Great Han Empire

Chapter 133
The weather is getting colder.It was bitterly cold.

More than 6000 Fengyun cavalry lined up quietly under the city, waiting for Li Hong's order to attack.Hundreds of battle flags of different colors fluttered with the wind, and the shaking sounds gathered together, forming a huge sound that echoed in the open field.

The scouts shuttled back and forth like revolving lanterns, loudly reporting the military situation around Liwu City.

Li Hong was surprised.The Yellow Turban Army retreated among the common people, obviously trying to avoid pursuit and slow down their pursuit.

"Shouyan, is there any news from Anxi's direction?" Li Hong turned his head and asked.

"The four gates of Anxi City have been closed since yesterday, and entry and exit are prohibited." Zheng Xin replied, "We should go all out and keep chasing until we reach Anxi."

Li Hong looked up at the sky.He hoped that there would be a snowfall, and he would have an excuse not to attack again.

His method of using troops was taught by Murong Feng.And Murong Feng is proficient in cavalry warfare. He used cavalry as the basis for his summary of his military use throughout his life. He paid attention to running thousands of miles, hitting with one blow, and destroying the enemy's vital forces. He didn't care about the gains and losses of a city or a place at all.Li Hong once helped Murong Feng sort out his military experience, and learned a lot about Murong Feng's military methods.Later in Lulongsai, I read Tian Jing's military experience and benefited a lot.After more than a year of continuous honing in actual combat, Li Hong has his own way of using troops in war.

He doesn't like this style of attacking cities and seizing villages.That's not what cavalry do at all, it's what infantry should do.But now that there are no infantry in the army, it shouldn't be fighting like this.He wanted to take control of the battlefield, and he didn't want to passively attack the city.The lessons learned from the failure of the Xianbei people in Lulongsai and Yuyang City are too profound.Cavalry should use cavalry methods to defeat the enemy.

Li Hong wanted to stop, wait for the follow-up troops to arrive, and redesign the method of defeating the Yellow Turban Army.

The Yellow Turban Army had already abandoned Boling and Liwu, and the connection with Youzhou had been established.The purpose of sending troops has been achieved, why continue to attack Nulu?Jizhou Mu Guodian has not launched an attack on Changshan now, his own army hastily advanced without support, and if an accident occurs, it will be asking for trouble.But the opportunity to cover up the Yellow Turban Army and attack Anxi is so good, and I am a little reluctant to give up.If Anxi is captured or the group of enemies in front of you is wiped out, you can directly threaten Nulu City, the prefecture of Zhongshan Kingdom.

Li Hong raised his hand and chopped it down with all his strength.

The horn of the charge soared into the sky.

Chongyun Mountain is thirty miles away from Liwu.The mountains here are gentle, the terrain is open, and there are many trees.

Chu Feiyan stood on a small hill, raised her head and took a sip of icy cold water.

When he and Zhang Niujiao returned to Nulu, the Yellow Turban Army was in a state of disintegration, and there was a tendency to disperse.Zhang Niujiao lost his strength, so of course his words were not as important as before, but Chu Feiyan handed over his military power in time and handed over his [-] troops to Zhang Niujiao.The leaders of the various departments of the Yellow Turban Army were shocked, and then they dared not mention the matter of re-establishing the chief.

No one can replace Zhang Niujiao's position in the Yellow Turban Army. This is an indisputable fact.When the Yellow Turban Army was in dire straits and was in danger, Zhang Niujiao couldn't put forward any proposals for the virtuous. Facing the eyes full of expectation, trust and hope, he only had to bravely shoulder the burden and temporarily forget the shame of the failure of the Northern Expedition. , to solve the current crisis that the Yellow Turban Army is facing.

Zhang Niujiao first beheaded several small leaders who had shaken the morale of the army.They were responsible for providing food and supplies to the front line. When the front line was in an emergency, they not only failed to fulfill their duties, but took the lead in rushing to transport food to the Taihang Mountains, causing the Yellow Turban Army to suffer consecutive defeats and heavy losses on the front line.

Xiao Shuai Wang Dang is not very aggressive.He did not attack Wulu's army, but surrounded him to prevent him from fleeing to the mountains.Once he escapes into the mountains, the possibility of arresting him and punishing him is unlikely.Zhang Niujiao didn't kill Wulu, but relieved him of his military power, took over his troops, and drove him to Zhending City.

