Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Immediately, Zhao Yun flicked the Serpent-Spear in his hand, tossing Gao Lan, who was hanging on the spearhead, aside like a piece of rag. A dull thud echoed, startling Chun Yuqiong and the elite cavalry back to their senses.

However, Chun Yuqiong couldn't muster even a sliver of thought to avenge Gao Lan at this moment; he only wanted to get away from the young general before him as quickly as possible.

Chun Yuqiong knew that his martial prowess was slightly inferior to Gao Lan's.

If Gao Lan wasn't even a match for this young general in a single exchange, then even if he went forward, he would only be throwing his life away in vain.

Immediately, Chun Yuqiong turned his horse around to flee, shouting loudly as he did so.

"White Horse Young General, dare to announce your name! The generals of Hebei will never forget this hatred!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yun knew that by revealing himself in this way, he wouldn't be able to hide his identity sooner or later.

Yuan Shao, Xu You, Guo Tu, and the others had all seen Zhao Yun before. They only needed to take a look, or have someone draw a portrait, and they would naturally know Zhao Yun's identity.

Immediately, Zhao Yun mustered his inner energy and responded.

"I am Zhao Zilong of Changshan!"

This voice, though not as thunderous as Zhang Fei's, still reverberated for several miles.

Immediately, Zhao Yun picked up Gongsun Zan, who was placed on the Night-Shining Jade Lion, and then placed him on Gao Lan's mount, asking.

"General Gongsun, can you ride on your own?"

"Of course, I can."

Although Gongsun Zan was seriously injured, riding a warhorse was as simple as breathing for him, so naturally, he wouldn't show weakness.

However, the look in Gongsun Zan's eyes as he looked at Zhao Yun at this moment was filled with complexity in addition to gratitude, and he asked in a quiet voice.

"Zilong, in the past when you sparred with me, you didn't use your full strength?"

That stunning spear that killed Gao Lan in an instant, Gongsun Zan saw it with his own eyes and was shocked in his heart.

Gongsun Zan asked himself, even if he was prepared, he might not be able to block such a spear.

Zhao Yun showed a bit of embarrassment, and then replied.

"General Gongsun is a close friend of my lord, a friend, not an enemy, so Yun naturally wouldn't dare to offend him."

This made Gongsun Zan, who had always been strong-willed, blush red, feeling both anxious and awkward.

Especially since Gongsun Zan used to think that he and Zhao Yun were just about equal, he felt even more ashamed and wanted to disappear into the ground.

The brief deterrence caused by Gao Lan's death slightly reduced the Yuan army's offensive, allowing many White Horse Volunteers to break free from the Yuan army's entanglement and quickly gather towards Gongsun Zan's direction.

However, these slight changes in the situation did not affect the overall trend of the battlefield.

Having made preparations, Yuan Shao, after the success of the water attack plan, immediately arranged for Zhu Ling to lead about three hundred Heavy Halberd Soldiers to attack the Jieqiao bridgehead from the side, intending to block the Jieqiao bridge and wipe out Gongsun's army on the south bank of the Qing River.

(PS: At this time, Zhang He was still under Han Fu and was not valued. Also, I personally think that even if the Heavy Halberd Soldiers existed, they should be a special type of troop formed by Yuan Shao, only later handed over to Zhang He to lead.)

Zhao Yun saw these three hundred Heavy Halberd Soldiers. They were all wearing heavy armor and wielding heavy halberds, similar to the White Feather Soldiers, a rare type of heavy armored soldier.

Zhao Yun even felt that perhaps Yuan Shao had seen the Camp Destroyer and, like his lord, had the idea of establishing heavy armored soldiers, and this was the troop he had formed.

Right now, the three hundred Heavy Halberd Soldiers were not far from the Jieqiao bridgehead. Once they blocked the bridgehead, Gongsun Zan and the rout would have no way to retreat.

Immediately, Zhao Yun said urgently.

"General Gongsun, the situation is critical. Please ask about the remaining matters later. Please quickly rush out of Jieqiao, and Yun will cover you."

