Chapter 420 Veteran Shooting Wei Yuan will take care of himself
Speaking of which, after receiving the news that Gan Ning had built a wooden bridge, Yang Fan immediately sent Huang Zhong and Taishi Ci and two generals led 15,000 Dragon and Tiger Guards to quickly rush towards Puban County, and Dian Wei, the landslide, was left by Yang Fan.
The Dragon and Tiger Guards are the first military branch in the Yang family. The equipment is naturally high-quality, but the better the equipment, the heavier it is. This is an inevitable result. In addition, the official road that the Dragon and Tiger Guards walked was a little circling, so the speed of the Dragon and Tiger Guards to reach the foot of Leishou Mountain was slower than the Western Liang Iron Cavalry for several hours. This was the case when Huang Zhong deliberately left half of the people walking, while the rest were one person and two horses.
Along the way, Huang Zhong and Tai Shi Ci kept urging to speed up, and finally their hard work paid off. When Zhang Xiu was about to destroy the wooden bridge, he arrived at the battlefield.
Seeing that Zhang Xiu was about to destroy the wooden bridge, Huang Zhong urged the horse under his crotch to move forward, gradually distanced himself from the large group of people behind him, and rushed towards the wooden bridge alone. Taishi Ci also saw this. The mounts under the crotch of the two people galloped for hundreds of miles and did not look weak. He still had the strength to charge, which shows that the mounts of both of them were not easy.
Huang Zhong and Gan Ning had little friendship, but as an old man in the Yang family army, even though Huang Zhong was nearly fifty years old and calm, he was furious and angry after seeing his brothers.
He was the first to rush up the wooden bridge and roared angrily: "Ha, Huang Zhong from Nanyang is here, who is the rat? How dare you fight me!"
As soon as Yan fell, several cold lights shot towards Hu Cheer quickly.
Hu Cheer had been in the Yang family's army, and he was well-known for Huang Zhong's reputation. At this time, when he saw Huang Zhong's self-reporting house, Hu Cheer began to pay attention to Huang Zhong's place. The reason was that Huang Zhong's unique skill was too terrifying. As expected, as soon as Huang Zhong finished speaking, Hu Cheer saw several arrows shooting at him. The speed was as fast as lightning. If he hadn't been wary of it, he would have really been able to take Huang Zhong's way.
However, even though Hu Cheer was prepared, he was still embarrassed to avoid these arrows. It was because Hu Cheer himself was too obvious. Although he had great strength and had good endurance, he was a little embarrassed about his skillful tricks.
Seeing Huang Zhong arrive, Gan Ning could no longer hold on and fainted as if he was deflated by the ball.
Huang Zhong's horse was fast and arrived in the blink of an eye. When he passed Gan Ning, he ordered Li Hu and others beside Gan Ning: "You guys quickly retreat to the north bank, I am here, no worries!"
Seeing Huang Zhong killing everywhere in the crowd, no one could stop him wherever he passed, Li Hu swallowed secretly and supported Gan Ning, who had already fainted, and quickly retreated towards the north bank.
Taishici, who followed, jumped up from the horse's back and jumped into the river, constantly chopping and killing the Xiliang soldiers who were trying to destroy the wooden bridge. Taishici was good at Qingzhou and learned good water skills since childhood. In the river, the fierce Xiliang iron cavalry in Taishici's view were just a group of slow-moving things to be slaughtered.
But only two generals forced themselves to guard the wooden bridge. At this time, the Yang family's cavalry had arrived and was about to cross the bridge. After seeing this, Zhang Xiu looked like white frost and did not dare to fight again, so he fled in a hurry.
As soon as the main general escaped, his morale was immediately extinguished. The Western Liang Iron Cavalry, who had just been extremely ferocious, has now become a stray dog. How could Huang Zhong miss this excellent opportunity to chase him? He hurriedly assembled hundreds of Dragon and Tiger Guards and chased Zhang Xiu.
Huang Zhong was very good at archery skills. He chased him for dozens of miles and shot more than a hundred arrows. Each arrow would have one or several Western Liang iron cavalry fell off the horse. Such a sharp shooting really surprised Zhang Xiu, and was also frightened. He only bent over the horse's back and did not dare to show off.
There were still 1,6700 people in the Western Liang Iron Cavalry, but his morale was lost and he was shocked by Huang Zhong's magic shot. He was no longer able to fight again, so he had to follow Zhang Xiu blindly flee east. During this period, some Western Liang Iron Cavalry, who felt frustrated and overestimated his abilities, turned his horse's head and faced Huang Zhong, trying to fight with Huang Zhong and hundreds of dragon and tiger guards to the death.
However, manpower is sometimes poor, and these Western Liang cavalry are at the end of their strength. How could they be opponents of Huang Zhong and others at this time? After a series of rushing, their role was only slightly blocking the speed of Huang Zhong's pursuit.
Seeing this, Zhang Xiu was even more captured by Huang Zhong's divine power. He immediately put away his little thoughts and continued to flee east.
A rare scene immediately appeared on the official road from Tongguan to Hangu Pass. More than a thousand evil-known Western Liang Iron Cavalry were chased by hundreds of Yang family cavalry. What was even more shocking was that the group of Western Liang Iron Cavalry did not dare to fight against it.
The two sides chased each other for more than a hundred miles, but finally gave up the pursuit because their mounts were exhausted. In desperation, Huang Zhong had to order to stop the pursuit and retreat slowly.
