Chapter 240: Intermission
Seeing the success of his flickering Dafa, Wei Xuan was ecstatic, took two steps quickly, and hurriedly helped Xu Rong up with his arm: "I have to be a general like a high ancestor to get Han Xin!" Hahahaha......" Xu Rong looked terrified, although he had telecommunications for leading troops to fight, but Wei Xuan really didn't dare to be compared to Han Xin.
But Wei Xuan didn't think so, Xu Rong's return to obedience was a happier thing than breaking through the Yuyuan Pass and the Monkey Clan, compared with Zhang Liao, Xu Rong was the real horseman!
Moreover, Dong Zhuo's loss of Xu Rong is like losing an arm. That night, Wei Xuan introduced Xu Rong to Wei Xuan's lieutenant generals as usual, and Jia Xu and Xu Rong, two old acquaintances, finally met again.
Xu Rong finally knew that Jia Xu had surrendered to Wei Xuan before Dong Zhuo attacked Hanoi and Luyang, and Wei Xuan didn't have the energy to deal with Dong Zhuo, or that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were at odds with Wei Xuan, otherwise he would not have been completely annihilated by Wang Kuang, but by Yuan Shao.
The generals under Wei Xuan were also very excited about Xu Rong's submission, because Wei Xuan's praise for Xu Rong before was not at all.
And Wei Xuanzhi is very convincing to let them do well. The statistics of the night were also in, and it was a big win in every way.
Lu Bu had 6,000 cavalry and Xu Rong cavalry 2,000, and only 800 people could escape in the end! More than 600 Xiliang cavalry were captured, more than 300 Bingzhou cavalry, more than 300 Xiliang infantry, and more than 500 ordinary young and strong.
And if the Monkey Clan is defeated, Wei Xuan and Dong Zhuo will be confronted by the official, and the logistics of the two sides will be basically equal, and even Wei Xuan will have a certain advantage.
Of course, the losses were also huge, further exposing the power of the Mo Dao and the Divine Arm Bow. Thinking that in the future, Dong Zhuo's cavalry would not be so reckless when it encountered his own infantry phalanx.
In terms of casualties among the soldiers, fortunately, on their side, they have always bullied the weak by fighting more and relying on less, and no generals above the rank of marquis were seriously injured, killed or captured, but the casualties of ordinary soldiers were still very large.
In order to deal with Xu Rong, he paid a hundred steps and suffered more than 500 cavalry casualties, but fortunately, a third of them could recover and return to the battlefield.
Attacking and besieging Lü Bu from all sides, the greatest loss was the cavalry, with nearly 2,000 cavalry casualties, of which most of the more than 300 people who were wounded by bows and arrows on the way to pursue Lü Bu were able to return to the battlefield.
The captured horses were more than 1,500 horses lost. It's just that it will take some time to recover the combat effectiveness of the seven thousand cavalry.
The infantry losses mainly included the attack on the north and south gates during the siege and the siege of Gaoshun and Cai Meng's losses at Pengpo Mountain, adding up to more than 2,500 casualties.
Fortunately, as the victor, Wei Xuan's field hospital can carry out treatment on the spot, and the enemy's first-class equipment and food and grass also belong to Wei Xuan.
After the rest after the battle, Wei Xuan immediately ordered the whole army to be reorganized, except for some soldiers of Huang Zhong's battalion stationed in the Monkey Clan, all the other battalions were outside the city.
Weiyun was asked to advance from Yangcheng to Yuyuan Pass to ensure logistical supplies. The newly returned Xu Rong is still his position in Dong Zhuo's army, Zuo Zhonglang general, all the Xiliang prisoners are handed over to him to command, and at the same time he also serves as the instructor of all cavalry.
Wei Xuan's cavalry drill code compiled by himself is relatively perfect, but Xu Rong still put forward a lot of suggestions for revision after reading it, mainly for the training of war horses, the explosiveness and endurance of war horses on the battlefield are a pair of contradictory unity, Xu Rong, who has experienced a hundred battles, obviously has more say than Wei Xuan and the young Zhaolian on paper.
