Chapter 58 Zhao Yun enters Yuzhou on a rainy night
In early spring, it started to rain lightly in Dong'e, Gucheng, Linyi.
Tao Qian's general Cao Bao and Yuan Shu's general Zhang Xun were discussing the next move in Gucheng.
Yuan Shu himself did not come to this battle, because according to the agreement, he and Tao Qian would divide Yanzhou and Yuzhou, so attacking Cao Cao was actually helping Tao Qian, and Yuan Shu would certainly not go to any lengths.
However, Zhang Xun is currently the number one general under Yuan Shu. By sending him, it can actually be seen that Yuan Shu attaches great importance to this attack on Cao Cao.
Because according to their strategic policy, after eliminating Cao Cao, Tao Qian quickly occupied Yanzhou.
At this time, Sun Jian became isolated and helpless, and was surrounded from all sides. Yuan Shu could join forces with Tao Qian to easily eliminate Sun Jian. At this time, he would be free to deal with Liu Biao and Chen Wen, and Yuzhou, Yangzhou, and Jingzhou would all be captured.
By that time, the areas north and south of the Yangtze River will belong to Yuan Shu, and the area of Henan will belong to Tao Qian. In this way, based on their strength comparison, both of them will become great princes comparable to Wang Fen and Liu Bei.
I have to say that Yuan Shu Tao Qian's idea is still very good, but the idea is good, and the actual operation still depends on the methods of both parties. After all, there are no fools at your mercy.
At first, Tao Qian and Yuan Shu wanted to make a quick decision and capture Dongjun as soon as possible, and then encircle Chen Liu, Ji Yin, Chen Guoliang and other Yanzhou and Yuzhou hinterlands.
Unfortunately, God was not kind to them. They had just captured Linyi and Gucheng when it started to rain continuously.
But this was probably within their expectations.
After all, spring and summer are rainy seasons, and the rainfall is not very heavy, just a hazy drizzle in early spring. If they were not afraid that the soldiers would get caught in the rain and the evil spring breeze would invade and cause typhoid fever, they would have continued to order the attack.
Since it had been anticipated, Tao Qian was naturally prepared. He had prepared some raincoats and shelter tools, which came in handy now.
Tao Qian himself is currently in the State of Lu, personally supervising the transportation of coir raincoats, grain, grass and other strategic materials to the front line as soon as possible.
Tao Qian knew very well that he was getting old. If he wanted to lay a tenable foundation for his two sons before he died, he had to do it before he was completely old.
Anyone who has read "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" thinks that Tao Qian is an honest man. However, only those who really know him should understand that Tao Qian fought against Xianbei in Youzhou in his early years, and later fought against Xiqiang with Huangfu Song, and then fought with Zhang Wenping in Ding.
Liangzhou is definitely a man of both civil and military talents.
It's a pity that his age is a flaw, otherwise, in these troubled times, he will definitely leave a resounding name for him, and he will not just be a passerby in Liu Bei's life who gave him Xuzhou as a gift, as recorded in history.
After Tao Qian continuously transported strategic materials to the front line, Cao Bao came to Zhang Xun to discuss whether he should advance his troops as soon as possible and continue to advance now that he had the raincoat.
In the Gucheng mansion, Zhang Xun was seriously considering Cao Bao's opinion. After thinking for a long time, he shook his head and said, "No, you have raincoats, but we don't. I still have to ask my general for instructions."
Cao Bao said displeased: "Sun Tzu said: Soldiers are valuable and quick. Now we launch a sudden attack and catch Cao Cao off guard. How can we delay the advance because of a little rain?"
Zhang Xun was not like Cao Bao, who came from a noble family in Xuzhou, so he naturally did not understand "Sun Tzu's Art of War", but he was still loyal to Yuan Shu and insisted: "You should know better than me what the consequences of sending troops on this rainy day will be. Now there are everywhere
When a plague breaks out, do you want our troops to get sick too?"
When Zhang Xun said this, Cao Bao suddenly felt a little embarrassed. After all, Tao Qian only prepared raincoats for his army, and it really didn't make sense for them to follow him on rainy days. After hesitating for a moment, he said: "In that case,
Then we will wait for two days. If the rain stops after two days, we will attack together. If it does not stop, you stay here and we will fight."
"This sounds like a sentence."
Zhang Xun agreed.
In fact, everyone knows that spring rains are continuous, sometimes lasting more than ten days at a time. How can the rain end so quickly?
But Cao Bao had no choice. As the number one general in Xuzhou, he was given high hopes by Tao Qian, who asked him to fight quickly, capture Cao Cao as soon as possible, and annex the entire Yanzhou.
