Rebirth of the God of War Lu Bu

Chapter 1688: Defeat and Escape

Under the leadership of Zhao Yun, Baima Yicong broke out in a more powerful battle, and broke through the Dunhuang cavalry in just half an hour.

After the Dunhuang cavalry saw this scene, they did not gather around Dong Wu, but rode away. They had been frightened by the white horse Yi Cong.

After a cavalry party is defeated on the battlefield, they often choose not to move closer to the central army, but to escape. This is also human nature. What can they do after they have lost their fighting spirit and return to the central army?

Unless you are an elite member of the cavalry.

Dunhuang's cavalry has experienced a lot of wars, but in terms of overall strength, it is much inferior to the Baima Yicong, especially since Dunhuang's cavalry does not have stirrups to help them. In their eyes, the Baima Yicong are all excellent in horsemanship and martial arts.

Nowadays, a hasty escape is unavoidable. Even after these cavalry fled back to the city, they mostly publicized how brave the enemy's cavalry was and could not be reused on the battlefield.

After the cavalry was defeated, Dong Wu felt the urgency of the matter.

In the battle of infantry, Dong Wu had 2,000 infantry in his hands, while the vanguard of the surprise attack had 1,000 infantry. After the battle, the two sides turned out to be evenly matched.

"Withdraw!" Dong Wu had no choice but to give the order to retreat. If he did not withdraw, he would face even more heavy losses. These troops were Dunhuang's last support. Once lost, it would be fatal to Dunhuang.

Dong Wu led his soldiers to flee in embarrassment into the city, but Zhao Yun had no intention of letting Dong Wu go so easily. He led the white horse followers and pursued them to the bottom of the city. The defenders on the city used arrows and arrows to protect Dong Wu, and then let Dong Wu go.

Wu was able to enter the city.

On the way back to the camp with his troops, Zhao Yun gathered together the Dunhuang soldiers who had been defeated in the battle just now and captured more than 500 people.

This was a huge victory in the confrontation with the Dunhuang defenders. Although the Dunhuang defenders were numerically superior, they experienced such a disastrous defeat. The cavalry in the city was even defeated during the confrontation.

After escaping into the city, Dong Wucai breathed a sigh of relief. He vaguely regretted why he led his troops to attack Zhao Yun. Otherwise, there were still a thousand cavalry in the army at this time, and these thousand cavalry were the defender's biggest support.

The reason why Dong Zhuo went to battle had a lot to do with observing the enemy's situation during the day. He found that although the white horse Yi Cong was majestic, the formation was a bit chaotic. He was obviously not the most elite soldier among the enemy. If the raid was successful, not only could he

Improving the morale of the defender can also stabilize his position in the army.

After counting the troops and horses, Dong Wu's mood became even more depressed. When he went to the battle, there were 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry. Now, there are only more than 200 cavalry who have returned to the city. These are those who escaped to the army during the withdrawal.

, there were only a thousand infantry left.

A surprise attack was carried out with great expectations, but unexpectedly, most of the troops were lost.

After these results were transmitted to the army, one can imagine the shock of the army officers. From the time Chen Ying took charge of Dunhuang to the present, the Dunhuang army has never experienced such heavy losses, especially the thousands of cavalry.

After many achievements, when Chen Ying was here, he attached great importance to the cavalry. After all, it was the most powerful force in Dunhuang City, and these cavalry were all composed of elite men selected from the army.

This tragic defeat caused many generals to lose their previous trust in Dong Wu and even have more doubts. At this time, they also remembered Dong Wu's mention of Chen Ying's defection to the King of Jin.

Some generals suddenly felt that it was a wise move to take refuge with the King of Jin at this time. The King of Jin was the great general of the Han Dynasty and had the power to mobilize the troops of the world. The defenders of Dunhuang were nominally Lu Bu's subordinates, so taking refuge was a good idea.

Naturally, this also led to their dissatisfaction with Dong Wu, but now that Dong Wu still had some prestige in the city, they naturally did not dare to go against Dong Wu after this.

After Zhao Lu learned about the disastrous defeat of the army, his expression changed drastically. He didn't feel anything when the infantry lost a thousand people. However, the cavalry lost more than 700 people, which made him unable to sit still. In order to form these cavalry, he

However, it consumes a lot of financial resources. Just the horses equipped by the cavalry require a large price. Although these horses are purchased from the countries in the Western Regions at a low price, the consumption of the cavalry in daily training is equal to the number of infantry.

Times, maintaining a thousand cavalry in the army is a huge drain.

However, in this battle, the cavalry in the army suffered such serious losses.

Dong Wu said with a low expression: "I, the general, fell into the enemy's trick. Otherwise, why would we have been defeated like this?"

Then Dong Wu told the battle situation between the two sides in detail.

Zhao Lu said: "The soldiers under the King of Jin are really brave. There are still six thousand troops. If we defend, even if the King of Jin has 20,000 troops, we can't easily attack Dunhuang."

Things have reached this point. After the two sides start a war, it means that there is no chance for relaxation between them and Lu Bu.

Dong Wudao: "That's right."

The situation in the city became more serious. Apparently Dong Wu also realized that the generals in the army might be dissatisfied with him, so he became stricter in the prevention and control of the generals in the army, and strictly inspected the details of the work in the city. The soldiers and people in the city were panicked for a while.

Dunhuang is the seat of Dunhuang County. There are 50,000 people in the city. When the Han Dynasty was strong, it was common for a county to have 50,000 people. But in Liangzhou, it was an extraordinary city.

At this time, even some important cities in Liangzhou still had a certain gap in the number of people compared with Dunhuang. Liangzhou had experienced too many wars, and how many people had their bones buried because of the wars. Sometimes, the wars

Once it is opened, it cannot be controlled by ordinary people.

The soldiers in the army will not consider the feelings of the people during the war. What they need is victory. The life and death of the people will become irrelevant at that time. If they are lucky, they can escape from the war and once again

If you find a place to settle, if you are unlucky, you will only become a plaything in the hands of the enemy.

During the war, people will only become poorer and poorer. Every time they leave their hometown, it means they will lose a lot of things.

The prisoners of the Dunhuang army gathered in one place for Zhao Yun. Looking at the more than 500 prisoners of the Dunhuang army in front of him, Zhao Yun became aware of the plan. Judging from the news coming from the city, the generals in the army in the city now regard Dong Wu.

There was some resistance, and last night's raid had even more humiliated Dong Wu. If these soldiers could be put back and allowed to publicize the kindness of their own army in the army, it might have a very good effect.

{End of chapter}

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