Chapter 152

Zhang Jaw reined in his horse and walked on the smooth official road, followed by a thousand soldiers of the headquarters, half of them on foot and half on horseback, but they were absent-mindedly recalling what Liu Ye had said to him.

"Junyi, these thousand people will be entrusted to you to command, whether they make great achievements or fail completely depends on you."

Although there are a thousand troops behind Zhang Ja, none of Liu Ye, Yu Jin, and Guan Hai are there. It seems that Zhang Ja is a military commander, but Zhang He is not guilty in his heart. Whether it is one thousand or ten thousand, it can be commanded like an arm.

A group of thousands of people walked forward in silence, and the outline of Yingtao City was in front of them, but the first thing that caught their eyes was a circle of military camps around Yingtao City. The camps of more than 20,000 people were stationed together. for shock.

"kill!"

When Zhang Jai led the army to arrive, he happened to see the bandit army stationed on the outskirts attacking Yingtao on three sides. Yingtao was only a small city, and there were not many soldiers in the city, only a few hundred people. The county magistrate had to mobilize the people in the city, but It is already extremely reluctant and cannot last for a few days.

Seeing this, Zhang Jaw realized that there was no need to delay, and immediately ordered: "Raise the flag!"

A huge yellow flag stands against the wind, with the word Liu written on it, and the flag flutters with the strong wind, as if announcing to the whole Yingtao that I am coming.

Zhang Niujiao's department obviously also noticed Zhang Jaw's department. After all, it was worth noting that there was an army on the periphery when the city was besieged.

"Father commander, that's Liu Ye's subordinate." Chu Feiyan reminded Zhang Niujiao next to him when he saw the Liu Zishuai flag unfurled by more than a thousand people.

Zhang Niujiao nodded, and shifted his attention from the top of the city to the thousands of Han troops: "I heard that Liu Ye is the Sima in Huangfu Song's army. There are only a thousand people in total, and all of them are here?"

Chu Feiyan nodded: "It must be so. Of course, there are more than 20,000 people in our army, and Liu Ye will naturally have to deal with them with all his strength."

After all, Chu Feiyan pleaded boldly: "Father commander! Give a certain five thousand soldiers, a certain"

"No."

Zhang Niujiao raised his hand and looked at Liu Zishuaiqi.

"I have long heard that this Liu Ye is a descendant of the stars, and his martial arts are extraordinary. I would like to meet him."

Chu Feiyan frowned, since the adoptive father had already spoken, he would not be able to disobey his adoptive father's wishes, so he had to tell him: "I have dealt with this Liu Ye before, and all of my subordinates are elite soldiers who fight every battle. One is like ten, and the adoptive father brings more People and horses are better."

Zhang Niujiao frowned, but thinking of Changshe Bocai's 100,000 soldiers, Guangzong's and Quyang's 200,000 troops, he nodded his head: "Well, you are here to oversee the siege of the city. Meet Liu Ye for a while."

Zhang Niujiao left Chu Feiyan to continue to oversee the attack on the city, while he himself divided 10,000 people from the army and rushed towards Liu Zishuai's flag aggressively.

Seeing the 10,000 troops rushing towards him, many people behind Zhang Jaw trembled a little. Only the Hejian soldiers around him still maintained their combat effectiveness, but under the influence of the people around them, they also showed fear of war.

Zhang Jaw shouted: "Pull out the flag, Hejian soldiers will be the rear team, and retreat north!"

Hearing Zhang Jaw's order, a thousand people breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly started to retreat regardless of their backs, and there was a huge gap between the formations. If an army suddenly rushed in at this moment, these thousand people would definitely be killed immediately. Collapsed and fled in all directions.

Seeing that a thousand Han troops ran away before the battle, Zhang Niujiao couldn't help laughing: "What Liu Yuqing is invincible, I think it's just like this, chase after!"

The 10,000 rebel soldiers were also excited when they saw the Han army running away without fighting, but Zhang Niujiao was still proficient in the art of war after all, so he restrained his subordinates not to mess up the formation.

But soon Zhang Niujiao no longer worried about this, because the thousand Han soldiers ran and threw things: the weapons in their hands were too heavy, so they threw them away; the leather helmets on their heads were too heavy, so they threw them away; The handsome flag was thrown to the ground in panic by the flag bearer.

The originally clean and tidy banner was first stepped on by a thousand Han soldiers with deep and shallow footprints, and then stepped on by 10,000 bandit troops, and immediately sank deeply into the soil.

"Pull out this flag, go back and show it to me, hahaha!"

Zhang Niujiao was overjoyed, and ordered people to pull out the flag that was sunk in the ground, and then continued to lead his troops in pursuit. A thousand Han troops ran faster and faster, because they almost threw away everything they could throw away, and marched lightly. Although the Montenegrin army in the back was exhausted with full armor, they were excited for a while.

In fact, Zhang Niujiao also suspected at the beginning whether the officers and soldiers were feigning defeat to lure him to pursue them? But now they are not worried at all. The officers and soldiers have even thrown away the weapons in their hands. What are they fighting with?

Zhang Niujiao became more and more excited as he chased, while Zhang Jaw became worried. The mission Liu Ye gave him was to pretend to be defeated, but as he ran, it gradually became a real defeat.

Among his 1,000 people, except for the 200-odd Hejian soldiers under his command, which are considered to be somewhat combat-ready, the remaining 800 people were civilian husbands temporarily recruited by Liu Ye from Julu City, and temporarily put on the equipment of the county soldiers to make up the number.

Chased by Zhang Niujiao along the way, this group of peasants who had never fought ran faster and faster, and they were on the verge of collapse. Suddenly, the fake defeat turned into a real defeat, and even the surrounding Hejian soldiers were affected. But it was a blessing in disguise, Zhang Niujiao really thought that the army was defeated.

However, Zhang Jaw was not flustered, but his expression remained unchanged. This group of peasants marched lightly, and they were already out of breath. Aren't the group of bandits behind them even more tired?

In fact, this is indeed the case. Although the ten thousand bandit soldiers led by Zhang Niujiao are excited, their legs are indeed sore after running with this group of Han troops for so long. Just a breath.

But at this moment, another flag with the character Liu Shuai suddenly appeared in Zhang Niujiao's field of vision, and under the handsome flag was a general in armor, holding a gun, and wearing a red cloak, with hundreds of people behind him. It's all cavalry.

kindness? Didn't you already get Liu Ye's handsome flag just now, why did you come out so soon?

Zhang Niujiao turned his head and suddenly realized something was wrong, he immediately pulled the rein of the horse and shouted loudly.

"Stop chasing, form formation, form formation!"

How did the thief army who was running wildly stop for a while? Because of inertia, they slammed forward unconsciously, bumping into rows of bodies, knocking down hundreds of people before barely stopping.

The bandits, who had exhausted their physical strength, finally formed a loose formation, but the 500 cavalry did not rush forward, but after a round with the 10,000 bandits, they headed into the distance to meet them. After defeating the more than a thousand officers and soldiers, they headed for a distant place.