Chapter 983 Caught a big fish this time
Zhang Fei led his army to the Huailing City, the old nest of the Xuzhou Legion, and indeed found a lot of military supplies, but he did not see artillery or gunpowder. When Zhang Liao commanded the army to Dangshan to fight to the decisive battle, he never thought that he would go back to Huailing again, so he took away all the artillery and gunpowder.
Although he did not find a jealous firearm, Zhang Fei was still a little reward. After the supply was completed, he immediately boarded the ship and went down the Huai River. When he arrived at the place where Sishui entered Huai River, he turned to Sishui and headed straight to Xia Pi on the banks of the Sishui River.
On the day Zhang Fei captured Huailing, Shadow Team members rushed to Xiapi to report the news. After receiving the urgent report, Chen Gui, the new Xuzhou governor, sent someone to send a letter of help to the East China Sea. There were 5,000 regular troops and 5,000 reserve soldiers left behind in Xiapi. Although there were only 10,000 troops, many heavy defensive equipment provided by Jin State were installed at the top of the city, including dozens of small cannons, which could be safe in a short period of time.
Zhao Tong, who had just returned to Qu County, Donghai, was mobilizing troops on Yuzhou Island to cross the strait, and received a letter from Chen Gui. He immediately felt energetic and immediately let the troops ride on the fat and strong horse raised and head straight for Xia Pi.
Zhao Tong was also a brainy general. He divided more than 20,000 cavalry into two parts, one was 5,000 heavily armored cavalry and 5,000 light cavalry, and was personally led to reinforce at Xia Pi; the other was 10,000 light cavalry, led by another division commander from the Crouching Tiger's previous squad, and ambushed in the Houqiu area in the southwest of Qu County. Advance could support Zhao Tong, and retreat to Qu County and Yuzhoushan Military Port.
There is a saying that a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. Although Zhang Fei is a famous general and a powerful general, it can be seen that Zhao Tong, who has many famous generals, has taught them since childhood by Zhao Xing, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Guo Jia, Jia Xu and other super fierce people. He really did not take Zhang Fei, who commanded the 40,000 army seriously. With five thousand heavy armored cavalry in hand, Zhao Tong really dared to fight Zhang Fei's 40,000 troops with 10,000 people.
By the time Zhang Fei led his army to the outside of Xia Pi City, the city was already heavily guarded and the four gates under the city were closed. The defense of Xia Pi City was built by Tao Qian many years ago, and now it has received strong support from the State of Jin, so it showed a very tough attitude in front of Zhang Fei from the beginning.
Zhang Fei commanded the troops to launch a tentative attack, but encountered a very fierce counterattack. At this moment, ten thousand cavalrymen who came to reinforce rushed to Xiapi City, and Zhang Fei hurriedly led his troops to retreat thirty miles southward.
Unable to understand the origin of this cavalry, Zhang Fei decisively chose to avoid it, which was very cautious. He remembered that the main task of this raid was to capture the Yuzhoushan Military Port, rather than the Xia Pi City, which was prepared for it.
After Zhang Fei carefully checked the map, he found that the Huai River flowed eastward into the sea, and if he walked north along the coastline from the estuary, he could reach Yuzhoushan Military Port by 100 miles. After some thought, Zhang Fei temporarily adjusted his plan and made the decision to divide his troops.
Zhang Fei asked Huang Zu to lead 10,000 soldiers to continue to stay near Xiaxiang, southeast of Xia Pi, pretending to be a 40,000 army, to attract the attention of Xia Pi defenders and troops coming to reinforce. He himself led 30,000 soldiers down the Si River, re-entered the Huai River, and went downstream. After arriving at Huaipu, he immediately went ashore, and then headed north all the way around Xia Pi.
Fortunately, the intelligence scouts in Xuzhou were very powerful, and they immediately discovered the abnormal movements of the enemy troops in the Xiajin River, and then saw the traces of Zhang Fei's actions from the Huai River. They quickly sent this major intelligence back to Xiapi.
Chen Gui is not an ordinary state governor. He is Lao Jiangjiu, who has been a "confidential secretary" for King Pingxi for three years. He is not at all vague about commanding the army to fight. Chen Gui immediately came to the military map, looked carefully, and muttered to himself: "This Zhang Fei has such a big appetite, and he actually put all his ideas on the head of the Jin Navy Camp! If he snatched it, it would be great!"
Chen Gui immediately sent an emergency report to Zhao Tong outside the city, asking him to take his brothers back to the Yuzhoushan Military Port. At the same time, Chen Gui also sent an emergency report to the Jin navy general who stayed in the Yuzhoushan Military Port, and informed him of Zhang Fei's possible attacks.
After receiving Chen Gui's information, Zhao Tong spat hard, and then said to his subordinate light cavalry commander: "I'm going to lead five thousand light cavalry to go to Xiaxian now and destroy Huang Zu, who is pretending to be a ghost! I will bring five thousand heavy cavalry back to Qu County. If I don't catch Zhang Fei this time, I will not be named Zhao!"
The light cavalry commander was also a classmate and friend of Zhao Tong. After hearing this order, he was overjoyed and quickly led the five thousand light cavalrymen and hundreds of military dogs to go straight to the scene.
Young people are all people who are not afraid of trouble. Only 5,000 people dare to encircle and annihilate 10,000 Huang Zu. It is indeed cruel!
When Zhao Tong arrived in Houqiu with heavy cavalry, the 10,000 cavalry who had originally cruised in this area had already taken the lead in moving to the Yilu Township area 30 miles southeast of Qushan, and had an encounter with the 30,000 troops led by Zhang Fei.
Although there was no famous general commander or commander, more than 10,000 An army cavalry still showed its combat effectiveness that surprised Zhang Fei.
Lao Zhang had never seen a cavalry unit carrying thousands of military dogs on the battlefield, and the tall and large-scale Husband Yu received the most formal and systematic training from the beginning. When he really fought with the enemy, he found that they were not at all ruthless than the Flying Tiger Army and the Canglang Army.
Zhang Fei, who had not taken any advantage, was very impatient. He really couldn't figure out where this cavalry unit that blocked the army's way out. What made Zhang Fei particularly upset was that the thousands of military dogs raised by the opponent's soldiers were thousands of pairs of eyes. The tactics in the night attack were tantamount to dreams.
Zhao Tong, who arrived in Houqiu, did not do it, but went south with his troops. He actually walked around behind Zhang Fei's troops and got stuck on the way Zhang Fei led his army to retreat south. What was even more unexpected was that the Jin Navy stationed on Yuzhou Island actually divided two thousand naval troops to take a warship with a smaller tonnage down the east wind, touched the Huai River, and headed straight for the Huaipu area where Zhang Fei landed.
Zhao Tong was brave enough to command 5,000 heavily armored cavalry to launch a fierce attack on Zhang Fei's army. The troops defending Yilu Township saw fireworks signals rising behind Zhang Fei's troops, so they immediately launched an attack from the front.
Zhang Fei, who was furious, roared in front of the formation and challenged someone to fight one-on-one, but was collectively ignored by Yu'an's soldiers. A group of heavily armored cavalrymen, like wolves and tigers, flocked to death and directly killed the BMW under Zhang Fei. After paying the price of serious injuries and sacrifices of several brothers, Zhang Fei, who was seriously injured and fell to the ground, was finally captured alive by Zhao Tong!
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