Great Han Empire

Chapter 752: A Storm of Troubled Heroes

Han Qiong strode off the warship.Zhu Ling and Tao Sheng led a group of generals and officers to meet them in a hurry.

"When will the city be attacked?" Han Qiong exchanged pleasantries with everyone, then turned to ask Zhu Lingdao, "Can we start now?"

Zhu Ling looked distressed, "My lord, the army is still crossing the river, and many siege equipment has not yet been transported to the city..."

Han Qiong snorted dissatisfiedly, "How capable is Yu Du? We have fought against him for seven or eight years. When has he ever won us? Siege the city immediately."

Zhu Ling and Tao Sheng looked at each other with hesitant expressions.

"My lord, Yu Du is now the middle base lieutenant of the Jinyang court, and the army he commands is the elite of the northern border army..."

"What elite? Isn't it just a group of yellow turban thieves on Montenegro?" Han Qiong waved his hand disdainfully, "Siege the city immediately."

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The drums of war are thundering, and the sound of killing is like a tide.Under the command of Zhu Ling and Tao Sheng, the Henan Army launched an attack on Li Yang.

On Liyang City, a ballista opened its mouth wide, and rows of strong archers were ready to go.On the wide street below the city, dozens of large stone cannons were lined up, ready to launch a thunderous blow.

The enemy's arrow array started shooting, and the long arrows were like locusts, covering the sky and the sun.

With a burst of intensive drumming, the soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army raised their shields almost at the same time.Countless shields joined together, immediately forming two impenetrable black city walls above and below the city, which was spectacular.

The siege soldiers rushed towards the city wall like the tide, and the huge roar shook Liyang City.

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The guards surrounding Yu Po took off their shields and lined up on both sides.

Yu Du took two steps forward, supported the wall with both hands, and looked down, with a murderous intent on his face.

The soldiers above and below the city looked up at the command flag flying high, waiting for the moment to launch an attack.

He suddenly turned around in a vicious turn, raised his arms high, and shouted wildly: "Brothers, avenge our dead brothers..."

The war drums soared into the sky, making the flags dance wildly.

There was a loud "boom", and the stone cannon, ballista, and strong bow were fired at the same time, and the roaring stones and long arrows filled the sky instantly.

Li Yangcheng shook violently at this moment.

Henan soldiers immediately fell into the abyss of death.The running soldiers fell one by one under the dense array of arrows, and the howling stones were like ferocious beasts, devouring one living life after another wantonly. The place is full of dead bodies, and no one can approach the moat.

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Han Qiong, Zhu Ling and others who were standing in the distance commanding the siege were horrified.

"How many Northern Xinjiang troops are there in Liyang? Have you found out?" Han Qiong looked at the bloody battlefield ahead and asked angrily, "How could there be only 5000 troops with such a strong force?"

"My lord, this place was originally defended by General Xu Huang of the Northern Frontier Army." Tao Sheng bowed and replied, "Unless Xu Huang is still in the city, the lower officials can guarantee with their heads that there are only 5000 troops in Yu Po's middle battalion here. "

"Xu Huang's army is in Hemu City, and now he is fighting with Liu Pan's army in Jingzhou. It cannot be in Liyang." Han Qiong waved his hand vigorously, and said very dissatisfied, "You have been stationed on the other side for more than a month, and even How many Northern Border troops there are in Liyang without knowing it, it's shameful."

"Urgently report to Master Yuan in Puyang that the army's attack has been blocked. Please urge Hebei Zhang Yang and Han Hao to attack Neihuang and Yecheng quickly, so as to cut off the retreat of the northern army and support our army to go north."

"My lord, are we still going to attack the city?" Zhu Ling asked hastily.

"At dusk, attack again." Han Qiong pondered for a while, "mainly feint attack, and consume as much force as possible in the city."

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Jizhou, Weijun, Neihuangcheng.

There are yellow lakes, dangshui rivers, and dry ditches here. The terrain is complex, and the army moves very slowly.

Han Hao in Hanoi led his army to set out from Dangyin, and traveled thirty miles a day, slowly approaching Neihuang City.If the army can quickly capture Neihuang, it will cut off the retreat of Liyang's northern army, but Zhang Yang has repeatedly warned him not to attack the city easily, and wait until Yuan Shao takes Liyang.Han Hao didn't take it seriously. This time, the 10,000+ coalition forces attacked Jizhou at the same time. Even the northern army could not cope with such a large-scale attack.

