Chapter 264: Two hundred thousand Xiliang soldiers
Tiger Prison Pass.
Dong Zhuo's face was full of worry, he originally thought that the morale of the Kwantung Coalition Army had been cut off, and when the morale was low, he launched an attack on the Xiliang Iron Cavalry led by Lu Bu and Zhang Liao, even if he could not win completely, at least he could make the Kwantung Coalition Army suffer huge casualties, but he didn't expect an accident.
The next scene was far beyond everyone's expectations, whether it was Dong Zhuo or the generals in the Kwantung Coalition Army, no one dared to believe that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which seemed to be extremely powerful, was actually defeated in front of the Xianden camp of less than 10,000 people led by Yuan Shao's general Liyi, and the defeat was very bad.
This is not that the Xiliang cavalry is too weak, nor is it that the first camp of Koyi is too strong, in fact, it is more accurate to say that the first camp defeated the Xiliang soldiers, but the Xiliang soldiers themselves defeated themselves, the ground west of the Tiger Pass is flat, and it is extremely easy for cavalry to fight, if the Xiliang soldiers are not light on the enemy, according to normal circumstances, Lu Bu led 5,000 wolf cavalry to assault frontally, Zhang Liao led 10,000 iron cavalry to intercept the back road of the first camp, under the double blow, the first camp is not dead and disabled.
However, Lu Bu finally chose 8,000 wolf cavalry and tens of thousands of Xiliang iron cavalry to attack head-on, in fact, this is also the style commonly used by Lu Bu in combat, with the overwhelming charge of iron cavalry to break the enemy's will to resist, past experience tells him that as long as this army that looks like an elite army collapses, the princes of the coalition army will become a real rabble.
It's a pity that Lu Bu didn't know that he met the only cavalry nemesis in this era Xiandeng Battalion, and in history, Gongsun Zhan's 100,000 white horse Yicong was buried in the hands of this Xiandeng camp of less than 10,000 people, allowing Yuan Shao to eliminate Gongsun Zhan's main force in one fell swoop, and from then on, Yuan Shao became the king of Hebei in the real sense.
In fact, in the real sense, there are not many Xiliang soldiers who died in the hands of the first camp, and the first camp only shot the front rows of cavalry with a strong bow and crossbow, and the fallen front row cavalry formed an obstacle, which seriously hindered the assault of the follow-up cavalry, so that it was difficult for the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to exert its power in the assault of the world.
However, this was enough, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, who were forced to slow down, ushered in their tragic fate, they were crowded into a mess, and trampled each other to death.
However, the most fatal point is not how many casualties of the cavalry, but seriously dampened the military spirit and morale of the Xiliang soldiers, who have always been invincible in the world and unrivaled in the charge of the Xiliang soldiers, the myth that the Xiliang iron cavalry will never be defeated by the hands of the infantry has been broken.
When the long horn sound sounded in the big village of the coalition army, the door of the coalition army was wide open, and the morale of the Kwantung coalition army was like a rainbow of tides to kill out, on the other hand, the ambition of the Xiliang soldiers was lost, and they were defeated one after another, and the Kwantung coalition army took advantage of the victory to pursue, not only recaptured the abandoned camp, but even went further, and seized the two big villages of Lu Bu and Zhang Liao in front of the Tiger Prison Pass.
Zhang Liao and Lu Bu were defeated by the Kwantung Coalition Army, and led the rout to retreat into the Tiger Prison Pass like a lost dog, and Yuan Shao took advantage of the situation to order the princes from all walks of life to directly drive their troops to the Tiger Prison Pass, and hundreds of thousands of Kwantung Coalition troops besieged the Tiger Prison to death.
At this time, Lu Bu and Zhang Liao knelt down in front of Dong Zhuo, and the rest of the Xiliang generals looked at the two with sarcasm in their eyes.
"Lord Father-in-law, please allow the child to raise troops to meet the enemy again, and the child will definitely behead Yuan Shao and dedicate it to his father-in-law." Lu Bu knelt on the ground and pleaded through gritted teeth, he is the god of war and the leader of the state system, he cannot be defeated, he wants to revive the majesty of the world's number one fierce general.
"It's not enough for Wen Hou to dampen the morale of our army, and you have to fight again?" The corners of Li Su's mouth raised a sneer, and he said gloomily: "At this time, the morale of the Kanto rats is like a rainbow, could it be that Wen Hou intends to destroy all my Xiliang army here?" ”
"Li Su, don't talk nonsense!" Lu Bu stared at his blood-red eyes, and pounced on Li Su like a real murderous aura, although he knew that Lu Bu didn't dare to hurt people in front of Dong Zhuo, he still couldn't help but take a few steps back.
