The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

In fact, according to Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses and the distance from Shangcai County, it should not have been delayed until this stage.

But Dong Zhuo has his own plans.

He could indeed lead people directly to Shangcai County, but since he knew that Huangfusong had only sent some Yellow Turban troops to help him, he had no intention of cooperating with these Yellow Turban troops.

Li Ru's suggestion to him was to let the people who surrendered from the Yellow Turbans go to fight Liu Zheng first, and after both sides consumed part of their troops, Dong Zhuo would show up with his own troops to clean up the mess.

This plan is very vicious, regardless of whether Liu Zheng wins or loses in the confrontation with the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, Dong Zhuo will benefit.

If Liu Zheng wins, he will be able to let Liu Zheng kill people with a knife, and solve the brothers He Yi and He Man. These surrendered troops, originally Dong Zhuo, Huangfusong and others did not want to see these surrendered troops.

If the uprising of the Yellow Turban Army had not been completely suppressed now, Huangfusong would not have accepted He Yi's surrender at all.

But the appearance of Liu Zheng this time became the way for Huangfusong and Dong Zhuo to kill He Yi and He Man brothers by borrowing swords.

Use the yellow turbans to deal with Liu Zheng, no matter whether these yellow turbans can defeat Liu Zheng and others, but at least, the soldiers and horses will definitely be greatly consumed. The consumption of both sides is a great thing for Dong Zhuo and the others. .

He Yi is not stupid, he naturally guessed what Dong Zhuo was up to, that's why he didn't attack the city alone, but delayed until Dong Zhuo's men arrived, and then began to dispatch all the men around Shangcai County .

As soon as Dong Zhuo arrived outside Shangcai County, he immediately asked He Yi about the battle situation here.

When Dong Zhuo knew that He Yi had only lost 5000 people and had no loss to Liu Zheng, he dismissed He Yi.

After all, with such an achievement, Dong Zhuo knew with his ass that He Yi must have also been ambushed by the other party, so that he would have such a catastrophe.

"Okay, don't wait any longer, let's attack the city directly. This Shangcai County is just a small city. Our two sides together have more than [-] troops, which is much more than that of Liu Zheng."

"If you attack the city directly, although there will be some losses, you will definitely be able to annihilate Liu Zheng in one fell swoop in Shangcai County here, and completely resolve the matter in Runan County."

After arriving at Shangcai County, Dong Zhuo didn't intend to stop here, and decided to attack the city immediately.

He Yi naturally had no objection. He originally wanted to break through the city as soon as possible, so that he could catch Liu Zheng alive and chop off the guy Liu Zheng's head.

The two sides hit it off immediately, and then directly pulled up the soldiers of both sides.

On He Yi's side, the [-] soldiers and horses were all the Yellow Turban Army he had gathered before. Although the combat effectiveness was a little weaker, after changing into the uniforms of the official army, the combat effectiveness was obviously greatly improved.

On Dong Zhuo's side, although there are only 5000 people, 5000 of which are recruits, but his real elite is the [-] heavy cavalry.

Of course, in the siege battle, the three thousand heavy armored cavalry could not be used at all. The only ones that could really play a role were the five thousand county soldiers raised by Dong Zhuo.

He Yi's soldiers and horses were in front and attacked first, while Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses were delayed.

Instead of attacking in four gates, they all gathered at one gate. Although it was easy for Liu Zheng's men to escape, it was also the fastest way to break the city.

Moreover, Dong Zhuo himself had no intention of attacking the city forcefully. If Liu Zheng escaped from Shangcai County, he would be in his way.

The three thousand Xiliang iron cavalry under his command, which were ready to go, were ready to be used.

He Yi's more than 2 Yellow Turban Army rushed forward like a tide, rushing towards the gate of Shangcai County. They had already carried the ladders and began to set up Qiali.

This sudden attack made Liu Zheng and the others on the city tower busy immediately.

They were not idle at all, and the thousand shooters on the city gate, ready to go, finally began to really come in handy.

Chapter 82 Delay

Although the shooters trained by Huang Zhong have not been trained for a long time, they can learn faster when they participate in the battle and practice at the same time.

