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Volume 4 The Battle of Chibi Chapter 575 Disappears into Smoke

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    Unfortunately, Yuan Shang's stable life in Youzhou did not last long. In September of the seventh year of God's blessing, it was the time when autumn was high and the horses were fertile. Zhou Yu sent Zhao Yun to lead more than 20,000 cavalry from the Hurricane Battalion and 10,000 elite infantry from the Qingzhou Battalion to capture Liucheng.  With the help of the guide sent by King Wuhuanqiao, he marched into Youzhou.

    Youzhou, with a vast territory and sparse population, has jurisdiction over eleven counties and ninety counties. Due to the rise of Gongsun Du's power, he divided Liaodong and Youbei Pingping counties. In fact, under Yuan Xi's rule, only Liaoxi, Yuyang, and Guangzhou  Yang, Daijun, Shanggu, Zhuojun and other places, and were constantly harassed by the Hu people from the north. The people of Youzhou were extremely poor, but many people moved east to Gongsundu's territory, and the troops guarding Youzhou  Half of them were killed in the Guandu battlefield. Therefore, Yuan Xi's available troops did not exceed 30,000, and there were even fewer elites. Most of them were county soldiers who could barely defend the city. It was really unbearable for them to face the well-equipped Jiangdong Army.  A battle.  .

    Originally, the counselors around Zhou Yu were divided on whether to quickly march into Youzhou.  The reason for those who advocated the postponement of the invasion of troops was that Jizhou was at the beginning of peace. The situation in Jizhou should be stabilized first, and then the troops in Youzhou and Wuhuan and Xianbei could be moved.  Jia Xu and others insisted on advancing into Youzhou as soon as possible. The reason was that the Yuan family had great influence in the Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes. Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi were very likely to receive help from the Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes to constantly harass Jizhou. Under such circumstances,  , Jizhou, and even Qingzhou have always been difficult to stabilize. Only by quickly sweeping away the remaining forces of the Yuan family, Hebei can be called stable.

    Zhou Yu adopted Jia Xu's advice and ordered Gao Shun to send the elite cavalry of the Hurricane Battalion to quickly go north to Youzhou. Relying on Zhao Yun's troop commanding ability and the excellent equipment of the Hurricane Battalion far surpassed that of the Hu people.  Zhou Yu was very confident that he could win.

    After winning Jizhou.  Jiangdong Army captured a large number of horses, so when Zhao Yun sent troops this time, both cavalry and infantry could ride on horseback. The infantry of Jiangdong Army also practiced horseback marching on weekdays, so they did not delay their journey.

    Zhao Yun¡¯s army marched rapidly day and night, and soon captured Wuji City, causing Youzhou to be shaken.  Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang hurriedly sent envoys to find the leaders of the Wuhuan tribes, and offered them large sums of money to lure them. The Wuhuan tribes headed by Tadun sent troops one after another.  Even King Wu Huanqiao of Liucheng, who originally stood on the side of Jiangdong Army, suddenly regretted his decision. After receiving Yuan Xi's favor, he also sent cavalry to try to attack Zhao Yun together.  At the same time, Yuan Xi gathered all the troops he could control.  He and Wuhuan's ministries prepared to encircle Wuji.

    As for the enemy's movements, the Jingwu Guards scattered all over the place have already sent back the intelligence in a timely manner.  Facing the situation of being attacked in many places, Zhao Yun made a decisive decision and stayed in charge of the Qingzhou camp in Haizhi to defend Wuji City. He led the soldiers of the Hurricane Battalion to take a detour to Xuwu Mountain, climbed the rugged trail, left Lulong Village, and trekked for more than 500 miles, crossing Baitan and Pingtan.  Gang, Xianbeiting.  Head east towards Liucheng!

    When they were two hundred miles away from Liucheng, the Wuhuan army found out and hurriedly sent out fast horses to notify everyone.  Tadun, Yuan Shang, and Yuan Xi hurriedly arrived with the capable ministers of Liaoxi Chanyu Louban and Youbeiping Chanyu, and gathered the Wuhuan cavalry to fight.  The two armies met at the foot of Bailang Mountain.

    Bailang Mountain is one of the fortresses in Youzhou. On the watershed to the west of the main peak of the mountain, there is a huge white stone lazi. From a distance, it looks like a sheep, but also resembles a white wolf and a white deer, hence its name.

