Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 823 Central Plains War (4)

On March 22, Cao Ren rushed to Shouzhang, secretly exclaiming that luckily he came in time, Lu Xun's army had already attacked for two days, and Shouzhang's defense perimeter was completely destroyed, and Shouzhang would not be able to protect Shouzhang one day later.

Lu Xun attacked during the day, Cao Ren repaired at night, and the two armies were consumed like this.Perhaps it was because Cao Ren had many troops and Lu Xun did not attack violently, so the Wei army's defense recovered by [-]% to [-]%.

On March 25, Xun Yue fled back in embarrassment.In Dongping, the Lu Wei army and the Han army met unexpectedly, and there was only field fighting in the open space. Chang Diao wanted to challenge Fang Kai, but Fang Kai ignored it and directly dispatched the Xuanjia cavalry. Facing the Xuanjia cavalry armed to the teeth, Chang Diao Diao led his army to kill without hesitation.The brave general Chang Diao was really brave, but he was no longer able to defeat the six cavalry by himself, and was submerged in the iron flow. To be exact, the Xuanjia cavalry general Chang Diao bumped into the horse and stepped on it.Wei Qi was thrown into chaos by Xuan Jiaqi, and the Han army sent out Qingqi, and wiped out Xun Yue's team together. Xun Yue escaped only after being protected by more than a hundred surviving cavalry.

Xun Yue was in a state of turmoil and lingering fears, the Han army was too strong and their weapons were too sharp.Xuanjia rides on a horse and wears armor, his face is covered with a mask, and he holds a long lance and rampages beyond human power. Only copper walls and iron walls can stop his steps.The light cavalry of the Han army is simply shameless. The darts and flying axes flew around. The Wei army was in disarray before the battle. Army unilateral massacre.

In fact, the Wei army was not in such a miserable situation. First, the two armies encountered each other, and the Wei army would have time to deploy in the future. Second, Xun Yue's subordinates were young men recruited temporarily. With a disturbed mind, lack of ability and no fighting spirit, how can he be undefeated in such a fierce battle.

"It's not like our army won nothing in this battle. Thanks to the bravery of General Chang Diao, most of the Xuanjia cavalry of the Han army were killed or injured." Xun Yue regained some face for himself.

"Xuanjia cavalry consumes a lot of money and food, and Zhoucang's ability to have thousands of cavalry is beyond our capabilities, and it is not easy to destroy most of them." Cao Ren felt sorry for Chang Diao, and also for his Qingqi, comforting himself.

"The Xuanjia cavalry relies on neither armor nor weapons. If you strip off their armor, you can prepare a new army." Cao Tai was very worried.

"It's not that simple." Cao Ren shook his head. "The black armored knights and horses are all one in a hundred. If they wear armor, they are black armored knights. Moreover, their combat is unique. It is difficult to go into battle unless they are well-trained, otherwise they will only suffer from it. Although Chang Diao died, he did it for I cut off a great evil."

Xun Yue is not good at charging into battle, but has a good strategy. "General, the Han army's occupation of Dongpinglu may be detrimental to General Ziwen."

Wu Gang was restrained by Cao Zhang and could not reinforce Sanyang, and Cao Zhang could not do anything to Wu Gang either.But if Dongpinglu is lost, the Han army can go south to attack Rencheng, and Cao Zhang will be attacked from both sides. If Cao Zhang is defeated again, Shanyang cannot be kept, and Cao Ren's southern line will collapse.

"It's all Sima Zhongda. If he hadn't abandoned Ju County, how could the Han army divide up Shanyang!" Cao Tai was extremely dissatisfied with Sima Yi.

"We can't blame Zhongda entirely. Zhou Cang's 1 troops, how can he defeat him?" Cao Ren relieved Sima Yi. "The generals of the Han Dynasty are so brave that they need to send a strong general to defend them. So Zhongquan led [-] horses to help Rencheng."

Xiahouba still had 27 cavalry under his command, so Cao Ren had no choice but to mobilize Xiahouba in order to keep the southern line.On March [-], Xia Houba led the army to rush to Rencheng from Puyang.

On March 26, Xu Gai boarded a boat from the north bank of the Yellow River and was about to cross the river, but was dissuaded by Ding Feng. "Although the general is brave, he doesn't know how to ride a boat. How can he fight when his men and horses cross the river? It's better for our navy to seize Yanjin, so that the general can rest and prepare for the big battle."

