Liu Bei was fifty-three years old and in his prime. After he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he learned from the strengths of others, integrated everything, and became increasingly proficient in military use. He knew that close combat was not his strength, so in recent years he has fought with Cao Cao and no longer blindly pursues a decisive victory in the field.
In order to defeat the enemy, we used detours, confusion and other methods to shake the enemy's morale. Therefore, although there was a small defeat, it was not a collapse, and we finally achieved a great victory in defeating Hebei and encircling Linzi.
Now was the critical moment for him to capture the thieves and take revenge. Due to the continuous battles and victories, everyone said that the emperor's military skills were as great as those of the prime minister. Unexpectedly, he was unexpectedly hit by an arrow and fell unconscious. The soldiers of the three armies were all sad, and the people of Henan were also.
I was grieved by it. But after the emperor was hit by an arrow, where should the army go?
Although Linzi has been besieged for a year, the Dongren in the city should be able to hold on for several months or even longer. If the emperor is seriously injured and dies during this period, the government and personnel will inevitably change on a large scale. By then, the morale of the army will be scattered, and the army may not be able to maintain it. But if
With this retreat, a year of hard fighting was in vain. Could it be that Cao Cao escaped from death again? The generals were extremely unwilling to think about this. In this case, the generals of the Western Dynasty gathered their troops
After discussion, it was difficult to decide whether to go to war in the tent. In the end, Fazheng said: "General Guan Yu is still in Muling to be wary of Sun Quan. You can wait for him to make up his mind."
Guan Yu received the news a little later. When he rode up, it was already dusk, and all the generals were planning to rest. However, he dismounted without taking off his armor, so he forcefully summoned all the generals to come. After everyone was seated, he glanced around
After that, he said flatly: "My brother has been a scholar for many years, and all he has done is to mix things up and revive the country. To this end, he will exhaust Kansai and Hebei, and he will not hesitate. If we withdraw our troops, how will we explain to the world! I have already said this on the way here
I have thought about it, and we must not withdraw our troops now! Wait for Yide to lead his troops to join us, and we will remove the weirs and dams, and we will take Linzi within ten days!"
After that, the generals were only obedient, which made Guan Yu deeply dissatisfied. He straightened his back and shouted solemnly: "Generals, listen to the order!" The generals were frightened and stood up straight. Then they heard Guan Yu loudly say: "The embankment will break tomorrow.
, attack the city the next day, I and Chaqi (Zhang Fei) will attack first, each attacking the north and south, General Zuo (Huang Zhong) and General Fujun (Zhao Yun) will follow, attacking day and night, former general (Yuan Tan) and Chen Bing
To the east of the city, to prevent the east bandits from breaking through, the general behind the scenes will keep the camp stationary and be ready for war at any time!" Then he slowly said to Fazheng: "As for injuries, illnesses and food shortages, I have to rely on the Zhongshu Supervisor to worry about them.
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In this way, the plan was decided. When the cavalry general Zhang Fei arrived the next day, the dam had already been excavated. Zhang Fei first visited Liu Bei in the tent for a while. Seeing that Liu Bei still had a high fever, he couldn't help crying bitterly, and then heard
It was said that Guan Yu was preparing to launch a general attack. He was overjoyed and cursed angrily at Linzi in the distance: "Thief Cao, I will cut you into pieces with a thousand swords!" He then ordered all his subordinates to kill anyone who dared to fight. p>
Soon the day of the siege came. It was still dark, and all the troops had already advanced to the bottom of the city in accordance with Guan Yu's request. At this time, the east wind was blowing in the sky, and all the troops held high torch flags. Accompanied by the sound of hunting with wildly dancing flags, the soldiers
A sea of sparks formed under the city. Looking from the top of the city to the bottom, there was no sound of neighing of men and horses, which made the Easterners who were guarding the city feel even more terrifying.
