The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 213 Chapter 212
Tai Shici led the army, and as soon as they reached Xiangyuan County, the scouts sent news that Huguan had been breached by Yuan Shao, and Zhang Yang fled back to Shangdang in embarrassment.

Surprised, Tai Shici hurriedly asked the scout how Huguan was breached.

The scouts narrated that Yu Jin led his army to Dangyin and threatened to capture Yecheng. Yuan Shao suddenly withdrew his troops from Huguan on the grounds of rescuing Yecheng.

After Zhang Yan's army left, Yuan Shao pretended to be a black mountain bandit and came to Huguan city. Zhang Yang thought that Zhang Yan had gone and returned, so he neglected to guard against it. As a result, Yuan Shao's army broke through the gate and entered Huguan.

Zhang Yang couldn't resist, so he had to lead his army back to Shangdang.

When Tai Shici heard what the scouts said, he was very anxious. He hastily ordered the army to speed up, and he must not let Yuan Shao conquer Shangdang. Otherwise, what is the purpose of his trip?
But Xiangyuan is still two to three hundred miles away from Shangdang. Even if Tai Shici leads the cavalry first, there are only more than a thousand people, and the three thousand infantry cannot arrive at the same time as the cavalry.

However, Huguan and Shangdang are very close at hand. Yuan Shao captured Huguan and suppressed the territory with a large army. Shangdang lost its barrier. Facing the siege of tens of thousands of Yuan troops, it may not last long.

Therefore, Zhang Hong dissuaded Tai Shici in time, and said to Tai Shici: "General, even if we rush back at this time, I'm afraid it will be too late. What the general wants to think about now is not how to save Zhang Yang, but how to start from above." The party safely returned to Luoyang."

Zhang Liao said: "General, the military adviser is right. Once Shangdang is defeated by Yuan Shao, we will go deep alone. We must think of a complete strategy and return to Luoyang. Our army has no foothold in Bingzhou. Now Yuan Shao is in the south. Cao Cao is in the north, if the two armies attack, our army may be wiped out in Bingzhou."

"Then tell me, what should we do?"

Zhang Hong said: "If our army goes all the way south from this road, it will definitely meet Yuan Shao's army. Moreover, Yuan Shao probably already knows about our army's entry into Bingzhou. Once he destroys Zhang Yang, he will send troops to attack us. I don't know, besides this, is there any other way to avoid Shangdang?"

When Zhang Hong said the last sentence, his eyes were on Zhang Liao and Gao Shun. They were from Bingzhou, and they were far more familiar with the terrain here than they were.From Zhang Hong's point of view, it may be for this reason that Zhang Yan sent Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to come together.

Zhang Liao frowned. Although he is from Bingzhou, he didn't have much time in Bingzhou. The road can avoid Shangdang.

Gao Shun is about ten years older than Zhang Liao, and he was born as a hunter. When he was young, he used to climb mountains and mountains, especially in search of extremely rare prey. Therefore, he is very familiar with the terrain of Bingzhou. familiar with.

Seeing Zhang Liao's distressed face, he said, "I know a road, but this road is too steep and rugged, not suitable for horses. Even on foot, there may be dangers. This road not only It can bypass Shangdang and go directly to Hanoi.”

Tai Shici frowned, and asked, "You mean, if you go this way, you can't bring a war horse?"

Gao Shun nodded.

Tai Shici refused: "How can this be done? I have already lost more than 900 cavalry in Jinyang, and now I have to abandon all the horses. After I go back, how can I tell the Lord? These horses are hard-won, how can they be easily obtained?" Abandon? How about going south all the way, our army is an elite army, even if we meet Yuan Shao's army, what is there to worry about? At worst, we will fight them and kill the Shangdang!"

Zhang Hong saw that Tai Shici was being impulsive, so he tried hard to persuade him: "General, you must not be impulsive. Although war horses are hard to come by, it is also very important to preserve your strength. If everyone is dead, what's the point of having these war horses?"

"Military division, I..."

"General, I know you are a horse lover, but at this moment, you have to make a choice. I think it's better to kill all these horses, let all the sergeants have a full meal, and then use the remaining horse meat Take them away, pack lightly, lead the way with General Gao, take the path, and avoid Shangdang. When I return to Luoyang, I will confess to the lord!" Zhang Hong said.

"I am the chief general. How can I let the military adviser bear the responsibility for my crimes? The military adviser is right. Preserving strength is the most important thing. Then follow what the military adviser said. General Gao will lead the way, and all the military advisers will take the path. It's just a pity that so So many good horses..."

The idea was made, and the whole army was led by Gao Shun. Therefore, Gao Shun let the army return along the original road. After walking for more than 30 miles, he began to change the road, and the road became narrower and narrower.

It is not recommended to kill all the horses until the horses can't go any further.

Tai Shici killed all the horses with tears in his eyes, and distributed the horse meat to the soldiers. There was also a water source nearby. He held the horse meat and drank the water. After the group had eaten and drank enough, they continued on the road.

The road Gao Shun chose was indeed narrow and rugged enough, and there was a section of cliffs.This section of road is located between Taihang Mountain and Huotai Mountain. It is an extension of the two mountains. In addition, there are streams and beasts in the mountains, and the road is tortuous, so few people take it.

Just because few people walk does not mean that no one walks.When Gao Shun was a hunter, he discovered this road by accident. Although it was dangerous, he was brave and skilled, so he often traveled along this road.

