Chapter 155: One Rider Vs. A Thousand

Gao Pei regretted it very much, not because he saw that Yuntijing and other things were just for show.

But he regretted that he should not have listened to Zhang Fei's single-handed meeting at the beginning, which led to such a disaster.

But Baishui Pass had changed hands, and it was useless now.

"General Zhang, please lock me up." Gao Pei requested.

Looking at the Baishui Pass commander with a dead look on his face, it was not difficult for Zhang Fei to guess the other party's thoughts, that he just didn't want to be a surrendered minister.

"Then it's up to you." Zhang Fei admired this kind of good man even more:

"Fan Jiang, find a clean room and invite General Gao in, and take good care of him."

After giving the order, Zhang Fei temporarily replaced the commander of Baishui Pass and ordered Huo Jun to be responsible for the defense of Baishui Pass.

"Me?" Huo Jun was extremely surprised: "What about you, General?"

Standing on the wall of Baishui Pass, Zhang Fei looked to the east with a heroic look:

"Zhang Lu may be coming, I want to entertain him on behalf of my elder brother."

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A bowl of porridge was bubbling on the fire, poured into a bowl, and brought to Pang Xi, the governor of Langzhong, on the wall.

Yang Huai led the Baishui Army to come as promised, and then Pang Xi got angry.

Attack, of course, it was impossible to attack for a while. Pang Xi and Liu Zhang had a long-standing conflict, and Langzhong itself also assumed the responsibility of serving as the second line of defense in case Baishui Pass was lost.

Therefore, Langzhong's city defense was well built, and the Baishui Army was only the Baishui Pass garrison, accustomed to guarding the pass, and it was really a bit blind to attack the city.

But Yang Huai was also known as a famous general in Shu, and was completely different from Fu Jin, who had led the army from Chengdu before, which was why Pang Xi was anxious and angry.

After Zhao Yuan knew Pang Xi's worries, he showed a mockery of the ignorant:

"Relying on the famous pass and natural barriers, you dare to call yourself a famous general?"

"General Pang has not known the heroes of the world for a long time."

Pang Xi showed an unconvinced look on his face, and at the same time, the hot porridge scalded the blisters in his mouth, making this expression become particularly strange.

Zhao Yuan shook his head and was too lazy to explain. He stood side by side with Pang Xi to look at the situation outside the city.

Langzhong City is not easy to fight. It is surrounded by water on the east, west and south sides, and there are mountains on the north.

So although the Baishui Army came from the north, they chose to station in the south of Langzhong, across the West Han River.

There is a rare small plain here, more than 30 miles wide, and the Baishui Army has more than 10,000 people, which is just suitable for stationing here.

Standing on the top of Langzhong City and looking up, it is full of Baishui Army.

Seeing another team of soldiers carrying ladders approaching Langzhong City, Pang Xi completely lost the desire to eat.

He hurriedly said, "When will Liu Huangshu come?"

Pang Xi put down his bowl and hurried down the city wall to command the city defense.

Zhao Yuan stood alone on the city wall and stared at the Baishui Army in a daze:

Can Liu Huangshu really lift the siege of Langzhong? Zhao Yuan was unsure.

"Can Zilong really lift the siege of Langzhong?" Liu Bei was still a little worried.

Pang Tong was silently deducing on the side, and when he heard the lord's question, he replied:

"After the Baishui Army splits up, General Yide will lead the army forward, and Baishui Pass is not a concern."

"Even if Baishui Pass cannot be captured for a while, when Zhang Lu sends troops, Baishui Pass will be attacked from both sides and will surely fall."

This part has been discussed many times, and Liu Bei himself is very clear about the subsequent plan:

"The Baishui Army under Langzhong City will definitely rescue Baishui Pass when they hear about the danger at Baishui Pass. As long as Zilong finds an opportunity to attack, the Baishui Army will be defeated."

After provoking the civil strife in Yizhou, Pang Tong quickly determined his goal: it is too risky to take Chengdu directly, and the claws of Liu Zhang, the sick tiger, should be cut off first.

