Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1331 Under the Battle of Luoyang

"Come here!" Xia Houyuan's drowsiness dissipated a lot, sat up, wrote a letter, and then sealed it with wax paint, and then faced the camp gate and gave a low shout.

"exist!"

"Immediately hurry up and send it to Yanjin!"

"promise!"

After the personal guard took the letter and left.

Xia Houyuan stood up, picked up an oil lamp, and walked up to the screen. On the screen hung this marching map. On the map was a topographical map of Luoyang's surroundings, including the markings of soldiers and horses from all walks of life.

"Be sensible and call Luo Yang out, wouldn't it be all right?"

He was talking to himself.

In this battle, he didn't want to fight to the death with Mu Jun.

Mu Jun accepted a reward from the court of Xudu and became the king of the Han Dynasty. Now he is considered to be on Cao Cao's side. Logically, he should not fight.

However, Luoyang might not be able to be occupied by the Mu army.

He didn't intend to take it before, after all, his troops were insufficient, and he even wanted to go north to Chaoge, Hanoi first.

But at this time, the reinforcements from the Youzhou Army gave him confidence.

In this battle, he didn't have to fight bloody.

As long as the siege is successful, it is not a big problem to force Mu Jun to abandon Luoyang. He does not believe that Mu Jun and the others will give their two battalions here for the sake of Luoyang City.

"Let you be proud for another two days!"

Xia Houyuan said viciously: "Wait for our army to encircle, I'll see if you go or not, if you fight to the death, don't blame me for being cruel!"

He actually had some opinions on Mu Jun.

Because before, he was scared off by Mu Jun and asked Cao Cao to write a letter directly to scold him. This incident made him more or less unhappy, and even a little frustrated.

What a humiliation for the dignified general of the Cao army to be scared by the Mu army and retreat for dozens of miles.

Tread Tread! ! ! ! !
At this time, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes shaking the mountains, as if they were rushing towards the face like layers of waves.

"Horse hooves?"

"Where is the sound of horseshoes?"

"Such a loud sound of horseshoes requires at least a thousand horses!"

"Even thousands of rides!"

Cao Jun can be called elite, both in terms of combat effectiveness and vigilance, they are very strong. When the sound of horseshoes knocked the ground, many generals came out of the camp.

"woo woo woo woo!!!!"

The trumpet was blown.

"Boom boom boom!!!!!!!!!!!!"

At this time, the early-warning war drums were also sounded quickly, and the sound of the war drums was like a thunderclap, causing all the soldiers to rush out of the camp.

"Report!"

At this time, the scout outside the camp gate came back to report. The scout still had an arrow stuck in his body. After jumping off his horse, his whole body was staggering: "General, the herding army attacked at night. Our army's front battalion, six hundred Erlang, the whole army has been wiped out!"

The front battalion is a warning battalion, stationed in front of the barracks, it is used for barracks security, but unexpectedly, the entire army was wiped out in an instant.

"All ministries prepare for battle immediately!"

Xia Houyuan didn't have the chance to think so much at this time. Seeing that he was about to kill the door, he had to block this wave of attacks first.

Although they have reacted.

But it was obvious that the enemy army came fiercely, and they didn't plan to give them time to gather. The front battalion had already been broken, and once the gate was breached, the entire battalion would inevitably be in danger of collapse.

At this time, be steady.

"kill!"

With a roar of Xiao Zhan, the cavalry has swept over. Some people hold torches in their hands, and the flames are soaring into the sky. From a distance, it seems that a fire dragon is coming to the sky.

"kill!"

"kill!"

The Black Armored Cavalry Battalion assembled the most elite cavalry of the Shepherd Army, equipped with the most sophisticated weapons, and experienced many battles, but the battle of Jishi Mountain that really showed its power.

But that battle did not spread in the Central Plains, so the Black Armored Cavalry Battalion is somewhat unknown.

However, the combat effectiveness of the Black Armored Cavalry Battalion has surpassed that of most of the cavalry in the Central Plains. Whether it is the training of the cavalry battle formation or the experience on the battlefield, they are the best.

The only thing that may be due to poor riding skills, but also because of the appearance of horseshoes, saddles, and stirrups, has been completely made up for.

"Fire arrows!"

"Stop them!"

In the face of such a torrent, even if Xia Houyuan could stand still, his palms felt a little cold, he suppressed himself as much as possible, and issued a military order.

"Rush over!"

Pang Xi was invincible with a long spear, and the horse's hoof kicked it directly, rushing towards the gate like a gust of wind.

"Rush in!"

"Rush in!"

The fighting power of the cavalry has been brought to the extreme here, forming a column, like a torrent, rushing directly in, no matter what is in front of it, it will be torn directly.

"not good!"

Xia Houyuan's face was livid.

He was still careless.

I thought that Luoyang City was already a trapped beast, as long as they gathered soldiers from east and west, they would definitely be able to force them back. Even if they were unwilling, a fight would not change the result in the end.

