showing his flying hook, hung it on the parapet, and climbed up quickly.
The defenders who had just reacted had no time to draw their swords and were cut down by Xu Sheng.
A quarter of an hour later, Xu Sheng took control of the west gate of Linzi.
He left a few brothers to watch, and the rest followed him to raid the east gate to greet Zhao Chen and Zhang Liao.
No one in Linzi City can rival Xu Sheng now, and the two generals guarding the city were lured away by Zhao Chen's scheme.
Xin Ping never understood until his death how Xu Sheng's troops came unexpectedly behind him and entered the city.
It only took more than an hour for Linzi City to change its tactics, and all the more than 3,000 soldiers remaining in the city surrendered.
Xu Sheng stood at the top of the city, his eyes fixed on the east.
After a while, I saw a group of people coming, carrying the banner with the word "Zhang" and the word "Zhao".
It was Zhao Chen and Zhang Liao.
Xu Sheng recognized the visitor and hurriedly welcomed him into the city.
Zhao Chen was overjoyed when he saw Xu Sheng. He finally had Linzi in his hands without any danger.
Then the high-ranking cadres and troops who arrived later saw that the city gate was closed and no one answered, so they shouted: "Mr. Zhongzhi, open the city gate quickly!"
Even after calling three times, no one was seen.
Just as he was about to shout again, the big flag with the word "Zhao" was lit up on the city.
"Stop shouting, he won't hear you anymore."
Qianzhao exclaimed: "Zhao Chen, why are you in the city!"
Zhao Chen smiled and said: "As you can see, Linzi City is already in my hands."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Liao and Xu Sheng appeared on the side one after another, and their archers aimed at the more than 10,000 troops under the city.
When the senior officials saw this, they understood the reason.
"Zijing, we fell into Zhao Chen's plan of diverting the tiger away from the mountain. Now that Linzi City is lost, I'm afraid we won't be able to capture it with our troops. Mr. Yuan is in Yingling, so why don't we go to Yingling to meet him quickly, and then we can do it again Intend."
Qianzhao had no choice but to naturally agree with the senior cadre's suggestion.
Facing the dense crowds of bows and arrows on the city, one cannot risk an attack.
The two men led the army toward Yingling in dejection.
