It is said that Yan Liang led his army to Xi'an County, but found that Zhao Chen had already set up camp outside the city.
Yan Liang was surprised and immediately led his people to explore the camp.
Zhao Chen's camp surprised Yan Liang and others.
I saw that the camp did not have the strong demeanor of the rumored general at all, but was disorganized and messy.
Yan Liang immediately mocked Zhao Chen, and despite Jushou's objections, made a plan to attack the camp tonight.
Jushou had no choice but to agree.
In fact, when Yuan Shao ordered Yan Liang to lead the army, Ju Shou objected.
He once said to Yuan Shao: "Yan Liang has a narrow personality. Although he is brave, he cannot be allowed to serve as a general alone."
However, Yuan Shao refused and still appointed Yan Liang as general to lead the army to aid Yuan Tan.
Now it seems that Yan Liang's character flaws have been fully exposed, and he underestimated the enemy before the war started. Moreover, the opponent was Zhao Chen and Zhao Houde, who were already famous in the Central Plains.
At this moment, Zhao Chen was busy arranging the next matters in the camp.
Zhang Liao and Chen Dao each led 2,000 troops and headed east of the camp.
The remaining soldiers still maintain the status quo and are waiting in the camp for tomorrow's decisive battle.
The news has been sent to Yan Liang.
Yan Liang smiled and said: "The generals retreated before the war started. Is this what the commander did?"
Zhang He and Ju Shou also didn't understand Zhao Chen's purpose.
However, Jushou still advised Yan Liang not to act rashly, because Zhao Chen might have a conspiracy in his actions, so as not to fall into the trap.
Yan Liang didn't obey, but smiled and said that he was timid and cautious.
That night.
The moon and stars are sparse.
The people in the city have fallen asleep peacefully.
The east gate of Xi'an County opened quietly, and an army of ten thousand people poured out of the county. The leader's banner had the word "Zhang" written on one side and the word "Yan" on the other.
Two groups of people sneaked outside Zhao Chen's camp.
Seeing that Zhao Chen's camp was still in disarray, Yan Liang smiled disdainfully: "Jushou is short-sighted and Zhao Chen is incompetent. Watch me make a great contribution tonight. Brothers, follow me and rush into the camp to capture Zhao Chen alive!"
Yan Liang gave an order, and the army moved upon hearing the wind. Ten thousand people suddenly rushed towards Zhao Chen's camp.
For a moment, killing cries shook the sky.
When the soldiers in Zhao Chen's camp saw this, they were frightened and hurriedly abandoned their weapons and ran away.
"Zhao Chen" in the main camp tent smiled slightly when he saw the outsiders in the camp, and hurriedly mounted his horse.
Holding a sword in his left hand and a rein in his right hand, he met Yan Liang face to face. After only three rounds, he was defeated and left in a hurry with his army.
Yan Liang's army entered Zhao Chen's camp without any resistance, and captured the camp almost without a fight, seizing countless equipment and food in the camp.
Yan Liang and Zhang He met together and searched for traces of Zhao Chen.
Sure enough, outside the camp not far away, I saw Zhao Chen leading his troops to escape.
Yan Liang smiled wildly and said: "The man who is also known as the strongest resourceful man in the Central Plains is so vulnerable. He was defeated for a while without even meeting him."
Although Zhang He felt strange that this matter went too smoothly, after all, there was no loss and he didn't say anything more.
The two were about to lead the army back to the city when they suddenly saw a general who had been killed yesterday, under the banner of "Zhang", it was Zhang Liao.
Yan Liang didn't take it seriously at all, and faced him with his gun.
After only three rounds, Zhang Liao was defeated and hurriedly headed towards the "Zhao Chen" army not far away.
Yan Liang smiled and said: "It turns out that Zhao Chen arranged an ambush, but it's a pity that he is so vulnerable, what can he do to me?"
Therefore, Zhang Liao's defeat aroused Yan Liang's greed.
Yan Liang saw that "Zhao Chen" and Zhang Liao's army were not large in number, so he led his army of cronies to pursue them.
When Zhang He saw this, he screamed secretly, fearing that there was an ambush.
Just listen to Yan Liang reply: "This is an ambush, there is no way to defeat anyone."
Zhang He had no choice but to lead the army to follow.
Two people and two horses charged forward, chasing "Zhao Chen"'s army.
Seeing Yan Liang chasing after him, "Zhao Chen's" army fled all the way to the north.