Unexpectedly, the Mu army was so tough that they sent troops ahead of time, which meant to fight Luo Yang to the death.

The inattention to this point made him fall into a passive position. If he had done a good job of rejecting the horse village earlier, tripping the horse rope, and then forming a heavily armored soldier to block in front, he would not have suffered a big loss from the cavalry.

Cavalry, the trump card on the battlefield.

On the battlefield of cold weapons, this is equivalent to the shelling and running of the era of millet plus rifles. The charge of cavalry brings the power of mortar bombing the position.

"Scatter, disperse the whole army!"

Xia Houyuan made a decisive decision. At this time, he couldn't block it deadly. The charge of the cavalry was too strong. If a charge came, even the armored soldiers couldn't stop it, and they would be trampled to pieces.

At this time, they can only disperse, disperse, as long as they disperse, they will surely be able to disperse the impact of the cavalry, and it will not be too late to fight back when the cavalry loses their impact.

Otherwise, they don't know how many children will be turned into a lump of meat under the charge of the cavalry.

"dispersion!"

"Avoid the cavalry!"

Cao Jun is still considered elite, he had already started to react before, and now he has almost lined up. Hearing the general's military order, he moved quickly.

"Avoid, how can it be so easy!"

Pang Xi smiled coldly, and the momentum of the charge did not weaken at all, and he went on a rampage. Since they didn't want to fight, they would disperse the barracks immediately.

"Boys, throw torches and burn them!"

Pang Xi's charge was as fast as thunder.

This also made the cavalry swift and fierce.

"burn!"

"burn!"

The black armored cavalry was only a few thousand troops, as if rampaging in the battalion, they directly smashed the formations of various departments, and set fire while charging.

The entire Cao Jun camp seemed to be a sea of ​​flames.

"it's time!"

Outside the camp, the Zhanhu Camp was looking down on it. Zhang Liao himself was the chief general, waiting for the opportunity. Seeing the flames rising into the sky, he made a decisive decision and directly ordered: "Come on!"

"Boys, go!"

Lei Hu's saber was already hungry and thirsty, and when he heard the military order, he took the lead and rushed in. ,

"rush!"

"rush!"

Thousands of men in the Zhanhu Camp, like one body, were divided into two queues on the left and right, forming a vertical formation, and rushed into the battlefield filled with flames, constantly starting the way of slaughter.

"The whole army obeys orders, and the school captains of each battalion integrate their subordinates, Erlang, and lead the army back, retreating five miles!"

Looking at this scene, Xia Houyuan almost gritted his teeth. One wrong step, one wrong step. He couldn't help but underestimated Mu Jun, and overestimated himself. He reacted wrongly by one step, and the next step seemed to be manipulated by Mu Jun. Same.

There is no way to integrate combat power.

It was a mess.

Cao Jun had no way to fight back. Even if his troops were far superior to them, he could only let them go on a rampage, making the whole battalion go crazy. It's all messed up.

"withdraw!"

"withdraw!"

Cao Jun's sons moved quickly.

........................

A night of fighting.

The Mu army succeeded in the first battle, forcing Cao Jun to abandon the barracks and retreat, chasing all the way, chasing at least ten miles away before retreating.

At this time, it was already dawn.

A ray of morning sun slowly rose from the eastern sea level, reflecting on the outskirts of Luoyang City, there was only a mess.

Zhang Liao, Xi Zhicai, and Huang Shao walked side by side on this messy battlefield.

"This battle was fought so smoothly!"

Xi Zhicai couldn't help laughing.

They just want to sneak attack, and then teach Cao Jun a lesson, force Cao Jun to retreat, free up his hands, and fight another battle to the east, and wait for four or five days until the main force of the third battalion goes north to meet.

Then Luo Yang will be stable.

But I didn't expect that this battle went smoothly by surprise, not only being taught a lesson by Cao Jun, but also directly killing Cao Jun by surprise.

In the battle last night, Cao Jun lost at least two thousand sons.

The battle damage exceeded one-tenth.

In other words, in a short period of time, Cao Jun's morale will fall under the glacier, and it may be difficult to resume fighting in ten days and a half months.

Of course, Cao Jun can still bear this loss.

It's just that Xia Houyuan may not dare to gamble his life with more than 1 Cao Jun soldiers under his command, so next, he is more likely to lick his wounds and would rather seek stability than take risks.

"It's the cavalry who made great achievements!"

Zhang Liao glanced at the corpses in front of him, most of them belonged to Cao Jun, and many belonged to Mu Jun. If he killed one thousand enemies, he would lose eight hundred, even if he made a surprise attack, he would have to pay the price.

Of course, because the fight was so smooth, the ratio of battle losses between the two sides was around one to ten.

It was a big win.

