Chapter Twenty-Six: Xuewu Sends Troops, and the Cavalry Collides
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The two of them started to come and go again, you avoided me, and there were no less than three or four hundred rounds of fighting, and everyone in the audience was stunned, and even Guan Yu said: "I might as well too." ā
Seeing this, Zhang Fei on the side hurriedly said: "Second brother, don't give up, although we are inferior now, but there are also benefits, let yourself know that there are people outside the world, there is a sky outside the sky, and you will work harder in the future to surpass them one day." ā
"What the third brother said is extremely true, originally the two of us thought we were invincible, but it turned out that we were just sitting in the well and watching the sky, so that we will not lose to others in the future." After speaking, he watched intently at the two fighting on the horse.
After two hours of fighting, both sides couldn't help each other, but the two of them were also somewhat injured, Lu Bu's right arm was slashed by Xiao Liu Zhang, although there was an arm guard, it was also injured, Xiao Liu Zhang was not very happy at this time, he wiped his back carelessly, and almost fell off the horse.
Gan Ning Yan Yan, who was harvested later, saw that he was afraid that Xiao Liu Zhang would lose, so he hurriedly waved his army to kill and save Xiao Liu Zhang, and Zhang Liao Gaoshun on the other side was the same, as soon as he saw that the other party had taken action, he hurriedly beckoned the army to rush and kill, and then a big melee, the allies relied on many generals and generals, and dragged the iron cavalry of Bingzhou, which originally had the upper hand, even if the brave soldiers were invincible with two fists, they were finally defeated by the allies and won the game.
And Liu Xuewu, who was far away in Bingzhou, watched Dong Zhuo's army enter the Tiger Prison Pass, and ordered Xu Huang to be the vanguard, and he took command himself, leading 20,000 Black Iron Demon Cavalry and 30,000 Iron Leopard Army to attack Dong Zhuo's old nest Liangzhou.
Liangzhou has 10 counties of Longxi, Wudu, Anding, Wuwei, Jiuquan, Hanyang, Jincheng, Beidi, Zhangye and Dunhuang, as well as two countries: Zhangye and Zhangye. And further west is Ma Teng's territory Fufeng.
However, for the time being, Liu Xuewu didn't want to offend Ma Teng, he just wanted to recruit more troops, accumulate grain, and delay his claim to be king. So according to the plan, Xu Huang took 30,000 Iron Leopard Army as the vanguard, but Liu Xuewu took 20,000 Black Iron Demon Cavalry to the back.
Don't think that this is Liu Xuewu and others who don't understand the art of war, the vanguard army is more than the army behind, in fact, there is a reason, Liu Xuewu and they, as the attacking party, are to take advantage of their unpreparedness to attack the city, of course, the siege is the best infantry, and Liu Xuewu with 20,000 black iron demon horsemen has another abacus, Xu Huang went to attack the city, what will Niu Fu do when he knows it? Of course, it was rescue, and when reinforcements came, they were preparing for a field battle, and most of the land of Liangzhou was a wilderness grassland, which was suitable for cavalry charges.
Therefore, Liu Xuewu had the idea of besieging the city to send reinforcements, and besides, his black iron demon cavalry was famous for field battles in Xiongnu Xianbei and other places, and he had enough self-confidence to defeat the army that came to help.
The first to bear the brunt of the journey from Bingzhou towards Liangzhou was Hanyang, of course, it was called Hanyang County at this time, and it was also Tianshui County later. The Hanyang Taishou stationed here is Niu Fu's brother Niu Geng, this person has a strong personality, is very strict in governing the army, and acts decisively, is Niu Fu's deputy, because Dong Zhuo took 300,000 Western Liang wolves to ride into Luoyang, Liangzhou is in urgent need of manpower, and the clever location of Hanyang County is the only way to enter Liangzhou, both strategy and tactics are extremely important.
So Niu Fu appointed his brother to bring 30,000 troops to guard Hanyang, but unfortunately he didn't expect Liu Xuewu to completely ignore his 30,000 soldiers and horses, and Zhang Liao, who came quietly, and the spies who were originally lurking in the county should cooperate with the tactics of the outside, and captured him seven county towns in a week, and when Niu Geng, who was in Ji County, was under the jurisdiction of the county, when Niu Geng, who was in Ji County, learned about the battle situation, only Ji County was left in the eight counties under the jurisdiction of Hanyang County.
