Huangfu Song and Cao Cao, who were commanding the Chinese army, also had ugly faces. Black smoke was burning in the direction of Bei Mang Mountain, which was where Liu Xie was.
Guo Bangli and the others were planning a water attack, which might also include a detour and sneak attack. These two consecutive surprise attacks made the coalition forces very passive. There are capable people in the Xiliang army.
Huangfu Song's hands were trembling. It was his negligence that put the emperor in danger. Huangfu Li asked for orders: "Father, let me bring a troop of soldiers and horses to rescue him."
"Old general, send my tiger and leopard cavalry to rescue him, and then let the flag be raised for the entire army to attack to the death. Only by defeating this group of thieves can we protect your majesty's safety. **** Otherwise, your majesty will be defeated once we are defeated. We are in deep danger again." Cao Cao also advised.
Huangfu Song immediately and decisively mobilized Cao Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry to rescue Cao Cao. Then he raised his saber and said: "Huangfu Shoujian, let's gather the last men and horses and go to the back of the Baibo Army to supervise the battle. We must drive them away no matter what." Go in and disrupt the enemy’s formation!”
"Old general, you stay here and just command and dispatch. Don't go up and take risks easily!" Cao Cao advised.
Huangfu Song pushed Cao Cao's hand away and said, "I am only supervising the battle behind the Baibo Army. Mengde, you can also lead the last prepared troops to supervise the battle."
Cao Cao knew that the situation was critical and did not hesitate. He joined the battle with more than a thousand soldiers who had stayed at the end to make preparations.
Guo Jia and a group of guards were left outside the battle formation to watch. Yuan Xi in the formation also saw the black smoke on Beiman Mountain for the first time. He was also extremely frightened and angry in his heart. He expected that this was the poisonous plan of Li Ru and Jia Xu. After all, they were both top strategists and they also had a tendency to compare.
But water from far away could not neutralize fire from near, so all he could do was to quickly defeat the group of enemy troops in front of him. It would be best if he could capture and kill Guo Si and Li. Only in this way would things turn around, and he would be able to contain the enemy forces for the friendly forces.
"Major General, please give me your orders!" Zhang Liao said while holding his hands on the horse. The Qingzhou Army cavalry gathered together, and several generals also came to Yuan Xi's side.
"Your Majesty, there is a problem. It may be a sneak attack by thieves. But with Yang Feng and Fan Chou's thousands of soldiers and horses, and Zhou Cang's thousand cavalry, the thieves won't be able to succeed for a while. What we have to do is to be quick. Defeat the enemy's formation. Capture and kill the enemy chief!" Yuan Xi said.
Several generals also knew that the situation was serious. After briefly explaining the tactics, they all led their troops to prepare to attack the enemy's central army again.
Taishi Ci and Duan Pixi led Wuhuan's sudden cavalry as spearheads and charged into the formation again. Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao's two thousand Qingzhou elite cavalry were divided into left and right wings, cutting through the enemy formation like blades. Although they were cavalry, they formed a conical formation similar to that of infantry.
As for Cao Cao's army, Xiahou Dun and Le Jin led the tiger and leopard cavalry to rescue Cao Cao. Cao Chun led the remaining cavalry and continued to look for a breakthrough. Generals Yu Jin and Li Dian led the infantry of the Yanzhou Army and followed behind to cooperate with the cavalry.
After Cao Cao arrived with the last thousand or so elite soldiers, he immediately ordered: "The whole army moves closer to the Qingzhou Army behind the enemy's formation!"
"Lord, do you want to join forces with the Qingzhou Army?" Li Dian asked. "We suffered the loss of dividing our forces. If we don't attack together with the Qingzhou Army, it will be difficult to put pressure on the rebels!" Cao Cao said firmly.
After receiving the order, several generals immediately changed their direction and attacked the Qingzhou Army in the rear. In this way, their resistance was reduced a lot. Yuan and the others also saw Cao Cao's army move from a distance.
They also moved closer to them in cooperation. A quarter of an hour later, the Qingzhou Army and the Yanzhou Army finally joined together. The troops on both sides did not need to communicate anymore, and they all attacked the center of the local Chinese army's formation.
Li Ru broke into cold sweat in his eyes. The Qingzhou Army's cavalry offensive was very fierce, and the Xiliang Army's defense line was almost broken several times. The Yanzhou Army's infantry and cavalry coordination made it even more difficult to control their advance and retreat.
