Chapter 27: Do your best to get off the mountain (Part 2)
Now that Zhou Tai rose up and moved forward, Cao Jun's formation was actually difficult to maintain. And once his man died, it gave Yan Jun a complete grasp of the overall advantage.
On the battlefield, the Yan Army cavalry, which received the highest instructions, began to prepare in an orderly manner under the supervision of their respective generals, and quickly entered the new battle. The division of labor was clear and the efficiency was amazing!
Among them, the armored cavalry concentrated in the western part of the battlefield, and began to use Qu, Tun, and teams as units to quickly sweep and kill Zhou Tai, Chen Wu, and Xu Sheng, who had fallen into a state of collapse. Liu Bei gathered a total of two recognized elite troops and a naval force.
, a group of infantry, each numbering about ten thousand people, can now basically declare the demise of the organization. Even if a few thousand remnants can be gathered in the end, they are destined to be like the cavalry beside Cao Mengde today, no longer embarrassing.
One use.
Liu Bei's elite troops were completely lost, and Cao Cao's more than 9,000 Chinese troops were not spared either.
In fact, just as the armored cavalry rapidly expanded its results and strangled and eliminated the elite troops of Liu Bei's third battalion, the Yan army's light cavalry also quickly re-launched suppression because of the arrival of real arrow reserves from the direction of the Guandu camp, targeting the original formation.
There was some confusion, and because Zhou Tai suddenly moved westward, Du Xi's troops were surrounded by three sides.
However, the Du Xibu, which is also directly under the Central Army and even has better equipment because of Cao Cao, performed somewhat unsatisfactory... Or to put it bluntly, compared with the previous three battalions of Zhou Tai, Chen Wu and Xu Sheng
, Du Xibu's toughness, combat power, and battlefield reaction speed were all significantly inferior.
The Yan army's light cavalry repeated their old tricks, scattering arrows over a large area. Instead of waiting for the casualties and armored cavalry to regroup and attack, the casualties did not reach a certain limit, and their troops actually seemed to be wavering.
This naturally aroused discussion among the Yan army's central military staff who were approaching the front line again.
It should be noted that according to the discussion between the Yan Army and the elite troops of the Cao and Liu families before the war, in terms of the number of troops and the population of the two families, it is generally believed that both families should have troops, and they can only maintain about 20,000 troops.
The core elite troops - Liu Bei's side is straightforward. They have more than 10,000 sailors and less than 10,000 Chinese soldiers. They have all been accounted for; but Cao Cao does not have a navy, so the previous analysis of Jing'antai should be that Le
Jin leads the frontline with 5,000 soldiers and 3,000 tiger and leopard cavalry. There may be a small number of elite troops at Xiahou Dun, and the rest will naturally be Cao Cao's middle army.
But obviously, the performance of Cao Cao's central army at this time was obviously not worthy of its name.
"What do Wen He and Gongda think?" Gongsun Xun listened to the discussions of the staff beside him, but suddenly became involved in this seemingly nonsense question. "Why is Cao Cao's army in such a bad situation?"
"Excuse me for speaking frankly." Xun You watched the battle in silence, and Jia Xu smiled bitterly and could only answer. "If you want to find an explanation..."
"What about?"
"For example, at this time, the enemy's large formation can no longer be maintained, one of the three troops has been defeated, and the outcome of the battle is clear, so the enemy is already frightened."
"That makes sense."
"For another example," Jia Wenhe continued to sigh while clasping his hands on the horse. "The general's courage is also a soldier. Looking at the unyielding behavior of Zhou Tai and Zhou Youping before, it is enough to be called a hero. It can be seen that his troops should be as good at fighting as their generals.
If you can be unyielding, you dare to die. However, Cao Mengde was in a hurry to encounter a surprise attack by our army. In order to set up a large formation, he forcibly divided the originally integrated Chinese army into three and asked his two subordinates to set up separate formations. Not to mention the failure of the soldiers.
I don’t think that these two people in Cao’s army can be as brave and powerful as Zhou Youping..."
"This is natural." Gongsun Xun also sighed. "How many people in the world can compare with Zhou Tai's attitude just now? Not to mention that Mao Jie is a moral civil servant, and Du Xi is a young man from the Yingchuan family.
, even if you are talented, wise and courageous, you still lack a bit of the spirit of a general...it is naturally not enough!"