At this time, many generals came to ask Guan Yu when he would attack, but Guan Yu was not in a hurry. Instead, he ordered his people to shoot countless rewards into the city first. He claimed that the Western Army was about to launch a general attack. If the Easterners surrendered now, they would be exempted from crime; if the Easterners were captured and killed,
If you return as a lieutenant, you will be rewarded with ten gold coins; if you capture and kill an important official from the East with two thousand stones, you will be rewarded with a hundred gold coins; if you capture and kill Cao Cao, you will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins, and you will be granted the title of Marquis within the Pass.
This continued until the afternoon, when the wind slowly stopped and the gray clouds in the sky were low, as if they were trying to respond to the Western Army below the city and were about to destroy Linzi. The Western Army soldiers looked at the city wall not far away and could vaguely see many elements.
Cracks caused by water immersion.
Guan Yu finally ordered the drums to be beaten, and tens of thousands of Western troops shouted loudly and swarmed towards Linzi City like dense ants. At this time, the Linzi City Wall was already riddled with holes. Even without climbing the wall, you could still find many places to accommodate one.
The two rushed into the cave-in, and the Easterners could not make up for it, so they could only guard the city with guns. However, the gap in the strength of the two sides was too great, and the Westerners were full of anger to avenge the emperor, so the siege battle lasted almost only one day.
At this time, the Western Army opened gaps in the north and south at the same time, and Zhang Fei personally led his troops to capture the north gate first.
As the city gates opened wide, the Western troops poured into the city like a flood, which had been soaked for more than a year. The Eastern troops in the north were immediately defeated. They knelt on the putrid and silty mud, throwing away their long pots, knives and bows.
On the ground, he asked the officers and soldiers of the Western Army to surrender. After Zhang Fei heard about it, he ordered Sun Zi to select a few military commanders with higher positions and torture them about Cao Cao's whereabouts. When the Easterners saw Zhang Fei, their eyes were bloodshot and their hair and beard were covered with blood.
Zhang's appearance was full of fear, and he immediately said: "The marshal is in the highest attic in the city. You can see it at a glance."
So Zhang Fei abandoned these people and asked Sun Zi to tie up the prisoners and lead them outside the city, while he led his followers and continued walking into the city. Soon he saw a four-story attic standing in the street, which must be Cao Cao
When he saw this, he couldn't help but gallop his horse a little, and soon ran into a group of Dongren who were guarding downstairs, holding the yellow sky snake flag and many tiger head flags. They were obviously the last tigers under Cao Cao's command.
Scholar.
The leader was none other than Wen Ji. When he saw Zhang Fei coming from far away, he immediately shouted and rushed forward. However, the city was besieged for a long time and he lacked food. In the past, he could have caused some trouble to Zhang Fei, but at this time, he could not do it at all.
He was no match for him. When Zhang Fei saw this, he just held the bamboo pole with one hand. Before Wen Ji could stab him, he hit his waist with the pole pole. Wen Ji screamed in pain and was knocked to the ground by him. He wanted to get up but he couldn't.
I was sweating coldly, and it was obvious that my bones were broken and I could no longer fight.
The other tiger soldiers also wanted to fight to the death, but were stopped immediately. Zhang Fei followed the voice and found that it was Cao Cao talking upstairs. Cao Cao first ordered the tiger soldiers to disarm, and then slowly walked downstairs and smiled at Zhang Fei
Said: "To put it bluntly, these people are just pawns, Zhang Cheqi doesn't need to care about them."
But Zhang Fei was not polite to him, and immediately asked his followers to tie him up aggressively, pinned him to the ground, and cursed at him: "It's really an eye-opener for the heavens to see you today! Back then, my brother treated you with all his heart, but you betrayed your trust.
In turn, repay kindness with hatred! My brothers and people have been injured and maimed countless times. An old eunuch dog also wants to spy on the artifact? If it falls into my hands today, I will teach you that your life will be worse than death!"
