Chapter 143: General Zhang Liao

General Zhang Liao did not expect that the wolf cavalry he brought with him failed to succeed, but first encountered an unprecedented setback in Shaanxi County.

Speaking of which, he secretly obeyed Wenhou Lu Bu's order this time, that is, he wanted to make a little oil and water in the matter of 'disbanding the Xiliang soldiers and horses', and collect some Xiliang soldiers and horses for Wenhou Lu Bu for his own use. However, things are not as simple as they seem. Although he did not rush into the army when he first arrived, but waited for the turmoil on Xiliang's side before he began to send troops, but he did not get any benefits. Originally, he also thought that Niu Fudu, the main general of the Xiliang Army in Shaanxi County, had fled, and these Xiliang people and horses in Shaanxi County had no owner, and it was also a time of panic, and this was also a good time for him to make a move. However, the timing was right, and he didn't have that good fortune.

First of all, although Niu Fu is gone, Jia Xu is still there. With Jia Xu here, he is much more powerful than Niu Fu. You must know that if there is still a Niu Fu above Jia Xu, I am afraid that with Niu Fu's suspicious personality, Jia Xu will be restrained by Niu Fu everywhere if he wants to succeed. And if Jia Xu didn't have a cow on his head, but only controlled a chick like Zhang Xiu in his hand, it would be much easier, his idea would be easily realized, and the army would be easy to control. And it was the Xiliang army that had the backing of Jia Xu, and with him demagogic from the side, the Xiliang people who were originally panicked immediately aimed at the imperial court. In order to survive, they had to fight hard with the imperial court, so their morale was naturally mobilized. And it was when the Xiliang Army was in full swing, you blocked the way of others, how could you not fight with you, at this time, I am afraid that it has reached the point where people block and kill people and Buddhas block and kill Buddhas. And Zhang Liao's department encountered the Xiliang army at this time, and it was really a gray face, where could he easily get benefits? This is one of them.

Second, Zhang Liao sent troops this time, although he was fully prepared and dispatched in time, he did not have that luck at all. This bad luck is bad first of all, Zhang Liao led the troops, but met the Xiliang people halfway, which made Zhang Liao not mentally prepared at all, so he fought with the Xiliang people in such a daze, and because of the chaos, he could not control the command of the people, and naturally failure was inevitable. And there was another important reason, which led to the defeat of Zhang Liao, and this reason was the geography where Zhang Liao's army was located at that time. At that time, Zhang Liao's department and the other party suddenly encountered the fashion between the mountain roads, and the cavalry phalanx could not be placed, which was naturally not conducive to the cavalry's rush and charge, so the advantages could not be played, and at the right time they were targeted by the crazy Xiliang people like a swarm, how could there be a reason to be undefeated?

It is precisely because of the reasons mentioned above that Zhang Liao's dispatch of troops this time is destined to end in defeat. And the encounter with Xiliang almost knocked out the hundreds of men and horses brought by Zhang Liao, and there was no one left. At that time, Zhang Liao was almost trampled on the local area by the angry Xiliang people, and he quickly lost the news with the people of the department, and in the end he fought with his life, so he was only spared and killed from the thief pile. After the Xiliang men and horses were dragged away, Zhang Liao gathered his men and horses everywhere, but in the end he only got less than a hundred, and almost all the other horses were killed in the previous encounter, and the losses were not heavy.

After this battle, not to mention the chills of his subordinates, it was Zhang Liao, who led the troops, and he also felt a chill. The anger of the Xiliang people has indeed reached a point of no return. At the same time, he also had a faint worry. With such a crazy momentum of the people of Xiliang, if they really want to 'kill Chang'an' as they shouted in their slogan, I am afraid that this matter will not be difficult to do. At least, the anger of the Xiliang people has already burned, and it is not so simple to extinguish it easily. If you kill Chang'an, I am afraid that it will be another bloody storm. When Zhang Liao thought of this, he was afraid for a while. It's just that the men and horses he led were almost wiped out and disabled by the Xiliang people in the first battle, and it was useless to stay here, so he still thought about gathering the men and horses and rushing back to Chang'an as soon as possible, so that Lu Bu and them could prepare to deal with it as soon as possible. However, Zhang Liao had only just gathered such a small number of men and horses, and had not made any moves, but at this time he was attacked by a large force of Hun cavalry. These Hun cavalry all came from the north of the river, and they took advantage of the chaos of the Han court to flock into the land of Guanzhong, and they did the thing of robbing while the fire was burning. It was this group of people, because they encountered Zhang Liao's department, and saw that Zhang Liao's department was dilapidated, but well-equipped, so they thought about cleaning them up and then distributing the spoils.

