Chapter 7 Wind and Thunder Stirring Section 25 Li Dian waved his hands angrily and cursed loudly the Xuzhou army that had escaped from the battle.

He did not believe at all that this Northern Xinjiang Army would defeat the Xuzhou Army and occupy Xinhe. This is the key point of the retreat of the army, if the Xuzhou army did not deliberately give up, the Northern Frontier Army would not have been able to kill the river.

Leaving the Yanzhou army north of the Xinhe River could not only delay the Northern Xinjiang Army, but also buy time for the retreat of the Xuzhou Army and the Jingzhou Army.

These shameless villains have resorted to such despicable means. Li Dian was excited, but was surprised to find that it was an old opponent guarding the other side.

More than three months ago, the Yanzhou army defeated Gao Lan's army and entered Dongwuyang, and today, he once again led the army to block the front of the Yanzhou army, cutting off the Yanzhou army's retreat and sending the Yanzhou army to a desperate situation.

Li Dian ordered an attack and prepared to force a crossing of the river. At this time, Xiahou Dun Pegasus, who received the news, rushed to the river, and he did not complain, but ordered the army to set up a large camp with its back to the new river and form a formation.

"Kill the past now, we still have a chance to live." Li Dian looked at Xiahoudun with wide eyes and said in disbelief,

"To give up the attack is to give up the way to live."

"We're already surrounded." Xiahoudun smiled bitterly,

"The iron cavalry of the Northern Frontier Army has been killed from our left and right flanks, and it is coming in an instant." Then he pointed to the rear of the army,

"The more than 10,000 elite infantry soldiers in Northern Xinjiang are less than five miles away from us, and they will soon catch up. Now that we are surrounded on all sides, if we insist on crossing the river to attack, we will definitely be routed by the Northern Frontier Army before dusk. If we hold ourselves out, we'll be able to hold out for at least one night. Li Dian was taken aback,

"What about Tian Kai and Ma Teng? Is it all annihilated? Xiahoudun shook his head, he didn't know. However, since the Northern Xinjiang Army can find itself retreating in time and deploy troops to encircle and intercept it in time, there are only two possibilities, one is that Tian Kai and Ma Teng have been wiped out, and the other is that the Northern Xinjiang Army has enough troops.

He just decided to give up supporting Tian Kai and Ma Teng this morning, and he was retributed in the afternoon, and the Xuzhou Army and the Jingzhou Army abandoned the Yanzhou Army and escaped alone at this critical juncture.

"How so?" Li Dian looked up to the sky in despair and sighed,

"How did we run out of life overnight?"

"Mancheng, we still have a chance." Xiahoudun comforted,

"No matter what Tian Kai and Ma Teng are now, the Northern Xinjiang Army is surrounded from all sides, and it will take a while to adjust the deployment of troops. They won't be able to attack until tomorrow morning at the earliest. Xiahoudun looked up at the sky,

"It's almost dusk, and the Northern Frontier Army has no time to besiege us. Wait until late at night, and then try to break through. Zang Ba glared at Sun Guan angrily, eager to cut him with a knife,

"How can you ignore the big picture at this time? When Xiahoudun joined us, we had 30,000 men. 30,000 people huddled together, and there was absolutely no problem in withdrawing to Ganling State. ”

"How do you know there's no problem?" Sun Guan said unconvinced,

"The Northern Xinjiang Army surrounded Tian Kai and Ma Teng yesterday, and today it surrounded Xiahoudun, which shows that the Northern Xinjiang Army has already concentrated its main forces to eat us. The Northern Frontier Army has surrounded two armies successively, and it will take time to encircle and annihilate them, and we can use this time to quickly evacuate. What we need now is time, not troops. No matter how many troops there are, they are also the prey of the Northern Xinjiang Army. Although Zang Ba said that Sun Guan was not doing it right, he also agreed with his statement in his heart.

Zang Ba pondered for a long time, and finally made a decision. He looked up at Woo Tun,

"How many days can the dry food that the soldiers bring with them last?"

"Two days." Wu Dun said without thinking,

"If you save a little, you can last four days."

"Order the army, along the north bank of the Dagu River, to retreat to the east." Zang Ba said loudly,

"Be fast, retreat overnight, run overnight, don't stop for a moment."