After speaking, without waiting for Gongsun Zan to answer, Zhao Yun lightly clamped his legs on the Night-Shining Jade Lion, and the man and horse instantly darted towards the Heavy Halberd Soldiers.

"Zilong..."

Gongsun Zan's palm reached out halfway, bit his teeth, and then put it down.

Immediately afterward, Gongsun Zan cupped his fist towards Zhao Yun's direction, enduring the pain, and shouted.

"Gongsun Bogui is here! All soldiers, quickly follow me back to the north bank!"

With Gongsun Zan and the White Horse Volunteers leading the way, the remaining Youzhou cavalry, who were scattered and defeated, also regained some backbone and gathered towards the Jieqiao bridge.

In the rear of the Yuan army, Yuan Shao, who was standing on a war chariot at this moment, looked down at the battlefield, watching the Gongsun army, which had been scattered and defeated, begin to retreat to the north bank in an orderly manner, and was furious.

For Yuan Shao, every Youzhou cavalry left behind would reduce the obstacles to unifying the three states north of the Yellow River.

"Zhao Yun? Why is he here? That Liu Da'er is ruining my good deeds, it's really hateful!"

Yuan Shao also heard Zhao Yun's self-introduction just now, and looked angrily at Zhao Yun, who was rushing towards the Heavy Halberd Soldiers as if he was in no man's land.

However, if it was in the early stages of the battle between the two armies, even if a strong warrior like Lu Bu charged into the enemy lines alone, he would be seeking his own death.

But now the battlefield was in chaos, the Gongsun army was scattered everywhere, and the Yuan army was also scattered chasing and killing the Gongsun army. Without the formation of a military formation, Zhao Yun, with his man and horse, showed his invincibility.

Zhao Yun naturally didn't have the ability to kill the three hundred Heavy Halberd Soldiers alone, but Zhao Yun went straight for Zhu Ling.

Gao Lan's corpse was still warm, how dare Zhu Ling compete with Zhao Yun, he almost subconsciously shrank back into the three hundred Heavy Halberd Soldiers.

But Zhu Ling was so timid, the three hundred Heavy Halberd Soldiers couldn't help but be timid in the face of Zhao Yun, and they almost subconsciously retreated wherever Zhao Yun passed.

As a result, it also disrupted the already slow-moving Heavy Halberd Soldiers, and they were unable to block the Jieqiao bridgehead for a long time.

This made Yuan Shao very angry, and he said angrily.

"It's hateful that neither Yan Liang nor Wen Chou are here, otherwise, how could this Zhao Zilong be so arrogant?"

However, the water attack plan was extremely crucial, and Yuan Shao could only allocate up to two thousand cavalry to rush to the upper reaches of the Qing River.

Considering that Gongsun Zan might also have fierce generals under his command, he was worried that sending only one of Yan Liang and Wen Chou would be detrimental to the overall situation if they were restrained for a while.

For the sake of prudence, Yuan Shao naturally sent the most trusted Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

Immediately, seeing that the three hundred Heavy Halberd Soldiers were actually restrained by Zhao Yun alone, Yuan Shao repeatedly ordered the remaining troops to speed up their encirclement and interception, trying to leave more Youzhou cavalry behind.

However, with no one blocking the road on the Jieqiao bridge, the mobility of the cavalry was vividly displayed.

They ran very fast, and it was almost wishful thinking for the Yuan army infantry, who had been fighting for half a day, to stop the cavalry with only two legs.

In less than half an hour, all the rout of the Gongsun army on the south bank of the Qing River had retreated to the north bank along the Jieqiao bridge.

Finally, only Zhao Yun, who had been charging and killing in the chaotic army for nearly half an hour, was still guarding the south side of the Jieqiao bridgehead.

One man, one horse, and one spear stood horizontally in front of countless Yuan troops gathered, blocking their way to pursue the Gongsun army, and also deterred the Yuan soldiers from approaching within ten steps of Zhao Yun.