Great Han Empire

Chapter 760: A Storm of Troubled Heroes

Xiahou Dun was secretly surprised when he heard that the whereabouts of the army had been exposed, and that the Northern Frontier Army had appeared in Dongguang City.

Before leaving, Cao Cao told him in private that it is difficult to ensure that the army will not be discovered by the northern army when they attack Nanpi for a long distance. There may be a fierce battle under the city of Nanpi, but the northern army is limited and cannot gather enough troops to defeat you, so You have to join forces with all kinds of troops at all costs to fight this battle until the end of August.

Xiahou Dun was very strange. He believed that even if the army on the East Route could not achieve the intended combat objectives, it could still effectively restrain the Northern Xinjiang Army in the direction of Xindu City, help the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army break through Xindu City, advance the front line to the Zhangshui River, and strive for Occupy half of Jizhou before winter comes.Not to mention the end of August, even the end of October is no problem.

Cao Cao denied his statement.At the end of August, the army was about to withdraw to the Central Plains, and the battle was about to end.Xiahou Dun was dumbfounded, he felt that it was too absurd, the absurdity was suffocating.In the eyes of the big brother and the ministers in the court, there is no big man at all. They not only treat the lives of 10,000+ soldiers as a trifling matter, but also treat the big man's country as a trifling matter.

The reason why the eldest brother proposed to open up the Eastern Road battlefield was not to defeat the Northern Xinjiang Army and occupy Jizhou, but to consume the strength of other soldiers and horses. Transferred to the East Road battlefield, so as to ensure that he can return to the Central Plains safely and without worries.The army on the East Road was actually going to die, just to cover Cao Cao's retreat.

Xiahou Dun had a lot of doubts, but he didn't ask. He believed in his elder brother, even if his elder brother asked him to die, he would not hesitate.Cao Cao seemed to have seen through Xiahoudun's mind, and explained a few sentences, the last sentence was that to revive the big man, he must have strong strength, and to have strong strength, he must first eradicate other forces around the Central Plains one by one. This Northern Expedition is the best opportunity to eliminate other forces and develop themselves.

Xiahoudun figured it out, "At the beginning of September, I will definitely lead the army to withdraw to the south and bring back as many as possible the [-] Yanzhou troops."

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"Brother Yuan Rang, Master Tian Kai has led his army to Dongguang, should we speed up the follow-up?" Li Dian's voice came from behind.

Xiahou Dun looked back at the distance and shook his head, "It's only [-] miles from here to Dongguang. If you walk slowly, you will definitely arrive at dusk. We have been marching continuously recently, and the weather is very hot. The soldiers are too tired. There is no need to Take this little time."

"But Master Tian Kai said that we must arrive at Nanpi tomorrow night." Li Dian said worriedly, "I think it's better to hurry up."

Xiahou Dun waved his horsewhip noncommittally, "It's up to you. Urgently tell the two adults, Zang Ba and Wenpin, that I will cross the Dahe Gudu immediately, and ask them to catch up as soon as possible." Then he lightly scolded Tian Kai, "Tian Kai should Covering me on the other side, you shouldn't be in such a hurry to join Ma Teng in Dongguang."

"We are only thirty miles away from him, what danger will there be?" Li Dian asked with a smile, "Could it be that the Northern Border Army will suddenly emerge from Dahe Gudu?"

The two were chatting and laughing when a few fast horses came galloping from a distance with sweaty scouts on their backs, "My lord, the Northern Frontier Army is rushing along the great river Gudu."

Xiahou Dun and Li Dian were shocked immediately, and looked at each other pale.The Northern Border Army really emerged from Dahe Gudu.

"How many people? Which direction? How far is it from us?"

"You can't see the end at a glance. The entire riverbed is full of Northern Xinjiang troops. There are at least tens of thousands of people." The scout said panting, "They came from the direction of Jiangshui River, less than ten miles away from us."

"Hurry up, speed up, occupy the river banks on both sides, hurry up..." Xiahou Dun whipped his horse for a while, and shouted, "Urgently call Zang Ba and Wenpin, and join me immediately."

"Brother Yuan Rang..." Li Dian yelled nervously, "It seems that the Northern Border Army wants to cut off our connection with Tian Kai and Ma Teng, which one are they going to encircle?"

"The northern border army has been prepared for a long time. They want to eat us." Xiahou Dun roared, "Hurry up, tell Tian Kai and Ma Teng to leave Dongguang City alone, retreat immediately and join me, hurry up..."

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Fanting is twenty miles southeast of Dongguang City.

Gao Lan and Lei Zhong received Yan Liang's military order and led the army to advance rapidly towards Xinhe.