Seeing Zhang Niujiao coming up the mountain to persuade him, Bai Rao was ashamed and uneasy, and took the initiative to admit his mistake to Zhang Niujiao, and immediately led his troops down the mountain to rejoin the battlefield.

After Zhang Niujiao quickly quelled the internal disputes of the Yellow Turban Army in a short period of time, he immediately began to prepare for foreign battles.What is needed at this time is a victory that can revive the morale of the Yellow Turban Army.

Chu Feiyan, who stayed in Zhongshan, led his troops to fight back early.

It will take time for Zhang Niujiao to deal with the internal disputes of the Yellow Turban Army, reorganize and assemble the troops, and prepare for the attack.However, Guo Dian and Feng Yi's troops were eyeing them, and they might launch a second round of attack on the Yellow Turban Army at any time.In this case, Chu Feiyan had no choice but to send troops to delay their attack on the Yellow Turban Army.

According to Chu Feiyan's thinking, if the Yellow Turban Army captures Boling and Liwu, it will cut off the nearest communication line between Jizhou and Youzhou, directly threatening the Anping Kingdom in central Jizhou.Anping Kingdom is in the rear of Julu County, and it is the place where the government and army supplies are supplied.If the security of Anping Kingdom cannot be guaranteed, Guo Dian must have scruples and dare not easily launch an attack on the Yellow Turban Army.

Guo Dian originally wanted to take advantage of the internal turmoil of the Yellow Turban Army to launch a fierce offensive to wipe out the Yellow Turban Army as soon as possible, but after Chu Feiyan suddenly captured Liwu and Boling, he was worried that the Yellow Turban Army would take the opportunity to attack Anping and cut off his supplies.So he had no choice but to give up the attack temporarily, and tried his best to urge Li Hong, the leopard from Youzhou, to go south to join the battle as soon as possible.

Chu Feiyan wanted to defeat the leopard Li Hong and his cavalry.He killed 10,000+ Yellow Turban soldiers and owed a lot of blood debts. This revenge must be avenged.As long as Li Hong goes south, he has a chance.

This opportunity is now within reach.He carefully planned an ambush to lure the enemy, so far, there have been no loopholes.

The scouts of the Yellow Turban Army rushed over.

"Chu Shuai, the troops in Liwu City are still ten miles away from us, and the leopard army is following and chasing us."

Chu Feiyan smiled slightly and asked, "How far is the distance between Fan Li and the Leopard Army?"

"About ten miles."

"Oh." Chu Feiyan was surprised immediately, and he hurriedly asked, "How fast is the Leopard Army?"

"Go back to Chu Shuai, it's very slow, almost like walking."

"Why did this happen?" Chu Feiyan asked strangely, "Did Fan Li's troops run too fast?"

The scout hurriedly replied: "Lord Fan withdrew thousands of people in the city at the same time. The people walked slowly, and the leopard army followed behind. They seemed to be very scrupulous and did not speed up to catch up."

Chu Feiyan frowned slowly, and her face became more and more ugly.

"Chu Shuai, what's the matter?" Sima Weizheng who was standing behind him asked in a low voice.

"This fence, why are you so confused. They are soldiers who lure the enemy, and they must deceive the enemy at all costs. Only when the cavalry of the Leopard Army can kill us non-stop along the way, the enemy will lose vigilance and their advancing speed will be The faster and faster, the formation will become more and more chaotic and thinner, so that it will be very easy to kill them, and there will be a chance to wipe them out. Strength, to do this kind of thing that slows down the enemy's speed." Chu Feiyan was filled with remorse and extremely angry.

"Chu Shuai, we have 5 people. Even if they form a neat formation, we can wipe them all out. Could they still escape?" Wei Zheng said disapprovingly.

Chu Feiyan shook her head again and again, and loudly ordered the messengers behind her: "Order the front army troops in charge of blocking to immediately move the blocking position forward three miles."

Then he looked at Wei Zheng with a wry smile and said, "Recently, my luck is very bad."

"Chu Shuai, although Fan Li didn't do a good job, the enemy is still chasing them. At most, after the encirclement, we will spend a little more effort to annihilate them." Wei Zheng comforted, "Everything is still under Chu Shuai's control."

Chu Feiyan sighed in disappointment, and said dejectedly: "Once the encirclement is closed, those civilians will be in the encirclement. After the two armies fought, those innocent civilians were the first to bear the brunt. Thousands of people were slaughtered by us just like this."

"This Fen Li, I will kill him." Chu Feiyan cursed fiercely.

