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Chapter 370 Like an Arrow in the String (Part 2)

The 15,000 Han army rushed from night to Ming to Boping. The Later Han army rushed straight to Leping, Liaocheng and other places with the wind and wind, and continued to retreat. In the end, they could only be killed by the opponent's cavalry in the wilderness hills within 150 miles. Instead of this, it was better to go on a different approach to Boping and attack Qinghe County, which could reduce the pressure on the west side of Gaotang and catch the Hu people off guard.

Zu Ti led five thousand infantry as the pioneer of the way, Pei Miao led eight thousand infantry and cavalry closely behind, and Zu Yue led two thousand men and horses to slowly fall down with supplies. The Han army landed on the north shore to fight, and all the money and grain supplies were carried by themselves. Many cities and ponds in Hebei were not accumulated, and even some food, grass and supplies were not enough to be used by the Han army.

Only Jixian and other places on the Western Front, which Jiang Wei guided, were always lands for reclamation, and there was a lot of surplus food. Such good things were almost unavailable on the plains and other eastern battlefields. If it weren't for the domestic food and wages, how could a large number of Later Han infantry and cavalry turn outside the frontier to eat? The Han people wouldn't have plundered a large amount of city land in just a few days.

Boping is located in a remote place, and the road to the plain is even far away. It is close to Qinghe County. The Hu people would not have expected that the Han army would not retreat to Liaocheng, but went north. Therefore, the Han army carried a large amount of supplies on this trip, and some of them were not too late to transport them away, so they simply distributed them to the people of Liaocheng.

They are all Han people, but these people live under the rule of the Hu people, so it is natural to rescue these people from the perspective of the court. However, the people who can truly be respected by the army have already died for a long time because of resistance or enlistment. They are willing to bow their heads and bow their heads to loyal to the Hu court, which makes the Han army feel a sense of distance from the bottom of their hearts.

It is necessary to understand that in order to survive, but the differences in their positions can not be easily resolved. For example, people in the Central Plains regard themselves as orthodox and despise the people of Jiangnan and Xichuan, but isn’t it the same in Jiangnan and Xichuan? It’s still the case that both serve the Han people, and it can be imagined that the people of Hebei are unpopular.

It is estimated that the Hu people could not catch up for a while, but the Han army still advanced with all their might. Since landing, it has been seven days since now. Zu Ti and others have fought and retreated, and the army of the prince Liu Dong, the governor, rarely rested. Only the geographical location of the plain and the surrounding environment are enough to make the Han army gain a foothold.

As long as the Han army can withstand for several days, I believe that the subsequent reinforcements will inevitably be endless!

After simply using dry food, the Han army continued to go on the road after a short rest. Zu Ti personally led his army to the front and sent scouts all the way to inquire about Boping's situation.

After walking for more than thirty miles, the scouts ahead suddenly rushed back. A Hu army stopped the way and rushed towards him!

"Well... the cavalry? Quickly line up to get the rear army to support him!" Zu Ti was shocked when he heard this. Liu Yuan had such a strategy that he actually sent a cavalry to wait for him here!?

The Han army was in a hurry to form an array, and at this moment, you could see the smoke and dust in the distance, and the sound of horse galloping came. You should know that it was the Hu cavalry of the brigade who was rushing to death!

"Why not avoid it, General?" A deputy general asked when he saw the enemy's army Poduo.

Zu Ti shook his head and smiled bitterly: "The Boping line is the last road of our army. Even if we can't pass a hundred miles, it will be difficult to escape the pursuit of Hu cavalry. Let Zu Yue leave the baggage and the entire army to help, and success, life and death will be fought here!"

The crossbow shot the head-on attack of the Hu cavalry. The Hu cavalry's speed increased instead of decreasing, and since it galloped into the Han army's formation! The archers desperately pulled the bow and shot arrows. The Han soldiers in the front row had already felt the overwhelming momentum of the Hu people and the galloping murderous aura of the war horses!

The trembling legs are the legs. When humans are attracted by the powerful momentum, they are determined to shake involuntarily. The Han soldiers' determination to fight bloody battles on the battlefield will never regret it!

"Shi Le!" Zu Ti saw the big flag in the army and immediately knew that the cavalry came from Qinghe County, and he was unconscious of the prospects of Boping City.

The Hu cavalry was like a meteor arrow, and suddenly inserted into the Han army formation while the Han army was still trying desperately to block it. The formation formed in a hurry was broken by the Hu cavalry. Seeing that the Hu cavalry was under pressure, the pressure suddenly rushed horizontally to the left and right sides.