Xinhe is about fifteen miles away from Dahe Gudu.Now the Xuzhou army has crossed the river, but the Jingzhou army has not yet begun to cross the river with food and supplies.Yan Liang ordered them to hold back the Jingzhou army, forcing the Yanzhou army and Xuzhou army to fail to concentrate their forces to break through Dahe Gudu.

Lei Zhong shook his head regretfully, "In this way, we can only watch others besiege Tian Kai and Ma Teng."

"Don't be greedy." Gao Lan said with a smile, "We just need to drag the Jingzhou army firmly to the south bank of the Xinhe River, and these southerners are in our pocket."

Lei Chong chuckled, "This group of people didn't stay well in the south, but they insisted on going to the north to die. They really did their own crimes."

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Seeing that the direction of the army suddenly turned to the southwest, Huang Tong couldn't help shouting in surprise, "Didn't you talk about Dongguang City? Why did you turn around and head west?"

"To the west? Where is the west?" The stick behind him hurriedly asked, "We ran back and forth from west to east and from east to south for more than ten days and walked hundreds of miles. Will you like a match in the end, and you won't get a fight in a fight?"

"You ask me, who should I ask?" Huang Tong scolded angrily.

"Go and ask Lord Marquis." Dahei also said anxiously, "We seem to be getting farther and farther away from Dongguang City."

Huang Tong wiped his sweat cursingly, looked around at the rows of troops marching rapidly, and shook his head helplessly, "At this moment, I can't even tell the direction, where can I find Lord Junhou? Forget it, let's follow Let's run, anyway, besides sleeping, we are walking now, walking non-stop, walking..."

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On the bank of Jiangshui River, Dongtingdu.Thirty miles northwest of Dongguang City.

Yan Liang held a cowhide water bag, stood outside the temporary military tent and drank a full drink.

On the Jiangshui River in the distance, there was a lot of voices and horses neighing, and a row of iron knights led the horses and quickly passed the twenty pontoon bridges on the river.A little farther away, tens of thousands of peasants carried their shoulders and shoulders, transporting food, grass and military equipment from the opposite bank to the camp.

Zhou Shan walked out of the military tent sweating profusely, and let out a long breath, "It's too hot today..."

Yan Liang looked back at him, then stretched out his hand to tug at his soaked clothes, "Can't you take it off? Look at me..." He patted his chest hard, "Today, I'm going to be shirtless."

Zhou Shan glanced at the long chest hair on Yan Liang's chest, and couldn't help showing a hint of contempt on his face, "I really can't imagine, "How can someone like you be the general of a big man? "

Yan Liang hummed dissatisfiedly, "Are you still wondering why the general asked me to command the Dongguang battle?"

Zhou Shan nodded, "Exactly. What's even more strange to me is, why have I been with you for eight years? Eight years..." Zhou Shan's eyes widened exaggeratedly, with a look of grief.

Yan Liang sneered, and threw the water bag in his hand to Zhou Shan, "Want to leave? There is no door. By the way, do you have any news from Zhang Yun and Zhang Liao?"

"The two masters Zhang have led the army to outflank Tian Kai's rear, and we have successfully divided the rebel army into two." Zhou Shan said vaguely while drinking water, "At present, Tian Kai's army is far away from Dongguang. There are still fifteen miles in the city."

"Where is Little Lazy? How far is his cavalry from Dongguang City?"

Zhou Shan swallowed the water in his mouth hastily, and asked with a serious face: "My lord, who is Xiaolan? Why have I never heard of anyone?"

Yan Liang's face darkened, and he opened his mouth to reprimand him, but when the words came to his lips, he changed his words again, "Where is Master Li Su now?"

Zhou Shan smiled triumphantly, "There are still twenty miles away from Dongguang City, Ma Teng's scouts may have spotted him.

"Hmph, last time he took advantage of us in Guanzhong, this time I want him to spit out his bones."

The two were talking, when a personal guard came to report that Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, and Jiang Wu had already crossed the river and were about to rush to the big tent.

"Quick, bring my clothes." Yan Liang shouted loudly.

Zhou Shan laughed loudly, "Didn't you say it's cool to be shirtless?"

Yan Liang glared at him fiercely, "I don't have face, does your face look good?"

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Yan Liang welcomed Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, and Jiang Wu into the big tent, and Zhou Shan carefully explained the positions of the various armies.

"Now, even if the Yanzhou Army and the Xuzhou Army join forces and break through the resistance of Zhang Zhen, Gao Shun, and Qin Yi, they will not be able to meet Tian Kai and Ma Teng at the foot of Dongguang City." Zhou Shan pointed to the map and said, "Mustafa The Changshui Battalion and the Huqi Battalion of Jifeng are rapidly advancing eastward, and they are estimated to rush to Xiaoliang Pavilion soon, and join Zhang He and Zhang Liao's [-] infantry army to encircle the rebels from the south of Dongguang City."

