Chapter 261: Niu Fu escapes, Baibo Army Xu Huang
After all 5,500 elite troops had landed, there was no movement at Mengjin Pass?

Zhou Tai's expression turned stern, and he immediately ordered all the remaining troops to land.

A quarter of an hour later.

The array of 10,000 elite soldiers is complete.

"The heavy soldiers are in front, and the crossbowmen are behind!"

"The rest of the troops will march in order!"

As Zhou Tai's order was issued, Dian Wei and Dong Xi led two thousand heavy infantry to march forward, and the generals began to form square formations in an orderly manner.

As Mengjin Pass got closer, there was still no movement.

Zhou Tai wiped the sweat from his forehead and ordered again: "Mount the ladder!"

"Crossbowmen prepare!"

Ten ladders were placed one after another, making the narrow terrain of Mengjin Pass seem crowded.

But there is still no response when I turn it off.

When everything was ready, Zhou Tai put aside all distractions, drew his sword and shouted, "Kill!"

The siege began.

...

Inside Mengjin Pass.

Niu Fu was arguing fiercely with his generals.

Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji, who had performed brilliantly in the encirclement and annihilation of Sun Jian, were all generals under Niu Fu, and even the General of the Central Army Fan Chou was one!

In order to ensure the safety of supplies, Dong Zhuo sent all the generals he could to Niu Fu, even Yang Feng, the commander of the Baibo Army who had surrendered.

Yang Feng had a young general under his command named Xu Huang, who was both brave and resourceful.

But even with such a great group, Niu Fu just couldn't make good use of it.

Zhou Tai's troops were approaching the city and were about to break through.

Niu Fu was still sending messengers to Dong Zhuo, hoping to get tactical guidance.

The generals were so anxious that if Niu Fu was not Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, they would have wanted to kill him on the spot!

Li Jue failed to challenge for battle again and walked out of the central military tent in anger.

Yang Feng and Xu Huang immediately surrounded them.

"How's the lieutenant?"

"Has General Niu Fu agreed?"

Li Jue snorted at the two of them and said, "Don't count on it. Go back and have a good sleep!"

After saying this, Li Jue took the war horse, jumped on it, and rode away.

Yang Feng was stunned. The enemy was right in front of him, but there was no movement at all?

What on earth is Niu Fu thinking about?
At this moment, Yang Feng regretted extremely that he had surrendered to Li Jue. Wouldn't it be better to be a Baibo bandit?

"Gongming (Xu Huang's courtesy name), tell the brothers to get ready."

Xu Huang asked: "Escape?"

Yang Feng nodded and said, "Of course!"

"Here."

Xu Huang didn't say anything. He knew Yang Feng's temper very well. As for working for Dong Zhuo, he had never considered it at all.

All 13,000 men under Yang Feng's command were counted as part of Niu Fu's baggage train, accounting for a very large proportion, but with the lowest status.

Any captain can step on them.

Li Jue was only a lieutenant with a salary of 2,000 stones, Yang Feng who followed Li Jue was a Sima with a salary of 1,000 stones, and Xu Huang was a Marquis of Qujun.

But this official position was in charge of 13,000 people, and all of Dong Zhuo's generals wanted to annex Yang Feng's troops.

However, Xu Huang was no pushover. He was very strict in disciplining his troops, and it was not easy for the Baibo Army to be poached.

When the Baibo army was packing up and trying to escape, the news soon reached Niu Fu's ears.

"What a thief!"

The Chinese military tent.

Niu Fu angrily raised his knife and chopped off a corner of the table.

Niu Fu is submissive to others but strikes hard at home!
"Somebody come!"

"Tie up Yang Feng and bring him to me!"

"I want to see if Yang Feng's neck is as sharp as my knife!"

However, no general in the tent stood up to speak for Yang Feng. They were all waiting to divide up the Baibo Army's inheritance after Yang Feng's death.

