Gao Shun heard Zhang Liao's shout and turned around to see Zhang Liao coming to the doorway with more than a hundred cavalry, scattered on both sides. He immediately ordered: "The whole army retreats!"
After giving the order, Gao Shun led the remaining soldiers who were trapped in the camp and retreated sharply, while Zhang Liao led the cavalry forward from both sides of the doorway.
When Zhang Liao rode by Gao Shun alone, he said loudly: "General Gao, the Yan army is using catapults as cover. Please retreat quickly and leave the pursuers to me."
Gao Shun and Zhang Liao had a tacit understanding of each other, and they knew each other tacitly. He just smiled at Zhang Liao and immediately withdrew from the doorway with his men.
Zhang Liao led the cavalry to quickly block the way. He stood up with his sword drawn, stared at Han Meng who was chasing him, and yelled: "Who is coming?"
Han Meng saw that Zhang Liao was very young, but he had a ferocious look on his face. He shouted loudly like a bell. Seeing that Zhang Liao was powerful and powerful, even though he only had more than a hundred cavalry, he was not timid towards him, so he secretly felt in his heart.
The place was amazed. He reined in his horse, held the long sword in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Han Meng, have you not asked your name?"
"Zhang Liao is from Mayi, Yanmen!"
After Han Meng heard this, he thought secretly in his heart: "I never thought he was Zhang Liao. He is such a young young man. He is as famous as Gao Shun. His strength is certainly not low. If he cuts off his head, Lu Bu will be dead."
One arm..."
When he thought of this, Han Meng sneered and said loudly: "Do you dare to fight me alone?"
Zhang Liao saw that Han Meng had a large number of men, and the four generals behind him, Jiang Yiqu, Zhang Nan, Lu Kuang, and Lu Xiang, all showed fierce looks. He came to rescue Gao Shun and felt that he was not suitable for fighting, so he thought
Said: "Han Meng is a famous general in the Zhao army. He is as famous as Yan Liang and Wen Chou. In addition, there are many others. Now is not the time to fight alone..."
"Hmph! The battle between the two armies is about courage and resourcefulness. As a general, how can you engage in a duel with others at will?" Zhang Liao said coldly.
After hearing this, Han Meng felt that what Zhang Liao said made sense. He was not good at horse fighting. After all, his weapons were too short. He just wanted to test Zhang Liao's strength. Seeing that Zhang Liao was unwilling, he did not force it, and pointed his long sword toward Zhang Liao.
He waved forward and shouted loudly: "Kill without mercy!"
The four generals Jiang Yiqu, Zhang Nan, Lu Kuang, and Lu Xiang rushed out, and the cavalry behind them also rushed towards Zhang Liao like wolves and tigers.
Zhang Liao frowned and did not order a retreat. Instead, he raised his sword and rode up to meet Zhao Jun and the cavalry. After he cut down three or four cavalry in a row, he saw Jiang Yiqu holding a spear.
Without warning, he quickly ran to Jiang Yiqu's side, shouted loudly, and raised his knife to chop.
Jiang Yiqu was shocked and caught off guard. Seeing that he was about to die, he screamed loudly.
"when……"
A long sword stabbed out diagonally, directly deflecting Zhang Liao's sword. The long sword attacked Zhang Liao lightly, taking advantage of the convenience of short soldiers and forcing Zhang Liao back. The person holding the sword was precisely
Han Meng turned to look at Jiang Yiqu, who was still in shock, and asked loudly: "Are you hurt?"
Jiang Yiqu shook his head, still a little scared.
Han Meng suddenly turned his head, looked at Zhang Liao, and shouted loudly: "Stop being so arrogant! Watch me take your head!"
Zhang Liao only exchanged two moves with Han Meng before he knew that Han Meng's swordsmanship was very exquisite. He turned around and saw his men fighting in a melee with Zhao Jun's cavalry. Although he would not be defeated for the time being, after all, Zhao Jun's cavalry was even more powerful.
