Xiaoqi

In this way, the time has finally come for Zhang Liao to be alone.As long as he can make achievements in this battle, he will then be promoted to the commander of the first battalion, and is expected to become the new commander of the main battalion.Because he has been the deputy commander of the Jinyi Guard for two years, he has long been appointed as a general, he has enough qualifications, and his military achievements are not far behind. In addition, his own martial arts and martial arts are not inferior to other commanders, and he already has the strength to command a battalion of troops. .The only thing lacking is an opportunity to stand alone and the trust of the protagonist Li Li.

The last point is especially important, if you don't gain the trust of the lord, then everything will be in vain.But this is not a problem for Zhang Liao.Li Li has always trusted him.It's just that the whole territory of Xiliang has recuperated and recuperated in the past two years, and there has been no large-scale war. As a result, many generals have no chance to make meritorious deeds on the battlefield.The reason why Zhang Liao has not made any progress in the position of deputy commander for two full years is because of this.

The territory of Xiliang is peaceful and peaceful, so how come the military exploits?

Da da da!

"All the soldiers listened to the order and rushed into the enemy's camp in one go, beheading Yu Fuluo! Follow me to the camp and kill!"

The Jinyiwei Iron Cavalry under Zhang Liao's subordinate, who followed Yu Fuluo's big scorpion, chased after him all the way, and gradually narrowed the gap with Yu Fuluo.It's a pity that they are still one step too late after all.He watched helplessly as Yu Fuluo rushed into the gate under the cover of his own soldiers and hid in the camp.In an instant, Zhang Liao was not discouraged, and immediately raised his sword and shouted loudly, leading more than [-] golden guards on horseback to follow Fu Luo's personal guards non-stop.Attack the barbarian camp directly, trying to attack the gate in one go.

Whoosh whoosh!

Following Yu Fuluo's large banner, he rushed into the camp.The gate of the barbarian camp had no time to close.The barbarians fleeing for their lives scrambled into the gate.At this time, the archers stationed at the Yuanmen saw the Han cavalry chasing them up, and immediately ignored the arrows accidentally injuring their own soldiers, and they all drew their bows and fired arrows, trying to intercept the Jinyiwei war cavalry outside the Yuanmen.In an instant, thousands of tributary arrows were condescending and quickly fell.Most of the arrows were focused on killing the golden guard cavalry, and Zhang Liao, who was charging ahead, was the key target of many barbarian archers.

Charged against the arrows, Zhang Liao stood firm and unafraid, he raised his saber and rode his horse straight to the gate.According to visual inspection, he was less than a hundred steps away from the gate.If one were to gallop wildly on horseback, it would only take a few breaths to cross this distance. However, at this moment, arrows were pouring like rain, and there were still more than a thousand barbarian guards lined up in front of the camp. Riding into the gate.

Therefore, Zhang Liao had no choice but to shoot down the arrows with his saber, and the mount on his crotch unknowingly slowed down, weaving and shuttling among the barbarian war cavalry, so as to avoid the barbarian army's arrow formation.In this way, the short distance of a hundred steps seemed extremely long in front of the Jinyiwei war cavalry. Even Zhang Liao, who was in the lead, was blocked by the arrows, and the momentum of the charge dropped sharply. , Being born out of nothing, chatting to masturbate.

Fortunately, the Golden Guards cavalry were well-equipped. Under the protection of the black iron armor, as long as the soldiers waved their weapons and shot down the arrows that hit the vital parts of their bodies, their lives could be saved, but they would inevitably be injured by the arrows.Among them, more than [-] cavalry were shot and fell off their horses, and then trampled to death by many barbarian iron cavalry. Zhang Liao had a panoramic view of the falling of these dead soldiers one after another, and he was secretly anxious.

Right now is the best time to snatch the Yuanmen. Yu Fuluo has just escaped into the camp, and now the barbarian troops mixed with Zhang Liao's Jin Yiwei are all personal guards under Yu Fuluo's command.At the same time, the Xianbei iron cavalry and two-wing cavalry, the former army of the barbarian army, have not left the battlefield at this moment, and are still in the midst of robbery and killing led by Dian Wei, Zhou Yu, and Cao Xing.Therefore, taking advantage of the fact that the barbarian army is cut off from the front and back, and the green and yellow are not connected, attacking the gate is undoubtedly a great opportunity to break through the barbarian army's camp. If this moment is staggered, it may not be easy to attack the barbarian camp again, and it is even difficult to get close to the gate. .

