Chapter Ninety-Six: The Battle of the Chiefs
Liu Bei couldn't complain about his anger. What is the place www.biquge.info Wancheng? In ancient times, it was Lu and Shen to seal the country, and then it was destroyed by Chu, because of the Wanyi, as a base for the north to fight for the Central Plains. The water system in the territory is developed, and there is the danger of mountains and rivers, and it is an important place connecting the north and the south. Emperor Shizu made a fortune here, and it was a veritable imperial hometown, nicknamed Nandu, and the second largest city in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The fall of Wancheng was a great blow to the confidence of the court and the people.
As soon as Wancheng was lost, there was nothing ahead that could stop Zhang Mancheng from entering the division. Although there is still the great general He Jin who led the forbidden army to guard the pass, it is the last line of defense. Liu Bei knew that the imperial court would not give him time to go through the southern counties calmly. It is inevitable to pass on the decree to urgently order himself to march into Nanyang.
Sure enough, within two days, the court messenger galloped in, and ordered Liu Bei to march to Nanyang immediately and recover Wancheng, without mistake. Liu Bei inquired about the situation in Beijing again, and knew that the emperor and his old man were worried for a while at the beginning, and after being afraid for a while, and after singing and dancing as usual and drinking and feasting, Liu Bei no longer knew what to say. Whether the Son of Heaven is a bamboo in his chest or a broken jar, no one knows, anyway, he can't persuade him, let his old man get drunk and dream for a few more years, and then die in erosion and indulgence. He also asked about the military situation everywhere, and the envoy said that the whole country was in a mess, and Zhang Jiao shouted, except for the yellow scarf, all the other chaotic demons and monsters came out, today this is the king, tomorrow the general, the thirteen states in the world, for a while, the beacon is everywhere, and the court is helpless now, and can only grasp the heavy and let go of the light, and put all the hope on these three battlefields. If the main force of the Yellow Turban can be pacified in time, then free up troops to clean up the other bandits. It's just a mess, I'm afraid it's going to be messy for several years. But it doesn't matter, just one Liangzhou Qiang chaos has been fought for decades. The princes of the imperial court had already prepared for a protracted war in their hearts.
Liu Bei asked about Huangfu Song and others, and the envoy said: "Zhu Gongwei lightly advanced the enemy, resulting in the defeat of the thief's first wave of talents, and now he and Huangfu Yizhen have retreated to Changshe, and defended the city, and the imperial court has sent the cavalry commander Cao Mengde to help. Alas, I hope that this time, the three of them can break the thief army, otherwise Wancheng has been broken, and Yingchuan will go wrong again, and Your Majesty will really not be able to sleep well. ”
Liu Bei sneered in his heart, as long as Luoyang City is not lost, the world will be lost, and our majesty is afraid that he should still eat and sleep. After sending the messenger away, Liu Bei frowned and groaned. Originally, he planned to raise troops into Wuling after pacifying Jiangxia and go to Hanshou to join Xu Xuan, the assassin of Jingzhou. In this way, Wuling, Changsha and other places can only be left alone for the time being. However, if you want to enter Nanyang, it is difficult to attack Wancheng. Not to mention how strong and tall Wancheng is, let's just say that there is still a Xiangyang that has not yet been taken, if when attacking Wancheng, the Xiangyang Yellow Turban stabs you in the back, it will be funny.
Thinking about the headache, Liu Bei couldn't help but scold Chu Gong angrily again. Those who are greedy for merit will be defeated, or are they still scholars, haven't you read military books?
But the matter has come to this, Liu Bei has no other choice but to bite the bullet and go on it. So the soldiers were divided into two routes, all the way with Huang Zhong and Guan Yu as generals, leading 10,000 people from Hanshui up, entering Nanjun, stationed in Yicheng, and entering Xiangyang. One route led Zhang Fei, Yan Yan, Jian Yong, etc., along the water into Nanyang, from Suixian to Caiyang, then depending on the situation, there is an opportunity to fight Xiangyang, no chance to sweep Nanyang, and then besiege Wancheng. Thinking that with Guan Yu's army to contain Xiangyang, the Xiangyang Yellow Turban did not have the courage to go out of the city and copy his own back road.