So Zhang Liao, who was already injured, was attacked by the Hun cavalry again before he recovered his morale, and the extent of his misery can be imagined. Zhang Liao, as well as Zhang Liao's department, is like a house leak that happened to rain overnight, and he was hit twice in succession, which can be described as a sad and sad husband! When I think about it, Zhang Liao was attacked by the Hun cavalry, and lost almost half of his men and horses at once, while the others left without a fight and were killed locally, and those who could chase after Zhang Liao and strive to break through were all elite men, but there were less than twenty or thirty people. And Zhang Liao, completely relying on the will to survive, took these centaurs to escape all the way, and he couldn't take the direction into account at all, so that the centaurs who were originally going to the west ran headless to the southeast.

However, the hateful Hun cavalry, they were like appendages, and did not stop the pursuit because of Zhang Liao's escape. On the contrary, they take pleasure in pursuit, and the more they fight, the more enjoyable they are, obviously they can embezzle Zhang Liao's troops in one go every time, but they deliberately let them live at the last moment, and wait until Zhang Liao breaks through, and then lead a large group of men and horses to chase after them in the back of their butts. They just took pleasure in it, and they enjoyed it for a day and a night.

After a day and a night of pursuit, the Hun cavalry did not retreat, and Zhang Liao's men and horses were desperately fleeing. Originally, a desperate Zhang Liao should have given up, but in this matter, he could fearlessly choose to compromise and even lose his life, but he must not bury the lives of his subordinates because of this. For the sake of his subordinates' lives, he insisted on gritting his teeth and never retreated. For this reason, under the pursuit of the Hun cavalry, he still stubbornly fled, leading them all the way to break through. And the people around him have also gone from a hundred at the beginning, to twenty or thirty people, and then to less than a dozen people now. The Hun cavalry seems to deliberately want to play this game of catching rats, the purpose of the game is to torture Zhang Liao and these 'rats' to death one by one, and they will be happy. But as sad and indignant as Zhang Liao, he can only accompany them to the end. Seeing the subordinates around him fall one by one, gradually becoming scarce, and he couldn't do anything about it, who can deeply understand this kind of pain?

It was also Zhang Liao's grief and indignation, once again besieged, besieged by a large force of Hun cavalry, and when he saw that the Hun cavalry was about to make the final 'execution' against him, fortunately, Chen Nuo led a group of nearly 200 men and horses to come over at the right time, breaking the siege for him and opening the way in front, but it made Zhang Liao rekindle the hope of life again. Zhang Liao was fighting in the battle, and suddenly heard Chen Nuo in front of him shouting to him and asking him to follow him, which really made him feel a little touched. Even if he didn't know Chen Nuo, but in the face of Chen Nuo's sincere face, he also chose to believe him without hesitation, and instead entrusted the lives of himself and his remaining subordinates to Chen Nuo.

On the battlefield, Zhang Liao and the others, who were in a dead place, were precisely because of Chen Nuo opening the way in front of them, and they fought out of this bloody road one after another, looking at the oblique stab and rushing away. Only those Hun cavalry, chasing Zhang Liao for a day and a night, at this time ready to kill Zhang Liao, do not want Zhang Liao and his subordinates to be rescued by a group of men and horses who suddenly entered, this is like a piece of fat to the mouth but to the dog, it is really angry that this group of Hun cavalry can not speak. It's just that they were already tired after chasing for a day and a night, obviously not as energetic as Chen Nuo's hundreds of black armor troops, and after being blocked by the black armor army, they were powerless to break through at all, so they let Chen Nuo successfully pull out Zhang Liao's people, and then let out a roar, looked ahead and swept away, and hurriedly lost his trace. In the face of this situation, this group of Hun cavalry could only scold angrily, and the horns of the whining horn retreated one after another.

