Chapter 1470: The Battle of Xuzhou (67)
Guan Yu knew Yan Liang's calculations at the moment, and it could even be said that at the beginning of the war, he had expected that Yan Liang would inevitably choose to break out of the encirclement from him, and in this regard, he had made preparations early in the morning, and the whole army was ready to intercept the Jizhou army!
The shouts shook the sky, and the Jizhou army rushed towards the Setshan camp with red eyes, and the Setshan camp also shouted not to take a step back, and the Langya army behind them was completely ignored, but just like this, they were killing all sides at this moment.
The Jizhou army completely ignored the Langya army behind him, although Yan Liang also organized a resistance force, but they were all defeated with one blow, but it was Yan Liang in front of him, and he directly entered the camp of the mountain, shouting, shouting earth-shattering, not to be outdone, the two sides not only have to distinguish the victory and defeat on the battlefield, it seems that even the shouts are higher than the other, as if whoever is weak will be defeated, if Chen Feng did not see it with his own eyes, it is difficult to imagine that there will be such a war scene.
This scene is enough to make him unforgettable for the rest of his life, although this is not the largest battle he has participated in, but it is definitely the most fierce one, the two sides invested far less troops than the second battle of Xuzhou, but the scale of the war, but far exceeded, and the battle of the Jizhou army is far more than the Shouchun army, the two sides come and go, the battle is tragic.
At this moment, the Jizhou Army and the Setshan Battalion were fighting fiercely, and the two sides were like torrents impacting each other.
This is a pinnacle battle of the infantry, the most elite soldiers on both sides, the sword and shield soldiers are blocking left and right, and the pikemen are constantly picking and killing, under the full force of the Setshan battalion, the offensive of the Jizhou army has gradually become slow, and the momentum has become smaller and smaller, but under the continuous attack of the Langya army, the morale of the Xuzhou army is strong, and the balance of victory and defeat is gradually tilted towards the Xuzhou army.
But how could the Jizhou army give up easily, the shouting of killing still comes to mind from time to time, but as the war continues, the situation of the Jizhou army becomes more and more difficult.
For a long time, under the stubborn interception of the Setshan battalion, they did not advance an inch, but the Langya army had broken through the rear defense and began to kill the main force of the Jizhou army.
Under the front and rear attacks, the morale of the Jizhou army is getting lower and lower, panic began to spread, fear appeared on the faces of every soldier, gradually, their formation began to be chaotic, from a point to a piece, there was still a clear assault target before, at this moment it has been scattered, panicked to break through to the surroundings.
There is no hope for going to Ju County, at this moment Yan Liang is in a dilemma, and he continues to Ju County suddenly, there is no hope, but from Dongguan to break through, can there be a glimmer of life?
Obviously, Guan Yu would not give him this opportunity, Yan Liang's face became more and more ugly, and when he rushed towards the Setshan camp, he was like an ownerless wandering spirit, slashing aimlessly.
Even he is like this, not to mention the rest of the Jizhou officers and soldiers, they are all headless flies, and they don't know what to do.
At a loss, if it weren't for the threat of the mountain camp, they didn't know what they should do, the front road was unbreakable, the back road was blocked, the south was a dead end, and there was a glimmer of life in the north, except for the tears that knew that this was the tiger's mouth, I am afraid that now all the Jizhou troops have put their hopes on breaking through from the back.
As long as they arrive in Dongguan, they will be able to meet with the trial and match in Zhuxu City, as if this road has now become their only way of life, and Ju County is just a dead end.
In an instant, Ji Ling saw countless people fleeing north, there were soldiers, and there were even Lu Kuang's brothers, Ji Ling's face immediately turned iron-blue, and there was no hope at all, and at this moment his eyes were nothing but despair or despair.
At the last moment, it will be these generals he once relied on who will cause the defeat of this battle!
Disappointment, before despair, is far more painful than defeat at the hands of Guan Yu, such a taste makes him feel distressed, he would rather be defeated by Guan Yu because of the breakthrough to Juxian, rather than see them break through from Dongguan one by one and finally become prisoners.
But they didn't see Guan Yu's true intentions, and it was no longer possible to break through with a glimmer of life, no matter how powerful the opponent you encountered, no matter how powerful, there was no need to worry, but if there were a few such stupid opponents, it would appear when a good game was buried and turned into a dangerous situation.
