The war has a winner, but for many people, the war is far from over. They must go all out to struggle for a way to survive.
This is what Yuan Shao is like at this moment.
He didn't know that the battle behind him had turned into a massacre, and he wouldn't care if he knew it, but would be very happy. He wished that Wang Yu would send all his troops to kill the Huns, so that he could take the opportunity to run away.
The heavy snow that God has fallen is really annoying. It makes it difficult to distinguish the direction, and it also greatly reduces the speed of the horse. The snow has not stopped yet, and there is no ice on the ground, but there is no one around the battlefield, and it is thick.
The snow covered the horses' hooves, making it difficult for the horses to move.
This is not entirely a bad thing. If you can escape a certain distance, the heavy snow will cover up all traces, leaving the pursuers at a loss.
However, the prerequisite is to escape a certain distance.
Yuan Shao didn't run away at all. He only ran out of a few hundred troops when a group of men and horses came out of the diagonal stab. They roared like thunder: "Where are you going, Yuan Shao!"
Yuan Shao turned his head in shock, two of his three souls were suddenly frightened away, and three of his seven souls were wiped out by the shock. He saw the one in front of him, riding a white horse with a silver spear, majestic and murderous. It wasn't Changshan Zhao Zilong, but who was it?
The cavalry behind him were all similarly dressed, with white horses like dragons on their crotches, and paper armor on their bodies as bright as silver. If you didn't observe carefully, you would almost confuse them with the ice and snow.
In a daze, Yuan Shao suddenly understood why Gongsun Zan loved white horses so much. He did not want to act handsome and cool, but just needed it for combat.
The frontier army has always been fighting in the bitter cold outside the Great Wall. When it snows on the grassland, the scale is far greater than that of the Central Plains. In the vast white ice and snow, the white horse is the best concealment color, which is very conducive to hiding, whether it is launching a surprise attack or evading.
The enemy can pursue you with miraculous effects.
Just like now, he had been watching the battle, but he didn't notice at all when Zhao Yun left the battle group, and he intercepted him halfway so accurately.
The wind and snow were very heavy, so he couldn't see how many people were coming, but since the other party was riding white horses, it was not difficult to estimate the number of pursuers. After the Battle of Jieqiao, there were a total of white horse Yi Cong who were transferred to Wang Yu by Gongsun Zan.
It was less than five hundred. From the light of hatred shooting out of the eyes of the pursuers, it was certain that those who were being pursued now were these more than four hundred righteous followers.
The battle lasted for a long time, but among the Qingzhou Army, this unit was the only one that hated him so much.
"Lord?" The counselors were all silent. At this time, resourcefulness is at its weakest. The one who shouted loudly was Chou. Obviously, he was asking Yuan Shao if he should deal with the pursuing soldiers first.
"..." Yuan Shao was hesitant to make a decision. There were not many enemies. Not even a quarter of his own side, but the leader was Zhao Yun!
To Yuan Shao, Zhao Yun is simply a disaster star!
In this war, this person's figure can be said to be omnipresent.
At first, he and Yu Jin confronted him; not long after, he ran to outflank Qu Bei. He laid the clues that led to the destruction of Hu Qi; then in the battle against Huchuquan, he lured the enemy around; and finally, at the critical moment, he
On this occasion, he led his troops to avoid the impact of the main force of Hu Cavalry and blocked the side exit.
By the way, there is also the challenge of riding alone before the war begins...
In this battle, his contribution to killing generals and capturing flags was definitely not as good as those of other generals, but the role he played was crucial.
Yuan Shao believed it now.
After the Battle of Jieqiao, Jushou once commented on his opponent and believed that the key figure to break the formation was not Wang Yu, but Zhao Yun. At that time, all the soldiers in Jizhou looked down upon him, and Guo Tu and other Yingchuan faction even ridiculed Guo Tu.
, saying that the Xuanxu Formation he presided over was superficial and not worthy of its name. It was this excuse that Yuan Shaocai dismissed Jushou from his post after the war.
But now, he believes it.
This young military general indeed has unparalleled talent in grasping combat opportunities and distinguishing between reality and reality. His sense of smell on the battlefield is extremely sharp!
Such a person can easily avoid the pincer attack of 20,000 cavalry. Can his 2,000 cavalry take him down instantly? After a fight, once reinforcements from the Qingzhou Army arrive, they will not be able to leave even if they want to.
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"Let's go!" he yelled at the top of his lungs: "Don't fall into the trap, they are chasing us with little force just to entangle us!"
Go? Easier said than done.
Both sides are not very fast, but the pursuit is done by white horses. Their specialty is mounted shooting. It is certainly advantageous to attack the pursuers when escaping, but when chasing, their performance is equally sharp.
"Chi chi..." Amidst the howling of the wind and snow, there were more dense bursts of sound breaking through the air, as if it was a sleet, or snow mixed with hail, smashing towards Yuan Jun head and face.
