As the commander-in-chief of the Shu army, Liu Fan could have simply withdrawn from the battlefield. But Liu Fan also knew very well that under the thick fog, the entire army would inevitably lose its formation when retreating. If the Han army pursued the victory, there would be no telling how many people there would be.
He would lose his life here. He mobilized almost all the field troops in Shu for this battle. Even if he could not make any achievements, he would not be thrown here easily!
Therefore, in the midst of the panic, Liu Fan cheered up and organized his guards to evacuate southward, while leading his army to organize a formation in an attempt to defend the rear of the army. However, the choking smoke that hit their faces was really unbearable for them.
Fortunately, the Shu army had the habit of storing water, and there were four or five water tanks in the camp. They took out all the unused towels in the generals, soaked them and broke them into hundreds of pieces. Each person wrapped the wet cloths around them.
on the mouth and nose, so that you can stand firm before the fire.
After making relevant preparations, Liu Fan was undoubtedly much more calm when faced with the pursuit of the Han army. They piled up useless utensils and baggage around them, covered them with wet linen cloth, and then used this as their
Roadblocks, shooting arrows at the chasing Han army. Although the sight was extremely poor, the Shu people did not care about the cost and fired at the Han army like a rainstorm. It still caused a lot of trouble to the Han army. For a time, they thought the Shu army
The main force did not retreat.
But this method could only block the Han soldiers coming from the west. Not long after, Liu Fan heard ripple-like responses from the north, which gradually became clearer by his earlobes. When Liu Fan heard that they were cavalry, he
Immediately he shouted to the soldiers: "North! North! Shoot the arrow quickly!"
Fei Shi immediately changed direction and flew against the wind towards Xu Huang and others. It was like a burst of rain coming from the clouds, and the arrow hit the armor of the Taiping Cavalry. Although the noise was huge, the armor was broken.
There were not many, and only a dozen or so people in the front row were killed or injured. But the following cavalry troops rushed up like running water, jumped over the simple roadblocks, and strangled the Shu army at the rear.
Xu Huang's cavalry was actually a little tired from running around at night, but the Shu army had been inhaling the thick smoke for a while. Although they could still breathe, they could hardly open their eyes. When fighting against each other, the two sides fought hard and high.
The victory was almost one-sided, and the Shu army, which had stopped its decline slightly, began to collapse again.
The Shu people were really panicking at this time. Although Liu Fan was willing to stay in the rear, he was not prepared to gamble with his life. Seeing that he could not reach the enemy at all, the guards gathered around Liu Fan and mounted their horses, intending to leave directly. Liu Fan faced
Although Shang remained calm, he could not help but feel upset in his heart. He regretted not increasing the number of night watchmen and also regretting not leaving scouts in Weibei. Soon they all mounted their horses. Before leaving, he would glance over at the people still there.
The soldiers behind the palace.
At this moment, a gust of wind blew over and accidentally blew away Liu Fan's turban. Liu Fan's head felt cold and he hurriedly reached out to grab it, but it was too late. He saw it fell under the horse's hooves and was picked up again.
The wind picked up and flew over the antlers, heading straight towards the Han army.
Liu Fan immediately stopped and froze on the spot. His close friends thought he was arrogant and unwilling to admit defeat, so they anxiously pulled his bridle to leave. However, Liu Fan waved his hands repeatedly and raised his head to look at the white unicorn flag behind him.
I saw the flag flying to the northwest, blowing directly in the direction of the Han army!
"The wind direction has changed!" the Shu people shouted. They could hardly believe their eyes. It was clearly a northwest wind just now! They sat on their horses and continued to watch the subsequent changes in the situation, with the cold wind whistling past their backs. Again
Look at the blazing flames in the camp, blown by the sudden southeast wind, bending back, stretching out long flames, like the tongue of a giant snake in the thick fog. The thick smoke also turned around, and now
The smoked soldiers turned into the chasing Han army. The Han soldiers were caught off guard and coughed repeatedly. The Shu army at the rear who was originally at a disadvantage immediately took advantage of the situation to counterattack. The knights on horseback had no choice but to retreat and distance themselves.
In just a short moment, almost all the Han troops were forced to stop their offensive. Under the command of officers at all levels, they left the Shu camp one after another and waited for the fire to end. And those Shu people who were originally running south were also at this time.
He stopped and cheered loudly amidst the roar of the southeast wind. Originally, a disastrous defeat that would have resulted in the annihilation of the Shu people's entire army seemed to have disappeared without a trace due to a single wind.
Liu Fan pulled out the remaining troops, but the Han army lost the direction of attack in the thick fog and could only let them go in confusion.
Escaped again? When Liu Fan returned to Luo Valley, he still felt a little frightened. At this time, the fog
After the anger dissipated, all the generals gathered together to discuss matters in the open air on a hill. They counted the losses in this battle, and it was not difficult to find that when the Shu army entered Qin, the mighty 130,000-strong army actually lost nearly 130,000 soldiers in one day.
Of the 20,000 people, including the previous casualties, there were less than 100,000 people who could still fight. However, no one complained, and instead felt a sense of luck that they had narrowly escaped death.
During this ten-day period, the Shu people fought three times with Chen Chong, and Chen Chong won a small victory each time. If not for the proper formation the second time and the help of God the third time, the Shu army would have been defeated twice. This made
Everyone was terrified.
Zhang Song then asked Liu Fan: "Sir, after such a continuous battle, I think the morale of the army has been low, and I am afraid that it will no longer be able to withstand a defeat. Do you want to withdraw to Hanzhong first?" Everyone was silent when they heard this.
