Chapter 45: The Tiger and the Leopard Ride
At this moment, Hanzhong was jubilant, except for Huo Yi, who swept away the remnants of the enemy in the north, and the cavalry team of Zhao Yun led by Xu Sheng, most of the men and horses had already followed Liu Bei to South Zheng.
Han Ping exchanged the garrison rights of Nanzheng early, and with men and horses, he pressed more than 2,000 Wang Ping's captives to Baozhong. Huo Yi didn't feel that there was much to lose by handing over 3,000 men and horses, and the defeated Cao army left a large number of prisoners, more than 10,000. Huo Yi only left more than 2,000 captives whose families were in Hanzhong and had no sense of belonging to Cao Cao, and the remaining 9,000 people were handed over to the lord.
Coupled with the 2,000 people brought back by Han Ping, it is to hand over 3,000 people, and Huo Yi is also sure to make a profit.
Huo Yi didn't know that Cao Cao's army had already moved south, because his scouts had sent back the news early that there was not much grain and grass hoarded in Guanzhong, which could only be used by Cao's army to hold Guanzhong, and could not support the army to go south to fight a decisive battle with his own side.
Huo Yi transferred all the cavalry, led by Li He, and followed Xu Sheng to the north to sweep the remnants of the enemy, tracking the traces of Xiahou Yuan and his defeated troops all the way.
Three days later, Liu Feng received the 3,000 people handed over by Huo Yi, most of them were elite Cao Jun selected from the captives, and half were Shanyue people selected by Huo Yi. In a word, most of them are Huo Yi's subordinates who dare not put their hearts into their hearts, and they are all prisoners selected from Jiangdong and Cao's army in the north.
Liu Feng is not picky, and the Shanyue people are brave in battle, and the soldiers of the Cao army stationed in Hanzhong are all temporary choices. Compared with his original 5,000 soldiers, it is really not a star and a half, so what is he not satisfied with?
Liu Feng himself had already prepared that Huo Yi was going to fight with him and delay the delivery of the sergeant, but he didn't think that Huo Yi really did what he said, as soon as he arrived in his camp, these 3,000 people were already ready to go. At the same time, the equipment is very sophisticated, and they are all the best goods among the captured Cao Jun equipment. At first glance, it is a sharp weapon produced in the Han workshop.
Liu Feng is not a more serious person, and the embarrassment with Huo Yi several times is really due to the embarrassment of his position, so he has to make a strategy in the hope that he can have a group of soldiers to protect himself. At this moment, Huo Yi's actions were already an excellent gesture, Liu Feng didn't say much, just made a sincere military salute.
It is said that with his identity as a son, he didn't have to be like Huo Yi, but at this moment, Liu Feng really felt sorry. Huo Yi will no longer bother with him, in this chaotic era, one more friend is better than a mortal enemy after all. Moreover, Liu Feng's status is not low, and he is not as harsh and arrogant as Ma Yan, his several designs have not posed much threat to him, and being able to reconcile with him is something that Huo Yi is extremely happy to see.
Liu Feng before leaving. The lord's men and horses have all gone to Nanzheng, and only Huo Yi came to see Liu Feng in the entire Shu army. But it can't be said that the world is not hot. Since Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu snubbed Liu Feng, Liu Feng's status has long been less than in the past, and there are naturally fewer people who are good friends with him.
Sending the Buddha to the west, Huo Yi even chose a sword made of 100 steels and gave it to Liu Feng. The sword is given to the hero, in troubled times. It's good to have a sharp weapon around you in the end, but there is no character who doesn't like sharp weapons. Liu Feng was even more emotional, feeling extremely remorseful for blindly offending such a character a few times ago. Yili advocated that he gave Huo Yi the war horse under his seat, which was produced by Lu of the lord god horse. It is a rare good horse in the world, compared to the red rabbit and Lu or it is inferior, but it is also rare and tight.
