Great Han Empire

Chapter 690
In the middle of May, Xu Wucheng.

Gongsun Fan galloped on the road with three thousand cavalry, and the smoke and dust that rolled up flew into the air, covering the sky and the sun.

Suddenly, a horse galloped towards him, and the rider was lying on the horse's back. The horse's four hooves flew into the air, as if it was about to fly.

"My lord, that is our scout, it seems that something happened..."

Gongsun Fan was secretly surprised, and hurriedly rode out to meet him, "Order all the ministries to slow down and slow down."

The scouts arrived in a blink of an eye, with horrified faces, panting, and extreme fear in their voices, "My lord, Karasuma people, Karasuma people..."

"How many people? Where are they?" Gongsun Fan asked sharply.

"Overwhelming, there are at least tens of thousands of people, just outside Xu Wucheng."

"Why didn't you see it just now? Why did you report it now?" Gongsun Fan's heart suddenly became cold, and his voice trembled.

"The Karasuma people suddenly appeared in Xu Wucheng without any warning." The scout wiped the sweat off his face and said with lingering fear, "They seem to have been hiding on the mountain."

"Is there any news about Lu Longsai?"

The scout looked at Gongsun Fan in surprise and shook his head.Since Karasuma people appeared in Xu Wucheng, of course Lu Longsai was lost, so why not ask?Are adults confused?

"Withdraw..." Gongsun Fan looked at the lush mountains in the distance, and shouted, "Withdraw, immediately withdraw to the city without end."

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"咻...咻..." Several gongs flew into the sky, and the shrill howling sound went straight to the clouds.

"Woo... woo..." The desolate and majestic sound of the horn pierced through the mountains and rang through the mountains.

"Boom...boom..." The thunderous sound of war drums approached from far away, and the passionate sound waves set off waves, cracking rocks and piercing clouds.

The earth was trembling, and the roar was like a mountain torrent erupting, and the roar came, thrilling.

A large flag rushed out of the mountains suddenly, and a knight in black armor suddenly jumped into everyone's eyes.

The Panther battle flag danced wildly in the wind.

The black-armored knight jumped on his horse and whipped his whip, roaring like thunder, "Kill it... kill it..."

The sound of killing shook the world.

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"Retreat, withdraw quickly..." Gongsun Fan whipped down, the horse suffered from pain, hissed wildly and flew into the air, galloping away like lightning.

The three thousand cavalry had already turned their horses and were galloping along the avenue, when they saw the pursuers approaching, they panicked and their running speed suddenly accelerated.

Smoke billows.

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The war horse was restless, not neighing.

The heavily armed Karasuma people stood quietly beside their horses, waiting for the moment to go to battle.

Lu Huanyang looked up at the smoke flying in the distance, spit out the grass stalk in his mouth, turned his head and said to Loulu who was lying on the grass with his eyes closed and dozing, "My lord, Gongsun Zan's iron cavalry has arrived."

Lou Lu opened his eyes, looked at the white clouds in the blue sky, and smiled slightly, "Have we not fought for a few years?"

"Four years." Lu Huanyang said lightly.

"Time flies so fast. In a blink of an eye, it's been four years." Lou Lu stretched his waist, then got up and patted his stomach, "I haven't fought for a long time, I've gained a lot of weight, and I'm covered in flesh. .”

Lu Huanyang smiled, "Now that the general is in northern Xinjiang, who would dare to fight? Except Gongsun Zan, a lunatic."

"He has gone crazy a long time ago, even dare to kill Lord Liu." Lou Lu shook his head, "If he has been following the general, how could he have come to this point?"

"He is the famous white horse Gongsun Zan. In his eyes, he may be the only one in this world qualified to rule Youzhou, and everyone else should listen to him." Lu Huanyang sneered, "Over the years, he has killed us How many innocent Karasuma people? This is his retribution. He killed innocent people indiscriminately, and God will punish him."

Lou Lu laughed loudly and flew onto the horse.

The horn blew, and the Karasuma people jumped on their horses one after another, ready to go.

Lu Huanyang unfolded the black panther battle flag, pinched the horse's belly, and rushed out first.

Five thousand Karasuma iron cavalry followed the banner and galloped on horseback.

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Gongsun Fan looked at the Karasuma man who had killed him from a distance, and let out a desperate howl.These damn Karasuma people not only entered Lulongsai long ago, but also ambushed behind him, this time it was all over.

The Karasuma people were like a hurricane blowing in the mountains, roaring all the way, rushing into the flanks of the Youzhou cavalry with overwhelming force.

