Chapter 387
At this time, for Li Dao and Guo Yan, the advantage is already very big.
The white wave thief is not useful at all, and he has just come into contact with the Xiliang rebels, and he has already faintly had the posture of retreating. Many white wave thieves are simply not willing to fight, if there is someone behind to supervise the battle, I am afraid that they will have to turn around and run away, even if there are people to supervise the battle, they are constantly retreating.
In fact, it is not surprising that the white wave thieves turned out to be just some thieves, and they had no loyalty to the Han family in the first place. Even many white wave thieves themselves are from ordinary people, because they really can't survive before they run to make yellow scarves, and they still have some hatred for the Han family.
The ones who are really willing to send troops are still the leaders above.
Unlike the ordinary people below, these people have had enough of that kind of life of falling into the grass. Although the White Wave Thieves are just some thieves, they have enough soldiers and horses in their hands, and they are more or less a figure in this troubled world. Naturally, he wants to plot his origin, and everyone can see the current situation clearly, the yellow scarf has no hope, and the probability of success is basically less than or equal to zero.
At this time, there are almost no more people who still cling to the belief of Taiping Dao, except for those real die-hard fans. It doesn't mean that there is not even a die-hard fan left among these white wave thieves, but a very small number of people can't disobey the opinions of the vast majority of people no matter what.
So the white wave thief will come out and participate in this matter.
However, the thoughts of the people above have nothing to do with the people below, and there is no need for them to work hard for the official bodies of the leaders above. The combat effectiveness of the White Wave Thief was originally inferior to that of the Xiliang rebels, and now they have no fighting spirit, so it is not surprising what the result will be.
The Huns are okay, at least the combat effectiveness can keep up, and the Huns at this time still have a certain loyalty to the Han family, but they are also half-hearted.
As for Yang Feng and Xu Rong's soldiers and horses, their combat effectiveness is enough, but the toss along the way is not light, and they don't have much strength to fight at all, and the real responsibility still falls on Yan Shao and Cao Cao.
Yan Shao's soldiers and horses are all cavalry, it is impossible to go up in this situation, and the only ones who can go up are the soldiers and horses brought by Cao Cao.
Such a huge burden was almost all on Cao Cao's body, but his face was not worried at all, even if his own soldiers and horses were in danger. Not only him, but Yan Shao was the same, only Yang Biao and the others on the high platform in the distance were pale.
No matter how you look at it, now Yan Shao and they have fallen into a passive situation, if they lose...
Maybe the Son of Heaven will have nothing to do, but the ministers who took the lead in encouraging the Son of Heaven to flee will never be let go by Li Dao and Guo Yan. If it really falls into their hands, even the position of the third prince will not be able to save his life. This incident has made Yang Feng and Guo Yan hate him deeply, and it is absolutely impossible to bypass his life.
"God forbid, God forbid." On the high platform, Yang Biao prayed silently.
Not only for the rise and fall of the Han family, but also for itself.
In addition to him, the others also followed in silent prayer.
Almost at this time, a sudden change occurred, and the Xiliang Army, which had been attacking fiercely, stopped. Not only that, but also fell into chaos, a commotion came, Yang Biao opened his closed eyes and looked over, and found that thousands of elite horsemen suddenly appeared from behind the Xiliang rebels.
At this time, most of Li Dao and Guo Yan's soldiers and horses were pressed in front, and there were only a very small number of reserve soldiers and horses in their hands. Unable to resist these soldiers and horses who broke in, Li Dao and Guo Yan also fell into a panic.
They couldn't have imagined that Ma Teng would appear behind them at this time...
"What should I do now?" Looking at the horse characters on the banner in the distance, as well as the young general who was leading the soldiers and horses to kill, Li Dao almost gritted his teeth.
was stabbed in the back, causing the soldiers and horses in his hand to mess up, but at the same time, the coalition forces on the opposite side acted at the same time as if they had already prepared.
The two sides used force so hard at the same time that he instantly fell into an embarrassment. At this time, they lacked enough reserves to turn the tide of the war.
"I'm afraid this is Yan Shao's plan..."Looking at the soldiers and horses that suddenly appeared, Jia Xu said in a deep voice.
"Scheme?"
"Yes, I'm afraid Yan Shao and they have already been in contact with Ma Teng, so they are waiting for us outside Luoyang City, waiting for such an opportunity." Jia Xu judged.
