Chapter 3: The Storm Rises Section 26 (II)
Zhang Niujiao and Chu Feiyan galloped with more than a hundred attendants on horseback, and the sound of dense hooves echoed in the empty plain.
Suddenly, they saw a dozen fast horses running towards them. The knight on the horse was like being chased and killed, and his speed had reached the limit of his horse, and the sound of horses' hooves like a storm came from far and near, in an instant.
Zhang Niujiao and Chu Feiyan slowed down the speed of their horses.
No trace of the enemy has been found south of the Yishui River, and those people in front must be their own people, so it is estimated that something urgent has happened. The two men glanced at each other and noticed that they were both a little nervous. At this time, there is something and a bad thing.
Chu Feiyan gradually saw the people rushing across the other side, and his face suddenly became extremely ugly.
"Who's that?" Zhang Niujiao immediately discovered Chu Feiyan's abnormality and asked loudly.
"Something happened to Beixincheng." Chu Feiyan was nervous, grabbed the reins of the horse tightly with both hands, and said in a trembling voice, "Dad, something happened in Beixincheng." That was Zhang Feng who stayed in Beixincheng. ”
Zhang Niujiao's eyes widened, and he looked at the oncoming group of people in surprise.
The other party also found Chu Feiyan and shouted: "Chu Shuai, Chu Shuai......"
Zhang Feng was covered in blood, as if he was seriously injured, and he came all the way. At this time, when he saw the person he was looking for, he couldn't support it and fell off the horse.
Chu Feiyan immediately flew down from the galloping war horse, he ran a few steps according to the inertia of the war horse, picked up Zhang Feng from the ground, and shouted loudly.
Dozens of war horses around were forcibly pulled by their respective owners almost at the same time to stop, and for a while, the war horses raised their hooves and neighed, and the scene was chaotic.
Zhang Feng was stabbed several times, the knife was to the bone, and he was hit by a long arrow on his back. He tried to say something, but eventually he lost too much blood and died. Chu Feiyan hugged him tightly, her heart ached, and tears quietly rolled down.
"What's going on? What happened? Sitting upright on his horse, he pointed his whip at the running soldier and shouted.
Several people were startled when they saw that it was a handsome man, and hurriedly knelt on the ground.
A bold soldier shouted, "Marshal, barbarian, barbarian's cavalry has entered Beixincheng." ”
The other also shouted: "It's the cavalry of the Leopard, I see the Panther battle flag." ”
"Beixincheng was captured by them, and the brothers suffered heavy casualties, so just a few of us killed them."
Zhang Niujiao felt as if he had been beaten hard, and a huge pain hit his whole body in an instant. Zhang Niujiao groaned in pain. Then the blood surged, and a violent dizziness followed, and he could not support his body, and almost fell off his horse. Zhang Niujiao grabbed the reins, tried his best to stabilize his body, and his face became extremely pale.
Chu Feiyan put down Zhang Feng's corpse and slowly stood up, the expression on his face had calmed down a lot.
Zhang Feng's subordinates hurriedly saluted him. Chu Feiyan shook his hand and signaled that he would be excused.
"When did the Leopard Army attack North New Town? How did you get in? Chu Feiyan asked calmly.
"Back to Chu Shuai, it's noon, an hour ago. The men of the Leopard Army, dressed in our clothes and posing as our troops, were stained with blood, saying that the large army had been ambushed at Fanxingting and asked to enter the city. The soldiers defending the city believed it and hurriedly opened the gates and let them in. Then they seized the eastern gate, and the cavalry of the Leopard Army then rushed in, and many of the enemies were bearded men, killing people without blinking. An older attendant hurried back.
"How many of them are there?"
"Everywhere, about 10,000 people. They ran back and forth at the four gates, killing every man they could, and showing no mercy. ”
Chu Feiyan shook her head vigorously, as if she wanted to sort out a clue from these chaotic things.
He suddenly shouted in horror: "Fan Xingting, who has news of Fan Xingting?" ”
More than a dozen soldiers who followed Zhang Feng out of Beixincheng looked at Chu Feiyan's frightened eyes and shook their heads blankly.
Chu Feiyan turned around abruptly, and looked at Zhang Niujiao, who looked shriveled, with a shocked expression.
What a powerful move, a fatal blow.
