Great Han Empire
Chapter 826
Chapter 826 The Heroes of Troubled Times Compete in the Central Plains
Chang Xi (xi) sat quietly in the dark.
The flickering flames on the distant battlefield and the faint sound of war drums pierced his heartstrings, making him very excited.
He had been waiting for this moment for a long time.For revenge, in order to kill Guan Yu and his Danyang soldiers, he would rather be smashed to pieces.
Gao Shun's arrival gave him this opportunity.Gao Shun is famous for his strict military management, honesty and self-discipline, and upright and loyal temperament in the Northern Xinjiang Army.During the more than a year of stationing in Qingzhou, he gave great help to the Qingzhou Army and the Yellow Turban Army, and gained an excellent reputation among the generals of the two armies.The reason why the three armies of Hebei, North and South Qingzhou were able to successfully join forces to attack Xuzhou was due to the respect and admiration of the generals of the three armies for Gao Shun.This kind of trust from the warrior's heart made Gao Shun's attack strategy fully followed and implemented.
Gao Shun believed that if he wanted to defeat Guan Yu, he had to use the arrogance and contempt Guan Yu had developed after defeating the Yellow Turban Army in Zhengrong Valley last year to lure his army away from the city and kill them in the wild.At present, Liu Bei and the main force of the Xuzhou army are attacking Yuan Shu in the Jianghuai area. For the safety of Xuzhou, Guan Yu will never lead his army out of the city easily and fight face-to-face with the Yellow Turban army without absolute certainty.In order to paralyze and deceive Guan Yu, Gao Shun let the [-] army take off their armor, and mixed with nearly [-] civilians, pretending to be the Yellow Turban Army of Southern Qingzhou and entered Xuzhou.Guan Yu has the precedent and confidence to defeat the Yellow Turban Army, as long as he is given a chance to attack, he will definitely fall for it.
After Gao Shun led his army to the city of Ju (ju), he immediately acted as if he was afraid of Guan Yu and did not dare to attack by force. He turned around and attacked the two cities of Dongguan and Dong'an on the banks of the Yishui River. They exchanged and mobilized each other, hoping to lure Guan Yu out, but Guan Yu remained on the sidelines and waited and watched.
The day before yesterday, Gao Shun saw that Guan Yu had no intention of going out of the city to fight, so he immediately changed his strategy, suddenly took Dongguan with all his strength, and then encircled Dong'an City.Once Dongguan and Dong'an were lost, the flanks of Jucheng lost their protection. Guan Yu's army may be trapped in Jucheng, in a dilemma.
Guan Yu sent troops to rescue him.
After Gao Shun got the news, he immediately led his army to rush to Jucheng for a hundred miles, intending to attack Jucheng when its troops were weak.
At this moment, Guan Yu's reinforcements had not yet arrived in Dong'an, but Gao Shun had already withdrawn from Dong'an impatiently and rushed to Jucheng.The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were exhausted from marching and fighting for days.
After Guan Yu got the news that the Yellow Turban Army turned around and killed Ben Jucheng, he naturally turned around and chased after him without hesitation.
Gao Shun's stupid and low-level mistake was tantamount to giving Guan Yu the best chance to attack.
Gao Shun was waiting for this opportunity.He tossed back and forth between Yishui River and Shushui River for several days, running back and forth for hundreds of miles, hoping that this last-minute deliberate mistake would lure Guan Yu into the trap.
Guan Yu really fell for it.He rushed back to Jucheng, and launched an attack impatiently.
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In the dark night, the sound of war drums became more and more intense, and the faint smell of blood floated in the dark night sky with gusts of light wind.
Chang Xi stood up slowly and walked slowly to the front of the army formation.Like the soldiers lined up on the field, he stared intently into the distance, looking at the blazes that shot straight up from the sky and the earth.
Now Gao Shun, Guan Hai, and Yin Li's [-] troops have trapped Guan Yu. As long as he can block the enemy's reinforcements here, Guan Yu will die.This battle began when Guan Yu led his army to attack the camp of the Yellow Turban Army, and the fate of failure was already doomed, and all of this came from Gao Shun's strategizing.
Although Gao Shun brought only [-] troops to Xuzhou, behind Gao Shun was the mighty Hebei and the invincible Northern Army.Follow Gao Shun, follow the Black Panther Banner, and follow the Beijiang Army, no one can stop him from taking revenge.
Thinking of the dead leaders of the Yellow Turbans such as Sima Ju, Xu He, Guan Cheng and Wu Ba, thinking of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army who died in battle, thinking of the countless innocent people who followed the Yellow Turban Army in battles everywhere, and thinking of being on the distant battlefield Brothers who fought in bloody battles, thinking of the bloody battle that is about to begin, Chang Xi couldn't help but feel his blood boiling, raised his head and screamed, wishing he could jump on his horse and raise his gun and drink blood on the battlefield.
"Crack...crack..." The black panther banner danced wildly in the wind, like a blood-devouring beast soaring and roaring at its prey, with a murderous aura.
Looking at the big flag bathed in the night, Chang Xi was overwhelmed with emotion.
Following this mighty black panther battle flag, he will rule the world from now on, and nothing can threaten his survival.In the near future, maybe I can still look forward to the day when I will worship the general and become a marquis, and see the day when the world is stable and the people live and work in peace and contentment.
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The scouts rushed over.
"My lord, the enemy is coming, three miles away from us."
"Command all the ministries to prepare for the battle." Sun Guan, who was lying under the big tree, jumped up and raised his hands and shouted wildly, "Let's fight, let's fight... Today we must kill Guan Yu and avenge blood for our dead brothers."
Chang Xi roared loudly, snatched the yellow scarf flag from the bannerman, and ran in front of the formation, "Brothers, revenge, revenge..."
"Kill..." Ten thousand soldiers shouted in unison, and the sound of killing shook the sky.
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The fierce battle unfolded rapidly in the dark night.
When the two armies met, [-] soldiers collided violently. The fierce fighting instantly aroused a shocking wave of blood, and the night trembled violently amidst the blood and shouts.
Chang Xi, with a yellow scarf on his head and a spear in his hand, bravely takes the lead.Enemy soldiers fell at his feet one after another, and the sprayed blood and messy corpses paved a bloody road for revenge.
More than a dozen yellow scarf soldiers shouted forward, unstoppable.They guarded the bannermen holding high the yellow scarf flag, and followed closely behind Chang Xi, marching forward without hesitation.
The yellow turban soldiers followed behind the banner and fought bravely. They shouted hoarsely, as if they wanted to vent their hatred in this battle.
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Jucheng made Tao Gang anxious, walking around on the tower with his hands behind his back.
Several military officials such as military commanders and military waiters surrounded him, their expressions were furious, and they kept waving their hands and shouting loudly.
Cao Bao and Qin Chang sent people to ask Tao Gang for help ten times within half an hour, and the battle situation was extremely critical.
Cao Bao said in his oral letter that Guan Yu's surprise attack on the Yellow Turban Army's camp failed, and the five thousand Danyang soldiers were surrounded by tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army on the banks of the Shushui River, and they were in danger.Cao Bao said that although he wanted to lead the army to rescue, the Yellow Turbans were brave enough to block his way to ask for help. Due to the large number of Yellow Turbans, the army was blocked from attacking and could not advance, so he asked for reinforcements.
At present, there are still 5000 troops in the city. In desperation, Cao Bao ordered Tao Gang to use all his troops to go out of the city to help.
If Guan Yu's entire army is wiped out, the blow to the army will be fatal. Let alone sticking to Jucheng, even Langya County will be difficult to defend, and most importantly, if Guan Yu has an accident, he will not be able to redeem himself even if he dies. crime.Langya County was lost and could be regained, but Guan Yu was dead and could never be brought back to life.Liu Bei and Guan Yu were life-and-death friends for more than ten years, and they were like brothers. When Liu Bei heard the sad news, he would never let him go.At this moment, between Jucheng and Guan Yu, you can only choose one.Tao Gang chose to rescue Guan Yu.
"Order all the ministries to leave the city immediately and rescue Lord Guan."
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Zang Ba quietly approached the north gate of Jucheng with an army of five thousand.
Several scouts rushed forward from the darkness.
"My lord, the enemy army has left the city."
"How many people? Have they all left the city?" Zang Ba asked anxiously.
"There are a lot of people, thousands of them. However, we don't know if these troops are all the troops in the city."
"No matter how many people there are, we have to beat them back, otherwise, Guan Yu will run away." Zang Ba waved his hand vigorously, "Order all the ministries to attack immediately."
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The Qingzhou army suddenly came out of the darkness and caught the Xuzhou army by surprise.Xuzhou's army was in chaos immediately, and thousands of people rushed to fight, in a state of chaos.
"Withdraw, withdraw..." Tao Gang panicked, turned his horse and ran towards the city gate.In the darkness, no one knew how many enemies had come, it was better to retreat to the city as soon as possible and defend the city.
Under the command of Shangguan, part of the Xuzhou army tried their best to stop the enemy and buy time for the retreating troops. Some Xuzhou army soldiers retreated quickly, planning to retreat to the city and hold on to the city.
On the battlefield, the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army roared like thunder and rushed forward.The Xuzhou soldiers couldn't resist and retreated step by step.
A moment later, the enemy who stayed behind to block the Qingzhou Army suffered heavy casualties and collapsed instantly.
"Catch up and entangle them..." Zang Ba galloped his horse, "Kill, kill, kill, kill them all the way to the city."
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The Qingzhou army chased after them, chasing faster and faster, and gradually mixed with Xuzhou soldiers.
The sky was too dark, and the soldiers on both sides could hardly distinguish each other, so they had to run desperately towards the city.
The generals of the Xuzhou Army wished they had wings and fled into the city in an instant, while the generals of the Qingzhou Army also wished they could step over to the gate of the city to block the enemies who fled into the city.
