Chen Qun nodded and looked at the crowd: "Then everyone go back and prepare quickly, the food that should be transferred, the equipment that should be adjusted, and the equipment that should be adjusted, must be ready for the attack in early February after the year." At that time, I will join forces with Sun Jian to launch an attack first, and you will also attack according to the situation, and you will have full authority to dispatch at the beginning. ”

"Good!" Everyone nodded in unison, and everyone said goodbye.

Seeing that the matter had been discussed, Chen Qun directly took the army back to Shaomu Mountain to prepare for the attack in the coming year.

Emperor Ling was deceased, Emperor Xian succeeded to the throne, and the new year's name was set as the first year of Chuping, representing the beginning of a new era.

After the first year of the First Year of Chuping, Chen Qun ordered Zhang Liao and Wen Chou to bring 60,000 cavalry from Hanoi County to support the war on the front line, and asked Xu Shu to take Chen Dao, Gan Ning and Pang De to defend Hanoi County with Zhu Jun.

The current situation in Hanoi County is also very dangerous, with Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army eyeing the south bank of the Yellow River in the south, and the Yellow Turban Army in the north threatening by the Bingzhou Army.

After Zhang Liao and Wen Chou led the army to arrive, Chen Qun ordered Yan Liang and Wen Chou to give Zhang Liao 20,000 cavalry each, so that the 120,000 cavalry under Chen Qun's command were commanded by Zhang Liao, Yan Liang and Wen Chou respectively.

After Chen Qun placed the cavalry, he ordered someone to summon Dian Wei: "Brother Dian, don't go to Dong Zhuo this time, you take Danyang Wei to guard the mountain city, what does Brother Dian think?" ”

"Not good! I want to participate in the war, you can transfer Chen to come over to guard the mountain city, Chen Zhi is the commander of Danyangwei, and he is familiar with Danyangwei's operations. Lord, Chan Kar-wai has no one to lead, what do you think about handing it over to me? Dian Wei retorted that he was unwilling to stay in the rear.

Chen Qun thought for a while and nodded, "Chen Zhi is indeed the best candidate to defend the mountain city, but I'm worried that the manpower on the Hanoi side will not be able to be dispatched. There are only four people left: Chen Dao, Pang De, Gan Ning and Gao Shun. ”

Hearing this, Dian Wei frowned and said: "Lord, there is no war in Hanoi, so there is no need for so many people, and with Pang De and Gan Ning here, plus there are 200,000 foot soldiers, Hanoi has no worries." Even if something really happens, we can do our best to rescue it, and we can definitely catch up. It takes a lot of manpower to deal with Dong Zhuo. ”

Chen Qun nodded: "Okay, Brother Dian, then you will be in command of Chen Karwei." ”

"Thank you, my lord, my subordinates are retiring!" Dian Wei saluted Chen Qun and turned to leave.

After Dian Wei left, Chen Qun contacted Xu Shu: "Senior brother, what do you think about transferring Uncle Zhi over?" ”

Xu Shu smiled when he heard this: "I knew you would have this request, don't worry, Shu Zhi is already on the way to Shaomu Mountain." It's enough for me to have Pound and Gan Ning on my side. ”

Xu Shu thought for a while and then said: "Lord, I have a suggestion, in the future, it is better to fix the brothers and the subordinates under their command, so that it is not only convenient for scheduling, but also can increase combat effectiveness." ”

Chen Qun nodded: "I also have this intention, so do it." ”

Xu Shu smiled slightly: "Okay, then how many soldiers and horses do you plan to equip each brother?" ”

Chen Qun thought for a while: "First of all, each person will be equipped according to the number of 50,000, of course, there is no need to consider so much for the special types of troops, like my Master Huang's archers with 3,000 is enough, and Dian Wei's Chen Jiawei with 4,000 is enough." The rest of the brothers' subordinates can be matched, and if they are not enough, they will be like this first. ”

Xu Shu nodded: "Okay, then I'll first equip Gan Ning and Pang De brothers with 50,000 foot soldiers each, so that they can train them well." ”

Chen Qun nodded: "Okay, senior brother is still thoughtful, is there anything else?"