He made a prompt decision, turned the horse's head, charged back, and shouted: "Retreat!"
More than a hundred wolf cavalrymen were personally accompanied by Zhang Liao, and they were all battle-hardened men. As soon as they heard Zhang Liao's order, they killed several Zhao cavalrymen nearby, then quickly exited the door and ran towards the north gate.
They passed by and came and went in a hurry, and many of the 108 cavalrymen returned.
Zhang Nan, Lu Kuang, and Lu Xiang wanted to lead their troops to pursue them, but Han Meng stopped them: "Don't chase the poor bandits, go back to the city!"
The battle ended hastily. Lu Bu lost more than two thousand infantry and cavalry, and his general Li Feng also died. He was filled with regret.
Seeing Gao Shun and Zhang Liao retreating safely, Lu Bu finally felt relieved. He loudly said to Gao Shun, Zhang Liao said: "Retreat temporarily and fight another day!"
Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and others didn't say anything, bowed their hands to Lu Bu, and then retreated.
Gao Fei also ordered the withdrawal of the troops at this time, and said to Lu Bu at the same time: "These two days are all due to the inability of the Marquis of Jin to defend the west gate. I hope that the Marquis of Jin will strictly guard the west gate before Chen Gong arrives. I will take care of Yuan Tan first, and then
Let’s attack Yecheng together and completely eliminate the Yuan family’s influence in Hebei.”
Lü Bu lost his army and had nothing to say, so he nodded, turned his horse's head, got on his red rabbit horse, and led his men away.
Huang Zhong rode his horse and came to Gao Fei's side. When he saw Lu Bu's retreating figure, he said to Gao Fei: "My lord, Lu Bu is not an easy man. Today we only lost a few of his troops, and only one Li Feng died.
The real main generals Gao Shun and Zhang Liao have not been damaged, so we must pay more attention to them in the future."
Gao Fei nodded and said to Huang Zhong: "I have a sense of discretion. Lu Bu is far more dangerous than Yuan Shao. We must eliminate Yuan's power in Hebei as soon as possible, and then encourage Lu Bu to occupy Sili. In this way, our army will
But we can guard the main road and cut off his return path."
Huang Zhong smiled and said: "My lord is wise!"
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Pingyuan County, Gaotang County.
On the bank of the Yellow River, Zang Ba led his soldiers to guard the ferry tightly. He led Chang Xi, Sun Guan, Sun Kang, Yin Li, Wu Dun, Guo Ying, Chen Shi and others to wander on the bank of the Yellow River.
Pointing to the earthen wall on the shore, he said: "We need to make it higher and stronger here, and deploy more archers to prevent the Zhao army from crossing north."
Guo Ying, who was responsible for guarding this section of the river, clasped his fists and said, "No, I understand."
Zang Ba then pointed to the shoal not far away and said: "Place more wooden piles on the river bed. Once Zhao Jun's ferry lands at night, those wooden piles will block their progress, and in serious cases, they will puncture the bottom of the boat.
Chen Shi, I will do this for you, and you must do it to perfection."
Chen Shi said: "No!"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone heard the sound of rapid horse hooves coming from the northwest, and a knight galloped quickly from the northwest.
Everyone turned around and saw that the person who came was no stranger, it was Wei Yan.
Chang Xi pointed at the approaching Wei Yan and said to Zang Ba: "Brother, Wei Yan is here."
Although Zang Ba surrendered to Gao Fei and became a general of the Yan Army, and was listed as the Eighteen Hussars of Yan Yun as General Hengye, he had been a bandit before, and he was led by his own brothers.
Basically, everyone still treated him like a brother. He turned his head and looked over, seeing Wei Yan getting closer and closer, so he said to himself: "No matter why he came, I should go to greet him personally. You all go to greet Wei Yan with me."
.”
"No!" everyone replied in unison.
