Chapter 406
Chapter 406
"Zhang Liao, I know that you are a loyal and righteous person, and you should not have been persuaded to surrender, but we are all generals of the Great Han, and we have all fought with foreign tribes to guard the border passes of the Great Han. In today's battle, you have done your best, my lord is a clan relative of the Han family, the king of Han personally appointed by His Majesty, if you surrender, it is not considered a betrayal of the lord! Zhao Yunlang said.
"Zhao Yun, I am convinced of today's defeat, but in the future, my son Zhang Hu will definitely lead our Great Wei cavalry to fight you again!" Zhang Liao smiled, "King Han is indeed the lord of the world, but King Wei has the grace of knowing me, and today I should definitely take death as a reward, Zhao Yun, can you fight me to the death?" "
Under the current situation, as long as Zhao Yun gives an order, this less than a thousand Wei cavalry and Zhang Liao will be shot quickly, so there is no need for Zhao Yun to fight Zhang Liao.
But Zhang Liao is a famous general in the world, and Zhao Yun is also extremely brave, so it is impossible for him not to agree to Zhang Liao.
"Okay, I'll fight you!"
"Thank you!" Zhang Liao arched his hand to Zhao Yun, and then turned to look at these soldiers under his command, one by one, covered in blood and embarrassed, "You are all soldiers and horses of the Great Han, if I die under the gun of General Zhao Yun, you don't have to take revenge, return to the Han army!"
After Zhang Liao finished speaking, he urged the horse to dance the knife and rushed over. Zhao Yun gently pinched the ribs of the war horse, and the night jade lion galloped out like an off-string arrow.
The two men fought for more than thirty rounds, regardless of victory or defeat.
The soldiers on both sides are like bloody men, even the war horses are red, they are staring at the blood-red eyes, staring at the decisive battle between the two main generals, there is no war drum, no shouts of support, but the intensity of the battlefield is no less than the melee just now.
Zhang Liao's martial arts skills were not as good as Zhao Yun, and after recovering from serious injuries, his strength dropped a lot, but this time he was determined to die, using a desperate fighting style.
Even so, after more than thirty rounds, Zhang Liao was completely suppressed by Zhao Yun. After barely fighting for more than a dozen rounds, Zhang Liao only had the power to parry, and there was no way to fight back.
"Zhang Liao, are you willing to surrender?" Zhao Yun asked while playing.
"Die under Zhao Yun's gun, what your heart desires!" Zhang Liao replied heartily.
"Good!" Zhao Yun no longer kept his hand, the hundred birds towards the phoenix marksmanship, suddenly became faster, Zhang Liao was panicked, a move could not dodge, the big gun passed through the heart, the corpse fell to the ground, and the war horse fell away.
"Zhang Liao is dead, are you willing to surrender?" Zhao Yun shouted.
At the same time, the Han army's crossbowmen had already prepared their crossbows and aimed them at the surrounded Wei soldiers. As long as they do not surrender, they will all be shot in an instant.
"I'm waiting to fall!" A thousand-year-old took the lead, rolled over and dismounted and knelt on the ground.
Zhang Liao was dead, and he had already given the order to return the soldiers. Moreover, they themselves do not want to fight anymore, because it is pointless.
Zhao Yun immediately ordered the soldiers to collect the surrendered army, treat the wounded soldiers, bury the corpse, and at the same time collect Zhang Liao's body, bury it on the battlefield, and carve a simple wooden tablet.
Although this battle was won, Zhao Yun was not happy at all, and the 10,000 cavalry lost a full half! It was a crushing victory.
After the battlefield was cleared, Zhao Yun took these prisoners and slowly walked towards Yanjin.
Guandu, Cao Cao's camp.
Cao Chang and Xiahou Ba led 5,000 soldiers and horses and attacked the Han army camp several times, but to no avail. Of course, this is Cao Cao throwing stones to ask for directions. From the results, it can be seen that the Han army's military camp is solid, if it is a strong attack, not to mention that he only has 60,000 soldiers and horses here, even if there are 100,000, it is difficult to break through, so he stopped.
At this moment, the soldiers came to report, and Cao Chun and Zhang Hu returned.
Cao Cao hurriedly brought the two to the Shuai Account and brought Sima Yi, Wen Ping, and Jia Xu over.
"See the Lord!" After Cao Chun entered the tent, he fell to his knees.
"Zihe, you're back, where is Wen Yuan?" Cao Cao hurriedly asked.
"Lord... General Zhang Liao... I'm afraid General Zhang Liao has already died in battle..." "
What the hell is going on?"
"Master..." Zhang Hu burst into tears and explained the whole thing in detail.
This time, not only Cao Cao's, but even Jia Xu, Sima Yi, Wen Ping and others were shocked.
Attacking Yanjin, luring Zhao Yun in White Horse City, and then having Zhang Liao command the newly formed cavalry of the Wei army fight Zhao Yun to the death, was a plan designed by Jia Xu.
The army gathered heavy troops at Guandu, but the battle was delayed, because there were 15,000 cavalry of the Han army in Baima City. Yanzhou's open terrain was conducive to cavalry combat, and they could use the shortest time to complete the battlefields of Chiyuan, without annihilating the Han cavalry, and Cao Cao did not dare to start a war easily.
The newly built cavalry of 20,000, facing the cavalry of the 15,000 Han army, there was no chance of victory. Cao Cao knew this, and Jia Xu also knew it, they only hoped that they could fight a draw, lose both, and relieve the threat of the Han cavalry.
But now listening to Zhang Huyi, their 20,000 cavalry will be defeated by the 10,000 cavalry of the Han army, and the Han cavalry has other equipment.
"Wen Yuan... Wen Yuan..." Cao Cao cried, the battle was unfavorable, and the other party's general was Zhao Yun, how could Zhang Liao escape with his life. What's more, with Zhang Liao's disposition, even if he had the opportunity to escape, he would not do that!
"Lord, and Mo is too sad, Wen Yuan asked them to bring back the equipment of the Han army cavalry, we might as well take a look." Jia Xuan advised.
"The equipment of the Han cavalry? Fast...... Bring it with you..." Cao Cao hurriedly said, knowing that this is Zhang Liao's life in exchange for it, it must be very important.
"No!"
A few soldiers went out, and soon brought in the Han knives, stirrups, saddles, horse legs, crossbows, and guns that Zhang Hu and Cao Chun had brought back.
"Master, this is their hand-held crossbow, we have suffered many losses, and we can actually load ten crossbow arrows at a time!" Jia Xu carefully looked at the crossbow in his hand, he thought of imitation, but this is so complicated, okay?
"Lord, their saddles are equipped with bilateral stirrups, and the hooves of their war horses are nailed with iron palms!" Cao Chun explained.
"Bilateral stirrups!" Sima Yi's eyes lit up, "Lord, this is amazing, as long as you install bilateral stirrups, even people who can't ride horses can sit on the back of the horse smoothly, this... Why didn't we think of this earlier? Not
only him, but even Jia Xu was a little annoyed, why couldn't he think of such a simple thing in advance?
"This... This horse can actually nail iron palms on its hooves? "Wen Ping is a military general, of course, he knows that the hooves of war horses are very easy to hurt, and he once thought about how to protect them. But even after wrapping the hide, it won't take long! He never expected that he could nail an iron palm to protect!
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