Chapter 723

Soon, the commander of the Xiliang army arrived at fan Hou. He quickly stepped forward and said, "general, we have found the enemy in front of us."

On hearing this, fan Chou was in high spirits and asked, "where is it, how far is it, and how many enemy troops?"

"Report back to the general. Five miles ahead, the enemy is in a tight line. The last general observed that there are at least 40000 or 50000 troops, basically infantry, and no cavalry." The captain replied;

"OK," fan Chou patted his thigh and said, "Damn, I've got these mice. Order the army to speed up and rest in front of Sizhou army. Some people want to see how tight the State Army can set up. This time, he can't stop Ding Xiliang's cavalry. "

With the command of the Chinese army, 20000 cavalry accelerated again, just like a rolling torrent towards them.

Time goes back an hour ago.

Huangfu Chaobo looked at the taxi soldiers around him with a tired face. He couldn't help but worry. Seeing this, it would be difficult to get to Geng Township today. According to the news that the last few hundred cavalry came back, Xiliang cavalry should be only 20 or 30 miles away from his army.

According to the speed of the cavalry, the distance of 20 or 30 Li is less than an hour. However, it is still more than 10 li away from Geng Township, and its own soldiers still need to be close to an hour. We still have to fight the cavalry, but now we are on the flat ground, so we have no advantage in defense.

Just at this time, he ruolong came over in a hurry and said, "general, jindiao found that there are a large number of cavalry following us, about 30000 to 40000 cavalry, less than 40 miles away from us."

"Well, thirty or forty thousand riders?" Huangfu Chaobo heard, "how can there be so many?"

"It shouldn't be wrong," Zhao Yun said, "Dong Zhuo's army has 20000 cavalry. According to one man and two horses, there are 40000 horses. The Golden Eagle can only see the approximate number. At last, it is estimated that Xu Rong should first send cavalry to entangle our army, so it should be one man and two horses."

On hearing this, Huangfu Chaobo knew that Zhao Yun's conjecture should be accurate, but even the 20000 cavalry troops could not be withstood by his 40000 soldiers. Fortunately, all the wounded soldiers and craftsmen of the Ming and Zhuang dynasties have been sent back to Geng Township through horses. Now, more than 40000 soldiers and horses are combat troops, but they are very tired after one night and one day's March.

Thinking of this, Huangfu Chaobo asked, "is there any terrain around here that can resist cavalry?"

One of the captains who had escorted the wounded soldiers twice said: "report back to the general, you have to go through a mountain pass less than five miles north from here. Only seven or eight miles past the mountain pass can you get to Geng township. This pass should be the best place to defend. The width of the pass is about two Li, and on both sides are mountain ridges several Zhang high. "

As soon as people listen, they can only do so now. Huangfu Chaobo said: "he ruolong, let jindiao expand the search scope and find out the follow-up situation of Dong Zhuo's army and Hedong's army. Zhao Yun, you are still responsible for the next war."

"Yes They agreed in unison;

when Zhao Yun got up, he ordered: "the cavalry camp will rest for a quarter of an hour, and then go five miles ahead to intercept the enemy cavalry. The soldiers will speed up and rush to the pass to set up defense and prepare for the battle. We are tired, and the enemy is also tired. After the battle, we can return to Luoyang. "

As soon as this remark was made, the morale of the army immediately rose. Yes, after this battle, we can go back to Luoyang. Next time, we will come back to avenge our zepao.

Seeing this, Huangfu Chaobo suddenly thought of a word: "return to the teacher, do not hide, do not pursue the poor!"

For a moment, more than 40000 soldiers quickened their pace towards their destination. Half an hour later, the army finally arrived at the mountain pass that the cavalry commander said. Zhao Yun saw that the terrain here was rugged. On both sides of the mountain ridge, there were many strange rocks, which were not suitable for cavalry. In the middle of the two mountain ridges, there was a mountain path about two Li wide, and the army was in the middle This fortification is indeed an ideal place.

With Zhao Yun's order, the army quickly set up. According to Zhao Yun's arrangement, the army was divided into two parts: one was to quickly arrange defense, the other was to seize the time to rest and eat. After half an hour, if the pursuers had not arrived, the two parts of the army would be exchanged.

Fortunately, most of the soldiers and horses have not abandoned the wagons that carry food. Now they can be used. With these wagons in front of the line is enough to build several rows of horse wall. In addition, Zhao Yun made people put some debris and stones in the middle of the road to make obstacles, so in less than half an hour, the defense was basically ready.

At this time, he ruolong reported that most of the cavalry were less than ten miles away. Seeing that the defense was ready, Zhao Yun immediately ordered the cavalry to retreat and let the front out to Dong Zhuo's cavalry. At this time, most of Dong Zhuojun's and Jiang Pei's infantry troops were nearly 50 li away from here. When they arrived here, it was estimated that it would be tomorrow.

A quarter of an hour later, Huyan led less than 8000 cavalry back to the front of the formation, and smoothly withdrew into the formation along the reserved channel. Then, not long after, we heard the sound of the hoof of the horse.

They looked up and saw a huge cloud of smoke rising several miles away. Soon they saw the cavalry coming towards the square array."Boom" the sound of horse's hooves stopped two miles away. Among the cavalry, fan Chou looked at the big formation with constipation on his face. What kind of people did the Sizhou army change? It took tens of thousands of wounded soldiers to walk hundreds of miles a day and night, and it could form such a tight defensive formation.

However, now that he has reached such a stage, fan Hou is ready to rush even if it is a sea of fire. Otherwise, he really doesn't know how to explain to Xu Rong.

After the army had a little rest, fan Hou and Jiang Jian said, "general Jiang, the next thing is up to you Hedong cavalry. Don't worry. As long as you rush away from the vehicles of Sizhou army, the rest will be left to us Xiliang cavalry."

Jiang Jian was just about to speak, but he was blocked by fan Hou's words: "general Jiang, we are here to help you. We can't help you. It's just us guests. Your host's house is watching. And then again

After a little pause, fan Chou pointed to Jiang Jianshen and said with disdain, "if you don't give these cavalry behind you, can't you let me ride Xiliang iron?" In the words, fan Hou also specially emphasized the word "cavalry", the scorn in the tone can be heard by anyone.