In the winter of the first year of Yanxing of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei ordered that the Han general Duan Xuan, Marquis of Changpingtingting, lead ten thousand horses across the chasm to attack the Gengcang army. All the generals were satisfied with this plan, but the only dissatisfaction was with the choice of the chief general. Many people came to Liu Bei privately and said: "Duan Zhongming is a cold man, and he turned his back on his master and took refuge with the general. His conduct and morality are not very reliable. Should we choose someone else?"
Liu Bei laughed at these remarks. He first said: "We work for the imperial court, regardless of north or south. According to what you said, do you want Bei to abandon Liangzhou?" When the other party was speechless, he comforted him and said: "Zhongming Under Dong Zhuo's command, there was no attempt to harm the people. After Dong Zhuo's death, he just wanted to calm down the situation, so he just followed me. If he really had second thoughts and rebelled in Jinyang, why wait until today?"
So he still retained Duan Xuan's position as the commander-in-chief. Just to reassure everyone, he appointed two deputy generals to let Cao Cao and Zhang Fei go together to supervise Duan Xuan's affairs. Needless to say, the reason for appointing Zhang Fei was to appoint Cao Cao. Because he was eager to fight and said that restoring the land was the state pastor's duty, Liu Bei couldn't resist him, so he agreed.
Even with this arrangement, everyone still had doubts, but Duan Yan himself was at ease. Since the plan was made, Duan Yan has been training soldiers day and night in the Mangshan area, convening officers at all levels to give lectures on martial arts, and teaching Liang people how to operate on the frontier. Cavalry Tactics. After two months, everyone found that he spoke sincerely and had nothing to hide. He slept and slept with the soldiers, and his food and clothing expenses were the same as ordinary uncles. They all admired him and no longer questioned him.< /p>
In November, after feeding the war horses wheat and beans for three months, each horse looked fat and strong. When galloping on the plain, it was like a rolling stone rolling on the ground, bringing up a gust of wind. When ten thousand war horses galloped on the ground, even if No one else is allowed to enter for several miles around Mang Mountain, but pedestrians passing by can also faintly feel the shaking of the ground. They all guessed that tens of thousands of reinforcements were coming from Kansai?
Gradually, the temperature dropped. The winters in the past few years have been almost always cold. Liu Bei and others were still worried whether this year would be a warm winter, causing the river to freeze too late. But this year's cold wind came earlier, and in At the beginning of November, the strong wind blew away all the autumn mood, turning the world into a desolate color.
The chasm soon became frozen, and it was so solid that it was visible to the naked eye. In addition, the two sides were faced with strong walls. The vegetation along the river was cut down and burned, and not even an animal could be seen. This desolate scene made people hesitate, so much so that some people asked Said: "On such a cold day, can the raid really be successful?"
But this was a plan to break the camp after a stalemate for more than half a year. Liu Bei had to take this risk. After the snow stopped, Xu Shu sent people to see how thick the ice was in the chasm. The ice in the river was already three feet deep, enough for war horses. Mercedes Benz above.
The time is ripe. Liu Bei first sent someone to notify Duan Yan and asked him to go to the front line to prepare for the war, and then moved his troops to Hanoi, making a posture of first evacuating the enemy camp in Ji County from Hanoi and then rescuing Baima.
After Duan Xuan received the order, he asked everyone to wrap the horseshoes with cowhide first, and then formed a column and slowly sneaked along the mountain road in the Mang Mountain. After passing through Chenggao, the terrain gradually became gentle, and some mountain rocks were exposed layer by layer on the surface. , but the oncoming Shanlan became stronger and stronger. In the end, all the military flags were rolled up and tied to the slave horses, and were led by the horses in front.
The horse team formed a straight line, or a winding line, and the leading horses and the subordinate horses were connected with ropes. The wind was not only strong, but also extremely cold. The soldiers covered the horses with a layer of white sheepskin.
Cover your head with a riding cap, cover your face with a cotton towel, tie the reins to your wrists, put your hands inside the sleeves of your robe, hold them on your abdomen, lower your head and ride the horse against the wind.
There is a vast expanse between the sky and the wilderness, and the people and horses walking through it are just like meandering earthworms.
When they reached Xingyang, the mountains were almost flat, with only some faint hills. When Xu Shu learned of their arrival, he quickly sent a batch of supplies and said to them: "The general has already started fighting over there in Hanoi.
, and the enemy troops on the other side of the chasm have been greatly reduced. Whether this battle can be successful or not depends on you!"
Duan Xuan responded, and then summoned his generals and staff to discuss the war. At this time, due to the erosion of the cold wind, Cao Cao had a headache again. He covered his head and gritted his teeth all day long to endure the pain. Even if he was sitting in the tent to warm himself by the fire.
, he would often wake up suddenly from pain in his sleep. Duan Yan couldn't bear it when he saw his cheeks getting thinner, so he comforted him and said: "If Mengde is really unbearable, I will send someone to Xingyang to recuperate first, and wait until I am broken."
We will meet you at the camp."
Cao Cao shook his head.
Cao Cao has always been very lucky, and he will definitely not die here, and he will definitely be able to avenge his father."
Duan Xuan and others sighed when they heard this. At this moment, they heard a thin rustling on the top of the tent, as if many leaves were flying down and hitting it. When people opened the tent and took a look, they were shocked.
I was stunned. I saw a heavy snowfall, suddenly falling from the sky overwhelmingly!