The progress of archery is also rapid.

When the Yellow Turban soldiers outside the city began to charge towards the city gate, Liu Zheng also immediately commanded the shooters, and began to use the bows and arrows in his hands to counter-kill the soldiers and horses rushing towards the city gate.

Although the number of these archers is only 1000, the arrows shot down can cause limited damage to the enemy troops outside the city.

Moreover, shooting one or two arrows down does not directly kill the enemy.But the shooting of these archers can still slow down the speed of some enemy charges and increase the difficulty of their siege.

At the same time, the soldiers and horses who left the city before were arranged by Liu Zheng on the city wall, and some city defense measures were used to counterattack these soldiers and horses under He Yi's command.

This is not the first time Liu Zheng has played a defensive battle.

A long time ago, when he just started to fight on his own, he joined forces with Xu Huang to fight against Cao Cao's army and horse invasion on the tower of Quyang County.

Later, when Runan City was dealing with Huangfusong's army attacking Runan, although Liu Zheng did not participate in the battle on the tower, he was very clear about the entire defensive battle.

With so much experience in offense and defense, Liu Zheng naturally did not have the slightest fear in the face of these troops under He Yi's command, even though the number of people attacking the city this time was several times larger than the number they defended.

But relying on the strength of the city wall, even if the enemy army is several times larger than our own, it is not so easy to take down Shangcai County, which is a small county.

Without a few hours of attack, and repeated attacks, it is impossible to lay down a city without the occurrence of other situations by consuming the forces of both sides.

He Yi's side lacked archers, especially good ones. There were not many arrows shot from the bottom of the city to the top of the city. In addition, he walked in a hurry and had no siege weapons, which made Liu Zheng's defense easier.

There is no need to worry, the attack below the city will hit the tower.

Before that, Liu Zheng knew that Dong Zhuo and the others would come to attack the city, so he reserved a lot of city defense facilities on the tower.

These city defense tools hit He Yi's crazy attacking soldiers and horses, making it more difficult for them to attack the city.

After a siege battle, corpses were everywhere outside the city.

Regardless of the casualties of the soldiers and horses under his command, He Yi forcibly piled up a bloody path with these flesh and blood corpses, allowing the people and horses below the city to kill them and go up to the tower of Cai County City.

Although the city wall of Shangcai County is only more than three feet high, the three-foot-high city wall is enough for He Yi's soldiers and horses to pile up a very high wall of flesh with bones.

After nearly [-] people were killed and injured, finally He Yi's soldiers and horses began to attack Liu Zhengjun on the city wall.

After working hard for a long time, Liu Zheng also realized that it was time to start changing the way of fighting.

When He Yi's men were gradually killing the tower, Liu Zheng didn't intend to confront them head-on on the tower.

Instead, he immediately ordered everyone to retreat at full speed and evacuate Shangcai County from other city walls.

Shangcai County is just the first line of defense for him and Dong Zhuojun to fight. It doesn't matter if it falls, anyway, this is not an important place that Liu Zheng intends to stick to.

Although the thousands of soldiers and horses here are his elite.But the difference in strength between the two sides is too great.It would not be of any benefit to Liu Zheng if he insisted on going head-to-head.

On the contrary, stick to it here, and retreat at full speed after consuming some of the opponent's strength, which can bring the greatest benefits to Liu Zheng and the others, and eliminate the largest number of enemy troops at the lowest cost. This kind of battle only needs to be fought a few more times. The opponent's soldiers and horses will be greatly reduced.

After deciding to evacuate, Liu Zheng began to retreat in the direction of the west gate with his core troops.

According to his estimation, the men and horses he came from Runan City should almost reach the boundary of Shangcai County at this time. He only needs to pretend to retreat, and then gather his reinforcements from Runan.

It will be able to increase the strength of the army for a while, and then it will not be so difficult to fight against the coalition forces of Dong Zhuo and He Yi.

"My lord, the city is broken!"

