Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 305 Battle of Hefei ([-])

On the west city of Hefei, Zhang Liao stood behind the female wall holding his sword, looking at the river weir outside the city with a solemn expression.Based on his military strategy, it is not difficult to guess Huo Jun's intention, which was probably to build a weir to store water in order to flood the city of Hefei.

Counting that the rainy season was approaching soon, Zhang Liao pounded the city wall, feeling unhappy.

"General, look!"

The attendant pointed at Huo Jun's army being mobilized and said happily: "Maybe General Xiahou goes south to rescue our army, and Huo Jun has to divide his troops and go north."

Zhang Liao did not answer, but quietly watched the enemy's movement with squinted eyes.

But they saw the flags moving in the wind, and the sergeants came out of the camp and marched north under the leadership of the generals.Among the armies, only Huang Zhong's headquarters, which was stationed at Heyan, did not move, and even Huo Jun's headquarters also moved towards the Heyan camp.The army that used to be so large and surrounded the city was abandoned, leaving only the Heyan camp in the west of the city.

The momentum of Huo Jun's army dispatching outside the city was so great that not only Zhang Liao noticed it, but also two generals, Li Dian and Zhu Guang, moved forward and backward one after another to the west of the city.Watching Huo Jun shrink his troops and hoard them around the river weir.Relying on the previous fortifications of the river weir, a camp was built.

Seeing this, Zhu Guang was overjoyed and said: "When the reinforcements arrived, Huo Jun had no choice but to divide his troops and go north to defend the enemy. Now we are shrinking our battalions to Heyan. If we can occupy the Heyan, or defeat the soldiers and horses staying at Hefei, we will fight for Hefei." The siege can be broken, and we can also work with General Xiahou both internally and externally to defeat the enemy."

With that said, Zhu Guang looked at Zhang Liao and said: "General Zhang, the enemy troops under Huo Jun's tent are heading north, and the enemy's elite troops have already left. This is the time to attack the thieves, so we must not miss such a good opportunity. If the rainy season comes, the enemy's water will break through the river weir. , I, Hefei, will be destroyed by the enemy."

The elite level of the Hefei army was well known to the defenders in Hefei City.In the past, Zhu Guang went out of the city to attack the river weir fortifications, and the rogue army was ordered to stop him.The elite troops led by Zhu Guang were no match for the Zhuhui army. After several rounds of fighting, they were directly defeated and the troops fled.Fortunately, Zhang Liao led his army to fight out and rescued Zhu Guang's troops.

According to Zhang Liao's evaluation, the elite level of the Zhuhai army, whether it is the quality of the soldiers, or the armor and weapons, is already a first-class elite force. The five thousand Zhuhai army can defeat an ordinary army several times his own.

Zhang Liao put his hand on the female wall and said calmly: "I'm afraid that this is Huo Jun's plan to lure us into battle. He is afraid that the city of Hefei is strong, so he can use it as a sign to divide his troops to occupy the enemy. He will lure our army to fight. At the same time, he will ambush the elite outside the city and surround and kill me when I leave the city." soldiers."

Li Dian put his hand on the Han sword and said with a sneer: "If you follow General Zhang's words, then I will stay in the city and wait for Huo Jun to flood Hefei!"

After a pause, Li Dian looked at the sergeants around him and said, "Huo Jun has been besieging the city for nearly four months. There is not much food and grass in the city, and the sergeants are starting to panic."

Huo Jun started traveling north to Hefei last winter and stayed outside Hefei for more than three months.The sergeants in the city almost watched the river weir being built bit by bit with their own eyes, and facing the upcoming rainy season, it was impossible for them not to panic.

After looking at the cloudless sky, Zhang Liao's shoulders felt a dull pain.Since the Battle of Tianzhu Mountain, his shoulder was injured by Guan Yu. Although he was healed by good doctors, it has not reached its peak level, and every rainy day, his shoulder will be in pain.

Rubbing his shoulders, Zhang Liao said: "The rainy day is approaching. Huo Jun will mobilize his troops to go north. We must fight. However, in order to avoid Huo Jun tempting me to fight, I asked the scouts to go out of the city to explore dozens of miles to see if there is an ambush."

