Conspiracy of the Three Kingdoms Chapter 277: Changshan Zhao Zilong is the only one who has rushed into battle to help the lord in danger since ancient times.
Chapter 277: Changshan Zhao Zilong is the only one who has rushed into battle to help the lord in danger since ancient times.
"Kill!"
Shocking shouts of killing erupted in Yecheng.
At the top of the North Gate City, Feng Ji and others were dealing with Wang Zhao. He sent people to tie Wang Zhao up.
Seeing Zhao Yun marching away outside the city, Feng Ji and others were anxious and angry, so they quickly sent General Peng An to lead thousands of people to pursue him.
But this one after another delayed a lot of time. By the time Peng An left the city, Zhao Yun had already gone north.
In desperation, Feng Ji and others had no choice but to continue to watch the situation at the top of the city, hoping that Yuan Shao could defeat Liu Bei before Zhao Yun could support him.
Yuan Shao obviously did this. Everyone was far away and couldn't see the specific form, but they could vaguely see that a fire broke out in Liu Bei's headquarters camp, and the flames burned and covered the sky.
"Ming Gong has won, Ming Gong has won."
When everyone on the top of the city saw this scene, they were immediately beaming with joy. They celebrated with their crowns and danced with excitement to the extreme.
Yuan Shao's victory in this battle was just like Liu Xiu's victory over Wang Mang in the battle of Kunyang. Even if Qingzhou and Luoyang could not be destroyed immediately, Liu Bei's vitality was severely damaged in this battle and he would no longer be able to go north.
When the time comes, Yuan Shao calmly regains Hebei and regains his former strength. Then, while Liu Bei, Gongsun Zan, Xian Yufu and others have not recovered their strength, he will first capture Youzhou, then Qingzhou and Luoyang. At that time, the entire north will belong to Yuan Shao.
It can be said that if the Battle of Jieqiao was just a turning point for Yuan Shao from prosperity to decline, then the Battle of Yecheng was an opportunity for Yuan Shao to struggle to the death and stand up. After this battle, the situation in Hebei will change again.
"Kill!"
At this time, a loud cry of killing suddenly appeared in the city.
When Ji Xin commented on Li Li and others, they were immediately surprised. They looked around and looked at each other, wondering what was going on.
However, he reacted quickly due to discipline and immediately said to the soldiers around him: "Go and see what happened."
"only!"
The soldier hurriedly ran down the tower, but before he could pass, an officer came hastily on horseback.
The officer was sweating profusely. He came to the city and hurriedly climbed up the city tower. Before he could get closer, he shouted loudly: "Supervisor, it's not good. Master Tan opened the south gate and let Guan Yu enter the city. All the guards in the south city were gone."
Surrender to Guan Yu!"
"What?"
Everyone was shocked. They never expected that at this pass, Yuan Tan actually opened the city gate and let Guan Yu into the city.
Mrs. Liu was stunned. No matter how stupid she was, she still understood what it meant for the enemy to enter the city. She burst into tears, clapped her hands and shouted: "I knew he was a evildoer, I shouldn't have given birth to him in the first place!"
When Ji Xin commented, Li Li and others gritted their teeth and stared at Mrs. Liu, wondering why Yuan Tan opened the city gate. Don't you have any idea in your heart?
Who hated the eldest son and favored the younger son in the first place? And who encouraged Yuan Shao to abolish the eldest son and establish a younger one? In the end, he spoke harshly to each other all day long.
Doesn't all this have anything to do with you?
To be honest, although Feng Ji and Shen Pei were supportive of the Shang faction in history, that is, they supported Yuan Shang and even changed Yuan Shao's will to make Yuan Shang his heir. But it is undeniable that he also knew the reason why Yuan Tan chose to surrender to the enemy.
Both Yuan Shao and Mrs. Liu hated their elders and loved their young. Although there were many supporters of Yuan Tan in the Jizhou army, they could not withstand repeated suppression by the two men. Especially after Yuan Shang was captured, Mrs. Liu missed her son deeply and hated Yuan Tan even more.
It is believed that Yuan Shang was captured because of Yuan Tan's mischief.
But now that things have settled down, Yuan Tan has opened the city gates and surrendered to Guan Yu. There is no point in cursing here now. The top priority is to find a way to make amends immediately.