Tao Gang fell off his horse in the chaos. Although the guards tried their best to save him, he was trampled by the panicked fugitives and passed out on the spot.
A military commander who commanded the army to fight back lost his direction in the turbulent fleeing tide. He was accidentally shot by a stray arrow, fell on his back, and disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye.
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Under the escort of his personal guards, Tao Gang returned to the city as quickly as possible.Tao Gang remained unconscious, and the guards carried him to the government office to rescue him. In the panic, the county magistrate forgot to order the city gate to be closed in Tao Gang's name.
The other officials in Jucheng County were all in disorder. The generals did not know the soldiers, and the soldiers could not find the generals. Everyone fled in panic in the dark.
The chief on duty on the tower could only see the flow of people fleeing below the city by the faint light of the fire. Although he was also worried that the enemy would sneak into the city by taking advantage of the chaos, he neither received the order from the superior to close the city gate, nor was he willing to put himself His brother abandoned him outside the city and watched them die, so he did not order the drawbridge to be pulled up to close the city gate for a long time.
In this short period of extreme chaos, the defenders of Jucheng gave the Qingzhou Army an unexpected opportunity.
Many Qingzhou soldiers who ran fast suddenly found themselves surrounded by rebels, ran across the moat and entered the city.
A chief of the Qingzhou army was surprised and delighted, and suddenly raised his spear and shouted, "Brothers, capture the city gate, take the city gate..."
The soldiers of Xuzhou Army and Qingzhou Army were awakened by this loud shout almost at the same time.The soldiers on both sides froze for a moment.The Qingzhou soldiers were the first to react. They raised their weapons, swung their knives at the enemies around them, and chopped them up. The frenzied killing and poking caused the enemy's fearful psychology to collapse instantly.
The rushing crowd suddenly set off layers of waves, and the turbulent flow of people exploded violently at the city gate, and the shrill and helpless shouts hit the dark night sky in an instant.
The soldiers on both sides are like duckweeds in the stormy sea, struggling and fighting hard, trying to grab a living grass in this narrow bloody whirlpool.
The morale of the generals of the Qingzhou Army rushed in like a rainbow, and the suspension bridges, city gates, and towers were cut down one by one by their bloody knives.
The soldiers of Xuzhou Army were defeated like a mountain, and they were defeated for thousands of miles.
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The Danyang soldiers led by Cao Bao were brave and good at fighting. After an hour of bloody battle, they finally tore open the left wing of the Yellow Turban Army led by Chang Xi, successfully broke through the resistance of the Yellow Turban Army, and continued to advance towards the battlefield by the Shushui River.
Sun Guan led the Qingzhou soldiers to stop Cao Bao's army step by step, fighting tenaciously, intending to block Cao Bao's army.
Chang Xi was furious and rushed into the Danyang soldiers' rear line with a song of elites, "Fight to the death, fight to the death, hold them back, hold them back..."
Without hesitation, Cao Bao led his guards to block him, "Urgently tell Lord Qin to rush up and enter the Shushui River..."
The two sides met unexpectedly, the fierce soldiers faced the fierce soldiers, and they were killed bloody.
Chang Xi was covered in blood, a pair of blood-red eyeballs were about to burst out, and the sky was covered with blood as the spear danced.The Danyang soldiers rushed forward, flanked by swords and shields, and followed by a battle ax to strike head-on.Chang Xi roared, abandoned his spear and retreated.The spear was broken in the middle, and the tip of the spear was still stuck in the throat of the enemy soldier and trembled violently.The battle formation of the Danyang soldiers was once again powerful, and the three spears were like howling dragons, stabbing at the same time from the top, middle and bottom directions.There was no way to hide, Chang Xi suddenly leaned back and kicked up a corpse on the ground with all his strength. "Kill..." Chang Xi threw out both fists, hitting the corpse heavily.The corpse tumbling in the air, then slammed backwards.Three spears pierced the corpse at the same time, and the sharp battle formation stopped immediately.With sharp eyes and quick hands, Chang Xi quickly pulled out a broken spear from the ground, and then picked up a broken shield. With a figure like the wind, he slid into the enemy's battle formation, "Kill..."
Chang Xi was like a fierce tiger out of its cage, roaring repeatedly, broken spears and broken shields flying up and down, killing three people in a row, and the attack formation of Danyang soldiers broke down.Just when Chang Xi was about to follow up and kill again, he suddenly found that all the guards around him had fallen down, and groups of Danyang soldiers were rushing towards him.
Chang Xi's heart ached like a twist, and he raised his head and let out a heart-piercing cry, "Withdraw..."
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Guan Yu's tall body was a little wobbly, his armor was soaked in blood, his long hair was loose, and his helmet was thrown away by a spear from a northern Xinjiang soldier in the fierce fight just now, leaving a deep groove of blood on his forehead.On his long cheeks, blood was stained, and his long black beard had been stained purple-black by the blood, hanging in bunches on his chin in a mess.
The wound on his back was still oozing blood, and the severe pain made him grunt involuntarily.Since following Liu Bei to conquer the world, he has gone through countless fierce battles, but this is the first time he has encountered such a dangerous situation today.For more than ten years, this is the hardest and most difficult battle.
Guan Yu spat out the blood in his mouth on the ground, and gently settled the saber in his hand to support his exhausted and almost paralyzed body.Why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet?Is Jucheng lost?Guan Yu turned his head to look at the looming black panther battle flag in the distance, and suddenly felt bitter in his heart.Once upon a time, under the guidance of this banner, I fought bloody battles, but...
The sound of killing on the battlefield became louder and louder.The Northern Xinjiang Army, the Qingzhou Army, and the Yellow Turban Army rushed forward from three directions. The soldiers fought fiercely, and the more they fought, the more brave they became.
If the reinforcements are still delayed, the fate of the entire army being wiped out today will be inevitable.
At this moment, the sound of war drums suddenly came from the darkness in the southwest direction.The sound of the drum rumbled and shook the sky.
Guan Yu's heart trembled, and infinite strength suddenly emerged from his whole body, "Beat the drum, kill it, kill it..."
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Taking advantage of Cao Bao's opportunity to hold the Yellow Turban Army back, Qin Chang led the main force of the army to break through Sun Guan's resistance again, and successfully reached the bank of the Shushui River.
Yin Li was in charge of commanding [-] Qingzhou troops to block the breakthrough of the Xuzhou army in the southwest direction. He had already withstood a huge impact.
Yin Li asked Gao Shun for help.
Gao Shun was in a hurry, and immediately ordered Guan Hai in the northeast direction to quickly divide his troops to support Yin Li and block the enemy's reinforcements while ensuring that Guan Yu was surrounded.Tell Sun Guan and Chang Xi to attack the enemy's reinforcements at all costs, and must prevent the reinforcements from breaking Yin Li's defense line and joining Guan Yu.
After receiving Gao Shun's order, Xiang Cheng, Meng Si and other generals of the Northern Xinjiang Army commanded their respective armies to launch an attack on the Xuzhou Army's central army, intending to tear apart the Xuzhou Army's defensive formation and completely defeat them before the enemy's reinforcements arrived. Xuzhou Army.
The Yellow Turban Army was so powerful that they overwhelmed the enemy army like a tide, and the cries of revenge and blood hatred resounded through the night sky one wave after another.At this time, no one listened to Guan Hai's dispatch, and no one was willing to withdraw from the attacking battlefield.
After Yin Li's Qingzhou army gritted their teeth and supported for half an hour, they suffered heavy casualties and finally couldn't resist. They watched Xuzhou army break through the defense line and join Guan Yu's remnant army smoothly.
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With blood all over his body, Qin Chang staggered towards Guan Yu with a broken spear, "My lord, go quickly, I will leave the broken spear behind."
Guan Yu's eyes were hot, and he grabbed Qin Chang's arm, "You lead the army and go first. Sun Sheng is still behind, I will meet him and fight out together."
"grown ups……"
"Go quickly." Guan Yu yelled, "Cao Bao's Danyang soldiers are limited in number and cannot stop the enemy's siege. If the back road is cut off again, we will all be trapped and none of us can escape."
Guan Yu turned around and ran away, followed by nearly a hundred soldiers left by Qin Wei Qu, and killed them back again.
"Send the order, all the ministries will turn around immediately and return to Jucheng." Qin Chang raised his broken spear and waved his hands again and again, "Quick, quick..."
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The school lieutenant, Sun Sheng, led a group of men and horses to hold on desperately, and blocked the Northern Xinjiang Army under a hillside with dense long arrows.
Xiang Cheng cursed repeatedly, commanding the soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army to form a battle formation.The blood-stained shields immediately formed an airtight shield wall. The spearmen gathered behind the shield formation and stretched out their bloody spears from the gaps between the shields. The spear points were densely packed, like The fangs and sharp teeth of the ferocious beast are terrifying and cold.
With the beating of drums, the Northern Xinjiang soldiers who were struggling to kill in front quickly withdrew.
"Let it go..." Mengsi roared, and chopped off the saber in the air.Hundreds of strong archers pointed their bows towards the sky and fired consecutive volleys, immediately crushing the Xuzhou army on the hillside.
"Brothers, come up with me and kill..." Xiang Cheng stood behind the shield formation, raised his knife and shouted.Amidst the thunderous roar of the soldiers, the thick and powerful shield array advanced at high speed.
The Xuzhou army braved the opponent's dense arrow array to fight back, but faced with a huge turtle shell-like shield array, they had no choice but to watch it rush up the hillside at high speed, crushing it all the way in a menacing manner, unable to avoid it in time The soldiers were pierced by spears in a blink of an eye, and were bleeding profusely while hanging on their shields.
The shield formation suddenly exploded, and the northern soldiers rushed forward, their spears and knives like a storm, killing the enemy like a rat running away.The northern border army at the bottom of the slope roared up and rushed up, and then smothered them.
