Three Kingdoms: I switched to Liu Bei, why are you crying, Cao Cao?

Chapter 98 Zhang Fei kills the general and attacks the city

Outside Shouchun City, just as Sun Ce was sending out his troops, Chen Lan's three thousand soldiers were being besieged by two families.

It was also because this person was too unlucky. If it had been according to Yuan Huan's expectation, his feint attack troops would only need to go out of the city and circle around the coalition forces' gate before returning leisurely!

Although it seemed to be useful for distraction, there was not much risk, so Chen Lan was not on guard.

But as soon as he left the city and arrived at the enemy camp, he saw a large number of soldiers rushing out of the camp.

Chen Lan was shocked when she saw this, and hurriedly shouted:
"Not good, the enemy is well prepared, withdraw, withdraw!"

But just as he led his troops back, he heard a loud shout behind him:

"The enemy has entered the shell, follow me to defeat them!"

As he spoke, Zhang Fei led his troops to attack from the flank and directly blocked Chen Lan's retreat.

Chen Lan had already lost his courage due to the defeat by Liu Bei's army, and when he heard this, he was frightened to the point of falling off his horse.

He only had 3,000 soldiers, but Liu Bei and Lu Bu had more than 20,000 soldiers!
In the darkness, he only felt that there were enemies everywhere, and before he could react, his troops had already been entangled by the enemy.

All of a sudden, troops from all directions gathered together, like a dragnet, enveloping them.

Seeing that troops were approaching from all sides, Chen Lan wanted to surrender, but was afraid of dying in the chaos, so he raised his troops and shouted:
"Don't panic, follow me and break through!"

After shouting this, he led his troops to break out to the north.

After breaking through in this way, Chen Lan already hated Yuan Huan in her heart.

It was agreed that we were here for a feint attack, but the enemy's behavior didn't look like they were treating a feint attack!

It was obvious that they knew he was coming and set an ambush!
If it weren't for Yuan Huan's advice, he would never have fallen into this situation.

Therefore, he now had only one idea in his mind, which was to break out and return to the city to hold Yuan Huan accountable for his crime.

But he ultimately overestimated the combat effectiveness of his own men.

Before he could break out of the encirclement, his troops had already begun to disintegrate. It was night time and it was difficult to see. He could not even tell east, west, south, and north for a moment.

While hesitating, he suddenly heard a loud shout:

"Zhang Yide is here, where will the enemy go?"

Chen Lan looked up and saw the black man rushing towards her.

Seeing this, Chen Lan was immediately scared out of her wits and shouted:

"Guards, guards, help me stop the enemy general!"

However, at that time there was chaos and war, and no one was willing to come to protect him. He only saw a black shadow coming, and a spear stabbed out with a flash of silver light.

Chen Lan hurriedly waved her knife to stop it, but heard a clang and a huge force came at her.

It was because he was riding a horse and Zhang Fei was already very strong, so he thrust his spear straight in with a force of more than a thousand pounds, and directly knocked the weapon out of Chen Lan's hand.

Chen Lan suddenly felt his hands and feet go numb. Seeing the weapon flying, he turned his horse and tried to escape!
"Hey! Come and die with me!"

But Zhang Fei shouted loudly, and he pulled the weapon in his hand back violently, then threw it out, and with a "puff", it pierced Chen Lan's back.

With a scream of pain, Chen Lan fell off her horse.

Before he could beg for mercy, Zhang Fei rode forward and stabbed him to death with a spear.

With Chen Lan's death, there was no suspense in this battle.

Of the three thousand soldiers and horses, more than a thousand were killed or wounded, and the rest either fled or surrendered. The entire army was wiped out.

The combined forces of Liu Bei and Lu Bu came and the battle was over before they could even get enough fun.

Seeing that the enemy had been defeated and that many prisoners had been captured, Lu Bu came to Liu Bei with great joy. As soon as he saw Liu Bei, he laughed and said:

"We heard that Yide had killed the general, so we won the victory just now, and we should be the first to achieve the credit!"

Facing Lu Bu's arrival, Liu Bei smiled modestly and said:

"Marquis Wen, please don't do this. Without your bravery, our army would not have won so easily!"

Beside him, Qin Zhen was also fanning himself with a feather fan, smiling and saying:

"If we talk about the best fighters in the world, there is no one else except Wen Hou!"

