Chapter 323: Princes wielding troops at Hulao Pass
This loud shout caused the expressions of the soldiers under Sun Jian's command to change drastically. If it weren't for Sun Jian's presence, they would have turned around and left. The continuous fighting made every soldier's heart tighten.
"Don't be afraid, there are only a few hundred enemies." Sun Jian said loudly.
At this time, all the generals around Sun Jian were sent out. Sun Jian's words made the soldiers wake up from their panic. They had followed Sun Jian for many years and had seen all kinds of hard battles. Moreover, the current situation was not that bad.
Next to Sun Jian, a general flashed out, slapped his horse on the back and charged towards Zhao Yun.
Sun Jian shouted: "No!"
The one who was attacking Zhao Yun was Sun Ce. Seeing that Zhao Yunsheng had an oily head and powdered noodles, he expected to be a weak general. In the darkness, he did not recognize that this man was Zhao Yun who led the cavalry to attack the army a few days ago.
Zhao Yun was surprised, but he didn't dare to look down upon him. He flashed his silver spear and went to kill Sun Ce.
The two of them fought together, and the fight was lively.
Sun Jian was afraid that Sun Ce would make a mistake, so he rushed forward with his army. Without Zhao Yun's orders, the five hundred cavalry behind him attacked him.
These five hundred cavalry were the blood guards around Jia Rong. They were more elite than all the Xiliang army cavalry. Standing together with Sun Jian's army, they were like wolves among sheep, killing Sun Jian's army and retreating steadily.
Zhao Yun showed a smile on his lips, suddenly changed his moves, grabbed Sun Ce in surprise, threw him to the ground, and shouted coldly: "Tied." No matter how powerful Sun Ce is, he is just a young boy who has just entered the battlefield.
Zhao Yun's opponent.
Sun Jian, who was far away, saw this and shouted: "Ce'er." He raised his ancient ingot sword and attacked fiercely.
Zhao Yun was not afraid and fought with Sun Jian.
The battle in the field also entered a fierce stage. The scimitar in the hands of the Blood Guards slashed left and right. Although the soldiers' lives were not taken away, they were seriously injured and wailed. In addition, Sun Jian led the army to escape here.
The soldiers were mentally exhausted and divided.
Sun Jian was anxious. There was an ambush by Zhao Yun in front of him, and Lu Bu and others behind him. If the delay continued, he didn't know how many of his troops would be left. Looking back at the soldiers who had been beaten by the blood guards, he couldn't bear it.
With a feint of his sword, Sun Jian withdrew his formation and commanded his soldiers to start retreating in an orderly manner. Zhao Yun gave the order, and the Blood Guards clung to the retreating Sun Jian's army and chased them for about ten miles before leading the army towards Hulao Pass.
Zhao Yun led the Blood Guards to kill a carbine, and routed Sun Jian's remaining resisting soldiers.
"The thief will leave!" Hua Xiong shouted sharply, clapped his horse and rushed towards Zu Mao.
Lu Bu stepped forward with intention, but did not want to lose the reputation of competing with Hua Xiong for credit, so he set his sights on Han Dang. The injury on Huang Gai's hand has not healed yet, and Lu Bu did not want to bully a disabled person, so Han Dang became the best.
choose.
Seeing that the situation was over, Han Dang led his cavalry to retreat towards the allies and did not fight Lu Bu.
Unfortunately, Zu Mao walked to a bush and was captured alive by Hua Xiong.
This battle lasted for nearly two hours, and Sun Jian's fleeing army was pursued for more than ten miles, and countless weapons and armors were obtained.
Sun Jian gathered the remaining defeated generals and only got more than 2,000 soldiers. A sneak attack by the Xiliang army cost Sun Jian more than 5,000 people. What was even more regrettable was that Zu Mao was captured alive by Hua Xiong, and Sun Ce was captured alive by Zhao Yun, with more than 200 soldiers.
