The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 262 Chapter 261
"Whoosh!"

A bloody human head was immediately thrown by Gan Ning, and it fell directly in front of Huang Zu. Huang Zu took a closer look and found that this head was his vanguard general Han Xi.

Immediately afterwards, dense arrows flew out from the woods on both sides of the official road like a storm, and Huang Zu's army immediately lost a lot of casualties.

Huang Zu encountered an ambush, but panicked a little, then regained his composure, and ordered the soldiers to fight with him. After all, he had tens of thousands of troops, and the enemy army he saw was only more than [-], so he didn't pay attention at all. .

However, Huang Zu soon realized that there was a fatal mistake in his thinking, that is, he ignored the enemy's combat effectiveness.

Although the enemy army had only ten thousand men, they fought very bravely, with sharp weapons and excellent armor. The soldiers were like a fierce tiger, and they rushed directly at Huang Zu's army.

Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, and Gan Ning were all in the lead, taking the lead, killing dozens of people in a row. Wherever they passed, the soldiers under Huang Zu's subordinates were unable to resist, and behind them were a group of fierce soldiers who were as fierce as tigers, and they made a sudden attack , Huang Zu's army suddenly fell into chaos.

Although Huang Zu had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, the official roads in this area were relatively narrow. In addition, the soldiers and horses stretched for several miles. If the front was attacked, even if the people behind came to help, it would take some time.

However, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun didn't give Huang Zu any chance to breathe. They led all the cavalry under their command and rushed to the front, cutting off Huang Zu's army at the waist.Afterwards, Zhang Liao led the crowd forward to cover up the attack, and attacked back and forth with Gan Ning, Su Fei, Zhang Wu, Chen Sun and others, while Gao Shun led the ace in the army to trap the camp and blocked in the narrow official road. They kept shooting at Yuan Jun who was coming from behind, and the cavalry came and went and clashed even more. No matter how many reinforcements there were, they couldn't break through Gao Shun's defense. Instead, Gao Shun was defeated and fled.

The situation suddenly got out of control, Huang Zu looked around, only then did he realize that he was encircled, the reinforcements behind him couldn't get through, and his current strength was not enough to fight against the enemy. The subordinates and generals were frightened out of their wits, which made people panic and the morale of the army was slackened.

"Withdraw! Quickly withdraw!" Huang Zu made a decisive decision, immediately turned his horse's head, and ordered.

However, it was too late to retreat at this time, Zhang Liao and Gan Ning had already surrounded Huang Zu and the others, and Huang Zu and the others were unable to deal with the ferocious attack.

For a moment, more than a thousand soldiers and horses around Huang Zu fell into chaos. Those who ran for their lives ran for their lives, and those who surrendered surrendered.

Suddenly, a soldier beside Huang Zu tore off his military uniform with a "chi la" sound, revealing the orange-red military uniform under the uniform. Zu cut it over, it was Lu Meng.

Huang Zu was taken aback, without any precautions, he would never have imagined that an enemy soldier would come to his side wearing his own uniform.

The gleaming steel knife came towards him, Huang Zu subconsciously raised his left arm to resist, who knew that the blade was too sharp, and the force was also very fierce, with one strike, Huang Zu's left hand was cut off, blood Immediately, it gushed out, and the heart-piercing pain spread all over Huang Zu's body, making him in agony.

"Ah..." Huang Zu screamed, his face was sweating from the pain, and he shouted to the soldiers around him with a grim expression, "Kill him! Kill him quickly..."

Lu Meng drew his saber quickly, he failed to cut Huang Zu dead with the first slash, the second slash followed like a shadow, Huang Zu, who was shouting loudly, was immediately beheaded by Lu Meng.

Huang Zu's subordinates were all surprised, and hurriedly swung their weapons and slashed at Lu Meng. Relying on his agility, Lu Meng got under the belly of Huang Zu's horse, stretched out his long arms, picked up Huang Zu's head, and waved his sword With the steel saber, he stabbed obliquely and knocked down the two cavalrymen, and then shuttled through the gaps between the horses, leaving Huang Zu's cavalrymen helpless.

In a short time, Lu Meng ran out of the most dangerous area, but there were still Huang Zu's soldiers in front of him. He swung his knife and slashed, desperately trying to rush out, and shouted to the front: "Do it!"

Following Lu Meng's order, twenty daredevils who followed Lu Meng tore open the military uniforms of Huang Zu's army in an instant, revealing the orange-red uniforms, and suddenly slashed at the enemy troops besieging Lu Meng. After hacking and killing, he rushed in and got together with Lu Meng, and then protected Lu Meng together and broke out of the encirclement.

Soon, Lu Meng climbed to a high post under the guard of his brothers, raised Huang Zu's head high in his hand, mustered all his strength, and shouted loudly: "Huang Zu has been beheaded by me. If you don't surrender quickly, when will you wait!"

The voice was like thunder, rolling into the ears, this cry immediately attracted the attention of many soldiers, they saw a young man covered in blood, only wearing a soldier's uniform, surrounded by a group of people, holding up Huang Zu's The head, with sharp eyes, scanned the entire battlefield, looking majestic.

