Chapter 205 Cavalry Captain Hu Zhen(1/2)
At Hulao Pass, just when the various princes thought that Dong Zhuo's army would retreat soon, Dong Zhuo's army, whose morale had declined, not only did not flee immediately according to the advice of military advisor Jia Xu, but instead sent elite troops to attack twenty-seven princes at night!
The first one to be attacked was the camp of Jiao He, the governor of Qingzhou!
Zhang Liao personally led his troops to dismount and destroy the antlers to open a passage for the Xiliang cavalry. Xiliang general Li Jue led the Flying Bear Army and drove straight in!
Jiao He was one of the weakest princes. Thousands of Qingzhou soldiers faced the attack of the Flying Bear Army and were quickly destroyed!
At the same time, several princes were attacked. Generals such as Lu Bu, Hua Xiong, Xu Rong, Li Hu, Meng Tian, etc. all came out and broke through the princes' camps. Their shouts of killing shook the heaven and the earth!
The fierce general Wang Tiejian led a group of infantry into the camp of Zhang Chao, the prefect of Guangling. An iron gun was used as a heavy weapon. Even the heavy infantry were killed in front of him. Watermark Advertising Test Watermark Advertising Test
"Everyone in the army, please don't panic!"
Zhou Yafu controlled the situation in the camp. Because Zhou Yafu had special characteristics in military management, the 20,000 people in Langya Kingdom did not cause chaos due to the night attack.
Chu Tian came out of the tent and took a Tang Dao to protect himself. At least he now had some strength.
There were shouts of killing all around, each prince was fighting on his own, and beacons were everywhere.
Chutian's dedication to his camp was his contribution to the Kwantung Allied Forces.
Xue Rengui appeared to protect Chu Tian to prevent Chu Tian from being killed after the camp was breached. One of his important duties was to protect Chu Tian's safety.
Zhao Yun also appeared soon. Although Zhao Yun had not yet officially pledged allegiance to Chu Tian, his behavior had been assimilated by Xue Rengui.
Even if Cao Cao has Dian Wei, Xu Chu, and Xue Rengui here, Zhao Yun can compete.
"Is my lord okay?"
Hua Mulan led a group of light cavalry to ensure Chutian's safety, completely losing the coldness before.
"Reorganize the light cavalry and prepare to meet the enemy or chase them." Chu Tian saw Fang Xuanling coming out, "It is true what the military advisor said. The Xiliang army did indeed attack at night. What should we do next?"
Fang Xuanling replied: "You can send a small team of cavalry out to investigate and wait and see what happens."
The Xiliang Army's cavalry also attacked Chu Tian's camp, but was discovered by Zhou Yafu on patrol. After the Shesheng Battalion shot and killed more than a hundred cavalry, the other party did not dare to continue to attack the Langya Army's camp.
"Which one of you two is going to investigate the situation nearby?"
Chutian gave priority to using Xue Rengui or Zhao Yun. As for Li Guang, who was easily lost, Chutian did not dare to use them in night battles, otherwise Li Guang would be in trouble if he ran into the heavy siege of Xiliang cavalry.
Zhao Yun volunteered: "Zilong has been favored by General Fubo. Now Dong Zhuo's bandits are attacking our camp. How can we just sit idly by and ignore it?"
"Okay, you lead fifty horse archers to investigate."
It was rare for Chu Tian to see Zhao Yun take the initiative to ask for orders, so he asked him to temporarily take some soldiers and horses to leave the camp to explore the surrounding situation.
On the left side of the Langya Kingdom camp is the camp of Cao Cao, the prefect of Dongjun. With Cao Cao as the commander-in-chief, the Dongjun Army was as stable as Mount Tai and did not suffer much losses in the night attack by the Xiliang Army.
Cao Cao personally observed the movements in all directions. On the left, the camp of Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, was full of shouts of killing, while the camp of Chutian on the right was as motionless as a mountain: "Which one is strong and which one is weak can be known just by listening to the sound."
"My lord, Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, was attacked by the Xiliang cavalry and was unable to support him alone. He asked us for reinforcements!"
"Zixiao, you stay at the camp and I will personally lead the cavalry to support you."