Xu Shu shook his head: "It's gone, hang up." ”

After Chen Qun hung up, he ordered someone to find Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun: "Two masters, I came to you to tell you about a new decision of mine.

Master Huang will command the archers in the future, Master Zhao will command the 30,000 officers and troops under his command in the future, and Chen Jiawei will be handed over to Dian Wei to command, what do the two masters think? ”

"I don't have any problems!" Huang Zhong hugged his fists.

Zhao Yun frowned and said: "My lord, among the 30,000 officers and soldiers, there are 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry troops, which are mixed with cavalry and foot. ”

Chen Qun smiled slightly: "Master, I know, you are still expanding the army, what kind of troops do you need to see what kind of troops are established, and the apprentice will definitely support it, as long as you can win the battle." ”

Zhao Yun thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, I understand, the combat power of these 30,000 officers and soldiers is not low, you will see." I believe they will shine in the next battle against Dong. ”

Chen Qun smiled slightly: "I believe in the master, I just told the two masters my decision, there will be no major transfer of soldiers and horses in the future, you each bring your own brothers." ”

"Yes!" Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong clasped their fists at Chen Qun and turned to leave.

Next, all of Chen Qun's subordinates were actively training soldiers and horses to prepare for Dong Zhuo.

At the beginning of February, the weather had just warmed up, and Chen Qun had not yet sent troops to attack Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo had sent 150,000 iron cavalry to attack Shaomu Mountain City in advance.

Chen Qun, who got the report, directly led his subordinates to fight against Dong Zhuojun at the foot of Shaomu Mountain, and Yuan Shao and Sun Jian, who received the news, also led their subordinates to fully support Chen Qun. Then, Cao Cao and Liu Bei also fully supported Chen Qun.

The generals of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry were Hua Xiong, Li Dao and Guo Yan, each commanding 50,000 iron cavalry.

After Chen Qun opened the formation, he thought that the two sides would fight first and then fight, but Hua Xiong directly ordered the whole army to attack, and the 150,000 cavalry of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry directly pressed over the whole army.

Chen Qun's side plus the 10,000 cavalry under Zhao Yun was a total of 137,000 cavalry, and seeing that the whole army of Xiliang Iron Cavalry was pressing, Chen Qun ordered Chen Zhi to lead the infantry to suppress the formation, and all the cavalry also charged.

In the face of the torrent of 150,000 Xiliang cavalry, Chen Qun knew that he could only have a glimmer of life by charging with all his might, and the ability of the generals under Chen Qun's own command: Dian Wei, Huang Zhou, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Yan Liang and Wen Chou was absolutely trusted, so he ordered the charge without the slightest hesitation.

War is extremely cruel! Chen Qun's imaginary one-sided suppression situation did not appear, although Dian Wei and the others had excellent combat strength, but the overall quality of the Xiliang cavalry was higher than that of Chen Qun's side, if it weren't for the archers and Chen Jiawei fighting fires everywhere on the battlefield, Chen Qun's cavalry might have been defeated.

The defeat of Chen Qun's cavalry was not due to the inability of Zhang Liao, Yan Liang and Wen Chou, but the war literacy of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was too high! The nomads of the steppe grew up on horseback since childhood, and the kung fu on horseback is not comparable to the training of the Central Plains people for one or two years.

The two armies fought from the confrontation until sunset, Zhang Liao, Yan Liang and Wen Chou each fought only a few thousand subordinates, nearly 100,000 cavalry blood spattered killing field, while Zhao Yun's 10,000 cavalry still had half of the manpower, Dian Wei's Chen Jiawei still had more than 1,000 people, Huang Zhong's archers still had two-thirds, and Xiliang cavalry still had half, nearly 80,000 people.

Although Chen Qun saw that his own cavalry in the battlefield was constantly dying, he did not give in to the reinforcements of the infantry army for a long time, because he knew very well that when the horsepower of the Xiliang cavalry was not tired, he must not let the infantry army go into battle, which was no different from sending him to death, and the 30,000 Danyang guards and 20,000 official infantry soldiers behind him were his last reliance.

