Farmers of Shu Han

Chapter 1417 Yuyang City

"In front, we're here."

"Go, let's go!"

……

The vanguard found an open shallow area with calm water, which was perfect for the team to rest and drink water.

The Wei army soldiers who received the news had green light in their eyes and rushed to the river like a broken dam. For a moment, the formation was in chaos.

"Form your formation, don't mess around, follow the order!"

The military commander was still trying to maintain order, and some people subconsciously slowed down their pace when they heard this.

But the people behind who didn't hear it didn't care and just pushed the people in front forward.

Some even simply went around and headed straight for the shore, and those who had originally slowed down their pace could no longer pay attention.

Many people knelt on the river bank, not caring about the horse manure floating in the water they scooped up, and just focused on pouring the water into their mouths.

Weapons and armor were scattered all over the river bank - you can't expect these soldiers, most of whom were recruited temporarily, to be as vigilant as elite soldiers.

Not to mention that some of them are criminals.

As the commander-in-chief, Qin Rui naturally did not need to drink horse manure water. His personal soldiers took water bags and filled them with clean water from the river and delivered them to him.

"General, look!"

Halfway through drinking, after their thirst had been relieved, someone with sharp eyes finally noticed something unusual around them.

A tattered flag was stranded on the river bank, with the lower half still floating in the water.

After being discovered, this half flag was sent to Qin Rui.

The flag was torn right in the middle, with the word "ghost" written on it.

Qin Rui recognized it quickly, his expression changed drastically: "Is this the flag of the Great Wei?"

The word on this flag was originally supposed to be "魏", but the other half of the word "委" is missing.

Something big really happened at the checkpoint!

"Quick, check nearby to see if there is anything else!"

Qin Rui could no longer sit still and quickly gave orders to his personal soldiers.

"General, there's more here!"

Sure enough, they discovered something else upstream, not far from where they drank water.

Two corpses dressed as Wei army scouts were lying quietly by the water.

There were two dead horses nearby.

It looks like he has been dead for at least two days.

Swarms of green flies were startled and flew around buzzing.

It seemed as if it was unwilling to leave the delicious food. Even if it was driven away, it still lingered for a long time.

After Qin Rui saw the corpse, his face turned pale. He turned around suddenly and shouted:
"Assemble immediately! Set off!"

The fact that the scout of Wei was killed here can only mean one thing:
The invading enemy scouts have already crossed the pass.

So...things are far more serious than I thought.

As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, he suddenly remembered something else, which made him break into a cold sweat in this hot day:

Where are the messenger riders sent from the checkpoint?
Logically speaking, if a messenger was sent out at the pass, I should have encountered him on my way here.

But along the way, I encountered nothing.

Nothing!

Looking at the two dead scouts again, Qin Rui felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave, and his whole body was cold.

The soldiers under him didn't think so much. When they heard the captain's order to set off immediately, they immediately complained.

They had only finished half of the water, not to mention they hadn't had a good rest. Many people's legs were already barely able to lift up, and after drinking the water by the river, they didn't want to move at all.

When Qin Rui saw it, he immediately became furious.

He mounted his horse, turned around and rushed back into the crowd, raised his whip, and whipped the soldiers who were unwilling to move without thinking:

"If you don't want to die, get up!"

"Military Commander, order all the troops to form up immediately, otherwise, they will be punished by military law!"

In the midst of this chaos, no one noticed that the originally wide and calm water surface began to ripple and shake.

After a few breaths, even the ground began to shake.

Qin Rui's horse suddenly neighed and stood up, almost knocking him off.

There was a lot of smoke and dust in the valley upstream.

"There's an ambush!"

"Enemy attack!"

……

A group of red-armored cavalry appeared at the bend of the col and swooped down the river like a red dragon.

Only the general in the front was riding a white horse, wearing white armor and a white cloak. There was also a white silver spear hanging on the side of his horse's belly, which was extremely conspicuous.

"Thief, do you know Zhao Yiwen from Changshan?"

The cavalry did not rush over immediately, but went around the side.

"Puffy..."

Although not all the elite cavalrymen of the Han Dynasty were good archers, all of them were half as good as the Eagle Shooter.

When the rain of arrows passed over the water, it stirred up not splashes of water, but blood mist.

The Wei army was unprepared, not to mention the formation. Many soldiers even dropped their weapons by the water when drinking water, and now they are still empty-handed.

Faced with the Han cavalry rushing towards them, they had no power to fight back at all.

The river beach instantly turned into purgatory.

"Run away..."

Some of the panicked Wei army wanted to turn around and escape the way they came before the cavalry surrounded them.

"Get back!"

Zhao Guang took the lead and caught up with the two Wei soldiers who were leading the escape, and knocked them away one after another.

The cavalry that followed closely behind trampled another person's body to pieces.

