Chapter 55 The military advisor is truly the reincarnation of Zhang Liang! Wei Yan: Cai He, do you know who I am?
The next day, it was almost dawn.

South of Yuyang City, a legion of 5,000 men was marching northward along the eastern bank of the Yu River under the cover of darkness.

"Da da da!"

A scout came galloping from the north and stopped in front of Cai He.

"General, we have already done some reconnaissance and found that the enemy in Yuyang is not prepared and there is no sign of the enemy outside the city."

There was a gleam in Cai He's eyes and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

"Kuai Yidu is indeed worthy of being the best counselor in Jingxiang. Liu Bei would never have expected that we would use our troops without authorization and launch a surprise attack on Yuyang..."

After praising him, Cai He whipped his horse whip and shouted:

"Pass the order down, all troops, speed up the march, I want to launch a surprise attack on Yuyang City before dawn!"

After the order was passed down, the 5,000 Jingzhou troops marched even faster.

When the dawn is about to rise.

The outline of Yuyang City finally came into view.

The Cai family owns a large tract of land near this city. Cai He has been here more than once and is quite familiar with Yuyang City.

Gazing from afar in the morning light, one could see that there were only a few soldiers guarding the city walls, and they were clearly unprepared.

"Wei Yan!"

Cai He stared at the flag with the word "Wei" on it on the top of the city wall and read out the name with gritted teeth.

He remembered the name Wei Yan.

At first, this poor fellow was under his command, and his official position was just that of a small village chief.

With his status and position, he had no chance to know the existence of such a small character.

It was because half a year ago, Wei Yan wrote a letter to the emperor, openly accusing him of unfair employment and complaining that he was not promoted.

How could Cai He tolerate such a small character who openly challenged him, so he immediately demoted Wei Yan from the position of garrison commander to that of a platoon leader?

After that, this name never appeared in my sight again.

He almost forgot about it.

Until recently, he was surprised to find that Wei Yan had transformed into a general under Liu Bei!

He also served as the magistrate of Yuyang and seized all of Cai's land and properties in Yuyang by force.

Cai He then remembered that Wei Yan had once been his subordinate and had been demoted by him.

"Wei Yan, do you think that just because you have joined Liu Bei, you have the confidence to look down on the Cai family?"

"Today, I will let you see the strength of my Cai family!"

Cai He snorted coldly, drew his sword, and pointed it forward fiercely:
"All troops, listen to my order. Follow me and crush Yuyang!"

"Kill me!"

The order to attack was given.

The sound of a horn suddenly rang out, piercing the silence of the early morning.

More than 5,000 Jingzhou troops moved violently and rushed towards the southern city of Yuyang like a tide.

Cai He's eyes were burning with determination to win.

He wanted to take advantage of Wei Yan's lack of vigilance and attack Yuyang City in one fell swoop in the early morning when the guards were most sleepy!

The soldiers rushed towards Yuyang.

On top of Yuyang City.

Gong Du was half-bent over, hiding under the battlements.

Nearly a thousand soldiers, also wearing armor and holding swords, hid under the battlements.

There were only a hundred or so soldiers who showed up.

When the horn sounded, the nerves of the soldiers who had been hiding for a long time suddenly tensed up.

Gong Du raised his head and looked outside, only to see countless Jingzhou troops rushing towards him in the morning light.

"Wei Wenchang is right. The Jingzhou army really wants to launch a surprise attack!"

Gong Du's eyes were filled with fighting spirit. He suddenly jumped up, drew his sword and shouted:

"All troops, listen up and fight!"

War drums sounded.

A thousand soldiers hiding under the battlements suddenly stood up, and the originally empty city wall was suddenly filled with Liu's army.

Under the city.

Cai He, who was riding his horse at full speed, was shocked when he saw the changes on the city wall.

There were only a few soldiers guarding the city just now, how could so many soldiers suddenly appear?

what's the situation?
Could it be that Wei Yan already knew his whereabouts, and that guy had made arrangements in advance to catch him off guard?

Cai He's thoughts were churning in his mind and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.

But soon he discovered that there were only a thousand or so soldiers guarding the city.

"I am five times stronger than the enemy. Even if Wei Yan is well prepared, what can he do?"

Cai He snorted coldly, disdain rekindled on his face, and he waved his knife and shouted again:

"Pass on my order, the enemy has few soldiers and is nothing to worry about!"

"All units continue to attack the city. The first one to reach the city will be rewarded handsomely!"

The morale of the Jingzhou soldiers was slightly dampened, but their fighting spirit was restored in an instant and they continued to rush towards Yuyang.

In the blink of an eye, 5,000 troops had arrived at the foot of the city, more than a hundred ladders were set up, and the soldiers of Jingzhou began to scramble to climb towards the top of the city.

Gong Du urged the 1,000 defenders to fight to the death.

