On the ninth day, after resting for a day, Zhang Han still led his troops to the city to ask for a battle. After some curses, he went directly out of the military formation, rode a black horse alone closer to the city, and loudly swore dirty words. The foul language irritated the people in the city.
At this moment, Liu Xun was looking down on the city wall, and he and Zhang Yin, who joined the army, looked at the young Confucian general galloping below. He was really handsome and fascinating, and his demeanor alone was enough to make people like him. No wonder Cao Cao always liked him. He entrusted him with important tasks.
"Look, this Han's body is slender and agile, like a cheetah. The horse under him is all black and has a smooth mane. It is quite the same as Lu Bu among men and Red Hare among horses."
Liu Xun is of medium height, with a serious face and a thick beard, which is distributed on the four sides of his lips and chin. He is quite neatly groomed. He stares at Zhang Han with bright eyes and does not hesitate to praise him.
He had never met Lu Bu at that time, but he often heard people talk about him, and everyone knew about Lu Bu's bravery and handsomeness. He thought that sooner or later he would have the opportunity to meet or fight with him, but who knew that he had been defeated by a young general a few years ago and became a classic? Wei's name.
Among Zhang Han's troops, he only saw Zhang Han personally go into battle to challenge, but did not see Dian Wei coming out. However, according to estimates, the iron tower-like man who plundered the formation might be the warrior Dian Wei. Rumor has it that he is the "Evil of the Ancients" "Come", he can pull five horses backwards, he can lift a cauldron, and he is unparalleled in bravery.
But I don’t know if he really has the same natural physical strength as King Chu Bawang.
"Prefect, if you look carefully, this Han doesn't seem to be as heroic as before. Perhaps the confrontation with our army these days has consumed a lot of his concentration and energy," Zhang Yin, who joined the army, had a leopard face and a pinch on his chin. Beard, his eyes turned around, and he got some clues.
"He may be trying to hold on."
"Well," Liu Xun nodded slightly, his eyes gleaming, and his previous admiration gradually turned into a smile of interest, "I can also see that although Zhang Bochang is well-deserved and has the style of a first-class heroic general in the world, but he After all, he led his troops to travel across mountains and rivers, and experienced severe cold, wars, and short supply of food and grass. It is certainly not easy to maintain the military appearance."
"There are no soldiers and horses in the world who will not tire."
"No matter how powerful a person is, if he fights for many days without supplies, he will be at the end of his war effort."
"Yes!" Zhang Yin clapped his hands and said immediately: "Zhang Han has been in the army for many years. Over the years, his reputation has continued to rise, and his soldiers and horses have gradually become a victorious division. His military strength is sharpened and at its peak. This time he invaded Lujiang River. He is one of Cao's troops, and this Zhang Bochang definitely doesn't want to make any mistakes, so he is holding on till this point."
"Haha," Liu Xun's eyes were still appreciative, but he understood Zhang Han's thoughts, "Any general, especially those with arrogance in their hearts, will be so strong in both civil and military affairs. In fact, the word "big man" means The essence is just not to admit defeat.”
"Zhang Han has been winning for so many years, and he won't admit defeat, so he is getting more and more impatient now."
"I want to test its authenticity and depth. Is Zhang Canjun willing to go?"
Of course, Zhang Yin was somewhat sure of the situation he had seen. In the ordinary army, Zhang Yin was famous for his courage, excellent martial arts, and was always victorious among the generals in the army, so he was proud of it.
Now, since the prefect had given word to him to go out of the city to try to receive his martial arts, of course he would not refuse and immediately left with fists clasped in his hands.
After a while, the drums beat like thunder, and Zhang Yin rode out of the city on a bay-red war horse. He held a wolf fang in his hand, and with a fierce look in his eyes, he waved it towards Zhang Han.
"Enemy general Zhang Hanxiu leaves!"
Zhang Yin's figure was approaching quickly. When Zhang Han was running to the left, he immediately pulled the reins when he saw him coming to kill him and turned around to resist. Unexpectedly, a wolf's fang was smashed directly in front of his eyes. Zhang Han could only try to hold the spear across his chest.
when!
