While the decisive battle in Luogu has not yet decided, Cao Jun’s offensive in Guandong is still in progress.
As Xingyang and Aocang fell one after another, Cao Cao's heavy military group assembled in front of Hulao Pass began to move south. Cao Ren first led his troops to fight in Xinzheng and Yuanling. After quickly falling into the city, he continued to attack Yingchuan in an attempt to cut off the Yingshui River.
Contact with various places downstream, and then send troops to Shenyuan Pass, posing threats to Luoyang in multiple directions.
By this time, General Cao Cao of Jianwu, General Yuan Shang of Kaiwu, General Jushu of Fenwu, General Bao Xin of Zhenwu, General Chun Yuqiong of Ningwu and other generals under their command had formed a unified banner, with endless fortresses, armored battles, and attacking tools.
The baggage piled up into a mountain. When Luoyang's scouts looked at it, they were all shocked.
In contrast, there were more than 50,000 soldiers guarding the passes in Luoyang. Although the number was large, their morale was really low after successive defeats. In addition, the army was in urgent need of supplies and supplies, and many wounds and medicines were insufficient.
This led to an atmosphere of waiting for death among the soldiers. Under this situation, the guards Bian Rang, Zhang Miao, Chen Gong and others naturally did not have the confidence to win, so they could only make do with repairing the city wall and praying.
Welcome Cao Jun’s attack.
Zang Hong, who was trapped in Dingtao City, had no information about these situations, but he could still make a rough guess.
A month ago, Zang Hong had seen a sea of flags under the city, and a forest of soldiers and spears, but there were only 8,000 defenders in the city. Therefore, Zang Hong once thought that the city was about to overthrow, and he was prepared to die.
Unexpectedly, although the more than 100,000 Cao troops besieged the city, they had no intention of attacking the city. Five days later, Cao Jun reluctantly made two attempts to attack the city. Seeing that the defenders were determined, they only left about 10,000 people to guard the city.
The various ministries relieved the siege one after another and moved towards the west. Seeing the movements of Cao Jun, Zang Hong suddenly realized that Zhang Miao Ding had fallen into Cao Jun's plan. Although he did not know the extent of the damage, Dingtao had become an isolated city.<
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Zang Hong then discussed matters with his colleagues privately, thinking that Cao Cao's strategy must be to "defeat Dongdu from Hulao, or cross Yangguan to cut off Ruying." But no matter which strategy Cao Cao adopted, it seemed that it had nothing to do with Dingtao. After all,
Cao Hong's more than 10,000 soldiers were camped in the north of Dingtao City. There was a Tushan watchtower built in front of the city, which was enough to have a panoramic view of every move in the city. It was difficult for the defenders to counterattack. Moreover, the food reserves in the city were only enough for two months. Dingtao Wei Jianggu persuaded Zang Hong: "Ziyuan, I know you are a strong man in the world, but God's will to destroy disasters cannot be stopped by human power. I heard that Cao Cao was ordered by His Majesty, and he also had Lianjie's troops. It can be said that God has
Hanging the curtain. Since Tao Liang is short of soldiers, it is really difficult to compete with him. I heard that Cao Jun was very happy to massacre the city. If he continues to waste it, it will only increase casualties. Why bother? It is better to consider the Li Shu and dedicate this city to Cao Jun.
Give everyone a way to live."
Unexpectedly, Zang Hong flatly refused and said: "Why did Jiang Jun say this? In history, there have been many wars in which the weak defeated the strong despite great disparity. In the past few hundred years, Xiang Yu defeated Julu in the past, and Kun Yang later
Even in this modern world, there are stories of the dragon's leader pacifying Bingzhou and Polu (Sun Ce) conquering Jiangdong. How can we give up so easily? Besides, Ting Jian and I are close friends, and Cao Cao is a corrupt and tyrannical person. If we betray
Isn't it true that if a friend casts his vote for Cao Cao, he is betraying the truth and not upholding loyalty?"
