General Huangfu Song's troops had already advanced to the east of the river, suppressing Zhang Bao's troops. Originally, because he did not have enough manpower, General Huangfu Song had decided to delay the battle until summer. However, the sudden appearance of two troops had pushed his plan forward. On one side was the Commanding Officer Cao Cao, Cao Mengde, and on the other side was the Commanding Officer Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu from Hebei. There were a total of ten thousand people on both sides.
At the end of spring, three groups of people wiped out Zhang Bao's main force in the northwest corner of Guangzong. At the same time, in order to save Zhang Fei and Anping from the threat, Cao Cao went all the way to Anping. At this time, neither Zhang Fei nor Zhang Ning knew that such a group of people was rushing here. As for Yuan Shao, his uncle urgently summoned him, so he resigned from General Huangfu and rushed to Luoyang. At this time, there were undercurrents surging in Luoyang. If he was not careful, he might die without a burial place. Therefore, many scholar-bureaucrats chose to play it safe. Only a few royalists were there to deal with the eunuchs. Great General He Jin saw that the situation was not good, so he once again summoned the Guardian of Gold Ding Yuan and Great Minister Wang Yun to discuss how to eliminate the thief in the Great General's residence.
In fact, there was not a single piece of peaceful land in the entire Han Dynasty from Luoyang to the east. However, unlike the court officials who were sitting on pins and needles, Zhang Fei now had a 70% chance of winning.
Zhang Ning was indeed not simple. Not to mention that she was a woman, but how many men in the world could lead troops to war like her? In order to prevent accidents, Zhang Ning ordered Deng Mao to be the left army and Cheng Zhiyuan to be the right army. They formed a horn formation and looked after each other. Although Zhang Ning was proud, he would not underestimate the 10,000 soldiers in Anping. However, it was an indisputable fact that Zhang Fei had broken through the 100,000 soldiers. Therefore, whether Zhang Fei had a capable subordinate or not, Zhang Ning regarded Zhang Fei as a rare opponent. That was because, apart from any other unexpected situations, Zhang Ning had a headache just from the few beast-like generals of the Zhang family.
"Do you remember how I subdued the Lu Meng water stronghold?”Zhang Fei asked his brothers with a smile. Seeing Zhang Fei's question, Zhang Feng replied,"Ambush." Zhang Fei nodded, and everyone's hearts trembled.
"Are we going to ambush them this time?" Zhang Ji asked Zhang Fei. In his opinion, there were a total of 50,000 people. Other than the people guarding the city, there were still not enough people to ambush them.
"Ambush is just soup, there's still a feast waiting for you.”Zhang Fei patted his thigh and laughed.
"Does Big Brother have a good plan?" Guan Yu asked respectfully. Zhang Fei smiled and said,"That's right!"
Zhao Yun knew that Zhang Fei was resourceful, so she said,"How to use this fire attack will depend on big brother's arrangements.”
"In a war, we must know ourselves and our enemies. Let's take a look at the map first.”As Zhang Fei spoke, he spread out a map that he had drawn for a long time on the table. Everyone stood up and listened to Zhang Fei's explanation.
"It's late spring now. Although the north is blowing with the southeast wind, we have to make a turn here because this is a large valley with a width of one to two hundred zhang. When the southeast wind reaches the mouth of the valley, it will become a strong wind from the south. This place is right at the mouth of the training water army. When the time comes, we just need to open the dam at the mouth of the lake. The water will flow thousands of miles into the valley. Taking advantage of the dry grass that hadn't dried up in the winter, they rushed into the valley from the south with a fire. At this time, the flood was about to arrive. At that time, we only need to set up two ambushes and we can make these 50,000 troops never return!”Zhang Fei's fingers kept knocking on the table, and his face was smiling very evilly. Everyone was carefully pondering Zhang Fei's plan. It was a very vicious plan. If the person came in, he would really have run into a graveyard.
"Good plan! Wonderful!" Zhao Yun clapped her hands and said loudly. Everyone immediately prostrated themselves in admiration.
"Don't be happy too early! " The connection between the front and back of the army formation is very complicated. If we're not careful, we might burn ourselves in. When the time comes, the people who dig the dam will have to release smoke to warn us. Otherwise, our ambush and arson troops will also be trapped inside. That will be troublesome.”Zhang Fei waved his hand to signal everyone not to be careless. Although this plan was very good, there were too many unstable factors. If the opponent did not take this path, what would happen if they took the path and attacked? What if there was no wind? What if the water didn't move forward as planned? All of this was risky, but the group of people in front of him were not timid people. They would probably cry out twice when they saw the flood.
"Our advantage is still very obvious. The enemy came in a hurry and had very little food and supplies. Even if it became a city defense, they would not be able to gain an advantage. Not to mention that they did not have any siege equipment, they did not know what rivers and mountains there were on the surface of this peaceful land. When the time comes, it will depend on the bravery of our soldiers.”Zhao Yun calmly analyzed the current situation. Lu Meng and Zang Hong were still a little worried, but after listening to Zhao Yun's analysis, the last trace of uneasiness in their hearts disappeared without a trace.
