Chapter 94: Elite Cavalry

At the Tiger Prison Pass, the black battle flag was torn into strips of cloth and thrown on the ground messily.

The wind swept over the ground, lifting the rags on the battle flag, and the tattered strips of cloth fluttered in the wind, but their dancing did not bring life to the Tiger Prison Pass, which had just experienced a great battle, but made this uninhabited pass seem gloomy.

In the barracks in the gate, a raging fire was burning. Billowing smoke rose into the sky in the flames, soaring straight into the sky, like black dragons, hovering in the sky.

Standing not far from the fire, Liu Wei pressed the hilt of the long sword with one hand, looked up at the smoke rising into the sky, smacked his lips a few times, and said regretfully: "If all this grain and grass are used to help the people, how many poor people will not starve to death!" ”

"Your Royal Highness is kind-hearted, and in the future, you will return to the great treasure and will surely bless the people of the world!" Standing behind Liu Wei, Zhou Cang bowed slightly and said to him: "This tiger prison is strong, hundreds of thousands of troops have besieged it for several months, and His Highness has broken it in just one day, which can be described as His Highness God's blessing!" ”

"In the past, tens of thousands of male soldiers were stationed in the Tiger Prison Pass!" Looking at the fire that rose to the sky, Liu Wei had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and slowly shook his head and said: "Now there are only hundreds of defenders left in the pass, and the princes have withdrawn their troops, which makes them careless, and we can cheat the pass in one fell swoop!" How can God bless you? ”

Having said this, Liu Wei turned his head to look at the west, and said to Zhou Cang: "Yuanfu ordered to go down, let the army make a fire to make food, prepare dry food, eat a full stomach, and I will leave here!" ”

"Give up the Tiger Prison Pass?" As soon as Liu Wei's words fell, Zhou Cang and Dian Wei, who was standing on the other side, were stunned for a moment, looking at him with puzzled faces, and Zhou Cang even subconsciously asked.

"There are few soldiers, and staying here is nothing more than self-defeating!" Looking at the raging fire, Liu Wei said lightly: "Yuanfu has instructed everyone to find a piece of ink charcoal for this king, and this king wants to leave a message here for the people who came to take over the pass." ”

"No!" Looking back at the sturdy city wall of the Tiger Prison, although Zhou Cang was a little reluctant to give up in his heart, he still responded with a fist and turned to leave.

Dozens of miles away, a Dong Zhuojun who was originally advancing in the direction of Luoyang turned around and pounced towards the Tiger Pass.

Inside the Tiger Prison Pass, billowing smoke rushed into the sky, and rising black smoke could be seen dozens of miles away.

Lu Bu was holding Fang Tian's halberd, riding a jujube red horse under his crotch, and while marching quickly, he looked up at the billowing smoke in the direction of the Tiger Prison Pass.

"Wenyuan!" As he was moving quickly towards the Tiger Prison Pass, Lu Bu turned his head and shouted to the young general who was following behind him: "Do you see the location of the fire is the Tiger Prison Pass?" ”

Riding a horse behind Lu Bu's side was none other than his fierce general Zhang Liao. Hearing his question, Zhang Liao hurriedly urged him to step forward, hugged his fists and said: "Back to Wenhou, judging from the distance and direction, it should be a tiger prison!" ”

"You take two thousand cavalry, march at full speed, and go back to the Tiger Prison Pass first to aid Wei Xu!" Twisting his brows, looking at the direction of the Tiger Prison Pass, Lu Bu raised his arm holding Fang Tian's halberd, pointed at the direction of the Tiger Prison Pass with the tip of the halberd, and said to Zhang Liao: "If you find a thief, don't leave any of them, kill them all!" ”

"No!" Zhang Liao responded with a fist, waved behind him, and shouted: "Come with me!" "Led two thousand elite cavalry, and went straight to the Tiger Prison Pass.

Looking at the back of Zhang Liao's leading the army, Lu Bu's brows furrowed slightly, and he shouted behind him: "The army speed up!" ”

Tens of thousands of Dong Zhuojun, from walking briskly to trotting all the way, accelerated the speed of the march, followed Lu Bu, and went straight to the Tiger Pass.

At this time, Liu Wei and more than 1,000 newly recruited officers and soldiers had already lit a fire and made a meal. As soon as the rice was cooked, Liu Wei, who was about to eat around the bonfire, stood up and looked to the west.

The west was quiet, and there was no sign of the army moving, but Liu Wei waved his hand at the officers and soldiers at this time, and shouted loudly: "All the troops listen to the order, quickly pack up, bring food, and we will leave immediately!" ”

As soon as the rice was steamed, the officers and soldiers could not help the aroma of yellow, orange, orange and small rice in the pot, and were about to feast on it, but Liu Wei gave the order to march at this time, which made the more than 1,000 officers and men present feel a little lost.

But the order had been given, and the officers and men did not dare to disobey it, so they had to pack up their bags, wrap the corn in the small cloth bag they carried, and prepare for departure.

"All the way west into the mountains!" More than 1,000 officers and soldiers lined up and waited for Liu Wei to issue an order, Liu Wei looked at the vast mountains to the west, raised his hand and pointed to the mountains, and gave the order to approach the mountains.

