Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Time of the Day, Wei Ling is angry
At sunset, when Le Jin suddenly discovered that Pei Guo's old friend Guo Yuan was actually on top of the city, the Battle of Wuchao basically came to an end.
Huang Gai's arrival gave Cao Cao a life-saving breathing space, which prevented the latter from being completely surrounded. He was able to break out of the encirclement to the south and escape into the darkness as night fell, but that was all... because Huang Gong overthrew Cao Cao.
The troops left the camp at midnight yesterday and ran back and forth all day, covering a distance of sixty miles and crossing Jishui twice. It was basically the end of the war. Unlike the Yuejin troops who were on the run, they also rested for a while in Qinghe.
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Moreover, don't forget that the soldiers under Huang Gai's command are basically nothing now.
It's really cool. Huang Gai's tribe is a collection of the remnants of the four battalions after the bloody battle in Guandu that day. They are just like Xiahou Shang and Che Zhou's two thousand cavalry. Moreover, this battle itself is an abandoned son. No matter Cao Cao, Huang Gai
Neither I nor I will really put real combat power into it.
Just to make the performance more realistic, I ensured the equipment such as flags, drums, and armor.
Therefore, seeing Huang Gai coming from the north, the Yan army's cavalry turned around in a hurry. They just tried their best to drive away the defeated soldiers, and then made a gesture of trampling the cavalry. Huang Gai's entire army lost control completely and scattered in the wilderness for a while. Many people even tried to avoid it.
The sharp cavalry of the Yan army plunged directly into Wuchao Ze. Then, because of the darkness and the fatigue of their armor, they often fell into the mud and found it difficult to climb out.
Just think about it. At that time, the four battalions fought hard and were completely defeated in half a day. At that time, thousands of cavalry were galloping and they were overturned in one fell swoop. What can we do now, in this situation and this scene?
It's just that the timing of Huang Gai's arrival was too good, which had a certain strategic delay effect... This was later confirmed. After Huang Gai crossed Jishui, he knew that there was a war here, but he did not return in a hurry. Instead, he slowed down slightly and got stuck.
Arriving at the battlefield at sunset can be considered a bit of a general's strategy.
Since Huang Gai's tribe was defeated and it became dark, Cao Cao, Wenpin, and Li Tong all took the opportunity to march north. However, Gongsun Xun had no intention of forcing them to stay. Instead, he ordered the entire army to blow trumpets and assemble, asking all the troops to fight.
Clean up the battlefield. After all, after 35,000 cavalry have fought until this point, whether it is light cavalry or armored cavalry, it is no lie that both men and horses are exhausted. It is difficult to fight again after losing the stimulation of combat merit and adrenaline. Even if they are faced head-on in the dark night
The reinforcements that bumped into Cao Ren had no choice but to suffer heavy losses.
"Even if Huang Gai barely manages to defeat three battalions... that's fine!"
Under the torch, Gongsun Xun looked at the darkness in the direction of Cao Mengde's escape and was silent for a long time before speaking, but he seemed a little bored. "The soldiers are tired and the sky is dark. I ordered you to go there tomorrow, attract two thousand loyal followers, and gather some soldiers."
The horse chased south for ten miles to see if he could gain anything. After ten miles, no matter whether he succeeded or not, he immediately turned around and dispersed, drove a group of defeated soldiers northward, tried his best to drive the enemy troops on the battlefield into Wuchaoze, and then let them go.
The majority of the troops have returned to the camp for preparation, and you stay here to sweep and suppress them, and then send the troops over tomorrow to clean up the battlefield in detail."
Everyone hurriedly agreed.
This is of course. Just the armor and arrows scattered on the battlefield are a huge amount of military resources, not to mention the possible prisoners. It is impossible not to clean them specially... To put it bluntly, this battle
If you don't pick up the rags temporarily, I'm afraid it will be difficult to launch an offensive at the Guandu camp because there are not enough bows and arrows!
After the order was given, Pang De and others naturally accepted it. As the commander of the first army, Gongsun Xun, who had won an irrefutable victory, was unexpectedly not excited. He did not say anything more, and
He did not get along with the soldiers who sang Hebei folk songs on the battlefield, but led more than a thousand cavalrymen back to Guandu from the west. As he left, the songs and noise on the battlefield slowly disappeared, and the hustle and bustle ceased.