With that said, Zhang Liao pointed to Heyan again and said: "Now we will send sergeants out of the city to test the sergeants staying at Heyan, and we will send another group of sergeants to test the enemy in the evening."

"promise!"

Under Zhang Liao's arrangement, the sergeants in the city divided into two groups according to his instructions, and successively left the city to attack the Heyan camp.

For the first time, Zhang Liao personally led an army to harass. Zhao Yun fought with his elite troops. Relying on Juma and Lujiao, he defeated and killed more than a hundred of Cao's troops.

The second time, near dusk, Zhang Liao led his army to fight out again, while Zhao Yun was eating.Huang Zhong led his soldiers to defend the camp and repulsed Zhang Liao who attacked the camp.

That night, Zhang Liao summoned Li Dian, Zhu Guang, and Xue Ti to the hall to discuss strategies to defeat the enemy.

Zhang Liao put his sword on the table and said: "According to the scouts' report, there is no ambush by Huo Jun within twenty miles outside the city. I believe that Huo Jun knows about Xuzhou's reinforcements, so he sent all his troops and the enemy troops northward." , built a fortress in order to prevent General Xiahou from going south."

As he spoke, Zhang Liao looked around at everyone's faces and said: "The army is marching north. Huo Jun moves to the river weir, with Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun as his wings. It seems that he wants to hold on to the camp until the rainy season arrives, and he will make a decision on the water. Now we must strike preemptively. , Don’t do what Huo Jun wants.”

"The soldiers from Liao sent to harass the city, and Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong took turns to defend the city. Huang Zhong was an old man, his strength was gradually weakening, and he was not Liu Bei's trusted general; Zhao Yun was strong in force, powerful on the left side of the Yangtze River, and was Liu Bei's minion general. The old soldiers If the horses are strong and weak, General Zhao Yun will strengthen the army, and General Huang Zhong will weaken the soldiers. They will divide them into two camps. This is an opportunity to break the stronghold."

"Tomorrow will be like today. We will send sergeants out of the city to raid, and we will also send scouts to inspect the outside of the city to be on guard against Huo Jun setting up ambushes in the countryside. If Huo Jun does the same thing tomorrow, General Li and I will go out of the city the day after tomorrow and fight to the death with Huo Jun."

Then, Zhang Liao looked at Li Dian and asked, "It's time to break through the enemy camp, kill Huo Jun, and make great achievements. I wonder if General Mancheng dares to go to war with Liao?"

Li Dian's face was solemn, he raised his hands and said, "Dian is willing to follow the Prime Minister's order and follow the general out of the city to fight."

"good!"

Zhang Liao said in a deep voice: "When Liao and General Mancheng go to war, General Zhu will defend the city and the army will monitor the soldiers in the city."

"No!" Zhu Guang and Xue Ti responded.
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Not to mention that Zhang Liao finalized the plan to leave the city for a decisive battle with Huo Jun. At that time, three generals, Yu Shao, Ding Feng, and Gao Xin, led an army of [-] soldiers wearing armor and carrying food. Under the constant guidance of scouts, they headed northeast and rushed to Dongcheng.

Dongcheng County is located east of Chengde, more than a hundred miles away from it.Brothers Wu Dun and Wu Jing led reinforcements across the Huaihe River. Under Xiahou Dun's instructions, they marched from Dongcheng to Hefei. The two armies wanted to meet and camp in the north of Hefei.

Why were brothers Wu Dun and Wu Jing leading reinforcements to support, instead of Zang Ba, the governor of Xuzhou?The first is related to the geographical location. Wu Dun is the governor of Licheng, and his brother Wu Jing is the governor of Donghai. They are close to the battlefield of Hefei.

Second, Zang Ba was troubled by Mi Fang's journey north. Mi Fang brought with her the villagers from Qingxu Haibin. Under the guidance of the locals, Mi Fang broke into several counties.When Xiahou Dun's letter came, Zang Ba was leading his soldiers to conquer Mi Fang, recapture the county seat, and drive him to the sea.

