Chapter five hundred and forty-ninth Xuzhou pacification (four)
Zhang Liao's appearance shocked Yuan Shang. He really didn't expect this guy to appear suddenly at this time.
It was not that Zhang Liao's appearance would have any threat to this battle, but because his appearance could no longer influence the overall situation, which surprised Yuan Shang very much. According to Zhang Liao's wisdom, Yuan Shang believed that since he did not appear on the battlefield with Li Dian and Le Jin, it means that he had already realized that the battle in Xuzhou was no longer expected to win for the Cao army. According to Yuan Shang's idea, what Zhang Liao should do most now is not to appear in this battlefield, but to worry about returning to Yanzhou, preserving his strength for Cao's army, and fighting the last decisive battle with Yuan's army in Wei, Zhongzhou.
Beside Yuan Shang, Wang Shuang rode his horse to Yuan Shang and said, "Lord, according to your opinion, what should we do when Zhang Liao comes here?"
Yuan Shang closed his eyes and thought for a while, saying, "Zhang Liao is not able to become a great man. The situation of this battle has been completed. Eastern Wu will inevitably be driven away by our army. Li Dian, Le Jin and others will also be eaten by our army. His coming is just a formality and show off his fancy style. Let him go. I want to see what tricks he can do."
It was at this time that in the Eastern Wu side, Zhou Yu had issued an order to withdraw his troops with Sun Quan's promise. With the crossing and horizontal instructions of the flags and the sound of gold in the Eastern Wu Zhong Formation camp, the Eastern Wu soldiers began to rely on strong bows, crossbows and shield giant soldiers as the front line, and began to slowly retreat towards the rear, showing a tendency to relocate. The troops in the main camp supervised the baggage began to move backwards, and the tents and some light-loaded baggage items in the camp were abandoned.
Looking at the movements of the Eastern Wu soldiers in afar, Zheng Ji couldn't help but frowned and said, "How come Sun Quan and Zhou Yu of the Eastern Wu were in the middle of the battle, and they had the intention to retreat. Even the tents and supplies of the camp had to be left. What tricks are they playing?"
Yuan Shang touched his chin and smiled, "They don't play any tricks, they know how to advance and retreat. Understanding the times, according to Zhou Yu's idea, without the support of Cao's army, it is completely useless to fight us head-on. At best, it's just empty-handed and some baggage is not a big deal. It's better to retreat to the estuary of the river. Retreat slowly, preserve your strength, and stabilize the Jiangdong."
When Zheng Ji heard this, he suddenly realized, "Since that's the case, should we beat the dog underwater?"
Yuan Shang laughed when he heard this: "I never miss the opportunity to beat the dog in the water, but the problem is that Dongwu is not a completely fallen water dog. They just see that this place is useless and retreat temporarily. At best, they can only be considered a dog in the family, so it is better not to mess with it."
Jiang Ji seemed to be a little confused: "It's the same dog, a dog that falls into the water can beat, but a dog that is a broken family cannot chase it?"
Yuan Shang nodded after hearing this and said, "Of course, although the dog is lost, he still has fighting spirit. It is difficult for a dog to counterattack and bite you. However, the dog that falls into the water has no fighting spirit and morale. It is basically a scum with a combat power of 5..."
Speaking of this, Yuan Shang raised his hand and pointed at the remaining troops led by Li Dian and Le Jin in a distance, saying, "It's like the current Cao army... I'm sending orders to the three armies that if the Eastern Wu wants to retreat, I'll let them retreat. But when dealing with Cao's army, I don't need to mercy, and leave all Li Dian and Le Jin for me."
"promise!"
As the situation on the battlefield moved, the situation on the field began to gradually change. The retreat of the Eastern Wu army did not allow the Yuan army to use all their strength to pursue it. Instead, it could concentrate more troops to siege Li Dian and Le Jin, as one went up and down. The Yuan army's combat power began to gradually compress the Cao army, and the Cao army had only the tip of the iceberg left in the gap between the battlefield.
Li Dian and Le Jin fought fewer and fewer soldiers, and the situation was in danger. At this time, Zhang Liao's troops rushed to the periphery of Yuan's army.
At this moment, Ma Yan, a general of Yuan army, had been guarding outside the formation. When he saw Zhang Liao, he saw Ma Yan step forward with his gun, raised his arm, pointed at Zhang Liao and scolded him loudly.
"Zhang Liao's husband, you are not advancing and retreating, but you dare to come here. The land of Xuzhou is no longer for you. If you don't take the opportunity to go back to Xuchang, do you still dare to stay here? "
Zhang Liao looked cold and stared at Ma Yan quietly, saying, "I don't want to stay in Xuzhou, but if I leave, I must wait for the two generals Li Dian and Le Jin to return together. I hope you can do it for a convenience."
Ma Yan couldn't help but feel excited when he heard this.
"Zhang Liao, do you think this battlefield is run by your family? You can come whenever you want, leave whenever you want, I'm gonna go! Don't mention Li and Le's second generals, even you, don't think about staying here all over today... Let's see if I kill you!"
Ma Yan was a general of the Yuan army. Although he had heard of Zhang Liao's reputation, he did not agree with it. He was a little brave and did not fear Zhang Liao, so he stood up and wanted to compete with him.
Zhang Liao was calm and slowly rushed forward. Seeing Ma Yan coming, he raised the long sword in his hand and held him for several rounds. He knew the strength of the other party. Then suddenly his eyes were exposed to the cold light. He raised the knife and slashed it to Ma Yan's head with all his strength. At the same time, he shouted: "I want to die, I will fulfill you!"
