The 5,000 cavalry led by Wei Xu were all from the Fourth Cavalry Corps led by Lu Bu, although many of the cavalry were Han Chinese, but they were all from the border counties without exception, and their accents were too different from those of the Central Plains, and they could be heard as soon as they heard it. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info at this moment, it is impossible to rely on the clothes and armor of the coalition army to get by.

Wei Xu discussed it with the deputy general, but he couldn't think of a good way. Time waits for no one, just rush over and forget it. The main purpose of this raid was to disturb the rear of the coalition forces, even if the army was exposed prematurely, as long as the cavalry could kill under the city of Xuchang, the goal could still be achieved.

At this moment, the scouts reported that the gate of Yanling City was wide open, and a grain transport team came out of the city, including about fifty or sixty baggage trucks and more than 30 grain guards.

Wei Xu barely thought about it, waved his big hand, and resolutely ordered: "Ambush them and kill them all." Find some shrewd soldiers to disguise themselves as men who carry grain and guard the enemy, and immediately capture the pontoon bridge. ”

The allied army's grain transport team was very unfortunate, and ten miles out of the city ended up in a different place on a hill. The adjutant general asked several frightened guides to put on the clothes of the grain guards, and increased the number of food guards to a hundred, and then led them to the pontoon bridge with the food.

The pontoon bridge over the Weishui River was guarded by about 500 men, and the soldiers guarding the bridge did not doubt their identity. Recently, there has been a big war in Henan, and the army often comes and goes from here, and the soldiers who protect the bridge have long been accustomed to it, and they haven't even raised their eyes, as if they haven't seen it. Several bridge guards stepped forward for a routine check. The guide was so frightened that he stammered. The soldiers who were checking were very strange, and they were about to ask carefully, but the adjutant general couldn't help it, took the lead in attacking, cut off a human head with a knife, and then shouted: "Brothers, kill me, seize the pontoon bridge, and ...... quickly."

The horn sounded.

Some of the cavalry soldiers rushed onto the pontoon bridge and killed the opposite bank, while some of the soldiers disguised as civilians raised their weapons and slaughtered the panicked rebels at the bridge. The main force of the cavalry led by Wei Xu, who was slowly coming from afar, heard the sound of the horn, and immediately galloped wildly, roaring in. For a time, on both sides of the Weishui River, the war horses neighed, and the sound of killing shook the sky.

The 500 allied soldiers of the bridge guard were all killed and wounded, and even those who ran fast with legs and feet were killed by the pursuing northern cavalry.

Seeing that the traces were exposed, Wei Xu immediately ordered a thousand cavalry to turn around and kill Yanling, surround the city, and protect the pontoon bridge. He and his deputy general each led 2,000 men and horses, killed Xuchang City all the way, and rushed to the grain and grass camp outside Xuchang City with a grain convoy all the way. If there is an opportunity, they will rush into the grain and grass camp and set fire to the grain.

Forty miles away, in a blink of an eye. Although there were many checkpoints along the way, they were caught off guard, and these people were all bloodily slaughtered by the Northern Frontier cavalry.

Liu Biao and Fu Zhu in Xuchang City were shocked when they heard the news, they didn't know how many cavalry from the northern Xinjiang came, so they could only close the city gate and defend the city, and urgently ask for help from the surrounding cities, and sent people to urgently tell the officials to cross Yuan Shao and Chen Liu's Kuai Yue, and quickly dispatched troops to help.

Originally, there were nearly 10,000 troops stationed around Xuchang City, but this time, in order to achieve the purpose of counterattack, Yuan Shao transferred all of them to the battlefield of Chenliu.

Wei Xu continued to kill until the city of Xuchang, and he ordered all his troops to run around the city, pretending to kill the troops and horses to deter the defenders in the city.

The baggage camp ten miles outside the city was very panicked. For the Central Plains War, Yuan Shao built an unprecedented battalion outside Xuchang City, and the grain and grass transported from Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou were first concentrated in this camp, and then uniformly deployed by the imperial court.

Who knew that in such a safe place, there were cavalry from the northern frontier. Almost everyone thought that the front line had been defeated, and the northern cavalry had reached Yuzhou.

The grain guards and the people were very frightened, and under the command of a lieutenant, they dragged out thousands of baggage wagons from the camp and set up a cart formation outside the camp as fast as possible.

At this moment, a small group of soldiers escorted dozens of grain trucks and galloped over. Behind the convoy, the rumbling of horses could be faintly heard, and it was clear that an army of cavalry was following after them.

Because the scene was so chaotic and everyone was in danger, the grain convoy was put into the baggage camp without any interrogation.

The adjutant general led the cavalry to roar and kill. The 5,000 soldiers guarding the heavy battalion did not wait for the northern cavalry to approach, and immediately fired their bows and crossbows, and suddenly dark clouds covered the sun, and arrows flew all over the sky.

The cavalry of the northern frontier could not get close, so they could only wait in formation from a distance.

Suddenly, thick smoke billowed from the camp, beams of flames rose into the air, and in the midst of the screams of horror and despair, huge hoards of grain and grass were engulfed in flames.

The lieutenant of the baggage battalion flew out of the sky, and could only shout helplessly for a while. Tens of thousands of people in the camp were heartbroken, and under the threat of the scorching heatwave, they finally collapsed and fled in all directions. The 5,000-strong army of grain guards was the first to be scattered by the wolf-rushing people, and then they also dropped their weapons and fled with their heads in their hands.