Now that the two groups of soldiers and horses are converging together, he needs to mobilize more local formations to block them. What's terrible is that the Baibo Army on the front is stuck to the ground even tighter after being supervised by Huangfu Song. Li Ru couldn't mobilize some of the elite soldiers there.
On the right wing, after a moment of hesitation. The Gaoshun underground camp also broke through the Xiliang rebels' obstruction and joined Lu Bu's cavalry.
Lu Bu's eyes were red from the killing. He was troubled by the Xiliang cavalry, which was not in line with his tactics. "All the cavalry, follow me and attack the Chinese army!" Lu Bu impulsively led the cavalry to attack again.
The flaming Chitu took the lead, and the Bingzhou cavalry behind quickly followed up and cut the gap between the enemy's positions. Gao Shun Zhangyang and his soldiers were tired after a hard battle, but they were still driven behind Lu Bu's subway cavalry. Especially those hundreds of people trapped in the camp are a sharp blade that can break through the enemy's armor.
The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly. The Xiliang rebels had the upper hand at the moment. At this time, they were facing strong pressure from three parties. Li Ru was sweating. He was quite confident in his phalanx. But he underestimated the combat power of the Qingzhou Army and the Yanzhou Army. There is also the impact of Lu Bu's army in raids.
"Quickly mobilize the soldiers and come back to protect the Chinese army!" Guo Si shouted.
Jia Xu hesitated and held on to the reins of his horse. In desperation, Li Ru made another fatal mistake--following Guo Bangli's order, he turned the battle formation into a circular formation and allowed more soldiers to return to defend the Chinese army.
Originally, Li Rubu's formation was an improved version of Xuan Xiang's formation, in which small virtual and solid formations could also cooperate with each other. The two armies of Guo Si and Li had fought together before, but it was not a one-time achievement to skillfully arrange a complex battle formation. At most, they could only exert half of the effectiveness of this battle formation. Li Ru was eager for revenge and eager to defeat the coalition forces, so he would naturally make mistakes in his haste.
The morale of Guo Si and Li Que's Xiliang army was very high. They relied on formations and fought in an organized manner. But once the formation changed drastically, their lack of training and coordination immediately became apparent. Several small square formations in the front formation turned out to be in the wrong direction and crowded together. In this way, the Baibo Army also took the opportunity to rush in and disrupted half of the battle formation.
Lu Bu was so fierce that half of the Xiliang rebel cavalry were dragged over by him, and they could barely stop him. But as soon as the formation was in chaos, Zhang Yang and Gao Shun from behind caught up and smashed the left wing of the formation at once.
Li Que was furious. His own formation had already been defeated. He couldn't bear the feeling of defeat at this moment.
Guo Bang was also frightened and angry, but when he saw that something was not going well, he immediately said: "Withdraw, the emperor has already obtained it. As long as we still have our elite troops, we still have a chance to make a comeback!"
"You dare! It's not certain who will lose!" Li Que shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Li Que, anyone with a discerning eye can see that I don't want to die with you!" Guo Si said and fled with hundreds of his own soldiers. Seeing the flag, Guo Si's troops also fled westward.
"Don't retreat! Once we move, we will be overtaken and killed immediately!" Li Ru urged.
Li Que's face turned red and white. He glared at Li Ru fiercely and reluctantly ordered a retreat.
How could Cao Cao and Yuan Xi let go of such an opportunity? They urged their soldiers to fight hard, and sent cavalry to stop the rebels in a roundabout way, hoping to divide them and annihilate them.
The biggest spoils of victory in this battle are these soldiers of the Xiliang Army. Cao Cao's army suffers from the fact that there are only more than 2,000 cavalry left, and they have to cooperate with the infantry to outflank the infantry of the Xiliang Army, and then make an emergency landing.
The Qingzhou army was all cavalry, and Yuan Xi's order was to kill the enemy chieftain. They all clung to the personal troops of Guo Si and Li Que, and Yuan Xi also led five hundred tiger guards to pursue them.
Wuhuan Tu's riding and shooting skills on horseback were top-notch, and they took advantage of the pursuit and shot the Xiliang army's cavalry who were escaping in front.