Cao Cao left Cao Ren, who was good at defending, to guard his home. Cao Ren was similar to Zhou Yafu in that he was good at defense. If he was given the task of guarding the city, Cao Cao could go to fight with peace of mind.
A group of strangers who had taken refuge with Cao Cao had already made up their minds and discussed privately: "This is an opportunity to secretly kill Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu. Zhang Miao usually has Dian Wei as his guard, so it is difficult for us to assassinate him. But I have one here."
As long as a special assassin-type talent approaches Zhang Miao while taking advantage of the chaos, he can kill him, annex his tribe, and conquer Dian Wei."
"There is no movement in Cao Cao's camp. He cannot be attacked so easily."
Chu Tian waited patiently for Zhao Yun to come back and report.
After a while, Zhao Yun came back with a trace of blood on his face and captured a Xiliang cavalry alive.
"This man is a cavalryman under the Cavalry Commander Hu Zhen. His main force is attacking the camp, and there are only about 3,000 Xiliang cavalry around him."
Zhao Yun reported an extremely important news to Chu Tian.
Hu Zhen, one of the cavalrymen of the Xiliang Army, was highly used by Dong Zhuo like Xu Rong, Li Jue, Guo Si and others.
The common Xiliang cavalry is the third-level light cavalry, which is better than the light cavalry in the pass. However, if Hu Zhen only has three thousand Xiliang cavalry, he may not pose a threat.
"Attack Hu Zhen!"
Chu Tian was worried that there was no place to gain military honors. At this time, he found that Xiliang general Hu Zhen and three thousand Xiliang cavalry were nearby, so he took up his mind.
"Zhou Yafu holds the camp, and the cavalry goes to attack Hu Zhen. Either he will be captured, or I will see his head. Li Guang, you follow Hua Mulan to fight."
Chu Tian considered that Hua Mulan's luck had always been very good, so he gave Li Guang a little help.
Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun were also sent out.
This time it was a beheading operation against Xiliang general Hu Zhen, and all the cavalry generals were sent out to participate in the battle. It would be best if Hu Zhen could be captured alive. But among the rebels, especially there were 3,000 fierce Xiliang soldiers around Hu Zhen.
Under the premise of cavalry, Chutian did not dare to let his generals risk their lives to capture Hu Zhen alive. If any of the current cavalry generals died in order to capture Hu Zhen alive, Chutian would feel disadvantaged.
In order not to cause unnecessary trouble to his subordinates, Chu Tian, Zhou Yafu, and Fang Xuanling stayed in the camp.
The Tang Dynasty cavalry, Western Han Dynasty cavalry, and light cavalry all came out of the Langya camp. Only the heavy cavalry remained in the camp. At night when the field of vision was insufficient, it was difficult for the heavy cavalry to determine the direction of the charge.
The direction of Hu Zhen's attack was originally the Langya Kingdom's camp. After being driven back by the Shesheng Battalion, he was unable to clear the horses and trenches near the Langya Kingdom's camp, so he turned to attack Beihai Xiang Kong Rong's camp.
Beihai Prime Minister Kong Rong himself did not have the ability to command troops and horses, and the Qingzhou soldiers quickly collapsed. General Wu Anguo held a meteor hammer and killed the Xiliang cavalry approaching Kong Rong, and protected Kong Rong as he retreated to the rear.
If Wu Anguo had not faced off against Lu Bu, he would have been a relatively ferocious military commander, more than enough to protect Kong Rong.
Hu Zhen saw the war-torn camp of the coalition of princes and said: "The military advisor is truly a god. No matter the morale drops, we can still defeat this rabble with the help of the Xiliang cavalry."
"General, there is a cavalry coming from the south. They are good at riding and shooting and are unstoppable!"
Hu Zhen was commanding the Xiliang cavalry to capture Kong Rong's camp. Two generals, Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun, led the Tang cavalry to attack, followed by a group of low-level light cavalry!
Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun were neck and neck, and Li Guang was active on the battlefield following Hua Mulan. The bond of "Three Heroes Fighting Lu Bu" took effect, and the morale of Hu Zhen's army dropped!
