Chapter 289: Meng Zhongda attacked the Han family camp at night
Rain continued to fall in the mountainous areas upstream of the river, so much so that the water swelled to about three times the usual flow.
The torrent is turbulent, and there are Han army sentry posts on the north and south banks, and orders and inspections are sent back and forth at night, and everything is peaceful.
However, the Wei army set out from Luyang upstream and came on a straw raft.
Not only Cao Hong's troops stationed in Tun Mopi were dispatched, but even Zhang He also marched to the battle on the 27th.
The road conditions north of Luyang were limited by the Han army's reconnaissance, and it was not clear at all about the Wei army's pre-war preparations.
Zhang He and the Chinese military group were in Luoyang, north of Yique Pass...... But Yique Yique is the pass of Yishui.
So in the early morning of the 27th, Zhang He rode a boat with 30,000 steps to Yishui and swam up to Lu Hun to go ashore, and Lu Hun to Liang County was a hundred miles away.
The 100-mile journey was slightly damaged after the rain, and the grass was thrown into the potholes, and the army was unimpeded.
From Lu Hun through the Yang people gathered and arrived in Liang County, Liang County is on the shore of Rushui.
Before the afternoon of the 28th, Zhang He marched to Liang County, and from here he took a boat along Rushui to Jiaxian and Mopi in the southeast; It then marched south along the southern side of the Father City, and arrived at the upper reaches of the eastern tributary of the river that night.
On the night of the 28th, Sima Yi set out from Jiaxian, took a boat and marched smoothly to Luyang in the southeast.
An autumn rain revitalized the water transportation forces of the tributaries in the upper reaches of the Rushui, and also allowed the Wei army, which had long been prepared, not to be affected by the rain, but to move at high speed.
Zhang He didn't come to save Zhang Liao, at least he didn't come to save Zhang Liao when he sent troops, he came to watch the scene with Cao Hong steadily.
Zhang Liao was defeated too quickly, and if it weren't for the heavy rain that hindered the footsteps of the Han army, I am afraid that the nearly 40,000 troops assembled in Cao Hong's hands would have collapsed.
There is no need for Tian Xin to lead people to disturb the Central Plains, and the nearly 40,000 guards under Cao Hong's command have reached the brink of collapse.
Put yourself in your shoes, if you are a common man from the Central Plains, a poor family, who was suddenly forcibly conscripted into the army, to confront the Han army that has won successive battles in the past four or five years, I ask you if you are panicking?
Continuous training and military law can make you feel at ease in the barracks.
But suddenly, the world-famous former general, Zhang Liao, the Marquis of Jinyang, was defeated...... Zhang Fei, who was supposed to appear on the battlefield on the Western Front, appeared in Wankou, just more than 100 miles away from him, you are a servant under Cao Hong, what do you think?
Ordinary sergeants have no ability to think, they may not even know who Zhang Fei is, they only care about whether they can win the war, whether they can see their families alive, and whether their families are peaceful.
But middle and low-level military officials have the ability to think, have their own ideas, and have their own news channels.
The military officials were suspicious and confused, and this panic quickly spread to all the armies under Cao Hong's command.
It has reached the point where if Zhang He does not move, Cao Hong's department will collapse.
If Cao Hong's guard group collapsed on the verge of battle, it would inevitably lead to a great morale blow to the two divisions of Xiahou Shang and Cao Xiu on the front line, and a chain collapse was not impossible.
What's worse is that the defeated soldiers who disintegrate and flee back to their hometowns will quickly spread panic, so that the order of Yanyu and Henan will collapse in an instant, and the people will rush to flee.
Even the officials dispatched would abandon the city and leave, so that the counties and counties would be reduced to scattered sand, and the Han army could be determined.
The situation was so bad that it had reached the point where Zhang He had to save the scene, and Sima Yi had to personally lead the headquarters of the overseer army to participate in the battle to boost morale.
must win a game, otherwise Zhang He can only stabilize for a while.
Otherwise, Liu Bei will inevitably send a message to the counties of Yanyu, Qingxu, and Xu...... No one dared to guarantee that the county guards and generals would be loyal to the Great Wei.
Only by winning a battle and demonstrating one's military strength can the Central Plains, Qingxu, Hebei, Guanlongshi, and Haoqiang maintain a wait-and-see attitude, and will not be as quick as Nanyang Haoqiang's transformation.
This is an imperative battle, and it is also a battle that is broken, not to mention that Xiahou Shang has already sent out an ambush and must respond.
Otherwise, Xiahou Shang failed to ambush and wasted the secret passage left by Zhang Liao, and Cao Pi would definitely be held accountable after the war.
Sima Yi has no better choice, and there is no second way.
With the courage of his family, he lay on the raft and clung to the ropes that bound the raft, and drifted in the darkness like the other officials.
I can only pray secretly, hoping that the bad luck of my ancestors will not befall me.
"Shui Bridge!"
"Sima Overseer, ahead is the Shui Bridge!"
In the darkness, a military official on the raft next to him shouted in a low voice, Sima Yi stared at his round eyes, and also saw the bonfire of the Han army on both sides of the Junshui Bridge.
"Silence, silence!"
"Silence, silence!"
