In the early summer of 197 AD, Han Sui, together with Ma Chao, led the Longxi armies and Yi Di soldiers to defeat Chang'an City.
Xia Houyuan was defeated in the battle, so he led his troops to fight out from the west gate and retreated to Tongguan. One night, Sili Prefecture, the nine states of the Han Dynasty, changed its owner, and the world was shocked.
At this time, on the land of Jizhou, among the three groups of surprise cavalry, the army led by Zhang Liao in the middle group was unaware of the great changes in Guanzhong.
Wen Yuan was born as a cavalry general. When he was under Lu Bu's command, he traveled from Bingzhou and Guanzhong to Yanzhou, Yuzhou and Xuzhou. He was the best at attacking thousands of miles by surprise.
After being optimized by Fang Guang, Zhang Liao is also the one who can appreciate the subtleties of cavalry logistics among Cao Jun's generals the most!
When Lu Fengxian was in Yuzhou, in order to take advantage of the situation, he had no choice but to disperse his subordinates. They were defeated by Cao Cao one by one, which was also an important reason for his defeat.
Zhang Liao came all the way and burned more than ten Yuan Shao grain stations in Lecheng County and Hejian County. In terms of destructiveness, it was even more destructive than Fangguang on the west road.
On this day, it was a good time in early summer. Cao Jun's cavalry moved forward and saw the boundary monuments all over the city from a distance.
Mancheng is to the north, which is Beiping City, and to the west is Fanyang, which is the junction of Youzhou and Jizhou.
The landform here is a fertile wilderness. Except for the Yanshan Mountains, there is almost no cover for the army. Going north, Wen Yuan has been keenly aware that the number of Hu people has begun to increase.
In Pingyang, there was even a group of Xianbei cavalry who fought against Wenyuan for Yuan Shao's grain station, leaving thousands of corpses behind, and then fled north in panic.
"General, I always feel like I'm leaving, and I'm going back to our hometown in Bingzhou!"
"Since I have been with the general in the army for many years, this is the first time I have fought so happily. I was not convinced by Fang Datong at first, but now I know that this person is really powerful!"
Niu Gai, Zhang Liao's deputy general, is an old man from Bingzhou. He has been with Wenyuan for many years and has been through many hardships.
At the gate of Xuzhou City that day, the general surrendered as if he had been waiting for that day for a long time. Niu Gai was still surprised and not convinced. Today, he has surrendered to Sinong.
"You eat a lot of food but have no knowledge. What kind of person is Si Nong?"
"Before marching to fight, arrange the food, fodder, and route properly, and we can just fight!"
"It's not like being under Lu Bu's command. He does nothing but talk. If he wins, he won't be rewarded. If he loses, he will be miserable!"
Zhang Liao couldn't help but sigh deeply when he thought of his years as a thief.
The generals around him, in addition to old people from Bingzhou, and young confidants from Yanzhou, were mixed together.
Among them, the Yuzhou Yellow Turban Stranger, a man nicknamed the Blind Man, was already a lieutenant colonel in the army at this time. When he was in the Yellow Turban Army, what he feared most was the official cavalry.
Now that I heard that the chief of the army's cavalry had such great love for Sinong, who was born as a Yellow Turban Colonel, I couldn't help scratching my head and laughing.
Just when Zhang Liao was about to order the troops to dismount and rest, bury the pots to make rice, and return with their carbines to plow Jizhou once, suddenly the forward sentry scouts and cavalrymen rushed over like flying, with a look of confusion on their faces.
"General, something is wrong. In the valley ahead, there should be tens of thousands of Huqi, with countless cattle and sheep, heading towards Jizhou!"
"That army is huge and mighty. From a distance, their armor and horses are sharp. They are not like the ordinary Donghu troops!"
"The barbarian has a horse and a horse, and he also brings cattle and sheep? Blind man, your eyesight is different from ordinary people, look where you are coming from!"
"No, General, please wait a moment!"
