Chapter 173: Rescue Wuxiang County

On the mountain road more than 50 miles west of Licheng City, a force is marching rapidly to the west, with more than 5,000 people, but the weapons and equipment of these soldiers are a little poor and very complicated. Only the hundreds of archers in the Chinese army are still normal, and the rest are long spears and short knives, wooden shields, bows, arrows, and spears hooked on the back of an ancient brain, like a pile of picking up rags and not returning.

This army is the Yellow Turban Army, which is commanded by Zhonglang General Liu Pi. Since Liu Pi surrendered to Wang Gang, he was ordered to be stationed in Yingchuan, and a month ago, Xi Zhicai came to Yingchuan with Wang Gang's talisman and informed Wang Gang of his orders. Five thousand yellow turban soldiers rushed towards Yanmen.

There are two official roads to enter the state, one is Huguan. The other is the Juyong Pass in the north. In order not to attract attention, Xi Zhicai chose to go to Licheng County.

Several sentinels rushed over, came to Liu Bi, knelt down and said.

"General Liu, there are a large number of Hun cavalry in front, attacking Wuxiang County, and the city gate has been breached"

Liu Pi was taken aback when he heard this, and originally thought that he would reach Yanmen County all the way, but he didn't expect that as soon as he entered Bingzhou, he encountered the Hun cavalry attacking the city. He asked the sentry for some details, and he didn't dare to slack off at the moment, so he ordered the soldiers to rest on the spot first, turn their horses, and walk quickly towards the Chinese army.

"Mr. Xi is not good, the Huns are attacking Wuxiang County, and the city gate has been breached"

Xi Zhi was also a little surprised when he heard it, he knew the news that the Huns were in Shangdang County, and originally thought that the Huns would withdraw to the north of Yinshan in the next few days, but he didn't expect to attack Wuxiang County.

Xi Zhicai pondered for a while and asked.

"How far is it from here to Wuxiang County, and how many Hun cavalry are there?"

Liu Bi hurriedly spread out the marching map, pointed to a hill above and said.

"We are in the Funiu Valley, and the Funiu Mountain in front of us is Wuxiang County, less than ten miles. The sentinel told that there were about 10,000 Xiongnu, and the north gate of Wuxiang County had been broken, but I don't know why, the Huns have been outside the city."

"The city gate is broken, but the Huns don't enter the city, it seems that they are blocked, Zhang Yang has 2,000 cavalry in his hands, and he only attacked the city today, he should have been deceived by the inside and outside to open the city gate" Xi Zhicai thought for a while and said slowly.

If Zhang Yang is next to him, he will be very surprised, Xi Zhicai can guess things by guessing alone, this wisdom is really admirable.

"Then what should we do now, should we go to the rescue or take a detour to Yanmen," Liu Pi asked anxiously.

"This only way to go to Yanmen County is through Wuxiang, Gu County and then into Taiyuan, if you take a detour, you can only go back to Hanoi County to go to Huguan, and it will be delayed for at least 20 days."

"Then let's go to the rescue, but we only have more than 5,000 foot soldiers, facing 10,000 Hun troops, I'm afraid it's ......."

Liu Bi didn't say it, the meaning was obvious, 5,000 foot soldiers to deal with 10,000 Hun cavalry, no different from sending them to death.

"Let me think about it, let the soldiers speed up their pace first, let's cross Funiu Mountain first, and then send a sentinel from the east gate of Wuzhou County to see if we can get in touch with Zhang Yang."

The army set out again, much faster than before, and the Funiu Mountains were flat and at a low altitude. An official road circles over Funiu Mountain.

The battle at the North City Gate of Wuxiang County continued, Zhang Yang commanded the Bingzhou cavalry to resist in the back, constantly roaring, and his voice was hoarse, but he saw a soldier rushing to the front and saying.

"Zhang Taishou, there is a scout who claims to be under the account of General Anton and said that he wants to see you"

Zhang Yang was stunned when he heard this, General Anton Wang Gang knew it, and he had seen it. used to be the Taishou of Yanmen County, and later went to Luoyang, went to Yuzhou to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and was promoted to General Anton. Some time ago, he also married the county lord of Huanting, which was full of uproar, which made people envious, jealous and hateful. A few days ago, I heard that the emperor had issued an order to let him come to Bingzhou to resist the Xiongnu, but he didn't give him any soldiers, and Zhang Yang didn't care when he heard it.

"Bring Him to Me"

What does this Wang Gang want to do, seize power? Now that the entire Shangdang is about to fall into the hands of the Huns, and the iron cavalry of the state in my hands will also be wiped out, what's the point of you coming to take away my military power.

After a while, the guards brought a soldier over, and the soldier glanced at the distance, and then looked at his feet, a pool of blood and water slowly flowed, and the color became a little abnormal.

"What does General Anton command" Zhang Yang was in a bad mood, and his words were not very polite.

"General Anton...... The small one is General Liu's scout, we came from Yingchuan, went to Yanmen County, and passed through Wuxiang County. Now that the army is in Funiu Mountain, General Liu asked me to come in and tell Zhang Taishou if he needs support" After the soldier finished speaking, he glanced at Zhang Yang cautiously.

Zhang Yang came back to his senses for a long time, how could someone go all the way from Yingchuan to Yanmen, and it happened that he passed by Wuxiang County at this time. But since it is a Han army, it would be great to be able to help you resist the Hun cavalry, but the ugly words have to be said in front.

"Thank you General Liu for me first, but the Hun army is huge, I don't know how many of you there are. If it's too little, it's better to protect yourself, and the province won't be able to explain to General Anton at that time" After Zhang Yang finished speaking, he looked up and down at the soldiers in front of him, and then figured it out.

When Wang Gang was in Yuzhou to suppress the rebellion against the Yellow Turbans, 5,000 soldiers surrendered to the imperial court, and it seemed that these soldiers were the answers, and Zhang Yang's speculation when he was enlisted.

"We have more than 5,000 people"

This is also what makes Zhang Yang the most entangled, if there are only one or two thousand people, where do you come from directly, and where do you go back, and the province will give away people's heads in vain. If there are 10,000 or 20,000 people, they can directly cooperate with the outside and annihilate this Huns in Wuxiang County, it would be better. But there were 5,000 people, making it difficult for him to choose for a while. Seeing that there was still a fierce battle at the gate of the city, and the soldiers of the state fell one by one, Zhang Yang spoke.

"General Liu's great grace, I, Zhang Yang, have written it down, and you enter Wuxiang County from the east gate"

The soldiers said goodbye and left, and quickly returned to the place where the Yellow Turban Army was stationed, and reported the situation to Liu Bi and Xi Zhicai.

"What do the two generals mean?" asked Xi Zhicai.

"Of course, it's a happy fight with the Huns, anyway, we're here to fight with the Huns, not there," Guan Hai said with a big grin.

Liu Bi glared at Guan Hai before he spoke.

"We listen to Mr." Liu Pi is much more cautious, although he is a Zhonglang general, and Xi Zhi is the chief envoy. But Xi Zhicai has always been by Wang Gang's side, and Wang Gang's trust is deep, and this matter still needs Xi Zhicai to take an idea.

"Then enter Wuxiang County, if Wuxiang is broken by the Huns, and then capture Gu County, you can enter Yanmen, then Yanmen will be attacked on three sides, and it will be extremely unfavorable for the general to defend Yanmen."

The team started again and headed towards Wuxiang County.

Funiu Mountain to Wuxiang County is only two or three miles, a quick march to a cup of tea, the defenders on the city gate saw their arrival, put down the drawbridge, and the east city gate also slowly opened.