The most important of these are the Baishui Army and Baishui Pass.

Yang Huai and Gao Pei of the Baishui Army are not from powerful families, but they are all favored by Liu Zhang; Baishui Pass resists Zhang Lu in the north and is the most important pass between Hanzhong and Yizhou.

Therefore, Pang Tong's plan was to control Baishui Pass first, and form a situation of closing the gate and beating the dog in Yizhou. In this way, whether it was a slow or sudden attack, it would be easy to deal with.

But Pang Tong never dreamed that Zhang Fei would easily take Baishui Pass, and the messenger was already on the way to Jiangzhou.

On the other hand, although Zhao Yun did not have any special strategies for the battle and used troops steadily, he had one biggest reliance: he was a cavalry general.

After the scouts found out the situation, Zhao Yun just felt:

It would be a pity not to charge in the case of a plain and behind the enemy!

Do it as soon as you think of it, without too much hesitation, Zhao Yun ordered:

"Zhang Yi, lead the 4,000 troops to move forward slowly."

"Zhang Zhe, order all the cavalry to change to stepping, carrying bows and crossbows, and march with me!"

Step into the battle! Zhang Zhe was also very excited, and he responded with heroic spirit, and hurried to gather General Zhao's cavalry.

After the New Year, when attacking Yizhou, Zhao Yun did not lead the cavalry to accompany him, because there was no room for him to play.

After taking root in Jiangzhou, Zhao Yun personally summoned the three hundred cavalrymen from Jingzhou, considering that Chengdu would be captured sooner or later, and there were only plains there.

Fortunately, they were used in the first battle!

Zhang Yi was a little worried that General Zhao was taking too much risks, and Zhao Yun comforted him:

"Yizhou is isolated from the world, and neither the battle formation nor the cavalry is known. Bo Gong can just plunder the formation with me."

After the cavalry was assembled, Zhao Yun went ahead.

The three hundred cavalrymen followed silently, carefully driving their horses and walking on the shallows of the West Han River Valley, where the terrain was relatively better.

After walking along the river valley for more than ten miles, Zhao Yun's eyes suddenly opened up, and a small plain appeared in front of him.

Zhao Yun raised his palm, and the three hundred cavalrymen stopped, silently sorting out their equipment, and began to slowly adjust the formation, from a straight formation trudging in the river valley to a crescent formation.

Zhao Yun's raised palms were flat and pointed forward, and then he took the lead and drove the horse under his crotch to run slowly.

At this time, someone had noticed the sudden appearance of the cavalry, and they began to shout at the top of their lungs, trying to alert the front army who was working hard to attack the city.

Zhao Yun ignored it. After the army exceeded 5,000 people, the separated front army and rear army actually became two parts.

The collection and screening of alarms, the transmission of warnings, the issuance of orders, and the coordinated adjustment of the front and rear troops are not easy.

Seasoned generals and experienced grassroots officers can greatly shorten this tedious process.

But Zhao Yun didn't think that this army, which was hiding in Baishui Pass every day to defend itself from danger, could have such strong qualities.

If the Baishui Army was really a famous general and a powerful army as the Yizhou people said, why didn't they attack Yangping Pass, restore Hanzhong, and kill Zhang Lu?

Is it because you don’t want to?

Moreover, the biggest disadvantage of the Yizhou Army is that they have no experience in dealing with cavalry, because Yizhou only produces rhinos, not horses.

Therefore, Zhao Yun was not distracted and led his cavalry to slowly accelerate.

However, it did not directly penetrate the Chinese army, but whizzed past the side of the Baishui military camp.

"Reinforcements!" Pang Xi, who was standing at the top of the city and sweating profusely, was extremely surprised, but then his heart sank:

"Why is there only such a small amount?"

Zhao Ze didn't speak. He was still young, so his eyesight was very good. From a distance, he could clearly see the dazzling light reflected by the sun on the armor of the first cavalryman.

Three or four hundred cavalry, charging into an army?