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"Kill..." Sun Sheng snorted miserably as the sparks shot out, the saber snapped in the air, and his scarred body retreated several steps in a row.Xiang Cheng cheered, raised his saber again, and chopped off his head and face.
"Dang..." With a sound, Xiang Cheng's tiger's mouth trembled, and the saber split into two.
A saber pierced the sun like a rainbow, and struck straight down.
Xiang Cheng turned pale with shock, and stepped back.He saw Guan Yu again.Guan Yu's face was ferocious, he roared angrily, and chopped off his head again with the saber.Xiang Cheng was furious, he raised his shield with both hands, and flew towards him, "Kill, kill Guan Yu..."
The shield slammed loudly.The saber slammed backwards, and the force of the recoil took Guan Yu back two steps.As if being hit by a heavy hammer, Xiang Cheng flew upside down with his shield and the person, and opened his mouth to spit out a mouthful of blood.
The Northern Xinjiang soldiers behind Xiang Cheng heard Xiang Cheng's roar, and immediately cheered, and rushed forward from all around, "Kill Guan Yu..."
Guan Yu didn't wait for his feet to stand firm, and his sword suddenly drew a dazzling blood light in the air, and thundered down against the soldiers from Northern Xinjiang who rushed up.Two lives with one knife, two blood-spitting bodies turned over and fell down.
"Go, go..." Guan Yu grabbed Sun Sheng who was rushing up with his spear, and flew back, "Get down, get down..."
Xiang Cheng got up from the ground in a daze, stretched out his hand and pulled off the helmet on his head, and slammed it on the ground, "Guan Yu, I'm going to kill you today..." He held up the shield in his hand, and was about to raise his arms and scream, Suddenly felt a light in the hand, the shield has shattered and fell to the ground.Xiang Cheng took a step back involuntarily, a chill rushed into his heart.
"Flop..." Xiang Cheng spat blood on the ground, looked at Guan Yu who was retreating in the distance with lingering fear, his eyes almost burst into flames, "Archer...Archer..."
"Take a crossbow, surround Guan Yu, shoot him, shoot him..."
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The northern Xinjiang soldiers attacked several times, and returned several times without success. More than a dozen lives were ruined by Guan Yu's sharp knife.
Mengsi led the archers to catch up, and the long arrows screamed thrillingly in the dark night.There was no way for Xuzhou soldiers to hide, and they were hit by arrows one after another and fell to the ground.
Sun Sheng was seriously injured. He managed to run for a while, and finally fell to the ground, unable to support himself. "My lord, you can go and leave me alone."
"Follow me." Guan Yu roared, stretched out his hand to support Sun Sheng, dragged him to run, and shouted to the surrounding soldiers, "Go, go, go, don't stop, run..."
"Aim at Guan Yu, shoot him to death, shoot him to death..." Xiang Cheng kept bleeding from his mouth, unable to run, so he had two personal guards support him and chase after Guan Yu closely.
The long arrows were like rain, concentrated around Guan Yu and whizzed down.Guan Yu didn't care about it at all, and took Sun Sheng to escape.Sun Sheng snorted a few times, his body trembled violently a few times, and then fell limply to the ground.
"Hold on, hold on..." Guan Yu hugged Sun Sheng and roared fiercely, "Brother, hold on to me, I'll take you out right away, hold on a little longer..."
"Brother, I want to go home, I want... to go home..." Sun Sheng smiled sadly at Guan Yu, and slowly closed his eyes.
"Okay, I'll take you back, I'll take you back to Zhuocheng." Guan Yu was filled with grief and indignation, he opened his mouth and bit his saber, carried Sun Sheng on his back with all his strength, no longer cared about the long arrow behind him, let go of his footsteps, and ran fast.
The 28 brothers who followed Liu Bei out of Zhuocheng, now only myself, Zhang Fei, Jian Yong and the other four brothers are left, and the others are all dead. During the more than ten years of fighting, they have fallen on the bloody battlefield one after another superior.
Long arrows fluttered in the night sky, like sharp claws of ghosts, sucking innocent lives little by little.
Guan Yu saw the soldiers running forward, saw sharp arrows piercing their bodies, and saw them fall to the ground in pain.
"Go, go..." Guan Yu shouted hoarsely, remorse pierced his heart like a long sword piercing the heart, causing him to howl in pain.
"Hoo..." Changjian's howling suddenly rushed into Guan Yu's ears, and Guan Yu couldn't help but let out a miserable scream due to the severe pain.When the saber fell to the ground, Guan Yu's strong body shook a few times, but he still carried Sun Sheng on his shoulders and ran tenaciously, "Brother, I will take you home..."
Tears flowed from Guan Yu's eyes.
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Gao Shun rode his horse to the foot of Jucheng.
Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Yin Li, Guan Hai, Chang Xi, Xiang Cheng, and Meng Si all smiled happily and stepped forward to salute.
"My lord, it is my responsibility to let Guan Yu escape from the siege..." Guan Hai looked ashamed, and said very apologetically, "For many years, the Yellow Turban Army has never fought so heartily. Everyone is eager for revenge, and their eyes are red. ..."
"My lord, I failed to stop Cao Bao and Qin Chang's reinforcements, which made the plan of encirclement and annihilation come to naught..." Chang Xi lowered his head, blaming himself very much.
"You should be very happy that the Yellow Turban Army can still have such a strong attack power after last year's defeat in Zhengrong Valley." Gao Shun shook his hands and comforted him with a smile, "If you lose Dongou, you will gain Sangyu. Although we failed to annihilate Guan Yu, Xuan Gao (Zang Ba) took Jucheng without any effort, which can be regarded as making up for the gains and losses."
Then he looked at Zang Ba and said with a smile: "The Yellow Turban Army suffered a lot of losses this time. Look, should we give them a little more of the booty captured this time as compensation?"
Zang Ba nodded, "My lord's subordinates have contributed a lot to injuring Guan Yu this time, and the spoils should be shared more."
"We don't want it anymore." Gao Shun waved his hand, "In order to block Guan Yu and Cao Bao, the Qingzhou Army was attacked back and forth, and suffered great losses. The rewards from the court are not many, so you should save them to reward your subordinates."
Zang Ba, Guan Hai and others showed gratitude and bowed to thank them.
"Is Jucheng Commander Tao Gang still there?"
"Dead." Zang Ba said casually, "The situation was too chaotic at night, I don't know how Tao Gang died. At that time, part of the Xuzhou army fled from Nancheng, and some were dispersed by us outside the city. We went to the government office without much resistance, only to find that Tao Gang was dead."
"Where are the other officials in the government office?"
"They all ran away." Zang Ba sneered, "This Tao Gang is mean. After his death, no old official is willing to stay to guard his spirit."
Gao Shun pondered for a while, then looked back at Meng Si, "Is there any reward for scouting?"
"The scouts reported that Guan Yu was retreating towards Yangdu with his army." Meng Si bowed and said, "Guan Yu suffered a disastrous defeat in this battle. Not only did he lose more than half of his troops, but he also lost all his food, grass and luggage. They won't stay for too long. Yangdu is a small city, and it is impossible to store food and grass, so he can only withdraw to Kaiyang City, the prefectural capital, to regroup his troops and hold on to the city."
Gao Shun turned his attention to Zang Ba.Whether Guan Yu will withdraw from Yangcheng in a hurry, Zang Ba's opinion should be more reliable, after all, he is too familiar with Guan Yu's character.
Zang Ba shook his head, "In my opinion, Guan Yu will not retreat to Kaiyang City, he will definitely stay in Yangdu to stop our attack."
Gao Shun winked at the guard behind him.The two personal guards took out the map, each held one end and spread it out in front of everyone.The generals gathered in front of the map.
The whip in Zang Ba's hand pointed to Kaiyang City on the map.
"My lords, please take a look. Kaiyang City is located at the confluence of Yishui River and Wushui River. There are two rivers in danger. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you want to take down Kaiyang City, you must first take down the two cities of Yangdu and Linyi. Attack due north."
"Kaiyang City is [-] miles away from Yangdu and [-] miles away from Linyi. The transportation of grain and grass is convenient, so Guan Yu doesn't need to retreat to Kaiyang at all. As long as he defends Yangdu and Linyi, he can prevent us from capturing Kaiyang and capturing the entire territory of Langya County. Zang Ba raised his head to look at the crowd, "Besides, Guan Yu has an aloof personality and will not admit defeat easily. He was a bit useless in this battle, and he was unwilling to reconcile, so he will definitely stick to Yangdu and wait for an opportunity to launch a counterattack."
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"Guan Yu defends Yangdu and Linyi to death, forcing us to attack the city, and will drag us along the Yishui River." Xiang Cheng frowned and said, "In this way, it will be difficult for us to capture Langya County and force the East China Sea in the near future, let alone Liu Bei was forced to divide his forces to support Guan Yu. If we cannot contain Xuzhou's forces quickly, we will be unable to respond to the Central Plains battlefield and fail to fulfill the orders issued by the general. It is useless to fight the battle of Jucheng well, and we have no credit at all."
Gao Shun thought for a long time, and slowly said: "Two days ago, Master Zhang Yan sent a letter from Xingyuan. At present, we not only have to bear the responsibility of containing Xuzhou's troops, but also quickly go north to enter Lu State and Rencheng State to stabilize the southern part of Yanzhou. counties. In addition, we need to divide our troops into the southern part of Taishan County, so that we can attack Taishan County from north to south with Wu Xiong and Wu Dun, and strive to win Taishan County in the shortest possible time and stabilize the counties in the northeast of Yanzhou."
Zang Ba and the other generals looked at each other with embarrassment.It is too difficult to execute all the orders of Master Zhang Yan.Occupying Langya County is a headache now, let alone sending troops north to attack Yanzhou.
