Chapter 1,295: Lu Bu Retreats
The battle ended first on the southern battlefield. Under the surprise attack of 35,000 Tang army cavalry, 15,000 Bingzhou cavalry only lasted for less than half an hour and were defeated. In the end, only Cao Xing was left leading less than two soldiers. Thousands of cavalry broke out and headed towards Lu Bu in the north. The remaining 13,000 cavalry were killed and nearly 10,000 wounded. In the end, only 3,000 cavalry were surrounded and captured after exhaustion.
The losses of the Tang Army also reached nearly 10,000 people. Fortunately, these lost soldiers and horses were basically cavalry mobilized from various counties. The losses of the Tiger and Ranger cavalry were not large.
After several generals discussed, five thousand ordinary cavalry were left to clean the battlefield. Then, the remaining 20,000 cavalry, after changing their horses, ate on their horses while rushing towards the battlefield to the north.
On the battlefield on the south bank of the Ming River in the north, the cavalry of the Zhao and Tang armies had been fighting for more than half an hour. Although the Zhao army had gained an absolute advantage, at this time, the Tang army's white horse Yi Cong still had more than 4,000 soldiers. On the battlefield, he and Bingzhou Wolf Rider were killing each other.
Although the elite Blood Wolf Cavalry led by Lu Bu finally blocked the first round of attacks by the White Horse Yi Cong, the cooperation of the White Horse Yi Cong was not worse than that of the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, and the two sides eventually fought together.
After being blocked by the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry in the first round of attack, Baima Yicong quickly dispersed into several battle groups and fought together with the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, while Zhao Yun and Lu Bu fought together again.
Lu Bu's combat power is undoubtedly half a point stronger than Zhao Yun, but one thing is unquestionable, that is, Lu Bu is more than ten years older than Zhao Yun. At this time, Lu Bu was already in his forties and already After passing the golden period when military commanders were at their peak, Zhao Yun was only in his thirties, which was his golden period. In addition, after Lu Bu became king, he was a little slacker than before. Therefore, when the two of them fought, although Zhao Yun could not defeat Lu Bu, but it is not difficult to escape from Lu Bu's halberd.
Therefore, during the war, Zhao Yun only fought with Lu Bu for more than a hundred rounds, and then no longer fought directly with him. Instead, he wandered around the entire battlefield, constantly gathering the scattered white horse Yi Cong groups. Because of this, after half an hour of fighting, Baima Yicong was able to have more than 4,000 people left.
At this time, the loss of Bingzhou wolf cavalry reached nearly 4,000 people. This result made Lu Bu furious. Just when he was about to regroup the wolf cavalry to surround the Baima Yicong again, a piece of news was like a bolt from the blue. Generally speaking, it shocked him to the point of confusion.
Cao Xing's 15,000-strong army was ambushed by more than 30,000 Tang troops. Only less than 2,000 cavalry escaped, and tens of thousands of Tang troops had already followed. He won the battlefield, but lost the entire war.
This result made Lu Bu very angry. This was not the first time. It was also the same when he fought against Shangdang in Bingzhou. Although he won the battle with Baima Yicong, he had to lose the battle because of the defeat in other battlefields. initiative on the entire battlefield. This time, again.
Seeing that there were only 4,000 Baima Yicon left in front of him, Lu Bu prepared to attack with his entire army and quickly eliminate Baima Yicon, but he was stopped by Cao Xing's generals.
"Your Majesty, you must not be impulsive. There are at least 20,000 Tang Army cavalry coming from the south, and it will take at least a quarter of an hour to half an hour for us to eliminate these 4,000 White Horse Yi. Once we delay for a while, we will wait for the south After the cavalry arrives, the king's most elite Bingzhou wolf cavalry may all be lost in these. King, this must not be the case," Cao Xing urged;
In the end, Lu Bu failed to order the Baima Yicong to be surrounded and annihilated here, but unwillingly led the remaining 10,000 cavalry to turn around and head toward Handan City in the east.
Before leaving, Lu Bu took one last look at the figure with white horses and silver spears to the north. Lu Bu knew that he would never have the chance to annihilate this world-famous cavalry.
Seeing the retreating figure of Zhao Jun's cavalry, the remaining four thousand white horse Yi Cong finally breathed a long sigh of relief.
However, they still did not dare to act rashly at this time, and still stood in formation on the south bank of the Mingshui River until they saw the billowing smoke and dust rising from the south, and saw tens of thousands of Tang Army cavalry coming like a flood. Only then did the white-horse righteous soldiers let out deafening cheers.
Zhao Yun ordered: "Everyone, dismount and rest, count the casualties, and search for surviving partners."
Following his order, four thousand white horse soldiers jumped off their horses one after another. However, at least nearly a thousand of them had already sat down on the ground without any strength. Some of them were holding on because they had been holding on for a breath before, and now suddenly Relaxing, almost collapsing to the floor. The more than three thousand followers who were able to move formed a team of several people, searching for their partners on the entire battlefield.
Zhao Yun, escorted by several personal guards, headed towards the generals of Zuo Xiao who came from the south. Like Baima Yicong, Zuo Xiao first ordered 10,000 cavalry to be on guard in the direction where Zhao's cavalry left, and the rest of the soldiers They all dismounted and searched the entire battlefield for surviving soldiers from both sides.
Soon, Colonel Zuo led several generals to Zhao Yun. They saluted Zhao Yun and said, "General, I'm late!"
Zhao Yun looked at the group of people with a wry smile and said: "I don't blame you guys, you have arrived in time. If you had arrived half a quarter of an hour later, the number of Yi Cong who could stand here would have been reduced by almost half. If it had been a quarter of an hour, , it is estimated that there are not many people left.”
Several people were shocked when they heard this. The Baima Yicong was the most elite cavalry of the Tang army. Zhao Yun actually said such a thing, which shows how strong the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry is. Of course, this is also because the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry is half more than the Baima Yicong.
If Lu Bu knew this result, he would definitely hate himself for not insisting on attacking again, because just now, the four thousand Baima Yicong were exhausted. If Lu Bu insisted on attacking, it would take less than a quarter of an hour to wipe out the Baima Yicong.
However, there is no if in anything, so Lu Bu had to leave with hatred. Of course, when he left, he took away all the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry that could move. But even so, in the end, when the Zhao cavalry left, the discount had exceeded half, leaving only 13,586 cavalry, of which less than 10,000 could continue to participate in the battle.