Lou Lu raised his saber high and yelled wildly: "Huho...huho..."

"Huho..." Karasuma hoarse, like a raging bloodthirsty beast, opened its mouth wide and bit down, "Kill..."

The Youzhou iron cavalry was cut in half by the Karasuma people in an instant.

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Xian Yuyin, Li Su, and Yingqin led [-] iron cavalry to attack, and the Youzhou cavalry were attacked one after another, and they were completely defeated.

Under the cover of his personal guard cavalry, Gongsun Fan desperately broke out of the encirclement.

Li Su and Lu Huanyang each led a team of iron cavalry in pursuit.

"Shoot, shoot... shoot them to death..." Seeing that the distance between the two sides was getting bigger and bigger, Li Su couldn't help roaring anxiously.

The crossbow arrows of the frontier cavalry roared out.The strong bow of the Karasuma man followed closely behind, shooting at will.

Youzhou soldiers turned their backs on their backs and suffered heavy casualties.

Gongsun Fan was hit by several arrows, changed three horses, and escaped in a panic under the sworn protection of his personal guards.

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In mid-May, Baoqiu Water, Baochuan Pavilion.Baochuan Pavilion is located in the south of Lucheng, fifty miles away from Lucheng.

The drums of war are like thunder, and the sound of killing is loud.

A dozen or so arm-thick ropes were stretched across the river, and hundreds of cowhide rafts carried assault soldiers back and forth through the ropes.

Li Zhe stood by the river, looking at the fierce fighting on the other side, feeling very anxious.

According to Qu Yi's military order, Gao Shun's army had to cross Baoqiu River to occupy Baochuan Pavilion today, cutting off Gongsun Zan's southward route to Yongnu, but the number of defenders stationed at Baochuan Pavilion far exceeded the original estimate.The Northern Xinjiang Army encountered stubborn resistance from the enemy during the process of crossing the river.

"My lord, Mr. Gao is here." The guard standing behind him whispered.

Li Zhe hurriedly looked back.Gao Shun took a few personal guards, and while greeting the soldiers who were about to cross the river to attack, he strode towards the embankment.The soldiers were very excited when they saw Gao Shun, and they kept shouting "My lord..." Some junior officers slapped their chests loudly, "Don't worry, my lord, we will be able to take Baochuan Pavilion."

Gao Shun walked to the embankment and saw the corpses floating in the river and lying on the embankment on the opposite bank, his face suddenly sank, "Are there many casualties?"

Li Zhe nodded apologetically, "There are too many enemies on the opposite side, and we don't have enough tools to cross the river, so we can't concentrate our efforts to tear apart the enemy's defensive formation."

Gao Shun glanced at him, "Are you not prepared enough?"

Li Zhe's face turned red, he bowed his head and was speechless.

"If we continue to fight like this, we won't be able to cross the river until tonight." Gao Shun said with a serious expression, "Immediately select [-] elite soldiers, and let the army commanders and military marquises personally lead the team to kill them."

"My lord, I will cross the river myself." Li Zhe raised his head abruptly, and said firmly, "My lord, you are here to command, and I will take Baochuan Pavilion down."

Gao Shun shook his head, "I'll go there myself."

"My lord..." Li Zhe shouted in surprise, "My lord must not..."

Gao Shun glared at him, "Go!"

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Long arrows are like rain.

The cowhide raft was hit by several arrows, and immediately lost its breath, and quickly sank into the water.With quick eyes and quick hands, Gao Shun grabbed the big rope blocking the river amidst the exclamations of the soldiers around him.

"Go, go..." Gao Shun roared, hanging in the water, climbing the rope with both hands, and hurried to the opposite bank, "Go, go..."

Pushing away the floating corpses, Gao Shun tried his best to paddle in. The bloody river water surged up with layers of red waves, hitting his head and face.A burst of long arrows roared, and a soldier standing on the raft screamed and fell into the water.Gao Shun grabbed the big rope with all his might, soared into the air, and grabbed the wounded soldier.

"Kill..." The soldiers did not wait for the raft to get close to the river embankment, and jumped into the water one by one, fighting bravely.

Gao Shun stood up from the water, held the wounded pawn in one hand, and waved the other hand non-stop, "Brothers, kill, kill..."

The soldiers who climbed the song first saw General Zhong Lang personally lead the team to attack, all of them were full of morale, roaring loudly and rushing past Gao Shun.

Gao Shun staggered up the embankment, and put the wounded soldier on the grass, "Lie down, someone will come to rescue you later..."

The soldier's eyes widened, and he had been out of breath for a long time.Gao Shun felt a pain in his heart, and slowly reached out to close his eyes, and gently wiped the water off his face.