After saying that, he immediately stepped forward and broke Cao Cao's legs with a stick, and used the short knife he brought with him to cut three cuts on Cao Cao's face. The blood flowed profusely for a while. When the tiger soldiers around him saw it, they all wanted to
Angry and angry, he fought for his master. But Cao Cao's expression did not change. He waved his hands to silence his subordinates. Then he endured the severe pain and said in a hoarse voice: "Junhou Zhang, everyone supports his master. Why are you angry? And he succeeds by chance today.
, are you going crazy?"
Seeing that Zhang Fei was stunned for a moment, he smiled and said: "You said kindness to me, how could you say these words to Emperor Xiaosi under Jiuquan?" Then he concluded: "You and I are fighting on the battlefield, a showdown.
Regardless of victory or defeat, I still consider you a hero. If you are so impetuous and shallow, I think your brothers probably won’t like it either!”
Zhang Fei was filled with anger, but when he heard the last sentence, he was stunned for a moment, but then he woke up and looked at Cao Cao with a frown. Cao Cao obviously knew that he was about to die soon, and he was wearing a blue and white robe.
His clothes were clean and tidy, his expression was calm, and he showed no fear of death. When Zhang Fei saw this, the anger in his chest actually dissipated a bit, thinking to himself, this man is still a man, so there is no need to humiliate him too much.
He also remembered that because of the Xiahou family, the two of them were related. Therefore, although he still looked gloomy, he still told his men: "Take him to the camp and wait for brother to deal with him."
One of his subordinates asked: "Why don't you kill such a traitor who has harmed the country?" Zhang Fei frowned and said, "Because he is a giant bandit and a treacherous thief, he must clarify the canonical punishment and uphold the country's law." After that, he let him go.
They took Cao Cao away, tied up all the remaining tiger soldiers, and handed them over to Sun Zi. They also ordered Sun Zi to say: "These people have been following Cao Cao's thieves for many years, and they have just surrendered. It shows that they are not sincere."
Didn't the thieves like to build Beijing temples back then? They tied up all the people in the city and took them outside the city to behead them one by one. We also built a Beijing temple here!"
Sun Zi was shocked when he heard this, and he boldly asked: "Your Majesty, has the general agreed to this?" Zhang Fei's eyes suddenly widened and he cursed: "You talk too much! I avenge the emperor, so what if I massacre the city?"
?Can the general say no? Go and do it quickly!" Sun Zi did not dare to disobey, so he had to gather the prisoners and drag them outside the city like a herd of sheep, and then took hundreds of them to behead them.
Generally speaking, soldiers will cry loudly during the massacre. But the Dongren here are probably as Zhang Fei said. They are either unwilling to surrender, or they have seen through their own destiny. When they were killed and waiting to be killed, they were very angry.
Don't cry less. If it weren't for the bright red blood that would flow out after they were beheaded, the executioner might have thought he was killing the corpse. But in just two hours, Sun Zi executed more than 5,000 people.
, the smell of blood can be smelled ten miles away.
Only then did news reach General Guan Yu. Hearing that Zhang Fei broke into the city and captured Cao Cao, Guan Yu ordered all the generals to line up in front of the camp, conduct a grand viewing ceremony for the prisoners, and announced that the entire army would be celebrating that night. Guan Yu was presiding over the ceremony
During the banquet, he suddenly heard that Zhang Fei's troops were massacred in the north of the city. He immediately changed his face, scolded Zhang Fei as "confused", and then personally rode his horse to the north of Linzi City to stop the matter. When he arrived, the north of the city was littered with corpses, and there were no living people.
There were only more than 2,000 prisoners left, and Sun Zi was still building the terrifying Jingguan in front of the city gate according to Zhang Fei's order.
Upon seeing this, Guan Yu immediately ordered Sun Zi to burn the body and bury it on the spot without publicizing the matter. He also sent all the remaining prisoners to the army and kept them under strict supervision, planning to escort them to Luoyang in the future. As for this matter, he would report it to the Western Dynasty.
We can only wait until later to see how much impact the rule will have. What everyone is most concerned about right now is when the emperor will wake up.