Chapter 798: Violent Tiger
On the south bank of Yishui, the river breeze was blowing gently, and a rush of hooves could be heard.
At this time, a group of Yuan Jun's defeated cavalry had just crossed the pontoon bridge and were rushing towards the Zuohujun camp not far away in panic.
Suddenly, hundreds of cavalrymen rushed out from a dense forest on the diagonal side. They were all dressed in yellow and were capable.
Without saying anything to the defeated cavalry, this group of Taishan Army's cavalry crashed into them.
For a moment, the sword smashed the sword and halberd, and countless sharp arrows were shot at the defeated cavalry.
But this group of Yuan Jun's defeated cavalry was also very capable. They were able to escape from the chaotic battlefield all the way to the rear, not just by virtue of their four legs.
When the cavalry of the Taishan Army on the side just emerged from the dense forest, several eagle-eyed cavalry generals had already seen it. Then with several sharp whistles, the group of cavalry tried hard to bypass the Taishan Army.
But where can such a small distance go?
So, after a while, the two cavalry armies were fighting on the beach on the south bank of Yishui River.
As soon as the two sides fought, both sides were surprised by the other's fighting power.
Let's talk about the Taishan Army first. They didn't expect that the troops on the other side were already defeated. They were still equipped with all the weapons and equipment. Some of them even didn't discard the horses in their hands, and they grabbed them to attack.
You tell me that this kind of fighting spirit is a defeat?
But the Taishan army here was more surprised, and those cavalry who were defeated were ten times more so, because in this round of confrontation, dozens of our own people had already fallen off their horses, and half of the team disappeared, while the enemy seemed to have just suffered casualties. More than a dozen people.
These rout cavalry are not small characters. In fact, anyone who can exist as a cavalry unit in Yuan's army is at least a warrior.
Not to mention that this assault cavalry is the Runan cavalry who retreated from the battlefield on the Western Front.
Previously, these people fought with Guo Dan on the Western Front. After Guo Dan died in the battle, the remaining Yingru cavalry followed another member of the Guo family, and Guo Yuan withdrew.
Guo Yuan initially led his cavalry into General Chun Yuqiong's formation, but after resisting for an hour, Chun Yuqiong's formation was also breached by the Taishan Army.
When the formation broke, Chunyu Qiong disappeared, and Guo Yuan also knew the opportunity and rushed out with more than a hundred loose knights.
Guo Yuan is really smart. When he entered Chunyu Qiong's army, Chunyu Qiong wanted to capture these people's horses, but Guo Yuan knew too well that if he lost, these horses could save his life.
So Guo Yuan tried his best to delay, and finally saved these horses, which allowed him to escape all the way to the south bank of Yishui River.
After charging against the Taishan Army on the opposite side for a while, Guo Yuan no longer wanted to fight, so he immediately gathered his formation and retreated while fighting to the south. They used some terrain and hillsides to snipe with the Taishan Army, and then increased their speed in an attempt to distance themselves.
But people like Guo Yuan were unlucky because it was Ma Chao's men who were chasing them from behind.
These people are all skilled in bow and horse, and many of them are Xianbei warriors who have grown up in Beibei since childhood. They recruit and use these people for the riding and archery skills that the Han people in the mainland have to study hard.
In fact, as they chased and shot all the way, there were fewer and fewer Yuan Jun fleeing in front.
To a certain extent, this is the fighting method used by these Xianbei warriors. This is the way to fight. How can you hold up a horse and push it forward? That is so stupid.
But there is no other way. Who makes the heroes of the Taishan Army insist on training for assault? Now it's better. It's easier to shoot from behind while riding.
Guo Yuan, who was running in front, suddenly heard a cavalry commander behind him shout:
"Twelve Lang, we can't run anymore. Those bastards behind are of Xianbei origin. They will die if they run like this. We have to fight back."
When Guo Yuan heard this, he woke up from a dream. He glanced back and saw his own knight falling under the arrows from behind, like a reed under the strong wind, falling down.
In fact, this can't be blamed on him. Who made these Xianbei warriors dress like Han people from top to bottom? If they weren't exposed to the Hu Yin from time to time, he really couldn't notice it.
In his heart, Guo Yuan knew that he couldn't be passively beaten like this, but he knew that turning around and striking according to Ban Dang's instructions was unreliable.
Not to mention turning back, we must stop first. As soon as the war horse stopped, wouldn't it be overtaken by the other side? Moreover, the horseback impact also requires a sprint distance, and now there is no way to accelerate in such a short distance.
In fact, there is a more important reason, that is, Guo Yuan knows that they really can't win in a face-to-face confrontation with the Taishan Army's sudden cavalry behind them.
It's strange to say, aren't those Xianbei warriors people from the grasslands? How can a short-distance charge be so powerful!
