Dong Zhuo seemed to be taking strict precautions against the enemy's night attack, but in fact he didn't take it to heart.
The reason is very simple. Both sides suffered heavy casualties in the daytime battle, and the soldiers were exhausted. Why did the coalition forces dare to rob the camp at this time?
And this just shows Guo Jia's brilliance.
Although Zhang Liao only had 5,000 troops under his command, he broke through the camp gate immediately. Wherever they went, they encountered no fierce resistance at all.
After learning about tomorrow's shift, most of the Xiliang soldiers began to pack their bags after dinner. At this time, it was two or three o'clock in the morning, and everyone was sleeping soundly.
As for the soldiers in charge of night patrol, they were all eager to return home and began to pack their bags during the gap between rotations.
There seemed to be 5,000 Xiliang troops on night patrol, but the actual number was less than 3,000, and they were scattered around the camp.
Therefore, when Zhang Liao led his army to charge in, the Xiliang army had no time to react and was unable to form an effective resistance. Zhang Liao broke through the camp and killed them.
Suddenly, the originally extremely silent camp began to become noisy.
Tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers woke up from their sleep, and their first reaction was to get up and look for weapons.
But the camp is so big, and if everyone moves together, stampedes will inevitably occur.
If you accidentally fall down at this time, you will never get up again. In the end, you are likely to end up like Cai Yan's fiancé, reduced to a piece of meat under other people's feet.
As for Zhang Liao who rushed into the camp, although he killed easily and happily, he soon encountered difficulties.
There were too many enemy troops, and the rebels dispersed in a swarm. As a result, he couldn't tell the direction, let alone where Dong Zhuo's Chinese army was.
But fortunately, Guo Jia pointed out the direction before taking action.
The general just rushes and kills, just remember to leave a way out!
Guo Jia understood that even if Zhang Liao's five thousand troops could successfully break into the enemy camp, they would never be able to reach Dong Zhuo and would still have to withdraw. If you can turn the enemy into a mess, your goal has been achieved.
After all, the Xiliang cavalry are the best in the world. Even if they are caught off guard in a hurry, they will definitely be able to organize an effective counterattack over time.
However, Zhang Liao didn't want to be so angry. While looking around, he suddenly saw a big tent not far away and was immediately overjoyed.
A tent of this size must contain a senior general of the Xiliang Army!
"Fight in!"
Zhang Liao shouted and rushed over with his elite soldiers.
Facts have proved that Zhang Liao's guess was right.
This tent is naturally not Dong Zhuo's large tent of the Chinese army, but it is where Xiliang Military Academy Lieutenant Zhang Ji lives.
Fortunately, Zhang Jicai had just fallen asleep at this time. He was awakened as soon as Zhang Liao broke through the camp. He hurriedly got up and put on his clothes, and at the same time ordered his soldiers to check the situation.
But after all, he did not wait for the return of his personal soldiers, but instead waited for Zhang Liao's charge.
"Retreat, retreat quickly!"
Zhang Ji was shocked and shouted at his soldiers.
In the messy camp, a well-organized team rushed towards him, and he knew it was the enemy.
Unfortunately it was too late.
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Liao rushed in front of him.
Under the critical situation, Zhang Ji's soldiers rushed to the front, trying to give Zhang Ji time to retreat.
But the hastily organized team was no match for Zhang Liao. In just a moment, they were all killed and wounded.
Fortunately, taking advantage of this gap, Zhang Ji had already ran a hundred meters away.
The direction he ran in was also very clear, it was Zhang Xiu's tent.
In panic, his first reaction was to look for his nephew.
"Chase!"
Seeing Zhang Ji escape, Zhang Liao frowned and gave the pursuit order without hesitation.
Unfortunately, before he could charge again, a group of soldiers suddenly appeared in front of him.
These rebels were not loyal and brave enough to rush up to resist Zhang Liao. They just lost their way in panic and just arrived here while running.
Seeing that the way forward was blocked, Zhang Liao had no choice but to use his sword to massacre the rebels.
Zhang Ji ran away and soon ran into Zhang Xiu, who was coming over.
The uncle and nephew thought of going together. The first moment he learned that the enemy was attacking the camp, Zhang Xiu was worried about his uncle's safety. Without any time to think about it, he grabbed the silver gun and rushed to Zhang Ji's camp.
"Quick, Boyuan, organize a counterattack!"
Zhang Ji shouted.
"good!"
Zhang Xiu agreed, pulled Zhang Ji onto his horse, and began to gather the fleeing soldiers.
In panic, people always follow the crowd. Therefore, Zhang Xiu easily gathered a group of rebel soldiers. Now he didn't care about whose tribe he belonged to. Zhang Xiu forcibly ordered the soldiers to form an array and surrounded the charging Zhang Liao.
As for the previous group of rebel soldiers, they had almost been killed by Zhang Liochong. Seeing Zhang Xiu leading his army towards him, a hint of unwillingness flashed in Zhang Liao's eyes.
Just a little bit, just a little bit close to killing Zhang Ji...
such a pity!
But now that the matter has come to this, Zhang Liao can only give up.
Even if they attack suddenly, his 5,000 men cannot be a match for the 50,000 Xiliang cavalry. You can still take advantage of it at first, but as time goes by, you will inevitably fall into tight siege.
"withdraw!"
Zhang Liao waved his hand, turned around and started to break out.
