Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 142 Counterattack
To the south of the Wei River, Miwei and other Han cavalry were expelled from the battlefield by the braver Wei cavalry.

The Wei army besieging the camp retreated like a tide, and saw countless torches retreating in a hurry to the east in the dark night.

Huang Quan and his generals stood on the high platform, looking at the scene of Wei Jun's defeat through the night, they were overjoyed.

Zhao Rong showed joy, and said eagerly: "The general's plan has come true, and the defeat of the Wei army is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us! If we can defeat Cao Zhen's troops, the Wei State must call for reinforcements from Longyou to return to Guanzhong. Now, the land of Longyou is at your fingertips."

From time to time, Huang Quan searched for Miwei and the others in the night, but there was no trace. His hands behind his back could not help but clenched tightly, and he fell silent.

I sent Miwei Hanqi straight to Cao Wei's army. I wanted to have a hard fight, but I didn't expect Cao Zhen's army to be easily defeated by Miwei, and the rest of my backs were useless.

The game between myself and Cao Zhen is like a game of Go, no one has the upper hand at all, he takes a step, I take a step back, and his sudden defeat seems particularly abrupt.

This fighter plane seems to be presented by Cao Zhen himself. Could it be that he doesn't know that the battle tonight is related to the overall situation of Longyou.

Could it be that Cao Zhen was really unprepared and was broken by the Miwei cavalry, the chaos of the Chinese army caused the whole army to flee.

Seeing that Huang Quan was silent, Zhao Rong said anxiously: "General, please don't hesitate, the opportunity is fleeting. If you don't take advantage of Cao Zhen's retreat and pursue him at this time, the opportunity will be lost after his army is ready for battle."

Zhao Rong is a native of Jingzhou. He fought with the late emperor all the year round. He entered Shu, conquered Hanzhong, and went east.But in recent years, seeing old friends who are also governors from the east gradually gaining high positions, I feel very upset. Liao Hua was promoted to the prefect of Yinping, and Xiang Chong was the governor of the central region. He is a captain, but he is far behind his peers.

Because of this reason, Zhao Rong often felt that his heart was full of anger in recent years, and he had nowhere to vent it. Today, he has such a good opportunity to become a marquis in a battle, so how could he allow him to miss it from his own hands.

Zhao Rong sternly said: "General, I would like to be the vanguard of this humble position, defeating the enemy and beheading the general. The general can lead most of the troops to follow behind and attack and kill. If the enemy is prepared, the general can retreat calmly..."

Zhao Rong pointed at the Wei army in the dark night, and gestured out of thin air: "That place is the most chaotic, and the last general can lead his soldiers to rush in and take the opportunity to tear open the Wei army's defense line. If this is the case, the Wei army will be defeated."

Huang Quan looked at Wei Jun who had thrown away his helmet and armor outside the village, and saw that he was eager to fight, and Huang Quan couldn't stop him, so he nodded and said, "Yes. General Zhao, please be careful."

After a pause, Huang Quan looked at the generals beside him who were ready to move again, and said slowly: "General Li and General Huang are also leading the headquarters to pursue the Wei army, and you must not be greedy for credit."

Zhao Rong, Li Sheng, and Huang Xi clasped their hands and replied, "No!"

The three immediately led the troops out of the stronghold, while Huang Quan stood on the watchtower and watched the three of them leave the stronghold to pursue.

There are 500 people in total in the three-person army. The Han soldiers have small round shields tied on their left arms and hold torches in their hands, and knives, spears and other weapons in their right hands.In order to rush to pursue them as soon as possible, they divided into more than ten columns, opened the gate of the village and filed out to attack the defeated Wei army.

This force is not enough to wipe out the Wei army, but it is enough to test whether the Wei army is really defeated. If the Wei army is really defeated, Huang Quan's army will definitely attack the whole army.