The Wuchao gradually calmed down during the day, leaving only blood filling the night sky, and occasionally wounded soldiers who could not bear the pain would cry out for help in low voices.
At the same time, just like two sides of the same thing, the Neihuang area, which had been peaceful and peaceful throughout the day, suddenly became noisy with the arrival of night.
In fact, when Le Jin heard that Guo Yuan, the captain of Yingzhou Plain, who was born in Pei State, already knew that something was wrong, but his expression only changed slightly, but he returned to normal. Because since this trip crossed the Yellow River,
Le Wenqian had already realized this. Can the pawns who crossed the river retreat?
Or in other words, do the pawns crossing the river, and the pawns crossing the river at the front, have any extravagant hopes? His color changed slightly before, but it was just that the march was too smooth one day after crossing the river, which made him a little nervous
It was just a bit of a fluke. But now that I think about it, it is not normal for the march to go so smoothly.
Of course, it is useless to think too much at this time, because after Le Wenqian realized it, there was no unnecessary nonsense, but immediately ordered the accompanying soldiers to test the siege!
However, even if Le Wenqian is known as a brave man and is known for being the first to ascend, even if his 5,000 Puyang soldiers have been fighting against the Yan army on the front line for several years and were recognized as "elite" by the Yan army's Jing'antai,
This wave of tentative rope siege failed completely as soon as it was launched.
The reason is very simple. It is not that the Yue Jin Department is tired from the distance, nor is it that the Yue Jin Department lacks equipment, but that there are too many defenders on the huge inner Yellow City!
The soldiers of the Lejin Division were ordered to step forward and first tried to climb the city with a rope, but they were easily killed on the top of the city. Basically, after they stabilized the rope, the rope was easily cut off by the top of the city as soon as they climbed halfway.
, fell heavily. With no choice, his troops could only move forward along the city wall near the inner Huangbei Gate, trying to find a weakly defended place to climb secretly, but almost everywhere they arrived, on top of the city
Then a fire suddenly broke out, lighting up the night sky, and at the same time, Jin Ge's shouts sounded above the head.
In this state, even the gods would not be able to 'board' the city through a surprise attack!
As the fires on the city became more and more dense, Le Wenqian did not rush to invest more troops, nor did he directly go into battle himself. Instead, he retreated slightly to a safe distance, calmly and calmly.
He looked at the grand scene at the top of the city with strange eyes.
Finally, as the entire north wall of Neihuang City was engulfed in flames, and as the other city gates that had been sent to intercept troops suddenly burst into flames, Le Jin was completely convinced that this was a trap!
Otherwise, Guo Yuan, who was an officer under the rule of Yingzhou, had no reason to be here, and the Yan army had no reason to hide so many soldiers in such a city and prepare so many lighting torches... which made Le Wenqian silent for a while.
What was so silent was that even though there were so many soldiers at the top of the city, and they had clearly heard his voice from the beginning, they actually didn't shoot an arrow from the beginning to the end!
what does that mean?
"General!"
Although he had been in battle for a long time, the subordinates beside Le Jin couldn't help but panic at this time. The young Puyang local officer who pretended to be Cheng Yu's nephew even lost his composure for a moment. "Why are there so many troops in the inner Huangtun camp?"
"Why are you panicking?" Hearing this, Le Wenqian came to his senses, but did not bother to raise his head and grinned at his subordinate. "Neihuang City is the only big city between Yecheng and Puyang. How many people have been stationed there?
Isn't it normal for thousands of soldiers to be prepared for a surprise attack? It's just that we were unlucky and happened to meet someone we know. After all, is it really impossible for our 30,000 troops to capture this mere county? When I die, it won't be too late for you to come and mourn me!
"
Le Jin's confident posture obviously made the soldiers around him relax a little. Without waiting for anyone to say anything, Cao Cao's first general with a foreign surname suddenly issued an order: "Pass my order... First, stop covering up, and the whole army raises fire."
