Zhao Yun finally caught up in time, just when Suo Nu had already led his army to the north bank of the water.

When Xiahou Lan led Zhao Yun to meet Cheng Xu, Gongsun Ji found an excuse to hide elsewhere. When Zhao Yun didn't arrive, he could whisper something bad to Cheng Xu, but when Zhao Yun arrived, he really didn't have the courage to say disrespectful words such as "Piff".

"Master Cheng, this is Captain Zilong, the brave general that the eldest prince personally recruited from Jizhou!"

"Zilong, this is Cheng Cheng, who was sent by Master Taifu to pick us up!"

Xia Houlan excitedly introduced Cheng Xu and Zhao Yun to each other.

"See you in the end!"

"I've seen Captain Zhao in the next place!"

The two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Zhao Yun didn't care about the fatigue all the way, and asked Xiahou Lan carefully.

"Yuan Qing, the day before yesterday I found a lot of Wuhuan corpses in the revenge water, and yesterday I found traces of battle thirty miles downstream, but you have encountered an attack?"

Xia Hou nodded, and indignantly told Zhao Yun carefully about the attacks he had encountered for two consecutive nights.

After Zhao Yun listened, his fists clenched and he didn't speak for a long time.

"You and your brothers have worked hard these past few days! I came in a hurry this time, because I was entrusted by Gongzi, not only to reinforce you, but more importantly, to deal with Yan Rou. Childe has already sent someone to control the Guangyang Yan clan according to your suggestion, and I also brought Yan Rou's brother Yan Zhi this time, which should come in handy at a critical time. In addition, Lieutenant Xian Yu has been escorting the second batch of grain and grass on the road for several days, and the army does not have to worry about the grain and grass for a while. ”

"It's so good! Now that you are here, I can finally unload the heavy responsibility entrusted by Master Cheng! Xia Houlan hurriedly took out the soldier talisman seal letter and other items to hand over to Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun stretched out his hand to stop Xiahou Lan's movements, and said: "The frequent change of generals is not conducive to the stability of the troops, or you are responsible for the command and scheduling, I will hide in the army and go to Macheng with you!" ”

Xiahou Lan has always been obedient to Zhao Yunyan, and since Zhao Yun arranged it like this, he must have other meanings, so he will no longer shirk and continue to temporarily take command of the troops.

In order to take care of the five hundred cavalry brought by Zhao Yun, Xiahou Lan let the team continue to stay in place to rest, and specially arranged for the people to help the cavalry who had just arrived to feed the horses and drink, and arranged for the men to make a fire for them to cook.

Zhao Yun and Cheng Xu and Gongsun Ji entered the account, and the focus of the discussion was the current situation in Macheng.

Although Zhao Yun was promoted by Liu Hehou to be a lieutenant, when it came to his position, he was the same as Gongsun Ji and Cheng Xu, so he was also full of confidence when he spoke, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his identity.

Cheng Xu had never seen Zhao Yun before, but he had also heard that the eldest prince exchanged Anping Guo for Gongsun Zan in Jizhou for a young general, and now he saw that Xiahou Lan, who was very optimistic about him, was very respectful to Zhao Yun, so he felt that Zhao Yun was at least no worse than Xiahou Lan, so his attitude was also enthusiastic, and he was not affected by Gongsun Ji Fangcai's words.

Cheng Xu asked: "I wonder if Captain Zhao has a plan for how to retreat from the enemy?" ”

Zhao Yun replied: "The current situation is still unclear, Yun feels that the top priority is to transport the grain and grass to Macheng as soon as possible and safely, and at the same time ensure the safety of the grain route, and ensure that the Xianyu Duwei who came later will not be disturbed." ”

"If Yan Rou is really secretly colluding with Kebi, we will push Yan Zhi out of the gang to sound a wake-up call for him; If Yan Rou remains neutral, we will rely on the strength of the city and continue to confront Kebi. We have the joint support of millions of people in Youzhou, as long as we put on an attitude of swearing to defend to the death, when Kebi can endure enough hardships, we will naturally return home. ”

"Snort——! I thought that Zhao Duwei had any high opinions, but it turned out that it was just the old way of defending, but he never thought about how to annihilate the enemy who committed in the future! Gongsun Ji looked disdainful and said with a sneer.