Of the 30,000 troops, 8,000 remained. Now the battle situation is unknown, and his own Ji County has been surrounded by the enemy, Niu Geng, who is quick and decisive, after carefully questioning the soldiers who fled back from each county, immediately ordered to gather all the horses to prepare to abandon the city and flee. Unfortunately, just when he was ready to go out of the city gate, his scouts came to report that the enemy army was less than a mile in the city, and surrounded Jicheng on all sides. Frightened, he hurriedly ordered the city gate to be closed and prepared for war collectively, on the one hand, he asked people to become the people and ask his brother Niu Fu for help.
Zhang Liao, who had made arrangements in advance, smiled and watched as the people on the other side passed through their army. He received Liu Xuewu's order to encircle the point and send reinforcements, and the city wall of Jicheng is tall, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and reported from the people who infiltrated earlier that the current Jicheng has less than ten days of food and less than 8,000 soldiers, so Zhang Liao's 30,000 troops are only besieging Jicheng but not attacking.
Even if they do not attack the city or shout, they will be stationed and will not leave. When the other side runs out of ammunition and food, he can either surrender or can only break through. Either way, reduce the casualties of the soldiers, why not. At most, it's just some money and food, and for Liu Xuewu, the people who have made a lot of money from arms trading over the years will care about this little money.
And learned that the enemy army only besieged the city but did not attack, and even conducted training outside the city every day, which made Niu Geng confused. At this time, Niu Fu, who was far away in Longxi County, learned that Liu Xuewu sent troops to attack Hanyang, and began to order the gathering of soldiers and horses, and after getting a distress letter from his brother Niu Geng, he immediately asked his generals He Chong and Luo Li to bring 30,000 troops to the rescue from Wuwei County and Jincheng County, which are closest to Hanyang.
He Chong and the poisoner Jia Xu are the same brothers, both civil and military, and the only drawback of good and resourceful planning is that he is extremely greedy, and he never lets go of good things, but he has some similar smell with Niu Fu, and after several common profits, he was ordered by Niu Fu to guard Wuwei County as a confidant general.
Luo Li is just the opposite, it can be said that he is not a martial artist, the only thing worthy of praise is the morality, since he was a child, he was friends with the Niu brothers, and later joined the army with the Niu brothers, and he has repeatedly inserted knives in the ribs of his brothers, and because of his righteousness, he has a great reputation in the army. Thinking that Dong Zhuo encircled and suppressed the Yellow Turban many times and was killed many times so that the soldiers were scattered, several times Luo Li came forward to gather the scattered soldiers, and he had many meritorious deeds, so he was ordered by Dong Zhuo to guard the Jincheng Taishou side.
Maybe He Chong is more unlucky, or maybe Liu Xuewu is lucky. He Chong led his troops into Hanyang County when he encountered a sneak attack by Liu Xuewu's cavalry. 20,000 Black Iron Demon Cavalry PK 30,000 Xiliang Wolf Cavalry, both sides are cavalry, He Chong has a large number of people but has traveled a long distance and without any preparation, while the Black Iron Wolf Cavalry is waiting for Lao Jia's sneak attack. He Chong's army was first defeated and retreated by Liu Xuewu's 20,000 demon cavalry, but who is He Chong, where is there such a good relationship, knowing that if he retreats, the other party will definitely chase and kill all the way, and when the time comes
If the army is defeated, it is definitely lost, so he gritted his teeth and shouted to his wolf horse: "Brothers, the brave one who meets on the narrow road wins, and we are still more numerous than the other party, kill." ā
As a result, a strong murderous aura erupted from the Xiliang Wolf Riders, who were already retreating, and they gradually stabilized their footsteps, and they couldn't hold on to Liu Xuewu's 20,000 Black Iron Demon Horses. Fortunately, the armor of the Black Iron Demon Riding is designed by Liu Xuewu according to modern science, and it is made of two layers of steel plates inside and two steel plates on the outside and two steel plates on the outside plus European-style chains, which is basically invulnerable, so it has fewer casualties than the Xiliang Wolf Ride. The two sides fought from the afternoon until dark, and then they unanimously withdrew their troops.
Today's 30,000 wolf cavalry in Xiliang killed more than 5,000 people in the battle, and nearly 10,000 people were seriously injured, but Liu Xuewu's black iron demon cavalry should be because of the armor, only more than 1,000 people died, and hundreds of people were seriously injured.
