Chapter 66: Counting
"Ahh The screams pierced the sky, and it was terrible.
Iron arrows were like rainbows, piercing through the back of a man, and then peeking through the front chest, and the thick armor was also made of papier-mΓ’chΓ©. Blood splattered everywhere, and the man's screams came to an abrupt end, and he fell headlong under his horse, and remained motionless, apparently dead.
"Hu Butou... Turning his head, Yuwentai's eyes were cracked, and he couldn't help but wait to stop the horse.
The yellow shadow was like lightning, and it swept past the side of Yuwentai's horse, bringing gusts of wind.
"Let's go! Mo taught Hu Butou brothers to die in vain! Pei Guohu had tears in his eyes, and reached out to pull Yuwentai's bridle, so the two rode side by side and walked away. . .
Hundreds of zhang away, Hu Luguang stood proudly on the vast earth, and his voice was as cold as a knife: "Pei Guo! I will practice my words, and I have said that I will spare you twice and not die, so I will spare you twice and not die. This time is over, from now on, there will be no mercy! β
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Hu Luguang cast a shocking arrow, but it shot at Wang Xiong. Yuwentai and Pei Guo finally escaped, galloping all the way to the west, not daring to stop for half a minute. One day and night, the trail passed through the pond and entered the territory of Shaanzhou.
There were soldiers from the Western Wei Dynasty to greet them, and a few of them finally had to dismount and rest.
Not long after, someone should have gone to report it, but saw Li Hu, Zhao Gui and other more than a dozen generals hurrying to meet, it turned out that they had already taken the lead and retreated here. Yuan Xin and a few other nobles were also present, and they didn't know how they escaped with their lives.
As soon as Yu Wentai saw Li Zhao, he first snorted coldly. Li Hu and Zhao Gui were full of shame, and they didn't know what to say.
Pei Guo saw that it was not a problem, and stepped forward to chat a few words, only to realize that the "end" of the two of them was not good--- although Li Zhao retired early, he still taught the Eastern Army to chase and kill for a while, and most of the soldiers were scattered, and the remnants of the two armies totaled less than four thousand.
Everyone was speechless.
After noon, suddenly He Batsheng rode alone, but after the defeat of the Western Army, he struggled to break through from the camp and came here.
Yu Wentai was very happy, and finally had a smile on his face.
Since then, fragments and ticks, there have been remnants of various troops to return to Shaanzhou, but unfortunately the number is not large. During this period, the Hedong Army had the most, especially when the guerrilla general Wei Biao arrived, he actually brought more than 1,000 cavalry together, which can also be seen Pei Guo's effectiveness in governing the army on weekdays.
Yu Wentai sighed again: "If everyone is like Xiaokuan and Lingjie (Wei Biao table), this time will not be defeated." Li Hu and Zhao Gui were beside them, and there was a hot burst on their faces.
Early the next morning, but there was a surprise--- more than 5,000 steps rode galloping, and first taught the big guy to have cold hands and feet, thinking that it was the East Thief who had killed him, and when he got closer, he realized that it was Da Xiwu and Yu Jin who came together!
It's a long story.
It was said that Yu Jin divided 5,000 troops to the east to aid Gao Shen, but taught Gao Cheng to lead the Hebei East Army to block halfway, and fought several battles in succession, regardless of victory or defeat. Yu Jin had few soldiers, so he thought about contacting the Tiger Prison City to attack back and forth, but he didn't want the news to come suddenly, saying that the main force of the Western Army was fighting in Bishan and suffered a heavy defeat.
Yu Jin was surprised, and immediately ordered: "While Gao Cheng has not yet noticed, the whole army will retreat west overnight, so as not to intercept the back road and have no way to retreat." "As for Beiyu Prefecture, there is still that high prudence... At this point, he had to fend for himself.
It was also a coincidence that when Yu Jin led his troops to retreat to the vicinity of Luoyang, it coincided with the defeat of the Western Army, the various divisions were scattered, and the Eastern Army was busy chasing and killing everywhere, and the battlefield was full of chaos.