With a heavy burden on his shoulders, Zhang Liao rushed left and right, approaching the gate step by step. He danced a saber impenetrably, overflowing with murderous aura, constantly harvesting the lives of the barbarians.However, at this moment, the most urgent task before Jin Yiwei is not to massacre the effective force of the barbarian army, but to quickly capture the Yuanmen.As long as the gate is broken, the 10,000+ barbarian army will have nowhere to stand like bereaved dogs and can only continue to flee for their lives. Only in this way can Zhou Yu's goal of expulsing the barbarians out of the country within three days can be realized.

Therefore, Zhang Liao, who was blocked by the arrow, was very anxious, and he swung his sword and slashed vigorously, as if he was impatient.Hu Che'er, the deputy vanguard who was following behind him and led the Golden Guards to charge the camp, also rushed left and right, vigorously killing the barbarian army, but still advancing slowly, still unable to break through the barbarian army's desperate obstruction and the continuous rain of arrows overhead.

The two deputy commanders of the Jinyi Guards Battalion couldn't get close to the enemy's gate, and the other soldiers were struggling even more, fighting bloody battles, only advancing and not retreating.During such a ferocious charge, the casualties of Jin Yiwei continued to increase, and hundreds of elite soldiers died under the random arrows in an instant.These golden guard soldiers who died in the battle were elite soldiers selected from each battalion. They did not die on the battlefield of the frontal charge, but were shot to death by the random arrows from the gate tower.

Roar!

"Bang bang bang!" Just as Zhang Liao was secretly anxious and helpless, he heard a roar of a giant beast behind him.Then the roaring sound of horse trampling came from far and near.For a moment, Zhang Liao suddenly turned his head to wait and see, and saw a huge black shadow cavalry rushing out from the rear of the Jin Yanwei. That cavalry was much taller and stronger than a war horse, crushing it like a giant.The person sitting on the back of the giant beast held a two-foot-long mace and danced in the air like a whirlwind, so that many barbarians were smashed by the mace, their bodies were broken and their arms were flying around. It splattered in all directions, unstoppable like a god of hell.

"All the soldiers get out of the way. Wait for me to attack the gate!"

With the loud shout of the man who drove the giant beast, Zhang Liao and the soldiers of the Golden Guards finally knew who it was. A very familiar person.Because he is Li Zhi, the leader of the lord Li Li's personal guards and the chief general of the Jin Jie Guards, who is a member of the Jin Jie Guards.Who doesn't know the leader Li Zhi?

All of a sudden, the guards of Jin Yan gave way to the middle passage without hesitation.This allowed Commander Li Zhi, who came solo to charge, to rush to the forefront immediately.It went straight to the Yuanmen, which was fifty steps away from the barbarian camp.

"Bang!" Li Zhi, who had rushed to the front, drove the dragon-scaled bull beast on a rampage, without stopping for a moment, and rushed straight to the shaft gate.Just at this time, a commander of the barbarian army swung a knife and slashed, trying to contain Li Zhi's forward attack, but he didn't want to be interrupted by Li Zhi's sword.The mace full of spikes instantly hit the barbarian commander in the chest heavily.In an instant, the commander's chest suddenly sunken, and then he curled up and flew upside down, knocking down three barbarian riders in succession.It landed heavily on the sharp antlers more than ten steps away.

"Da da da kill!"

Seeing a rare gap in front of the gate, Li Zhi, who had killed the commander-in-chief with one stick, sprinted while driving the dragon-scaled beast, threw the mace in his hand vigorously, and went straight to the dozen or so barbarians who were about to close the gate. The soldiers smashed away.

With a loud bang, the gate, which was slowly closing, was smashed straight by the flying mace, passing through the crack of the door, killing three barbarians immediately, and then shaking the gate open.More than a dozen barbarians who tried to close the gate were thrown out, fell on their backs, vomited blood, and wailed loudly.

