Chapter 110 Zhang Chun's Collapse
It was an extremely brutal siege battle, and Zhang Chun's face was as gloomy as the bottom of a pot.
"Is Tian Ze such a good fighter?" Zhang Chun looked at Qiu Liju with indignation.
Qiu Liju nodded slightly aggrieved, complaining in his heart, "I warned you a long time ago, but you didn't believe me. Now you are suffering."
Thinking back to the scene of the battle with Tian Ze’s army, Qiu Liju still has lingering fears.
The Wuhuan cavalry were known as the "famous cavalry in the world", but they were completely defeated by Tian Ze. Whether they were frontal attacks, cavalry harassment or raids, they were completely crushed by the enemy.
If the other party did not seem to have a certain idea of subduing them, and was obviously training troops, I am afraid they would have been completely wiped out long ago.
Three full hours had passed. Zhang Chun's army had suffered heavy losses in this siege. Wailing sounds were heard one after another, and the ground was dyed red with blood.
But the attack made no progress, and so far no team of soldiers has been able to gain a foothold on the city wall.
In desperation, Zhang Chun could only call off the battle in anger.
On the city wall, Zang Ba was full of energy, with a look of unsatisfied desire on his face. He was still immersed in the previous dream state of "omnipotence" and could not come back to his senses for a long time.
He fought this battle as if in a dream, it was so smooth.
It was so smooth that even he could hardly imagine it.
More than 3,000 enemies were killed, while only more than 70 of their own people were killed or wounded, and most of them were injured by arrows.
Most of the soldiers who were hit by arrows were shot in the arms or legs by the enemy's arrows during the most intense period of the battle, or were accidentally hit by stray arrows while defending on the city walls. They were not seriously injured.
He is afraid that he will not be able to fight this kind of magical battle many times in his life.
Tian Ze on the side felt extremely distressed. Zang Ba had a great time fighting, but who would pay for his loss of spiritual energy?
If we only consider the economic aspects, he almost suffered a huge loss in this battle to defend the city.
This once again confirmed his idea that he should not easily find someone to "play for him", after all, the cost is too high. Unless it is absolutely necessary, he should not easily cheat.
"Leave a few soldiers to patrol, and the rest of you should take a rest and treat the wounded as soon as possible." Zang Ba gave the order with a smile after recovering from the dream.
He had never fought such an easy battle.
With Tian Ze around, he had no worries about being ambushed by the enemy.
Because by the time the enemy makes any move, they will have already reacted and be prepared.
Youzhou is the place that Tian Ze prepared for himself to start his career. When he traveled around in his early years, Tian Ze had visited almost all the main areas and main roads of Youzhou, including this road. Even the place where Zhang Chunjun camped was within Tian Ze's field of vision.
Zhang Chunjun's troop deployment and military movements were under Tian Ze's surveillance at all times.
More than 3,000 soldiers were killed in one battle, which was enough to teach Zhang Chun a lesson.
Such a huge loss had shaken the morale of the army, so Zhang Chun had to suspend the attack and rest.
That night, Zhang Chun apparently relaxed the patrol intensity, but secretly ambushed his soldiers on both sides of the camp.
After the battle during the day, he never dared to underestimate Tian Ze again.
After learning a lot of intelligence about Tianze and Liaodong from Qiuliju, he judged based on the Liaodong Army's combat style that the other side would certainly not continue to defend the pass, but would definitely wait for an opportunity to take the initiative to attack, with a high probability of launching a night attack.
So he laid an ambush.
He carefully selected the most elite soldiers and had them hide in the dark, waiting for the arrival of the Liaodong Army. The soldiers held their weapons tightly in their hands, their eyes full of tension and expectation.
However, he thought too much.
Xun You had already guessed that he would plan a night attack tonight, so he did not take such action.
Moreover, Tian Ze had already seen his movements clearly through the "mini map", so it was impossible for him to be fooled.
Zhang Chunjun stayed up most of the night in a tense state and was exhausted.
The Liaodong troops who had moved to the interior of the Liaodong Pass were sleeping soundly and relaxing to replenish their energy. After feeding mosquitoes all night, Zhang Chun realized his stupid behavior and met Qiu Liju's eyes that looked at him like a fool, and he was furious.
The soldiers in the army became even more dissatisfied and secretly complained about Zhang Chun's decision, which made everyone suffer in vain.
However, the autocratic Zhang Chun arranged for a small number of soldiers to strengthen vigilance and take turns patrolling before arranging for the main force to rest.
That night, the uneasy Zhang Chun thought about it and arranged a small group of 5,000 elite troops to ambush again, just in case.
However, the result was still fruitless.
Zhang Chun felt like he was fighting a battle of wits with the air, and completely gave up the idea of continuing to struggle.
Otherwise, there is no need to fight any more wars because the morale of the army has already collapsed.
Zhang Chun believed that Tian Ze was determined to defend his position to the death, so he gave up the idea of guarding against a night attack and still had his men on patrol and alert.
Tian Ze looked at Zhang Chun's various operations through the "mini map" and smiled slightly.
No matter how clever you are, as long as they are on my map, nothing can hide from my eyes.
There is no way to guard against thieves for a thousand days.
It is completely impossible for an ordinary army to keep a large army on alert to prevent night attacks on a regular basis because they simply do not have the energy to do so.
Therefore, taking measures to prevent night attacks may be okay once or twice or occasionally, but it is impossible to maintain it all the time. Otherwise, there would not be so many successful night attacks in history.
On the night when Zhang Chun relaxed his vigilance, Zhao Yun, who had been recuperating in the city, and his 3,000 elite cavalry secretly left the city.
When the army heard a camp whistle and realized that the Han army was launching a night attack, Zhang Chun felt mixed emotions.
The good news was that he guessed Tian Ze's thoughts correctly, and the Liaodong Army did launch a night attack.
The bad news was that he guessed the time of the night attack wrong, and just when he had relaxed, the other side launched the night attack.
Thinking back to the previous siege, Zhang Chun felt as if a huge stone was pressing down on his heart.
What kind of terrifying opponent did I encounter!
I felt as if I was vulnerable in front of the other party, and was played around with at will by him.
Although I fell into self-doubt, I still had to escape.
After two days of intense preparations, Zhang Chun's army had completely relaxed today. Although Zhang Chun had instructed them to continue patrolling, most of the soldiers who had complaints in their hearts were just pretending.
The monthly salary is so little, is it worth working so hard?
I've been tired for two days and I still need to take a break.
Zhang Chunjun was completely unprepared.
Despite their large numbers, Zhang Chun's army had low morale and average organizational skills. When faced with the 3,000 elite cavalry from Liaodong led by Zhao Yun, they were defeated and fled in panic, crying for their parents.
Qiuliju, the only one with some fighting ability, turned around and ran away with his people without hesitation when he saw the fully armed elite cavalry of Liaodong.
He had already suffered from psychological trauma from the beating. Not to mention being ambushed, he didn't even dare to fight head-on.
He and Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju were just partners, but there was no need to risk his life for it.
It was a thrilling battle. Zhao Yun, riding a white horse and holding a silver spear, led the cavalry to chase and kill the enemy indiscriminately. His white robe was stained with the blood of the enemy.
This battle made Zhang Chun start to doubt his life.
After fleeing back to Feiru in a panic, Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju completely gave up the idea of attacking Liaodong, and even intended to move the "capital" from Feiru to the south.
But considering the impact, they eventually gave up the idea.
However, in order to prevent Tianze from attacking, they also began to strengthen the defense in the north and west of Feiru and built checkpoints and fortresses.
(End of this chapter)