Zang Ba and Sun Guan divided two to three thousand troops and horses with Wu Dun brother, and asked him to lead his own troops and the troops they provided to support the Hefei battlefield.Brother Wu Dun did not dare to neglect and led thousands of troops across the Huaihe River to Hefei.

It took two or three hundred miles from Huailing to Hefei, Huo Jun received the news, and it took two or three days to send out the army. The Wu Dun brothers walked more than a hundred miles and just passed Dongcheng.The next day, the sergeants under the Wu Dun brothers' tent crossed Dongcheng and arrived at Xigepi at noon. They encountered the scorpion army and the battle was about to break out.

Compared to the Wu Dun brothers who were hastily preparing for the battle, although the Yanhui army was a little panicked, they knew in advance that they were about to encounter an encounter, and with the adjustment of the general, they quickly stabilized.

Under the banner of the Zhu Hui Army, Yu Shao summoned Ding Feng and Gao Xin to discuss the deployment of the enemy.

Yu Shao looked at the Xuzhou soldiers in the distance and asked: "I have been ordered by the governor to go far away and fight for victory. The enemy went far away and was unprepared. Now that we encounter the enemy, we must fight hard and win. However, the cavalry and soldiers should be the first, and the armor Is it okay for the soldiers to come behind and defeat the enemy soldiers?"

Gao Xin and Ding Feng watched the Xuzhou soldiers' military situation, but saw that the Xuzhou soldiers had encountered a rogue army. Under the scolding of the officers, the hurried sergeants changed their formations from the marching ranks. The formations were irregular and the flags were chaotic.

Gao Xin stood up with his sword in his hand and said: "Most of Xuzhou's soldiers are bandits and march without armor. Today's army formation is not in order and the troops are in chaos. They should be able to attack!"

With that said, Gao Xin pointed to the Xuzhou military formation and said: "The front army cannot be attacked. Xin led his cavalry into the formation from the flanks. The two generals led their troops from the front to break the formation. Under a combined attack of infantry and cavalry, the Xuzhou army will be defeated!"

"good!"

When the three of them hurriedly finalized the battle square formation, the army under the tent quickly formed a team, with the cavalry on both sides and the infantry arrayed in front. The formation was gradually taking shape.However, the Xuzhou soldiers today, brothers Wu Dun and Wu Jing, are busy calling for the troops to line up, and the sergeants are urgently putting on their armor.

Encounters are the best way to test the eliteness of an army, and there is no better way than encounters.The two armies were unprepared and fought in a hurry. Only the one with better training won. The gap between the Xuzhou soldiers and the Zhuhui army was obvious.

After a while, Xuzhou soldiers did not wait for the formation to be completed.The scorpion army was already beating drums, and the drums were so loud that it shook the heaven and the earth, and they advanced in formation on foot and on horseback.

Because the right side is Xigepi, the land of Hebei, which is not conducive to the galloping of cavalry.Thousands of cavalrymen of the Zhihui army were separated on the left side. Gao Xin held his banner and shouted loudly. The cavalrymen under the tent followed him from the front, heading straight towards the Xuzhou soldiers like strong wind and thunder.

Immediately behind the cavalry were four thousand armored warriors of the Zhihu Army.When the infantry advances, the spear and crossbow are in front, with the sword and shield in the middle.There are no branches in the Zhihu army. Those who wield spears also use bows and crossbows; those who do not use spears use swords and shields.The fierce warriors, looming in the smoke and dust on the ground, pressed hard against the Xuzhou soldiers.

Advance on foot and cavalry to attack Xuzhou soldiers.The cavalry should go first, and the infantry should follow.Thousands of cavalry in the Jianghuai area can be said to be a large-scale cavalry even among Cao's army.

Gao Xin came from the Bohai Sea, and Huo Jun was able to appoint him as the cavalry commander of the Zhenhui Army because he valued his ability to use cavalry well.

In this encounter with the Xuzhou soldiers, Gao Xin divided the thousand cavalry into two groups. One group fought with the Xuzhou cavalry, and he led the other group into the Xuzhou army's formation from the chaos.

