Chapter 89: Using Troops
Yang Sheng led a partial division, which was basically a ragtag group of powerful troops from all over the country. Naturally, they could not withstand the impact of the Xiliang cavalry and were defeated.
However, despite this, by the time Li Que fled back to Luoyang in panic, he only had more than 2,000 Xiliang cavalry left. The remaining 10,000 men and horses were all abandoned at Guangcheng Pass.
This is because he escaped fast enough and reacted quickly enough. Otherwise, when Zheng Xiaoming broke through Guangcheng Pass and Yang Sheng attacked from both front and back, Li Que would have been annihilated!
This kind of warrior who has experienced countless wars in Liangzhou is really difficult to deal with!
However, that was it. Following Guangcheng and Dagu, the two levels were successively conquered by Zheng Xiaoming's army.
The guard of Shenyuan Pass, Fan Chou and Hu Zhen, reacted a little slowly, and Zheng Xiaoming sent people to block him in Shenyuan Pass.
In the end, they were attacked from both sides by Zheng Ting and the entire army was wiped out!
When the three passes were broken, Guo Bang, Xurong and others, the guards at Nayique Pass, immediately abandoned the pass and retreated back to Luoyang.
Sun Jian was a little further away and received the news a step too late. He failed to intercept the Yique Pass guard and was allowed to escape intact back to Luoyang.
So Dong Zhuo's troops stationed at the four passes of Luoyang were close to 50,000, but less than 30,000 finally escaped back to Luoyang. Nearly half of them were destroyed in the hands of Zheng Xiaoming!
At this time, Luoyang was completely flat in front of Zheng Xiaoming's Xuzhou army, and there was no danger to defend it!
Although Luoyang is a basin, it has a small jurisdiction. Now Zheng Xiaoming has a large army and can invade Luoyang in one day!
When outside the Eight Passes of Luoyang, Zheng Xiaoming was slow to use his troops and was cautious first. However, this time he advanced quickly and led his army to the gates of Luoyang that night.
However, the generals of the four gates were newly defeated and fled back to Luoyang. Dong Zhuo and others were shocked and angered by the earthquake in Luoyang. At this time, no one should dare to take the initiative to attack Zheng Xiaoming's army.
This was the reason why Zheng Xiaoming dared to advance the army quickly, but there was still something wrong.
There was a guy named Lu Bu who led more than a thousand cavalry and actually sent out troops to attack Yang Sheng's army when the army was defeated and people were panicked, almost causing Yang Sheng to be disgraced.
I don't know whether it was a coincidence or whether the army had already discovered that Yang Sheng was a soft persimmon and wanted to pinch him.
Of course, this is not necessarily because Yang Sheng is incompetent, but because he is leading a ragtag group of people.
However, among these rabble, there are also some guys who are impressive. One of them, Zhang He, is particularly outstanding.
This man was originally from Hejian County in Jizhou. His background was similar to that of Zheng Xiaoming. He was also a powerful man in the countryside. He served in the army during the Yellow Turban Rebellion and later served as a military commander in the local area.
It's a pity that because he has no background, he has not been promoted until now, and it has been wasted until now.
This time, after hearing the news that Zheng Xiaoming raised his troops to go to Luo, he came with his men to defect and took the position of captain in Zheng Xiaoming's army.
This time, when Yang Sheng's army was defeated, Zhang He's troops showed the most calmness. When the troops collapsed, the troops he led kept the supervision intact and took the opportunity to bite off a piece of Li Que's army. Come meat.
In addition, there is another one named Li Qian, who also performed extremely well.
This Li Qian was a powerful man from Yanzhou. He was very powerful in Shanyang County and had thousands of guests under his command. When Zheng Xiaoming sent troops to Qingzhou, he brought people to join him.
This Li Qian also had a son, Li Zheng, who was also a very brave character.
Of course, the one people are most familiar with is Li Qian’s nephew Li Dian!
But at this time, Li Dian was still in charge of clerical work in Li Qianjun!
Compared with Zhang He who led his troops to avoid the front of Li Que's army and attack Li Que's troops from the side, Li Qian directly led his troops to block the return of Li Que's army.
Although they were defeated by Li Que's army, it was the actions of these two people that allowed Li Que to escape with only more than 2,000 people.
You know, the garrison at Guangcheng Pass, even after getting rid of the Luoyang Forbidden Army, there are still more than 6,000 Xiliang soldiers.
Now, only two thousand Xiliang cavalry were left and fled back to Luoyang.
These are mainly the contributions of Zhang He and Li Qian.
After the war, Yang Sheng reported the military situation to Zheng Xiaoming. He first apologized and then reported the achievements of these two men to Zheng Xiaoming.
This made Zheng Xiaoming couldn't help but laugh and said: "Yang Wudi has also gained experience now. Although his ability to lead troops is average, he already behaves like a general!"
Yang Sheng was a ranger and originally had no characters. Later Zheng Xiaoming gave him the name Invincible.
Although Yang Sheng is not closely related to Wudi, and is even a bit mediocre. But just by not taking credit for his faults, he is already a qualified general.
Among Zheng Xiaoming's old subordinates, Zheng Yun, needless to say, grew up with Zheng Xiaoming and learned the most from Zheng Xiaoming.
Zheng Ting was the leader of the family's private soldiers back then. When Zheng Xiaoming was still the young master, he had already joined him. He had been in contact with Zheng Xiaoming for the longest time and learned a lot of military tactics.
These two people have gradually become famous generals, especially Zheng Yun. Although he has always acted as Zheng Xiaoming's personal bodyguard, he has never been released to act alone. However, his commander-in-chief's personal bodyguard has always been the most elite of Zheng Xiaoming's men. The troops completed the most dangerous and seemingly impossible mission.
Although Zheng Ting is not stunning, his performance is remarkable. His biggest advantage is that he is quite disciplined. He uses his troops like a heavy sword without an edge and never wins by surprise. However, it is difficult for others to find his flaws.
In addition, Tai Shici, Liu Bei and others, because they took refuge late, are now just captains. They are not considered to be Zheng Xiaoming's important generals!
Now, Tai Shici is following Zheng Xiaoming's army. Liu Bei was released by Zheng Xiaoming, and cooperates with Gongsun Zan's troops in Youzhou to deter the troops in Yanzhou, Jizhou and other places.
Because the Yuan family in Runan had a huge influence on these places, let alone Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou, he was the former official of the Yuan family in Runan.
And Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, although he was from a royal family, was also very angry about Yuan Wei and Dong Zhuo deposing the young emperor Liu Bian, so he probably would not help the Yuan family.
However, among the officials of Yanzhou, big and small, there are also many who have a close relationship with the Yuan family in Runan. Then Liu Dai may not be able to control the entire situation in Yanzhou.
Therefore, this requires troops to deter and monitor the movements of these two states, so as not to allow them to steal our retreat.
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Chapter completed!