Cao Cao is different from Yuan Shu. When Cao Cao leads his troops in battle, he calculates defeat before calculating victory. After sending out troops, he will leave a way for himself to retreat. This is why Cao Cao can retreat calmly when he leads troops into battle. Although after winning a battle, he does not need to wait for a while.
A team of elite soldiers protects the army's retreat, but once it is defeated, this elite army will become more effective.
However, Yuan Shu was different.
Yuan Shu was extremely confident and believed that he would not suffer failure.
He led more than 3,000 soldiers to stay in a mountain col 20 miles away from Shangyong City. He was confident that he could stop Lü Meng and would not suffer defeat. Especially Yuan Shu knew that Lü Meng only led 800 soldiers, and Lü Meng was still a young man.
You little boy, this further fueled Yuan Shu's arrogance and did not take Lü Meng seriously.
Therefore, when Yuan Shu's army retreated, not a single elite soldier came out to protect Yuan Shu's fleeing soldiers.
He could only retreat and continue to lead his troops in retreat.
Apart from this, Yuan Shu had no other way to save the situation.
Yuan Shu fled in a panic all the way. He was like a lost dog, very embarrassed. He rode a war horse and kept shouting, urging the war horse to go quickly. When Li Feng ran away on horseback, his speed was also extremely fast, and he vaguely surpassed Yuan Shu.
, ran to the front, but he did not dare to pass, so he had to follow Yuan Shu.
Among Yuan Shu's men, the most tragic one was Qiao Rui.
At the beginning, Qiaorui felt lucky to have a piece of iron inserted into the back of her butt.
The reason is that because the iron piece was stuck in his butt, he was a wounded soldier and did not need to go to the battlefield. However, when the army suffered a defeat and retreated quickly, the wound on Qiao Rui's butt became a burden and hindered his strategy.
The horse was running, while others were riding fast and rubbing their buttocks, but his buttocks had to be raised and his body had to lie on the horse, otherwise it would be easy to touch the wound. As a result, Qiaorui's life was very difficult.
Red blood flowed from the wound, staining Qiao Rui's buttocks and horse's back.
The squeaking sounds kept coming and going. Running all the way could be said to be a nightmare that Qiao Rui would never forget in her life. It was so unlucky and painful.
After a battle with Lu Meng, Yuan Shu's more than a thousand soldiers were immediately severely damaged.
When Yuan Shu retreated with hundreds of soldiers, Lu Meng bit Yuan Shu and refused to let Yuan Shu escape.
As a result, the soldiers suffered even more heavy casualties while running. In addition, every soldier was frightened and fearful in his heart. Some soldiers simply did not follow Yuan Shu, choosing to become deserters and run in other directions.
In the process of escaping, Yuan Shu's strength continued to weaken, almost doubling.
In half an hour, there were only more than 300 people left around Yuan Shu.
These more than 300 people firmly followed Yuan Shu.
Lü Meng, Zhang Hu and Liu Yang led the troops to chase Yuan Shu. Lü Meng even yelled: "Old thief Yuan Shu, where are you escaping?" The roar frightened Yuan Shu, and he quickly reached out and patted the horse's butt several times.
He seemed to feel Yuan Shu's urgent mood and ran extremely fast, disappearing in a flash.
Yuan Shu is like this, and so are the soldiers under his command.
As the saying goes, with Yuan Shu taking the lead, his soldiers followed suit.
Along the way, Yuan Jun's soldiers discarded their helmets and armor, and all their swords, spears and other weapons were still on the ground, and they were walking lightly.
Lü Meng led his troops in pursuit for nearly two hours and captured countless enemy troops. However, Lü Meng still failed to catch Yuan Shu. This was not only because Yuan Shu ran fast, but also because the soldiers behind Yuan Shu blocked the way for Lü Meng and others to charge, leaving Lü Meng and others unable to catch him.
The others could not rush to catch Yuan Shu, so they let Yuan Shu run away.
Yuan Shu fled and the road was no longer blocked. Lü Meng and others were able to lead troops to reinforce Shangyong City.
At this time, the distance to Shangyong City was further shortened to less than ten miles.