Wei Xuan immediately revised the cavalry drill code, and at the same time, in the future, knight training and war horse training should be carried out separately.
Of course, such a big battle also needs to send the detailed battle history to Sun Jian, and at the same time, according to the suggestions of Xi Zhicai, Jia Xu and others, it is also time for Xu Huang and Yang Feng to go south.
In addition, he also sent someone to send a letter to Cao Cao, and tried to invite him and Zhang Yang to cross the river to the south to contain the tiger prison and deter Xiao Pingjin.
After receiving the battle report of Wei Xuan's attack on the Monkey Clan, Sun Jian immediately summoned his generals and announced the good news, and at the same time discussed the attack on Taigu, since Wei Xuan had attracted Dong Zhuo's firepower, he would naturally not miss such a good opportunity.
Taigu and Yique were both the last passes in the south of Luoyang, so there was a battle between Hu Zhen, Xu Rong and Lu Bu to bully Sun Jian that day.
However, after that battle, Sun Jian suffered heavy losses and still went to Zumao. But Hu Zhen was not easy, the original 10,000 people were beaten to only 7,000.
Now the ratio of forces between the two sides is one to two, but Hu Zhen can no longer get the support of Xu Rong and Lu Bu.
And Dong Zhuo is also more likely to appear in Yique, so of course Sun Jian has to attack Taigu. When Wei Xuan was celebrating and summarizing here, when Sun Jian was planning to attack Taigu, Hu Zhen of Taigu Pass and Niu Fu of Yique Pass were shocked three times a day!
Niu Fu thought that Lu Bu might not be able to stop Wei Xuan, but within one day, Lu Bu was almost completely annihilated, Xu Rong was captured, and Dong Zhuo was half destroyed in response to Wei Xuan's three lines of defense on the periphery of Luoyang.
Next, Wei Xuan might even go straight to Yique Pass, so when he received the news, he immediately sent envoys to Taigu and Luoyang to ask for help.
He didn't think that he could stop Wei Xuan alone in Yique Pass. Hu Zhen couldn't get up easily, Taigu was further west, about the same distance from Luoyang as Yique Pass, and Taigu was forced to also mean that Sun Jian could take Luoyang directly.
Therefore, he rejected Niu Fu's request for reinforcements, and asked Dong Zhuo to serve in Taigu with Sun Jian's bravery.
What is Dong Zhuo, who has just become a master, doing at the moment? In order to stabilize the morale of the army, after Dong Zhuo forcibly moved the capital, he plundered the county towns and rural areas near Luoyang, claiming to the outside world that he had returned victoriously from exterminating the traitors, and distributed the looted women and property to the soldiers to boost morale.
Since he had forcibly moved the capital, he was naturally not afraid of the resistance of the people of Henan, but what he didn't expect was that his rear was collecting women and property for the soldiers on the front line, but the soldiers on the front line were defeated again and again!
Of course, Dong Zhuo knew that Niu Fu alone would definitely not be able to stop Wei Xuan, so he ordered Lu Bu to lead most of the soldiers and horses in the Tiger Prison Pass to reinforce Yique Pass, leaving only 2,000 infantry to garrison.
At the same time, he was ready to go to the front line in person and fight a decisive battle with Wei Xuan. The frightened Lu Butao also looked ashamed when he returned to the Tiger Prison, and he lost Gao Shun, who was the most loyal to him.
He threw four or five thousand warriors who belonged to him on the battlefield. Soon Dong Zhuo's order arrived, in fact, this was also his idea, so he brought more than 6,000 people who were half Xiliang soldiers and half Bingzhou soldiers to Yanshi.
Then he got the news that Xu Rong was defeated so quickly because the enemy had infantry and sappers who specialized in restraining cavalry.