Then Zhao Ze clearly saw that the cavalry moved as fast as the wind, like sharp arrows grazing their cheeks. In the camp passing by, a row of white water soldiers had already fallen.

There was no fluctuation in Zhao Yun's heart. The cavalry led by him sometimes accelerated and sometimes slowed down.

It passed by the edge of the camp, passed through the gap between the front and rear troops, decelerated and circled to draw a large arc, and then started over and over again.

The followers on horseback had their feet firmly clasped in the metal stirrups, relying only on their waist, abdomen and legs to control the horses and follow their generals.

The freed hands ruthlessly harvested the lives of Bai Shuijun.

When you are far away, draw your bow and shoot arrows. When you are close, you lower your body and stretch out your long knife, bringing up a cloud of blood like cutting wheat.

Zhao Ze could see clearly that the Baishui rear army, which had no power to fight back, began to collapse. They had no way to deal with this cavalry of hundreds of people.

And this chaos gradually began to roll back the front army. Zhao Ze could clearly guess what the soldiers were thinking:

There is the Western Han River between Qianjun and Langzhong City, and a pontoon bridge has been built at the narrow part.

Although I don’t know how to deal with the cavalry, as long as I cross the pontoon bridge, it will be safe!

"Prefect Pang, Langzhong is safe!"

Zhao Zuo turned around and saw Pang Xi, who had been anxious and angry before. At this time, he had changed his expression to a confident one:

"The Northern Cavalry is so fierce!"

Zhao Zuo curled his lips inwardly, feeling that Pang Xi was really capable of surviving from Zhao Wei's rebellion to the present.

Then Zhao Ze stood on tiptoe and looked at the battlefield situation, and then he saw two changes:

More soldiers gradually emerged from the mountain pass where the silver-armored cavalryman came out, and began to form an orderly formation on the flat area.

And, the former troops of the White Water Army who had been rolled back unceremoniously killed the stunned rebel soldiers, and the disintegration was temporarily suspended.

Zhao Ze felt that he could understand the situation. The next step should be for the support army to confront the White Water Army. The Langzhong defenders would wait for the opportunity to attack, and victory would not be a problem in the end! Zhao Ze was determined.

Zhao Yun didn't think so. He watched the opponent's central army's flag slowly move to the place where the troops were broken, and watched a man who looked like a general shouting loudly, cutting off the soldiers, trying to stabilize the formation.

The opportunity passed quickly, and Zhao Yun shouted: "Zhang Zhang, grab the formation for me!"

"General, please break the formation!" Zhang Zhang shouted, and then he took the initiative to lead the cavalry forward, and the formation changed from a crescent moon to a sharp arrow.

An invincible and powerful arrow!

Zhao Ze opened his mouth wide in surprise, watching the arrow hit the Chinese army flag hard.

If it was like a sharp blade cutting through the grass before, then now it is like a sharp ax cutting the ground, with the fierce force gradually fading away.

The thunderous speed gradually slowed down due to the squeezing of the soldiers. Zhao Ze was heartbroken to see several knights being pierced by random spears, and both men and horses fell.

And at this moment, the middle of the arrow was revealed, and it was the silver-armored cavalryman!

He charged on horseback again, approaching Yang Huai, the leader of the White Water, and then shot like a spiritual dragon into the sea, straight to Yang Huai's door.

Yang Huai felt the ghost of the dead, and he used all his strength to raise the long knife in his hand and narrowly avoided it.

But that's it! Yang Huai screamed in his heart, but then he felt something was wrong. Why did the cavalryman's spear fly past?

Zhao Yun was not distracted, and the shot was just a feint. While Yang Huai tried his best to block it, his left hand had already reached the hilt of the sword next to the saddle.

Drawing the sword with his backhand brought out a snow-cold light, Yang Huai's smile froze on his face, and the blood spurted from his neck sprinkled dots of red on Zhao Yun's body and horse.

Zhao Yun couldn't help but feel a little pity:

The white horse I rode today would have looked better.

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