Following Gao Fei's order, a thousand cavalrymen lined up in a long formation, with five people in a row, they opened their bows and arrows and whizzed away like a strong wind.
Outside Yingtao City, Zhang Niujiao's strong body was covered with a piece of iron armor that had lost its black paint, and he wore an iron helmet on his head. He was riding a rather strong horse, with a long knife hanging from his waist.
Under the two thick eyebrows is a pair of piercing eyes, which are staring at the wall of Yingtao City, watching the five-meter-wide earth mountain being piled up little by little, and I feel extremely happy in my heart.
Chu Yan was riding a chestnut horse. His legs were dangling under the horse's belly. Although his upper body was riding on the horse's back, at first glance, he thought the horse had six legs. His body was taller than an ox's horns.
He is much thicker. He does not wear a helmet. His long hair is casually pulled up and tied back. The tendrils of hair are like his beard, which looks like soaked instant noodles. His sword-shaped eyebrows are tightly knitted.
Come, two shining eyes are constantly staring at the tower. He is not wearing armor, and is only covered with a thin coat. He looks a bit unusual in the early spring weather, and his broad chest is exposed by the hem of the coat.
, there was a piece of black fur on his chest, and his thick arms showed tight muscles. He said nothing, with a dignified look on his face, and his face naturally became more ferocious.
"In another hour, we can have a banquet in Yitao City!" Zhang Niujiao turned his face sideways and said softly to Chu Yan beside him.
Before Chu Yan had time to answer, he heard a muffled sound from behind and saw a group of Han cavalry rushing over with bows and arrows. He was startled and hurriedly shouted to the people behind him: "Stop them.
, we must not let this group of Han troops enter the city!"
Before the thieves could react, Gao Fei led the whole cavalry team to the camp of the thieves who were carrying the loess. The thieves had already become tired from carrying the loess. At this time, they saw each other.
The Biao Han army surged up and did not stop them at all. They dispersed like birds and beasts and ran around.
Gao Fei led the cavalry to use the collision force of the horses to knock away some of the bandit soldiers who had no time to escape, and kept the horses moving forward at a constant speed while shooting the bows and arrows in his hands at the bandit soldiers on both sides who were trying to stop them. These Liangzhou soldiers who are skilled in bow and horse
All the arrows fired by the athletes hit the target, but bursts of painful shouts were heard, and hundreds of people died under the arrows.
After the first wave of arrows was released, the second wave of arrows was shot out immediately. After the two arrows were fired, a thousand thieves had fallen, and Gao Fei and others successfully rushed to the bottom of the city wall. Everything was like this.
of simplicity.
On Yingtao City, Gongsun Du, the governor of Jizhou who was commanding the soldiers to fight, saw this group of thousands of cavalry galloping in. He had already ordered people to open the city gate. Once Gao Fei and others arrived at the city wall, they could turn their horses' heads to the edge.
They ran towards the city along the city wall. The huge maneuverability of the cavalry reduced the resistance to this action, allowing Gao Fei and others to enter the city in just twenty minutes.
Chu Yan and Zhang Niujiao were a little annoyed when they saw a thousand cavalry entering Yitao City. They thought that they had contained all the troops in Jizhou here. As long as they conquered Yitao City, they would have captured the entire Jizhou.
But none of them expected that a group of cavalry would come from behind, but their army could not stop them.
As soon as Gao Fei and others entered the city, they immediately jumped off their horses and boarded the city tower with their bows and arrows. This made up for the lack of troops on the city tower and at the same time inspired the archers on the city tower to shoot their own arrows with all their heart.
The arrows in his hands strengthened the attack on the rebels below the city. Arrows rained down on the tower for a while. After being shot down, the rebels no longer dared to approach the city wall.
The two armies were in a stalemate for a short time. Zhang Niujiao saw that the morale of the officers and soldiers was rising again and that a force attack was not an option, so he ordered a temporary retreat to the camp.
After the bandits temporarily retreated, Gongsun Du hurriedly bowed to Gao Fei and said, "The general's troops arrived just in time. If they had arrived later, I'm afraid Yingtao City would have been breached!"
Gongsun Du was in his thirties, with a fair, round face and a beard. He was wearing a blue silk gown, a gold embroidered belt around his waist, and an armor. His whole body was covered with dust.
There is something shrewd about people.
"The Governor is surrounded here. I happened to be passing by here, so why would I just sit back and ignore him?" Gao Fei said politely.
Gongsundu looked at Gao Fei, but realized that he had never seen him before, so he immediately asked: "Excuse me, I haven't asked the general's name yet?"
Gao Fei cupped his hands and said: "I'm General Fenwei, Gao Fei, the Governor of Liaodong."
"Gao... Gao Fei... are you the famous Gao Fei? Haha, I really didn't expect that I would meet General Gao under such circumstances. I am Gongsundu, whose courtesy name is Shengji, and he is from Xiangping, Liaodong. General Gao
, the traitors have retreated and will not attack again in the short term. This is not the place to talk. Please, General Gao, follow me to the Prefect's Mansion. Today I will entertain General Gao's arrival."
"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey!"
After getting off the city tower, Gongsun Du ordered Gao Fei's thousand cavalry to be placed in the vacant military camp, and ordered people to provide wine and meat to the soldiers. He took Gao Fei to the prefect's mansion.
