214 The Battle of Xiyang Pavilion (II)
Gongsun Chan likes white horses, so he spent a lot of effort to collect a lot of white horses, and with them as the core, he formed a white horse Yicong, and the knights were not only Han people, but also Wuhuan, Xianbei, Fuyu and other clans. It's just that the number of white horses is limited, so there are still a lot of people, and the ones who ride are still gray, brown, and variegated war horses.
The commander of the white horse is none other than Changshan Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong, with white armor, white robes, white horses, and a bright silver spear with gentian, which attracts special attention on the dusty battlefield.
From the two battlefields, the Youzhou army could not suppress the Jizhou army to cross the river, so it was known that the Youzhou army was at a disadvantage, but on the riverbank, Zhao Yun's white horse was not affected in the slightest, facing the sunset, going upstream, his eyes were squinted, and Yan Liang was firmly locked.
The other party was Yan Liang, the general under Yuan Shao's account, Zhao Yun recognized him, and seeing him so imposing, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly, revealing a sneer.
The horses' hooves roared, shouting to kill the heavens, and the two iron horsemen approached quickly, and they were about to collide together.
Yan Liang was extremely excited, brave and abnormal, the two horses were more than ten steps apart, that is, he shouted, buckled the reins of the horse, held the big knife in both hands, raised it high, only to see the knife flash, the big knife from the top right to the left, the oblique stab towards Zhao Yun slashed, the momentum sank, and there was a momentum of splitting Zhao Yun and the horse in half in one fell swoop.
Zhao Yun still squinted, he faced the sunset, although the afterglow was not so bright, but it was still a little dazzling, his face was as calm as a water mirror, there was not even a trace of ripples, he suddenly let go of the horse's reins, knocked the horse's stock lightly, the war horse neighed, and suddenly accelerated again, like an arrow off the string, fast as lightning.
Not good!
Yan Liang was excited, and he screamed strangely in his heart, according to his original estimate, the speed of the horses on both sides. It should have been pushed to the extreme, so when the two prime ministers were less than a step apart, his big knife had just fallen down.
But now, the opponent's war horse suddenly accelerated, and his wishful thinking was a little frustrated, the big sword was held high on the right, and the chest door was opened, and the other party could send the tip of the spear into his throat before the big knife fell.
In desperation, Yan Liang had no choice but to change his tactics quickly. With his left hand, he dragged back the raised broadsword and held it across his chest, his eyes locked, staring at the silver that was rushing in. It was the tip of Zhao Yun's Gentian Bright Silver Spear.
"Open!"
Between the calcium carbide firelight, the tip of the silver spear went straight to Yan Liangmian's door. Yan Liang shouted. The head is tilted to the left, the right shoulder is swinged back, the upper half is leaned back, and the big knife is held in both hands, and it is hard to lift up.
Creak......
There was a harsh sound of gold and iron rubbing, making people's teeth sore. The war horses staggered, Yan Liang's upper body was half up, and he suddenly crossed under the gentian bright silver spear that he had raised.
"It's dangerous!"
When Yan Liang straightened up, thoughts flooded in his heart. Before he could rejoice, the Youzhou spirit riders who came like a tide had already rushed to his horse.
"Kill!"
Yan Liang was very brave, he held the big knife horizontally, and with the momentum of the war horse rushing forward, he pushed the big knife and the blade side flat, and the left and right horses were immediately caught off guard, and just raised the gun to block, they were pushed off the horse by Yan Liang.
Behind him, Zhao Yun showed his bravery, the gentian bright silver spear flew up and down, left and right, and every time he swooped, he could stab a person.
Following their respective commands, the horsemen of the two sides collided together, some of them were horse-to-horse, and the war horse did not even have time to make a mournful sound, and it was already in the sound of clicking, and the neck was broken, and then the horse flew upside down, throwing the knight on the horse, and crashing into a ball in the air.
There were screams everywhere, knights flying in the air everywhere, dusty and murderous sounds.
Yan Liang even led the horse to cross the river with a limited number of fine horses, only more than 1,000 people, Zhao Yun's white horse righteous servant, there were 3,000 people, a hedge, the Jizhou army immediately suffered a great loss, after the two armies staggered, can still follow Yan Liang's back cavalry, less than half.
When Yan Liang led the army to make a big turn, he couldn't help but be angry.
Zhao Yun did not lead the army to turn around, but directly led the white horse to kill the Jizhou army that came along the riverbank.
The Jizhou army that crossed the river from Jiangxinzhou had more than 3,000 people at this time, Yan Liang originally thought that he would lead more than 1,000 elite cavalry to lead the big battle, and 3,000 foot soldiers followed closely behind him to enter the flank of the Youzhou army, although it would not be able to lay the battle situation all at once, at least it could greatly reduce the pressure on the army of the lord Yuan Shao to cross the river.
But now, less than half of the elite cavalry under his account is under his account, and continuing to attack the flank of the Youzhou army is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and Zhao Yun led the white horse to follow, even if the loss is almost the same as that of the Jizhou army, there are still two thousand hundreds of people, such a rush, the three thousand foot soldiers behind him, I am afraid that they will be immediately crushed and defeated.
In this way, Yan Liang's attack on Jihua of the Youzhou Army from the flank was completely ineffective.
"Kill!"
