Chapter 1063: Loyalty and Courage (1)
Half an hour ago, Guan Yu led his subordinates to patrol the coast of the Qingshui River, and suddenly fainted and dropped his horse. All the soldiers accompanied him were shocked and rushed to rescue him. However, Guan Ping, the deputy commander of the Jingzhou Army, Li Yan, the chief general Yang Yi, the chief clerk Liao Hua and others were all south of the Han River. Everyone discussed temporarily and had to temporarily hand over the offensive and defensive dispatch of the Jingzhou Army, the Golden Drum Order to Ma Yu and assisted by Zhou Cang.
Although Ma Yu has the qualifications, he is only a brave man who can lead a thousand people. It would be difficult for him to control the army within a wide range, and Zhou Cang is not a talented man in command of the army.
So for a moment, the Jingzhou army attacked and killed everywhere showed signs of vague advancement and retreat.
The progress of the battle situation on the west side of the Qingshui River was somewhat different from the east side of the Qingshui River. Guan Yu's troops in Dengsai were much less than Lei Yuan used to attack Jiliuyan. The reason why he was able to sweep the troops was because of the disturbances of Cao's army and more because of Guan Yu's deterrence.
Since ancient times, he will be the courage of soldiers. And an enemy like Guan Yu is one person with the power of thousands of troops, and one person with the soul of thousands of troops. At any time, as long as Guan Yu is still there, the soldiers on his side will not be shaken, everyone will have ten times more courage, and the enemy will lose their fighting spirit out of thin air.
To a certain extent, Lei Yuan's merits are still second to the entire Jingxiang Battle. Guan Yu is always the one who can fight to this level.
In Xiangyang, in Dengsai, Guan Yu was in front of the enemy. He led tens of thousands of people or thousands of people, swung his sword to fight and exerted his personal courage. As long as he was there, his reputation would definitely attract all the attention of Cao's army. This made Cao Cao determined to go south at full speed, and then revealed the final flaw.
In this battle, if Lei Yuan is regarded as a sharp blade to break the enemy, Guan Yu is the anvil that takes over the enemy's army and even the hammer that crushes the enemy head-on. From beginning to end, in this battle, it is Guan Yu who stands in the most dangerous place to promote the situation.
In the early years, when people in the world talked about generals of Xionghu, they were all indispensable to the flying general Lu Bu, and then Guan, Zhang, Zhao, and Ma Chao, who were under the command of Duke Xuande. After this battle, Guan Yu's reputation was probably going to jump to a higher level and truly reach another level. Generals like Guan Yu under Duke Xuande were better than 100,000 soldiers.
But if there is anything wrong with Guan Yu...
The news was too terrifying, and the people around Guan Yu had ten heads and did not dare to reveal it. However, even so, somehow, the atmosphere on the battlefield changed slightly in a trance.
Ma Yu and Zhou Cang both felt that they knew something was wrong. After a little discussion, they hurriedly sent people to the east bank of Qingshui to search for Lei Yuan to preside over the situation.
At the same time, some people in the chaotic Cao army felt it.
Only experienced warriors can capture this kind of change, and they must have a general with a high enough status and a large number of soldiers to take advantage of this change and propose and implement corresponding countermeasures. Although the overall situation has been decided and no one can reverse it, perhaps, if you have the ability to seize this delicate opportunity, some people on the verge of despair will have the possibility of escaping?
To the east of the Qingshui River, there is no longer any established Cao army. However, to the west of the Qingshui River, there is still a soldier still insisting on it.
It was the man Cao Zhen left to Sima Yi.
Previously, Cao's army collapsed on the eastern front, and the Dengcheng camp where Yu Jin and Zhu Ling were also attacked by Guan Yu, and were shaking. Cao Zhen led two thousand iron cavalry to Dengcheng at the suggestion of Sima Yi, while Sima Yi himself led his army to stay in place with great courage and started a tense confrontation with the reinforcements of Liu Bei's army on the Jinjizui line.
