In the morning, it was drizzling and misty, but the sky could not be called dark. At Weixiang Tucheng, the Han army was beating drums to climb the city.
"Wen Qi, it rained heavily the day before yesterday, and the rain has not stopped yesterday and today. Now it is muddy and slippery everywhere. It may not be suitable to attack the city at this time, right?" Cao Cao put up an awning with his hands, stood up on his horse and looked at it for a while, holding on to the saddle.
After meeting the situation of the battle ahead, he couldn't help but turn around and ask Gongsun Xun, who was sitting under the umbrella behind him, for advice.
"It's hard to say." Gongsun Xun comforted the white horse on his crotch and said indifferently. "But Weixiang is just a small city after all, and it will be hard to be afraid of the thieves."
"Yes!" Cao Cao suddenly realized after hearing this. "It rained heavily before, and the Tucheng defenses carefully managed by the Yellow Turban thieves are probably going to be destroyed by the rain."
"That's right." Lou Gui also twisted his beard and said with a smile. "And it's not just the earth city wall. In my opinion, several temporary piers built in the city will also be seriously damaged. In addition, the defenders
Along the way, the leaders of the city mainly fight with bows and arrows from a high position, and when the bowstrings get wet on rainy days, they suffer even more!"
"If you follow what Uncle Zi said, it would be more advantageous to attack the city on a rainy day?" Cao Cao couldn't help but asked curiously.
"That's not true." Gongsun Xun shook his head and said. "In the final analysis, it's just that this earth city is too small. It needs to be replaced by a large city with complete city defense. The city wall is clean and wide, and the equipment can be well stored. It can be attacked on a rainy day.
You are asking for trouble. As far as today is concerned, I can only say that I will not suffer a loss, but it will be equally hard to attack the city!"
Everyone nodded one after another and looked back at the battlefield ahead.
By the way, under the banner of the Han Army, three thousand disciples of the Li family were attacking the city from the west, south and north at the same time under the banner of the Han Army. Because the bows and arrows were damp in the rain, their vision was somewhat affected.
Therefore, the warring parties mostly abandoned bows and arrows, and mainly used swords, shields, spears and spears. On the other hand, as Gongsun Xun, Lou Gui and others said, the earthen cities and those hastily built fortifications in Weixiang were destroyed the day before yesterday.
A lot of it collapsed in the heavy rain, but the Han army found a breakthrough when they came up.
Therefore, as soon as the two sides engaged in combat, it was a direct hand-to-hand fight.
However, despite the rain, mud, and hard-fought hand-to-hand combat, the two sides, which seemed to have similar momentum and similar numbers, quickly widened the gap.
The Han army on this side are all descendants of the Li family. They are clans, township parties, and neighbors. They watch and help each other and never leave each other.
At the same time, the leader of the Han army, Li Jin, also performed particularly well. He was surrounded by dozens of elite tribesmen, all of whom were warriors who had been hanging out in Onezawa, Pu River, and Jishui all year round. They had extremely rich combat experience. And he himself was also quite experienced.
Showing his bravery and heroism, he actually held a sword in one hand and a shield in his own hands to attack and kill.
Such a posture is quite consistent with his name, and he has a somewhat indomitable momentum.
In contrast, the Yellow Turban Army was mentally confused and fighting on their own.
The attack on the rainy day was unexpected. After the earth wall was breached, they were even more at a loss. In addition, Wang Du, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in Weixiang, no matter how shameless and courageous he was, he would not be able to command thousands of people on the entire front on the rainy day.
The battle experience of the confrontation... In fact, under the drenching rain, Wang Du just felt at a loss and couldn't figure out the situation of the battle, let alone command calmly?
Therefore, for a time, the Yellow Turban Army retreated in succession, causing commotion everywhere. It was as if the Han army overran the defense line in one fell swoop and lost three city walls.
"Wen Qi is really like a god with his troops." Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh again as he rode back from the rain. "Soon after the battle, our army won on three sides, but the Yellow Turban Army was defeated on three sides. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, how could I have imagined it?
How can attacking a city on a rainy day be so effective?"