The long arrow roared towards him, but Gao Shun dodged it.A few long arrows ruthlessly shot into the soldier's body until they sank into the feathers.

Gao Shun roared angrily, stood up suddenly, took off the saber on his back, and ran towards the enemy in the distance, "Kill..."

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In mid-May, Lucheng.

Gongsun Zan walked up and down in the big tent, restless.Guan Jing lay on the map looking around, muttering non-stop.

"Shiqi, let's retreat south immediately."

"We haven't seen Yan Liang's army so far, so we can't break out to the south." Guan Jing said very calmly, "Now Lu Longsai has been lost, Xu Wucheng has been surrounded by Karasuma people, and Baochuan Pavilion is also in Gao Shun's hands. , both of our escape routes were blocked by the Northern Xinjiang Army."
Guan Jing slowly stood up and beat his legs, "At this time, our only way out is to go south and break out from the direction of Baochuan Pavilion, and try to beat Yongnu before Yan Rou's iron cavalry arrives, and retreat to the west of Liaoning, but we Thinking so, Qu Yi also thinks so, so Yan Liang's army must still be in Yongnu."

Gongsun Zan lowered his head and thought for a long time, "Then let's go north, retreat along the Baoqiu River to Yuyang, and lead the Northern Army to Yuyang."

Guan Jing shook his head and said: "My lord, if you go north, you will fall into Qu Yi's treacherous scheme." He pointed to the map and said, "Look, my lord, the Northern Frontier Army attacked from east, west, and south, but they stayed alone. Yuyang in the lower north did not attack, why? Obviously there is an ambush here. If I am not mistaken, the iron cavalry of the Xianbei must be waiting for us here."

Gongsun Zan snorted coldly, and said disdainfully, "The leopard used a barbarian's cavalry to beat me, what face would it have if he wins?"

Guan Jing sighed deeply.The reason why leopard is strong is because he has barbarian iron cavalry. If leopard didn't have these barbarians who were loyal to him behind him, he would have died long ago.Now that the barbarian has surrendered to the big man, he beat you with a barbarian, which is justified, so how can there be shame?Gongsun Zan's and Leopard's attitudes towards the Hu people are completely opposite, which is the most fundamental reason why Gongsun Zan's force cannot be compared with Leopard's.If Gongsun Zan had treated the barbarians kindly, if he had won the support of the Karasuma people, why would he be afraid of the leopard's attack now?Guan Jing didn't dare to say these words. What he was most worried about now was, with Gongsun Zan's character of hating evil and killing Hu with blood, would he be able to persist in fleeing to Liaodong in the future?

"Shiqi, what can you do?"

"Before the Northern Army's encirclement is closed, divide the army into three and break through in three ways." Guan Jing sneered, "I want to see how the Northern Army still surrounds us."

"Break out in three ways?" Gongsun Zan said with wide-eyed eyes in disbelief, "The entire army is bound to be wiped out."

"We only want iron cavalry, and we don't want other troops. A few days ago, we were too careless and lost Gongsun Fan's three thousand iron cavalry for nothing. It's a pity. We should send thousands of infantry to Lulongsai." Guan Jing He smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest, apart from the existing 1 cavalry and the [-] people brought to Youbeiping by Gongsun Xu, our army is composed of Tuntian soldiers and county soldiers stationed in various cities, so they don't have much combat effectiveness. If Zhao Yun and Yan Rou of the Northern Frontier Army led tens of thousands of cavalry to attack, the [-] field soldiers would be defeated and flee. Although these people participated in the Battle of Jicheng in the past, they have been planting land for five years. The courage you had back then?"

Guan Jing sighed, and continued: "If we are surrounded in Lucheng, and the northern army has mutual support, it will be difficult for us to break out from the direction of Baochuan, so I plan to divide the army into three, and one part will go north. Heading towards Yuyang, some of them turned around and returned to Jicheng, where they fought fiercely with the northern Xinjiang army that was chasing after them, holding back Qu Yi and Zhao Yun's army, and some of them went south along the west bank of Baoqiu River, bypassing Baochuan Pavilion, and directly attacked Yong. slave."

Gongsun Zan looked at the map carefully, and then asked suspiciously: "Can Yan Liang's army be tricked out of Yongnu City in this way?"

"Although I said that we would divide the encirclement into three routes, what the Northern Xinjiang Army saw was that we divided the army into two, one went to Yuyang, the other turned around and returned to Jicheng, and broke through in two routes. This will give The northern border army created an illusion, they would think that the army going to Yuyang was just to cover and support our main force to return to Jicheng, but now no matter what the purpose of our splitting to break through or which route is the main force, as long as we Breaking through the encirclement by splitting routes, the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army will be seriously insufficient."