Suddenly, he felt a chill on his face.

Chu Feiyan looked up to the sky.

"It's snowing." Wei Zheng said lightly.

Chu Feiyan stretched out her palm slowly, and saw one or two small snowflakes falling on her hand, which immediately melted into two crystal clear drops of water.

"It's getting dark," he said with a heavy heart.

Yushi has sent people to ask Li Hong for instructions many times, asking to lead his troops to attack.Li Hong flatly refused.

"My lord, we can use the terrain of Chongyun Mountain to outflank the Yellow Turban Army in front and back." Zhang Yun hesitated for a long time, but after thinking about it, he mustered up his courage and urged Li Hong immediately to suggest, " If we continue to follow like this, the Yellow Turban Army will always be mixed among the people and will not give us a chance to attack."

Li Hong smiled, and said approvingly: "Jun Yi (the character of Zhang He, Yi is pronounced yi), this strategy is good. Have you read many books?"

Zhang He didn't expect that Li Hong would still be in the mood to chat with him at this time, so he hurriedly said, "Not much. I just finished reading the books at the teacher's house."

Li Hong said loudly in surprise: "That's not much? So, your family must be in a good position."

"My family lives in the city. Although I'm not very poor, I'm not rich either. My parents hoped that I would be successful, and let me study scriptures from teachers since I was a child." Zhang He replied.

"Then you also learned martial arts from your teacher?"

"That's another master, he has passed away." Zhang He said, "My master and Zilong's master are still friends?"

"Oh." Li Hong said with a smile: "Then you are very destined. Zilong's family background is similar to yours, and the two of you have almost the same talent and knowledge in martial arts. You will definitely be able to succeed in the future."

"Compared with adults, we are far behind." Zhang He blushed and said modestly.

Li Hong laughed, "Me? I am not as good as you except that I am a few years older than you, kill more people than you, and have a little better luck than you."

"Your Excellency is too modest. Your Excellency used to besiege thousands of people in Xianbei's Baitan City by one person, and his martial arts are famous all over the world. When it comes to using troops, your lord's intelligence is so high that we can't match it. If your lord recovers Memory, remembering things from the past, I am afraid that the knowledge of adults is also..."

"Okay, okay..." Li Hong waved his hands again and again, and said loudly: "I'm just a slave, don't flatter me. The martial arts are not bad, and I can protect myself. I don't have any knowledge. I'm just like Bai Ding. I asked Zilong to write some of the paperwork. It would be better if you came, since things like this will be handled by the two of you in the future."

Zhang He looked back at Zhao Yun, and they looked at each other and smiled.The adults have lost their memory, and they can't remember the past.But judging from his current martial arts and military skills, if he regains his memory, it will be fine, wouldn't he be a world-class genius.

Yushi came in person.

"My lord, after a few more miles, we will reach Chongyun Mountain. Once the enemy enters the mountainous area, we will lose the terrain advantage and it will be difficult to launch an attack. If we don't attack now, we will have no chance today."

Li Hong looked up at the sky and said with a smile, "It's getting dark."

"My lord..." Yushi urged, "We rush over and divide and encircle and wipe out, and we won't hurt many people."

"Why not?" Li Hong immediately retorted: "When our cavalry rushed over, the people would immediately scatter and flee, not only blocking our attack line, but also slowing down our attack speed. If your soldiers don't kill the people , I'll give you my head."

Yushi was speechless.

"It's snowing..." Zhao Yun exclaimed in surprise.

Li Hong looked up.Small snowflakes began to float down from the sky, sparse and full of vitality.

Li Hong shouted happily: "Stop advancing, stop advancing immediately."

Chu Feiyan's heart sank, and she suddenly felt something was wrong.

The leopard's cavalry stopped suddenly.Their former army stood quietly in the howling cold wind, watching the crowd in front disappear into the distant mountains.

it's getting dark.The snow fell harder and harder.The cold wind howled.

"Chu Shuai..." Fan Li hurried over on a flying horse, his head was steaming.Wei Zheng rushed up to meet him, secretly winking at him.

"Chu Shuai..." Seeing Chu Feiyan's angry face, Fan Li knew that something was wrong, so he quickly knelt down on one leg and said loudly, "The leopard army has been fooled and followed them all the way."

Chu Feiyan smiled coldly.

"The Leopard Army has stopped advancing." Wei Zheng said to him, "Chu Shuai only asked you to lead the troops to lure the enemy, but did not let you retreat with the people. Although your troops have not lost now, but because you led the people Traveling together, seriously affected the speed and delayed the time. It is getting dark."