Now it seems that nine out of ten of the troops that set out to rush to Fan Xingting in the morning were ambushed and annihilated by the Leopard Army, and then the Leopard Army did not stop and entered Beixincheng again, and in an instant, the south of the Yishui River was occupied by the official army. Unsuspecting, the Yellow Turban Army not only lost Beixincheng, but also lost its army. What's even more deadly is that the 30,000 Yellow Turban troops north of the Yishui River suddenly became turtles in the urn, not only could not cross the river, but also were trapped and died by the Yishui River. Even if they turned back to kill Fan Yang, they would still be a dead turtle.
A few days ago, Chu Feiyan secretly lurked in Jiuli Pavilion and almost wiped out the Leopard Army. Unexpectedly, Li Hong immediately adopted their secret lurking strategy, led his troops to quietly cross two major rivers in a row, ran 600 miles, and ambushed Fan Xingting. He succeeded, not only eliminating Chu Feiyan's army, but also completely blocking the retreat of the last 30,000 people of the Yellow Turban Army who had invaded Youzhou.
Chu Feiyan hung her head in pain.
He had an impulse, an urge to curse. He really didn't want to face Zhang Niujiao again.
At the beginning, he tried his best to dissuade Zhang Niujiao from going north to Youzhou, but he didn't listen. Later, he withdrew his troops from Zhuocheng, and he persuaded him to withdraw his troops as soon as possible and not to deal with the leopard, but he still didn't listen. When he arrived at the Dingxing Ferry, he advised Zhang Niujiao to give up the grain and grass and baggage, and withdraw the 50,000 troops from Zhuo County as quickly as possible, but he still did not listen. The entire Northern Expeditionary Army, the 150,000 people personally led by Zhang Niujiao, the 10,000 people who were sent grain by Sun Qin, and the 20,000 people who brought him to meet him, a total of 180,000 troops, were all buried by the stubborn Yellow Turban Army commander in front of him.
He finally couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, and suddenly fell to his knees, raised his arms, and screamed hysterically.
180,000 people, 180,000 troops, by a cavalry of 10,000 people, hit in the east and west, and it was finally finished; It's like a huge bison being devoured alive by a vicious wild leopard, biting left and right.
No matter how good the troops are, no matter how many troops there are, to a person who does not know how to use soldiers, it is all a trophy of others. Leopard Li Hong only used 10,000 cavalry, in more than a month, to completely annihilate the entire Northern Expeditionary Army of the Yellow Turban Army, this miracle was not created by him alone, but also needed a person who gave him the opportunity to create. This person is Zhang Niujiao.
Chu Feiyan replaced her scolding with an angry roar.
At this time, Zhang Niujiao, who was sitting on the horse, couldn't wait to kill Chu Feiyan, who was kneeling on the ground and screaming wildly, with his own eyes. If he had rushed to Jiuli Pavilion in the middle of the night according to his plan and attacked the cavalry army of the leopard, where would there be a matter of annihilation now.
Now they're completely finished. All the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army who entered the territory of Zhuo County in Youzhou were all eaten away by the cavalry of the leopard Li Hong.
One of Zhang Feng's subordinates stood next to Chu Feiyan. He saw that it was not early, if the cavalry of the leopard army in the city went all the way to the Yishui River, I was afraid that none of his people would be able to escape.
He hurriedly leaned over behind his ear and said, "Chu Shuai, let's go northwest from here to cross the Bears Ears Mountain, and we can go directly to Beiping City in Zhongshan Kingdom. Chu Shuai, look at ......"
Chu Feiyan suddenly woke up from the shock.
He looked up at Zhang Niujiao. Zhang Niujiao's expression was blank, a little lost and depressed. At this time, there was no chance to turn the book, and it was already a blessing to be able to escape from Zhuo County.
"Who is willing to cross the Yishui River, inform Sun Shuai, Zuo Sima, immediately withdraw to Fanyang, and defend the city." Chu Feiyan looked at his group of attendants and asked loudly.
As soon as his words fell, more than a dozen people rushed out. Chu Feiyan's eyes were a little moist. It's basically a dead end.
"Good man. You guys go, you all go, you must protect Zhang Shuai, you know? ”
A dozen of them agreed. Immediately, they gave Zhang Niujiao and Chu Feiyan a salute, got on their horses and left.