"Kaiyang cannot be fought." Gao Shun said, "Although Guan Yu suffered a great loss in this battle, he still has at least half of his troops and the food and supplies he has accumulated in Kaiyang. If we attack forcefully, our troops will lose too much. The army is not strong enough, not only can we not contain Xuzhou's troops, but we can't go north to attack Yanzhou, so Kaiyang can't attack by force, we can only outsmart it."
"What is your plan?" Guan Hai asked excitedly.At this time, he had already admired Gao Shun to the extreme.The victory in Jucheng was entirely due to Gao Shun's ingenious plan.Without Gao Shun's strategizing, the [-] army would have little chance of winning against Guan Yu's [-] army.
"Xuan Gao, after Liu Bei brought the main force of Xuzhou's army to the Jianghuai battlefield, is there only Guan Yu's army left in Xuzhou?" Gao Shun turned his head and asked Zang Badao.
"Chen Deng in Guangling County still has 5000 troops." Zang Ba immediately said, "Sun Ce's attack on Xuzhou the year before last made Liu Bei very wary of Jiangdong. Since Sun Ce dared to betray Yuan Shu, he could of course betray the alliance and fight again. Xuzhou. In addition, Jian Yong in Pengcheng still has some troops. Pengcheng is located in the southern part of the Central Plains, bordering Yanzhou and Yuzhou, so it is only natural to garrison troops for defense."
"Where's Donghai County?" Gao Shun asked, "Donghai County is the largest county in Xuzhou, and Tan (tan) city is the seat of the Xuzhou Governor's Department, and it is also the main storage area for Xuzhou's grain, grass, and supplies. Are there heavy troops stationed there?"
"Since the Yellow Turban Army's uprising in Qingzhou, counties and counties adjacent to Mount Tai, such as Langya and Donghai, have been repeatedly robbed, so Mr. Tao Qian moved the Department of Governors to Pengcheng. Now the Department of Governors in Xuzhou is still in Pengcheng, and Xuzhou's grain, grass and supplies are mainly stationed. Accumulated in Pengcheng." Zang Ba looked at Gao Shun, thoughtfully, "The east of Donghai County is Langya County, with Guan Yu's army. The west is Pengcheng State, with Jian Yong's army. The south is Guangling County, with Chen Deng The army. Therefore, there is no need to station heavy troops in the East China Sea.”
"There is no heavy army in Tancheng of Donghai County?" Gao Shun asked again.
"No." Zang Ba shook his head affirmatively, looked at Gao Shun and asked in surprise, "Could it be that your lord wants to make a long-distance raid for five hundred miles, capture Tancheng, and cut off Guan Yu's retreat?"
"Is it okay?" Gao Shun smiled modestly, "You have been in Xuzhou for more than ten years and are very familiar with Xuzhou. Do you think it's okay? If this strategy is feasible, we will not only cut off Guan Yu's retreat, but also cut off his food and grass. supply, and also directly threatened the hinterland of Xuzhou, Pengcheng will directly face our attack. In such a critical situation in Xuzhou, Liu Bei must divide his troops to support Xuzhou. The soldiers drove Guan Yu's army away from Kaiyang, and took the whole of Langya County with ease."
Guan Hai, Sun Guan, Xiang Cheng and the others were overjoyed and whispered around the map.Chang Xi's eyes showed admiration.
Zang Ba was silent for a long time, hesitatingly said: "My lord, the biggest problem in the five-hundred-mile raid is not the concealment of the whereabouts of the army, nor the supply of food and grass, but the time. If you want to threaten the hinterland of Xuzhou, force Guan Yu to give up Langya County and return to aid." For the purpose of the East China Sea, we not only need a surprise attack, but more time. If Guan Yu pins his hope of rescuing the East China Sea on Pengcheng Jianyong and the army that returns to assist Xuzhou, he can stick to Kaiyang, wait for the opportunity, and form an east-west attack. As a result, the battle situation in Xuzhou has become a stalemate. Guan Yu has time, but we don't have time, we need a quick battle."
Zang Ba's words hit the nail on the head, directly pointing out the crux of the army's current predicament.Time, what the army needs is time.The Central Plains War has begun, and Wu Xiong's offensive in Jibei has also begun. The general urgently needs Gao Shun's army to enter the southern counties of Yanzhou, and stabilize the main force to attack the rear of the army as quickly as possible.
"What is Xuan Gao's countermeasure?" Gao Shun said solemnly, "Assault on the East China Sea, Xuzhou is in a hurry, Liu Bei will definitely send troops back to help, the problem is how to make Guan Yu retreat to the East China Sea quickly, so that we can immediately divide our troops to go north."
Zang Ba hesitated for a moment, then slowly said: "There is a way, but I don't know if it will work?"
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In April, Dingtao, Jiyin County, Yanzhou.
The four gates of Dingtao City were wide open, and there was a rush of people, cars and horses, and it was a lively scene. However, due to the lack of laughter in this lively atmosphere, the air seemed particularly depressing and tense.
Cao Ren stood on the tower, looking at the Jishui River in the distance, anxious.
After receiving the news that the northern Xinjiang army crossed the river and went down to attack the Central Plains, Xun Yu, Cao Ren, Mao Jie and other civil and military officials who stayed in Yanzhou began to prepare for the battle.Fortify the wall and clear the field, evacuate people and property, urgently recruit soldiers and civilians, stockpile food, grass and supplies, ask Yuan Shao and Liu Biao for help, etc., the urgent matters to be solved are piled up like a mountain, and everyone is almost breathless. One after another urgent report came back, and everyone was not only out of breath, but felt suffocated and desperate.
Facing the mighty northern border army roaring down like mountains and seas, and facing Hebei, which has been carefully planned for more than a year, the officials in Yanzhou are actually very clear in their hearts that this battle has already been lost. If they want to regain the lost advantage To get back, if we want to avoid the fate of defeat, we not only need to block the northern army on the front line of Dingtao and Changyi, but also need a strong back-up, we need to mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized, and join forces to fight Hebei, a powerful and almost irresistible enemy. .
The future will be considered in the future. The most urgent task now is to use the existing strength to curb the attack momentum of the Northern Border Army and stop the aggressive tiger of the Northern Border Army.
The officials of Yanzhou stayed up day and night for this, racked their brains, and tried every means to find a way to stop it.
However, worse news was sent to Dingtao, and Puyang was lost.The loss of Puyang meant that the Northern Xinjiang Army had a shorter route to transport troops, food and supplies, and the crisis in Dingtao suddenly intensified.
Cao Ren sighed, pointed to the boats on the Jishui River, and said to Mao Jie beside him, "Is that the grain shipped from Chengshi City?"
"This batch is food, and the next batch will be the family members of government officials." Mao Jie said bitterly, "Li Hong's methods are cruel, and he slaughtered the city continuously. Yanzhou has suffered such a catastrophe, and I don't know when it will recover."
"Leave some food for Miaocai (Xiahouyuan)." Cao Ren said, "Whether Chengshi City can be held or not is directly related to the safety of Dingtao and Changyi, so I want Miaocai to withdraw to Chengshi City earlier to avoid being killed." The Northern Xinjiang Army chased and fought continuously, causing the entire army to be exhausted, and lost Chengshi City in a blink of an eye. Chengshi City can't afford to lose it."
"Time is too tight, let Master Xiahou stay in Chengyang for a few days."
"How many days?" Cao Ren smiled wryly, "In a few days, the Northern Border Army will be under the city."
"Zixiao, you have to have confidence in yourself." Mao Jie said calmly, "As long as the prime minister and Liu Bei's army return to Yanzhou, our disadvantage in terms of military strength will be completely reversed. More than 1 people defend two cities, isn't it? Still can't hold on until the prime minister's return?"
Cao Ren sighed again, feeling very depressed.
"How many trenches have been dug outside the city?"
"The three trenches in the direction of the North City have been dug. The trenches in the East City and West City are still being dug." Mao Jie said, "Time is too tight, and most of the recruited civilians are still on their way."
"Let the peasants dig day and night." Cao Ren said, "The three trenches are too few to block the impact of the northern Xinjiang cavalry."
"Zixiao, we're just defending the city, not fighting them outside the city. Why are you digging so many trenches?" Mao Jie waved his hand and said, "The people are people too, and they have to eat and sleep. You've tired them down. Who delivered food and armaments to you at that time? Who helped you defend the city? At this time, don’t push them too hard. In the hearts of these people, Li Hong from Hebei is not a villain. Tuntian, rescued millions of refugees, these people still remember it in their hearts. You say that Li Hong is rebellious, they don’t understand, they don’t care, they only know that Li Hong feeds them, and Li Hong can make them live. You put When they were in a hurry, they ran away, and went to help the Northern Xinjiang Army attack us, and things became troublesome."
Cao Ren sighed for the third time.Mao Jie became a little unhappy, "Zi Xiao, why are you always sighing? Although this battle is not easy to fight, as long as you handle it carefully, a tie is more than enough."
"And then?" Cao Ren asked.
"Then it depends on luck." Mao Jie's eyebrows showed a trace of worry, "If you are lucky, we can still get Yanzhou back. If you are not lucky, we will have to find another plan."
The two fell silent, and neither of them spoke.
"When will the ordnance that Yuan Shao promised us be delivered?"
"Soon, it's only these two days. I heard that Simpi himself will lead the army to escort him."
"Look, should we force Simpi to stay in Dingtao?"
"Yuan Shao..." Mao Jie wanted to say something, but swallowed it back, "It depends on the situation. If the Northern Frontier Army captures Juyang and crosses the Pushui River, we will keep him no matter what. .”
As soon as he finished speaking, Captain Li Hui rushed up to the city wall.
"My lord, Juyang has fallen."
