The war in Yecheng was over. Guan Yu sent Guan Hai and Wu Anguo to enter Yecheng from the south gate. Guan Yu personally led 10,000 troops from the east city to the north city to ambush.
Sure enough, after Feng Ji and others discovered that the south gate was lost and most of the soldiers in the city surrendered, they panicked and fled through the north gate.
As a result, they ran into Guan Yu's ambush, and almost all of Yecheng's troops were wiped out.
Not only Feng Ji and others were captured, but also Yuan Shao's family members, Mrs. Liu and many concubines, as well as Yuan Xi and several of Yuan Shao's daughters were captured.
After capturing Yecheng, Guan Yu led his soldiers northward without stopping.
The battlefield situation at this time was already very bad for Liu Bei. He was defeated from the front and countless soldiers were scurrying like ants at night.
Liu Bei sat on the Jade Lion in the Night Light and headed east along the Pingyang River. He found Dian Wei resting on the river beach. The two continued on the road and gathered some of the scattered soldiers.
Flames shot into the sky in the distance, his camp had been completely burned, and countless soldiers and horses were scattered. Therefore, Liu Bei also headed south, towards the camps of Zhang Liao and Dian Wei.
After running for more than ten miles, they finally arrived at Dianwei Camp. At the entrance, Ju Shuo, Tian Feng, Xun You and others who had withdrawn from the headquarters camp to the West Camp were waiting anxiously. When they saw Liu Bei returning, they hurriedly greeted him.
"Ming Gong."
"King Qi."
The crowd rushed forward and surrounded Liu Bei.
Liu Bei looked around and saw that everyone was safe. He breathed a sigh of relief and said hurriedly: "Where is Wenyuan Zhongkang?"
Jushou said: "Wenyuan Zhongkang was seriously injured and is being treated by military doctors in the back camp."
"That's good, that's good."
Liu Bei nodded quickly, pointed to the north and said: "Zilong is trapped in a tight siege to save me, but are there still soldiers to rescue me?"
Tian Feng dissuaded him and said: "My lord, don't be impatient. The soldiers have all been dispersed. We have sent people to various places to pay gold to collect the scattered soldiers. It will not be too late to rescue the soldiers after they return to the team."
Liu Bei said displeasedly: "In order to cover my escape, Zilong gave up all his mounts to me. Now is the time of crisis. How can I abandon him?"
Dian Wei said: "Don't panic, Ming Gong. I'm not seriously injured, just some superficial injuries. Just bring a team of people."
"Liang Bi is also injured. Let's bandage the wound first."
Liu Bei thought for a while and said: "Zilong is brave and good at fighting, and he is guarding the bridge alone. There should be no problem in a short time. We will gather the soldiers first, and then go there if there are three to four thousand people."
Although he was worried about Zhao Yun's safety, Liu Bei also knew very well that if he asked Dian Wei to lead a small number of people to rescue him, he might not be able to rescue him. Because the battlefield situation was eroded and Yuan's army was already in a pursuit situation. Without the number of people, not only could Zhao Yun be rescued, but also Zhao Yun could not be rescued.
Dian Wei also had to fold in.
So you must be calm at this time. Like Tian Feng said, waiting for all the soldiers to return to the team before going to rescue will definitely not work. It will be dawn by then, and Zhao Yun does not know whether he is alive or dead. Therefore, Liu Bei thinks that he should gather his soldiers first and gather some
The elite soldiers attacked northwest and fought their way through to rescue Zhao Yun.
Since they are not going to the north to confront the main force of Yuan's army, but to go northwest to bypass the main force of Yuan's army, three or four thousand people should be enough. Their task is only to bring Zhao Yun back, so that it will not become a fuel problem because of the small number of people.
Tactics can also effectively fight against the enemy and complete the mission as quickly as possible.
The sound of tinkling gold can be heard endlessly, and a large number of torches are lit. The Xiying side is composed of Dianwei tribe and Zhang Liao tribe. Their subordinates are divided into three camps. There are five villages in total, and a large number of walls and mountains are built.
Fences, blocking horses, etc. have become the cornerstones.
The main force of Liu Bei's army was killed and dispersed, and Zhang Liao's troops retreated. Now they are guarding the camp and picking up the scattered soldiers. If you look down from a high altitude, under the night, countless Liu Bei's soldiers fled southward like ants in a hurry, with a tide behind them.
Yuan Jun kept chasing.
Thousands of soldiers gathered outside the Xiying camp and formed a battle formation. Liu Bei's soldiers in front kept shouting for the scattered soldiers to flee into the camp from the left and right sides and not to collide with the formation. The pursuing Yuan troops were in groups.
There were no more than a few hundred, and there was no formation at this time. Therefore, seeing that the enemy had already formed a battle formation, they only dared to cruise around the outside and did not dare to move forward.
