The sound of killing shook the sky!
The soldiers looked at Huang Zushen's soldiers, and they roared and killed them one by one.
Huang Zu and his guards rode on war horses and rushed through dozens of camps in the blink of an eye.
Without thinking, Huang Zu almost immediately reined in his horse.
has a problem!
There is definitely a problem!
Everyone rushed into this position, but they still didn’t see the Jiangdong patrolling soldiers!
Huang Zu's face turned pale almost instantly.
As a battle-hardened general, he was too familiar with all this.
Just like when he ambushed Sun Jian.
When Sun Jian chased him and entered the ambush area, he also had a premonition that something was not going to happen and wanted to withdraw.
But by the time I realized it, it was already too late.
Because the army behind him has now become a reminder!
Huang Zu turned around and looked at the more than 10,000 Jiangxia and Jiangling coalition forces who followed him in, with a look of regret and self-blame.
I can't take them back.
Countless families, parents, wives and children will all hate themselves for their incompetence forever, right?
At this moment, behind the tents on both sides, in the darkness, countless black shadows attacked Huang Zu and his personal guards, as well as the soldiers from Jiangxia and Jiangling in the front.
A personal guard raised his head, his eyes narrowed slightly.
It's a rain of arrows!
The rain of arrows covered the sky like locusts!
Behind the camps on both sides, thousands of archers were ambushing in the darkness!
The Jiangdong army camp was dark everywhere and there were no fires, not because they were taking precautions, but because they wanted to ambush the archers to prevent enemy attacks.
The closer they got to Xiangyang, the two veterans Cheng Pu and Zhu Zhi became more cautious.
Before setting up camp, they always sent infantry.
As they approached Xiangyang, they were replaced by archers, the top soldiers who specialized in guarding against enemy attacks.
Shooting the enemy's head soldier will cause the enemy's attack to instantly stop, causing a subsequent stampede of the enemy's army, affecting the enemy's continued rapid attack, thus giving your own soldiers time to counterattack quickly.
However, even Cheng Pu and Zhu Zhi did not expect that the head of the enemy attack would be Huang Zu and his personal guards!
Under a wave of arrows that had been ambushed for a long time, Huang Zu and his personal guards were all shot and killed on the spot!
The sudden change caused the Jiangxia and Jiangling coalition forces to freeze for an instant.
The coalition forces that continued to rush into the depths of the Jiangdong military camp stopped in their tracks.
The next moment, everyone ran away madly behind them.
"Prefect Huang is dead!"
"Prefect Huang was shot!"
"The enemy has an ambush!"
The frantic flight of the soldiers at the front of the coalition forces made it impossible for the coalition forces rushing in from the rear to move forward or retreat!
The soldiers in the rear of the coalition forces were still rushing forward.
They had no idea what was happening ahead.
The Jiangxia and Jiangling coalition forces were in chaos at the entrance to the Jiangdong army camp.
In the Jiangdong army camp, the soldiers who heard the sound of fighting woke up from their sleep.
During the march, they all slept in their clothes.
As soon as they woke up, they rushed out of the camp quickly.
The enemy didn't come up to kill him.
Cheng Pu is in charge of commanding the night patrol tonight.
Hearing the noise, he rushed out of the tent without saying a word and asked the soldiers to give the order to beat the war drums. Using the tactics they usually trained to deal with enemy attacks, all the soldiers used the tent as a unit to quickly gather in the direction of the sound of fighting and kill them. !
Seeing the Jiangxia and Jiangling coalition forces at the entrance of the camp, the Jiangdong army woke up and immediately launched a fierce attack.
Han Xuan was still in the middle of the coalition at this time.
He never liked to charge into battle.
Only after knowing that Jiangdong's army was killed did he understand what happened!
He hurriedly ordered the troops to launch orders to stabilize the coalition forces.
However, Huang Zu, one of the former commanders, was shot dead on the spot. Later, Jiangdong's army was awakened and attacked from all directions. The coalition soldiers were already in chaos. How could anyone listen to him?
Even though he killed more than a dozen coalition soldiers who hurriedly fled from him, he could not stop the chaos.
On the contrary, the chaotic coalition forces fled backward faster and faster.