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(End of this chapter)
Chang Xi (xi) sat quietly in the dark.
The flickering flames on the distant battlefield and the faint sound of war drums pierced his heartstrings, making him very excited.
He had been waiting for this moment for a long time.For revenge, in order to kill Guan Yu and his Danyang soldiers, he would rather be smashed to pieces.
Gao Shun's arrival gave him this opportunity.Gao Shun is famous for his strict military management, honesty and self-discipline, and upright and loyal temperament in the Northern Xinjiang Army.During the more than a year of stationing in Qingzhou, he gave great help to the Qingzhou Army and the Yellow Turban Army, and gained an excellent reputation among the generals of the two armies.The reason why the three armies of Hebei, North and South Qingzhou were able to successfully join forces to attack Xuzhou was due to the respect and admiration of the generals of the three armies for Gao Shun.This kind of trust from the warrior's heart made Gao Shun's attack strategy fully followed and implemented.
Gao Shun believed that if he wanted to defeat Guan Yu, he had to use the arrogance and contempt Guan Yu had developed after defeating the Yellow Turban Army in Zhengrong Valley last year to lure his army away from the city and kill them in the wild.At present, Liu Bei and the main force of the Xuzhou army are attacking Yuan Shu in the Jianghuai area. For the safety of Xuzhou, Guan Yu will never lead his army out of the city easily and fight face-to-face with the Yellow Turban army without absolute certainty.In order to paralyze and deceive Guan Yu, Gao Shun let the [-] army take off their armor, and mixed with nearly [-] civilians, pretending to be the Yellow Turban Army of Southern Qingzhou and entered Xuzhou.Guan Yu has the precedent and confidence to defeat the Yellow Turban Army, as long as he is given a chance to attack, he will definitely fall for it.
After Gao Shun led his army to the city of Ju (ju), he immediately acted as if he was afraid of Guan Yu and did not dare to attack by force. He turned around and attacked the two cities of Dongguan and Dong'an on the banks of the Yishui River. They exchanged and mobilized each other, hoping to lure Guan Yu out, but Guan Yu remained on the sidelines and waited and watched.
The day before yesterday, Gao Shun saw that Guan Yu had no intention of going out of the city to fight, so he immediately changed his strategy, suddenly took Dongguan with all his strength, and then encircled Dong'an City.Once Dongguan and Dong'an were lost, the flanks of Jucheng lost their protection. Guan Yu's army may be trapped in Jucheng, in a dilemma.
Guan Yu sent troops to rescue him.
After Gao Shun got the news, he immediately led his army to rush to Jucheng for a hundred miles, intending to attack Jucheng when its troops were weak.
At this moment, Guan Yu's reinforcements had not yet arrived in Dong'an, but Gao Shun had already withdrawn from Dong'an impatiently and rushed to Jucheng.The soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were exhausted from marching and fighting for days.
After Guan Yu got the news that the Yellow Turban Army turned around and killed Ben Jucheng, he naturally turned around and chased after him without hesitation.
Gao Shun's stupid and low-level mistake was tantamount to giving Guan Yu the best chance to attack.
Gao Shun was waiting for this opportunity.He tossed back and forth between Yishui River and Shushui River for several days, running back and forth for hundreds of miles, hoping that this last-minute deliberate mistake would lure Guan Yu into the trap.
Guan Yu really fell for it.He rushed back to Jucheng, and launched an attack impatiently.
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In the dark night, the sound of war drums became more and more intense, and the faint smell of blood floated in the dark night sky with gusts of light wind.
Chang Xi stood up slowly and walked slowly to the front of the army formation.Like the soldiers lined up on the field, he stared intently into the distance, looking at the blazes that shot straight up from the sky and the earth.
Now Gao Shun, Guan Hai, and Yin Li's [-] troops have trapped Guan Yu. As long as he can block the enemy's reinforcements here, Guan Yu will die.This battle began when Guan Yu led his army to attack the camp of the Yellow Turban Army, and the fate of failure was already doomed, and all of this came from Gao Shun's strategizing.
Although Gao Shun brought only [-] troops to Xuzhou, behind Gao Shun was the mighty Hebei and the invincible Northern Army.Follow Gao Shun, follow the Black Panther Banner, and follow the Beijiang Army, no one can stop him from taking revenge.
Thinking of the dead leaders of the Yellow Turbans such as Sima Ju, Xu He, Guan Cheng and Wu Ba, thinking of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army who died in battle, thinking of the countless innocent people who followed the Yellow Turban Army in battles everywhere, and thinking of being on the distant battlefield Brothers who fought in bloody battles, thinking of the bloody battle that is about to begin, Chang Xi couldn't help but feel his blood boiling, raised his head and screamed, wishing he could jump on his horse and raise his gun and drink blood on the battlefield.
"Crack...crack..." The black panther banner danced wildly in the wind, like a blood-devouring beast soaring and roaring at its prey, with a murderous aura.
Looking at the big flag bathed in the night, Chang Xi was overwhelmed with emotion.
Following this mighty black panther battle flag, he will rule the world from now on, and nothing can threaten his survival.In the near future, maybe I can still look forward to the day when I will worship the general and become a marquis, and see the day when the world is stable and the people live and work in peace and contentment.
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The scouts rushed over.
"My lord, the enemy is coming, three miles away from us."
"Command all the ministries to prepare for the battle." Sun Guan, who was lying under the big tree, jumped up and raised his hands and shouted wildly, "Let's fight, let's fight... Today we must kill Guan Yu and avenge blood for our dead brothers."
Chang Xi roared loudly, snatched the yellow scarf flag from the bannerman, and ran in front of the formation, "Brothers, revenge, revenge..."
"Kill..." Ten thousand soldiers shouted in unison, and the sound of killing shook the sky.
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The fierce battle unfolded rapidly in the dark night.
When the two armies met, [-] soldiers collided violently. The fierce fighting instantly aroused a shocking wave of blood, and the night trembled violently amidst the blood and shouts.
Chang Xi, with a yellow scarf on his head and a spear in his hand, bravely takes the lead.Enemy soldiers fell at his feet one after another, and the sprayed blood and messy corpses paved a bloody road for revenge.
More than a dozen yellow scarf soldiers shouted forward, unstoppable.They guarded the bannermen holding high the yellow scarf flag, and followed closely behind Chang Xi, marching forward without hesitation.
The yellow turban soldiers followed behind the banner and fought bravely. They shouted hoarsely, as if they wanted to vent their hatred in this battle.
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Jucheng made Tao Gang anxious, walking around on the tower with his hands behind his back.
Several military officials such as military commanders and military waiters surrounded him, their expressions were furious, and they kept waving their hands and shouting loudly.
Cao Bao and Qin Chang sent people to ask Tao Gang for help ten times within half an hour, and the battle situation was extremely critical.
Cao Bao said in his oral letter that Guan Yu's surprise attack on the Yellow Turban Army's camp failed, and the five thousand Danyang soldiers were surrounded by tens of thousands of Yellow Turban Army on the banks of the Shushui River, and they were in danger.Cao Bao said that although he wanted to lead the army to rescue, the Yellow Turbans were brave enough to block his way to ask for help. Due to the large number of Yellow Turbans, the army was blocked from attacking and could not advance, so he asked for reinforcements.
At present, there are still 5000 troops in the city. In desperation, Cao Bao ordered Tao Gang to use all his troops to go out of the city to help.
If Guan Yu's entire army is wiped out, the blow to the army will be fatal. Let alone sticking to Jucheng, even Langya County will be difficult to defend, and most importantly, if Guan Yu has an accident, he will not be able to redeem himself even if he dies. crime.Langya County was lost and could be regained, but Guan Yu was dead and could never be brought back to life.Liu Bei and Guan Yu were life-and-death friends for more than ten years, and they were like brothers. When Liu Bei heard the sad news, he would never let him go.At this moment, between Jucheng and Guan Yu, you can only choose one.Tao Gang chose to rescue Guan Yu.
"Order all the ministries to leave the city immediately and rescue Lord Guan."
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Zang Ba quietly approached the north gate of Jucheng with an army of five thousand.
Several scouts rushed forward from the darkness.
"My lord, the enemy army has left the city."
"How many people? Have they all left the city?" Zang Ba asked anxiously.
"There are a lot of people, thousands of them. However, we don't know if these troops are all the troops in the city."
"No matter how many people there are, we have to beat them back, otherwise, Guan Yu will run away." Zang Ba waved his hand vigorously, "Order all the ministries to attack immediately."
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The Qingzhou army suddenly came out of the darkness and caught the Xuzhou army by surprise.Xuzhou's army was in chaos immediately, and thousands of people rushed to fight, in a state of chaos.
"Withdraw, withdraw..." Tao Gang panicked, turned his horse and ran towards the city gate.In the darkness, no one knew how many enemies had come, it was better to retreat to the city as soon as possible and defend the city.
Under the command of Shangguan, part of the Xuzhou army tried their best to stop the enemy and buy time for the retreating troops. Some Xuzhou army soldiers retreated quickly, planning to retreat to the city and hold on to the city.
On the battlefield, the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army roared like thunder and rushed forward.The Xuzhou soldiers couldn't resist and retreated step by step.
A moment later, the enemy who stayed behind to block the Qingzhou Army suffered heavy casualties and collapsed instantly.
"Catch up and entangle them..." Zang Ba galloped his horse, "Kill, kill, kill, kill them all the way to the city."
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The Qingzhou army chased after them, chasing faster and faster, and gradually mixed with Xuzhou soldiers.
The sky was too dark, and the soldiers on both sides could hardly distinguish each other, so they had to run desperately towards the city.
The generals of the Xuzhou Army wished they had wings and fled into the city in an instant, while the generals of the Qingzhou Army also wished they could step over to the gate of the city to block the enemies who fled into the city.
