Chapter Fifty-fifth: The Covenant of Famous Generals
Although Guan Yu set off first, it would still take some time to reach Baima. The envoy sent by the Tang Dynasty to Chenliu found Cao Cao when Guan Yu had just passed Guandu. Cao Cao had also heard that Guandu had been occupied by Zhang Liao, and was dispatching troops and generals.
The envoy was already ready when he arrived, and immediately dispatched 100,000 troops to attack Guandu.
Cao Cao sent brothers Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan to Guandu, and the military advisor sent Xun You. Seeing that the army was about to arrive in Guandu, Xun You suggested a quick victory. Because the battle in Baima has not yet concluded, Chen Liu and Puyang were both in a hurry. According to the investigation,
According to the news, only 20,000 Bingzhou cavalry were used to capture Guandu. Three thousand were lost during the attack on Guandu. In fact, there are only 17,000 people now. After deducting the manpower guarding the ferry, only 10,000 can be attacked at most. If we fight quickly,
A quick decision and recapture of Guandu will create a confrontation with the Hebei army in Guandu. They will hold on to the danger and wait for reinforcements from the imperial court. In addition, they will report that the Hebei army marquis Cheng Xian, Wei Xu and others are leading an army of 200,000 to reinforce Guandu. Once
After a long delay, it will be extremely difficult to recapture Guandu. Now that the Hebei army has occupied Guandu, it not only directly threatens Chen Liu, but can also drive through Hulao Pass and threaten Luoyang's defense.
Therefore, Xun You took into account that the Guandu defenders were all cavalry, so he sent 20,000 cavalry with shields in front, followed by 20,000 archers, lined up in a row, and headed straight for Guandu.
Zhang Liao inquired about the arrival of Cao Jun, learned about Cao Jun's formation, and quickly made arrangements. He divided the 17,000 cavalry into four groups, with 4,000 ambush on the left, 4,000 ambush on the right, 4,000 guarding in front of the camp with large shields, and the rest
Stay in the camp.
When Cao Jun arrived, he saw Zhang Liao forming up in front of the camp. Xiahou Dun was about to charge, but was stopped by Xun You. It turned out that Xun You was confused when he saw that there were only 4,000 cavalry in front of the camp, so he immediately changed his formation. He sent 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 archers to frighten the left flank.
, and also allocated 5,000 cavalry and archers to frighten the right flank and guard against ambushes.
Seeing that he was not fooled, Zhang Liao secretly sighed that the opponent must have a master. Under the thought, he had to change his formation. He sent a thousand cavalry from the camp to the left and a thousand cavalry to the right, both in a cone formation, to attack the two flanks of Cao's army.
, and divided a thousand cavalry in front of the camp, and also charged into the formation in a cone formation.
Zhang Liao had previously been a subordinate of Gao Shun, so he naturally learned the art of trapping. He had 17,000 cavalrymen, all of whom were elite cavalry. This time, although there were 10,000 archers flying behind Cao's formation, it was raining like locusts.
They could only shoot dozens of cavalry. Three thousand cavalry broke into Cao's army and divided it into four groups.
Xun You sneered, and while he ordered the infantry to detour towards the charging cavalry, waiting for an opportunity to surround them, he ordered the archers to retreat.
On Zhang Liao's side, after the 3,000 cavalry entered the enemy formation, they did not cover up and kill each other. The remaining 900 cavalry were divided into two teams, one to the left and one to the right, and attacked together with the cavalry on both sides.
There are two groups of Cao's cavalry in the middle, each with about 5,000 cavalry.
The plain was originally conducive to cavalry fighting, but Cao Cao's cavalry was passively attacked, and now it was surrounded by the opponent's cavalry in disguise. Although there were many people, they suffered from the disadvantage of movement and fell into chaos for a while.
Zhang Liao did not hesitate at this time, and sent out two thousand more cavalry from the camp, divided into two groups, one to the left and one to the right, and rushed towards Cao Jun's left and right sides. Cao Jun's infantry had just been transferred to the two wings and was making a circuitous route. When they encountered these two thousand men, they were like wolves.
The tiger's cavalry collapsed at the first touch and fled in a hurry. Xun You sent an order to defend the enemy, and Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan each led five thousand cavalry to resist, and then they stabilized the formation.
In such chaos, the three thousand cavalry who had rushed out earlier actually annihilated Cao's seven thousand cavalry after continuing to pay the price of five hundred men.
Zhang Liao now knew that the key to the battle lay in the remaining three thousand cavalry of Cao's army in the center. Without any further hesitation, he sent out one thousand more of the three thousand cavalry originally arrayed in front of the camp to wipe out the remaining three thousand enemies.
Zhang Liao knew who Xun You was as soon as he moved. Seeing that Zhang Liao had already dispatched 8,000 troops, he expected that Zhang Liao would no longer have an ambush, so he hurriedly transferred the 5,000 cavalry on each of the previously defensive wings to the center. Finally, all 3,000 cavalry in the center were dispatched.
The enemy was blocked from the front before the army was annihilated.
The situation at this moment is that Xiahou Dun led 5,000 cavalry to block the Hebei Army's 1,000 cavalry on the left, Xiahou Yuan led 5,000 cavalry to block the Hebei Army's 1,000 cavalry on the right, and in the center were Cao's 10,000 cavalry, rendezvousing to block the Hebei Army's total of 3,000 cavalry.
