Chapter 1043 Yuan Shao Withdraws His Troops
After listening to Pang Tong's words, everyone fell into deep thought. Yes, the Eastern Expeditionary Army had several battles with Yuan Shaojun from the time they first entered Luoyang. Although each time, the Eastern Expeditionary Army retreated and Yuan Shaojun won. , but Yuan Shaojun, in addition to gaining the territory of Jizhou, was unable to cause a large number of casualties to the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.
Suddenly, Zhao Yun suddenly thought of a question: "Cavalry! It's cavalry, because our army's cavalry is strong, but Yuan Shao's army does not have strong cavalry, so although Yuan Shao's army won the battle, it could not inflict huge damage to our army." "
Pang Tong nodded: "What General Zhao said is true. Guan Jian is the cavalry. Yuan Shao's army's cavalry is far weaker than our army's cavalry, and also far weaker than Youzhou's army's cavalry. So this time Yuan Shao has worked hard to use the cavalry he has accumulated for several years." The cavalry was pulled out to annihilate Gongsun Zan's elite cavalry in Jizhou. Just like this, most of his cavalry were lost, and they once again lost their powerful intimidation to our army. "
When everyone heard this, they all suddenly realized.
"This time, General Zhao and General Hua wiped out part of Yuan Shaojun's army. In addition, Gongsun Zan had to get a lot of information about Yuan Shaojun's cavalry. I believe that the vitality of Yuan Shaojun's cavalry has been seriously damaged. In addition, the Yanzhou war has not yet concluded. , that's why Yuan Shao was so cautious. He was waiting for the outcome of the war in Yanzhou. If the lord could capture Changyi and defeat Cao's army in Yanzhou, it wouldn't be long before Yuan Shao's army would retreat. If the two continued to stalemate under the city of Changyi. No less, I believe Yuan Shaojun's follow-up army will arrive soon." Seeing that everyone understood the reason, Pang Tong continued;
"So, we just need to be prepared for defense and wait and see what happens?" Zhu Hao said thoughtfully;
"No," Pang Tong shook his head and said, "We are not just waiting to see what happens, but we are preparing for a counterattack. I believe there will be news about Changyi soon. By then, once Yuan Shao's army withdraws, Zhao The general's cavalry must catch up and give Yuan Shaojun a good beating to let him know that Wei County is not something he can come and leave whenever he wants. "
After listening to Pang Tong's words, everyone laughed loudly, especially Hua Xiong, who laughed so hard that the scars on his face kept shaking. The cavalry chasing the infantry was what he liked best, not to mention Zhao Yun's white horse. With light cavalry like Yi Cong on the side to help, his Xiliang iron cavalry can confidently and boldly kill all directions.
"Well, in that case, let's be prepared. Whether it is to prevent Yuan Shao's army from attacking or to pursue their army, we need to get news from Yanzhou." Zhu Hao felt relieved after hearing this. No matter what, There is nothing wrong with being prepared yourself, so he said, "Everyone, go down and do your own business. Lord Jie Shi will send you his own orders."
As Pang Tong expected, news of Changyi's victory reached Yecheng the next day. Everyone who received the news immediately made preparations, and the cavalry scouts began to pay close attention to the movements of Yuan Shu's army.
Two days later, the results of the Changyi War reached Jizhou through other channels. After the war, the Eastern Expeditionary Army did not continue the expedition. Instead, after sweeping the surrounding counties, they concentrated on strengthening the defense of the newly captured city. After receiving this news, Yuan Shao knew that his plan to fish in troubled waters had been miscalculated, so he ordered several armies to withdraw from Wei County.
If Zhao Yun and Hua Xiong's already prepared cavalrymen smelled the wolf pack smelling of blood, more than 10,000 cavalrymen would rush towards Yuan Shao's army like a tide.
Zhao Yun's cavalry was eyeing the army east of Wei County. This was a 40,000-strong army sent from Qinghe, led by Zhang Nan and Jiao Chu. After receiving the news of the retreat, the two men led the 40,000-strong army back to the direction of Guantao without hesitation. Who knew that just half a day after the army retreated, the cavalry of the Eastern Conquest Army rushed behind them.
By the time Zhao Yun led the cavalry and arrived behind Zhang Nannan's army, they had already formed a formation and were on the defensive.
Looking at the infantry formation in front of him, Zhao Yun stopped Hua Xiong who was about to rush into the formation and said: "General Hua, the Xiliang cavalry should prepare first, and wait until a certain white horse Yi Cong disrupts their formation first.
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Hua Xiong thought that if the cavalry and archers disrupted the infantry phalanx first, and then led the cavalry to charge into the formation, the effect would indeed be much better. He didn't say much, and bowed down to accept the order.
Zhao Yun picked up the reins and led the white horse Yi Cong roaring towards Zhang Nannan's military formation.
In Yuan Shaojun's military formation, Zhang Nan and Jiao Hu looked at each other, and both saw a look of shock in each other's eyes. The cavalry of the Eastern Expeditionary Army was very strong. All the generals of Yuan Shaojun's army knew this, but they did not expect that they were so lucky. Unfortunately, they were actually targeted by the cavalry of the Eastern Conquest Army. Although the two of them reacted quickly enough and arranged their formation before the cavalry of the Eastern Conquest Army arrived, all of their tens of thousands of troops were infantry, and this place was far away. The nearest city of Yuan Shao's army is still dozens of miles away, and it will take a day for the infantry to march quickly, but now they are blocked by more than 10,000 cavalry in the wild.
Seeing thousands of cavalry rushing towards their own military formation, both of them changed their expressions and shouted at the messengers beside them: "The enemy cavalry is rushing into the formation, be ready! Archers are not allowed to shoot arrows without orders." !”
In the formation, the generals everywhere quickly called on their soldiers to prepare for the battle. The soldiers who had already formed the formation were anxiously waiting for the battle with the Eastern Expedition Army cavalry, especially the soldiers in the front row. , each of them secretly prayed that the direction of the cavalry charge was not towards them.
The rumbling sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer. When the cavalry was about to enter the range of the bows and arrows, the soldiers of Yuan Shao's army were dumbfounded. With Zhao Yun's order, thousands of white horse volunteers split into two in front of the formation and turned from the front to the two sides of the formation.
Seeing the cavalry in front suddenly detour, the soldiers in the front cried out that they had survived the disaster, but Zhang and Jiao and the soldiers on the two wings in the formation looked as if they were dead.
Their square formation was hastily established. In order to deal with the cavalry's charge, Zhang Nan deliberately ordered the front and back formations to be thick and the sides to be slightly weak, but he did not expect that the cavalry of the Zhengdong Army was so skilled in horsemanship that they could turn so skillfully during the charge, and they were so unified. Now if the cavalry bypassed the front formation and rushed to the two wings, Zhang Nan could almost imagine that the defense of the two wings would definitely not be able to withstand the impact of the cavalry.
"Run and shoot!"
With Zhao Yun's order, thousands of white horse soldiers bent their bows and drew their arrows, shooting at the Yuan Shao soldiers on both wings of the square formation.
With the sound of "swooshing" arrows, thousands of cavalrymen ran all the way to the rear of Yuan Shao's army, shooting arrows in their hands into the square formation like locusts, causing bursts of screams.