"Wonderful victory, ten thousand victory, ten thousand victory!"
All the soldiers under Zhang Liao's command let out high-spirited shouts, and their momentum seemed to break through the sky, echoing around the wilderness and startling the forest birds.
Thousands of Yuan's troops knelt down and surrendered, and more Yuan's troops began to break up and flee. After their own generals were beheaded by the enemy generals and captured the flag, all Yuan's soldiers no longer had the will to fight.
Tai Shici ordered his subordinates to push back all the prisoners. Unlike Cao Cao, Cao Cao could hardly feed himself in the Battle of Guandu, let alone the more than 80,000 Yuan soldiers who were captured.
However, Qingzhou's warehouses are rich. Relying on the benefits of sea salt, they not only produce grains every year, but also often purchase grains from other places. Their warehouses are extremely rich.
Therefore, Cao Cao chose to trap and kill all the prisoners, while Qingzhou chose to take all the prisoners back to work, build water conservancy, and cultivate fields. Although it was still inhumane, it was still better than trapping and killing.
The vanguard army drove the prisoners back to Yi County. Liu Bei opened the city gates and led the generals and counselors in the city to greet them outside the city.
Zhang Liao was riding on a horse, holding the reins with one hand and Chun Yuqiong's bloody hair with the other. When he came outside the city, he turned over and dismounted, walked up to Liu Bei, threw Chun Yuqiong's head on the ground, knelt down on one knee and said: "
Ming Gong, the general will finally live up to his command!"
"good!"
Liu Bei was overjoyed.
"Ten thousand victories, ten thousand victories, ten thousand victories!"
At this time, Zhang Liao's elite soldiers raised their weapons and shouted for victory.
Liu Bei felt that his blood was surging. He looked around and said loudly: "Wen Yuan should be called the tiger of ancient times. The troops under his command are all elite. If you strive hard and consolidate, you should be given a "ten thousand victorious army".
say!"
Zhang Liao was overjoyed and said: "Thank you for the title given by Duke Ming! From today on, the men in our department will be the "Ten Thousand Victory Army"!"
During the Three Kingdoms period, there were countless troops with such special titles, among which the "falling camp", "white horse Yi Cong", "first to die" and "tiger and leopard cavalry" were the most famous.
Many people think that these special troops are fabricated, but in fact they are all armies recorded in "The Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" and "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty".
Moreover, they are not born with such a title, but are famous for their achievements in wars.
For example, he followed Gao Shun to conquer the north and south. He once defeated Liu Bei, defeated Xiahou Dun, and fought against Cao Cao, so he had the title of "trap".
There is also Baima Yicong, who followed Gongsun Zan to fight against Xianbei Wuhuan in Youzhou and created a great reputation.
Not to mention the Xiandenshishi and the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, one was accomplished by stepping on the corpse of the White Horse Yi Cong, and the other was Cao Cao's elite cavalry, both of whom have great reputations.
Therefore, it does not mean that an army is very powerful only if it is given a title, but only a very powerful army can be given a title.
Nowadays, Qingzhou only has two armies. One is Gao Shun's army, which has 5,000 people. In the Battle of Geting, the tough guy Yuan Shao had an army of tens of thousands. He not only defeated Ju Yi, but also escaped with his whole body in the end. It can be described as mythical.
achievements.
Needless to say, the other army is the Black Armor Heavy Cavalry. Like the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, this army selects the best from the world and recruits hundreds of generals to make up its ranks. This means that every ordinary soldier in it is an officer.
Now with the addition of Zhang Liao's Wansheng Army, Liu Bei has three special troops with titles. Although the three troops are not large in number, they are all elite, and one is worth ten!
At that moment, Liu Bei returned to the city and held a big banquet to celebrate Zhang Liao's Taishi Ci. At the same time, he organized his troops and prepared for a decisive battle with Yuan Shao.
Over there, Yuan Shao didn't know that Chunyu Qiong was dead. In fact, he didn't just send one vanguard army, but several groups. Just like in the Battle of Guandu in history, he sent several groups of soldiers and horses to attack Baima, delaying the attack.
The same is true for Jin, Ji County, Huojia and Zhencheng, Hanoi.
Including Lingxian, Exian, Yimu, and even Xiuxian in the north, and even attacked Gaocheng, Chonghe, Leling and other places from the south of the Bohai Sea to the south. According to Yuan Shao's fighting style, it was also multi-faceted and harassed everywhere.
A general push.
The war was about strategy, and Yuan Shao was not weak. He also captured the entire Dongjun in the battle of Guandu. Later, Cao Cao retreated to Guandu. If it weren't for Xu You, the second and fifth son, and Chun Yuqiong, who made a mistake, it would be hard to say whether he would win or lose.
At this moment, Yimu County was different from the Yi County side where Xun You proposed a plan to defeat Chunyu Qiong. Jushou analyzed the situation where the enemy was strong and we were weak, and chose to show off the enemy's weakness.
