Zhang Fei fought and retreated along the way, but still relied on holding on to the short bridge to cut off the rear in person... and shot the Xiongnu Khan Huchuquan!
Although the defeat was still unstoppable, after all, the real commander of the enemy army was Xiahou Dun. The death of Huchuquan was just a chaos among the Huns, and it would not completely blow up the camp. However, Xiahou Dun himself was not here after all, and other Wei generals could not restrain themselves from falling into chaos.
The Xiongnu, Zhang Fei successfully retreated all the way to the Guandu area, 200 miles away from Hulao Pass, and used the Yellow River to block them and stabilize their position.
Lu Xun, the Chinese army from Wangjing Road under the command of Zhang Xiu, and the main force of the Wei State under Xiahou Dun all merged with their respective "front armies" and formed a north-south confrontation in the Guandu area, along the river from Mengjin to Yanjin.
status.
It's a bit like the decisive battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao...
It's just that due to the White Rabbit effect, the main battlefield in Yuan Shao's defeat was Baima, not Guandu.
Guandu is a place overlooking Qingzhou, Ji, and Yanzhou. Even Bingzhou is not far from here. With the cooperation of Wei State, it is no different from directly bordering it. It can be said to be a good place to use troops!
Of course, this is mainly for the Wei State, or for the three families in the north. For the Chu State, Guandu is a bit far from the mainland, and is surrounded by the Wei State's influence.
Especially after Lu Xun learned that Hu Chuquan had been killed by Zhang Fei, instead of breathing a sigh of relief, he frowned...
It was not the right time for Hu Chuquan to die!
If they had died earlier, the Xiongnu in Hetao would have turned into a pot of porridge by now, and they would have no intention of being instigated by Wei and coming to the Central Plains to stir up trouble.
And if Huchuquan is still alive, the Xiongnu and Wei will still be in alliance. If Huchuquan dies... wouldn't Wei's skill be able to easily digest these Xiongnu who came from far away from the Central Plains?
At this time, the commander-in-chief of the Central Army had already arrived in Guandu to join his defeated army, and Zhang Fei could no longer pretend not to see it.
He honestly came to Lu Xun's handsome tent to apologize...
When Lu Xun first arrived in Wancheng, he was only in the name of chief of staff. However, when the Northern Expedition was officially decided, Lu Xun was automatically promoted to commander-in charge of the "Wangjing Road Northern Expedition War".
In fact, Lu Xun is not very old now.
When Bai Tu met Lu Xun for the first time, he was only fourteen, and now... he is only close to his age.
It’s ten years earlier than the history of “Sanjiangkou scholars worshiping generals”!
However, compared to his rise to prominence amid many doubts in history, Lu Xun today is regarded as the heir of Lu Kang and a disciple of Lu Su because of the Lu family who supports him. It can be said that he has been a winner in life from the beginning.
And Lu Xun was not only a winner in life, he stayed in Yizhou for nine years. First, he assisted Guan Ning, and then he carried up the Governor's Mansion himself, achieving great results...
Now that he has come back and been entrusted with an important task, although everyone is not without doubts, after all, the situation in Yizhou is still very different from that in the Central Plains, but in essence, he is definitely the "new star of Chu" that everyone is paying attention to.
Zhang Fei also knew that he was in trouble, especially when he was so sensitive.
Over the past few years, Lu Xun has become more and more dignified. He is no longer just a clever guy like "Mr. Bai can take one of the overlord's moves and escape unscathed"...
When Zhang Fei saw Lu Xun, although he was surprised by his young age, he was still polite.
"Zhang Fei, the guilty general, pays homage to...Commander Lu." Zhang Fei was still a little uncomfortable with this official position.
"Zhang Fei, do you know your guilt?" Lu Xun didn't have a good face.
"I am aware of my guilt, Fei... I am guilty of the Qi State, and I am guilty of the brothers of the Qi Army." Zhang Fei seemed to actively admit his mistake, but he obviously deliberately bypassed the Chu State.
"Oh? Could it be that General Zhang has not surrendered yet?" Lu Xun asked after hearing this.
"If my eldest brother surrenders to Chu, General Gui will naturally surrender to Chu as well, but... General Gui's reply to the king also stated that this is for the sake of brotherly justice, and that he will support his second brother with the Qi army's westward expedition. The king also agreed with his response
Yeah."
Zhang Fei is not stupid, especially after knowing that Liu Bei is still alive, his rationality gradually returns.
Zhang Fei was still very unfamiliar with Lu Xun. After all, Lu Xun had been overseas before, and people outside Chu didn't know him well.
However, Zhang Fei didn't want to be punished by the head coach of the Chu State for "disrespecting military orders". Otherwise, where would he be able to reason with if he was really killed?
especially……
Zhang Fei is not completely convinced of Chu State!
If it weren't for Liu Bei being "rescued" directly to Chu, Zhang Fei would never have thought of surrendering to Chu.
What Zhang Fei said is not completely unreasonable - this was the condition he had with Bai Tuti before. Although Lu Xun, as the commander in charge of the Wangjing Road Northern Expedition, had previously ordered him to join Xu County, but since Zhang Fei believed that this was different from the previous
The conditions of Chu State are contradictory, and it is indeed impossible to determine that this is a violation of military orders.
Of course, Zhang Fei didn't want to embarrass Lu Xun, so he called himself a "criminal general" at first.
Lu Xun didn't know him as well...
If he were a Chu general, he might really be punished by his military law!
"Does General Zhang want to lead the Qi army now and act in accordance with the previous agreement, or join the Northern Expedition against the Chu army?" Lu Xun asked solemnly.
If Zhang Fei's answer is the former, Lu Xun... will definitely sell him. Rather than risking discord with military orders, it is better to sell him and see if he can create opportunities for the Chu army.
"Since Commander Lu wants to fight with the Wei State and the puppet Han, the surrendered general is willing to obey the order." Zhang Fei changed his words to "surrendered general".
After all, when asked about "crime", Zhang Fei only believed that it was the Qi army's crime - failing to win the battle was naturally a crime... but he did not admit that "disrespecting military orders" was the crime.
"If you join our Chu army, you must abide by the rules of the Chu army. Can General Zhang do it?" Lu Xun asked seriously.
"It should be so..." Zhang Fei also knew not to be too willful at this time.
It's okay to be unconvinced, but if you don't accept it even when you are in front of others, I'm afraid it will embarrass Liu Bei.
And Zhang Fei also understood that it was no coincidence that Wei State was now launching a large-scale campaign!
Cooperating with the Chu army here is what will help Guan Yu the most.
Similarly, Lu Xun did not investigate the previous affairs of these Qi generals who had just surrendered, nor was he in a hurry to break them up and integrate them. He just regarded "now" as the time point for the Qi army to be completely merged into the Chu army, which was regarded as three chapters of agreement with Zhang Fei.
When he was in Yizhou, Lu Xun had used similar methods too many times...
Lu Xun had no intention of keeping Zhang Fei in the Chinese army, but instead ordered him to go to Huojia and Ji County in the northwest as a separate unit to guard against the enemy crossing the river in Hanoi.
Lu Xun's 10,000 troops in the rear, and the 20,000 reinforcements who were about to arrive, were still stationed in Guandu, while Zhang Xiuqian was forced to camp south of Wuchaoze.
The posture of Wei and Chu in Guandu is also getting bigger and bigger. Seeing that the Chu State has invested more than 50,000 troops, and there are also 30,000 Qi troops, the Wei State has dispatched 80,000 Wei troops, including more than 10,000 cavalry, and high-ranking cadres.
Twenty thousand, sixty thousand from the Xiongnu...