"Let's go...... Get on the horse and go...... Immediately rush to Bears Ears Mountain. Chu Feiyan shouted.
In the woods, Yan Rou and several soldiers were sitting around the campfire, laughing.
Yan Wuxing took a sip of boiling water and said uncomfortably: "On such a cold day, it would be great if I could take a sip of wine." ”
The fist immediately echoed and shouted, "My lord, we are about to enter Fanyang City." When you enter the city, can you make an exception and give us some wine? ”
Yan Rou licked her lips and whispered, "Be quiet." This kind of thing should be sneaky and not publicized. ”
Several people laughed out loud when they saw him pretending to be mysterious.
"You don't lie to us?" Yan Wuxing said, "Also, if Old Man Tian knows, you can take responsibility alone." ”
"Yes. Old man Tian knew that if he didn't die, he would have to shed his skin, and that groom had a lot of tricks. You can only say that you drank alone, but you can't take us with you. Hu Zi hurriedly said to Yan Rou seriously.
Yan Rou was so angry that she picked up a piece of burning wood and smashed it over.
"I don't drink anymore. How did I hang out with you bandits? ”
The fist immediately jumped up: "Fire your ass, how do you talk like a fart, you ......"
Before he finished speaking, Yan Rouhu roared, turned over and jumped up, rushed forward with a knife, and shouted wildly: "Who dares to shout again......"
The fist monster screamed, grabbed his head and ran away. The rest of the crowd burst into laughter.
"Yanshan Little Bird......" Yan Rou shouted at Yan Wudaunt as if provocative.
Yan Wuxing laughed with tears streaming down his face, where did he care what he called.
Then the crowd saw the fist running back in a hurry, and shouted as they ran:
"It's bad, it's bad, it's bad......"
Li Hong took Yan Liang's personal guards, and the black panther who shot the tiger rushed along the road leading to the Yishui River.
Li Hong led his troops to march in the southeast direction until the boundary of the Hejian Kingdom in Jizhou and then turned to the north and south to march near Yicheng in the Hejian Kingdom, where Li Hong turned to the northwest again and secretly lurked in Fanxingting, traveling nearly a thousand miles.
They successfully attacked Chu Feiyan's 15,000 troops at Fan Xingting, and then marched forty miles and captured Beixincheng by surprise.
However, Li Hong wanted to catch none of the people he wanted to arrest. He didn't catch Chu Feiyan in Fan Xingting, and after interrogating the captives, he learned that he was still in Beixincheng. As a result, Chu Feiyan was still not caught in Beixincheng. After careful interrogation, it was learned that he had taken someone to pick up Zhang Niujiao by the Yishui River.
Li Hong was overjoyed and immediately led people to search along the road. Catch these two people, and the Yellow Turban Army will be finished immediately.
"My lord, there are a lot of horseshoe marks here, it seems that many people were active here not long ago?"
Shooting Tiger suddenly pointed to a section of ground behind him.
Li Hong also noticed, but he was not sure that his understanding of things like horseshoes was far less familiar than that of the native-born Hu people.
"Stop......" Li Hong shouted wildly, turning his horse back and running. They searched the neighborhood carefully and immediately found the remains of Zhang Feng, who had been simply buried. Li Hong was very experienced in searching for traces and determining the direction of the enemy's escape, and he immediately determined that the enemy was heading northwest.
"My lord, to the northwest is Bear's Ears Mountain, and over Bear's Ears Mountain, it is the Beiping City of Zhongshan Kingdom. It is estimated that the enemy who escaped from the city found Zhang Niujiao and Chu Feiyan. They got the news that Beixincheng was occupied by us, so they had to flee to Bears Ears Mountain. Yan Liang said.
"Are you familiar with the road?" Li Hong asked.
"Familiar." Yan Liang nodded.
"Then you lead the way." Li Hong immediately said: "Everyone get on the horse." By capturing them, you can fight many battles less, you can die many brothers less, and you can put down the rebellion faster. You have to chase after it, understand? ”
The cavalry warriors roared into agreement.
At dusk, when I was approaching Bears Ears Mountain, I finally found a group of people riding horses and galloping in front of me.
Li Hong became excited, raised his knife and roared:
"Brothers, hurry, kill ......"
"Kill ......"