The soldiers are as fierce as wolves and tigers, and they march fiercely through the formation.

The Xuzhou army reacted and asked the crossbowmen to step forward, open their bows and shoot.However, there were too few crossbowmen who hurriedly assembled for battle, and their arrows shot through the air sparsely, and few of them could hit the cavalry.

"shoot!"

Gao Xin rode his horse forward, bent his bow and fired an arrow. He aimed at the Xuzhou soldiers who were hurriedly arrayed, and shot at them.Hundreds of arrows rained from the sky, and with the blessing of Ma Su, they shot at Xuzhou soldiers.

Due to the march, most of the Xuzhou soldiers were not wearing armor, and many were injured by arrows. The spearmen in the front row fell one after another, causing confusion in the barely formed military formation.Seeing the overwhelming momentum of the cavalry and their accurate shooting, some Xuzhou sergeants couldn't help but panic and retreated one after another.

Before Gao Xin's cavalry entered the formation, he saw the Xuzhou Army's front row soldiers fleeing in all directions. How could he dare to resist the cavalry? No matter how the officers called, it was in vain.

The strong and courageous captain of the Xuzhou Army rode his horse to kill the fleeing infantry, trying to unite his strength to stop the cavalry attack of the Chihui Army.

Seeing this, Gao Xin drove his horse up and faced him with a spear.In the blink of an eye, the captain was stabbed to death by Gao Xin and fell to the ground.As they marched, Gao Xin held a long spear on his left and a short spear on his right. They clashed with each other in the formation. No one dared to stop them, and the Xuzhou infantry fled in fear.

Xuzhou soldiers rushed south, and neither the grassroots soldiers nor the generals were prepared to fight in Dongcheng.Or maybe they didn't expect that Huo Jun would send an army to attack them.

The scorpion army marched in armor. Although the journey was hard, it was difficult to say that they had more physical strength than the Xuzhou soldiers.But in an encounter, whether or not you are wearing armor and whether you are prepared for combat will be the decisive key.

Gao Xin led [-] cavalry into the formation, and the Xuzhou soldiers frightened each other and avoided the enemy's attack. They did not dare to fight. In a short time, they penetrated the army formation and were directly in front of Wu Dun.Let Wu Dun call for the troops on the left and right to fight, hoping to hold off Gao Xin and give the formation time to regroup.

It was not as simple as Wu Dun thought. After Gao Xin led the cavalry into the battle, Ding Feng led the armored warriors into the battle.Bows and crossbows take the lead, swords and spears fight hand-to-hand, and infantry fight head-on.

Xuzhou's infantry only faced each other once and could not withstand the impact of the enemy's infantry.After several rounds of fighting, the front of Xuzhou Army was completely defeated.Almost all the soldiers of Xuzhou who relied on their bravery to resist stubbornly were killed by the sharp swords of the scorpion army.

The infantry attacked, the cavalry attacked from the side, and under the charge of the infantry and cavalry, the scorpion army was devastated, defeated the surrounding military formations, and forced Wu Dun brothers to their own troops.The Xuzhou soldiers fled in large numbers, their flags fell down, and they fled back one after another.Only a large number of carriages and horses with baggage and surrendered infantry were left on the battlefield.

Under such a situation, Wu Jing, a former bandit, saw that his defeat was certain, so he abandoned the main force, led his troops, and fled directly; Wu Dun was a little slow to react, and his team was scattered by the rout, leaving Gao Xin and the cavalry to retreat. The soldiers came in and died in the chaos.

Wu Dun died in battle, Wu Jing was defeated and fled, and Xuzhou's reinforcements were defeated.However, although the scorpion army defeated the Xuzhou soldiers, the gap between those with and without armor was revealed again.The armored warriors of the Heijun army could not catch up with the fleeing Xuzhou infantry without armor. Only Gao Xin led his cavalry to chase and kill the deserters.

After chasing for several miles, three generals, Yu Shao, Ding Feng and Gao Xin, took the initiative to withdraw their troops and rest on the spot.

　Time is in a hurry, please wait and see.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)