The soldiers of Yuan Tan's army looked behind and saw that the commander Yuan Tan had escaped without a trace. The 30,000 troops left on the battlefield were immediately shocked.
With no commander left, they had no choice but to find ways to save themselves. Some Yuan Tan officers and the others gathered together. They tried to gather their troops together and then fled in a direction with fewer people.
Because they all knew that there was no way out by surrendering to Lei Gong. Lei Gong didn't need generals like them at all. When they got to Lei Gong's side, they could only be dismissed by Lei Gong and become ordinary people.
But these generals have been fighting for decades and have adapted to life on the battlefield. They don't want to become ordinary people anymore, and these generals don't want to lose the rights in their hands.
So running away became their choice. As long as they escaped, whether they were seeking refuge with Yuan Tan or Liu Bei, it was a good way out.
But if they really can't escape, it's not too late to take refuge with Lei Gong. Anyway, Lei Gong won't embarrass low-level officers like them. For these generals, surrendering to Lei Gong is the worst option.
But most ordinary soldiers don't want to run away. They have fought with Lei Gong for many years, and they also know that as long as they don't run away, their safety is still guaranteed. Now that Yuzhou has been occupied by Lei Gong, Yuan Tan can only hold a few
It's just a remote county town.
Their families are already in the hands of Thunder Lord. In this case, why should they work for Yuan Tan! Not to mention that Yuan Tan has betrayed them now, so why run away? They just stay on the battlefield and wait for Thunder Lord to take over.
They, isn't this better than running around!
On the battlefield, Huang Long stood on the hill on the battlefield, looking at Yuan Tan's army not far away who was surrendering to his subordinates. He felt very comfortable. Although the results of the battle had not been fully calculated, Liu Bei's Han coalition had only a small defeat.
and defeat, and Yuan Tan's forces were completely severely damaged. It can be said that the war in Yuzhou can finally come to an end.
Li Ru ran over at this time and said with a smile: "General, except for the thousands of Yuan Tan's 30,000 soldiers who fled, the remaining soldiers were all captured by us. Our army's casualties were minimal, only a few hundred people!"
There were two strong men behind him looking at Huang Long with real restraint!
Huang Long said with a smile: "They must be General Hu Zhen and General Zhang Ji!"
The two immediately clasped their fists and saluted: "I don't dare to call myself a general in front of General Huang!"
Huang Long looked at the two men and felt a strange fate. Back then, the Central Army of the Han Dynasty defeated the Yellow Turban Army, and only the army led by Dong Zhuo was defeated by the Yellow Turban Army (this made Dong Zhuo unconvinced. At the time, his Xiliang Army
He didn’t enter the battlefield in the Central Plains at all, and only brought a few cronies to Jizhou. The generals of the Northern Army simply refused to accept him as a Xiliang barbarian, and that’s why he suffered a defeat!)
Strictly speaking, his Yellow Turban Army had enmity with other armies of the Han Dynasty, but he had no enmity against Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army. Later, after they defected to Xu Wei, they kept suppressing Dong Zhuo. They were always the victors, so naturally they would not
I hate these soldiers!
After Huang Long sighed, he asked: "Two generals, what are your plans for the future?"
Hu Zhen said: "I have been fighting all my life and don't want to leave the army. Moreover, Wang Yun, Yang Biao, and Lu Bu are still alive. I want to kill them with my own hands to avenge the Prime Minister!"
Huang Long said: "I will propose to the governor that you enter Daqian Military Academy, but whether it can succeed depends on the will of the governor!"
Hu Zhen saluted and said, "Thank you so much, General!"
Then Huanglong looked at Zhang Ji.
Zhang Ji thought for a while and said: "I am old and weak. I ran to Shuzhong just because I wanted to take care of myself, but I didn't expect that Liu Bei would attack me. Now I just want to take care of myself in Hebei. But I have a nephew named Zhang Xiu. He is born with supernatural power and is extremely brave. If the general doesn't dislike him, he can be allowed to work for the general!"
Huang Long smiled and said: "That's easy to say, I will recommend him to go to Daqian Military Academy!"
After receiving Huang Long's affirmation, both Hu Zhen and Zhang Ji breathed a sigh of relief.
Then Hu Zhen looked at the captured soldiers and said: "It's a pity that Yuan Tan and Xu You escaped, otherwise we would have completely wiped out Yuan Tan's forces this time!"
This is what Hu Zhen is most dissatisfied with. This time was the best opportunity to kill Yuan Tan, but he did not kill Yuan Tan. If he wants to find such an opportunity to kill Yuan Tan in the future, he will have to wait until Xiangyang City is conquered. !
Huang Long said nonchalantly: "We have wiped out all the last elites in Yuan Tan's hands. Even if he escapes to Jingzhou now, he is just a lost dog and has lost the capital to dominate the world. It can be said that after this battle, Yuan Tan He is no longer a prince."
