Zhao Yun was shocked when he saw this, and was about to retreat when he suddenly heard another burst of cannon fire behind him. He saw Guan Yu's generals Zhao Lei and Huo Yi leading their troops to block the way and surrounded Zhao Yun and 800 cavalry in the center of Gaixin!
Guan Yu raised his voice and shouted: "Why didn't Zilong surrender earlier?"
Zhao Yun said angrily: "Everyone, follow me and fight to the death!" Eight hundred light cavalry agreed in unison, roaring into the Jingzhou army formation with Zhao Yun!
Zhao Yun's spear shot out like lightning. Everywhere he passed, Jingzhou soldiers held their throats in their hands and screamed and fell to the ground. The eight hundred light cavalry under his command were all elite, and the cavalry restrained the infantry. They saw this group of cavalry standing on the left in the midst of thousands of troops.
Clash to the right and suddenly become invincible!
Among the rebellious troops, Zhao Yun saw an enemy general commanding soldiers to surround the Jin army. It was Huo Yi, the Jingzhou general. Zhao Yun rushed into the enemy formation and stabbed Huo Yi and his horse with one spear!
However, since Guan Yu chose to ambush Zhao Yun here, he certainly had his reasons. The mountains here are steep and the roads are narrow, which greatly limits the impact of the cavalry. Tens of thousands of Jingzhou soldiers surrounded the area three levels inside and three levels outside.
, really like an iron bucket.
It would not be difficult for Zhao Yun to break through the encirclement alone, but he could not abandon his brothers after all. Therefore, although Zhao Yun was unmatched, he could not stop the tens of thousands of Jingzhou soldiers from gradually shrinking the encirclement, and the mountains were filled with waves of arrows.
After shooting down, the Jin army's light cavalry were hit by arrows and fell off their horses. Zhao Yun was covered in blood, and he was concerned about his Qingqi, so it was difficult for him to break out of the siege.
At the critical moment, a burst of shouting for death was heard from behind the formation, but Xu Shang led his troops to arrive in time, fought a bloody path, and rescued Zhao Yun and more than 300 riders.
The two armies met, and Xu Shang met Zhao Yun in the rebellious army. Xu Shang asked: "Captain! There are many soldiers in Jingzhou. Where should our army go now?"
Zhao Yun thought for a while and said: "Go to Luyang!"
Xu Shang was surprised and said: "Luyang? I heard from the sergeant that Luyang has been captured by Guan Yu. Why does the governor want to go again?"
Zhao Yundao said: "Guan Yu sent heavy troops to set up an ambush here. He must have calculated that I would rescue Lu Yang. At this time, Lu Yang was probably not lost. It was just Guan Yu's deception that lowered the morale of our army!"
Although Zhao Yun spoke resolutely, he was still a little worried. Luyang was too important! It couldn't be lost under any circumstances. He had to be in charge personally to feel at ease.
Zhao Yun gave an order, and the Sizhou army continued to break out towards Luyang. Suddenly, there were more than 10,000 new troops. The Jingzhou soldiers could no longer resist and allowed the Jin soldiers to break out. However, Guan Yu did not relax and commanded the army to cover up and pursue them all the way. Zhao Yun was worried
Lu Yang did not dare to fight even though he was losing. He drove his troops for dozens of miles before escaping the Jingzhou army's pursuit.
When they arrived at Luyang, they found that Luyang had not been captured by Guan Yu. His general Lu Jian reported that the troops who came to Luyang the day before were just a bluffing and suspicious army.
It was enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people to rest! Lu Jian was a little confused at first, but later he sent spies to investigate and found out that the camp only had a few thousand people.
Seeing that Lu Yang had not been lost, Zhao Yun felt a little relieved. However, it was not in vain that Guan Yu's suspected soldiers had set up such a large camp. It is estimated that Guan Yu's army would really arrive here in less than a day!
Therefore, he did not dare to neglect at the moment, and took the time to deploy the city defense, and incorporated the more than 10,000 people he brought into Luyang City's defense system, waiting for the arrival of the Jingzhou army.
Such a passive defense makes Zhao Yun, who always likes to take the initiative to attack, a little depressed. If the troops are equal, he would prefer to fight the enemy in the field. After all, the Jin army is famous for its field combat ability! Even if he is given half the number of Guan Yu's men
He dared to compete openly and openly with Guan Yu on the frontal battlefield with the strength of his troops. But the actual situation was that the troops at his hands were stretched thin and he could only passively defend key areas.
Just like now, he still has less than 50,000 mobilizable combat auxiliary troops. Lu Xiang's 5,000 troops are in Wancheng, Zhang Xiu's 5,000 troops are in Jiangxia County, and the rest are left by Zhao Yun to guard Luoyang.