The truth is no different from what he thought, this is indeed what Yan Shao and them came up with.
From the very beginning, Yan Shao and Cao Cao understood that it was a very difficult thing to escort the Son of Heaven out, and even if they agreed, it would be impossible for Li Dao and Guo Yan on the other side to let them do this easily.
However, the number of soldiers and horses in their hands is insufficient, if Yan Shao and Cao Cao brought all the soldiers and horses over, even if it was just one of them, it would be enough to compete with the Xiliang rebels who had fallen for a long time. It's a pity that they only brought a small number of troops this time, and even the most elite of them are not used.
At least in terms of the situation, the advantage of the opposite side is too great.
And if they want to win, at least let Li Dao and them give up the chase, the only way is to seek a big victory.
Originally, Yan Shao was going to have a fire attack, after all, almost all of the most classic battles in the Three Kingdoms period were related to fire attacks, the three major battles, the Battle of Guandu, the Battle of Chibi, and the Battle of Yiling, two of which were related to fire attacks, whether it was Zhou Yu's fire in Chibi or Lu Xun's fire in Yiling, these two fires not only changed the situation of the Three Kingdoms, but also made these two people stand at the pinnacle of their lives.
There is no doubt that whether it is Zhou Yu or Lu Xun, the most glorious moment is at this time...
It's a pity that Yan Shao doesn't have enough things to ignite in his hands...
If you want to ignite a fire, you always need enough fire oil and forage and the like, the latter is relatively easy to solve, Luoyang has been abandoned for a while now, and the city is overgrown with weeds, and there is no shortage of this thing at all.
In addition, it is now that the weather is getting colder, it has not rained for a long time, and it is easy to ignite. The problem is kerosene, which needs to be mined and refined. If it was Luoyang in the past, there might still be this thing, but it is absolutely impossible in Luoyang now.
Not to mention the oil and oil, in Luoyang City, there are even few things that are on fire.
Without the oil of kerosene, it would be impossible to ignite a fire, and it was impossible to introduce Li Dao and Guo Yan into the forest.
It's not that it's very difficult to bring the two of them in, in Yan Shao's opinion, the resourcefulness of Li Dao and Guo Yan is not very high, and there is still the possibility of introducing them, and as long as Li Ru has some more ideas, the chance of success is very high.
The point is, the person behind Li Dao and Guo Yan...
Jia Xu...
According to Yan Shao's understanding, Jia Xu still has a loyalty to the Han family, so he will take the initiative to plan for the Son of Heaven to flee from Chang'an. It can be said that the Son of Heaven can run out, which has a certain relationship with Jia Xu.
But this is only if you don't put his life in danger, fire attack, fire can not tell who is who, and it doesn't matter if you are loyal or not. Basically, as long as you are trapped by the fire, there is basically not much left of your life.
In this case, no matter how loyal Jia Xu is, it is impossible for him to even care about his own life for the sake of the Son of Heaven, right? It's not that there is no kind of person who can sacrifice his life and forget death for loyalty, but obviously Jia Xu is not. And as long as there is Jia Xu, it is impossible to reverse this situation.
Since this is the case, the only way to come out is to think of another way, and what Yan Shao finally came up with was Ma Teng...
The Son of Heaven was able to escape from Chang'an, and he also had something to do with Ma Teng. If it weren't for Ma Teng's troops to attract the attention of Li Dao and Guo Yan, the Son of Heaven would not have taken the opportunity to escape. Compared with the other princes, Ma Teng was obviously a loyal person, otherwise it would not be possible to personally rush to Chang'an City with soldiers and horses to help attract attention without any benefit.
Therefore, when the Xiliang army was intercepted at Hangu Pass, Yan Shao also sent people to Chang'an City by the wayββββββ since Ma Teng came, it was obviously impossible to leave so quickly.
Similarly, since Li Dao and Guo Yan could let the soldiers and horses bypass the mountains of Hangu Pass and make a surprise attack, why couldn't Yan Shao?
The people sent by Yan Shao in the past happened to meet Ma Chao sent by Ma Teng, as I said before, Ma Teng was already worried that the Son of Heaven would not be able to escape, so he specially sent his eldest son to chase after him from behind with most of the grain and grass of some soldiers and horses.
