Chapter 304: Another 20,000 surrendered troops

Yangping Pass, the scorching sun is in the sky.

Three thousand elite soldiers had already assembled, winding into a long dragon on the narrow official road, the mountain wind was howling, and the flying flags were clamoring in front of the formation.

Ma Yue looked up, and the shore walls on both sides of the official road were like swords and axes, and dangers were everywhere.

Looking back, Dian Wei and Xu Chu stood side by side like two iron towers. They were not wearing armor, but were only wearing straight pieces. The knotted muscles were exposed and shining with dazzling brilliance. They were carrying large bundles of ropes on their shoulders, thick and tough hemp ropes!

Ma Yue raised his right hand and waved it forward gently, and said coldly: "Go!"

"Abide by the order!"

"Abide by the order!"

Xu Chu and Dian Wei took the order with a loud bang. They grabbed the right side of the official road in two steps and used their hands and feet. They climbed up the steep cliff like a monkey. In less than a moment, the figures of the two disappeared on the cliff that stood like a shaved wall, and then two hemp ropes hung down from the cliff.

Ma Yue turned his gaze to Zhang Xiu, and his tone was calm: "Yuan Jin, I am waiting for your good news at Yangping Pass!"

Ma Yue's valuation made Zhang Xiu feel both frightened and honored. Zhang Xiu rushed into his body and responded excitedly: "Please rest assured, lord, I will never be humiliated!"

"Yes." Ma Yue nodded and waved his hand lightly, "Go away."

Zhang Xiu turned around and shouted to the three hundred forwards who had carefully selected to fight the front, "Go!"

At Zhang Xiu's order, the three hundred vanguards climbed up along the two hanging hemp ropes, and then hung more hemp ropes. The subsequent five thousand elite soldiers followed these hanging hemp ropes to the cliff that stood like a sharp edge. These were three thousand elite soldiers and three thousand light soldiers. In addition to the weapons they carried with them, each of them only brought dry food for three days!

This is another gamble, horse butcher-like gambling.

It was not until the last soldier disappeared from sight that Ma Yue breathed a long sigh and turned to Chen Dao and said, "Shuzhi, lead two thousand infantry out for war! Remember, the bigger the momentum, the better. It is best to let the soldiers launch raids on the Hanzhong camp from time to time, and they will definitely harass the Hanzhong rebels to exhaustion."

"The last general will receive the order!"

Chen Dao, who had been impatient, was overjoyed when he heard this, bowed to Ma Yue, turned around and walked away quickly.

Outside Yangping Pass, Hanzhong Daying.

When Zhang Lu was sitting and lying in the tent, he suddenly heard the sound of killing outside the camp shaking the sky, as if thousands of troops rushed out of Yangping Guanzhong. When Zhang Lu was about to leave the tent to check the truth, his younger brother Zhang Wei had already led Yang Ren, Yang Ang and other Hanzhong generals in a hurry, and before he could salute Zhang Wei, he shouted: "Brother, Liang army is out of the customs and fight!"

"Oh?" Zhang Lu said anxiously, "How many troops have come to Liang's army?"

"There are only more than two thousand people."

"Is it a cavalry or an infantry?"

"infantry."

"Hey, is it an infantry?" Zhang Lu frowned and whispered in a low voice, "Reward the butcher Ma brought thousands of Western Liang cavalry, why didn't he send cavalry out for war? Could it be that he wanted to send cavalry out of the gate when our army was out of the camp to attack? Yes, that must be the case!"

Zhang Wei said: "Brother, Liang's army bullies too much, I ask to lead the army to fight."

"No." Zhang Lu shook his head and said, "The Liang army is a plan to lure the enemy. You can ask the entire army to strengthen its vigilance and do not fight easily."

Zhang Wei said: "Brother!?"

"Second brother!" Zhang Lu's face darkened and he shouted, "Keep calm and be calm!"

Yangping closed.

Ma Yue, Jia Xu stood on the wall, a faint smile froze on the corner of Jia Xu's mouth. Jia Xu turned around and said to Ma Yue: "Lord, the Hanzhong rebels really dare not go out to fight."

Ma Yue said calmly: "Zhang Lu is cautious and cautious, this is also expected."

Jia Xu looked up at the lush mountains and steep outside the pass, and whispered: "Now... it's up to General Zhang Xiu's three thousand soldiers!"

"The army in the pass must also be prepared!" Ma Yue said this and turned to Fang Yue and said, "Yuan Sheng (Fang Yue Biao), give the war horses enough ingredients, and then let the soldiers of the army have a full meal and run out early! Wait until tomorrow, make meals at the third day, and leave the pass at the fourth day, and prepare to attack Hanzhong camp at night!"

"Abide by the order!"

Fang Yue clasped his fists and took the order and left.

Night is coming.