These words made Jiang Gu feel ashamed and never mentioned surrender again. This incident also made Zang Hong realize that the morale of the soldiers in the city was unstable. If no action was taken, it might lead to a catastrophe. After thinking about it again, one day
, Zang Hong suddenly held a big banquet in his mansion, and summoned all the officials in the city to drink and have fun together. During the banquet, Zang Hong's beautiful concubine came out of the room to drink and play music for everyone.
In the previous repressive situation, it was rare for everyone to indulge. When they got the opportunity, they drank too much. Before the banquet was over, most of the people were half drunk and half-awake, and their consciousness was hazy. At this time, Zang Hong suddenly stood up and said: "Everyone thinks that the current situation is
How?" Everyone looked at him and remained silent, obviously thinking that the situation was extremely unfavorable.
Seeing this, Zang Hong sighed and continued: "The isolated city is under siege and the future is uncertain. No wonder you are so passive. But I still want to fight to the death with Cao Jun." Everyone was shocked when they heard this and were about to interrupt when they heard him speak quickly.
: "I also know that people have their own ambitions and cannot force them. You are all colleagues, and I don't want to force you to do anything. If you want to leave, you can tell me. I will let you out of the city early tomorrow morning." p>
After that, he glanced at the banquet, and sure enough, six people stood up one after another and said goodbye to Zang Hong. At first, these six people were quite hesitant, but when they saw Zang Hong toasting with them one by one, talking and smiling, they felt relieved.
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Early the next morning, these six people took their family papers and property and drove to the city gate. Zang Hong greeted him at the gate as promised, and everyone saluted him and said goodbye. When the city gate opened, Zang Hong sighed sadly: "
After we say goodbye today, we will be our rivals." Everyone was ashamed and walked out of the Dingtao in an awkward atmosphere.
Unexpectedly, more than 20 people had just left the city. The soldiers who had been preparing for a long time suddenly fired their arrows. The rain of arrows immediately covered the very small area in front of the city gate. The sound of the arrows colliding even overshadowed the tragic pain of the person who was hit by the arrow.
Screams and groans, and soon there was no one left alive in the city.
This action also attracted the attention of Cao's army outside the city. The scouts inquired several times, but were still unable to learn about the changes in the city, so they had to report the truth to Cao Hong.
At first, Cao Hong heard that the Han armies were fighting in the city, and he was interested for a while, but then he heard that he didn't know the reason, and he felt very disappointed. So he called Zhu Fu, who was responsible for monitoring the movements in the city, and asked, "Is there still chaos in the city?" Zhu Ju had been watching it in person for a whole day on the watchtower and answered truthfully: "No."
Cao Hong asked again: "Is there anything unusual in the city?"
Zhu Hu replied: "It seems that the troops are being organized and trained, but other than that there is no other change."
When Cao Hong heard this, he couldn't help but wonder: "Reorganize the troops? Could it be that Zang Ziyuan wants to lead his troops out of the city?"
Zhu Ju obviously thought so too, and replied fluently: "I heard that there is no food in the city and there are few rebel soldiers. If you are not ready to leave, why don't you stay in the city and wait to die? They must want to leave. The school captain can send
The elite cavalry is hiding under the mountain, waiting for my news. Once the thieves leave the city, they will send troops to intercept and kill them, and they will definitely achieve great results!"
Cao Hong applauded loudly and called the deputy general Cao Anmin. He handed over the general's three thousand cavalry to him and asked him to make relevant arrangements. However, after waiting for several days, although the watchtower saw the defenders rehearsing and reorganizing their troops day by day, they still couldn't.
There was no sign of leaving the city, and the ambush cavalry soon relaxed, drinking and having fun at the foot of the mountain every day. Seeing this situation, Zhu Zhu was very anxious. After several warnings to no avail, he went alone one night to report this to Cao Hong.
Things.
Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the main tent, he heard the sound of drums, harps and Hujia.
As soon as Zhu Zhu entered the door, he smelled the aroma of wine filling the tent, which made him dizzy. He shook his head slightly, then looked at the center of the main tent, and was shocked to find that there were four Orchids in the tent. Three of them
Sitting on the left and right sides of the tent, they played drums, harps, pipas, and Hu Jia respectively. The sound was overwhelming and the music was like ecstasy. But what was more eye-catching was an Orchid in pale gauze, following the rhythm of the Hu Jia.