"I also underestimated the wisdom of the lord." Lou Gui shook his head and sighed after hearing this. "I just thought about the city walls, piers, and arrows, but I forgot that wars are ultimately about people... This Li family's tribute
Most of the troops that came out were descendants of clans, who were involved in each other and knew each other well. They had no intention of wavering in the chaotic battle, but the Yellow Turban bandits were mostly a ragtag group that had only been in force for two months. In the chaotic battle, they had no time to take care of themselves and were unwilling to help each other...
...It seems that the monarch had thought of this from the beginning, and it was because he did not want to lose the opportunity to fight that he asked Li Tuizhi to attack the city as soon as he arrived!"
As soon as this statement came out, all the officers around him suddenly realized it. Among them, such as Guan Yu, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun, Chu Yan, and Zhang Fei were all thinking deeply, while Wei Yue and those Sima and military princes who came from the Northern Army in Luoyang were all thinking.
But he kept patting him and praising him repeatedly.
Surrounded by everyone, Gongsun Xun, who was under the umbrella guard of honor, couldn't help but smile slightly, as if he was holding a pearl of wisdom... However, no one around him probably thought that this handsome general with five senses had never thought that a chaotic battle on a rainy day would be possible.
Such an effect, or in other words, even if it was a sunny day today, he would still force Li Jin to attack the city quickly.
First, Li Jin led three thousand soldiers who had just arrived. He was about to use their momentum to fight hard and take a look at their combat effectiveness;
Secondly, Gongsun Xun was unwilling to waste time and continued to delay in a mere Wei Township. You must know that the Yellow Turbans in Dongjun still occupied more than a dozen cities. How could he have so much time to continue wandering?
It rains, it rains, it clears, and it hails!
As soon as he thought of this, Gongsun Xun suddenly raised his hand to stop everyone's clapping, and the area around the umbrella cover became quiet for a while. Only the shouts of death not far away, the sound of raindrops, and the drumming behind him were still loud and clear.
That’s all.
"Xuande, Yuanrang, and the two Sima Guo and Yang." Gongsun Xun ordered with a straight face. "Although I didn't punish you for the previous defeat, the defeat against such a small city is embarrassing after all...
…The four of you should lead your respective deployments, supervise the battle forward, press in from the west of the city, set off immediately, and be sure to help Li Jin end this battle quickly!"
Xiahou Dun, Liu Bei, and two other commanders immediately accepted the order, and regardless of their injuries, they reined up their horses and returned to their bases. Then they ordered their knights to dismount and prepare to push into Weixiang City.
"Zidu (Wei Yue), Yide (Zhang Fei)." After watching the four people leave, Gongsun Xun continued. "You two go to the south and north of the city respectively. Don't attack the city... The main purpose is to cruise and oppress. Be sure to block it.
Cut off the Yellow Turban bandits' routes from these two directions, and after the bandits are defeated, you still have to follow them and pursue them."
Wei Yue and Zhang Fei, who had just arrived from Yan County for just one day, were naturally smiling.
"Marquis Chu." Gongsun Xunfu called out to Chu Yan again.
"The end is here!" Chu Yan was excited.
"You set off now and go to the east of the city to lay an ambush on the road to Puyang... When Wang Du leads the defeated troops there, you must let Wang Du and a few of the defeated troops go, and then cut off most of the deserters." Gongsun Xun said.
He said, and then took a serious look at the three Qu Junhou who were responsible for pursuing the defeated soldiers, but couldn't help but ask, "Do you understand what I mean?"
"Understood!" Chu Yan quickly handed over his hand. "The first priority is to let Wang Du and a few defeated soldiers go, and the second is to eliminate the defeated soldiers! We will never miss anything!"
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty!"
"There will definitely be nothing wrong." Zhang Fei and Wei Yue quickly answered with their hands in hand.
"Let's get ready!" Gongsun Xun nodded slightly and said no more.
The army pressed forward, trying to end the battle quickly. Of course, there was no need to say anything, but letting Wang Du go, but Cao Cao, who was as curious as a baby, became confused again. When the generals left, he simply asked:
"Wen Qi, what do you mean? If Wang Du died in the city, it would be fine. If he escaped, why would you let him go? Why is this that you still pretend to be a defeated soldier and try to defraud the city?"
