Chapter 417: The Defeat of the Black Mountain Army
Montenegrin army, complete rout!
Even though Zhang Yan is trying his best to save the defeat of the Montenegrin army, he still can't stop this general trend! Not to mention that Sun Qing couldn't stop the attack of the more than 10,000 Han troops, even the more than 1,000 wolf riders in the rear couldn't stop it.
And seeing the arrival of reinforcements, Lu Bu led Jiuyuan Yi to take advantage of the situation to charge! The defeat of the Montenegrin army is almost irreversible. Even though Zhang Yan was resentful, he could only flee east under the escort of the left and right. Such a scene seems to be very familiar.
Not long ago, Zhang Yan also left in front of Lu Bu like this. It's just that Lu Bu at that time could only watch Zhang Yan swagger away after plundering Yangqu. And today, Lu Bu has the ability to chase and kill Zhang Yan who is on the run.
It wasn't until the sun set that the war ended.
Dozens of miles of road were littered with messy corpses and discarded armor.
In this battle, the Montenegrin army was defeated, with many dead and wounded, and many surrendered! Quite a few others fled in all directions. Even though Lu Bu and them won a big victory, they had few people, and it was impossible for them to be wiped out by these routs of the Black Mountain Army. So the current situation is also expected. The only thing that made Lu Bu a little regretful was that Zhang Yan escaped after all.
This is not to say that Zhang Yan's luck is good, but because this Zhang Yan's prestige in the Montenegrin army is too high. For the sake of Zhang Yan, many people sacrificed their lives to block Lu Bu's pursuers. At dusk, Lu Bu finally caught up with Zhang Yan's soldiers and horses again, but unexpectedly, Zhang Yan and these people turned into the deep mountains and old forests! Looking at the getting late sky, as well as the figures of Zhang Yan and others, Lu Bu could only stop helplessly.
This deep mountain and old forest is indeed a barrier for Zhang Yan and others! Mo said that it was late this day, even in the daytime, Lu Bu did not dare to rush in. Moreover, the advantage of this cavalry in the mountains is also lost, if you have to go in strongly, maybe Zhang Yan will ambush a wave.
Moreover, the purpose of this battle has actually been achieved.
Zhang Yan escapes or not, the result is destined there! The main force of the Montenegrin army is all here! No matter how capable that Zhang Yan is, it is impossible to have the strength to fight hard against Lu Bu.
"Lord!"
When Lu Bu was going back, he happened to see the wolf rider led by Cao Xing on the way. After fighting for a long time, Cao Xing's whole body was also filthy, but his face was full of excitement.
This battle was actually divided into two battlefields.
This one is the Black Mountain Army Bandit Kou led by Zhang Yan to attack Yu County, and the other is the Black Mountain Bandit Kou led by Yu Yigen and Li Damu to attack Wolf Meng! But after fighting for so long, these two battlefields seem to be fighting their own battles! The Black Mountain thief Kou in Wolf Meng did not come to the rescue of this Zhang Yan, and this Zhang Yan did not have a chance to rescue the two of Yu Yigen and Li Damu of Wolf Meng.
All of this is naturally Lu Bu's plan.
Taihang 100,000 thieves, if it is really a joint army, it will be a bit tricky! Zhang Yan's commanding ability, Lu Bu also saw it, if the 100,000 Black Mountain Army were under Zhang Yan's command, I was afraid that Lu Bu might not be able to defeat Zhang Yan so easily. In order to prevent Zhang Yan from meeting with the thieves of Wolf Meng, Lu Bu cut off the road between Wolf Meng and Yuxian.
In this way, the two battlefields are fighting their own battles! Don't interfere with each other! It wasn't until Lu Bu defeated Zhang Yan and saw this Cao Xing that he knew about the situation on the battlefield of Wolf Meng.