Li Jue still had two thousand cavalrymen under his command, and together with Yang Feng's troops, there were fifteen thousand people in total, accounting for half of the baggage army.

The three generals Guo Si, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou were extremely jealous. It was only the three of them combined that were as powerful as Li Jue.

Niu Fu is nominally the commander-in-chief, but in reality he is just a military supervisor. When it comes to the critical moment, the generals will not care about Niu Fu's life or death.

At this time, Hu Che'er, who looked very exotic, stepped out to accept Niu Fu's order.

Hu Che'er was quite brave and was not at a disadvantage in a duel with the powerful general Guo Si, but he was simple-minded and had no ability to lead troops in battle.

Hu Che'er didn't even think about whether the dozen or so men under his command could capture Yang Feng, and he mindlessly broke into the Baibo Army camp.

"Where is Yang Feng the bastard?"

Along the way, Hu Che'er rushed around and made a lot of noise, causing the Baibo army to glare at each other angrily.

In a sense, the Baibo Army is more like a regular army than Niu Fu's troops.

"The general has an order!"

"Yang Feng violated military orders and should be executed!"

"Are you going to rebel?"

After hearing Hu Che'er's words, the Baibo Army immediately went from watching to taking action.

"How can a Hu boy like you call out the commander's full name?"

"Brothers, rebel against him!"

"kill him!"

Soon, more and more Baibo soldiers gathered around.

Hu Che'er was not afraid at all. He rode on his warhorse from a high position and swung his sword. A cold light flashed, and a good man's head flew up, with blood splattering all over the ground.

On the ground, on the faces of comrades, and on Hu Che'er.

"If you dare to stop me again, I'll be your man!"

Hu Che'er was still provoking.

Suddenly, the Baibo Army could no longer bear it, and they all drew their swords and shouted, "Brothers, go ahead!"

At this moment.

"stop!"

Xu Huang appeared in time to stop an unnecessary fight.

"Lord Xu! This Hu killed our brothers!" Bai Bojun was the first to complain.

Xu Huang's family was originally a small powerful family, but no one could survive during the famine, so they joined the Baibo Army in the uprising, and over the years they have also acquired some bandit spirit.

But he knew that Hu Che'er was Niu Fu's personal guard, so he didn't dare to have a direct conflict with him, so he asked, "If you don't give us an explanation today, I guarantee that you won't be able to leave here!"

Hu Che'er said arrogantly: "You are all deserters! What's the big deal about killing one of you?"

Xu Huang didn't seem to feel guilty at all, and sneered, "If you say he's a deserter, then he's a deserter?"

"I told you you were going to rebel!"

"Brothers, grab your weapons!"

Seeing that the truth was exposed, Xu Huang wanted to kill the witness to silence him and escape quickly.

However, it is counterproductive.

The rumbling sound of horse hooves could be heard.

Li Jue led his cavalry to the scene and shouted, "Xu Huang! What are you trying to do?"

When Li Jue came close, Xu Huang pointed his long-handled axe at Hu Che'er and said, "Captain Li should ask him!"

Li Jue looked at Hu Che'er with a frown on his face. He instantly understood what was going on. While secretly cursing Niu Fu for being brainless, he was also troubled by what the Baibo Army had done.

Li Jue realized that what Hu Che'er said was absolutely correct, but Xu Huang did not explicitly say that he wanted to escape, so Niu Fu sent people to capture the main general Yang Feng directly.

This is not the case with Jin Mao's army. Dong Zhuo's army seems to have a large number of people and many factions.

The Baibo Army had just surrendered and their loyalty was not high. If Niu Fu forced them too much, they would definitely rebel.

If you are not even afraid of the emperor, how could you be afraid of Dong Zhuo?
nonexistent.

Therefore, Li Jue, as the nominal superior of the Baibo Army, had to step in to protect them.

"Brother Hu Che'er, go back first. I'm sure General Niu Fu will give up on this matter for my sake."