The plan was decided, Liu Bei did not delay any longer, so the army was divided into two and marched separately. Liu Bei led more than 20,000 troops by himself, advanced all the way, and saw the Han army in the counties along the way. The officials who had escaped before saw that Wang Shi had arrived, and returned to the city one by one, these shameless people, Liu Bei really had no choice, he was now just a military master, and he had no right to meddle in local affairs at all. Otherwise, they will all be arrested and imprisoned. The order of a county actually forgot the responsibility of guarding the land, ignored the people of the city, abandoned the city and fled. Damn it. Liu Bei also knew that even if he scolded him with a straight face now, these people would spend a lot of money, and their positions would be as stable. Knowing that he was helpless, Liu Bei simply didn't see it out of sight and didn't bother, hiding in the barracks all day long, except for telling them to prepare food and grass for his army, he didn't bother to see each other again.
Liu Bei captured Deng County, and wanted to attack Xiangyang with Huang Zhong on both sides, but the defenders of Xiangyang City were also good people, and when they saw that the situation was not good, they actually retreated into the city and avoided fighting. Huang Zhong Guan Yu's army has now entered and occupied Liqiu. And Liu Bei wants to attack Xiangyang from Deng County, he must pass through Atou Mountain, and the Yellow Turban has a village on the mountainside of Atou Mountain to guard the main road. This village is not removed, the momentum of the front and rear attack is difficult to achieve, with the strength of an army, Xiangyang is difficult to capture. Liu Bei thought about it, and simply asked Yan Yan to lead 2,000 troops to be stationed in Deng County, and then asked Huang Zhong and Guan Yu to divide their troops all the way to Xiangyang, firmly watch Xiangyang City, and branch out of Liqiu all the way, to Caiyang, and to Xinye.
All the way up the river, to Xinye. This is a key point on land and water, and Zhang Mancheng is not a fool, so there is an army stationed here. Liu Bei went out and rode his horse around, and Zhuge Liang's second fire in the romance was burned here, burning Cao Cao's general Cao Ren in defeat. The city is not big, and the terrain is really dangerous. Seeing the yellow flag cracking on the city wall, Liu Bei asked people to come forward and shout surrender. After shouting for a long time, no one answered, it seems that these are all diehards of the Yellow Turban Army, so what else to say, Liu Bei waved his hand, and the army moved, it was still the same old way, and the catapult went first. After a while, the rumbling sound of stone bullets hitting the ground rang out in all directions.
However, it is said that Cao Cao led an army, and the starry night arrived at Changshe from Xinzheng, fought outside the west gate for a while, and then took advantage of the chaos to enter the city. Seeing Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, and Sun Jian, he said: "I see that there are many thieves, if there are more than 100,000 people, we and the other three of us will cooperate together, and we are only afraid that the enemy will not be able to defeat the thieves, how is it good?" ”
Sun Jian said: "If the thief dares to come, he will fight to the death, what is there to fear!" ”
Cao Cao looked at it, and saw Sun Jian's face resolute, and he said in his heart that Sun Wentai was worthy of the name of brave and martial arts, but it was not worth fighting with the Yellow Turban thief. I'm going to die here before I can do anything? It's not a good deal, right?
Cao Cao was about to speak, when he saw Zhu Jun and said: "The return of the horse leather shroud is the true character of my generation of soldiers." However, the yellow scarf is not flat, the four seas are not clear, and there is no work to repay the king's kindness, if he dies here, he is unwilling! ”
So he got up and went out of the camp to watch the thief's situation. Huangfu Song and others followed. It was summer, the sun was scorching, and thieves were afraid of the heat, so they all chose a cool and humid place to rest. The mountains outside the city are densely forested and overgrown with wild grasses. However, Bo Cai, Peng Tuo and others are not stupid, they have already cut down the trees and made siege equipment. Fortunately, the Yellow Turban thieves have never been disciplined and have no law. But the weeds that spread all over the mountains outside the city were not removed, but they camped on the grass.
