Chapter Fifty-Eight: Gongsun Chan Enters the Pit

The number of the Xiliang army was originally twice as small as that of the Wang and Cao coalition armies, and now that the main general Hua Xiong was killed in battle, the final result is naturally self-evident.

Wang Xuan led the cavalry battalion, with the assistance of Huang Zhong, Sun Ce and other generals, first defeated the elite army under Hua Xiong head-on, and then attacked the Chinese army.

The Xiliang army collapsed immediately, or chose to surrender, or scattered and fled, without any intention of continuing to fight.

What Wang Xuan didn't notice was that there was a Taoist in Tsing Yi watching the battle from beginning to end, but the other party's figure seemed to merge into heaven and earth, making it impossible for others to notice.

"Easily defeated Hua Xiong, Wang Zichuan's strength is not weak, and he can cultivate to this realm in a short time, and he is indeed the son of luck that heaven and earth are bell. However, the other party is taking the path of martial arts, not the immortal way. ”

"That's it, I'd better observe for a while, and don't rush to change sides."

Nanhua Old Immortal has already embarked on the path of cultivating immortals, and has reached the realm of refining qi and transforming gods, so it is impossible to transfer to martial arts. Besides, he doesn't have any talent in martial arts, and what is powerful is the soul, not the body.

This battle lasted all night, and Wang Xuan still wanted to take advantage of the situation to enter the Bishui Pass, but the enemy had already prepared and did not let them succeed.

The next day, when they counted the results, they all smiled.

Weapons and equipment and the like, these things Wang Xuan didn't look down on, so he picked some of them and kept them well, and gave the rest to Cao Cao.

He is not a good man, and he will not do things that he suffers, so he wants all the war horses of the Xiliang Army.

There is no shortage of iron ore in Jiangdong, and the famous Ma'anshan is in Wang Xuan's territory. Wang Xuan had already secretly drummed up a small blast furnace for steelmaking, so naturally there would be no shortage of weapons and equipment. Moreover, the equipment under his command is all brand new, and there are even some high-end goods made of mountains and seas, so naturally he will not take these rags in his eyes.

But as long as the weapons and equipment are fought one after another, there will always be some damage. For example, the equipment of the Western Liang Army may be well-equipped for the Kwantung princes, but in Wang Xuan's eyes, this is just some tatters.

On the contrary, there was a lack of war horses in Jiangdong, and Wang Xuan had already collected most of the good horses in Danyang County when he formed a 500-person cavalry battalion.

When the Three Kingdoms were established in later generations, why was Zhang Liao able to lead a mere 800 people to repel the 100,000 army of Wu and shock Xiaoyaojin? It's not because Wu lacks war horses and doesn't have a decent cavalry, and when the foothold is not stable, Zhang Liao's 800 cavalry raided the Chinese army and disrupted the formation!

Although Wang Xuan has secretly cultivated white tiger beasts and strange birds as mounts for elite soldiers in the future, those alien beasts are all meant to eat meat, and the amount of food is placed there, and they are destined to only be able to be used as mounts of elite soldiers, and it is impossible to popularize them on a large scale.

Besides, it takes a lot of time to cultivate it into a scale, and it won't be effective in a few years.

If the situation is turbulent today, who can say exactly how many years from now? It is better to get a cavalry as soon as possible, and it is the most realistic thing for the war horses to feed the surplus grass to improve the horsepower.

The equipment and war horses were all distributed, and as for the captured Xiliang soldiers, Wang Xuan also selected some soldiers who had no bad deeds to join his command.

It was common for the princes of this era to be at war and recruit troops from each other. Ordinary soldiers are different from generals, for these big-headed soldiers who serve as soldiers and eat food, which princes are not selling their lives?

If they were caught by those barbarians and Hu people, maybe they would still resist, but now they are also captured by high-ranking officials of the Han Dynasty, and they are just changing bosses.

Cao Cao was also very happy to recruit some of the surrendered troops, replenish the combat attrition of his troops, and then the two of them were stationed under the Bishui Pass, and there was no intention of attacking.

Bishui Pass and Tiger Prison Pass are very close to each other, and even in some dynasties, the two levels are originally the same.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Bishui Pass and Tiger Prison Pass were separated, but they were only separated by a distance of more than ten miles, and the news of their dressing up as Huaxiong could soon reach the ears of Yuan Shao and other princes.

Wang Xuan has already made a lot of effort, and he has no intention of fighting with the Xiliang Army for the time being, otherwise he and Dong Zhuo are fighting to the death, and the other princes are watching from the side, Wang Xuan has to worry about others calculating him, so what does the alliance do?

Now it's the turn of the other princes to make a move!

Under the pretext that his troops suffered heavy casualties and were in urgent need of repair, he did not attack Bishui Pass again, but retreated to the Tiger Prison Pass and joined forces with other princes.

Wang Xuan ran away, and Cao Cao wanted to defeat the Bishui Pass alone, but he couldn't catch it.

Besides, Cao Cao may not be willing to use the family wealth he has accumulated with great difficulty to go to the tiger prison.

The Tiger Prison Pass is dangerous, there are still 5,000 defenders in the city, and Dong Zhuo may send reinforcements at any time, if Cao Cao is really iron-headed, he will go up without saying a word, and the result will definitely not be much better.

Under the Tiger Prison, the princes of the Eighteenth Route gathered together again to discuss the crusade against Dong Zhuo.

With Wang Xuan and Cao Cao winning together, the other princes were secretly relieved, it seems that even if Dong Zhuo has obtained inhuman strength in rumors, it is still not invincible.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the troops of Bishui Pass are weak, which of you is willing to take down that Guancheng?" Yuan Shao looked around and asked.

"It's just a little bit of a water pass, give me a few days, and I'll be able to attack it soon!" Yuan Shu was the first to jump out, in his opinion, this is the credit of sending it to the door, and it must not be taken away by other princes.

Yuan Shao's eyes flickered, although he felt that sending Yuan Shu over at this time was very likely to trick Yuan Shu, but what if Yuan Shu took advantage of the situation to defeat the Bishui Pass?

If that kind of situation happens, Yuan Shu's reputation will definitely be improved, which is not what Yuan Shao wants to see.

"The highway still needs to be in charge of the grain and grass of the coalition army, how can I find time to attack Bishui Pass?" Yuan Shao didn't give Yuan Shu a chance to refute: "Gongsun Bogui is the tiger general of the world, and the Zhuhu of Weizhen Beidi, can you have the confidence to take Bishui Pass today?" ”

Gongsun Zhan immediately got up and said: "There are only 5,000 men and horses left in Bishui Pass, and it is the time to be weak, so you can see me defeat Bishui Pass as a springboard to enter Luoyang!" ”

The reason why he had such confidence was because he brought about 15,000 soldiers and horses from the alliance this time, all of whom were elite veterans. If it is against those elite soldiers who have embarked on the path of cultivation, it is naturally beyond their strength, but against some remnants of the Shangxi Liang Army, isn't it still easy to capture?

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