Seeing that the soldiers and horses under her command had rushed up the tower and gradually occupied the dominant position, He Yi was also happy in her heart, and hurried to Dong Zhuo's side, wanting to claim credit in front of Dong Zhuo.

After all, most of the people who went up to the tower were under He Yi's command.

He Yi also wanted to show off in front of Dong Zhuo and let Dong Zhuo know her worth.

"There seems to be less and less Liu Zheng on the tower. I think Liu Zheng doesn't intend to stick to Shangcai County, but wants to abandon the city and leave."

He Yi ran over, but she hadn't finished speaking.Li Ru beside Dong Zhuo began to speculate.

Li Ru observed the entire battle process. The number of Liu Zhengjun on the tower was gradually decreasing, and the arrows shot became rarer. Up to now, almost no arrows have been shot.

He could already conclude that Liu Zheng didn't intend to continue defending, but decided to abandon the city and escape.

Dong Zhuo was unmoved by Li Ru's speculation.

"I have long expected that Liu Zheng will not be able to defend this city. After all, his troops are the most different from ours. If he defends, he will only die. We are waiting for him to abandon the city and escape."

"Come on, let Hua Xiong lead my three thousand cavalry immediately. Hurry up and hunt down Liu Zheng. We must kill Liu Zheng, the leader of the bandits!"

Dong Zhuo did not send his elite troops to attack the city. The elite under his command had been waiting for Liu Zheng to abandon the city and escape.

Now that it was finally time, Hua Xiong, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, received Dong Zhuo's order, and immediately turned his head to dispatch Dong Zhuo's three thousand Xiliang iron cavalry.

Then they started to gallop around the entire Shangcai County, because they couldn't be sure which city gate Liu Zheng would break through, so they had to send soldiers and horses to disperse around the entire Shangcai County to prevent Liu Zheng from escaping.

When Liu Zheng's troops quickly came out from the west gate of Shangcai County, they were spotted by the cavalry sent by Hua Xiong, and dozens of Xiliang iron cavalry rushed towards the west gate.

Liu Zheng's 1 cavalry, under the leadership of Xu Huang, rushed towards these Xiliang iron cavalry.With these cavalry opening the way in front, they quickly broke through the siege, and then more than [-] people in Liu Zhengcheng also followed the cavalry out of the city from the west gate, and rushed out of the encirclement of the west gate.

On the side of the west city gate, Dong Zhuo and He Yi's army did not deploy many people here, and the main force was placed at another city gate, so it was very easy for Liu Zheng and others to break through, and they surrounded Dong Zhuo and He Yi in an instant. give break.

A group of people quickly started to escape and evacuated in the direction of Runan City.

Chapter 83 Cavalry Showdown

"Shuai Qu, it is impossible for us to escape by walking like this. There are three thousand Xiliang iron cavalry beside Dong Zhuo, who will chase us from behind at any time. Please allow me to lead seven hundred cavalry to intercept them here and cover you. retreat!"

"Escape, who told you that I was going to escape? The reason why I ran out of Shangcai County was just to slow down the troops. Let our troops go forward ten miles quickly, and then lie in ambush on both sides, preparing to rob and kill Shangcai. Chase and kill the enemy army coming from the direction of the county town!"

Liu Zheng glanced at Xu Huang and said something indifferently.

Xu Huang was taken aback for a moment, not quite understanding what Liu Zheng meant, but what Liu Zheng said really inspired him, and he had the idea of ​​fighting Dong Zhuojun for a moment.

"Zhou Cang, quickly lead Yang Feng, Mrs. Guo, and the troops of the headquarters to set up an ambush on the way to Runan."

"Huang Zhong, you lead a thousand archers from the headquarters, halfway, and use arrows to shoot and kill the enemy troops chasing from behind at any time!"

"Xu Huang, stay with me and lead [-] cavalry here to stop the soldiers and horses chasing from behind!"

As soon as Liu Zheng's men broke through from Shangcai County, he immediately issued an order to several generals under his command to make them respond quickly.

Zhou Cang, Yang Feng, Guo Tai and others quickly fled in the direction of Runan City according to Liu Zheng's order.