Liang's army, who had been harassing before the pass, finally retreated back to the pass, and Zhang Lu and Hanzhong soldiers finally calmed down. The chefs and soldiers were busy making food, while the soldiers who had been nervous for the whole day returned to the tent in groups of three or three, cursing something in their mouths.

Not long after, the fragrance of rice began to float in the Hanzhong camp.

The soldiers of Hanzhong who were waiting for the meal did not notice that a surprise soldier of three thousand people was moving forward like a ghost from the mountains on the right. The group of surprise soldiers was tied together by a hemp rope and groping forward. Occasionally, a soldier would be rescued by his companions. The rugged mountain road could not stop them from moving forward.

The night is deep and everything is silent.

Just after the fourth update, the closing door of Yangping Pass quietly opened. Teams of fully armed Liang army infantry and Western Liang cavalry came out one after another and began to line up on the open space in front of the pass. All the war horses were covered with mouth covers, and the horse's hooves were wrapped in cotton cloth. All the soldiers were issued a ban order.

There was no command or lighting. Although the Liang army soldiers' actions were slow, they were carried out in an orderly manner. After half an hour, the Liang army finally completed the entire team.

Under the night sky, Ma Yue led the seven-star sword in his hand forward, and the more than 10,000 troops behind him swept towards the Hanzhong camp like a flood that broke the dike. But strangely, the flood was moving silently. The Hanzhong army scouts, thousands of steps away, did not notice the abnormality in front of Yangping Pass.

It was not until the surging Western Liang Iron Cavalry was only a few dozen steps away from the Hanzhong Camp that the Hanzhong Scout who was guarding the gate discovered the abnormality with the light of fire. However, before the poor Scout could open his mouth and ask, two sharp spears had already been thrown into the air and penetrated his chest coldly.

“Uh~~”

The dying Hanzhong scout screamed in terror and fell from the gate.

A team of Hanzhong soldiers patrolling nearby were shocked. In an instant, the sound of desolate horns soared from the Hanzhong camp with shrill howlings: "Night attack, Liang army attacked at night..."

Zhang Lu was sleepless tonight, and always felt frightened and had no sleepiness.

While tossing and turning, a shrill sound of horns suddenly sounded outside the tent. Zhang Lu was surprised and turned over and sat up quickly. Before he could put on his clothes, he ran out of the tent and shouted loudly: "Where is the sound of horns? What happened?"

Under the night sky, the entire Hanzhong camp had begun to stir up. Hanzhong soldiers who had just woken up from their sleep ran out of the tent in a mess, wearing armor on their bodies, while searching for their weapons everywhere. The sound of curses, shouts and screams of soldiers falling down were intertwined.

"Shi~~Shijun." A personal soldier rushed to Zhang Lu panting, "Liang~~Liang army attacked at night."

"The Liang army attacked at night!" Zhang Lu's face changed and he said anxiously, "Was it attacked the left and right wings or the front army camp?"

"Foreign Army Camp."

"The front army camp?" Zhang Lu said anxiously, "Let Yang Song and Yang Bai defend the front camp to death. Zhang Wei gathered a large army in the central army camp to prepare for a counterattack. Then, Yang Ren and Yang Ang led the army from the two wings to counterattack, ready to detour behind Liang's army and cut off his retreat!"

"Affect the order."

The personal soldiers agreed and took the order and left.

Zhang Lu's reaction was extremely quick, and the decision he made could not be said to be wrong. Unfortunately, this time Zhang Lu's opponent was not an ordinary warlord, but a brutal butcher Ma and the cunning Jia Dushi. Zhang Lu's reaction was almost in the calculations of Ma butcher Ma and Jia Dushi!

Zhang Lu quickly paid a price for his "decision" and a heavy price!

The Western Liang Iron Cavalry's surprise attack on the Hanzhong Army's Central Camp was actually just a feint. After throwing a few rounds of spears and bluffing, the three thousand Iron Cavalry immediately divided into two groups to attack the Hanzhong Army on the left and right wings. At this time, Yang Ren and Yang Ang followed the order of Zhang Lu and just led the Hanzhong Army on the two wings to attack, preparing to cut off the Liang army's retreat.

The Western Liang Iron Cavalry and the Hanzhong Army collided head-on in the dark. After a fierce melee, the two Hanzhong troops led by Yang Ren and Yang Ang were quickly defeated. The Liang infantry that followed the situation took advantage of the situation to attack and occupy the left and right wing camps of the Hanzhong Army. Three thousand Western Liang Iron Cavalry gathered in the middle again, and then launched an attack from the front on the open fire.

When the Hanzhong Camp was in full swing, Zhang Xiu's three thousand elite soldiers had already climbed down from the cliff and began to gather in the empty valley.

Zhang Lu’s military account.

Yang Ren, Yang Ang's hair disheveled, rushed in stumbled, Zhang Lu jumped up in shock and said in dismay: "Why are the two generals like this?"

"I've been trapped!" Yang Ren said miserably, "Shi Jun, our army has been trapped!"

