Although there are only 800 cavalrymen under Huanhu this time, these cavalrymen are either the old troops of Suiyang Army under Nangong Yao, or the old soldiers who defected from South Korea with Huanhu. They are all experienced in hundreds of battles, so they are naturally called
They are elites. Even though we are outnumbered and the enemy is outnumbered, we are not afraid of the Chu army on the opposite side.
On the other hand, although the Chu army had three to five thousand men, most of them were infantry. Moreover, because these infantry were massacring the people of Lu State, they now had no formation at all. How could they withstand the cavalry assault?
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You must know that if the formation cannot be assembled, even the infantry as brave as Wei's can't stop the cavalry's assault.
What's even more terrible is that the general Si Dong who led the three to five thousand Chu soldiers was killed by Huan Hu within just one encounter. This made the three to five thousand Chu soldiers seem like a piece of scattered sand, making it difficult to form an effective attack.
The defense and counterattack were so complete that in less than a stick of incense, these three to five thousand Chu soldiers were killed by Huan Hu's cavalry, and they retreated in panic and fled in panic.
As for Huan Hu, he had been standing still among the people of Lu who had fled from Xuecheng. His deep eyes seemed to be filled with a hint of hatred, staring at the fleeing Chu soldiers.
As if they didn't notice, the people of Lu State here looked at him with gratitude and longing.
After a long time, a knight hurriedly rode up to Huan Hu and said in a sonorous voice: "Old... um, general, our army has defeated the enemy!"
Seeing that this man subconsciously wanted to call Huan Hu "boss", he knew that this man was definitely one of the "Huan Hu's Eight Hundred Cavalry Bandits" back then. However, after Huan Hu glared at him, he immediately changed his title.
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"Well, well done."
Huan Hu nodded, and then turned his attention to the people of Lu State here.
I have to say that Huan Hu's background is indeed a bit complicated. He was a Korean cavalry general. It is said that he even climbed to the position of two thousand generals. But after that, for unknown reasons, he resolutely led some of his soldiers.
After Luocao caused chaos in the Yanmen and Taiyuan areas of South Korea for a while, he was successively surrounded and suppressed by Li Mu, the guard of Yanmen, and Lian Pi, the former guard of Taiyuan, and was forced to flee to the state of Wei.
After escaping to the Wei State, Huan Hu did not change his traitorous intentions, so he was inevitably wanted by the Wei State again. He was successively surrounded and suppressed by the former Wei general Zhu Hai and Wei Gongzi Run, and then fled to Song County and joined the army that was in charge of Song County at that time.
Under the command of Nangong Yao.
After waiting for the "Battle of Five Parties to Defeat Wei", Huan Hu saw that the Central Plains countries, especially Wei and Chu, had no time to take care of him for the time being. He also saw that Nangong Yao had suffered too much in this battle, so he turned against his master and seized the throne.
Nangong Yao's garrison in the city "Suiyang" later killed Nangong Yao, seized the latter's wife, and hunted down the latter's eldest son. It can be said to be the greatest evil in the world.
But such a powerful and evil party, which is rare in the world, now shows compassion for all living beings in front of the once-desperate people of Lu State, which frightens these people of Lu State to have a sharp increase in their goodwill towards it.
In fact, the people of Xuecheng had heard about Huan Hu's defection to Lu, and they learned that Huan Hu was a wanted criminal by Korea and Wei, and he was one of the big bandits in the eastern part of Song County.
Therefore, these common people did not have a good opinion of Huan Hu, and some even murmured privately: How could the king (King Lu) find such evil bandits?
But at this moment, the people of Lu State have only one thought in their hearts: General Huan Hu saved us!
As for the bad reputation about Huan Hu that they knew in the past, it seems that it has disappeared in the minds of these people.
At this time, Huan Hu had dismounted from his horse and asked an old man on crutches about Xuecheng's current situation in full view of everyone.
I saw the old man stamping his feet and beating his chest, and said with a sad face: "...When the Chu army attacked the city, the defenders would have no fighting spirit. As soon as the city gate was breached, Ji Min abandoned the city and fled to Mancheng.
Regardless of our compatriots, I don’t know how many people are being persecuted by those damn Chu people in Xuecheng right now..."
"Lord Ji Miao, he..." As a big evil gangster who once killed many people, Huan Hu had a heavy face at this moment. After sighing slightly, he took a deep look in the south direction and said in a deep voice: "Fathers, don't worry.
Huan immediately went to Xuecheng..."
The people of the nearby Zhulu Kingdom were shocked. Before Huan Hu could finish his words, the old man asked in surprise: "General, you want to go to Xuecheng? You must not! There are hundreds of thousands of Chu troops there..."