It was too late to defend the city anymore. Guan Yu's army was like wolves and tigers. Many soldiers and horses in the city had surrendered. Now only the troops from Beicheng were still in their hands.
At that moment, Feng Ji and others did not dare to neglect, and immediately ordered the north city gate to be opened, and left the city to join Yuan Shao.
The fighting there was still going on. Liu Bei's army was defeated. In the chaos, Zhao Yun led his army to kill him. He entered the flock like a tiger, killed several Xiutu cavalry, and then galloped around, looking for Liu Bei's traces.
The wilderness is full of intertwining battles between our side and the enemy. Outside the North City, there are tributaries of Zhangshui River and Fushui River. There are river banks, grasslands, fields, and villages. There are countless high and low slopes, hills and forests for several kilometers in radius.
, the two parties fought in various places, Liu Bei's army fought and retreated, and was already in danger of being defeated.
What's more important is that Liu Bei's headquarters was attacked by the enemy, and his formation was in chaos. As a result, the back camp of the headquarters camp was breached by the enemy, igniting a fire. The raging flames raised countless black clouds, making the surrounding Liu Bei soldiers feel that they had been defeated, and the morale of the army was weakened.
, run away desperately.
As the resistance becomes smaller and smaller, if there are no accidents, Zhang Liao's army will collapse in another hour, and Liu Bei's army will be completely defeated. At this time, Yuan Shao will unite the forces in the city to attack Guan Yu. This battle will be huge.
Returned defeated.
It was getting late at this time, and although it was not completely dark, the visibility had decreased. Zhao Yun was searching around among the rebels, and saw heavy armored cavalry in front of him, so he quickly stepped forward to ask.
The heavy armored cavalry was the Xuanjia heavy cavalry that had broken off with Xu Chu. Because their formation was broken down, they were separated from Xu Chu in the rebel army and had no choice but to flee westward.
At this time, I saw someone coming to stop me. I thought it was an enemy in a hurry, so I raised my knife to kill him.
Fortunately, Zhao Yun reacted quickly, raised his gun and blocked the Huanshou knife, and shouted: "I am Zhao Yun!"
"Zhao... Commander Zhao."
The man was stunned, looked carefully, recognized Zhao Yun, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhao Yun had served as the commander of the Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry for more than a year before Xu Chu. He did not serve as the governor of Hanoi until Liu Bei left Chang'an, so most of the Xuanjia Heavy Cavalry knew him.
"Zhou Xian, where is King Qi?"
Zhao Yun recognized that this was his old subordinate Zhou Xian, a cavalry squad leader, and immediately asked.
Zhou Xian replied: "At that time, the enemy defeated General Qian's headquarters, and then launched an attack from the east to disperse the soldiers on our flanks. As a result, the Chinese army was scattered and defeated. General Xu saw that the enemy was strong, so he surrendered.
The King of Qi went west, and we and Commander Xu stayed behind, but we were scattered by the enemy. Now we don’t know where the King of Qi is."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhao Yun said: "You retreat to the West Camp first, and I will go find the King of Qi."
"only!"
Zhou Xian was already paralyzed from exhaustion. Although as a heavy armored cavalry, he exercised his physical strength as often as Gao Shun's troops, this kind of high-intensity combat could not last long. Not only him, but also the horses under his crotches were sweating profusely.
If you persist, both man and horse will be exhausted, so you must go back to rest.
Zhao Yun's new troops joined here and immediately helped relieve some of the pressure on Zhang Liao's troops who were holding on to the western front. Zhao Yun himself led more than a dozen cavalry guards to search around the battlefield, trying to find any trace of Liu Bei.
After galloping for a while, he killed dozens of enemy soldiers. He saw Zhang Liao fighting on foot by the river beach in the distance. Zhang Liao was besieged by hundreds of enemies. He only had a dozen personal guards around him, and all of them were wounded.
He was covered in blood and surrounded by corpses of both the enemy and ourselves.
Seeing this situation, Zhao Yun immediately led his guards to rescue the siege. More than a dozen cavalry formed a charge and ran into the enemy's rear formation, disrupting the enemy's formation. They fought hard and killed the peripheral soldiers of Yuan's army surrounding Zhang Liao.
