Chapter 36 Night Attack

Although the soldiers of Yao City did not dare to go out of the city to fight, when Li Che rushed to the gate tower, those soldiers with hard crossbows still subconsciously shot a crossbow arrow at Li Che.

Even if Li Che did not deliberately avoid those crossbow arrows, the crossbow arrows fired by the Yaocheng soldiers did not hurt Li Che.

turned into a green smoke, and Li Che caught the flag when the flag on the gate was about to fall to the ground.

Li Che first pulled off the flag, then stepped on the wall with an empty flagpole among many crossbows and jumped to the gate tower.

Seeing that Li Che was so brave, the Yaocheng soldiers did not dare to attack him with crossbows after he stood still.

After jumping to the top of the tower, Li Che hung Xiao Yu's blood tiger flag on the broken flagpole.

Generally speaking, the flag hanging on the gate of a city will only change when the city changes owners. Now, Yaocheng is still in the hands of Zhang Cheng'an, but the flag on the west gate of Yaocheng has been replaced by Xiao Yu's blood tiger flag.

When the people of Yaocheng near the west gate of Yaocheng just noticed the bloody tiger flag holding Li Che's hand, Xiao Yu's voice reached their ears.

"Zhang Cheng'an, since you dare not fight, then hand over Yaocheng to me!"

Xiao Yu's voice just spread into Yao City, and many people and most of the soldiers in Yao City began to talk in a low voice.

Although Xiao Yu did not explain, from Xiao Yu's words, most of the people and almost all the soldiers thought that Zhang Cheng'an and Xiao Yu took Yaocheng as a bet when they fought.

The lies Xiao Yu said are not smart, but the credibility is extremely high.

As a guard of a city, if Zhang Cheng'an was defeated in the battle, Yaocheng would fall into Xiao Yu's hands. Therefore, the lie said by Xiao Yu was completely reasonable.

Xiao Yu's voice reached the general's mansion in Yaocheng and Zhang Cheng'an's ears, but Zhang Cheng'an did not dare to go to the west gate of Yaocheng to defend anything.

In Zhang Cheng'an's view, Xiao Yu's move was to lead him to the West Gate in order to kill him.

People in the world cherish their lives, and many people value their lives more than anything else. Zhang Cheng'an is such a life-threatening person.

Zhang Cheng'an did not dare to respond. His subordinates with similar personalities did not persuade him. The two left Xiao Yu himself in the general's mansion.

In the army battle, if there is no absolute gap in strength, the winning party is often the party with higher morale.

Zhang Cheng'an has been leading the army for many years and also understands this truth, but at this time, he believes that Xiao Yu does not dare to really attack Yao City, which has 9,000 defenders with 3,000 soldiers.

With the passage of time, Zhang Cheng'an became more and more sure of his guess.

When night fell, a head guard at the west gate of Yaocheng brought the news of Xiao Yuling's camp and rest to Zhang Cheng'an.

He looked at Wang He. Zhang Cheng'an exhaled a long breath and said with a faint smile, "He really dares not really attack Yaocheng!"

Wang He arched his hand and smiled and said, "The general is still smart. If General Liu can't stick to it like a general, Yangshan City will not be lost."

"I would have told General Liu that the marquis had no intention of attacking Tianfu County, as long as he kept Yangshan City. Unfortunately, he was unwilling to be lonely and wanted to get military achievements. As a result, he was defeated today."

After replying to Wang He with a smile, Zhang Cheng'an ordered the maid standing aside to prepare wine and food.

As with last night, the moon is still bright and the stars are thin, the clouds are light and the wind is light.

Just as Zhang Cheng'an and Wang He were celebrating the past crisis, the gate of the west gate of Yao City was opened by the people who were coerced by Li Che.

As soon as the gate was opened, Xiao Yu ordered his subordinates to enter Yaocheng with a shout.

Yaocheng is a little more prosperous than Yangshancheng, but because Xiao Yu led troops to train outside the city, before Hai arrived, there was no people on the streets of Yaocheng.

Without being hindered, Xiao Yu took 3,000 soldiers under her command into Yaocheng.

As soon as the 3,000 soldiers under Xiao Yu entered the city, Zhang Cheng'an got the news.

When most of the masters choose biased generals, they will choose people who are close to their personalities to be biased.

Zhang Cheng'an is a cautious and timid person, and Wang He is also a cautious and timid person.

Before Zhang Cheng'an made a decision, Wang He was in a hurry and said, "General, you don't have to worry about firewood. Let's take the cavalry to withdraw!"

"Withdraw?"

Thinking of Yaocheng, which had been operating for nearly six years, Zhang Cheng'an hesitated.

"General, Xiao Yu will not kill the defenders of Yaocheng, but he will definitely kill the general. In order to keep the elite under the marquis's command, lead the cavalry to withdraw quickly!"

After finding the reason to withdraw from Yaocheng, Zhang Cheng'an suppressed his reluctance and said in a low voice, "You first order Zhang Jie, Li Shan and Liang Cheng to lead 3,000 of their subordinates to resist the invading enemy, and then let Wang Baocheng and Jintian transfer their cavalry to the East Gate."

"The last general will obey!"

When Wang He went down to arrange, Zhang Cheng'an began to command his family to clean up and salute.

Zhang Cheng'an is the chief general who has led the army for many years, but the speed of retreating with his family is extremely fast.

When the soldiers under Xiao Yu's command encountered resistance, Zhang Cheng'an had already taken his family and soldiers out of the general's mansion.

According to Xiao Yu's order, his 3,000 soldiers replaced the attack with defense and shouted, "Zhang Cheng'an, come out and give justice. Why did you go back on your terms?"

