Tattata!

"Boom boom boom boom--"

The sound of horse trampling from far to near became clearer and clearer, and the sound of thunderous vibration filled my ears and buzzed.

Just as the cavalry team in the valley retreated to the forest and gave way out of the mountain road, tens of thousands of war horses jumped into the sight. Then, more and more horses rushed into the mountain road, rushing wildly, rushing around, filling the originally narrow mountain road, and flattened the mounds on both sides of the mountain road, and heading to the east.

The cavalry soldiers who stopped on the hillside watched no less than 100,000 war horses rushing in front of them. The loud roar that roared the sky, the galloping dust of thousands of horses, and the crazy momentum of moving forward. The soldiers were stunned and their minds were throbbing, and their hearts were pounding one by one in their throats, and they were very afraid.

Fortunately, the general in charge of the army ordered everyone to go up the mountain in time to make way. Otherwise, these more than 100,000 war horses would have instantly impacted the 30,000 cavalry, crushed into pieces, and destroyed in an instant.

If this is true, it would be the real version of the fact that he died before he could succeed. It was so unfair that he could not die with his eyes open!

Looking down at the mountain, the trembling horse galloped down, his ears filled with rumbling sounds and screams from the other side of the mountain. A general wearing black armor stood beside the "general" and whispered: "Brother Wenyuan, it seems that we are coming quickly. After all, it is still a step late. The decisive battle of Langshan has been decided, and the barbarian army has been defeated, and the central army led by the lord has won a great victory!"

Disappointed, he added: "Maybe the Feiyan Light Cavalry led by General Zhang Yan has led his troops to participate in the war before my Wuwei Camp, and only we are still stranded here. Seeing so many war horses escape, they are helpless. Nearly 100,000 war horses ran away in vain. It's a pity! If all these war horses can be captured, even if I can't get a share of the pie on the battlefield, at least I can lose my merits and give it to my lord." After saying that, he sighed and looked very worried.

After hearing this, the young general nodded thoughtfully and fiddled with the green beard half an inch long below his jaw. He pondered: "Brother Dong Yue's words are reasonable. Judging from the current situation, nearly 100,000 war horses fled from the battlefield, and they were all war horses on the barbarian grasslands. From this, it is inferred that the barbarian army is at a disadvantage. But it may not be defeated."

The general called "Dong Yue" was stunned when he heard the sound and said in surprise: "What does Brother Wen Yuan mean? The barbarians' horses have escaped from the soldiers and fled to the battlefield. Is the barbarians not defeated yet? How is this possible? What combat power can the barbarians who have lost their war horses?" He looked at "Wen Yuan" with confusion. Dong Yue subconsciously scratched his head, but did not touch his hair, but fell on the hard and smooth croaker.

It goes without saying that this cavalry team that suddenly encountered the barbarian horses was the Wuwei Camp Iron Cavalry, who had never appeared since the Eastern Expedition. The chief general was Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan, and the deputy general was Dong Yue. The army behind them was the full 30,000 Wuwei Camp Iron Cavalry.

Since Li Libing conquered Gongsun Zan without bloodshed, for half a year, the Wuwei Camp led by Zhang Liao and the Feiyan Light Cavalry under Zhang Yan's tent had no roads, just like a divine dragon, but the head and tail were not seen. The whereabouts were extremely mysterious. In the entire Eastern Expedition army, no one knew their whereabouts except the commander Li Li and the right military advisor Guo Jia. Even the military advisor Zhuge Liang and the chief clerk of the army, Mi Zhu, only knew that Zhang Liao and Zhang Yan had led 60,000 cavalry to the Xianbei grassland, waiting for an opportunity to attack the Xianbei tribes, trying to defeat them one by one, and fundamentally disintegrate the attacks and threats of the Xianbei tribes on the northern border of the Han Dynasty.

However, this is not the case. After Zhang Liao and Zhang Yan led their troops into Yuyang County, Youzhou, they temporarily remained silent until they learned that the commander Li Li had taken over Youzhou and recruited the Youzhou army. The two of them received Li Li's order and divided into two groups. The Feiyan Light Cavalry of Zhang Yan's troops marched from west to north, waiting for an opportunity to wipe out the Xianbei tribes and weaken the strength of the Xianbei tribes; while the Wuwei Camp Iron Cavalry of Zhang Liao's troops hid their whereabouts, hid in the daytime and walked at night, waiting for an opportunity to sneak into Liaodong, ambushed in the mountains and forests east of Bailang Mountain, closely observing the movement of troops of the Wuhuan troops, hiding dormant and waiting for an attack order.

Therefore, for several months, the Han army that was truly responsible for the extermination of various tribes of the Xianbei Province was not Zhang Liao's troops, but the Feiyan Light Cavalry led by Zhang Yan. Zhang Liao led the Wuwei Camp iron cavalry to cruising around Liucheng, which was to monitor the base camp of the Wuhuan barbarian army, waiting for an opportunity to act, and attempt to give the barbarian army a fatal blow at the critical moment.

After lying for several months, he finally received Li Li's order to attack at noon today. At the beginning of You hour, the Iron Cavalry of Wuwei Camp suddenly attacked from behind the barbarian army and stabbed hard in the back of the barbarian army. The entire raid plan was very smooth, and the soldiers of Zhang Liao were lurking for several months and were not found by the barbarian army. When Li Li gave the attack order, everything was naturally natural and he completed his battle. Unexpectedly, when victory was in sight, this scene suddenly happened. The victory and defeat of the battlefield on the eastern foot of the east foot was not decided, but the barbarian army's horse appeared in front of Zhang Liao's army, and there was only the war horse but not the barbarian army. The situation was very strange, which caused Zhang Liao, Dong Yue and the 30,000 iron cavalry behind him to be lost and extremely disappointed.