Zhao Yun's troops were closest to the enemy's central army during the assault. They quickly approached the personal troops of Guo Si and Li Que, and the elite cavalry of both sides fought together. With the blockage in front, the cavalry on both sides in the back were also in a stalemate.
Zhao Yun personally led the troops to block the advance, and all the enemy troops who passed through were scattered. Zhang Liao, Duan Pixi, and Taishi Ci also led their troops to advance towards Guo Si and Li Que.
With the King Kong Xu Chu opening the way, Yuan Xi and the five hundred guards also quickly broke through to Guo Si and Li Que.
Yuan Xi personally took out his strong bow and aimed an arrow at Li Que's throat. He had been waiting for this day for a long time, for his grandfather Yuan Wei.
Li Que, who was looking around, trying to find a direction to escape, was accidentally pierced in the throat by an arrow.
"Mighty!" "Mighty!" The soldiers of the Qingzhou Army shouted when they saw the enemy general being shot by their own major general!
Xu Chu received Yuan Xi's order, raised his sword and led his men quickly to break through and pursue the panicked Guo Bang.
Xu Chu attacked Guo Si like a tiger descending from a mountain. Guo Bang panicked and headed towards the direction where the Qingzhou Army was densely packed.
Taishi Ci and Duan Pizhen saw it clearly. They nozzled their arrows almost at the same time and fired their arrows almost at the same time.
One of the two feather arrows hit the center of the eyebrow, and the other hit the throat. Guo Bin was also killed immediately! The two culprits who had killed countless people in Guanzhong finally died on the outskirts of Luoyang.
According to history, Emperor Taizong Xuanwu killed two thieves in one battle.
"Woohoo!" "Those who surrender will not be killed!" Qingzhou soldiers shouted in unison to surrender.
Both leaders were dead. After the group of Xiliang troops looked at each other for a while, they all felt that the situation was over, so they all dismounted and surrendered.
Yuan Xi was worried about the safety of Liu Xie and Liu Yan, and immediately asked Zhao Yun to lead his troops to check the situation. The remaining soldiers took the prisoners into custody, and most importantly, their horses.
Beimang mountainside.
Li Li and Wang Fang led the Xiliang elite soldiers and quickly broke through the soldiers of Yang Feng and Fan Chou. The Huben guards defending Liu Xie were all descendants of aristocratic families. They were well-equipped, but they had never experienced such fierce actual combat.
Within a quarter of an hour, the Tiger Guards were defeated, and Liu Xie, Queen Fu, Liu Yan and other ministers were immediately exposed to the Xiliang rebels.
"Your Majesty, you'd better come with us!" Wang Fang shouted loudly.
"Bah! You traitors and traitors, how dare you disturb the Holy Master!" Zhao Wen scolded.
"Hmph! Zhao Situ, do you know what happened to the previous Wang Situ?" Wang Fang sneered.
"Traitor, I, Zhang Xiu, am here. Don't even think of harming Your Majesty and all of you!" Zhang Xiu shouted loudly as he broke into the Xiliang rebel army's siege.
Several Xiliang rebels rushed up. Zhang Xiu waved his spear and led the remaining dozens of soldiers to resist Li Li's attack. However, the opponent was not only more numerous, but also elite members of the Xiliang army. After a while, Zhang Xiu's armor had several gaps and cracks.
Seeing this situation, Liu Xie, Liu Yan and the ministers could not help but despair. The army fought at the west gate of Luoyang, but the distant water could not save the nearby fire. Seeing the rebels' blades on their necks.
"Ugh!" "Kill!" Suddenly, another soldier rushed down from the top of Beimang Mountain. They attacked Li Li and others with spears and spears. Their bravery and toughness were no less than that of the Xiliang rebels.
Li Li, Li Meng, Wang Fang and all the Xiliang rebel soldiers were all frightened. They never expected that an enemy army would appear behind them. And this group of soldiers played a "horse" flag in official script.
A young general wearing a lion-shaped hood rode a white war horse and charged at the front. It should be said that it is not suitable to fight on horseback in these mountains, but the young general's riding skills are really good. He can control the horse as fast as on the plains.
Wang Fang reacted immediately, and while letting his soldiers continue to rob Liu Xie, he also organized his soldiers to intercept the enemy troops that had been killed.