"To the east?" Sun Guan, Yin Li, and Wu Dun were puzzled,

"Why east?"

"First retreat sixty miles to the east, get rid of the pursuit of the iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and then run two hundred miles, go directly south to Pingyuan County, and cross the Yellow River from the direction of West Pyeongchang." Zang Ba glared at Sun Guan fiercely,

"You're right, since the Northern Xinjiang Army has been prepared for a long time, it is estimated that they have set up an ambush to surround us in the Panhe area, so we no longer retreat in the direction of Ganling Kingdom, but by surprise, we quickly retreated south to Pingyuan County and crossed the Yellow River."

"Go directly south to Pingyuan County and withdraw across the Yellow River?" Sun Guan exclaimed,

"Xuan Gao, what do you want to do? Disobeying military orders without permission is punishable by beheading. ”

"You still know how to cut off your head?" Zang Ba said angrily,

"The matter of our deliberate framing of the Yanzhou Army this time will leak sooner or later, and Cao Cao will not let us go. Even if Cao Cao let us go, Liu Bei wouldn't let us go, he just had an excuse to kill our brothers together. Since Lord Tao Qian died, how can our brothers have a good life? If it weren't for the soldiers we had, Liu Bei would have driven us out of Xuzhou long ago. Sun Guan and the three of them looked angry and bowed their heads and said nothing.

After Liu Bei became the ruler of Xuzhou, he reused his old subordinates who had followed him for many years, which is understandable. He also reused Xuzhou gate lords such as Zhu Zhu and Chen Deng, which is also appropriate and beyond reproach.

But Liu Bei has no foundation in Xuzhou, and the main generals of the Xuzhou Army are not his people, and in order to gain a foothold in Xuzhou, he must control the army, so he successively transferred many generals of the Xuzhou Army and replaced them with his own people.

When Tao Qian was in office, there were three major factions in the Xuzhou army, one was the local generals in Xuzhou, such as Xu Tan.

One is the generals of the Danyang Army, such as Cao Bao. First, the Yellow Turban generals, such as Zang Ba, Sun Guan, and Wu Dun.

(The soldiers of Danyang County in Yangzhou were famous for their courage and good fighting in this dynasty, and the generals He Jin, Cao Cao, Tao Qian, Yuan Shu, and Sun Jian and his sons all recruited troops in Danyang.)

Zang Ba is a native of Huaxian County, Taishan County, Yanzhou, and was famous for his bravery in his early years, and he had many friends. His father, Zang Jie, was a subordinate of Taishan County, and was suspicious of Taishou because of his honesty and integrity, and was framed and detained by Taishou.

At that time, Zang Ba was eighteen years old, and he took a group of friends to rob the prison, rescued his father, and fled to Donghai County, Xuzhou.

At the time of the Yellow Turban Uprising in Qingzhou, he was a leader of the Yellow Turban Army, but because he was very dissatisfied with the Yellow Turban Army's wanton burning, killing, and plundering, he angrily accepted Tao Qian's appeasement and took his army to help Tao Qian defend the city.

Later, he was worshiped as a lieutenant for his military exploits. In the third year of Chuping (192 AD), the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army suffered successive defeats, and the marshal Sima Ju also died, and the Yellow Turban Army fell into a low ebb.

Tao Qian immediately asked Zang Ba to lead the army to garrison Langya County to appease the rest of the Yellow Turban. Zang Ba's friends Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li and others were cared for at this time.

In the Xuzhou army, Zang Ba is very powerful. Liu Bei could control the local army in Xuzhou and the Danyang army by various means, but he could not control Zang Ba, an army that was originally the Yellow Turban Army.

Since it cannot be controlled and is a threat to itself, it is necessary to find a way to weaken Zang Ba's power, and even force Zang Ba to reduce the number of troops under the pretext of insufficient military resources.

As a result, the contradiction between Liu Bei and Zang Ba became bigger and bigger. Fortunately, the Taishan Yellow Turban Army has been haunting the border of Xuzhou, threatening the safety of Xuzhou, Zang Ba is still useful to Liu Bei, otherwise Zang Ba and his group of brothers are estimated to have been almost rectified by Liu Bei.