On the day the bandits attacked Yitao, the Julu prefect died in battle. The chief historian of Julu County led the army to continue to resist the bandits until Gongsun Du personally led an army of 5,000 people. Later, the chief historian accompanied Gongsun Du.
He went out to attack the rebels, but he didn't want to be ambushed by the rebels, not only losing his troops but also almost losing his life. So Gongsun Du stayed in the city, only looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements.
In the hall of the Prefect's Mansion, Gongsun Du set up a banquet. He first poured a glass of wine for Gao Fei, and then poured another glass for himself. He raised the glass high and said to Gao Fei: "General Gao Fei, this time
There are a thousand cavalry in the front, but the army behind is less
It's probably tens of thousands. This time I can finally sit back and relax. The gang of rebels almost killed me. With the army brought by General Gao, we will definitely be able to eradicate those gangs of rebels. Haha, hahaha, come on.
, General Gao, I toast you."
Gao Fei looked at the table full of wine and food, and then thought of the hungry and shapeless people he met on the way to support Gongsun Du. He couldn't hold the wine. He sighed softly and said slowly:
"Lord Gongsun, to be honest, the only people who came to rescue Lord Gongsun this time are these thousand Qingqi below."
Gongsun Du's happy face immediately turned melancholy, and then he laughed awkwardly and asked: "General Gao, do you think I didn't greet you well? If you are not satisfied, just say it. You don't have to make such a joke with me."
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"Do you think I'm joking? The only people who came to rescue Lord Gongsun are these one thousand cavalry."
Gongsun Du drank a glass of wine and said to himself: "A thousand cavalry are useless. There are more than 10,000 thieves outside, and Zhang Niujiao and Chu Yan have three thousand elite soldiers. I
I just underestimated their strength and ended up being defeated. I don’t think General Gao’s thousand cavalry can withstand them for a few days."
"That's not necessarily the case. I observed carefully when I came here. Although there are many thieves, they all look very tired after these few days of siege warfare. Even if Chu Yan has three thousand elite soldiers, I can still use them.
The thousand light cavalry defeated them."
When Gongsun Du heard what Gao Fei said, he sneered: "General Gao's tone is so loud, but I have something to say first. Those three thousand elite soldiers of Chu Yan are all bandits who are good at fighting. I encircled and suppressed them in Changshan."
It took a lot of trouble at that time. Then the fight really started, General Gao, don't blame me for not warning you."
Gao Fei said "Yeah". He knew in his heart that infantry has been at a disadvantage against cavalry since ancient times. He had a thousand cavalry, and Chu Yan's 3,000 elite soldiers were all infantry. He used his 1,000 cavalry to deal with Chu Yan's 3,000 infantry.
, as long as he is commanded properly, he can definitely defeat the three thousand thieves. He said slowly: "Master Gongsun, we have traveled a long distance and need a good night's rest. Early tomorrow morning, please see how I defeat the enemy."
Gongsundu looked at the confident Gao Fei and said slowly: "General Gao, I'm not throwing cold water on you. When you put down the Yellow Turbans and the Liangzhou Rebellion, all the ministries cooperated with each other to fight. Now you have no reinforcements.
I see
You'd better stay in the city with me. There is enough food and grass in the city. As long as the traitors can't climb the city wall, it won't be a problem to hold on for half a year. Besides, the court will not let these traitors cause chaos and will definitely send troops to encircle and suppress them.
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Gao Fei smiled, cupped his hands towards Gongsun Du and said: "Sir, please rest assured, I will naturally find a way to defeat those three thousand people. However, the remaining more than 10,000 thieves outside will need your help."
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"Me?" Gongsun Du looked at Gao Fei in surprise and waved his hands quickly, "No, no, I only have more than a thousand soldiers left out of the five thousand, and I still have to guard four city gates. I can't mobilize that many troops.
.General Gao, I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do."
Gao Fei chuckled and said, "You don't need to send troops. As long as you agree, within one day tomorrow, I will be able to make all the rebels outside the city collapse and submit to the imperial court."
"Is there...is there such a good thing? Tell me quickly." Gongsun Du said with a little joy after hearing this.
Gao Fei said: "Sir, how much food is there in the city's treasury?"
"There are still more than 30,000 stones..." Gongsun Du seemed to understand and asked hurriedly, "You don't want to use the food in the treasury, right?"
"Haha, this is quite a lot of food. One stone of grain can last an adult man two hundred days. If we use these 30,000 stone of grain to deal with the bandits outside, wouldn't it be a piece of cake?" Gao Fei said with a smile.
Gongsun Du said: "No, everything in the treasury belongs to the imperial court, how can you tamper with it casually? Without the imperial decree, who dares to open a warehouse to store grain?"
"Damn it, when Gongsun Du occupied Liaodong, he established himself as the Marquis of Liaodong. Why is he so loyal to the Han Dynasty now? If he doesn't agree, then I have to think of other ways." I heard Gongsun Du's firm answer.
, Gao Fei thought slowly in his mind.
"Since you don't agree, let's think of other ways. After I defeat the enemy tomorrow, we'll see how the thieves react," Gao Fei said.
Gongsun Du said "hmm" and said: "General Gao, please!"
Gao Fei is also hungry now. Even though he feels sorry for the people by eating such good food, if he doesn't eat, he will starve to death. If he starves to death, how can he use his hands to save more people?
What about the poor people? When he thought of this, he quickly filled his stomach. After drinking and eating, he walked back to the military camp, still thinking about how to defeat the enemy.