As expected, whatever you worry about will come true.
The news that Zhao Chen had raided Linzi and defeated Qianzhao and the senior officials spread throughout several counties within a few days following the deserters in Linzi.
This shocked the governors and ministers of the country, and they all raised troops to recapture Linzi.
The scout reported to Xu Sheng, and Xu Sheng was secretly troubled.
On the other hand, Lu Xun, who was fourteen years old, remained calm and composed in the face of the incoming army.
He said to Xu Sheng: "General Zixiang, don't worry. Since you allow us to guard this city, you have a reason. Let's see how the surrounding counties use their troops."
Facing the calm and confident Lu Xun, Xu Sheng suddenly began to blame himself. After all, he was also a experienced warrior. How could he be weaker than a scholar who was still an apprentice?
The news that Zhao Chen had taken Linzi also reached the ears of Yuan Tan who was far away in Yingling.
Yuan Tan was furious and cursed: "Zhao Chen, my son, dares to sneak attack Linzi, you and I are at odds with each other!"
He immediately ordered to prepare to march westward and retake Linzi.
Kong Shun suddenly suggested: "If the young master returns to Linzi at this time, he will be easily attacked by the wave of people outside the city. It is better to concentrate our troops and attack the people outside the city."
Kong Shun and Hua Yan are Yuan Tan's confidants.
When Yuan Tan heard about it, he was furious: "Who are the people attacking outside the city? Linzi City is to the west, and Zhao Chen is also to the west. We will seek revenge from Zhao Chen, and naturally we will take back Linzi."
But when Kong Shun faced Yuan Tan's scolding, instead of being resentful, Kong Shun smiled and explained: "Master, please don't be anxious, and please think carefully, if Zhao Chen is far away in Linzi to the west, then the man with the word Zhao outside the city Who is the flag bearer?"
After being reminded by Kong Shun, Yuan Tan suddenly came to his senses: "You mean there are also Zhao Chen's troops outside the city, but they are just pretending to be Zhao Chen. It's really Zhao Chen who took a detour to attack Linzi?"
Kong Shun nodded and replied: "Master, do you think it's strange? Zhao Chen came all the way, and the food and grass supplies were naturally not as good as our army. But since he set up camp outside the city that day, he has not been in a hurry to attack the city, but has been leisurely and comfortable. They walked around outside the city for a few times and then returned to the camp to stay, as if Yingling City had nothing to do with them."
Yuan Tan savored Kong Shun's words carefully and finally came to a shocking conclusion: "The person outside the city is definitely not Zhao Chen. He is just using the banner of Zhao Chen to attract our attention."
"Of course! We have already heard about Zhao Chen's resourcefulness last year. My lord and Cao Cao had differences over the matter of kidnapping the emperor, and they fought each other, but the outcome was still inconclusive. However, Zhao Chen was able to easily defeat Cao Cao's 100,000-strong army. Therefore, I think that instead of marching westward and having a head-on confrontation with Zhao Chen whose outcome is uncertain, it is better to attack the fake Zhao Chen eastward and defeat him with one blow. What do you think, Master?"
Kong Shun's contrary approach was indeed refreshing. Yuan Tan thought for a long time and said with a smile: "Your suggestion is exactly what I want. Why don't we attack the fake Zhao Chen's camp in the east tonight."
Kong Shun was happy to see Yuan Tan adopt his opinion. He thought that if the attack was successful tonight, he would be the first to take the lead. In the future, his status in front of Yuan Tan would be further improved and he could defeat the self-righteous guys around him.
He smiled and said: "Young Master is wise. The fake Zhao Chen camp is now backed by Wenshui River and Zhenshan Mountain. There are only two ways out from the north and west. In order to prevent unexpected events, I suggest that the troops be divided into three groups, with 10,000 people in each group. Two groups besieged the fake Zhao Chen's camp from the west and north respectively. By then, the fake Zhao Chen would have no way out. The other group was guarding the camp mausoleum. No one was allowed to open the door except to see the young master. Zhao Chen was good at Pretending to be a defeated army and deceiving the city gates to open, the young master must not fall into this trap again."
Yuan Tan heard this and laughed wildly: "That's great!"
Immediately ordered the soldiers who stayed behind to defend the army. Except when they returned, they would shoot random arrows at anyone who came.