Crying for his father and mother, Zhang Liao inside saw the arrival of reinforcements and immediately shouted "Kill the enemy", then bravely fought to be the first and hacked to death.
The two men attacked from inside and outside, and quickly dispersed the Yuan army. Zhao Yun came closer, got off his horse, and supported Zhang Liao. Seeing that he was covered with wounds, he asked, "Wen Yuan, do you know where Duke Ming is?"
Zhang Liao suffered more than ten wounds on his body and was very weak. He pointed to a small forest to the west and said, "I covered Duke Ming's retreat just now, and he went west."
"Okay, Wenyuan, you get on your horse first and go back to the camp to recover from your injuries. I'll go rescue Ming Gong."
Zhao Yun helped Zhang Liao onto the horseback of one of his guards, ordered his guards to protect Zhang Liao and many wounded soldiers and returned to the west camp. He turned his horse's head and headed west alone.
There was a small forest to the west. Zhao Yun followed the trail and chased him. There were already a large number of Yuan troops searching for Liu Bei in the forest. When a small team on the outside saw an enemy approaching, they immediately raised their swords and came to kill them. However, Zhao Yun defeated them with three strikes and five cuts.
Then he rode into the forest.
Generally speaking, it is difficult for cavalry to be in the forest. But that refers to a large group of cavalry, with only one person and one horse, so there is naturally no difficulty in walking. After a while, he encountered two groups of Yuan Jun, and Zhao Yun fought with them again.
The surrounding trees turned into cover. Due to the large amount of vegetation, the enemies could not swarm up. Zhao Yun defeated them one by one, easily killed them, and continued to move forward along the trail.
This forest is not big, only one or two square kilometers, surrounded by farmland and villages. It is not a barren mountain. There is a trail inside, with new horse hoof prints, footprints and blood stains on it. Zhao Yun can't follow it.
convenient.
However, there were many enemies in the forest. Along the way, Zhao Yun killed twenty or thirty people and scattered hundreds of others. Then he rushed out of the forest and saw a battle taking place on the river beach outside the forest from a distance.
Zhao Yun looked from a distance and saw hundreds of people besieging one person. The man was tall and powerful, and it was Dian Wei.
Dian Wei was now soaked to the skin, trapped in a tight siege, and fighting hard.
However, there were too many enemies. He had been wounded several times and was helpless. Zhao Yun shouted: "Liangbi, don't panic, Zhao Yun is here!"
After saying that, he urged his horse straight towards the enemy's rear formation, his spear flying in his hand, and killed several enemy soldiers in an instant.
There was a general among the enemies who was in charge of leading the team. He originally thought that reinforcements from Liu Bei's army were coming, but when he took a closer look, there was only one person. He suddenly felt confident and shouted: "Brothers, don't be afraid, he is alone, kill him."
Zhao Yun looked at the direction of the shouting voice, then turned sideways and fished it out from the horse's belly, taking out the precious eagle bow and quiver hanging on the saddle. At the same time, he held the bright silver gun under his arm, holding the bow in his left hand and setting the arrow with his right hand.
He finished it in one go, then quickly aimed at the general and shot it with an arrow.
They saw the arrow passing over everyone's heads with lightning and flint, and one arrow shot through the general's throat.
Although the famous marksmen of the Three Kingdoms are people like Lu Bu, Huang Zhong, and Tai Shici, Zhao Yun's archery skills can be regarded as in the second echelon. He is definitely not comparable to the top three. Ranking in the top ten should not be a big problem. The enemy is only more than twenty years away from him.
Zhang, a matter of one arrow.
The general was killed by an arrow, and Yuan's army was immediately in chaos. Zhao Yun took the opportunity to withdraw his bow and grab his spear, and cooperated with Dian Wei to kill both inside and outside. Finally, he drove back the Yuan army and rescued Dian Wei.
Although Dian Wei was injured, he had a strong foundation and was not fatal. Historically, he was not wearing armor. He was slashed dozens of times and shot with many arrows before he cursed to death. This time, he was wearing armor, although he was also injured.
, but not very heavy.
Zhao Yun went over to pick up Dian Wei, supported Dian Wei and immediately asked, "Liang Bi, have you seen Duke Ming?"