Huang Zhong and Xu Huang stayed behind to assist him in covering Zhou Cang and others to escape.

In fact, Liu Zheng's plan at the beginning was not to give up Shangcai County. Originally, Liu Zheng planned to fight Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses in Shangcai County to the death.

He has [-] reinforcements from Nanyang, and [-] soldiers from Runan himself, which are far superior to Dong Zhuo's [-] troops in terms of soldiers and horses.

To defeat Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses, it was simply a matter of hand and no effort. The only thing that made him feel a little tricky was Dong Zhuo's [-] cavalry.

But he never expected that the variable He Yi would appear in the middle.

Although He Yi is not terrible, what is terrible is the [-] soldiers and horses under his command.

With He Yi's 3 people, Dong Zhuo's strength soared, and for a while, Liu Zheng's strength in Shangcai County was not enough.

It would be very difficult to defeat Dong Zhuo without expending too much force. Even if He Yi brought [-] pigs, it would be laborious to chop them down.

What's more, with the assistance of people like He Yi, Dong Zhuo's [-] Xiliang iron cavalry had room to perform better.

That's why Liu Zheng wanted to evacuate and give up Shangcai County.

According to Liu Zheng's vision, once Shangcai County is broken, Dong Zhuo and He Yi must have differences.

Their soldiers and horses will definitely prepare to enter Shangcai County. At the same time, one side of He Yi and Dong Zhuo's troops will definitely choose to wipe out the troops in Shangcai County first, while the other side will continue to chase and kill Liu Zheng.

As long as they don't send people to chase and kill Liu Zheng at the same time, Liu Zheng can attack and kill the first batch of men and horses at the time when their soldiers and horses are separated.

Liu Zheng and the others retreated while keeping an eye on the invading enemy behind them.

Not long after, there was a rush of galloping horses behind them.

Looking at the movement, the number of these cavalry is huge, at least more than 2000!

Liu Zheng, with a serious face, finally realized that he couldn't escape, so he immediately shouted at the soldiers and horses around him.

"Brothers! Dong Zhuo's cavalry is chasing after us!"

"Dong Zhuo, that is the trusted general of Zhonglang, and those cavalry are Xiliang cavalry known as the best cavalry in the world, are you afraid?"

Liu Zheng glanced over the faces of the seven hundred cavalrymen under his command one by one.

"Not afraid!"

Of the [-] cavalrymen under his command, each cavalryman was carefully selected by him and Xu Huang. They were all the troops who followed Liu Zheng all the way from Quyang at the beginning, and there were also the Yellow Turban Party who joined later. A brother who has gone through life and death, and suffered together.

Only these cavalry, and the first few thousand elites, are the closest people under Liu Zheng's command.

"Not afraid? I am afraid."

"I'm afraid! These Xiliang cavalry don't know how powerful we are! I'm afraid! Others only know what Xiliang cavalry is, but they don't know that I am a Yellow Turban cavalry, and I don't know that Liu Zheng has a group of tiger and wolf troops under my command!"

"Although we only have 700 people, but with 700 people, I believe that you will be able to defeat Dong Zhuo's three thousand Xiliang cavalry! Become famous in one battle! Become famous!"

"A hundred years ago, there were Emperor Guangwu's 28 Yuntai generals! Today, I, Liu Zheng, have seven hundred tiger and wolf generals from you. Let these officials and thieves see how powerful we are!"

Liu Zheng's words of righteousness set off the atmosphere, igniting the fighting spirit of each of the [-] cavalrymen under his command, and the spears in his hands began to raise unconsciously, eager to fight Dong Zhuo's cavalry!

And at this time, the fierce sound of horseshoes finally gradually approached.

From not far away, one could also see a military general holding a long spear, and began to command a group of cavalry, and quickly charged towards Liu Zheng's position.

The speed of the cavalry is very fast, much faster than the infantry. When Dong Zhuo's Xiliang cavalry rushed over, there were only more than 2000 people and no one else followed, but these 2000 people were already four times the number of Liu Fighting soldiers and horses.

Compared with a cavalry team that has only been trained for a month, it is a severe challenge.