There are only a hundred cavalry left.
The tens of thousands of vanguard troops who came with a mighty appearance returned dejectedly and only about 2,000 people were left.
"Yuan Shu, you and I are at odds with each other." If it weren't for Yuan Shu's delay in distributing food and grass, which caused the army's morale to be unstable, the army would never have been so easily attacked by the Xiliang army.
In Hulao Pass, Jia Rong personally untied Sun Ce and said with a big smile: "My dear nephew, I am sorry that you have to stay in the pass for a few days now."
Hao Meng and other Dong Jun generals on the side were stunned. They really didn't expect that Jia Rong still had relatives in the coalition camp. If this news reached the Grand Master, it would definitely cause a stir.
Sun Ce cursed loudly: "Shameless villain, unexpectedly attacked our army, shameless..."
Jia Rong said with a smile: "Young man with a yellow mouth, don't you know that soldiers never tire of deceit? Besides, on the battlefield, the winner is king, so why should we stick to means?"
Sun Ce was speechless for a moment and looked at Jia Rong angrily.
"Let Mr. Sun stay here and have a good rest," Jia Rong said to Li Shun.
Li Shun understood what Jia Rong meant, and he wanted to be guarded by soldiers trapped in the camp. Not to mention a little Sun Ce, even if Sun Jian came, he still couldn't get out.
"In this battle, Zilong, Hua Xiong, Guo Si, and Li Shun will each record their merits once. They will be rewarded based on their merits after defeating the coalition forces the next day."
Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong and Guo Si all paid homage in unison: "Thank you, general!"
The cavalry general is in charge of the promotion of many officials in the army, but he does not promote too many officials under his command. Generals in each department have a lot of room for promotion.
In the Xiliang Army, if you want to be promoted, you need to continuously accumulate military exploits.
"Who is this?" Jia Rong asked, pointing to Zu Mao, who was tied up and had a dark face.
Hua Xiong laughed loudly and said: "This is the general in Sun Jian's army. His surname is Zu and his name is Mao. He has a very bad temper."
Jia Rong said "Oh" and said lightly: "Take it down."
After Zu Mao and Sun Ce were taken away, Zhao Yun asked in confusion: "My lord, why didn't you recruit Zu Mao to surrender?"
"Zu Mao is Sun Jian's confidant general and is deeply favored by him. How can he surrender to our army just because of a few words? If Zilong is captured by the enemy one day, will he surrender?" Jia Rong asked with a smile.
Zhao Yun's body trembled, and he leaned down and worshiped: "My lord, I have been kind to Yun. Although Yun is not talented, he also knows that he will stick with him until the end. If he is captured by the enemy, he will only die."
Jia Rong's expression moved slightly, and he helped Zhao Yun up and said: "Zilong must not do this. Little did he know that Gou Jian was lying down and tasting courage just for the sake of revenge in the future. If Zilong is captured by the enemy, he can surrender and keep his useful body to serve the Xiliang army."
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Zhao Yun looked at Jia Rong in confusion, but nodded out of trust in Jia Rong.
In an era when a scholar died for his confidant, death was not a terrible thing if he was captured by the enemy.
"Alliance leader, Yuan Jiujiao seized our army's food and grass without authorization, causing our army to be defeated outside Hulao Pass and losing troops and generals. Please give me a clear warning." Speaking of this, Sun Jian's eyes were filled with tears. The son of the army did not die in the hands of the enemy, but was defeated.
In the hands of one's own people.
Yuan Shao comforted him and said, "Don't worry Wentai, I will ask Yuan Shu personally about this matter."
After Sun Jian left, Yuan Shao sighed: "I didn't expect that Sun Wentai would be defeated in front of Hulao Pass."
When he heard the news of Sun Jian's defeat, Yuan Shu was overjoyed. Sun Jian was a fierce tiger in the east of the Yangtze River.