"Neither can the northern army besiege the army going north to Yuyang, but must also concentrate its main forces to besiege our army returning to Jicheng. The two cities of Longsai and Yongnu, therefore, the strength of the northern army is simply not enough."

"After our army was surrounded by Jicheng, Qu Yi must urgently dispatch Yongnu's army to Jicheng to join the battle in order to win a battle. In this way, Yan Liang left Yongnu."

"We took [-] cavalry with the army that returned to Jicheng. When the army crossed the Gushui River and fought fiercely with the northern army, we went south. When we arrived near Yongnu, Gongsun Xu should be attacking Yongnu. As long as Gongsun Xu surrounds Yongnu City, even if Yan Liang doesn’t leave Yongnu, we won’t be afraid of his blocking.” Guan Jing patted the table lightly and said excitedly, “In this way, we can break through the siege smoothly. .”

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At the end of May, Qu Yi, Zhao Yun, and Wen Chou led an army to advance to the west bank of the Gushui River. Jiang Wu, He Feng, Xu Huang, and Mustafa led their troops across the Gushui River and approached Lucheng from north and south. However, Yan Liang's army has advanced to forty miles away from Lucheng, Gao Shun has occupied Baochuan Pavilion, and Xian Yuyin and Li Su's cavalry are getting closer and closer to Lucheng.

The armies from all walks of life in northern Xinjiang are about to complete the encirclement.

At this moment, Gongsun Zan's army suddenly split into two.Going north all the way, rushing towards Hunu and Yuyang.Cross Baoqiu River and Gushui River all the way, turn around and attack Jicheng.

Gongsun Zan's sudden move caught the northern army by surprise.Qu Yi, Zhao Yun and other northern generals had carefully discussed the direction of Gongsun Zan's breakout, and decided that he would only go south. Who knew that instead of going south, Gongsun Zan split into two groups, going north to Yuyang, and turning west all the way to Ji Fight against the city and return to Jicheng.Gongsun Zan put on such a self-destructive posture, which made the generals in northern Xinjiang dumbfounded.

At this time, there was no time for the northern border army to communicate with each other, so they could only attack the nearest enemy fiercely with the aim of annihilating the Youzhou army.

Jiang Wu, He Feng, and Xian Yuyin each led their armies, along both sides of Baoqiu River, one east and one west, and surrounded the Youzhou army who had fled to Yuyang.

Gao Shun and Li Su led their respective armies to attack Lucheng from the east, south and north.

Xu Huang, Yan Liang, and Mustafa each led their armies back across the river, flanking the armies of Qu Yi, Zhao Yun, and Wen Chou, encircling the Youzhou army attacking Jicheng on the west bank of the Gushui River.

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After Qu Yi commanded the army to complete the siege, he immediately realized a serious problem. From the beginning to the end, Gongsun Zan's iron cavalry was not found.

Qu Yi hurriedly told Jiang Wu, Xian Yuyin, Gao Shun and others that if they found Gongsun Zan's iron cavalry, they would kill them immediately. However, after only half a day, the generals sent urgent reports from different places to complete the siege, but they did not find Gongsun Zan's cavalry. cavalry.

That night, Xiang Cheng, who was stationed in Yongnu City, urgently reported to Qu Yi, and Gongsun Xu led an army to attack Yongnu City, occupied the ferry, and asked for reinforcements.

"Gongsun Zan ran away." Qu Yi slammed his fist on the table and roared angrily, "We beat and beat, but we let Gongsun Zan escape the siege with his cavalry. It's unreasonable."

"I will immediately lead the army to kill Yongnu." Zhao Yun bowed and begged for a fight.

"We have now surrounded four cities and two groups of enemies on both sides of the Gushui River and Baoqiu River. How can we have any troops to pursue and kill Gongsun Zan?" Qu Yi sneered, "Gongsun Zan thought that his life would be safe if he escaped from Yongnu City. It's a joke. He'll die."

Zhao Yun smiled slightly: "Let's go after Gongsun Zan. If you chase Gongsun Zan in a hurry, he won't have time to rest. This is good for killing Gongsun Zan."

"Is it enough to give you 2000 people?" Qu Yi asked.

"Five hundred is enough." Zhao Yun cupped his hands and smiled.

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Recommend a friend's masterpiece "Huanhou Rebirth", let's see how the "new version" of Zhang Fei traverses the Three Kingdoms.

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