Chapter 823 Broken Ambition

Meng You led 10,000 troops to the north, while Meng Huo personally led 20,000 barbarian troops as backup, slowly advancing towards Jianning County.

The prefect of Jianning County is named Yong Kai. His ancestor is more famous, named Yong Chi, and he was a general under Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty. It's just that Yong Chi was a repeater. He was originally Liu Bang's subordinate, but later defected to King Bao of Wei. Seeing that the situation was not good, he returned to Liu Bang's subordinates. Therefore, Liu Bang was very unhappy with Yong Chi, and even once treated Yong Chi. Have had murderous intentions.

But it is worth mentioning that Yong Chi was the first general under Liu Bang to be granted the title of Marquis. What is the reason for being granted the title of Marquis of Shifang?

It turned out that after Liu Bang won the Chu-Han War for hegemony, he still failed to entrust many of his generals who had made great achievements in war. These generals were worried about this and even conspired to rebel. Zhang Liang was shocked when he got the news, and hurriedly met with Liu Bang to explain the matter. Liu Bang asked Zhang Liang for advice, and Zhang Liang asked Liu Bang to make Yong Chi a marquis. Because Yong Chi had offended Liu Bang, he was made a marquis instead. Therefore, a The general felt at ease. Even Yong Chi was made a marquis. What else do we have to worry about?

Yong Kai inherited the rebellious mentality of his ancestor Yong Chi very well. After he heard that the Xiliang army conquered Chengdu, he became disobedient and prepared to separate Jianning.

At this time, Meng Huo of the Southern Barbarians also had a desire to rebel and planned to conspire with Yong Kai. Therefore, the two hit it off and decided to join forces to rebel. Meng You led 10,000 barbarians to enter Jianning County first and joined forces with Yong Kai. at.

"Haha, brother Meng You, you came at the right time. I am preparing to lead the troops north."

Yong Kai laughed naturally when he saw Meng You, but Meng You didn't like to talk much and just smiled.

"I have fifteen thousand men under my command. I wonder how many men Chief Meng brings?"

"I brought 10,000 troops and horses with me on this trip, and my eldest brother brought 20,000 troops."

Yong Kai was overjoyed when he heard this. The two armies combined totaled 45,000 people, which was an extremely large number.

After discussion, Yong Kai decided to join forces with Meng You and attack Chengdu while the direction of Chengdu had not yet reacted. Chengdu is the capital of Yizhou. If Chengdu can be captured, Yizhou can naturally be pacified.

Meng You was a barbarian with no independent opinions, so he followed Yong Kai and headed slowly towards Chengdu.

The 25,000-strong army marched slowly on the road. The barbarians who were originally excited about attacking Chengdu were not in a high mood. They were not a professional army. This was their first large-scale march, but they were very boring. If they had not captured Chengdu, If you tempt them, I'm afraid the birds will turn into beasts and disperse long ago.

Yong Kai's men were also full of complaints. Although he had 15,000 men under his command, most of them were conscripted men. There were very few real elite soldiers. If Yong Kai hadn't sent people to suppress them, This huge army has long since dispersed.

There was silence along the way, when smoke and dust suddenly appeared in front of them, and only a large army of horses was seen marching in, setting up a general's flag with the shape of a horse.

"Stop the whole army!"

Seeing the enemy troops charging towards them from the opposite side, Yong Kai frowned and hurriedly ordered the entire army to stop. The 25,000-strong army immediately stopped and looked towards the opposite side, feeling excited in their hearts as they were finally going to fight.

Tap tap tap!

Oncoming were three thousand Xiliang cavalry, all in black clothes and black armor, riding tall horses. An intimidating power filled the air. The Nanman soldiers who were still a little excited as well as the Jianning army under Yong Kai's command But he became panicked and became confused.

"Don't panic, don't be confused!"

Seeing the turmoil among their soldiers, Meng You and Yong Kai naturally shouted loudly. However, as the Xiliang army rushed towards them, the two armies became even more panicked and could not restrain themselves at all.

"Humph, they are just a bunch of rabble, but they dare to rebel!"

Ma Teng, who was charging forward, had a flash of disdain in his eyes and shouted: "The whole army attacks and defeats the enemy!"

"kill!"

The three thousand Xiliang cavalry naturally paid little attention to the rabble in front of them, and immediately urged their horses to charge forward. Three thousand cavalry rushed into the enemy formation like an iron cone, and the Jianning army in the front row was suddenly in chaos.

The Xiliang cavalry's men and horses merged into one, and their impact was unparalleled. It was like a bolt of thunder that suddenly plunged into the enemy's formation. The sabers raised high fell heavily, and heads shot up into the sky. Even these Xiliang cavalry did not need to wave their sabers. , directly clamped the war horse between his legs and collided forward. The tall and burly Xiliang war horse was unstoppable, and the barbarian army and Jianning army on the opposite side were immediately knocked to pieces.

"Oh my god. It's just a devil, a devil!"

A barbarian in the rear army collapsed in his heart when he saw the Xiliang army's cavalry charge and kill the front army, and then ran away.

"Help!"

"No fight, no fight, run for your life!"

Countless barbarians shouted loudly and turned around and ran away. This triggered a chain reaction. Countless Jianning soldiers and barbarian soldiers turned around and ran away without saying a word. The 25,000 barbarian soldiers suddenly fell apart and were defeated.

"Damn it, don't go, damn it!"

Yong Kai was naturally furious and yelled loudly. However, driven by the desire to escape, these people naturally burst out with huge potential and rushed forward regardless of the situation. The surging crowd rushed towards him, and Yong Kai was knocked to the ground along with his horse. If the guards hadn't desperately pulled him out, I'm afraid Yong Kai would have been trampled into a pulp by these defeated soldiers.

"Prefect, why don't we leave?"

"Yes, if our army is defeated, this battle cannot be fought."

People around him were chattering, and Yong Kai said helplessly: "Okay, let's return to Jianning County for now and make plans after meeting with leader Meng Huo."

"If Yong Kaixiu leaves, will you recognize Wuwei Maxiu?"

At this moment, a brave general rushed out from the Xiliang army. It was Ma Xiu, son of Ma Teng. He stared at Yong Kai from a distance and rushed over without saying a word. More than a hundred Xiliang cavalry followed him and charged towards Yongkai with fierce momentum.

Yong Kai was so frightened that he turned around and left in a hurry: "Go quickly, don't be caught up by the enemy, hurry up!"

Yong Kai ran very fast, but Meng You did not leave, and was still leading his army to fight to the death.

"Damn it, this guy can't run very fast."

Unable to catch up with Yong Kai, Ma Xiu cursed secretly and turned around to look, but couldn't help but feel refreshed.

"My sons, follow me and kill this barbarian!"

A black horse galloped forward, Matthew shouted, and thrust forward with the spear in his hand.

Meng You felt a cold feeling behind his back, and turned around subconsciously. The spear in Matthew's hand just pierced the shield, shattering the shield. The spear pierced into his arm, but it saved his life.