Chapter 51: The Defeat of Xiahou Yuan

Zhao Yun took twenty horsemen to the city of Wanxian, and the soldiers in the city shouted: "Who is coming?" Stop your horse quickly or shoot it. ”

"I'm Zhao Zilong from Ye County, open the city gate quickly."

"Wait a minute."

The soldiers hurriedly ran to find General Xiahoulan, who was on duty.

When Xiahou Lan heard that Zhao Yun had arrived, she ran over to take a look, and sure enough, it was him, and hurriedly ordered someone to open the city gate to welcome her into the city.

"I heard that you defeated Cao Cao, especially you and Wen Yuan, both killed in front of Cao Cao's eyes, if Cao Cao is captured alive, then you will have a great credit."

Zhao Yun said with a smile: "Don't think about it, you still want to capture Cao Cao alive, it's already rare to be able to defeat it." ”

"You tell General Li and let me go to Ye County too, I also want to go into battle to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions."

"Haha, I'm here to give you a chance to make meritorious service this time."

"Really? Then you say, what should I do? ”

"Let's go see General Zang first."

"Go first, I'm still on duty here." Xiahou Lan is on duty, and she needs to be on guard at all times to prevent Xiahou Yuan from sneaking up.

When I came to the county yamen, I saw that Zang Hong was already standing in front of the door and waiting.

Zhao Yun hurriedly dismounted, and after saluting with Zang Hong, Zang Hong hurriedly asked, "Is General Li okay?" ”

"It's okay, Cao Cao has been defeated, and he has already retreated twenty miles, and he will not come to attack the city for the time being."

"I heard that General Zhao and General Wen Yuan rushed into battle and killed in front of Cao Cao's eyes, which can be described as very brave."

Zhao Yun smiled slightly, and walked into the mansion with Zang Hong.

"General Zhao must be here for food, right?" After sitting down, Zang Hong asked.

"Yes, Yexian County is running out of grain, and General Li can't bear to abandon the people, so he sent me back to transport grain to Yexian."

"But Xiahou Yuan has 10,000 soldiers in Bowang, how can we transport grain over? As long as we move, Xiahou Yuan's soldiers and horses will be dispatched, and we have to protect food and fight, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the enemy. ”

Zang Hong also knew that Ye County was short of grain, and Wan County now has a lot of grain, and Liu Biao sent people to transport 200 truckloads of grain from Xinye a few days ago.

If it was possible, Zang Hong would have sent someone to send food to Ye County.

"General Li has a plan."

Zhao Yun told Zang Hong about Li Xian's strategy.

Zang Hong felt that it was a bit risky, but for now he could only do so.

He asked people to prepare two hundred carts of grain, and sent people to find Zhang He and Xiahou Lan.

Zhao Yun asked Zang Hong about the situation in Wanxian again, and at this time Zhang He and Xiahou Lan also arrived.

Li Xian previously appointed Zang Hong as the Taishou of Nanyang, and he was in charge of the affairs of Wanxian, and Zhang He and Xiahoulan had to listen to Zang Hong's orders.

After listening to Zhao Yun's strategy, Xia Houlan pouted and said, "Ah! Why do you want me to cheat again, I'm about to become a defeated general. ”

Zhao Qu laughed and said, "General Li said, if you make meritorious service this time, you will be promoted to general." ”

Until now, Xia Houlan was only a lieutenant.

"It's pretty much the same, but this time I'm not only going to lose, I'm going to win."

On the second day, Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan led 3,000 people and carried 300 carts of grain to Yexian.

As soon as they left the city gate, the scout reported the news to Xiahou Yuan.

Xiahou Yuan's role in Bowang is to cut off the passage between Wanxian and Ye County, and he is waiting for this day.

He hurriedly ordered 5,000 men and horses, personally led out of the city, and came to Zhao Yun's grain team.

Wanxian County is very close to Bowang, only more than sixty miles, and after Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan escorted the grain out of thirty miles, Xiahou Yuan's men and horses suddenly appeared.

Zhao Yun led hundreds of people forward to resist, but when he turned his head, Xia Houlan and the other soldiers all ran away.

He had no choice but to hurriedly turn around and flee with these hundreds of people.

Seeing that they had not yet made contact, Xiahou Yuan ran away, and had some doubts, and ordered his subordinates: "Let's see if there is really grain in the car." ”

The soldier stabbed open a bag with a knife, and white rice flowed out of it.

"Look again."