Yang Ang said: "The generals, who were ordered by Shijun, led their troops out of the camp and were about to cut off the retreat route of the Liang army. Unexpectedly, they collided with the Western Liang cavalry halfway. When the two armies were fighting fiercely, a large group of Liang army infantry suddenly came out from behind and took advantage of the situation to attack the left and right camps. The generals and others had no choice but to lead the remaining troops to retreat into the front camp."

Zhang Lu said blankly: "How could this happen?"

Yang Song said anxiously: "Shijun, the Liang army is attacking fiercely from the left and right wings and the middle road. Our army is already surrounded by the Liang army on three sides. The situation is critical. What should we do now?"

"Don't panic, the situation is not so bad that it is irreversible. Although the left and right camps have been lost, the entire official road is still under the control of our army. As long as the Central Army's camp and the Back Battalion are not lost, the Liang army will still be unable to step into Hanzhong!" Zhang Lu said in a cold sweat and finally made a correct decision, "Order immediately to abandon the front camp, the entire army will shrink and guard the Central Camp to the back camp, and wait until dawn."

Due to the loss of the left and right camps, Neikang's Jieyue advantage has disappeared. The front camp, which was originally shrunk behind the left and right wings, has been placed in the three-sided siege of the Liang army. It is of course unwise to defend it blindly, so it is very correct for Zhang Lu to immediately reduce his troops to defend the Central and Back camps.

If Zhang Xiu had not had the three thousand outstanding soldiers, although Zhang Lu had lost some troops and the left and right wing camps, he could still resist the enemy from the country. Unfortunately, Zhang Xiu's three thousand outstanding soldiers had already appeared behind the Hanzhong Army. Almost as soon as the Hanzhong Army withdrew from the front camp, a Hanzhong junior high school student broke into Zhang Lu's tent in panic.

"Shi Jun, something is wrong!"

Zhang Lu frowned and shouted, "Why are you panic?"

The school said in panic: "A elite army of Liang suddenly broke out from behind, and our army was caught off guard and the rear army camp was already lost!"

"What!?" Zhang Lu was shocked and said sternly, "What did you say? The rear army camp has been lost!?"

The primary school nodded weakly.

Zhang Lu's thin body shook twice and fell back to the table. Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, and Yang Ang in the tent also had pale faces. If the rear army camp was lost, the connection between the Hanzhong army and Nanzheng would be completely cut off. Now, let alone defending the camp to the death and resisting the Liang army outside Hanzhong, even the survival of the 30,000 troops will become a great difficulty!

The Liang army now only needs to defend the four camps in front, back, left and right to trap Zhang Lu and 30,000 Hanzhong troops in this valley. What is particularly suffocating is that all the military rations and supplies of the Hanzhong army were stored in the Houjun camp. Once the Houjun camp is lost, the Hanzhong army will not be able to survive in two days!

Zhang Lu and the Hanzhong generals never thought that the Liang army could suddenly emerge from behind!

"This is impossible!" Zhang Lu shook his head and said in a dream, "This is absolutely impossible! The Chencang Ancient Road and the Ziwu Valley Road have sent troops to guard it. How did the Liang army circling behind our army? Can these Liang army turn into birds and leaps from the mountains and ridges?"

Yang Song took a breath, tried his best to calm down, and advised: "Shi Jun, the most important thing is to find a way to retake the Hou Battalion. If there is no food and supplies for the Hou Battalion, our army may be in danger of defeat, and I am afraid that we will not even be able to survive tomorrow!"

"It's over, it's all..." Zhang Lu sighed sadly, "Now our army is dead. If we attack the rear camp with all our strength, the Liang army in the front camp and the left and right camps will send troops to rescue us. Our army is attacked from all sides and is unable to do anything. There is no other way now, alas..."

Yang Song said horrifiedly: "What does Shijun mean?"

Zhang Lu said weakly: "Surrender."

"No! This matter is absolutely not possible!" Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, and Yang Ang and other generals were anxiously opposed, "Shi Jun has surrendered once, how can we surrender twice? Moreover, the butcher Ma has no reason to surrender. If our army surrenders, all 30,000 sons will not escape the poisonous hand of the butcher Ma. Shi Jun thinks, what do you think!"

"War is death, and not fighting is death. Why do you have to do the dying battle?" Zhang Lu shook his head sadly and said, "I have made up my mind and go to the Liang army camp alone tomorrow to ask the butcher of horses to surrender. If I can exchange my life for 30,000 soldiers for one life, I will be very lucky. If the matter is not done, it is also God's will. What can I do?"

The next day, Zhang Lu, Zhang Wei, Yang Ren, Yang Ang, Yang Song, Yang Bai and other Han Chinese civil servants and generals tied their hands and came to the Liang army camp to surrender. The butcher Ma suddenly promoted the tent to the general.

The Central Army’s tent.
To be continued...