But just after making the decision, Li Dian regretted it again. He knew that Cao Cao acted cautiously, so he patrolled the camp very irregularly and had tiger guards as guards. If he noticed something strange and alerted the snake, he might be killed. He asked his servants to cook some food and prepared to discuss it with his followers. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao suddenly received news that Cao Cao sent the mighty general Cao Zhen to deliver a message. Li Dian asked his disciples: "How many troops does Cao Zhen have?"
Said: "More than a hundred riders have surrounded the courtyard."
Li Dian was shocked. He had no time to mobilize his troops and horses, and he only had dozens of followers around him. What if Cao Zhen came to ask questions?
Cao Zhen's biological father was Cao Cao's brother-in-law, but he was actually Cao Cao's adopted son. He was well-known in the army, so his power was unrivaled among the younger generation. Without waiting for anything in return, he suddenly broke in with more than ten people. Seeing Li
Dian and his cronies were sitting at the table, but before he could get up, he couldn't help but sneered and said loudly to Li Dian: "Marshal, please send me to discuss military matters!"
Li Dian was very embarrassed and replied: "It's late today, why don't the marshal come to my camp tomorrow to discuss it."
Before Cao Zhen could speak, a follower on the side glared and said angrily: "All I know is that the marshal wants you to go immediately!" As soon as he finished speaking, the follower held the knife in his left hand and took the first step, trying to grab Li Dian's arm with his right hand. p>
At this moment, Li Zhong, who was kneeling next to Li Dian, suddenly stood up and stabbed the man in the face with his sword. Cao Zhen only looked at Li Dian, but he didn't expect someone to attack him? He only heard screams and saw
As his entourage was stabbed in the face with a knife, Li Dian took advantage of the situation and pounced on him, slashing with his swords, and chopped the man to the ground. Cao Zhen was also hit by a knife. Seeing that the situation was not good, he endured the pain and led the people outside immediately.
Run out.
When Li Dian saw what had happened, he drew his sword and shouted: "Follow me and go out to seize the horse!"
The group of people had no time to put on their armor, and armed with bows and knives, they poured out from inside and fired arrows randomly at the cavalry outside. The people outside had just learned of the accident and had not yet dismounted when they were suddenly hit by a burst of arrows and lost several men and horses.
Then they all jumped off their horses and started shooting at the people rushing towards them. Li Dian and others did not avoid casualties, but just came up to kill people and seize their horses, while Cao Zhen's cavalry gathered to besiege them.
In the melee, Cao Zhen's side suffered nearly half casualties, allowing Li Dian and others to seize horses and escape. However, Li Dian also suffered heavy losses, with less than a dozen of his followers left. What's even worse is that he had no time to inform his relatives, except himself.
Li Zhen, his only son, was able to accompany him, but the rest of his clan relatives, such as Li Feng and others, were captured and beheaded. Finally, Li Dian gathered some of his own cavalry in the periphery, about a hundred people, and ran west through the snow to seek refuge in the west.
Go towards it.
The next day it snowed and the sky cleared, the sky was endless blue, the air was cold and crisp, and the land along both sides of the Jiangshui River was silver-white, contrasting with the dark brown dead trees, stretching to the sky. The Western cavalry united their troops to the east, and their armored weapons flashed in the sunlight.
It sparkles under the light, and you can see the bright scene from miles away.
Just after Chen hour, the two armies met north of Jiangshui. Both armies lined up with cavalry forward, with one side facing Jiangshui and the other extending towards the back of Jiangshui. In addition to armor and armor, all the Western armies wore furs to protect themselves from the cold.
.On the other hand, Cao Cao's army on the opposite side was covered in large pieces of yellow-brown cloth. Compared with the Western army, they were very shabby. They had no military appearance and momentum, and could not withstand the cold weather after snow.
Liu Bei, Yuan Tan, and Xun You went together to understand the enemy's situation. Yuan Tan couldn't help but feel a little frightened because he had been defeated in several battles before, and his expression looked solemn. Liu Bei and Xun You were talking and laughing as usual. He said to Yuan Tan: "Fight by water."
