Chapter 1211: Soldiers Approach the City of Changzi

Zhang Ke led five hundred Zhang Yang's personal cavalry and left the south gate of Changzi City like a gust of wind. Then, in the morning breeze, they headed south towards the direction of the Xu family. Zhang Yang's thousand cavalry are the thousand personal guards Zhang Yang reorganized with his original personal guards as the backbone after being redeemed from Luoyang by Lu Bu. Although they cannot be compared with Lu Bu's Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, they are far stronger than them. Ordinary cavalry can be said to be the elite among cavalry.

Zhang Ke is also a battle-tested general who has followed Zhang Yang, from the commander of the army to the captain of the personal soldiers. From Zhang Yang's arrangements, he also discovered the seriousness of the matter. So as soon as he left his eldest son, he divided the five hundred cavalry into five teams and spread them out as far as five or six miles away, as he had ordered.

More than 20 miles after leaving Changzi City, seeing the sky was already bright, Zhang Ke gave an order and the cavalry began to advance south quickly. Suddenly, Zhang Ke was startled by the reaction of the first team of cavalry in front. They turned their horses and ran back. Some of them even fell to the ground because of their rapid U-turn, but those cavalry immediately He got up from the ground and quickly climbed onto his horse.

The centurion led by Zhang Ke was in the second position. Just when he was surprised, the commander of the first camp had already rushed a hundred steps in front of him. While running wildly, he shouted: "General, We found that the Tang Army’s cavalry numbered in the thousands, only three or four miles away from us!”

After hearing this, Zhang Ke's face changed drastically, and without hesitation, he shouted loudly: "Quick, the rear team becomes the front team, return to the eldest son!"

After hearing this, all the cavalrymen turned their horses and ran away in the direction from the north. Zhang Ke knew that since a large group of Tang Army cavalry had appeared here, the situation had reached the worst situation expected by the prefect. Most of the Tang Army had entered Shangdang through Gaoping Pass. Now the Tianjing Pass fortresses in the south are It doesn't matter if you are still holding on.

At least it is certain that Gaopingguan and Xuushi County have been occupied by the Tang army, and Hao Meng and the six thousand army he led must have been completely destroyed. Now the only thought in Zhang Ke's mind is to rush back to Changzi City as soon as possible to warn the prefect.

The two cavalrymen fled and chased each other, rushing towards Changzi City. More than ten miles behind them, more than 10,000 Tang Army infantry, led by Tian Yu and Lu Zhong, were already heading towards Changzi City in the north. direction.

Tian Yu rode on his horse, and Lu Zhong and Shi A followed him. After several battles, they all won great victories, which made everyone very happy. Now, both Tang and Zhao countries were competing for the throne. At that time, the area around Changzi City was the most prosperous place in the entire Shangdang Basin. If the Changzi City could be fought before Zhao Jun could react, for the Tang State, most of the purpose of the entire war would have been achieved.

While the three of them were chatting, several cavalrymen suddenly came galloping in the distance. The cavalrymen kept running towards the central army where the three generals were. After arriving a few steps away, several cavalrymen stopped. One of the cavalrymen said: "Report to the general. General Zuo ordered his subordinates to report that our cavalry met Zhao's cavalry more than ten miles away. Now. Zhao Jun's cavalry is fleeing north, and General Zuo has led his cavalry to pursue him. He specially ordered his subordinates to report to the general. "

When the three of them heard this, they were all stunned for a moment. Tian Yu reacted, waved his hand to the cavalry and said, "I understand, please stand down!"

After the cavalry retreated, Shi A hurriedly said: "General Tian, ​​since Changzi City has been discovered, we should immediately return to the Huns, and then send troops to capture Gaodu first, then attack Tianjing Pass with the king's army from both sides, and destroy the king's After the army entered Shangdang, they attacked the eldest son. "

"Otherwise!" Before Tian Yu could speak, Lu Zhong objected: "Since Zhang Yang already knows, then our army should take advantage of the situation to speed up and force troops to force the eldest son to enter the city. We cannot give Zhang Yang more time. If we wait, After joining the king's army, Zhang Yang will be more prepared to attack Changzi City."

Tian Yu also nodded and said: "General Shi,

General Lu's words are reasonable. The faster our army is, the shorter Zhang Yang's preparation time will be, and the more advantageous it will be to attack the eldest son. "

With that said, Tian Yu turned around and said to the messenger behind him: "Command the army to speed up the march and get to the Changzi City as soon as possible. Also send someone to urge the equipment in the Xuans City to be delivered to the Changzi City as soon as possible."

"promise!"

After the messenger accepted the promise, he immediately turned away.

After a while, the entire army sped up and headed towards the Changzi City.

When Zhang Ke led five hundred cavalry and fled to the foot of Changzi City in embarrassment, he saw that there was a strong formation on the city wall, and he couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the prefect had made preparations for defense, but there were only a few people in the city. Can five thousand county soldiers be able to defend against the massive attack of the Tang army?

However, at this time, Zhang Ke had no energy to think about this. The Tang Army cavalry was already following behind him. Zhang Ke whistled and led the five hundred cavalry towards Beicheng. However, the thousands of Tang Army cavalry did not continue. He continued to chase, but stopped a few hundred steps outside the city, quietly watching the Zhao army generals on top of the city shouting and arranging the defense of the soldiers.

In the evening, Tian Yu led most of the Tang army to five miles south of Changzi City. After arranging for the army to camp here, the three of them led their respective guards to the foot of Changzi City and stopped a few meters away from the city wall. . Afterwards, several people, escorted by their own soldiers, observed a circle around the city before returning to their camp.

That night, the general in charge of transporting siege equipment in Xu's City escorted all the equipment and prisoners prepared in Xu's City to the camp in accordance with Tian Yu's request. As a result, the defenders on the city wall of Changzi City saw countless torches entering the Tang Army camp several miles away. For a moment, they didn't know how many reinforcements arrived at the city. The defenders in the city were frightened. Even Zhang Yang was awakened by the noise in the middle of the night and rushed to the top of the city to observe carefully. Unfortunately, it was already late at night and it was several miles away, so he had no way of knowing what happened in the Tang Army camp.

After returning to the prefect's mansion, Zhang Yang frowned. As soon as he sat down, he asked Lu Jiu and Zhang Ke: "Is there a way to find out what just happened in the Tang Army's camp?"

Everyone shook their heads. Since the cavalry of the Tang Army arrived, they could not leave the city even half a step away. At the beginning of the night, Lu Jiu still wanted to lead some of his subordinates to the Tang Army camp to inquire about information. Who knew that they were not close yet? Within two hundred steps of the camp, he was discovered by the opponent's shadow guard. After losing several subordinates, Lu Jiu was able to escape. Even he himself was seriously injured. Judging from the opponent's posture, it should be very difficult. figure.