The next day, Yuan Shao led the army back to Yecheng, leaving Yuan Mai to lead the headquarters to continue to sit in Yijing, in case the Xianbei people in the northeast took advantage of the situation and plundered Youzhou.

Yuan Mai's men and horses brought to Yijing from Hanoi were only 4,500 cavalry, and the defense force was far from enough. Yuan Shao sent 15,000 people from the 100,000 army to Yuan Mai to command, defend Youzhou, and wait for Gao Gan to come and take over Youzhou.

Three days later, Yuan Shao's document was sent to Jinyang in an expedited manner of 800 miles, and he ordered Gao Gan to leave 15,000 people to continue to garrison and annex the state, waiting for Yuan Mai to come and take over the state assassin history.

Gao Gan has no ambitions, and he has been suffering from the grim situation of being surrounded by enemies on three sides in Bingzhou, and after receiving the document of reappointing the assassin of Youzhou, he is very happy, and he can finally leave this place of four wars, which is really a gratifying thing!

Immediately, 15,000 old and sick remnants were selected from the soldiers and horses directly under him, and he led the remaining nearly 30,000 horses to set off north with his family and family members to take over Youzhou.

Before leaving, Gao Gan transferred several of his cronies to accompany him, Guo Yuan, the Taishou of Shangdang County, Lu Xian, the Taishou of Taiyuan County, and Tang Qi, the Taishou of Leping County, all resigned from their positions and followed Gao Gan to Youzhou in the north.

Four or five days later, Gao Gan led the vanguard troops to Yijing. After meeting and greeting Yuan Mai, they exchanged the state assassin seal ribbon, Yuan Mai said goodbye to the senior cadres, led his troops south, and traveled day and night towards Jinyang, the seat of the state.

When Yuan bought away, he only led 4,500 cavalry brought from Hanoi to the south, and the 15,000 men left by Yuan Shao were still stationed in Yijing. Zhang Liao led 1,500 "tiger ben" to lead the way. Yuan Mai, Zhao Yun, Tian Yu and others led two thousand light cavalry in the center, and Wang Shuang led one thousand "white feather cavalry" to break off, rolling up dust all the way and killing Jinyang.

For two days, the team passed under the Taihang Mountain, a drum sounded on all sides, countless black mountain flags emerged between the mountains, and nearly 40,000 black mountain thieves rushed down all over the mountains.

It turned out that Zhang Yan got the report and knew that Yuan Mai was going to Jinyang to take up his post, so he bullied him for having few soldiers. To avenge Gongsun Zhan. Therefore, ambushes and intercept soldiers on the road.

"What fear of a rabble, even if there are 100,000 of them? Sons, kill the enemy with me. Rush to a bloody path! ”

Facing 40,000 Montenegrin ambushes. Zhang Liao had no fear. The green lion horse under his crotch, with the Yunyue knife in his hand, led 1,500 "Tiger Ben Heavy Armored Horsemen" to the formation of the Black Mountain thieves. Everywhere you go, flesh and blood are flying, and everything is invincible.

After a burst of killing, the "Tiger Horseman" killed more than 2,000 Black Mountain thieves, and only lost 100 horsemen in his own formation, and easily broke through the encirclement, leading the cavalry behind to break through to the south.

"Alas...... I didn't expect that the cavalry under the command of Yuan Mai was so elite, compared to last year's battle, it was really incomparable, it was really beyond my expectations! ”

Zhang Yan stood on a high place to watch the battle, and saw that everywhere Yuan Jun's iron cavalry went, it was like a wave splitting, and his 40,000 horses couldn't even resist a meal, so they forcibly broke through, and he couldn't help but be shocked and angry in his heart.

Compared with last year's battle in Changshan Kingdom, the cavalry under Yuan Mai's command not only increased in number, but also became more well-equipped, the horses were more excellent, and the military discipline was stricter, which was really terrifying!

Although he knew that the men and horses under his command were all rabble, and their combat effectiveness and officers and soldiers were not the same, 40,000 horses intercepted 4,500 cavalry, and with ten blocks of one, they were still easily broken through, which deeply pierced Zhang Yan's heart!