Yu Jin immediately made a decision and ordered a surprise attack. The Eastern Army was caught off guard, and no longer expected that a Western Army would come out behind them, so all those who touched it were defeated.
Gao Huan and the generals were taken aback, thinking that this was a thief who had left a little behind, and was busy leading the army to retreat slightly, so as not to "fall into the scheme".
Yu Jin then swept all the way, and by the way, he also rescued Da Xiwu and his remnants who were under siege, and finally successfully surrendered to Shaanzhou with minimal losses.
No wonder the East Thief didn't chase after Shaanzhou, but it turned out that Yu Jin had made a miraculous achievement, which frightened Gao Huan for a while.
Everyone was amazed, and many people even bowed their hands to say goodbye. After a while, it suddenly started, in fact, except for Yu Jin, all the departments on the expedition suffered heavy losses, in this case, why is there any joy? I also remembered that my old brother Wang Xiong died tragically under the arrow of Hu Lvguang, so the atmosphere took a sharp turn for the worse, and everyone was sad.
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On March 24, the remnants of the Western Army had retreated to Shaancheng (Shaanzhou Prefecture, now Sanmenxia City, Henan Province) in Hengnong County.
At this moment, if those who have not yet returned, they have not already died in battle, and most of them have already become prisoners.
So he counted the soldiers and horses.
In the first army, except for the Yujin Department of Erxia Prefecture, whether it is Yuwentai's Chang'an Army, or Jingzhou Daxiwu or even the remnants of the late Qizhou Wang Xiong, there is not one out of ten. When all roads are added up, the total should be in the early nine thousand.
Li Hu's Second Army and Zhao Gui's Third Army were added together, and more than 3,800 people were counted.
The Fourth Army's Hou Mo Chen Chongbu had already been wiped out, regardless of it.
The Pei Guo Department of the Fifth Army was much better, and before and after, it actually gathered more than 6,000 horsemen.
All these five armies have a total of 20,000 soldiers and horses. Recall that when the five armies were out of the customs, they were a vast 105,000 people, and then compared with this time, how much is the disparity?
Everyone lamented, and Yu Wentai's face sank even colder.
It is expected that the eastern thief will be killed soon, and if Shaanzhou is lost again, Guanzhong will be in danger. The top priority at the moment is how to defend Shaanzhou.
Pei Guohu stepped out: "Great Prime Minister!" I am the host of the great platform, and Shaanzhou is also under my jurisdiction, and the responsibility of defending the land should not be compromised! β
Yu Wentai nodded, and claimed that he was good--- at this moment, if there is still someone in this world who can teach him peace of mind, it is Pei Guo.
Yuwentai immediately ordered that all the 20,000 horses here be broken up and reorganized:
The most important thing for Shaanzhou's defense is to leave 10,000 soldiers and horses and Pei Guo to defend Shaanxi.
In addition to the new defeat, it is expected that Guanzhong, especially Qinlong, Beidi and other frontiers, will be unstable and urgently need to be pacified. Then he ordered Yu to lead the headquarters to ride back to Erxia Prefecture with 5,000 paces to the north of the town; Divided into 2,000 soldiers with Da Xiwu, they went to help Yuwen Hu in Yuanzhou, and defended the northwest together.
Yuwentai led the remaining 3,000 people, Yuan Xin, He Basheng and others, and returned to Chang'an to settle the government.
He also sent a fast horse to Jingbei and urgently summoned the Sixth Army to return to the division. Duguxin and Yang Zhong came together to garrison Shaanzhou, and Helianda ordered them to return to Luozhou.
In this way, it is equivalent to saying that Li Hu and Zhao Gui's subordinates are all "deprived". The two were slightly dissatisfied, but they didn't dare to speak out at this time, so they had to return to Guanzhong first, and then talk about the rest.
The plan has been decided, and each has its own action.