Tao Gang fell off his horse in the chaos. Although the guards tried their best to save him, he was trampled by the panicked fugitives and passed out on the spot.
A military commander who commanded the army to fight back lost his direction in the turbulent fleeing tide. He was accidentally shot by a stray arrow, fell on his back, and disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye.
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Under the escort of his personal guards, Tao Gang returned to the city as quickly as possible.Tao Gang remained unconscious, and the guards carried him to the government office to rescue him. In the panic, the county magistrate forgot to order the city gate to be closed in Tao Gang's name.
The other officials in Jucheng County were all in disorder. The generals did not know the soldiers, and the soldiers could not find the generals. Everyone fled in panic in the dark.
The chief on duty on the tower could only see the flow of people fleeing below the city by the faint light of the fire. Although he was also worried that the enemy would sneak into the city by taking advantage of the chaos, he neither received the order from the superior to close the city gate, nor was he willing to put himself His brother abandoned him outside the city and watched them die, so he did not order the drawbridge to be pulled up to close the city gate for a long time.
In this short period of extreme chaos, the defenders of Jucheng gave the Qingzhou Army an unexpected opportunity.
Many Qingzhou soldiers who ran fast suddenly found themselves surrounded by rebels, ran across the moat and entered the city.
A chief of the Qingzhou army was surprised and delighted, and suddenly raised his spear and shouted, "Brothers, capture the city gate, take the city gate..."
The soldiers of Xuzhou Army and Qingzhou Army were awakened by this loud shout almost at the same time.The soldiers on both sides froze for a moment.The Qingzhou soldiers were the first to react. They raised their weapons, swung their knives at the enemies around them, and chopped them up. The frenzied killing and poking caused the enemy's fearful psychology to collapse instantly.
The rushing crowd suddenly set off layers of waves, and the turbulent flow of people exploded violently at the city gate, and the shrill and helpless shouts hit the dark night sky in an instant.
The soldiers on both sides are like duckweeds in the stormy sea, struggling and fighting hard, trying to grab a living grass in this narrow bloody whirlpool.
The morale of the generals of the Qingzhou Army rushed in like a rainbow, and the suspension bridges, city gates, and towers were cut down one by one by their bloody knives.
The soldiers of Xuzhou Army were defeated like a mountain, and they were defeated for thousands of miles.
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The Danyang soldiers led by Cao Bao were brave and good at fighting. After an hour of bloody battle, they finally tore open the left wing of the Yellow Turban Army led by Chang Xi, successfully broke through the resistance of the Yellow Turban Army, and continued to advance towards the battlefield by the Shushui River.
Sun Guan led the Qingzhou soldiers to stop Cao Bao's army step by step, fighting tenaciously, intending to block Cao Bao's army.
Chang Xi was furious and rushed into the Danyang soldiers' rear line with a song of elites, "Fight to the death, fight to the death, hold them back, hold them back..."
Without hesitation, Cao Bao led his guards to block him, "Urgently tell Lord Qin to rush up and enter the Shushui River..."
The two sides met unexpectedly, the fierce soldiers faced the fierce soldiers, and they were killed bloody.
Chang Xi was covered in blood, a pair of blood-red eyeballs were about to burst out, and the sky was covered with blood as the spear danced.The Danyang soldiers rushed forward, flanked by swords and shields, and followed by a battle ax to strike head-on.Chang Xi roared, abandoned his spear and retreated.The spear was broken in the middle, and the tip of the spear was still stuck in the throat of the enemy soldier and trembled violently.The battle formation of the Danyang soldiers was once again powerful, and the three spears were like howling dragons, stabbing at the same time from the top, middle and bottom directions.There was no way to hide, Chang Xi suddenly leaned back and kicked up a corpse on the ground with all his strength. "Kill..." Chang Xi threw out both fists, hitting the corpse heavily.The corpse tumbling in the air, then slammed backwards.Three spears pierced the corpse at the same time, and the sharp battle formation stopped immediately.With sharp eyes and quick hands, Chang Xi quickly pulled out a broken spear from the ground, and then picked up a broken shield. With a figure like the wind, he slid into the enemy's battle formation, "Kill..."
Chang Xi was like a fierce tiger out of its cage, roaring repeatedly, broken spears and broken shields flying up and down, killing three people in a row, and the attack formation of Danyang soldiers broke down.Just when Chang Xi was about to follow up and kill again, he suddenly found that all the guards around him had fallen down, and groups of Danyang soldiers were rushing towards him.
Chang Xi's heart ached like a twist, and he raised his head and let out a heart-piercing cry, "Withdraw..."
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Guan Yu's tall body was a little wobbly, his armor was soaked in blood, his long hair was loose, and his helmet was thrown away by a spear from a northern Xinjiang soldier in the fierce fight just now, leaving a deep groove of blood on his forehead.On his long cheeks, blood was stained, and his long black beard had been stained purple-black by the blood, hanging in bunches on his chin in a mess.
The wound on his back was still oozing blood, and the severe pain made him grunt involuntarily.Since following Liu Bei to conquer the world, he has gone through countless fierce battles, but this is the first time he has encountered such a dangerous situation today.For more than ten years, this is the hardest and most difficult battle.
Guan Yu spat out the blood in his mouth on the ground, and gently settled the saber in his hand to support his exhausted and almost paralyzed body.Why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet?Is Jucheng lost?Guan Yu turned his head to look at the looming black panther battle flag in the distance, and suddenly felt bitter in his heart.Once upon a time, under the guidance of this banner, I fought bloody battles, but...
The sound of killing on the battlefield became louder and louder.The Northern Xinjiang Army, the Qingzhou Army, and the Yellow Turban Army rushed forward from three directions. The soldiers fought fiercely, and the more they fought, the more brave they became.
If the reinforcements are still delayed, the fate of the entire army being wiped out today will be inevitable.
At this moment, the sound of war drums suddenly came from the darkness in the southwest direction.The sound of the drum rumbled and shook the sky.
Guan Yu's heart trembled, and infinite strength suddenly emerged from his whole body, "Beat the drum, kill it, kill it..."
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Taking advantage of Cao Bao's opportunity to hold the Yellow Turban Army back, Qin Chang led the main force of the army to break through Sun Guan's resistance again, and successfully reached the bank of the Shushui River.
Yin Li was in charge of commanding [-] Qingzhou troops to block the breakthrough of the Xuzhou army in the southwest direction. He had already withstood a huge impact.
Yin Li asked Gao Shun for help.
Gao Shun was in a hurry, and immediately ordered Guan Hai in the northeast direction to quickly divide his troops to support Yin Li and block the enemy's reinforcements while ensuring that Guan Yu was surrounded.Tell Sun Guan and Chang Xi to attack the enemy's reinforcements at all costs, and must prevent the reinforcements from breaking Yin Li's defense line and joining Guan Yu.
After receiving Gao Shun's order, Xiang Cheng, Meng Si and other generals of the Northern Xinjiang Army commanded their respective armies to launch an attack on the Xuzhou Army's central army, intending to tear apart the Xuzhou Army's defensive formation and completely defeat them before the enemy's reinforcements arrived. Xuzhou Army.
The Yellow Turban Army was so powerful that they overwhelmed the enemy army like a tide, and the cries of revenge and blood hatred resounded through the night sky one wave after another.At this time, no one listened to Guan Hai's dispatch, and no one was willing to withdraw from the attacking battlefield.
After Yin Li's Qingzhou army gritted their teeth and supported for half an hour, they suffered heavy casualties and finally couldn't resist. They watched Xuzhou army break through the defense line and join Guan Yu's remnant army smoothly.
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With blood all over his body, Qin Chang staggered towards Guan Yu with a broken spear, "My lord, go quickly, I will leave the broken spear behind."
Guan Yu's eyes were hot, and he grabbed Qin Chang's arm, "You lead the army and go first. Sun Sheng is still behind, I will meet him and fight out together."
"grown ups……"
"Go quickly." Guan Yu yelled, "Cao Bao's Danyang soldiers are limited in number and cannot stop the enemy's siege. If the back road is cut off again, we will all be trapped and none of us can escape."
Guan Yu turned around and ran away, followed by nearly a hundred soldiers left by Qin Wei Qu, and killed them back again.
"Send the order, all the ministries will turn around immediately and return to Jucheng." Qin Chang raised his broken spear and waved his hands again and again, "Quick, quick..."
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The school lieutenant, Sun Sheng, led a group of men and horses to hold on desperately, and blocked the Northern Xinjiang Army under a hillside with dense long arrows.
Xiang Cheng cursed repeatedly, commanding the soldiers of the Northern Xinjiang Army to form a battle formation.The blood-stained shields immediately formed an airtight shield wall. The spearmen gathered behind the shield formation and stretched out their bloody spears from the gaps between the shields. The spear points were densely packed, like The fangs and sharp teeth of the ferocious beast are terrifying and cold.
With the beating of drums, the Northern Xinjiang soldiers who were struggling to kill in front quickly withdrew.
"Let it go..." Mengsi roared, and chopped off the saber in the air.Hundreds of strong archers pointed their bows towards the sky and fired consecutive volleys, immediately crushing the Xuzhou army on the hillside.
"Brothers, come up with me and kill..." Xiang Cheng stood behind the shield formation, raised his knife and shouted.Amidst the thunderous roar of the soldiers, the thick and powerful shield array advanced at high speed.
The Xuzhou army braved the opponent's dense arrow array to fight back, but faced with a huge turtle shell-like shield array, they had no choice but to watch it rush up the hillside at high speed, crushing it all the way in a menacing manner, unable to avoid it in time The soldiers were pierced by spears in a blink of an eye, and were bleeding profusely while hanging on their shields.
The shield formation suddenly exploded, and the northern soldiers rushed forward, their spears and knives like a storm, killing the enemy like a rat running away.The northern border army at the bottom of the slope roared up and rushed up, and then smothered them.
