Chapter 4 Thirty-four, Xiangyuan Hebei
Si Chau, Hanoi County, north of Chao Ge.
The night was cold, but Yuliu's heart was like a fire.
After receiving the order from the main hall, she put everything aside for the time being, hoping to rush back as soon as possible.
It was not until today that the last group of night fronts completely withdrew from the Jizhou range. Today, only a few dozen people remain in Hebei.
Although Yuliu tried her best to hide her 5,000 men, there was nothing she could do in this wilderness.
Three thousand ordinary night fronts were ordered to escort the two thousand Orion battalions as quickly as possible without making a sound, and they had to rush back within three days, otherwise, it would be useless.
Yuliu looked up at the sky, the night was clear, and it should be the second half of the night.
In order to hide from others, she ordered her subordinates to seek shelter in the woods during the day and march again after nightfall. However, after nightfall, the weather also became very cold, which caused considerable trouble for the march.
"Yushuai, if it's fast, you can cross the Yellow River tomorrow and enter Henan Yin." Yuliu's subordinate Zhan Zheng came to her side, hinting at her if she would take a break first.
"I know that the brothers have been walking for more than two hours, and they are tired. However, if we don't go back to the main hall as soon as possible, I'm afraid that we will have nowhere to return again. ”
"But Yushuai, how did Yuan Shao know about our existence?" Ji Huang, another sub-commander, asked.
"If I'm not mistaken, someone in Hebei should have betrayed me."
"Frustrated?" A trace of doubt flashed on Ji Huang's face.
"It shouldn't be him. Although he is a civil official, he has a lot of backbone, and his loyalty to Han Fu is beyond doubt. Come to think of it, it should be Chun Yuqiong. ”
"Why did he ......?"
Of course, Ji Huang couldn't understand it, because according to common sense, a person like Chun Yuqiong would never betray Ye Feng.
It's not that he's so righteous, it's just that from his point of view, there's no benefit to betraying Nightfeng.
First of all, he is also one of the eight captains of Xiyuan, and now he is under Yuan Shao's hands, and he is suppressed by Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Lan and other military generals, and is not valued by Yuan Shao; Secondly, what Yefeng promised was that if he could overthrow Yuan Shao in the future, he would be the master of Hebei's military generals.
It is precisely because of knowing that he is reasonable and tempting him to take advantage of it that Chun Yuqiong agreed to cooperate with Ye Feng, and if he betrays Ye Feng in turn, Yuan Shao will no longer trust him in the future.
"Alas, I'm just afraid, we were tricked by Yuan Shao." Yuliu sighed as she motioned for everyone to step up again.
"Could it be that Yushuai is talking ......?"
"Perhaps, Chun Yuqiong was sent by Yuan Shao to spy on our fiction, and the reason why Yuan Shao was indifferent to him was to deceive Frustration."
"This ...... Is it possible? Zhan Zheng was also a little skeptical of this speculation.
"If it is placed in Liu Biao and Li Dao, this is a mouthful. But what we are talking about is Hebei, where loyal and righteous people gather. "Yuliu's loyalty to Yuan Shao's subordinates is absolutely certain.
"That'...... Wouldn't it be dangerous to let Wen Yi and Si Wang continue to stay? Ji Huang also began to worry.
Yuliu's eyes became very gloomy, and she walked silently for a while before she said slowly, "Perhaps...... They're safer than we are now. ”
"Why do you say that, Yu Shuai, could it be that I am waiting for this ......"
"Yu Yushuai, there is a brigade of cavalry in the rear!" Before Ji Huang finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ye Feng, who ran forward to report.
Yuan Shao...... They won't let us go. How many centaurs came? ”
"I can't see clearly, there are 20,000 in the black!" Ye Feng, who reported the news, looked a little flustered.
"Knowing this, go and tell the brethren to prepare for the enemy."
It was nighttime, and it was only a moment from seeing the enemy cavalry to facing each other. There was no time to hesitate, Yuliu's men didn't have horses, and it was impossible to run or hide, so they had to bite the bullet.
But Yuliu didn't want to bet everyone on this confrontation, so she issued an order, and only 500 people were left in the Orion Battalion, and the remaining 1,500 people were led by Ji Huang to continue to retreat to the main hall.
Ji Huang wanted to argue, but when he saw Yuliu's helpless eyes, he understood that Yuliu wanted to use the rest of the people to delay time, so that these Orion camps could escape to protect the main hall.
Ji Huang gritted his teeth and left with the fifteen hundred people.
At the same time, the remaining battalion of five hundred Orions began to lay improvised traps in their place. In fact, it is simply to insert a short wooden wedge on the ground as a foundation, and lay something like a tripwire and a wooden thorn array.
But they had only time to lay two rows of traps, for the cavalry had already rushed a hundred paces away from them.
"Withdraw!" Yuliu greeted her, and everyone understood, and immediately bypassed the trap and pretended to retreat.
The enemy general did not rush to pursue, but looked at the somewhat deformed ground with interest.
Of course, Yuliu knew that he was starting to be suspicious, and in order to attract his attention, Yuliu had to stop and pretend to ask.
"Are you Yuan Shao's people?"
The other party did not respond.
"You are Yuan Shao's people!" Yuliu asked again in a loud voice.
"Girl, you know it in your heart, so why do you have to ask again? Yes, my lord felt that if he let you go, it would be despised by the other princes, so he sent me to pursue him. ”
"You ......"
"Hehe, it's ugly below."
It's over, I didn't expect Yuan Shao to let this kind of big future pursue.
"Girl, although I have the heart to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade, I have no choice but to disobey the Lord's order. I hope the girl will not blame. ”
As he spoke, as soon as Wen Chou raised his hand, the cavalry beside him began to move forward slowly.