After being flattered by the two of them, Lu Bu was immediately overjoyed, and smiled a little embarrassedly:

"You two are so kind! You two are so kind!"

Laughing like this, Lu Bu stroked his short beard with pride, looked around, and was stunned:

"By the way, why aren't Sun Bofu's troops coming?"

Liu Bei heard this, but before he could say anything, Qin Zhen said:

"Our army is also surprised. Wen Hou doesn't know that the enemy only has 3,000 to 4,000 soldiers in this battle!"

"I think if the enemy really wants to send troops, they shouldn't act like this."

"Now that Sun Lang hasn't arrived, maybe the enemy has divided their forces to attack the camp!"

Lu Bu listened to this and said with a smile:

"It's a good thing we let him go out of the camp to ambush, but he didn't come. Now the enemy army is dividing its forces and attacking the camp. Doesn't he have to fight back?"

"Well, even if the enemy forces split up and leave, we will go and reinforce them!"

Seeing this, Liu Bei nodded and led his army to follow. The two families marched all the way towards Sun Ce's camp. Before they arrived, they saw a sentry coming to report:
"My lord, Sun Ce has led his troops northward, and we have not detected the enemy's approach!"

Hearing this news, Lu Bu was confused again:

"Why didn't Sun Lang lead his troops to reinforce us, but instead led his troops northward?"

When Qin Zhen heard this, he pretended to be shocked and said:
"Not good, Sun Ce's troops are now stationed in the north of the dam. If they go north, the enemy must be heading towards the dam!"

“This is too much!!!”

Lu Bu's eyes widened, and he said in shock:
"The dam has been filled with water for three days. If the enemy takes it, we will be in great danger!"

As he was about to lead his army to rescue, Qin Zhen hurried forward and said:
"Wen Hou, please wait. The enemy troops are leaving the city today. Fortunately, Sun Lang is alert. Now that he is going to rescue us, we don't have to worry!"

"Even if we go there now, it will be difficult to stop the enemy!"

"In my opinion, Shouchun City is empty, and it is the right time for our army to capture it. Why don't we capture the city together to attract the enemy to come to our aid, and also help Sun Lang!" Upon hearing this, Liu Bei also stepped forward and advised:

"The military advisor is right. The enemy must have gone far away. We can't catch up even if we go now!"

"It just so happens that we still have a lot of ladders and floating bridges in our camp. Marquis Wen will move them and take the east gate. Our army will attack the west and north gates. I see that this city is very large. If our army attacks from three sides, the enemy will have difficulty defending."

"If we can capture Shouchun, we won't be afraid even if the enemy comes by digging water!"

Lu Bu wanted to go to the rescue because he wanted to protect his own life and property. Now listening to what the two of them said, he felt it was very reasonable!
Anyway, it's too late to go now, so he might as well try a fierce attack. After taking Shouchun, even if the camp is washed away by the flood, he won't lose much!

After thinking carefully for a while, Lu Bu immediately nodded and agreed, and said in a deep voice:

"Wait for me to mobilize troops and attack this place fiercely!"

"There is no time to lose. Xuande can attack the other two gates by himself!"

After he finished speaking, he led his troops away. Seeing that Lü Bu had fallen into the trap, Qin Zhen smiled and said to Liu Bei:
"The opportunity to capture the city has arrived. My Lord, you can order Generals Qiao Rui and Chen Dao to lead 5,000 men to ambush in the north of the city to stop Ji Ling's retreating troops."

"We will pretend to attack the north gate and order the three generals to launch a surprise attack on the west gate. Then we can take the city in one battle!"

When Liu Bei heard this, he nodded happily and once again followed Qin Zhen's plan.

Let’s not talk about how they acted, but let’s talk about Shouchun City. At this time, Lei Bu and Yuan Huan were waiting for the result in the mansion.

Because before Ji Ling sent out his troops, he had strictly ordered Lei Bu to guard the city, so now Lei Bu and Yuan Huan are the main officers in the city.

Seeing Chen Lan and Ji Ling leaving the city one after another, Lei Bu couldn't help but ask:

"Sir, can our army really succeed in this battle?"

Speaking of which, Lei Bu is Chen Lan's fellow villager, both from Lujiang.

However, the two of them have always been Ji Ling's deputies and have never led an independent team.

