Chapter 1444: Ambush
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but look happy. Mi Zhu praised: "Sun Wentai is worthy of being a hero. Seeing that Cao Cao is in a difficult situation, he gathered all the troops to support Cao Cao! This is also very good for us!"
Liu Bei nodded with conscience and murmured: "In this way, there is no need to worry about the enemy in Yuzhou and Jingzhou. Our army can do its best to deal with the current enemy!"
He glanced at everyone and said firmly: "Send the order, all the troops gather, and tomorrow morning, the whole army will head north."
Liu Xian came to Xuzhou with Zhao Yanran, Diao Chan and Dian Wei.
The generals under Han Suishu, who was in charge of guarding Xuzhou, came to greet him and welcomed Liu Xian and his group into the hall of the city's capital.
Liu Xian sat down in the upper seat, and everyone bowed together, "Greetings to Your Majesty!"
Liu Xian smiled and said, "Get up."
Everyone stood up, Han Sui clasped his fists to Liu Xian and said, "Report to Your Majesty, the army has been arranged according to Your Majesty's order."
Liu Xian nodded and asked, "What are Cao Cao's actions?"
Han Sui said: "According to the latest news, Cao Cao deployed more than 700,000 troops in the East China Sea, Mount Tai, Linzi and Beihai respectively.
The surrounding areas of the four cities are clear and the surrounding areas are on guard. They are obviously determined to rely on the strong city to resist our army!
Although all the generals have arrived at the predetermined target position, they are still preparing and have not launched an attack yet."
Liu Xian thought for a while and asked again: "What's the matter with Liu Bei?"
Han Sui clasped his fists and said, "I received a letter from Yingfeng a few days ago, saying that Liu Bei had all launched the two Huai army and advanced towards Lingxian. At this moment, his main army must be crossing the Huai River."
Liu Xian looked thoughtful, and Zhang Xiu said with some concern: "General Xu Rong only has 100,000 troops, and Liu Bei has more than 300,000 people. This is really uneasy!"
He clasped his fists at Liu Xian and said, "Your Majesty, should we divide our troops and reinforcements immediately?"
At the same time, the army led by Liu Bei stopped after crossing the Huai River. Then, the general Zhang Ren led 30,000 troops to continue to march towards Ling County under the banner of Liu Bei.
Liu Bei stood on the hill and looked at Zhang Ren's army gradually moving away, and said with some concern: "I just don't know if Xu Rong will chase him all the way as we hoped?"
Xu Shu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. Although Xu Rong is considered a talented general, he has not had the opportunity to make achievements over the years. Many generals who are not qualified to be old have now surpassed him. He has long been anxious.
Now that I see the opportunity to defeat our army in one fell swoop and capture Your Majesty alive is right in front of me, how can I let it go?"
Liu Bei nodded with a smile, and then said to the generals around him: "Everyone is ambushed according to the plan he had made. From now on, no one is allowed to leave without authorization. Violators will be dealt with by military law!"
Everyone agreed with their fists, then turned their horses and ran back to their respective troops.
More than 200,000 Liu Bei's army immediately spread out on the north bank of the Huai River, entered the hills, entered the dense forest, and ambushed a huge net on this land.
On the other hand, the 30,000 troops led by Zhang Ren arrived in Ling County with great fanfare. That night, they joined the Ling County defenders and launched a fierce attack on the Liu Xianjun camp outside the city.
However, Xu Rong was a talented general after all, and had long been guarded against the enemy's sneak attack. He not only defended his opponent's fierce attack, but also killed his opponent with a strong counterattack and lost and ran into the city.
Xu Rong led his army to chase him to the city before retracting his troops back to the camp. The officers and soldiers were so motivated that they could immediately launch a fierce attack on Lingxian County and annihilate the enemy and capture Liu Bei alive.
In the big tent, Xu Rong discussed plans with his subordinates overnight to advance.
Today's battle made Xu Rong completely look down on Liu Bei's army. He shouted to the generals: "Brothers, great achievements are right in front of us. How can we give it to others!"
Everyone nodded and agreed, and one of them mocked: "Liu Bei can still be a hero! Judging from the battle tonight, he is just a fool!
The 300,000 army has only this little combat power! I think we have enough strength to defeat them in one fell swoop!"
Another person said: "Although Liu Bei's army is not good at combat effectiveness, it would be a great achievement if he could defeat him! At that time, the brothers will be admiring us!"
Everyone agreed.
Xu Rong said: "Very good! You are worthy of being a man from Xiliang! I want to..."
At this moment, a scout hurried in and reported to Xu Rong: "Report to General, Liu Bei's army hurried out of Ling County and fled south!"
Xu Rong was shocked and said anxiously: "Don't let Liu Bei escape! The entire army gathered immediately and followed me to pursue him!"
Not long after, Liu Xian's camp became noisy, and a hundred thousand troops quickly gathered. Under the leadership of Xu Rong, he hurried out of the camp, passed through Lingxian County, which had become an empty city, and pursued Liu Bei's army who was fleeing south.
In order to do a good job, Zhang Ren ordered people to throw food, supplies, weapons and armor everywhere, just like they were throwing their helmets and locomotives!
Xu Rong was indeed deceived. He thought his opponent was defeated and led the entire army to chase him with all his might. Everyone was rushing to capture Liu Bei and made a contribution.
Before we knew it, it was already dawn. The army of 100,000 led by Xu Rong chased to the north bank of the Huai River, but suddenly lost the trace of the opponent.
The army had to stop, and Xu Rong was about to send a scout to investigate the enemy.
However, at this moment, the surrounding mountains and forests suddenly remembered the sound of huge war drums and shouts, echoing between the heaven and earth, as if countless people suddenly emerged from around.
Liu Xianjun was shocked and wondered, and then found that flags were surging in the surrounding mountains and woods, and countless enemy troops actually surrounded him!
A general's expression changed and he shouted: "No! We're trapped!"
Seeing that there was no defense location around him, Xu Rong shouted anxiously: "Shrink the defense immediately!"
At this time, countless war tides surged from the dense forest on the surrounding hills, sweeping towards this side from all directions. Liu Bei's army, led by the powerful general Liu Feng, rushed into the middle of Liu Xian's army, and even formed Liu Xian's army into two pieces in one fell swoop!
Seeing this, Xu Rong was very anxious and ordered his cavalry to attack.
Thousands of war cavalry charged and rushed towards the Baier soldiers led by Liu Feng. Seeing that the opponent was coming fiercely, Liu Feng had no choice but to give up the blocking operation and quickly retreated to the side.
The cavalry caught the intercepted officers and soldiers and quickly retreated back to the middle of the army.
At this time, the 100,000 troops had basically gathered in one place and formed a huge circular formation!
Chapter completed!