Yan Liang was anxious and galloped on his horse, but no matter how he urged the horse, he could still only follow behind the butt of the white horse Yicong, eating dust and suffering.
galloping for two or three miles like this, the front was already shouting to kill the heavens, and Yan Liang secretly screamed in his heart: "It's over!" ”
It is indeed over, the three thousand foot soldiers have just crossed the river, and they are in high morale, ready to kill the flank of the Youzhou army, but they did not expect to be killed head-on, but it is the most elite elite cavalry in the Youzhou army - the white horse righteous servant, a little engagement, that is, the Youzhou elite cavalry broke into the formation, unprotected light foot soldiers, as well as archers and crossbowmen, like harvested grass stalks, fell in pieces.
In just a few moments, the three thousand foot soldiers were already in a state of collapse and scattered.
If Yuan Shao's army does not cross the river smoothly, Gongsun Zhan can send additional troops to prevent Yan Liang from crossing the river from Jiangxinzhou.
The Jizhou army continued to cross the river, forcing the Youzhou army to retreat step by step, and the riverbank territory occupied by it became larger and larger, and at this point, the Youzhou army could no longer control the riverbank where the entire ferry was located.
Zhao Yun led the army to drive and kill the Jizhou soldiers everywhere, and suddenly from a distance, he heard the sound of horns.
He just straightened up on horseback and glanced a few times in the direction where the horn sounded, which was where the Youzhou army was located, and the meaning of the horn sound was to summon the white horse of Zhao Yun's commander.
Zhao Yun couldn't see clearly what the fighting was there, but he knew it just by the urgency of the horn. The battle situation is not good, otherwise, he would not have been summoned to help in the war at this time.
The three thousand Jizhou foot soldiers were already scattering and fleeing, but if they had not been driven by Bai Ma Yi from all directions, they would soon be able to regroup, and although their morale was low, they were encouraged by a steady stream of reinforcements from the direction of Jiangxinzhou upstream. Or will soon be able to fight again.
Pity!
A trace of gloom flashed in Zhao Yun's heart, and the gentian bright silver spear shook, poking the Jizhou soldiers who dared to stab the guns to the ground, and the miserable screams suddenly sounded, even though they were beside him. But he didn't hear it.
Then he turned his horse to the right. Abandon the group of fleeing Jizhou soldiers in front of the left. led his knights, went around in a big circle, followed the river, and galloped to the main battlefield downstream.
Although Yan Liang had been chasing and killing the surviving elite cavalry, at this time, he did not have the heart to lead the army to intercept it head-on. Instead, seeing that Zhao Yun had given up the drive, he turned his head to the left and right and shouted, "Quick, gather the soldiers!" ”
At this moment, an earth-shattering cheer was heard downstream. That jiashi, almost even the Hutuo River water was about to flow backwards because of this, and the sunset seemed to be frightened, and suddenly jumped and hid below the horizon.
Yan Liang was overjoyed, because he clearly heard that this was the cheers of his own soldiers.
Zhao Yun was shocked, because he clearly heard that it was not the Youzhou soldiers cheering.
What they didn't know was that Yuan Shao, the commander of the Jizhou Army, personally crossed the Hutuo River and set foot on the north bank.
His appearance caused the soldiers of Jizhou to shout and cheer, and everywhere the banner came, cheers and thunder everywhere, and the morale of the Jizhou army was greatly boosted on both sides of the Hutuo River. In contrast, the Youzhou Army was demoralized.
Gongsun Zhan's face was pale, and he looked at the battle situation in front of him, and he was a little at a loss.
At this time, the Jizhou army that crossed the river was already stronger than his Youzhou army, and they failed to stop the Jizhou army from crossing the river, and now, it is even more impossible to stop it.
At this time, he could only hope that Bai Ma Yicong under his command could create a miracle, but when the Jizhou army was killed upstream, Zhao Yun led Bai Ma Yi to meet it, and he didn't know what the battle situation was.
In fact, in his heart, he also knew that at this time, he still pinned his hopes on the white horse's righteousness, which was tantamount to luck.
"Lord!"
Hearing someone shouting beside him, Gongsun Chan didn't look back, he didn't need to look, he knew that it was his younger brother Gongsun Yue, and at this time, only he dared to speak out.
After a pause, Gongsun Yue's voice sounded again: "Yuan Shao's army has crossed the river, so it is better to collect the army and return to the camp, hold on to the camp, and then make plans." ”
Gongsun Zhan felt a burst of bitterness in his heart, the so-called collection of troops back to the camp and then making plans are actually just synonymous with defeat and retreat, but at this time, if he doesn't retreat, then he will really lose even the opportunity to zuihou.
"Appeal ......"
Gongsun Chan turned his head to look at the west, the sun had completely set the earth, the colorful glow was gorgeous, bright red as blood, and in more than half an hour, it would be dark.
After a moment of silence, Gongsun Chan finally lowered his voice and ordered: "Collect the army and return to the camp!" ”
Fortunately, at this time, although the Jizhou army crossed the Hutuo River, the two armies had not yet launched a full-scale melee, but still used bows and crossbows to shoot at each other, plus small groups of soldiers and horses fought each other, just a temptation.
At this time, the withdrawal of troops can be carried out, and once the two armies are in a full-scale melee, it will be even more difficult to withdraw the troops.
The horn sounded, and all the soldiers of the Youzhou army who heard it were greatly relieved in their hearts, and Zhao Yun, who was galloping with his horse, was stunned again, and it was the right wing of his own army in front of him.
However, the horn of the Youzhou army's withdrawal had just sounded, but on the Jizhou army's side, the war drums were ringing frequently, which made people's blood boil.
At this juncture, Yuan Shao, the commander of the Jizhou Army, ordered the whole army to launch a strong attack! (To be continued......)
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