The sound of fighting is still endless. After all, Liu Bei is here to respond, and the Yuan army in front is also intercepting and killing about four or five miles northwest of Yecheng. The deserters are intercepted and have no choice but to fight their way out. As Liu Bei personally leads the attack,
Disrupt the enemy's interception team and the battlefield will become more chaotic.
At this time, Liu Bei commanded the gathered soldiers to meet the rest of the troops. Among the rebels, a scout suddenly came to report: "Report, King Qi, the former general has captured Yecheng and is now rushing to help."
"What?"
Liu Bei was surprised and said: "Second brother has actually captured Yecheng?"
"Yes, Yuan Tan Kaicheng surrendered!"
The scout replied.
"Hahahahaha."
After Liu Bei was surprised, he was immediately ecstatic: "God help me, where is my second brother?"
"The former general is at the rear and will arrive here soon."
"Okay, let him come to see me."
"only."
Tan Ma turned back again.
Since Liu Bei and Guan Yu were camped about four or five miles south and south of Yecheng respectively, and in the early stages of the war, Liu Bei was out of camp to fight, so they were very far apart, about twenty miles apart.
At that time, Guan Yu did not dare to go directly north to help Liu Bei because the people in Ye City were also watching him. So when he heard that Liu Bei's situation was not good, he could only send Zhao Yun to rescue him.
Zhao Yun's journey to the north was not smooth either. Although he defeated Wang Zhao's troops, it was delayed a little, causing him to arrive at the battlefield a little late. At that time, the Qianzhao troops were defeated and Liu Bei's eastern front was broken up, resulting in
The formation collapsed and a great escape was formed.
Under such circumstances, just like from the northern battlefield all the way to the Xiying camp, Liu Bei's soldiers were scattered for more than ten miles along the way. Some were still fighting, while others dropped their weapons and ran away, making the entire situation fall into a rather tense situation.
To the point of confusion.
Fortunately, Liu Bei's army was mostly elite, with a total of more than 50,000 troops. Although the frontal battlefield was defeated, the remaining troops were still fighting hard, and Yuan's army was not able to complete the harvest of the entire battlefield in a short period of time.
At this time, Yuan Tan was disheartened and opened the city gate to surrender to Guan Yu. Guan Yu's army entered the city. He led Guan Ping around the east gate away from the battlefield and completed the blockade at the north gate.
The reason why we detour from the east gate is that there is a battle going on on the west side of the city. Yuan Shao's pursuers and Liu Bei's deserters are entangled with the enemy near the Dianwei Zhangliao camp about three or four miles northwest of Ye City. At this time, if we go from the west gate
In the past, it was easy to alert others and be discovered by people in the city.
Therefore, Guan Yu's troops were divided into two groups, one entering the city from the south gate, and the other blocking the north gate. At the same time, he sent people to lead Zhao's troops, and let Qian Zhao's retreating troops block the east gate. In this way, he completed the battle against Ye.
They surrounded the city to prevent Yecheng's troops from escaping from the city.
After all, in this case, Liu Bei's base camp has been lost. If Feng Ji and others are allowed to escape from the city, then the forces of Yecheng and Yuan Shao will be combined into one, and the north and south will continue to attack Liu Bei. It may not be so easy to turn defeat into victory.
It has to be said that at this time, after years of hard work, Guan Yu already had the demeanor of a general. Although the chaotic army did not know whether Liu Bei was alive or dead, he chose to trust Zhao Yun and calmly completed the strategic layout.
During this process, Guan Yu also continued to exclude the scouts from going to the west camp to inquire about the situation. Zhang Liao and Xu Chu who came down from the front learned the news that Liu Bei was fine. Dian Wei protected Liu Bei and fled west. Zhao Yun pursued
After it passed, Guan Yu breathed a sigh of relief and continued to attack Yecheng.
In fact, it is easy to capture Yecheng, but it is difficult to keep all the defenders in Yecheng. Fortunately, Guan Yu did not lose his head because Liu Bei was in danger. Under his calm command, he quickly annihilated some of Feng Ji Xinping and others.
The Yuan family he led was die-hard and forced to land most of Yuan's army in Yecheng.
It was only at this moment that Guan Yu thought he could turn defeat into victory, so he quickly led his troops to the northwest without stopping. Just as he set off, he heard a scout reporting that Liu Bei had returned to the Western Camp and was gathering the scattered deserters.
So Guan Yu quickly sent another scout to report the situation here to Liu Bei. Soon at about three quarters of dusk, that is, around 8 o'clock in the evening, Guan Yu arrived at the western camp about four or five miles away from Ye City.