The fourth generation and the third Duke of the family have unparalleled prestige in the Han Dynasty.
"General, the leader of the alliance invites you to go to the big tent to discuss matters." The messenger walked into the camp and paid his respects.
In the main tent of the coalition army, Yuan Shao stared at Yuan Shu who walked in with a gloomy face.
"General Yuan, I don't know why you seized the food and grass of Sun Wentai's army without authorization, causing the army to be short of food, the morale of the army was unstable, and it returned in defeat. Do you know your guilt?"
Sun Jian glared at Yuan Shu angrily and gritted his teeth. These men had been following Sun Jian for many years, and the thought of them dying like this made him angry again.
Sun Jian is known as the fierce tiger from the east of the Yangtze River, and Yuan Shu is just a dandy from an aristocratic family. How he can withstand such eyes is hard to explain.
All the princes in the tent could see that this was Yuan Shu's fault. Because of the Yuan family's reputation, no one came forward to accuse him. However, they had a thought in mind, that is, before the war, they must please Yuan Shu, the God of Wealth, otherwise
It's up to you to cut off your food supply.
"Alliance Leader, this matter is caused by one of my subordinates talking nonsense. He said that Sun Jian had an old relationship with Jia Rong in Hulao Pass and that was why the distribution of food and grass was delayed. Please take a closer look, Alliance Leader."
Yuan Shao glanced helplessly at the princes in the tent and said, "Leave your military affairs to General Sun."
Seeing the angry look on Sun Jian's face, Yuan Shao consoled him: "Wen Tai is not to blame for this defeat. We can just go to the army to collect the lost food, grass and baggage."
"We still have a hundred fine war horses in our army, and they have also been sent to the literary platform." Yuan Shao said with some pain.
Sun Jian bowed and said, "Thank you so much, leader." Yuan Shao could do so much, but Sun Jian didn't know what to say. He snorted coldly at Yuan Shu and left with his generals.
All the princes in the tent felt regretful that a loyal man for the Han had withdrawn from the stage. Sun Jian lost his troops and lost his generals, which meant that there would be one less person when Luoyang would discuss merit and reward in the future.
Five days later, the coalition army finally arrived in front of Hulao Pass. The flags were flapping in the strong wind. One hundred thousand troops gathered densely outside Hulao Pass, with swords and guns standing everywhere, giving people the illusion of being invincible. The majestic Hulao Pass
Locked up in front of a hundred thousand soldiers, he looked so small.
There is not only Hulao Pass around Luoyang, but also Pingjin Pass in the north, where princes went to attack. In addition, the food and grass baggage required soldiers to escort, so there were only 100,000 soldiers left outside Hulao Pass.
Looking at the nervous expressions of the soldiers around him, Jia Rong laughed and said: "The eighteen princes, in my opinion, are just a bunch of rabble. A simple gathering can cause chaos for so long. If the enemy army attacks in large numbers, it's not like that."
Falling apart.”
The generals around him also woke up from the shock brought by the 100,000-strong army, and began to look at the quality of these soldiers. After a closer look, it was as Jia Rong said, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The oppression brought by the 100,000-strong army
It doesn't feel like an army of tens of thousands. The thick battle formation can tire the soldiers to death even if they are tired. Standing still can make your hands numb. The army that stretches for dozens of miles, even if you kill from one end to the other, it will be difficult.
Dark.
After the coalition forces arrived outside the pass, they were not busy attacking. The four-foot-high city wall could not be breached overnight. The coalition soldiers had to wait for the arrival of food, grass, baggage and siege equipment.
That's when the real bloody battle begins.
The coalition soldiers, led by various princes, took a circle outside Hulao Pass.
Brothers and sisters who like cavalry, how about collecting red tickets to reward them? The strength of the Xiliang Army depends on your joint efforts. Without food and grass, how can we have a strong army? Pick up the red tickets in your hands and throw them at the cavalry. Remember to collect them by the way.
