I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 414 Where Are My Allies?

At the same time, Zhu Jun, who was more than ten miles away to the north of Huai County, was leading his elite soldiers and horses, slowly heading towards Huai County.

At this moment, the speed of his soldiers and horses was as fast as a turtle.

Not to mention comparing it with the speed of a normal army, even the speed of the refugees and grassroots is far faster than Zhu Jun's current marching speed.

Qu Junhou who followed Zhu Jun were anxious when they saw this.

They are also all warriors who have followed Zhu Jun for a long time. This time, they came back in a hurry during the crusade against the Baibo army, just to take Huai County back from Wen Chou's hands.

At least in the hearts of Zhu Jun's subordinates, they thought so.

"General, we are only ten miles away from Huai County, and we will arrive soon, but...but..."

"But what?"

"But the general marched at a speed of hundreds of miles a day yesterday, why is he so slack all of a sudden today?"

"Your Majesty's Mount Tai soldiers have arrived at Huai County, and it is time for us to join forces with you to regain the grounds. How can the General miss this opportunity? You should know, General, that if Huai County is lost, we will all be homeless." Return."

Zhu Jun was unmoved by the advice of his subordinates.

Instead of stepping up the march, he said to his subordinates: "Let the soldiers of the three armies stop marching and stand by for orders."

As soon as this remark came out, both left and right were stunned.

Shicai was only marching slowly, but it was justified.

Now he can't even march, so he just started to wait and see.

This is not Zhu Jun's character at all.

This is definitely not the way he usually uses soldiers.

"General, why did you deliberately delay the military plane?"

Zhu Jun looked solemnly at the Qu Junhou who advised him.

"I don't know if there are soldiers?"

Zhu Jun usually had a very high prestige in the army, but now that he said such a sentence with a cold face, his subordinates naturally did not dare to persuade him any more.

Everyone could see that Zhu Jun was angry.

That talented Qu Junhou also felt that he was a bit talkative at the moment, so he retreated to the side and dared not speak.

Zhu Jun looked around all the people present coldly, and then said: "The old man has been using the army for many years. When should we enter the army, when should we wait and see, when should we garrison, and when should we set up camp? The battle is about the life and death of our army, so the old man must be very careful."

"As for how to take back Huai County, the old man has already planned in his mind, you don't need to worry too much, just follow the old man's military order."

Speaking of this, Zhu Jun coldly glanced around everyone again.

"It's a matter of great importance. All the princes must follow the order and do not slack off, but those who violate the military order... will be executed!"

Zhu Jun has said so, who dares to question?

Everyone bowed their hands one after another: "No!"

After using his prestige to suppress the anxiety of his subordinates, Zhu Jun turned his head and looked in the direction of Huai County.

There was a bit of regret on his face at this moment.

He secretly said in his heart:
"Public festival, public festival, you and I have stayed together in Hanoi for two years, and we have become comrades. Logically speaking, I shouldn't have ignored you. But if you don't follow the right path, what will happen?"

But it's no wonder that Zhu Jun felt sorry in his heart.

In history, Wang Kuang even killed his brother-in-law Hu Wuban, one of the eight chefs, in order to curry favor with Yuan Shao. In the end, he was abandoned, betrayed by all relatives, and was besieged to death by various forces.

People sometimes lose not in ability, but in character.

……

Wang Kuang still doesn't know about Zhu Jun's inaction, but even if he knows now, it's too late.

At this moment, Wen Chou in the city was already wearing heavy armor, carrying a big knife, leading a group of elite Youzhou cavalry, and ordered people to open the city gate!

The Youzhou cavalry marched forward bravely with the momentum of breaking through mountains and rivers, and went straight to kill Wang Kuang's Taishan army.

Wang Kuang held on to the elite of the Mount Tai army, and never took Wen Chou seriously.

In Wang Kuang's view, the generals under Liu Jian's command are only Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and others worthy of his guard.

