The Nameless of the Common Clans

After Cui Geng's detachment left Jiguan, they captured two cities in succession. On the front battlefield, Gao Shun led 20,000 troops from Guanzhong to cross the river in a fierce battle.

After Yan Liang learned that Gao Shun was preparing to cross the river, he did not stay in Wen County to the death. Instead, he led his troops to attack Gao Shun when he was not stable, trying to drive the soldiers who crossed the river back into the water.

The river water in August was strong. Even if the Mengjin area was relatively calm, if they were driven into the river, the chance of survival would not be very high.

It was just that the two thousand elite soldiers selected by Yan Liang attacked the thousand soldiers who had landed first at the river mouth. Yan Liang thought it was a sure win, but the bravery of the thousand soldiers was beyond Yan Liang's expectation. The thousand soldiers did not form a formation to defend, but charged under the command of Gao Shun. Not to mention how brave they were, but a thousand people were like a huge meat grinder. The two thousand elite soldiers led by Yan Liang were killed and routed by the enemy. Yan Liang personally cut off the rear and fought desperately, and was almost trapped in the formation and captured alive.

More than half of the two thousand elite soldiers were killed in this battle. Yan Liang had a hard time leading the defeated army to break out of the siege and fled all the way to Wen County, but he dared not go out of the city to fight. Seeing Gao Shun set up camp outside Wen County in an orderly manner, the Guanzhong army slowly crossed the river and could no longer go out of the city to meet the enemy. He could only defend the city and send people to Yecheng for help at night. Even if the defenders of Henei were counted, there were only 20,000. Facing such a fierce Guanzhong army, Yan Liang doubted his ability for the first time.

"That Gao Shun is so fierce?" Yan Liang looked at the Guanzhong army that was constantly gathering outside the city with a sad face. Why are the people under Chen Mo so weird? Yu Sheng was like a turtle, shrinking his head and not coming out. The defense was so solid that it was hard to say. Now Gao Shun is extremely fierce. Not only do his soldiers cooperate well, but they are also brave in fighting. In the north of the river, only Ju Yi can resist him.

However, Ju Yi was dead, and his first-line soldiers were incorporated into various armies, some as junior generals, some as elite soldiers. But even if they were reunited, they would not have the momentum they had when they were under Ju Yi.

Sometimes the momentum of an army is closely related to its generals. Even if the same army is led by different generals, the power they exert is definitely different.

Yan Liang missed Ju Yi a little at this moment. Although that man was a little domineering and his martial arts were a little poor, Ju Yi on the battlefield was really powerful. But now that things have come to this point, it is useless to say anything. Yan Liang can only rely on himself now. He does not believe that all the soldiers under Gao Shun are so brave. If that is the case, don't fight this battle.

It was not until the third day that all the Guanzhong troops crossed the Yellow River and gathered outside Wen County. During this trip, Chen Mo ordered Wang Biao and Ma Dai to be Gao Shun's deputy generals and follow Gao Shun to the expedition. After the two finished organizing the troops, they came to report to Gao Shun.

"Wen County is a county with tens of thousands of households, and the city walls are strong. Yan Liang is quite brave and knows military affairs. If we attack by force, the casualties will be huge." Gao Shun spread out the map. He had explored the environment around Wen County in the past two days. He pointed to the downstream. The Yanshui River splits here. The waterway is a relatively complex place in the north, but in terms of terrain, it is not very special, but there are no defects. Yan Liang has a lot of soldiers and horses, which is enough to defend the city. If he wants to break through by force, the casualties will be extremely high. Gao Shun naturally does not want to fight hard at this time.

"I wonder what the general is going to do?" Wang Biao bowed.

"Going east along the river is Licheng. If Yuan Shao's army comes to support, it must pass here. Please ask General Wang to lead his troops to capture this city and guard against Yuan Shao's reinforcements." Gao Shun pointed to Licheng downstream of Wen County and looked at Wang Biao.

There are many generals who are good at defense under Chen Mo, and Wang Biao is one of them. When defending Qi County, Wang Biao performed very well in the battlefield. In the following years, Wang Biao served in important positions in various armies and had rich combat experience. Wang Biao was like a nail nailed to Licheng. On the one hand, it can make the defenders of Wen County bear more pressure, and on the other hand, it can also stop the enemy coming to support.

"Yes!" Wang Biao bowed to receive the order.

Gao Shun took another general order and looked at Ma Dai and said: "General Ma has been in Xiliang for a long time and is familiar with the art of cavalry warfare. He can lead the cavalry in the army to harass the enemy's rear and cut off their food supply, so that the counties cannot rush to Wen County to support it!"

"Yes!" Ma Dai bowed to receive the order and said goodbye.

After all military affairs were handled properly, Gao Shun ordered scouts to spread around Wen County to find out the movements of Wen County. His troops were not enough to besiege Wen County, but he had the ability to trap Wen County, and then slowly plan.

Yan Liang organized the soldiers and civilians in the city to move the baggage and repair the city overnight, preparing to defend Wen County to the death. However, Gao Shun did not attack for a long time. Yan Liang was surprised and ordered people to go out of the city to investigate. Only then did he know that Gao Shun had sent troops to harass his rear and cut off his own food supply. At the same time, a large number of scouts were monitoring the surroundings of the city, and every move could not escape Gao Shun's eyes and ears.

"General, if the food supply is cut off, the food and grass in the city may not last long!" A general looked at Yan Liang and frowned.

