Chapter 74 Zhang Liao comes to help

The war of attrition between the Xiliang Army and the Youzhou Army began. However, the Youzhou Army consumed time and arrow branches, while the Xiliang Army had time and life. Both sides did not stand on the same starting line at all. This was an unfair battle. The side with more people had to rely on the consumption of human lives to achieve the goal of victory in the battle. However, the side with fewer people was actually betting on their lives. If their arrow branches were consumed in advance, then what they had to consume next would be their own lives. From this point of view, both sides were still on the same starting line. They both had to bet on their lives.

The two sides slowly consumed it. At the beginning, although the Youzhou army under Huang Zhong's army had the advantage and kept shooting the Xiliang army, the Xiliang army gradually gained the advantage. After all, they were crowded and determined to die, and were extremely brave. Although the Youzhou army was densely browsed and crossbowed, the arrow branches prepared were beyond the expectations of the Xiliang army, but the arrow branches were consumables after all, and their people were much less than the Xiliang army. If they were consumed like this, the Youzhou army under Huang Zhong's army was in the end. Obviously, both sides knew this. After warning that after half an hour of consumption, the arrow rain of the Youzhou army had become much sparse.

Seeing this situation, Huang Zhong couldn't help but sigh, then turned his head and looked east, but there was no sign of reinforcements, and he knew that he had to fight alone now. So he asked some people to withdraw from the archery ranks and organize the army first, so as not to be consumed in a while and be caught off guard by the other party. When the Xiliang Army saw the actions of the Youzhou Army, they couldn't help but cheer. Seeing this, they also knew that the Youzhou Army's arrows were insufficient. And there was no hope of support and were ready to start a hand-to-hand combat. They also increased their attacks, hoping to consume the Youzhou Army's arrows as soon as possible.

After two more moments, the Youzhou Army's arrow branches were finally consumed. There were Youzhou Army's arrow branches everywhere in front of Hangu Pass. The Xiliang Army cheered. Under Li Jue's urging, the Xiliang Army also boarded the war horses and prepared to start the charge. Now is their most favorable time. As long as this small part of the Youzhou Army is eliminated within this time, the invincible myth of the Youzhou Army will be ended by their Xiliang Army. Although it is a bit like bullying the few, they no longer care about so many at this time. Although they know that the progress of the Xiliang Army is also a tough problem, they think that they are now in a good position. If even such a small number of Youzhou Army cannot be eliminated, they will not have to mess around in the future.

The Xiliang army sat on the war horses and just rushed out of Hangu Pass and arranged the charge formation. When they were really ready to charge, a horse neigh suddenly came from the north. Before they could react, a rain of arrows hit the north. In an instant, the people shot by the Xiliang army were knocked over. They shouted: "We are fooled. There are ambushes behind. Youzhou army has a backup plan. Retreat quickly."

When Li Jue and others heard the words, they hurriedly looked north. Sure enough, they saw dust flying, with about 20,000 people running from the north. Looking at the banner, it was really the Youzhou Army. Li Jue and Guo Si looked at each other and found that the other party was worried about the heavy dialect. Knowing that things should not be done, Li Jue shouted helplessly: "Everyone withdraw for me."

All these ten thousand Youzhou troops delayed them for almost an hour. Now there are more than 20,000 people. How long can they delay? Moreover, Li Jue and Guo Si are not confident that they can eliminate more than 30,000 people. Even if they are eliminated, they don’t know how much the strength of their Xiliang army will be weakened. By that time, when the Youzhou army and the army of princes arrive, they may immediately collapse and there will be no future. Since that is the case, they are still fighting for nothing.

They retreated to the pass and reported the specific situation to Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo lamented, knowing that it was impossible to do it. The gold, silver and jewelry seemed to be snatched back. Since that was the case, it would be better to save these subordinates. So he had to wave his hand and let Li Jue and Guo Si go down, staying alone in the room and pondering silently. Thinking about the future. Seeing this situation, even Li Ru dared not say anything anymore, so he could only retreat obediently.

Outside Hangu Pass, Huang Zhong's troops, who were already ready for sacrifice, suddenly saw reinforcements coming, and their morale was greatly boosted. When the reinforcements arrived in front of Huang Zhong's troops, Huang Zhong took the lead and said to the leading man: "Wenyuan. Why are you? Why are you here? How are you in Bingzhou?" It turned out that this group of reinforcements was Zhang Liao who brought a group of people over. Zhang Liao was Huang Zhong's deputy general who captured Bingzhou this time. According to Liu Bin's request, he and Gao Shun should be digesting the fruits of victory in Bingzhou now, so why did Huang Zhong suddenly lead his troops here? So Huang Zhong asked this question.