That night.
Yuan Tan divided his troops into two groups according to his plan and attacked Cheng Yu's camp.
The two armies quickly approached the camp. Yuan Tan couldn't help but feel overjoyed when he saw the lights in the tents in the fake Zhao Chen camp were flickering, the camp flags were fluttering, and some personnel were patrolling back and forth.
This attack seems certain to be successful. Such a large camp only has a few thousand people at most, which is far less than the 10,000 troops behind him and the 10,000 reinforcements from the north.
If an army of 20,000 were to deal with a fake Zhao Chen, wouldn't it be easy to capture him?
I saw Yuan Tan giving an order, and the soldiers behind him lit rockets and fired them towards Cheng Yu's camp.
The people in the north saw this and followed suit.
Suddenly, thousands of rockets fell from the sky to the northwest and fell into Cheng Yu's camp.
The tents of the camp, which were partly straw and some wood, were hit by rockets and instantly burst into flames.
From a distance, fire was ravaging the fake Zhao Chen's camp, and several patrol officers were swallowed up by the fire in Yuan Tan's eyes.
Yuan Tan roared, and the 10,000-strong army stormed the fake Zhao Chen's camp with great momentum, slashing and killing them wantonly.
Finally, I poured out the momentum accumulated over the past few days.
But just halfway through, everyone realized that there was no one in the camp, and all they were killing were burning scarecrows.
There were just piles of weeds in the tents everywhere. From outside the tents, it looked like there were many people inside.
"not good!"
Yuan Tan suddenly realized that he had fallen into a trap. This was an empty camp.
He hurriedly ordered a retreat, preparing to withdraw from the camp and return to Yingling.
Before they reached the gate of the camp, suddenly another string of rockets was fired from the gate of the camp, and the rockets ignited the straw and wood on the ground.
The fire blocked Yuan Tan's retreat, and Yuan Tan had to find another way out.
Without allowing Yuan Tan to search, another batch of arrows fell from the sky and hit the straw piles in the camp.
The weather was dry and dry, and the rocket added another fire to the camp, directly burning Yuan Tan's army until they could not open their eyes.
Yuan Tan got wise in his haste and shouted in a hurry: "Go to the north quickly and join the other army!"
Everyone reacted and formed a team to clear the way, deflecting the fire and finding a way out.
But how can people outside the camp let Yuan Tan get his wish?
There was a sound of war horses neighing, and suddenly a bearded war general led thousands of people into the camp and slaughtered Yuan Tan's army wantonly.
Just listen to the bearded general yell: "Zhang Yide from Yan is here, why don't you surrender quickly?"
The sound is like a loud bell, deafening and enlightening.
Everyone was already panicked by the fire and was killed for a while by Zhang Fei's army. They lost their fighting spirit and knelt down one after another to surrender.
Those who did not surrender could not resist for a few rounds before being captured by Zhang Fei's army.
When Yuan Tan saw this, he didn't care about gathering the remaining soldiers, and directly led his trusted followers to the north while taking advantage of the chaos.
Zhang Fei led the army to continue the pursuit, biting Yuan Tan tightly.
To the north of the camp, I just saw the chaos in the camp and thought that Yuan Tan had led an army to attack Zheng Zheng.
The leader also led 10,000 troops into the camp.
After just a few sections, I realized something was wrong with the camp.
It's too late now.
Behind the 10,000-strong army appeared a handsome spiritual warrior, carrying a seven-foot spear, dismounting from a white horse, wearing a cloak, and it was Chen Daoye.
I saw Chen Dao leading a thousand cavalry and rushing into the camp first, followed by three thousand infantry who followed slowly and steadily.
When one thousand cavalry saw Yuan Tan's troops in chaos in the camp, like a shark seeing blood or a bone spirit seeing Tang Monk, they arbitrarily killed the 10,000-strong army with the attitude of a hungry wolf pouncing on food.
The army was dispersed by Chen's cavalry before they had time to react, and was then shot down by the following infantry.
A set of processes, like flowing clouds and flowing water, without any unnecessary movements, sharp and terrifying.
Ten thousand horses and horses accounted for 50% of the casualties.
Who would have expected that Yuan Tan's sudden attack would be ambushed!