Seeing that the sun was about to set, and all the cavalry in the battlefield were sleepy and lacking, Chen Quncai shouted loudly: "Danyang Wei! Charge with me and finish off the cavalry brothers! Kill! ”

After Chen Qun finished shouting, Chen Dao, who had been waiting for a long time, took Danyang Wei to rush towards the battlefield frantically, and the 20,000 officers and soldiers were already red-eyed at this time, they knew very well the significance of entering the battlefield now, so they all rushed towards the cavalry besieging Zhao Yun.

Wei Da and other guards behind Chen Qun surpassed Chen Qun one after another, protected Chen Qun in the center, and rushed towards the Xiliang cavalry with sharp knives.

The three commanders of the Xiliang cavalry, Hua Xiong, Li Dao and Guo Yan, saw that the 50,000 infantry army was rushing over at this time, and immediately understood that it was impossible to completely annihilate the cavalry of Shaomu Mountain, so they led their subordinates to retreat quickly. And Huang Zhong, who killed the red eye, ordered the remaining 2,000 archers to chase after changing horses and killing them directly.

Chen Qun was afraid that Huang Zhong would suffer a loss, so he ordered Dian Wei to take the remaining more than 1,000 Chen Kar-wai to catch up. Fortunately, Huang Zhong did not lose his mind, and he withdrew with Dian Wei after the Xiliang cavalry entered a mountain pass.

At the end of the battle, Chen Qun ordered Chen to take Danyangwei to clean up the battlefield and ordered everyone to count the casualties.

Soon after dark, Sun Jian arrived with 5,000 cavalry, and when he saw the corpses everywhere, Sun Jian directly led the army back, he felt that he had no face to see Chen Qun, but Chen Qun stopped: "Brother Wentai, don't leave if you come, we have to take revenge, we can't suffer this loss in vain." ”

Sun Jian lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "Changwen, it's not that I don't do my best!" It's just that I'm a little far away! I'm going to buy food, and I'm worried that there won't be enough food! But now it seems that my worries are unfounded, and I ....... ”

Chen Qun gently patted Sun Jian on the shoulder: "Okay, it's already like this, no matter what, the Xiliang Army has retreated, and now we have a real understanding of the combat power of the Xiliang Army." ”

Sun Jian nodded: "The combat power of the Xiliang cavalry is indeed not comparable to our Central Plains cavalry. ”

Soon, Cao Cao arrived with Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Xuan, Cao Hong, Cao Ren and 20,000 cavalry, and when he saw the tragic situation of the battlefield under the bright torches, Cao Cao found Chen Qun and said in a deep voice: "Changwen, I'm sorry, I'm late!" I got the news a little late, and although I was in a hurry, I still couldn't make it. ”

Chen Qun's eyes moistened and said: "I am very grateful that Brother Meng De can come, let's go, let's go to the mountain city to rest, let the brothers set up camp and prevent Dong Zhuo's army from attacking at night." ”

Cao Cao nodded, made some arrangements for Cao Ren, and asked Cao Ren and Cao Hong to lead the army to guard the camp, and he went up the mountain with Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan and Chen Qun.

As soon as Chen Qun and his entourage arrived on the mountain, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei arrived.

Liu Bei gasped when he saw Chen Qun and said, "Changwen, the eldest brother couldn't help you!" Big brother can't stand you! ”

Chen Qun smiled and said, "Big brother, second brother, third brother, you can come here at this time, you can be worthy of me!" Sit down, and let's figure out what to do next. ”

As soon as everyone sat down, Zhao Yun came in and hugged Chen Qun and said, "Lord, the casualties have been counted." ”

Chen Qun nodded: "Master, just say it directly, I am mentally prepared." ”

Zhao Yun nodded and said: "Of the 127,000 cavalrymen who participated in the battle, 103,000 were killed and 5,000 were wounded, and there were more than 18,000 brothers who could continue to fight. There were no casualties among the infantry. The 150,000 cavalry of the Western Liang lost 73,000 people, nearly half. In addition, we gathered 130,000 horses. ”

Chen Qun let out a long sigh when he heard this: "I know, I have worked hard, master, let the brothers go back to the mountain city to eat and rest, we will definitely avenge this revenge next!" ”

Zhao Yun said that he hugged his fist and saluted Chen Qun and left silently.