"The men and horses under Yuan Mai's command are much stronger than the team of Gao Gan, and he is the assassin of Bingzhou, I'm afraid that if we want to loot grain and grass in Bingzhou in the future, it will be even more difficult!" Looking at the distant back of Yuan's cavalry, Zhang Yan sighed.

Wang Dang, the confidant general next to him, asked: "The Yuan army has already broken through, do you still let Sun Qing and Gongsun Xu's cavalry pursue?" ”

Zhang Yan's original intention was to use 40,000 Black Mountain thieves to stop Yuan Mai's men and horses, and then Sun Qing and Gongsun Xu led 4,000 cavalry to raid from behind, attack from front and back, and severely damage or completely annihilate Yuan Mai's troops.

Unexpectedly, the cavalry behind had not yet been killed, just a meal, 40,000 horses were rushed away by the heavy armored cavalry led by Zhang Liao, and more than 4,000 horsemen went away, and then let the cavalry behind chase after it, which was of little significance.

Moreover, Zhang Yan could also see that the cavalry under his command, whether it was soldiers or horses, could not be compared with the elite Yuan army, and if the two cavalry faced each other, he would suffer a big loss!

"Let them go, the combat power of the Yuan Army's iron cavalry is really terrifying, and they can't stay behind, it's just an increase in casualties! To deal with Yuan Jun, we can only think long-term. Zhang Yan pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword and ordered with a worried expression.

With the change of Yuan Mai, the fierce enemy, the survival situation of the Montenegrin army has become severe, I don't know what strategy Yuan Mai will adopt to deal with the various tribes of Montenegro entrenched in Taihang Mountain? Is it to surrender or attack, or is it like Gao Gan, where the well water does not interfere with the river water?

Zhang Yan didn't know the answer, so he could only wait for Yuan Mai to take office to see what strategy he adopted to deal with the Montenegrin army, and then make a contingency.

"Qu Shuai has an order, blow the trumpet and collect the troops!" Wang Dang received Zhang Yan's order and ordered the trumpet to be withdrawn.

With the sound of the horn of "collecting troops", the Montenegrin army scattered all over the mountains began to retreat slowly, and the formation was scattered and disorderly, fully interpreting the word "rabble".

From the valley behind galloped 4,000 cavalry, of which more than 2,000 cavalry were the cavalry of the Black Mountain Army led by Sun Qing, and the other 1,800 cavalry were the men and horses led by Gongsun Xu who broke through from Yijing, and hid in the valley on the order of Zhang Yan, waiting for the infantry in front to block the way of Yuan's army, and then attacked from behind to jointly break the enemy. It's just that what I didn't expect was that before this side was killed, the foot soldiers in front of them were disorganized, allowing Yuan Jun to break through the encirclement.

"Alas...... Sure enough, it was a rabble, and 40,000 horses were broken through so easily, no wonder Zhang Yan had more than 100,000 people under him, and he still had to fall into the grass. Even if there are 100,000 such a team, what is there to fear? Give me 30,000 elites, enough to break it! While leading his troops to chase after him, Gongsun Xu despised the Black Mountain Army in his heart.

"General Gongsun, General Gongsun...... Qu Shuai's horn has sounded, don't chase it anymore, let's collect the troops and go back to see Qu Shuai, and then make a plan, right? ”

Seeing that Gongsun Xu led his troops to chase after him, he turned a deaf ear to the horn of collecting troops, and had no intention of retreating, Sun lightly beat his horse to catch up with Gongsun Xu, and loudly persuaded him to withdraw his troops.

"Yuan Mai's troops are weak, this is a good time to besiege him, I have ordered Shan Jing and Gongsun Fan to ambush the troops ten miles in front, and if you want to retreat, you will retreat. I myself led the people of my headquarters to take the head of the person Yuan bought and came back to sacrifice my father's spirit in the sky! ”

Gongsun Xu turned a deaf ear to Sun Qing's words, flicked his horsewhip, and led the cavalry of his headquarters to chase closely. Determined to lead the people of the headquarters to go it alone, besiege and kill Yuan Mai, and avenge his father!

PS: I wish you all a happy new year and all the best! I've been busy with the holidays these days, so I can only take three thousand plus two thousand update methods, and the number of words is a bit small, I'm really sorry. After the festival, the number of updated words will be increased, so please bear with me! (To be continued......)