The Red Flame Battalion was not marching very fast, and the large and small carts and various baggage weighed down the entire army.
Gao Gan led his army to move quickly, and soon he saw the meandering convoy of the Red Flame Army from a distance.
Naturally, the rear troops of the Red Flame Army also noticed the enemy troops falling not far away.
Flags were waving in the team, drums and trumpets were blaring, and each team stopped advancing and put into defensive formations.
Since the plains and plains here were not conducive to defense, the Red Flame Army used the baggage convoy to surround the horse in layers, with spearmen and archers scattered among the gaps in the convoy.
The senior officials did not dare to start a fight rashly, so they ordered the advance to stop two to three hundred steps away from the Red Flame Army.
He hid behind the banner and secretly observed the Red Flame Army not far away.
The Red Flame Army is well-trained, and they are not confused when encountering enemies on the march. They respond well and are calm and stable.
Under the cover of layers of baggage convoys, a magnificent banner with gold and silver threads was written from far to near, with three big characters written on it, the two characters "Red Flame" side by side on the top, and a big Chinese character below.
Seeing this familiar banner, the senior officials knew that Zhang He, the commander of the Red Flame Battalion, had arrived.
Not long after, the two baggage trucks were pulled away, and Zhang He took the lead and rushed out of the formation.
Sitting on the green-maned horse, Zhang He pointed the big gun in the direction of the high-ranking cadre: "Across the way, is Gao Yuancai personally leading his army to see off a certain family?"
The senior official shrank his neck and refused to answer.
It's a pity that he forgot that the character "高" on the banner in front of him had already betrayed him.
Zhang He waited for a moment, and when he saw that no general came out to reply, he urged his horse to run back and forth in front of the two armies. Quan was ready to warm up, and he twisted his gun again and shouted: "This battle will not be fought, and we will not retreat, but what will happen?"
What do you want?"
The senior official pretended not to hear, and the old god was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai. If conditions had not allowed, he would have wanted to make a pot of tea and hum a few songs comfortably.
During this period, Zhang He often fought with the enemy in front of Shuzhou City. The power of habit is very terrifying.
Anyway, the main task of Gao Gan is to hold on to the Red Flame Camp. He will never go to war before Lu Weihuang leads his army to help.
Zhang He had already run back and forth for more than ten times in front of the formation, but the senior cadres remained indifferent.
Frowning and reining in the green-maned horse under his crotch, Zhang He noticed something was wrong.
The high-ranking cadre is using a delaying tactic!
After spitting disdain in the direction of Gao Ganjun, Zhang He rode back to the camp.
He ordered all the soldiers to abandon their defensive formation, with the infantry swordsman in front, the archers and pikemen in the middle, and the horse troops in the rear, and cautiously continue to march towards the Ziya River.
The senior officer was not in a hurry. As long as the Red Flame Battalion advanced, he would lead his troops to follow behind them. They would not fight or stop, but just stayed behind the Red Flame Battalion.
Zhang He had no choice but to order some of the baggage vehicles to be abandoned, and the army marched lightly.
The high-ranking officers who followed behind didn't even look at the baggage discarded by the Red Flame Camp. Why did you throw it away?
The soldiers sent people to receive them, and their only thought was to follow the steps of the Red Flame Camp.
During this period, Zhang He led his troops several times to try to attack the high-ranking cadres' camp, but all failed.
With a large number of troops, senior officials led their troops to retreat and refused to engage in battle.
If we only lead a few elite troops to attack, we can only retreat under the rain of arrows from high-ranking officials regardless of the cost.
Just walking and stopping like this, Zhang He tried every method along the way, but the senior officials were always stuck behind Chi Yanying like brown sugar.
Not far ahead is the Ziya River, and soldiers with good ears can already hear the sound of the river flowing.
Zhang He finally ordered the Red Flame Battalion to stop and prepare their formation to wait for the arrival of senior officials.
The senior cadre was still the same as before. He saw Zhang He setting up his formation from a distance. He also ordered to stop advancing and watched Zhang He arrive in front of the two armies' formations again.
Zhang He urged the green-maned horses to a place just a stone's throw away from Gao Gan's former army, and then reined in the horses.
"Gao Yuancai, you have been insisting on us all the way. You want to wait for Lu Weihuang to lead his army to help, so you can swallow up my Red Flame Camp with superior strength, right?"
Gao Gan saw from a distance that there were no boats on the Ziya River. He knew that Zhang He had no way to retreat, and he would definitely not give Zhang He time to build a pontoon bridge.
The situation has become clear, and there is no need to hide it anymore, so senior officials appeared in front of the two armies for the first time.