The white-grey sky and the earth suddenly changed color to silvery white. The snow continued to fall, and there was no sign of stopping for two days and two nights. The mountains, rivers and plains were covered by snow, and as far as the eye could see, it was dazzling white. Above the sky and on the earth,
The front, back, left, and right sides are all white in addition to being white. People boil snow to turn it into water, and the water tastes astringent and strange.
On the night of the third day, the cavalry marched to the west bank of Honggou. Cao Cao said to Duan Yan: "We don't want to meet with the enemy. If the weather was normal, the rebels would have discovered us long ago. Now it is covered with heavy snow and the sky is obscured.
This is a time when both my eyes and ears are blocked. Isn’t this a good opportunity given by God? I watched the night scene two nights ago, and it was hard to distinguish the night scene. It must be the same tonight. This must be the opportunity the general wants to break the camp!"
Duan Xuan nodded and said: "That's exactly what I meant, and I don't want to coincide with Meng De."
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He immediately called Zhang Fei, and the three of them assigned tasks. Duan Yan led 3,000 knights in front, Cao Cao led 3,000 knights to respond later, and Zhang Fei led the remaining 4,000 knights to wait on the west bank and make a decision after seeing the attack situation on the other bank.
.Before the attack, Duan Xuan sent an order to all the ministries: "Don't worry about rewards during the battle. The general has promised me that as long as the camp is broken, everyone will be rewarded with ten levels of beheading, regardless of life or death!"
Under the generous reward, the generals in each department became more courageous, and then Duan Yan led the front troops forward through the snow. The soldiers rode their horses through the knee-deep snow, and the flying snowflakes hit their eyes extremely painfully.
, but in the book, people and horses are all white from head to toe, and even their eyebrows and beards can't be distinguished. So many people and horses are moving forward, but they can't feel any other sounds at all. They can only hear the snowflakes rustling in the wind.
Falling down like thousands of leaves. Just like this, we walked quietly all the way to the northwest side of Yuanwu’s winter camp.
The surrounding fields were vastly white. Although there was no moonlight and no fire was raised, they could still see the continuous tents and a few fires in the distance, and the Cang army was quietly immersed in sleep.
The snow was so heavy at night that Duan Yan himself didn't know where he touched, but he knew that he had a lot of luck. Although there were fences and trenches on the opposite side, part of the fence had collapsed under the heavy snow.
No one was repairing it at that time, and the trench had long been filled with snow, leaving a smooth road between them and the Gengcang Army.
Some soldiers were impatient and were about to attack inside, but Duan Yan stopped him and said in a low voice: "Wait a little longer. When Cao Shijun and his troops are close, we will go in again. Today is about a year."
To succeed or fail, you must succeed in one fell swoop without making any mistakes!"
So they waited in the snow for another half an hour. The weather was very cold, and many people felt their hands and feet were hot from the cold, but they finally endured it. After Cao Cao's three thousand knights also caught up, Duan Xuan ordered his subordinates to
The horses' hooves were covered with cowhide and tied with ropes to increase friction to prevent them from slipping in the snow. They took off all the extra weapons and accessories and held them up on the ground. They even threw away their armor, leaving only a military uniform to keep themselves comfortable.
Move faster.
They carried a quiver on their backs and slung their bows across their shoulders; their knives were placed horizontally and their scabbards were tightly tied behind the saddles. Then one by one, they slowly stepped in through the collapse of the fence. The surroundings were so peaceful
Quiet, they also want to be more quiet, so that they feel that their breathing is a bit rough.
Because the entry speed was very slow, those who entered first quietly hid in the snow, waiting for more people to come in. They waited for almost two quarters of an hour. The people who entered were so densely packed and crowded together that they should have
There were thousands of riders. Duan Yan estimated that no more people could come in, so he waved his hand and whispered the order, saying: "Kill!"
For a moment, the people in front got on their horses and rushed into the camp of the Geng Cang Army. Soon, the fire started burning between the big camps. These were all accidents, and it was not Duan Xuan who deliberately set the fire.
, after all, there was no big fire in the heavy snow, but this gave the people who came later a signal that Duan Xuan’s troops had successfully entered.
So they stopped pretending, and shouted loudly as they fought across the chasm. There were vague shouts of killing everywhere in the heavy snow. They seemed to be everywhere, but they were not loud. They could only see the blood gradually flowing between the tents.
Come out, white steam is exuding on the white snow, and then solidifies quickly.
Zhang Fei's troops also saw it on the west bank, and they rushed over immediately, followed closely by the rest of the infantry on the west bank. However, by the time the infantry arrived at Yuan Wu, the sound of fighting had slowly subsided. A knight handed over a bloody and steaming hand.
Several heads were found, said to belong to the generals who led the thieves. These people woke up from their dreams, and before they even put on their clothes, they were already victims of the sword.
In this battle, Duan Yan led his army to break through the chasm, beheading more than 10,000 people, and capturing more than 30,000 people. He pursued the victory and captured Yuanwu. Gengcang's army saw that the defense line had been broken and could no longer hold on to the chasm, so they decisively withdrew to Puyang. Yuanju, Kaocheng
On the front line, return the entire Chenliu County to the Han army.
Liu Bei also wanted to take advantage of the victory and lead his troops to attack Puyang, but found that Gengcang's army had built a fortified city in Puyang. After several days, the Han army lost thousands of people, and it was still difficult to conquer.
At this point, Liu Bei judged that the morale of the entire army had declined and that the opportunity for war had passed. He handed over Chenliu County to Cao Cao and returned to Henan to rest and recuperate. He planned to stop the war this year. In mid-December, he would lead 20,000 troops back to the army.