The soldiers rowed several carts in a row, all of which were also white rice.

Xiahou Yuan laughed and said: "Li Xian's generals in Ye County are brave, and Cao Gong has so many generals who have been defeated, but this is the general of Wan County...... If I had known, I would have gone straight to the siege. ”

"Hurry up, let the brothers escort all the grain trucks back to Bowang."

Xiahou Yuan's troops were carrying the grain cart, and they had walked less than five miles, when suddenly the drums behind them were loud and the shouts shook the sky, and the enemy troops who had fled just now had come back.

"Array, prepare for battle."

"Wang Wei, you take someone to take the grain cart away first, and I will cut it off." He shouted to his subordinate general, Wang Wei.

His subordinate Wang Wei responded: "No." ”

With two thousand men in the grain cart, he hurried forward.

Before Xiahou Yuan's sergeants were in formation, Zhao Yun and Xiahou Lan had already led people to rush in front of them, and with a burst of impact, their formation had already dispersed and made a mess.

Xia Houlan held back her anger for a few times, and now she can finally do a good job.

His soldiers were also holding their breath, and rushed down, but Xiahou Yuan's soldiers couldn't resist it and retreated.

Zhao Yun slapped his horse and rushed towards Xiahou Yuan, thinking that he couldn't catch Cao Cao, if he could catch or behead Xiahou Yuan, then his own credit would be even greater.

Xiahou Lan saw that Zhao Yun was rushing towards Xiahou Yuan, and she also wanted to grab the credit, so she rushed over.

After catching Zhao Yun and playing more than a dozen rounds, Xiahou Yuan knew that he was not Zhao Yun's opponent and was trying to find a way to escape, and when he saw Xiahou Lan rushing towards him, he was even more anxious.

He hurriedly took advantage of a gap in the chaos, and suddenly fled, thinking that it was nothing to lose some soldiers and horses, as long as the grain cart was intercepted, it would be a great achievement.

However, he had not escaped far when he saw that the grain convoy in front of him had also been attacked by the enemy.

And because of the dispersion of the troops, they are being chased and slaughtered by the enemy.

He knew that he had been deceived, so he flapped his horse and fled to the side, and he didn't care about his own soldiers and horses.

But they can't manage it if they want to, they can escape by themselves, and there is no way to escape if they can't.

The main general has fled, and his soldiers have either fled with him or have been killed, and many have abandoned their weapons and surrendered.

But Xia Houlan was red-eyed, regardless of whether he had abandoned his weapons and surrendered, he killed them all.

It turned out that it was Zhang He's troops who intercepted Xiahou Yuan's grain team in front, and Li Xian's strategy was to let Xiahou Lan take 3,000 people out of the city to Ye County, and deliberately let Xiahou Yuan rob him.

After Xiahou Lan led his troops out of the city, Zhang He also led 2,000 people out of the city and made a detour to the back of Xiahou Yuan.

After Xiahou Yuan robbed the grain cart, he would not throw it away, and would escort the grain cart back to Bowang.

At this time, Xiahou Lan pursued from the rear, Zhang He volleyed in front, and the two armies attacked, and Xiahou Yuan was defeated.

Moreover, the grain at this time already belongs to Xiahou Yuan, and he will definitely protect the grain cart, so he will have some concerns when fighting, and his combat power will be reduced.

Because Xiahou Yuan still had soldiers and horses in Bowang, they didn't have time to clean up the battlefield, so they hurriedly escorted the grain cart and hurried towards Yexian.

In addition to the hundreds of people who fled, more than 4,000 people died in this battle.

He returned to Bowang, and wanted to lead the soldiers and horses to chase again, and the horses returned, and Zang Hong of Wanxian County led 2,000 people out of the city and was coming to Bowang.

He was afraid that he would be attacked from the front and back again, so he stood still and waited for Zang Hong to attack.

However, Zang Hong would not come to attack Bowang, he just took 2,000 people out of the city to scare Xiahou Yuan.

He led the troops only out of the city for more than ten miles before stopping, knowing that Xiahou Yuan did not dare to send troops, and Zhao Yun and the others were almost in Ye County, so they returned to Wancheng with their men and horses.

Zhao Yun and Zhang He and Xiahou Lan escorted the grain to Ye County together, Xiahou Yuan was defeated, and Wancheng also had more than 4,000 people and horses, and they were not afraid of being attacked by him, so Zhang He and Xiahou Lan's men and horses stayed in Ye County.