Liao Hua was born into a wealthy family in Miannan, and was a serious son of a wealthy family.
As the saying goes, a poor man is rich in literature but rich in martial arts, but he is not known for his personal martial prowess. Even now, he is still the chief of Guan Yu's army.
On weekdays, Dian leads the Chinese scribes, which is similar to the current civilian position in the military, and Guan Yu's secretary's job.
Of course, not everyone can become the chief secretary of Guan Yu's army.
A huge army with countless trivial documents of all kinds, all of which were handled by Liao Hua in an orderly manner.
Relying on the resources at home, he knew the art of war, learned tactics, and also knew how to lead an army. He had been placed next to Guan Yu before, which could be regarded as an observation and training process.
This is the first time that Liao Hua, who is still young, has led troops in actual combat.
Although its army was large, its internal composition was quite complicated. In addition to the Jingzhou army as the main body, there were also many new soldiers who had surrendered from Wu soldiers and Zhijiang.
The task given to him by Liu Chan and Guan Yu was to intercept the enemy's return route to the northwest fork, and at the same time send people to occupy a high point to observe the battle on Guan Yu's side. If it was unfavorable, they would rush to the enemy's rear from this road.
Liu Chan's big bag was originally made for Lu Xun, and the scale of Lu Xun's army was used as a benchmark for the judgment of war and the location of troops. Now the five thousand people fighting Pan Zhang naturally have many differences.
If it was Chen Gang, the Wu general who had previously been stationed in Zhijiang but wanted to do nothing wrong, he would definitely guard the northwest fork in this situation and not dare to move lightly.
Liao Hua seized the opportunity, attacked decisively, and used his troops to cover up and kill Pan Zhang's defeated troops.
The difference in numbers is too big.
Liao Hua chased Pan Zhang's two thousand defeated troops with a force of nearly ten thousand. If the troops were stationed far away and the pockets were made larger, Pan Zhang's defeated troops would have been surrounded by them.
But even so, the Wu army who was ambushed for the second time was defeated like a mountain. Soon after the battle, the retreat turned into a rout.
All the food, grass and baggage were abandoned, and the rear army and the army had long been indistinguishable from each other. They ran as fast as they could, and many tried to climb over the mountain.
This time Pan Zhang was really panicked.
Personal martial arts are basically useless when faced with such a huge gap between ourselves and the enemy.
Of course, Guan, Zhang Zhao and Comrade Liu Chan, who has been in the limelight recently, may have objections to this view.
But for Pan Zhang, he did not have the courage to ride alone and kill nearly 10,000 enemy troops.
He has basically given up on his troops at this moment. Even if he will be punished by his master after the whole army is wiped out, as long as he does not die, there will always be a chance to make new achievements!
"Retreat! Retreat along this road to Maicheng, quickly!"
The map emerged in his mind, and Pan Zhang thought of the newly occupied Maicheng.
Although there is very little food and grass in Maicheng and the city's defenses are not solid, it is still a city, and it is the city closest to me at this time.
If we can hold on to Maicheng and send people west to ask for help from Lu Xun, there may be a glimmer of hope!
Leaving the large force behind to delay the pursuit of Liao Hua and others, Pan Zhang rode alone and headed towards Maicheng along the forked road with only 200 soldiers.
This move can no longer be called a strong man cutting off his wrist. I'm afraid it should be called a strong man cutting off his head... It was cut off from the neck, and only one severed head was left to run away.
The severed head rolled to... No, when Pan Zhang and others rolled to the fork in the road leading to Maicheng, they finally had some distance from the pursuers behind them.
The pursuers had no cavalry, and it would be some time before Guan Yu and others could gather here. Pan Zhang saw hope of survival.
Even if he was temporarily defeated in Maicheng, which added a stain to his life history, he still had many wines and beauties in his family, and he didn't want to die at such an age.
But sometimes, Hope is not as obedient as the beauties in his family.
Pan Zhang, who had just broken out of the siege, was shocked to find that there was an ambush on the road ahead. Judging from the appearance of his army, there were probably five or six thousand men, or even more...
The banner with the word Liu fluttered in the wind, and Liu Chan led the prince's personal troops under his command to sit in the middle army. The front army was a mixture of Jingzhou army and Jiang soldiers, and the rear army was a mixture of Jingzhou army and Zhijiang recruits.
Comrade Liu Chan will not be as kind to the newly surrendered Jiangdong soldiers as he is to his own people. Anyone who dares to escape from the Jiangdong soldiers will be killed without mercy.
Pan Zhang looked at the dark enemy troops in front of him and couldn't help but cursed in his heart at the hope that had always given up on him.
Before he died, he wanted to ask one thing: where the hell did they get so many soldiers? ?
It's a pity that Liu Chan, who killed the chicken with a knife, also felt unhappy at this time and was not ready to answer Pan Zhang's final doubts.
"Fire arrows."
Looking at the pitiful more than 200 enemy troops in front of him, Liu Chan waved his hand without interest.
The bow arrows were thrown, the crossbow arrows hit flatly, and arrows fell like rain for a while.
Pan Zhang, who was good at shooting cold arrows among the rebel army, was eventually shot to death by random arrows.
Pan Zhang, who could have been promoted to the right general, died in the winter of the 24th year of Jian'an on the way to Maicheng.
There was no heroism, no fighting with enemy generals, even his head was cut off, not even his whole body...