This night, He Chong strictly prevented Liu Xuewu from coming to steal the camp in the middle of the night, but at the same time, Liu Xuewu took advantage of the night to quietly go around He Chong's rear. Waiting until dawn, He Chong and the others found that Liu Xuewu had already left the building, and there was no ghost in the entire camp except for some scarecrows and military flags, and He Chong, who immediately felt wrong, could not find any trace of Liu Xuewu's 20,000 cavalry. It turned out that Liu Xuewu ordered all the cavalry to wrap their horse's hooves in cotton cloth and retreat ten miles away, and then bypassed He Chong's camp from the stream on the left.
Impossible, although the sneak attack failed, Liu Xuewu's cavalry did not lose much in yesterday's battle, but lost more than 10,000 combat strength by himself. is on a par with each other, where will Liu Xuewu go?
He Chong, who is good at empathy, thinks that if he is Liu Xuewu, he encounters such a problem, which is nothing more than dragging himself so that the other army can defeat Hanyang, and he can't think of what he can do if he runs away, unless Hanyang has been completely defeated, and he is a good lure to the enemy to go deeper. Thinking of this, He Chong couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly sent scouts to investigate, but he was stationed in place, letting the soldiers take turns to be on guard.
It is said that He Chong was made suspicious by Liu Xuewu and did not dare to move, and Luo Li was slightly better than him all the way, in addition to receiving the routs from all over Hanyang along the way, his army continued to grow, and slowly marched towards Jicheng.
At this time, Liu Xuewu was also very puzzled, he knew that Niu Fu would definitely send reinforcements, but he forgot that he would send two reinforcements from the east and west, so he stopped He Chong's department that arrived first, but he couldn't stop the lucky Luo Li department in time. Fortunately, Luo Li's department is basically infantry, and it also receives the rout, and the speed is slow, if you want to rush to Jicheng, it is estimated that it will take ten days and half a month. This time was enough for Liu Xuewu to defeat He Chong's subordinates, but it destroyed Liu Xuewu's original plan. Originally, Liu Xuewu wanted to make a detour behind He Chong in the morning, wait for them to arrive in Jicheng, and then attack the rear, and annihilate the 30,000 cavalry with the Iron Leopard Army led by Zhang Liao.
It's a pity that if you do this now, it is estimated that it is not necessarily that you are sandwiching each other on both sides, but that the other party is sandwiching yourself and Zhang Liao like sandwiches. Liu Xuewu, who was helpless, could only try the combat effectiveness of He Chong's troops first, try to see if he could defeat He Chong's cavalry first, and was thinking about how to deal with Luo Li's infantry. It's a pity that in the raid, the strong combat ability shown by He Chong's department made Liu Xuewu cancel his plan to directly defeat He Chong's department. Because even if he wins, it is estimated that Liu Xuewu's hard-trained Black Iron Demon Rider will be miserable, and at that time, he will occupy a single Hanyang County at most, so how can he continue to attack Liangzhou.
That's why Liu Xuewu sent someone to find Zhang Liao, asking him to quickly take down Hanyang City first, and then circle the cavalry to the rear of the opponent overnight, and slowly follow the footprints of He Chong's department, as long as he has already taken Jicheng when he arrives, Liu Xuewu can take advantage of their siege to see if the opportunity is to attack He Chong's department, or reflexively intercept Luo Li's department.
Now that He Chong is stationed in the same place again, Liu Xuewu's calculation has failed again.
And Niu Geng, who was guarding the county seat of Ji County, saw that Zhang Liao's army outside the city did not attack the city for several days, and let go of the people who went over to ask for help, so he came from his heart, and knew early on that he could not hold the opponent's attack by relying on the 8,000 foot soldiers in Ji County, and the nearest reinforcements would take seven or eight days to arrive, so he ordered his henchmen to find a person similar to himself to replace him in the city, and he took several henchmen to go out of the city overnight.
It wasn't until two days after Niu Geng fled that Zhang Liao received Liu Xuewu's order to attack the city, and as a result, the defenders of Jixian County surrendered without a fight. Maybe Niu Geng's life should not be extinguished, and after escaping, Niu Geng happened to encounter a scout who was sent by He Chong to inquire about the news, and hurriedly ran away with He Chong.