Dian Wei pointed to the other side of the river and said: "Ming Gong's horse was stabbed by Xu Chu. Under the sting, he ran wildly in all directions. Ming Gong had no choice but to control Lu to go west. As a result, Lu overran and jumped to the other side of the river.
I went there, and Lu, who was being comforted by Ming Gong, wanted to come back to save me, but the enemy's pursuers had already arrived, so he went along the upper reaches of the river."
Only then did Zhao Yun understand the reason why Liu Bei didn't stop when he reached Zhang Liao's troops. He rushed straight past Zhang Liao's troops and ran all the way to the northwest of Yecheng for more than ten miles.
It turned out that after Dian Wei retreated from the front line, his troops were temporarily reorganized and incorporated into Liu Bei's main formation to fight alongside Liu Bei. However, the defeat on the eastern front led to the collapse of Liu Bei's troops. Therefore, Xu Chu was seen in the rebel army covering Liu Bei's retreat, and he also captured it.
A horse followed.
They were escorted all the way. They were almost captured alive by the enemy by the river before. Fortunately, Zhang Liao rescued them and helped them escape into the forest. When they arrived at the river, Liu Bei's Luma jumped three feet away and actually jumped over the nearly ten meters wide river and ran away.
When they reached the other side of the river, Dian Wei had to dismount and prepare to swim across because of his poor equestrian skills.
Unexpectedly, the river was quite deep, not to mention the rapid current. Dian Wei, wearing armor, jumped into it and almost sank to the bottom of the river and drowned. Fortunately, he barely knew how to swim, so he flopped onto the shore again, but was trapped behind him.
The pursuers came and surrounded him heavily.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After Liu Bei jumped over the river, he saw that Dian Wei was surrounded and was extremely anxious. Unexpectedly, Lu was stabbed by Xu Chu and ran all the way, even jumping directly across the river.
, causing him to be unable to stop and rescue him. When Lu, who was finally calmed down, came back to check the situation, the enemy on the other side of the river had also come over, so he had no choice but to escape.
After learning the whole story, Zhao Yun, the savior, was eager and asked Dian Wei: "Liang Bi, you ride back on my horse while I wade across the river to find Duke Ming."
Dian Wei hurriedly said: "No, this river is very deep and the current is fast. You cannot swim in it."
"What should we do?"
Zhao Yun was extremely anxious.
Dian Wei pointed upstream and said, "Zilong can go west along the river and see if he can find a bridge."
"Well, Liangbi will mount the horse with me."
Zhao Yun wanted to take the injured Dian Wei with him.
However, Dianwei declined and said, "I don't care. You go and save Duke Ming first."
Seeing that Dian Wei was resolute and had wounds all over his body, Zhao Yun had no choice but to give up, put Dian Wei down, and headed west along the south bank of the river.
After walking for about four or five miles, I did see a bridge. I drove over and saw a person in the distance.
It was getting late at this time, almost six o'clock in the afternoon, and it was still dark. Zhao Yun couldn't see the person clearly. He could only see a man on a horse standing on the bridge from a distance.
"But Ming Gong?"
Zhao Yun shouted tentatively.
"It's me, Zilong!"
Liu Bei recognized Zhao Yun's voice and responded quickly.
It turned out that after Liu Bei crossed the river, he finally calmed down Lu and allowed him to run as he pleased. He galloped all the way, got rid of his pursuers, and wanted to cross the bridge.
Zhao Yun quickly urged Ye Zhao Jade Lion to go over, and saw that Liu Bei was in a state of embarrassment. His two swords and Lu Ma were all stained with blood. Especially Lu Ma, because he was stabbed by Xu Chu, he ran at full speed, jumped with all his strength, and almost lost his physical strength.
Exhausted, he was sweating profusely, walking unsteadily, and foam was coming out of his mouth. It was obvious that he could not hold on for much longer.
Seeing Liu Bei in such a situation, Zhao Yun immediately dismounted his horse and went over to kneel down and said, "Zhao Yun has met Duke Ming."
"Zi Long."
Liu Bei put away his two swords, wiped the sweat from his forehead, dismounted and helped him up, and asked: "Zilong, can you see Wen Yuan and Liang Bi?"
