Chapter 783 Confrontation Between the Two Armies

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The Chinese army gathered around and galloped forward. The outline of a city soon appeared in front of more than ten thousand troops. The flags above had long been taken away. The gates on all sides were open, and the Liangzhou army surrounding the city appeared from time to time. He glanced twice at the city gate, but did not dare to enter. The scene was quite funny.

"General Zhennan is here, General Zhennan is here!"

A burst of shouts broke out from the crowd, and a road of more than 10,000 troops was seen parting from it, like a wave splitting. Hundreds of horsemen were surrounded by a man who was fully clothed and powerful. It was Zhang Jaw.

He opened his jaw and looked at Pingdu City from top to bottom. He saw that there was no one on the streets at the city gate, and there was no sound in the city. It looked like a ghost town, and he couldn't help but frown.

After thinking for a while, he opened his jaw and ordered: "Huang Sima led the troops inside to check. Once they encounter the enemy, they will be strangled immediately. Do you understand?"

A Sima named Huang agreed and rushed into the city with more than a thousand troops and horses. The Liangzhou army entering the city was worried about the ambush of the Yizhou army in the city, so they were very careful. However, after entering the city from the city gate, they searched around but found no one.

Sima Huang frowned and simply ordered: "Knock on the door. If the Yizhou Army in the city withdraws, the people on the streets near the city gate will definitely notice it and ask them."

The two Liangzhou soldiers nodded, stepped forward, and knocked heavily on the wooden door.

"Open the door, open the door quickly!"

The people inside the door panicked: "What are you doing?"

"We are Master Wang. If I have something to ask you, please come out and answer me."

This wooden door could not withstand the knocks of the two of them. The people inside the house had no choice but to move the top door and carefully poked their heads out: "I wonder what the two military masters want to ask?"

Sima Huang, surnamed Huang, rushed forward and tried his best to put on a friendly smile. He was an authentic Liangzhou native, with a rough appearance. His smile was uglier than crying, which frightened the old man's face to turn pale.

"Don't worry, old man, we are the royal masters of the imperial court and have nothing to do with the people."

Huang Sima got straight to the point: "Why is the gate of Pingdu City so wide open? Where have all the soldiers and horses in the city gone?"

"So that's what the general asked about."

The old man said carefully: "The soldiers and horses in the city were still there yesterday. Last night, the old man heard some noises and didn't know what happened, so the soldiers and horses in the city left."

"I see."

Huang Sima nodded and threw a few five-baht coins to his father-in-law. Naturally, he did not dare to ask for them, but Huang Sima forcefully stuffed them into his hand and held them tightly.

"As I said, we are the king's masters. Now that we are taking over Pingdu City, there will only be benefits to the people and no harm to the people. All I have to do is accept the money."

After that, Huang Sima led his army out of the city and reported the matter to Zhang Jia truthfully.

"The soldiers and horses in Pingdu City have already been withdrawn?"

He opened his jaw thoughtfully and checked into Pingdu City that night. At the same time, he sent someone the next day to inquire about the situation in Fuling City to the south of Pingdu City.

Wu Bing is the captain of the cavalry in the Zhang Jaw Army. Because the road to Shu was difficult and dangerous, Liu Ye did not bring many cavalry. The number of cavalry in the Zhang Jaw Army was only a few hundred, but naturally all of them could be selected to enter Shu. The elite of the Liangzhou cavalry, Wu Bing was no exception.

Following Zhang Jia's order, he came to Fuling City to find out the truth.

"drive!"

Wu Bing led two Xiliang cavalry forward on the official road. He had very good eyesight. After running for a while, he saw eight horsemen galloping toward him from a distance. They were wearing green armor and they were none other than Bashu soldiers.

"Captain, there seems to be a lot of people on the other side, how about we avoid it for now?"

A cavalryman beside him also saw eight cavalrymen on the opposite side, so he suggested to Wu Bing.

"No, it's just eight people. What's there to be afraid of?"

Wu Bing sneered: "Hold up your long bows and show these Bashu soldiers what a real cavalry is!"

After that, the three Liangzhou cavalrymen accelerated their horses, and the three cavalrymen galloped forward, grabbing their bows one after another, and pointed their bows and arrows at the opposite side.

Whoosh whoosh!

The cavalry bows of the Liangzhou Army are all specially made ox-horn cavalry bows. The range of ordinary cavalry bows is within fifty steps, but the range of the ox-horn cavalry bows can reach sixty or even seventy steps. Don't underestimate this. Twenty steps, sometimes this distance can determine life or death.

Three arrows flew out, and three of the eight cavalrymen on the opposite side fell in front of them, and they didn't know whether they were dead or alive.

When the Bashu cavalry saw how sharp the Liangzhou cavalry's bows were, they were shocked and hurriedly took off their bows to fight back. However, their shooting skills were not good at all. The Liangzhou cavalry had been fighting against the Qiang and Hu cavalry all year round, and their cavalry shooting skills had long been practiced. Six or seven out of ten shots hit the mark. However, these Bashu cavalry were not good at their skills in the first place. In panic, they even It's not accurate.

The three Liangzhou cavalry scattered, and all five arrows fired from the opposite side missed.

"Cum again!"

Three more arrows were shot out, and two more people fell from their horses on the opposite side. Now the two sides were evenly matched. But then the distance between the two sides was less than thirty steps, and they could already see each other's faces clearly.

Wu Bing shouted: "Put down your riding bow and grab your sword to fight."

"kill!"

Wu Bing and the two Liangzhou cavalry shouted loudly, put down their riding bows, grabbed their horses and charged forward. Seeing this, the three Bashu cavalry had no choice but to grab their weapons and fight with them.

However, both sides were not on the same level in terms of riding skills or bravery. After a charge, three Bashu cavalry fell off their horses, leaving only a few horses whining on the spot.

Wu Bing's face was stern: "Take the war horse and continue to explore Fuling City."

After the three gathered the horses left by the Bashu cavalry, they continued to move forward. Gradually, the outline of a city appeared in their eyes, with two large characters written on it from right to left, Fuling.

Although the city gate of Fuling City was open, there were heavy antlers and horse guns placed outside the city gate, and hundreds of soldiers were stationed inside and outside the city gate with a menacing attitude.

On the top of the city, there are also an unknown number of soldiers stationed, with a large flag with the word "strict" on it. It is unknown how many soldiers and horses there are in the city, but it can be known that the Yizhou Army must have stationed a large army here.

When Wu Bing saw the scene in front of him, he hurried back without saying a word and reported to Zhang Jia the situation in Fuling City.

Not only Wu soldiers, but also scouts from other routes returned to the camp, allowing Zhang Jia to understand the situation around Fuling City.

Yan Yan has led a large group of troops from Jiangzhou to Fuling City. All the soldiers from Pingdu City and Fuling City have also gathered in Fuling City. Now Fuling is heavily fortified.