One of the main reasons why Liu Bei sent Zang Ba north to Jizhou for an expedition this time was to take the opportunity to consume Zang Ba's troops.

"If we continue to withdraw in the direction of Ganlingguo, we may be surrounded and annihilated by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and if we are lucky enough to withdraw safely, we may be killed by Cao Cao and Liu Bei, so we only have one way now, to withdraw to Qingzhou."

"Xuan Gao, have you figured it out?" Sun Guan asked in surprise,

"Is it going up the mountain?" Zang Ba raised his hand and gave it to him,

"Do you have any chances? Are you willing to be a rebel and a rogue? ”

"You're already Kou Shuai." Sun Guan muttered in a low voice. Because Zang Ba's subordinates were all Yellow Turban Army, many Xuzhou officials privately called Zang Ba Kou Shuai or Slave Kou.

"My lord, do you want to take Qingzhou?" Wu Dun asked hesitantly.

"How did Tian Kai occupy Qingzhou? Isn't it just to beat it down? Zang Ba raised his whip and volleyed it down,

"Let's go knock it down too." Sun Guan and the three were dumbfounded. Qingzhou is Tian Kai's territory, and Sima Ju, Xu He, Guan Cheng and others tried their best, but in the end they fell short.

With the current 10,000 people, can they occupy Qingzhou?

"Tian Kai and Ma Teng must have been surrounded by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and there is little hope that Tian Kai will survive." Facing the suspicious gazes of the three people, Zang Ba calmly analyzed,

"After the Northern Xinjiang Army finished fighting Tian Kai, Ma Teng, and Xiahou Dun, the next target was the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army under the city of Xindu. I estimate that the Northern Xinjiang Army will take advantage of the advantages of the iron cavalry and quickly return to the area of Ganling Kingdom, cut off the retreat of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and encircle and annihilate Cao Cao, Liu Biao and Liu Bei. ”

"With the current strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army, even if it can't completely annihilate the Northern Expeditionary Army, it can inflict heavy damage on the Northern Expeditionary Army, and Cao Cao, Liu Biao, and Liu Bei can pick up a small life this time. Cao Cao's strength was greatly damaged, Liu Bei's strength was greatly damaged, and Tian Kai's life and death were uncertain, and the remaining 10,000 Qingzhou troops wanted to return to Qingzhou safely, which was more difficult than ascending to the sky. That's our chance. We can join forces with Guan Cheng and Guan Hai of the Taishan Yellow Turban Army, attack from the north to the south, and take Qingzhou in one fell swoop with the momentum of thunder. ”

"Okay, listen to you." Sun Guan was enthusiastically boiled by Zang Ba's words, and raised his hand and shouted,

"It's all dead anyway, the brothers fought hard." Wu Dun and Yin Li looked at each other and smiled. Zang Ba was finally forced to have no way out and wanted to become the real Kou Shuai.

Night is coming. Zang Ba's army rode the *night* (**please redact) along the Gushui River and rushed eastward at an astonishing speed.

These soldiers used to be the Yellow Turbans, and they may have fought a little worse, but escaping was definitely first-class. Because Zang Ba told them that if they couldn't reach a hundred miles away tonight, everyone would be surrounded by the iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army and would die.

The ** of survival stimulated the potential of the soldiers, and the speed of everyone's running was incredible. Before leaving, Zang Ba couldn't bear to see these Jingzhou people who had traveled thousands of miles to Hebei to die in a daze, so he specially rushed to the temporary camp of the Jingzhou army to visit Wen Ping, Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, and gave advice.

The three of them were very grateful and sent Zang Ba out of the camp.

"Three adults, please stay, we will see you in the future." Zang Ba bowed down and said goodbye, beating the horse and flying away.

Looking at the figure that quickly disappeared into the *night* (**please delete), Wen Ping sighed softly,

"Was this Lord Liu's idea, or was it his own? Will he be able to take the opportunity to occupy Qingzhou in this way? ”

"I guess it was his own idea." Wei Yan said in a low voice,

"I heard that he used to be the leader of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, and his relationship with Lord Liu has always been very tense. This time, Lord Liu took him to the battlefield in Jizhou, firstly, for the safety of Xuzhou, and secondly, he wanted to borrow a knife to kill people. ”

"Borrowing a knife to kill someone?" Huang Zhong's thick eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he said dissatisfiedly,

"Lord Liu wants to kill him?"