Li Jue was also considered an old employee of Dong Zhuo, so Hu Che'er did not dare to not give him face, and clasped his fists and said, "Then I will give Captain Li a favor."

After that, he led his men back to the central army camp. Without one party in the quarrel, there would naturally be no quarrel.

Unexpectedly, before Li Jue could catch his breath, the Baibo Army started to make a fuss again, wanting to avenge the unfortunate man who had died.

Even a clay man would have some temper, not to mention that Li Jue had killed so many people, how could he tolerate it any longer?

"Xu Huang! Take care of this little thing for me!"

"Otherwise, I'll hold you responsible!"

After saying this, Li Jue rode back to his headquarters and stood guard outside the Baibo military camp.

Seeing this, Xu Huang could only find a way to appease them.

However, something worse happened.

The Yangzhou army began to attack Mengjin Pass fiercely.

It's funny to say that Niu Fujun didn't even have the intention of resisting the 10,000-man Yangzhou army and allowed them to attack into the pass.

That annoying Hu Che'er is back again.

However, this time Niu Fu learned his lesson and gave orders directly to Li Jue.

"Order your troops to stop the enemy as quickly as possible!"

After Hu Che'er finished speaking, he rode away without looking back, which made Li Jue very angry.

This clearly meant that Li Jue was going to offend the Baibo Army, or use his own 2,000 cavalry to plug this gap.

But there is no way, military orders are as heavy as mountains.

Li Jue bravely went to Xu Huang again and asked, "Where is Yang Fengren?"

Only after Xu Huang gave a look did someone go and call Yang Feng over.

After a while, Yang Feng, with his clothes in disarray, came riding on a horse.

Li Jue was speechless. It was already this time, and he still had the mind to play with women?

What a fucking big heart!
"Yang Feng! Order your troops to rush to Mengjin Pass immediately and stop the enemy!"

After giving the order, Li Jue led his troops to the battlefield.

Yang Feng was completely stunned. He looked at Xu Huang and asked in disbelief, "Did the Yangzhou army break through the pass?"

Xu Huang nodded heavily and said, "Yes!"

"Why don't you run away now?"

Yang Feng was so anxious that he almost jumped off his horse and said, "Are we going to stay here and wait to die?!"

Xu Huang stuck the long-handled axe into the ground, raised his head and looked at Yang Feng, and asked, "Where can you run to?"

"Luoyang is surrounded by soldiers from all directions. They are either the Prime Minister's troops or the Yangzhou Army. Do you want to be killed by the Prime Minister or become a prisoner of the Yangzhou Army?"

Yang Feng fell into panic, muttering: "What should I do? What should I do?"

Xu Huang lowered his head and said nothing. He had made his words very clear. If he continued, Yang Feng would misunderstand him as mocking him for being stupid, and he would be doomed.

Sure enough, within a few minutes, Yang Feng came to his senses from the panic, and orders were passed down to the commanders of each garrison. The entire army began to move towards the Mengjin Checkpoint.

But this speed is comparable to a snail's pace.

Yang Feng is best at passive resistance.

the other side.

When Niu Fu learned that the Yangzhou army had broken through the pass, he felt relieved and fled to Luoyang with his personal soldiers.

What use are 30,000 miscellaneous soldiers?

Anyway, Mengjin Pass and Xiaomengjin Pass are places that are going to be abandoned, so there is no point in defending them.

When generals such as Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji saw that their main general had fled, they all fled with their own troops.

The only garrison left inside the pass was the Baibo Army and seven or eight thousand miscellaneous soldiers.

By the time Yang Feng discovered the abnormality, it was too late.

"Damn Niu Fu!"

"Damn Li Jue!"

"A bunch of insects!"

No matter how much Yang Feng scolded, it was of no use. He had to face a problem now.

Fight or surrender?
Before Yang Feng could make a decision, the vanguard of the Yangzhou army had already crossed the Mengjin Pass and was approaching.

