Chapter 635 The dust has settled, Zhang Babai stopped crying
Chapter 635: When the dust settles, Zhang Babai stops crying
This final melee lasted for unknown length of time.
Following Zhang Liao's instructions, Jiang Qin and Wenpin finally arrived at Xiaoyaojin Ferry. In the end, they only saw Zhang Liao covered in blood and the eight hundred warriors shouting to the sky.
Oh no... Nowadays, there are no longer eight hundred warriors. After the battle, some are standing among the piles of corpses, while others are sleeping forever on this battlefield.
"We won...we won! We won!"
The cheers like a tsunami shook the river bank in Jinbei.
Zhang Liao looked at the bones beneath him, took a deep breath, inserted the long knife into the ground beside him, and finally smiled.
"Sir, fortunately you have lived up to your fate..."
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According to the final record, in the battle of Xiaoyaojin, Zhang Liao used 800 cavalry to charge and kill Sun Quan's nearly 7,000 soldiers and horses, and killed 207 people in exchange for the horrific result of the total annihilation of 7,000 people in Soochow.
Enemy generals Zhu Huan, Jiang Qin and others fought bloody battles to the last moment, but were eventually defeated by Zhang Liao's bravery, but were not killed by Zhang Liao. The generals of Soochow finally left the ferry in a small boat captured from elsewhere... Of course, including
A group of civil servants stranded in the north of Tianjin, such as Zhang Zhao, Yu Fan and others.
Sun Quan was able to escape and returned to the big ship near Wancheng, waiting hard for the return of his generals.
After seeing the bloody and injured Jiang Qin and others returning safely, they finally shed tears on the wet beard——
The Soochow people left... In the end, less than 40,000 of the 100,000-strong army remained. In the Battle of Hefei, Zhang Liao was the leader, and Wenpin, Jiang Ji and others assisted in defending the city. At a very small cost, about 10,000 casualties were exchanged for
This resulted in more than half of the Soochow army being killed or wounded.
It's no wonder.
Of course, the most intuitive impact of this battle on Soochow was Zhang Liao's reputation, which completely spread throughout Jiangdong.
The story of Zhang Liao leading 800 warriors and killing the Dongwu people without their armor was not only adapted into a fable by someone, but even though Sun Quan and others tried their best to save their face, the people's voices could not be stopped.
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"Zhang Liao is coming" seems to have become a way for many people in Jiangdong to scare their children when they teach them to cry at night.
As long as you say "Zhang Liao is here", no matter how heart-wrenching the children are crying, they will immediately stop crying because they are afraid of being captured by Zhang Liao - it is not painful or itchy compared to a tiger biting someone.
story, obviously... Zhang Liao's name is more intimidating.
Even though... the children don't even know who Zhang Liao is.
Precisely because he did not pay attention to the public opinion... Zhang Liao's power not only affected the stability of Jiangdong at this moment, but also for the young generals of Soochow who would become famous in the future, because they had been frightened by the name Zhang Liao since they were young - when they were stationed later
In the Lujiang area, I discovered that the guard opposite was actually Zhang Liaoshi who appeared in the story to kidnap children...
I heard that the chaos caused at that time almost caused Zhang Liao to pick up Lujiang, a military town extremely important to Soochow, in vain——
Of course, those are all things for later.
Zhang Liao's power shocked Xiaoyaojin, which not only radiated unimaginable fame to Jiangdong, but also set the final tone for the main battlefield in Xiangyang, which was in a stalemate.
I heard that Zhou Yu was still commanding the siege at that time...even though he had less than 30,000 troops and horses under his command. After hearing about the defeat of the Soochow Army in Hefei and the shocking news of Zhang Liao's 800 cavalry in Xiaoyaojin, he immediately decided to withdraw his troops at the expense of gold.
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Cao Cao was still confused at the time. He didn't know why Zhou Yu suddenly withdrew his troops while he was fighting. It should be said that he not only withdrew his troops, but also pulled out the camp. Sun and Liu's coalition forces were almost disbanded on the spot. Sun and Liu still had considerable combat effectiveness.
The two families parted ways, and Cao Cao thought he was hallucinating.
But soon, he also received good news from Hefei.
"Okay...okay!! Zhang Wenyuan! Zhang Wenyuan! As expected of Zhang Wenyuan!"
"What? Tips? So Brother Yi wrote a tip to Zhang Wenyuan before he left? Okay... great!"
"I knew it! I knew Brother Yi could easily do things that others couldn't!"
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The news of Hefei's rescue and Zhang Liao's victory spread quickly throughout the north like a spark that started a prairie fire——
Xudu received the good news from Chang'an and Hefei almost at the same time.
I heard that Xun Lingjun, who had been working day and night to transport food and grass for the three armies and mobilize troops and horses, unexpectedly burst out laughing when he heard the good news, which shocked everyone inside and outside the Chancery.
However, unknown to everyone, I heard that the Emperor Liu Xie suddenly fell seriously ill and vomited blood. Many senior officials in the court were so anxious that they said:
"The sky cannot fall!"
Simply because the medical office near the imperial city also had many doctors stationed in Xudu, after diagnosing the emperor Liu Xie, they prescribed a few medicines and Liu Xie's health was cured.
However, the problem is that although Liu Xie recovered, he never left the palace after waking up that day - garden? Singing and dancing? Forget it, Liu Xie was not in that mood. Of course... he would definitely not be with others.
Speaking of reasons.
after all…
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In fact, the biggest change in Soochow was not the defeat, because no matter what, they won the Battle of Chibi, which was enough to relieve them from the biggest existential crisis they faced.
What really made those civil servants and generals who had never gone to the battlefield in Hefei feel the change was the situation above the court——
Zhang Zhao lost power...
Together with Yu Fan, Gu Yong and other representatives of the aristocratic families, they were punished by Sun Quan after this battle——
When Sun Quan pulled out his sword in front of all civil and military personnel, pointed at Zhang Zhao and others who were kneeling in the hall, and counted in detail how many crimes they had committed in this battle——
No one dares to defend them even once.
Although Zhang Zhao is indeed an upright minister and has strong abilities,... Sun Quan must hold the power in his hands...
When Zhou Yu returned and Lu Su returned to the dynasty, Soochow's ruling group with Sun Quan as its core was finally able to completely suppress the power of the gentry.
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The war in Xiangyang is over.
Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were like abandoned people. After packing their bags and picking up Guan Yu who was stationed there from the vicinity of Wulin... they returned to their previous poverty-stricken days.
However, after experiencing the Battle of Xiangyang, Zhuge Liang did not collapse, but instead made his character grow rapidly.
Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and others all had droopy faces, but Zhuge Liang quickly reviewed the situation and made the next plan for Liu Bei...
"My lord...Jingnan must be captured...I have made an agreement with the Governor. In half a month, we will first capture Nanjun (Jiangling), then Changsha Guiyang, and finally take the road from Lingling Wuling to Yichuan. If we encounter a strong enemy on the way, the Governor will
He will help us with an army of troops - and remember Liu Zhang, the governor of Yizhou...but my lord is your distant relative, am I right?"
"Kong Ming...wuwuwuwu..."
Liu Bei was rarely comforted. The more he looked at Zhuge Liang, the more he liked him. The more he looked at him, the more he felt that Zhuge Liang was the most trustworthy person, so he cried and wanted to hug him. Of course... Zhuge Liang's face froze and he hurried away.
At this point, the battle between Chibi and Xiangyang came to an end. Each of the three families got what they needed, but obviously, no one took too much advantage.