This reassured Yuliu a lot, after all, there were already some weeds on the ground, and in such a night, if she didn't pay attention, the trap would not be able to see clearly.
"Go around on both sides and watch out for tripping ropes." Wen Chou suddenly opened his mouth to order.
Yuliu was shocked in her heart, Yan Liang and Wen Chou can be called generals in Hebei, and they are really not in vain. She secretly complained in her heart, but she had no choice but to confront each other head-on.
There is only one way for infantry to attack cavalry, and that is to limit the mobility of the enemy.
As soon as Yuliu beckoned, a thousand of his men flew up to the opposing cavalry and took down a weapon from behind his waist - a short-handled scythe!
This was prepared for her by Han Yuan, although all the soldiers went with Han Yuan to protect the emperor, but half of this weapon was left by him. Before leaving, he repeatedly told Yuliu not to hesitate if he encountered cavalry, and immediately let his subordinates cut the horse's legs. Therefore, during Yuliu's time in Hebei, these thousand people were also familiar with the attack distance and use of the sickle.
And now it's time for them to show their might.
Even Wen Chou is very unfamiliar with this method of warfare. After all, in previous battles, against the infantry, it only ended with a single charge of cavalry.
However, for this kind of warfare, the cavalry was completely unable to parry. The opponent's extremely low body shape and flexible body style made it impossible for the cavalry on the horse to attack at all.
Although there are only 3,000 people, it seems that Yuliu's side still has the upper hand. In the blink of an eye, nearly a thousand cavalrymen had been put down.
Of course, Yuliu knew what to do next, and she and Zhan Zheng led the remaining two thousand people to take advantage of the chaos to attack Wen Chou's place.
"Girl, I admit that I did despise you too much at first."
As he spoke, Wen Chou took off the long knife from his horse, waved it twice, and squinted at Yuliu and the others who rushed towards him.
"Order the rear cavalry, speed up the detour, and attack the enemy's rear from the outside."
"Command the front, and whoever fights with the enemy shall immediately dismount and engage in short-handed combat."
"Signal the Chinese army, form a wedge formation and charge the enemy army on the opposite side."
The so-called famous generals, no matter at any time, can accurately judge the situation between the enemy and the enemy, and make decisions on the spot, and issue the most direct and effective orders from the perspective of the overall situation.
When Yuliu saw the enemy troops on the opposite side begin to line up, she knew that a head-to-head confrontation was useless.
In the same instant, she used gestures to command her subordinates to separate left and right to avoid the enemy's charge.
However, the speed of men and horses cannot be compared, and as an assassin, Yefeng uses short weapons, and the cavalry's spears have a great range. So with one shot, many night fronts were pierced by a single shot.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!" ……
Several arrows suddenly shot at Wen Chou's cavalry, and this sudden attack made them a little uncomfortable, and more than a dozen cavalrymen were shot in the eye and killed on the spot.
Able to shoot moving cavalry in the face, the skill of the shooter is also exquisite.
In fact, this is just a skill cultivated in years of hunting, and the Orion Battalion, as a unit that does not know martial arts, can only use shooting to do its best.
"Girl, do you dare to fight me?"
Yuliu had just dodged the spear stab of a cavalryman, but suddenly heard Wen Chou's voice behind him.
She pulled out her blade, took a leap forward, and turned.
Wen Chou quietly stood behind her with a long knife on his face, with a smile on his face.
"It's an honor to be able to fight General Wen." With a polite mouth, Yuliu's feet suddenly exerted force, and after sprinting twice in different directions, she came to Wen Chou's left side.
If the opponent is not left-handed, then his left rear is the weakest point of defense.
Taking advantage of the lightness of her body, Yuliu grabbed Wen Chou's saddle, stepped onto his horse, and raised her thorn to kill him.
Wen Chou was still holding the long knife in one hand, and at the moment when Yuliu raised the stab, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Immediately after, he turned to the left, and using the force of this rotation, he slammed his left elbow into Yuliu's left rib.
"Hmm!" Yuliu was knocked down under the horse by this strong force, and wanted to get up immediately, but she felt a heat in her throat and spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Girl, although Wen didn't use all his strength, your ribs should have been broken. I advise the girl, let's wait and die, it's better than such pain. ”
Wen Chou is still a little unbearable, after all, as a general in Hebei, he is very reluctant to do anything to women.
However, Yuliu's next move surprised him - she didn't care about her injuries at all, and actually tried her best to pass through Wen Chou's war horse, and at the same time cut the horse's belly with her blade.
The war horse neighed and fell, and Wen Chou was also fallen. It's just that when he landed, he rolled and stood firm again.
Yuliu staggered out of the distance and fell heavily to the ground.
Wen Chou slowly walked up to her and lifted her up with his left hand around her neck.
"Poof!" Wen Chou didn't expect that Yuliu, who should have been so seriously injured that he couldn't move, actually stabbed the double-edged thorns into his chest.
"Oh, the girl has a good plan." This kind of sneak attack opportunity in exchange for life is indeed commendable.
"It's a pity that you don't have the strength anymore, otherwise this blow would really be successful."
At this time, Yuliu was already difficult to breathe because her ribs pierced her lungs, and she couldn't hear the sound of the outside world for a long time, but she was still pushing the blade by instinct.
There was a hint of sadness in Wen Chou's eyes, but it was only for a moment, and then, it was replaced by murderous aura.
The next moment, he took a sharp step back, bringing Yuliu's weak body to his side, and then quickly moved forward, pressing down hard with his left hand.
"Bang!" Yuliu was slammed to the ground by him.
Then, Wen Chou stood up and turned around on the spot, and slashed with the long knife in his right hand, and Yuliu's head, which was still bleeding from the corner of his mouth, flew up with this force.