Huang Zu was killed, his army was leaderless, and more than a thousand soldiers who were surrounded had no fighting spirit. Seeing that they could not rush out, they simply surrendered.However, the army that was sniped by Gao Shun was still unable to break through Gao Shun's line of defense. Instead, he was chased and beaten by Gao Shun, and when he heard that Huang Zu had been killed, the army dispersed and fled to the bank one after another. Stay in Xunyang for a long time.

Seeing this, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun immediately commanded the whole army to charge, chasing Huang Zu's defeated army all the way to the shore.

When the defeated army fled to the shore, they all scrambled to board the warship. The soldiers on the warship saw Zhang Liao and Gao Shun chasing them, their faces turned pale with fright, and they immediately cut off the soldiers, regardless of the fact that there were more than ten thousand soldiers and horses who hadn't boarded the ship. The ropes were raised, the anchor was lifted, and the soldiers who climbed the ship were beheaded. For a while, the waters on the shore of Xunyang were blood red.Hundreds of warships quickly moved away from the shore, went upstream, and fled for their lives.

But the rest of the ten thousand remnants suffered disaster. There was a big river in front of them, and there were pursuers behind them. In desperation, the ten thousand remnants were forced to surrender.

The battle lasted for a total of half an hour, and ended with the defeat of Huang Zu's army. Even Huang Zu himself was beheaded by Lu Meng. About 5000 of the 5000 army fled back, and more than [-] people were killed. Fifteen thousand people were forced to surrender.

On Zhang Liao and Gao Shun's side, only more than 500 people were killed and about 400 people were injured. The price was extremely small.

After the battle, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun escorted all the captives to Xunyang City. Lu Su had already set up a camp here, and a group of people waited here quietly waiting for Zhang Yan's arrival.

At this moment, Zhang Yan led Zhao Yun, Jia Xu and others just arrived in Wan County, and since Wan County is the hometown of Zhang Yan's concubines, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, Zhang Yan stayed overnight in Qiao's residence.

In the past three years, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao have been serving Zhang Yan with all their heart. The two sisters are not only good at singing and dancing, but also proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. They were officially married by Zhang Yan in May of the first year of Jian'an. After entering the mansion, the two sisters are very modest in receiving people and things, and they are also very respectful to Zhang Yan's wife, Mi Zhen, and they form Zhang Yan's harem together with Mi Zhen. Competing for favor, they get along very well.

In the second year of Jian'an, Da Qiao gave birth to a daughter for Zhang Yan. This year, Xiao Qiao gave birth to a son for Zhang Yan. Zhang Yan named his daughter Zhang Xin and his son Zhang Zhen.

Zhang Yan stayed overnight in Qiao's mansion, and had a good conversation with Mr. Qiao. After drinking for three rounds, a Jinyi guard walked straight to Zhang Yan with a good news, escaped with a letter, and whispered in Zhang Yan's ear. A few words.

After Zhang Yan heard this, his face immediately beamed with joy, and he burst out laughing.

Although those present didn't know why Zhang Yan laughed, they could tell from Zhang Yan's laughter that the letter was good news.

Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Yan stopped laughing, he said in a loud voice: "The front line has a good news. Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Lu Su and others have defeated Huang Zu. Even Huang Zu himself was beheaded and 5000 people were captured. The rest of the ancestor's army fled."

"Congratulations, lord, congratulations, lord!" Everyone congratulated in unison.

The good news from the front line meant that Zhang Yan didn't have to go to Xunyang anymore, so he was in Wanxian County, rewarding the generals who had made meritorious service in this war, rewarding Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, and Lu Su with a thousand gold each. After the 5000 captured soldiers confiscated their armor and weapons, they were all released, settled on the spot, and classified as Xunyang nationality. Write a letter and ask them to move their family to Xunyang.In this way, it is equivalent to adding an additional household registration in Xunyang, and giving them land will allow them to farm in Xunyang.

In addition, Zhang Yan incorporated Gan Ning and Su Fei into Zhang Liao's subordinates, and appointed Gan Ning as Zhonglang General and Xiaowei respectively.

However, Zhang Wu and Chen Sun were incorporated into Gao Shun's subordinates and appointed as military commanders respectively.

Regarding Lu Meng, who beheaded Huang Zu, Zhang Yan promoted him to the rank of captain according to his merits, and he was still subordinate to Gaoshun's army.

In addition, Zhang Yan ordered Zhang Liao to garrison in Xunyang, and also served as the Xunyang Commander. Gao Shun led his troops to garrison in Wan County, and Xu Chu's army temporarily managed the Shaopi Army Garrison.

Finally, Zhang Yan sent envoys to Xiangyang with Huang Zu's head, and returned the heads and bodies of Huang Zu, Huang She and his father and son to Liu Biao. to the friendly relations between the two armies.

Liu Biao was also a dumb eater of Coptis chinensis, and he couldn't tell what he had suffered. Not only did he lose Huang Zu, but he also lost [-] regular troops. Fortunately, Huang Zu's navy was not seriously injured, otherwise, Liu Biao would definitely be heartbroken.

Furthermore, Liu Biao also hated Huang Zu for not obeying orders, but as a friend, Liu Biao still held a grand funeral for Huang Zu, Huang She and his son.

However, Jiangxia could not live without a prefect, so Liu Biao transferred Xinye Commander Liu Qi to be the prefect of Jiangxia. He also appointed Kuai Liang as the long history of Jiangxia, Han Song as the chief secretary, and Fu Xun as the assistant to assist Liu Qi.

(End of this chapter)