Chapter 3 Nine Dragoons Raid Yuan Shu

The mighty Second High Slave War came quickly. Go fast, too. However, two hours before and after, the decisive battle of nearly 100,000 cavalry on both sides came to an end. Due to the proper planning and careful calculation of the Flying Tiger Army and the Blue Wolf Army, the casualties in this battle were not huge, but the harvest was extremely gratifying.

In the chaotic battle, LĂź Bu captured Ye Xiong, Guan Ping and Hu Feiya captured Zhang Ji and Yang Ding respectively, and Dong Zhuo and Li Ru escaped under the escort of generals such as Fan Chou and Duan Xuan, and took refuge in Lu Zhi's army, which had already crossed the Yellow River.

The 4,000 ironclad cavalry in Bingzhou lost about 1,000, in exchange for the great achievement of killing and wounding more than 10,000 people of the Xiliang army and capturing nearly 30,000 people. Of course, the credit is not exclusive to the two heavy armor divisions, without the 10,000 Flying Tiger Army led by Lu Bu and the 20,000 Huang Xuan cavalry led by Hu Che'er, the exhausted black-armored iron cavalry would not have been able to capture so many prisoners no matter what.

After this battle, Dong Zhuo had less than 20,000 troops left in Bingzhou, and the two Gaonu wars before and after had lost 60,000 horses! The total strength of the Zhenxi General's Mansion was 100,000, of which 20,000 were stationed in Qi County, and there were still 20,000 remnants in Bingzhou, and its strength had dropped sharply, and it was almost equal to Wuwei's Ma Teng. If it weren't for Zhang Xiu's cleverness, he finally escaped from the encirclement and interception, and kept up with Dong Zhuo, the fierce generals in the Xiliang army would have almost lost everything, how would he fight against Ma Chao, who had been specially trained by the Crouching Tiger Martial Arts Hall, in the future?

When Lu Zhi saw the disgraced Dong Zhuo, the two armies met on the south bank of the Qiangma River. For the huge losses suffered by Dong Zhuo, Lu Zhi gave deep condolences and concern, and loudly condemned Zhao Xing's actions of not keeping his promises. This is the greatest support that Lu Zhi can provide to Dong Zhuo......

Dong Zhuo, who was already weak, didn't even dare to let go of a fart, clamped his tail and squeezed into the Western Route Coalition Army that was slowly moving south, and he didn't dare to act alone anymore. Lu Zhi was secretly happy in his heart, the result of the ghost fight really appeared, just as he thought in his heart, even if the Zhao Xing family in Bingzhou was dominant, it would be better than the wolves in the Sili area. If it weren't for Zhao Xing's deliberate revelation that the four princes were in Dong Zhuo's hands, Lu Zhi would have almost been deceived by Dong Fatzi's stupid and short appearance, and he really regarded him as a loyal minister.

Although an armistice has been reached with the state, Lu Zhi's heart is not easy. According to Zhao Xing's usual style of acting, since he dared to launch an attack on the way back of the Xiliang army, he was not sure that Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, and Liu Yanjun, who were stationed in front of Jiguan, would also be in big trouble. Lu Zhi clearly remembered that the 20,000 dragoons led by Zhang Liao had been erratic, and had disappeared recently.

This time it was indeed hit by Lu Zhi again, since the dragoon army tossed Pang De and Ma Chao, Zhang Liao directly led the army to the south, and now it is hidden under the Kei Pass, ready to take advantage of the retreat of Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and Liu Yan, to make up for Yuan Shu. As for Liu Biao and Liu Yan's 40,000 horses, if they knew each other, then pretend that they didn't see anything and quickly retreat south. If they didn't know each other, they would have been surprised to find that the 10,000 horses of the Crouching Tiger Army had gathered again, and were waiting for a tough battle behind the dragoons.

After Yuan Shu received Lu Zhi's order to withdraw his troops, he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to pack up their things and prepare to leave the nightmare land of Jiguan. Now he understands that the 480,000 army can't handle Zhao Xing, and he will stay in Yangzhou honestly as a little bully in the future, and don't come out to make trouble. As the saying goes, when the sky falls, the tall man is on top, and even if Zhao Xing wants to find someone to take revenge in the future, it will start with Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo and other forces who are close to the state. He Yuan Shu is separated from Sili, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou, and he can still sit back and relax for a while.