Zhang Liao came all the way without fighting a tough battle and burned most of the grain stations. The blind man's eyesight radar in the third century AD was also the key.
Wenyuan's army avoided reality and turned to fiction. How could Yuan's army capture it?
The blind man followed the former military captain and climbed to the side of the road, on top of a big tree. He looked up into the distance and saw at a glance, about ten miles away, barbarians and horses, with billows of smoke and dust coming straight towards this place.
"Wuhuan Khan Tadun"
"Order to supply cattle and sheep from Jizhou!"
The words on the two huge flags were firmly remembered by the blind man.
The Wuhuan Great Khan paused, which was naturally the reason for the strong reinforcements from the north that Ju Shao mentioned during the Yecheng Conference.
The Wuhuan clan bet on Yuan Shao as the overlord of the Nine Provinces. Tadun not only brought 15,000 elite soldiers here, but also brought the fat sheep, cattle and horses of the clan southward.
It is to finance Yecheng’s military use!
Unexpectedly, by chance, he happened to bump into Zhang Liao's group of Cao's troops.
The blind man muttered silently, climbed down the tree and came to Zhang Liao.
At this time, all Cao's troops realized something was wrong. They pushed their horses down and hid in the long grass in the north. The blind man reported what he saw. Wen Yuan, who had always been resolute and courageous, could not help but frown.
In Bingzhou, there were many Xiongnu tribes.
Zhang Liao knew very well that there was a huge disparity in strength among the Hu tribes.
The Wuhuan Great Khan's headquarters and the Donghu tribe that he encountered should be no different.
After asking the blind man carefully, he also said that many Hu people had black armor, which was completely different from the Wuhuan cavalry who only wore leather armor and shot arrows.
"General, forget it. The military order only asked us to burn down grain depots all the way. Today, several counties in Jizhou have lost all their grain!"
"As long as the army returns to Yanzhou, it will be a great victory! The general's rise to the top is just around the corner, so why take risks?"
Niu Gai, Zhang Liao's deputy general, saw Wen Yuan's face turning red and his eyes showing a cold light. He immediately guessed what the general was thinking and hurriedly offered words of persuasion.
Zhang Liao shook his head firmly, gritted his teeth and spoke in a deep voice.
"Otherwise, since the generals are out, military orders will be ignored. Datong's orders are meant to cut off Yuan Shao's supply!"
"Corn is used as food, and the meat of cattle and sheep is also used as grain. Sending these meats to Yecheng will greatly boost Yuan Shao's morale!"
"It would be fine if I didn't encounter this matter, but if I encounter it, I should definitely compete!"
"But the Yi Di Hu Chiefs are nothing to worry about. I see that although their troops are numerous, their formations are scattered. After a while, listen to my orders and go straight into the Hu Chiefs' tent. Just behead them and stamp them out!"
According to historical records, Zhang Liao's words to Cao Cao at Bailang Mountain more than ten years ago are the same as what he is saying to Niugai now.
Bingzhou Wenyuan had a dignified temperament and unparalleled prowess, otherwise he would not have been able to lead three hundred cavalry in Hefei to defeat the men from Jiangdong.
At this time, Zhang Wenyuan stood up and looked at Niugai with his heart full of war.
The deputy general under his command ordered the captain to blow the horn, and a thousand cavalry of Cao's army, which had not been damaged until now, suddenly stood up in the long grass and stood in front of Wuhuan Khan.
The wind blew through the meadows and cattle and sheep appeared, and a gust of Jizhou summer wind blew by. The cattle and sheep brought by Tadun Shanyu seemed to have felt the bone-chilling chill, and they all neighed and dared not move forward.
Qianjin Cavalry stood in front of the Wuhuan people, waiting in formation to fight, but Tadun was frightened.
"Who owns the troops and horses in front of us, but Mr. Yuan sent them to wait for us?"
"Da Chanyu, no, the lord has not made any arrangements. This, this is more like the Cao Cao cavalry that has caused chaos in Jizhou in recent days!"