Gao Shun was preparing to waste time with him or force Yan Liang to go out of the city to fight. The food stored in Wen County was obviously not enough to last too long.

Yan Liang naturally understood the reason, but he did not have as many cavalry as Gao Shun, and his troops were inferior in both quantity and combat power. If he went out of the city to fight Gao Shun at this moment, he would lose more than he won. If he won, it would be fine, but if he lost, Henei would no longer be able to stop the Guanzhong army from invading.

"Hold on and wait for reinforcements. The lord will get the news soon. As long as the lord's reinforcements arrive, we can attack Gao Shun from both inside and outside. Why worry about not defeating Gao Shun?" Yan Liang was determined to fight with Gao Shun and wait for Yuan Shao's reinforcements to come to support him.

But in this way, it is tantamount to voluntarily giving up various dangerous places. You must know that Yan Liang wants to defend not only Wen County, but the entire Hanoi. Now that the main force led by Yan Liang is besieged by Gao Shun here, it is naturally difficult to take care of the rest of Hanoi. Jiang Qi was also defeated by Cui Geng at this time, and led the remaining troops to flee to Wen County. He wanted to meet Yan Liang and discuss countermeasures, but he met Ma Dai who was ordered to cut off the retreat in Wen County.

Thirty miles northwest of Wen County, on the banks of the Nishui River, when Jiang Qi saw the cavalry scouts appearing head-on, Jiang Qi felt something was wrong and immediately ordered the troops to assemble in formation.

On the other side, after Ma Dai found Yuan Shaojun here, he immediately rushed over with his army. He saw a group of hundreds of men and horses arrayed on the bank of the river with their backs on the water!

Ma Dai's eyes shone with excitement. This was his first formal battle under Chen Mo. His opponent was the recognized No. 1 prince in the world today. Although it was only a remnant army, Ma Dai would not let go of any meritorious service. At this opportunity, the blood in his bones seemed to boil. He raised the spear in his hand high and shouted sharply: "Gather!"

More than a thousand cavalry quickly gathered into a huge cavalry formation, and the momentum of the more than a thousand cavalry gradually gathered together, crushing towards Jiang Qi and his remaining soldiers like a towering mountain.

The remnant army, which was already exhausted, saw such an imposing cavalry formation. Before the battle began, the momentum had already weakened a bit. The sounds of gasps continued to be heard in the military formation, and with the spear raised high by Ma Dai, With a slash of Xuxu, the huge cavalry formation began to advance slowly. The speed was not fast, but it continued to climb.

Even though Jiang Qi knew that there was a river behind him and it was impossible for the opponent to really charge up, when the famous knight started to gallop on his horse, he was still frightened in his heart, and the invisible sense of oppression made him want to retreat. feeling.

Even if he was like this, the remnants of the army behind him would naturally become even more unbearable, and the formation began to become chaotic.

"Pfft~"

Someone fell into the water and screamed as they went downstream. Not many northern soldiers knew how to swim. Most of them were landlubbers. Falling into the water, except for splashing a lot of water, did not alleviate their current embarrassing situation. On the contrary, it made them feel uncomfortable. The soldiers on the case were even more confused.

"kill!"

Jiang Qi knew that if things continued like this, his remnant army might collapse completely before the battle began. What had to be done? As a soldier, even if he died, he would die on the battlefield instead of being driven away by the enemy like cattle. rushed into the river and drowned, so he encouraged Use the courage to attack the enemy on the opposite side first. Although this is tactically stupid, infantry fighting against cavalry must use a tight formation to resist the impact of cavalry. Jiang Qi, as a famous general in Jizhou, naturally cannot fail to understand this truth. But he had no choice.

The morale of the soldiers behind him had dropped to the bottom. He wanted to do something to inspire the soldiers' final fighting spirit.

Unfortunately, the significance of this was not great. There were not many soldiers who rushed out following Jiang Qi. There were only a few dozen people following Jiang Qi to face the vast cavalry formation.

There was a solemn look in Ma Dai's eyes. Even if he was an enemy, he had to admire his courage and courage. This was a respectable enemy. The spear in his hand was gradually lowered. Ma Dai rushed to the front, facing Jiang Qi's direction, two groups of disproportionate men and horses quickly met each other.

"Puff puff puff~"

This kind of hedging and overly fancy martial arts are meaningless. Ma Dai's spear was knocked away by Jiang Qi's sword, but Ma Dai did not look back, and the surging cavalry formation quickly annihilated Jiang Qi.

The beginning of the battle also represents the end. Ma Dai slowly reined in the horse in front of the cavalry formation on the shore, raised the spear in his hand high, and shouted loudly: "The one who surrenders will not be killed!"

"Dang rang~" "Dang rang~" "Dang rang~"

The soldiers who had already lost their fighting spirit did not hesitate much. Seeing that their general died in battle, they all dropped their weapons and knelt down to ask for surrender.

Ma Dai asked people to arrange for the surrendered troops to be sent to the Gaoshun camp, while he took the troops to find Jiang Qi's body. The corpses of dozens of people had been trampled by horse hooves in the army, and they had no human shape. They could only be seen through their clothes and armor. Identify the other person’s identity.

Ma Dai picked up the incomplete sword from the ground, sighed, turned around and ordered: "Let's find a place to bury these... together."

"Here!"

He is not a famous general, but he is still worthy of being called a general. They are both soldiers. Ma Dai does not want generals like Jiang Qi to be exposed in the wilderness after death. This is also the only thing that an enemy can do for the other party...