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"Hahahaha, so what?" Huan Hu laughed loudly and said righteously: "I, Huan Hu, were originally a rootless duckweed. Fortunately, the king and the people of my country took me in, so that I, Huan Hu, have a place to live. This
Huan Hu will never dare to forget the kindness!
...Now is the time for me to repay my kindness!" After that, he said with great pride: "I, Huan Hu, have traveled across the Central Plains for more than ten years, traveling between Korea and Wei, and I have never been afraid of anyone, with only a few hundred thousand people.
How can the Chu army make me, Huan Hu, timid?!"
Listening to Huan Hu's words, the people of Lu State here were excited and admired.
Look, who said Huan Hu is a villain? He is clearly a hero who values love and justice, and knows how to repay kindness!
With admiration, a Lu man nearby said sincerely: "We all believe that General Huan Hu will not be timid, but your subordinates..." He glanced at the eight hundred soldiers who were slowly converging here.
The cavalryman carefully considered his words and said carefully: "The soldiers and generals under your command are indeed brave, but their numbers are far from being able to compete with the Chu army..."
Just as he was talking, there was a lot of dust in the north, and a group of people and horses were like dark clouds. The people of the Zhulu Kingdom here couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
"Elders, there is no need to panic, this is Huan's army."
Huan Hu smiled and comforted.
After hearing this, the people of Zhu Lu felt a little relieved.
Gradually, the army in the distance came closer. As Huan Hu said, flags with the characters "Suiyang" and "Huan" could be seen everywhere in this army, as well as the strong soldiers in the army.
No matter how you look at it, the people of the country feel at ease.
"Xilulu——"
Riding his war horse, Chen Shou took the lead to arrive at Huan Hu's side. Seeing Huan Hu calming down the people of Lu with a kind face, Chen Shou rolled his eyes speechlessly. It felt extremely inconsistent no matter how he looked at it.
However, considering that Huan Hu had already given instructions before, Chen Shou still suppressed his desire to ridicule the former and calmly said with clasped fists: "General, Chen Shou is here to return his life."
"Okay, okay."
Huan Hu said three good words in a row and winked at Chen Shou: Good brother!
After saying that, he turned to face the people of Zhu Lu and said in a deep voice: "Fellow elders, Huan led his army to abandon Xuecheng and surrender to Qufu. This is by no means an abandonment of you, nor is it the king's abandonment of his people. It is just for the sake of greater peace."
To fight the Chu army well, our army must go to Qufu to replace
Arms... so we arrived a step too late. Unfortunately, Xuecheng fell into the hands of the Chu army, and countless compatriots from the Lu state were killed by the Chu army... But please don’t worry, I, Huan Hu, hereby swear an oath to expel the Chu army.
, to recapture Xuecheng, even if we die on the battlefield for this, we will die without regrets!"
After saying these words, he got on his horse, clasped his fists to the people of Zhu Lu and said: "Fellow elders, please forgive Huan for going to Xuecheng to fight to the death with the Chu army, and cannot escort you elders. However, there is no danger in this place to the north. You just need to
Just go straight north and you'll reach a safe place... Farewell!"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone shouted: "General Huan Hu, wait a minute!"
Immediately, a group of men from the Lu Kingdom walked out of the crowd. The leader, a middle-aged man, seemed to be gritting his teeth and said to Huan Hu: "General Huan Hu, please take us with you."
"You?" Huan Hu glanced at these Lu men, frowned and shook his head and said: "You are just ordinary people and have not received training. Even if you have some strength, you are by no means a match for the Chu army. I forgive Huan Hu for not being able to sit idly by.
You died in vain..."
"General!" The middle-aged man implored excitedly: "The Chu people are cruel and have killed our relatives. We can't wait to eat their flesh alive. Please, General, please allow us to accompany you!"
Before he finished speaking, a young man shouted anxiously: "Even if the general refuses, we will follow the general!"
"this……"
Huan Hu hesitated for a moment, then glanced at the Lu men, and said in a deep voice: "Are you really... dying without regrets?"
"As long as I can kill a Chu soldier, I will not regret it even if I die!" A young man from Lu said firmly.
Seeing this, Huan Hu nodded emotionally and praised: "Good man!" After that, he pointed to the army behind him and said with a smile: "Go!"
Hearing this, the group of Lu men were overjoyed and immediately mingled with Huan Hu's infantry.
During this period, many men from the Lu State who had families and relatives joined Huan Hu's army after gritting their teeth and bidding farewell to their relatives.
