When Liu Ye brought the little official Wen Taishou to see Yuan Xi, Yuan Xi was depressed and was in a state of seeking life in death.

Jicheng was surrounded for more than ten days. Although the enemy was still destroying the peripheral fortifications and preparing firepower to consume, there was no substantial ants attacking the city, the kind of depression and despair was still not something that Yuan Xi, a young man who was less than thirty years old, could withstand.

Therefore, Yuan Xi was happy to make some changes. The opportunity provided by Liu Ye to him was quite excited.

After carefully understanding the causes and consequences, he felt that this matter was worth a gamble.

"Zhang Fei himself was not stationed in the army camp, nor in Zhuo County? It seems that it is indeed a good opportunity... Come here, summon General Lu and Xiaowei Wang to discuss the military plane!"

After all, if you wait, you won’t have a chance to turn the tables. I don’t know when the reinforcements of my elder brother and Cao Cao will land at the Bohaikou. I might as well try it on my own.

The main mobilization of the surprise attack was the cavalry. The cavalry was not very effective when defending the city, and they were idle, so they tried it. And even if they failed, they might not be able to retreat with the power of the cavalry.

When Yuan Xi was thinking about the pros and cons, the general Lu Xiang and the king's sect under the command of the former Gongsun Zan had already arrived at the provincial governor's mansion and listened to the envoy's orders respectfully:

"The last general Lu Xiang/Wangmen, please see the envoy."

Yuan Xi waved his hand, and at this critical moment he didn't care about etiquette anymore. He gave a direct order:

"The situation in the city is getting worse and worse. Zhang Fei's siege is slow at present. It is because he returned home in glory, arrogant and acted recklessly. Such a madman must be punished by God.

In addition, our army was led by Zhuo County. When we learned that Zhang Fei had been stationed in a wild manor between Zhuo County and Ji, regardless of his safety, and was at most with hundreds of soldiers around him. Although there may be thousands of soldiers in Zhuo County next to him, he may not have time to arrive for support during the surprise attack.

Therefore, I ordered you to lead all the cavalry in the city to take more than 5,000 cavalry, and take a gamble. You can attack Zhang Fei and destroy the enemy leader at night. Then there will be variables in this battle. The inner guide will lead you."

Lu Xiang and Wang Sect were still a little suspicious, but they could only accept Yuan Xi's order. This was indeed the best opportunity: "The last general will take the order!"

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After the two returned to the camp, they immediately began to prepare.

It was getting late today, and the troops were gathered to rectify and leave the city. It was probably midnight. When we arrived in Zhuo County, it might be almost dawn and it was unsafe. Moreover, the soldiers did not fall in advance to sleep well during the day, and their combat effectiveness may not be guaranteed at night.

So the two of them decided to attack again tomorrow night, so that there was plenty of time. They could also allow the troops to sleep well during the day, and after they were fully prepared, they would secretly leave the city before the second day of the second day.

And I heard that the old official of Wen Taishou escaped for two days, and I didn’t see Zhang Fei alert or seeking him or siege the city to change. It can be seen that Zhang Fei didn’t care about this matter, so delaying for one more day would not increase the risk of leaks.

In order to ensure the success rate, the two organized all the more than 5,000 cavalry in the city, and also plundered all kinds of extra war horses, found people to make up the numbers, and gathered six thousand cavalry, and devoted themselves to it.

The defenders in Jicheng only had 30,000 to 40,000, and less than 40,000. If they pulled away 6,000 cavalry, they were only 30,000 left. In terms of the number of people, this wave of bet directly suppressed 20% of the defenders in the city.

But in terms of combat effectiveness, it is not as simple as a few heads. The cavalry are all elite in the army. Even if there are more cavalry in the Youzhou Army, the cavalry's quality requirements are still quite high. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to pull these 6,000 people out, which is equivalent to the combat power of a small half of the defenders in the city.