There was a crisp sound of gold and iron. Zhang Han couldn't bear the strength, and his upper body was unstable and he almost fell off his horse. Fortunately, the horse was very agile when he sat down and moved sideways for a few steps, widening the distance between him and Zhang Yin.
"Hahaha!!"
As soon as the blow was successful, Zhang Yin laughed loudly. He had just tested Zhang Han's hand. The strength in Zhang Han's hand was very strong at first, but after a moment of wrestling, it immediately disappeared like an ebbing tide, and then his hands and legs became weak.
Anyone who is good at riding knows that riding a horse for a long time will cause huge strain on the waist and legs. The reason why you are tired after marching for a long time is not because you are mentally weak, but because your body is strained and you cannot use up your strength, so your fighting power is natural. Not as good as in its heyday.
"Thieves!" Zhang Han glared angrily and clenched his teeth. His chest was stabbed by the iron tip of the wolf's fang, and there were blood stains on his robes.
"Come again!"
Zhang Yin urged his horse to ride on him again, and Zhang Han started a gunfight. The two fought fiercely for several rounds, their figures constantly intertwined, and they were inseparable.
In the west camp, several people wearing general armor were already worried and came out of the military formation, ready to step forward to greet them at any time.
Suddenly, one of the fighting figures stood up and forced the other figure back. Then everyone saw Zhang Han turning his head to pat his horse and galloping back. The silhouette quickly stretched out a trail of dust and dust as it ran. Zhang Yin was far behind.
After returning to the military formation, Zhang Han patted Jueying's buttocks to signal him to slow down.
"Puff!" Jueying exhaled heavily, looking up from time to time to look at Zhang Han.
"I'm fine," Zhang Han knew that it probably cared about its owner. The two had cooperated for many years and had already developed a deep understanding of each other.
When Zhang Han returned to the formation, he was blocked by the shield soldiers in front of the formation. Dian Wei, Gao Shun, Xu Huang, Cao Xiu, and Cao Ang surrounded him at the same time.
Zhang Han waved his hand and sighed: "It was such a close call, I almost killed him."
Dian Wei: "???"
Cao Ang approached him suspiciously and stared at his chest. The wound was hideous and horrifying, and the flesh and blood were spread out. It made him feel distressed to see it. "This injury is real. What are you doing, brother? Why are you gambling with your life and cheating?" A trick?"
This is really a bold move for a skilled person. If the wound were to go even half a minute further, or a little further to the left, it would directly break the heart and veins.
"It's okay," Zhang Han waved his hand and didn't care.
This wound looks terrible, but it is actually just flesh. With his recovery ability, it will be healed in a few days.
If it weren't for the purpose of acting realistically, he wouldn't have to suffer such injuries, and Zhang Yin would be nothing.
"Let's go, slowly withdraw the troops and return to the camp."
"I discussed the recent situation with Jia Xu over and over last night, and finally understood what was missing." On the way back, Zhang Han was still riding a stunning figure, powerful as a dragon and a tiger, unfazed by his wounds at all.
"Showing pride to the enemy does not mean that I am arrogant or arrogant, but that a victorious army cannot lose. Zixiu, I have been thinking about it for a long time, and I have been thinking about how my lord was defeated at the hands of Xu Rong and almost died. In the war, do you know where you lost?"
Cao Ang turned around and looked at him helplessly. I don't want to recall this at all.
In the past few years, Bian Shui's defeat was almost a topic that the clan members avoided talking about.
What do you want it to do.
"It should be that they only care about chasing the emperor's chariots, rushing forward greedily for success, and not paying attention to the location of the ambush."
"By the way, another point is that Duke Cao wants to win in order to gain fame. He doesn't have to chase, but he still goes deep alone. In fact, it is a helpless move!"
Zhang Han was quite excited, thinking that this section would be very useful for him to fake defeat today, so he still said loudly: "Now, it is exactly the same! I don't need to attack Shucheng anymore and take the road to Hefei!"
"But I still fight day and night and scold Liu Xun. Why?"
"There is no other reason! I want merit! Fame! I want the black-robed armored knight to be invincible and become a legend of victory!"
"I am a Confucian general who is always victorious. I am never timid. How can the military strength cultivated by this be hesitant? Therefore, I will definitely suppress my fatigue and strictly order my soldiers and horses to fight in order to enhance the prestige of our army."