As for this Wen Chou, he is just an unknown person, and I have never even heard of this person's name before... How can such an unknown person be able to defeat his own Taishan soldiers?
Seeing Wen Chou leading the crowd to rush out, Wang Kuang didn't panic at all.

He asked Xu Fan, the other Sima under his command, to lead [-] elite Mount Tai soldiers to deploy defenses in the front line, and set up more bows, crossbows and large shields to block Wen Chou's cavalry attack.

In Wang Kuang's view, the opponent's cavalry did not show too many offensive formations, and the attack mode was very single. It was not difficult for his Taishan soldiers to block them.

But Wang Kuang was negligent for a while, and he forgot an important point.

It is not to say that a cavalry with a single attack mode is not a good cavalry.

On the contrary, the cavalry with a single attack mode shows that this cavalry is very pure in a single set of tactics.

In particular, Wen Chou's cavalry is the Youzhou cavalry in Liaodong.

The elite level of Youzhou cavalry is famous all over the world.

In the past few decades, the cavalry of the Han Dynasty who fought against Xianbei in the northern border counties were basically all You Bingerlang.

When it comes to the quality of soldiers, the soldiers from Youzhou and Bingzhou can definitely rank first in the world. Even Dong Zhuo's Xiliang cavalry will definitely not hold back the soldiers from these two states.

It's just that the soldiers Liu Jian has used to conquer the world over the years are all from Jizhou.

Since Youzhou came into Liu Jian's hands, its vast territory and population have become the main force Liu Jian used to integrate the foreigners in northern Xinjiang and the northeastern countries.

The resources in Youzhou are basically used for external purposes, so it gave the world an illusion that after Liu Jian took control of Youzhou, he did not use Youzhou soldiers to arm his army.

Youzhou was in Liu Jian's hands, but it didn't play any role.

But this idea is actually very wrong.

After Liu Jian occupied Youzhou, he really mainly used Youzhou to integrate foreigners. Since this big plan had just started at that time, the local population and political resources of Youzhou, including wealth resources, were all external.

But now, Youzhou has basically begun to take shape as a transfer station for the connection between the northern border of the Han Dynasty and foreigners.

Previous investments have also begun to pay off.

Among other things, it is said that now the soldiers in Jizhou can occasionally eat a little bit of mutton, which all depends on the blood-sucking plan of Northern Xinjiang.

In addition to mutton, Youzhou has also begun to send military resources to Jizhou.

The first is the source of troops.

The prefectures of Youzhou have been in a state of instability due to previous battles with foreign Xianbei and bandits in Taihang Mountains. Frontier counties are often harassed, and the population is often looted by foreigners. Statistically, it has been at a low level.

Population and household registration in war-torn areas are generally the most unrealistic.

But now the situation in Youzhou is completely different from before.

Those foreigners who were regarded as a huge threat by the people of Youzhou in the past have now become their benefactors.

Now the people of Youzhou are getting richer and richer, all because they are supported by the alien races in northern Xinjiang and the Northeast countries.

We Youzhou people can't live without foreigners now!
It is precisely because of the stability of northern Xinjiang, coupled with the great prosperity of Youzhou's farming system, that Liu Jian took advantage of the fact that Youzhou had just settled down, and then implemented the land and population statistics in the counties of Youzhou, which made the population of Youzhou's official office account Showing a state of "whirling" surge.

If you don't know the inside story, you will think that the Youzhou people are crazy, sowing seeds and giving birth like sows.

Now that Youzhou's book population has increased, it is naturally easier to recruit troops there.

In particular, the treatment of Liu Jian's army can be said to be the top in the Han Dynasty.

Because Hebei is getting richer and richer, Liu Jian began to set up a special medical team in the army to do his best to ensure the chances of survival for the soldiers.

At the same time, it also set the standard of pensions after death in battle, including the standard of pensions for disability due to war, so that soldiers can stop worrying about going to the battlefield.