A team of more than 1,000 people, when marching, has a larger goal than a squad of more than 100 people, advancing in the flat wilderness, it is very easy to be discovered by the enemy, if you want to successfully advance into the pass, return to Woniu Mountain, Liu Wei can choose only to enter the mountains and forests, and get rid of Dong Zhuojun's pursuit under the cover of the mountain.

Leaving the Tiger Prison Pass, Liu Wei seemed to be in a hurry, leading the team all the way.

The hungry officers and soldiers ran with Liu Wei while taking out the cooked corn from the cloth bag and devouring it in a big gulp.

After marching westward for more than an hour, Liu Wei suddenly stopped, pointed to the field overgrown with weeds, and shouted to the officers and soldiers: "Soldiers, quickly hide!" ”

When Liu Wei shouted, the officers and soldiers had already seen a cloud of smoke and dust rising in front of them.

Although the smoke and dust were not very large, the speed of the advance was very fast, and even those who had never fought could see from the rolling of the smoke and dust that it was a group of cavalry riding fast horses.

More than 1,000 officers and soldiers hurriedly ran to the deep grass, half-kneeling in the grass, and looked at the smoke and dust that was advancing rapidly towards them without blinking.

The army led by Liu Wei was all infantry, except for the hundreds of Huainan troops recruited by the most rear, the rest were all lightly armed infantry, although they were quite numerous, but in the march, they would not raise much smoke and dust.

The men and horses on the opposite side who were advancing towards them were all cavalry. Although at the end of the Han Dynasty, there were no heavy cavalry dedicated to charging into battle, but the heavy body of the war horse would raise the dust on the ground high when running.

This is also the reason why Liu Wei and the others discovered each other, but the cavalry rushing at high speed did not find them.

Squatting in the grass, looking at the billowing smoke and dust that was getting closer and closer, Liu Wei pressed one hand on the hilt of the sword and held the hilt of the long sword tightly.

The more than 1,000 soldiers hiding behind Liu Wei were also holding the weapons in their hands, and their eyes were staring at the cavalry that was rushing towards them.

The distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer, and Liu Wei could already see the clothes of the front row of cavalry.

Rushing to the front was a young general with a big knife in his hand and a black war horse riding under his crotch. The general was wearing light black scale armor, his hair was pulled up high, and on the bun, he was covered with a pale golden crown, and from a distance, he was a little handsome.

The distance of the cavalry was getting closer and closer, and although the general on horseback said that his body was bumping up and down with the galloping of the war horse, Liu Wei could already roughly see his appearance.

His body is very burly, if you only talk about the frame, it is a little similar to Zhou Cang. It's just that his skin is not slightly black like Zhou Cang, but as white as white jade!

A pair of Danfeng eyes narrowed slightly, the young general's brows were slightly twisted, the two sword eyebrows were high, and his face was as sharp as if a knife had been cut. From the expression on his face, it can be seen that he is very anxious in his heart, leading the army forward, either rushing to the aid of friendly forces, or pursuing the enemy.

The young general was followed by two thousand horsemen on fast horses. These cavalrymen were all armed with round shields and cavalry short spears, and although they were galloping quickly, the queue was not loose at all, which showed that the training must be very strict on weekdays.

As the cavalry approached, the earth trembled with the sound of the "booming" horses' hooves. The billowing smoke swept in, the smoke screen dispersed, and Liu Wei, who was hiding in the deep grass, and the more than 1,000 officers and soldiers who followed him were also covered in this thick smoke screen.

The officers and soldiers held their swords, and when the cavalry passed in front of them, many Huainan soldiers even showed uncontrollable expressions on their faces.

Liu Wei pressed his hand a few times behind him, but he couldn't hold it anymore, and moved his body forward, and the Huainan army, which wanted to rush forward to fight with this cavalry, retreated without making a dangerous move.

The queue of 2,000 cavalry was mighty, and although they were running fast, they also walked close to a pillar of incense before they all passed in front of Liu Wei and others.

Looking at the cavalry that was gradually moving away, Liu Wei squatted in the grass and did not move.

At present, the cavalry is not very far, as long as Liu Wei and the others make a slight move, they are very likely to be discovered.

Although the cavalry at the end of the Han Dynasty were all lightly armoured, they rushed to kill on the battlefield, and they could not beat the heavy infantry by slashing and slashing. But after all, the other party is outnumbered, and the group of officers and soldiers behind him can only be regarded as a real heavy infantry with only a few hundred Huainan troops.

With such a rabble against a cavalry that was far outnumbered and heavily trained, Liu Wei would not be so arrogant as to think that he could win.

The back of the cavalry grew farther and farther away, and gradually, only a billowing cloud of smoke remained in his sight.

"Let's go!" Looking at the smoke and dust in the distance, Liu Wei waved his hand at the officers and soldiers behind him, led the people, and ran towards a mountain to the west under the cover of the grass.

It was Zhang Liao who led the cavalry to pass by Liu Wei and others.

Thick smoke billowed from the direction of Tiger Pass, Zhang Liao wanted to rush to the pass as soon as possible to support Wei Xu, and he was relatively careless on the way, so he didn't find Liu Wei and others hiding in the middle of the grass.

"General, please look!" The Tiger Pass was close at hand, and Zhang Liao, who was far away, saw a fire rising into the sky, spreading in the Tiger Prison Pass barracks.

Just as he was about to ride his horse towards the burning barracks, one of the horsemen behind him raised his hand and pointed at the wall and shouted at him.