Make noise to intimidate the defenders; secondly, get all the ladders and drums from the livestock behind and prepare them for use; thirdly, send an order to General Huang Hansheng behind him to come forward quickly, and when I attack the city
Lead the bows and crossbowmen to hold down the formation for me... In short, the whole army will prepare to attack the city immediately!"
The soldiers did not dare to neglect, but they all shouted in agreement.
For a moment, people above and below the city lit fires, and shouts and curses suddenly broke out. Then, as Huang Zhong hurriedly brought a large number of crossbowmen to take over the military formation and launched long-range suppression, Le Jin even ordered drums to be played to cheer, and then tried it himself
Climb the ladder to the city.
And the interesting thing is that with the sound of drums from the Music Department under the city, it was actually the inner Huangcheng that came to life first! The fire filled the entire city inside and outside, the watchtower, and the top of the city tower even had the sound of drums to send orders to the surrounding areas, and the crossbowmen
, the big shield bearer also responded forward as if he had just been awakened, setting up a shield to block the attack while firing at the castle.
Up to this point, the people above and below the city were yelling and shouting at each other, flying arrows were shooting at each other, the firelight was reflected up and down, and the drums were rumbling against each other... It was obvious that the surprise attack of the Central Plains Allied Forces instantly turned into a strong attack.
In other words, the Seventh Army must have some equipment when crossing the river, but in order to ensure speed, it is impossible to bring too much. Most of them are hooks and other objects used for climbing, which are essentially for raiding services...
In fact, according to the original plan, the seven armies led by Sun Ce were supposed to successfully raid Neihuang tonight and block the city gate, and then raid the Tongque Tower south of Ye City the next night, and use the Tongque Tower to
military reserves to try to capture Yecheng.
So far, behind this seemingly reasonable and smooth-sailing plan, there have been many magical soldiers of the Seventh Army descending from the sky. Not to mention the lucky mentality of the Yan army to surrender immediately, the key point is that now that they have just arrived in Neihuang, they have already fallen into a trap.
Got into some kind of awkward predicament.
Facing a well-defended city, siege equipment is a must...and the few ladders that were just placed on the shortest city wall east of the south gate of Neihuang were unexpectedly thrown by Yan, who had been prepared for it.
The army doused it with kerosene, and then set the city on fire. The soldiers of the Lejin Division were heartbroken.
Even Le Jin himself was doused with trouble. Thanks to his vigilance and taking the initiative to jump down to avoid the disaster, he escaped.
"General Le!"
Looking at the already burned ladder, Huang Hansheng, who was over 50 years old, felt helpless and could only hurriedly find Le Wenqian who had just stepped down and was changing his armor. "This is the deputy general designated by the military order. Please be sure to tell me directly."
, now the enemy seems to have been well prepared, and our attack on the city has been frustrated, what should we do?"
"It's just a setback, just attack again!" Facing Huang Zhong, Le Jin naturally would not learn how to pretend to deal with his soldiers, but he still looked at him with a look of disdain, and then directly snatched the hook from an officer beside him.
, then he stood up with his sword in his arms. "Please general, please prepare another formation for me... While the east ladder of the city gate was set on fire, and everyone else was watching excitedly, I swung up alone from the shadow of the west side of the city gate tower.
try again!"
Huang Zhong had no choice but to nod.
In other words, this truth is actually very simple... No matter what happened to the Yan army, whether it was an ambush or a coincidence, for the Seventh Army that raided here, at this moment, it was nothing more than two words: advance and retreat. And among them
, For the Yue Jin Department and Huang Zhong Department at the front, the so-called retreat is actually very unrealistic, so their most reasonable choice is to capture this city!
After capturing this city, if only the defenders in the city happen to be here, they can still march into Yexia; if there is already a dragnet on the outside, they can also rely on the city to hold on, and let's talk about the rest; otherwise, such a city will block us in the dark.
Before, it was difficult for the Confederate Army, which was at the end of its battle, to camp!
Huang Zhong came to ask on the premise that the city was difficult to enter, but since Le Jin still wanted to try, he naturally had nothing to say.
