Chapter 1049

When Hua Xiong led the cavalry to catch up with Zhang Nan's army, tens of thousands of them were firing torches and heading for Yuancheng, which was less than 20 miles away. After receiving the news from the cavalry that the cavalry of the eastern expedition had left, Zhang Nan ordered the army to rest on the spot and ordered the cook to cook dinner immediately. However, after dinner, he did not order to camp on the spot. Instead, he ordered the army to go to Yuancheng overnight. Yuan Shao's soldiers were not without complaints. They were just frightened by Zhang Nan's words: "if the eastern cavalry comes back tomorrow, you can stop it?"

After a quick meal, the army set off in a hurry and headed for Yuancheng. However, we didn't expect that the Zhengdong army would come all night.

As Hua Xiong expected, tens of thousands of Yuan Shaojun were on fire when they arrived. Fortunately, the soldiers had already had dinner, but they were still able to support themselves even though they were tired.

In the army, Zhang Nan is sitting on his horse and talking with Jiao Chong. Suddenly, he hears a dull thunder in the sky. He subconsciously looks up into the sky. In the dark sky, although there is no moon, there are stars all over the sky. He is wondering why there are stars in the sky.

Suddenly, he woke up. No, it's not thunder, it's... Cavalry...

Thinking of this, he turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound. Sure enough, there were countless lights behind him, moving quickly towards this side. Not only him, but also many soldiers have found the fire behind them. Suddenly, the whole army is like a frying pan.

"Here comes the cavalry!"

"Here comes the cavalry of the conscription army!"

"Run

"Line up! Come on, come on, come on

Countless taxi drivers screamed in horror. No one paid any attention to the arrangement of the generals around them. Soon someone threw away their torches and ran towards the darkness. After a man ran away, the people around him immediately followed suit. Soon more and more taxi soldiers took part in the escape, and the whole army was in a mess.

Seeing this, Zhang Nan knew that he was unable to return to the sky. During the day, the strong fighting power of the eastern expedition cavalry had put great pressure on the soldiers. Now his army was on the March, so it was impossible to form an array to meet the enemy.

After thinking about it for only a few minutes, Zhang Nan gritted his teeth and said to Jiao Qian, "brother Jiao, run away. Now it's impossible to resist the attack of the cavalry of the Zhengdong army. Order the soldiers to disperse and evacuate, and then gather the troops in Yuancheng! "

Jiao Cha also knew that nothing could be done, but he had to agree with Zhang Nan's suggestion. The two men ordered the surrounding soldiers to shout in unison: "run, disperse and break through!"

After several shouts, the two, escorted by hundreds of soldiers, left behind all the soldiers and ran to the direction of Yuancheng.

The general's escape made the army more chaotic. When Hua Xiong arrived with his cavalry, the whole yuan Shaojun army was in a mess. Seeing this, Hua Xiong laughed, took the long knife in his hand, and yelled: "boys, drive the sheep, kill..."

"Kill..."

Thousands of cavalry yelled in unison and divided into several groups to kill yuan Shaojun. In a short time, several cavalry troops rushed into Yuan Shao's army like no one else. They were killed as a regiment and turned the chaotic army upside down.

Yuan Shao's soldiers were so frightened that they ran around one after another. As they ran, they threw all their weapons and equipment everywhere. After throwing things away, some clever soldiers ran to the night on both sides and disappeared into the vast night. A lot of soldiers ran around, and some of them even ran to the direction where the cavalry killed them. As a result, they were directly stabbed to death by the cavalry.

The killing didn't stop until dawn. At this time, Huaxiong had led a cavalry to the foot of Yuancheng. He didn't turn around until he saw the city wall. By the time we got back to the place where we fought last night, Huaxiong alone had captured nearly 2000 Yuan Shao soldiers.

After all the cavalry returned, Hua Xiong was surprised. In a scuffle last night, Yuan Shao's soldiers were killed and injured by tens of thousands of people. More than half of them were killed and injured because of the trampling of the chaotic army. The total number of captives gathered by the various departments was nearly 5000, and the remaining 20000 Yuan Shao's soldiers were scattered and disappeared in the dark.

As for equipment and materials, almost all the equipment of 40000 people was left here. In addition, nearly a month's supplies of food and grass of 40000 soldiers and horses were scattered on the plains more than ten miles around.

The soldiers were very happy with the equipment and materials everywhere. Five thousand prisoners were driven by cavalry to collect all kinds of materials, and then repackaged and packed them until noon. Then they were carried back to Wei County by the five thousand prisoners.

Two days later, Yuan Xi, the Qinghe prefect in Ganling City, got the news of the defeat of Zhang Nan's army. At last, only 15000 people were captured by the 40000 army, and 5000 people were missing. Moreover, the 15000 army basically returned to Yuancheng unarmed, and all the equipment and materials were lost.Yuan Xi didn't dare to hide the news, and immediately reported all the information to his father in Nanpi city. However, in the military newspaper, Yuan Xi attributed the defeat to Zhang Nan and Zhang Nan's strong cavalry, and thus gained their loyalty to him. At this time, Zhao Yun and Hua Xiong had already left Wei county and headed for Ye County with these materials and prisoners.

After receiving the battle report from Yuan Xi, Yuan Shao in Nanpi city turned pale with anger and called to send troops to attack Wei County on the spot. However, he was finally persuaded by a group of military commanders. It was mainly a war a while ago that made him lose half of the 40000 cavalry he had accumulated for a year. Now, there are only 20000 cavalry, but they are not enough to deal with the cavalry of the eastern army, so he only has to fight You have to press the anger in your chest for a while.

Zhao Yun was stunned by the result of the war. He just wanted to make trouble for yuan Shaojun, and let them know that Wei Jun was not a place where they could come and go if they wanted. Who knows, there was no chance that it would be a book. Because of Zhang Nan's mistake, he made more than 10000 cavalry troops march out. In the end, he not only defeated yuan Shaojun's 40000 troops, but also captured 5000 people, and gained the harvest Forty thousand troops are equipped with weapons and supplies. Zhao Yunzhu, who returned to Yecheng, was still afraid that Yuan Shao would come to attack in a rage. However, a few days later, Yuan Shao's army did not make any movement, which gave him a long sigh of relief.