Chapter 82: It's almost time to Chang'an
Remember [] in one second, and provide you with wonderful novels to read. The horses that the wolf rode on the Bingzhou had consumed a lot after the previous pursuit, but the Xiliang army was waiting for work, so after running for more than ten miles, the Bingzhou army was a little weak, and the speed of the march slowly slowed down, and from time to time there were fallen soldiers in the state who were killed by the Xiliang iron cavalry who caught up with them.
Lu Bu's condition was very bad, he didn't have time to deal with the arrow after being hit, and the bumps along the way caused the wound to burst, and the blood continued to drip down the armor to the ground, and his face was already unusually pale at this time.
Seeing his subordinate Erlang being killed but unable to do anything about it, this feeling made Lu Bu go crazy with grievances.
Just when Lu Bu hesitated whether to turn around and fight to the death with the Xiliang army, a large number of soldiers and horses appeared in the distance, Lu Bu was not only strong in martial arts, but also amazing in archery, naturally his eyesight was far better than ordinary people, and the big Cao characters written on the banner of the army made Lu Bu see hope.
"Our reinforcements have arrived, and the various departments are scattered left and right, and they must not storm the army formation." Lu Bu ordered.
Although the soldiers of Bingzhou were busy fleeing for their lives, those who could survive the disadvantage just now must be some battle-hardened veterans, knowing that it was taboo to attack their own army formation in wartime, and they would be killed by their own reinforcements, so after Lu Bu gave the order, they were all consciously divided into two teams and avoided the array of Cao Cao's army.
When Lu Bu led Gao Shun Zhang Liao to Cao Cao's approach, Cao Cao's appearance surprised Cao Cao, and the scouts had only come to report Lu Bu's defeat but had not found out the news of Lu Bu's injury.
"Wen Hou go, leave it to Cao here." Cao Cao knew that now was not the time to ask why Lu Bu was so embarrassed, and it was important to deal with the chasing Xiliang army.
"Buduo thanks General Cao for saving his life, and there will be a great reward in the future." Lu Bu said weakly.
After that, he went in the direction of Luoyang.
Not long after Lu Bu led the remnants of the army away, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry chased after him, and did not hesitate to see Cao Cao leading the army to block the front, and directly charged towards the Cao army.
Cao Cao's face was calm, and the five thousand iron horsemen on this plain were indeed extraordinary, but he Cao Mengde was not afraid.
"The spearmen stepped forward, and the archers threw the enemy at them." Cao Cao ordered.
Cao Cao's army did not have many archers, and when defending Luoyang, there were a lot of losses, at this time there were only more than 1,000 people left, and a rain of arrows only shot more than 300 Xiliang soldiers, but fortunately, it also slowed down the charge of Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
Guo Yan and the others saw that what was waiting for them in front of the Cao army was a forest of guns shining with cold light, and they didn't dare to directly impact, because they really didn't have many soldiers and horses, and there were only more than 30,000 people left when they evacuated Luoyang, although the ambush was successful just now, but it was also a lot of losses under Lu Bu's desperate breakthrough under the bloodthirsty rate, and there were only more than 25,000 people left at this time, and these 5,000 iron cavalry were their last cavalry. ←Baidu search→ 【ㄨ书? Read the house
So Guo Yan and Xu Rong each led half of the cavalry and scattered and attacked the two flanks of Cao's army.
Cao Cao naturally didn't sit idly by, and ordered: "Yuan Rang, Miaocai, you two will each lead five hundred cavalry to resist the enemy." ”
A thousand cavalry is Cao Cao's entire family.
Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan each led the cavalry to launch a counter-charge towards the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
The two armies collided, and the spear in Xiahou Yuan's hand continued to stab out like a poisonous snake spitting out a letter, and every attack would take away the life of a Xiliang soldier, and the big knife in Xiahou Yuan's hand was also dancing like a coiling dragon, and he also killed a lot of Xiliang soldiers between flying up and down, but their soldiers did not have such superb force, after all, these cavalry were just ordinary cavalry, not Cao Cao's world-shattering tiger and leopard cavalry in history.