"Okay, shut up the old man!" Dong Zhuo scolded the two with a gloomy face, the two were silent, Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru who was silent and closed his eyes and pondered, and said in a deep voice: "Wen You, our army is newly defeated, morale is low, and we are no longer fighting." Niu Fu: Do they have any information? ”
Li Ru, who didn't say a word, suddenly opened his eyes, and there was a gloomy light in his dark eyes, and he said gloomily: "Father-in-law, don't worry, Dafang has already sent news, and it will reach the ears of the coalition forces in a few days, and then it will be the time of the defeat of the coalition forces." ”
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Bohai County, Xiu County.
Although Xiu County belongs to Bohai County, it is bordered by Hejian Country in the north, Anping Country in the west, and Pingyuan County in the south, so it is the gateway to the west of Bohai County, so when Yuan Shaolin set out on the expedition, he was afraid that Han Fu would secretly attack the old nest Bohai County, so he sent several generals such as Lu Weihuang, Zhao Rui, Yan Chang, He Mao, and Wang Mo to garrison here.
At this time, Lu Weihuang, Zhao Rui, and Yan Chang were pacing back and forth in the conference hall with anxious expressions.
And because the horse thief comes and goes like the wind, often sends troops to arrive at the thief's den where the horse thief is located, the horse thief has already fled, so the requisition of the horse thief is very much more than worth the loss, so generally speaking, as long as the horse thief is not doing too much, everyone is turning a blind eye and acquiescing to the existence of the horse thief.
It's just a pity that this horse thief doesn't seem to be very sensible, and he dared to hijack the grain and grass transported from Nanpi to Xiuxian, this time Lu Weihuang and others couldn't sit still, Xiuxian County is vast and sparsely populated, and the grain output is very small, basically relying on the grain transported from Nanpi to maintain the army, the horse thief intercepted the grain, and the garrison of Xiuxian County drank the northwest wind.
The hot-tempered He Mao ignored the hard persuasion of Lu Weihuang and others, and immediately angrily lit up the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, and went to the outside of the city to crusade against the horse thieves according to the information provided by the horses.
It's just that these two people didn't return for five days, and in the first three days, there was information from the horse that they had found the horse thief's lair, but in the last two days, there has been no news back, and Lu Weihuang, Zhao Rui, and Yan Chang who stayed in the city felt that things were faintly wrong, even if He Mao was reckless and didn't know how to pass on information, but Wang Mo was steady, no matter whether there was a result or not, there should always be information back, why didn't there was even a piece of information in the past two days.
Zhao Rui, who was anxiously pacing back and forth, stopped, turned to Lu Weihuang and Yan Chang and said in a condensed voice: "Could it be that the two of them were attacked by Han Fujun, so there was no information coming?" ”
"No, it won't." Lu Weihuang shook his head resolutely and said: "Although Han Fu has always been eyeing our army, don't forget that the Lord is just leading the princes of the world to fight hard against the Xiliang Dong thieves, Han Fu will never be stupid enough to rashly attack our army at such a time, otherwise it will cause public indignation in the world, although Han Fu is stupid, he will never have the guts." ”
"Could it be that the two of them are lost?" After Zhao Rui finished speaking, without waiting for Lu Weihuang and Yan Chang to speak, he first shook his head, He Mao and Wang Mo are not fools, and this is in Bohai County, it is obviously impossible to make such a low-level mistake.
"Okay~" Lu Weihuang forcibly pulled Zhao Rui to sit on the ground and knelt, and comforted: "Don't speculate, although the martial arts of He Mao and Wang Mo are not as good as Yan Liang and Wen Chou, they are not kneaded by everyone, presumably it is delayed on the road, if the two generals have not returned tonight, we will send someone to answer it." ”
"Well, that's fine." Zhao Rui bowed his head slightly, and slowly calmed down under Lu Weihuang's persuasion.
However, the next moment, a small colonel suddenly stumbled and hurried over, and said sadly: "Three generals, something is wrong, a large number of cavalry are coming outside the city!" ”
"What?" Lu Weihuang, Zhao Rui, and Yan Chang jumped up almost at the same time, their eyes all showed a look of shock, Bohai County and even the entire Jizhou are all cavalry, how can there be a large force of cavalry around Xiuxian at this time? At the same time, they felt bad in their hearts~
Lu Weihuang took a step forward, lifted the junior colonel up with a split chest, and said sharply with wide eyes: "Tell me clearly, is it a horse thief or a cavalryman?" ”
"It's not a horse thief, it's a cavalryman." The colonel said with a crying voice: "The villain can see clearly, it is a large force of cavalry!" ”
"Quick, lead the horse, get the cloak!" Lu Weihuang left the colonel, hurriedly put on his cloak, took his weapons and walked out of the conference hall with Zhao Rui and Yan Chang, turned over and hurried towards the city gate.
When they hurriedly ascended the city tower, they saw the smoke and dust rising from the northwest, and in the smoke and dust flying in the sky, a large group of black and oppressive Xiliang cavalry swept like endless ants. Although Lu Weihuang, Zhao Rui, Yan Chang and the Bohai soldiers under their command were in the north, due to the scarcity of war horses, he had never seen as many cavalry.
