Chapter 174 Megatron Central Plains
Seeing that the two wings of the army had just advanced more than ten steps and were immediately counterattacked and retreated for more than twenty steps. Li Meng couldn't help but be furious and shouted: "What's wrong with the fake Sima on the left and right wings? Without Song Guo and Du Hu, they wouldn't know how to fight. Immediately stabilize the front line, and then retreat if they retreat."
Before the messenger could approach, the enemy shouted "Wan Victory, Wan Victory." from the left and right wings, and the Western Liang soldiers howled and turned around and fled. Li Meng saw the wolf running to the pig and the Western Liang soldiers who were competing to take off their armor and escape.
Li Meng sent sixty personal guards to kill deserters to supervise the battle, but unexpectedly they were attacked by the defeated soldiers. Some even more, they pulled the supervising soldiers off their horses and fled to the death. They fled to the place where the war horses were stopped. Everyone turned over and did not fight back, but were determined to flee to the north.
Li Meng couldn't help but sighed inwardly. The Qiang cavalry in Xiliang was unstoppable, and the cavalry and soldiers were almost unable to resist. However, they were only good at fighting quickly, but they were not conducive to the long-term persistence of infantry battles. If the enemy could stop, the defeated side would definitely be the Xiliang soldiers. It seemed that this battle was completely defeated by the army. Li Meng had to order a group of Sima who fought with Che Jing to lead the troops to cut off the rear, and he also joined the defeated and fled.
Unexpectedly, the force of the left and right wings and the strong counterattack of Che Jing and his unit made the Western Liang soldiers who had broken the rear unable to restrain them. As soon as Li Meng retreated, all the Western Liang soldiers who had broken the rear retreated and soon fled, and the Sima of the army was stabbed to death in the chaos.
Fu Xing urgently ordered the 500 light infantry of the central army to pursue the enemy, and ordered Du Lei to lead the cavalry to fight and chase Li Meng's troops. Li Meng was fleeing in panic and turned around and saw that the 3,100 cavalry had escaped at least 2,000 cavalry, and one thousand fourteen cavalry lost in one battle. Five hundred cavalry was definitely a great defeat. When he returned this time, he didn't know how to explain to his lord Yang Ding and Dong Xiangguo. If he had known that the Beihai soldiers were so difficult, it would be better to abandon their wealth and return the light army.
There was a loud sound of killing behind me, but the cavalry of the North Sea Army chased me. Li Meng cursed viciously: "The damn North Sea soldiers, only a few hundred cavalry dared to pursue me. I still have 1,500 cavalry spirits in the rear. After joining, they will kill you all."
After escaping for several miles, he saw five hundred cavalry coming towards him in front of him. Li Meng was overjoyed that the 500 cavalry of the central army under his command must have come to support him. Li Meng shouted loudly: "I am here, come here to protect him."
"The general is here, and the cavalry of the central army is coming to follow." Amid the calls of the guards, the five hundred cavalry immediately turned to Li Meng. When there were more than a hundred steps, Li Meng's eyes were sharp, and he saw that the cavalry was not as dressed as the Xiliang soldiers, and shouted anxiously: "No, the person who came was still the Beihai soldiers."
Just as he was about to turn around and beat the horse and flee, the sound of bowstrings on the opposite side sounded. A general shot a bow from a hundred steps away. Without waiting for Li Meng to dodge, he hit his throat. Li Meng stared at his eyes, stroked his neck with his hands, and he was silent in his mouth. He immediately fell off his horse and died. When the guards around him saw it, they were very sad and raised their spears and beat the horse to kill the soldiers in Beihai.
After a fierce cavalry battle, the North Sea soldiers lost more than 80 cavalry before killing all the fifty cavalry guards in Xiliang who were fighting desperately. The leader breathed a long sigh and stepped forward to kill Li Meng's head and said with a smile: "The enemy general Li Meng has been shot and killed by my Yexun. Come back quickly. You can quickly send the captain Huang Duwei to encircle and summon Xiliang to defeat the cavalry."
"Reporting to the lord, Li Yi Duwei was executed in Fugou to attack the enemy cavalry and defeated more than 3,000 cavalry of the enemy general Li Meng heading. He killed the enemy Sima Du Hu and Chen Kai, captured Song Guo alive, and beheaded more than 1,700 levels, and captured more than 1,200 enemy cavalry. Huang Zhong, the commander of Jianzhong, rushed to Li Meng's rear formation from afar, defeated 1,500 enemy cavalry, and killed two enemy generals Li Meng and Sima, beheaded more than 600 levels, and captured more than 1,100 enemy cavalry. Our army suffered a total of 458 deaths and injured 276 people. He defeated the enemy."
