Li Mengwang saw that the two wings of the army had just advanced more than ten steps, and he was immediately counterattacked and retreated more than twenty steps, he couldn't help but be furious, and shouted: "What's the matter with the fake Sima on the left and right wings, without Song Guo and Du Hu, they don't know how to fight." Immediately stabilize the battle line, and then retreat or behead. ”

Without waiting for the heralds to approach, the enemy's shouts of "Wan Sheng, Wan Sheng" were heard from the left and right flanks. At this sound, the Xiliang soldiers howled and turned around and fled. Li Meng saw the wolf running to the pig, and the Xiliang soldiers who were racing to unload their armor and flee for their lives were dumbfounded.

Li Meng sent sixty guards to kill the deserters and supervise the battle, but they were shocked by the defeated soldiers. What's more, as soon as the overseer was pulled off his horse, he flew on his horse and fled for his life. Fleeing to the place where the horses were staying, everyone turned over and mounted their horses, and did not fight backwards, but fled to the north with all their hearts.

Li Meng couldn't help but sigh secretly, Xiliangqiang's cavalry was unstoppable, and the cavalry was almost unable to resist. However, it is only good for quick battles, but it is not good for long-term foot battles. If the enemy can stop it, then the defeated side must be the Xiliang soldiers. It seems that this battle is a complete defeat for the army. Li Meng had no choice but to order Sima of the first army that was fighting with Che Jing to lead the troops and join the ranks of the defeated and fleeing.

Unexpectedly, the advance of the left and right flanks, the strong counterattack of Che Jing, so that the broken Xiliang soldiers could not hold their foothold at all, Li Meng just retreated, and the broken Xiliang soldiers were all defeated and retreated, and soon turned to rout and fled, and Jun Sima was stabbed to death in the chaos.

Fu ordered the Chinese army of 500 light infantry to pursue and defeat the enemy, and ordered Du Lei to lead the cavalry into battle to pursue and kill Li Meng's troops. Li Mengzheng fled in a hurry, and when he looked around, at least nearly 2,000 of the 3,100 cavalry of the army had escaped, and the loss of 1,400 or 500 cavalry in the first battle was definitely a great defeat. When I went back this time, I didn't know how to explain to the lord Yang Ding and Dong Xiangguo. I knew that the Beihai soldiers were so difficult, so it was better to abandon my belongings and return with light troops.

Behind him, there was a loud sound of killing, but it was the cavalry of the Northern Navy who chased after him, and Li Meng scolded viciously: "Damn Beihai soldiers, only a few hundred cavalry dare to pursue me, I still have 1,500 cavalry in the rear, and I will kill you and others after the convergence." ”

After fleeing for a few miles, he saw five hundred horsemen coming in front of him, and Li Meng was overjoyed, it must be the five hundred horsemen of the Chinese army under his command who came to help. Li Meng shouted loudly: "This general Li Meng is here, and he will come to protect him left and right." ”

"The general is here, and the Chinese army will come and obey quickly." At the shouts of the guards, the five hundred horsemen immediately turned to Li Meng. When there were still more than 100 steps, Li Meng's eyes were sharp, and he could see at a glance that he was not dressed like a Xiliang soldier, and he hurriedly exclaimed: "It's not good, the one who comes is still a Beihai soldier." ”

Just as he was about to turn around and hit the horse and flee, the bowstring sounded on the opposite side, and he shot the bow a hundred steps away, and without waiting for Li Meng to dodge, he hit him in the throat. Li Meng's eyes glared, his hand touched his neck, and his mouth was silent, and he immediately fell from his horse and died. When the surrounding guards saw it, they were very sad, and they all raised their spears and horses to kill the Beihai soldiers.

After a fierce cavalry battle, the Beihai soldiers lost more than 80 cavalry before they killed the 50 cavalry guards of Xiliang who were fighting desperately. The leading general took a long breath, stepped forward to cut off Li Meng's head and said with a smile: "The enemy general Li Meng has been shot by my Ye Xun, come here, quickly return to Huang Duwei, you can join the siege and summon the Xiliang rout." ”

"Report to the lord, Liyi Lieutenant paid the punishment in Fugou to step the enemy cavalry, and smashed the enemy's more than 3,000 cavalry under Li Meng's department head-on. beheaded the enemy Sima Duhu and Chen Kai, captured Song Guo alive, beheaded more than 1,700 ranks, and collected more than 1,200 enemy cavalry. Jianzhong Commander Huang Zhong rushed to the rear of Li Meng's department, broke the enemy's 1,500 cavalry, beheaded the enemy's main general Li Meng, and the two military horses, beheaded more than 600 ranks, and collected more than 1,100 enemy cavalry. In total, 458 were killed and 276 wounded. Defeat the enemy. ”

He Bai was overjoyed when he heard the news, the 10,000 army, mainly foot soldiers, only lost more than half of the casualty rate, and wiped out 5,000 Xiliang Jing cavalry, and even killed the enemy general Li Meng, no matter when and where it was placed, it could be regarded as a great victory.