"Zhang Junyi, I know you have many tricks. You originally had eight or nine thousand troops, but now you only have two or three thousand. Could it be that the rest of the troops are still ambushing Shuzhou City, hoping to take advantage of Lu Weihuang and I to leave the city and attack the city by force?"
Zhang He smiled and shook his head: "Although Gao Yuancai is not very capable, he is not a fool. I never thought that you would be so stupid that you would go out in force."
The senior official continued to speculate: "That means trying to break my arm and ambush Lu Weihuang's troops with heavy troops?"
Zhang He laughed loudly: "I am not so arrogant as to ambush Lu Weihuang's 5,000 troops with 6,000 troops."
Now the senior cadre was even more puzzled: "Then where did the other five or six thousand soldiers and horses under your command go? Could it be that on the other battlefields in Hejian, the situation of your Lin Army is really extremely difficult, so Shuzhou was transferred again Soldiers on the battlefield?”
Zhang He urged his horse to take a step forward, but he was actually within the shooting range of Gao Ganjun: "Gao Yuancai, everything I have done is to get you to leave the city. As long as you are captured alive or killed, Shuzhou City can be taken down in no time."
Gao Gan pointed to his nose in surprise: "Me? You mean you were trying to deal with me from the beginning?"
"Of course!"
Gao Gan immediately laughed so hard on his horse that he couldn't straighten up at all.
"Haha, you're laughing so hard. Then Zhang Junyi, tell me that the whole road from Shuzhou to Ziya River is a flat land with no ditch or ridge, not even the green gauze grove. You just want to ambush me. I, then where should I ambush the soldiers and horses? In the sky? Or underground?"
Zhang He raised the big gun high: "Send the signal, the cannon will fire seven times!"
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
The Red Flame Battalion's artillery fired seven times, and the cannons were fired in all directions. Countless soldiers from the Red Flame Battalion rushed in, surrounding Gao Gan's five thousand soldiers and horses.
Gao Gan's face turned pale, his legs were shaking and he wanted to pee his pants.
"This is impossible, absolutely impossible! Since I sent out troops, I have never stopped sending out reconnaissance cavalry. There is no place to hide troops in these four places."
Zhang He showed a trace of cruelty on his face, urged his horse forward a few steps again, and said with a ferocious smile: "Forget it, I will make you a wise man even if you die."
"When a certain person was evacuating from Shuzhou City, he ordered the three armies to abandon their baggage and light troops and move forward."
The senior official was stunned: "You abandoned the baggage? Then how do you build a pontoon bridge on the Ziya River? If you can't cross the Ziya River, you have no way out..."
Zhang He roared loudly: "As long as I take you down, I don't need any escape route at all!"
The senior official suddenly had an idea: "You have no luggage, what is in the cart along the way?"
"What do you think?"
"Ah! I understand." Gao Gan slapped his thigh hard, pointed at Zhang He and widened his eyes: "In the cart is your six thousand army ambushed."
Zhang He nodded: "I guessed it right, but it's a pity that there is no prize!"
Before he finished speaking the last word, the green-maned horse suddenly neighed loudly, and the spurs on Zhang He's heels were pierced into its flanks. The green-maned horse got the hint from its master, turned into a bolt of lightning, and rushed towards Gao He.
Go dry.
At the same time, Zhang He shouted loudly: "Kill!"
The soldiers of the Red Flame Camp all around were like wolves and tigers, roaring and killing from all directions.
With nine thousand men besieging five thousand men, and with fierce generals like Zhang He leading them, the defeat of Gao Gan's army was certain.
The senior official never thought that Zhang He kept urging the horse forward not because he was too excited and lost control of his behavior, but because he wanted to get closer to him so that he could stand out in front of the battle.
There was less than a hundred steps for one shot, and Zhang He took advantage of the conversation between the two to sneak away some distance. Therefore, within four or five breaths, Zhang He had already reached the senior cadre.
The senior officials had long been frightened by Zhang He and did not dare to engage in battle. They screamed in fright, turned their horses and ran away.
Zhang He chased after him closely, the tip of the big gun never leaving the vital part of Gao Gan's vest.
It didn't matter that Gao Gan ran away. He immediately broke through his own defensive formation. The soldiers of the Red Flame Battalion followed behind the invincible commander Zhang He and broke into the enemy camp to kill wildly, just like chopping melons and vegetables.
The battlefield is full of soldiers fighting from both sides. Where can the high-ranking officers go?
He hadn't run very far when he heard the sound of a horse hanging bells getting closer and closer behind his head, and Zhang He's voice also sounded at the right time: "Don't leave, take a certain shot."
The senior official had to turn around quickly, aiming to parry Zhang He's attack.
Unexpectedly, he turned around, and without seeing Zhang He's attack clearly, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and immediately felt like the world was spinning, and he turned over and fell to the ground.