Chapter 214: The Surrounded Xiliang Iron Horse
"The lords of the Goryeo Kingdom are attacking Liaodong, and you, as the Taishou of Liaodong, can you block their troops?"
Chu Tian was a little worried when he learned that the territory of Myeongguan was attacked by the lord of the northern border of the Goryeo Kingdom.
Chutian didn't have a good impression of Goryeo. Although Mingguan may be a strong enemy in the future, between Goryeo and Mingguan, Chutian will still choose to support the lords of the Eastern Han region.
"You don't have to guess to know that it's Choi Jae-sun, the lord of Uiju City in Goryeo. He has been coveting Liaodong for more than a year and a half. Unless he has the ability to unify Goryeo, I will let him see the front of the Liaodong cavalry. ”
Mingguan left with more than 10,000 Liaodong cavalry.
Among the remaining twenty-five princes, Liaodong Taishou Mingguan led the withdrawal from the alliance of Kwantung princes, and Chutian did not say anything.
Mingguan was unlucky than him.
The tree is a big move.
Chutian was attacked by Shi Taoqian, the assassin of Xuzhou, and Mingguan was attacked by the lord of Goryeo.
In a sense, the fact that the lord of Goryeo dared to take the initiative to attack Liaodong showed that the other party was prepared and threatened more than Tao Qian.
Only nine of the ten powerful princes remained, and they were still enough to pursue Dong Zhuo, who had retreated in a hurry.
The light cavalry sent by the princes had already bitten the troops behind Dong Zhuo's army, and the two sides were fighting again!
After Liu Bei had troops, he personally led Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Ashina Sheer to defeat Guo Bi who was facing him, and then caught up with Lu Bu, which was unstoppable!
Lü Bu suffered a small loss from the Liaodong cavalry, and met the fierce Liu Guanzhang, plus a Turkic prince, who was overwhelmed. Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and other subordinates will follow him to fight!
Guan Yu tried to break through the heavy infantry led by Gao Shun, but Gao Shun's heavy infantry used the spear phalanx to assassinate many Jizhou light cavalry.
After Guan Yu killed two heavy infantry by force, he had no choice but to give up attacking Gao Shun in the face of a dense forest of guns.
Gao Shun's heavy infantry phalanx with bows and crossbows is a hedgehog, and even the heavy cavalry will not be stupid enough to charge the dense heavy infantry phalanx head-on.
"Longbowmen!"
Liu Bei waved his hand, and the Jizhou archers threw a rain of arrows, and thousands of arrows rained down on Gao Shun and his heavy infantry.
The rain of arrows fell obliquely, striking the armor and shields of the heavy infantry, making a piercing sound of metal clashing.
Longbowmen are separated by a distance and deal limited damage to heavy infantry. A rain of arrows fell, and the heavy infantry suffered limited casualties.
Gao Shun faced Liu Bei's longbowmen, and just calmly gave an order: "Fight back." ”
The archers in the rear of the heavy infantry shot arrows at Liu Bei, dozens of archers under Liu Bei's command were shot, and Liu Bei himself had to avoid Gao Shun's rain of arrows.
Liu Bei was a little surprised: "Who is that general?" Can I use it? ”
Chen Xi, the Inhuman military advisor, had already guessed who was in command of the phalanx, so he said to Liu Bei: "Most likely it is Gao Shun, Lu Bu's general, and the heavy infantry under his command is indestructible. ”
"Is there a way to get their allegiance?"
Liu Beizheng lacked heavy infantry generals and couldn't help but want to get Gao Shun's allegiance.
Whether Dong Zhuo can save the emperor of Han Dynasty in this pursuit is also two things, the imperial city of Luoyang was burned by fire, and this incident gave Liu Bei a great shock, and he had to plan for the future.
Chen Xi shook his head: "This person is loyal to Lu Bu, unless the lord can get Lu Bu's allegiance, and Gao Shunfang will be loyal, otherwise it will be difficult." ”
"Can Lu Bu use it?"
"Difficult to use. If he is given too many soldiers and horses, he will have ambitions and evil thoughts of replacing the lord. If he was given a small number of soldiers and horses, he would be dissatisfied, or collude with foreign enemies, or rebel against his lord. ”
As a player, Chen Xi knew that Gao Shun and Lu Bu were tied together, and if he wanted to use Gao Shun, he had to use Lu Bu.