Huangfu Song looked at it for a long time, his eyes lit up, and he had a plan, and said: "I have a plan, and the thief is easy to hear!" ”
Cao Cao's heart moved, and he said: "Ming Gong's plan, is it not a fire attack?" ”
Huangfu Song laughed loudly and said, "Those who know me, Meng Deye!" ”
Cao Cao shook his head and said: "The thief army is powerful, and they patrol very strictly day and night, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to approach arson." ”
Huangfu Song said: "What's so difficult about this, we will go out of the city to fight with the enemy every day, lose a few battles first, be proud of the thief army, wait for the thief army to slack off, choose a windy night, beat the drums, set fire to the fire, and the thief army will defeat itself!" ”
Zhu Jun and Sun Jian looked convinced: "Ming Gong's plan is very good, if so, the yellow scarf will be broken!" ”
So he acted according to the plan, and every day one person took turns to lead the Han army out of the city to invite the fight, losing for several days in a row, with countless casualties. Bo Cai and Peng Tuo saw it in the Chinese army, and couldn't help laughing proudly: "The Dog Emperor sent a branch of reinforcements, Lao Tzu thought it was a great character, but it turned out to be nothing more than that." Hmph, send a few thousand people to save the soldiers of the Changshe? Don't! Look how Lao Tzu besieges them! ”
After losing for several days, the Han army of Changshe seemed to be scared, and no matter how the Yellow Turban thief army shouted and scolded the invitation to fight under the city, they only shrank in the city without saying a word. Don't dare to go out of the city. So the Yellow Turban Thief Army was in a big position for a while, and Bo Cai, Peng Tuo and others were also triumphant, thinking that the Han Army was already afraid of themselves. So he indulged in drinking and having fun every day, and no longer put the army of the Changshe in his eyes.
A few days later, at night, the wind was high and the moon was dark, and the stars and moon were sneaking. Huangfu Song couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw the wind suddenly rising, and said, "God help me!" The Great Breaker Army is here today! So he ordered the soldiers to pack a handful of grass and prepare themselves for duty. After the second watch, the camp fire in the Yellow Turban Army gradually went out, and the fighting was silent, so he secretly led the army out of the city and set fire to it.
And he commanded men to light torches on the city walls, and to echo one another. All of a sudden, the mountains were full of firelight. So the generals led their headquarters and fought out together. The yellow turban thief was sleeping sweetly, and suddenly heard that Jin was coming agitatedly, and he couldn't help but be shocked, and when he came out of the tent, he saw that the fire in the camp was full of fire, and the wind helped the fire, and the fire borrowed the power of the wind to burn the front camp red. I saw that the soldiers in the battalion could not find the generals, and the generals could not find the soldiers, and there was chaos.
In a panic, I saw countless Han troops out of the city, shouting all the way to kill, so the thief army was frightened, crying and running back. In the panic, they trampled on each other, and countless people were killed and injured.
Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Cao Cao, and Sun Jian each led an army and killed them later. Bocai and Peng took off their armor and came out, restrained the Chinese soldiers, and said angrily: "It's really annoying if you don't want the Han thieves to attack!" So he ordered the Chinese soldiers to hold the camp tightly, and if anyone attacked the camp, they would kill them regardless of the enemy and me.
However, there were too many defeated troops rushing in, and the Chinese army camp couldn't bear to face these crying and screaming brothers, so the hand was a little slower, and the big camp was knocked open, and the defeated army poured in like a tide. Fortunately, Bocai and Peng Tuo were also prepared, and lined up in the open space in the middle and shouted: "Spread out, and those who collide with the Chinese army will die!" "When the defeated army fled here saw their general, their hearts were at ease, and their senses were restored, and when they heard the shouting, they did not need to say more, and they ran to both sides, and those who hesitated a little died under the rain of arrows and spears. Peng Tuo saw the Han general driving the defeated army on the high platform, and couldn't help but be furious, so he led the army and said to Bocai: "Senior brother, stop, foolish brother will block the Han army for a while!" Then the leader attacked Cao Cao from the flank.
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