The reason why Yuan Xi asked Lu Xiang and Wang Sect to lead the troops was because Lu Xiang was almost a bare commander. After he was seconded from the high-ranking officials, the Bingzhou army of the high-ranking officials was taken away by Yuan Shang, and Lu Xiang naturally rarely had his own cavalry.

Although there were many cavalry under the command of Wangmen, they had never made any achievements for the Yuan family. Yuan Xi always doubted whether the other party's loyalty was absolutely reliable. After all, Wangmen surrendered after Gongsun Zan's death. He brought more than 3,000 cavalrymen, and more than 1,000 even the remnants of the white horses left by Gongsun Zan when he died.

One thing we must clarify is that due to the butterfly effect in this life, the Battle of the Border Bridge did not occur. At that time, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan only fought two games in Qinghe County, and Hejian County, which was not exactly the same as the Battle of the Border Bridge.

Even in the Battle of the Realm Bridge in history, Kuo Yi did not have the Baima Yicong who destroyed Gongsun Zan. He just defeated and killed and injured Baima Yicong, and the rest of the people fled. In fact, if you think about it a little common sense, you will know that it is difficult to wipe out the cavalry completely by relying on infantry, and it is already the limit to escape.

Therefore, due to various factors, there were still many cavalrymen in the White Horse Yicong and the former Gongsun clan of Youzhou when Gongsun Zan was destroyed in this life.

It is not surprising that Yuan Xi did not trust Bai Ma Yicheng's general that needed Lu Xiang, the main general who took charge of this beheading operation. He had been wary of the Wang Sect several times, and he began to be wary of the battle of Juyongguan.

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On the second update of the next day, the Youzhou cavalry, who were raising taxes and consuming and sleeping, had 6,000 cavalrymen, were tightly tied up their armor and wrapped in horse hooves, and quietly opened the city gate in the southeast corner of Ji County and quickly left the city.

In this direction of Ji County, there was no Zhang Fei's troops besieged the city, and they were used to surround the city with Erque and Erfang for Yuan Xijun to break through, so they were not afraid of being robbed of the city gate.

After the troops gathered for a moment, they bypassed the jin and detoured a little eastward for a arc, and then rushed straight to Zhuo County 80 miles away.

Ji County is surrounded by the most densely populated and developed places in the Yanshan Basin, so the county towns are relatively densely arranged, basically only one county is thirty miles away. So even if there is Liangxiang between Zhuo County and Ji County, cavalry can still reach the distance that can reach in the middle of the night.

Yuan Xi wanted to make a desperate bet, so he would not dare to let the troops take advantage of their horsepower. Of course, everything was to attack and kill Zhang Fei. In Yuan Xi's heart, even if Lu Xiang and Wangmen could not come back, as long as he killed Zhang Fei, he would make a profit.

Lu Xiang and Wang Men also knew more or less that they were used as tools, but they still had to fight the battle. After completing the task, they should adapt to the situation and find opportunities to get out.

What's more, today's surprise attack is rare for Liu Ziyang and Liu Changshi to think it's feasible, so there should be no problem.

The troops were about to finish the fourth update and finally ran eighty miles. With the help of leading the way, they reached Taoyuan Village outside Zhuo County.

Sure enough, the village seemed to have a size of hundreds of people sleeping at most, and there was no large army stationed. According to the information, today should be the night when Zhang Fei was drunk and whipped his subordinates and refused to drink.

"It's time for Zhang Fei to die. He first quietly surrounded Zhuangzi, and then clamored to kill him. As for distinguishing the enemy, he would tie the trotters and cloth strips on his forehead and then rush."

Lu Xiang was still an old man and ordered all the precautions, so he ordered the entire army to siege.

For a moment, the sound of killing shook the sky, and six thousand Youzhou cavalry bravely rushed towards Taoyuanzhuang, which had only a few hundred people, and carried out the beheading operation.

However, just as the cavalry was about to rush into Zhuangzi, suddenly the torches lit up in the darkness, and the shouts of killing suddenly started. The crossbow god-arm crossbow relied on the building, the walls crossed and shot, the spears of various parts of the Zhuangmen were stabbed, and the iron armored elite soldiers lined up.

