Chapter 318 Passing by
Liu Xin led more than 50,000 elite troops and traveled nearly 300 miles in two days. Scouts from the front reported that Zhang Chun's army was marching eastward from a position 200 miles south of Xiandu County. It seemed that they were not here to attack them.
Moreover, when they passed a castle, they detoured for 5 miles without any intention of disturbing them. Liu Xin guessed that Zhang Chun was unable to defeat Gongsun Zan and was trying to escape eastward. Where was he going to escape to?
In the afternoon, Huang Zhong led the Xiandu cavalry to join Liu Xin. Although Huang Zhong arrived in Xiandu County not long ago, his martial arts, especially archery, had conquered all the Xiandu cavalry. Every time he fought with the Xianbei cavalry, Huang Zhong could take the lead in shooting.
Killing enemy generals made the Xiandu cavalry more and more famous in the Xianbei grassland.
He Ye, Wei Qin, Cheng Yuanzhi and others all wanted Huang Zhong to be the commander in chief. Huang Zhong's intelligence and commanding ability were both outstanding. The key man was a top-notch general. Being the commander-in-chief would improve the morale of the entire army.
Looking at the silent elite soldiers behind him, Liu Xin was full of confidence. The three thousand elite cavalry have gone through countless battles, and now they are not afraid of any enemy. The infantry are all equipped with fine armor, and it is no problem to fight ten.
They are skilled in battle formation formation and are rare responsible soldiers in this era. This is where Liu Xin has accumulated strength in recent years.
Looking at the generals, Zhou Tai has 96 points in martial arts, and he is becoming more and more proficient in using his double halberds. No one in the world can defeat him with more than five fingers.
Fang Yue has 93 points in martial arts and has mastered the god-level whip technique. He fought with Zhou Tai for 30 points and won't fall behind.
Huang Zhong has 91 points in martial arts, but his combat prowess is no lower than Fang Yue's, especially his archery skills. His reputation in the army is only inferior to Zhou Tai's.
In addition, Guan Hai no longer wants to be his own gangster leader. He joins Huang Zhong in the battle, and it is only a matter of time before his force value reaches 88 points and reaches the top level. Zhang Jaw has 82 force points, Wei Qin has 84 force points, Cheng Yuanzhi has 83 force points, and He Ye has 85 force points.
Point. Liu Xin has more and more top-notch generals under his command. In addition, Liu Xin's three major attributes have been fully improved, giving everyone attributes and talent bonuses. It is difficult for anyone in the world to resist their charge.
"My lord, this pure rebel army has no intention of invading my dangerous county. The Wuhuan cavalry is also unwilling to contact our cavalry. I think this pure rebel army intends to transfer its troops to Liaodong. He has moved the counties around Yan State.
The damage is almost done, so it’s okay to leave it to Gongsun Zan." Huang Zhong was the first to speak to Liu Xin.
"I received news that Zhang Chun killed all the people related to Gongsun Zan in Youbeiping County. Even if Gongsun Zan returns to Youbeiping County, he will not get any supplies. He has just returned from Liangzhou and there must be insufficient food and grass. Zhang Chun
We plan to stall for time with him!" Cheng Yu stood behind Liu Xin on horseback. This battle can be said to be the first time Liu Xin's main force attacked, so he summoned Cheng Yu over immediately.
"Lord, shall we fight?" Guan Hai asked anxiously after hearing this. He has been monitoring Cui Hao and other new officials in the court in Xiandu County this year, and they have been so tormented that they dare not leave the house. It's not easy today.
There is a battle to be fought, but Liu Xin wants to stop it?
Liu Xin regretted putting Guan Hai in Xiandu County. Guan Hai seemed to have a lot of problems with the public.
"Don't worry, let's take a look first! Although we are all elites, we only have more than 10,000 people, and the opponent's strength is nearly twenty times ours. It is best not to fight this battle, otherwise our infantry losses may be very high.
Big." Liu Xin said.