To be fair, the number of Lu civilians who have joined Huan Hu's command this time is not very large. At best, there are only seven or eight hundred people. Compared with the tens of thousands of refugees here, they are not even 10%, but the significance of this is extremely far-reaching.
For example, when Huan Hu was sitting on a horse and leading the army towards Xuecheng, more than ten thousand people of Lu State stood there and watched the army. It was not until the army was out of their sight that they
They collected the corpses of their relatives and slowly moved north.
On the way to be relocated, the people of the Lu State also talked about Huan Hu, the respectable foreign general. It has to be said that after the negative example of Ji Min who abandoned the city and fled, Huan Hu was among these Lu people.
The image in it suddenly became extremely tall.
It is not difficult to guess that after these Lu people escape to Lu County and spread Huan Hu's glorious image, by then, Huan Hu may become a hero in the hearts of the Lu people.
Perhaps it was because of thinking of this that when the army set out for Xuecheng, Huan Hu's face was full of smiles - different from the friendly smile when he appeased the Lu people just now, the smile on his face now is unavoidable no matter how you look at it.
It reminds people of the word "cunning".
"You know, what you just said was very hypocritical."
While riding alongside Huan Hu, Chen Shou finally couldn't help but tell the truth from the bottom of his heart: "Why do you have the nerve to accept the thanks of those Lu people?"
If others don't know, how can Chen Shou not know?
Because in fact, as early as two days ago, Huan Hu's army was about to arrive at Xuecheng. At that time, if Huan Hu had ordered a rush march, he would have been able to rescue Xuecheng in time.
However, Huan Hu slowed down the march of his army and deliberately allowed Xuecheng to be captured by the Chu army, so that he could have the opportunity to stage a drama of divine soldiers descending from the sky to save the people in front of the fleeing Xuecheng people.
It was clear that there was a possibility of rescue but he deliberately refused to do so and chose to come forward at the critical moment. The most shameless thing was that Huan Hu accepted the gratitude of those Lu people with peace of mind.
Chen Shou has never encountered such a cunning and shameless guy.
Fortunately, he is not from Lu, and he doesn't have much affection for the Lu country or Lu people, so he is not too disgusted with Huan Hu's shameless behavior.
"Hey, thank you for the compliment." Huan Hu licked his lips and chuckled twice, which was completely different from the sanctimonious image he had just now.
Seeing this, Chen Shou shook his head speechlessly, and then he said seriously: "What are your plans next? Do you really want to go to Xuecheng to fight with the Chu army over there?"
"Can we still expect the State of Lu to expel the Chu army on its own?" Huan Hu snorted contemptuously and said: "It has been said that King Lu cherishes his people. When we see him today, it is nothing more than that. San Huan need not say more, more
They are selfish people who are greedy for life and afraid of death..."
"Hmm." Chen Shou nodded in agreement, and then he felt an inexplicable sense of pride and pride in his heart.
Why?
Because something like this would never happen in his country of Wei.
The Ji Zhao royal family of the Wei State, especially the Crown Prince Zhao Run, are very protective of their own shortcomings. If an army from another country dares to invade the territory of the Wei State and kill the people of the Wei State, the crown prince will be punished ten times.
, come back with a hundredfold revenge.
Even at this point, the Wei people are full of backbone. For example, in the three "Wei-Korean Northern Frontier Campaigns", especially the most difficult "Five-Party Campaign to Defeat Wei", Wei people from all over the country tightened their belts to support the war, even if
The domestic nobles who have always been criticized by the common people for being greedy, selfish, ferocious, and vicious, when the country encountered a crisis, did not hesitate to disperse their family wealth and recruit private armies to help the court resist the invasion of foreign enemies.
In contrast, on the Lu State side, both the royal family and the nobility were quite disappointing.
Perhaps it is not that this country has no warriors, but that the top leaders of this country are too weak. The Duke of Lu lost Pan and the prince lost Xing. After all, they were not as good as King Zhao Si of Wei and Prince Zhao Run of Wei.
Suddenly, Chen Shou's heart moved, and he asked curiously: "Huan Hu, why did you speak for King Lu just now? You and I both know that it was not Sanhuan who gave up Xue County, and King Lu also nodded... Why don't you tell me?
Those refugees tell the truth. If you tell the truth, those Lu people will be extremely disappointed with the royal family and will naturally be willing to regard you as a hero. Isn't that good?"
"Then what?" Huan Hu chuckled and said, "Then you and I will be hated by both King Lu and San Huan?"
As he spoke, he shook his head and said seriously: "If you and I want to gain a foothold in the Lu State, we must rely on the royal family or Sanhuan. Since we have decided to join the royal family, I naturally want to say something good for the royal family and replace Sanhuan."