Li Ru smiled and nodded, then looked at the south and said: "I just don't know if Song Yi and the others can catch Liu Bei. If they catch Liu Bei, our army may be able to take advantage of the situation to attack Xiangyang. If they catch the little emperor, , if you take power, you will truly become the master of the world!"
Huang Long also looked to the south, but he didn't have much hope and said: "We haven't even caught Yuan Tan. If we want to catch Liu Bei, it will be very difficult! It depends on whether Song Yi and the others have such luck."
It is very difficult to catch a general these days, especially in the wild. Not to mention that Liu Bei is good at escaping. He has experienced several crises in history without being caught by Cao Cao, not to mention that he still has a few in his hands. With thousands of soldiers protecting him, it will be even harder to catch him!
At the same time, Song Yi led the Daqian cavalry to pursue Liu Bei's army. However, Zhao Yun led the army to block Song Yi's cavalry. In addition, there were many rivers along the way, which seriously affected the speed of the cavalry's pursuit. Song Yi's cavalry had no chance at all. Catch up with Liu Bei's army.
But Song Yi and the others did not gain anything. Liu Bei moved quickly and was difficult to pursue. Song Yi could only change the target of the attack and attack Zhang Wei. Not only did Zhang Wei and his Hanzhong army lack training, they were also foreign troops and unfamiliar with the place. The marching speed was far inferior to Liu Bei's army. Although they retreated first, they were overtaken by Song Yi.
This chapter is not over yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading! Then Song Yi led 20,000 cavalry and charged forward. Zhang Wei led 20,000 Hanzhong troops. After escaping for a long time, the soldiers' physical strength was severely exhausted and they were unable to stop the menacing Daqian cavalry army. , but when Song Yi's cavalry rushed over, the only thing Zhang Lu's soldiers could do was to raise their hands and surrender. Zhang Lu's 20,000 troops were easily captured by Song Yi.
After Song Yi captured Zhang Wei's army, Liu Bei's army had all hid in Luyang City, and this was already the territory of Nanyang County in Jingzhou. Song Yi did not dare to pursue too fast without restraint, lest he go deep alone. He was ambushed by Liu Bei. Just when Song Yi wanted to retreat, Yang Feng led an army of 50,000 to Luyang!
Yang Feng was surprised when he saw Song Yi and said: "You are not fighting against the Han coalition forces, why did you come to Luyang?"
Song Yi smiled and said: "I came to Luyang City just because I was chasing Liu Bei!"
Then Song Yi told Yang Feng about the battle a few days ago!
Yang Feng was surprised and said: "Brother Huanglong actually defeated Liu Bei's 100,000-strong Han coalition army by himself?"
Liu Bei has always been their biggest enemy. He has repeatedly formed Han coalition forces to fight against their Dagan. Such strong enemies have always been opponents of the ruling class. Now that he heard that Huang Long defeated Liu Bei, how could he not let him go? Yang Feng was surprised!
Song Yi smiled and said: "Now Liu Bei is defeated in Luyang City with more than 30,000 remaining soldiers. How can this not be true?"
Yang Feng said with great joy: "It would be great if Liu Bei is really in Luyang City. If we attack Luyang City and kill Liu Bei, maybe we can take Xiangyang City directly and destroy the small imperial court of Xiangyang!"
Xu Huang, who was beside Yang Feng, also said, "Liu Bei is retreating in panic, his strength is greatly reduced, and the city is full of defeated troops. His morale is low, his military morale is disorganized, and his body and mind are exhausted to the point of collapse. At this time, we attack Luyang City has a great chance of winning."
Originally, they just wanted to take the opportunity to cut off Liu Bei's retreat, but they did not expect that they could block Liu Bei here. This was a great achievement. Everyone was beaming with joy and wanted to attack Luyang City immediately!
Fortunately, Yang Feng and the others had just marched to Luyang City. Knowing that the soldiers were exhausted, he first set up camp in Luyang City and planned to attack Luyang tomorrow!
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Yang Feng and the others were beaming with joy, but the atmosphere here at Liu Bei's place was heavy!
Zhang Fei helplessly said to everyone: "I have found out clearly that the large army coming behind is Yang Feng's army. They came to attack Luyang City after they attacked Luoyang City and wanted to stop us. This army probably has There are 40,000-50,000 people, and now there are almost 60,000-70,000 Dagan troops under Luyang City, 20,000 of whom are cavalry!"
Yuan Ji said firmly: "General, we cannot stay here. Our army must continue to retreat, at least to Wancheng. Relying on Wancheng's powerful defenses and the Jingzhou Navy, we can have a fighting chance with the Daqian Army." , If we continue to stay in Luyang now, if we are pursued by hundreds of thousands of Daqian Army, our more than 30,000 soldiers will definitely be wiped out.