Little did Guo Yuan know that the Xianbei warriors he met were not nomads, but full-fledged knights.
The Taishan Army's method of conquering the prairie warriors is very simple and efficient, that is, holding banquets and competitions.
Previously, the Taishan Army distributed all the pastures in Pingzhou and Daibei areas to the tribes, and at the same time held martial arts competitions starting in July every year.
At that time, warriors from various tribes can gather in Liucheng to compete in horse riding, wrestling, and archery to select the champion warrior. In fact, it is somewhat similar to the Naadam Conference in later generations.
These champion warriors and outstanding knights displayed in the competition will be selected by the participating military officers and officials and absorbed into each army.
You must know that this method is very clever, because even in the grasslands with abundant military force, excellent knights who are proficient in riding and shooting are rare.
Through the Naadam Conference in which various tribes participate, the Taishan Army can not only replenish its strength, but also draw blood from each tribe.
After the Taishan Army gathered the leaders and chiefs of each tribe in Yedu, the tribe was left without a leader.
But this state of affairs will certainly not last long.
When these tribal herdsmen begin to communicate with the Han people inside on a large scale, they will definitely need a leading figure who can speak for them.
After all, everyone knows that it is only the organization that can talk to the organization.
So when the time comes, these tribes will naturally have new leaders. According to the customs of the grassland, these powerful warriors must be the last ones to rise to the top.
Now that the Taishan Army has absorbed these powerful warriors into the system, the remaining tribesmen do not dare to be too strong because they do not have the support of strong figures.
When these warriors who have achieved military success in the Taishan Army system return to the tribes and face the existing new leaders, these warriors will move closer to the Taishan Army for their own benefit and help the Taishan Army better influence these grassland tribes.
In short, by holding the Naadam Conference, the Taishan Army's control over the grassland became more hidden.
Of course, Zhang Chong's design of the Hu-Han system was not just about this.
All in all, when these powerful warriors were selected into the army, in addition to eating and drinking every day, they also underwent high-intensity training.
This kind of professional training is more targeted than the previous safari-style training, and it can produce results in a short period of time.
That's why Guo Yuan saw at this moment that the Xianbei warriors who were good at riding and shooting were now so powerful even in assault battles.
While thinking about it with a headache, Guo Yuan suddenly saw a dense forest in the southwest.
He was so happy that he turned around and shouted to the knight:
"Everyone go around to the right and go around to that forest. We will dismount and fight on foot in the forest!"
After speaking, Guo Yuan leaned on the horse, curled up, and then tilted his entire weight to the right.
The horse, which had won his favor, immediately ran to the right.
The war horse ran in a straight line, so even if he wanted to run to the right, he would slowly go to the right on the way. Just like this, after running for another hundred and ten breaths, he finally entered with the remaining Yingru knights. In the dense forest.
After entering the forest, Guo Yuan had no time to count the number of people, so he jumped off his horse. He controlled the horse a little and drew the short bow from the side of his robe.
Then, he took off the quiver from the horse's hip and inserted the arrows into the ground one after another.
After doing this, Guo Yuan pinned the Huanshou sword behind his back, took a deep breath, and bent his bow to shoot at the Xianbei knight who entered the forest. Entering the forest from the outside, the field of vision is already dark, so the Xianbei warriors who followed Guo Yuan and the others were suddenly in the light and could not see clearly on the other side.
Just when they adapted to the light in the forest, more than ten arrows were fired from the opposite side, catching these Xianbei warriors off guard.
There were constant war horses that lost control of their masters and rushed into the depths of the forest in confusion. The remaining Taishan Army assault cavalry also quickly dismounted and used the war horses as cover to avoid arrows.
These people love war horses, but when it comes to life and death, they don't care about that.
Across the war horses, these Xianbei warriors also drew their bows and fired at each other.
Both sides come and go, and flowers stained with blood are blooming in the forest. Maybe you just took away a life with the bow and arrow in your hand, maybe in the next second, an arrow shot from nowhere will take it away. your life.
There are no winners here, only those who survive.
Just as Guo Yuan continued to draw arrows from the ground to fight back, suddenly the sound of violent horse hooves came from the forest behind.
The ghost of Guo Yuan appeared in great numbers, and no matter how stupid he was, he knew that the one who appeared at this time would not be one of his own.
So, when he felt the stinging pain on his back, Guo Yuan suddenly drew out his Huanshou sword, twisted and jumped up, slashing backwards like a roc.
The physical strength and force displayed by this rabbit rising from the fox's leap are worthy of the reputation of the brave Twelve Langs in his clan.
Guo Yuan's intuition was indeed sharp. Sure enough, behind him, a knight wearing a brocade robe appeared.