The Han army struggled to resist the Hu cavalry on the front and wanted to push the Hu cavalry out of the formation. Unexpectedly, the Hu cavalry was so cunning. For a moment, the weaker parts on both sides were all killed by the Hu cavalry, and the entire formation showed signs of collapse!

At the critical moment, Zu Ti led his elite soldiers to fight. His horse galloped and his spear was like lightning. In a blink of an eye, he picked up and killed several Hu generals. The other party was arrogant and arrogant.

"Zu Ti's son is not dead yet!" Chamuqi, a powerful general in the Hu cavalry, rode his horse and swung his sword to lead more than a hundred cavalry to fight Zu Ti. The Han soldiers and generals passing along the way fell to the ground one after another.

Seeing that the Hu cavalry was about to be destroyed, Zu Ti's eyes were so angry that he was desperate that he would scatter. He swung his spear and poked four or five Hu cavalry. He rode his horse and shot Chamu with just one arrow and shot him down!

The Han army took the opportunity to rush forward and killed forty or fifty cavalry, but was also broken by fifty or sixty cavalry and fought with other teams on the battlefield. The Han army had only 5,000, and the Hu cavalry were the same. The cavalry with high men and large horses and close formations clashed among the crowd, and was invincible. Thanks to Zu Ti, who led the Han army to fight bloody battles and gritted teeth to persist, barely maintaining the formation connection.

The shouts of killing in the rear were approaching, and the central army Pei Miaozheng led 8,000 infantry and cavalry to fight hard. The first was more than a thousand cavalry only a hundred steps away from the battlefield!

Suddenly, hundreds of cavalry broke out on the flank and crashed into the Han army like a sword cutting. Zu Ti couldn't help but shout: "What a Shi Le!"

The Han army was defeated and the formation was severely damaged by this heavy blow. The Han soldiers trapped in Gai were killed by Hu cavalry, and the peripheral troops lost the connection between front and back, and with some force, they could not continue fighting, so they could only scatter.

Zu Ti coughed up blood and sacrificed his life to break through. His spear was everywhere like a storm, and he kept assassinating the Hu cavalry around him. However, even the strong wind stopped, even if it was a storm, it would have to be dense. Hu cavalry rushed from all directions in the blink of an eye. Zu Ti had already had many blood marks on his body! If he was trapped in the infantry formation, he could still break out of the siege with horses, but if he was surrounded by cavalry, even if you were a god descending to earth, you would not have the chance to have it!

"Don't panic, Pei Miao is here!" The Han general Pei Miao saw that the Han army collapsed in the blink of an eye, and was extremely panicked. He waved his sword and led more than a thousand Han cavalry to come first, and hit the Hu army around him, vowing to rescue Zu Ti.

However, the Hu cavalry was extremely agile. More than 2,000 cavalry had already been separated from the formation and kept the Han cavalry out of the siege!

The sword wind was blowing, and the murderous intent blew. Pei Miao led the Han cavalry to fight bravely without fear. The big sword in his hand flew up and down, killing flesh and blood all over the sky, and his head was everywhere. However, a Hu general held a sword and fought with it for a moment and killed Pei Miao so that he could only fight back and had no power to fight back!

"Who are you?" Pei Miao's helmet was swept away by a big knife, and he was disheveled and struggled to resist. He felt his arms numb and he secretly screamed something was wrong.

The Hu general swung his sword to fight Pei Miao, and did not think that he had the upper hand and was glorious. He said calmly: "Shi Le."

The sound of killing rose again, and the Han army's offensive suddenly increased. Seven thousand Han army infantry came everywhere. While their cavalry resisted the opponent's sharpness, they launched a fierce attack on the Hu cavalry! Even if five thousand soldiers were defeated in this battle, they still had more than 10,000 troops here, how could they give up easily?

It is important to know that the Han army has no way to retreat!

Shi Le had the upper hand and looked at the situation everywhere, and was surprised. The Han people had great directions such as Liaocheng, but they had more than 10,000 troops coming to Boping. Could it be that they wanted to attack their own Qinghe County?

"Boping has been captured by me, so I'll take a step later!" As soon as Su Rong shouted, Shi Le's big sword seemed to slash down slanted at lightning, with a thousand pounds of power unparalleled!

Pei Miao was covered in blood and had several guns on his back. Even in this battle formation, even if he fought against the enemy generals, the enemy cavalry kept fighting. The Han cavalry had fewer strength, and even the main general Pei Miao was besieged by the other party, and there was no way to protect him.

"Are I, Pei Miao, going to die here?" She waved her sword hard to greet her. Pei Miao yelled unwillingly. Even though she knew that this sword was definitely unbearable, she still had to fight to the death!

When two big knives collided with each other, it was a fair situation!