Back in front of us, the Confederate army was unable to attack the city, and their bows and arrows were temporarily stopped. The Yan army on the city naturally cheered and cheered, and several ladders were so bright that they almost became several natural large torches. The soldiers on both sides were eager to watch and rushed here.
Come and see.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Le Jin took the hook and personally sneaked to the west side of the city gate tower. Taking advantage of the slight shadow brought by the city gate tower itself, he threw it with all his strength and hooked up the battlements. There was no one there.
find.
Once he succeeded, he did not hesitate and directly grabbed the rope and climbed up the city wall. However, because his gloves were obviously stained with some oil and water, halfway up, Le Wenqian's hand suddenly slipped and fell directly on the wall.
land.
Huang Zhong stood behind the formation about a hundred steps away, urging the surrounding soldiers to shout and scold him on the city, but at the same time he only dared to peek at Le Jin's figure with the corner of his eye. At this time, when he saw Le Jin slipping away, he also lost his composure for a moment, feeling in his heart
I am not only confused about my future.
However, almost immediately, the figure with many ring-headed swords turned over and jumped up again, climbing again. It turned out that after Le Jin landed, he directly grabbed a handful of dust in his hand, and then climbed up again!
But this time, he had no danger until he reached the bottom of the battlements, but he attracted the attention of a Yan soldier on the top of the city... Amidst the noise, Le Wenqian did not hold his breath, but
When the opponent discovered the tight hook and exclaimed, he grabbed the hook directly under the battlements and jumped up, then flew up the city wall, then pulled out the knife and slashed across the opponent's front door, then turned around and killed the opponent.
The knife in his hand was inserted into the mouth of this vigilant soldier!
Blood spattered three feet, and the surrounding Yan soldiers were almost completely frightened. However, Le Jin did not hesitate, drew another knife from behind, slashed left and right, and began to kill arbitrarily on the city.
Almost at the same moment, Huang Hansheng, who was all excited, ordered the drums to be sounded again and the flying arrows to suppress it. The soldiers of Yan Army in the city were so shocked that they did not know what was going on. As for the Lejin guards who knew the situation, they did not wait for Huang Hansheng's order.
, they all rushed to the west of the city gate tower with their shields in hand, trying to use the rope to climb into the city!
At this time, the drums of the Yan army were heard above the city, and they re-dispatch their troops to deal with the chaos near the city gate tower. However, Le Jin had already killed five or six people in a row, and abandoned the second sword.
Yue Yong... The reason is very simple. After climbing the city wall, he discovered that although there were many soldiers on the city, they were essentially the most ordinary county soldiers. Although some of them obviously had combat experience, they were also obviously soldiers who had just been captured.
Recruited again, a little rusty.
"kill him!"
In the chaos of the battle, in the light of the fire, just as Le Jin was killing everyone and several personal guards were able to board the city, a familiar Henan accent suddenly sounded on the other side of the city gate tower, that is, on the east side. There was no doubt that
, it was Guo Yuan, the captain of Pingyuan who had talked with Le Jin before, who hurriedly turned back after burning the ladder and cleaned up the city. "This man is Le Wenqian. Kill him and his troops will collapse! Use a spear! Use a spear."
Bow and arrow! Be sure to kill him!"
Hearing this, Le Jin sneered, then bent down and rushed towards the east, killing two more people and throwing a knife. In the meantime, the officer pretending to be Cheng Yu's nephew climbed up to the top of the city and killed him bravely, successfully.
Join Le Wenqian and expand the results together!
Seeing this situation, Guo Yuan was in a panic, and because of his explosive personality, he directly snatched the spear of one of his subordinates beside him, and together with the other two spearmen, ordered them to stab forward side by side!
In other words, Neihuang is not a huge city. The upper level of the city gate is narrow and there are braziers and other objects, which means that three or four people can defecate at the same time. So Guo Yuan and his subordinates suddenly attacked Le Jin from both sides with spears.
As for his subordinates, they were immediately plunged into crisis and could only retreat continuously.
At the same time, the other soldiers of Yan Army who had caught a glimpse of the opportunity quickly followed suit and used this method to clean up the city. Not only Le Jin's other subordinates, but also four spearmen hurriedly gathered and immediately came from the other side, that is,
On the west side, spears were raised side by side with Guo Yuan and they stabbed at Le Jin and his subordinate.
