Chapter 419 Raiders of Bingzhou
The Third Legion of Hao Meng in Youzhou feels weaker, especially General Hao Meng, whose name is cute and cute.
In fact, this is an illusion. The Third Legion is in Youzhou, with cavalry as the main one, few infantry, and very strong combat power.
The main general Hao Meng was a powerful general who started Lu Bu and was extremely brave in fighting.
Needless to say, Zhao Yun is a master who uses guns, but rarely has opponents.
Gao Lan and Chunyu Qiong are also top-notch generals.
It has been five days since Hao Meng received the order.
Gao Lan wanted to guard Lu Long and work with Pu Feng to maintain the peace of Liaoxi County.
The order given by Lu Bu was to take down Bingzhou. The task was arranged, but he didn't say how many soldiers he led.
In Youzhou City, Hao Meng finished reading the military order and handed it to Zhao Yun next to him.
"Yan Liang's army should be five to six thousand cavalrymen, so we are relatively relaxed."
After discussing for a while, Hao Meng decided to dispatch Hao Meng, Zhao Yun, and Chunyu Qiong. There were 30,000 cavalry, 10,000 infantry, and 10,000 baggage troops.
Why are there so many cavalry? Because 10,000 of them were Wuhuan cavalry recruited last year. Originally, 15,000 people were recruited, more than 2,000 were sent to Jizhou, and more than 2,000 were sent to Xuzhou.
The cavalry advanced first, and 30,000 cavalry rushed all the way, heading west through Changshan County.
Yan Liang led 5,000 troops to wait here, and the army was in a mighty manner, with more than 35,000 cavalry slowly entering the border of Bingzhou.
The remnants of Taihang Mountains were blocked by Jingxing’s generation, and the mountain road here was narrow.
After discussion, Hao Meng decided to abandon Jingxing and pass north of Jingxing and go west.
I walked for 100 miles a day and walked for two days in a row, but I didn't even encounter a decent enemy soldier.
Zhao Yun was a little worried: "Yuan Shang is not an incompetent person. It is absolutely impossible not to know that our army is coming. Their main force should have intentionally avoided and not fight with us. It is better to do this. I will lead 10,000 cavalry in our headquarters as the vanguard army to lure Yuan Shang's main force out."
Hao Meng pondered for a moment: "Okay, Zilong pays more attention to safety, and the distance from the back team should not exceed seventy miles."
"Don't worry, General."
According to the Xuzhou Army Caodian, the vanguard of the front army and the rear army contacted once an hour, but could not be contacted more than three hours. It was determined that the vanguard army was missing and the rear army must rescue.
Zhao Yun, the vanguard, can be said to be strong enough, almost half of the Wuhuan people out of ten thousand cavalry.
After changing to Takahashi saddle and double-sided stirrup, the entire team has practiced perfection in riding and shooting.
After walking for more than thirty miles, I discovered the Bingzhou cavalry team.
The White Horse Army of Zhao Yun's troops followed. The squad chased him not to kill the enemy, but to find the enemy's main force.
At this time, Bingzhou was similar to Youzhou, with very few cities, and the main force of Yuan Shang's cavalry wandered around.
It is also time for Zhao Yun to make achievements, and there are experts in the army who are good at tracking.
The next morning, a cavalry of Yuan Shang was found in a valley, with a population of about 3,000. He thought he was hiding very hidden, but was blocked by Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun did not attack directly, but set up a formation and both sides shot to the ground.
Yuan Shangjun was panicked at the beginning, with obviously much fewer people than others, and the main reason was that the equipment was too different.
Only generals of Yuan Shangjun were qualified to wear iron armor, and ordinary cavalry only had leather armor. However, the Xuzhou army's iron armor was so black that it made people breathless.
Zhao Yun urged the horse to lift its gun and shouted, "Who dares to come up and fight?"
The big flag behind Zhao Yun was flying, and Zhao Yun's name was written on it.
Bingzhou is very close to Youzhou, and Zhao Yun's reputation has spread long ago, and no one dares to come forward to challenge it.
The general who led the team was named Su You, who was a rising star of Yuan Shangjun and a powerful general.
Seeing that no one was fighting, he urged the horse to come out.
"I'll fight you."
Two horses intersect and two spears collided.
In the blink of an eye, the two fought for three or four rounds.
Although Su You's martial arts skills are pretty good, he has little practical experience after all, and he has no experience in fighting with masters.
Zhao Yun felt compassion and did not take any action. He changed to stabbing and shot Su Youcong immediately with one shot.
He fell heavily to the ground and captured alive.
Zhao Yun shouted to the enemy: "Yuan Shang is just a dog that is strayed and has no use of any support. Why not surrender to Wen Hou? Why do you have to fight to the death if you are all Han army?"
Su You was spared by Zhao Yun. He admired Zhao Yun's martial arts and character very much. He immediately said, "Thank you for General Zhao's grace for not killing him, I'm willing to surrender."
Zhao Yun was overjoyed and released Su You.
"Okay, General Su is welcome to join us, and we will assign a position to General Su after the report."
Su You suggested: "The general of the third party is new and has not made any achievements. How dare he take the position? It would be better if he had a new position in the city gate, Yanmen, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It was guarded by Lu Xiang's army and was a good friend of the general. If General Zhao trusted me, let me go back and I will persuade him to surrender to Yanmen tomorrow."
The world is Jiuzhai, with Yanmen as the leader. Yanmen Pass is built against the mountain. It is tall and majestic, easy to defend but difficult to attack.
It would be good if I could persuade me to surrender.
"Okay, General Su You are back, waiting for your news."
Zhao Yun released Su You.
Su You led three thousand cavalrymen to evacuate quickly and drove to Yanmen Pass.
Yanmen Pass is not close to this place, almost 150 miles away.
Zhao Yun sent troops back to report to Hao Meng, and then led his army to follow Su You from afar.
Zhao Xin and Zhao Yun went together: "Why do the general believe in Su You so much? If he never returns and enters Yanmen Pass, it will be difficult for us to fight."
"Due to the general trend of the world, the Xuzhou army is unstoppable and has already gained an absolute advantage. Although Yuan Shang is good, he is still very far behind his father Yuan Shao, and it is destined to be difficult to develop. I believe Su You will make a correct judgment.
If you march all the way and enter the state of a mid-mountain area, this terrain is not suitable for large-scale cavalry combat, but is suitable for infantry combat.
At noon the next day, the army arrived thirty miles east of Yanmen Pass and waited for a while.
Just after noon, Su You led 500 cavalrymen to come.
"General Zhao, Lu Xiang is willing to surrender to the Xuzhou army and offer his place at Yanmen Pass."
"Okay, General Su has made a great contribution, and I will report it as mentioned above."
When everyone arrived at the south of Yanmen Pass, it was not too steep from the south, and it was barely acceptable. Because Yanmen Pass was mainly to prevent the enemy in the north at that time.
Lu Xiang led a large army out of Deguan and invited Zhao Yun into the city.
Zhao Yun and the two generals led their troops into the city without any tricks, and successfully captured Yanmen Pass.
Immediately announced: "Kill pigs and sheep to reward the three armies."
However, the conditions in Yanmen Pass are too ordinary, and you can barely eat enough, with very few pigs and sheep, and you can't eat them once in a few months.
The messenger reported Hao Meng, and Hao Meng was shocked after reading the battle report.
Chapter completed!