"My great Han army has broken through the plains. Gaotang is running to Qinghe. Is Shi Le still playing tricks here?" Han army general Qu Te arrived on his horse and tried his best to save Pei Miao with one sword, and also said with a color.

Shi Le frowned, swung his sword and fought again to fight with one against two without fear: "The evil words confuse the public and disrupt our morale, it's damn!"

"There are more than 3,000 people under Zhuge Xingzong. How could the Hu people be defeated overnight? The army attacked them!" Qu Te was not Zu Ti's army, but the Han army stationed in Liaocheng. After making an appointment with Zu Ti, he also led the troops and supplies to Boping, preparing to attack Qinghe County together. When the war happened, he personally led more than a thousand cavalry to help.

Pei Miao had a chance to breathe and swung his sword to slash the Hu general who was attacking on the side. He had a bloody smile on his lips and said with a strange smile: "That's it. There are only cavalry but no infantry, so Bo Ping will definitely be surrounded." After saying that, he swung his sword and fought again, and worked with Qu Te to fight Shi Le.

Seeing this, Shi Le stopped talking and secretly praised in his heart that these Han generals were not first-class people, but any of them were lieutenant generals who had been tempered through many battles. Even if one person's wisdom was limited, if the power of everyone, by combining the situation where only cavalry participated in the battle but no infantry concealed the killing, he could analyze the fact that Boping was still sticking to it.

This is wisdom and experience. If such an opponent is alone, it is easy to break it. But if it gathers like today, even if his cavalry is sharp, would he have to fight for nothing?

The Han army was colliding one after another, and the Hu cavalry and left and right clashed to form a barrier. For a moment, the corpses piled up on the road and were almost blocked. However, the Han army fought bravely one after another, and countless Hu knights were also caught off guard, and their combat power was greatly damaged.

At this time, Zu Yue also led his army to arrive and personally led 300 crossbowmen to break into the formation. Zhuge crossbows shot wildly, and the Hu cavalry finally couldn't support him. At this moment, the seven or eight hundred Han soldiers including Zu Ti had long been blocked under the siege of Hu cavalry. Why were Hu cavalry willing to give up like this? Then they rushed left and right to form a straight line, and they fought with the Han reinforcements in a head-on battle.

Seeing this, Zu Yue was furious and beat his horse and danced his spear into the crowd. In order to avoid accidental injury, he brought the crossbowman with a cold arrow, which reduced his lethality in a moment.

The Han people fought to death, and the Hu cavalry sacrificed their lives. Although the Han army was unable to break through the iron cavalry for a while, the Hu cavalry was sharp but could only gradually retreat and the troops were constantly lost.

Suddenly, the killing sounded loudly, and in the distance, the Han general Shao Xu left the baggage of the army and led thousands of Han troops to kill him. When Hu Qi saw this, he was shocked.

The Han reinforcements arrived many times, but Hu Qi was powerless. Even if he could kill Zu Ti, he would probably not have more than half of the Hu Qi left the battlefield alive. He used 2,500 elite knights to fight horses to exchange for Zu Ti's life alone, and Zu Ti was nothing!?

...

"Your Majesty, General Liu Xun has arrived in Liaocheng and is resting. Please ask Your Majesty how to advance." Liu Huanle, an important official in the court, received the military information in front of him and asked for instructions before Liu Yuan's carriage.

Liu Yuan had been in a military life, and now he is the emperor of a country. He has a car, not a horse. Liu Yuan, who was thinking in the car, heard the military situation in front of him and asked slowly: "Are the Han army such as Zu Ti are still retreating? Why didn't Liu Xun continue to pursue? The situation in Qinghe County can be reported, and what is the movement in the plain?"

Liu Huanle knew that he could not hide it from His Majesty, so he said truthfully: "General Huyandun was attacked by the Han army brigade in Chiping and sacrificed his life for the country. The detective was the Han general Huze, who led a 100,000 army to station in Chiping; Zu Ti and others seemed to go north to Boping. General Liu Xun was worried about the movements of the plains, so he did not pursue him."

"Bad!" Liu Yuan shouted suddenly before Liu Huanle could report one by one. The car driver trembled when he heard the sound. The driver did not dare to continue moving forward, and stopped and waited for His Majesty to get angry.

Liu Huanle even turned over and stepped off the horse and bowed, "Your Majesty, please calm down. The Han army has many plans. The subsequent arrival of the troops is in the direction of the flank of our army. You must be careful."

Liu Yuan did not show up in the car and paused for a moment: "Duan Qing, how long can the remaining troops on the plain hold on to it?"