Seeing that it was obvious that they could not curb the retreat of the coalition forces, Han Xuan's personal guards hurriedly surrounded Han Xuan and ran towards Xiangyang City.
They don't even ride their horses anymore!
Crowds of people.
The war horse cannot run wildly at all.
Han Xuan, escorted by his personal guards, retreated wildly while looking back from time to time.
Looking in the distance, Jiangdong's army had already rushed out of the camp. The coalition soldiers dropped their weapons one after another, and Han Xuan's heart was bleeding.
It’s over!
Completely finished!
I, the governor of Jiangling, have done my best!
The coalition forces retreated for nearly ten miles, and the originally chaotic situation disappeared.
However, they still did not dare to stop.
The sound of fighting from Jiangdong's army could still be heard from behind.
After running for five miles again, the coalition soldiers stopped.
At this time, there were only a few thousand coalition soldiers following behind.
Many people ran for fifteen miles in a row. There was no reaction just now. At this time, their legs and feet became weak and they fell to the ground, shaking all over.
Han Xuan was not much better.
However, he was still breathing a sigh of relief.
He was estimating the number of soldiers who had escaped.
However, before he could finish his assessment, countless torches suddenly lit up in the darkness ahead.
It's an army!
Countless armies!
At a glance, tens of thousands of people!
He led hundreds of people, all wearing armor and riding war horses.
It was Taishi Ci, Xu Shu, and the personal guards.
Taishi Ci was riding on a war horse, holding two short halberds in both hands. He looked at Han Xuan with a smile and said, "The person who comes is Han Xuan, the governor of Jiangling? Taishi Ci, the captain of Yuzhang, has been waiting here for a long time!"
After saying that, he galloped forward on horseback alone.
Han Xuan and the coalition soldiers around him had just experienced life and death, and they were all exhausted.
Now they are suddenly blocked again, and everyone is desperate and sluggish.
Taishi Ci came to Han Xuan!
Han Xuan watched Taishi Ci raise his two short halberds and shouted in horror: "General, spare your life, I wish-"
Before he could finish his words, Taishi Ci stabbed his face with a short halberd, sending his body flying several meters away!
Han Xuan's body hit the ground hard, splashing dust all over the ground.
Taishi Ci reined in his horse, looked down at all the coalition forces, and said coldly: "All surrendered! Anyone who disobeys will be killed without mercy!"
The remaining coalition soldiers threw away their weapons and fell to the ground.
Taishi Ci asked the soldiers to hand over all the weapons of the coalition forces.
At this time, Cheng Pu also led the Jiangdong army to catch up.
Cheng Pu also saw the sudden fire in the distance.
However, he was not sure who it was and worried that it might be Liu Pan's army, so he slowed down and gathered thousands of troops before chasing after him.
Seeing that it was Tai Shici, Cheng Pu laughed loudly, rode up on his horse and said, "Zi Yi, you're well on your way!"
Taishi Ci also rode up to meet him.
The two met, looked at each other and laughed.
Xu Shuce came immediately and said, "Approximately how many troops are there in the coalition army?"
Cheng Pu said: "I estimate that there are seven or eight thousand people captured there. Among those killed in battle, there are at least one or two thousand people."
Xu Shu said: "So many prisoners? I have a plan, maybe I can win over Liu Pan! As long as Liu Pan is killed, the destruction of Xiangyang City will be just around the corner."
Cheng Pu and Tai Shici saw this and looked over.
Cheng Pu said excitedly: "What's the plan?"
Xu Shu said: "Before, we rushed outside Xiangyang City and saw that Liu Pan's army was still stationed under the city and did not enter the city. However, the Jiangxia and Jiangling coalition forces had actually come to attack our main Jiangdong army."
"This shows that the Jiangxia and Jiangling coalition forces have probably reached a reconciliation with Liu Pan, so the coalition forces dared to attack our main army at night regardless of Liu Pan's army behind them."
Cheng Pu and Tai Shi Ci nodded in unison.
Xu Shu continued: "But Liu Pan's army did not enter the city, and they still camped outside the city without any cover. This shows that Liu Pan's army has not reached an agreement with the city."