It is the Mid-Autumn Festival in August. The moon is as big as a disk, and the sky is full of silver light falling on the ground, shining like water, making the earth full of light like daylight.
Although it is not as bright as during the day, it is not completely blind.
And the most important thing is that because a fire broke out in Liu Bei's headquarters, the flames shot into the sky and could be seen for dozens of miles around.
Through the firelight and moonlight from the north, Guan Yu vaguely saw tens of thousands of people fighting fiercely outside the camp in the west of the city. The lights of swords and shadows were like a quagmire of war. Further to the north, there were countless black figures entangled with each other.
Together.
Some of them were soldiers of Liu Bei's army who had fled, some of them were Yuan Shao's pursuers, and some were Xiutu cavalry and some of the remaining cavalry of Liu Bei's army. They attacked each other and hugged each other.
The situation is chaotic and cannot form a coherent whole.
If the war breaks down, it will naturally be difficult for both sides to form a formation to pursue and flee. After all, in the process of fleeing and chasing, people completely lose their formation and start running away. If you want to maintain the formation and chase people, it is unrealistic.
Sometimes, the formation will inevitably become loose.
In this way, both sides are equivalent to small-scale fighting, with scattered soldiers. There may be more than ten people here besieging seven or eight people, and there are more than twenty people fighting fifteen or six there. There are corpses, blood, stumps, and tatters everywhere.
armor, shields, weapons and flags.
Seeing this situation, Guan Yu said to Guan Ping beside him: "Ping'er, have you seen the situation over there?"
Guan Ping nodded: "I saw my father."
"Yuan Jun thought that he had smashed your uncle's battle formation, so he no longer launched an offensive formation. Instead, he chose to disperse his troops and finish the encirclement. What should we do at this time?"
Guan Yu asked.
Guan Ping thought for a while and said: "Yuan Jun definitely didn't expect that we captured Yecheng. At this time, the troops should be divided into two groups. One group would help the uncle to relieve the siege and destroy the enemy's vanguard. The other group would immediately go north to take advantage of the enemy's formation.
Steady, kill them."
"Hahahahahaha." Guan Yu stroked his beard and laughed and said: "Well, my son, you have some of my style, go ahead, I will help your uncle to relieve the siege, you immediately lead the troops north, first kill the enemy, and then reorganize
Our army was routed and scattered."
"only!"
Guan Ping received the order and immediately mobilized his horses. The army behind him rumbled and followed him, rushing towards the north like a tide.
Guan Yu led about five to six thousand people and quickly moved towards Liu Bei.
At this moment, Liu Bei was still fighting with the enemy. He had known that Guan Yu was coming. He looked around and saw that there was indeed a large group of people coming from the direction of Yecheng in the east. The leader was clearly visible under the night. It was Guan Yu. He couldn't help but be overjoyed.
, shouted loudly: "Second brother!"
"Brother, don't panic, Yun Chang is coming!"
Guan Yu galloped into the formation with his claws flying like lightning, raised his sword and dropped it, killing seven or eight Yuan Jun in an instant, and then charged towards Yuan Jun's main formation.
Seeing that reinforcements had arrived, Liu Bei's army was greatly boosted in morale and fought bravely against the enemy. On the other hand, when Yuan's army saw that enemy reinforcements had arrived, their morale plummeted and they collapsed instantly.
After a burst of killing, Yuan Jun was killed in pieces, leaving more than a thousand corpses behind, fled in panic, and disappeared into the night.
Guan Yu came to Liu Bei, got off his horse, knelt down and said, "Brother, Yu is late."
Liu Bei quickly helped him up: "Yun Chang came at the right time, how can you say he is late?"
Jushu on the side immediately said: "Ming Gong, this is a good opportunity to fight back."
"Okay, attack immediately!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Liu Bei did not hesitate and immediately issued the general attack order. Guan Yu's side was a fresh force. Although Yuan Jun defeated him, he still experienced a hard battle, and now the opponent has no formation.
Just like encountering an ambush while chasing the enemy, they will definitely be unable to compete with Guan Yu's army.
After issuing the attack order, Liu Bei also immediately organized some soldiers and asked Dian Wei to quickly go to the direction of Yangping Bridge to find Zhao Yun. At this time, an hour and a half had passed since Zhao Yun rescued him, and he didn't know what happened to Zhao Yun.
So done.
And just when Guan Yu captured Yecheng and joined Liu Bei, on a hill about twenty miles away from the Zhangliao Dianwei camp northwest of Yecheng, Yuan Shao was riding on horseback, looking at the sky in the distance.
The fire is burning brightly.
Since it was already dark, Yuan Shao could no longer see the battlefield situation clearly. He only knew that about five or six miles away in the east, Gao Shun's troops were still fighting tenaciously and forming formations to defend themselves, while Liu Bei's army had been defeated by him in the front, and on the hillside in the distance
About two or three miles away, there were not many soldiers left in the initial war, and there were only corpses on the ground.
