Chapter 163: After Zilong is broken
In the north, Yuan Shao, who owns the land of five states, is in full swing. The reason why Gao Yuan formulated a plan to attack Jizhou, the hinterland of Yuan Shao, came from the fact that his ally Cao Cao contained Yuan Shao's absolute forces in the Central Plains.
Who knew that Cao Cao was more cheating, and as soon as Gao Yuan's side sent troops, he was defeated. And it was completely defeated, creating a new history. The entire gate was lost, and the imperial court was also lost.
With Yuan Shao's rapid return to the army, he divided his troops to capture Huguan. Gao Yuan, who was pitted in Jizhou, is about to face an embattled dilemma.
Just as Gao Yuan was thinking hard about countermeasures in his own grain and grass camp, Zhao Yun and Sima Yi's victorious soldiers and horses returned.
With almost no losses, Zhao Yun and Sima Yi inflicted heavy losses on the Youzhou soldiers led by Yuan Tan.
This avoided the danger of being flanked, and Gao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Shu sighed helplessly: "Lord, let's retreat." Seeing Gao Yuan's hesitation, he comforted: "Lord, the original opportunity this time came from Cao Mengde's containment of Yuan Benchu in the Central Plains. Who would have thought that Cao Mengde would be defeated if he said defeated, and now Cao Mengde abandoned the gate and retreated to the pass. Fortunately, our army did not have too many losses, and it was enough to retreat to Huguan. ”
Sima Yijin said: "Yuan Shao is about to gather 200,000 troops in Wei County, he is strong, and he has a strong city like Yecheng to rely on, so there are many tactics available. And our army is outnumbered and has no strong strongholds. From the perspective of his subordinates, it is better to return to Huguan as soon as possible, and then think about it in the long run. ”
If Gao Yuan can take Yecheng, it will almost be a salary from the bottom of the kettle, and Yuan Shao's arrogance will definitely be beaten down by half. However, Cao Cao did not give any strength in the south and returned to Guanzhong in defeat. Gao Yuan has no time difference to conquer Yecheng, and the best choice now is to retreat on all fronts.
Gao Yuan closed his eyes and scratched his forehead, and said, "Yuan Benchu will definitely chase after him." ”
Sima Yi and Xu Shu glanced at each other, and the lord's words were true. Yuan Shao's 200,000 army came, and it was impossible for us to retreat, so he went back to fight Cao Cao. He will definitely form a large-scale battle in Huguan.
Zhang Liao strode out and said, "Lord, the last general is willing to break off." Cover the retreat of large forces. ”
Zhao Yun also came out and said: "My lord, Zhao Yun is willing to judge for the Lord, even if he dies, he will drag Yuan Benchu's army and cover the safe return of the whole army to Huguan." ”
Yuan Shao will definitely chase after him, so Gao Yuan must leave the broken troops.
Gao Yuan took a deep breath, got up and said, "Pass my order, and the whole army will return to Huguan." Xu Huang, Li Dian, and Lejin entered the northern part of Jizhou, and returned to Huguan together. There is ...... Zilong led 5,000 soldiers and horses to cover the retreat of the whole army. ”
That's it, and that's all it takes.
High and far-reaching. When he came to Zhao Yun, he looked at him with a difficult gaze and said, "Zilong......." ”
Zhao Yun bowed and said: "The lord doesn't need to say much, Yun must block Yuan Shao's pursuers and buy time for the large army to retreat safely." ”
At this point, in the midst of the neighing of people and horses, more than 50,000 people from Gao Yuan began to retreat, and Zhao Yun led 5,000 soldiers and horses to break off.
Yuan Jun's side.
Rumbling footsteps. The 50,000 Yuan troops stepped on the dust that covered the sky and the sun, and marched to the high grain and grass camp twenty miles west of Yecheng. Twenty miles west of this army. In addition, Wen Chou's army of 50,000 was marching towards Huguan.
Yuan Shao was stationed at the height of the horse, watching the march of the team, and when he was pondering, he got the news that Gao Yuan's entire army had retreated.
"Ahh Yuan Shao said disdainfully.