At the moment when the mace was thrown out, I saw Li Zhi jumping up with the reckless bull beast, leaping over the two spiked antlers in front of the gate.When the Bull Beast was about to land, Li Zhi swung his arms back, and the two chains flew out, instantly entangled the two antlers that had just stepped over, and then pulled the two antlers and ran for more than twenty steps.When he was ten steps ahead of the gate, Li Zhi shook his arm, and a deer antler entangled in chains instantly flew into the air, jumped over Li Zhi's head, and smashed into the barbarian soldiers who were trying to close the gate again.

"Bang roar!" When the loud noise sounded again, Li Zhi had already charged into the gate of the barbarian army driving the dragon-scale bull beast, formally entering the camp of the barbarians.In an instant, I saw the wild bull beast under him suddenly stand upright, roaring and roaring, while Li Zhi waved his arm, driving the other antler wrapped in the chain with his right hand to fly in the air, knocking dozens of barbarians guarding the gate to their knees. , vomited blood and died.

Since then, apart from Li Zhi, there were no living barbarians guarding the gate within ten steps of the gate, and no barbarian could approach the gate.Suddenly, the gates of the huge barbarian army camp opened wide, as if it were an undefended camp.Li Zhi, who was riding alone, stood at a distance of [-] steps from the gate, with a chain flying in the air to resist the arrows flying overhead, and with his other arm, he waved antlers to kill anyone who tried to rush forward and try to take back the gate. of barbarians.

The Jinyiwei army outside the gate was immediately encouraged and their morale was greatly shaken when they saw that their commander was so brave and rushed into the enemy camp alone.Immediately, the generals headed by Zhang Liao and Hu Che'er led the Jinyiwei iron cavalry to rush towards the gate without fear of flying arrows.

At the same time that Jin Yiwei was rushing forward to the Yuanmen, the soldiers guarding the camp on the tower of the Yuanmen were overwhelmed by Li Zhi's unstoppable courage to charge the camp alone, and they all showed horror, and the arrows they shot were far less fast and powerful , become sparse, slack and feeble.After Li Zhi rushed into the Yuanmen, they were even more mournful and their morale was shattered. It seemed that the camp had been captured the moment Li Zhi rushed into the Yuanmen.

Therefore, the barbarian army missed the best opportunity to intercept the golden guard cavalry rushing to the camp, and the golden guard took advantage of the blink of an eye to quickly approach the gate, and then leaped over the gate with a spear, and rushed into the barbarian camp fiercely like a tide.

So far, less than a quarter of an hour after Yu Fuluo fled into the camp, more than 1 Jinyiwei cavalry rushed into the camp under the leadership of the commander Li Zhi.At this time, the barbarian army staying in the camp had no more than ten thousand horses at best, plus the personal guards who fled back to the camp following Yu Fuluo, the total was less than twenty thousand cavalry.In this way, when the Golden Guards rushed into the camp, the remaining troops of the barbarian camp had little advantage and seemed extremely weak, unable to stop the charge of the Han cavalry at all.In addition, the barbarian army was a defeated army with low morale. The entire army from Fuluo down had no fighting spirit and fled in a hurry.Therefore, an unprecedented fiasco was in front of the barbarian army, and it was inevitable.

Chapter 580

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

The battle of Chiyang City has ended, and the Xiliang army won the first battle, defeating the barbarian army.

The first battle lasted three days. After Yu Fuluo's army was defeated from the city, the Xiliang army took advantage of the victory to pursue and strive to maximize the results of the battle.

On the frontal battlefield under the city, the Xiliang army attacked back and forth, defeating more than [-] barbarian troops in one fell swoop.

Then Zhang Liao led the Jinyiwei Iron Cavalry to attack Yufuluo's camp. Under the command of the general Li Zhi, he seized the gate and then broke into the enemy's camp.

When the Jinyi Guards occupied the barbarian camp, Zhou Yu led his infantry and the cavalry of the Huben camp to kill and wound the barbarian army's vital forces, and pursued them closely.When the barbarian army was completely defeated and fled, Zhou Yu personally led more than [-] horsemen to chase and kill them for more than a hundred miles in one go, and drove the barbarian army into the three border passes.

