Chapter 1388: Xianbei Invades the South

"Three Kingdoms Online Game: The Battle of Princes ()"

After Huangfu Chaobo arranged the defense of the Yanmen counties, he hurriedly left Yanmen Pass under the escort of Gao Shun and Dian Wei and headed towards Jinyang. The only one who went south with him was Zhang Yan, a poor kid. He rushed over from Leping and had not spoken a few words to Huangfu Chaobo before he had to rush back to Leping to defend against possible attacks from Wei.

As for the surrendered generals of Zhao State, except Zhang Liao who selected soldiers to form Bingzhou Wolf Riders at Yanmen Pass, the rest of the generals had not been assigned official positions for the time being, and they were thrown to Zhao Yun, who arranged them temporarily.

Huangfu Chaobo had no choice. If there was enough time, he could have arranged positions for these people after all the soldiers were reorganized. However, now that the war in Youzhou had started, his plan was disrupted again. He wanted to take all the surrendered generals with him, but the generals of the Yanbei counties were not familiar with him, and these people were local snakes. With their help, it would definitely be good for the Tang army to control various places.

Huangfu Chaobo was not afraid of them doing anything. First, Zhao State had been destroyed. Although Lv Lingqi fled to Beidi with tens of thousands of people under the protection of Chen Gong and others, she was just a girl after all. Moreover, Beidi County was not large and had a small population. It was still very difficult to be an enemy of Tang State, which had several states and nearly a hundred counties.

Another point was that the families of these generals were basically in Bingzhou. In addition, all the troops of Zhao State would be reorganized again. Huangfu Chaobo was not afraid of their disloyalty, so he simply threw it to Zhao Yun to arrange.

As for the Wei army in Dai County, Huangfu Chaobo was not afraid. There were 100,000 infantrymen and 50,000 cavalrymen against him. If Yuan Shao was not mentally ill, he would basically not have the idea of ​​provoking him. Moreover, Huangfu Chaobo also told Zhao Yun that once the Wei army went to Yanmen County, they must be beaten severely and not be afraid of causing a war in Wei State.

When Huangfu Chaobo hurriedly returned to Jinyang under the escort of two thousand guards, a group of people in Lulong County, thousands of miles away, also hurriedly fled south. The leader was Wang Men, the governor of Lulong County.

Yes, this group of people was exactly Wang Men's group that Huangfu Chaobo was worried about. Although there were only a few words on the pigeon letter, 50,000 Xianbei troops invaded Chifeng. Wang Men ordered the army to assemble and prepare for the battle to defend the city, and sent people to the southern counties to call for help.

Several elite cavalrymen ran all the way with Wang Men's emergency letter to warn the southern counties.

Unfortunately, although Huangfu Chaobo had ordered the counties of Youzhou to recruit soldiers as soon as possible to supplement their combat power, Gongsun Zan had done too much before. Chifeng City, which originally had 10,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry, only had 4,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry. After Huangfu Chaobo ordered the recruitment, it has only been a few days, and Wang Men has only recruited 2,000 new soldiers.

You know, there are only tens of thousands of people in the whole Chifeng City, and recruiting 2,000 new soldiers is already the limit. With these 6,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry, Wang Men still gritted his teeth and held on for five days. In the end, only 2,000 of the 7,000 soldiers were left, and Chifeng City was still not able to be defended.

Fortunately, after receiving the warning from Wang Men, Meng Yi gathered troops to prepare for the invasion of the Xianbei army, and summoned the people of Yanbei to discuss the matter urgently.

After discussing with the county magistrate Yuan Si and the captain Zhao Yu, Meng Yi decided to abandon Chifeng City. There was no other way. The troops of Yanbei County were also tight, and no more reinforcements could be sent to support Chifeng City.

Not only Chifeng City, but also Louzidian Town and Dianzi City in the south of Chifeng were also abandoned. All the troops and civilians were withdrawn to the south of Xiaosigou Town. As for the civilians, they retreated all the way south and returned to Liaoxi County in the interior of the pass for resettlement, while the troops defended Xiaosigou Town.

The entire Yanbei County has only 80,000 troops. When attacking Zhao State, 20,000 cavalry and 10,000 infantry were transferred. In addition, another 10,000 infantry were sent to support the brothers Gongsun Yue in Youbeiping. Now, the total number of troops in the cities of Yanbei is less than 50,000. If they want to defend the city, there is no problem. If they want to withdraw troops to support Wang Men, it is impossible.

In desperation, Meng Yi had to send a letter to Wang Men, asking him to delay the Xianbei troops for a few days, wait for an opportunity to withdraw, retreat to Xiaosigou Town for defense, and wait for the order from Luoyang.

"Hu! Huhu!" Wang Men, covered in blood, got off his warhorse with difficulty, and sat on a slightly larger stone without caring about the large and small stones on the ground, panting heavily.

"Pass the order, the army will rest for a quarter of an hour. Wang Ping, count the situation of the army and see how many people are left. Send someone back to pick up Jing'er and see their casualties."

"Yes, General!" A Yan soldier who looked like a personal guard stood up and shouted to the soldiers beside him: "The general has ordered that the army rest for a quarter of an hour!"

"Hualala!"

Hearing this order, the soldiers who were just running desperately collapsed on the ground, and each of them was exhausted.

And there were still two hundred cavalrymen beside Wang Men, which was his last reliance. These cavalrymen did not all dismount to rest. Half of them were still sitting on horses, looking vigilantly at the north, ready to fight at any time.

"General, have a sip of water." A personal guard picked up a water bag, opened the cork, and handed the water bag to Wang Men.

Wang Men did not speak, took the water bag and raised his head to drink it fiercely. After drinking several big mouthfuls, he finally stopped, handed the water bag to the personal guard, wiped the water drops next to his lips, and turned to look to the north.

Chifeng City, I have worked hard for several years to achieve the current situation, but because a large number of soldiers were withdrawn, I had to give up in the end. I was really unwilling.

Thinking of this, Wang Men clenched his fist and slammed it hard on the ground.

"Bang!"

The guards next to him were all shocked. Everyone looked at Wang Men's side. One of them saw that Wang Men's hand seemed to be injured, and hurried forward to help him stop the bleeding.

Ten days ago, Wang Men received an urgent letter from Gongsun Yue from Youbeiping, saying that Jicheng was captured by the Wei army, and the king and the prince died in the chaos. So Gongsun Yue and Gongsun Fan discussed and decided to switch to the Tang Kingdom, so Wang Men also signed his name on the oath very quickly.

As for the Yan Kingdom, the King of Yan has broken the hearts of these old brothers. Didn't he see that even his own brothers were unwilling to help him? It can be said that he was truly deserted by his friends and relatives. Not to mention anything else, just the fact that most of the elite troops of Lulong were recruited to Jicheng and were under his control was enough to make Wang Men feel disheartened. You know, Lulong is a border county, and he only has 5,000 soldiers in the county seat. Can he defend this city?