Lu Meng called Liu Yang and Zhang Hu and ordered: "Zhang Hu, you immediately take the scouts to find out the situation in Shangyong City and find out what happened in Shangyong?"
"promise!"
Zhang Hu replied and immediately carried out the order.
Lu Meng looked at Liu Yang again and ordered: "Liu Yang, immediately lead people to count the losses of Langya Camp, and count the losses of ordinary soldiers, reorganize the army, and also deal with the bodies of Yuan Shu's soldiers."
"promise!"
Liu Yang answered with clasped fists and went to carry out the order.
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Time passes and it gets darker.
After Liu Yang finished handling the affairs in the army, he strode up to Lu Meng, clasped his fists and said: "Young general, except for fifteen soldiers of our Langya Camp who were slightly injured, not a single soldier was injured; seven hundred ordinary soldiers
, fifty people were killed and one hundred and thirty-six were wounded, so the losses were not great. In this battle, one thousand six hundred of Yuan Shu's soldiers were killed, and a great victory was achieved."
After Lu Meng heard this, a smile appeared on his lips.
This battle was finally fought beautifully.
It's a pity that Yuan Shu could not be caught. It would be great if he could catch or even kill Yuan Shu.
After Liu Yang reported the news, Zhang Hu also returned with his soldiers not long after.
Zhang Hu cupped his fists and said: "Boss, Shangyong City is safe and sound and has not been attacked. I also asked Fazheng, Chen Dao, Zhang Ren and others who are stationed in the city. Fazheng told us not to worry, he can handle it."
When Zhang Hu said this, Lu Meng was immediately relieved and full of confidence in Fa Zheng, which showed that he had the ability and means to keep Shangyong.
However, when Zhang Hu went to inquire about the news, it was not dark yet, and Liu Bei and Lu Bu did not attack the city, so Shangyong City was still quiet and nothing happened.
Lu Meng felt relaxed at first, but after thinking about it carefully, his mood became serious.
It was impossible for Yuan Shu to come to block the road without purpose, so Lu Meng felt that there was a profound meaning in it. No matter what, the most important thing was to defend Shangyong and defeat the coalition forces of Lu Bu and Liu Bei.
Lu Meng thought for a while and then ordered: "Hu Zi, you immediately send someone to inform the lord of our victory, and ask the lord to send General Gan and General Pang to support us. Lu Bu's fellow is very powerful, and Liu Bei also has Guan Yu and
Zhang Fei, although Fazheng said we can defend Shangyong, we must be prepared to defend Lu Bu and others."
Zhang Hu nodded and immediately went to order the soldiers.
Liu Yang said: "Young general, should we hurry up and enter Shangyong City immediately?"
Lu Meng nodded and said: "Although it is already getting late, I always feel that Shangyong City is unstable, so we must drive through the night and go straight to Shangyong City."
The sky became dark, and Lu Meng also led more than 700 people to Shangyong City.
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Shangyong City, under the setting sun, looks heavy with vicissitudes of life, revealing an ancient charm.
After the sun sets, night falls.
The rumble of war drums suddenly sounded, soaring into the sky; the long and long sound of horns continued to sound from far to near. The mixed sounds came one after another, making the quiet atmosphere of Shangyong City become solemn.
On the horizon, countless soldiers appeared.
Liu Bei and Lü Bu led the army to Shangyong City. Liu Bei had more than 20,000 soldiers, plus soldiers under Lü Bu's command. The two armies joined together and rushed towards Shangyong City.
The two of them have been waiting for this moment for a long time.
However, when they sent troops to Shangyong, bad news came back and Yuan Shu was defeated.
After Liu Bei heard the news, he secretly cursed Yuan Shu for his incompetence.
An army of more than 3,000 people was completely defeated by more than 800 soldiers led by Lu Meng, and only three to four hundred soldiers escaped. It was a great shame and humiliation. Yuan Shu's failure cast a shadow on the army, and Liu Bei always had a problem in his heart.
The feeling of uneasiness seemed to be aggravated by Yuan Shu's failure.
Liu Bei felt vaguely regretful that he should not have gotten involved in this muddy water.
However, in troubled times, he had to take action.