Moreover, the general may not be able to break out of Luyang. When the time comes, the court will be leaderless and there will be no one to command the army. Even if the court has hundreds of thousands of troops, it will be difficult to exert its full strength. Maybe Lei Gong will take the opportunity to capture Xiangyang City. In that case, If so, the great Han’s world will really be occupied by Thunder God!”
Zhang Fei immediately stood up and said: "What my elder brother Yuan Changshi said is right. I will stay here to break up my brother's queen. My elder brother will follow Zilong and the others and leave now. If it's too late, Luyang will be completely surrounded by the Daqian Army!"
Liu Bei also knew that now was not the time to be pretentious. Only when he broke out of the encirclement of Da Qian's army could he command Da Han's army to rescue Zhang Fei!
So that night, while Yang Feng and the others were still resting, Liu Bei, Zhao Yun and other dozens of generals and hundreds of personal guards fled Luyang City under the cover of darkness!
When Yang Feng found out about this, he sent out cavalry to pursue Liu Bei, but because the Daqian cavalry was not familiar with the geography of Nanyang County, and the mountainous terrain along which Liu Bei fled was undulating, it was not suitable for cavalry operations, so he lost Liu Bei!
Song Yi's cavalry pursued them all the way to Wancheng, but at this time Liu Bei had already entered Wancheng, and the Jingzhou Navy also transported a large number of Jingzhou troops to station in Wancheng.
Song Yi also wanted to besiege Wancheng, but at this time Liu Bei kept mobilizing people from all walks of life in Jingzhou to support Nanyang County. Song Yi saw more and more soldiers and horses in Wancheng every day, and soon he discovered that he was not the one to surround Liu Bei now. Instead, his 20,000 cavalry had to be careful about being surrounded by Liu Bei! Seeing that he could not kill Liu Bei and was in danger of being surrounded, Song Yi could only lead the cavalry and retreat to Luyang!
By the time Song Yi returned to Luyang, Huang Long's army had already merged with Yang Feng's army. There were more than 100,000 troops and Luyang was surrounded! However, Zhang Fei was not easy to deal with. He had more than 30,000 troops in his hands. The Jingzhou Army has elites, and Luyang is the location of the Jingzhou Army's granary. There is no shortage of granaries, weapons and equipment in the city, and even artillery is not lacking.
At the same time, Luyang is also the frontline of Jingzhou. In order to defend against Xu Wei's attack, Liu Bei continued to reinforce Luyang City several years ago. It can be said that although Luyang City is not as strong as Luoyang City, it is not much worse. With the unity of the people in the city, It was more than a hundred times harder to fight than Luoyang City.
After Huang Long and Yang Feng reunited, they tentatively attacked Luyang City several times, but failed to take advantage! When Song Yi came back, they were depressingly discovered that not even Liu Bei had been captured.
At the same time, Song Yi warned: "Tianwan City is constantly gathering troops these days. When I left, it had already exceeded 60,000 troops. It seems that it is not impossible for Liu Bei to gather an army of 100,000. We should be careful!"
Yang Feng said in surprise: "Liu Bei wanted to support Yuan Tan. He risked his life and even borrowed Zhang Lu's food and grass to send 50,000 troops. Now he can actually get food and grass for an army of hundreds of thousands?"
At this time, Li Ru sneered and said: "Several generals have forgotten that Nanyang County is the imperial hometown of my Han Dynasty. How can a place like this lack food and grass? In the past, our large army was still in Yanzhou, thousands of miles away. Naturally, the nobles and nobles in Nanyang County were not I am worried about my family property, but now that my army has entered Nanyang County, how can the local nobles and nobles not be worried? If we really conquer Nanyang County, I am afraid that they will spend all their wealth to support Liu Bei. We drive out of Nanyang County, otherwise these wealthy nobles will have trouble sleeping and eating!"
Xu Huang felt strange and said: "Since there is no shortage of food and grass in Jingzhou, why didn't these wealthy nobles help Liu Bei before? If Liu Bei leads an army of hundreds of thousands to support Yuan Tan, I'm afraid it will cost us a lot to annex Yuzhou!"
Li Ru mocked: "These wealthy nobles are just household dogs and have no foresight at all. Asking them to use their family property to support Yuan Tan is a fool's errand. But if they are asked to protect their family property and fields, they will lose everything." Yes, not all noble families in the Central Plains are like this. Even if they know how our army treats them, they are still reluctant to leave their hometown."
Yang Feng said helplessly: "Although these people are housekeepers, if Liu Bei really has hundreds of thousands more troops in his hands, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to conquer Nanyang County!"
Nanyang County is not only a basin, but also has many rivers, which is very unfriendly to cavalry. The reason why Song Yi cannot catch up with Liu Bei is that there are mountains and rivers blocking the road. It is difficult for his cavalry to take full advantage of it in Nanyang County!