When Zhang Liao saw Huang Zhong, he quickly saluted and said, "Report to the general, most of Bingzhou has been occupied by our people. The Bingzhou army, which had a production of less than 50,000, surrendered to us. According to the order of the lord, we selected 30,000 elite troops from them and temporarily incorporated into the battle sequence of our army. Now General Gao is temporarily in Bingzhou. General Gao and I discussed it, worried that General, your task this time will be too difficult and there are a few people, so we will bring people to support the general first."

According to Liu Bin's plan, after Huang Zhong brought Zhang Liao and Gao Shun into Bingzhou, Huang Zhong led the elite troops of the Youzhou army to the south for a night, cross the Yellow River, and ambushed in front of Hangu Pass. The remaining people were Zhang Liao Gao Shun to pacify Bingzhou. Zhang Liao and Gao Shun had always had prestige in the Bingzhou army, and most of the Bingzhou army admired them very much. In addition, this time they used the banner of the whole country and entered Bingzhou under the banner of His Highness King Jin, which was justified. The Bingzhou army is now without a leader, so they pacified most of the Bingzhou without much effort.

After pacifying most of Bingzhou, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun discussed with each other and decided to send troops to support Huang Zhong's actions. First of all, Huang Zhong's task this time was too arduous, and he brought too few people, which was too dangerous. Although they were constantly tedious, they were not so dangerous. Secondly, Huang Zhong was their superior this time. If Huang Zhong had any accidents, they would have to bear certain responsibilities. The third is that they were all surrendered generals. Although they had been trusted by the lord for six years, they also had to avoid taboos. If they led their troops to fight for the first time, they would occupy their own nests and refused to save their friendly troops. It would be easy to make trouble for them.

The fourth is that they have just joined the Youzhou Army and have a great responsibility and are in a high position. They have no prestige or connections, and are easily hated. The fifth is the problem of connections. If they want to be like a fish in the Youzhou Army in the future, they can not only rely on the trust of their lords, but also cultivate their feeding and connections in the army. Huang Zhong, as a veteran of Liu Bin, has laid a foundation for feeding and connections. They naturally killed Xiang and made their connections and prestige by making friends with Huang Zhong, so Zhang Liao brought some people to rescue Huang Zhong, and Gao Shun continued to stay in Bingzhou, while pacifying the funeral and waiting for the new orders of his lord Liu Bin.

Of course, Zhang Liao would not tell Huang Zhong in detail all this. Huang Zhong did not ask so much. Zhang Liao's arrival had already relieved him of a great danger, so he said, "Do you bring more arrow branches this time?" The arrow branches brought by Huang Zhong's troops have been consumed. If Zhang Liao brought more, he can borrow them first, so that both sides can add one piece and block Hangu Pass, so that the Xiliang army cannot leave Hangu Pass half a step. The possibility of their tasks being completed is greatly increased.

Who knew that Zhang Liao smiled bitterly when he heard this and said, "General, you don't know that the Bingzhou army is still very different from our Youzhou army. Although they also pay attention to crossbows, there are more bows and arrows than crossbows, and the funeral waiting is also very bitter and poor, so naturally they cannot be equipped with so many crossbows. This time I plundered hard in the Bingzhou armory to gather these injured crossbows. This is still not as low as the minimum requirements of our Youzhou army, so please forgive me."

Zhang Liao also wanted to support Huang Zhong, after all, this was a rare opportunity for Huang Zhong to be on the street corner. However, he had been with the Bingzhou Army for a long time, so he naturally knew the situation of the Bingzhou Army. Although the Bingzhou Army was also a strong army in the world, it was not as rich as the Youzhou Army, so he could equip so many crossbows. Even if he wanted to support Huang Zhong, there was no way.

Huang Zhong couldn't help but sigh when he heard this. He also knew that the Youzhou army was different in other local armies. The Youzhou army had Liu Bin, a rich man who was behind to provide everything, so he naturally wanted to equip any kind of military equipment. However, other armies did not have rich commanders like Liu Bin. Ordinary local troops, Paul's previous imperial troops, were equipped with more bows and arrows than crossbows. After all, although the crossbows were long-range and powerful, they were too expensive, too low in flexibility, and not easy to maintain. Many people naturally

Choosing bows and arrows that are small, flexible and easy to maintain. Therefore, Zhang Liao naturally couldn't get so many crossbow arrows. At the beginning, he asked them only subconsciously. So he said, "Since that's the case, there is nothing we can do. Now we can only retreat slowly. While the Western Liang army has not yet reacted, we try our best to lead these people eastward, hoping to get along with the lord's army as soon as possible. In this way, we can complete the task and protect ourselves to the greatest extent."
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