Zhang Xiu, who escaped the disaster, breathed a sigh of relief, but he did not dare to stay too much and continued to flee east. The next day, he met Wei Kang, who led his troops eastward.
After learning that the Yang family army had crossed the Yellow River south, Wei Kang was shocked, and Wei Ning's face was even more pale. In desperation, Wei Dan analyzed: "Our army is also marching urgently, and the journey is shorter than the Yang family army in the north. I guess it is just the vanguard of its vanguard. The brigade of troops has not arrived. Our army still has 50,000 soldiers, which can be fought. It is better to go to Tongguan in a hurry and try to snatch back the wooden bridge before the main force of the Yang family army arrives. What do you think?"
Wei Dan's analysis is very unique and his views are reasonable. Wei Kang, who was just like a frightened bird, gradually felt at ease after hearing Wei Dan's words. Even Zhang Xiu, who was panicked, felt that his words were quite reasonable.
After thinking a little, Wei Kang could guess the key point. He gritted his teeth and said, "On the Ji, the second brother is right. There are not many enemy cavalry, but our army has 50,000 people. As long as we can seize the wooden bridge before the main force of the Yang family army arrives and regains the wooden bridge, we still have a glimmer of hope."
Zhang Xiu nodded and agreed, "Yes, the Yang family army who arrived at the wooden bridge yesterday were all one and two horses. It can be seen that the horses of other cavalry were misappropriated. The number of people must not be too large, but there are thousands of people. In my opinion, it is better for General Wei to lead the army to quickly support Tongguan. This place is not far from Hongnong City. When I go back to the city first, report this to my father, and then lead the 5,000 cavalry in the city to support you. How about it?"
Zhang Xiu is still in fear now. He is obviously scared by Huang Zhong's magical archery technique. When he returns to Hongnong City, he also wants Zhang Ji to come out of the mountain.
Wei Kang glanced at the group of panic-looking cavalry behind Zhang Xiu, and felt extremely disdainful. He thought to himself that he could defeat the Yang family army when he was attacked by more than 10,000 people. Now Zhang Xiu has a 5,000 elite army, but he was beaten to death by hundreds of Yang family army, which has dampened the morale of their Wei family army. Since Zhang Xiu was going to come again later, Wei Kang did not say anything to him. At this time, in his opinion, Zhang Xiu was just a silver spear and wax head, which was not useful, so he could not go with him and would drag him down.
Thinking of this, Wei Kang smiled generously and said, "Since that's the case, General Zhang, please report to Prefect Zhang first. I will stop you by the only thousands of Yang family troops!"
Zhang Xiu saw Wei Kang's appearance, and he could not guess what he was thinking at this moment. Since there was a bird that stood out, he was naturally happy to rest for a while. He was not angry at the moment and smiled with his fists: "General Wei's literary talent and martial arts are more than ten times better than Xiu. At this time, General Wei personally took action, so he naturally had a good grasp. Perhaps, before Xiu left the city, the news of General Wei's victory came. Then Xiu would be the first to wish General Wei a victory."
There is no effort to say good things, and everyone is carrying the sedan chair. Wei Kang is just a young man in his twenties. He has never been praised like this. Especially Zhang Xiu is a famous general who is famous. At this time, Wei Kang only felt that he was in the clouds and mist, and he was so sour and refreshed that he could not notice the danger beyond the clouds and mist.
At that moment, Wei Kang waved his hand indifferently and said with a heroic smile: "General Zhang, please go there with peace of mind. Some of the cavalry of the Yang family army will stop you!"
Zhang Xiu was disdainful and thought to himself that even the thousands of Yang family troops could not resist the two thousand Xiliang cavalry, how could you provoke? However, since there are dead ghosts who are here to buy time for him, why don’t Zhang Xiu do it? What he has done is just a few flattering words!
Afterwards, Wei Kang led his army to continue to advance eastward, with a speed of a few points faster than before, because he knew that he could not delay it now, nor could he afford it. If the main force of the Yang family army arrived first, he would have slapped himself just now.
After watching the Wei family army leave, Zhang Xiu did not dare to neglect, and then rushed towards Hongnong without stopping.
When he returned to the city, Zhang Xiu broke into Zhang Ji's mansion.
At this time, Zhang Ji was enjoying the massage of his beloved wife Zou by the pond. He was so uncomfortable. After hearing the noisy footsteps outside the yard, Zhang Ji was about to get angry, but he saw that it was his nephew Zhang Xiu. Then he changed his face to a smile and asked, "It's Xiu'er, aren't you leading the army outside to fight? How could you have time to come to see him as your father?"
Zhang Ji has never had a son, so he recognized his nephew Zhang Xiu as his adopted son and could inherit his mantle.
Zhang Xiu hurriedly said, "The child has seen his father and his mother. It's really tense, so the child will disturb his father's serenity."
Zhang Ji smiled dotingly and said, "Xu'er, what are you saying? Isn't it natural for you to see me? Tell me, what happened?"
Zhang Xiu did not dare to hide it, so he quickly told everything that happened yesterday, and finally attached his own suggestions.
Zhang Ji was stunned when he heard this and said to himself that although his son said it was light, he could also guess the danger of yesterday's battle.
After thinking about it secretly, Zhang Ji said, "Xu'er, you have done a good job, but you still need to do everything within your ability. In your opinion, what about the Yang family army yesterday? For your father, you must listen to the truth."
Chapter completed!