That Chen Nuo galloped forward with Zhang Liao all the way, and when he saw that the Hun cavalry was thrown off, he slowly stopped his horse. Zhang Liao, who was a little later, also immediately took more than a dozen sons and daughters to Chen Nuo and the others, hurriedly dismounted, and thanked Chen Nuo. Chen Nuo naturally didn't want to hold them up, so he turned over and fell off the horse, helped them up one by one, and comforted them a few words. That Zhang Liao asked about Chen Nuo's name, and when he knew it from Chen Nuo's mouth, he was dumbfounded and looked at Chen Nuo twice. Speaking of which, Zhang Liao heard about Chen Nuo's killing of the three generals of Xiliang Zhang Ji as early as Chang'an, and now that he has seen it with his own eyes, he can't help but admire and admire Chen Nuo's youth.

That Chen Nuo asked Zhang Liao's name, and when Zhang Liao said it, his heart tightened, and he didn't expect that Zhang Liao, who actually encountered Cao Wei's 'Five Sons and Good Generals' in this situation, was really lucky, and he only picked up a treasure, and he couldn't help but pull Zhang Liao to say something considerate, and there were inevitably beautiful words in his words.

Speaking of which, although Zhang Liao had already led soldiers in Ding Yuan's army in his early years, and after Ding Yuan was killed by Lu Bu, the generals belonged to Dong Zhuo, and after Dong Zhuo's death, he became Lu Bu's subordinate. As Chen Nuo did today, it was like 'hearing about him for a long time' and 'thundering', which inevitably made him a little unaccustomed and suspicious. When Chen Nuo saw Zhang Liao's face, he came to his senses, and quickly coughed dryly, restrained his smile, intercepted the words of admiration, and only smiled casually with Zhang Liao: "It's not early, if General Zhang is not in a hurry, please go back to the big tent with a certain person to drink two glasses, general, do you think it's good?" ”

"Something you want!"

Zhang Liao had just gotten rid of the pursuit and fierce attack of the Hun cavalry, but it was not good to rush on the road at this time, and he did not express a trace of gratitude for Chen Nuo's life-saving grace, and it was really inappropriate to leave at this time. He agreed here, and Chen Nuo was even more happy, and hurriedly took Zhang Liao's hand and walked with Zhang Liao looking at the riding side. That Zhang Liao got rid of Chen Nuo's palm, said a request to Chen Nuo, and was about to get on the horse, but Chen Nuo's eyes were quick, he grabbed Zhang Liao, and said to Zhang Liao: "General, your horse has been injured a lot, but I am afraid that I will not be able to ride it for the time being, and I am afraid that I will hurt the general." In this way, if the general does not dislike it, please ride my horse. Chen Nuo said, regardless of whether Zhang Liao agreed or not, he handed over the horse he was riding to Zhang Liao, and he went to get another yellow horse to ride.

Seeing Chen Nuo acting like this, he Zhang Liao was not only moved, but also more embarrassed. He only thought about returning the horses, but Chen Nuo ignored him, got on the horse and walked forward, and smiled with him: "If the general doesn't get on the horse again, are you going to wait until it gets dark?" When Zhang Liao heard this, he could only shake his head, thanked Chen Nuo, and immediately turned over the black-haired horse that looked in good spirits. Immediately, Chen Nuo stepped forward to lead the way, Zhang Liao followed, and the black armor army followed, and quickly looked at the road and rushed away.

