When Lu Zhi learned that the bold and arrogant "Zhang Baiqi" ​​dared to lead a mere 400 cavalry to attack his main camp at night, Lu Zhi had no intention of staying in the commander's tent. He, deputy general and Liu Biao, the Marquis of the Northern Army, came to a simple nearby post, climbing up to pay attention to the riots on the southwest side of the camp.

As for the two captain Bao Hong of the Tunqi cavalry and Ma Riyi of the Shesheng cavalry, they were ordered to leave after the infantry captain Liu Jiang. It has to be said that Lu Zhi mobilized a large army for the sake of Zhang Baiqi.

“It’s really more and more unexpected…”

Standing on the post and looking into the distance with Lu Zhi and the clan, Liu Biao couldn't help but look surprised. After all, before this, he only admired Zhang Huang mostly for being strangers and jokes, but at this moment, he had to admire Zhang Huang's courage.

You must know that even Liu Biao would not dare to rashly attack a camp with nearly 30,000 troops at night with only four hundred cavalry, let alone the world's most powerful army.

This is not a question of "thinking" or "unexpected", but a question of "dare" and "dare not".

Zhang Baiqi... An unknown person among the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou actually made feats one after another to make the heroes of the world look at him. Even though Liu Biao had always had a strong sense of superiority, it was not easy to regard Zhang Huang as an insignificant pawn at this time.

"That thief has hit the best time!...I'm so lucky!" The clan sighed with a wry smile.

He could imagine that the main camp of the Northern Army, which had temporarily lost the protection of the cavalry battalion, was unaware of it by Zhang Huang and led 400 cavalrymen to attack. What would this be like for the soldiers of the Northern Army who were sleeping in a daze around the bonfire: perhaps when they opened their eyes for the last time, their consciousness was still in a confused stage. Before they could realize what was happening around them, the blades that the thieves swung heavily and slashed towards their heads.

Without any defense, what if the Northern Army soldiers who have mastered the rigid body? Not having time to use the rigid body is equivalent to not mastering it!

All of this is because the two light cavalry in the Northern Army, namely the Changshui Camp and the Yueqi Camp, were not nearby. If these two inspectors guarded the main camp of the Northern Army, there would be no doubt that Zhang Huang's only 400 cavalry could not even touch the corners of the Northern Army's infantry.

It is precisely because of this that the clan couldn't help but sigh.

But when this word reached Lu Zhi's ears, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought. After a little hesitation, the wise Confucian general asked in a gentle tone. "Are you really lucky?"

"What?" The clan looked at Lu Zhi in confusion.

Lu Zhi looked at the night sky with his hands on his back and said slowly, "Whether it is the 'Zhang Baiqi' that had to abandon Pingxiang County tonight, our army will definitely send cavalry to chase him. These two things are simply obvious. Both sides know it well...it means that the Yueqi Camp will most likely be near our main camp tonight."

The clan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and he faintly realized something in his heart. He frowned and asked, "That Changshui Camp..."

"Zhang Baiqi is mostly gambling." After breathing a sigh of relief, Lu Zhi continued to explain, "Apart from the Yueqi Camp, our northern army is only the four battalions of Shooting, Changshui, Tunqi and Infantry. Among them, the Tunqi Camp is not suitable for taking over the defense of Pingxiang County, so it is also eliminated. Therefore, the troops we will send to take over Pingxiang County are only the three battalions of Shooting, Changshui Camp and Infantry Camp."

"I only have 30% of the confidence that Zhang Baiqi dares to attack the camp?" The clan's eyes showed a little incredible expression.

It is no exaggeration to say that if the Changshui Camp is not Changshui Camp to take over Pingxiang County tonight, but the two battalions of shooting sound or infantry, if Zhang Huang comes to attack the camp in this case, it is purely a death sentence. Because with the Changshui Camp knights, even if these knights who are good at rushing on the battlefield are not used to chasing the enemy at night, with the absolute advantage of numbers, Zhang Huang's only 400 cavalry will never have a chance to survive.

"In fact, it's more than 30% sure." Liu Biao listened carefully and shook his head to correct the situation. "In fact, the sound camp is not suitable for sending to Pingxiang County to take over the city defense... The reason is very simple. The sound camp is a light bow guard, while the sound camp is a heavy foot guard. The mobility of the two is not consistent. On the battlefield, the sound camp is a barrier and barrier for the sound camp to protect the archers with weak combat power in close range. But if he is asked to go anywhere else, the sound camp will become a burden for the sound camp... It is not enough to leave the sound camp and only ask the sound camp to go to Pingxiang, right? Therefore, the sound camp must also be excluded."

