Chapter 419 Chasing the Dead and Chasing the North
When Yuan Shao slipped away, he was doing it in a very low-key manner. Even if Xu You didn't say it, he knew that the three enemy armies on the battlefield had no reason to let him go, and the later the other party reacted, the better his chances of escaping.
He didn't even bring a flag, and the only thing that could expose his whereabouts in advance was a message from his henchman to his son-in-law Gao Gan. However, considering the timing of the message, his escape plan was perfect even before he set off.
Of course, the chain reaction caused by his actions is not in his consideration.
No matter how quiet it is, it is impossible to ignore the movement of the two thousand rides. Gao Ran's reaction was the most direct, and he had guards around him who were responsible for liaising with the main camp, with the last glimmer of hope. When he saw the boss abandon the group again and tell Gao Ran, the latter was heartbroken.
Then, Gao Ran made an unexpected, but reasonable move, he suddenly drew his sword, swung it down, and cut down his own flag.
The main general flag is not just a command flag used to command the battle, it is the soul of an army, and the main general flag falls, which means that the main general has been killed or fled. In view of this, Gao Lanjun's reaction can also be imagined - the whole army was defeated.
Gao Ran took the last dozen dead soldiers and rushed to Tai Shici, who was shouting for a fierce battle, and soon annihilated in the chaos of the army.
As Wang Yu expected, this general, who is easily influenced by others and has no opinions, the final choice is the same as that of his lieutenant.
At the moment when Gao Lanjun collapsed, the dead soldiers summoned by Yuan Shao had not yet had time to see Gao Gan. However, Gao Gan was not stupid, and immediately reacted to what happened.
Both psychologically and practically. His preparation is much stronger than Gao Ran's. Because the battle on his side was relatively stalemate, and no one had too high expectations for him, he did not put all his strength into the battle, and his most elite three thousand descendants were always on standby in the rear, but at the beginning of the relative crisis, he made a few moves.
He didn't care about Yuan Shao running away first, he was also from a high-ranking family. How can you not understand the mood of the old man? The only thing that made him depressed was that his father-in-law was not righteous.
"Why don't you make an appointment in advance......" he complained, then waved his hand, pointed to the north, and shouted: "The whole army is going north." Remove! ”
He didn't choose the same direction as Yuan Shao, it was too easy to attract pursuit, his soldiers were all foot soldiers, and running over was only for the sake of His Royal Highness Yue. The other party is so ruthless, he can't catch up, right?
Presumably, in the eyes of the enemy, he is a vassal and will not be chased by anyone. That Zhang Fei has a reluctant posture. But his strong man broke his wrist and threw down 5,000 people to kill him, and when the dust settled, he didn't have time to chase after him, right?
The only one to worry about is Tian Kai.
Tian Kai has not been fighting. The position is just stuck in the north, if you give yourself a head-on block, or block the waist, then the fun will be great.
But...... Gao Gan sighed. It can only be resigned to fate, and there are only two directions to choose from. Going west is a dead end, how can there be a glimmer of hope to the north, isn't it?
Gao Gan's worries were justified, Wang Yu didn't care about him at all, after defeating Gao Lan's army, Yulin's army divided a small number of troops to clear the last resistance, and the brigade didn't look at the Gao Gan army in the north, assembled in place, and began to turn.
As for the capture of prisoners, clearing the battlefield and the like, it was all left to the auxiliaries.
After the heavy cavalry completed the chiseling, they had no intention of chasing and killing the fleeing enemy, but only sent a few wounded cavalrymen to Yuan Shao's main camp, cut down the general flag, and then turned around with the Yulin army, pointing the spearhead at the Hu cavalry in the trapped beast fighting.
But Tian Kai was eager to try.
Although he also understands that his own troops have limited combat power, and it is enough to complete the task of containment, it is not a good feeling to stand by and watch in a big war after all.
But there is no way, Gao Gan is really difficult to entangle, even if the whole army besieges together, he may not be able to take the other party in a short time, didn't he see that under Zhang Fei's onslaught, he still left 3,000 reserves?
Now that Yuan's army is in a big rout, it is a good time to beat the water dogs, how can he let it go? But just as he was dispatching his troops and preparing to volley, an accident happened.
The Jizhou army that confronted him suddenly opened the door of the camp, the flag was rolled upside down, and 8,000 men and horses were shouting in the snow, and the wolves were running, and they even ran away!
Tian Kai was stunned.
He is not a person with quick wit, and he can't figure out why the other party would run away. The prince has promised them that no matter before or after the war, as long as they surrender, they will save the lives of the generals, and they don't need to run away at all.
Besides, where can they flee? Do you want to go to the river to take refuge in the king's gate? I'm afraid the latter himself will not be able to protect himself, right? Don't look at his previous menace, in fact, it's all dogs fighting people, Yuan Shao, the master, is finished, how many days can this grasshopper of the royal gate jump?
There is no need for the help of the princes and princes, as long as the lord cleans up the wild dogs of Xianbei and Wuhuan, and frees his hands, he can kick the royal gate flat with a casual lift.