At this moment, Yan Liang looked at their fleeing backs and gritted his teeth, and there were many intersections with them, originally thought that these people were the pillars of Jizhou, they were malleable, and in the future, the lord would compete for the world, and he would rely on them to conquer the world, but their stupidity made Yan Liang extremely passive, if they stood in front of him at the moment, he would not hesitate to wave the elephant trunk knife and cut off all their heads one by one.
Only in this way can the hatred be relieved, and only in this way can the souls of the undead who died in the Jizhou army be comforted.
But he knew that such an opportunity would not happen in a short time, and he even had to make a final decision, whether to continue to break through to Juxian or break through like Dongguan.
There is no longer any possibility of breaking through to Ju County, as they flee from most of them, Yan Liang's current strength, and then break through to Ju County, and kill a bloody road from Guan Yu is simply a fool's dream, and now in front of him, there is only one way to break through to Dongguan.
How to choose? In fact, at this moment, Yan Liang has no choice, he can only break through to Dongguan, even if he knows that he will die in the end, but people's desire to survive makes him have to make such a choice, maybe when Guan Yu comes to intercept it, he can successfully break through with the attitude of a mourning soldier?
People are lucky, they always think that they are the lucky ones, and they feel that they are by no means the unlucky ones, at this moment Yan Liang has a similar luck mentality, and issued an order to break through to Dongguan.
He knows Guan Yu very well, it can be said that they once had a very close period, but in the end, they became enemies because of the opposition between their respective fathers, so he still knows Guan Yu very well.
The person who knows you best is not yourself, but your enemy.
Guan Yu, this name is now famous in China, but when he was still a nobody, Yan Liang heard about it, at that time he was dealing with the Yellow Turban Thief, then dealing with Donghu, and then dealing with the White Wave Thief, and when Guan Yu became famous, he was also there, although he was in Hanoi at that time, but he had heard of Guan Yu who killed Huaxiong in Xingyang, from that moment on, Guan Yu, a nobody, completely entered his sight, for a while, he was eager to challenge him, and wanted to prove himself through Guan Yu's hand.
In fact, Yan Liang was envious of Guan Yu at that time, because he was not as lucky as Guan Yu in Hanoi, but he was just lucky, and Yan Liang had too many opportunities to get rid of him.
On the bank of Luoshui, he finally waited for such an opportunity, but in the end, it fell short, but it was because of Cao Cao, and it was also because of Lu Yi, but at the same time, they also completely tested the combat effectiveness of the dragoons, Guan Yu, who commanded the three thousand dragoons, was quite domineering, but not invincible, if it wasn't for Yuan Shu, Guan Yu and even Liu Lan would have died long ago.
So this is Guan Yu's luck, such luck and then the battle of the plains, although the dragoon army was in Gaotang at that time, preventing Cao Cao's main force from fearing him to go north to the Yellow River, but Yan Liang asked himself that it was the best time for him to annihilate Guan Yu, if it wasn't for Zhao Yun's raid on Le'an City, Yuan Shao was forced to negotiate with Gongsun Zhan, and Guan Yu also died.
With such good luck, he couldn't have it back, but he forgot that if he missed so many opportunities to get rid of Guan Yu, he would naturally be punished.
Because you never treat your opponent as a truly terrible enemy, just blame it all on luck, how can you not be defeated!
But Yan Liang won't admit it, and even he had already guessed the result of this battle, and it was because of this that he thought even more so, the reason why this battle was defeated was not that the Jizhou army was defeated by the Seshan camp, but that he was careless, and he fell for Guan Yu's trick because he was eager to move back to the disadvantage after the defeat of Kaecheng, and even he had a chance to reverse, even if he could exit the siege in the end, so he was not very convinced in his heart.
However, he avoided talking about one thing, that is, he was not just caught by Guan Yu's tricks, but from the beginning, he was in Guan Yu's calculations, because he ignored one point, the reason why he fell into the trick was that he didn't know about Guan Yu's existence, and if he knew, he would dare to attack rashly, so his current disbelief is more like a kind of shirking responsibility.
Of course, he was not convinced by this battle, and he really did not blame him, this battle was already doomed to defeat since Yuan Tan's attack on Kaiyang did not succeed.