, the attacker wins. The loser is blocked by the river. Once defeated, there is almost no chance of escape. Today I will use this crimson water as an anvil and my cavalry as a hammer to beat Cao Cao into dust!"
Yuan Tan said in confusion: "The Eastern bandit army is well-organized and they are all battle-hardened warriors. I'm afraid they won't be easily defeated, right?"
Xun You smiled and said: "The military appearance is nothing more than appearance. Look at the many people standing opposite. I am afraid that less than half of them are still following Cao Cao wholeheartedly."
A cold wind blew across the Jiangshui River, and the flags of both armies were flapping. Cao Cao's military formation on the opposite side remained motionless. It seemed that Cao Cao was thinking of some strange plan. Could he defeat the formidable enemy again? At this moment, more than a hundred riders rushed out of the Western Army formation. The three people in front of them were all dressed in gorgeous clothes, and they were obviously prominent figures in the Western Army. The one riding in the middle was Yuan Tan, the eldest son of the Yuan family, and those on both sides were
It's Sima Yi and Li Dian who just surrendered.
The three men immediately stood between the two armies. Yuan Tan cleared his throat and shouted to the Eastern Army: "Listen, officers and soldiers, when His Majesty conquered the East, he was determined to unify the country and help the country. He had no grudge against you. Cao Cao was in chaos.
For twenty years, he was the only one who was guilty and had nothing to do with the others. Why would you sacrifice your lives for him again? Now that you have brought order to the chaos and surrendered to the imperial court, not only are you not guilty, but you have made meritorious deeds. What are the benefits of following Cao Cao again? The imperial court has hundreds of thousands of troops.
We are gathering for a crusade, do you still have a chance to win? If you can't defeat it, you want to flee to Liaodong, but Youzhou has already surrendered. How can you still have a way? Don't forget, today's people are originally from Zhuojun and Hebei, so how can they be in trouble with you?
?"
After the shouting, many people in Cao Cao's army recognized Yuan Tan, and they all became a little commotion. At this time, Sima Yi rode out and shouted: "I am Sima Yi, you all know him, and the court has agreed. After the Hebei war, he will be exempted from taxes for three years."
, what else is there to worry about?" Li Dian also echoed.
At this point, the Eastern Army was finally in an uproar. Yuan Tan timely ordered people to unfurl the royal flag of the sun, moon and stars, and brought out a Yu Bao-covered cart. The people around him immediately bowed to Yu Bao and saluted, and then gathered around the cart.
The person sitting on it was none other than Liu Bei, the emperor of the Western Dynasty. Many people in the Eastern Army had seen Liu Bei so close for the first time, but they could all guess his identity, and in an instant there were shouts of excitement. p>
But Liu Bei stood up calmly, cleared his throat, pointed his sword at the sky and said loudly: "I, Liu Bei, swear to God that I will never blame the surrendered soldiers, and my official honor will remain as before. If you persist in your obsession, don't blame me for being ruthless. I am as ruthless as ever."
If you lie, you will be killed by random arrows!"
Yuan Tan then shouted: "Listen to Your Majesty, if you leave the formation and go north, if you leave the battle, you will be regarded as surrender!"
This was Liu Bei's old wisdom in persuading him to surrender during the Baibo Rebellion, and it was even more effective now. The Eastern Army was already disorganized, and it was convinced of the news of Youzhou's failure, and it had even less fighting spirit. Now that Liu Bei actually showed up and swore, he told
They were willing to keep their official positions and forget about the past, and immediately responded in an uproar. All the troops in Hebei, whether cavalry or infantry, that had been held hostage by Cao Cao, abandoned their military flags at this time, mixed with each other, and ran northward in a chaotic manner.
Just like the arrival of spring floods, in just a moment or two, the originally seemingly tight Eastern Army formation was completely shattered, and the right wing was completely scattered. What was left was just a few young soldiers, who had attacked Liu Bei because of the Geng Cang incident.
They were dissatisfied, so there was no movement. Many Hebei people in the other two armies were also in commotion, but they were blocked by Qingxu soldiers, so it was difficult to move.