Arriving at the south side of Zhang Chun's army, Liu Xin and his generals led 3,000 cavalry and watched Zhang Chun's army several hundred meters away. It was almost dusk, and Zhang Chun's army had already begun to set up camp. They used accompanying carriages to simply stand on both sides.
They were connected, and there were no horse-rejecting stakes outside the carriage formation. When Liu Xin saw this, he led his generals to retreat.
It took more than three days for Zhang Chun's entire army to pass through the south side of Xiandu County without even invading Xiandu County. Wuhuan cavalry was also hiding from Liu Xin's elite cavalry. They knew that Xiandu cavalry was more difficult to deal with than Baima Yicong.
too much.
Watching the opponent's tail troops leaving little by little, Liu Xin only monitored the opponent for three days and did not take the initiative to attack. The two sides have been living in peace. Many generals and soldiers felt extremely disappointed, but Liu Xin felt lucky that he could
It would be best not to fight with any force.
Seeing that the crisis was over, Liu Xin was about to let all the soldiers go home, but he heard from the scouts that a large number of victims from the west were coming from Youbeiping County to Xiandu County. Liu Xin knew that this was Gongsun Zan's attack on a large number of people after he captured Ji County.
The soldiers who followed Zhang Chun carried out massacres because he did not have any food to feed so many people. Therefore, when Zhang Chun's rebels passed by, the population of counties and counties around Jixian did not fall but increased. It was Zhang Chun who came from Jizhou, Qingzhou and other areas.
Came here.
Liu Xin sent scouts to the southern border of Xiandu County to explore the news about Gongsun Zan's army, because he knew that Gongsun Zan must fight Zhang Chun decisively. He had no food and could not annihilate Zhang Chun this time. He would have failed if he returned to Youzhou. The imperial court ordered Zhang Chun to be annihilated.
All their hopes were placed on him. In order to build momentum for himself, many officials in the imperial court made great efforts, but he, Gongsun Zan, could not let those people down.
Since there was no need for a decisive battle, Liu Xin asked more than 9,000 infantrymen to return to Xiandu County and Pingzihe City. He led the generals and cavalry in the northern part of Xiandu County to guide the victims to the cities, villages, and forts in Xiandu County. Now Xiandu County has
More than ten forts have been built. Although half of the city walls have not yet been completed, there are already more than a thousand people living there. They graze their cattle there, open up wasteland, and provide resting places for passing caravans and people.
On July 20, more than 20,000 victims had fled into Xiandu County. Liu Xin asked people to take them back to Xiandu County. Seeing that many of these victims had not eaten for several days, Liu Xin even asked Xiandu to bring them back to Xiandu County.
The county sent dozens of carts of grain by carriage, and built dozens of porridge sheds along the border to Xiandu County, with cavalry assigned to maintain order around the porridge sheds.
In the name of competition and assessment, Liu Xingang competed with his generals to replenish their [Training Cards]. Liu Xin has not returned to Xiandu County in the past three months. The [Training Cards] of all generals have expired. This time they will be used continuously.
Thirty-three [Ten Times Training Cards], forty-nine [Triple Training Cards], his [Triple Training Cards] are used up, and there are only 26 [Ten Times Training Cards] left.
Give four second-rate generals a chance to break through to the first-rate level. The number of first-rate generals under Liu Xin has reached 17. Breaking through the second-rate ranks from third-rate generals is a small bottleneck and Liu Xin usually rarely cares about it. Liu Xin is also reluctant to use the [Breakthrough Card] when ordinary generals break through to become third-rate generals. From now on,
These [Breakthrough Cards] are only used by generals with breakthrough first-class and above. Although Liu Xin still has 81 [Breakthrough Cards], he still feels that they are not enough.
Seeing that the strength of his generals was steadily increasing, Liu Xin was very happy. At this time, a scout came to report that Gongsun Zan's cavalry chased the victims into Xiandu County, destroyed the border porridge shacks, and killed more than ten Xiandu who were giving porridge.
Chapter completed!