When the three departments set out to pursue, the other soldiers were also eager to move, wishing to seize this good opportunity to gain military exploits.There were still many soldiers asking their own officers to fight. For a while, the Han army camp was noisy, and it didn't calm down until Huang Quan gave an order.

The Wei army fled faster and faster, and abandoned armor, weapons, pockets, and flags were all over the ground.

The three of them were overjoyed when they saw this, and urged their soldiers to catch up. The originally dense queue became more and more sparse, with the strong going forward and the weak behind.

Zhao Rong was telling his subordinates to pursue the key points, but at this moment, Zhao Rong suddenly noticed that the gravel on the ground was beating slightly, and then the ground under his feet seemed to be trembling slightly.And the tremor quickly became violent, and gradually there was a sound, as if there was a dull thunder rolling down the ground.

Zhao Rong turned his head and looked towards the east. Although there were still shining evening stars in the night, the morning light had already appeared on the horizon.But at this time, he was no longer in the mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery, but shuddered with goosebumps and terrified.

Zhao Rong was shocked, stopped, waved the spear in his hand, and shouted: "Spear formation! Spear formation!"

But it was too late.

A Wei army iron cavalry with the morning sun on its back, billowing smoke and dust, crashed out of the night in the dawn, and went straight to kill the Han army infantry in a loose formation.

The number of this cavalry team is nearly a thousand, and the first few rows are dressed in Xuanjia, with wings on their backs (Note ①), and a yellow military uniform on the outside; The head is masked and wearing a vest; the knight is majestic and holds a horse.

Seen from a distance, it looks menacing and mighty, which makes people feel fearful. This is a heavy cavalry in the formation. Cao Zhen guards the elite headquarters in the western frontier, modeled on the tiger and leopard cavalry of the imperial army.

Cao Zhen served as the commander of tiger and leopard cavalry in his early years. He was good at using a big bow, powerful and brave, and shot and killed fierce tigers.

In an instant, Wei Jun's iron cavalry fell into battle!
Li Sheng's troops, who chased the enemy first, were the first to bear the impact.

A sparse and unprepared pawn met the heavy cavalry directly, and could not resist at all. Hundreds of people fled in all directions in an instant, and the light cavalry behind the heavy cavalry took the opportunity to chase and attack.

At this time, Zhao Rong shouted to form a spear formation to fight against the enemy, but how could the sparse marching and chasing state turn into a solid defense immediately.

The infantry of the Han army couldn't even organize any resistance, allowing these cavalry to rampage, and everything they passed was fragmented, fleeing in all directions, complaining that their parents had lost two legs.

Zhao Rong shouted at the soldiers hysterically and kept trying to gather the soldiers.But under such circumstances, who would still be willing to obey his command.

The next moment, Zhao Rong desperately saw a large lance on the iron cavalry of the Wei army come into view, and then he saw the knight on the horse, dressed in gorgeous bright armor, with a vicissitudes on his face, it was Wei Jun. Commander Cao Zhen.

Zhao Rong didn't have time to react, Cao Zhen Ma Yang pierced Zhao Rong's chest, roared, picked it up with both hands, and then shook, Zhao Rong's body fell to the ground, raising countless dust.

Zhao Rong's body was trampled on by countless iron cavalry, and Biedu Zhao Rong, who had died in Yiling, died in the unknown land of Weishui Plain.

Han general Zhao Rong was killed!
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① "Hanshu Wang Mang Biography": Wuwei generals will ride on the "Qian" chariot, drive the "Kun" six horses, carry the feathers of a bird on their backs, and wear magnificent clothes.

This is also a kind of military rank, called the feather bearer, and the feathers behind the Polish hussars are used for actual combat (Napoleon once didn't believe it was useful, and was finally beaten in the face), and it is similar to the flags carried by later generations.

② Datong horse, also known as "Qinghai Cong", is a kind of Hequ horse. When walking quickly, its stride is large, fast, and it is good at walking on the opposite side. It is commonly known as "walking horse".

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