"The more you force yourself, the more obstacles you will have. If you want haste, you will often fail. This is a taboo often committed by military strategists. The pride and prestige of my black-robed armored cavalry is actually not tempered by actual combat, but by my bullying of the weak. "
Zhang Han's face was very serious, even though he was saying some shameless words.
"So, if you show your enemies a mistake, they will naturally make a mistake in their judgment."
Zhang Han remembered what a man named Gao said before. I added this habit to the last 500 games.
The same reasoning can be applied to Zhang Bochang. Why do some people always think that he is a famous general with heroic appearance, an aloof general who is always victorious and undefeated?
His achievements, except for those that showed him as a saint in front of others, were all obtained by following the army for free.
Even when welcoming the Han Emperor, he would inquire with the people about the military situation along the way, and then plunder the remaining Xiliang troops who were alone.
Was it for the sake of righteousness? To become a national hero? ! No, just to make money.
Without money, how could these eight hundred people get the finest forged iron knives, bloody horses, long and short carved bows, and full-body fine armor?
The armor worn by his black-robed cavalry was finer and tougher than that of some captains, and he also wore full light armor and horse gear.
There is one biggest difference between Zhang Han and all the generals and even civil servants in the world.
That is, he does not have such a strong sense of "honor and disgrace" and "sense of mission."
When most young talents pursue the lifelong pursuit of the champion Hou Feng Lang Ju Xu, Zhang Han just wants to build the "Manor in the Sky" in Nanshan.
Let yourself be called Zhang...Yishan in addition to Zhang Bancheng!
So Jia Xu was extremely excited last night. After listening to some of Zhang Han's remarks, he felt that he had met a confidant, because he was also such a person.
It’s just that Zhang Han still has mountains and rivers in his heart, and Jia Xu’s heart is full of strategies, but they are essentially the same kind of people, and they are not people that can be understood by common sense.
"Now, Liu Xun will definitely think that I am being fierce and cruel at heart by forcing an attack."
…
When Zhang Yin returned to the city, Liu Xun had already arrived to greet him, with a spring breeze-like smile on his face.
"Zhang Canjun, how about a battle!?"
"Excellent!!" Zhang Yin was full of pride, his eyes were bright, and the wolf tooth in his right hand was trembling slightly. He didn't know whether it was because of excitement or because it was sore after exerting force.
But he did fight vigorously.
"Zhang Bochang is well-deserved! In the first round with him, I used all my strength to attack his heart, but he was still blocked. I pressed against his chest to relieve my strength."
"Only a gouge mark was left, but don't worry, Governor. With my blow, an ordinary person can break his muscles and bones with just one blow. No matter how tough Zhang Han is, he will definitely be seriously injured, not to mention that he has fought with me for several more times." Ten rounds!”
"Okay, okay!" Liu Xun was overjoyed. Now he was convinced that Zhang Han was indeed prepared with a strong front and strong troops, but in fact he was already a strong man on the outside.
After all, he was very tired. I thought he was an iron soldier, and I just held tight to wait for his energy to wear off.
Now the time has finally come. With 30,000 troops who have recuperated their strength, attacking thousands of tired enemies coming from afar is like crushing withered grass or pulling back rotten wood.
It must be a breeze!
"You are fighting with Zhang Bochang. How is his strength? How is his martial arts?"
"Hahaha," Zhang Yin was not arrogant and complacent, cupping his fists and saying: "He has superb martial arts, which the general admires. He is also very powerful, but his stamina is not enough. This is because he is tired."
"If I recuperate properly, I'm not as good as Han."
"However, now that the enemy is tired, the prefect should attack immediately!"
"No," although Liu Xun was excited, he was cautious by nature, good at holding on, and even had cunning tactics. "Let's see one more night."
That night.
Zhang Hanjun did not withdraw his defenses. Instead, he sent out additional patrols and replaced them with a group of energetic and rosy-faced soldiers. At the same time, he sent out sentries to monitor the movements in Shu City at any time.
What happened that night quickly reached Liu Xun's ears.
"boom!"
He clapped the table in front of him, excitedly and vigorously, "This is a good opportunity, don't miss it!"