"No!" Gongsun Xun shook his head repeatedly. "Puyang City is too big, and there are too many troops. If we cheat the city, more people will be suspicious, but if there are fewer people, it will be useless... After all, we still have to lure them out of the city.
Just come. This move is just to suppress Bu Ji and the bandits in Puyang City!"
Everyone who understood but didn't understand either nodded again or praised General Gongsun again.
The battle situation quickly changed decisively... As a large number of fresh troops suddenly pressed in from the west, the Han army almost instantly overwhelmed the opponent's west defense line.
As for the defense of the city, if a single line is broken, a line will be broken, and if a line is broken, a whole city will be broken. As the entire west side of the city wall was captured by the Han army, the Yellow Turban Army collapsed almost immediately... Thousands of soldiers, most of them instinctively moved towards the Han Army.
Leaving the enemy to the east, a small number of people who thought they were smart tried to break out from the north and south sides, but were strangled to death by the well-prepared Han army.
At this time, unlike the Han army officers who were becoming more and more comfortable under the umbrella, beside a pier in the city, the Yellow Turban Army coach Wang Du was already leaving in panic... This former Dong'e County magistrate
Cheng had just been dragged back from the front line by his close subordinates. Not only was he wet and dripping with blood, the armor on his body had already come off due to the heavy mud, and the yellow scarf on his forehead was dyed into an unbearable color.
The color of his name can only reveal his identity if he has more than a hundred confidants gathered around him.
After taking a few breaths, Wang Du suddenly threw away a confidant who was trying to help him, climbed onto the slippery pier beside him with a knife, and then stood up and tried to observe the battle situation. However, looking around,
I saw Han troops everywhere in Weixiangtu City, and the Yellow Turban Army was completely defeated... Some people tore off their headscarves in panic, some knelt down and asked to surrender, some gathered in a crowd and fled, and some just raised their knives to kill themselves if they didn't want to be prisoners!
In the dripping rain, Wang Du couldn't help but cry to the sky when he saw such a tragic scene, and then he was about to draw his knife and commit suicide. However, he was stopped again by several cronies who followed him, took away the knife, and dragged him to the east of the city.
go.
However, it was not safe during the escape. After seven or eight miles of panic, the Han army even had an ambush of hundreds of riders waiting here for a long time. They immediately rushed out and intercepted the fleeing group. Of course, this group of ambush soldiers only focused on blocking
The brigade, Wang Du and his cronies narrowly escaped with their lives.
After fleeing for about five or six miles, and seeing no pursuers behind them, everyone managed to take a breath and sat down on the road to rest.
Among them, Wang Du fell down on the muddy ground in a daze, looking back to the west where the shouts of killing were still faintly heard. After being stunned for a long time, he opened his mouth and said sadly: "You have all been my confidants for many years. You should all know that I
I don’t believe in the so-called Huang Tian. That day when I was seizing the city in Dong’a to revolt, I just felt that the county magistrate Wen Shengsheng was an incompetent person, but relied on his family background and official position to repeatedly bully and ridicule me, so I tried to take advantage of the Yellow Turbans to take revenge on him.
That’s it. What’s the result? Cheng Li came out halfway and forced me out of Dong’a. At that time, I was so ashamed and angry that I couldn’t bear it..."
"Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this!" Someone nearby heard something was wrong and quickly tried to persuade him. "Even if we were defeated by Cheng Li that day, didn't we survive it? In my opinion, Puyang Bushuai is a generous man, even though today
If we lose, we may not be punished by the king. Let’s go to Puyang and settle down before we discuss the future.”
"I am not worried about my personal future!" Wang Du held a handful of mud in one hand and said angrily. "I, Wang Du, also know how to be loyal! You must know that after Dong'a's defeat, I was desperate and went to Puyang. Bu Shuai
He was generous and did not take it seriously. Instead of leaving me idle, he gave me three thousand soldiers and horses to station in Weixiang... I secretly swore in my heart that day that I would work with all my heart to repay Commander Bu's kindness... But only now
After guarding for several days, the city, troops and horses were completely lost so easily? How can I have the dignity to go to Puyang to see Commander Bu now?!"