This road leads directly from Xiangyuan to Tongda. After passing Tongda, the road becomes much flatter and wider. It is a small path running from east to west. It is said that it was dug by the people who lived here in ancient times.

But no matter what, this road has created convenience for Tai Shici and the others. Although the cost is more than 1000 war horses, as long as the soldiers don't die, they have preserved their strength, and there will still be war horses!

Under the leadership of Gao Shun, a group of people, after a day of hard walking, finally came out of this rugged road, and then a wider road. The group of people went along the road to Yishi County, and the road they passed along the way Everywhere, all choose more remote roads.

Today, more than 4000 people including Tai Shici are already on the west side of Shangdang. When they arrived in Yishi County, they walked south along the Qinhe River and arrived in Hanoi after another three days.

The road was very bumpy, but fortunately, there were no difficulties. Except for some wounded soldiers who accidentally fell off the cliff on the road, there were basically no casualties.

After arriving in Hanoi, Tai Shici reorganized his team and managed to get in touch with the scouts. Only then did he learn that Yuan Shao had defeated the Shangdang, Zhang Yang had been killed, and his subordinate Kui Gu led the remnant army to join the Black Mountain Army Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan blocked the passes in the Taihang Mountains and successfully blocked Yuan Shao's army from invading south.At the same time, Zhang Yan also got in touch with Yu Jin, intending to lead his army to join him.

Tai Shici asked Zhang Hong to write a letter of incrimination, sent someone to Zhang Yan who was far away in Pengcheng, and left [-] soldiers behind.

Zhang Hong, together with Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, led the army across the south and returned to Luoyang. Zhang Hong remained in Henan, while Zhang Liao and Gao Shun returned to Chenliu and Jiyin respectively to serve as their prefects.

The plan to aid Zhang Yang ended in failure. After Yuan Shao captured Shangdang and Taiyuan, he left [-] troops and handed them over to Cao Cao, who was in charge of conquering the counties of Bingzhou, and he led the army back to Yecheng.

Yuan Shao took charge of Bingzhou on his own, and dispatched his nephew Gao Gan to serve as the governor of Bingzhou.

Tian Feng, Jushou, Shenpei, Guo Tu and other counselors all opposed Yuan Shao's decision, but Yuan Shao insisted on going his own way, and believed that Cao Cao had great talent, and Bingzhou was connected to the Xiongnu in the west and Xianbei in the north, where Cao Cao and his army were in charge. , he will feel much relieved.

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Pengcheng, the General's Mansion.

For half a month, Zhang Yan had been paying close attention to the war in Bingzhou. When he learned that his plan to aid Bingzhou had failed, he demoted Tai Shici's official position to General Zhonglang.But Zhang Yan is gratified that although Zhang Yang was not successfully rescued during this trip, Zhang Yan, the leader of the Black Mountain Army, actively attached himself to him.

Therefore, Zhang Yan went to the emperor and named Zhang Yan a general of Zhonglang.And let Yu Jin lead the army back to Puyang, and all the generals returned to their original places to continue to guard.

Tai Shici's request to stay in Hanoi was agreed by Zhang Yan, so Zhang Yan appointed Wei Qi, the commander of the right school, as the prefect of Hanoi, reorganized Hanoi, and sent someone to notify Zhang Yan to let Zhang Yan lead the Montenegro army and people to belong to Hanoi. Hanoi population.

In addition, Zhang Yan is still paying close attention to the alliance with Liu Biao and Sun Ce.It was recently heard that Yuan Shu was already ordering privately ordered imperial robes and dragon crowns, and was secretly preparing for his enthronement.

In order to get rid of Yuan Shu, Zhang Yan, in the name of the emperor, ordered to win over Liu Biao and Sun Ce.

Among them, instigating Sun Ce's rebellion is the most important thing. Zhang Yan gave Sun Ce a big promise, that is, once Yuan Shu is eliminated, he will order Sun Ce to be the shepherd of Yangzhou and govern Yuan Shu's existing Huainan.

Liu Biao's reply letter has already arrived. He had a quarrel with Yuan Shu at first, but recently his strength has increased greatly because he took in Zhang Xiu's army. As soon as he received Zhang Yan's letter, he decisively agreed to Zhang Yan's request, and secretly Prepare.

However, Sun Ce never heard back, and even the envoy sent to deliver the letter did not return.

After dealing with Tai Shici and some matters in Hanoi, Zhang Yan sighed heavily. Sun Ce's attitude is very important to him. If Sun Ce agrees to act as an internal response to overthrow Yuan Shu, it will be much easier for him to deal with Yuan Shu.If Sun Ce disagreed, he had no choice but to choose someone else.

In fact, Zhang Yan also knew that Sun Ce must hate him. If he hadn't interfered with Sun Ce's capture of Jiangdong, the current Sun Ce should have occupied half of Jiangdong.

However, considering the situation at the time, Zhang Yan would rather have an ally like a pig, Liu Yao, than a neighbor like a tiger or a wolf.

Jiangdong is a treasure land, if it is occupied by Sun Ce, it will definitely become the capital for Sun Ce to rule the roost.Therefore, he didn't want to see this situation happen. He wanted to control Jiangdong in his own hands so as to lay the foundation for him to occupy Jiangdong in the future.

While Zhang Yan was still worrying about whether Sun Ce was willing to cooperate with him, Shi Jiaxu, Captain of the Sili Colonel and Chief of the General's Mansion, walked in from outside, holding an unopened letter in his hand, and addressed Zhang Yan. Yan clasped his fists and said, "My lord, Jiangdong Secret Report!"

(End of this chapter)