The disparity in strength was huge. Under the fierce attack of the Jingzhou army, which was five times stronger than the Jingzhou army, the defenders gradually lost their strength and the fall of the city seemed imminent. Cai He sheathed his sword and was no longer thinking about supervising the battle. He began to think about how to write a memorial to Liu Biao later, putting all the responsibility for the surprise attack on Liu Bei.

To the west of Yuyang City, in the reeds beside the Yu River.

Wei Yan was chewing a reed branch in his mouth, his sneering eyes looking through the reeds at the flag with the word "Cai" on it.

The more than 2,000 Liu army soldiers behind him were all excited and eager to fight.

"Planning and winning from thousands of miles away!"

"This military advisor Jinglue really has the demeanor of Zhang Liang reincarnated..."

Wei Yan sighed in admiration and looked down at the brilliant plan in his hand.

Xiao Fang instructed him to send more scouts to Rang County to monitor Cai He's movements day and night.

But when the enemy came out in full force, they divided their troops into two groups. One group was led by Gong Du, who stayed in the city to directly resist Cai He's attack.

He personally led another main force of 2,000 troops and ambushed them in the reeds by the Yu River a day in advance.

Because these 2,000 people were disguised as a grain escort team and left the city in batches, and they ambushed at night a day in advance, they failed to alert the enemy spies.

The scouts that Cai He had sent out in advance were only concerned with scouting the area around the city, but ignored the reeds along the river and thus did not discover the ambush.

Wei Yan looked at Cai He passing by as if he were a clown, and launched an arrogant attack on Yuyang City.

"Our military advisor Xiao is really amazing! Cai and that fellow really came to attack us by surprise!"

"General Wei, what are we waiting for? Let's get started!"

Hu Che'er was extremely excited, his eyes were bloodshot with excitement.

"Pooh!"

Wei Yan spat out the reed branch in his mouth, jumped on his horse, and pointed his long sword:
"Brother Hu, you lead your 100 Liangzhou cavalry to clear the way and break the enemy's formation, and I will lead the infantry to follow and kill them."

"Let's join forces and kill Cai and He without leaving a single piece of armor!"

This is exactly what Hu Che'er was waiting for.

With a wild laugh, he jumped on his horse, galloped out with his sword in hand.

One hundred Xiliang cavalrymen rushed out of the reeds like a pitch-black sharp blade.

Wei Yan kicked his horse's belly, then jumped out, leading two thousand ambush infantrymen to attack the Jingzhou army that was attacking the city.

It’s time.

Cai He had already thought about how to write the memorial. He raised his head again and looked towards the top of the city wall.

Seeing the defenders resisting stubbornly, he could not help but become enraged.

"Guards, listen up, follow me. Within half an hour—"

Cai He's domineering order had not yet come out.

On the left side, there were sudden screams of soldiers.

When Cai Hexia realized it and looked back, his eyes suddenly widened and he was stunned.

On the flank, thousands of Liu's troops suddenly appeared like divine soldiers descending from the sky, rushing towards his flank from nowhere.

A hundred cavalrymen charged forward, roaring like the wind.

Before he could come to his senses, the iron cavalry had already pierced into his army like sharp arrows.

In an instant, the flank fell into chaos.

The power of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was clearly demonstrated at this moment.

Hu Che'er led the way, harvesting heads with the long knife in his hand like cutting vegetables and melons.

More than a hundred cavalrymen followed behind, moving forward courageously.

With only a hundred cavalrymen, they broke through the Jingzhou army formation in the blink of an eye.

"ambush?"

"Where did these ambushes come from?"

"This this…"

Cai He was so frightened that his face turned pale, as if he had seen a ghost.

Just as he was shocked and stunned, two thousand infantrymen of Liu's army came like a tide.

The Jingzhou army's formation was broken by the cavalry and then attacked by the infantry. It collapsed in an instant and fled at the sight of the enemy.

"Damn it! I actually fell for Wei Yan's trick!"

Cai He gnashed his teeth and cursed, but he did not dare to stay any longer. He turned his horse and shouted:
"Retreat, the entire army retreats southwards——"

It's too late.

A dozen steps away, Wei Yan's bloodshot eyes had already locked onto him.

"Cai and the dog thief!"

"Where to go!"

With an angry roar, Wei Yan, riding a horse, broke through the chaotic army and suddenly stood in front of Cai He like an iron tower.

The long knife in his hand caused blood to fly in the air, and he came across to block the opponent's waist.

Cai He was shocked and had no time to think, so he quickly raised his knife to block.

"boom!"

A muffled groan and a scream.

Cai He was blown away with his sword and fell heavily to the ground.

When he was spitting blood and struggling to get up, Wei Yan's bloody blade was already hanging in front of him.

"Cai He, do you know who I am?"

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