Six Hundred and Fiftieth Chapters Sword Slant
At night, Zhang Yu quietly left with 50,000 cavalry.
Among the 300,000 troops, it is not obvious that 50,000 people are missing.
Fifty thousand soldiers and horses marched at night and stopped during the day.
They are along the Yangtze River and then moving north.
Walking along the Yangtze River, it is not easy to be found. Yuan Jun retreated from the Yangtze River, because it has no effect there and is easy to be attacked.
Going north all the way, it didn't take long to enter Jiujiang County.
After entering Jiujiang County, Zhang Yu continued to go north, and he was about to reach Xuzhou all the way.
Then continue along the border between the two states.
After walking for five days, Zhang Yu and the others did not find any large-scale enemies.
"My lord, the spies are here to report that the battle between Liu Bei and Lu Bu is a hundred miles away. Now that their two armies are confronting each other, it seems that Lu Bu is not in a hurry to attack." Dian Wei reported.
Zhang Yu stopped, looked at the map and said, "This is an opportunity. If we break into the battlefield, we can completely change the whole situation of the battle, and at least scare Liu Bei."
Looking at the map, the places where Lu Bu and Liu Bei fought were in Dongcheng County and Dingyuan County.
Zhang Yu stopped and let the army rest.
Hidden in one place, Zhang Yu took out the map to study it again.
"If you want to play, of course you have to play big ones, and change the whole situation in one fell swoop." Zhang Yu said while looking at the map.
Study the map carefully.
After a long time, Zhang Yu tapped on the map and said, "If you can detour here, lay an ambush, go all the way north, and threaten the Yinling of Jiujiang County, then Liu Bei's road will no longer be of any use."
The route mentioned by Zhang Yu is exactly Liu Bei's supply route. Once it is cut off, even if it is threatened, Liu Bei's soldiers and horses along this route will almost come to an end.
Zhang Yu and the others rested during the day, and at night, he looked at the starry sky, full of thoughts.
At this time a soldier came in a hurry and heard footsteps,
Zhang Yu came back to his senses.
"My lord, news has been received ahead that Cao Cao led an army to attack Yuan Shu with great force," said the soldier.
Zhang Yu nodded and let the soldiers go down first.
Soon, more detailed information was sent over.
Cao Cao held a grand swearing-in meeting in Luoyang, Liu Xie attended in person, and also promulgated the imperial decree in public, asking Cao Cao to raise an army to crusade against the disobedient ministers.
"This Cao Cao is here to pick peaches." Zhang Yu said looking at the information.
Because according to the intelligence, Liu Xie was granted the position of commander-in-chief of hunting thieves. This position was established temporarily, just to crusade against Yuan Shu.
It is obvious that with this official position, Zhang Yu's allied forces will also be under his command in name.
Even if Zhang Yu achieves results, Cao Cao will be cheaper in the end.
"Cao Aman, it seems unrealistic to want to get cheap credit from me." Zhang Yu said.
Credit must be earned, but if it is his own, Zhang Yu will not do it if he earns credit for Cao Cao.
One is the leader of the alliance, and the other is the commander-in-chief of the thief.
Let's see who can overwhelm whom, and see whose methods are better.
Cao Cao directly dispatched 300,000 troops this time, and dispatched many soldiers and horses.
Undoubtedly, this five-way army was a disaster for Yuan Shu.
Not to mention other things, Zhang Yu's 300,000 troops and Cao Cao's 300,000 troops are elite soldiers.
Elite soldiers and strong generals, this is the line that both Zhang Yu and Cao Cao take, and they have strict requirements for army building.
Zhang Yu started to move and asked Dian Wei to take more than a thousand soldiers to clear the field. He wanted to kill the spies along the way.
It only needs to buy a few hours, the cavalry is very fast, if they really want to approach the battlefield, the enemy has no time to react.
Operating at night, Zhang Yu and the others bypassed the frontal battlefield and turned to the rear.
Another night fell, and Zhang Yu and his troops had already killed Liu Bei and the others.
It wasn't that Yuan Shu and the others were negligent in their precautions, but that Zhang Yu didn't expect Zhang Yu to take a slanted sword, and he was still confronting Ji Ling by Chaohu Lake.
After Zhang Yu and the others broke into the rear, they stopped covering up and swept towards the rear.
At night, they were not found, and Zhang Yu and the others passed through several villages and towns.
"My lord, there is a small county town in front of you, and there is a lot of food and grass in it." Dian Wei said.
"How long will it take?" Zhang Yu asked.
"Up to two hours."
"kill."
Hearing that it could be captured in two hours, Zhang Yu didn't intend to rest, and led his troops to rush over.
Zhang Yu and the others have already reached the enemy's rear, so they should open and close, use their mobility to attack quickly, and completely confuse the enemy.
The army surrounded them and shot down with arrows.
The county seat is small, bigger than the town.
In other words, there was no such a county in history, but after the population skyrocketed, it naturally changed from a town to a county.
The population increased, and many villages and towns evolved into counties.
Zhang Yu and the others suddenly appeared, and the arrows fell like a torrential rain.
The defenders on the top of the city were immediately killed, and many people were killed before they could figure it out.
Many of them were farmers before and had never been on the battlefield.
The cruelty of this battlefield cost them their lives very quickly.
In less than half an hour, Zhang Yu and the others broke into the city wall.
There is no defense at all on the top of the city.
The low city wall was directly controlled by the rain of arrows. Some soldiers went to smash the city gate and smashed it open quickly.
After the cavalry entered the city, they separated and suppressed them.
After another half an hour, the cleaning was completed, and Zhang Yu and the others took control of the city.
It's easy to end the battle.
After controlling the city, Zhang Yu left 10,000 troops to organize and defend the city.
And Zhang Yu and Dian Wei led the rest of the army, divided into two teams, and swept away.
They are very fast and don't care about the rest.
Colliding all the way, Zhang Yu destroyed two small supply bases on the way.
Dian Wei was lucky and intercepted and killed a grain transport team.
In three days, Zhang Yu and his men drove more than 400 miles, burned a large amount of supplies, and intercepted and killed four small food transport teams.
After fighting for three days, Zhang Yu and Dian Wei rushed to the previous county after meeting up.
A day and a half after Zhang Yu and the others broke through the city, Liu Bei and the others received the news.
Liu Bei was shocked, and Guan Zhang was also shocked.
Zhang Yu went so far as to kill them behind them without making a sound, cutting off their food road.
It's just too dangerous.
At the same time, Lu Bu was also shocked.
"Gongtai, is Zhang Yu here to claim credit?" Lu Bu said.
Chen Gong smiled, then shook his head and said, "Fengxian, there is no such thing as meritorious service now, who do we ask for credit for, and who does Zhang Yu ask for rewards from?"
Lu Bu nodded half-understood, and felt that it was true. They only fought for themselves, and there was no need to ask for credit from anyone. Naturally, they didn't need to care about credit.
"Then Zhang Yu came to grab the territory?" Lu Bu asked again.
"No." Chen Gong thought for a while and said: "He probably wants to open up the situation, and take a slanted sword to grab the territory here. It is not his best choice, but the place where his army is."
It is not a skill to grab the territory, the most important thing is to be able to hold it. The strongest system to dominate the Three Kingdoms