To stop the troops here would mean that the hard battle over the past few months has been in vain, and they cannot bear this responsibility. But they no longer dare to face Chen Chong again, so they can only respond in silence.
Only Dong Zhao objected, and he persuaded Liu Fan: "Young master is tired, isn't Chen Chong tired? There is a saying that one effort will lead to failure, and three times it will be exhausted. Even though Chen Chong won three times and failed to succeed, he was already at the end of his crossbow! Moreover,
The scouts have just found out that the reinforcements called by Chen Chong this time are only tens of thousands, and their strength is still far inferior to our army. Once the young master withdraws from this trip, and Chen Chong rushes to rescue Guandong to relieve Liu Bei, the young master may never have the chance to go north again!
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But as soon as he finished speaking, someone sneered at him: "Dong Gong said it lightly, he is probably willing to fight in battle!" Dong Zhao's face turned red after hearing this, and he found that everyone was watching with their eyes, so he had to restrain his anger.
, said slowly: "Whether to fight or to retreat, is the decision of the Lord. We, the ministers, do not have to overstep the bounds of others, we can only do our best to advise."
Seeing that there were signs of quarrel among his subordinates, Liu Fan waved his hands slightly, and the scene immediately became quiet. Seeing that everyone pricked up their ears and turned their attention to him again, Liu Fan straightened up and said slowly: "Gongren is right, Zi Qiao is right.
It makes sense. The morale of our army is indeed low, and the thieves must also be tired. Although our army cannot fight with them, we cannot retreat just like that."
These words made everyone confused, neither fighting nor retreating, what should they do?
Liu Fan laughed and said: "The current strategy is for our army to stick to Luo Valley and drag Chen Chong to death here!"
Seeing that everyone was still puzzled, Liu Fan picked up a dead branch and drew a line on the ground, with one end for Chen Chong and the other for Liu Bei. He explained: "Chen Chong summoned reinforcements from Guandong to defeat us quickly.
The army's idea is to go to Dongdu to relieve the siege. If I delay him here and don't fight with him, what should he do? He can only abandon me to save Liu Bei. Even if he doesn't leave now, when Cao Cao breaks through Dongdu, he will still only
You can leave me to save Liu Bei." At this point, Liu Fan couldn't help but sigh: "I realized now that as long as I sit back and watch without fighting, Guanzhong is already in my pocket!"
After saying this, everyone suddenly realized and praised Liu Fan Shengming one after another. Liu Fan waved his hands repeatedly, pointed at the still windy sky and said with a smile: "It's just hindsight. If he was a true saint, how could he be defeated today?"
If it weren’t for the reversal of the divine wind, you and I wouldn’t be able to meet here!”
After listening, the followers remembered that they wanted to put a new headscarf on Liu Fan to protect him from the wind. Liu Fan stopped him and said, "Are you afraid of blowing such a divine wind?" He stood up and encouraged the generals: "There is a king in Shu.
I'm so angry! God bless me, Yizhou!" When the surrounding Shu people heard this, they all shouted "Wan Sheng" in unison.
The next day, as expected, Han troops came to Luo Valley to call for formation, but Liu Fan closed the camp gate and ignored him. Then another envoy from the Han army came and brought a letter written by Chen Chong, in which Chen Chong persuaded him to either come forward
A battle of life and death, or retreating in time, was exactly what Liu Fan expected. In this way, Liu Fan's confidence in Luo Valley was strengthened.
The confrontation between the two sides soon passed for another ten days. During this period, the Shu army's scouts reported to Liu Fan several times that the Han army in the north of the valley seemed to be moving their camps and whether they wanted to lead the army in pursuit. But Liu Fan had no idea.
He was tempted, and told the scouts: If Chen Chong didn't go straight out of Hongnong, he was not a fighter. As a result, early the next morning, the Han army returned to the original camp.
Seeing that the war situation was getting more and more favorable to his own side, Liu Fan couldn't help but feel happy. During the confrontation in Luogu, he once again sent letters to all the counties in Guanzhong and Sanfu to attract people's hearts. In the end, he even sent a letter to Chen Chong, claiming that
As long as Chen Chong led the crowd to surrender, he would still use him to govern Guanzhong and hold him in the high position of Taifu.
However, in February Gengzi (the seventh day of the Lunar New Year
), Liu Fan also received a letter from Mianzhu, which brought news that was enough to change the current situation in Kansai: Liu Biao took advantage of Liu Fan's march north to attack Yizhou with 50,000 men led by Cai Mao.
Just fifteen days ago, his nephew Liu Pan broke through Jiangguan. The navy moved upstream to Linjiang, and the army was approaching Jiangzhou. At this time, there were only three thousand garrison troops in Jiangzhou city.
If Jiangzhou is lost again, the Jing people will cross the mountains and go straight into the hinterland of Bashu! Therefore, Liu Yan sent a message to Liu Fan, hoping that he would immediately return to the south and drive Cai Mao out of Yizhou.
After reading this letter, Liu Fan was extremely disappointed. He was usually very well-educated, but at this time he couldn't help but swing his knife to chop stones, causing the blade to be completely destroyed. He said angrily: "Old thief Jing Sheng, you have ruined my emperor's career!" However, no matter what
No matter what, the center of Shu is a fundamental place, and he must return to his army to resist the thieves. After Liu Fan informed the entire army of the news, the soldiers were also worried about the family members and had no objections.
Early the next morning, when the Han army's scouts went to Luo Valley to take a peek, they were surprised to find that the Shu soldiers' camp was already empty! The Shu people quietly embarked on their journey home. And this war lasted for nearly a month.
After a hard fight, the Battle of Luogu came to a dramatic end.