Zhao Yun ignored Gongsun Ji's rudeness and continued: "With the current situation in Youzhou, it is not appropriate to trap the main forces in the battle on the northern front for too long, but to highly guard against the increasingly powerful Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao, who covet Jizhou. Although Gongzi mediated a temporary truce between Han Fu, Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in Jizhou, the real reliance was on the tens of thousands of troops under the command of the adults. ”

"The border troubles in the north have been forming for a long time, and now although the Xianbei people are divided, they have a large number of people, even if they try their best to solve a few tribes this time, there will be other tribes to attack and disturb. Therefore, if you want to solve the border trouble in the north once and for all, the time is not yet ripe. On the contrary, it is the barrier in the south of Youzhou, Han Fu's strength, once it can't withstand the double pressure of Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao, and loses the only remaining territory, we will become isolated and helpless in Youzhou in the future, which is very dangerous! ”

Zhao Yun talked eloquently, which shocked Cheng Xu's heart. To be honest, even he himself didn't see it so long-term and clearly, and he was still thinking about how to eliminate Kebi in Youzhou, but Zhao Yun had already set his sights on the entire Hebei.

After the team rested, they headed for Macheng again.

After walking less than ten miles, the tanma who was scattering in front of him suddenly retreated like crazy, Xia Houlan saw this, his face changed color, and Zhao Yun, who was hidden in the team, also frowned.

"Report ...... Report and inform Xiahou Sima that a large force of Xianbei cavalry was found five miles ahead, with a number of no less than five thousand! Before the horse could reach Xiahoulan, he reported loudly and incoherently.

"Stop Marching! Push all the vehicles to the front, form a formation, and get ready to meet the enemy! ”

Xia Houlan ordered loudly, and the people hurriedly pushed the square carriages and pallet carts to the front, and then untied the heavy oxen and horses, and led them far behind.

Since the Han Dynasty, transportation has been developed, and dignitaries and nobles often travel by luxurious carriages, while ordinary people use pallet carts that can carry people and goods, while merchants use ox carts with larger carrying capacity. Because of the wide carriage of the ox cart, it is also called a large cart or a square carriage.

Youzhou is already well-developed in animal husbandry, and the Xianbei and Wuhuan people outside the Saiwai open border market, so there are not a few people who have horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts, and the people recruited from Jixian County this time mainly use horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts to transport. It was precisely because the ox cart was so slow that both the wagon and the cavalry had to wait for the ox cart that the grain caravan could not reach the city of Horse.

Because the encounter with the enemy was too sudden, so this time the chariot formation did not have time to be carefully placed, but fortunately, Xia Houlan let the slowest square van go ahead, so the first line of defense that was improvised could also play a role in covering and delaying the cavalry attack.

Without waiting for the soldiers on this side to line up to meet the enemy's formation, Suonu had already rushed over with the Xianbei cavalry who had crossed the river, and when they got closer, they found that the Han people were not so panicked as they imagined, but everyone was on the bow and wound, fighting to the end.

The lock slave was furious and ordered his cavalry to take turns to rush to the front of the chariot formation and shoot ** arrows. Xiahou Lan was not afraid of the battle, and commanded the soldiers to immediately launch a counterattack with bows and arrows. Each side fired several rounds of arrows, killing and wounding each other, but they could not completely defeat the other.

Suo Nu then sent someone to the front of the car formation with a white flag to shout, proposing to fight the Han commander alone. The Xianbei man who was in charge of shouting spoke Chinese extremely fluently, and even ridiculed the Han people in public for being cowards, who would only hide behind the car formation and release cold arrows, but none of the thousands dared to come out to meet the Xianbei warriors.