The adjutant general did not hesitate anymore and led the army to kill wantonly.

Wei Xu, who was under the city of Xuchang, saw that the raging fire had burned half of the sky, and knew that the purpose of this trip had been achieved, so he immediately blew the horn and retreated with the army like a whirlwind.

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At dusk, Liu Biao, Fu Zhu, Wang Lang and other ministers hurried to the baggage camp under the escort of a team of personal guards.

Because there is too much grain and grass in the baggage camp, and now it is a dry summer, it will be useless as soon as it is burned, so when Liu Biao, Fu Zhu and others arrived, the fire here was still burning, and it is estimated that it will not be extinguished in a day or two.

The fugitive men and soldiers saw that the cavalry in the northern part of the country had withdrawn, and they rushed back one after another from all directions.

The military captain Yuan Shao, who was guarding the baggage camp, knew that he was deeply responsible and killed himself.

Liu Biao's face was pale, his emaciated body kept trembling, and he was so angry that he couldn't even speak.

This is the largest grain and grass battalion of the coalition army, although there is one each in Wancheng in Luoyang and Nanyang, but the scale and the number of accumulations are far less large than here.

The destruction of this large battalion can be said to be a fatal blow to the coalition forces. Without food, no amount of army is useless, and even the more troops, the faster they will be defeated.

Liu Biao couldn't imagine what kind of scene the defeat of the five or six hundred thousand army would be after running out of food and grass, and I was afraid that it would sweep the entire Central Plains, right?

Liu Biao turned his head to look at Fu Zhu.

Frustrated and staring blankly at the ashes floating in the air, beads of sweat on his face running down his cheeks.

The expression of frustration is very strange, there is anger, despair, frustration, and sorrow, giving people a feeling of death.

Liu Biao stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and asked weakly: "Can the existing grain and grass support after the autumn harvest in October?" ”

He shook his head and said, "If the number reported by the counties is true, if the officials of Luoyang and Wancheng do not fill their pockets, they should be able to support it for a month." ”

He paused, shook his head, and added, "If you save a little, it's a month and a half at most." ”

Liu Biao's eyes were dark, he felt dizzy, the sky was spinning, and his body shook involuntarily.

Wang Lang, who was standing behind him, helped him and asked with concern, "Brother Jingsheng, are you uncomfortable?" It's too hot here, so let's go back to the city and discuss. ”

Liu Biao gasped violently, stood up firmly, and said with a bitter face: "What else is there to discuss?" Immediately send someone to inform him of the situation here at the beginning, and ask him to fight a decisive battle with the Northern Frontier Army as soon as possible, otherwise we will be defeated. ”

"How could the Northern Frontier cavalry kill here?" Wang Lang sighed sadly, "Didn't Yidu and Meng Yu say that they had already surrounded Li E and Gao Shun's army in Chenliu? There are 200,000 troops there, and there are three lines of defense of the Bishui River, the Langtang Canal and the Whirlpool River, how did these northern Xinjiang troops come here? How could they be so negligent and make such a fatal mistake?! ”

Fu Zhu shook his head and said faintly: "I can't blame them, if we want to complain, we can only blame ourselves for being too careless, and we didn't deploy heavy troops in the Yanling and Weishui River areas. ”

Frustrated with a sigh and didn't continue.

Who is to blame for what happened today? If Yuan Shao had followed his advice and had not transferred the troops stationed in Xuchang to the Chenliu battlefield, how could he have stopped in today's situation?

Thousands of troops rushed to the battlefield of Chenliu, but they did not play any role in the battle situation, but on the contrary, left a fatal hole in their own rear.

"The cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army is elusive and unguardable." Wang Lang hesitated for a moment and said, "Maybe they just want to harass us and scare us, but who knows that they accidentally hit and burned down our grain and grass camp." The advantage of the Central Plains battlefield was recaptured by the Northern Xinjiang Army in a blink of an eye. ”

Liu Biao and Fu Zhu looked at each other, and Qi Qi sighed.

"Blocking messages." Liu Biao waved his hand and said to everyone, "Find ways to block the news, don't shake the morale of the army." ”

When he returned to the city, he immediately wrote a letter to Yuan Shao, sending an 800-mile cavalry to the camp of the coalition army in Guandu, asking Yuan Shao to immediately move the Son of Heaven to Luoyang.

Fu Zhu said in the letter: "My lord, the Northern Xinjiang Army has made great strides and retreated on the battlefield of Chenliu, attracting all the forces of the coalition army to the city, obviously to cover and respond to this cavalry that has been lurking somewhere for a long time to take the opportunity to attack Xuchang. ”

"The purpose of this cavalry is not the grain and grass in the big camp outside Xuchang City, but the little emperor in Xuchang City, but today's result is a bit unexpected, they didn't grab the little emperor, but burned the grain and grass of the coalition army."

"The Northern Xinjiang Army did not know how much grain and grass the coalition army had stockpiled, and even if they burned the grain and grass camp in Xuchang, they would not have thought that the coalition army could only support it for more than a month. Again, the Coalition is not very clear about this issue. ”

"That is to say, as long as the imperial court and the generals of the front-line unified army are consistent, talk about this matter lightly, do not take it seriously, and conceal the actual situation, none of the officers and men of the various departments will realize that the crisis is imminent."

"But there is one thing that is imminent, and that is the safety of the Son of Heaven." (To be continued.) )