The 3,000 soldiers under Xiao Yu's command and the more than 2,000 defenders of Yaocheng were entangled for about two quarters of an hour, and a loud voice came from the position of the soldiers of Yaocheng to the ears of every nearby soldier.

"Zhang Cheng'an abandoned the city and fled!"

When the attack of the soldiers in Yaocheng suddenly slowed down, Xiao Yu's voice sounded in the ears of the soldiers.

"Go to the general's mansion to see what's going on!"

As soon as Xiao Yu's words fell, the soldiers of Yaocheng slowly retreated in the direction of the general's mansion.

In a while, those Yaocheng soldiers who first went to the general's mansion to inquire about the news returned to their team with the news that Zhang Cheng'an abandoned the city and fled.

Seeing that the soldiers of Yaocheng almost gave up resistance, Xiao Yu said in a low voice, "Zhang Cheng'an asked you to resist the general's attack just to delay the general's time. He didn't think about Yaocheng, let alone worry about you. Do you still need to help him delay the escape time?"

Xiao Yu's words seemed to be the last straw in the hearts of the soldiers. As soon as his words fell, the soldiers of Yaocheng put down their weapons one after another.

Seeing that the soldiers of Yaocheng gave up resistance, Xiao Yu was secretly relieved and looked at Li Che and said, "You stay in Yaocheng and stabilize the situation in Yaocheng, so as not to take advantage of the chaos. I would have taken the cavalry to chase Zhang Cheng'an and ask for justice for these abandoned Yaocheng soldiers. "

"I obey you!"

Nodding to Li Che, Xiao Yu drove his horse to the position where the soldiers of Yaocheng were.

Before Xiao Yu arrived at the Yaocheng soldiers, the Yaocheng soldiers made way for Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu and his 2,000 cavalry left Yaocheng nearly half an hour later than Zhang Cheng'an, but their speed was much faster than the more than 3, 800 cavalry led by Zhang Cheng'an.

Among the more than 3, 800 cavalry brought by Zhang Cheng'an, nearly 600 soldiers are home in Yao City and near Yao City. Of course, these soldiers do not want to leave Yao City.

Under the deliberate procrastination of these soldiers, Zhang Cheng'an and his party were not as fast as their usual marching, and they didn't seem to be running away at all.

Zhang Cheng'an deliberately dumped the soldiers who deliberately procrastinate, but he was afraid of chilling the hearts of his soldiers. Therefore, he could only hope that Xiao Yu did not dare to catch up in order to stabilize the situation in Yaocheng.

About an hour and a quarter of an hour, a rapid sound of horses' hoofs came to Zhang Cheng'an's ears.

Although Zhang Cheng'an's eyesight is good, he can only see Xiao Yu's blood tiger flag under the bright moonlight.

In many cases, if a person takes a wrong step, the person subconsciously does not want to take it back.

Zhang Cheng'an has abandoned the city and fled, and there is no intention of stopping to fight back at this time.

He glanced at Wang He, who was closely following him. Zhang Cheng'an waved the whip with a gloomy face and drove the horse to speed up the speed of running.

In the case of chasing soldiers, the soldiers of Yaocheng escaped much faster, but this speed was still slower than Xiao Yu's speed with 2,000 cavalry.

After a while, Xiao Yu and his 2,000 cavalry caught up with the tail of Zhang Cheng'an, a fugitive army.

After contacting the soldiers at the tail, the 2,000 cavalry under Xiao Yu did not counterattack after blocking the subconscious attack of the Yaocheng cavalry.

Seeing that Xiao Yu did not attack the Yaocheng cavalry who came into contact with them, the later Yaocheng cavalry did not attack the 2,000 cavalry behind Xiao Yu.

In the process of Xiao Yu's chasing, Zhang Cheng'an's fleeing troops became smaller and smaller over time.

On the grassland, when the wolves want to destroy a flock of sheep, the main force of the wolves will chase the first sheep, and those sheep pulled down because of their slow running will be eaten by the slow wolves.

There is a sheep-chasing tactic in the art of war, which is summarized from this tactic of wolves chasing sheep.

Xiao Yu has read very few military books. Now he will inadvertently use such a sheep-catching tactic, which has nothing to do with the war he participated in outside the border city.

In less than two quarters of an hour, there were less than 800 people who fled with Zhang Cheng'an.

Xiao Yu understood that these 800 people might be Zhang Cheng'an's loyal soldiers, so he no longer continued to chase them with the book of chasing sheep.

rising from the horse, Xiao Yu stepped on the shoulders of the cavalry under Zhang Cheng'an, turned into a puff of smoke, and ran in front of Zhang Cheng'an.

After Zhang Cheng'an and the 800 cavalry behind him stopped, Xiao Yu first stared at Zhang Cheng'an's face for a while, and then looked at the 800 cavalry behind him and said in a low voice, "According to my guess, if General Zhang does not need to maintain his position, General Zhang The army will never take these cavalry when it abandons the city and flees.

As soon as Xiao Yu's words fell, Zhang Cheng'an suddenly pierced Wang He's throat with a thin sword in his hand.

After killing Wang He, Zhang Cheng'an rose from the horse and rushed towards Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu clapped Zhang Cheng'an, patted Zhang Cheng'an immediately, and said in a low voice, "I would not kill you. I would take you back to Yaocheng and let you apologize to those Yaocheng soldiers you gave up."

Zhang Chang'an laughed a few times and looked at Xiao Yu and sneered, "Do you want to take Zhang to win over the army? You dream! Even if Zhang dies, he won't let you catch him.

In the loud laughter, Zhang Cheng'an plunged the thin sword in his hand into his heart.