Duan She Fuchen was on the other side of the carriage, his brows were tightly tied together, almost twisting into a tic-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-tac-t

Even Emperor Liu Yuan of Han was not confident in what kind of combat power the Hu army could have shown without any experience in defending the city.

He holds more than 100,000 cavalrymen in his hand, and always fights against others and hides in the city. When did he think of the present?

"What do Diao Ying say?" Liu Yuan asked Duan Shefuchen, and then asked Liu Huanle again.

Liu Huanle took out the letter from Diao Ying to ensure that what he said was correct: "General Diao Yan Zuming's army should have the intention to attack Qinghe County. There are rumors in Leping City, and all the Gaotang fell... Please adjust your majesty's strategy to prevent our army from being defeated by the Han people..."

The letters from Diao Ying came from Leping were half an hour faster than those in Liaocheng. Liu Yuan naturally had to wait for the military information of Liu Xun and others to make a judgment. At this moment, the car drove again, but the atmosphere became more serious.

There was no news about Gaotang and Pingyuan, and Diao Ying was just a rumor. It was impossible to judge the situation of the plain based on the movements of Zu Ti and Xuze Han troops, and there was no other information to learn from. This is the biggest test Liu Yuan is facing now.

If the Han army had already captured the plains and Gaotang, it would be equivalent to the Han army that could mobilize more than 100,000 troops to fight against the Later Han infantry and cavalry who were going to rescue the two places at any time. This was just as Diao Ying said, the Hu people also invested a lot of troops, but the speeds of each place were different, and it was very likely that the Han army would be defeated one by one due to the difference in time.

It is hard to say how much combat power can be retained after being severely damaged. With sufficient troops in the Han army, it can naturally attack the weak cities of the Later Han Dynasty and expand its territory. This not only cannot save the plains, but also weaken its own military strength and defense system, which is really a risky move.

The most powerful Liu Yuan, now the cavalry is in front and infantry is behind. The cavalry can arrive in the plains first, but the large group of troops led by Liu Yuan is likely to be blocked by the Han general Xiu Ze. Before the form was clear, the Hu people were completely passive, and if there is any deviation, the entire southeast region would probably lose.

"Even if I issue an edict, it will be difficult to save much situation. Since that is the case, it is better to fight to the decisive battle!" Liu Yuan sighed with a long sigh. He imagined that the reinforcements on the North Road must have approached the plain at this moment. No matter who the plain belongs to, the Han army has enough troops to fight with it. Even if he has insight into the situation here, he has no time to pass the order. Even if he sends the order, he cannot change everything that is about to happen.

Liu Huanle and Duan Shefuchen shook slightly when they heard this, and both bowed and said, "Your Majesty!"

"Tell Liu Xun to send a team to Gaotang to inquire about the situation. At any cost, I must understand the real situation of Gaotang and the plains!" Liu Yuan shouted in a deep voice, seemingly dissatisfied with the actions of Liu Xun, the striker.

"Yes, I'll send an order." Liu Huanle responded, turning his head to the entourage beside him and instructed him.

"Qiping is just a small county, and at most ten thousand troops will be stationed. Xiuze's army must be stationed in the fourth field. Leave 5,000 troops to guard money, grain and supplies, and the remaining troops will go to Chiping with all their might, so that Liu Xun will come to help the battle after exploring the Qing news. Humph! I will first pull out Xiuze's nail, and then sweep along the coast, so that the pseudo-Han prince will stay in Hebei forever!" Yu was murderous, and Liu Yuan said fiercely, and he will never treat Liu Dong as a battlefield baby, but as an absolute enemy!

"My army is like an arrow on the string, and there will be something to shoot, so that the prince will be successful for a while!" Liu Yuan thought about it and couldn't help but smile.

After all, if you underestimate Liu Chan's son, the guard forces along the coast were insufficient, and everywhere were busy dealing with wounded soldiers. The army moved north, but who would have thought that the Han people had attacked in less than twenty days? It was slower and slower, which made the situation difficult to reverse. How could this endure the Later Han Emperor Liu Yuan, who was traversing the border outside Hebei?

Duan Shefuchen's face was pale and he whispered: "Your Majesty...that plain?"

Liu Yuan changed the direction of the strategy to the Han army along the coast, trying to trap Liu Dong, the prince of the Han Dynasty who invaded the plains, in Hebei. Strategically speaking, this is undoubtedly much more wiser than the Later Han army rushing to the plains exhausted and fighting with the Han army who was waiting for it. However, in this way, the plain, as the fief of Duan, was equivalent to giving it to the Han people.

"I should go and save my order after breaking the cultivation rules! Why? I can't afford to lose a plain with me here?" Liu Yuan shouted in anger, and the car was getting farther and farther away.
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