The confrontation lasted for more than an hour. During this period, news of the collapse of the Dengcheng Camp almost immediately caused the divisions to scatter. Fortunately, the ordinary soldiers did not see the tragic situation on both sides of the Dengcheng Camp and the Qingshui River with their own eyes. Sima Yi ran around the divisions to suppress them with all their might, and it was still stable for a while.
Not long after, they received support from a team of men led by Zhang He.
Zhang He was originally guarding Fancheng, but when Guan Yu swept through the enemy, Yu Jin and Zhu Ling's troops were all defeated. Even a fool knew that defending the city was to die, and he had to lead his troops out to fight to find a glimmer of hope. So Zhang He immediately collected the available troops in the city, avoided the battlefield in the north, and turned to the west to protrude.
But he didn't expect that after walking west for more than ten miles, he was about to run into Sima Yi's troops. It turned out that there were reinforcements from the Jingzhou army? It turned out that the Liangzhou military came from somewhere and was arraying in the direction of the Golden Rooster's Mouth?
Zhang He was speechless. He was a bit of a martial spirit. After a little shocked, he immediately suggested to Sima Yi that it would be better to raise troops to attack. Fighting the people of Liangzhou to the death is worthy of the kindness of the King of Wei.
But Sima Yi was unwilling. He told Zhang He that the focus of the battlefield was on the north. The target of the Jingzhou Army and the Jiaozhou Army must be the King of Wei, rather than the scattered soldiers on the battlefield. Therefore, the soldiers of the King of Wei's five schools, and even the soldiers of the ban and Zhu Ling, attracted the main force of the enemy.
We are here to confront the Liangzhou people and make all preparations, but we are not in a hurry to launch it. When the Wu Jiao of King Wei and Yu Jin and Zhu Ling's troops collapse, the enemy must chase and kill them. At this time, the south of the battlefield will be a little empty. Our army will take action suddenly, interspersing among the scattered people of the Jingzhou army, and may be able to seize that glimmer of life.
This was a bit like putting it to death and then reborn. Zhang He hesitated for a moment and agreed.
For some time after that, when the surrounding area of Dengcheng camp was killed into corpses and blood, Sima Yi's troops were still safe and sound. They even had the strength to gradually gather the defeated soldiers who were running west, and the defeated soldiers actually included Cao Zhen and Zhu Ling!
When Sima Yi invited Cao Zhen and Zhu Ling back to the central army, the four of them felt disappointed, including Zhang He.
These four people, one is a relative of the Cao clan, the backbone general, one is a right general, one is a senior general, one is a senior official of the Wei royal palace, and the confidant of the prince of the Wei prince. If they gather together in normal times, they would represent half of the strength of the Cao clan's central army in Yecheng, and they are afraid that they cannot change the day. However, at this moment, all four of them were unsure.
Cao Zhen felt that his family had failed to complete the task of accepting the King of Wei, and was ashamed of Zhongda and his kindness to King of Wei.
Zhu Ling thought worriedly that if his family could not lead the troops back, the King of Wei would definitely put the blame for the defeat on me. My family in Yecheng would probably die.
Zhang He only complained secretly, and heard that the King of Hanzhong and Pang Tong had a very close friendship. I, Zhang Junyi, killed Pang Tong. If I fall into the hands of a thief, I am afraid that I will not be cut into pieces to accompany me.
Cao Zhen lost his mind, Zhu Ling and Zhang He were full of chaos, and all three went to see Sima Yi.
Zhang He asked, "Zhongda, in your opinion, is the time to escape?"
Sima Yi looked at the west first. The Liangzhou soldiers and horses on the golden rooster's mouth were still extremely strict. After an entire hour, their flags were still motionless. Even the solemn soldiers, densely packed like plants and trees, were completely dispersed.
That was the brave old soldier who was so-called "as stupid as a wooden chicken" by the ancients, and he was definitely a powerful soldier that Sima Yi had never seen before in his life!
Chapter completed!