"Lord Li Su and the iron cavalry of your lords will surround Tian Kai and Ma Teng from the east and west sides of Dongguang City at dusk today. Wu Xiong and Lord Guo Hua will stick to Dongguang City and block them from the front." Zhou Shan put his finger on the A small circle was lightly drawn on Dongguang City on the map, "When Wei Jun and You Xian Wang Liu Ming's [-] cavalry arrive at the battlefield tomorrow morning, we will start to attack."

"Tomorrow, 5000 people from Zhang Zhen, Gao Shun, and Qin Yi will block the Yanzhou Army and Xuzhou Army in Dahe Gudu, and 1 people from Gao Lan and Lei Zhong will hold back the Jingzhou Army in the direction of Xinhe." Yan Liang said murderously, "The remaining [-] cavalry troops surrounded and wiped out Tian Kai and Ma Teng."

"7 people fight 5000 people." Zhao Yun patted Yan Liang, and smiled relaxedly, "This kind of battle seems to be the first time we have fought, it's too easy, you don't have to gnash your teeth like this."

Yan Liang was stunned for a moment, feeling that his expression was a bit too much, he grinned embarrassedly, "We have been fighting for more than ten years, this is the first time we are fighting a battle with such disparity in strength, I am not used to it."

"The general's battles are very different now than in the past." Jiang Wu said with some emotion, "In the past, how many hard and bloody battles did we fight? But now the general uses 7 people to fight 5000 people. ..."

"What do you mean?" Yan Liang was unhappy, his eyes widened, "I managed to command a big battle, but you said it was... what is it? It's too easy, isn't it?"

Jiang Wu was taken aback by Yan Liang's appearance, and hurriedly waved his hands, "Hutou, I'm not talking about you, I'm saying that the general is too cautious, not as sharp-edged as before."

"Zifeng, how dare you say that about the general, I think you have had too many good days." Yan Liang's face turned cold, and he immediately threatened, "You don't want to live anymore?"

Everyone laughed.Jiang Wu punched Yan Liang hard, "Don't be too complacent, it's really not easy to win this battle."

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The avant-garde song of the Yanzhou Army rushed down the river bed.

Two hundred paces away, the soldiers of the Huben Battalion roared towards them.

Five hundred steps away, Yueqi's soldiers were rushing up the embankment, intending to control the embankment on the north bank and drive the Yanzhou army down the riverbed.

In an instant, fierce killing sounds resounded over Dahe Gudu.

The mute opened his mouth wide, panted violently, and ran wildly with all his strength.

When the imperial court rebuilt the Northern Army last year, his village was recruited to the Yueqi Battalion because of its bravery and skill in fighting.For more than a year, he lived happily in the Longshan Northern Army camp without fighting a single battle.This year, he first blocked Yuan Shao's army in the direction of Puyangjin, and then ran more than 800 miles to Hejian Kingdom in one breath.Knowing that there is a big war to be fought, no one is not excited, especially these veterans who have fought for more than ten years, they have already smelled blood.

Many soldiers of the Yanzhou Army rushed up the river embankment, and they faced the exhausted soldiers from the northern border and killed them.

The mute rushed to the front. He knew that he would die if he went up, so he slowed down and shouted hoarsely, "Array...the crossbow shoots..."

The crossbow arrows screamed, and the enemies rushing to the front screamed loudly, and fell to the ground one by one.Taking advantage of this short breathing time, a hundred soldiers quickly formed ten small attack formations at the fastest speed.The shield hand is in the front, the spearman is in the middle, the archer is behind, and the sword and axe hand are covering on both sides. Ten people protect each other and fight fiercely.

The Yanzhou army on the embankment was not an opponent at all, and a large area was cut down in a blink of an eye.

"Hold the river bank, keep the river bank..." the mute raised his bloody saber and kept shouting, but his hoarse voice was drowned out by the bloody shouts on the battlefield in an instant.

The killing sound is shocking.

Zhang Zhen's Huben camp used to be the general's personal guard camp. It was the same as Jifeng's Huqi camp, which was formerly the Black Panther Yi Cong camp. It was the elite of the Northern Xinjiang army.

The [-] Yanzhou army led by Xiahou Dun used to be the Yellow Turban Army of Qingzhou. Although they had rich experience in fighting, they had even richer experience in escaping.

After the Huben camp slashed wildly, blood flowed on the river bed, and the Yanzhou army had no power to fight back, so they turned around and fled.

When Gao Shun rushed to the battlefield panting with his men and horses, carrying the heavy equipment left behind by the Huben and Yueqi battalions, the battle was over.

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(End of this chapter)