"It's miserable! It's really miserable! The combat power of the Xiliang cavalry is so strong! It seems that in the future, it is better to avoid clashes with them on the plains. Cao Cao said in a deep voice.

Chen Qun nodded: "Brother Meng De is right, this battle has taught us too much lesson, I should give full play to the advantages of the mountain city and let the Xiliang cavalry attack." ”

Liu Bei shook his head: "Changwen, I don't think so." Dong Zhuo sent 150,000 cavalry to attack us this time, it should be to test our combat strength, if you return to defend the mountain city, most of the Xiliang cavalry will bypass. ”

Cao Cao nodded and said: "What Xuande said is reasonable, this battle is fortunate that Changwen's cavalry participated in the battle, although our losses are indeed a little bigger, but the losses of the Xiliang army are definitely not small."

I bet that the cavalry sent by Dong Zhuo this time is definitely the elite of the Xiliang army, with a one-time loss of more than 70,000 elite cavalry, Dong Zhuo will definitely not dare to send cavalry to attack us at will in the future. ”

After listening to Cao Cao's words, Chen Qun thought of Dong Zhuo's escape to Chang'an in history, so he said in a deep voice: "Do you think Dong Zhuo will suffer a loss from me, so he will withdraw to Guanxi with the Xiliang army?" ”

Cao Cao frowned when he heard this: "Changwen, your speculation is also very likely. If the elite sent by Dong Zhuo this time did not suffer any losses, then Dong Zhuo would not be afraid of our coalition forces, but would stay and fight us. But you gave Dong Zhuo a slap in the face, and I believe that Dong Zhuo must have made a mistake at this time. ”

At this time, Wei Da came in to inform Yuan Shao that he was coming with the army.

After Yuan Shao came in, he hugged his fists to everyone and said, "I'm sorry everyone, I'm late!" My men were infantry, and they were a little slow, but I trotted them all the way. ”

Chen Qun nodded when he heard this: "Yuan Gong doesn't need to explain, all those who can come are good brothers, sit down, let's just discuss how to attack Dong Zhuo next." ”

Yuan Shao said in a deep voice when he heard this: "I have seen the tragic battlefield under the mountain, but I didn't expect the combat power of the Xiliang cavalry to be so strong!" ”

Cao Cao nodded and said in a deep voice: "Let's continue the topic just now, Changwen, I think we must prevent Dong Zhuo from escaping, and now that our soldiers and horses from all sides have been assembled, it is better for us to march towards the Tiger Prison Pass with the whole army early tomorrow morning." When we take the Tiger Prison Pass, we will kill Luoyang directly.

And even if Dong Zhuo strictly guards the Tiger Pass, we can bite the Xiliang Army in the Tiger Pass, so that Dong Zhuo can't run west, I don't know what you think? ”

Liu Bei nodded in agreement, and Sun Jian also nodded: "This is also the best way at the moment, but I have an additional suggestion."

After we reach the Tiger Prison Pass tomorrow, if Dong Zhuo sends heavy troops to defend the Tiger Pass, then I am willing to take my troops around the back of the Tiger Pass to kill Luoyang, which can not only contain Dong Zhuo, but also give confidence to the allies. ”

Chen Qun nodded: "I agree with Meng De and Wentai's strategy, what do you think at the beginning?" ”

Yuan Shao also nodded and said, "I agree, no matter how strong Dong Zhuo's defense is in the Tiger Prison Pass tomorrow, we will also try our best to win the Tiger Prison Pass." ”

Hearing this, Chen Qun said in a deep voice: "Okay, then we will make up our minds, and the army will start early tomorrow morning and go to the Tiger Prison Pass." ”

Everyone nodded.

Chen Qun continued: "The only troops I can mobilize tomorrow are the 18,000 cavalry and 20,000 foot soldiers who survive today, and I hope you will forgive me." ”

Yuan Shao said with a straight face when he heard this: "Changwen, you have paid enough, then let us be the main force to ask for Dong, and you can respond from the side." ”

After Yuan Shao finished speaking, he looked at everyone again: "It's not early, let's go separately to prepare, and let Changwen have a good night's rest." ”

Everyone got up in unison when they heard this, and then said goodbye to Chen Qun and left.