The two had no choice but to stand back to back against the enemy next to a brazier. As they watched the spearmen on both sides gradually approaching, the moment Guo Yuan took the lead in stabbing from the east, Le Wenqian, who was originally facing east, suddenly leaned against him and kissed him.
Wei turned around with his back and took the initiative to attack the four spearmen on the west side!
I saw him struggling to block a spear, preparing to strike, but when the four spearmen in front of him were frightened, he suddenly lowered his head, passed the dangerous spearhead directly from under the spear, got under the spear frame, and then raised his hand
With one blow, four spears were cut off together! The four spearmen were all shocked and lost their strength. Le Jin seized the gap and slashed across the neck of one person, then turned his hand and tried to insert the sword into the abdomen of the other.
However, the second spearman, who was half-armored, turned around and tried to escape, but was stabbed by Le Jin. Although his abdominal cavity was ruptured on the spot, he was afraid that he would not be able to survive.
A ring-head knife broke off on the spot... However, Le Wenqian didn't panic, pulled out another knife from behind, and easily killed the man with a slash from behind.
So far, Le Wenqian had already killed more than a dozen people in just a moment after rushing onto the city wall. Although there were many Yan troops on the city wall, they were momentarily frightened by the killer who was shining with blood on his body. However, just
When Le Jin was about to chase and kill the two fleeing spearmen, he suddenly felt a slight sting in his ribs at the side and rear. When he turned around, he realized that it was his subordinate who was blocking and retreating.
He accidentally missed and was stabbed by Guo Yuan with a spear. After the spear passed through his subordinate's body, it pierced his side and back a little bit in the ribs.
In fact, Le Jin's subordinate, who was stabbed to the core, had already worked very hard. If he hadn't tried hard to relieve the force with his hands before he died, Le Jin would have been seriously injured.
Under the brazier, the two men looked back at each other almost at the same time. Unlike Le Jin's eyes with complicated emotions, the officer gritted his teeth and kept his expression simple, as if he just wanted to tell his general that he had tried his best.
Guo Yuan tried his best to draw the spear, but it was still difficult to move. He could only shake the officer's body. However, the two Yan Army spearmen next to him saw the opportunity of Le Jin's distraction and tried to stab him.
Le Wenqian was so furious that he almost didn't even look at it. He directly held down a spear with his backhand and yanked it hard, causing a spearman to stagger. After defusing the attack, he cut into the opponent with a knife.
The vital part of his neck was injured, and judging from his posture, it seemed that he had not spared any strength at all, but was preparing to kill the opponent with a single blow.
However, although the Huanshou sword is extremely practical and is a huge military improvement compared to ordinary straight swords, it is a slender straight sword after all. It is stuck in the opponent's bones and is inconvenient to pull out, and it still has the problem of being easy to break.
, otherwise Le Wenqian wouldn’t have brought several ring-headed knives into battle every time!
That's right, Le Jin easily killed the Yan soldier with this sword strike, but the sword was not unexpected because Le Wenqian was too strong and got stuck in the opponent's spine! At the same time, because his subordinate was also killed
Guo Yuan, furious with the killing, had already snatched the spear of another soldier beside him and stabbed Le Jin violently.
Regarding this, Le Wenqian naturally did not panic... You must know that although the number of knives on his body is uncertain, there are usually more than five, and there must be more at this time... However, as he touched with his backhand, he tried to draw out the knives
Blocking, he was shocked to find that his back was empty, and he broke into a cold sweat in an instant!
This is of course normal. During combat, and the time when I slid down when climbing the city, there were too many possibilities of dropping the saber.
However, he was overthinking it at this time. Le Jin made a mistake in his haste and could only roll backwards along the ground in a circle. He was embarrassed to avoid the thrusting spear and tried to find a fallen weapon on the ground to meet the enemy.
However, Guo Yuan was already furious because his perfect plan had made mistakes on his opponent. In addition, he had seen the opponent kill and injure many of his troops with his own eyes. How could he let go of such a good opportunity? He continued to attack the opponent with spears one after another.
