Chapter 180 The Shocked Bird

The trees on both sides of the road kept vibrating, as if some huge monster had torn down the trees, only to see a cloud of smoke and dust in the distance, countless cavalry galloping on the road, like a long dragon winding on the road, a long lookout There was no end in sight, and countless people gathered, it was impossible to count how many people there were.

"Goddamn Dong Zhuo! Have you gotten rid of him?"

Beigong Boyu's body heaved with the jolting of the horse, with an angry look on his face.

When the troops were withdrawn yesterday, Dong Zhuo bit him tightly and pursued him with his tail on his tail. Yesterday, he counted the number of troops carefully, and there were seven or eight thousand people missing. Some of them were killed by the Xiliang iron cavalry, and some were scattered.

On the contrary, Beigong Boyu believed even more firmly in what Bian Zhang said, that the red light was an ominous sign when the red light entered the camp yesterday, otherwise how could so many people die?

Li Wenhou on the side said: "Why don't you rest for a while? Dong Zhuo has been chasing for a day and a night. He should withdraw his troops and go back. After all, Zhang Wen's army has not come out, so he dare not fight our army head-on."

Beigong Boyu rode wildly for almost a day, and he was already exhausted by now, even if several horses alternated, the horses that got off were a little tired.

"Okay, I'll wait for a while to rest."

Beigong Boyu had just ordered the whole army to get off their horses and rest, when suddenly a loud arrow shot out from the woods.

boom!

"Kill the thief!"

Countless banners were suddenly erected in the woods on both sides of the road, fluttering in the wind, shouts of killing came from all directions, and an unknown number of people rushed out from the woods on both sides.

"Get on the horse!"

Beigong Boyu was taken aback, and hurried on his horse. Countless horsemen were panicked. Suddenly, smoke and dust rose up on the road ahead. Thousands of cavalrymen came forward with a big Liu character flag. The leader was wearing a red robe. Gun in hand, unstoppable, it is Liu Ye.

When Li Wenhou saw this person, his face turned pale: "Liu Ye, it's Liu Ye!"

All the infantry rushing out from both sides of the road had been recharging their energy for a long time, holding spears and knives in their hands, rushed out of the forest, and slashed and killed the barbarians who had dismounted.

Accompanied by the Han troops on both sides of the road, arrows rushed out with swishing noises. The archers hidden in the forest opened their bows and set arrows, and shot out arrows of death. Some war horses were hit by arrows and were killed Stimulated by the pain, he raised his head and hissed, and stomped around. Countless Qiang people who were sitting on the ground suffered unreasonable disasters and were knocked down by the running horses. .

However, the Han army that rushed up did not fight on their own, but a group of dozens of people, pushing forward with shields, and after the Qiang people were thrown into chaos, the soldiers with ring swords in their hands rushed out to chase after the collapsed Hu Qi. kill.

The Qiang people were in a mess, and it was at this time that Liu Ye led his army into the formation.

boom!

Three thousand iron cavalry rushed into the Qiang formation head-on. The cavalry was strong in its high-speed maneuverability and unparalleled impact. Even if the Hu cavalry standing in place were on horses, they were simply moving one by one without charging and gaining momentum. target.

As soon as the front row got on his horse, Hu Qi, who was not on his footing, was directly knocked off his horse by the dense cavalry formation. The charge of the infantry on both sides and the frontal cavalry made the Qiang people into a mess, especially the arrows shot from the dense forest, which greatly deepened the panic of Hu Qi.

Hu Qi was in a mess, looking at the figures waving flags and shouting in the dense forest, he didn't know how many people were there.

"Quick retreat, quick retreat!"

Beigong Boyu was chased by Dong Zhuo like a frightened bird, and he immediately ordered his troops to withdraw. After Hu rode on his horse, he fought and retreated. He didn't want to get entangled with the killing Han army at all, but fled one by one.

"Haha, happy!"

Guan Hai laughed loudly, turned around and shouted: "Junshou, do you want to pursue with troops?"

Liu Ye shook his head: "I am waiting for a small number of soldiers. This big victory is just to take advantage of the panic of the enemy. I don't know the depth of our army. If I know how many people are in our army, I am afraid that instead of fleeing, I will fight our army to the death. "

Liu Ye used 10,000 troops in this battle, not that he expanded his troops to Tianshui County by 10,000. The total standing army in Tianshui County is only 5,000, 3,000 cavalry, and 2,000 infantry.

However, he also summoned Minzhuang from all over the country to participate in military training. The training was held every ten days, and each man in each household was subsidized with a bucket of grain every month. This time, out of the 10,000 people who came with him, 5,000 of them were Minzhuang.

Naturally, it is impossible for these folks to really fight, so they are only responsible for waving the flag and shouting in the woods. Only 3,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry actually attack.

Because the Qiang rebels have been entrenched in the Sanfu area, Liu Ye always sent sentry cavalry to scout the surrounding area, but accidentally detected the retreating Hu cavalry led by Beigong Boyu, so Liu Ye chose a road that Hu cavalry must pass through, and set up a plan in advance. Lay an ambush.

Hu Qi, who had been terrified by Dong Zhuo's chasing troops for a long time, was already a frightened bird. When Liu Ye's army suddenly rushed out, he thought it was a divine soldier, so he fought and retreated.

In fact, no more than a thousand people were killed or injured, but the Qiang people were in a hurry, but left behind many horses.

Looking at the unowned horses around him, Liu Ye couldn't help laughing. Before he moved to the Central Plains, there was a shortage of horses among the Yellow Turban Thieves, so Liu Ye had only a few hundred horses for a long time, and he couldn't replenish them.

Now that he suddenly got so many war horses, Liu Ye suddenly felt like he had made a fortune. With so many war horses, he could expand another two thousand cavalry. After careful calculation, the 3,000 cavalry in his army are all one man and two horses, that is, 6,000 war horses. Adding these more than 4,000 war horses, there are a total of 10,000 war horses.

However, there are less than 30,000 households in Tianshui County, and a total of 130,000 people. According to ten people raising one man, it is at most 13,000 soldiers and horses, but that is too extreme. Now there are 5,000 standing troops , 5,000 reserves, basically that's about the same.

"Go, take the horse back."

The Huqi rebels withdrew from Meiyang, and Dong Zhuo, the general who broke the captives, led his troops to chase them all the way, killing and wounding more than 6000 Qiang rebels. Beigong Boyu fled all the way sick, but he didn't expect to be ambushed by the county guard Liu Ye when he entered Tianshui, leaving more than a thousand corpses and more than 4,000 horses behind, and fled.

Beigong Boyu fled all the way, almost without stopping, and fled from Tianshui County back to Yuzhong County, Jincheng County.

However, it may be that he was frightened in the past two days, so Beigong Boyu lay down on the bed, unable to recover from illness.

When the good news spread to Luoyang, Emperor Ling inevitably rewarded Dong Zhuo and Liu Ye. At the same time, he issued an order to ask Zhang Wen why he refused to attack.

After Zhang Wen received the edict from Emperor Ling, he was taken aback, and hurriedly summoned the generals to ask questions, preparing to confront the rebels entrenched in Yuzhong County in the near future.