    The mountain of Bailang Mountain is abrupt.  The White Wolf River flows diagonally and is surrounded by plains, which is very suitable for cavalry to attack suddenly.  Zhao Yun climbed to the top of Bailang Mountain and looked around, seeing the black Wuhuan cavalry coming from all directions like a tide.  There are indeed a lot of them, but the equipment is really poor.  Only a few cavalry were wearing armor and had complete weapons. Many cavalry only wore animal skin robes, held rough wooden forks, and did not even have a bow and arrow!

    Zhao Yun had a sneer on his lips, pointed at the chaotic enemy formation at the foot of the mountain, and shouted to his left and right: "Although the enemy troops are large in number, their equipment is very poor, and their marching formation is unorganized. Today's victory will definitely belong to us!"

    After saying that, Zhao Yun ordered Xue Lan as the vanguard and three thousand fine cavalry to swoop down from the mountain and kill him. He led the Chinese army to follow closely. The target was Tadun, the strongest among Wuhuan's tribes!

    As Zhao Yun expected, under the powerful impact of Xue Lan's elite cavalry, the Wuhuan soldiers' formation was suddenly in chaos!  The elite knights of the Hurricane Battalion whizzed down, throwing out countless hand axes and throwing spears, and with the help of their rapid speed, they mercilessly took away the lives of thousands of Wuhuan people!

    Suddenly, in the panic of the Wuhuan people, Zhao Yun personally led more than 10,000 hurricane cavalry and charged in like a violent storm!  The sharp lance opened the chest of the Wuhuan knight who was blocking the front. Blood spurted in the sky. The sharp sword swept through like a whirlwind. The head of the Wuhuan knight rolled away into dust in an instant!

    Zhao Yun is still wearing a white military uniform, with a bright silver helmet, bright silver armor, a white battle robe, a corner spear, and a divine white dragon colt on his crotch, like a white whirlwind!  After a rush, his shirt was already stained with blood. Of course, it all belonged to the enemy.

    After breaking through the enemy formation, Zhao Yun urged the white dragon horse under his crotch and rushed towards the yellow flag where Tadun was!  Behind him were hundreds of hurricane battalion elites.  in ?Amid the rumble of the horse, Tadun's expression changed slightly, and then he cheered up and called on his followers to step forward to intercept him.

    The cavalry's charge is ready, and no one can stop it unless there is an iron wall in front of them.

    "Swish, swish, swish", a burst of dense arrows were shot out. It turned out to be the knights of the Jiangdong Army, who the Wuhuan people had always regarded as not good at horse fighting. He shot precise arrows on the galloping horse.

    Under the sudden blow, the momentum of hundreds of Tadun's men screaming and rushing forward to intercept was stalled, but Zhao Yun had already single-handedly reached in front of Tadun!

    Tadun¡¯s military force was considered very powerful among the Wuhuan tribes, but in front of Zhao Yun, he could not go twenty rounds before he was shot off his horse by Zhao Yun!

    Two hours later, the foot of Bailang Mountain has returned to calm. Only the streams of blood flowing in Bailang Water tell the world how tragic the battle that just happened here was.  In this battle, Zhao Yun used 20,000 elite cavalry from the Hurricane Battalion to defeat the Wuhuan coalition forces. A total of three Wuhuan leaders, including Tadun, were killed, and more than 30 Xiaowang at all levels under them were killed and injured. The Wuhuan soldiers who died in the battle  More than thirty thousand!

    Zhao Yun took advantage of the victory and captured Liucheng, an important Wuhuan town.  After the war, Zhao Yun collected a total of more than 200,000 Wuhuan tribesmen. At this point, the Wuhuan people had completely surrendered to the military power of the Han Dynasty.  The Wuhuan people in the five counties of Shanggu, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi and Liaodong will tremble whenever they hear the name of Zhao Zilong.

    Having lost the support of the Wuhuan people, Youzhou could no longer be defended. Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang quickly took their families, gold and silver, and their confidants to defect to Gongsun Kang, the governor of Liaodong.  Zhou Yu adopted Jia Xu's plan and did not let Zhao Yun continue to pursue. The army stabilized the situation in Youzhou and at the same time claimed to wait for Gongsun Kang to send the heads of Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang.

    Sure enough, not long after, Gongsun Kang set up an ambush, killed Yuan Shang, Yuan Xi and Liaodong Shanyu Su Puwan, and gave their heads to Zhao Yun as a sign of surrender.  And the senior officials of Bingzhou finally made up their minds to surrender to Zhou Yu, hoping that Hebei Qingyou would merge with the four states and finally be included in the imperial territory again.

    The Yuan family, which was famous all over the country, finally disappeared in the era when all the heroes came together in the late Han Dynasty, starting from Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao and ending with Yuan Tan, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang.

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