Looking at the knight with a scar on his face, Guo Yuan smiled ferociously, and struck the opposite head with the ring-headed knife in his hand.
Sorry, who asked you to go into battle without a helmet?
But the next moment, severe pain came from his abdomen, and all the strength in Guo Yuan's body suddenly drained away from his body, and his body that had jumped up fell loosely.
But Guo Yuan did not hit the ground, just because a horse spear had penetrated his body and held him in the air.
The Splendid Knight glanced at Guo Yuan and asked in a serious tone with a Liangdi accent:
"Do you know where Yuan Shao is?"
Guo Yuan used his only strength to grab Ma Shan and prevent Ma Shan from going deep into his abdominal cavity.
Then, he tried his best to open his eyes and sneered at the man:
"You bastard, it's shameful to attack from behind!"
But with the next breath, the warrior grabbed Ma Shan and threw him to the ground, and Guo Yuan was pinned to the ground.
Just like this, Guo Yuan was hit hard again and spurted out a mouthful of blood again. His whole body was in a state of confusion.
In a daze, he seemed to hear the warrior calling himself Ma Chao, and then he couldn't hear anything else clearly.
A flash of cold light flashed, and Guo Yuandou's big head flew into the air.
He fell into eternal darkness.
And over there, with Guo Yuan's death, the remaining dozens of knights who followed him into the forest were also wiped out.
The cavalry team that had confronted Guo Yuan before saw this scene and ran over in a hurry.
One of the slightly older cavalrymen reported Qiqi Ai:
"Colonel, I didn't expect these Yuan thieves to break into the forest and disturb the captain's rest."
Judging from this man's performance, the pressure this brocade-robed warrior put on him was very great.
But everyone understood, because at this moment they were facing the famously bad-tempered Ma Chao.
But at this moment, Ma Chao seemed to have a good temper. He did not punish this subordinate, but just let him clean up the battlefield.
Ma Dai on one side came over and said:
"Brother, it seems that these defeated soldiers are all elites in the army, but they are panicking like lost dogs and running for their lives in a hurry. It seems that the king's side has won a great victory!"
To be honest, even though Ma Dai is Ma Chao's younger brother, he still feels a lot of pressure being next to Ma Chao.
It turned out that Ma Chao had a tiger-wolf temperament, and his face was that fierce and wolf-like. Later, after Ma Chao lost his appearance, his ruthless appearance added a bit of murderous aura, which made people dare not look directly at him.
But such an unruly Ma Chao, when he mentioned the king, actually clasped his hands in his fists and said respectfully towards the northeast in the direction of the king:
"My king, Shenwu Yingfa, has no doubts about victory in this battle."
After saying these words respectfully, Ma Chao returned to his previous unruly attitude, twitching the corners of his lips and said coldly:
"But this is a great victory. All the generals have contributed. What do you and I have to do? Before the war, the king ordered me to send our troops to the south in the hope that I could behead Yuan Shao. Now, after several days of sleeping in the open and wind, and suffering so much, in the end If you can’t accomplish this, don’t you let the generals laugh to death?”
After finishing speaking, Ma Chao gritted his teeth and said:
"I, Ma Chao, cannot afford to lose this person!"
Ma Dai also knew this truth. They had missed this epic decisive battle. If they couldn't defeat Yuan Shao in the end, it would really be a loss.
But suddenly, he frowned and asked a question that no one had mentioned:
"Brother, if Yuan Shao has been captured, wouldn't our efforts be in vain?"
After hearing this, Ma Chao was stunned for a moment. He pinched Ma Cha anxiously, and the slippery stain was the blood left by Guo Yuan just now.
After struggling for a while, Ma Chaosen said coldly:
"Then I hope Yuan Shaoming escapes!"
After saying that, Ma Chao was about to order the cavalry to set off. If he was delayed here for a while and let other troops take Yuan Shao, it would be too late to cry.
But at this moment, from the pontoon on the opposite side, flags were flying in the billowing smoke.
Ma Dai just glanced at it and recognized it as the banner of General Yu Jin, so he said to Ma Chao:
"Brother, Yu Shuai is here, why don't we go over and say hello first?"
Saying hello means asking one or two riders to run to the forbidden area to report the situation on their side, which will not affect Ma Chao's pursuit.
But who knew that Ma Chao actually said this on the spot:
"It's just the right time to make this Shanliao live in my place. Do you still want me to worship him? When Yuan Shao is captured, this generation will only be able to hold his own!"
These words made Ma Dai's scalp numb, but Ma Chao didn't care at all. He greeted the sudden riders and rushed towards the south!
Even Ma Chao didn't hide his whereabouts. After leaving the forest, he directly kicked up the dust and dashed past Yujin's front army.
What a violent tiger!
(End of chapter)