He Bai proudly smiled with Yingchuan Taishou Li Min and his subordinates: "The two divisions of the Xiliang soldiers Li Dao and Guo Yan have withdrawn to Luoyang, and our army has now wiped out Li Meng's 5,000 cavalry, so only Xu Rong's 5,000 men and horses are left in Yingchuan County." Congratulations to Li Jun, the whole county of Yingchuan will return to his rule. ”

Li Min also bowed and thanked him with open eyebrows: "If it weren't for He Jun's righteousness, Li Mou wouldn't know when he would be able to drive away the Xiliang soldiers." When the whole county of Yingchuan is stable, Li will lead the whole county to come together to thank He Jun for his benevolence and righteousness. ”

The envoy said: "In this battle, our army captured a total of 3,800 pieces of fish scale armor and armor of the Xiliang Army, 4,300 sets of weapons, 4,100 war horses, and more than 8,000 pack horses and cattle. There are more than 3,000 carts of various kinds of property, with an estimated total value of 1.2 billion yuan. There are more than 4,000 carts of grain and grass, a total of 150,000 stones. In addition, there are more than 6,000 Chen Liu's women robbed by the Xiliang army, and more than 8,000 young and strong. Lieutenant Liyi and Lieutenant Jianzhong sent people to inquire, what will happen to these people? ”

After He Bai pondered for a while, he said: "At present, our army is engaged in a big battle with the Xiliang Army, and those eight thousand young men are temporarily left for use in the army. Each person was given a thousand yuan to settle down, and in the future, he could pay a monthly salary of five hundred yuan. And ask the women if they have any relatives to vote for, and give each of them three thousand as compensation. If there are no relatives to vote for, they will be transferred to Zhongmu and managed by Yang Yuan, and they can be assigned to meritorious soldiers as wives in the future. ”

Li Min sighed: "The name of He Jun's benevolence and righteousness is worthy of his name, and Li admires it. Chen Liujun must have suffered a lot of vitality after this difficulty. I don't know what about my Yingchuan County? How many people in the county are still intact? ”

After waiting for seven days, Huang Zhong and Fu Xing returned to the team, and it was reported that the first line of Bishui would be handed over to Cao Cao, supplemented by Zhang Miao and Bao Xin, and the first line of Yingchuan would be handed over to He Bai to be fully responsible for the instructions of the alliance leader.

He Baisi said: The Xiliang troops were deployed, and the enemy army was short of soldiers and horses in Yingchuan County, so it was the time to take the initiative to attack. It is best to drive the Xiliang soldiers back to the three passes in one fell swoop and garrison Yangcheng to suppress them.

On the second day, He Bai raised an army of 30,000 people, with Huang Zhong and Fu Xing as the South Route Army, and led 20,000 troops as the North Route Army. However, there was no trace of the Xiliang soldiers everywhere they went.

Three days later, He Bai's main force arrived at the city of Yangzhai, except for more than 3,000 households and more than 10,000 numb Yangzhai people, there was no other Xiliang soldier. As for the Southern Route Army, there was not a single soldier of the enemy army. He Bai sent people to inquire about the people of Yangzhai, only to know that the Xiliang soldiers disappeared completely overnight, and they didn't know where they fled.

He Bai also sent scout sentries to Xuanyuan, Taigu, and Yique to investigate, but in addition to the original guards, there was no trace of Xu Rongjun. He Bai couldn't help but wonder in his heart, according to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Xu Rong was just a second- or third-rate general, and he was shot by Xiahou Dun in seconds, how could he be so strange in this world?

He Bai recalled it carefully, as if he had heard in later generations that Xu Rong's ability was quite strong, and he had defeated Cao Cao and Sun Jian's two soldiers and horses in a row, and his ability should belong to the ranks of first-class generals. Judging from Dong Zhuo's recent vigorous promotion of the nameless Xu Rong, it may be that Xu Rong is really a first-class general.

He Bai couldn't find any trace of Xu Rong's army, so he had to temporarily stay in Yangzhai City, let Zhang Liao lead his troops to Yangguan to station, and sent scouts to search around Yingchuan County, and help Li Min stabilize Yingchuan County.

Xu Rongjun's escape without a fight allowed He Bai and Li Min to successfully recapture most of Yingchuan. In addition, Li Meng's first department was completely wiped out in Chenliu County, and the three departments of Huaxiong, Zhao Cen, and Wang Fang were subdued by Bishui Pass, so far, nearly half of the Xiliang generals who fought with He Bai were all defeated by He Bai. Compared with other princes' armies, He Bai can be regarded as a powerful earthquake in the Central Plains.