Therefore, the sudden rout of the generals in Jizhou really made Tian Kai very incomprehensible, so that he fell into a short period of sluggishness, and only then did he come back to his senses until the guards reminded him.
"General, what should I do?"
"What else can I do?" Tian Kai waved his hand very domineeringly, and said in a high-spirited manner: "Chase!" Those who run are all ghosts in their hearts, and they are all chasing! Yuan Shao's main camp also ran a lot, and Wang Junhou didn't have time to pay attention to them, so let the brothers work hard and catch the ones over there. ”
A military marquis grinned and said, "Look at what you said, general, what's so hard about this?" Without releasing an arrow, he directly captured the prisoner, which is a great and beautiful thing! Don't rob it, Yuan Shao's main camp is running over there, and they are all celebrities! I usually don't like to say a word to us, but this time I want to see what it is like for a celebrity to kneel on the ground and beg for mercy, haha. ”
"Okay, don't fight about this, anyway, if you catch someone, you can watch casually in the camp." Tian Kai waved his hand, interrupted the scramble of the guards, pointed at the Gao Ganjun, and said with a smile: "Gao Gan is worthy of being Yuan Shao's son-in-law, after Chen Liuwang's clan, look at the equipment on his personal soldiers, it is much stronger than ours, you are not greedy?" ”
"Of course I'm greedy, but ......" The guards nodded busily, with stars in their eyes, but they were also puzzled, this kind of good thing, the general didn't go by himself?
"It's a little strange to touch the movements of those people, and I personally chased after them, trying to catch them alive, and asked what was going on."
Tian Kai divided his troops into three ways, and a snow chase began.
All this has nothing to do with Huvro, he doesn't even have time to pay attention to the movements of the battlefield. In fact, even if he paid attention to the whole process, he would only feel gratified, at least ...... The Youzhou army didn't come to besiege him, did he?
The enemy's current offensive was already too much for him to bear.
The appearance of the Yellow Turban Army was too sudden, and tens of thousands of people marched forward without a sigh of courage, and under normal circumstances, the movement should have been detected from miles away. It's a pity that this is not a grassland, and it seems that it is no longer within the jurisdiction of Changshengtian, God is on the side of the Han people, and the heavy snow has covered the actions of the Yellow Turban Army, and tens of thousands of troops have been sneaking until a distance of three hundred paces before being discovered.
Then, it's the encirclement, the real encirclement!
When Zhao Yun attacked Huchuquan on his back, the leaders of the Qubei and tribe were angry and let out wild words, asking Wang Yu to surround the 20,000 army if he had something to do. It was based on this impossible situation that the Xiongnu high-level made up their minds to launch a full-scale attack.
As a result, this impossible situation really happened.
The Yellow Turban Army didn't know how many people came, and everywhere they looked, there were crowds of people, and the momentum was no worse than when the 20,000 Hu cavalry charged.
After seeing the other party's banner, Yu Fuluo instantly understood why the other party was willing to spend so much money and join this big battle.
Under the flag of the Yellow Turban, there are two sub-flags "Black Mountain" and "Zhang", which clearly indicate the identity of the comer. Zhang Yan, who was ambushed by Hu Qi and suffered heavy losses in Guangping that day, had a thousand and ten thousand reasons to take revenge, and how could thousands of miles of mountains and rivers stop him?
His army almost traversed the entire Jizhou, appeared in front of the enemy, and cut off the back road of the Huns as soon as he struck.
The Montenegrin Army not only blocked Hu Cai's back road, because there were too many people, he also easily expanded the formation to the northern line, and together with the Qingzhou light cavalry that traveled vertically and horizontally, he blocked Hu Cai's northward escape.
Behind the light cavalry, the Yulin army, which had just defeated the strong enemy, was assembling and turning, and in front of the forest formation, the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry was eyeing it!
Needless to say, the morale-boosting Qingzhou army has gone crazy, and the Hu cavalry, including Yu Fuluo's elite soldiers, not only can't advance an inch, but also has been beaten back step by step!
Yes, such a fierce offensive could not last, but that was when there were only two armies facing each other on the battlefield. The attack sequence in front is blocked and crushed, and the new forces behind can also come up to reinforce it.
Now, the back road has been cut off, and the huge momentum when the Yellow Turban Army appeared even made Hu Qi, who had won the last two attack sequences, pull his horse on the spot and look back in amazement.
The five waves of the imposing attack were only carried out in the end in two and a half waves, and then, the tragedy began to repeat.
That's right, it's repetition. As in the case of Qubei and Huchuquan, Feng Rui was blocked, then besieged, and finally beaten.
Three times, first defuse and then counterattack, the troops that shot are not the same, and the process is not too similar, but the core idea is the same, that is, to give full play to the method of restraining the cavalry.
Through the use of the terrain, the cooperation of various arms, and the psychology of Yu Fuluo and others, they finally succeeded in besieging Hu Qi in a narrow strip, so that they could not accelerate, and could only huddle together and be beaten obediently.
At this moment, Hu Qi no longer looked like a pack of wolves, but a pack of sheep, weak and helpless sheep.