Afterwards, the Xiliang army did not remove their saddles and armor, and after a short rest for half a day, they took advantage of the night to attack Saibei City, pressing hard at every step, and drove all the barbarians to the two passes of Heilang Gorge and Shuofengkou.

In the next two days, taking advantage of the great defeat and low morale of the barbarian army, Zhou Yu commanded the army to take advantage of the victory and attack the two passes of Heilang Gorge and Shuofengkou in one go, completely driving the barbarian army out of the country and fleeing to the north. Saibei Grassland outside the county.

In this battle, the Xiliang Army drove 15 barbarian troops out of Liangzhou in just three days, regained six cities in three counties, including three city gates, and won a complete victory.

In the Battle of Chiyang City, the Xiliang Army killed more than [-] barbarians and captured more than [-] barbarians alive.In the battle of attacking the barbarian camp, it took only one and a half hours for Jin Yiwei's iron cavalry to capture the enemy camp, intercepting and killing more than [-] barbarian troops, capturing more than [-] wounded soldiers of the barbarian army, and more than [-] barbarian family members alive.In the subsequent pursuit, Zhou Yu led his troops to fight fiercely for three consecutive days, beheading more than [-] enemy soldiers.Captured thousands alive, collected all the cities and passes occupied by the barbarians, and achieved the expected goal almost perfectly.

At the same time, the Xiliang army gained a lot and minimized the loss of the barbarian army since the month of invasion.In the barbarian camp alone, more than half of the property looted by the Fuluo coalition forces was seized, and more than [-] Han people were rescued, most of whom were young and young women.

In addition, there were tens of thousands of family members brought by the tribal nobles in the camp of the barbarian army, who were unable to escape when the camp fell.As a result, he fell into the hands of the Han army and became a prisoner of war.Together with these captives, there were tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and livestock, which were the rations for the 10,000+ barbarians.

In addition to the above-mentioned seizures, there were also various seizures, the number of which was extremely considerable.Almost all the food and grass carried by the barbarians were seized.Jin Yiwei's war cavalry attacked the barbarian camp immediately, so there was no time left for the barbarian army to transfer food and grass.So much so that the barbarians only escaped with their lives.It was too late to transport other supplies, and all fell into the hands of the Xiliang Army.

According to post-war statistics, more than 15 of the 1 Yufulo army died in battle, nearly 15 soldiers were captured, and more than [-] barbarian noble women were also captured by the Xiliang army.In other words, after this battle.The [-] soldiers and horses of the barbarian army lost more than [-] soldiers, and the remaining soldiers and horses were full of more than [-] soldiers.Among them, the Xianbei iron cavalry and the Baibo bandits of Yufulo's headquarters suffered the most casualties, with a total loss of more than [-] cavalry. The Xianbei iron cavalry was disabled by the Xiliang army.Nearly half of the white wave thieves were killed or injured.

The damage to the string-controlling soldiers of the Southern Xiongnu ranked third, losing more than [-] cavalry. They did not participate in the battle. All the casualties were caused by the robbery and killing of the Huben Camp and the Golden Guards on the way to escape.The loss of the Qiang cavalry was not big, only more than a thousand people were lost, but this cavalry also made the leader of the Qiang people feel distressed. There are only more than [-] horses left, and their strength has been greatly reduced.

In comparison, after this battle, among Yufulo's army, the southern Xiongnu's war cavalry was the most powerful, with more than [-] cavalry, and the rest were more than [-] white wave bandits under Yu Fuluo's command.However, the Xianbei war cavalry and the Qiang cavalry added up to less than [-] war cavalry, and thus became a vassal force under Yu Fuluo's command, and their status in the coalition army was not as good as before.

After this battle, Yufulo's coalition forces were seriously injured, and more than [-] soldiers and horses were lost. The most deadly was the heavy loss of food, cattle and sheep.Except for the temporarily stored food and grass in Saibei City, Heilang Gorge, and Shuofengkou Pass, the barbarian army's food and grass were almost lost, and nearly [-]% of the cattle and sheep driven by the army fell into the hands of the Xiliang army.