Keep stabbing away.
Rao Shile Wenqian was famous for his bravery and agility, and was extremely experienced in combat, but he had no weapons to defend against the enemy, so how could he deal with it properly? As a result, he was in a state of embarrassment, unable to move from left to right, and could only move up and down the city.
Tossing around, he tried his best to bend down to the ground to avoid it.
At this time, the Yan army, which had an absolute advantage in strength on the city, had already used the spear array to clear away the hooks on the city and some of the soldiers of the Southern Army who had climbed up. At this time, they had a good opportunity to peep at the officer's signal.
Under the leadership of the emperor, they once again formed multiple single rows of long soldiers with a mixture of spears and halberds, and strode towards the city gate tower, preparing to unite with their own captains to deal with Le Jin!
Le Wenqian said nothing and just evaded tenaciously, but Guo Yuan stabbed faster and faster. At the same time, reinforcements continued to flow, and he was overjoyed!
And when he saw a row of halberd bearers coming from the west, they were about to join Guo Yuan.
Suddenly, as Guo Yuan withdrew his spear as if to strike again, an arrow flew straight out from the city more than a hundred paces away, and like a meteor, it directly hit the Empress Guo Yuan who had been moving.
neck!
After the arrow completely cut through the flesh of the back of the neck, it was nailed to the crack of the bricks at the top of the city, and it penetrated a few inches! Such force was simply shocking, and Guo Yuan suddenly felt pain, and there may be a nerve rupture somewhere in that part.
Unable to support himself, he staggered for a moment and lost his composure.
How could Le Jin miss such a good opportunity? He took advantage of the opportunity to pick up a broken spear on the ground, jumped up, and inserted the spear into the opponent's armpit through the gap in the armor!
I don't know whether it was luck or unlucky, but Guo Yuan, the captain of Pingyuan County and Zhong Yao's nephew, was succeeded by the cooperation of two current tiger generals, but he did not die immediately. Instead, he still had consciousness and strength, but he was in unbearable pain and could only
He grabbed the spear and lay down between the brazier and the city wall, looking ferocious.
On the other side, Le Jin took advantage of the situation and snatched the spear from the opponent's hand. He ignored the bewildered halberdiers behind him and the several trembling archers on the watchtower dozens of steps outside the city. Instead, he was neither happy nor angry, and his face was expressionless.
With an expression on his face, he pointed his spear at the throat of the person in front of him and asked in a deep voice:
"Captain Guo, before you were persuaded by your uncle to come to Hebei, you had a drink with me in Peiguo. We can be regarded as old friends... I ask you something, and I am happy with you! You see, you are all
You are about to die, but your soldiers are not panicking, as if you are not worth mentioning here. Can you tell me how many of you are here this time?"
Taking advantage of the firelight, Guo Yuan pursed his lips and stared at the other person for a moment before he opened his mouth to speak. However, he couldn't help but cough up a mouthful of blood foam on the spot. He could only suppress the pain in his chest and smiled ferociously:
"Is Shiba trying to use my joyful death to call you to death yourself? Do you understand?!"
Le Jin laughed dumbly and looked up at the Yan soldiers who did not dare to move at all, but actually nodded towards the people below him.
"Then I'll let you know how to die!" Under the fire of the brazier, Guo Yuan continued to laugh ferociously and replied loudly. "My family, Cheng Shijun, personally led 15,000 soldiers from Yingzhou, and General Taishi led 20,000 soldiers from Liaodong.
Urgently mobilize five thousand garrison troops, led by Prime Minister Han personally... ahem... the forty thousand troops have already been deployed in Naihuang, and the net is ready. In addition, Yu Wenze's troops are five thousand, and General Gao's troops are ten thousand.
, it’s time to cross the river at this time, and it’s time for Zhang Junyi to get your Puyang! You may not be able to live one more day than me!"
"I understand!" Le Jin sighed. "In a word, everything that can come has come...right?"
Guo Yuan didn't say a word, but coughed out another mouthful of blood foam, and then stared at the opponent again.
