Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 251 Loss
Yuan Shao said suddenly: "Jiang Qi, you and Han Meng each took [-] cavalry to Yanjin to meet Zhang Nan, and Gao Lansu took [-] cavalry to Baima to meet Chaojiao. Remember, food and grass can be lost, and Xuzhou must be wiped out. military!"

The three generals led the army, each ordered their soldiers and horses, and went to the rescue separately.It's not that Yuan Shao didn't want to send a large army to directly encircle and suppress Zhou Cang, but Guandu was the most important thing. If the two roads were all smoke from Cao Cao, if something happened in Guandu, it would not be worth the loss.In addition, if I send out two groups of cavalry to join up with Chu Jiao and Zhang Nan, it will not be difficult to break through the whole route.

The focus really hit the rocks.He didn't dare to be careless, and learned the lesson from last time, he divided half of the cavalry into several groups and sent them out to act as scouts. He also instructed: If the enemy army found the robbery, it should be divided into two teams immediately, one team came back to report, and the other team went directly to Yuan Shao Agree to call for help.

For more than half a month, Cao Jun did not rob food, and he still did not dare to take it lightly, and continued this strategy.Unexpectedly, on this day, Cao Jun robbed food again.

After receiving the report of scouting horses, Chu Jiao changed his defensive strategy. He lined up a hundred grain carts as a barricade, with infantry and archers in ambush behind him, and a thousand cavalry on both wings, thinking that he could resist for a while. Hold on until reinforcements arrive.

The men and horses lost last time have been replenished. Cao Cao gave three hundred horses, so Zhang Jai brought two thousand cavalry this time.The unfocused cavalry charged forward. Facing the formation of vehicles, his order was very simple, that is, the three of them led the charge from the front.

"Fire the arrows!" The archers who were in focus shot a volley in one round, killing dozens of people, and in the second round they shot down dozens more. "Left and right light cavalry to outflank!"

Seeing the scorched cavalry coming up from the two wings, Zhang Jai yelled: "Yuanba!" Qu'a understood, swung the painting halberd in his hand and Zhang Jai's iron spear together, overturned a grain cart, opening a gap in the formation.Qu'a and Zhang Jai rushed in from the gap without stopping, others filed in, Chu Jiao hurriedly led people to block it, met Hua Xiong head-on, they came down with a knife, Chu Jiao dropped his helmet and removed his armor, Hua Xiong backhanded a knife , Touch the focus and fall off the horse.

As Zhou Cang said, Hua Xiong's most powerful weapon is the second sword.Hua Xiong didn't care about Zhao Jiao's life and death, and continued to fight in the Yuan camp. Zhao Jiao's confidant helped him up and wanted to save others, but he found that he had died of anger.

Yuan Jun's cavalry was blocked by the chariot formation and could not achieve the two wings outflank, and watched as Chu Jiao was killed. "We are useless here, return to the camp." A group of people from Hulala abandoned the Zhangja Army and headed for Guandu.

An incense stick of kung fu killed Yuan Jun, Zhang Jaw ordered to light the fire, and when the fire started, he ordered the withdrawal of the troops, not daring to stay for a while.On the way back to the army less than ten miles away, they met Gao Lan who hurried over and Jiao Jiao Qianqi who joined him.

"How did you come so fast?" Zhang Jai took the lead and went straight to Gao Lan. "Come on! Hua Xiong cut off the rear."

Gao Lan didn't have time to speak, and danced his spear to respond. Qu'a pulled out the iron whip, stabbed left and right to fight a way out of Yuan Jun's cavalry camp.Hua Xiong rushed up and stabbed Gao Lan, Gao Lan steered his horse away, opened his jaw and left Gao Lan behind, and rushed out with Hua Xiong along the bloody path that Qu'a had killed.Gao Lan chased for a while, but when he couldn't catch up, he gave up. Gao Lan didn't dare to push Zhang Jaw into a desperate situation. He had heard that the three generals were ferocious, and if he was pushed, he might not be able to take advantage.