The Youzhou cavalry is rushing tonight, so of course they have to go lightly, so except for the generals who have horses and armor, all ordinary soldiers are wearing only leather armor.

Such light cavalry faced the heavy armored spearmen hedgehog formation with walls, horses and fences, and naturally clashed in haste. The spears flew over and arrows were like rain. The cavalry in the Youzhou Army in the front row were either stabbed to death or shot like a hedgehog, and the first wave of offensive was blocked.

In a moment, firelights gradually arose around them. Not only did the troops in Zhuo County react very quickly, but they even had already captured the way of Lu Xiang and Wangmen Army. There were also ambushing troops in other directions. I don’t know how many people were ambushed to deal with the bait Taoyuanzhuang.

Lu Xiang, the cavalry at Wangmen was actually not killed or injured, and of course they still had strong combat power. But they ran eighty miles in the dark to attack the enemy, but they kicked into the ambush circle. The morale was too great. The remaining 5,000 cavalry were panicked, and some wanted to continue attacking Taoyuanzhuang and wanted to find a direction to break through. The military discipline collapsed.

During the chaos, the armored spearmen on the main road of Taoyuanzhuang were killed by the horse and sword soldiers. After just killing a wave of Lu Xiang's personal guards, they separated on both sides and gave way.

A high-headed black horse behind him was almost invisible in the darkness. It was Zhang Fei. He led more than a hundred cavalry and personal soldiers out in a row, and immediately stood up, as if he was preparing to launch a counterattack directly.

"General Zhang Fei of the Cavalry is here! Let's not kill the unknown rats. Yuan Xi's son sent some rats to die tonight. I'll give you a chance to leave your name!"

Seeing this, Lu Xiang knew that he had been trapped tonight and was surrounded by counter-attack. The only chance was to kill Zhang Fei and cause chaos in the enemy's army to break through. Otherwise, they would not fight the generals and rely on the soldiers to fight against each other sooner or later they would be the end of the party.

Lu Xiang raised Yu Yong and relied on the fact that the local battlefield in front of him was more than Zhang Fei's people, leading one or two thousand cavalry beside him, rushed towards Zhang Fei straight.

He didn't want to be considered an unknown rat, and he shouted to register when he rushed: "Zhang Fei is dead! Lu Xiang is here!"

Zhang Fei laughed wildly: "It's rare that Yuan Xi has a few people who can call their names. After tonight, who can Yuan Xi fight for him!"

With a spear, Lu Xiang caught him off guard and was stabbed to death, and instantly killed.

Zhang Fei shouted and fought fiercely, stabbing dozens of people to death, like a mad tiger, killing the enemy cavalry who were most loyal to the Yuan family to flee.

Shortly after another bloody battle, the Wang Sect could not support it and shouted directly: "I am the descending general of the Wang Sect by Gongsun Zan! We are all Baima Yi from the old subordinates, not Yuan Shao's direct subordinates, so we are begging General Zhang to surrender!"

After shouting for a long time, Zhang Fei's troops finally stopped their hands, counted them, captured four or five thousand cavalry alive, and only more than a thousand people were killed and injured in the chaos. The cavalry troops of the Youzhou Army were destroyed within a quarter of an hour.

"Yuan Xi's son is so elegant. If he is surrounded like this, we will show some flaws, so he will come and die."

Zhang Fei wiped the bloody spear blade and pulled his horse back to the village, chatting with Pang Tong, who was hiding in the safest place in the village:

"If you don't fight for a few years, you will have the benefits of not fighting for a few years. You think we are tyrannical and intolerable people. If you use a little trick, you can cheat one by one. In this case, the enemy will dare to rob the camp."

Pang Tong shook his folding fan and smiled, "If you use it once or twice, everyone in the world will know that the general is not a foolish person, and it will be useless in the future."
Chapter completed!