Book 22 - Chapter 12 – The Battle of River Zhang (1/2)
Book 22 Chapter 12 – The Battle of River Zhang
The first to pass was the vanguard cavalry of the thief ar Bandits’ thief arht formation has deteriorated into disorder For a tiht of the torches
Perhaps because it was only two days away fros, thinking that after crossing River Zhang, they would be able to sleep without any worry Yet actually it was not surprising that they were having that idea
To Kou Zhong’s a troops, this situation was actually ‘an easy drive on a faenerate chaos, to use order to create dispersion
Shang Xiuxun whispered in Kou Zhong’s ear, “Currently, although we ed to obtain a thousand men, to defeat the his head, Kou Zhong said, “This time we don’t want to only obtain one victory, but ant to put an end to these bandits who harhly We also want to lower the casualties on our side to the lowest point Only this e show off our real ability”
Suddenly recalling an old affair, he asked in passing, “How could Tao Shusheng be bought by these roving bandits that he agreed to betray the Ranch?”
Shang Xiuxun’s pretty eyes flashed with sharp rays; she coldly said, “How could Cao Yinglong buy him and entice his heart? It was Li Mi!”
Finally Kou Zhong found the answer to thisthrough the gap on the trees on the ene around the horse relay station; he spoke in low voice, “The vanguard cavalry and the carts carrying provisions at the back of the line are separated by about three li distance If we ht be able to strike before the enemy riders turn around to come to their aid And then our whole division will retreat pro shouted
Shang Xiuxun hurriedly issued her order, which was then rapidly transmitted down the line
One after another one thousand Ranch’s warriorsthem, several hundreds held torches in their hands, prepared to burn the provision carts
Approxi provisions finally appeared before their eyes, protected by around two thousand thieves, mostly infantry; their cavalry was less than five hundred
Kou Zhong waited for the fortunate tile on the slope of the hill, taking the lead to attack the convoy of the enemy’s provision carts
The Moon in the Well was raised high in the air
Shang Xiuxun, Bai Wenyuan, Luo Fang, Xu Yang, and the others followed closely behind, trailed by one thousand elite Ranch riders in fan-shaped for in to trap the enehted up, the fire illu momentum of the thousand riders
The enemy formation was ioing to pull their bows and arrows, but several hundreds powerful arroere raining down on them Momentarily the men fell face up, the horses overturned, in utter defeat
Like surging waves the chaos rippled from the back of the line toward the uard units The bandits, who have wantonly plundered the area north of the river, which Cao Yinglong relied on, were i was the first to charge into the enemy ranks The Moon in the Well appeared as a streak of continuously flashi+ng yellow light hacked down the four enealloped to meet him, so hard that the men and their weapons were thrown off of the horseback Gaining the upper hand by this show of strength, he charged deep into the enemy formation Those who tried to intercept were swept away by the wind Thewas that he did not even need the Moon in the Well to touch the eneh tothem to their death
The Ranch’s elite cavalry, as if they were descending from heavens, crushed into the enemy formation that the entire convoy of provision carts was separated frouard unit, and was put into a completely passive situation
Two of the provision carts caught fire first, the fla Xiuxun was using a long spear Because she had a group of high-ranking ht, her momentum was like a rainbow; the scream of the enemies thrust by her spear reached the sky
In less than half a day, the entire convoy of provision carts was paralyzed, as well as broken into several sections, the thieves were scattering in all directions, fleeing for their lives; even the drivers of the carts jumped down and abandoned their vehicles
One after another the overturned carts were set on fire, so that the entire area beca’sabout a hundred warriors, he charged toward the thieves, ere trying to co couard riders, under the leadershi+p of Cao Yinglong, rushi+ng over from both sides ahead that he shouted retreat
The surprise attack was finally over, successfully
Xu Ziling chopped down a sturdy and solid poer to pare the s stick Its weight, as well as the feel of it in his hands, was very close to the ideal in his mind
Battlefield could be different fro weapons were always ranate wooden stick, his hly focused that he noticed every subtle detail on the tree trunk; which side neededwas according to a certain a reason that even he himself found it difficult to explain clearly, but he knew that hestick was finished, he had a feeling that this poranate stick was as if it was his own flesh and blood Looking at each chop and cut, which were like the work of the Gods, he felt as if it was a very valuable lesson for himself At least, after Susu’s death, his spirit has never felt so satisfied like this
When the sun wasaway to the west, Xuan Yong came to report that he had found the ene rock where he had been sitting for about half a day; one hand putting the stick behind hi succeeded; otherwise, Cao Yinglong would not have traveled in haste during the day”
Xuan Yong nodded and said, “According to the scouts, the enemy for wolves or scurrying frightened rats, running away to the wilderness This tiht to be in the-path-exhausted, the-road-ended situation”
And then his eyes fell onto the poht shoulder
Xu Ziling handed the long stick over for hily, yet the tone of his voice was extreht I will use this stick to take away Cao Yinglong’s dog life”
Like a wave of fiery cloud, the Ranch’s h the ene Xiuxun’s special forces Without stopping to rest they rushed in the direction of Zhang River
Hearing that they have been successfully burned Cao Army’s provision carts, their morale soared like a rainbow, their battle spirit was uplifted
They changed foruard unit was divided into two tea and Liu Zongdao’s co and Bai Wenyuan as their deputies
Shang Xiuxun was in coht up the rear
They absolutely did not wish to overtake the Cao Arht force the eneht hard like a trapped beast
By dusk, Kou Zhong and Luo Fang’s vanguard units were the first to reach theRiver in the distance They saw the eastern bank of River Zhang was full of eneht with their back to the river
Kou Zhong laughed aloud and said, “Cao Yinglong indeed have a real skill But he issaid, “But I think the strategy he is using now is very brilliant If we attack rashly, the casualties will definitely be disastrous”
Laughing involuntarily, Kou Zhong said, “He is just bluffing [orig looks impressive but is worthless] First of all, he lost all his provisions How long can he fight on empty stomach? If we set up an iron-clad trap in here, he will only end up in total defeat This is his first blunder”
After a short pause, he went on, “The second blunder is that he thought I didn’t know that he is waiting for the dark to set up the pontoon bridge, and then cross the river sneakily This strategy is actually extremely brilliant, too bad he did not know there is another a for his thieving self to arrive”
Listening to this, the spirit of the reatly aroused; toward this Cao Army, who had nash their teeth in anger, they all wanted to annihilate the eneeance has finally co asked, “When should we attack?”
Kou Zhong shouted, “This will be decided by Xu Ziling The moment they release fireworks on the opposite bank will be the moment thief Cao will repay all debts with his blood”