The Ninety-Eighth Battle of the Yang People

Due to Yang Ding's inaction, the rebellion grew larger and larger, and the army panicked, and a violent mutiny could occur at any time.

At this time, Hu Zhen in front heard his subordinates report that someone in the army had created panic, and the rear army was in chaos, so he immediately led his men and horses to the place where the rebels were located to suppress it.

At this time, Sun Jian heard a report from Xizuo in the formation, saying that there was a very likely rebellion or mutiny in the Xiliang army, and secretly said that God would help me, and immediately commanded the soldiers and horses to advance at full speed to attack the Xiliang army. By the time Sun Jian arrived near Hu Zhenjun, the chaos had not yet ended, and there was still a ZĂ i, so he commanded his men and horses to rush directly.

At this time, Hu Zhen saw that the enemy was about to arrive and rushed to him, so he was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, and immediately ordered to kill anyone who caused chaos.

Since Hu Zhen has been ruthless, hundreds of heads immediately fell to the ground, and when everyone saw the blood, they immediately became a little scared, and the ** was immediately suppressed.

After Hu Zhen suppressed the internal rebellion, he immediately organized a formation to meet the enemy army. However, in such a short period of time, there was simply no way to fiddle with the formal battle formation.

In ancient wars, the side without formation was basically slaughtered.

Without a complete formation, it is impossible to organize the attack effectively; Without a complete formation, it is impossible to organize the defense effectively.

There is a saying: take advantage of your illness to kill you. Sun Jianjun took advantage of the chaos in Hu Zhen's army, and in one go, the whole army was staked, ready to defeat the opponent at one time.

At this time, although Hu Zhen tried his best to organize the formation, it still didn't play much role. Under Sun Jian's powerful attack, the formation was precarious, and there was a risk of being defeated at any time.

After Hu Zhen persisted for a while, he finally couldn't support it, and the formation was basically about to collapse, and Yang Ding commanded his direct subordinates to retreat early in the morning, secretly preparing to retreat when Hu Zhen couldn't support him, or when Hu Zhen was about to win, he was creating some chaos and dragging his feet, anyway, he couldn't let Hu Zhen win this battle.

The current Yang Ding saw that Hu Zhen's formation was about to collapse, so he began to command the troops to retreat.

As soon as Yang Ding withdrew, Hu Zhen was no longer able to recover from the sky, unable to recover the defeat, and the formation immediately collapsed across the board. However, Hu Zhen still regarded Yang Ding as a comrade-in-arms, and he was sold to help him count the money, and he always sent his own men and horses to cover Yang Ding's retreat.

In this battle, Hu Zhen was defeated by 10,000 horses and lost more than half, and more than 5,000 foot soldiers under Hu Zhen's command were killed and wounded, but more than 2,000 cavalry quickly tore a hole in the battlefield and withdrew from the battlefield because Hu Zhen saw the opportunity early. And the first school under Yang Ding's command basically suffered little loss under the cover of Hu Zhen, and there were more than 2,000 people left.

After the defeat, after Hu Zhen led everyone to withdraw from the battlefield, he actively contacted Yang Ding, wanting to return to Yangcheng after meeting with Yang Ding, and then relying on the city to hold on and wait for reinforcements. But Yang Ding had already returned to Luoyang with his men and horses, and he didn't pay attention to Hu Zhen's messenger at all, but secretly killed the messenger.

Sun Jian was also puzzled when he saw the two groups of men and horses in the enemy army fleeing separately and couldn't figure out the situation. On the battlefield, the mutiny of the soldiers, although it rarely happens, is also one of the accidents of marching and fighting, and it is very likely to happen if you are not careful, so when Sun Jian saw the chaos in Hu Zhen's army, he did not have too many suspicions, but actively attacked.

After the defeat, after Hu Zhen led everyone to withdraw from the battlefield, he actively contacted Yang Ding, wanting to return to Yangcheng after meeting with Yang Ding, and then relying on the city to hold on and wait for reinforcements.

But Yang Ding had already returned to Luoyang with his men and horses, and he didn't pay attention to Hu Zhen's messenger at all, but secretly killed the messenger.

Sun Jian was also puzzled when he saw the two groups of men and horses in the enemy army fleeing separately and couldn't figure out the situation. On the battlefield, the mutiny of the soldiers, although it rarely happens, is also one of the accidents of marching and fighting, and it is very likely to happen if you are not careful, so when Sun Jian saw the chaos in Hu Zhen's army, he did not have too many suspicions, but actively attacked.

After Sun Jian's great victory, when he pursued the enemy, the other party divided into two roads, one way to the north, as if to enter Luoyang from Dagu Pass, and the other road was about 2,000 cavalry, fleeing in the direction of Yangcheng.

For Sun Jian at that time, if he pursued the enemy in the direction of Dagu Pass, it was very likely to take advantage of the situation to take Dagu Pass. If the 2,000 or so cavalry is left alone, the other party is likely to rely on Yangcheng to attack their own grain routes, and may even transfer some reinforcements from Xuanyuan Pass, and then directly cut off their own way back, so that their more than 10,000 horses and horses will become homeless Liulang army.

Thinking of this, Sun Jian directly led the team to pursue in the direction of Yangcheng, and let his younger brother Sun Jing pursue in the direction of Dagu Pass with about 2,000 men and horses. Of course, it is better to be able to gain something, if not, then wait for yourself to solve the enemy in Yangcheng, and then come to meet Sun Jing.

Sun Jian participated in 13,000 battles, killed nearly 2,000 in the battle, and eliminated more than 5,000 opponents.

After the arrangements were made, Sun Jian led more than 9,000 people under his command to pursue in the direction of Yangcheng. Hu Zhen's cavalry was fast, and Sun Jian couldn't catch up at all. And the reason why Sun Jian insisted on pursuing was that he wanted to occupy Yangcheng, a strategic place on the south side of Luoyang, and only after occupying Yangcheng could Sun Jian enter Luoyang boldly and with confidence.

At this time, after Hu Zhen fled to Yangcheng, there were less than 1,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people in the city, as well as a part of the grain and grass. Hu Zhen felt that Yangcheng could not be defended for a long time, and besides, he only had cavalry left now, and if he used cavalry to defend the city, it would be too tyrannical. The key role of cavalry lies in its mobility, and if mobility is abandoned, the advantage of cavalry cannot be brought into play. The cost of feeding one cavalryman, so to speak, is to feed three to five infantrymen. Therefore, in this respect, cavalry is more precious than infantry. Hu Zhen didn't want the last cavalry under his command to be lost, and besides, he heard that Gongzi was also the time to fight against Zhu Jun now, and he was very busy, and he couldn't effectively support himself in the short term.

Therefore, after thinking about it for a while, Hu Zhen decided to abandon Yangcheng and lead the rest of the men and horses to carry the baggage into the pass, and then make plans after meeting with Gongzi.

So he packed all the things that could be taken away in Yangcheng County, and what could not be taken away was also burned to prevent Sun Jian from being cheapened, but there were not many materials that could not be taken away, and there was no such thing as a fire in Yangcheng.

When the matter was urgent, Hu Zhen gathered all the vehicles in the county, and then found that there were not enough horses (horses pulling carts), so he ordered some military horses to be used as horse-drawn carriages, and the soldiers who dismounted sat on the carriages. This can make some soldiers feel distressed.