It's hard.
Chen Xi thought of a possibility: "Unless Lu Bu is killed, it is possible to recruit Gao Shun." And the lord can't be the one who kills Lu Bu. ”
Liu Bei thought that it would be very difficult to use Gao Shun, so he gave up this idea.
As the prime minister, he still hopes that the generals under his command will be easy to use. No one wants to send a military general on the expedition, and as a result, he colludes with the enemy on the way and betrays him, and attacks himself in turn.
Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and other generals repelled Liu Guanzhang, and then Sun Jian appeared again and attacked Lu Bu with the four generals of Jiangdong!
Lu Bu was very unlucky in this series of battles in Luoyang, not only was he wounded by Li Guang with a cold arrow, but also after being left behind by his father-in-law Dong Zhuo, he was constantly attacked by the princes, and his troops were also depleted.
In order to avenge the revenge in Xingyang that day, Sun Jian and the four generals of Jiangdong attacked Lu Bu, personally picked up the ancient ingot knife, and beheaded two wolves and rode under the horse!
Lu Bu was about to hold a halberd to face Sun Jian, and Shi Wansui, the general of Zhao Long, the Taishou of Wei County, Jizhou, led the Jizhou cavalry to attack Lu Bu's flank!
Shi Wansui was a fierce general of the Sui Dynasty, and his cavalry was extremely brave, and Zhang Liao, who had been fighting for a long time, could not resist, and the cavalry of Bingzhou was defeated!
"It's a good time to get some success!"
Lian Po, the general of the lord of Taiyuan County, led the Taiyuan army to attack Wei Xu's department under Lu Bu, Wei Xu was not the opponent of Lian Po, a famous general of the Warring States Period, not to mention that Lian Po's army was in high spirits, and under the rapid attack, Wei Xu was broken!
Gao Shun tried to support Wei Xu and consolidate the flanks.
The heavy infantry led by Gao Shun met the Lian Po Legion!
The Lianpo Legion also has a team of heavy infantry, and two heavy armored troops clash with each other, using the spear or Changge in their hands to stab each other!
"Finally met a decent opponent. All soldiers, destroy the enemy on the opposite side for me! ”
The Lian Po Legion originally destroyed Wei Xu's troops, but when they encountered Gao Shun's legions, the momentum of the breakthrough was blocked.
However, being blocked by Gao Shun is temporary, Lian Po, as one of the four famous generals of the Warring States, has a bonus to the army above Gao Shun, and he also has 20,000 soldiers and horses given to him by Taiyuan Taishou in Bingzhou, with high morale and strong soldiers!
Gao Shun's less than 1,000 people were attacked by Lian Po's 20,000 legions, and Gao Shun, who was calm, couldn't help but change color slightly.
In front of the absolute superiority in strength and the terrifying famous generals of the Warring States, Gao Shun found that even if he commanded the heavy infantry, it was difficult to resist, not to mention that Lian Po also had a heavy infantry in his hands.
The heavy infantry under Gao Shun's command died one after another, and without the obstruction of the Tiger Pass, Lian Po's legion exerted its powerful combat power to destroy Lu Bu's army and gain battle merits for his lord!
"General, the situation is unfavorable, please retreat immediately!"
Zhang Liao found Lu Bu, who had been fighting for a long time, was not the opponent of Shi Wansui, a fierce general of the Sui Dynasty, because Shi Wansui's force was already at the level of a Five Tiger General, and the cavalry under his command was extremely fierce.
"Withdraw!"
Lü Bu was unable to fight a fierce battle with many princes and ordered the withdrawal of his troops.
No matter how brave he is, no matter how fast Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and other generals are, it is impossible to withstand the siege of the Kwantung princes under the premise of low morale on their own side.
It was not Yuan Shu, Kong Ling and other weak princes who besieged him, but the Taishou side who had developed and had famous generals of various dynasties!
Lu Bu wanted to withdraw the army, but Lian Po didn't give him time to breathe, and chased after him, wanting to destroy Lu Bu's army in one fell swoop!