When the Wei soldiers saw this, the people behind them were so scared that they turned around and ran back.

The people behind didn't have time to turn around, and for a moment, they rushed forward and backward, trampling on each other.

Fortunately, the Han cavalry did not catch up.

However, just as Zhao Guang was about to turn his horse's head, a rider suddenly accelerated and tried to rush past him.

The iron hooves of Qin Rui's warhorse crushed the head of the corpse at his feet, and the blood spurting out of the skull splattered his mouth full of salty blood.

When Zhao Guang saw it, his eyes widened with anger. Want to run?
He squeezed his legs hard against the horse's belly and charged diagonally towards the enemy general.

Although his mount was not a Pegasus from the Western Regions, it was also of the Wusun horse bloodline.

In addition, Qin Rui's mount had been traveling for half a day and was running out of energy.

The moment the two horses met, Qin Rui raised his spear and pretended to stab Zhao Guang, but then he feinted halfway, leaned down on the horse, and squeezed the horse's belly, just wanting to speed up.

It turned out that he had no intention of getting entangled with Zhao Guang at all. He just wanted to stop Zhao Guang's momentum and then take the opportunity to escape.

Who would have thought that Zhao Guang, relying on his taller horse and the invulnerable armor on his body, did not slow down and his silver spear reached Qin Rui's ribs first.

The sound of bones cracking and horses neighing mixed together.

Qin Rui was protected by armor, and with a muffled groan, he and his horse were forced into the water.

The iron hooves of Zhao Guang's mount crushed the thin ice-like reflection on the river surface. He chased relentlessly, hung up his spear and drew his sword, and raised the horse-slaying sword from bottom to top. The sword tip cut off the opponent's spear tip, and the remaining force cut through the opponent's armor.

Qin Rui's mount could no longer hold on and fell into the water.

Zhao Guang was in a high position, and the tip of his sword cut into Qin Rui's neck, slicing off half of his head...

On the other side, the chaotic Wei army was driven back, and few people noticed the fate of their commander.

On the wide and flat shore, the Han cavalry charged back and forth in an organized manner, constantly driving the Wei soldiers who tried to escape back to the shore.

Gradually, more than 2,000 Wei soldiers were squeezed into a very small area.

Zhao Guang reined in his horse and stood in front of the formation, holding a silver spear with the tip of the spear pointing downward, still dripping with blood.

He shouted at the Wei army:

"Where is the thief? Come out!"

There was a commotion among the Wei army, but no one responded.

When Zhao Guang saw it, he couldn't help but sigh:
How brave! You still want to hide at this time? Do you really think I can't find it?

Thinking of this, he slowly raised his spear, and the cavalry behind him began to trot again.

It seems that they want to force these two thousand people to jump into the water.

Finally, at this time, a man from the Wei army walked out tremblingly.

Zhao Guang grinned:
"I thought you really wouldn't come out."

"I am a military commander..."

"Hmm?" Zhao Guang's smile froze and his brows furrowed. "Where is your commander?"

"Shui, Shui, was killed by the general..."

"Is that so?" Zhao Guang thought of the Wei general on horseback whom he had killed. He couldn't help smacking his lips, "What a pity."

It’s not a pity that the other person was killed, but it’s a pity that the other person’s body was not left behind. After all, it is also a merit.

However, as the opponent was the commander, he actually thought of escaping at the first moment, so it was no wonder that I didn't think of it.

"You, come out, I have something to ask."

With the main general gone, he had to settle for the next best thing and interrogate the military commander, hoping to get the answer that his sister wanted.

Half an hour later, General Zhendong, who received the news, led his troops to the valley.

"General, I found out what you expected. When Yuyang saw the signal fire, he immediately sent out reinforcements, but we intercepted them all. Not a single one escaped!"

Zhao Guang, who had had enough of the fun, went forward to greet them with excitement, "General, I asked more than ten people, and they all said the same thing, Yuyang City is empty!"

General Zhendong glanced at the extremely depressed surrendered soldiers, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:

"I expected that."

When she was stationed in Danhan Mountain, she discovered that the Wei army on the Yanshan defense line was far inferior to the Wei army she encountered in the battle of Guanzhong.

So she noticed a problem very keenly, that is, Hebei's military strength was already stretched to the limit.

Just think about it, Alang divided his troops into three groups in Taihang Mountains, and even led the army himself to approach Jingxing.

No matter how powerful Sima Yi was, facing the threat from Alang, he had to concentrate the elite troops in Hebei to defend Taihang Mountains.

This is an open conspiracy, using power to suppress others.

As for his own troops stationed in Danhan Mountain, threatening Juyongguan and intimidating the three passes of Taihang Jundu, Feihu and Puyin, he forced Hebei to transfer its assembled forces to Yanshan.