He Bai was overjoyed when he heard the news. The 10,000 army dominated by infantry lost only a half-percent of the casualty rate, and destroyed 5,000 Xiliang Jing Cavalry and killed the enemy general Li Meng in an even more formation. No matter where or where it was placed, it could be considered a great victory.
He Bai proudly smiled with the prefect of Yingchuan Li Min and his subordinates: "The Xiliang army Li Jue, Guo Si and the two troops have retreated to Luoyang. Our army has now destroyed Li Meng's 5,000 cavalry, and then only Xu Rong and 5,000 troops are left in Yingchuan County. Congratulations to Li Jun, the entire county of Yingchuan will be restored to its jurisdiction."
Li Min also gave thanks with his eyes openly: "If it weren't for the righteousness of He Jun, Li wouldn't know when he could drive away the Xiliang soldiers. When the whole county of Yingchuan stabilized, Li would definitely lead the Shihao of the whole county to thank He Jun for his righteousness."
The envoy also said: "In this battle, our army seized a total of 3,800 complete Xiliang Army fish scale armor, 3,800 armor, 4,300 sets of weapons, 4,100 war horses, and more than 8,000 carts of various types of cargoes. More than 3,000 chariots of various types of wealth and property, estimated to be worth 1.2 billion yuan. More than 4,000 chariots of food and grass, totaling 150,000 stones. There are more than 6,000 Chenliu women and more than 8,000 young and strong men who were robbed by the Xiliang Army. Liyi Duwei and Jianzhong Duwei sent people to inquire about how these people will deal with them?"
After pondering for a while, He Bai said, "At present, our army is fighting with the Xiliang army, and the eight thousand young and strong men are temporarily staying for the army. Each person is relieved to give a thousand coins, and he can pay 500 coins a month in the future. What about women? Ask them if they have relatives to invest, and each person will give 3,000 coins to compensate. If there are no relatives to invest, they will be transferred to Zhongmu and managed by Yang Yuan, and can be given to soldiers who have made meritorious service in the future."
Li Min sighed: "He Jun's reputation for benevolence and righteousness is well-deserved. Li admires it. Chenliu County has experienced this difficulty and must have been greatly damaged. I don't know what I should do in Yingchuan County? How many people in the county are still intact?"
Seven days later, Huang Zhong and the two departments returned to the team, and it was reported that the Sishui line would be handed over to the attack with Cao Cao, Zhang Miao and Bao Xin as the auxiliary army, and the Yingchuan line, was given the order of He Bai, who was fully responsible.
He Baisi said: The Xiliang troops were deployed to defend, and the enemy troops were short of troops in Yingchuan County, and it was time to take the initiative to attack. It was best to drive the Xiliang troops back to the three passes in one fell swoop and station in Yangcheng to defend it.
On the second day, He Bai raised 30,000 troops, Huang Zhong and sentenced two 10,000 troops to the southern army, and led 20,000 troops to the northern army. Li Min led 5,000 troops and 8,000 Jingzhuang to carry food and grass, and watched Yangdi City and left. However, there was no trace of the Xiliang soldiers wherever they went.
Three days later, He Bai's main force arrived at the Yangdi city. Except for more than 3,000 households and more than 10,000 people with numb Yangdi, there was no other Xiliang soldiers. On the southern army, there was no enemy soldier. He Bai sent people to ask the Yangdi people, but only knew that the Xiliang soldiers disappeared overnight, and did not know where they had fled.
He Bai sent a scout to Xuanyuan, Taigu and Yique to explore the three passes. Except for the original guards, there were no traces of Xu Rongjun. He Bai couldn't help but wonder, according to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Xu Rong was just a second- and third-rate general, and was shot by Xiahou Dun in seconds. How could it be so strange in this life?
He Bai recalled it carefully again, as if he heard in later generations that Xu Rong was quite capable, and had defeated Cao Cao and Sun Jian's two troops should be among the top military generals. Judging from Dong Zhuo's recent vigorous promotion of Xu Rong, who yearned for the nameless, Xu Rong may be really a first-class military general.
He Bai could not find the trace of Xu Rong's army, so he had to temporarily stay in Yangdi City, and asked Zhang Liao to lead troops to Yangguan, and sent scouts to search everywhere in Yingchuan County, and helped Li Min to stabilize the affairs of Yingchuan County.
Xu Rong's army fled without fighting, allowing He Bai and Li Min to successfully regain most of Yingchuan's territory. In addition, the complete elimination of Li Meng's unit in Chenliu County, the Sishui Pass subdues Hua Xiong, Zhao Cen and Wang Fang's unit. At this point, nearly half of the Xiliang generals who fought with He Bai were defeated by He Bai. Compared with other vassal armies, He Bai was considered to be a tremor in the Central Plains.