Hearing this, the confidant breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I dare to ask the king, if you just died in the city, can you repay Commander Bu's kindness? If you are sitting in the mud and resentful, you can repay the favor.
Is Bu handsome?"
"What should we do?" Wang Du couldn't help crying again.
"The Han army is coming with great force, and it is difficult to match the elites." The man became more relaxed. "Sooner or later, Commander Bu will face the Han army. At this time of recruiting people, no matter how incompetent you are, Wang Jun, you still have the strength of an ordinary man, right?
Not to mention that we, the hundreds of disciples who have been raised by you for many years and are willing to live and die with you, are finally a force, right? In this case, why can’t the king endure these humiliations and stay useful in Puyang?
Is it right to be a pawn at the top of the city, holding a gun and fighting for Commander Bu, but to be victorious and cry in the fields, and to die in the chaos?"
After listening to the persuasion of this confidant, Wang Du said nothing, just stood up holding back tears, and then led the crowd in panic to Puyang in the northeast.
In this way, Weixiang came down in one day.
So far, all three cities on the west side of Puyang were lost, and there was no longer any defense. In addition, the defeated troops returned in panic, and the Han army regrouped with the white horses, which also made Bu Jing very nervous. On the one hand, he asked the Puyang city to defend carefully, and on the other hand, Bu Jing was very nervous.
On the one hand, they quickly mobilized the troops in the cities on the east side and the cities in Hebei, trying to redeploy in response.
However, after gathering the troops and taking a short rest on the white horse, the Han army's commander-in-chief, Wugan Zhonglang general Gongsun Xun, repeated his old tricks, leaving only Yang Kai alone to lead the local warriors to defend the white horse, and the iron ropes and boats turned into
After crossing the pontoon bridge, the whole army crossed the river again and swept towards the cities in Hebei Province.
The first one to bear the brunt was Dunqiu.
The battle at Dunqiu was fought extremely easily... The Yellow Turban reinforcements originally gathered here had already been redeployed due to Gongsun Xun's actions in Henan, but Cao Mengde's former official Le Jin took the opportunity to contact and encourage them because of the Han army's performance.
more people!
As a result, Li Jin led his troops in formation to scale the city, but before the battle began, Le Wenqian commanded his troops to seize the city gate. The Han cavalry rode in, and Zhang Fei fought for the head of the local commander... The whole battle could be
It can be said to be invincible.
That's not all. Now that Dunqiu was captured, Gongsun Xun went on without stopping. According to Cao Cao's advice, Le Jin and his township party disguised themselves as defeated Yellow Turban soldiers, and headed all the way to Weiguo County where Le Jin's family was located that day.
.
Weiguo was only twenty or thirty miles away from Dunqiu, and the troops were defeated one after another. In the panic, Le Wenqian naturally captured the city gate again on the spot, and the Han cavalry immediately followed and broke into the city... In the evening, Weiguo
The stool is restored.
"Wen Qian fought bravely, swiftly and with extraordinary courage. He really has the style of a famous general in ancient times!" Gongsun Xun also rushed to Weiguo County in the evening of the same day, but he immediately rode to the top of the city to face the battle that day.
Le Jin, who had made the first contribution to the righteous cause, greatly praised him. "How can such a person be subordinated to a county official?! Why not lead the local people to join the army and follow me to sweep away the Yellow Turbans in order to achieve great success?"
Le Jin was short in stature and only reached the tip of Gongsun Xun's nose in front of him. At this moment, although his heart was moved when he heard such words, he still took the initiative to look at Cao Cao who was similar in stature to him and saw the latter holding his hands behind his back.
Smile, and then I happily agreed.
Although Gongsun Xun was a little aggrieved when he saw this, he had no choice but to do it...Who made this happy to come up was that he was Cao Mengde's subordinate? No matter in my mother's story or in front of me, it seemed that Cao Aman had brought it with him as soon as he appeared on the scene.
That kind of absolute team.
