Midnight.
The Xu Prefecture army was ready.
"Attack!" Zhang Liao officially gave the order.”
Under the cover of the night, four to five large ships and forty to fifty small boats set off from the Xu Prefecture army's position.
Every boat was stuffed with dry reeds.
When they reached the center of the Huai River.
The Xu soldiers lit torches and threw them into the boat.
Then, he quickly abandoned the ship and left, allowing the ship to continue sailing to the other side.
The bundles of dry reeds were very easy to burn, and in the process of burning, they would produce extremely choking smoke. At this moment, the wind happened to be blowing south, so the fire and suffocating smoke would undoubtedly envelop Cao Cao's camp on the opposite bank.
After a while.
Cao Cao's camp was set ablaze.
The fire started to rage along the camp.
It quickly burned.
In just a moment, Cao Camp had turned into a sea of fire.
"General!"
"We succeeded!"
"I didn't expect the Cao army to be so weak!”
Several generals came to Zhang Liao, all of them prostrating themselves in admiration.
If it were any other general, they would have been helpless against the tight defense line of the Cao army and could only brace themselves to attack. However, Zhang Liao was able to use the time and place to quickly come up with such an excellent fire attack plan.
Was this the difference between a first-rate general and an ordinary general?
However…
He was different from the excited soldiers.
"Something's wrong. It's going too smoothly. Cao Cao's camp is too quiet under the fire. This is not normal!”
Zhang Liao frowned. After thinking carefully, his eyes suddenly widened."Not good! He had fallen into a trap! The opposite is an empty camp!"
The generals looked at each other.
The seemingly tight Cao camp.
Was it an empty camp from the beginning?
In other words, if Zhang Liao's army had crossed the river early on, they would have been able to take down Shouchun easily without any suspense? Such a risky move had actually deceived the Xu Prefecture Army!
Zhang Liao's expression turned uglier and uglier.
He quickly realized his current situation.
At this moment, the Xuzhou army was gathered in front of the Huai River, ready to cross the river to attack Shouchun after the fire attack.
There was almost no defense line behind the army. This was a great taboo for military strategists since ancient times!
Once the enemy was ambushed from behind.
The consequences would be unimaginable!
"Retreat!" Zhang Liao shouted. Retreat quickly!"
As a general, Zhang Liao was top-notch in all aspects.
Therefore, he was able to detect the enemy's plot at the first moment and decisively give the order to retreat.
However…
In the end, it was too late.
When Zhang Liao attacked Cao Cao's camp.
Yue Fei had already led five thousand elite cavalry to the back of the Xu Prefecture army.
These five thousand cavalry with high mobility were the elite of the Cao army. They were the Tiger Leopard Cavalry that were recorded in history and were famous in the future. They were the fastest and strongest vanguard of the Cao army.
"Hahaha."
"The enemy's defeat has been revealed."
"My sons, it's time to make a contribution. Charge with me!”
Yue Fei raised his spear and shouted.
All the soldiers were infected by his boldness.
Yue Fei's rare talent could not only boost morale, but also increase the combat strength and cohesion of the troops.
Yue Fei took the lead.
The five thousand elite cavalry were like a sharp knife.
It stabbed into the Xu Prefecture Army's position from behind.
It was too fast!
Unable to react!
Almost instantly.
Zhang Liao's army fell into chaos.
Yue Fei was incomparably brave.
All the defensive lines were broken by Yue Fei's attack.
The Xu soldiers trampled on each other in fear, and at least thousands of them were driven into the Huai River and drowned.
Zhang Liao knew very well that in the current situation, even if Han Xin was reborn, he would not be able to turn the situation around. It would be foolish to fight to the death. Therefore, he did his best to gather the troops that he could gather, throw away all the supplies, and break out from the flank.
Yue Fei was a little surprised,"Under such circumstances, they still have the ability to organize troops to escape?" It seemed like Lu Bu of Xu Province had a good general under him!”
Let's not talk about anything else.
With this kind of organizational ability.
Not many generals in the world could do this.
"Are we going to chase them or not?" asked an officer hurriedly.”
Yue Fei laughed," Most of them are infantry, so they can't escape far. Let's not rush. Let them run for a while. When they run out of energy, we will go up and deal with them. Let's destroy the remaining troops first!"”
This night attack.
Yue Fei wiped out nearly ten thousand enemies in one fell swoop.
He led 5,000 elite cavalry and was almost unscathed.
Zhang Liao forcefully brought out a small portion of his troops and headed northeast in a sorry state.
Cao Cao's cavalry was extremely mobile, and his remaining troops were mainly infantry. If the other party wanted to chase after him, it would only take a moment. Thus, if he fled, he would definitely die.
Zhang Liao knew.
About ten miles ahead.
There was a very dense forest.
If they entered the forest, they could use the forest as a barrier to restrict the cavalry.
After Zhang Liao led his troops through the mountains, he would be able to regroup and meet up with Lu Bu's reinforcements.
This was the only chance to counterattack the Cao army!
It was also Zhang Liao's only choice!
With this thought in mind, Zhang Liao quickly led his army to the forest.
However, as soon as they entered the forest, flames shot into the sky from all directions, and countless arrows rained down like locusts.
"Not good!"
"There are already troops in ambush in the forest!"
Zhang Liao felt a sense of despair.
Why was it that every step he took was within the enemy's calculations?
Zhang Liao left another 5,000 men behind and retreated from the forest.
Yue Fei's cavalry had already arrived and joined the ambush, surrounding Zhang Liao once again.
Zhang Liao had no choice but to retreat into a small mountain valley, trying to defend himself with the terrain of the valley.
However, he only had four to five thousand defeated soldiers left. He had no supplies or water sources. The other party had surrounded him without attacking. It would only take one or two days for him to be completely trapped.
Yue Fei shouted,"The outcome is decided. Why aren't you surrendering?"”
Ever since Zhang Liao started his career, he had never suffered such a miserable defeat."May I ask your name, General?"
"Yue Fei!"
Zhang Liao smiled bitterly.
He did not expect that he would be defeated by a nameless person!
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