Liu Bei took advantage of this moment and ordered the drums to be sounded loudly. The cavalry was divided into three teams and attacked at the same time, from west to east, diagonally facing Jiangshui. More than ten thousand cavalry shook the sky and the earth, and went straight towards the Eastern Army like Shura in the last days. The Eastern Army's military formation
Many of them had no fighting spirit at all and were still in the military formation. To put it bluntly, they just didn't have time to escape. There was no way they would fight a bloody battle with the Western army. When they saw it, they simply tried to run away. But this would only lead to a collapse of the entire army. Many Easterners
They pushed each other and couldn't run fast, but within a moment they were trampled into a puddle of flesh on the scattered military flags.
In this situation, Cao Cao's defeat has been determined.
Cao Cao seemed to have had a premonition that the Western Army's cavalry was coming, and he had already moved his horse eastward with his Hu Shi cronies. The remaining Eastern Army, especially those on the left wing by the river, were all squeezed into Jiangshui. The Western Army
He only cared about horse racing and rushed to kill without mercy. Especially Guan Yu's command of the Chinese army, which had many blood feuds with the Dongren. At this time, several of them worked hard, constantly driving the Dongren sergeants into the water along the river.
The Easterners were driven into Jiangshui River in droves, and they all died when they landed on the shore. They all rushed to cross the river to escape. Countless people crowded into the cold and biting river water, and countless people were trampled and drowned. When Liu Bei realized that Cao Cao had escaped, he ordered to stop the execution.
, when the Dong soldiers were captured on the spot, the Jiangshui River was really dyed red, and the cold water surface was actually steaming with steam, and the corpses of the Dong soldiers floated on it, stretching endlessly.
Those Eastern soldiers who fled the military formation and hid in the north to disarm and surrender, saw such a cruel scene, and many of them burst into tears. Not only were they thankful that they had escaped the catastrophe, but I am afraid they were even more grateful for those who had stood side by side in the past.
Howl, comrades.
There were actually dozens of women in armor in Cao Cao's formation. I don't know where Cao Cao kidnapped them from. Unfortunately, these weak women were unable to fight back in the chaos. More than half of them were killed or wounded in the chaos, only seven or eight.
After hearing this, Liu Bei felt very pity and ordered them to be sent to Luoyang for resettlement.
Cao Cao led 300 horses eastward for more than 30 miles, stopping to let the horses rest while collecting the remaining troops. At this time, Xindu City was less than a few miles to the north of him, and its outline was vaguely visible. Cao Cao remembered that there were still some buildings in Xindu City.
There was a lot of food and equipment that he had obtained by force. Once Liu Bei's army arrived, he would probably have to use it all. In this case, wouldn't he be giving Liu Bei a big gift for nothing?
This idea made Cao Cao very unwilling, so he called Zhu Ling and several others, and asked them to enter the city and set fire to the food before Liu Bei arrived. After the incident was completed, they would meet in the plain.
Zhu Ling was shocked after hearing this, but he was not willing to disobey. He only called more than ten people to ride horses and rushed to Xindu City. At this time, the news of the defeat of the Eastern Army had reached the capital, and the city was in chaos. The rebel soldiers who ran back first
They were looting everywhere. In order to fight for the fleeing horses or the plundered women, people were throwing arrows and drawing knives, making a mess. The granary was unattended. Some people took advantage of the situation and came in to seize the food. But they saw Zhu Ling and others coming in with knives.
, and was so frightened that he ran away.
Where could they escape to? This question flashed through Zhu Ling's mind, and he immediately laughed. He didn't want to join Cao Cao anymore, but he also didn't want to switch to Liu Bei, so he quickly dismissed his entourage and walked in with a torch.
Among the mountains of corn. Soon, thick black smoke rose into the blue sky. The capital city of the Eastern Dynasty, which had been painstakingly built for decades, was quickly surrounded by unprecedented fires. It lasted for several days, and the burning fragrance was burning.
The smell can be smelled from dozens of miles away.