Huo Yi didn't accept it, but he couldn't stand Liu Feng's stalking, so he had to accept it.
Guan Xing, Ye Jiong, and Zhao Tong were extremely surprised, the three of them knew what Liu Feng did when Huo Yi attacked Nanzheng, and at this moment, seeing that the two of them were giving each other swords and horses, they seemed to be extremely affectionate, and they all glanced at each other, very puzzled.
Watching Liu Feng go away, Huo Yi sighed, but thought in his heart, I just hope you can live longer, no matter what, your stepfather is really not very good to you, and blame you for having no eyes, how dare you recognize this kind of heroic character as your stepfather?
Huo Yi thought of this, but he was shocked in his heart, as a human being, how could he speculate in private about the Lord's wrongs? Sins, sins, sins.
Huo Yi turned around and wanted to return to the praise, but he saw a horse coming rapidly in the distance, and the person who came turned over and dismounted, very anxious, and even fell into a face of smoke and dust, and he didn't have time to erase it, so he knelt down on one knee in front of Huo Yi: "General! Oh no! General Li He and General Xu Sheng encountered the cavalry of Cao's brigade in the middle section of Baoshui, and were caught off guard and defeated. General Li He was shot and wounded by General Cao Jun, and General Xu Sheng was leading the military horse to retreat to Baozhong! ”
Huo Yi's face turned pale: "What? Then he suddenly remembered that although his cavalry was not many in number, it was only less than 5,000 people in one place, counting Xu Sheng's 3,000 people, there were also 8,000 cavalry, how could he be defeated and retreat on the way to pursuit?
Stabilizing his mind, Huo Yi asked slowly, "How many people are there in Cao Jun?" ”
"More than 10,000 people! The main general is the Marquis of Yancheng, and the general of Beizhong Lang is Cao Zhang! The adjutant general is the partial general Cao Zhen! The scout gasped and said in one breath.
"Tiger and Leopard Ride!" Huo Yi gasped, and the strange way was that the five thousand cavalry with his advanced equipment could only be defeated and hated, and it turned out to be a detachment.
"What are the losses of our army?" Huo Yi said urgently.
"Only lost more than 1,000 people under General Xu, Cao's army seemed to be galloping from afar, and the men and horses were stuck, so they did not pursue, but as soon as they clashed, they defeated General Xu, and General Li He led the army to rush and kill, and was shot over by an arrow from a long-armed general in the enemy army, but fortunately it did not hurt the vital point!" The scout easily took a breath before he finished the information in one breath.
Huo Yi nodded at this time: "You quickly return to the army to rest." ”
Turned to look at Guan Xing and Ye Jiong: "An Guo, lead me to personally guard the Chinese army to pick up the second generals Xu and Li." Youming, with the scout battalion paying close attention to the movements of the enemy from the north, sent a team of men and horses to the south to report to Zheng, saying that Cao Cao personally led the army to invade Hanzhong, and asked the lord to prepare for war quickly. ”
"Whoa!" Guan Xing and Ye Bing agreed to go.
Huo Yi greeted Zhao Tong, led a group of guards to return to Baozhong in a hurry, and even convened the generals to discuss the matter, Cao's army went south, and the momentum was bound to be not small, because if Cao Cao wanted to recapture Hanzhong, he would inevitably lead the army to come.
Huo Yi didn't dare to let go of the gamble, he didn't know if this period of history had changed because of his arrival, maybe Cao Cao really wanted to take Hanzhong.
Nanzheng is not far from Baozhong, but the number of Shu troops in Hanzhong is huge, and it will take two days for the lord to lead the army to Baozhong. In two days, it was enough for the elite cavalry in the north, the tiger and leopard cavalry, to go south and win the victory.
Huo Yi was not sure that his army, which had gone through several formations of experience, could defeat this powerful army in the world in a head-to-head confrontation, and it was a really strong army that was better than Bai Yu. (To be continued......)