Chapter 1218: Lu Bu Returns to Jinyang

In the Tianjing Pass, in the General's Mansion, Huangfu Chaobo was sitting on the main throne. Next to him, the generals of the Tang Army were arranged in two rows according to their official positions. At the end was Hu Cai and other generals of the Zhao Army. Everyone was listening to Lu Zhong carefully. After introducing the war situation of their army in the past few days, the sent generals Hu Cai and other surrendered generals also called out, just to let them know the details of the war in the north, so that they can get better prepared for the next war. role.

After Lu Zhong finished speaking, all the generals looked envious. The battle had just begun, but Lu Zhong and Tian Yu had already achieved a lot of achievements, which made everyone envious.

As soon as Lu Zhong finished speaking, Dong Fan came out and said: "Your Majesty, at the end of tomorrow I will invite you to be the vanguard to capture Gaodu and several other counties for your Majesty!"

His words immediately attracted the attention of the other generals, and they all came out to challenge.

After much consideration, Huangfu Chaobo decided to hand over the task of attacking Gaodu and Yang'a to Dong Fan. As Dong Fan said, the Guards and Huben Battalion went into battle almost every year, but Hanoi's Bao Tao Except for the general Hua Xiong and the Xiliang cavalry who participated in several battles, the other generals and infantry had almost no chance to fight. Now it is finally the turn of war around Hanoi. If the Baotao camp is not given the opportunity to fight It seems a bit unreasonable.

So in the end, Huangfu Chaobo asked Dong Guan to lead two schools of combat troops and one school of garrison troops, plus two thousand cavalry, and send troops to Gaodu early tomorrow morning. After Gaodu was captured, he would lead his troops westward to attack Yang'a. In order to make their attack smoother, Huangfu Chaobo also sent Hu Cai, the gatekeeper of Tianjing Pass, to Dong Fang.

As for the other soldiers and horses, after resting for a day at Tianjing Pass, they continued to lead the troops north to Changzi City. After joining the Tian Yu army, they discussed the attack on Huguan County.

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When Huangfu Chaobo began to arrange his troops to attack, Zhang Yang, who had retreated to Huguan County, had already received the news that Li Feng's reinforcements had arrived in Nie County. This news made Zhang Yang finally breathe a sigh of relief. The first wave of reinforcements from Jinyang had already arrived. If they arrive, the King's follow-up reinforcements will also arrive in the near future. In this way, at least the Shangdang will not be completely lost. Moreover, 3,000 troops and 5,000 civilians led by Wei Cun, the clan brother of Taiwei Wei Xu, also arrived at Nanguan two days ago with the intention of starting the repair work of Nanguan.

Zhang Yang also felt great admiration for the arrangement of the Prime Minister. He took one step at a time and looked at the three steps. It can be said that he was thoughtful and did not reveal anything. Now, Zhang Yang is quietly waiting for the arrival of Li Feng's reinforcements in Huguan. However, two thousand cavalrymen of the Tang Army appear in the south of the county from time to time. For Zhang Yang, the biggest embarrassment is the unknown enemy situation in the south. , I don’t know the progress of the Tang Army, as well as the layout of the Tang Army’s troops and horses in Changzi City.

Although Zhang Yang still has a thousand cavalry in his hands, the real elite is less than 500. The rest are newly recruited. Facing the two thousand Tang army cavalry outside the city, Zhang Yang does not dare to send them out easily. , the current plan is to defend Huguan County. As for counterattack, let's wait until the king's cavalry arrives.

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The battle in Bingzhou suddenly stopped in this strange atmosphere. Huangfu Chaobo's army was very fast. Three days later, the cavalry and Iron Eagle warriors led by Lu Zhong returned to Changzi City, and Huangfu Chaobo's army was very fast. The army he led has also arrived at the Xuans, and Gaodu City was captured effortlessly by the army led by Dong Fang two days ago. More than 10,000 troops moved towards the city. They had been frightened to death by the thousands of cavalry heading south the day before. The county magistrate and county captain, who were completely destitute, immediately opened the city gate and surrendered.

After Dong Fang left a thousand garrison troops to garrison Gaodu, he led his troops westward without stopping, towards Yang'a County. Dong Fang knew that these county towns were just appetizers before his war. If he guessed correctly, Lu Bu's army should be rushing back to Taiyuan soon, and before Lu Bu's army arrived at Shangdang, Zhang Yang would definitely not leave easily. Huguan County, so a major battle between Tang and Zhao was about to begin. He must capture these counties as soon as possible, and then quickly lead his troops northward.

Join the army.

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Dong Fan's idea was correct. Lu Bu's army was indeed on its way back. After withdrawing from the clouds, Lu Bu led 30,000 Bingzhou wolf cavalry back quickly. Halfway through, he received Zhang Yang's intelligence forwarded by Chen Gong and got accurate news of the Tang army's invasion. Then he rushed back without stopping. After the cavalry arrived at Yanmen, they received the news that Hao Meng was defeated and killed, and that the six thousand elite troops were wiped out in a single battle. Fortunately, Zhang Yang responded quickly enough. Although Changzi City was lost, he had already assembled more than ten thousand troops. Retreating to Huguan County, at this time, Li Feng's 10,000 troops had successfully arrived in Nie County. In this way, at least he was not completely driven out of Shangdang County.

Thirty thousand Bingzhou wolf cavalry traveled all the way and rushed into Jinyang City like a gust of wind from the north gate of Jinyang. Once inside the city, Lu Bu did not go anywhere and returned to the palace under the protection of a thousand elite blood wolf cavalry. Soon, after receiving the news, Chen Gong and Wei Wei, as well as the officials and generals who stayed in the royal city, were summoned to the palace to attend the court meeting.

In the palace, King Zhao Lu Bu was sitting on the throne with a livid face. All the civil and military officials in the palace stood there with trembling hearts, bearing his thunderous wrath without saying a word.

Fortunately, the incident happened several days ago, and Chen Gong’s timely handling prevented Shangdang from being completely lost without a fight. In addition, Lu Bu had calmed down some of his anger along the way. After venting his anger on the throne, he did not continue to pursue the matter. He just looked at the people in the hall and asked, "My dear ministers, how should this matter be handled? Prime Minister, you speak first!"

"Replying to the king, now General Li Feng's 10,000 troops have joined forces with Zhang Taishou. Now there are more than 20,000 of our troops in Huguan City. However, due to the lack of cavalry, the two generals dare not go out to fight easily. They can only defend the county city tightly, fearing that the situation that has been maintained with great difficulty will be broken." Chen Gong stood up and responded;

"The national commander has recruited 20,000 infantrymen from Jinyang in the past few days. Although these soldiers Although it is not possible to go to war, it is no problem to use it to defend the capital. In my humble opinion, the next thing is to ask the king to recruit 20,000 to 30,000 troops from the county soldiers, and then lead them to support Shangdang to resist the attack of the Tang army. In addition, the commander of Queshu Valley Pass has sent back news that the Hedong Tang army, led by Yang Feng, has already set out towards Queshu Valley. I think they should be trying to contain my Taiyuan army, so we only need to increase the number of troops in the Queshu Valley direction by another 5,000 to 10,000. "