That night, Ding Feng led 5000 people to smear and rowed to the south bank in a small boat, which was two arrows away from Yanjin. Ding Feng ordered the water to cross the river.

Intimidated by the power of the Han navy, Cao Jun's navy did not dare to cruise easily on the river. At night, only dozens of small boats patrolled the shore. The lanterns and torches on the boats were not far away. The Han army spotted the patrol boat and dived forward. Leaping out of the water, most of the Wei army sentries were reduced to dead souls under the sword, and some awakened Wei soldiers hurriedly beat the gong, but the few gongs were covered by the wind and waves.

Ding Feng landed shirtless and rushed towards Cao Ying brandishing a machete. Most of the soldiers were still asleep. Although the patrolling Cao army sounded the alarm, it was too late. More than half of the [-] defenders were killed, and Yanjin fell into Ding Feng's hands.

27. When Xu Gai's troops crossed the river, nearly half of them had adverse reactions, their waists and knees were sore and weak, and thousands of soldiers vomited bitterness.

"Fortunately, I listened to General Chengyuan's words, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable." Xu Gai was a little scared, he didn't expect so many people to get seasick, it was because he ordered the soldiers to stick ginger slices on their navels.

Forcibly crossing the Yellow River, the Wei army must have noticed early and made a good defense. As long as they stick to it and the reinforcements arrive one day, it will be really difficult for them to make a difference.

"Little general, you can rest first, and the responsibility of guarding will be taken care of by our navy."

In the early morning of the 28th, Xia Houhui, who had received the report of the defeated army, led the troops to kill him.Xia Houhui saw that the Han army had many horses and was ready to fight, so he didn't dare to attack, so he immediately sent people to ask for help from Xia Houba in Puyang and Wang Chang in Chenliu, but he didn't know that Xia Houba had already been ordered to go to Rencheng.

If Xia Houhui doesn't attack, Xu Gai is happy to rest.After two days of rest, except for a very small number of people, all the people and horses have recovered their spirits.

On 29, Xu Gai took [-] cavalry as the vanguard and [-] infantry as the rear, and stormed Xiahouhui's camp. Xiahouhui held on to the camp for half a day, unable to hold back the tiger and wolf division, and retreated to the white horse.With Xu Huang's general order, Xu Gai was also worried that the Wei army would have reinforcements, so he didn't dare to go deep, and retreated to Yanjin after only twenty miles.

On the [-]th, Zhou's troops crossed the Yellow River.On the first day of April, without waiting for Wen Qin to arrive, Xu Gai led his army straight to Baima.

On the second day of April, Chenliu prefect Wang Chang led ten thousand people to Yanjin, but found that Xia Houhui had retreated, the Han army occupied Yanjin, and the troops were still coming in continuously, so he immediately returned to Chenliu and stationed in Suanzao. The Han army attacked and sent an urgent report to Luoyang.

Wang Chang was born in the Wang family of Taiyuan, the son of Wang Ze, the prefect of Daijun, and he had a good relationship with Wang Ling, and regarded Wang Ling as his brother.It was only because the side branches were not valued as much by Wang Ling and Wang Zuo that they were not appointed as the prefect of Chenliu until their death.In terms of talent, Wang Chang surpassed Wang Ling, and both Wen Tao and Wu Lue were involved. Zhou Cang wrote the outline of governing the country, while Wang Chang imitated the ancient system and borrowed from the present to write twenty articles on "On Governance" and more than ten articles on "Book of War". , discussing the tactics of odd and orthogonal use, was highly valued by Cao Pi, and also appreciated by Sima Yi.

In Luoyang, Cao Pi successively obtained the memorabilia from Sima Yi and Wang Chang, and Liu Ye once again made the memo to persuade Cao Pi to give the preface.Cao Pi ordered Wei Zhen, the son of Wei Zi, to lead ten thousand people to Chenliu to help Wang Chang, and ordered Cao Ren to abandon the five counties of Jiyin, Dongping, Shanyang, Rencheng, and Liang, and retreat to the three counties of Chenliu, Runan, and Chen to form a new line of defense with Sima Yi. He sent troops to Yizhou with Jiang Wei, and recruited horses from Xiliang to reinforce the eastern front.

(End of this chapter)