"The front troops will line up on the spot!"

"The rear troops stop advancing!"

"Crossbowmen, come closer to me!"

As the commander of the Baibo Army, Yang Feng was just a mascot in actual combat, and it was Xu Huang who commanded the battle.

The magical thing is that the Baibo Army recognized Yang Feng as their commander-in-chief, but when fighting, they only obeyed Xu Huang's orders.

Perhaps everyone knows that following Yang Feng will give you meat to eat, but you can only survive by obeying Xu Huang's orders.

After all, the Baibo Army was not a regular army and had not practiced formations much. Xu Huang's orders were clear, but very difficult to execute.

On the other hand, the Yangzhou army was different.

...

Zhou Tai led the way and was the first group to reach Mengjin Pass. He opened the gate and let the heavy armored infantry into the pass.

Zhou Tai had not expected Niu Fu to escape without fighting, but he would not lose his composure because of it.

"Sword and shield man! Spearman! Lanceman!"

"Spare the heavy armored soldiers and hunt down the fleeing soldiers!"

Zhou Tai stood on Mengjin Pass and began his first land command operation.

"Heavy infantry and crossbowmen guard Mengjin Pass!"

There were no war horses this time, so everyone had to chase on foot.

Therefore, Zhou Tai could only order the more agile troops to pursue and kill, while the bulky and fragile ones stayed behind and destroyed the supplies.

However, Niu Fu had run away, and Zhou Tai was greedy and wanted to transport the supplies back.

That’s another great achievement!
Anyway, Mengjin Pass had changed hands, and if Dong Zhuo wanted to take it back, he had to fight outside the city.

By then, we will be stuck in the quagmire of guerrilla warfare again.

As a commander, Zhou Tai could do nothing more than lead the troops to break through the pass. It was impossible for him to chase after the defeated soldiers.

Therefore, this task fell into the hands of generals such as Dian Wei, Sun Ce, Jiang Qin, Dong Xi, Cheng Pu, Han Dang, and Guan Yu.

Except for Dian Wei, Jiang Qin and Dong Xi, the others were cavalry generals, and it would be cumbersome for them to run on their own two legs.

Sun Ce, on the other hand, grew up in the south and was proficient in both infantry and cavalry combat, not inferior to Jiang Qin at all.

Then, a strange scene appeared.

Dian Wei rushed to the front with his personal guards.

Dong Xian led the main force of the second battalion and followed behind.

Jiang Qin and the navy swordsman ranked third.

Sun Ce was alone with his gun, mixed in among the three teams.

When Dian Wei plunged into the Baibo Army, red waves flew, just like a stone hitting red tofu, with fragments flying everywhere.

There are not many opportunities to make meritorious service like this, and the royal guards are willing to risk their lives for military merit.

Dong Xi followed closely behind, and the main force of the Second Battalion made the gap dug by the Royal Guards even bigger.

By the time Jiang Qin and his men arrived, the Baibo Army had already collapsed.

A group of thieves had never encountered such a powerful army.

Good times are not long.

Dian Wei was killing vigorously in the front when he was suddenly dragged back by the personal guards behind him.

After such a long period of training, Dian Wei has become as close to the royal guards as ever, and even if he doesn't know the truth, he won't get angry.

Sure enough, Dian Wei soon saw that a rain of arrows fell from the place where he had just landed, killing many Baibo soldiers.

Then, a group of warriors who were much stronger than the White Wave Army in front appeared.

Dian Wei roughly estimated that there were about five hundred people in this group, exactly the same number as the personal guards behind him.

What’s even more coincidental is that these 500 Baibo soldiers are of similar body shape.

Of course, Dian Wei believes that the muscle density of the two is definitely different.

This is the word I learned from my lord.

"brothers!"

Dian Wei shouted excitedly: "Let's kill them to our heart's content!"

The royal guards were also war maniacs, and they transformed like berserkers and screamed like ghosts.

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(End of this chapter)