"What His Highness said is true." Xun You finally interjected without changing his expression. "Du Zixu is a beautiful person both inside and outside, which can be used for many purposes, but after all, the beautiful things are just beautiful things. They can be used as crowns, clothes, or quilts.
It can also be used to wrap the handle of a knife, and it can also be used to wipe the blade when necessary, but how can it directly intersect with the blade?"
"Well said." Gongsun Xun nodded immediately and replied without even looking at Xun Gongda. "But being born in this world, what is there to complain about? He is the only one who has been wasted by troubled times and even lost innocent lives.
?"
Xun You immediately had nothing to say.
Gongsun Xunfu looked at Jia Xu again: "What Wen He said just now seems to have a unique theory from the beginning... So, do you think there is another reason why Du Xijun's formation is far inferior to the previous three battalions?"
"Of course." Jia Wenhe also looked serious. "I have been watching it just now, but I always feel that the gap between Du Xibu and Zhou Tai's three departments is too big... What do you think of Gongda?"
Xun You, who was asked about it, nodded slightly: "That's true."
"Therefore," Jia Wenhe turned around and responded seriously. "I think that Du Xi's tribe seems to be inferior to Zhou Tai, Chen Deng and Xu Sheng."
Gongsun Xun narrowed his eyes slightly in thought.
But Jia Wenhe continued: "But I also believe that Jing'antai's previous judgment based on territory, population, and total military strength that Cao Cao can maintain approximately 20,000 core elites is absolutely correct, because this condescending judgment is inherently wrong.
It is impossible to make a mistake, it is just a question in "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic". Therefore..."
"Therefore, if Cao Cao lacks thousands of elite infantry here, there will definitely be more of them elsewhere?" Gongsun Xun suddenly reined in his horse and turned around, sneering. "Then where are they?"
Jia Xu smiled in agreement and said nothing.
But Gongsun Xun directly asked and answered himself: "Maybe Cao Ren, maybe Li Jin's headquarters still has the greatest trust and support from Cao Mengde, maybe both... But no matter what, the Cao Cao in front of him is actually better than imagined.
Is it a coincidence that he was so cautious this time, but placed Zhou Tai's third camp to the west? Just like when I came up, I only focused on Liu Bei's core troops and didn't let go, is it also a coincidence?"
Jia Xu and Xun You were speechless, but Tian Yu, Pang De, and other scribes and retainers except Wang Xiang were all talking about it.
"Guo Rang." Probably because he had seen Tian Yu's determination to wash away the defeat at the beginning of the war, Gongsun Xun's tone could not help but soften a little at this time. "Go and organize your troops to assist in the battle. After the surrounding ministries are defeated, you have to
Take advantage of the situation and pounce in front of Cao Cao's main formation... Then tell Cao Mengde for me that the yellow harvest will be good this year, and tell him not to worry too much. In any case, the prisoners of war can still afford it."
Tian Yu was confused, but he still followed the order and left.
As the sun set, light cavalry galloped to suppress them, and armored cavalry came and went to attack. At this point in the battle, there was actually nothing to say. Du Xi's tribe and Mao Jie's tribe had all collapsed. Mao Jie was seen committing suicide by Yuwen Black Otter, and Du
However, Xi and Chen Wu lost their traces for a while. They didn't know where they were going, and they didn't know whether they took advantage of the chaos to escape, lost the flag and were still fighting on the battlefield, or simply died long ago.
Although the two armies were defeated, Cao Cao's headquarters showed great resilience. While gathering the defeated troops, he blocked the defense and did not disperse at all. On the contrary, Li Tong's troops finally became unstable after the Yan army concentrated on driving away the defeated troops.
So far, there is no doubt that the main force of Cao Cao's army has been defeated like a mountain. All the cavalry officers of Yan's army have also adjusted their preparations and determined the strategy of first defeating Li Tong to isolate Cao Cao's main formation, and then encircling him to achieve great feats.
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But at this time, a sudden change occurred. The Huang Gai tribe who had previously pretended to surrender finally turned back from the north bank of Jishui, and gathered defeated troops along the way to attack the scattered troops of the Yan army, as if they were converging with the main force of Cao's army... Such a well-equipped army
, with clear flags, it may not be called a new force, but it definitely poses a major threat. How could the Yan army dare to neglect it when they were vigilant? Therefore, without Gongsun Xun’s instructions, all the troops turned north one after another, trying to stop Huang Gongfu’s attack first.
Rise up.