Le Jin was too lazy to say anything. He ignored the many Yan soldiers in front of him and behind him, and just thrust out his spear as agreed.
It was too late, but soon, at the same time that Le Jin stabbed the spear, Guo Yuan suddenly tried his best to pull down something beside him, which was the brazier he was leaning on.
Guo Yuan died on the spot, but Le Wenqian was also burned by the dumped brazier, and then half of his body caught fire, especially above the shoulders. The fire was extremely strong, as if he had to change his armor in a hurry after being poured oil on it.
It’s because there are still remnants in the bun!
"kill him!"
In the darkness of the night, Cheng Wu, who had arrived at the city gate at some unknown time, gave an order and immediately broke the strange situation that had been stagnant on the city gate tower.
Four or five halberds and spearmen swarmed up and stabbed Le Jin's body easily, and then stabbed and slashed non-stop. Even though he was a god, Le Jin finally couldn't hold on anymore. After suffering several fatal wounds, he fell down with a thud.
On top of Guo Yuan's corpse.
However, I don't know if Cheng Wu's order was too timely. Le Wenqian was bathed in fire and blood, stabbed repeatedly, but he didn't even cry out before he died, which was extremely strange.
"Le Wenqian is a true general!"
Seeing the burning man fall to the ground, only a few dozen steps away, on a watchtower on the inside of the city, Yingzhou Mu Cheng Yu, who had been watching behind several archers before, couldn't help but twist his beard and sigh.
Cheng Wu went to the city wall. There was only Cheng Yu's youngest son Cheng Yan beside him. Hearing this, he naturally knew how to support his old man: "Are you sighing at his courage?"
"No, I'm sighing at his benevolence." The gray-haired Cheng Zhongde held up his hands and sighed even more.
Cheng Yan was stunned: "How can such a fierce person talk about benevolence?"
Cheng Yu was too lazy to explain, but just ordered: "Go, look for your brother on the top of the city, ask him to throw back the body, clear the city, and then persuade Huang Zhong to surrender... Tell Huang Hansheng that an army of 60,000 people is encircling, and I, Cheng Zhongde, will personally lead
Ten thousand soldiers are filling the city, and there is no way for them to survive this trip. However, Liu Jingzhou and Xuzhou have already sent envoys to ask for surrender after their defeat. There is no need for him to hold on, so he might as well surrender as soon as possible!"
Cheng Yan seemed to have woken up in his confusion, but he still quickly accepted the order and left.
Speaking of which, the sudden outbreak of the war shook the entire Huangze in an instant, and the fire on the inner Huangcheng, Le Jin, and Huang Zhong's movements made the other five armies give up some of their previous reserve... They were not like
Le Jin directly determined a certain serious consequence because of his conversation with Guo Yuan. He just thought that Le Wenqian's sneak attack failed and alerted Neihuang City, which happened to have a certain number of troops garrisoned. Both sides tried to use this method to attack behind them.
A warning!
As a result, the last five armies not only did not retreat, but moved forward at high speed, trying to assist Le in attacking Neihuang. Li Jin, the only one who was still on the outside of Qinghe River, after looking at Neihuang City from a distance for a moment, ordered the entire army to cross the river at high speed and head towards Neihuang.
before joining the war.
But at this time, it was already dark, and Li's troops were slow to cross the river. Just after they had crossed halfway, the movement in the inner Huangcheng in the distance suddenly became quieter, and then Sun Ce's personal guards came galloping over and issued a strange order: "
General Li! My general is ordered to march forward in a hurry, but to immediately retreat to the east bank of the Qinghe River and carefully guard the pontoon bridge."
"I understand." After Li Tuizhi accepted the order, his expression remained as usual, and he briefly asked the visitor under the torch. "But what happened in front?"
"Report to General Li." The person who came here is Sun Ce's personal guard, so he naturally knows more. Moreover, Li Jin and Le Jin are reliable people who were directly pointed out by Sun Ce, so they faced each other directly on horseback and told them frankly. "
The front attack on the city was blocked, and General Le and General Huang were helpless. After learning about the situation, my general asked General Gao to bypass the north of the city for a sneak attack, and asked Generals Zhang and Cao to immediately conduct reconnaissance on both sides, and then let me come here.