A round of mutual rush and the two armies staggered, and there were only more than 300 horsemen left on the Cao army's side
There are still nearly 4,000 people in the Xiliang army.
Cao Cao did not have any delusions that his army's combat strength would be against the sky and that he would be able to defeat many with outnumbered, his purpose was only to block the enemy's charge.
Seeing that most of the charging power of the Xiliang army had disappeared, Cao Cao let the infantry charge forward.
The Xiliang Iron Cavalry launched an attack in a hurry, and it was impossible to accumulate enough impact power, and its combat effectiveness was greatly reduced, and the morale had fallen before, and it was no longer the situation of desperate fighting in the past, and the state was even more frightened after being surrounded by Cao's army.
The two Xiahou brothers led the army to raid from behind, Xiahou Yuan faced Guo Yan, and Xiahou Yuan found Xu Rong to fight.
After more than ten hands, Xu Rong was killed by Xiahou Yuan, Guo Yan was also at a disadvantage at this time, and he was even more shocked to see Xu Rong being beheaded, and his marksmanship was even more scattered, and Xiahou Yuan found a flaw and stabbed him under the horse.
The main generals were all dead, and the Xiliang soldiers, who were already in a low state, fled directly, and those who couldn't escape also dropped their weapons and dismounted and begged to surrender.
Such a defeat is not because Guo Yan's ability to command the army is too poor, but because the troops are too single, and Cao Cao's command is proper, Guo Yan's defeat is also reasonable.
The cavalry was fast, and Cao Cao couldn't catch up at all, so he gave up the idea of pursuing, but after learning from the mouth of the soldier that there were still 20,000 soldiers behind him, Cao Cao's heart that had just sunk was raised again.
Although Cao Cao commanded effectively, the cavalry was the king of the plain battlefield after all, and the Xiahou brothers only eliminated most of the enemy's charging power, not completely eliminated, so Cao Cao also lost more than 5,000 people.
Cao Cao only killed and wounded 700 cavalry, more than 4,000 foot soldiers broke 5,000 Xiliang iron cavalry, this result can be described as a big victory, of course, there is also the reason for the low morale of the Xiliang army, if the Xiliang army still maintains a state of fighting to the death, it is estimated that Cao Cao can win and also win a miserable victory, after all, morale will greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the army.
Cao Cao was already less than 10,000 at this time, and the soldiers were also exhausted after the battle just now, although it was guessed that the enemy army was also exhausted after chasing so far, but Cao Cao still didn't want to fight anymore, and Lu Bu's defeat proved that the enemy's withdrawal was a trap, and he still had to focus on holding Luoyang.
So Cao Cao did not order to clean up the battlefield, but directly took away the horses and soldiers who were not damaged, and led the army back to Luoyang.
When Li Ru arrived with his footmen, he saw the corpses and scattered banners in one place, and he knew that his army had been defeated.
When he saw the corpses of Guo Yan and Xu Rong, he was even more heartbroken.
"Pass the order, and the army will return to Xiliang." Li Ru waved his hand weakly and ordered.
I thought that everyone came to avenge Dong Zhuo with an army of 100,000 in a vigorous manner, but I didn't expect that now he is the only one left to return to Xiliang with 20,000 remnants.
"Isn't it cool for me to be in the west?" Li Ru couldn't help but ask secretly in his heart.
Li Ru set foot on the road back to Xiliang with doubts, but he didn't expect that this was a dead end.
At this time, Liu Meng was cheerful, he had occupied Hongnong ten days ago, everything was as he thought, Xu Huang, the captain of the cavalry, was not a petty official, at least the guards stationed in Hongnong were not as big as Xu Huang's official position, and after Xu Huang showed his identity and showed his certificate, he obediently opened the city gate.
It didn't take a single soldier to take Hongnong, and the killing intent value provided every month increased by 5,000 points, so successful Liu Meng said that he was very satisfied.
Now he has led his troops into the territory of Jingzhao County, and it is not far from his county seat Chang'an. For mobile phone users, please browse M. Reading for a better reading experience.