"So that's it..." The clerk looked at Liu Biao in surprise and agreed with what he said. It is undeniable that the role of the Shooting Screamists on the battlefield is very huge, but their weaknesses are also quite obvious. Without the protection of the Tigers, a single song, that is, a cavalry of five hundred people, is enough to defeat them. Therefore, the generals and officers of the Northern Army will never ask the Shooting Screamists to go to Pingxiang County alone without their own safety. It is not that it is absolutely not possible, but it is not suitable. Everyone will subconsciously eliminate this battalion army.

"There are also infantry battalions..." Liu Biao's words continued.

Hearing this, the clan was shocked, looked at Liu Biao in confusion, and asked anxiously, "Is the infantry battalion not suitable?"

Liu Biao did not answer the clan immediately, but paused, and then asked the clan back, "Sir, please ask how many cavalry our army has?"

The clan looked at Liu Biao in confusion and replied hesitantly, "The Yueqi Camp has two thousand five hundred people, and the Changshui Camp has five thousand people, totaling seven thousand five hundred people. If the Tunqi Camp is added... our Northern Army has almost 17,500 cavalrymen of varying strength and weakness."

Liu Biao smiled slightly and asked again, "Where is the infantry?"

"Only five thousand infantry camp..." At this point, the clan finally realized it.

Although infantry is weaker than cavalry, it is undeniable that infantry is a very powerful group of troops. Moreover, when infantry forms a phalanx of infantry, they can attack and retreat and defend, and they can achieve both offense and defense, which is something that cavalry does not have.

Yes, cavalry is not suitable for defense at all. After all, the advantage of cavalry is that they have the help of war horses under their crotch. Therefore, when cavalry charge, ordinary infantry is not the opponent of cavalry at all. However, when cavalry defend and are all arranged in place, they lose the charge support of war horses, at best they only have a height advantage. Even, they have always been accustomed to charging to kill enemies, their roles are not as good as ordinary infantry when defending.

It is not difficult to guess. If a general guarding a certain place can only choose one type of troops for defense, I believe that this person will definitely choose infantry or archer, and will never choose cavalry. The reason is very simple, because cavalry is a type of troops that tend to attack and enterprising, and it is not suitable for defense.

In this way, it is not difficult to understand what Liu Biao said: With nearly 20,000 cavalry and only 5,000 infantry at the same time, which unit will be sent to Pingxiang County?

Although the choice for this is not absolute. In this case, cavalry is generally chosen because there are many cavalry and only those infantry are.

"What a Zhang Baiqi!" A little horror finally appeared in the priest's eyes, and he murmured at the southwest side, "Incredible... can this thief think so thoroughly?"

After saying that, he looked at Liu Biao meaningfully, and was secretly surprised: Lord Zhonghou, who was sent by General He Jin to supervise them, could not have imagined that his talent was so outstanding.

Lu Zhi also had similar views to the clan. However, compared with the clan's awe and concerns about Liu Biao, Lu Zhi's view on this was much purer: because Liu Biao was the only noble of the royal family in Yan and Liu. Lu Zhi, who was extremely loyal to the Han Dynasty, was naturally pleased to see that the power of the royal family became stronger, especially in the current period when the power in the court was gradually controlled by the relatives of the general He Jin.

[It seems that we should find an opportunity for this son... Alas, I am afraid that the general's side will not let go of people...]

After glanced at Liu Biao slightly, Lu Zhi had an idea and prepared to recommend Liu Biao with credit after the conquest of the Yellow Turbans. Liu Jingsheng was exiled as an official. While leaving the power of General He Jin, he would consolidate the power of the imperial power, and it would be best to serve as a governor. After all, in the current court, the power of General He Jin is getting bigger and bigger, and the power of the royal family is becoming smaller and smaller. Such a phenomenon of dry and lush branches and leaves is the root of the chaos in the palace in history, and it is also something that Lu Zhi and other loyal ministers do not want to see.

While Lu Zhi was thinking, a messenger suddenly came to the bottom of the post under the guidance of the officials and cavalrymen, clasped his fists and shouted at Lu Zhi above, "Report to Lu Shuai, the thieves have been killed only four miles away. Lord Zhou Yang, the Hou Ququ, heard the news and quickly summoned the infantry to form a formation and intercept the thieves..."

This should have been good news, but Lu Zhi looked at the face of his face without any joy. He shouted to the officials and cavalry under the post, "Captain Liu can summon soldiers?"

One of the official cavalry quickly jumped onto the horse and went to inquire about the news. After a while, he returned to his original place and clasped his fists and said to Lu Zhi, "Go back to Duke Lu, Liu Zhengwei said that he had gathered more than 3,000 infantry, and the rest of the infantry were also fighting with the bandits under the command of the Qujunhou..."

"So..." Lu Zhi raised his hand and knocked his finger on his forehead, and suddenly asked in a deep voice, "Where is the other side of the Tunqi Camp?"

Another official cavalry headed towards the direction of the Tunqi Camp. After a while, the words of the Tunqi Camp Captain Bao Hong came: More than 7,000 cavalry have been summoned and are on standby.