In addition, the Wuhuan population has basically been absorbed and integrated by the Han Dynasty, so Liu Jian went south to recruit many local Han people and some Wuhuan people from Youzhou to form Wuhuan cavalry.

Now the grasslands in the north of Youzhou are full of pastures and farms. Those foreign tribes are trying their best to raise horses and cattle in exchange for various treasures from the Han Dynasty... and coal.

So Liu Jian now has more horse resources than Yuan Shao in history.

Liu Jian estimated that within five years, he would have the largest cavalry team in the entire Han Dynasty.

Ten years from now, he might be the man with the most cavalry ever.

……

This cavalry trained by Wen Chou rushed into the front of the Taishan Army at an extremely fast speed.

When Wen Chou rushed to the formation, the crossbow formation of the Taishan Army did cause some damage to Wen Chou's cavalry.

But these Youzhou war horses are very fast, and they are much stronger than the war horses in the Central Plains.

For the small arrow array of the Taishan Army, the Youzhou cavalry rushed forward after a little loss.

The advantage of Youzhou cavalry is that they are not only good at charging, but also very proficient in archery.

This is the ability that the people of Youzhou have honed in order to fight against the foreigners in the grassland.

Many Youzhou people were already very good at riding and shooting before joining the army.

Therefore, what the Taishan army is now facing is not only a sudden cavalry, but also a cavalry and archery army.

When the Taishan army was not far from the front line, the arrow rain in the cavalry line had already started to greet the opposite side.

Sima Xu Fan of the Taishan Army who was in charge of guarding the front line never dreamed that the Youzhou cavalry would play such a trick on them.

They just used their energy to defend against the opponent's sprint... But they never thought that the opponent would shoot at them from a long distance.

And with the end of the long-range strike, the opponent's majestic cavalry did not give them any chance.

Under the leadership of Wen Chou, the Youzhou cavalry crashed into the Taishan Army's formation with a bang!

The front line of the Taishan Army caught off guard was quickly divided into two sections by Wen Chou's cavalry.

And Xu Fan, the former Sima of the Taishan Army, was slashed by Wen Chou who rushed in front of him while he was full of surprise and stunned.

Blood spattered Wen Chou's body, making his armor look extraordinarily horrifying under the reflection of the sun's rays.

And Wen Chou himself is also full of ferocity at this moment, completely revealing his nature as a reckless man in Liaodong!
Holding a broadsword in his hand, Wen Chou led the cavalry to clash left and right in the formation of the Taishan Army.

Obviously, just beheading a Sima from another department was not enough for him at all.

It's really not fun!

"Where is Wang Kuang? Wang Kuang is a thief! Ru Gong is here, why don't you hurry up and wait for death!"

The front line of the Taishan Army was broken by Wen Chou. Logically speaking, Wang Kuang should lead the Chinese army to stop the fight with Wen Chou.

After all, the number of Wen Chou's soldiers and horses is currently not difficult for the Taishan Army to deal with. As long as we work hard, it is not difficult to break Wen Chou.

But the problem is that the Taishan Army's central army is also in trouble now.

Zhao Yun and Yan Liang's two groups of troops had already ambushed around Huai County.

As soon as Wen Chou's troops came out, the two elites rushed towards Wang Kuang's central army under the command of Liu Jian.

Now, Wang Kuang's Zhou army is being harassed by both the left and the right. No matter how good the Taishan army is, it is impossible to win.

Now for Wang Kuang, waiting for Zhu Jun to come to rescue is his last chance.

But Zhu Jun's soldiers and horses just didn't arrive!

"Where is Zhu Cheqi?"

"Where is Zhu Cheqi!"

Facing the flanking attack from three groups of soldiers and horses, Wang Kuang cried out to the sky in pain.

Unfortunately, his Zhu Cheqi will never appear in front of him again in this life.

(End of this chapter)