Zhang Liao continued to analyze and said: "The combat power of the Black Armored Cavalry Battalion has exceeded our expectations, especially the ability to charge, that fierce, let alone a sneak attack, even if it is a direct confrontation, Cao Ju will be defeated!"

"There are not many cavalry in our army. The Heijia Battalion is the only independent cavalry combat battalion. Even if there are cavalry in other armies, it is wrong. Except for the Zhaoming Second Army and Zhaoming Third Army, most of them are just one or two. It’s just cavalry in the first part!”

Xi Zhicai thought for a while and said, "So for our soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry is not outstanding, so most of the grand strategic deployments are rarely formulated around the cavalry!"

"Then from now on, we're going to change!"

Zhang Liao squinted his eyes and said: "We have to take into account the combat effectiveness of the cavalry, especially the Heijia Battalion, a cavalry battalion is enough to hit more than three times the enemy's army, whether it is mobility or charge, it is already comparable to foreign cavalry Already!"

"Since this is the case, then we really have to pay attention to it!"

Xi Zhicai nodded. He believed Zhang Liao's judgment. Zhang Liao himself came from the prairie in the northern border of Bingzhou, and he had fought with the Xiongnu Xianbei. He knew the cavalry best.

"Report to General Zhang, fortunately, we did not disgrace our fate. We have forced Cao Jun to retreat fifteen miles away!"

Half an hour later, both Lei Hu and Pang Xi led their troops back to return to their orders.

"very good!"

Zhang Liao is the main general of this battle, so he is the one who issued the military order. He said in a low voice: "The two battalions will clean up the battlefield immediately, and then return to the city to rest. Our time is running out!"

"promise!"

Pang Xi and Lei Hu nodded their heads.

…………

a day later.

Luoyang City was quiet, the quiet atmosphere made people a little breathless, and the closed gates around the city also made the people in the city a little uneasy.

"News from Jing Wusi!"

Zhang Liao looked at the silk book in his hand, then handed it to the two people beside him, saying: "Zhang Xiu has already arrived at the Sunset Pavilion, he is the vanguard, as long as he stands firm and welcomes the main force, he will surely march into Luoyang!"

"How many soldiers and horses does Zhang Boluan have?"

Xi Zhicai narrowed his eyes.

"Zhang Xiu actually doesn't have many soldiers and horses. One of the main forces under his command is to guard the east of the river, and the other is to guard the west of the state of Bingzhou. Hexi cannot be penetrated by Yuan Jun from Shangdang, and the connection between them and Youzhou is cut off. relation!"

Zhang Liao thought for a while and said, "So Zhang Xiu can actually mobilize not many troops, at most [-] soldiers and horses!"

"Then what's left?"

"Maxiu leads the army!" Zhang Liao replied, "Longxi Army, [-] main force!"

"The younger brother of Ma Chao, the commander of the Divine Guard Army?" Huang Shao narrowed his eyes. He knew Ma Chao. The predecessor of Zhaoming's First Army was the Yellow Turban Army, which had been guarding northern Xinjiang. By the way, it was Guanzhong and Xiliang. May not know Ma Chao.

"Ok!"

Zhang Liao nodded and said: "Commander Ma has severed ties with the Longxi Ma family and joined the lord, but Ma Teng, the patriarch of the Ma family, is still alive today. Ma Teng has been kidnapped and taken to Xudu, and Ma Teng is the one who remains in charge of the Longxi army. son, Matthew!"

"When the army is overwhelmed, they may not be able to hold their breath. Attacking is a certainty. If it is reasonable to say that defense is the best, given their strength, they will not be able to break through our defense in five days! "

Xi Zhi thought it over for a while: "But the night before yesterday, when we raided the Cao army, the morale of the soldiers was at its strongest, and the defense actually suppressed the morale of the boys!"

"Or take the initiative?"

Huang Shao frowned: "If there is a surprise attack, there is still hope, but now that they are prepared, it will be difficult for us to fight. Once we are entangled by them, maybe Cao Jun will not care about licking his wounds, and directly send troops to eat Luoyang , we'll be in trouble when the time comes!"

It's not unreasonable for him to think this way. The Mu army is strong, but the main force of the two battalions cannot deal with Zhang Xiu and Ma Xiu. What he fears most is being entangled by them.

Once entangled, Luo Yang is empty.

Not to mention that Cao Jun was just recovering from his injuries, even if his vitality was severely injured, and there were only a few thousand soldiers left in the fight, he would probably rush over and directly occupy Luoyang.

Lost Luo Yang.

This battle is meaningless.

"Divide the troops!"

Zhang Liao finally said decisively: "Ji to participate in politics, General Huang Zhonglang, you lead the Zhanhu battalion to guard Luoyang, and I personally lead the cavalry battalion to fight with them outside the city. If I can't win, I will run away. With the mobility of the cavalry, You can advance and retreat freely, and it’s no problem to hold them back, no matter what it is, don’t leave the city, as long as you guard Luoyang, that’s enough!”

(End of this chapter)