"Okay!" When he heard that the Tunqi Camp was ready, Lu Zhi relaxed his face and turned to the messenger who had been waiting for a long time and said, "Go back and tell you that Zhou Yang, the Ququ Hou in the infantry camp, and ask him not to scare away the thieves, pretend to be invincible, and put that group of thieves in... in!"

"Let's... come in?" The messenger looked shocked.

"It seems like it is delivered in place immediately!... This is the order!"

"……promise!"

Seeing Lu Zhi's tone of toughness, the commander hurriedly took the order away. At this time, Lu Zhi said to the officials and cavalry under the post, "Go away and report to Lord Bao Hong, please ask him to order his cavalry to follow him after a moment of time and circumvent in the distance, and be sure to surround the entire main camp!"

"No!" An official cavalry took the order and left.

Looking at this scene, Liu Biao reminded with some suspicion, "Mr. Lu, the strength of the cavalrymen in the Tun Cavalry Camp is probably... not enough to stop Zhang Bai's cavalry."

It’s not that Liu Biao had any prejudice against the Tunqi Camp. After all, the main knights of the Tunqi Camp are still quite powerful. The problem is that the more than 7,000 cavalrymen are called cavalrymen. To put it nicely, it is a group of regular knights who help the organization to carry armor, horse armor, rations, and traction of spare horses. Although they don’t have any combat power, they are limited to a little ability. After all, the main responsibility of these people is not to train and kill enemies. Their task is to assist the regular knights in the organization. Therefore, when the target is the "Zhang Baiqi" ​​who has outstanding martial arts and magic skills, Liu Biao is not optimistic about them.

"So, try to lure the enemy into the deeper!"

Lu Zhi explained with a smile that it was obvious that this was also someone who was not optimistic about the strength of the cavalry officers in the Tunqi Camp.

"So that's it." Liu Biao, who had already expected it, smiled very well. Then, he seemed to have thought of something and asked with a frown, "But then, Mr. Lu, if we allow the 'Zhang Baiqi' to break into the camp, because our army is powerful and the thieves are small, it will be unfavorable to siege and kill."

"Jing Sheng is too worried." Lu Zhi waved his hand and smiled, "I think it's not a whim to attack our army at night. It's not hard to infer that his target is still me... If it weren't for me, he would have sacrificed his life to kill more than 20,000 troops in the middle of the night. Could it be that he wanted to use the four hundred cavalry forces to kill all of my large northern army?"

"That's right." Liu Biao laughed out loud when he heard Lu Zhi say something interesting.

"Since the target is still me, it is not difficult to speculate on the actions of this thief..." After touching the beard on his chin, Lu Zhi said, "He comes to think of the Central Army, so let us let him in. But... it is easy to get in, but it is difficult to get out!" After that, he ordered an official cavalry to say, "Go to the informant of the shooting camp, and let him lie on the north, west and east sides of the central army. When Zhang Baiqi and his party were lured into the Central Army, they would come out from three sides, cut off the retreat route on the south side, completely encircle him, and then slowly draw him!"

"promise!"

Looking at the back of the official cavalry, the deputy general nodded and said, "With the sound shooting camp, I think this group of thieves cannot escape. Even if they are lucky enough to break through the siege, they will probably be exhausted. At that time, even the cavalry attendants of the cavalry camp can easily annihilate them... It's a good way to catch a turtle in the jar!"

Lu Zhi laughed and said nothing. From the side, Liu Biao's expression was a little strange. He thought to himself, just for Zhang Baiqi, there were about 400 people, it is really necessary for us to mobilize all the troops to take action?

But it’s funny, but Liu Biao has somewhat recognized Lu Zhi’s previous words: if he has such courage and courage to take only four hundred cavalry of the Yellow Turban, he seized the opportunity to attack the Yellow Turbans at night, if he is not eliminated today, he will definitely become a major concern in the future!

[Go to this place quickly, Zhang Baiqi…]

Looking at the chaotic scene several miles away, Liu Biao said secretly.

And Zhang Baiqi, no, it should be Zhang Huang. He did not disappoint Liu Biao. In the infantry battalion, Ququ Hou Zhou Yang's deliberate release, Zhang Huang and others finally broke through the infantry's block after a fight, and his target was exactly the Central Army. No! He should be the commander of the Northern Army and the General of the Northern Army, Lu Zhi, where the General of the Northern Army is located!

As Lu Zhi said, Zhang Huang also knew in his heart that even if he tried his best to kill the soldiers of the Northern Army as much as possible, he could not reverse the unfavorable situation of this battle. The only way to end the war or temporarily end the war was to kill the commander of the Northern Army, Lu Zhi.

Although it is difficult, this is also the only way for Zhang Huang and the Yellow Turban Army to live. (To be continued, please search Piao Tianwen, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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