Step on it..."
"However, by sending troops to Xuecheng privately this time, you violated the royal family's order." Chen Shou snorted and said, "Even I can see that you are taking the opportunity to win over people's hearts and minds. I
If you don’t believe me, King Lu can’t see it…how are you going to explain this later?”
"Explanation?" Huan Hu laughed, licked his lips and said, "When I regain Xuecheng, King Lu will declare that it was his order. In this case, he can't be harsh on me, otherwise wouldn't it be a slap in the face?... Even if this battle
After that, King Lu was wary of me, so what? Didn’t he want to reuse me to suppress Sanhuan? To say the least, even if King Lu had the courage to eradicate me, thousands of people in Lu would also
I won't agree, because..." A somewhat inexplicable smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said in a deep voice: "Because I am a hero of the Lu State! I am a meritorious official!"
"..." Chen Shou looked at Huan Hu with his mouth agape, and after a while he nodded and said, "Sure enough, I saw it right. You are cunning, despicable, and shameless... You are truly the greatest evil in the world!"
"Haha, thank you for the compliment." Huan Hu said with a smile: "After a hundred years, I remember to find someone to carve it on my tombstone."
Chen Shou was helpless when it came to such a hob meat that was not oily or salty.
It has to be said that although some of Huan Hu's actions are indeed despicable, there is one thing that cannot be praised or criticized, that is, he is indeed determined to recapture Xuecheng from the Chu army - regardless of whether he recaptures Xuecheng
What is the purpose of .
At least in this aspect, he is much better than Xuecheng Cheng Shou Ji Min.
After a while, when the army passed through a forest, Huan Hu saw Jin Gou leaning against a tree, waiting for his arrival.
"How is the situation in Xuecheng?"
After Jin Gou approached, Huan Hu asked seriously.
I saw Jin Gou, who was over fifty years old and had some gray hair and beard, shrugged and said in a strange way: "The boys under my command are watching. At this moment, most of the Chu troops are in Xuecheng."
'happy'……"
"Oh?" Huan Hu narrowed his eyes and said with a smile: "In other words, Chu camp's defenses are empty, right?"
"Hey!" Jin Gou shrugged.
Seeing this, Huan Hu turned to look at Chen Shou and said with a smile: "Brother, it's your turn to take action."
Looking at Huan Hu's smiling face that didn't deserve a beating, Chen Shou wanted to punch him.
Good guy, just now in front of the people of the Lu State, Huan Hu, in order to show his heroic image, took away Chen Shou's opportunity to attack. But now that there are no people of the Lu State to watch, this guy has given up the task of attacking.
It was extremely shameless to kill him!
"How can there be people like you in this world?"
After frowning and saying nothing, Chen Shou finally had no choice but to lead the eight hundred cavalry to take the first step.
Just as the intelligence that Jin Gou had gathered was the same, at this moment, most of the soldiers of the Chu army were burning, killing and looting in Xuecheng. The military camp outside the city was almost undefended, which allowed Chen Shou to kill the Chu army effortlessly.
The camp of the Chu army - pitiful for this Chu army camp, it was attacked at night by Tian Ao and Tian Tian's ancestors and grandson two days ago, and today it was attacked by the Huan Hu army's cavalry at night. The baggage, food and grass in the camp were almost destroyed.
A torch.
This news soon reached the ears of Zhangyang Jun Xiong Zheng and Pengli Jun Xiong Yi, along with the incident that "Chu General Si Dong was killed by Huan Hu".
"What? Si Dong was killed by Huan Hu?"
"What? Our military camp was attacked by Huan Hu's army?"
"Huan Hu...who is that?"
Xiong Zheng, Lord of Zhangyang, and Xiong Yi, Lord of Pengli, looked at each other.
Not to mention, although the former Shouling Lord Jingshe was quite optimistic about Huan Hu and Chen Shou, and even one of the Three Pillars, General Xiang Mo of Chu State also took the initiative to recruit Huan Hu and Chen Shou, but
These two people
His reputation was so unknown in the Chu State that Xiong Zheng, Lord of Zhangyang, and Xiong Yi, Lord of Pengli, thought about it for a long time before vaguely remembering that Huan Hu seemed to be a general under Nangong Yao.
Thinking of this, Xiong Zheng, the king of Zhangyang, and Xiong Yi, the king of Pengli, were furious: even Tian Ao, the famous general of Qi, did not dare to be their enemy and evacuated to the north early. An old man who was under the command of Nangong Yao actually dared to fight with them.
An enemy?
