Chapter 554: Ambush
Huang Xu looked at the 200,000 army behind him, and he also felt some pride in his heart, after all, this was the first time he had led so many military horses.
Although Gao Shun's ability is stronger than Huang Xu's, and his actual combat ability is much higher than Huang Xu's, Gao Shun's time to return to Li Yang is too short after all, except for his 3,000 trapped camps, his reputation among other soldiers is too low.
Therefore, Li Yang temporarily appointed Huang Xu as the commander of the 200,000 troops, and Gao Shun as the deputy commander, of course, although Li Yang arranged it so, but when they set off, Li Yang also instructed Huang Xu to try to obey Gao Shun's instructions.
As for Gao Shun, under Zhang Liang's indoctrination, he had already decided that Lu Bu had died under Xuanyuan Honglie's plan, and as long as he could attack Xuanyuan Honglie, he would do his best to attack wherever he attacked.
Similarly, because of this incident, he even hated Zhang Liao, this person who abandoned the master and joined the enemy.
Along the way, although they also passed through many large and small counties, they all went around the city, and these county seats, which did not have many defenders, did not go out of the city to block them, so their speed was also much faster.
The army marched for ten days, and Huang Xu and the others also came to the territory of Qingyuan County, and at this speed, it would take them less than ten days to reach Zhongyao County.
Huang Xu looked at the dim sky, and after consulting with Gao Shun, he decided to camp in place.
Li Yang did not stipulate the statute of limitations for them, and even told them to be careful when marching, which Huang Xu kept in mind one by one.
Although this is the first time he has led such a large number of troops in the real sense, he will not make his own decisions and ignore Li Yang's words, oh, and his father's.
"General Gao, the front is Qingyuan County, should we ......?"
Huang Xu didn't finish speaking, but was interrupted by Gao Shun, "General Huang had better not make any extraneous branches, Li..., after the lord asked us to rush to Qinghe County, I was thinking about it." ”
Huang Xu nodded, "According to the lord, there is a Xuanyuan army in Qinghe County, do you think they will attack us halfway?" ”
Gao Shun also knows a little about Huang Xu's character in the past few days, he is a young man who is eager to improve and be recognized, but he is not a reckless person, which is why Li Yang dared to send him out.
"I hope not! I'll just be on the lookout! ”
"Good!" And when he had finished speaking, he immediately got up and went down to command.
This is also Huang Xu's advantage, he will definitely support the proposal that he thinks is right, and it is precisely because of this that they have been spared major losses.
In the early hours of the morning, this is the time when people sleep the deepest, and the guards who have been lax at this time, because Huang Xu, the main general, is still patrolling, and the extra spirit of this day is afraid that Huang Xu will find out and blame.
At this moment, the vigilant soldier suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a figure moving in the distance, which immediately aroused his vigilance, and he hurriedly brought his companions to observe together.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! This soldier, obviously a veteran with more experience, immediately noticed that something was wrong and hurriedly raised the alarm.
This makeshift camp was basically defenseless, and if the enemy rushed in unnoticed, they would inevitably be defeated.
However, Huang Xu, who happened to come out to guard, immediately sent someone to wake up all the soldiers after hearing this alarm.
To say that Huang Xu is worthy of being Huang Zhong's own son, he is also the strength of a famous general, and his ability is still very strong.
Before the enemy rushed in, Huang Xu and Gao Shun initially organized their defenses.
Fortunately, when they were stationed, they chose a high ground that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so although they were in a hurry, they managed to keep the enemy out.
"General Gao, there don't seem to be many enemies, should we chase them out?" Huang Xu looked at the enemy who had retreated and asked Gao Shun.
Gao Shun shook his head, "It's dark now, if the enemy is ambushing outside, we will throw ourselves into the net, wait until daytime, after observing the specific situation, we will find a way." ”
"Good!" Huang Xu nodded.
Both of them knew that this was their makeshift camp, and that there was no adequate water supply, and that if they were trapped, they would surely be defeated.
Until early in the morning, the enemy did not attack again, not because the enemy did not have the ability to attack again, but because they were preparing something.
When it was completely dawn, Huang Xu found that they had been completely surrounded by the enemy, and it seemed that they were planning to build a wooden wall to prevent their breakthrough.
However, the enemy's strength was not superior, Huang Xu and Gao Shun discussed it slightly, and decided to take advantage of the enemy's encirclement to rush out.
After a period of observation, the two finally chose a place with the weakest defense, led an army of 200,000, and launched a breakthrough outward.
The Xuanyuan army, which was not advantageous at all, was now scattered and encircled, so naturally it could not stop the pace of the 200,000 army, and it was soon rushed out of a gap by Huang Xu and them.
However, at this time, enemy troops from other directions also gathered.
Gao Shun personally led people to break the rear to prevent the enemy from blocking the breakthrough of his own troops.
In terms of elite soldiers, Li Yang is much more than Xuanyuan Honglie, because according to the setting in the original game, the higher the commanding power, the faster the soldiers are trained, and the higher the combat power, and the commander-in-command talents under Li Yang are simply not too many.
Therefore, although Gao Shun had a small number of troops, he still managed to block the enemy's attack.
But at this moment, suddenly a force was imprinted in Gao Shun's eyes.
Dressed in chain mail, holding a small shield in his left hand, a strong crossbow in his right hand, and a short sword hanging from his waist, this is the unified configuration of this group of troops.
This force of nearly 3,000 people, under the leadership of a general, slowly advanced towards Gaoshun, and when they reached 300 paces away, they began to collectively raise the strong crossbows in their hands.
A crossbow arrow flew up, and Gao Shun saw his own soldiers blocking in front of this force, the flesh and blood killed by the crossbow arrows flew sideways, and the original formation completely collapsed.
Looking at this situation, Gao Shun couldn't help frowning, he knew that he must not let this army act recklessly, otherwise his army formation would be easily crushed by the enemy.
So Gao Shun hurriedly led his personal guards, that is, the three thousand trapping camp, to block the front of this army.
In the hands of the trapped camp is a huge shield more than one person high, which is just right to restrain the long-range weapon such as the bow and crossbow.
Therefore, after the enemy once again flew crossbow arrows, they did not achieve the same effect as the previous times, but were blocked by the enemy without exception.
This surprised the leading general, who himself knew very well how strong his army was.
When Yuan Shao was helpless in the face of Gongsun Zhan's tens of thousands of elite cavalry, it was his own 3,000 soldiers who completely defeated the enemy army, and even crippled Gongsun Zhan's elite white horse Yicong.
That's right, this army is the first dead soldier led by Ju Yi.
It was precisely because of this battle that Ju Yi became more arrogant, which made Yuan Shao more and more disliked and alienated, so he also became one of the first generals to take refuge in Xuanyuan Honglie.
It was precisely because Gao Shun led his personal guards to block it, so this force that blocked the enemy's attack did not have time to retreat, and was even completely delayed.
After Huang Xu learned of this situation again, he immediately ordered the soldiers to turn around, he understood that his lord attached great importance to Gao Shun, and he also understood that if Gao Shun was missing, he might not be able to bring the 200,000 troops back safely.
He did not hesitate, immediately ordered the soldiers to adjust their formation, and then personally took the lead and rushed towards the enemy.
The battle between the two armies officially began.