Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Immediately, Zhao Yun swung the spear in his hand and threw Gao Lan, who was hanging on the spear tip, aside like a piece of rag, making a dull sound, which startled Chunyu Qiong and a group of elite cavalrymen to come back to their senses.

However, Chunyu Qiong had no intention of avenging Gao Lan at this moment. He just wanted to get away from the young general as quickly as possible.

Chunyu Qiong knew that his martial arts skills were slightly inferior to Gao Lan's.

Gao Lan was not even a match for this young general, so even if he went forward, he would only lose his life in vain.

Immediately, Chunyu Qiong turned his horse around and fled backwards, shouting loudly.

"Young General Bai Ma, dare you tell me your name? The generals in Hebei will never forget this grudge."

After hearing this, Zhao Yun knew that if he showed up like this, he would be unable to hide his identity sooner or later.

Yuan Shao, Xu You, Guo Tu and others had all seen Zhao Yun. They only needed to take a look at him or have someone draw a portrait of him to naturally know Zhao Yun's identity.

Immediately, Zhao Yun mustered up his strength and responded.

"I am Changshan Zhao Zilong!"

This sound may not be as loud as Zhang Fei's, but it also echoed for several miles.

Immediately, Zhao Yun picked up Gongsun Zan who was placed on the Night-Shining Jade Lion, and put him on Gao Lan's mount and asked.

"General Gongsun might have ridden alone?"

"Of course you can."

Although Gongsun Zan was seriously injured, riding a warhorse was as easy as breathing for him, so he naturally would not show weakness.

However, the look in Gongsun Zan's eyes when he looked at Zhao Yun at this moment showed not only gratitude but also complexity, and he asked in a deep voice.

"Zilong had a sparring match with me in the past, but he didn't use his full strength?"

Gongsun Zan saw the stunning shot that killed Gao Lan in an instant and was shocked.

Gongsun Zan asked himself that even if he was prepared, he might not be able to block such a shot.

Zhao Yun looked somewhat embarrassed, then answered.

"General Gongsun is the lord's best friend, a friend, not an enemy. Yun naturally dares not offend him."

This made Gongsun Zan, who had always been strong, so ashamed that his face turned red, and he felt anxious and embarrassed.

Especially since Gongsun Zan used to think that he and Zhao Yun were only on par with each other, he felt ashamed and embarrassed.

The temporary deterrence caused by Gao Lan's death also slightly slowed down the offensive of Yuan's army, allowing many White Horse Volunteers to break free from Yuan's army and speed up their convergence towards Gongsun Zan.

It was just a slight change in the situation and did not affect the overall situation on the battlefield.

Yuan Shao, who had been well prepared, immediately arranged for Zhu Ling to lead about 300 halberd soldiers to attack the entrance of Jie Bridge directly from the side after his water attack plan worked, intending to block the Jie Bridge and destroy the entire Gongsun army on the south bank of Qinghe River.

(PS: At this time, Zhang He was still not valued by Han Fu, and I personally think that even if the Great Halberd Soldiers existed, they should be regarded as a special unit formed by Yuan Shao, and were only handed over to Zhang He to lead in the later period.)
Zhao Yun saw these three hundred halberd-wielding soldiers. They were all wearing heavy armor and holding halberds. They seemed to be rare heavy-armored soldiers like the Bai Li soldiers.

Zhao Yun even thought that this might be the army formed by Yuan Shao after he saw the Xianzhen Camp and, like his lord, he also came up with the idea of ​​establishing heavy armored troops.

Right now, the 300 soldiers with halberds were not far from the entrance of Jie Bridge. Once those 300 soldiers with halberds blocked the entrance of the bridge, Gongsun Zan and his defeated soldiers would have no way to retreat.

Immediately, Zhao Yun spoke in a hurried tone.

