After defeating Ma Chao, Zhao Yun, who was full of momentum, waved his gentian spear and directly issued the order for a general attack.
Although the current Chu army has only 30,000 soldiers, the Xiliang Qin army opposite is not much smaller than the Chu army, and they also have cavalry.
But, so what?
Didn’t you see that the Xiliang Qin army was stunned? Didn’t you see that the morale of the Xiliang Qin army plummeted?
Yes, no matter what the Xiliang Qin army thought, they would never have imagined that the strongest person in their Qin country besides Lu Bu, Ma Chao, would be defeated like this.
Defeated so simply, so decisively, so...
Now, facing the general attack launched by the Chu army with high morale, the Xiliang Qin army had no intention of resisting.
They just wanted to return to Shangdang County as soon as possible.
Only within the city can they feel safe.
But how did the Xiliang Qin army know that Shangdang County was currently facing an unequal offensive and defensive battle.
Yes, when Ma Chao led the main force of the Xiliang Qin army out of the city to face the Chu army, Zhao Yun's 50,000-strong army ambushed nearby moved.
The person responsible for commanding the 50,000-strong army was none other than Zhao Yun's deputy general Ding Feng.
You know, Ding Feng is not just a cat or a dog.
In history, Ding Feng was a veteran of the Four Dynasties of the Wu State. He made great military exploits for Soochow, fought against Cao Cao throughout his life, and finally became a general.
It was just a coincidence that Zhao Yun was able to conquer Ding Feng.
This Ding Feng was originally a young general under Sun Ce of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, responsible for guarding Chaisang.
After the defeat of Soochow, Zhao Yun conquered Chaisang, but Ding Feng refused to surrender and challenged Zhao Yun to a duel. He was impressed by his martial arts and submitted to the Chu State.
Since then, Ding Feng has been assisting Zhao Yun as his right-hand man.
This is also the reason why Zhao Yun dared to separate an army of 50,000.
This guy is not weak in military tactics and strategy, and he is the best at seizing the opportunity.
This time, Ding Feng saw Ma Chao's main force leaving the city and Shangdang's city was empty.
After some thought, Ding Feng chose to ignore the head-on confrontation between Chu and Xiliang Qin, and instead led his troops to take a detour to Shangdang County.
This is also because Ding Feng has full confidence in Zhao Yun.
General Zhao is a powerful general, how could he be defeated?
In this case, leading this army to the frontal battlefield is just the icing on the cake. Why not directly attack Shangdang County and cut off the Xiliang Qin army's retreat.
Now, Ding Feng personally braved the target and led his troops to attack Shangdang County City.
You know, there are only five thousand defenders in Shangdang City now.
Facing a Chu army that was ten times as big as our own, there was no way to defend.
Seeing the many walls of Shangdang City being lost, the guard general Cheng Lian was already thinking about retreating.
This can't be defended at all! Damn it, Ma Chao, why don't you just stay in the city and defend? You have to go out to fight. Is this okay? Did you fall into a trap?
However, no matter how resentful he was about the current situation, Cheng Lian could only organize soldiers to resist.
Even if I am escaping, I should try to stop the Chu army, right? Otherwise, I am afraid that I will be caught up before I can escape far.
But Cheng Lian didn't know that he, who was in command of the Chinese army, had already been targeted by Ding Feng.
Looking at Cheng Lian who was constantly commanding the Xiliang Qin army to resist, Ding Feng knew that this must be the Shangdang guard general.
I'm afraid that as long as he is captured, this Shangdang City can be easily captured.
You know, Ding Feng is scrambling for time now.
Only by capturing Shangdang as early as possible can we provide more timely assistance to the Chu army that is fighting at the front.
Similarly, only by capturing Shangdang one point early can we effectively block the Xiliang Qin army's retreat.
He did it as soon as he thought of it. Ding Feng ignored the enemy troops around him and rushed towards Cheng Lian quickly.
"Ding Feng of Chu State is here, the enemy generals dare to fight!"
Alarmed by Ding Feng's shouting, Cheng Lian looked around.
What a young general! Could this guy be the leader of the Chu army?
Seeing the Chu troops around him making way for him, Cheng Lian made this judgment.
If this is really the case, then as long as I take down the Chu army, the Shangdang will still be able to defend it!
You know, out of confidence in Ma Chao's force, Cheng Liancai had been hesitant about abandoning the city and fleeing.
If Ma Chao wins and I keep Shangdang here, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear that kid's anger.
However, the Chu army was powerful, and with a military strength ten times that of his own, Cheng Lian was helpless.
But now, Ding Feng's appearance instantly gave Cheng Lian hope.
No matter whether this guy is the main general or a partial general, as long as he can be captured, the Chu army will definitely be in chaos.
As long as the Chu army is in chaos, there will be an opportunity to delay.
And as long as it can be delayed until Ma Chao returns victorious and has the advantage of defending the city, what if there are more Chu soldiers?
Thinking of this, Cheng Lian's fighting spirit rose sharply.
"Children from the Kingdom of Chu, are you afraid that you will become Lian?"
After saying that, Cheng Lian swung the sword in his hand and slashed at the oncoming Ding Feng.
Hum hum, this brat who doesn’t know the heights of heaven and earth dares to challenge you, Uncle Cheng Lian? Today I will show you what sword skills are!
Seeing Cheng Lian strike first, Ding Feng quickly rolled to avoid the blow to the head.
Immediately, the spear in his hand was thrust straight into Cheng Lian's face.
In his carelessness, Cheng Lian never expected that this young general of the Chu army would be so flexible.
Having lost the opportunity, the only thing Cheng Lian could do was to dodge and get out of the way of the vital point.
"Ah! I want your life!"
Although the vital part was avoided, Cheng Lian felt a hot feeling on his cheeks and knew that he must have been injured.
And, most importantly, the injured part was on his face.
This, it’s really a disfigurement!
For Cheng Lian, who was very concerned about appearance, this was simply intolerable. Only the blood of enemy generals could wash away his humiliation.
In anger, Cheng Lian exerted 120% of his strength.
You know, under normal circumstances, Cheng Lian's martial arts is at the same level as Ding Feng.
Now he was even more furious, and Ding Feng was immediately at a disadvantage.
Damn! I didn’t expect this Xiliang guard to be so strong!
Forced into a fight, Ding Feng panicked.
If we continue this way, although it won't be a problem to win the Shangdang, it will be delayed for a long time.
Who knows when Ma Chao will return?
If we come back at this time and try to capture the Shangdang again, we will have more setbacks.
But, the more you are afraid of something, the more it will give you right away.
Just as the two were about to fight, a loud noise suddenly came from the south gate of Shangdang.
"Come here, open the city gate quickly!"
It turned out that the defeated Ma Chao happened to lead his defeated army to escape to Shangdang City at this time.
In his panic, Ma Chao did not realize that Shangdang was under a frenzied attack by the Chu army.
However, Ma Chao never expected that his shout would completely change the entire stalemate situation.