Rumble!

It was noon, dozens of miles southwest of Chaohu Lake, on an ancient road on the border of Shu County, Lujiang County, a cavalry of about 600 people rushed like a dragon, with horse hooves flying, and yellow dust spreading all over the sky.

The leader was Zhang Liao riding an elephant dragon.

In the battle yesterday morning, the bandits in Chaohu area were basically destroyed. After the battle, Zhang Liao did not stay in Zhujiabao, but took the opportunity to go south.

Because the bandits intercepted were already in a mess and difficult to achieve the weather, the journey to the south was very smooth at the beginning of the thirty miles.

But what Zhang Liao had been worried about next happened.

When he was more than fifty miles away, countless enemies came out to stop him. From the news of the shadow investigation, he knew that these enemies blocking the road were no longer bandits, but thieves, and those powerful troops, with less than 30,000 to 40,000 people.

These powerful troops are more organized than those bandits, and they are equipped with bows, arrows, shields, and horses, and even chariot formations block the road.

What Zhang Liao didn't know was that the powerful families in the Jianghuai family made great efforts this time. The failure of the bandits shocked and extremely scared the powerful families, only to fear that Zhang Liao would not die this time and would be in a disaster. Therefore, they were united as unprecedented and tried their best to send all the troops of each family to block Zhang Liao.

At the same time, the journey to the south is more complicated and tortuous, which is completely unfavorable to cavalry warfare. The right time, place, and people do not have the advantage.

These corps are different from those bandits. The bandits fight for profit, and if they are not good, they will disperse. Most of these corps are dependent on the powerful and powerful, which is equivalent to family servants and servants. They prosper and lose together with the powerful and are extremely loyal. With heavy rewards, they are equipped with various equipment, and obey orders to cooperate with each other. The actual combat power is far better than that of the bandits. Just one fight, Zhang Liao's cavalry suffered losses.

Moreover, Zhang Liao noticed that many powerful troops even took boats from Chaohu to the rear, trying to cut off their retreat.

Moving forward like this may not only not save Zhang Jian, but will suffer huge losses and even be wiped out!

It is imperative for Zhang Liao to save his companion, but he cannot ignore the lives of the three thousand brothers under his command just for the sake of his companion. It is not his style to rush forward in such a situation.

In the afternoon of that day, he quickly retreated with three thousand cavalrymen and turned west to capture Wangjiawu. Wangjiawu was the base of bandit leader Wang Datou. Wang Datou was killed by Zhang Liao in front of Zhujia Fort. His nest was in chaos. Zhang Liao easily occupied the fort and set up camp around the fort.

Then Zhang Liao ordered Yang Han to stay here, use the Wangjiabao area as a base, and deal with the powerful and powerful people to attract the attention of those forces. At the same time, he was waiting for Zang Ba and Huang Zhong's main forces to come to help, and then he would wipe out these forces in one fell swoop.

Zhang Liao asked Yang Han to take his banner and pretend that he was in charge of Wangjiawu. Before dawn today, he personally led 600 elite cavalrymen to leave Wangjiawu quietly and headed west into Lujiang County, preparing to bypass the blocking areas of the powerful forces and rush to rescue Zhang Jian.

With the speed of cavalry, detours are much faster than tug-of-war with those thieves in Chaohu area.

Moreover, the six hundred cavalry are more mobile. If they encounter large groups of enemies, they can quickly avoid or evacuate.

Avoiding the blockade of Chaohu forces, the six hundred cavalry drove lightning all the way, heading west first, dozens of miles later, and then heading south. By noon, they had already left Chaohu area, entered Shu County, Lujiang County, and arrived at Longshu River.

The Longshu River is one of the tributaries that merge into Chaohu Lake and even the Yangtze River. The water surface is not wide, but some places are very deep. This area is not a major road and does not have bridges. You need to find a section where the water flows through the river.

On the north bank of Longshu River, Zhang Liao took six hundred riders to rest under the shade of trees, people and horses were eating, and they were just waiting for the scout to explore the way.

The hot summer in July has not subsided, and the scorching sun is shining brightly. The cicadas on the trees are roaring. Zhang Liao wiped the sweat from his forehead and watched the soldiers be busy.

The most important thing for summer marching is to replenish water. Fortunately, there is never a shortage of water in the Jianghuai area. War horses drink water by the river, and soldiers also fetch water from the river, fill the equipped gourds and carry them with them.