"General Gongsun, the situation is serious. Please wait for me to ask you about other matters later. Please charge out from the Jie Bridge immediately. I will cover you." After saying that, without waiting for Gongsun Zan's reply, Zhao Yun lightly clamped the Night-Shining Jade Lion with his legs, and he and his horse instantly rushed towards the direction of the halberd soldiers.

"Zi Long……"

Gongsun Zan stretched his hand into the air, gritted his teeth, and then put it down.

Immediately afterwards, Gongsun Zan bowed in the direction of Zhao Yun, and shouted while suppressing the pain.

"Gongsun Bogui is here. All the soldiers, please follow me and retreat to the north bank."

Gongsun Zan's order spread across the battlefield as it was repeated by the White Horse Volunteers.

With Gongsun Zan and the White Horse Volunteers leading the way, the rest of the defeated and scattered Youzhou cavalry also regained some of their backbone and gathered towards the direction of Jie Bridge.

Behind Yuan's army, Yuan Shao, who was standing on a chariot at this moment, looked down at the battlefield. He was furious when he saw Gongsun's defeated and scattered army begin to retreat to the north bank in an orderly manner.

For Yuan Shao, leaving behind one more Youzhou cavalryman would reduce one obstacle in his quest to unify the three states north of the Yellow River.

"Zhao Yun? Why is he here? That Liu Da'er ruined my plans. How hateful!"

Yuan Shao also heard Zhao Yun's introduction of himself, and looked at Zhao Yun with anger as he rushed towards the halberd warriors as if he was in an empty space.

However, if it was at the beginning of the battle between the two armies, even a strong man like Lu Bu would be courting death if he charged into the battle alone.

But now the battlefield was in chaos, Gongsun's army was scattered everywhere, and Yuan's army was also chasing Gongsun's army in a scattered manner. Without forming a military formation, Zhao Yun, alone on horseback, was invincible.

Zhao Yun certainly didn't have the ability to kill three hundred halberd soldiers by himself, but Zhao Yun went straight towards Zhu Ling.

Gao Lan's body was still warm. How could Zhu Ling dare to compete with Zhao Yun? He almost subconsciously shrank back into the group of three hundred halberd soldiers.

But Zhu Ling was so timid, so the three hundred halberd soldiers couldn't help but shrink back in the face of Zhao Yun, and they almost subconsciously retreated wherever Zhao Yun passed.

This caused chaos among the already slow-moving halberd soldiers, and they were unable to block the entrance of the Jie Bridge for a long time.

This made Yuan Shao very angry, and he spoke angrily.

"It's a pity that neither Yan Liang nor Wen Chou are here, otherwise how could Zhao Zilong be so arrogant?"

However, the water attack strategy was particularly critical, and Yuan Shao could at most dispatch 2,000 cavalry to the upper reaches of Qinghe River.

Considering that Gongsun Zan might have powerful generals under his command, he was worried that if he only sent one of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, if they were restrained by the other side for a while, it would be detrimental to the overall situation.

To be safe, Yuan Shao naturally sent out his most trusted men, Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

Immediately, seeing that the three hundred halberd soldiers were being held back by Zhao Yun alone, Yuan Shao ordered the rest of his troops to speed up the encirclement and interception, trying to keep more Youzhou cavalry.

However, now that there is no one blocking the road on the boundary bridge, the mobility of the cavalry is fully demonstrated.

The Yuan army's infantry ran very fast. After fighting for half a day, it was almost wishful thinking for them to stop the cavalry with just their two legs.

In less than half an hour, all the defeated soldiers of Gongsun's army on the south bank of Qinghe River had retreated back to the north bank along the boundary bridge.

In the end, only Zhao Yun, who had been fighting in the chaos for nearly half an hour, was still guarding the bridgehead on the south side of Jie Bridge.

One man, one horse, one spear stood in front of the countless Yuan soldiers who had gathered, blocking their way to pursue Gongsun's army, and also intimidating the Yuan soldiers so that they dared not approach within ten steps of Zhao Yun. (End of this chapter)