This means that after nearly [-] barbarian troops escaped from Beidi County, they will bear the brunt of the problem of food and grass supply.Now the barbarian army, which has lost food, cattle and sheep, has nearly [-] paces and rides every day, and the food and grass needed is definitely not a small amount.The most terrible thing is that the barbarian army that has withdrawn from Beidi County is stationed in the territory of the Southern Huns, and the food and grass of the various tribes of the Southern Huns are not abundant at the moment, and they are simply unable to supply the needs of the army.As a result, the previous good situation of the barbarian army is gone forever. Originally, it was all right to attack the city and pull out the village, but now it has been defeated in the First World War.In a blink of an eye, the property and slaves looted by the barbarian army were lost again, and they were in a very difficult situation, which can be described as a dilemma.

Unlike the Han army when the barbarians sent troops to fight, they never carried much food and grass. Most of them brought enough fodder for war horses and a small amount of grain. Most of the food was cattle, sheep and livestock that came with the army.For a long time, barbarian wars have had a distinctive feature, that is, fighting at the front and grazing at the rear. The cattle, sheep and livestock raised with the army are their daily source of food.

Before the war, in order to ensure the smooth progress of the attack on Liangzhou, Yu Fuluo and the leaders of various ministries raised no less than [-] cattle, sheep and livestock, which were used as food and grass for the army.Unexpectedly, after a great battle, the frontal battlefield was defeated, the camp fell, and all the livestock were lost, all of which fell into the hands of the Han army.

Compared with the difficult situation of the barbarian army, the Xiliang army went smoothly and achieved fruitful results.

After three days of the war, the Xiliang Army lost a total of more than 4000 soldiers and horses, of which the wounded accounted for more than half, and the soldiers who actually died in the battle were less than [-] cavalry, and most of them were county soldiers.The two main cavalry battalions, Huben Battalion and Jinyiwei, lost a total of more than [-] cavalry, of which [-] were killed or injured in the Huben Battalion, and only over [-] were killed or injured by the Jinyiwei.Cao Xing's bow and crossbow battalion was almost unscathed, but the county soldiers suffered the most, with a total of more than [-] casualties.

Therefore, after the Xiliang army drove the barbarian army out of Beidi County in one go, the army advanced rapidly, and the Chinese army tent moved to the forefront to set up camp.At this moment, they are stationed in the Shuofeng Pass.

After the war, Li Li, who had been sitting in the rear, quickly reorganized [-] county soldiers and handed them over to Zhou Yu. The rest of the county soldiers stayed in Beidi County, and all military and political affairs in the county were handed over to the prefect Li Xian and the county prime minister. He is in charge of processing, resettling the people, sorting out the government affairs in the county, and guarding the city.In addition, the Huben Battalion was stationed at Shuofengkou and transformed into the Chinese army, and the Jinyiwei war cavalry became the vanguard of the army, and they drove out of the pass to confront the barbarian army.

According to the pre-war agreement.Zhou Yu fulfilled his promise and expelled the barbarians out of the country within three days.In this way, after the strategic goal was achieved, Li Li also fulfilled his promise and appointed Zhou Yu as the general of the army.Take over the central army and take full command of all the subsequent attacks on the southern Huns.

For the next battle.Li Li prepared [-] soldiers for him.These include the Huben Battalion and the Jinyiwei War Cavalry, a total of more than [-] cavalry, [-] county soldiers and [-] bow and crossbow battalions.At the same time, Li Li appointed Lu Su as the chief secretary and leader of the army, Dian Wei as the deputy general of the Chinese army, responsible for protecting Zhou Yu's safety, Zhang Liao as the vanguard, and Xu Chu and Duan Wei as the deputy vanguards.Chen Dao was the chief general of the rear army, and all the generals were at the disposal of Zhou Yu.

From this, Li Li could be regarded as a real hands-off shopkeeper, staying behind the handsome tent all day with Dian Wuxia and Ma Yunluo, enjoying himself leisurely.Very happy.

Shuofengkou, Xiliang army camp.