Therefore, this battle seems to many people to feel that the defeat of the Jizhou army is a little inexplicable, and they will even feel why the raiding side will finally become such a situation, but for Guan Yu, Huang Zhong and everyone behind the scenes, Yan Liang's defeat is not unreasonable, but a matter of course, because the enemies he faces are not only Guan Yu, Zang Ba and Huang Zhong in front of him, but also Liu Lan and Xu Shu in Xuzhou.
And beside him, only Yuan Tan, who has long been desperate because of the position of the prince, is full of interests, how can he be undefeated?
At this moment, Yan Liang was shameless to the lord, if it weren't for the tens of thousands of troops by his side, he would have been eager to apologize for his crimes, but in the end he could only lead the troops to retreat to Dongguan, even if he knew that Guan Yu must have arranged a pocket in Dongguan, he couldn't do anything, if he could contact the trial at this time, even if it was Yuan Tan, he would definitely be able to plan and kill Guan Yu in Dongguan by surprise, but unfortunately, there was no such possibility, so he could only enter the trap laid by Guan Yu for him, hoping to escape.
Let's be able to escape one by one. Maybe this is the truest thought in Yan Liang's heart, but is there any other better choice, no, if he doesn't do this, what else can he do, fight with Guan Yu, fight to the end, they are all dead, but it will not cause too much harm to Guan Yu.
are all people, those who can fight completely in adversity and desperate situations, the Jizhou army has, and there are a lot of them, but in the period of adversity and desperation, there is no combat effectiveness at all, more, when people shout, I am afraid that they will immediately kneel down a large piece, how do you say this battle will be fought?
On the contrary, it is better to retreat, maybe it can also inspire the hope of the soldiers to escape, and they are fearless all the way, and maybe they really run out.
"Break through to Dongguan!"
Yan Liang's roar sounded, and when the order was delivered, the Jizhou army, which had been silent for almost a long time, instantly let out a sky-high shout, and they shouted over and over again, breaking through to Dongguan to the north.
This is not a reminder to anyone, this is just a catharsis, seeing the hope of life, if a person yells like this, Yan Liang doesn't feel anything, but when everyone yells like this, he is really silent.
At this moment, he didn't know whether to be happy or sigh, up and down the Jizhou army, was he the only one who saw Guan Yu's intentions? He couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and even a little angry, but looking around, he couldn't do anything, and this helplessness was written on his face.
In such a situation, if Koji Yi encounters it, how will he deal with it? I don't know why, Yan Liang suddenly had such a thought in his heart, although Lu Yi is dead, but he has already made his mark on the Jizhou Army, maybe his cronies are no longer there, but the change in temperament has an indelible effect on the Jizhou Army, not afraid of strong enemies, brave fighting, not only for the Jizhou Army, but also for Yan Liang.
A mentor and a friend, Yan Liang has a deep contradiction with him, but I have to say that from him, Yan Liang has learned a lot, maybe when working together, he won't feel how, but when he left and took the lead by himself, he found that these changes have happened imperceptibly.
It was precisely because of this that he thought of Koji at this moment, but he racked his brains and couldn't think of what kind of decision he could make.
There was some fear in his heart, such a situation made him shudder, if he used to think about the problem from Koji Yi's point of view, but at this moment, he found that there was nothing, maybe this battle should not have happened in the first place, maybe even if this battle was faced by Koji Yi, there was no better way, except to retreat, what other chance could there be?
Not really.
This is the reality, whether he accepts it or not, the result has appeared, whether it is positive or negative, he has to face it in the end, since he wants to retreat, then be decisive, don't let the retreat become a desert and flee, then it is not a retreat, but an escape, these words are what he said in the tone of Koji Yi, and he believes that Koji Yi will also say these words.
"Fight your way out!"
The troops began to retreat to the north, and the Setshan battalion and the Langya army finally turned, and then began to chase after the Jizhou army, this battle is to eliminate the Jizhou army as much as possible, not only is it impossible to collect the troops easily, but also to chase to the end, either not to fight, or to beat the Jizhou army hard, so that they are completely honest.
These were Liu Lan's original words, and they were also Guan Yu's original words to the soldiers of the Setshan Battalion, and the army began to pursue. On the contrary, the Jizhou army began to retreat desperately.
Such a retreat was not a chaotic retreat, but an extremely organized retreat, and from time to time there would be an organized Jizhou army to carry out ambushes and sneak attacks, and the reserve was not completely left to the Xuzhou army.