Just when He Bai and Li Min tried to stabilize Yingchuan, military information came again. Not long ago, the emperor was forced to leave Luoyang, the capital, and Dong Zhuo burned all the palaces, governments, and houses. Within 200 miles of Luoyang, it was burned to no avail.
However, the princes who received the news from the sour jujube watched each other and remained silent. Cao Cao heard that He Bai had defeated the Xiliang army on the southern front and wiped out the 5,000 cavalry of Li Meng's army. He was excited and led 5,000 troops and horses to join Zhang Miao's general Wei Zi and Bao Xin's younger brother Bao Tao. A total of 15,000 troops were ready to fight against Sishui Pass again.
Just when he was preparing to capture Xingyang City, he was attacked by 5,000 cavalry of Xu Rong's army. Under the joint attack of Xu Xing, Huaxiong, and Wang Fang, Cao Cao and other troops were almost wiped out. Wei Zi and Bao Tao were killed on the spot. Cao Cao was lucky to be rescued by his brother Cao Hong, but he was also seriously injured.
When Cao Cao returned to Suzao and asked Yuan Shao to advance the army, none of the princes responded, even Yuan Shao, who was carrying family feuds, was in a lack of interest. The princes all said that the Western Liang army was strong, and the coalition forces had already destroyed 70,000 or 80,000 troops, and they were always wiped out. Therefore, they could not fight against the Western Liang army in field, but could only build deep ditches to fight against them.
Cao Cao's persuasion was ineffective, and in furious, he had to turn to Danyang County, Yangzhou to summon troops. Before leaving, he wrote to Yingchuan and asked He Bai to suspend the attack, for fear of being targeted by the Western Liang army. After he summoned troops from Danyang, Cao Cao and He Bai were 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
After He Bai got the letter, he naturally agreed. From Cao Cao, who had been rushing to the Xingyang territory of Xu Rong, he knew that this person was indeed not a weak man, especially using the power of the cavalry, he had definitely a set of raids and could be called a first-class general. Instead of facing the enemy, he had to consider all aspects carefully and could not advance rashly. At least there would be more than 20,000 troops on the northern line to restrain him.
He Bai then ordered Zhang Liao to guard Yang Pass, and ordered Fu Xing to lead the troops to capture the flanks of Xinzheng Guards. He completely settled down, trained troops calmly, and also watched Yuan Shao's success or failure. Anyway, he had a lot of achievements, and he was not afraid of others, and he was not afraid of others to blame himself for not attacking Dong's thieves. Anyway, the longer the confrontation, the more sufficient the reason for Guandong not to go to the emperor, and it would be more natural to seize the side in the future. This is exactly what He Bai wants.
After a period of sorting and reporting, eight counties in Yingchuan County were broken by the Xiliang Army, and the township pavilions in the thirteen counties were severely destroyed. Shangjun, which originally had more than 260,000 households and a population of more than 1.4 million, is now less than 800,000. Except for half of the 600,000 people, most of the 600,000 people were killed, fled to other counties. In a short period of time, they will never return.
Yingchuan County usually attaches importance to cultural education and despises military and martial arts, so there are few brave men who can fight and dare to fight. Li Min ordered all families and ethnic groups in the county to promote righteousness and gather righteous troops to fight against the tyrannical Dong Zhuo army in Xiliang. However, there were very few responders, and less than 3,000 people came to apply for the recruitment. I am afraid that most of them would be afraid that the Xiliang army would come back.
Even though He Bai had the record of defeating the Xiliang Army and the reputation of defending the Central Plains, he could not change the fear of the Xiliang Army. He only wanted to protect himself, but did not want to rise up and resist. No wonder the talents in Yingchuan County were the best in the world, but among the Three Kingdoms, no one with the heroic talents appeared in the world.
Although He Bai was not allowed to help the Yingchuan warriors, he was influenced by nearly a thousand young and indignant scholars from various families. Among them, Chen Qun was the best, and others were Zhong Yan of the Zhong family, Xun Yan of the Xun family, Xun Qi of the Zhao family, Zhao Yan of the Du family, Du Xi of the Du family, Yu Cheng of the Yu family, and Ruan Yu of the Chenliuwei County.
But like Xun Yu, Xun Chen and Guo Jia, who He Bai has been obsessed with, they went north to Yuan Shao as early as the first month of the year, and Wan Xi, who made He Bai have a lot of political and intellectual tyrants. Without them as a supplement, they are enemies, and they are afraid that it will be difficult to unify the world.
He Bai knew that they would not stay in Yuan Shao for long, but Yuan Shao's close friend Cao Cao always tempted each other. No matter what, he could not summon the two of them, so he could only be infinitely rich and regretful. He had already had the fame of today, so why worry about not being able to summon these two great talents earlier?
Chapter completed!