Although the wind and snow were strong, the distance of dozens of steps could not effectively reduce the damage caused by the cavalry bow. The dozens of cavalrymen behind them suddenly fell on their backs, like a fleeing gecko whose tail was cut off.
"You're still shooting, you're still shooting!" Yuan Shao was very anxious and asked Chou loudly: "Zizhong, you are training soldiers, can't you even know how to shoot on horseback? It's not that in a battle between cavalry and archery, the one who runs in front is more important.
Advantage? Why are you just getting beaten now?"
"Lord, they have armor on their bodies, but the white ones are paper armor!" Chou looked helpless.
How could he not know that fighting with the pursuers would waste time? Isn't there nothing he can do? The opponent is Baima Yicong. If he doesn't engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, he can only run and get beaten. The risk of hand-to-hand combat is also very high, but at any rate
Destiny is still in your own hands. Whether you can escape while running and being beaten depends on God's favor.
Looking at the weather, Chou secretly sighed. Even the most optimistic person would not think that God is on his side, right?
Yuan Shao only asked this question out of anger, and there was no need to explain at all.
The backward Jizhou cavalry couldn't bear the situation of being beaten and unable to fight back. Some of the warriors turned around and raised their bows without waiting for orders, trying to retaliate. Yi Cong did not dodge the arrows fired at his body, but used his cavalry shield.
Or the horse will shoot at the war horse, and then raise the bow again to accurately kill the most courageous enemy horsemen one by one.
As soon as the most courageous soldier died, the remaining people realized that bad luck was about to come, so they simply pulled the reins and ran away with their horses diagonally. They were betting that the target of the pursuers was Yuan Shao.
I won't treat these little soldiers unmercifully.
Sure enough, Baima Yicong had no intention of splitting up his troops to pursue them, but just followed Yuan Shao's large army closely.
The experience of the forerunners was quickly absorbed and imitated by those who came after them. The Jizhou cavalry rushed to run first. Once they found themselves at the end of the team, they threw away their weapons neatly and fled in other directions.
Yuan Shao's team is really like a gecko. Once attacked, he immediately and decisively cuts off his tail to survive. However, he does not have the regeneration collar of the gecko. As a result, the size of his team shrinks rapidly.
From the time Zhao Yun started chasing, the two armies had only traveled two or three miles since they came into contact. As a result, the team was reduced by a quarter! A full 500 people disappeared!
Among them, the number of people who actually fell behind because they were shot to death and wounded by Bai Mayi was no more than fifty, and the rest fled in other directions.
Yuan Shao was stunned immediately.
He thought that he could at least escape to a certain city, and then take advantage of the fact that the opponent's reinforcements had not yet arrived, relying on the city and the reinforcements in the city to fight against the pursuers. It would be best if he could annihilate the opponent, but if he could not annihilate him, he could just drive away.
Who would have thought that the enemy's pursuit would be so sharp, and that our own troops would be so cowardly? They only ran such a short distance away. Even the nearest town to the battlefield, Yi County, was still thirty miles away, and they were already in such a mess. What would happen on the road behind?
Let’s go?
If he could calm down and reflect carefully, he would understand that the morale and fighting spirit of a unit that abandons friendly forces fighting fiercely on the battlefield will become quite low.
It is easy to sing high-pitched words and praise sacrifice and dedication in a safe place. But soldiers are not fools. Due to the power of celebrities, they will not refute them face to face, but they will not be fooled into committing suicide. Especially the powerful.
When we are at the end of our rope, no matter how uneducated we are, we will make the wisest choice.
"What should I do?" Yuan Shao looked around blankly. The old scene of clouds of crowns and rain of celebrities was no longer the only ones who responded to him. There were only a few old guys.
"You can leave a side force to cut off the rear and entangle Zhao Yun, but..." Guo Tu's words flickered, and he didn't even dare to look at Chou. How can Zhao Yun be easy to get along with? Just leave a side force, maybe three or two.
He was defeated in the next moment. But no matter how shameless he was, he couldn't say the words of letting Chou die.
I don't know whether he heard the implication of Guo Tu's words or had this intention from the beginning. Chou generously agreed and asked for a fight: "My lord, I am willing to fight to the death with that Zhao Yun and help my lord escape!"
"Okay, okay! You are worthy of my Fan Kuai!" Yuan Shao was greatly moved and said emotionally: "My disciples, you can go as long as you want, there is no need to fight to the death. When I am far away, you can dismount and surrender. If in the future,
When we meet again, I will definitely not take this as a disgrace."
"Between the lord Jian Buchou and the army, if you treat someone like a nephew, you will definitely live up to the lord!"
"Well, since you don't want to surrender, you can also fight and retreat and find an opportunity to escape on your own. I will take five..." Yuan Shao gritted his teeth: "No, eight hundred cavalry and you, remember, you can't fight to the death, you should fight to the death."
