Chapter Eighty-Three: Cavalry Duel
"Qu Shuai, it's impossible for us to escape if we go like this, Dong Zhuo's guy still has three thousand Xiliang iron cavalry by his side, and he will chase him from behind us at any time, please allow me to lead seven hundred cavalry to intercept and kill them here and cover your retreat!"
"Escape, who told you that I was going to escape, the reason why I ran out of Shangcai County was just a delaying tactic, let our men and horses quickly go forward ten miles, and then ambush on both sides, ready to rob and kill the enemy army chasing from the direction of Shangcai County!"
Liu Zheng glanced at Xu Huang and said coldly.
Xu Huang was slightly stunned, not quite understanding what Liu Zheng meant, but what Liu Zheng said made him quite excited, and he had the idea of fighting Dong Zhuojun for a while.
"Zhou Cang, you quickly lead Yang Feng and Guo Tai and the soldiers and horses of the headquarters to set up an ambush on the way to Runan."
"Huang Zhong, you lead a thousand archers from the headquarters, go to the middle of the journey, and use arrows to shoot the enemy troops chasing from the rear at any time!"
"Xu Huang, you stay with me and lead seven hundred cavalry here to block the soldiers and horses chasing from the rear!"
As soon as Liu Zheng's talent broke through from Shangcai County, he immediately issued orders to several major generals under his command to make them react quickly.
Zhou Cang, Yang Feng, Guo Tai and others quickly fled in the direction of Runan City according to Liu Zheng's order.
Huang Zhong and Xu Huang stayed behind to assist him in covering the escape of Zhou Cang and the others.
In fact, Liu Zheng's plan at the beginning was not to give up Shangcai County, originally Liu Zheng planned to fight to the death with Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses in Shangcai County.
He had 30,000 reinforcements from Nanyang, as well as 10,000 soldiers and horses from Runan, and he was far superior to Dong Zhuo's 20,000 troops on soldiers.
If you want to defeat Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses, it is simply a matter of catching them with your hands, and the only thing that makes him feel a little tricky is the three thousand cavalry under Dong Zhuo's command.
But he never expected that He Yi's variable would happen halfway.
Although a He Yi is not terrible, what is terrible is the 30,000 soldiers and horses under his command.
With He Yi's 30,000 people, Dong Zhuo's strength has risen sharply, and for a while, Liu Zheng's strength in Shangcai County is not enough.
If you want to defeat Dong Zhuo without spending too much force, it is a difficult thing to do, even if He Yi brought 30,000 pigs, it will be laborious to cut it.
What's more, with the assistance of He Yi and others, the three thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry under Dong Zhuo's command will have more room to play better.
So Liu Zhengcai wanted to evacuate and give up Shangcai County.
According to Liu Zheng's assumption, as soon as Shangcai County is broken, Dong Zhuo and He Yi will definitely have differences.
Their soldiers and horses will definitely prepare for entering Shangcai County, and at the same time, the men and horses of He Yi and Dong Zhuo, one side will definitely choose to sweep away the people and horses of Shangcai County first, and the two sides will continue to chase and kill Liu Zheng.
As long as they don't send people to chase and kill Liu Zheng at the same time, Liu Zheng can attack and kill the first batch of people and horses at this time when their soldiers and horses are separated.
While Liu Zheng and the others retreated, they always paid attention to the incoming enemies behind them.
It didn't take long for the sound of a rushing war horse rushing behind them.
Looking at the movement, these cavalry are huge, at least more than two thousand!
Liu Zheng, who had a solemn face, finally realized that he couldn't escape, so at that moment, he immediately shouted at the soldiers and horses around him.
"Brothers! We have Dong Zhuo's cavalry chasing after us! ”
"Dong Zhuo, that's a trusted Zhonglang general, and those cavalry, but the Xiliang cavalry, known as the first cavalry in the world, are you afraid?"
Liu Zheng swept his gaze over the faces of the seven hundred cavalry under his command.
"Don't be afraid!"
The 700 cavalry under his command, each of which was carefully selected by him and Xu Huang, were all men and horses who followed Liu Zheng from Quyang all the way, and there were also the Yellow Turban Party who joined later, but they were all brothers who had lived and died several times and suffered together.
Only these cavalrymen, and the thousands of elites at the beginning, were the closest people under Liu Zheng's command.
"Not afraid? I'm afraid. ”
"I'm afraid! These Western Liang cavalry don't know how powerful we are! I'm afraid! Others only know what the Xiliang cavalry is, but they don't know that I am the Yellow Turban Cavalry, and they don't know that I have a group of tigers and wolves under my Liu Zheng! ”
"Although we only have seven hundred people, but seven hundred people, I believe that you will definitely be able to defeat Dong Zhuo's three thousand Xiliang Iron Cavalry! Fight to fame! Make a name for yourself! ”
"A hundred years ago, there were twenty-eight generals of the Yuntai of Emperor Guangwu! Today, I Liu Zheng have your seven hundred tiger and wolf generals, let these officials and thieves see, we are powerful! ”
Liu Zheng's righteous words set off the atmosphere, so that the seven hundred cavalry under his command ignited the fighting spirit one by one, and the spear in his hand began to rise unconsciously, eager to fight with Dong Zhuo's cavalry!
And at this time, the fierce sound of horses' hooves finally gradually approached.
From not far away, it can also be seen that a military general with a spear began to command a group of cavalry, quickly rushing towards Liu Zheng's position, and quickly rushed over.
The speed of the cavalry is very fast, much faster than the infantry, when these Dong Zhuo's Xiliang cavalry rushed over, there were only more than 2,000 people, and no one else followed, but more than 2,000 people were already four times the number of Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses.
Compared to a cavalry team that has only been trained for a month, it is a serious challenge.
Under normal circumstances, 700 cavalry against nearly 3,000 cavalry has absolutely no possibility of victory, but these cavalry under Liu Zheng's command are different, they are Liu Zheng's carefully formed cavalry squad, with several killer features.
It can take a great advantage in the battle.
"Huang Zhong, shoot!"
As soon as Liu Zheng saw that the enemy cavalry was approaching, he did not hesitate to shout at Huang Zhong's men and horses behind him.
The purpose of Huang Zhong's people staying was that Liu Zheng planned to let them shoot at the pursuers.
Although they didn't have a lot of arrows left in their hands, and there were only four or five arrows in each person's hands, they were still able to put some pressure on the enemy.
As soon as Huang Zhong spoke, he immediately gave the order and started shooting at Hua Xiongfang.
Thousands of arrows flew out in unison, launching the first round of attacks against the cavalry in the distance.
More than a thousand arrows flew over, but they did not stop Hua Xiong from charging with these Xiliang iron cavalry, they still rushed towards Liu Zhengjun without hesitation.
The second round of attacks on Liu Zheng's side also began.
"Javelin ready!"
"Projection!"
After Liu Zheng watched the Xiliang Iron Cavalry approach again, he gave the order again and shouted at the cavalry beside him.
The javelins that had already been taken out by the cavalry began to shoot at the Xiliang Iron Cavalry in the distance at this time.