To the north are Bochang and Le'an counties, which are the boundaries of Yuan Tan.
Yan Liang was overjoyed when he saw "Zhao Chen" panicking, and his excitement became even stronger.
The two armies chased each other and ran for more than thirty miles.
The news of Yan Liang's surprise attack on Zhao Chen's camp was immediately sent to Ju Shou.
Jushou was slightly startled, thinking, could it be that Zhao Chen really didn't live up to his name?
But he vaguely felt that something was wrong, so he immediately wrote a letter and ordered it to be sent to Yan Liang.
When dawn breaks in the east, the army is naturally hungry.
However, Yan Liang's army could no longer see any trace of "Zhao Chen"'s army.
Yan Liang was a little angry: "Zhao Chen is nothing else. He runs very fast. If he had been slower, he would have caught up last night."
Immediately, Yan Liang ordered the army to rest on the spot and make fire and cook food.
Zhang He took the opportunity to suggest: "General, now that Zhao Chen's army has disappeared, why don't we go back to Xi'an first and meet Mr. Jushou before we discuss it. After all, we haven't met Mr. Yuan yet, so we can't give an explanation to the Lord."
Yan Liang thought for a moment, thinking that it seemed that the traces of Zhao Chen's army would not be quickly discovered by pursuing now, so maybe it would be more appropriate to go back.
He then said: "Just as Jun Yi said, we will return when the soldiers have filled their stomachs."
Zhang He was relieved when he saw that Yan Liang agreed. After all, he still didn't want to believe that Zhao Chen's army was so vulnerable.
Just last night's surprise attack defeated an army of 10,000 men. Judging from the march, Zhao Chen probably only has less than 5,000 men in his hands, and the number may still be reduced.
As soon as the two of them finished speaking, suddenly, a general came from the east and hung a flag with the word "Chen".
Yan Liang was shocked, and he and Zhang He hurriedly responded.
"Come and take your life!"
The visitor shouted: "I am Chen Daoye, who is under Zhao Chen's tent! If you dare to chase my military advisor Zhao Chen, Yan Liang will come out and die!"
When Yan Liang heard this, his anger was instantly ignited: "I wanted to let you go, but now I'm here to die and watch the gun!"
Yan Liang mounted his horse with a gun and went straight to Chen Dao.
The two fought for more than ten rounds, with neither winning nor losing.
Yan Liang became interested, and the shooting skills in his hands became more and more fierce, and the gunfire was scattered everywhere.
Seeing that his goal was achieved, Chen Dao fired a false shot and hurriedly led the army towards the north.
How could Yan Liang, who had just been hit hard in his heart, let go of Chen Dao? Without looking back, he rushed after Chen Dao's horse.
When Zhang He saw this, he exclaimed that it was not good and hurriedly led his army to follow Yan Liang's horses and left all the way.
Unfortunately, the infantry was not as fast as the cavalry, so Zhang He had to lead the cavalry in pursuit first, allowing the infantry to advance quickly.
After chasing for about ten miles, Chen Dao's army had already disappeared without a trace.
Yan Liang had no choice but to rein in his horse and angrily said: "Cowardly little fellow!"
Looking down, I saw that the ground was full of burnt black holes.
He ordered his soldiers to count how many holes there were.
The soldier replied: "General, there are more than five hundred holes in total!"
Yan Liang laughed.
At this time Zhang He happened to arrive and asked what was going on.
Yan Liang pointed to the black hole on the ground with a smile and said: "This is the army's cooking stove. One stove can make food for ten people. Zhao Chen's army saw how ferocious we were, and there were actually deserters in the army. Previously, there were 800 stoves in the camp outside Xi'an. , now there are only more than 500 stoves here, and a full 300 stoves are missing. I am afraid that there are at least 3,000 deserters."
Zhang He confirmed again that it was indeed the case.
Yan Liang immediately decided to continue the pursuit.
Just at this time, the scouts from the front came to report that traces of "Zhao Chen's" army were seen ten miles away.
Yan Liang was overjoyed and ordered his army to abandon their baggage. He also ordered five thousand cavalry and three thousand infantry to use light chariots, carrying only two days' rations, and pursued them quickly.
Wouldn't it be a pity if it was too late and "Zhao Chen" ran away?
Zhang He vaguely felt that there was something fishy about this matter, but he didn't know what the problem was, so he had to follow Yan Liang all the way.