Wei Yan galloped on his horse and saw that the winding river was covered with soldiers of the Yan army. There were long earth walls at regular intervals. Apart from the rolling Yellow River water, there was not a single drifter in the river.
When he saw the regular distribution of soldiers on the ships, he couldn't help but secretly admire Zang Ba.
When they met each other, Wei Yan got off his horse and Zang Ba and others said in unison: "General Wei has come from afar. We have missed the opportunity to meet him from afar. Please forgive me."
Wei Yan was not the kind of polite person, he was full of boldness. As soon as he jumped off the horse, he patted Zang Ba on the shoulder, and then said happily: "You don't have to be polite to me, I, Wei Yan, am not the kind of formal person."
From now on, we can treat each other as brothers."
Zang Ba has always been a new member of Gao Fei. Not long ago, when he got along with Gao Fei's original team, there would be some estrangement. Seeing Wei Yan's boldness, he became a little pretentious and said loudly: "In this case, then I will
You're welcome. Brother Wei, didn't you go to Changyi? When did you come back?"
"I came back a long time ago. It's been a while. Didn't Cao Cao attack Qingzhou? That's all my... my credit. I convinced Cao Cao with my sharp tongue." Wei Yan originally wanted to take credit for Xu You's achievements.
He said it together, but he didn't like Xu You very much and wanted to show off his merits in front of Zang Ba, so he deliberately concealed it.
Zang Ba didn't care about these things. He was concerned about the things in front of him. He raised his hands and asked: "Brother Wei, did the Lord send you here?"
Wei Yan slapped his forehead and shouted: "Oh, look at my head, I almost forgot. It was indeed the lord who asked me to come here. The lord asked me to come to assist you. Let us send troops from the plains together to attack Cao Cao who has not yet been conquered."
Occupied Qingzhou counties."
Zang Ba thought: "But in this case, Yuan Tan will cross the Yellow River north and lead his troops to Jizhou. Do these lords know it?"
Wei Yan said with a smile: "My lord knows better than anyone else that he did this deliberately to let Yuan Tan cross the river. He wanted to surround him for reinforcements and deal with Yuan Tan."
"That's it..." Zang Ba said, "My lord, what a clever plan. Now Cao Cao and Yuan Tan are fighting fiercely on the south bank. Yuan Tan can't resist Cao Cao's offensive. He tried to cross the river several times, but I stopped him. According to the scouts,
Come report that Yuan Tan still has almost 10,000 people stranded on the south bank to deal with Cao Cao..."
"Then what are you waiting for? My lord has already made it clear to me when I came. My lord asked us to attack the counties and counties in Qingzhou and occupy them first. After defeating Yuan Tan, my lord will use Qingzhou's territory to make a big deal."
." Wei Yan said.
"What big deal?" Zang Ba asked.
Wei Yan looked uncomfortable and said slowly: "I don't know either. I will know when the time comes. General Zang, when will we start attacking the Qingzhou counties on the south bank?"
Zang Ba said: "Brother Wei has come a long way, so he should take a rest first. I will notify the garrison along the coast one by one, and we can start heading to the south bank early tomorrow morning."
Wei Yan geared up and said: "Great, General Zang, my lord asked me to be your deputy general. You give me a troop of soldiers and horses, and I will be the vanguard. I will ensure that all the remaining counties in Qingzhou are captured."
Zang Ba smiled and said: "That's very good. Brother Wei, let's go back to the camp and talk about it."
Wei Yan followed Zang Ba back to the military camp and received Zang Ba's warm hospitality. After having a good meal and wine, he slept in the camp all night.
Early the next morning, Wei Yan heard the rumbling drums and woke up. When he left the camp, it was just getting dark, but many soldiers had already gathered outside the camp, and Zang Ba was mobilizing his troops.
Wei Yan saw Zang Ba's rigorous military management and couldn't help praising him: "No wonder my lord asked me to serve as his deputy general. Maybe he wants me to learn his method of dispatching troops and generals?"