Lu Bu was speechless, and he was glad that Wei Xuan did not use these two infantry that could restrain the cavalry to besiege him, otherwise it was estimated that the cavalry would also be completely annihilated.
He couldn't understand why Wei Xuan had so many fierce generals, but now he had so many sharp troops and siege weapons.
Although there are now 8,000 more people in Yanshi City than the Monkey Clan, and they are closer to Yique Pass, and Dong Zhuo is about to come in person, Lu Bu always feels that the situation is not good.
Of course, what surprised Lu Bu even more was that a few days later, Gao Shun returned to Yanshi wrapped in gauze. According to Gao Shun's own words, Wei Xuan sent someone to treat his wounds and left him alone, letting him wander around the county town of the Monkey Clan, and he wanted to find out more information about Wei Xuanjun, so he was delayed for a few days.
Lu Bu didn't feel strange that Wei Xuan was able to treat Gao Shun's wounds and release him, after all, there was an old acquaintance Zhang Liao, but the military camp and the entire county were open to Gao Shun, what did Wei Xuan mean by this?
Wei Xuan did not take advantage of the loud singing and marching, he was preparing his troops and horses to wait for the reaction of all parties. It's a pity that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu still don't pay attention to the war situation in Henan or don't want to comment, anyway, it's as if it didn't happen.
Cao Cao and Zhang Yang agreed to go south, but it took some time to prepare the grain and grass and prepare the ships.
Sun Jian made it clear that he was about to storm Taigu. Just when Dong Zhuo was about to lead his troops to Yique Pass, the news from Hedong finally reached Luoyang.
Dong Zhuo thought that Wei Xuan would use Hedong soldiers and horses at a critical moment, which was also one of the reasons why he forcibly moved the capital.
Because 10,000 soldiers and horses could not break through Luoyang, they could cross the river to the south to block Hangu Pass, block Dong Zhuo's retreat, and make Dong Zhuo's whole army feel uneasy.
Now Wei Xuan has finally opened all the hole cards, Xu Huang and Yang Feng nearly 10,000 troops are stationed opposite Mengjin, if no one restricts, they can complete the river crossing in three days and arrive in Luoyang within five days.
As a last resort, Dong Zhuo adjusted his deployment and strengthened Hangu Pass with Dong Yue leading 2,000 troops, which was the retreat of the whole army.
Zhang Ji led 2,000 troops to Luoyang, Li Dao led 3,000 troops to Mengjin to entangle Xu Huang and Yang Feng, and he took Li Guobian and Fan Chou to rush to Yique Pass with 8,000 cavalry.
Soon, Lu Bu rushed to Yanshi with 6,000 cavalry from the Tiger Prison, Dong Zhuo took Lu Bu as the main and Fan Chou as the auxiliary, and stationed 9,000 troops in Yanshi, and formed a corner with Yique Pass.
Taigu 7,000, Yique 13,000, and Yanshi 9,000, a total of 29,000 foot cavalry, this is all the strength that Dong Zhuo used to deal with the combined forces of Wei Xuan and Sun Jian.
Dong Zhuo used his actions to tell the whole army and told Wei Xuan that Dong Zhuo was ready for a decisive battle with Wei Xuan.
On the day Dong Zhuo left Luoyang, many rumors began to circulate in Yin, Henan, and what worried Dong Zhuo the most was that the scholars of the Chang'an court began to recruit troops to deal with Dong Zhuo's Xiliang soldiers, and the soldiers of the world were ready to jointly wipe out all the Xiliang soldiers in the east and west.
Some people also said that Lu Bu accepted the benefits of Wei Xuan, and was unwilling to contribute to Dong Zhuo, deliberately defeating him on the front line. There is also that Xu Rong had already taken refuge in Wei Xuan, and when Wei Xuan and Lu Bu fought, Xu Rong turned against Lu Bu's cavalry and fled.
So someone contacted Niu Fu and Hua Xiong, who had been captives of Weixuan Strains, were these two also unreliable?