He ordered the army to cross the Inner Yellow River and directly kill the Neihuang City.

The former army crossed the river first, but just after half of them passed, the scouts galloped back from behind.It was discovered that the iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army was coming from the direction of Yecheng.

"Where is Mr. Zhang? Didn't Mr. Zhang lead the army to approach Yecheng?" Han Hao asked in surprise.

"Master Zhang has also been attacked and is retreating." The scout took out Zhang Yang's urgent note, "He is retreating to the Huan (Huan) River."

"Retreat? Retreat before hitting?"

"My lord, we have seen the battle flags of Zhang Yan and Lu Bu. The area around Weijun must be the main force of the Northern Army. Our strength is limited and we cannot get support from the Henan Army, so Master Zhang ordered all the troops to retreat quickly to avoid being caught by the Northern Army. Surrounded by the main forces of the Xinjiang army."

Han Hao knew that if he encountered the Northern Border Cavalry, the Northern Border Army in Neihuang City would fight back and attack back and forth, and his loss would be too great.

"Order the front of the river to withdraw immediately." Han Hao didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly ordered, "The army retreats thirty miles."

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"Want to withdraw?" Chen Jian, the captain of the infantry of the Northern Army, poked his head out of the deep ditch of the ambush, and snorted contemptuously, "You want to leave without leaving anything?"

With one hand, he pushed away the plank covering the ravine, turned over and jumped onto the ground.Due to lurking in the ditch for a long time, he was sweating profusely, and his naked upper body with protruding muscles was covered with dense beads of sweat.The dirt on the planks covered him, the black dirt mixed with beads of sweat, making him look like a savage.

The war drum sounded suddenly, and a thousand lurking soldiers rushed out almost at the same time.One thousand warriors, one thousand naked soldiers, one thousand angry warriors.

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The Hebei soldiers who were about to withdraw were panicked.

On the other side of the river, Han Hao and his subordinates were dumbfounded.Sure enough, the northern army had an ambush.

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Chen Jian wiped the sweat off his face, spit on the ground full of mud, then pulled off his helmet and slammed it on the ground.

"Brothers..." Chen Jian raised his spear high and roared to the sky, "Kill, kill them..."

"Kill..." A thousand fierce soldiers roared wildly, like a tiger descending a mountain, roaring and killing the enemy.

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The soldiers of the northern border army were roaring and running wildly.The soldiers in Hanoi were about to retreat, their morale was exhausted, they fled from panic and fear, and only the false Sima who crossed the river first led a group of brave men to meet him.

"Kill..." Chen Jian let out a roar, and the round shield in his left hand knocked the oncoming enemy into the air, and the spear in his right hand pierced the throat of another enemy. The three enemies collided and retreated a few steps, spitting blood and dying, "Kill, don't keep one, don't keep the other..."

In an instant, severed limbs and broken arms flew all over the sky, and ferocious human heads rolled around on the battlefield.The fake Sima of the Hanoi army was cut into three pieces by three swords, and one by one Hanoi soldiers were nailed to the ground with sharp spears.

The pungent blood filled the sky over the Inner Yellow River with the tragic killing sound.

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Han Hao watched helplessly as more than 1000 of his men died on the other side.

He had no choice but to watch his men fall down one by one in pain, and their heads were beheaded by the northern Xinjiang soldiers one by one.

"Whose army? Whose army is that?"

"My lord, that is the army of Chen Mazi, the hero of Northern Xinjiang." A scout replied in a low voice, "It is one of the two warriors who killed King Helian of Xianbei."

Han Hao felt a chill in his heart, and he didn't speak for a long time.

"withdraw."

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Weijun, Huan (huan) Shuihe, Fengting.

Zhang Yang stationed his horse on the hillside, looking at the "Lv" flag flying in the distance, feeling sad in his heart.Back then, when I was serving under the command of Wumeng Duwei Ding Yuan, I was often taken care of by this elder brother from my hometown.Later, when Dong Zhuo attacked and killed Hanoi, if he hadn't been rescued by his elder brother, he would have died long ago.But now... Now he actually wants to fight against his brother.

Zhang Yang closed his eyes and sighed helplessly.

"My lord, General Lu Bu invites you before the battle..."

Zhang Yang turned to look at Zhao Hu, and shook his head, "Go and tell General Lu, at this moment, it is inconvenient for Zhang Yang to see him, please ask him..." Zhang Yang paused, and smiled bitterly, "Please don't force him to me."