And at this time, Tian Yu finally saw an opportunity to fulfill Gongsun Xun's instructions... However, in such a melee, it was unrealistic to convey Gongsun Xun's original words, so Tian Guorang just took advantage of the slight insecurity near Cao Cao's headquarters.
In such a chaotic situation, he ordered hundreds of cavalry beside him to shout the word "neihuang" towards Cao Cao's flag, and then galloped north to attack Huang Gai.
The sky was getting darker and darker, and an inexplicable shout seemed to have no direct effect, because this sentence should have been used when besieging Cao Cao's main formation, instead of leaving after shouting like now. So, wrapped in half a sheet
Tian Yu, who had a face and half a leg, didn't know that with his shout, Cao Mengde, who had been insisting on command all afternoon, remained unwavering in the face of the collapse of the entire army, but Huang Gai appeared in time and gained a glimmer of hope.
Just when he had a chance to breathe, and maybe even get a chance to escape at night, he suddenly fell into a strange gaffe.
Cao Mengde knew better than anyone what the hell was inside. This shout made his heart completely freeze. It took him half a quarter of an hour to regain his clarity and continue to hold on.
The setting sun in Guandu was like blood, and the soldiers sacrificed their lives to fight and chase south and north. However, in the Neihuang area of Hebei, which is about 250 miles away in a straight line north of Guandu, it was a completely different peaceful scene.
At noon, the sun was still shining brightly here, so that Le Wenqian could see the sparkling inner Huangze core water area in the sun more than ten miles away. However, by the afternoon, the place gradually became cloudy and cool. Experienced
The old farmer knows in his heart that this is a sign of cold rain and coolness in autumn and winter, but it will probably take a day or two until it rains, that is, it will not happen until winter enters early October.
Having said that, from a military perspective, such weather seems to be slightly more favorable to the main force of Sun Ce's Seventh Army, which has arrived at the Qinghe River outside Neihuang City.
First of all, once it rains, the marching speed will inevitably be affected... But at that time, Sun Ce and others had already arrived at the gate of Yecheng, and even the Tongque Tower had been occupied as a military camp. On the contrary, reinforcements that might arrive from the surrounding areas were also
Because of the ban, Gao Shun's Second Division will be greatly delayed in advancing and will be even more affected.
In addition, Sun Ce and others marched here in a day. Because the pioneer Le Jin made no mistakes all the way, faked the Hebei flag, and did not stop along the way, there was no obvious armed conflict. But that was all, because
They are about to cross the Qinghe River and seize Neihuang City to take a breather. This is a necessary transit and rest, otherwise they will not have the strength to attack Yecheng... In other words, starting from this evening, the risk of exposure will be greatly increased.
, and the rain will undoubtedly provide them with a perfect cover, and will also slow down the possible escape of the powerful men.
All in all, the cold autumn and winter rains that may come tomorrow or the day after tomorrow will be slightly beneficial to Sun Ce and other surprise troops.
Back to the present, Neihuang County is the only unavoidable big city between Puyang and Yecheng, because there are too many and dense cities if you go east, and Neihuangze blocks the way if you go west. As for this
The city itself, as the name suggests, is located on the inside of Huangze...really on the inside.
The Huangze with a radius of dozens of miles is a product of the old course of the Yellow River. After the Yellow River changed its course, due to the injection of water and the flow of the Qinghe River, it has never withered. Instead, it has been lying sideways in Hebei in the shape of a teardrop.
The southern section. The almost straight coastline from northwest to southeast on the east side of Daze forms a perfect angle of about 60 degrees with the Qinghe River passing by and flowing to the northeast. Together with another tributary of the Qinghe River further north,
However, two rivers and one lake formed a triangular area that was not closed but was obvious enough.
Surrounded by water on three sides, this was naturally a gift from heaven in the agricultural era. Therefore, the water conservancy here was developed and the land was abundant, so that it was naturally formed into a county. Neihuang City is located in the middle of this triangle.
There were some clouds in the sky, but they did not completely cover the setting sun. Sun Ce's Seventh Army, which had controlled the ferry as early as noon, and built a pontoon bridge in the afternoon, had already crossed the Qinghe River with all four armies and entered Daze.
In the triangle area surrounded by the river, most of Sun Ce's headquarters had already crossed the river. Only Sun Ce himself delayed again, specifically instructing Li Jin to destroy the pontoon bridge after crossing the river to prevent the possible return of the forbidden troops.
aid.