Tian Feng, the military advisor of the army, said from the side: "My lord." Gao Mengyan retreated, and under the pursuit of our army, his morale must be low. This is the best time to chase down Gao Mengyan and break through the Huguan in one go. Just break through the Huguan Pass, and the state is defenseless. ”
Yuan Shao heard this. I couldn't help but think of the incident in the 100,000-strong army that broke the halberd pot pass, and said with a trembling face: "Gao Mengyan's annex to the state, those ordinary people, are no better than others. Fear...... Not very safe, right? ”
Tian Feng was stunned for a while, and after being embarrassed for a while, he immediately said: "Lord, this time, let's fight steadily, first seize the Huguan, and then step by step." Now that we know the situation under Gao Mengyan's rule, we will never repeat the mistakes of the past. ”
Yuan Shao nodded and waved his hand: "This time, take the top of the mountain first, and then go through the Huguan area." "Before he took the Huguan, he had already thought about how to enter the state and plan to do so.
Don't say it, Yuan Shao's plan is quite "rhyming".
"Report ......!" At this time, a horse came to the dust, rolled the saddle and dismounted, and bowed: "Lord, the big thing is not good, the Youzhou army of the second prince was ambushed by the Gaoyuan army, and almost all the army was wiped out!" ”
"What!" Yuan Shao's mouth opened wide in surprise, and suddenly his whole body trembled, and he almost fell off his horse, exclaiming, "Where is my son?" ”
Tanma wiped his sweat, but he had a big face, and said hurriedly: "Don't worry, the second son has returned to Yecheng safely!" ”
Yuan Shao first let out a sigh, and then he was furious and shouted: "Second animal, stupid, extremely stupid!" ”
Gao Yuan had already retreated with the whole army, but before retreating, he ate Yuan Shao's 40,000 Youzhou troops, which made Yuan Shao angry, if Yuan Xi was in front of him, he would have to slap him twice.
This incident gave Tian Feng a warning, and he hurriedly said: "Lord, the high and far-reaching Bingzhou wolf cavalry has extraordinary combat power. Since he began to retreat with the whole army, it was better to let General Wen Chou's soldiers and horses postpone their march to Huguan. After meeting with the main prince, he pursued Gao Mengyan vigorously. Then let the third prince lead the soldiers and horses of Yecheng to come to reinforcements to avoid accidents. ”
Yuan Shao thought about it, to deal with such a thing as Gao Mengyan, there must be a lot of soldiers, and it is really difficult to do it without more than three times the number of troops. It was inevitable that Wen Chou's 50,000 people repeated the mistakes of the second child, so Yuan Shao ordered Wen Chou to suspend the army. He also ordered Yecheng and ordered his third son Yuan Shang to lead Yecheng's soldiers and horses out of the city to support, so that the defeated second son guarded the city and thought about it behind closed doors.
When the matter came to this, Yuan Shao's army of nearly 150,000 began to pursue Gao Yuan's retreating soldiers and horses, and another 50,000 soldiers and horses followed.
An hour later, thirty miles west of Yecheng, fifty miles east of Huguan, in Shaxian County.
Zhao Yun led 5,000 soldiers and horses to block the way. In the distance to the east, a dark cloud covered the sun. Zhao Yun closed his starry eyes slightly, clenched his spear, he knew that it was not a dark cloud, but the dust raised by countless armies.
In a few moments, Yuan Shao's army of more than 100,000 people rolled in. When he stopped, the unstoppable wolf dust swept over, lifting the robes of the soldiers of the Gaoyuan Army.
Under the sky, above the wilderness. There are more than 100,000 people on one side, but there are only 5,000 people on the other side, but the fighting spirit is monstrous.
In the sound of the horn, Yuan Shao rode his horse to the front of the battle with a gorgeous guard of honor. He was followed by Yuan Tan, Tian Feng, Wen Chou, Zhang He and others. 、
Yuan Shao looked at the surrounding environment, and saw that on the fields on both sides, the turret city was full of stars. This face became gloomy, and he said in his heart that a group of idiots couldn't even control the people, and these hundreds of small city fortresses were easily uprooted by Gao Mengyan.
He looked at Zhao Yun again, and the 5,000-strong army was formed on the main road. This ancient is not as good as the modern one, and there is almost a road between the cities. Yuan Shao couldn't help but think: "This side is blocking the road, if you can't break through quickly, you won't be able to catch up with Gao Mengyan." ”
Yuan Shao saw it again. The Gaoyuan Army is well-equipped, the armor pieces are all iron, the weapons are sharp, and the system is very uniform. Looking at his own troops, although the spearmen use guns, and the swords and soldiers use knives. But the length is uneven, and the sharpness is different. Yuan Shao couldn't help but curse secretly, since the state was taken away by Gao Mengyan. The output of this weapon and equipment is not as good as before.