Xiahou Lan was very angry after listening to the insults of the Xianbei people, so she wanted to urge the horse to bypass the car formation and go to fight with the lock slave, but was stopped by Zhao Yun, who had been silent.

Zhao Yun said to Xiahoulan: "Since the Xianbei people dare to come to call the battle, there must be very powerful characters, although Yuanqing's kung fu is good, it is not suitable to meet the enemy at this time, in case there is a mistake, it will have a great impact on the morale of the army." ”

Xia Houlan also knew that Lu Dao was not the time to be hot-headed at this time, there was still a big gap between his martial arts and Zhao Yun, and if he was out of battle at this time, the certainty of victory was not very great. Xiahou Lan said to Zhao Yun: "Zilong be careful, don't go deep into the enemy camp alone. ”

Zhao Yun held a big gun in his hand and urged the horse to walk from the gap in the chariot formation to the place of the fighting generals. When Suo Nu saw that a white and pure jade-faced young general came out of the Han military camp, he immediately shouted angrily: "Is there no one in the Han army? Such a weak man was sent to meet him! ”

The lock slave was full of confidence, and an angry shout spread far away, and the Han army behind the car formation could hear it clearly.

Zhao Yun didn't want to let the slave steal the limelight and disturb his own military morale, so he also opened his mouth and shouted: "To deal with a yellow-haired and yellow-bearded fool like you, why bother to work for the generals of our army, it is enough for me!" ”

Zhao Yun shouted, his breath became even more majestic, and he rushed straight behind the lock slave, which immediately caused thousands of Xianbei cavalry to be shocked.

The slave was also frightened, realizing that the white-robed young general on the opposite side was not as simple as he imagined, so he brandished a heavy nail-headed stick and pounced viciously at Zhao Yun.

The slave was too tall for an ordinary horse to carry his weight, and under his crotch was a wild head horse that had been painstakingly captured from the desert. This black wild horse has a very fierce temperament, and if it weren't for the huge murderous aura of hunting tigers and bears on the slave's body, how could it be ridden at will.

The war horse that Zhao Yun rode was a good horse that was rarely in the auxiliary cavalry battalion, but there was still a gap between the size and strength of the wild horse, and if it was a hard fight, it would definitely be himself who would suffer.

Seeing the lock slave riding a horse and swinging a stick, Zhao Yun stabbed at the slave's wrist with a shot, but it was a "skillful" word. Seeing the tip of Zhao Yun's spear coming, Suo Nu immediately lowered the nail-headed stick and swung the tip of Zhao Yun's spear away.

The two then fought together, and the sticks and guns exchanged very fiercely.

The lock slave relied on brute force and the war horse under his crotch was tall, and every time he swung out of the stick, it was whining, if it was next to Zhao Yun's body, even if he didn't die, he would be crippled.

Zhao Yun took a fancy to the wild horse under the crotch of the lock slave, forcibly suppressed the idea of stabbing him to death with a shot, and went back and forth with the lock slave a few times.

When the two horses were neck-staggering, the wild horse under the crotch of the lock slave suddenly opened its mouth to bite Zhao Yun's war horse, Zhao Yun hurriedly urged the horse to dodge, and the lock slave then took the opportunity to smash Zhao Yun's back.

Zhao Yun secretly said in his heart, "The opportunity is here", and suddenly turned over the horse along the stick wind, and the lock slave couldn't collect the stick, and smashed Zhao Yun's horse's head fiercely.

The lock slave hit Zhao Yun's horse's head with a stick, Ha Lu Ha Da Lu smiled and came to Zhao Yun, but Zhao Yun suddenly jumped out from under the horse's belly, and with the force of the gun hitting the ground, he jumped up and kicked the lock slave's temple.

The lock slave didn't have time to put away the stick, so he was kicked by Zhao Yun heavily, spit out a mouthful of blood, and fell off the horse with a pop.

Zhao Yun quickly grabbed the reins of the slave's horse, and a harrier turned over and jumped lightly on the horse's back.