After walking like this for seven or eight miles, he suddenly came back from the front of the horse and reported to Chen Nuo: "General! Ten miles ahead, there was a group of Hun cavalry and a group of bandits fighting together, most of the bandits were foot soldiers, and the total was only two hundred, and the Hun cavalry were all riding horses, and there were as many as three or five hundred. ”

When Chen Nuo heard this, his brows frowned slightly, this place is not far from the Tianwangzhai camp in Shaanxi County, and there are no other bandits nearby, is this the people and horses of Tianwangzhai? And they said that the Hun cavalry had as many as three or five hundred people, but it was not much different from the one they encountered before, was this because they were originally in a group? Or did this group of Hun cavalry not catch up with them, but happened to run into the men and horses of Tianwangzhai, so they sprinkled all their anger on the bandits of Tianwangzhai? But whether it is or not, no matter what, it is not right for the Hun cavalry to do evil here, and he Chen Nuo will resolutely attack it when he encounters it.

Chen Nuo glanced at Zhang Liao, who seemed to have guessed the origin of this group of Hun cavalry, so he nodded firmly to Chen Nuo, expressing his willingness to listen to Chen Nuo's opinion. Na Chen Nuo immediately repelled the horses, and then sent the horses to rush to the target, preparing to pull out their teeth with the Hun cavalry again. Chen Nuo roared here, the ten-mile journey was just a matter of breath for the cavalry, and it didn't take much time for Chen Nuo to lead people to a battlefield in front of him.

In this battlefield, the terrain is much wider, and the men and horses are completely spread. The Hun cavalry, like wild wolves, attacked the target frantically one after another, desperately biting. The bandits who were standing in the encirclement, under the bombardment of the Hun cavalry one after another, the men and horses also fell one after another, and they did not have any resistance at all, and the rest scattered in all directions. These people who were originally frightened away, but because of the road, they were intercepted by the Hun cavalry everywhere, causing them to be like fish, surrounded by fishermen's fishing nets, even if they wanted to escape, they would never easily escape the fishing net that was placed in the water and could not be seen. The bandits in the fishing nets were struggling desperately and fleeing in panic.

This time, this group of Hun cavalry is also by no means merciful, they waved the weapons in their hands, is crazy slaughtering the bandits in the field, in the blink of an eye, there are three three five bandits died under the butcher knife of the Huns, and some even fell down, but also to endure the Hun cavalry iron hooves ruthless trampling, repeated crushing. And those panicked bandits, although they were equipped with weapons in their hands, seemed to have completely forgotten their function, and completely forgot how to use them, but instinctively raised them at the moment of danger and lightly blocked them. However, after all, the Huns were on horseback, rushing like the wind, waving the weapons in their hands like lightning, and slamming down, how could they easily resist them. As a result, the bandits fell in batches, and the Huns became more and more energetic, and they even couldn't help but shout wildly.

In such a fight, no matter how many bandits there are, they can't withstand it. There are only scattered bandits everywhere, like ants who can't see clearly, there is only one place where there are more bandits, and they have become a group, they are densely packed into a pile, not to mention that there are fifty or sixty people. These people are together, but they are like stars and moons protecting one of them. The man was in the midst of them, riding with a few men, and standing on horseback. The man was dressed in a black curly robe, but he was a fair-skinned woman with a body like a weak willow.

The woman stood on horseback, surrounded by them in the middle, like a crane standing in the middle of a flock of chickens, so abrupt and so slim. In the midst of this chaotic battle, the woman had been on horseback, holding a long piano in her hand, frowning lightly, not frightened, but clearly caring for three points of sorrow. Although he couldn't see the other party's face clearly from a distance, but when he could see this step, Chen Nuo couldn't help but be slammed by the 'sorrow' on her willow eyebrows, and then his heart was as if he had been torn by someone, and suddenly there was a sense of pain. Chen Nuo also wondered why he was implicated by her demeanor, which affected his feelings. It's just that at this time, just because of this woman's 'sorrow', he did not hesitate to play a strong protection for her**: Certainly, you must not see her have anything! Definitely, we must rescue her from the encirclement!

Speaking of which, it was Chen Nuo's distant glance that had already triggered his strong protection**, thinking that the Hun cavalry who were chasing was not blind, and in the face of this woman's beauty, I was afraid that he had already coveted three points. It seems that most of this battle was fought because of this woman, whether it was a bandit or a Hun cavalry, they were all big men, and it was common for them to fight in order to rob women. Now that he has sorted these out, Chen Nuo already knows that it is time for him to make a move.