Soon, the scouts came to report and found a shallow place where the water could cross the river.

Seeing that the troops were all ready, Zhang Liao immediately ordered the execution.

The war horse ran through Longshushui for a few miles. When he was about to reach a narrow valley, Zhang Liao sat down and suddenly screamed.

Zhang Liao was shocked, and immediately shouted loudly, and stopped the horse. The six hundred cavalry behind him stopped with him.

Zhang Liao glanced at the valley in front and shouted: "Go back to the ride!"

All the six hundred cavalry were well-trained. When they heard Zhang Liao's sudden order, they did not hesitate to stop the horse and return to their original path when they came.

Zhang Liao had just turned back with his cavalry, and a shout of killing suddenly sounded behind him. Zhang Liao turned around and saw countless figures rushing down from the high ground on both sides of the valley road, yelling: "Kill Zhang Liao!"

His face couldn't help but become solemn, there was an ambush here!

There are three possibilities for this situation. The first possibility is to be unlucky. I just happened to encounter a large number of troops from the enemy, but judging from the ambushes, it was clearly targeted, and it was obviously not an accidental encounter.

The second possibility is that there is a very clever strategist behind the enemy who accurately predicted his choice when facing the Chaohu situation. This is not impossible. For example, Jia Xu and Guo Jia can do this, but there are many roads outside Chaohu. This time, he temporarily chose a farther road. There are very few people who know it. Judging from the ambush in front of him, there are quite a few enemies, with tens of thousands. There are obviously not a net everywhere, but extremely targeted. Even if the enemy is a god, it is impossible for the enemy to ambush on this road so accurately, so the possibility of predicting the enemy's initiative is not high.

Then there is only the third possibility. There is a problem with the shadow in Chaohu area! And it is a more important figure in the shadow. Because he needs to pass information back and forth, he knows the route he chose.

Judging from the situation in front of you, this possibility is the greatest.

Shadows are developing so fast and spread all over the world. It is impossible to ensure loyalty to them. Especially since the powerful forces of the aristocratic families have a great influence in the local area and are very tempting, it is not surprising that Zhang Liao's heart has a rebellion. The Kanto princes united to attack Dong Zhuo was a precedent. As long as there is a reason for righteousness, it is enough to make righteous men in the world compete to die.

But the Shadow Rebellion is deadly at this moment. This time, Zhang Liaosheng attacked east and west to rescue. He had already discovered Liu Xun's troops distribution in Lujiang in advance and avoided it from afar. There was no problem with the tactics. He was even safer than Yang Han's side, but if the intelligence was controlled by the enemy, the problem would be big.

The situation that followed confirmed Zhang Liao's speculation. There were also large groups of enemy soldiers on their way, and they rushed over from the countryside not far away.

Everything in front of him is enough to prove that this ambush accurately explored his route, and there is no doubt that the intelligence leak will be revealed!

What Zhang Liao didn't know was that Yuan Shu had always been confident that the reliance of killing him was to instigate a shadow leader under his command. With Zhang Jian's exposure, it was precisely because of this trump card that he could easily convince the powerful family of Jianghuai.

There were nearly 30,000 people in front, back and left and right, among which there were thousands of regular troops. The regular troops here could only be the soldiers of Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang.

Judging from the information previously controlled by Zhang Liao, Liu Xun's troops were mainly divided into two groups, one guarding Lujiang Prefecture, and the other was preparing to resist the main forces of Zang Ba and Huang Zhong who were preparing to move south in the northwest of Lujiang.

Liu Xun's troops appeared here, which shows that Liu Xu also participated in the planning of Zhang Liao.

Thanks to Xianglong's timely warning, Zhang Liao made a quick decision to return to the cavalry to test, causing the ambushing enemy to be exposed on the initiative and did not really step into the ambush circle, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

But even so, the current situation is extremely serious.

Facing the surroundings from all sides, Zhang Liao looked back at the valley road. The enemy soldiers were rushing out of the valley road. He turned around and the enemy soldiers on the way rushed over quickly.

The crisis is unprecedentedly intense!

Zhang Liao was in a heavy heart, but he knew that there was no hesitation at the moment. Once tens of thousands of infantry surrounded them here, the cavalry lost the depth of charge and could not run, and it would be difficult to break through.

He took a deep breath, his eyes swept across the battlefield, and his hook and sickle pointed directly at the enemy soldiers surrounding him, shouting: "Yafeng!"
Chapter completed!