Chapter 713: Building a Bridge

As expected by Zhao Yun, the 10,000 Xiliang iron cavalry left 5,000 cavalry more than a mile outside the south gate, and the other 5,000 cavalry continued towards the east gate of the camp until they arrived more than a mile outside the east gate. Stopped slowly.

Seeing this, Zhao Yun gave an order, and nearly eight thousand cavalrymen got on their horses. Then, under the leadership of three generals, they rushed out of the camp and galloped towards the five thousand Xiliang cavalry.

Seeing that the Sizhou Army had indeed sent out the cavalry, the captain of the Xiliang Cavalry laughed and was about to order his cavalry to move out and drag the cavalry with them. Although the deputy general beside him shouted: "General, cavalry, there are more than 10,000 cavalry behind."

The captain looked towards the Sizhou camp and his face changed drastically. He had already seen that in addition to the eight thousand cavalry who came out in front, there were more than ten thousand cavalry rushing out of the Sizhou army camp.

Seeing this situation, how could he dare to fight the Sizhou Army cavalry? While ordering his cavalry to join the cavalry in the south, he also sent people to urgently ask for help from the general Fan Chou.

However, how could Zhao Yun let this cavalry go so easily? With an order, eight thousand cavalry followed closely, chasing and beating the Xiliang cavalry.

By the time the Xiliang cavalry realized something was wrong and were about to turn around and run away, Zhao Yun had already led eight thousand cavalry and was nearly a hundred steps away from the camp gate, and was only about 200 steps away from the Xiliang cavalry. At this time, Zhao Yun's cavalry had already increased their horse speed, but the Xiliang cavalry had just started.

Therefore, in the blink of an eye, Zhao Yunbu had already caught up to a hundred steps behind the Xiliang cavalry. Following Zhao Yun's order, the arrows of the Yuan Rong crossbowmen and the cavalry rushed towards the Xiliang cavalry like a violent storm. In a moment, hundreds of Xiliang cavalry fell off their horses screaming.

However, Zhao Yun had gained the upper hand and was ready to surround and annihilate the Xiliang cavalry. Fortunately, the Xiliang cavalry in the south quickly discovered the situation in the east, and immediately mobilized five thousand cavalry and rushed towards this side.

However, by the time they arrived, the cavalry had already been baptized by arrows, and its losses reached 30%. Fortunately, after the two cavalry troops joined together, Zhao Yun's troops did not continue to pursue them. Instead, they stopped a hundred steps away, then drew their horses and left without looking back.

After the rendezvous, the two cavalry units had only more than 8,000 men, and they did not dare to act rashly against the two more cavalrymen of the Sizhou Army on the opposite side, waiting for Fan Chou's military order.

At this time, Fan Chou was furious. Just when he was about to order the Hedong Army to attack the camp, the east cavalry responsible for monitoring the camp sent someone to report that 20,000 Sizhou cavalry had rushed out of the camp and were facing his east gate. The Xiliang cavalry under his command engaged in the battle and asked Fan Chou to send troops to support immediately.

The furious Fan Chou kicked the soldier who asked for help to the ground, then turned over and dismounted, picked him up, and shouted: "Twenty thousand cavalry, where did the Sizhou Army get the 20,000 cavalry? Tell me, they fell from the sky. ”

"General...General, my subordinates dare not deceive the general. Indeed...there are indeed 20,000 cavalry. The people leading them are the white horse general and white horse followers yesterday..." The soldier replied with a trembling voice. road;

Fan Chou was about to give him a few more ear braces, but Dong Yue pulled him back and said, "General Fan, please wait a moment!"

"Does Zi Jin believe that the Sizhou Army really has 20,000 cavalry?" Fan Chou glanced at Dong Yue dissatisfied, but he had to give Dong Yue face. He must be a relative of Dong Zhuo, and he is not lacking in ability. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to command the five thousand flying bear army. "You know, we lost 3,000 cavalry yesterday, and now we only have 17,000 cavalry."

"General, do you remember how many soldiers and horses Zhao Yun brought to support yesterday?" Dong Yue said;

"Less than ten thousand horses? How about that?" Fan Chou was stunned.

He replied; he immediately reacted and said: "What Ziyue means is that except for the seven or eight thousand cavalry of Zhao Zilong, they are real cavalry, and the other ten thousand or so are infantry. The Sizhou army is going to break through!"

"Damn it, I didn't expect that Zhao Yun would ignore the remaining 10,000 soldiers and lead more than 10,000 elites to break through. Come on, come here, pass the order!" Fan Chou immediately ordered: "Order all the cavalry to dispatch, When we catch up with Sizhou's army, we have one man and two horses. They only have one man and one horse, so they can't run far."

Immediately afterwards, he said to the general of the Hedong Army: "General Jiang, when the soldiers and horses from Jie County arrive, you will attack the camp immediately. I will kill those cavalry first and then come back to support you."

After saying that, without waiting for the general named Jiang to react, he led the more than 7,000 cavalry around him and chased towards the east of the camp with Dong Yue.

When Fan Chou led his troops in pursuit, Su Zhi had already led 12,000 horsemen and ran towards his camp north of Anyi without looking back. Everyone knows that although they have left the camp, they only have one man and one horse, while Dong Zhuojun has one man and two horses. Fortunately, it is less than a hundred miles from here to the camp, and the time is only two hours.

By the time Fan Chou arrived with his cavalry, Zhao Yun's troops had already left for more than a quarter of an hour, and it was more than half an hour before they left the camp. In other words, the 20,000 cavalrymen had arrived almost twenty miles away. The place.

Seeing this, Fan Chou was furious again and quickly ordered the cavalry to pursue him. Nearly 20,000 Dong Zhuo's cavalry rolled up a large cloud of smoke and chased in the direction of Anyi.

At this time, in the Su Zhibu camp, there were two captains, the leader of which was the captain of the Long Xiang camp. Seeing that Dong Zhuo's cavalry finally left, but the enemy's more than 10,000 infantry were still two miles away, There was no sign of attacking the camp.

So, he immediately gave orders to signal the soldiers on the other side of the river. With his order, three whistling arrows shot straight into the sky with sharp whistling sounds. Then, the iron chain on the ground at the north gate was seen slowly moving towards the other side of the river.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the four iron chains had been twisted up, and the black iron chains were like black lines, spanning the water. Then, with his order, the north gate of the camp was opened, and a thousand captives, under the arrangement of the soldiers, laid pieces of wood on the iron chains. A soldier who followed closely behind picked up a wooden peg and smashed it into the wooden board with an iron hammer. After the wooden peg, which was as thick as an egg, passed through the wooden board, it was stuck in the iron ring under the wooden board.

There were three rows of twelve wooden pegs nailed on a wooden board, which was enough to fix the wooden board on the iron chain. After a wooden board was fixed, another captive laid another wooden board in front of this one, and then someone else smashed the wooden peg into the wooden board to fix it on the iron chain.

This process repeated itself over and over again. When they were ten feet into the river, a raft was placed on the iron chain. This time, the wooden boards directly fixed the iron chain and the wooden boards to the raft.