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"Kill..." Sun Sheng snorted miserably as the sparks shot out, the saber snapped in the air, and his scarred body retreated several steps in a row.Xiang Cheng cheered, raised his saber again, and chopped off his head and face.
"Dang..." With a sound, Xiang Cheng's tiger's mouth trembled, and the saber split into two.
A saber pierced the sun like a rainbow, and struck straight down.
Xiang Cheng turned pale with shock, and stepped back.He saw Guan Yu again.Guan Yu's face was ferocious, he roared angrily, and chopped off his head again with the saber.Xiang Cheng was furious, he raised his shield with both hands, and flew towards him, "Kill, kill Guan Yu..."
The shield slammed loudly.The saber slammed backwards, and the force of the recoil took Guan Yu back two steps.As if being hit by a heavy hammer, Xiang Cheng flew upside down with his shield and the person, and opened his mouth to spit out a mouthful of blood.
The Northern Xinjiang soldiers behind Xiang Cheng heard Xiang Cheng's roar, and immediately cheered, and rushed forward from all around, "Kill Guan Yu..."
Guan Yu didn't wait for his feet to stand firm, and his sword suddenly drew a dazzling blood light in the air, and thundered down against the soldiers from Northern Xinjiang who rushed up.Two lives with one knife, two blood-spitting bodies turned over and fell down.
"Go, go..." Guan Yu grabbed Sun Sheng who was rushing up with his spear, and flew back, "Get down, get down..."
Xiang Cheng got up from the ground in a daze, stretched out his hand and pulled off the helmet on his head, and slammed it on the ground, "Guan Yu, I'm going to kill you today..." He held up the shield in his hand, and was about to raise his arms and scream, Suddenly felt a light in the hand, the shield has shattered and fell to the ground.Xiang Cheng took a step back involuntarily, a chill rushed into his heart.
"Flop..." Xiang Cheng spat blood on the ground, looked at Guan Yu who was retreating in the distance with lingering fear, his eyes almost burst into flames, "Archer...Archer..."
"Take a crossbow, surround Guan Yu, shoot him, shoot him..."
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The northern Xinjiang soldiers attacked several times, and returned several times without success. More than a dozen lives were ruined by Guan Yu's sharp knife.
Mengsi led the archers to catch up, and the long arrows screamed thrillingly in the dark night.There was no way for Xuzhou soldiers to hide, and they were hit by arrows one after another and fell to the ground.
Sun Sheng was seriously injured. He managed to run for a while, and finally fell to the ground, unable to support himself. "My lord, you can go and leave me alone."
"Follow me." Guan Yu roared, stretched out his hand to support Sun Sheng, dragged him to run, and shouted to the surrounding soldiers, "Go, go, go, don't stop, run..."
"Aim at Guan Yu, shoot him to death, shoot him to death..." Xiang Cheng kept bleeding from his mouth, unable to run, so he had two personal guards support him and chase after Guan Yu closely.
The long arrows were like rain, concentrated around Guan Yu and whizzed down.Guan Yu didn't care about it at all, and took Sun Sheng to escape.Sun Sheng snorted a few times, his body trembled violently a few times, and then fell limply to the ground.
"Hold on, hold on..." Guan Yu hugged Sun Sheng and roared fiercely, "Brother, hold on to me, I'll take you out right away, hold on a little longer..."
"Brother, I want to go home, I want... to go home..." Sun Sheng smiled sadly at Guan Yu, and slowly closed his eyes.
"Okay, I'll take you back, I'll take you back to Zhuocheng." Guan Yu was filled with grief and indignation, he opened his mouth and bit his saber, carried Sun Sheng on his back with all his strength, no longer cared about the long arrow behind him, let go of his footsteps, and ran fast.
The 28 brothers who followed Liu Bei out of Zhuocheng, now only myself, Zhang Fei, Jian Yong and the other four brothers are left, and the others are all dead. During the more than ten years of fighting, they have fallen on the bloody battlefield one after another superior.
Long arrows fluttered in the night sky, like sharp claws of ghosts, sucking innocent lives little by little.
Guan Yu saw the soldiers running forward, saw sharp arrows piercing their bodies, and saw them fall to the ground in pain.
"Go, go..." Guan Yu shouted hoarsely, remorse pierced his heart like a long sword piercing the heart, causing him to howl in pain.
"Hoo..." Changjian's howling suddenly rushed into Guan Yu's ears, and Guan Yu couldn't help but let out a miserable scream due to the severe pain.When the saber fell to the ground, Guan Yu's strong body shook a few times, but he still carried Sun Sheng on his shoulders and ran tenaciously, "Brother, I will take you home..."
Tears flowed from Guan Yu's eyes.
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Gao Shun rode his horse to the foot of Jucheng.
Zang Ba, Sun Guan, Yin Li, Guan Hai, Chang Xi, Xiang Cheng, and Meng Si all smiled happily and stepped forward to salute.
"My lord, it is my responsibility to let Guan Yu escape from the siege..." Guan Hai looked ashamed, and said very apologetically, "For many years, the Yellow Turban Army has never fought so heartily. Everyone is eager for revenge, and their eyes are red. ..."
"My lord, I failed to stop Cao Bao and Qin Chang's reinforcements, which made the plan of encirclement and annihilation come to naught..." Chang Xi lowered his head, blaming himself very much.
"You should be very happy that the Yellow Turban Army can still have such a strong attack power after last year's defeat in Zhengrong Valley." Gao Shun shook his hands and comforted him with a smile, "If you lose Dongou, you will gain Sangyu. Although we failed to annihilate Guan Yu, Xuan Gao (Zang Ba) took Jucheng without any effort, which can be regarded as making up for the gains and losses."
Then he looked at Zang Ba and said with a smile: "The Yellow Turban Army suffered a lot of losses this time. Look, should we give them a little more of the booty captured this time as compensation?"
Zang Ba nodded, "My lord's subordinates have contributed a lot to injuring Guan Yu this time, and the spoils should be shared more."
"We don't want it anymore." Gao Shun waved his hand, "In order to block Guan Yu and Cao Bao, the Qingzhou Army was attacked back and forth, and suffered great losses. The rewards from the court are not many, so you should save them to reward your subordinates."
Zang Ba, Guan Hai and others showed gratitude and bowed to thank them.
"Is Jucheng Commander Tao Gang still there?"
"Dead." Zang Ba said casually, "The situation was too chaotic at night, I don't know how Tao Gang died. At that time, part of the Xuzhou army fled from Nancheng, and some were dispersed by us outside the city. We went to the government office without much resistance, only to find that Tao Gang was dead."
"Where are the other officials in the government office?"
"They all ran away." Zang Ba sneered, "This Tao Gang is mean. After his death, no old official is willing to stay to guard his spirit."
Gao Shun pondered for a while, then looked back at Meng Si, "Is there any reward for scouting?"
"The scouts reported that Guan Yu was retreating towards Yangdu with his army." Meng Si bowed and said, "Guan Yu suffered a disastrous defeat in this battle. Not only did he lose more than half of his troops, but he also lost all his food, grass and luggage. They won't stay for too long. Yangdu is a small city, and it is impossible to store food and grass, so he can only withdraw to Kaiyang City, the prefectural capital, to regroup his troops and hold on to the city."
Gao Shun turned his attention to Zang Ba.Whether Guan Yu will withdraw from Yangcheng in a hurry, Zang Ba's opinion should be more reliable, after all, he is too familiar with Guan Yu's character.
Zang Ba shook his head, "In my opinion, Guan Yu will not retreat to Kaiyang City, he will definitely stay in Yangdu to stop our attack."
Gao Shun winked at the guard behind him.The two personal guards took out the map, each held one end and spread it out in front of everyone.The generals gathered in front of the map.
The whip in Zang Ba's hand pointed to Kaiyang City on the map.
"My lords, please take a look. Kaiyang City is located at the confluence of Yishui River and Wushui River. There are two rivers in danger. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you want to take down Kaiyang City, you must first take down the two cities of Yangdu and Linyi. Attack due north."
"Kaiyang City is [-] miles away from Yangdu and [-] miles away from Linyi. The transportation of grain and grass is convenient, so Guan Yu doesn't need to retreat to Kaiyang at all. As long as he defends Yangdu and Linyi, he can prevent us from capturing Kaiyang and capturing the entire territory of Langya County. Zang Ba raised his head to look at the crowd, "Besides, Guan Yu has an aloof personality and will not admit defeat easily. He was a bit useless in this battle, and he was unwilling to reconcile, so he will definitely stick to Yangdu and wait for an opportunity to launch a counterattack."
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"Guan Yu defends Yangdu and Linyi to death, forcing us to attack the city, and will drag us along the Yishui River." Xiang Cheng frowned and said, "In this way, it will be difficult for us to capture Langya County and force the East China Sea in the near future, let alone Liu Bei was forced to divide his forces to support Guan Yu. If we cannot contain Xuzhou's forces quickly, we will be unable to respond to the Central Plains battlefield and fail to fulfill the orders issued by the general. It is useless to fight the battle of Jucheng well, and we have no credit at all."
Gao Shun thought for a long time, and slowly said: "Two days ago, Master Zhang Yan sent a letter from Xingyuan. At present, we not only have to bear the responsibility of containing Xuzhou's troops, but also quickly go north to enter Lu State and Rencheng State to stabilize the southern part of Yanzhou. counties. In addition, we need to divide our troops into the southern part of Taishan County, so that we can attack Taishan County from north to south with Wu Xiong and Wu Dun, and strive to win Taishan County in the shortest possible time and stabilize the counties in the northeast of Yanzhou."
Zang Ba and the other generals looked at each other with embarrassment.It is too difficult to execute all the orders of Master Zhang Yan.Occupying Langya County is a headache now, let alone sending troops north to attack Yanzhou.