If he stayed here, he would be surrounded by Liu Bei's army, and he would not be sure he could fight against the wolf-like Qingzhou soldiers.
The light rain continued for several days with no sign of stopping. Cao Bao had no choice but to lead the army and set off.
And almost when Cao Bao was preparing to go south to attack Dong'a, Henan Yin who was far away in Sili.
On an early spring afternoon, in the biting wind, a group of people were also marching hard on a dirt road filled with dust and smoke.
There is a poem saying that the spring breeze in February is like scissors. Although everything takes root and sprouts in spring, the temperature has not yet risen at the turn of spring and winter. The iron tools in your hands are as cold as ice, especially at night, which can freeze people to death.
Zhao Yun was riding a horse, looking from one mountain to another. The hillside was full of withered yellow and dark green scenery. The yellow was soil and the green was vegetation, growing tenaciously under the warm spring sun. Occasionally, there would be a group of a few dots.
Scattered reds, like children's scribblings, are dazzlingly dotted among the green mountains.
Spring is warm and flowers are blooming, but today's era is not the future of global warming. Therefore, the climate in February is still very cold. The newly born wildflowers have just bloomed, and their petals have been blown off by the sharp cold wind, leaving only the remaining bones.
Swaying in the wind.
Two days later, they finally arrived in Xinzheng County.
The sky was gray, and large groups of gray-brown dark clouds, driven by the north wind, slowly spread over the top of the mountain and rolled toward the south.
It was still raining lightly in Onozawa area, but it was raining heavily in Xinzheng.
As mentioned before, Luoyang has a basin structure and is located in a monsoon climate zone. Rain and heat occur at the same time, and spring and summer are hot and rainy. Therefore, this pair of people almost walked in the mud.
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Luo Hao, no character, nicknamed Ping'an, was born in Zhending, Changshan, and was a close friend of Zhao Yun's hometown.
Because he had no characters, everyone in his army called him Luo Ping'an.
He was not a fat man, but a sturdy man, about thirty years old, a little older than Zhao Yun. The two rode together and looked at the vast land in the distance.
"We'll reach Yingchuan territory just ahead."
Luo Ping'an crossed the coir raincoat to look around. Chen Mu had met Cao Cao in Xinzheng back then, and now they were preparing to attack Yingchuan from Xinzheng.
"Um."
Zhao Yun nodded and asked his general Li Land: "How far is it from here to Yangdi?"
Li Lan was from Yingchuan and immediately said: "Baili."
Yangzhai, later named Yuzhou, was the seat of Yingchuan County in Yuzhou at this time. It was about 40 kilometers away from Xinzheng County, about a hundred miles away in the Han Dynasty.
"Send the order and move on!"
Zhao Yun ordered loudly.
It was now four or five o'clock in the afternoon. Although they were marching in the rain, they all had raincoats, so they traveled hundreds of miles overnight. Within six hours, they could reach the foot of Yangdi City in the early morning of the next day.
General Han Hao said: "General, it's raining heavily and it's muddy, and I'm afraid the water in the river will surge. Why don't we wait until the rain stops before attacking?"
Zhao Yun said: "The purpose of our detour to Xinzheng is to get as close as possible to Yangdi, capture Yingchuan quickly, and threaten Runan. If we delay for too long, the enemy will be on guard. We should move forward in the rain. We will rest in Yangdi City tomorrow.
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"only!"
Han Hao couldn't resist him, so he could only obey the order and convey the military order to the entire army of 5,000 soldiers.
There are not many soldiers and horses in Luoyang now. Most of Baibo's hundreds of thousands of troops have been eliminated and gone to farm fields. The strength to defend Jizhou is only about 50,000.
But precisely because after elimination and careful selection, the remaining ones are the elite backbone, so the rainy day march can be fully sustained.
Guan Yu gave Zhao Yun the task of attacking Yingchuan because he valued Zhao Yun's calmness and ability.
Zhong Yao formulated this plan to attack Yingchuan by surprise. He deliberately did not attack Yingchuan from the direction of Shaoshi Mountain south of Luoyang, but detoured to Xinzheng because Xinzheng was closer to Yangdi, the seat of Yingchuan!
The relationship between Hanoi County and Yingchuan County in the Eastern Han Dynasty was a bit like Tai Chi fish, intertwined with each other.
Among them, Yangcheng County near Shaoshi Mountain is equivalent to the head of Yingchuan, with Luoyang to the north and Xinzheng to the east. Xinzheng is the head of Yin, Henan, with Yangcheng to the west and Yangzhai to the south.
