Chapter 1359: Huang Xu's Defeat
"Wuheng warriors, kill the enemy with me! Kill!" With a loud shout, Xian Yufu's cavalry took the lead and killed the Zhao army's cavalry who had not yet gathered. This time, it was one-on-two, because of the delay of Huang Xubu's cavalry. , the Zhao cavalry that was finally assembled was only 4,000.
Huang Xu took advantage of the Zhao cavalry to leave part of the battle, and quickly led the Tang cavalry to break away from the war and assemble again on the periphery. Then, he launched another attack on the Zhao cavalry, buying time for Xian Yufu to assemble the Wu Heng cavalry.
After going back and forth like this, the already exhausted Zhao cavalry finally suffered heavy casualties. By the time of midnight in the afternoon, the battle had been going on for nearly three hours. Of the more than 30,000 cavalrymen of the Tang army, less than 10,000 could sit on the horses. Go up, and Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry only has 5,000 cavalry that can fight again, and both sides rest and recuperate at a distance of two miles.
Just as Lu Bu was preparing to gather his troops and fight again, dozens of cavalry suddenly came from the southeast, but it was Cao Xing who sent his messenger from Yanmen Pass to look for him.
"Your Majesty, General Cao has an urgent military situation to report to your Majesty." When the messenger saw Lu Bu, he quickly got off his horse, took out a secret letter from his arms, and handed it to the guard beside Lu Bu.
Lu Bu put down the kettle in his hand, took the mailbox from the guard, carefully looked at the seal on it, and after making sure it was not opened, he opened the mailbox, but the content on it made his face suddenly turn cold and pale. Became as gloomy as water.
"Come here," Lu Bu shouted sternly after a moment, "order the army to rest for a quarter of an hour, collect food and fodder for the horses, and set off in a quarter of an hour to return to Yanmen Pass!"
"Your Majesty!" The generals next to him were all stunned. "Your Majesty, where is the Tang army across the way? Are you ignoring them?"
"Bah!" Lu Bu couldn't help but say, whipping the general who asked, "Do you dare to disobey me?"
"The general has not taken the order!" Seeing this, everyone quickly stood up to take the order.
Soon, some of the Bingzhou wolf cavalry sent out some people to collect the war horses scattered around them, and gathered all the grain and grass scattered around. A quarter of an hour later, more than 6,000 Bingzhou wolf cavalry, led by Lu Bu, headed towards They galloped away in the direction of Yanmen Pass, leaving behind the Tang army's dead and wounded soldiers all over the ground, as well as Huang Xu and thousands of soldiers and horses who were looking at each other two miles away.
Two miles away, all the soldiers of the Tang Army had a look of dismay on their faces. They watched the Zhao cavalry leave without looking back. No one knew what happened to these Zhao soldiers.
"General Huang, this..." Xian Yufu also looked at Huang Xu with surprise and asked;
Huang Xu also looked at the direction in which Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry was leaving with a blank look on his face. Suddenly, he came to his senses: "Ha, it must be, it must be..."
"General!" Several generals nearby heard this and asked with strange expressions;
When Huang Xu saw this, he no longer wanted to be patient: "Everyone, why are we here?"
"Attack Zhao!" Xian Yufu replied: "What do you mean, general?"
"Yes, if my prediction is correct, the king should have led his army into the hinterland of Taiyuan. Otherwise, King Zhao would never be so anxious to rush back. Judging from the direction they left, it should be Yanmen Pass."
Huang Xu paused for a moment: "Come here, immediately send a team of cavalry to follow the Bingzhou Army. The rest of the troops will quickly clean up the battlefield and rescue the injured soldiers!"
When all the soldiers heard this, they all cheered. Immediately, a group of cavalry got on their horses and followed Zhao Jun in the direction where they left. The rest of the soldiers who could move went towards the battlefield.
Soon, the battlefield was cleaned up. All Tang soldiers who died in the battle were moved to one side and placed there. The injured were carried out and briefly bandaged. After they were all found, they were arranged to be sent back to the city for further treatment. treat. It is a pity that on the entire battlefield, apart from the 10,000 cavalry who were able to ride horses to participate in the battle, there were less than 2,000 lightly and seriously injured people collected by the soldiers, including more than 800 seriously injured people.
In other words, after a battle with Lu Bu's Bingzhou wolf cavalry, the more than 30,000 cavalry brought out by Huang Xu and others from Yunzhong City,
There were only more than 12,000 people left alive, and more than 20,000 people died on the spot. The Tang soldiers found less than 5,000 Zhao cavalrymen from the battlefield, including those who were seriously injured but did not take them away.
Seeing that the soldiers of the two sides were damaged at a ratio of one to four, Huang Xu's generals felt lingering fear. This shows how terrifying the power of top generals plus special units is. If it weren't for Lu Bu's rush to return to Taiyuan, it is estimated that none of Huang Xu's more than 30,000 cavalry would have been able to escape.
An hour later, all the wounded were finally arranged, and all of them, including Zhao's wounded, were initially bandaged. All the fallen soldiers were buried in a big pit nearby. There was no way. These soldiers were basically from Liaodong and Yanbei counties, and it was basically impossible to transport them back.
However, a lot of weapons and equipment were recovered on the entire battlefield, and there were nearly 10,000 horses gathered from within a few miles around, so the losses were slightly smaller.
After making these arrangements, Huang Xu ordered the army to return to Yunzhong. As for the subsequent war arrangements, Huang Xu planned to wait until the whereabouts of Lu Bu's army was confirmed before making arrangements.
Huang Xu's guess was correct. Lu Bu had indeed received the news from Cao Xing that the Tang army had invaded Taiyuan County, so he hurriedly gathered his cavalry and rushed back to Yanmen.
After a sleepless night march, Lv Bu finally arrived outside Yanmen Pass at dawn. Even with Lv Bu's strength, he could not hold on, not to mention that more than half of the Bingzhou Wolf Riders were wounded. These soldiers basically tied themselves to their horses in the second half of the night before rushing to Yanmen Pass.
As soon as they entered the pass, Lv Bu ordered Cao Xing to arrange doctors to treat the wounded, and he himself came to the general's mansion inside the pass under the leadership of Cao Xing. He wanted to learn more about the situation of the Tang army entering Taiyuan.
When he knew that the Tang army entering Taiyuan from Leping was mainly composed of more than a thousand cavalry led by Zhao Yun and about 30,000 infantry of the Tang army, Lv Bu was relieved, so he ordered to select two thousand cavalry from the Bingzhou Wolf Riders. After a day's rest, they followed him south to Jinyang, and the rest of the cavalry rested for two more days before returning to Jinyang.
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After a day of rest at Yanmen Pass, the two thousand Bingzhou wolf riders who had been selected, led by Lu Bu, headed southwards towards Jinyang with two horses each.
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In Yuci, Zhao Yun’s 100,000-man army set out again after a day of rest. This time, Zhao Yun divided the army into two routes, one of which was led by himself, with only 15,000 Baima Yicong cavalry, plus 5,000 infantry led by Zhang Xiong. After leaving Yuci, they turned north and went straight to Shiling Town in the north of Yu County. There, it was the final destination chosen by Zhao Yun for Lu Bu.
The other route was led by Dian Wei, with 15,000 cavalry led by Hu Yandu, and now with 40,000 infantry led by Qing Niujiao and others, their target was Nanguan in the southeast of Qi County, and they would attack from both sides with the Tang army in the direction of Nie County, capture Nanguan, and support the Tang King’s army to enter the heart of Taiyuan. The last group of soldiers was led by Yu Du, who stayed behind to guard Yuci.
Chapter 1359: Huang Xu's defeat
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