"Kaiyang cannot be fought." Gao Shun said, "Although Guan Yu suffered a great loss in this battle, he still has at least half of his troops and the food and supplies he has accumulated in Kaiyang. If we attack forcefully, our troops will lose too much. The army is not strong enough, not only can we not contain Xuzhou's troops, but we can't go north to attack Yanzhou, so Kaiyang can't attack by force, we can only outsmart it."
"What is your plan?" Guan Hai asked excitedly.At this time, he had already admired Gao Shun to the extreme.The victory in Jucheng was entirely due to Gao Shun's ingenious plan.Without Gao Shun's strategizing, the [-] army would have little chance of winning against Guan Yu's [-] army.
"Xuan Gao, after Liu Bei brought the main force of Xuzhou's army to the Jianghuai battlefield, is there only Guan Yu's army left in Xuzhou?" Gao Shun turned his head and asked Zang Badao.
"Chen Deng in Guangling County still has 5000 troops." Zang Ba immediately said, "Sun Ce's attack on Xuzhou the year before last made Liu Bei very wary of Jiangdong. Since Sun Ce dared to betray Yuan Shu, he could of course betray the alliance and fight again. Xuzhou. In addition, Jian Yong in Pengcheng still has some troops. Pengcheng is located in the southern part of the Central Plains, bordering Yanzhou and Yuzhou, so it is only natural to garrison troops for defense."
"Where's Donghai County?" Gao Shun asked, "Donghai County is the largest county in Xuzhou, and Tan (tan) city is the seat of the Xuzhou Governor's Department, and it is also the main storage area for Xuzhou's grain, grass, and supplies. Are there heavy troops stationed there?"
"Since the Yellow Turban Army's uprising in Qingzhou, counties and counties adjacent to Mount Tai, such as Langya and Donghai, have been repeatedly robbed, so Mr. Tao Qian moved the Department of Governors to Pengcheng. Now the Department of Governors in Xuzhou is still in Pengcheng, and Xuzhou's grain, grass and supplies are mainly stationed. Accumulated in Pengcheng." Zang Ba looked at Gao Shun, thoughtfully, "The east of Donghai County is Langya County, with Guan Yu's army. The west is Pengcheng State, with Jian Yong's army. The south is Guangling County, with Chen Deng The army. Therefore, there is no need to station heavy troops in the East China Sea.”
"There is no heavy army in Tancheng of Donghai County?" Gao Shun asked again.
"No." Zang Ba shook his head affirmatively, looked at Gao Shun and asked in surprise, "Could it be that your lord wants to make a long-distance raid for five hundred miles, capture Tancheng, and cut off Guan Yu's retreat?"
"Is it okay?" Gao Shun smiled modestly, "You have been in Xuzhou for more than ten years and are very familiar with Xuzhou. Do you think it's okay? If this strategy is feasible, we will not only cut off Guan Yu's retreat, but also cut off his food and grass. supply, and also directly threatened the hinterland of Xuzhou, Pengcheng will directly face our attack. In such a critical situation in Xuzhou, Liu Bei must divide his troops to support Xuzhou. The soldiers drove Guan Yu's army away from Kaiyang, and took the whole of Langya County with ease."
Guan Hai, Sun Guan, Xiang Cheng and the others were overjoyed and whispered around the map.Chang Xi's eyes showed admiration.
Zang Ba was silent for a long time, hesitatingly said: "My lord, the biggest problem in the five-hundred-mile raid is not the concealment of the whereabouts of the army, nor the supply of food and grass, but the time. If you want to threaten the hinterland of Xuzhou, force Guan Yu to give up Langya County and return to aid." For the purpose of the East China Sea, we not only need a surprise attack, but more time. If Guan Yu pins his hope of rescuing the East China Sea on Pengcheng Jianyong and the army that returns to assist Xuzhou, he can stick to Kaiyang, wait for the opportunity, and form an east-west attack. As a result, the battle situation in Xuzhou has become a stalemate. Guan Yu has time, but we don't have time, we need a quick battle."
Zang Ba's words hit the nail on the head, directly pointing out the crux of the army's current predicament.Time, what the army needs is time.The Central Plains War has begun, and Wu Xiong's offensive in Jibei has also begun. The general urgently needs Gao Shun's army to enter the southern counties of Yanzhou, and stabilize the main force to attack the rear of the army as quickly as possible.
"What is Xuan Gao's countermeasure?" Gao Shun said solemnly, "Assault on the East China Sea, Xuzhou is in a hurry, Liu Bei will definitely send troops back to help, the problem is how to make Guan Yu retreat to the East China Sea quickly, so that we can immediately divide our troops to go north."
Zang Ba hesitated for a moment, then slowly said: "There is a way, but I don't know if it will work?"
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In April, Dingtao, Jiyin County, Yanzhou.
The four gates of Dingtao City were wide open, and there was a rush of people, cars and horses, and it was a lively scene. However, due to the lack of laughter in this lively atmosphere, the air seemed particularly depressing and tense.
Cao Ren stood on the tower, looking at the Jishui River in the distance, anxious.
After receiving the news that the northern Xinjiang army crossed the river and went down to attack the Central Plains, Xun Yu, Cao Ren, Mao Jie and other civil and military officials who stayed in Yanzhou began to prepare for the battle.Fortify the wall and clear the field, evacuate people and property, urgently recruit soldiers and civilians, stockpile food, grass and supplies, ask Yuan Shao and Liu Biao for help, etc., the urgent matters to be solved are piled up like a mountain, and everyone is almost breathless. One after another urgent report came back, and everyone was not only out of breath, but felt suffocated and desperate.
Facing the mighty northern border army roaring down like mountains and seas, and facing Hebei, which has been carefully planned for more than a year, the officials in Yanzhou are actually very clear in their hearts that this battle has already been lost. If they want to regain the lost advantage To get back, if we want to avoid the fate of defeat, we not only need to block the northern army on the front line of Dingtao and Changyi, but also need a strong back-up, we need to mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized, and join forces to fight Hebei, a powerful and almost irresistible enemy. .
The future will be considered in the future. The most urgent task now is to use the existing strength to curb the attack momentum of the Northern Border Army and stop the aggressive tiger of the Northern Border Army.
The officials of Yanzhou stayed up day and night for this, racked their brains, and tried every means to find a way to stop it.
However, worse news was sent to Dingtao, and Puyang was lost.The loss of Puyang meant that the Northern Xinjiang Army had a shorter route to transport troops, food and supplies, and the crisis in Dingtao suddenly intensified.
Cao Ren sighed, pointed to the boats on the Jishui River, and said to Mao Jie beside him, "Is that the grain shipped from Chengshi City?"
"This batch is food, and the next batch will be the family members of government officials." Mao Jie said bitterly, "Li Hong's methods are cruel, and he slaughtered the city continuously. Yanzhou has suffered such a catastrophe, and I don't know when it will recover."
"Leave some food for Miaocai (Xiahouyuan)." Cao Ren said, "Whether Chengshi City can be held or not is directly related to the safety of Dingtao and Changyi, so I want Miaocai to withdraw to Chengshi City earlier to avoid being killed." The Northern Xinjiang Army chased and fought continuously, causing the entire army to be exhausted, and lost Chengshi City in a blink of an eye. Chengshi City can't afford to lose it."
"Time is too tight, let Master Xiahou stay in Chengyang for a few days."
"How many days?" Cao Ren smiled wryly, "In a few days, the Northern Border Army will be under the city."
"Zixiao, you have to have confidence in yourself." Mao Jie said calmly, "As long as the prime minister and Liu Bei's army return to Yanzhou, our disadvantage in terms of military strength will be completely reversed. More than 1 people defend two cities, isn't it? Still can't hold on until the prime minister's return?"
Cao Ren sighed again, feeling very depressed.
"How many trenches have been dug outside the city?"
"The three trenches in the direction of the North City have been dug. The trenches in the East City and West City are still being dug." Mao Jie said, "Time is too tight, and most of the recruited civilians are still on their way."
"Let the peasants dig day and night." Cao Ren said, "The three trenches are too few to block the impact of the northern Xinjiang cavalry."
"Zixiao, we're just defending the city, not fighting them outside the city. Why are you digging so many trenches?" Mao Jie waved his hand and said, "The people are people too, and they have to eat and sleep. You've tired them down. Who delivered food and armaments to you at that time? Who helped you defend the city? At this time, don’t push them too hard. In the hearts of these people, Li Hong from Hebei is not a villain. Tuntian, rescued millions of refugees, these people still remember it in their hearts. You say that Li Hong is rebellious, they don’t understand, they don’t care, they only know that Li Hong feeds them, and Li Hong can make them live. You put When they were in a hurry, they ran away, and went to help the Northern Xinjiang Army attack us, and things became troublesome."
Cao Ren sighed for the third time.Mao Jie became a little unhappy, "Zi Xiao, why are you always sighing? Although this battle is not easy to fight, as long as you handle it carefully, a tie is more than enough."
"And then?" Cao Ren asked.
"Then it depends on luck." Mao Jie's eyebrows showed a trace of worry, "If you are lucky, we can still get Yanzhou back. If you are not lucky, we will have to find another plan."
The two fell silent, and neither of them spoke.
"When will the ordnance that Yuan Shao promised us be delivered?"
"Soon, it's only these two days. I heard that Simpi himself will lead the army to escort him."
"Look, should we force Simpi to stay in Dingtao?"
"Yuan Shao..." Mao Jie wanted to say something, but swallowed it back, "It depends on the situation. If the Northern Frontier Army captures Juyang and crosses the Pushui River, we will keep him no matter what. .”
As soon as he finished speaking, Captain Li Hui rushed up to the city wall.
"My lord, Juyang has fallen."
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(End of this chapter)
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