Who is Nangong Yao?
Even though this man was once a warlord who controlled Song County, he was still a low-ranking figure in the eyes of the Chu nobles.
However, this low-ranking Nangong Yao and his former subordinates actually dared to provoke them?
"This is simply unreasonable!"
Immediately, Zhangyang Jun Xiong Zheng shouted: "Wu You (you)!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a general came out and clasped his fists: "The last general is here!"
"You lead your subordinates to kill those people who don't know whether to live or die on my behalf!" Zhangyang Jun Xiong Zheng ordered.
"As you command!"
Chu general Wu You cupped his fists and left.
As a result, after waiting for about an hour, instead of receiving news of Wu You's success, we received the sad news that Wu You had died in battle.
"Reporting to the two princes, General Wu You... he was killed!"
"What?!" Zhangyang Lord Xiong Zheng and Pengli Lord Xiong Yi looked at each other in disbelief.
You know, Wu You was a very brave and skilled general under them. How could he be killed by the enemy so easily?
Frowning, Zhangyang Jun Xiong Zheng asked: "Who killed Wu You?"
The messenger who came to deliver the bad news said: "The enemy general claims to be Chen Shou, the general under Huan Hu."
Peng Lijun Xiong Yi also asked: "How many soldiers did Wu You bring?"
"General Wu You has brought about five thousand troops." The messenger replied.
Zhangyang Jun Xiong Zheng and Peng Li Jun Xiong Yi looked at each other, feeling a little weird.
Five thousand people were defeated by a mere seven to eight hundred cavalry?
Even the general who commanded the army was killed by the enemy general?
From this point of view, this cavalry is quite impressive.
At this moment, another messenger hurriedly broke into the commander's office and reported eagerly: "To report to the two princes, there are a large number of troops in the north, under the banners of "Suiyang" and "Huan".
They are approaching Xuecheng. According to visual inspection, there are probably tens of thousands of them!"
"Suiyang Army..."
Zhangyang Jun Xiong Zheng frowned: "Isn't that the designation of the Wei army?"
Or an informed general explained: "After Nangong Yao rebelled against Wei, the Wei State had already revoked the designation of the Suiyang Army. The Suiyang Army now belongs to the army under Huan Hu."
As long as it was not Wei's army, there would be no problem. Immediately, Xiong Zheng, Lord of Zhangyang, and Xiong Yi, Lord of Pengli, ordered all their troops to dispatch in an attempt to defeat Huan Hu's army when it first arrived.
As a result, it is not difficult to guess that Xiong Zheng, Lord of Zhangyang, and Xiong Yi, Lord of Pengli, paid a heavy price for underestimating their enemy.
You must know that most of the Suiyang army under Huan Hu are Nangong Yao's old troops. They are elite troops that have received rigorous training in the Wei state. Moreover, they have received a lot of war weapons from Qufu this time. How can they be good at it?
What's more, although Zhangyang Jun Xiong Zheng and Pengli Jun Xiong Yi have hundreds of thousands of troops under their command, the Suiyang army under Huan Hu also has a lot of troops, at least 50,000, even if they have twice the strength
The gap, but these gaps are enough to be made up by the armaments and the training of the soldiers. What's more, Huan Hu and Chen Shou are both strong generals with outstanding military strength. The subordinates of Zhangyang Jun Xiong Zheng and Peng Li Jun Xiong Yi can't compete with them at all.
These two generals competed against each other.
After suffering a defeat, Xiong Zheng, Lord of Zhangyang, and Xiong Yi, Lord of Pengli, led the remaining defeated soldiers and fled back to Xuecheng in a hurry, preparing to regroup their morale and fight again. Unfortunately, Huan Hu did not give them a chance. After occupying the Chu army camp,
He ordered the siege of Xuecheng, and at the same time built siege equipment to prepare for the siege.
Within two days, Qi generals Tian Ao and Tian Tian led their troops and returned. Together with Huan Hu's army, they launched a two-sided attack on the Chu army in Xuecheng, causing the Chu army to suffer unspeakably.
Less than three days later, before Xiong Zheng, the Lord of Zhangyang, and Xiong Yi, the Lord of Pengli, sent word of the request for help to Xiong Tuo, the Lord of Yangcheng, Xuecheng was captured by Huan Hu and Tian Ao. .
Xiong Zheng, Lord of Zhangyang, and Xiong Yi, Lord of Pengli, fled in haste, and nearly 100,000 Chu troops also fled in all directions.
After this battle, Huan Hu became famous in the State of Lu and became a hero in the hearts of countless people in the State of Lu, especially the young people of the State of Lu.