After a while, the young gun-wielding general wearing a lion-shaped pocket rushed into the encirclement of the Xiliang rebels and suddenly killed them with a tiger-headed iron spear. Quickly approached Liu Xie and a group of ministers.
"Xiliang Ma Chao is coming to protect you! The traitor is coming to die!" the gun-wielding general shouted loudly.
Li Li forced himself to lead others forward. But the next moment Ma Chao came down from the mountain and a tiger jumped in front of him.
"Kill! Drink!" Ma Chao dodged several swords and spears, stabbed Li Li with a spear, and pierced Li Li's body.
"Ugh!" "Kill!" More than a thousand elite soldiers brought by Ma Chao also excitedly charged into the circle formed by the enemy.
Ma Chao was excited to kill and stared closely at Wang Fang, another general. He adjusted his distance slightly. Keep sprinting. On the way, Ma Chao grabbed a spear and shouted loudly as he approached. Use your left hand to throw the spear.
"Ah!" Wang Fang screamed as a spear pierced his heart, and then fell silent.
Li Meng was heartbroken when he saw that Ma Chao's army was unable to capture Liu Xie after they fought out. He shouted and fled into the mountain stream with hundreds of soldiers. Zhou Cang, who was guarding the grain and baggage at the foot of the mountain, also led more than a thousand soldiers to the mountain.
The coach fled desperately, and the remaining Xiliang rebels had no fighting spirit. Either they run for their lives or they surrender.
Ma Chao dismounted his horse and walked quickly to Liu Xie. He saluted and said, "Your Majesty, Ma Chao, the eldest son of General Andi, Ma Teng, has come to rescue you!"
"Okay, okay!" Liu Xie cheered repeatedly and said, "Young general, you have done a great job in rescuing me. You will all be heavily rewarded when the traitors are defeated!"
"I don't know why the young general appears behind the Xiliang rebels?" Yang Biao asked his doubts.
Ma Chao clasped his fists and said proudly, "My father was ordered by His Majesty's imperial edict to attack Chang'an, but he had to retreat due to lack of military rations. However, my father could not worry about His Majesty, so he asked the young general to lead a group of elite soldiers to follow Guo Si and Li in order to wait for an opportunity to take action. . When the young general’s scouts were in Hongnong, they discovered that the rebel army had separated a group of people and marched along the river. The young general guessed that they were going to make a sneak attack, so he followed them from a distance. "
"If it weren't for your cleverness, little general, Your Majesty and Sheji would be in danger!" Zhao Wen sighed.
"Report! Tai Shici of the Qingzhou Army and Xiahou Dun of the Yanzhou Army have led their troops to escort you!" a Huben guard reported.
"Let them rest assured that His Majesty is fine!" Yang Biao ordered.
Liu Xie and all the ministers looked worriedly at the battlefield in the distance to the west. The fighting there was chaotic, and it was impossible to tell who was victorious, and the group of civil servants could only watch in embarrassment.
"Report! Report to your majesty, our army has won a complete victory and the rebels have been completely defeated. The Marquis of Linzi led his troops to kill the two thieves leader Guo Si and Li Que!" After half a quarter of an hour, the prince's official report came.
"Okay! God bless me as a big man!" Liu Xie said excitedly.
"Your Majesty is brave, God bless this man!" All the ministers knelt down and saluted.
As for Yuan Jun, Yuan Xi took Xu Chu and a group of guards to personally inspect the prisoners.
Sure enough, in Li Que's personal army, Yuan Xi saw a middle-aged scribe in his forties.
"Raise your head and speak. What's your name?" Yuan Xi asked coldly.
The middle-aged scribe cupped his hands and said calmly, "Your Excellency is the Marquis of Linzi, Yuan Xianyi, right? I have met the Marquis of Linzi, Dr. Jia Xu of Guanglu."
Yuan Xi narrowed his eyes and looked at him carefully and said, "Are you Jia Xu? Then there is another Li Ru. Where is he?"
"Li Ru went to the other side when retreating and did not follow Li Que." Jia Xu said lightly.
"Oh, I dare you to let him slip away. Zhongkang, please send an order. Anyone who catches Li Ru will be rewarded with a hundred gold."
"Here!" Xu Chu took the order.
"It seems that the Marquis of Linzi will not feel at ease unless Li Ru is captured, but you should be more worried about His Majesty's safety." Jia Xu reminded. *****