Zhao Yundao: "Wen Yuan and Liang Bi were rescued by me."
"That's good."
Knowing that Dian Wei and Zhang Liao were fine, Liu Bei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, the pursuers came again with torches.
I heard someone shouting from a distance: "Hurry, hurry, hurry, Liu Bei is over there."
"Don't leave Liu Bei!"
"If Liu Bei is captured alive, we will be rich and prosperous."
"Kill!"
Chaotic sounds came from all directions.
Because the total number of soldiers and horses on both sides was nearly 100,000, the battlefield was very complicated, with dozens of miles in radius being the place where the two armies fought.
After Liu Bei's headquarters was dispersed, he was forced to retreat in the direction of Zhang Liao's troops. As a result, Zhang Liao's ten thousand victorious army was about to win, but unexpectedly it was collided by friendly forces and almost collapsed.
In this way, even if Gao Shunjun joins the battlefield, it will not be able to reverse the situation. At most, it will attract some enemy troops and distract the pressure here.
Over there, Yuan Shao learned that Liu Bei's rebellious army was fleeing to the west, and immediately sent a search team of thousands of people to pursue him all the way.
The terrain of Yecheng here is about twenty miles south of Ci County in later generations, so more than ten miles to the north is Fushui, which is also the Fuyang River in later generations, and about twenty miles to the southwest is Zhuozhang River.
About twenty miles west of the Zhuozhang River and the Qingzhang River converge to form the Zhangshui River, making Yecheng right between the Fushui River and the Zhangshui River. There are many tributary water systems around it. This is why Cao Cao was able to use the river water to submerge Yecheng in history.
reason.
And this place is about seventeen miles northwest of Ye City, called Yangping Pavilion, with continuous western mountains and rivers. Historically, Yuan Shang once stationed here, but was severely defeated by Cao Cao.
Because the terrain here is relatively complex, there are many villages, farmlands, rivers, mountains, and forests, and Liu Bei ran towards the west mountain, so the pursuers were never found.
But Yuan Shao couldn't hold it back and sent many people. Yuan's army spread throughout Yangping Pavilion, searching everywhere for several kilometers. Finally, someone found his traces by the Yangping River.
But Lu Ma was quick, and Liu Bei got rid of his pursuers, so he thought of returning to the south bank through the bridge over the river to find Dian Wei.
As a result, the pursuers found a large number of reinforcements and blocked him on the Yangping Bridge.
Seeing this, Zhao Yun hurriedly said to Liu Bei: "Ming Gong, sit on my horse and go quickly, I will come to break up the rear!"
Liu Bei was shocked and said: "How can Zilong deal with so many enemies?"
"My lord, don't panic, I will be able to get out of trouble after you leave."
"Zi Long......"
"Ming Gong, don't worry about me."
Zhao Yun helped Liu Bei onto his horse. He knew that Lu Ma's current condition might not last long. The Yezhao Jade Lion followed him all the way to kill, and there was not much physical strength left, so whether the two of them were riding together or
It is unrealistic to escape on the same horse.
It happens that this is a bridge. The terrain of the bridge is narrow. If the enemy wants to attack, at most three or four people will come at the same time. If you occupy the bridge yourself, one of them will die!
After helping Liu Bei onto his horse, Zhao Yun patted the Yezhao Jade Lion's rump with all his strength, causing it to run wildly toward the southeast, while he comforted Lu and let it stand on the south bank of the bridge waiting for him.
When Liu Bei walked away, Zhao Yun tightened his grip on the bright silver gun, put the precious eagle bow and quiver on his back, turned his head, looked resolutely, and stepped onto the Yangping Bridge resolutely!
"Changshan Zhao Zilong is here, who dares to come up and die!"
The loud voice penetrated the entire wilderness, as if the surrounding mountains were echoing his voice!
That night, Zhao Yun guarded Yangping Bridge, killed 107 enemies, and suffered more than ten wounds himself. By the time Liu Bei found Dian Wei and returned to his headquarters to send reinforcements to rescue him, he had already stood alone for more than two hours!
There are poems praising it in later generations.
The blood-stained robes and armor are red, who dares to compete with Yang Ping!
In ancient times, only Changshan Zhao Zilong was able to rush into battle to help someone in danger.