At this time, Ji Ling had sent out all his troops, leaving him alone to guard the city, and he was naturally quite nervous.

Seeing this, Yuan Huan stroked his beard and smiled:
"Don't worry, General. I think the enemy will feel that they have won and will not be prepared."

"If our army attacks the enemy camp, the enemy may be able to resist!"

"But if our army attacks the dam, the enemy may not be able to defend it!"

"If you don't believe me, General, you can send spies to find out the enemy's movements!"

Seeing how confident he was, Lei Bu finally put his worries to rest.

However, as soon as his spies were sent out of the city, they saw a soldier rushing over and shouting:

"General, something terrible has happened. As soon as General Chen Lan's troops left the city to launch a feint attack, they were ambushed by the enemy and the entire army was wiped out. General Chen Lan was also killed by the enemy!"

Upon hearing this, Lei Bu stood up and said with eyes wide open:

"What did you say? Chen Lan is dead?"

Although he and Chen Lan were not close friends, they had a good relationship. He did not expect that Chen Lan would die outside the city just after he left the city for a short while.

Yuan Huan was even more surprised and said in a deep voice:
"Chen Lan was just leaving the city to make a feint attack, how could she be ambushed by the enemy?"

When the soldier heard this, he burst into tears and said:
"I don't know anything. I only know that as soon as we opened the enemy camp gate, soldiers rushed out from all directions. The general wanted to retreat, but his retreat was blocked by the enemy general Zhang Fei!"

"We tried to break out, but were blocked by the enemy. The general was unable to break out and was surrounded and killed by the enemy!"

"Fortunately, we were able to escape during the chaos and return to the city!"

After hearing this, Lei Bu's scalp went numb and his hands and feet became cold.

Fortunately, he stayed to defend the city today, otherwise, with the enemy's layout like this, who could escape?

But when he was feeling scared, Yuan Huan was struck by lightning and stood there in shock, saying:

"The enemy is ambushing outside the city?"

"How could this be?"

"Could it be that the enemy has seen through our plan?"

As he was thinking, he suddenly shuddered and suddenly remembered the source of his plan.

Wasn’t it because of the letter of surrender sent by Zhang Fei that he came up with the idea of ​​attacking the dam?
Now Chen Lan is ambushed by Zhang Fei. Is there such a coincidence in the world?

Since the enemy could predict that they would return for a night attack, would they be able to figure out that Chen Lan's troops were making a feint attack?

Or was it that the reason he was able to think of the dam was not because he was good at observation, but because the enemy deliberately made him aware of it?

Thinking of this, he felt hot all over and cold sweat broke out on his back.

I wanted to speak, but I couldn't. After a long while, I finally managed to squeeze out a few words:
"General, quickly send someone to inform General Ji Ling to come back for help!"

"My army may have fallen into the enemy's trap!"

Lei Bu was already stunned by the news of Chen Lan's death, and now he was even more confused after hearing these words:

"What are you talking about, sir? Has our army fallen into a trap set by the enemy?"

But before he could finish his words, Yuan Huan stepped forward and grabbed his hand, saying urgently:
"General, your current situation is hard to explain. We must quickly inform General Ji Ling to come back for help, otherwise our army may be wiped out here today!"

As soon as the words "the whole army was annihilated" reached Lei Bu's ears, his body shook.

What's going on? Didn't you just say you had a plan?
How come it's going to be destroyed in the blink of an eye?
But looking at Yuan Huan's bloodshot eyes, he did not dare to delay and hurriedly sent someone to pass on the message.

But at this moment, a burst of shouting and killing suddenly sounded outside the city.

Then a soldier came quickly and shouted:
"General, it's bad. A large number of enemy troops are heading towards our east gate!"

"We are now outside the city and are storming the east gate!"

Hearing this, Lei Bu felt his legs go weak and he didn't know how to deal with this situation.

What the hell is going on?
Why does it feel like bad news comes one after another as soon as Ji Ling appears?

As a deputy general, he had never dealt with such a situation.

Yuan Huan was different. The more dangerous he was, the clearer he became. As soon as he heard this, he pulled Lei Bu and said:
"We don't have many soldiers in the city right now. The enemy is attacking so fiercely. We must meet them quickly and not slack off!"

Having said this, he dragged Lei Bu out without waiting for him to refuse.

(End of this chapter)