"Forty thousand thieves besieged Wolf Meng...... General Gao lured the enemy with his body, led 700 soldiers into battle to break through the enemy formation, and beheaded the enemy commander in the root, and the morale of the enemy army plummeted! Therefore, my army of 20,000 is surrounded on all sides, and those thieves are crushed in an instant...... I only led two thousand wolf horsemen to attack, and those thieves were so defeated that they couldn't look like they......"
Cao Xuan truthfully told Lu Bu.
Compared with the battlefield in Yuxian County, the battlefield of Wolf Meng ended very quickly, and the results were also very great! All in all, in the face of the siege of 40,000 Montenegrin bandits, Gao Shun also ambushed under this wolf Mengbu, after those Montenegrin troops gathered under the wolf Meng City. Gao Shun led the seven hundred armor soldiers who fell into the camp, and easily broke through the enemy formation.
And that Yu Gengen may have seen that Gao Shun had few soldiers, so he besieged Gao Shun with a large army, and went into battle in person, but he never expected that Gao Shun, the seven hundred soldiers who fell into battle, was so brave, just a battle, and Yu Gengen died! And Yu Gengen's death made the morale of these 40,000 Black Mountain thieves drop greatly, and at this moment, the ambush soldiers on the side of the wolf Meng City came out, surrounded on all sides, and in a short moment, these Black Mountain thieves couldn't hold on and were defeated.
Surrounded on all sides, the Black Mountain thieves who can escape are really rare. Gao Shun only let a thousand wolf riders chase and kill the enemy, and let Cao Xing lead a thousand wolf riders to help Lu Bu.
It is said that this Cao Xing's more than 1,000 horsemen also appeared in a timely manner, accelerating Zhang Yan's defeat speed! If it weren't for the sudden appearance of such a cavalry in the rear, the military heart of the Montenegrin army commanded by Zhang Yan would not be able to shake for a while. It was only when they saw that there were enemy troops in front and behind that the morale of these Montenegrin troops collapsed, and this was the great victory in this battle.
"It seems that the results of Xunyi's side are only bigger than ours!"
Lu Bu smiled lightly.
From Cao Xing's narration, Lu Bu can fully imagine that picture, when 40,000 thieves let the 20,000 army encircle on all sides, there are definitely not many people who can break out of the encirclement. What's more, even after breaking out of the encirclement, there are wolf riders to encircle and suppress! The Black Mountain Army thieves on Wolf Meng's side can really be called annihilated!
And the results here, even if they are not small. But under the command of Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain, many people still fled. Strictly speaking, it can only be called a heavy blow.
"The results of this battle may not be smaller than that of General Gao."
Cao Xing retorted, "That wolf Meng is only 40,000 thieves, and the people in command are only Yu Gengen Li Damu and the like, so it is natural to defeat them." But here in Yu County, there is the elite of Commander Zhang Yan of the Black Mountain Army, there are 3,000 cavalry alone, and the thieves together have 60,000 people! But now most of them have perished here, and the number of thieves who have fled back is less than tens of thousands. ”
That's true! It's just that this Zhang Yan didn't catch it, or is it a pity? ”
Lu Bu looked into the distance, and recalled the scene when he first met Zhang Yan in Yangqu, and the Zhang Yan he saw in this battle. Even Lu Bu had to admit that this Zhang Yan was able to be a prince, and he was really not a simple character.
Historically, Zhang Yan helped Gongsun Chan fight against Yuan Shao together, and later when Gongsun Chan was defeated, Zhang Yan was still dominant in the Taihang Mountains! Until the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao did not destroy this Montenegrin army. After the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao won more with less, defeated Yuan Shao, and later attacked Yecheng and unified Hebei, Zhang Yan led the crowd to Yecheng to show his surrender, but that was also ten years later, that is to say, if there was no Lu Bu, this Zhang Yan would still be able to dominate Taihang for ten years!
But now?
The main force of the 100,000 Montenegrin Army was wiped out! And Lu Bu is also ambitious, and he must completely sweep away the trouble of the Black Mountain Army's henchmen! In this life, Zhang Yan is destined to be unable to remain like in his previous life, standing in the Taihang Mountains for more than ten years.
(End of chapter)