"My lord..." Zhao Hu looked around, and approached Zhang Yang to persuade him, "General Lu Bu said that he hasn't seen you for a long time, he just wanted to see you."

Zhang Yang's heart was trembling, and his eyes couldn't help getting a little moist.

"My lord, go and meet me." Zhao Hu persuaded in a low voice, "This battle will be fought sooner or later, you keep avoiding it, if it gets to Master Yuan Shao, you..."

Zhang Yang thought for a long time, then turned to look at Dong Zhao beside him.Dong Zhao smiled at him, "My lord, I will go with you."

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"Brother Gong, you told me not to answer my brother's letters several times, why today..." Zhang Yang and Dong Zhao asked uneasily as they walked side by side.

"If General Lu Bu leads the army to press again, does your lord plan to return to Hanoi?"

Zhang Yang sighed, "I have no choice, I can't play against my brother, I owe him too much."

"Then how do you explain to Yuan Shao? The attack on Jizhou this time is related to the fate of the country. Have you considered what the consequences will be if you do this?" Dong Zhao looked at him. As we all know, this is also an important reason why Yuan Shao trusts you very much, but if you disobeyed his military orders because of personal feelings, will he continue to trust you?"

Zhang Yang didn't speak.

"He will kill you with an excuse." Dong Zhao sneered, "He won't kill you, but he can let others kill you. Do you remember what happened to Han Fu back then? Zhu Han helped him break the leg of Han Fu's son, forcing him to kill you. Han Fu left, but he killed Zhu Han after changing hands. And Geng Bao. Why was Geng Bao killed? Don’t you know in your heart? Yuan Shao is such a person, when you are valuable to him, he is to you Very good, but once he thinks you are useless, your days will be over. Zhang Miao and him have been friends for decades, why did the two turn against each other in the end? Could it be Zhang Miao's fault?"

Zhang Yang stopped his horse abruptly and looked at Dong Zhao in surprise, "Brother Gong, are you going to..."

"If you want to survive, you have to fight against General Lu Bu, and you have to attack Yecheng. If you don't want to, there is only one consequence, so for you, the only way at present is to have a good talk with General Lu Bu."

Dong Zhao stared at him, and asked solemnly: "Do you think we can win today's battle? Can Yuan Shao and Cao Cao win?"

Zhang Yang hesitated.

"Do you think General Li Hong is rebellious?"

Zhang Yang shook his head, "I believe in my brother. My brother is loyal to the big man. If Li Hong and Dong Zhuo were the same people, my brother would not stay in Hebei."

"Then why are you still hesitating?" Dong Zhao asked.

"Master Yuan has treated me well these years, so I can't be sorry for him." Zhang Yang said with a wry smile, "Today, the society has collapsed, and neither you nor I can tell who is a loyal minister and who is a traitor. Maybe...with Master Yuan's family background and Talent, he should be able to turn the tide."

"Hmph..." Dong Zhao snorted.

Zhang Yang secretly sighed in his heart.Back then, Yuan Shao wanted to kill you because of Zhang Miao, and you have always been worried about it, but Yuan Shao has always trusted me. At this critical moment, even if I can't help him, I can't betray him.

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River Mucheng.

The Jingzhou army crossed the river smoothly without encountering any resistance from the Northern Xinjiang army. This surprised Liu Pan, and he did not continue to go north for a long time.He sent a large number of scouts to search for the northern border army within a radius of a hundred miles. At the same time, he wrote to Liu Biao, who was still on the south bank of the Yellow River, and Yuan Shao in Puyang, dozens of miles away, asking whether to attack Weiguo City.

Yuan Shao wrote back that his crossing of the river in the direction of Liyang and Puyang was very unsuccessful, and he was stubbornly blocked by the Northern Xinjiang Army.In the direction of Puyang, there were Qin Yi's Yueqi battalion, the bitter chieftain's Tunqi battalion, and Mustafa's Changshui battalion, a total of [-] cavalry troops, and they firmly restrained themselves.Yuan Shao asked Liu Biao and Liu Pan to go northward with all their strength, capture Weiguo and Dunqiu as soon as possible, and force the main force of the northern army to retreat.

At this time, the scouts sent by Liu Pan reported that within sixty miles from Hemu City to Weiguo City, there was no trace of any enemy.After discussing carefully with Wenpin and Huang Zhong, Liu Pan led the army and set off immediately.