As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, in the evening, the north wind gradually picks up. Everywhere outside Yimu City, you can see the bleak leaves, the decaying grass, and signs of withering in the desert. In the distance, everything is silent, the forest is swaying in the wind, and a stray lone goose is flapping.
Flying over the city with tired wings, leaving behind a string of sad cries.
Dian Wei withdrew his gaze from the lone wild goose in the sky, turned his head, and saw that all the soldiers in the rear had packed their bags, and a large number of baggage vehicles slowly left the city under the pull of horses and began to migrate towards the south.
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The entire city has become an empty city. People outside the city and outside the city are free to leave as they wish. Those who are willing to leave will naturally settle in Qingzhou. The most indispensable thing in these troubled times is land, but what is lacking is population.
.Sometimes, not even a ghost can be seen on the vast land covering hundreds of square kilometers.
The wilderness is no longer the domain of beasts, but may also become a land of ghosts. Graves are everywhere, new ghosts annoy old ghosts crying, and the sky is rainy and wet. Some better-off homes even have a soul-calling flag inserted on the grave.
The worse thing is to roll up a mat and throw it randomly in a mass grave, where it will be eaten by wild animals.
On both sides of the official road in Nancheng, there are dilapidated villages and barren tombs everywhere. Dianwei was riding a horse, Jushou was following beside him, looking around. Suddenly, soldiers came to report: "General, military advisor, the enemy has arrived outside the city.
We are less than five miles away, and we deliberately let their scouts see us."
Jushou was looking at the devastated Jizhou and was slightly in a trance. When he heard the soldiers' words, he came back to his senses and said, "Oh, um, I understand."
"military adviser."
Dian Wei turned his head and said to him: "They will be chasing you soon. Do you follow the original plan?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Jushu nodded: "Go ahead."
"good."
Dianweiler turned his horse's head and went to the rear.
The soldiers here are all auxiliary soldiers, and only the soldiers holding the formation at the rear number about a thousand soldiers.
The reason why they chose to fight here was because there was a series of mountains on the left side of the official road, and a large number of farmland, ponds, and villages that had long been deserted on the right side.
The village is not on flat land and has high and low slopes. If the enemy comes around from the village, they will have to take the narrow and narrow road between the fields. It is not impossible to walk in the fields, but you still have to climb some slopes, which is very inconvenient.
Because these fields are not terraced fields, anyone who has been to the countryside knows that as long as they are not on a particularly flat plain and the village is slightly lower, the fields will always have such high and low slopes.
Therefore, if the enemy wanted to attack, they could only choose to attack from the front of the official road. Although it was not impossible to bypass the fields, it fell into Jushou's plan.
Here they began to form a formation, and over there the vanguard army sent by Yuan Shao to attack Yi Mu had already arrived outside the city.
The leaders this time were Wang Mo and Colonel He Mao. When they arrived outside the city, they saw signs of dilapidation. The city gate was wide open, and there was no one on the street or outside the city. Except for the wind on the city tower,
Apart from Liu Bei's army flags flying and rustling in the air, the entire city was as desolate as a ghost town.
"What's going on? Didn't it say that this place has been occupied by the Qingzhou Army?"
Wang Mo was confused and didn't know why.
He Mao looked around and saw several cavalry running towards him in the distance. He said, "Xu has already withdrawn. The scouts sent out before have returned to see if there are any enemy movements."
The two waited in place. The scout flew in front of them, dismounted, and the captain led everyone to kneel on one knee and said: "General, the enemy was found about five or six miles away from the official road to the south. They were all baggage vehicles. There should be two of them."
There are three hundred chariots and horses, stretching for several miles, and there should be two to three thousand soldiers and horses."
Wang Mo asked curiously: "How did you know that the enemy numbered two to three thousand people?"
The scout captain replied: "After discovering the enemy, I climbed to the top of a nearby hill to wait and see. I briefly counted the number of carriages and horses. There were two to three hundred carriages, and there were more than ten people guarding each carriage. Therefore,
It was estimated that there were two to three thousand people."
Wang Mo immediately praised: "You are worthy of being an elite scout under Ming Gong's tent, and you actually have such insight."
The illiteracy rate in the late Han Dynasty was extremely high, and it was not easy to find anyone who could read, let alone count. That is to say, most of the scout captains under Yuan Shao's account were elites, so they could have this knowledge.
In other words, without this ability, you cannot serve as the scout captain.
After all, as a scout, what you need is to observe the enemy's intelligence. If you can't even count, you can't count the number of enemy tents or estimate the number of enemy tents at a glance, which will cause your general to misjudge and lose a battle.
A war.
Therefore, serving as a scout captain is an elite among the elite, equivalent to a hundred-man general, and not an ordinary person can do it.