, or dispersed in various places. Luyang now has one
The main force of 5,000 people can more than defend the city, but they cannot fight in the wild with the Jingzhou soldiers who are three times their size. After all, Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu are also very good at running the army. Although the Jingzhou soldiers are generally one or two points weaker than the Jin army, they are still weak.
The regular army is not made of clay.
Zhao Yun did not know at this time that the envoy sent by his lord from Hanzhong had already arrived in Luoyang via Hangu Pass, and the order to divide the war zones had been drafted into an imperial edict and issued to various places. It is believed that Yanzhou or Bingzhou will send tens of thousands of reinforcements within a month at the latest.
But now, he can only face the current passive situation depressedly. Moreover, it is obvious that Guan Yu will not miss this favorable situation in vain. He will take advantage of Zhao Yun's small number of soldiers to continue to expand the victory!
Guan Yu defeated this group halfway, beheading more than a thousand people, capturing more than 3,000 Jin soldiers, and also seized a large amount of supplies and military supplies. However, he did not continue to march towards Luyang, but ordered to turn around after cleaning the battlefield.
, march towards Wancheng!
On the way, Guan Yu sympathized with the captured Jin soldiers and gave them food, wine, and warm words to comfort them. Although the Jin army always had Xuanwei assistants to stabilize the morale of the army, in the past ten years or so since the establishment of Xuanwei assistants, there have been very few surrenders. However,
As the saying goes, Linzi
There are all kinds of birds, and when you join the army, there will always be those who are greedy for life and afraid of death. In addition, Brother Guan has a very charming personality, and after some persuasion by him, he actually said that he surrendered more than 500 people. This
The result made Guan Yu feel worried and happy at the same time.
What's worrying is that Guan Yu has never seen such a cohesive army in his more than 20 years of military service! He threatened and lured him in every possible way, and he actually managed to recruit hundreds of people to surrender.
I am afraid that most of the Jingzhou soldiers have surrendered to the enemy by now!
What to compare with? How can you compare with Zhang Liao? In terms of food, the Jin army can eat three meals a day to satisfy themselves, and they can get a little bit of meat from time to time, while the Jingzhou soldiers still maintain the routine of two meals a day, and the quality is even worse.
Compared with equipment, the weapons and equipment of the Jin army are the most sophisticated, and they are unusually small.
The armor worn by pawns can only be equipped by the Jingzhou soldiers at least at the level of Dubo (a squad leader of fifty people). How about the salary? Every soldier's family has dozens of acres of land allocated by the government.
The taxes paid were very meager! The reason why these hundreds of people surrendered was just because they were afraid of death...
What is the gap? This is the gap! Guan Yu used to think that Zhang Liao's power was superficial and temporary. It was just a strong army and a large number of talents. But now it seems that it is far more than this, and even the ideological work of the soldiers is far behind.
Going to Liu Bei's Eight Streets made Guan Yu's expectations for the future a bit bleaker...
However, although he was worried, it could not shake Guan Yu's loyalty to his brother. Putting aside his worries, Guan Yu carefully gave some instructions to the five hundred surrendered soldiers. These are all things that should be paid attention to when conquering Wancheng next! This is the "happy" part of Guan Yu
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In order to prevent Zhao Yun from discovering or leaking the news, Guan Yu returned to Wancheng at night and set up an ambush twenty miles away from the city. At three o'clock that night, Guan Yu ordered Liao Hua to lead 3,000 troops as the vanguard, all wearing the banner of the Jin army.
He went to Wancheng and pretended to open the city gate, and the five hundred surrendered soldiers were inside. Then Guan Yu personally led the Chinese army to kill Wancheng and fled to Wancheng.
Liao Hua led his troops to the city. He selected shrewd and eloquent people from the five hundred surrendered troops and came to call the door. There were soldiers from Jingzhou among them. He only said that Lu Yang had been captured by Guan Yu. These were defeated soldiers who had escaped. They guarded the city under the lights.
When the captain saw that all the sergeants under the city were wearing Jin army armor, and a sergeant on night duty called out the names of several soldiers who had surrendered under the city, he immediately opened the city gate without doubting that someone had faked his orders.
Liao Hua lowered his head and followed the sergeant into the city. After crossing the suspension bridge and coming to the city gate, everyone shouted and killed the soldiers who opened the door. Then they set a fire in the city gate. When Guan Yu saw the fire in the city, he immediately commanded the army to kill them from the darkness.
After leaving, Jingzhou soldiers swarmed in and captured Wancheng. Lu Xiang heard shouts of killing in his sleep and hurriedly left the house.
Seeing that the situation was over, he led more than a hundred cavalry to rush out of Wancheng and ran towards Luyang. Unexpectedly, he met Guan Ping on the way.
, was captured alive, and more than a hundred of his subordinates fought tooth and nail to save him, but in the end, not one of them survived...