He did not attack Yangcheng because he was afraid of arousing the enemy. Zhong Yao boldly planned a beheading operation and directly sent troops from Xinzheng to surprise Yangzhai and eliminate Yingchuan as soon as possible.
At that moment, under Zhao Yun's forced march, many soldiers began to move forward. It was not bad when they crossed the Lishui River, because the Lishui River was a small river. When Chen Mu and Cao Cao crossed the river, the shallowest part was only up to their ankles, even if
The water has risen now, but it has not reached the waist.
Crossing Yingshui is troublesome. Yingshui is a medium-sized river, and it is raining heavily, so the water flow is very fast. Even the shallowest place is more than a person's chest. If you are not careful, you may be washed away by the flood.
In the end, Zhao Yun chose to use ropes and went to the other side of the river first. He tied several ropes to the trees between the two banks and laid them across the middle of the river to form a stable handrail.
Now the soldiers groped for the ropes and began to cross the river one by one.
But even so, the ruthless river water still caused them losses. Sometimes a big wave hit them, and if the soldiers didn't hold on firmly, they could easily sweep away people's lives.
After everyone had crossed the river, they counted their hands and found that more than ten people were swept away by the river and disappeared forever in the turbid waves.
Zhao Yun could not bear to be sad about the loss of troops and horses, and continued to go south to Yangdi.
By the early morning of the next day, before dawn, Zhao Yun had already arrived in a mountain forest less than two miles outside Yangzhai City.
There are many villages along the way, but it's just that it's cold weather, heavy rain, and it's about four or five o'clock in the morning. The mist is so thick that you can't even see anyone, and you can't see anyone in the field of vision more than ten meters away.
Therefore, the army marched all the way without disturbing any rural people, allowing them to get close easily.
"General, there are no defenders on the city. Should we wait for them to open the city gate on their own, or should we attack them?"
The scouts who went to investigate the situation came back and reported the situation to Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun looked at the soldiers and said: "It is easy to be exposed if you wait for the enemy to open the door on their own. If you cannot rush in in time, it will delay the fighter plane. In such weather, the enemy will not expect our attack, so we must take the initiative to attack."
Luo Ping'an said: "In that case, let's just kill him."
"No, too many people will cause trouble."
Zhao Yun gave the order: "Li Lan and I will go up to the city wall with more than a dozen elite scouts. Han Hao and Luo Ping'an will lead the army behind us and ambush outside the city. Once we open the city gate, you will come over immediately!"
"only!"
Everyone obeyed the order.
At that moment, Zhao Yun took Li Lan and more than ten elite scouts and approached the city wall.
When we arrived outside Yangzhai City, there was no one defending the city.
In this kind of weather, even if there were soldiers stationed on the city, most of them would hide in the city tower or caves and sleep. No one would think that someone would attack in the heavy rain.
More than a dozen well-trained soldiers wearing brown raincoats threw out their claws and began to climb the city wall using the cooperation of three people.
The height of three people in later generations of troops climbing a high wall is usually about four meters. Chen Mu has actually incorporated this tactical movement into elite training in the army. Scouts like them are equivalent to a reconnaissance company, and only the most elite
Only the backbone of the team can enter and have learned this skill.
However, the height of the city walls of ordinary county towns in ancient times was still quite high, usually around two to three feet. Although it was not as crazy as five or six feet like Chang'an and Luoyang, it can be converted to a height of ordinary county towns of 4.4 to 6.6 meters.
In particular, Yangzhai is also the administrative seat of Yingchuan. The height is about 5 meters, so it is still difficult to climb up with the cooperation of three people. You can only use tools such as hooks and ropes.
From here, the role of training a small group of elite troops can be seen. These scouts are already equivalent to special forces.
Zhao Yun took the lead and was the first to climb the city wall.
I jumped onto the city wall and looked around. Not to mention anyone, there was not even a ghost on the wall.
Looking at the city gate cave below, there should be someone guarding the city gate cave, but no one is there. There is only an old soldier sleeping soundly in the city gate cave stone chamber on the right wall of the cave.
Yangzhai's defense was indeed very loose.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Yun was already determined, and he called Li Lan and other scouts who came up one after another to follow him down the city wall and into the city gate.
With a click, under the cover of the heavy rain noise, the city gate was slowly pushed open.
The army that had been ambushing outside the city entered Yangdi City quietly under the greetings of Han Haoluo, Ping'an and other generals.
The streets in the distance were hidden in darkness, heavy rain filled the air, and the fog was very dense. No one noticed that at this time, a group of uninvited guests appeared in Yangzhai City, where Yingchuan was located.