Just when He Bai and Li Min were trying to stabilize Yingchuan, there was military intelligence from the sour jujube again. Not long ago, the emperor was forced to leave the capital of Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo burned down all the palaces, official mansions, and private houses. Within more than 200 miles around Luoyang, chickens and dogs were burned.

However, the princes who got the news in the sour date watched each other and did not move. Cao Cao heard that He Bai had defeated the Xiliang army on the southern front and exterminated 5,000 cavalry of Li Meng's army, so he led 5,000 soldiers and horses of his headquarters in excitement to join Zhang Miao's general Wei Zi and Bao Xin's brother Bao Tao, a total of 15,000 soldiers and horses to prepare to fight Bishui Pass again.

Just as he was about to capture Xingyang City, he was attacked by Xu Rong's 5,000 cavalry. Under the joint attack of Xu Xing, Hua Xiong, and Wang Fang, Cao Cao and other armies were almost wiped out. Wei Zi and Bao Tao were killed on the spot, and Cao Cao was fortunately rescued by his brother Cao Hong, but he was also seriously wounded.

When Cao Cao returned to the sour date and asked Yuan Shao and the princes to join the army, none of the princes reacted, even Yuan Shao, who had a family feud, was also lacking in interest. The princes all said that the Xiliang army was strong, and the coalition army had already destroyed 70,000 or 80,000 soldiers and horses, and every time the whole army was annihilated. Therefore, it is not possible to fight with the Xiliang army in the field, but can only build a deep ditch to resist.

Cao Cao's persuasion was ineffective, and in a fit of rage, he had to transfer to Danyang County, Yangzhou to recruit troops. Before leaving, he came to Xinyingchuan and asked He Bai to suspend the attack, for fear of being targeted by the Xiliang army. After he summoned troops from Danyang and returned, Cao Cao marched with He Bai at the same time in the south and north to attack Dong Zhuo.

He Bai naturally agreed after receiving the letter, and from Cao Cao, Xu Rong abandoned Yang Zhai and rushed to the Xingyang territory, he knew that this person was indeed not a weak hand, especially using the mobility of the cavalry, there was definitely a set of surprise attacks, and he could be called a first-class general. It is necessary to consider all aspects of the enemy, and it is not possible to rush forward, at least on the northern front, it is necessary to have more than 20,000 troops to contain it.

He Bai not only ordered Zhang Liaozhen to guard Yangguan, but also ordered Fu Xing to lead the army to capture the flank of Xinzheng's guards, so he completely settled down, practiced quietly, and learned from Yuan Shao to sit back and watch the success or failure. Anyway, he already has a lot of merits, but he is not afraid of others to blame himself for not killing Dong thieves. Anyway, the longer the confrontation lasts, the more sufficient the reason for the Kwantung not to go to the emperor, and the more logical it will be to divide one side in the future. This is exactly what He Bai wants.

After a period of sorting and reporting, eight county towns in Yingchuan County were broken by the Xiliang Army, and the township pavilions of thirteen counties were severely destroyed. Upper County, which originally had more than 260,000 households and a population of more than 1.4 million, now has less than 800,000 people. Most of the 600,000 people fled to other counties, except for a small half who were killed. In a short period of time, there will be absolutely no return.

This Yingchuan County attaches great importance to culture and education and despises military martial arts, so there are few brave warriors who can fight and dare to fight. Li Min ordered all families and clans in the county to raise righteousness and gather volunteers to fight against the tyrannical Dongzhuo army of Xiliang. However, there were very few responders, less than 3,000 people came to apply, and I am afraid that most of them are still afraid of the return of the Xiliang army.

Even if He Bai has the record of defeating the Xiliang army several times and has the prestige of Weizhen Zhongyuan, it can't change the fear of the Yingchuan people towards the Xiliang army. I just want to protect myself, but I don't want to fight back. It is no wonder that the talents of Yingchuan County are the best in the world, but there is no male talent in the three kingdoms.

Although he could not be helped by the Yingchuan warriors, He Bai was joined by nearly a thousand young and indignant scholars. Among them, Chen Qun is the most famous talent, and the others are Zhong Yan of Zhong's family, Xun Yan and Xun Qi of Xun's family, Zhao Yan of Zhao's family, Du Xi of Du's family, Yu Cheng of Yu's family, and Ruan Yu of Chen Liuwei County are preferred.

But Xun Yu, Xun Chen and Guo Jia, who He Bai have always been obsessed with, went north to Yuan Shao as early as the first lunar month, which made He Bai feel sorry for a while. Xun Yu and Guo Jia are big bulls in politics and intelligence, without them as auxiliaries, they are enemies, but they are afraid that it will be difficult to unify the world.

He Bai knew that they would not stay with Yuan Shao for a long time, but they had Yuan Shao's close friend Cao Cao to tempt him all the time, and he couldn't summon the two of them anyway, so he could only have infinite regret and remorse. Since he already has the fame he has now, why can't he recruit these two talents earlier.