Thinking about it, Cao Cao came to serve as the Dunqiu Order not long after he came of age. And Lejin, a native of Weiguo County who is only a short distance away from Dunqiu, is so capable and also so short. It is no wonder that Cao Cao came to the throne so early.
Discovered him.
However, Gongsun Xun thought to himself that his team was not bad. Seeing that the good general in front of him had already had a good reputation, he stopped thinking about it, generously offered the other party the status of a general, and returned to business.
"Where will our army go?" Le Jin blushed. He captured two county towns with a bang. Cao Cao couldn't help but get carried away. He just twisted his beard on top of the city and pretended to be a god with troops.
"I watched Wenqi let the local commander and some remaining soldiers cross the river to Puyang. I thought it would be better to mobilize the Puyang troops... Ke Dunqiu, Weiguoju and Puyang are across the river, and our army is waiting here.
, they shouldn’t come here without permission with the risk of being attacked by our army halfway across, right? Why not continue to fight, uproot the cities, isolate Puyang, and force them to leave the city for a decisive battle!"
"What Brother Meng De said is true!" Gongsun Xun stood at the top of the city and stared at the looming Yellow River embankment in the south. He had some doubts. "But if we go further down, where should we turn? We should continue to sweep in Hebei.
Take Dongwuyang in the east, send it to Zhucheng, and completely cut off the connection between Dongjun Huangjin and Zhangjiao? Or should we cross the river again, penetrate Xiancheng, Zhencheng, and Fanxian, open up Dong'a, connect Qingxu, and completely isolate
Where is Puyang? Brother Mengde has always had great ideas, can you teach me?"
Cao Cao thought for a moment, then immediately put down the hand that was twirling his beard like Lou Gui, and stood with his hands tied, saying nothing more.
However, Cao Mengde probably didn't expect that Gongsun Xun was partly teasing him, but partly he really didn't know how to make a decision... In other words, at this time, Gongsun Xun was fully equipped with both cavalry and infantry, sufficient morale, military supplies, and fierce generals and counselors.
To the point of overflowing, then the so-called strong soldiers and generals, except for Puyang, which has a high city and a dangerous pool, and heavy troops stationed there, can't move, I'm afraid they can attack wherever they want!
"Speaking of Dong Wuyang," just when Gongsun Xun was about to decide on a strategy for entering the army, Shen Pei, who was rarely by his side, suddenly said, "I have an old friend there, and I wanted to use his help to follow suit.
The person who did what Le Wenqian did today, unfortunately, only after asking the locals outside the city, we found out that he is not in the countryside now, but went to Qingzhou for a study tour long before the chaos broke out..."
Gongsun Xun couldn't help but be curious: "Since he is a good friend of Zhengnan, I guess he is also a heroic man."
"Of course." Shen Pei also looked at the Yellow River in the distance and nodded slightly. "This man's surname is Chen Minggong and his courtesy name is Gongtai. He has always been generous, fierce, upright, and resourceful!"
Gongsun Xun was startled, and then he couldn't help but secretly thought... If he is this person, no wonder he is an old friend of you!
It's a pity that this person is not here!
"It's just a pity that this person is not here." Before Gongsun Xun could say anything, Shen Pei shook his head. "Otherwise, Dong Wuyang would have been easily defeated!"
"Since Chen Gongtai is not here, let's go see Cheng Zhongde!" Gongsun Xun laughed dumbly. "Let Qianzhao stay here to monitor Puyang. The rest of the army will set off tomorrow. In front of Bu Ji, we will chain up the iron ropes and cross the river south. We must
Turn Puyang into an isolated city!"
Under the setting sun, on the top of the city, the embankment of the Yellow River was reflected in the distance. From Cao Cao down, all the generals bowed their hands and listened to orders.
————I am the dividing line that surrenders to orders————
"Taizu attacked the Yellow Turbans of Dongjun, and the bandit commander Bu led his troops to Puyang and defended with his back to the river. Taizu avoided it when he saw it. He crossed the Yellow River several times but did not take it." - "New Book of Yan". Volume 1. Taizu.
The Anthology of Emperor Zuwu
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