In Luoyang to the south, Jiang Boyao occasionally intended to attack Xuchang in order to contain Cao Shuang and make it difficult for the Wei army south of the river to go north to support Sima Yi.

Therefore, the northeastern part of Youzhou must be poorly defended.

Zhao Guang is ready to make a move:

"General, what should we do now?"

"What should we do?" General Zhendong smiled and chuckled, "Of course, we should go to Yuyang to rest."

"Hahaha..." Zhao Guang was delighted, "I am willing to be the vanguard again!"

"What vanguard do you need? The whole army will march out. Everyone must rest in Yuyang tonight!"

After hearing this, everyone's morale was boosted and they responded in unison.

Liu Hun was more cautious and reminded:
"General, these surrendered soldiers..."

General Zhendong didn't even glance at them and said casually, "Let them gather at the pass by themselves."

"Ah?" Liu Hun couldn't help but feel a little worried:
"General, we have no one left at the pass, and there are more than a thousand surrendered soldiers. If these surrendered soldiers go through, there will be nearly four thousand surrendered soldiers in the city. What if..."

"Nothing will happen!" Zhendong looked ahead with a resolute gaze, his tone firm, "Since I have led the Han cavalry into Youzhou, nothing will happen!"

"If there is a chance, then I want to see what kind of chance can stop the Han cavalry in Hebei! Let's go!"

Seven thousand cavalrymen raised up dust and rushed towards Yuyang, fifty miles away.

When the setting sun had baked the loess official road west of Yuyang City into a red-gold color, the sound of the Han cavalry's hooves finally came from the horizon.

The first thing the soldiers on the city wall of Yuyang saw was not the cavalry, but the cloud of dust rising from the skyline.

The smoke and dust came out like a giant python, and the hooves of nearly ten thousand war horses caused the dust in the cracks between the bricks of the city to fall.

As the first column of cavalry passed through the twilight, ripples began to appear on the surface of the moat.

The Tiger Cavalry followed General Zhendong into battle this time, but because they had to cross the Yanshan Mountains, their horses were not equipped with armor.

But the red armor of the soldiers on their horses seemed to be covered by a blood-red curtain under the glow of the sunset glow.

In addition, the yellow dust and sand raised by the iron hooves of the Liangzhou horses covered the sky.

Let these iron cavalry be like evil spirits from the underworld, seeking revenge.

"Enemy...enemy...enemy attack..."

Old Li from the Wei army who was guarding the watchtower on the top of the city trembled for a long time before he squeezed out these words.

He reached out to ring the alarm bell, but couldn't grab the rope.

As soon as the alarm in the watchtower sounded, it was immediately drowned out by the roar of iron hooves.

Three hundred cavalrymen had rushed across the suspension bridge like a whirlwind. Some of the Wei soldiers who were originally lazily guarding the city gate reacted immediately and turned around and ran into the city.

"Pong!"

"Pong!"

"Pong!"

Sharp arrows rained down like rain, piercing through the vest.

Instead, a few people who were frightened sat paralyzed under the city wall, shivering and not daring to move, thus escaping the disaster.

The cavalry swept past them without anyone even looking at them.

After passing the city gate, the cavalry suddenly split up. Two groups rushed toward the city wall from the racetrack, while one group stopped and controlled the city gate.

Then, more and more Han troops poured into Yuyang.

The three hundred or so old and weak defenders abandoned their weapons and fled without any resistance.

"That's the governor's mansion."

The captured military commander at the water's edge pointed at the governor's mansion in the city and said.

When Yuyang Prefect Zhao Kai was dragged out by the Han army soldiers, he was still in a daze.

He looked at the Red Cavalry blankly, not yet realizing what was happening.

"Ta-ta..."

A tall horse appeared in front of him with the sound of crisp hooves:

"Are you Zhao Kai, the governor of Yuyang?"

The soldiers were as fierce as wolves and tigers, and their shining weapons made him dare not resist at all:
"I, I am, you, who are you?"

The owner of the horse turned over and got down. His red robe was as red as blood and he stood like a sword. The setting sun cast a ray of gilded light on his armor, making him look like a jade-faced Shura stepping on blood.

"Han, General Zhendong, Guan Suo."

"Impossible, you, you, Han, why are Han soldiers here?"

Although he saw it with his own eyes, Zhao Kai still refused to believe what he saw in his heart.

It wasn't until he heard what Zhendong said in person that his last bit of hope was finally shattered:

"General, where did you come from? Could it be that Guan Yihu really has wings and can fall from the sky?"

General Zhendong raised his eyebrows upon hearing this: "Have you heard of me?"

"After the battle in Guanzhong, the Hedong Winged Tiger became famous all over the world. Who doesn't know it?"

When General Zhendong heard this, he smiled slightly, walked into the governor's mansion, and said, "Bring him in, I have something to ask him."