After getting the message from Yan Shao's side, Ma Chao immediately rushed to Hangu Pass. It's just that at that time, Hangu Pass was still being attacked by Li Dao, and he couldn't tolerate Ma Ji at all, in other words, he happened to be bet on the other side of Hangu Pass, and it happened to be Li Dao's side. If Ma Chao's team is discovered by Li Dao at this time, I am afraid that he will be in danger himself, after all, Li Dao will never let himself have such a threat behind him.
Although the young Ma Chao is proud, he is also very aware of this, so he carefully hides his traces. However, he did not forget his mission, so just like Li Dao and them before, he also did the same thing, flipping through Hangu Pass.
Of course, when crossing Hangu Pass, Ma Chao did not bring his own war horse over, but followed the advice, only brought his own soldiers and a certain amount of ordnance and armorββββββ although after passing through thousands of Xiliang rebels, the path on Hangu Pass Mountain became much wider, but it was not to the point where it could pass the war horse.
If Ma Chao really wanted to do that, not to mention how much it would cost for the time being, that time alone was something that neither he nor Yan Shao could afford.
As for the horses that are now surpassing the war horses they are riding...
"Hmph, I didn't expect these guys from Kanto to have such good horses..."Feeling the degree to which the war horse under his crotch fits with himself, Ma Chao couldn't help but say secretly.
Of course, these war horses were all obtained from the Qingzhou Army...
Not only Ma Chao, but even the other Xiliang troops felt a little surprised, as if they didn't expect that the soldiers and horses in the Kanto region actually had such good horses, and it seemed that they were not inferior to the good horses of Xiliang. Of course, they don't know that these war horses are either captured from the Wuhuan people back then, or they are the offspring bred by those good horses themselves, and they are just a little worse than the good horses of Xiliang in terms of grade.
From beginning to end, this was a conspiracy, Yan Shao would let Li Dao and Guo Yan go through Hangu Pass, not only because of the problem of grain and grass, not only because he was reluctant to dare to dare to the casualties of the first army, the most important thing was that he needed the Xiliang army to come on time.
Otherwise, how could he have a chance to inflict heavy damage on the Xiliang rebels?
Those war horses were separated by him from the elite elite horsemen under his command, and unlike other Kwantung soldiers and horses at this time, the cavalry of the Qingzhou Army was usually one man and two horses. This not only saves horsepower, but also exerts greater combat effectiveness.
Now it's just a part, which can fully meet Ma Chao's needs.
In other words, Ma Chao only needs to bring people and the most basic armaments to come over, and they don't need to think about other issues at all, they only need to stab the Xiliang rebels in the back when they need to play.
In fact, this is also thanks to Li Dao and them, if they hadn't made a wide path on the mountain road in Hangu Pass, Ma Chao and his more than 2,000 people would not have passed so quickly. You must know that at the beginning, Li Dao and the others had already spent a lot of effort and a lot of money just to get the less than a thousand people over, and there were already a lot of people who fell off the cliff alone.
Now looking at the Xiliang Army in chaos, Yan Shao couldn't help but smile with some satisfaction.
"In this way, even if we can't completely annihilate the Xiliang rebels, we can make them no longer have the courage to embarrass us..."
"It's a pity that there are still a lot of Xiliang rebels in Hangu Pass, otherwise as long as we can cut off Hangu Pass and cut off their back road, we can completely cut off their way back and eat them in one bite..."
He's really sorry...
It should be said that Li Dao and Guo Yan are not completely stupid, and they still left a lot of troops in Hangu Pass, more than 3,000 people. Although this number is nothing at all on the current battlefield, if it is to guard a moat like Hangu Pass, there is no problem.
Even if tens of thousands of troops attacked, it would be impossible to capture Hangu Pass in a short period of time.
If they can take Hangu Pass, these tens of thousands of Xiliang rebels will be like turtles in an urn.
At the same time, Yang Biao and the others next to him couldn't help but be dumbfounded, as if they didn't expect such a situation to happen at all, of course, after being dumbfounded, they were ecstatic...
On the other hand, the Xiliang rebels on the opposite side were in chaos, even Li Dao and Guo Yan looked completely apocalyptic, but Jia Xu next to him was calm and relaxed...
Everything was expected by him...