Yuan Shu can think like this, and Li Yan and Dong Fu, who are not stupid than him at all, naturally understand this truth. So far, Liu Biao and Liu Yan have suffered the least losses, which fully proves the simple truth that "the rafters who come out rot first". The three troops stationed in the middle received Lu Zhi's order to withdraw almost at the same time, so they packed their bags and went home, and no one was slow. In the end, it turned out to be Yuan Shu's troops who retreated last.

Yuan Shu actually didn't want to be the queen of the palace at all, but when he came, he brought the most baggage, grain and grass, and belonged to the guy who was ready to fight in Bingzhou at the beginning, so the burden was naturally heavier when he returned. Yuan Shu, a miser, was definitely unwilling to throw the inexhaustible grain and grass to the Zhao army above Jiguan, so it was half a day slower than Li Yan and Dong Fu's second army to clean up.

When Li Yan and Dong Fu led the army to leave the camp, it was the morning of the 29th day of the lunar month, and when Yuan Shu led the army to leave, it was noon that day.

When Li Yan and Dong Fu's two armies passed through the remaining veins of Taihang Mountain, it was already night, but fortunately, except for the difficult road, they did not encounter any danger and ambush. By the time Yuan Shu arrived at the mountain, it was already dark and he couldn't see his fingers, so Yuan Shu ordered the army to camp on the spot and prepare to continue the march tomorrow.

Zhuge Jin, as the former clerk of Yuan Shu's account, reminded Yuan Shu very cautiously at this time to prevent the attack of the Zhenbei Army at night. Yuan Shu also listened to it, and immediately ordered the general Ji Ling to go to the battalions to inspect and strengthen the protection and vigilance at night.

Zhang Liao, who had been following Yuan Shu, did not receive Zhao Xing's order this time, but made the decision to pursue Yuan Shu by himself. His idea is very simple, Yuan Shu is Zhao Xing's most hated guy, and he is also one of the more fierce forces in this trouble, beating him before leaving, which can not only relieve his anger, but also catch a group of prisoners.

In the past, when he was in a class in the Crouching Tiger Lecture Hall, Zhang Liao heard Zhao Xing comment on the geographical distribution of the world's strong armies, among which the Bingzhou soldiers, Xiliang soldiers, Youzhou soldiers, Qingzhou soldiers, Taishan soldiers, Danyang soldiers, and Wu Yue soldiers all belong to the source of soldiers with relatively strong individual combat power. So Zhang Liao wanted to catch a group of Danyang soldiers and go back to see if Zhao Xing's statement was accurate. Now there are tens of thousands of captives who have been captured by the state, and there are really all over the world, which is just the right time to do an experiment and comparison.

It seems that it has become a habit, and every time the various armies of the Zhenbei Army launch a night attack, they all choose the time from early morning to dawn. This time, Zhang Liao still asked his troops to prepare for an attack after the third watch.

The Shadow Squad members who had gone to explore the camp returned to report to Zhang Liao that the Yuanshu camp had been strengthened and seemed to be on guard. Zhang Liao didn't believe it, went to reconnoiter in person, and then gritted his teeth and returned to his camp. According to the practice of "thieves don't go empty", Zhang Liao followed Yuan Shu all day, and if he returned empty-handed, he was really afraid of being teased by Tai Shici above Jiguan. But Yuan Shu's army was obviously already prepared, and the suddenness of the sneak attack had been reduced a lot, and it would not be beautiful to rush forward to attack in case of a gray nose.

Zhang Liao thought about it, and suddenly slapped his thigh, and secretly scolded himself for being a fool in his heart. The purpose of the dragoons to attack Yuan Shu this time was not to annihilate the Danyang soldiers, but to teach Yuan Shu a lesson. In this case, using the remaining half of the dragoons to throw the heavenly thunder together, wouldn't it scare Yuan Shu into flowing and urine? Zhang Liao thought of it, and immediately summoned his generals to come and give orders to everyone. After several division commanders received the order, they hurriedly went out of the account with a wicked smile on their faces to make arrangements.