Probably feeling the courage of the Lian Po Legion, the lord of Jizhou said to Shi Wansui: "Try to capture Zhang Liao alive, I need him to serve!" Gao Shun is loyal to Lu Bu, it is difficult to use, Zhang Liao will abandon the darkness and turn to the light! ”
The Jizhou Legion and the Bingzhou Legion joined forces to flank and try their best to delay the Lü Bu Legion.
Liu Bei and Sun Jian, the two princes of the Eastern Han Dynasty, went hand in hand to break the strength of the palace of Lu Bu's army!
Lü Bu's army was besieged by four heroes, and even the Bingzhou wolf cavalry led by Lü Bu himself suffered hundreds of casualties.
The wolf riding in the state is powerful, but it can't stand the many famous generals on the other side, and there are a large number of soldiers and horses.
Lu Bu's heart is like a knife.
The conditions for recruiting the Bingzhou Wolf Rider are quite harsh, and this Bingzhou Wolf Rider is a veteran who has been following him since the merger of the state, and there are heavy casualties, and it will take at least two or three years to rebuild a high-level Bingzhou wolf rider again.
Veterans of a hundred battles are more precious than war horses.
Although Lü Bu was furious, he still had to flee for his life, because Lian Po had almost destroyed Gao Shun's heavy infantry. Gao Shun, who had not yet built a trapped camp, led more than 100 remnants of the army, and fought and retreated.
Lu Bu's Bingzhou Legion, which was treated as half an abandoned son by Dong Zhuo, lost half of the battle, and only half of it fled into the wilderness.
The princes advanced again, capturing the captives.
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The light cavalry sent out by Chutian did not participate in the battle against Lü Bu's legion, because they encountered the broken Huaxiong legion.
Hua Xiong had a Xiliang Iron Cavalry as the decisive force, with a number of 1,000 people. Although it is only a thousand people, this is a heavy cavalry, from cavalry armor to horse armor, everything is expensive, and ordinary lords really can't maintain a large-scale Xiliang iron cavalry.
At present, Dong Zhuo regards this 1,000-person Xiliang Iron Cavalry as a trump card, led by Hua Xiong, who is not low in force.
Hua Xiong, who was in charge of the palace, was even more unlucky than Lu Bu, he was targeted by Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Li Guang, and Hua Mulan, four cavalry generals, and the four generals from Langya were under the command of light cavalry, constantly wandering around Huaxiong's Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
It's like a male lion encountering a pack of wolves on a plain, and the male lion can fight one of the wolves, but he has to guard against being attacked by the other wolves.
"Where are Li Dao and his Flying Bear Army?!"
Hua Xiong shouted bad luck.
He and Li Dao abandoned Xu Rong, which led to Xu Rong being arrested, and now it is his turn to be abandoned by Li Dao.
There were soldiers and horses of the princes everywhere, and even Yuan Shao's generals Yan Liang and Wen Chou dared to send troops to capture the Xiliang cavalry, and Li Dao's flying bear army marched extremely fast, abandoning Huaxiong's cumbersome Xiliang iron cavalry.
Hua Xiong is desperate and helpless now.
He was besieged by the three generals who defeated Lu Bu, and a female military general holding a horse lance was eyeing him.
The biggest headache for him is that the cavalry of Langya Country are all light cavalry!
If Hua Xiong led the heavy cavalry to surprise them, with the speed of the light cavalry, it would be easy to avoid them, and then the heavy cavalry, which had exhausted their physical strength, could only be captured obediently.
Hua Xiong did not advance, and there was no way to retreat, his cavalry marched forward, and the cavalry corps of Langya State also followed, always surrounding Hua Xiong and his Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
"The lord is very short of money and horse armor, if he can capture this thousand Xiliang Tie and ride it back, the lord should be more excited than seeing the Son of Heaven."
Hua Mulan already knew a little bit about Chu Tian's character, and thought that Chu Tian would be eager to get these thousand Xiliang Iron Riders.
There are only 300 ordinary heavy cavalry in Langya (the fourth-order Xuzhou heavy cavalry, Goguryeo heavy cavalry), Chutian has already regarded them as treasures, if he can capture Xiliang Tie and ride back, it is estimated that Chutian will wake up laughing in his dreams.