Has the hard work that has been lurking for several months been wasted?

This result is really difficult for Zhang Liao and others to accept. Melancholy and loss fill their hearts, and the pain in their hearts is hard to express.

Looking back on the hardships of the past few months, Zhang Liao still felt scared. The days of hiding his head and tail were too difficult. He couldn't eat well and couldn't sleep well. Sometimes he couldn't eat a bite of hot rice for ten or half a month, and it became even harder to endure when it was windy and rainy. However, he and the soldiers under the tent gritted their teeth and survived, and finally waited for the order from his lord Li Li.

Two hours ago, Zhang Liao led his army to set off with great excitement, galloping all the way, and marched towards Bailang Mountain excitedly, so he could rush to the battlefield before You hour. As long as he passed the pass in front, the battlefield on the eastern foot, at the critical moment of getting what he wanted, Zhang Liao never expected that the barbarian army's war horses would flee like crazy, and rushed into the mountain road. If Zhang Liao had not seen the opportunity, he ordered the army to avoid it in time, the 30,000 Wuwei camp iron cavalry would have been destroyed under these crazy fleeing horses.

At that moment, Zhang Liao's mind was blank, and an indescribable sense of frustration and loss filled his heart. He was full of bitterness, but he had no choice but to express his suffering. Many hard work was wasted, and the carefully planned surprise plan was still in the womb. This feeling of being split is not something that people in the situation cannot understand, and they cannot understand the sadness and pain of suffering.

However, with Dong Yue's sigh and inquiry, Zhang Liao quickly walked out of his regret of loss, his heart was clear in an instant, and after calming down his emotions, he gradually calmed down. His mind turned sharply, and he listened to the faint sound of "wow" horns coming from the other side of the mountain again, and his heart was shocked, and his face showed a look of surprise.

"General Dong Yue, don't worry. Listen carefully. Is there a horn sound on the other side of the mountain?" Zhang Liao tried his best to suppress the ecstasy in his heart. He was worried that he had heard it wrong, so he asked Dong Yue to verify it, using this to confirm whether the horn sound on the battlefield on the eastern foot of the mountain really existed.

"Well, yes. There is indeed a horn sound on the other side of the mountain, which seems to be a horn. But it is a bit different, it is such a strange sound!" Dong Yue said casually while listening to the sound from the air.

Zhang Liao was overjoyed when he heard this and smiled and said, "I'll just say that so many panicked war horses fleeing wildly, but there was no barbarian army on the horse's back. It's too weird and completely unreasonable. Now I finally understand that although the barbarian army's cavalry and horses abandoned their lords and fled, the barbarian army was not defeated and was still fighting fiercely with the central army led by the lord. Hahaha."

Dong Yue was surprised when he heard the sound: "Why did Wen Yuan say this? The war horses have all run away, and the barbarian army is still fighting, which is too incredible!" After a pause, Dong Yue's tone suddenly changed and then said: "In other words, if the barbarian army is not defeated, what are the war horses at the foot of the mountain? Are the barbarian army willing to abandon their horses and fight on foot with our army? They are all fools!"

Hearing Dong Yue’s doubts, Zhang Liao became more and more convinced of his inferences, and laughed and explained: “Brother Dong Yue doesn’t know anything. The horn sound we heard was not the Niu Horn, but the Poison Dragon!”

"Poison Dragon?" Dong Yue responded casually, and then his expression suddenly changed, his eyes widened, and he said in a panic: "What? Poison Dragon! When the Poison Dragon sounded, blood flowed into a river, people and animals were gone, and it was barren! Why did the lord actually use the Poison Dragon!" As he spoke, Dong Yue looked dull and his face was full of horror.

Zhang Liao said confidently: "I firmly believe that I heard it correctly. The sound of the horn is the special sound made by the Poison Dragon. In the battle of Qinglang Valley in the past, I witnessed the great power of the Poison Dragon with my own eyes. I led a large army to annihilate more than 100,000 Fuluo's army, chased for hundreds of miles, and fought to the north! That battle was General Zhou Yu's fame, and I was the vanguard general, so I have never forgotten the sound of the Poison Dragon, as if it were in my ears, and I still remember it clearly today."

Recalling the Battle of Qinglang Valley four years ago, Zhang Liao's eyes were full of yearning, and his words could not help but ended abruptly. The battle of Qinglang Valley was the battle of fame by General Anbei Zhou Yu, General Anbei. The battle to pacify Saibei and recover Bingzhou was even more icing on the cake, laying the foundation for Zhou Yu's position as a general in the army. Since then, Zhou Yu has been the arm of the lord Li Li, and he is the only one in every battle. He is truly the leader of the four generals of the Western Liang Army. (Note: The four generals of the Western Liang Army are: Zhou Yu, Teng Xiao, Xu Rong and Bo Cai; in addition, there are two famous generals in the world: Li Jue and Guo Si.)

Zhang Liao was amazed at Zhou Yu's rapid rise. Or any Xiliang general who had great ambitions and extraordinary abilities envied Zhou Yu, hoping that one day he would succeed in one battle and become one of the generals like him.

As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Liao did not hesitate anymore and watched the horses at the foot of the mountain gradually become sparse. He immediately instructed the personal soldiers to take two hundred personal soldiers to follow the horses, pay attention to where the horses were going, and then capture the horses after the battle. After the personal soldiers rode their horses away, Zhang Liao rode his horse down the mountain and led the Wuwei camp iron cavalry to the pass.

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Chapter completed!