"It's. . . Is this Xiliang Iron Ride? Zhao Rui's prominent eyes stared at the swept cavalry, and on the gold-edged flags that sounded in the wind, there were two big words embroidered "Xiliang".
Lu Weihuang's body shook suddenly, and then he roared angrily at the herald behind him with a sad expression: "Blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet!" Blow the trumpet and warn, and all the brethren go to the city to prepare for a decisive battle. ”
"Compliance...... Life! ”
The herald shuddered violently and turned to leave.
"Come back!" Lu Weihuang stopped drinking and drank the herald soldiers, and said sharply, "Send fast horses to Nanpi, Dongguangcheng, Yecheng Han Fu, and the lord of Hujiao Pass at the same time, just say that the Xiliang thief led the iron cavalry to kill Bohai County, Xiuxian County has been surrounded on all sides, and our army is in urgent need of reinforcements!! ”
"Yes."
This time, the herald finally calmed down from the initial trembling, and the tiger roared and walked away, and the next moment, the roaring horn sound rose to the sky, resounding inside and outside the city, and the Yuan army, who heard the horn, immediately rushed out of the barracks and rushed up to the city tower in a chaotic manner.
Outside the city of Xiuxian, the smoke and dust are misty, and thousands of horses are galloping.
Under the bloody sun, the vast and desolate plain has been completely covered by the ant-like Xiliang cavalry, standing at the head of Xiuxian County and looking northwest, the mountains are all over the wilderness, endless, full of moving horse heads and galloping iron hooves.
There was a dead silence at the head of Xiuxian County, and all the Yuan troops guarding the city were pale and panicked, Xiliang cavalry, this is Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Iron Cavalry, but isn't the lord leading the princes of the world to fight with Xiliang Dong Zhuo in the Tiger Pass? How could this terrifying Xiliang soldier suddenly appear in Jizhou? Could it be that the alliance of princes in front of the Tiger Prison Pass has been defeated? Fear spread in Yuan Jun's heart like a spider's web.
At the same time, not only Xiuxian, but also the forces of Liu Yu in Youzhou, Gongsun Zhan's territory, Tao Qian's Xuzhou in the east, Yuan Shu's Yangzhou chassis in the south, and Liu Biao's Jingzhou area all appeared like ghosts A large number of Xiliang cavalry, all the cities immediately prepared for battle, strictly defended, and at the same time sent fast horses and tigers to rush in the direction of their respective main announcements.
In fact, these cavalry were the back hands set up by Li Su at the beginning, until today Fang shows his power, Hu Zhao has faintly guessed, and has raised this question to Liu Bian, but Liu Biao is thinking more infiltration, Li Su with more than 200,000 Xiliang cavalry rushed to the territory of all the princes, disrupting and attacking, of course, for the Xiliang army.
However, from another aspect, the Kwantung coalition army will not be Liu Bian's fierce rival in the future, especially in history, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu brothers, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Jian, these bigwigs, each of them are Liu Bian's fierce rivals, and at that time it was just a meeting alliance, in his guess, at least half a year Xiliang 200,000 cavalry will play a role, so as long as the Kwantung Army takes the Tiger Prison Pass in half a year, Luoyang will be just around the corner, even if the coalition army is dispersed, the barrier of the Tiger Prison Pass is gone, and Luoyang is just a sheep to be slaughtered.
But who would have expected that half a year had passed, and the more than 500,000 Kwantung coalition troops had not made any progress at all, the Tiger Prison Pass was still in the hands of Dong Zhuo, and the 200,000 Xiliang soldiers who had rushed to various places had already begun to burst into power.
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Qingzhou, Beihai County, the wind is howling, and the trees are sparsely sparsely on the stone mountain.
As his name suggests, the Black Bull Man not only has a black complexion, but also a black robe and black armor, even if he even straddles the war horse, it is pure black, and from a distance it looks like a dark cloud condensed on the mountain.
Since Hei Niu, Yang Feng, and Han Kui were ordered to crusade against the Yellow Turban thieves all the way in Beihai County and collect the rout, the three of them led the elite soldiers from weak to strong, and swept away the thieves in Beihai County with the momentum of the wind and clouds, and collected more than 80,000 soldiers, of course, the old and weak women and children accounted for not a few.
After sending people to send these surrendered troops to Beihai City in batches, there were only two or three remaining thieves in the entire Beihai County, but the number of their forces was as many as 60,000 or 70,000, and the number of soldiers who could fight was at least not less than 20,000, which also led to the fact that Hei Niu and others could not rely on the elite of the Baibo Army under their command and be strong as before!
Although the latter three of them set a strategy of dividing into two and breaking them one by one, using the black bull to lead the few men and horses as bait to induce the thief soldiers, and then Yang Feng and Han Kui led the troops to ambush each other, and the other led the troops to surround the enemy's back, and attacked the thief army in three ways.