Zhang Ja and the others returned to the camp covered in blood, Zhou Cang counted the loss of [-] riders, and gritted his teeth in distress.The last time it lost [-], it was hard to make up for it, but this time it lost even more. The Lightning Battalion was hurt this time.

"My lord, Yuan Jun is very prepared this time. Although the enemy will be killed and more than a thousand grain trucks will be burned, our army's losses are still too great, and we can't go to rob grain again." Zhang Jai sighed. "Yuan has too many soldiers, too powerful, well-trained, and his bravery is not inferior to our army."

"Well, it seems that Yuan Shao has stepped up his guard. I don't know how Chen will be there, you go to rest first, and make up for the loss as soon as possible."

While everyone was waiting anxiously, Chen Dao came back covered in blood. "My lord, fortunately I left in time. Yuan Shao sent two groups of cavalry to outflank them. Even so, the 1000 men and horses who were suspected soldiers did not come back." Chen Dao paused. Retire, all die in battle!"

Zhou Cang stood up abruptly, "Why are you here?"

"Yuan Shao sent Jiang Qi and Han Meng to lead 4000 cavalry to the rescue, and there were [-] cavalry in Zhang Nan. If it weren't for the Xiliang cavalry's bravery and perseverance to deter Yuan Jun, it would be difficult for us to escape."

Cold sweat flowed from Zhang Jaw's forehead, luckily, luckily, Yuan Shao thought the main attack direction was Yanjin, otherwise the three generals and two thousand Lightning Battalion cavalry would have to turn in.Even though he killed Chu Jiao and nearly [-] Yuan Jun, and burned a thousand grain trucks, Zhou Cang still felt that he was on credit, and it wasn't even a single star.

200 people dare to fight against 6000 people, the Xiliang iron cavalry is really fierce, if there are such 1 people, wouldn't the world be at my mercy?Just think about it, this kind of thing is absolutely impossible. Gongsun Zan has fought in Youzhou for more than ten years, and Youzhou is still rich in good horses, but he can only cobble together three thousand white horses.

Zhou Cang ordered several people to rest and came to see Zhang Xiu by himself.

"Wei Guo showed his skills today. Hundreds of catapults smashed down Yuan Shao's tower, which relieved the bad breath in my heart!" Zhang Xiu's anger still persisted.

"Oh. I'm here to apologize to my brother."

"Why did this start?" Zhang Xiu asked in surprise.

General Zhou Cang Jieliang was surrounded by Yuan Jun, and he lost [-] cavalry and [-] infantry, while Xiliang lost all [-] iron cavalry.Zhang Xiu sat down on the ground in a daze, and the two hundred battle elites disappeared like this?These are the real soldiers of a hundred battles, and each one can be called a general of a hundred soldiers.It is easy to recruit troops, but difficult to train them, and it is even more difficult for a lion who has fought a hundred battles.

Zhou Cang helped Zhang Xiu up. "Wei Guo's incompetence caused my brother to suffer such a loss. According to the agreement, my younger brother should pay 4000 taels of gold."

"Your brother's loss is heavier than mine." Both of them felt heartbroken, it was their private soldiers, not Cao Cao's soldiers, and every death of one of their own would mean one less.

"Brother, it's inconvenient to transport so much gold to Guandu. How do you think it should be paid?"

"Wei Guo can't afford so much gold at once. Although you are Xuzhou Mu, it is not easy to get so much money, and you give me so much, and I have no place to put it. How about it, you pay it in four years. For me, a thousand taels a year are secretly sent to Xudu and handed over to my son Zhang Quan."

Zhang Xiu's heart aches and pains return to heartache. With 4000 taels of gold, at least the next four years' expenses will be guaranteed. Raising cavalry is very expensive, at least five times that of infantry.It is beneficial to both parties to pay in four years. The two discussed it properly. After the Battle of Guandu, Zhou Cang will pay the first batch of thousand taels immediately.However, they didn't expect that what would happen if they lost the battle of Guandu?The two of them didn't even think that this would lead to Zhang Quan's death in the future!
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