"Zhang Han wanted to cover up the situation, so he just patrolled and built more. He was afraid that I would attack the camp at night," Liu Xun walked around, thinking hard.
Today, he originally planned to go out before sunset and chase down Zhang Han's defeated troops, but he still kept an eye on it and planned to see how Zhang Han arranged his troops at night.
He was defeated in the daytime and was injured himself. The morale of the army must be low. He would definitely not be able to mobilize so many patrols. Even if he did, he would definitely look worried.
But these people are in high spirits and have high morale. They are obviously trying to cover up the situation. They use elite soldiers to guard the patrol, which proves that Zhang Han's camp is the top priority!
There is only one reason for doing this - he wants to withdraw his troops!
Withdrew to the Lujiang Administrative Office, first stabilized the morale of the army, and then established city defenses to gain merit in defending the residence.
How could he be allowed to withdraw so easily?
"Zhang Yin listened to the order and ordered all the troops to go out, leaving 10,000 troops to guard the city. The rest rushed out, broke Zhang Han's patrol, and chased him to the main camp of the army!"
"Today I will take Zhang Han's head, frighten Cao's army, and regain Lujiang to achieve great achievements!"
"only!!"
Half an hour later, more than 2,000 cavalrymen in the city came out, and infantry from each tribe came out of the city in teams, and four suspension bridges were built to cross.
Fight out along two routes and go straight to Zhang Han's patrol.
They immediately fought together, shouting to kill Zhentian.
Zhang Yin was victorious in the afternoon. He was very excited at the moment. He charged forward bravely and cut a bloody path. He killed Zhang Han's army and fled away, leaving behind weapons and armor all over the ground.
But the pursuers obviously had no time to clean up, so they chased the fleeing defeated soldiers and swarmed away.
After chasing two small rivers and crossing the mountain forest path, Zhang Yin never entered the forest, but took a detour. Along the way, traces of baggage and carriage shafts could be seen scattered.
He was even more certain that Zhang Han was going to withdraw his troops under the cover of night, so he hurried forward.
Not long after, as the bright moon was about to set and the sky became darker, a clearer sound suddenly came from among the cacophony of horse hooves.
Bravo!
A war horse as dark as night fire crossed the top of the hillside on the right and killed straight down. This war horse walked as fast as flying on the rugged mountain road, spitting white mist from its mouth and looking fiercely.
As he swooped over tree stumps and bushes, he was not affected at all. It wasn't until he got closer that Zhang Yin saw the person coming clearly.
Silver robe and silver armor, bright silver straight spear, the tip of the spear seems to have the luster of moonlight flowing, who could it be if it wasn't Zhang Han? !
"Zhang Bochang!" Zhang Yin rushed to greet him. According to his estimation, Zhang Han was seriously injured today. He dived forcefully like this, and the wound burst open under the shock, making it difficult to save.
The two men were approaching quickly. Zhang Yin summoned all his strength and swept his swords with both hands, hoping to use his strength to shake Zhang Han off his horse.
However, when the Pegasus leaped forward, Zhang Han's figure was like a butterfly piercing a flower, ducking sideways. At the same time, he handed over the gun like a snake spitting a message. His movements were done in one go and without any leakage. The moonlight followed the tip of the gun in front of Zhang Yin's neck. Crossed.
With a crashing sound, Zhang Yin's body was knocked backwards by a few inches of force, but his head was already thrown into the sky.
Zhang Han didn't even remember who he was, so he grabbed the reins and charged into the military formation again.
Zhang Yinduo led his troops into chaos, and all the cavalry accompanying Dian Wei, Gao Shun, and Zhang Liao swooped down the hillside. The pursuers were cut into more than a dozen small battlefields.
At this time, another infantryman with swords and shields came over the mountains and ridges on the mountain road, rolled down the slope, crossed the battlefield and went straight to the Chinese army. Hundreds of people shouted killing horns and rushed towards Liu Xun.
"I've fallen into the traitor's trick!" Liu Xun couldn't hold his horse back. There were enemies everywhere, and they were blocked from the front and back. The terrain here was not wide, and no matter how many people there were, it would be difficult to keep track of them!
"Stop it, stop it!"
(End of chapter)