It was said to be a breakthrough, but in fact Zhang Liao was not very fast because he still had the task of leading the enemy to pursue him.
Seeing that Zhang Liao was about to run away, Zhang Xiu couldn't bear it and hurriedly mounted his horse to surround him.
It was the middle of the night, and it was difficult to tell how many people Zhang Liao had in the darkness. However, as most of the Xiliang army calmed down from the initial panic and lit torches, they found that Zhang Liao only had a few thousand people. The fear in their hearts suddenly disappeared. For anger.
People like this came to rob the camp, it was so arrogant!
"Catch up, don't let the bandits escape!"
Lu Bu suddenly galloped out and roared loudly.
He had been attacked just now. In his panic, he didn't even have time to dress properly, and the armor on his body was all crooked. Seeing Zhang Liao's lack of people, he immediately became angry from shame.
In the Chinese army's tent, Dong Zhuo held a saber and looked out with a solemn expression.
Compared with the panic of the soldiers, Dong Zhuo was sober. Instead of running around like headless flies, it is safer to stay in the big tent. Even if the enemy does attack, relying on the more than a thousand soldiers under his command, he can resist it for a while.
Therefore, as early as the beginning of the night attack, he urgently ordered his soldiers to protect his tent and at the same time sent orders to stabilize the morale of the troops.
After learning that Zhang Liao only had a few thousand people, Dong Zhuo's reaction was similar to that of Lu Bu. He was relieved at first, and then furious.
"Hateful, these thieves are very hateful!" Dong Zhuo slapped the table and said, "Send the order, the whole army is surrounding them, and we must not let this group of thieves escape!"
After sending the order, Dong Zhuo immediately rushed out of the tent and put up a large banner to stabilize the morale of the army.
However, Zhang Liao did not encounter any obstacles while charging all the way. At this time, the Xiliang army had just organized an array and had not yet been able to catch up with him.
When he was about to break out of the camp, an army suddenly rushed out and blocked his way.
The leader was a young man in his twenties, with a spear in his hand. Although he had less than a thousand men under his command, he brazenly launched an attack on Zhang Liao.
not good!
Zhang Liao frowned immediately when he saw this.
Of course he is not afraid of these more than a thousand people, but he is afraid that if the fighting lasts for a long time, the enemy troops from behind will besiege them, and it will be difficult for him to escape.
"Anyone who stands in my way will die!"
Zhang Liao didn't have time to think about it, so he rushed forward on his horse, using all his strength, he slashed at the enemy general with his sword.
Seeing the fierceness of Zhang Liao's sword, the enemy general showed a trace of hesitation in his expression, so he did not dare to face the sword directly and just dodged to avoid it.
But Zhang Liao's sword skills are not so easy to dodge. Just when the power of the sword was about to be exhausted, Zhang Liao shook his hands, and the long sword suddenly changed from chopping to sweeping.
The enemy general was shocked when he saw this, and even raised his gun to resist, but after all, he was not strong enough. Zhang Liao cut the spear in his hand with a knife and fell from his horse to the ground.
This person is too weak!
Zhang Liao was slightly surprised, but he didn't pay much attention. He immediately rushed forward, preparing to kill the man with a knife.
But when he arrived, Zhang Liao was suddenly surprised to find that this person was Dong Zhuo's nephew, Dong Huang!
Zhang Liao was immediately ecstatic.
Dong Zhuo's nephew is much more valuable than Zhang Ji!
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Liao put away his knife, took out the rope, dismounted, tied Dong Huang tightly, threw him to the soldiers behind him, got on his horse again, and continued to charge out.
"Zhang Wenyuan, you are an ungrateful person, a seller who surrenders to the enemy, kill me if you dare!"
Dong Huang was not good at martial arts, but he was not weak in verbal skills. Even though he was trapped in the enemy's hands, he kept scolding Zhang Liao.
Zhang Liao didn't take it seriously and just ordered his soldiers to block Dong Huang's mouth.
This time, the whole world suddenly became pure.
When the Xiliang army blocking the front saw that their general Dong Huang was captured, they suddenly lost all intention to fight and dispersed with Zhang Liao's charge.
At this point, Zhang Liao finally led his army out of the enemy camp.
In front of the Chinese army's tent, Dong Zhuo was commanding the army to pursue Zhang Liao, but suddenly he heard a report from his soldiers: "Prime Minister, the young master has been captured alive by the bandits!"
Upon hearing this, Dong Zhuo immediately widened his eyes and looked at this person with disbelief.
"What, say it again!"
In the Xiliang army, there was only one person who could be called a prince, Dong Zhuo's successor Dong Huang.
"Prime Minister, the young master was captured alive by the bandits!" the man repeated.
"No, it's impossible!" Dong Zhuo immediately roared madly.
This news was like a bolt from the blue, even more unacceptable to Dong Zhuo than Dong Min's death.
His successor, the only young member of the Dong family, is gone now?
No, this cannot be tolerated!
"Quick, the whole army is pursuing us. We must block the rebel army and rescue my son!"
The younger brother is gone, the nephew is gone, the Dong family is finished, what's the use of gaining the whole world!
Everyone had never seen Dong Zhuo show such a crazy attitude, and they quickly accepted the order.
Not far outside the camp.
Guo Jia was relieved when he saw that Zhang Liao had broken out of the siege and was followed by countless Xiliang troops.
"My plan has worked!"
Guo Jia said with a satisfied smile, then got on his horse and headed straight for the bushes in the distance.