Fan Li immediately understood the reason for Chu Shuai's displeasure, and he hurriedly said: "The Leopard Army has chased for thirty miles, so they won't retreat halfway, right? As long as they are determined to reach Anxi, we can ambush him."

Chu Feiyan thought so too, so he could hold back the anger in his heart for the time being.He spent all his time and effort in fighting this battle, but he made a mistake in the most critical way of luring the enemy, which he never thought of.Looking at the sweaty Fen Li, he really wanted to rush up and kick him hard.I used the wrong person, and it was too late to say anything now.

As long as the Leopard Army continues to advance and walk into Chongyun Mountain, everything is still under their control.

The snow fell harder and harder, and in a blink of an eye, the ground gradually turned white.

Chu Feiyan watched the figure of the scout running wildly getting closer and closer, her heart suddenly beat violently.

He eagerly hoped that the scouts would tell him that the enemy was advancing.

"Chu Shuai, the enemy has withdrawn."

Chu Feiyan lost all thoughts immediately.

Li Hong set up his camp at the north gate of Liwu City and strictly prohibited troops from entering the city.

At night, many people returned to Liwu City with their families.Li Hong ordered Tian Zhong and Xiao Lan to bring five hundred Han soldiers into the city to resettle the homeless refugees and distribute food and clothing to keep out the cold.

Li Hong had been patrolling the camp until he saw that all the soldiers and horses had been properly settled, and then he returned to the central army camp. It was already midnight at this time.

The heavy snow continued to fall for three or four days.The Huanshui River was completely frozen.

On the fifth day, Anping's grain and grass arrived.

Seeing Zhao Yun striding in, Li Hong casually dropped the letter in his hand, and said with a smile, "Today, who did you knock off again?"

Zhao Yun blushed, and hurriedly said: "I practiced with Jun Yi for a while today."

Li Hong smiled slightly: "Boyu, Leizi, Xiaohu, they all can't beat you, so I'm ashamed. After a while, the tiger's head will come, and Leizi and the others will file a complaint, and your life will be difficult."

Zhao Yun smiled shyly, "Brother Hutou is powerful, I'm afraid I can't beat him."

"What's the matter?" Li Hong asked.In the past few days, these people gathered together every day to compete in martial arts for fun, and rarely came to the big tent.

"The grain and grass from Anping Kingdom have arrived." Zhao Yun said, "The person who is in charge of the grain is the judge who is in charge of the trial in the pastoral mansion of Jizhou."

Li Hong immediately stood up when he heard the words.

"He must have brought news of Mr. Guo, let's pick it up quickly."

After taking two steps, Li Hong found Zhao Yun standing still, and asked strangely, "Why don't you leave?"

"My lord, Mr. Xianyu has already greeted you."

"Then we have to go too. There are celebrities everywhere in Hebei, and we can't afford to offend them." Li Hong laughed.

"This judge is a famous person in Jizhou. He is a son of a prominent family in Wei County, Jizhou. He is not only highly educated, but also generous, loyal and upright." Zhao Yun replied, "Students and celebrities in Jizhou like to make friends with him. My The teacher has always admired this man's knowledge and character."

Li Hong asked in surprise: "Since you are so knowledgeable and a son of a famous family, how come you are still working in the government of Jizhou Prefecture?"

Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment, then said: "I heard from my teacher that he is too upright, he doesn't like to curry favor with the powerful, he likes to offend people."

"Like to offend people?" Li Hong asked strangely, "Is there anyone else who likes to offend people?"

"Yes. My teacher is this kind of person. If he doesn't like what he sees, he just speaks out against him. If he doesn't like it, he accuses Sang and Huai until he offends people." Zhao Yun said in bewilderment, "It seems like a scholar. People, there are many such problems."

Li Hongda laughed, "Okay, okay, let's go. Now that you say that, I want to see him even more."

Zhao Yun pointed to his hair and said, "But your hair...if he sees it, he will probably be scolded."

Li Hong immediately came to his senses, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes. This is impolite, help me tie it up quickly. He also scolds people he doesn't know?"

Zhao Yun smiled slightly and said, "It's all the same. In the eyes of these famous people, if they don't understand something, they will just open their mouths and say a few words, which is guaranteed to drive you crazy."

Li Hong was immediately interested in celebrities.

(End of this chapter)