Thousands of cavalry. Although Cao's army lost 10,000 men, the current situation is favorable to Cao's army.
At this point, Zhang Liao admired the opponent's superiors and began to prepare for the final battle. At this moment, he broke the boat and simply divided the more than a thousand cavalry remaining in the camp into two teams and attacked with all his strength on the right wing, where Cao's army Xiahou Dun was.
Zhang Liao personally led one thousand of the remaining two thousand cavalry in front of the camp and attacked Xiahou Dun at the same time. Among the three thousand cavalry that had been in the middle, two thousand were left to continue to resist the enemy in the middle, and the other one thousand also fought hard to attack Xiahou Dun.
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For a time, Xiahou Dun was attacked from both sides. The original absolute advantage of five thousand against one thousand was offset by the opponent's sudden left and right attacks. Now Xiahou Dun's five thousand cavalry were in formation under the impact of four groups of cavalry.
Collapse.
Xun You was secretly surprised when he saw that the other party was trying to eat the commander. In desperation, he saw that Zhang Liao had already dispatched 10,000 people, and he probably had no strength except to defend the camp. He made a prompt decision and ordered 30,000 infantry and 10,000 archers to surround him and make sure to free him.
After the siege of Xiahou Dun, the remaining 20,000 infantry and 10,000 archers moved to the right and center, preparing to sweep the battlefield.
Seeing Cao's soldiers coming like a tide, Zhang Liao took advantage of the chaos of Cao's cavalry to escape from the battlefield, waved his spear and ordered the attack. Eight thousand cavalry who had been preparing for a long time rushed out from their ambush like tigers down the mountain, rolling up.
Towards the 90,000 Cao troops who no longer had any formations on the battlefield.
The infantry and archers were just lambs to be slaughtered in front of the Bingzhou camp. Eight thousand cavalry clashed with each other, and one round trip took away the lives of nearly ten thousand Cao Jun. After seven or eight rounds, except for those who could run fast when they saw the opportunity, Cao Jun's infantry
The archers and archers became ownerless souls. Xun You sighed secretly and had already fled before the Bingzhou cavalry could rush in. Xiahou Yuan was able to fight to the death and rushed into the formation with the remaining 1,000 cavalry to rescue the scarred Xiahou Dun.
He ran away without his life.
In this battle, Zhang Liao sacrificed 3,000 men for a mere 170,000 men, annihilated 80,000 Cao troops, routed 20,000 Cao troops, seriously wounded Xiahou Dun and lightly wounded Xiahou Yuan, and took out the troops on the operations side.
After the video automatically shot by the system was posted on the forum, it shocked the entire gaming world.
Let's talk about Guan Yu leading his troops to rescue Baima. While Zhang Liao and Xiahou Dun were still fighting against each other, Guan Yu had already arrived at Baima. At this time, Zhang Yan and Zhang He had not yet crossed the river. Baima only had 20,000 troops, but Guan Yu had 50,000 troops.
Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others had already heard about Guan Yu's reputation in Wolong's army. After I taught them a lesson, they no longer underestimated the enemy. When they heard Guan Yu scolding him outside the camp, they hurriedly gathered ten thousand troops to come out to watch.
Guan Yu had often killed some petty thieves, but although he had some military exploits, he had not killed many generals, and he was always depressed. Looking at Yan Liang and Wen Chou today, he looked majestic and dignified, so he knew that he had an opponent. He secretly said that he had killed these two men today.
Man, I am going to shock China. I will ride my horse first and lead five hundred small schools to go out with him and come to the front of the battle.
Yan Liang watched attentively, and saw that the general had silkworm eyebrows, pink and phoenix eyes, a red face, and a beautiful beard. He was holding a Qinglong Yanyue sword, riding on a Dawan horse, and looking at him coldly.
But Guan Yu said: "Is it possible that the enemy general is afraid of Guan and does not dare to meet the enemy?"
Yan Liang smiled and said: "My two brothers are discussing how to defeat you, so why be anxious."
Guan Yu raised his eyebrows, his eyes flashed, and he sneered: "There is no need to discuss, I will take your life."
Before he finished speaking, the Dawan horse rushed down, like a strong wind, and arrived in an instant. The big knife in his palm was aimed directly at Yan Liang's throat.
Yan Liang looked at his posture and felt cold sweat dripping from his body. He thought to himself that if His Majesty hadn't taught me before, I would be dead today.
Yan Liang learned a lesson from me, and he has been thinking about this situation for an unknown amount of time in the past two years. In order to crack this trick, he spent countless brain cells and practiced diligently all the time.
Finally, it was time to wait for this moment on the battlefield. Guan Yu felt that his eyes were blurred, and Yan Liang's figure had disappeared.
Seeing Guan Yu's strength, Wen Chou remembered my lesson at that time and was not afraid. He stabbed Guan Yu's Dayuan horse in the neck with one shot. The horse fell to the ground, and the sergeants around him had already rushed up and cut Guan Yu's body into pieces with swords.
At this time, Yan Liangfang emerged from under the horse's belly and said fearfully: "If it weren't for Your Majesty, I would have died."
Wen Chou was also secretly frightened: "If he stabs you to death with that knife, and I run away again in fear, both of us will die."
At that moment, the two men said in unison: "Guan Yu is dead, and those who surrender will avoid death."
Seeing that the general was gone, the soldiers had no choice but to surrender.