, stepping and dancing on a big drum. His figure is graceful, his skin is as white as snow, and he is vaguely visible in the candlelight. As the commander-in-chief, Cao Hong is currently sitting on the chairman's chair, drinking wine and paying homage to Hu Ji.
The dance and cheering seemed extremely absurd.
Cao Hong's face turned a little red at this time. When he saw Zhu Hu coming in, it took him a long time to remember his name and asked, "What's the matter with Mr. Zhu?" After Zhu Hu said a few words, he only mentioned the defenders.
Before he made any move, he waved his hand to interrupt and said, "It seems like the bandit army is just bluffing! There is no need to make the soldiers hold fast, so let them withdraw."
Seeing the general's expression, Zhu Zhu immediately knew that something was wrong and wanted to persuade him, but when the words reached his lips, he couldn't. After all, he was just a young military commander, and Cao Hong was famous for being stingy and narrow-minded.
If you piss him off, how can you expect to be promoted in the future? Thinking about it this way, I wish I could keep silent.
When he said goodbye to Cao Hong and rode back to Tushan, it was almost midnight. The night wind was still strong, and the hand holding the torch in his arm almost lost consciousness, but he didn't care and just watched the flames in his hands go out.
, the frustration in his heart is hard to know: now the main force is attacking cities and territories one after another under the command of the marshal, but he is wasting his time in an isolated city, and he doesn't know when he will be able to flourish.
With heavy thoughts, Zhu Zhu did not return to the camp immediately, but walked carelessly as if he didn't know where he was. He felt as if he was melting into the wind, and his soul was flying behind him every moment, but he didn't feel
Loneliness, but there is an illusion that the body and mind are filled by the night wind.
When he walked to a dead forest, suddenly a loud shout came from in front of him, and he asked through the shadows: "Who is it? Stop!"
Zhu Zu frowned slightly, thinking it was his own secret whistle, so he said, "It's me, Zhu Zu." To prevent misunderstanding, he immediately said the bugle call: "Taiyi three punches." Then he waited for the other party's confirmation.
Unexpectedly, the person on the other side did not say the next sentence "Destroy the temple to save the spirit". Zhu Ju immediately felt something bad. Just when he was about to turn his horse around, several lights and shadows flashed very quickly in the forest. They were exactly where the arrow had passed.
Signs.
Although two arrows missed the wooden branches, one arrow hit the target, and the arrow came from behind Zhu's arm and shot out from his throat. This caused blood to block his trachea and soon made him stop breathing. Zhu's arm
His mount stood there blankly. When Zang Hong led his men to take a look, he found that Zhu Hui had already put one hand into his quiver and was holding a hammered dysprosium arrow.
His failure to shoot out means that Zang Hong's night attack was half successful.
Zang Hong was relieved when he saw this. He had used drills to confuse Cao Jun in the past few days, but secretly sent people to dig tunnels in civilian houses. It was not until today that they were dug out. At this time, he led more than a thousand elite soldiers out of the tunnel, except for those just now.
Apart from the dead Zhu Arm, no other Cao soldiers knew about it.
Under the silence, these more than a thousand people, only wearing cloth clothes and holding knives, quietly crossed the mountain and entered the Cao army camp outside the city. Soon, fire and noise suddenly rose from the camp.
Small becomes big, from dark to bright. Cao Jun was caught off guard. Most people didn't know what was happening. They were enveloped in the chaos and screams and became confused and confused. They even became the lambs to be slaughtered by Zang Hong.
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That night, Cao's army's main camp was defeated in a battle. Cao Hong led more than 3,000 remaining soldiers and fled 30 miles eastward. Cao An's people at the foot of Tushan did not know the situation and had to withdraw overnight. Zang Hong took the opportunity to burn down the camp outside the city.
Watch the tower, overturn the mountain, and search for the remaining grain.
When the news of Cao Hong's defeat reached Xingyang, Cao Cao was furious and immediately dismissed Cao Hong from his military post. He also ordered Cao Ren's troops in Yingchuan to suspend the offensive and led 30,000 people to quickly return to attack Dingtao.