Bring the Xiliang Iron Cavalry back to Xuzhou, they have no monarch to serve, so they can only work for the Langya Kingdom, after all, it is the soldiers who want to eat. If you don't have a pay, you will starve to death.
Even if the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is unwilling to be loyal, they can still take off their equipment and recruit a group of fourth-order heavy cavalry. The war horse ridden by Xiliang Tie is worth a hundred taels of silver in the Central Plains. A thousand cavalry is 100,000 snowflakes of silver!
Facing Hua Xiong, who was surrounded by groups, Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Li Guang, and Hua Mulan didn't know what to do for a while, so they continued to besiege Hua Xiong.
Huaxiong did not dare to chase the light cavalry, and the light cavalry of Langya did not dare to take the initiative to attack this group of iron cans.
Both sides stared wide-eyed and marched several miles west.
In the end, Hua Xiong was a little unbearable.
Xue Rengui, Zhao Yun, Li Guang, and Hua Mulan's cavalry went into battle lightly, while his Xiliang Iron Cavalry wore big armor and kept fighting at all times, tired.
The physical strength of the cavalry, like morale, is an intangible factor, but it will determine the timing of victory or defeat.
Hua Xiong had to give it a go. If this continues, when the infantry archers of the princes in the rear chase and kill, the heavy cavalry will also be wiped out.
In addition to 1,000 Xiliang iron cavalry, Huaxiong also had 2,000 Liangzhou light cavalry.
He gave an order to the light cavalry: "Go and drive out the enemy. ”
The captain who commanded the light cavalry frowned, didn't Hua Xiong want them to die?
It was obvious that Hua Xiong wanted to abandon the light cavalry and protect only the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and himself.
"Whoa!"
Huaxiong's lieutenant still led the third-order Liangzhou light cavalry to attack the Langya cavalry.
"The enemy wants to lose the car to protect the commander, General Li Guang went to assist General Hua Mulan and defeated the enemy's light cavalry, Zilong and I intercepted the opponent's heavy cavalry, and we must not let it escape!"
Xue Rengui commanded the battle.
Two thousand Liangzhou light cavalry slaughtered the Iron Eagle Scout cavalry where Mulan was!
Mulan stretched out her right hand and formed a fist with her five fingers, signaling the Iron Eagle Scout to get ready to use the horned bow to shoot on horseback.
Behind Mulan's three hundred Iron Eagle scouts, there were also a thousand light cavalry, ranging from first-order cavalry to third-order light cavalry, which was somewhat different from the Liangzhou cavalry.
The Iron Eagle Scouts can compete with the Liangzhou Light Cavalry, but unfortunately there are too few of them.
It can be an uphill battle. Mulan thought to herself.
"Phew!"
When the two thousand Liangzhou light cavalry were about to enter the range of the Iron Eagle Scout's bow and arrows, the Western Liang military general suddenly reined in his horse and ordered the cavalry troops to stop.
Mulan was stunned.
I saw that the Xiliang military general turned over and dismounted, kneeling in front of the battle: "Captain Wang Fang is willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, I hope the general will accept it!" ”
“……”
Hua Mulan originally did a bloody battle, but she didn't expect the morale of the Xiliang generals to be so low.
Captain Wang Fang surrendered without a fight, and the two thousand Liangzhou light cavalry were in an uproar, and they also surrendered one after another.
Wang Fang was sweating profusely, and when he knew that Hua Xiong wanted to sell him, he made up his mind to surrender. Since he surrendered, of course, he had to choose to surrender to Mulan, who was a woman. As long as the other party is soft-hearted, you can forgive him for his previous actions. What's more, he hasn't had time to participate in the sacking of Luoyang City.
"Wang Fang, you have thick eyebrows and big eyes, how dare you!"
Hua Xiong was about to lead the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to break through, but found that the captain Wang Fang had surrendered without a fight, and he couldn't help but be furious.
Originally, there were not many cavalry of the Langya Kingdom besieging him, but now with the addition of a betrayed Xiliang general, his 1,000 Xiliang iron cavalry may be wiped out.