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Of course, Li Tuizhi didn't expect that Le Wenqian would be dead when he came up, but he also understood that it was the inner yellow that was heavily guarded. Then Sun Ce also smelled a huge danger, so he accelerated his attempt to attack the city while letting the enemy go.
All armies stabilized their positions and investigated the military situation.
The guards ordered the guards to leave in a hurry. Li Jin pondered for a moment, and then ordered to return to the east of the river in accordance with the military order, guard the pontoon bridge, and rest and prepare on the spot.
However, it may be because the pontoon bridge is the only two key locations known to the entire army at night, so messengers from Li Jin kept coming one after another throughout the night... It can also be said that bad news kept coming one after another.
Gao Gan's siege was thwarted!
The sentries and scouts sent by Zhang Chao discovered the movement of a large group of enemy troops across the Qinghe River!
Cao Hong followed Neihuangze to the north to test, but then there was no news at all!
At the third watch, as Sun Ce's headquarters failed to attack the city and retreated, he finally sent his personal guards to bring some definite and fatal news that Le Jin had died in battle! There were at least 10,000 soldiers in the city and they were fully prepared, while Yingzhou
Mu Cheng Zhongde is actually on the city!
At the fourth watch, Cao Hong's troops and high-ranking cadres who were testing Xianggengbei also sent back news, clearly informing them of the military situation of a large Yan army encountered in the north of Neihuang City, and that it was difficult for the second division to escape the battle!
Bad news came one after another, but Li Jin kept sitting on a hill by the river without any reaction.
It was not until the fifth watch, when the sky was getting slightly brighter, that Li Jin's sentries upstream saw Tai Shici's flag with their own eyes. Sun Ce also sent people over again, frankly informing Huang Zhong and the remnants of Le Jin that they had wavered, and although they did not surrender, they
He no longer obeyed the command. In this case, he did not dare to escape from the city easily, otherwise Huang Zhong would take the remnants of Yue Jin to surrender without hesitation. Cao Hong, Gao Gan, and Zhang Chao would also die... In short, something finally happened
There is no need to doubt it.
The Yan army was several times larger than its own, waiting for work and setting up a net to fight, but its generals died in the battle and the friendly forces were shaken... What's even more terrible is that fully six of the seven armies penetrated deep into the natural semi-enclosed triangle with Neihuang City as the core.
Area, fatigue, panic, night, induced surrender, fighting and approaching the enemy, etc., etc., it is extremely difficult to find opportunities to break out.
This raid was basically a headlong dive into the Yan army's encirclement network!
This raid will not save the Central Plains, which is on the verge of collapse, but will only accelerate the defeat of the Southern Army!
The choice rarely came to Li Jin. After all, for those in front, it might be impossible to advance or retreat, but for Li Jin's troops who had not yet crossed the river, they could advance or retreat at this time.
Therefore, the officers of Li Jin's department, that is, the clan brothers of the Li family in Jiyin who had served Li Jin for many years, gathered under the hill one after another, waiting for military orders.
Suddenly, Li Tuizhi opened his eyes, stood up, and with an expressionless face, he directly drew his sword out of its sheath, pointed it north, and said succinctly: "Today's matter, we will advance or retreat! The whole army will cross the river and fight!"
I am the dividing line between advancement and retreat
"In the case of Chen Song, Zhou Tai was strong and unyielding, Le Jin was famous for his achievements, Xu Chu was brave and heroic, Chen Daoying was unfailing, all of them were strong and fierce, and they acted as minions. It can be said that the style of tiger ministers, with Zhang Liao, Cheng Lian
What's the difference? It's a pity that the entrusted people are not human, and they don't know the destiny. Once they die, they will be helpless! However, judging from the current world, even if they have no achievements, they are still loyal ministers and good generals!" "Dian Lue". Yan. Pei Song's Notes
ps: I will pay some interest for the big chapter. By the way, I would like to thank the new alliance leaders Sanbeizhu and Zwya, respectively the 120th Alliance and 121st Meng... Speaking of which, when I wrote about the movie king, I really had a dream of booking ten thousand alliances.