And when the last trace of light hidden behind the clouds was about to disappear, Cao Hong's troops, who were second to last, finally completed crossing the river, and even Li Jin's troops at the rear began to march. It seemed that everything was going well. But at this time, the troops who arrived at the foot of Neihuang City in the dark
Le Jin encountered some unexpected troubles.
They failed to deceive the city.
Under the banner of Hebei and pretending to be Cheng Yu's Yingzhou soldiers, the Yuejin tribe was rejected by the city. The reason was that according to the system, Neihuang did not receive a notice from Yingzhou troops to garrison in Yecheng, and even if it was a military secret and the military situation was urgent,
There is no reason to put so many soldiers and horses into the city to rest.
In addition, people outside the city even asked why so many soldiers and horses came from Yingzhou, but instead of crossing the boundary bridge from the north and going along the Zhang River to Yecheng for preparation, they came from the southeast instead?
The speechless officer of Lejin Division turned around to report, but Le Wenqian didn't take it seriously... Because the battle in Neihuang City was already within the plan, could he really expect to disguise himself all the way to Yecheng?
Then scare the dignitaries of Yan State into surrendering directly?
"Follow General Huang Hansheng to inform him and ask him to prepare for the response. Wang Sima went around to the north gate of Neihuang, Han Sima went around to the east gate of Neihuang, and a group of soldiers were also sent to ambush the west gate to prevent anyone from escaping."
As he spoke, Le Wenqian put on his armor and prepared himself, but he put six or seven ring-headed knives directly on his waist and tied behind his back. Then he led his soldiers forward and calmly gave orders. "Soldiers of this headquarters, follow me up first.
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The surrounding officers took their orders and left, and no one tried to dissuade Le Jin from taking the lead as the commander of an army... Isn't this nonsense? How did Le Wenqian ever fall behind the soldiers in a battle? Henan and Hebei, who knows?
At dusk, the light was dim. Le Jin directly led hundreds of soldiers to the city. However, he was not in a hurry to climb the city. Instead, he signaled again to let his officers continue to try to deceive the city, or to delay the time, until the sky was completely dark, so that he could easily lock the city.
Just go up.
"Is there someone who can make the decision in the city? Even if our Yingzhou troops and horses are not allowed to enter the city, can a few of our officers be allowed to enter?" A younger officer from the Lejin Department accepted the suggestion and stepped forward. "We have been marching hard for days. It's really hard.
I want to go into the city and have a rest."
Someone on the city immediately responded solemnly: "According to the law, officers leading troops must guard the military camp even if they are within their command."
The officer of the Yue Jin Department raised his eyebrows and immediately became arrogant: "I heard that you are also from Henan. What, have you heard my Henan accent? I must let you know that my surname is Cheng, and I am the Mu of Yingzhou, Chenggong.
Uncle Clan! Open the door quickly!"
The respondent in the city who clearly spoke with an accent from the south bank of the Yellow River couldn't help but hesitate, causing Le Jin to lower his head and sneer, but he suddenly interrupted and threatened the other party with a rough voice: "What, are you scared? Let me tell you, it's more than that.
!Does the city know who I am?! I am Guo Yuan, the captain of Pingyuan County in Yingzhou...Have you heard of the name Mu Zhonggong of Yongzhou? That is my uncle!"
The city remained silent. After a moment, as several braziers were suddenly lit on the city, a standard Central Plains accent immediately rang out angrily at the top of the city: "Le Wenqian, are you so shameless? I, Guo Yuan, have seen wealth robberies in my life.
I’ve never seen someone who robbed my uncle in front of others!”
The setting sun had completely disappeared, and under the light of the city's fire, Le Jin suddenly raised his head, his color changing for a moment.
————I am the dividing line that changes color temporarily————
"At the end of the Han Dynasty, Du Zixu was defeated in Wuchao. He hurriedly led his troops into Wuchao Lake to take shelter. Looking at our light cavalry in the distance, their arrows were like rain, and their armored cavalry were flying in formation like a forest. Cao's army was suffering and suffering. He wanted to die but could not, so he looked up to the sky and sighed.
"I want to hear the roar of cranes on the mountain, can I get it again in this life?!" Then he cut his crown and came out, with his hair hanging down." - "Shishuo Xinyu". You Hui Chapter
ps: As expected, I am always lazy on the weekends...it is hard to wake up, but I am so shameless that I have gotten used to it.