"If an agreement is reached, then the best way for Liu Pan's army to set up camp is to choose a remote place outside the main road outside Xiangyang City, forming a dichotomy with the city."
"Once our Jiangdong army arrives, no matter where our Jiangdong army attacks first, they will have reinforcements to support them."
Cheng Pu said: "That's the truth."
Xu Shu said: "My plan is to have our soldiers immediately change into the clothes of the captured coalition soldiers, and rush to meet Liu Pan's army under the flag of the coalition forces."
"Liu Pan's army will definitely not expect that the coalition forces will be completely wiped out."
"As soon as we met Liu Pan's army, we immediately launched an attack."
"Liu Pan's army is not prepared and will definitely be killed by us in panic."
Looking at Cheng Pu, Xu Shu said: "Captain Zuo, please inform the military advisors and ask them to lead the army to extinguish the lights and move forward secretly under the moonlight. They will be about five miles behind us."
"When you hear the sound of fighting, speed up and charge forward."
Cheng Pu nodded heavily and said: "What a good plan!"
Taishi Ci smiled and said: "Then what are you waiting for? Take action immediately!"
Everyone immediately took action.
Cheng Pu immediately rushed back, found Chen Deng and Zhu Zhi, and told Xu Shu's plan.
Both Chen Deng and Heng Jie thought it was feasible.
Therefore, the more than 10,000 troops led by Taishi Ci all changed into the clothes and flags of the Jiangxia and Jiangling coalition forces and took the lead.
Chen Deng asked veteran general Song Qian to lead three thousand soldiers to clean up the battlefield in the rear and manage the prisoners.
He personally led more than 47,000 other soldiers to extinguish the lights. After Taishi Ci's army left, they estimated that they were five miles away before following them.
On the wall of Xiangyang City.
Cai Mao was patrolling with a group of soldiers from Jingzhou.
Looking down at Liu Pan's army outside the city, a look of relief appeared on his tired face.
Being surrounded by Liu Pan these days, he didn't dare to sleep well.
At dark time before, Huang Zu, the commander-in-chief of the Jiangxia reinforcements outside the city, sent an envoy into the city to inform him that he had reached a settlement with Liu Pan and would jointly fight against the incoming Jiangdong army.
At present, the Jiangxia and Jiangling coalition forces have gone to attack the Jiangdong army at night.
This is a good thing.
Once united, Xiangyang City would not only be freed from the danger of being surrounded, but also have this large army to block Jiangdong.
If used well, Wenpin, who was guarding Jingbei, could also accept the fact that Liu Cong had taken over the position of Jingzhou Mu.
So, although Jingzhou temporarily lost Jiangxia and Jiangling counties, Jingzhou has regained stability.
There will be plenty of opportunities to regain lost territory in the future.
Therefore, after receiving the news from Huang Zu's envoy, he fell asleep directly.
But now, he just woke up and came to patrol.
Cai Mao smiled happily when he saw Liu Pan's camp brightly lit outside the city.
This army of confidants trained by Liu Biao's bitch is still very scary as an enemy.
But as a friendly force, it is very reassuring.
When the Jiangxia and Jiangling coalition forces come back, at dawn tomorrow, open the city gate and let Liu Pan and others in.
At this moment, countless fires appeared outside the city in the south.
The fire kept getting closer.
Finally, Cai Mao and others saw clearly what the fire was.
It's the coalition of Jiangxia and Jiangling!
A general pointed at the coalition flag and said with a smile: "It seems that Governor Huang Zu succeeded in attacking the Jiangdong army at night. Judging from their military discipline, they are neat and orderly. Moreover, you can see a lot of blood on the flags and clothes."
Cai Mao said with a matter-of-fact expression: "Of course! Even though Huang Zu is old, he is a veteran who has been on the battlefield! Not to mention Jiangdong now, even when he faced Sun Jian, he was not afraid at all, and even killed him He killed Sun Jian, forced the elite troops brought by Sun Jian to fall apart, and finally took advantage of Yuan Shu."
All the generals nodded.
Cai Mao turned around and said to them: "Go back to the general's mansion one by one, and inform the servants to prepare a banquet. Early tomorrow morning, I want to celebrate the success of Grand Administrator Huang Zu and his companions!"
(End of chapter)