Farther away, at Liu Bei's headquarters camp, the flames were raging into the sky. Most of Yuan Jun and Liu Bei's defeated soldiers were currently located to the west of Liu Bei's headquarters camp, that is, running towards Zhang Liaodianwei's camp, away from
The camp there is about five or six miles away, more than ten miles away from Yuan Shao's side.
At that time, the situation was already very favorable for Yuan Shao. Although it was already dark and logically he should call for gold and withdraw his troops, Yuan Shao still ordered the drums to be beaten to continue the attack. He thought that he should take advantage of the victory to pursue and drive back all the enemies around Yecheng.
, otherwise it cannot be considered a great victory.
So at this time, he didn't know that Yecheng had been lost and Guan Yu had come to rescue him. Seeing that the overall situation had been decided, Yuan Shao looked around and said to Liu Huixunchen and other generals and counselors around him: "Everyone, the battle situation has been decided. Liu Bei has been completely defeated by us.
"
Liu Hui said: "Ming Gong, although Liu Bei has been defeated, Guan Yu is still there. At this time, we should continue to attack fiercely with a great victory. The enemy will inevitably flee to Guan Yu's camp."
Yuan Shao said: "Do you mean to drive the enemy's soldiers to break up and attack Guan Yu's camp?"
"good."
Liu Hui said: "If we send someone to send an order to the city and attack together, we will surely win a great victory."
"good!"
Yuan Shao smiled happily, with a touch of blood on his pale face, and said with a smile: "Send the order, let the people in front continue to attack, and then send someone to inform the city."
"only!"
Order the soldiers to leave.
Xun Chen said: "Ming Gong, Liu Bei's army has been defeated, let's go down the mountain, and now return to the city to appease everyone."
"Well, that's exactly what it should be."
Yuan Shao also had this intention. He returned like a king and was the savior of the whole city. He should return to the city and accept the worship of everyone.
Just as he was about to turn the horse's head and head down the hillside, he suddenly had a sudden impulse and felt a tightness in his chest.
"Cough cough cough cough!"
His old illness relapsed, Yuan Shao coughed violently and vomited nearly half a bucket of blood.
"Ming Gong, Ming Gong..."
"It must be caused by the excitement caused by the great victory and the excessive circulation of Qi and blood."
"Quickly send the military doctor."
People around him hurriedly gathered around and helped him off the horse in a hurry.
But Yuan Shao held on and said, "It doesn't matter to me. Help me get on the horse and go back to Yecheng first."
"My lord, let's take a rest first."
Liu Hui advised.
Yuan Shao waved his hand: "It's okay, my wife and children are still waiting for me."
After saying that, he forced himself onto his horse and was about to leave.
But at this moment, there were scouts who broke out from Yecheng at the bottom of the slope. They were in ragged clothes and had an arrow stuck in their bodies. They shouted loudly: "Ming Gong, it's bad, Yecheng has been lost!"
"What? Cough cough cough..."
Yuan Shao was shocked, and in a state of excitement, he started coughing again.
Liu Hui drew his sword, showed a fierce look in his eyes, and shouted: "Who dares to disturb the morale of our army?"
It was extremely difficult for the scout to insist on reaching this point. When he got close, he fell off his horse before Liu Hui could kill him. He vomited blood and struggled and said: "Ming...Ming Gong, the eldest son let go of the city gate and surrendered to Guan Yu.
The city has been lost."
Yuan Shao felt his chest surge, as if blood was about to spit out again. His face suddenly lost all color and became extremely pale. He supported the horse with one hand and pressed his chest with the other, and said forcefully: "Xian Si... Why are you opening the city gate?"
The scout was helped up and reported back: "Mrs. Liu resented the eldest son and wanted to depose him. The two had many quarrels. Today I learned that Ming Gong was back. Mrs. Liu once again threatened to depose the eldest son. The eldest son was disheartened.
Leng went to Nancheng alone, opened the city gates, and surrendered to Guan Yu."
"Pfft!"
The accumulation in his chest could no longer be suppressed, and blood spurted out.
Yuan Shao felt as if he was about to fly, his mind was spinning, his vision went dark, and he fell from his horse.
"Ming Gong, Ming Gong!"
Fortunately, the soldiers around him were quick-sighted and caught him, gently placing him on the ground and shouting anxiously.
Yuan Shao felt that his vision was blurry and his consciousness was in a trance.
In the past, images of me and my wife often scolding and insulting our eldest son flickered, and I couldn't help but smile miserably.
"It's not God who wants to kill me, and it's my fault!"
After saying that, his head tilted and he fainted.