Pan Zhang's last thought before he died was that he didn't know which bastard was taking advantage of the wine and beauty in his family.
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"Hahahaha..." Yu Fan, who seemed to be a little obsessed recently, burst out laughing. Mr. Yu had never laughed so happily in half his life.
So much so that Ding Feng, who was in the lead in every battle, laughed so much that he muttered: "Ahem, Mr. Yu, are you okay?"
"He was wrong, he was finally wrong! Hahaha..."
Ding Feng hesitated and said: "What's that? But he still ambushed someone. This battle was won."
Pan Zhang's entire army was wiped out and he died so miserably. Mr. Yu, why are you smiling so happily? Not quite appropriate...
"You don't care whether he wins or not, just say he is wrong, right? Hahaha..."
Ding Feng: "..."
After laughing for a long time, Yu Fan gradually stopped laughing. He remained silent for a long time with a tangled expression, and suddenly sighed: "Alas..."
"Sir, what's wrong?"
Laughing for a while and sighing for a while, he must be crazy.
"What do you think of this person?" Yu Fan suddenly asked instead without answering.
"Who? Mr. Liu?" Ding Feng subconsciously did not call him by his name.
Yu Fan said yes.
"Young talents can command the army well, but the use of troops is unpredictable." Ding Feng thought for a while and added, "Love the soldiers like brothers and sisters."
He had seen Liu Chan getting along with his soldiers, and besides being amazed, he also imagined that if his former master and adversary were like this...even if he was asked to tear out his heart, he would never have a second thought.
Yu Fan nodded when he heard the words, then shook his head and said: "With the benevolence and virtue of the king of Hanzhong, he is also decisive when facing the enemy. This is a great weapon."
He thought of the people in Zhijiang and the fire in Jiangling, and couldn't help but sigh.
Ding Feng was dumbfounded and his mouth opened wide.
What the hell? Captain Yu, who has always been very talkative and even dared to refute his lord, was praising others?
"Sir...do you want to...?" Ding Feng hesitated.
Yu Fan turned around silently and said nothing.
But this seems to be a very clear answer.
…
[Yu Fan favorability +15]
[Current favorability: 0]
[Ding Feng’s favorability +19]
[Current favorability: 0]
A reminder that the two people's goodwill had returned to zero suddenly appeared below his field of vision. Liu Chan didn't know what kind of mental journey they had gone through, but it was always a good thing. It seemed that it was not impossible to take these two people for his own use.
Liu Chan, who had experienced his first misjudgment since this battle, felt a little better until now.
But in the eyes of others, this is not the case at all.
After winning consecutive victories, the morale of the Jingzhou army was high, and they were all gearing up, waiting for a decisive battle with Lu Xun and Sun Quan.
Most of Jiangdong's soldiers also gave up their thoughts of escaping or defecting and accepted their fate. Even if you leave your hometown from now on, it is still better than death.
The favorability scores of Guan Yu and Guan Ping also rose to 68 and 78 respectively.
Since setting off to Jiangling, Liu Chan's strategy has basically been verified by facts. Everyone is now more and more confident in annihilating Lu Xun's troops and winning the battle.
At this time, everyone was discussing the next plan.
"Adou, our army has won a new victory. At this time, our morale is at its peak. My second uncle wants to fight with Lu Xun. What do you think?" Guan Yu asked Liu Chan's opinion with a smile, and the previous depression was gone.
Liu Chan nodded: "I also had this plan. Since Lu Xun didn't fight for Zhijiang, he probably went to Yiling. Unexpectedly, when he learned that our army was attacking Zhijiang, he was not in a hurry to come and annihilate the enemy. Instead, he still wanted to get ahead of me. The army previously controlled the west line of the Yangtze River, but this person is cautious."
"It's a pity that Pan Zhang became the scapegoat." Guan Ping said with a smile.
The generals laughed.
"Now that the news that the second uncle's Jingzhou army is still fighting must have spread, it will be very difficult for Lu Xun to use this to defraud the city." Liu Chan pointed to the Yiling area and said, "My father and my second uncle have been running Jingzhou for many years. The favor is widespread, and I believe that there are more loyal ministers and righteous people like Magistrate Zhang than Fan Youlai, the prefect of Yidu.
"Since he doesn't come to look for me, we will go look for him ourselves! At this time, our army is taking advantage of the victory and pursuing it, and we can't let the righteous people die in vain again."
"Okay!" Liu Feng slapped his thigh with his right hand, causing a burst of pain from the arrow wound on his left arm, but he didn't even notice it, "I would like to be a pioneer!"
"Your arrow wound has not healed yet, and it is still important to recuperate. I will be the vanguard in this battle." Guan Ping waved his hand.
"It's just a skin injury, nothing worth mentioning!"
Thanks to the complete armor, the arrow wound on Liu Feng's arm was not deep. As long as he didn't get infected or tetanus, it wouldn't be a big problem.
After discussion, everyone unanimously decided to cross Zhangshui three times and pursue Lu Xun!
Lu Xun, who had taken the first step to attack Yiling, did indeed, as Liu Chan expected, the battle did not go as smoothly as he had hoped...
Thank you to the boss of "Qingxianren 2022" for 500 points, once again investing in the Jihan Armed Group. Your points will be used to provide pensions to the fallen soldiers. Thank you for your support~
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