"Alright, tonight, everyone will explain the situation to your soldiers and set off to the designated location overnight. Scouts from all over the country would be scouting the movements of the invading army day and night. They had to arrange everything properly by noon tomorrow. Zilong will lead a hundred cavalrymen to harass their provisions and baggage first. Burn everything that can be burned. Remember not to fight with them. Leave immediately after the first attack. Commander Yun's 2,000 troops were moving back and forth in the southwest corner as a decoy. If a small group came to test the waters, they would immediately be eaten. If a large group came to challenge, they would fight if they could, and if they could not, they would immediately move closer to the valley.”Zhang Fei said seriously. After the two of them listened to Zhang Fei's arrangements, they received the order and left.
"The men of Ah Feng Region are lying in ambush on both sides of the valley. If they see the flood, light a smoke to warn them. Xiaowu, when you see the signal, lead two thousand men to the Jing River Ferry to prevent them from escaping by water. Third Brother, you take two hundred men to dig the dam. You must be careful of the time. Before you release the water, you must give a warning, remember?”It was not without reason that Zhang Fei entrusted such an important task to Zhang Ping who had a bad temper. A bad-tempered person always wanted to do things fast. Therefore, if Zhang Fei asked his third brother to do such a time-consuming and laborious job, he might be a bit faster than others. Zhang Ping saw that Zhang Fei had entrusted this important task to him, so he immediately turned around to gather his men and prepare his belongings to go to the dam at the mouth of the lake.
"Big brother! What about me?" Zhang Yun saw that everyone had a mission, but he didn't have anything to share, so he asked. Zhang Fei smiled and said,"Don't be anxious! Don't worry! Didn't I say that there were two ambushes? No. 5 has led them all the way. The rest of the way is yours. Whether or not Chief Yun's troops fight, there will be pursuers coming to probe. You will lead 3,000 soldiers to lie in ambush in the forest southwest of the valley. When those remaining soldiers escape, you will kill them.”
"Save it." Zhang Yun walked out as well. Only Zang Hong and Lu Meng were left in the room.
"General, what are our assignments?”Lu Meng asked. Zang Hong also had an expectant look on his face.
"Hehe, you're anxious, aren't you?" Zhang Fei pointed at the two of them and laughed. The two of them were a little shy when they saw Zhang Fei making fun of them." You two, follow me to get them."”
"Rescue people?" Zang Hong asked doubtfully.
"It's not fishing people out. After the fire and the water flooded them, they still had to save the living. They couldn't just let them die, right?”Zhang Fei laughed.
"He is the enemy! Why save him?" Zang Hong said angrily. Zhang Fei smiled and said,"They're heartless. We're not the evil army. The people in the water have lost all will to resist. We have to save them if we can. Moreover, although defeating the enemy was the most important thing, there were always benefits to doing benevolence and righteousness. In the future, if we were to meet with trouble, others would also save us, and not have to go down the well and sink into the stone!”
"This is still a little inappropriate. What if they have the strength to hurt us again?”Zang Hong asked again.
"It won't be too late to kill him then!" Lu Meng said. He looked at Zang Hong and said,"General, you mean to be lenient. If we push too hard, they might fight to the death and we might even lose many people. When those rebel soldiers saw Daren's actions, they would definitely know that they wouldn't kill if they surrendered, so they naturally wouldn't resist.”
"I see! Sir is wise!" Zang Hong suddenly understood and said respectfully to Zhang Fei. Zhang Fei looked at Lu Meng with interest. He did not expect this young boy to have such insight. He was indeed a promising talent!
"But my lord!" Lu Meng then said to Zhang Fei," At this moment, all the troops have already left Anping County. How are we going to defend the city?”Seeing Lu Meng ask such an insightful question, Zhang Fei felt that he was not bad.
"This war is more or less a gamble!" Zhang Fei laughed. I naturally knew that defending the city was the worst solution, so I decided to put the final battle outside. Since I couldn't defend Anping County anyway, it was better to fight outside. If I won, I naturally wouldn't have to worry about anything. If it wasn't easy to win, it would be too late to withdraw our troops back to the city.”
"I see!" Lu Meng nodded.
"Alright, let's go back and prepare first. There's still a fierce battle to fight tomorrow, so we need to rest well. Otherwise, he would not have the strength to fish her up tomorrow.”Zhang Fei smiled and brought the two out of the door. The two nodded and went back to prepare.
At this time, Zhang Ning's Yellow Turban Army had already marched five miles outside the valley. At this time, Zhang Ning was afraid that there would be an ambush here, so he set up a camp and waited until dawn to explore the road before passing through. What she didn't know was that her hesitation had caused her fifty thousand men to be burned and flooded.
It was really the will of heaven!
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