The whole body comes first.”
"The general will obey the order!"
The 1,500 remnant soldiers were divided into two again. Some of them, led by Chou, turned back to invite battle, while the other group continued to flee westward.
"General, it's been a long time. I'm always good." Zhao Yun didn't seem to be surprised by Chou's turning back to intercept him. He put the bow back into the bow pouch, gently cupped his hand to the opponent, and greeted him loudly.
"General Zhao is no longer what he used to be. He is now a general in Qingzhou. His name is known to the whole world. How can a good word be said about an ugly person?" Zhao Yun's words were somewhat ambiguous, but Chou had fought with him once, so he knew it.
The other party is such a serious person, so I don't think it's strange.
Although he has many soldiers, their eliteness and morale are far inferior to those of his opponent. The result of the fight is really not optimistic. His purpose is to contain the opponent and delay time. Since the opponent is willing to chat, it is better than fighting to the death.
"My lord is a generous and honorable man, very like the ancients, and the general's martial arts are ten times better than the clouds. Now that the general situation in Hebei has been decided, why not abandon the dark side and surrender to the bright side as soon as possible?" The purpose of the reply before the battle was of course to persuade him to surrender.
Chou shook his head and replied categorically: "Jizhou only has beheaded generals, not cowards who bend their knees! What's more, you may not win if you are superior. My lord went to Jizhou alone that day, and after spending several months in the Bohai Sea, he has not amassed a powerful force that can shock China.
?Today, my lord still has several counties left, and there are many allies watching and helping each other. He may not be able to make a comeback in the future!"
Zhao Yun looked at this courageous opponent quietly, and suddenly couldn't bear to continue talking. However, thinking that whether he said it or not, the result would not change much, he still said lightly: "General, don't you think it's strange?
Yun only brought more than 400 cavalry, but he dared to pursue the general's 2,000 cavalry. What was his chance of winning?"
"Of course, um..." Chou opened his mouth to answer, but the words were stagnant. Judging from the results, Zhao Yun certainly has the chance to win, but if he moves to another place, the Qingzhou Army will be in a situation where the overall situation has been decided.
It seems that there is no need to let a general like Zhao Yun take risks.
What impact would the deployment of a thousand more cavalry have?
"General, you turned around and sniped. You must have been prepared to die, but Yun was not in a hurry to attack. What do you think is the reason?" Zhao Yun asked again.
"..." Of course Chou didn't know, but his intuition told him that danger was coming!
Zhao Yun didn't mean to show off. Under Chou's restless gaze, he gently revealed the answer: "Today's decisive battle, my lord was not sure in advance that the Black Mountain Army would come to help. However, he planned a strategy, but he did not let his brothers
It means we fight alone to the end. In fact, there are reinforcements all the way through this battle..."
"Which way is it?" The ugly and majestic body swayed on the horse and almost fell down. In fact, he had vaguely guessed the truth, but the truth was so cruel that he couldn't believe it at all.
Zhao Yun looked at his opponent with some pity and sighed softly: "Since just now, the horns in the army have been sounding continuously. This horn was actually used by Baima Yicong for long-distance communication when he was fighting outside the Great Wall. It can convey many kinds of information.
For example, the direction and approximate distance of a certain defeated army's escape..."
"Lord!" Ugly shouted to the sky with his gallbladder broken.
Zhao Yun further advised: "General, the general situation is like this, what can we do..."
"Jizhou... there are only beheaded generals!" Chou suddenly raised his head, his eyes were red, and he roared crazily: "Today, someone will die, Zhao Yun, today either you die or I live!"
Iron guns roared, and Chou fought back with all his strength, but the morale of the Jizhou cavalry behind him had dropped to the bottom. Those who followed him to kill were only a few dozen cavalry, and the others had no intention of escaping.
In front of him, two of the world's most talented generals were fighting each other, but Pao Ze, who was fighting back, fell off his horse one after another under the rain of arrows like locusts. Behind him, there was a faint sound of horns and the earth-shattering sound of horse hooves.
That was not caused by hundreds of cavalry deserters, but the roar of thousands of cavalry determined to take revenge!
Who would have thought that Gongsun Zan would actually go south, and just when everyone thought he was still fighting fiercely outside the Great Wall, divine soldiers descended from the sky!
Although he didn't have time to catch up with the tragic battle, his appearance completely ruined the Jizhou Group's hopes - it was all over.
Before the Youzhou cavalry appeared, the winner of the peak duel on the field had already been decided. Chou was defeated. When he fell from the horse, he had at least ten gunshot wounds on his body. When fighting Zhao Yun, he only attacked but did not defend. This was the only way to go.
The result is.
The remaining 700 or so cavalrymen dismounted and asked to surrender.