Taking advantage of the declining morale of Hu Zhen's cavalry, Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun had already entered the Xiliang cavalry and led the Tang cavalry in close combat. They were invincible!
Although the Tang Dynasty archers are better at riding and shooting, because they are sixth-level cavalry, even if they use Tang swords in close combat, they can still defeat ordinary third-level Liangzhou cavalry!
Li Guang's arrows were all shot, specifically killing Hu Zhen's generals as well as some military commanders and commanders who commanded the cavalry. Once the opponent's generals or middle- and low-level officers were shot and killed, it would have a huge impact on the morale of Hu Zhen's army.
The morale of Hu Zhen's army, which was already affected by the failure of the duel at Hulao Pass, dropped even faster.
Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun used the light of torches to advance all the way, followed by the cavalry behind them.
Hu Zhen vaguely saw two young generals in silver armor and white robes approaching, and recognized that they were two of the three generals who were so powerful in Hulao Pass!
"It's really unfortunate that Langya Prime Minister Chu Zimou's camp is nearby!"
Hu Zhen cried out in his heart.
The Xiliang Army came out to attack at night and divided into several directions. As a result, they ran into the Kwantung Allied Forces.
Now, whenever the Xiliang Army sees the generals in silver armor and white robes, they will be surrounded by soldiers and they will not dare to fight.
"retreat!"
Hu Zhen knew that Lu Bu had been killed by the enemy and was no match for him, so he wisely directed the Xiliang cavalry to retreat.
When Hu Zhen's order to retreat spread, the morale of the Xiliang cavalry was even lower and they were already on the verge of collapse.
Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun destroyed the opponent's morale and killed them all the way. The three hundred Tang Dynasty archers seemed to be in no one's land, and they chased three thousand Xiliang cavalry!
Hu Zhen fled in a panic when a fire dragon suddenly appeared in front of him, which was also a group of cavalry. Hu Zhen was overjoyed and thought it was his reinforcements.
However, there was a hail of arrows from the opposite side, and dozens of Xiliang cavalry were killed!
Hua Mulan's iron eagle scouts marched faster than ordinary light cavalry. At this time, they had circled behind Hu Zhen's army, blocking Hu Zhen's retreat. They attacked him with Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun, defeated Hu Zhen, and beheaded hundreds of them!
"Surrender without killing!"
Hua Mulan knew that her lord lacked cavalry. If he captured a group of Xiliang cavalry that were better than Xuzhou and Qingzhou light cavalry, then his lord's power would be even stronger.
The morale of many Xiliang cavalry fell to the bottom and they were unable to fight anymore, so they became prisoners.
Hu Zhen, who was highly regarded by Dong Zhuo, was unwilling to surrender and wanted to break out with hundreds of soldiers.
"Where will the enemy general go!"
Li Guangda shouted, tensed the long bow in his hand, and shot an arrow!
Hu Zhen was hit by an arrow in the back and fell from his horse.
"fragile."
Li Guang rode over, struck another blow, beheaded Hu Zhen, and planned to take him back to claim credit from Fang Xuanling.
If Fang Xuanling knew that Li Guang was carrying a head to see him again, I wonder how he would feel...
A cavalry captain sent out by Dong Zhuo died under Li Guang's arrow.
Compared with the flying general Li Guang, Hu Zhen had almost no impressive record, which was far behind.
Some of the Xiliang cavalry escaped with their excellent Xiliang horses and superb riding skills. About a thousand Xiliang cavalry became prisoners of the Langya cavalry.
In the camp of Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, Dian Wei, who had a body like an iron tower and held an iron halberd, killed dozens of Xiliang light cavalry on foot, standing still like a rock in the stormy waves!
Cao Cao personally led the light cavalry, along with Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, to support Zhang Miao and fought against Xu Rong's cavalry who attacked Zhang Miao's camp.
Xu Rong was a rare commander under Dong Zhuo, and it was difficult for Cao Cao to defeat this old enemy.
But now Cao Cao is no longer the Cao Cao who only had a few thousand recruits in history. He has experienced the battle to suppress the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, and the Dongjun soldiers and horses have already formed combat effectiveness!
To be continued...