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At dusk, Pengting, ten miles away from Weiguo City.

Mustafa rolled over and jumped off the horse, took the water bag and drank his fill.The soldiers of Changshuiying sat quietly next to their horses, taking the time to rest.They set off early in the morning, galloped along the Dahe Gudu for more than 100 miles, made a big circle and rushed here to ambush the enemy. The men and horses were very tired.

Several war horses came galloping, and there were three bloody heads hanging on the back of one of the people in front of him.

"My lord, the Jingzhou army is coming, and the nearby enemy scouts have been cleared."

"How far is the Jingzhou former army from Weiguo City?" Mustafa shook his loose long hair, wiped the water stains around his mouth, and asked in a deep voice.

"Six miles." The scout replied, "The central army of the Jingzhou Army is currently five miles away from us."

"What is the distance between the front, middle and rear of the Jingzhou Army?"

"Three miles."

"It's very tight." Mustafa sneered and poured the water in the water bag on his face.The clear water poured down, spilling onto the ground along his bronzed face and tangled beard.

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The setting sun is like blood, the sky is full of colorful clouds, and the sky is like a burning fire, which makes people feel a rush of heat.

Liu Pan thumped his lower back wearily, then turned his head and said to Wei Yan beside him, "I don't know how long the drought in the Central Plains will last this year?"

Wei Yan licked his chapped lips, smiled wryly and remained silent.

"The Central Plains is flat, and there are endless plains everywhere, which is very different from the south." Liu Pan pointed to the soldiers who were staggering back and forth, and sighed softly, "They are all southerners, and they are not used to the climate here. The court should Attack later to give our soldiers more time to adapt."

Wei Yan nodded and kept looking around.

"What are you looking at?" Liu Pan asked.

"The Northern Army tried their best to stop the Henan Army and the Yuzhou Army, but let us in. This is obviously a problem." Wei Yan said worriedly, "The Northern Army may want to ambush us."

"We're almost at Weiguo City." Liu Pan laughed, "Even if the Northern Frontier Army wants to make a surprise attack, it will be tonight, not now." Liu Pan fell down.Then, the horses in the front, rear, and surrounding area were restless, and many horses pulling the baggage cart also stopped, looking at the sunset in the west and neighing in horror.

Between the sky and the earth, a puff of smoke gradually rose.

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Mustafa lightly kicked the horse's belly, and the horse sped up.

"Woo..." The horn blared, and the desolate and distant sound resounded through the sky.

Five thousand iron cavalry galloped on horseback, and quickly formed a cone-shaped array under the command of the horn.

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Liu Pan's eyes widened, looking forward in disbelief.Where did this cavalry come from?Why didn't the scouts sent along the way find it?

The drums of alarm sounded like thunder.The messengers who asked for help rushed forward and the rear two armies galloped as if they had no orders.

After walking for a day and being exposed to the sun for another day, the soldiers of the Jingzhou army were exhausted.As the ground trembled, the deafening sound of galloping slammed into their hearts like a giant hammer, and fear suddenly attacked the entire army like a plague.The Fengyun iron cavalry shocked the world, and they defeated the mighty Xianbei people, not to mention my own group of southern soldiers who couldn't even ride a horse.

Wei Yan was yelling crazily, his voice was hoarse, he pushed the baggage cart to the front, each department lined up, lined up... No one paid attention to him, the soldiers only saw the tide-like iron cavalry in front of their eyes, and only the earth-shattering roar in their ears.

Someone trembled all over and backed up again and again.Someone dropped the battle flag, turned around and ran.

The Jingzhou army is collapsing.

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Mustafa raised his spear and shouted wildly: "Accelerate, accelerate...to kill..."

At this time there is no need to attack with bows and arrows, the Jingzhou army is already in chaos, as long as they rush over, they can start a bloody massacre.Master Zhang Yan is right. To deal with the Jingzhou army from the south, only one iron cavalry is enough, because the southerners are short and have short legs.

With a sound of "boom", the Jingzhou army bombed the camp instantly, and 3000 people dispersed in a rush.

"Kill..." The soldiers of Changshuiying roared like thunder, and 5000 people rushed in like a hurricane, instantly rolling up a bloody wave.

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Sorry for being too busy lately.Will upload another one tonight.Thank you all for your understanding and support, I am very grateful.

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