Even Sima Yi himself took out a wet wooden piece and put it in his mouth to bite it, even if the Han army shot an arrow into the overflowing water at this moment, the Wei army could not make a sound when the arrow was hit.
When crossing the bridge, the hounds raised in the small village on both sides of the bridge barked wildly.
Around this time, in the Beifu military camp, the five-and-a-half-big tiger company raised by Tian Xin roared, and the sleeping Tian Xin suddenly opened his eyes.
"Your Majesty?"
Zhang Wen, who was on duty at night, got up and arched his hand: "Maybe it was because the tiger room was frightened that there was a tiger roar." ”
"No, a warning to the Right Army, the Front Army, and the Left Army!"
Tian Xin's tone was serious: "There is no need to send envoys, I expect that the Wei army has already set up an ambush and raised fire as a signal!" ”
"Yes!"
Zhang Wen turned around and untied the tent curtain, and said to the military officials and officials on duty on one side: "Beat the morning drum and raise fire to show respect to the battalions!" ”
"Boom!"
"Knock knock!"
With the first drum beating, the first drum melody has not stopped, and the drummers of the surrounding battalions have followed up, accompanied by the drum melody, and beat the slow rhythm of the morning drum together.
Ten miles away from the head of Dingling City, Xiahou Ba looked nervously, and saw that the Beifu barracks were raising fire, and angrily raised his hand and smashed his fist on the female wall battlement: "Alas! The secret has been leaked, and the general Zhengnan has been summoned, saying that the thief army has noticed it, and the army should not move again. ”
Seeing that the messenger was leaving, Xiahou Ba reached out and grabbed his shoulder, his eyes hesitant: "Please also ask General Zhengnan, the tunnel leads directly to Dingling City, tonight's attack is exposed, is the tunnel blocked?" ”
The fire in the night quickly aroused the vigilance of the right army, the southern camp of Kunyang City, Fan Jiang on duty strode into the brightly lit tent, at this moment Zhang Fei and Yu were drunk, and they were sitting together to discuss and analyze the idea of Sun Ce's Northern Expedition during the Battle of Guandu.
Yu turned his arguments and argued that Sun Ce's Northern Expedition would definitely be able to win a major victory between Cao and Yuan, and at least he could take Yangzhou and take Huainan.
Zhang Fei disagreed, feeling that Sun Ce's Northern Expedition stabbed Cao Cao in the ass, and Cao Cao would definitely surrender to Yuan Shao and continue to be Yuan Shao's vassal, periphery, and little brother.
This is also the reason why Liu Biao watched from the wall during the Battle of Guandu, everyone needs Cao Cao to live, and Cao Cao needs to block Yuan Shao's troops, so Cao Cao's back road is very safe.
When the two were arguing, they stared at Fan Jiang who was stirring up the situation with round eyes in unison, Fan Jiang looked at the big head, and hurriedly said: "Public, the soldiers of Beifu raise a fire to warn!" ”
Zhang Fei smiled, still with a drunken red face: "Can a messenger come to report?" ”
"No messenger in sight."
Yu Pan had already walked to the side at this time, took off his brocade robe when he raised his hand, picked up the clothes and hung them on his body, and tied the wooden buckles of the clothes to himself: "Duke Wei, you should beware of thieves and ambushes." ”
"Hmph, I'm afraid he won't make it!"
Zhang Fei turned his head and raised his voice outside the tent: "Raise fire to warn, beat drums and gather troops!" ”
He shouted to Fan Jiang again: "Tell all battalions, set up more torches in the camp, and be vigilant against ambushes coming out of the camp!" ”
Fan Jiang was stunned, and quickly turned around to give the order, Yu opened his mouth to swallow back what he wanted to speak, and saw Zhang Fei looking at him proudly, Yu turned back with a smile, and Zhang Fei smiled even more.
"Is there a fraud?"
Sima Yi saw that there was only a simple wooden fence outside Wu Yi's camp, saying that it was a wooden fence, but it was better to say that it was a planning camp standard for setting up a camp.
Even this fence is sparse and sparse, with many vacancies, which is even worse than a thief!
It can be seen that there is a fire in the direction of Kunyang in the northeast, where can I think about it, and subconsciously think that Wu Yi should be unprepared, otherwise it is impossible for the Han army to raise fire in the distance...... It is very likely that Xiahou Shang or Zhang He's soldiers and horses killed him.
"Shhh...... What a fire? ”
Wu Yi was drunk, and as soon as he was carried out of the tent by the guards to look at the northeast direction of the fire, he suddenly heard a killing shout, from the left-hand direction.
When he turned his head to look, he saw that the fence a hundred paces away had been easily knocked down, and the black night raiders were flooded like a torrent, and in an instant all the outlines of the camp tents were submerged in black.
Wu Yi, who was not wearing armor, stood in front of the bonfire in front of the big tent, and was set on fire at the first time.
With a look of astonishment, loss, relief, and regret, Wu Yi and the armored guards shot together, and the sword he had just drawn was powerless to fall to the ground.
When there was a loud bang, Wu Yi and his guards fell to the ground.
The governor of Guanzhong and the deputy general of the right army, Chen Liuwu Yi, died in the early morning of October 30 in the first year of the summer calendar, about the time of the third watch.