Hearing the scout's words, He Mao muttered: "It seems that the enemy has retreated in advance, but it is not far away. It seems that they can still pursue it. Should we pursue it?"
Wang Mo said excitedly: "Chase, of course we have to chase. They are only two or three thousand people, and they have so much baggage. They can't go far at all. If we can capture them and capture their baggage, Ming Gong will definitely have great advantages."
reward!"
"In this case, let's not enter the city and pursue directly!"
He Mao was also decisive.
After discussion, the two decided that it was feasible at this time. The enemy was small in number and was moving slowly with a large amount of baggage, so he would definitely be unable to escape. Therefore, they could pursue the enemy boldly and confidently.
At that moment, the two men did not hesitate, and first sent out light cavalry to pursue them. At the same time, the infantry stepped up their pace and quickly followed the official road south of the city.
About three-quarters of an hour later, they indeed caught up with the Qingzhou Army about six miles away from Yimu County.
The two people were at the front of the team, with a big flag erected behind them. Because the official road was not very wide, they formed a long queue, with five or six soldiers lined up horizontally. If they were lined up one by one, there would be almost seven or eight thousand people.
Although Yuan Shao is wealthy, his soldiers are not born out of the soil. The losses of Jizhou's youth have been very heavy in recent years. Therefore, each vanguard only sent about seven or eight thousand men, which is not a lot of troops. But even so, the addition of
There were thirty to forty thousand people at the time. If we divided our troops to attack, this force would already be very large.
Seven to eight thousand people beat two to three thousand people, the advantage is mine!
Wang Mo and He Mao looked at each other and laughed when they saw the enemy in the distance fleeing hastily after discovering them, discarding rows of baggage on the road as obstacles to intercept the pursuing troops.
Why should such an army fight with them?
"kill!"
Wang Mo drew out his sword without hesitation and pointed forward.
At that moment, the soldiers began to rush forward in a swarm.
But as they rushed, they soon discovered that the road was indeed not wide enough. There were villages on the left and the foot of the mountain on the right. Mountains of luggage buried the entire road. If they wanted to attack the enemy, they had to go around it.
How to get around this?
Climb the mountain or run through the fields next to the village?
A large number of soldiers crowded the official road, making it jam-packed.
However, many soldiers chose to go around the village and attack from the side through the roads between the fields.
However, the enemies are all on the side, with spears in their hands. They come and poke one by one. If the number is small, they cannot go up. If the number is large, they are actually still inferior to others.
Because thousands of soldiers were arrayed on the edge of the road with spears, and the terrain of the frontal battlefield was too narrow, large troops could not come over. Only a few hundred people went up at a time, and there was absolutely nothing they could do.
Although bows and arrows can be used, the baggage is piled up like a mountain, and there are trees on the hill next to it with branches and leaves hanging down, blocking the sky and the sun. Not to mention bows and arrows, even catapults may not be useful.
Looking at this small terrain, Wang Mo and He Mao felt a twinge of toothache. It's true that they have a military advantage, but the problem is that you can't touch them. They use obstacles and terrain to block your large troops. Every time you come into contact with the soldiers,
On the contrary, there are fewer enemies than there are, so how can we fight?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After hesitating for a moment, He Mao came up with a bad idea and said, "How about setting fire?"
"Arson?"
Wang Mo hesitated and said: "It is the Mid-Autumn Festival now. If we set fire to it, I am afraid that this mountain will be burned down. Moreover, the enemy has so much baggage, food and grass, weapons and equipment, gold, silver and jewelry... These are all money and military merit.
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"this......"
He Mao also hesitated. Indeed, other things were fine. The key was that if all the baggage and supplies were seized, he would make a fortune.
During the Battle of Guandu, didn't Xun You use Wen Chou's cavalry to snatch the baggage and defeat Wen Chou?
Therefore, so much baggage is extremely attractive to them and even ordinary soldiers.
After much hesitation, the two of them said nothing and just continued to watch from a distance.
After a while, a loud shouting of killing suddenly rang out, from far to near. The most terrifying thing was that the shouting of killing was not coming from the fighting troops in front, but from the rear.
Wang Mohemao quickly turned around and looked around, and saw that the army behind him was in chaos. A large number of soldiers were running all over the mountains and fields. A group of soldiers and horses came from nowhere and attacked their rear like tigers and sheep.
Kill their soldiers.
Yuan's troops in the rear were caught off guard and retreated one after another. Under the congestion, the entire battlefield fell into chaos.
"Brothers, kill!"
In front of him, Dian Wei was standing on the highest baggage cart, looking from afar at the soldiers and horses that had previously been hiding in the city, chasing him out, and attacking him from both sides. He was immediately overjoyed, waving the short ax in his hand, grinning, and showing a formidable expression.
White Teeth: "Today, I want Yuan Jun to die here without a burial place!"