Unexpectedly, Zhang Liao changed his move so quickly, and suddenly he took the terrible move. Ma Yan was startled and had no time to resist in a hurry, so he had to retreat. Zhang Liao followed the situation and then Ma Yan's retreating airplane shouted to his surrounding subordinates: "Go up! Kill the enemy formation!"
Zhang Liao retreated the enemy general with one sword, which made his soldiers more confident. His fighting spirit burned in his chest and followed him loudly. Ma Yan ordered to pull back into the army formation. Zhang Liao took advantage of the fluctuation of his retreat and rushed into it in one fell swoop. The person blocked and killed people, and the Buddha blocked and killed Buddha.
Zhang Liao's army caused a bloody storm on the front line of the field, which immediately attracted the attention of the other generals of the Yuan army's battle points. The first thing that came to his reaction was Zhang Yan. He was close to the place where Zhang Liao massacred and went first to block his edge.
Not long after, Zhang Yan collided with Zhang Liao head-on. The two of them were old enemies. They had met on the battlefield many times in the past, and they knew each other well. They didn't say much nonsense and just fought on the head.
Zhang Liaoyong was unstoppable and came in full force. The two horses intersected, snatched the round arms, and slashed at Zhang Yan's head with a fierce sword.
Zhang Yan did not give in and waved his knife to hold it hard. With the crisp sound of "clang", Zhang Liao did not move in place, and Zhang Yan shook it on the horse. This was not that he was actively showing weakness, but that his body was indeed a little unsupported. He had fought against the young general Ding Feng of the Eastern Wu just now, and tried his best to recover so quickly.
Zhang Liao once fought with Zhang Yan and knew his strength. Although he knew that he was above him, he knew that he could not force him to retreat with one blow. At this moment, he saw him shake Zhang Yan back with one blow, and knew that Zhang Yan should have consumed too much physical strength in the melee just now. When will he wait if he doesn't take his life?
Thinking of this, he used all his strength, and he slashed one after another, greeting Zhang Yan's vital points. Zhang Yan and Zhang Liao only fought for more than ten rounds, and sweat was seen on their foreheads. The scene seemed very passive, and they were almost forced to beat Zhang Liao.
At this moment, the generals of Yuan army, Wang Sect, Zhang Kai and others had also arrived. Seeing that Zhang Yan was not supported, the generals all rushed forward to fight Zhang Liao together.
Zhang Liao was still not afraid of many Yuan army generals and shouted loudly: "Do not stop me from saving people!"
He slashed back and forth with a long sword in his hand, like wind and fire. Several Yuan generals bumped into the weapons in his hand. They all felt as if they were as heavy as a thousand pounds, and they were simply unbearable. Zhang Liao opened the road and headed straight for the field.
When he was young, he saw Zhang Liao leading a portion of brave soldiers into the circle and rushing towards the two generals Li Dian and Le Jin.
Seeing Zhang Liao killing generals coming from afar, Le Jin was overjoyed and turned to Li Dian and said, "Mancheng, look, that is General Zhang Liao's troops... General Zhang Liao is here to rescue us!"
Li Dian's face turned light and dark, and he suddenly seemed to feel something. He opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't say it out.
The two Cao soldiers were still a little far away, but Zhang Liao's voice had already come from far to near, just like the sound of nature, making the two generals and their soldiers feel like a heart-boosting agent in their hearts.
"Mancheng, Wen Qian! What are the two generals waiting for? Don't you follow me and quickly break out of the enemy's formation, and when will you wait!"
After hearing this, Li Dian, Le Jin and their soldiers couldn't help but feel excited. They raised their weapons in their hands, plucked up Yu Yong, and gathered in the direction where Zhang Liao was running.
On the battlefield, because of Zhang Liao's appearance, Li Dian and Le Jin gave Li Dian a glimmer of hope. Cao's army rose up and Yu Yong, and the two merged to break through the siege.
Cao's army made extraordinary performances because of Zhang Liao's appearance, and all this fell into Yuan Shang's eyes.
But when Yuan Shang tidied up his sleeves, stood up, walked to the chariot, and looked at it for a while and couldn't help but sigh.
"Zhang Liao is really worthy of being the number one general under Lu Bu. He is not only good at commanding, but also has great wisdom and courage! Every time I see him, I feel an inexplicable throbbing, just like, just like..."
Wang Shuang interjected from the side and said, "It's like a dog seeing a bone?"
Yuan Shang smiled slightly and gave Wang Shuang a blank look: "Just this metaphor, I have every reason to pull out your bones piece by piece to feed the dog, but Yuan is in a good mood today, so he won't kill any more."
After saying that, Yuan Shang continued: "It would be a pity if a general like Zhang Liao cannot be taken over to his subordinates."
Wang Shuangfang immediately stepped forward and asked in suspicion: "Lord wants to give birth to Zhang Liao?"
Yuan Shang nodded and said, "Of course, although it is not possible to surrender Zhang Liao for a while, from this moment on, I am ready to start planning! Now I still have a powerful force in my hand that I have never used. At this moment, Zhang Liao is already in a siege, and success or failure is here!"
Speaking of this, Yuan Shang turned his head and ordered the guard behind him, "Where is Ma Chao?"
The guard took two steps forward and bowed and said respectfully: "General Ma led a Western Liang Iron Cavalry and stayed in the camp not far away. He just waited for the lord's order and came to help!"
Since Ma Chao, the first warrior in Xuzhou, was injured, he has been recuperating in Linzi, Qingzhou. Although his injuries have not fully recovered at this time, he was impatient and insisted on going out. He had already arrived at Yuan Shang's camp the day before yesterday.
Chapter completed!