Gongsun Zan continued to advance with his cavalry. When he found a small river that hindered his progress, he didn't think much about it, but led his cavalry to go over.
But after Gongsun Zan's 3,000 cavalry crossed the river, Xu Wei stood up from the trench in the middle of the mountain and shouted to Gongsun Zan: "Gongsun Zan, you have been ambushed by me!"
Other soldiers also stood up one after another! 7,000 soldiers surrounded Gongsun Zan's vanguard in a semi-encirclement manner.
Gongsun Zan looked at the ambush soldiers covered with weeds and leaves and was at a loss for a moment!
Xu Wei pointed at Gongsun Zan and shouted: "Kill!"
Thousands of crossbow arrows were fired at Gongsun Zan and the others!
"Boom!" The dense crossbows were like thunder, and the powerful crossbow arrows hit the Han army. The crossbow arrows were like sickles, constantly harvesting the surrounding cavalry. The blood of the soldiers and horses flowed into small streams and collected into the river, stained with blood.
The river turned red, so that the small river became a river of blood!
"Quickly retreat!" Gongsun Zan reacted at this time and wanted his soldiers to retreat. However, not only was the place so narrow that it was difficult for the cavalry to turn around, but there was also a small river blocking the movement of the cavalry. All the soldiers were trapped by the river, which was less than 5 feet wide.
Blocked, Gongsun Zan could only watch his soldiers being shot and killed!
Gongsun Zan looked at Xu Wei angrily and shouted: "Lei Gong, I want your life!"
After saying this, he abandoned his horse and wanted to go up the mountain to fight Xu Wei.
But Liu Bei on the side grabbed Gongsun Zan and said: "Brother, now is not the time to show off. Let's escape back first."
After saying that, he pulled Gongsun Zan and walked towards the river. The river was not deep, so they could wade through it even if they couldn't swim.
Xu Wei, on the other hand, led his soldiers to continuously narrow the encirclement, and shouted loudly to the soldiers staying on the shore: "Surrender without killing!"
The soldiers around also shouted: "Surrender without killing!"
The surrounding soldiers saw that even Gongsun Zan had escaped, and that if they tried to escape they would be killed by crossbows in the river, so they dismounted their horses one by one and dropped their swords. Now Xu Wei and the others surrendered.
Xu Wei and others counted and found that in this battle they annihilated 1,000 Han troops and captured more than 1,000 Han troops, as well as 1,500 horses. It was a great victory.
But he didn't want to continue such a meaningless battle. He pointed at a captured soldier and said: "Go and tell Gongsun Zan that I don't want to continue such a meaningless battle anymore. As long as he stops here and waits for my people,
When we get to the destination, I will return the 1,000 captured soldiers to him!"
The soldier quickly crossed the river and told Gongsun Zan what Xu Wei had said.
Gongsun Zan thought deeply: "Is Xu Wei trying to delay time?"
Liu Bei said helplessly: "Even so, we must do what he said. We can never give up these 1,000 soldiers!"
Guan Yu on the side also said: "The terrain here is narrow and blocked by rivers. It is not suitable for cavalry operations at all. Lei Gong is blocked here. Unless we take a detour, we will not be able to get through. Let's wait until Master Liu Yu comes over!"
Zhang Fei said unconvinced: "I have been fighting for so long, and I have never seen such a cunning yellow turban thief. He has never fought us head-on!"
No wonder Zhang Fei was unconvinced and fought two battles with Xu Wei, but the advantage of their cavalry was not used at all.
Seven days later, Xu Wei's 3,000 soldiers took a detour through the mountain path to join Xu Wei.
Ten days later, Liu Yu also arrived with 20,000 troops.
Gongsun Zan naturally reported the situation here to Liu Yu!
Liu Yu smiled bitterly and said: "It has been 10 days. With the marching speed of Lei Gong's troops, they must have reached Yanmen Pass. It is too late to pursue them now. Moreover, His Majesty has already issued a decree. As long as Lei Gong's troops do not occupy Taiyuan County, we will Let them leave them alone and lead the army to support the Bingzhou Army!"
Liu Bei asked strangely: "Could it be that Master Fu Bian hasn't wiped out the Yellow Turban thieves in Jidong yet?"
Liu Yu smiled bitterly and said: "The Yellow Turban thieves in East Hebei defended the city. Fu Bian and his army were more than capable of fighting in the field, but it was very difficult to attack the city. The Yellow Turban thieves now have no shortage of food and equipment to defend the city. The four cities where the Yellow Turban thieves gathered together, Each city is high and deep, and the defenders are more numerous than Fu Bian. Now the occupation of Jizhou has reached a stalemate. It is said that Chu Feiyan, who was hiding in the Taihang Mountains, took over the position of commander-in-chief of the Yellow Turban Bandits Zhang Niujiao. Seeing that the imperial court could not capture Jidong , is already ready to make a move, and the shadow of the Yellow Turban bandits often appears in the Zhao Kingdom and the Zhongshan Kingdom."
Obviously, to these imperial courts, Xu Wei, who had fled to Yanmen County, could only be regarded as a small bandit, while the Yellow Turban bandits entrenched in Jizhou were the real trouble!
After Xu Wei knew that Wang Lei and the others had arrived in Yanmen County and ensured the safety of his men, he left all 1,000 prisoners in the camp on a dark and windy night, while he himself led the army to retreat into the mountains. Head to Yanmen County through the mountain trails!
After Liu Yu took back 1,000 cavalry, he couldn't find any trace of Xu Wei and the others and stopped looking for them.
Instead, they returned to Jizhou from Jingkou, and then marched for 10 days to meet Fu Bian again.
At this time, Fu Bian's tribe, combined with the powerful nobles and soldiers from all over Jizhou, already had 70,000 soldiers. Adding Liu Yu's tribe to the entire Han army in Jizhou, the total number was 100,000.
After gaining the military advantage, Fu Bian launched a full-scale counterattack!
The cities guarded by the yellow turban thieves in the east of Jidong were breached one by one. They wanted to escape, but they were chased and killed by Gongsun Zan, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun and other fierce generals with ten thousand enemies. They were strong and healthy. , tall and brave, rushing left and right on the battlefield, unstoppable. The lack of training of the yellow scarf thieves was killed until rivers of blood flowed, and corpses piled up like mountains.
A war ended again. Liu Bei led the cavalry to annihilate a group of ten thousand Yellow Turban thieves, but he did not feel any joy. He saw that the bloody field was littered with corpses. Most of them were strong men, but There was no shortage of old people, children, and women. They were lying on their backs or lying down on the cold ground in various postures. Many of them did not close their eyes until they died, watching and cursing the world in despair and anger.
These were ordinary people who were safe and sound, but now they have all become thieves!
Liu Bei stood silently among the corpses without saying a word. Although he wanted to make achievements, he did not want to make achievements by slaughtering the common people of the Han Dynasty.
At this time, he found a seriously injured yellow turban thief, bleeding profusely. He was lying on the ground like this, waiting for death to come!
"Why rebel?" he asked with anger.
The prisoner looked at him expressionlessly, as if he didn't understand what he said.
"Why rebel?" Liu Bei asked again.
But the Yellow Turban Thief still didn't answer.
"Why are you rebelling?" Liu Bei grabbed the prisoner's clothes and asked angrily.
The prisoner suddenly gathered all his strength and roared: "I can't live anymore!"