After. It's a good fight, it's easy to fight, Yuan Shao didn't want to let go of such a good opportunity, so he looked at Wen Chou and Zhang He.
At this time, Zhao Yun, who was stationed in front of the horse formation, rode out. When he came to the formation of the two armies, the silver spear in his hand was horizontal, and a dazzling silver light was crossed, and he exhaled and said: "I am Changshan Zhao Zilong, who dares to fight to the death with me!" The voice was loud. The silver armor is shining, the silver spear is sharp, and the white horse is majestic, it is really a majestic and heroic character.
The sound of Zhao Yun's challenge was heard for miles in the silent battlefield, and those who heard it were shocked.
When Yuan Shao's face changed slightly, a horse came out of his side, and he went out dozens of meters in the blink of an eye. Immediately, this general, who was also mighty and majestic, with a big sword in his hand, shouted: "I am Hebei Wenchou, Zhao Zilong, take my life!" ”
The two sides invariably beat drums and cheered, and for a while, hundreds of thousands of eyes were focused on Zhao Yun and Wen Chou.
In the sound of drums, Wen Chou shook his wit, he did not give Zhao Yun a chance to speed up the horse, the fast horse came closer, and with a flash, he hit Zhao Yun's door.
Brush brush~, the cold light swept by, and when Wen Chou passed by, Yuan Jun suddenly let out a cry of disappointment.
It turned out that Zhao Yun had an iron plate bridge, stuck to the horse's back, and dodged this sharp blow. When he got up, he clamped the horse's belly, and the jade lion under his crotch crossed a graceful arc, accelerated and chased Wen Chou away.
Wen Chou looked back, and Zhao Yun was killing from behind, and secretly said that it was not good. Hurriedly patting the right neck of the warhorse, the horse galloped to the left.
The two chess opponents, will meet good talents, and after the horses, galloping, clanging together.
Wen Chou's big knife danced like a dark cloud covering the sun, and in the middle of it, it enveloped Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun's silver spear pierced like a silver dragon soaring into the sky, and in the roar, it could break through the dark clouds in front of him every time.
The two horses were extremely fast, and they circled the field twice in an instant, and in the lightning sparks, they exchanged more than 30 moves.
In the eyes of ordinary soldiers, there was only a silver light and a black light in front of the two of them, and they couldn't see the weapons clearly. If it weren't for the sound of weapons clashing throughout the audience, I just thought that the two of them were empty-handed, and they were fascinated by watching it one by one. The heart said, "If I go up, I will die in half a move, and I will not see what killed me." ”
Yuan Shao's face was gloomy, at first, he was waiting for Wen Chou to kill Zhao Yun. It is believed that as soon as Zhao Yun died, Gao Yuanjun lost its command and could be easily eliminated.
However, as time passed, Yuan Shao found that Wen Chou should not be able to take Zhao Yun, "Sure enough, he is a fierce general of the world, but unfortunately, it has been returned to Gao Mengyan." "Since Yuan Shao has regained his former wisdom, he has also had Cao Mengde's love for talents, and he wants to accept it when he sees a fierce general.
Yuan Shao's eyes rolled, and he said in his heart that there are more than 100,000 troops on my side, and there are only 5,000 people on the other side. It just so happened that Zhao Yun was caught in the chaos of the army, and after some ideological education, it could be used by me.
As soon as he had an idea, his hand was raised, and as he was about to give the order, there was a change in the field.
In fact, Yuan Shao couldn't see clearly how Zhao Yun and Wen Chou made a move, only to see that the silver light suddenly pierced the black mang. With a clang, there was a low muffled grunt. Immediately after Wen Chou, he took the initiative to break away from the battle circle, turned his horse and left, his right arm was already drenched in blood.
For a while, Zhao Yun's side cheered thunderously, and Yuan Jun's morale was low.
Yuan Shao secretly scolded a step late, and while his morale had not yet dropped to the bottom, he hurriedly raised his arms and said: "Pass my order, the whole army will assault!" ”
At this point, more than 100,000 Yuan troops, like crazy, began to assault the battle formation of the Gaoyuan army after the 5,000 breaks. For Yuan's army, although the general was defeated, the soldiers thought that they would not be defeated, because there were only five thousand people on the opposite side. The generals can't win, but our minions do. This inspired Yuan Jun again, and he rushed over like crazy. (To be continued......)