"I heard that he has been stationed in Langya County for a long time, and has close contacts with the Yellow Turban Army in the Taishan area, and people call him Kou Shuai. Ignoring Lord Liu, he was very arrogant. Wei Yan said,

"But judging from today's incident, he doesn't seem to be an arrogant person."

"I think people are good, very straightforward." Huang Zhong shook his head and said,

"However, if Tian Kai hadn't died, and we had safely withdrawn to Ganling Kingdom, I'm afraid his life would not be easy in the future."

"Hmph......" Wei Yan sneered,

"Lord Huang, do you think we can still win this battle?" Wen Ping closed his eyes and remained silent. Huang Zhong sighed,

"It is indeed not easy for Tian Kai to return to Qingzhou alive. But in this battle, I think the Northern Expeditionary Army can still retreat in its entirety, and it will not be wiped out because of the Dongguang fiasco. ”

"Walk away?" Wei Yan smiled bitterly,

"I can't see the sun in Xiangyang anymore." Wen Ping's eyes suddenly opened,

"I'll stay, and you and Lord Huang will lead the army to retreat overnight."

"I'd better stay." Wei Yan bowed down and said,

"I am not the commander of the army, I have not started a family, and my parents have other brothers in the family, so I can say that I have nothing to worry about. I stay most suitable. "Late at night, the big tent was discussed.

Zhou Shan reported in detail the results of the Battle of Xiaoliangting. The 10,000 Qingzhou Army and the 5,000 Guanzhong Iron Cavalry were all wiped out, but the bodies of Tian Kai and Ma Teng were not found, and it is estimated that they took advantage of the chaos to escape.

The losses of the armies of the various divisions participating in the battle of Xiaoliangting were small. More than 2,000 infantry soldiers were killed or wounded. Xiahoudun's 10,000 Yanzhou troops were surrounded.

The 20,000 men and horses of the Xuzhou Army and the Jingzhou Army have withdrawn to the vicinity of the Dagu River. Early tomorrow morning, Yan Liang and Lu Bu will command an army of 60,000 to besiege the Yanzhou army.

After the total annihilation of the Yanzhou army, Gao Ran and Gao Shun led their troops to continue to pursue the Xuzhou army and the Jingzhou army. Yan Liang led 40,000 steps to ride north to cross the Jiangshui River, along the north bank of the Jiangshui River to the west for a hundred miles, and then from the direction of Xiucheng to the south to cross the Jiangshui River, directly inserted into the Pan River, cut off the retreat of the Xuzhou Army and the Jingzhou Army, and formed a front and rear attack with the armies of Gao Ran and Gao Shun, in order to completely annihilate the 20,000 rebels.

Tomorrow morning, Zhao Yun, Jiang Wu, Wei Jun, Liu Ming, Li Su, and Gongsun Xu led 30,000 iron cavalry to the south along the great river to the south for 200 li, captured Pingyuan City in Pingyuan County, and then killed 150 li to the west to capture Ganling City, cut off the retreat of the main force of the rebels, and complete the comprehensive encirclement of the rebels.

Yan Liang repeatedly warned Zhao Yun and the others not to entangle in Pingyuan City, but to kill under Ganling City as quickly as possible.

The key purpose of the Hebei War was to kill and wound a large number of rebel troops, not to hunt down Cao Cao and a few other rebels.

killed all these rebels, and the last to take advantage were Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers. After this battle, Hebei needs a period of time to recover, so during this period of time, it is necessary to ensure that the Central Plains is full of smoke and war.

If we kill Cao Cao and several other rebels now, the Yuan brothers' family will be dominant and their strength will increase sharply, and it will be very unfavorable for Hebei to go south to quell the rebellion in the future.

Late at night, on the banks of the Zhangshui River, the general traveled. Koji Yi reported to the general, under the command of Cao Cao, the Northern Expeditionary Army has been attacking the capital of Xin, although there are many tricks, but the scale is not large.

Yan Liang reported to the general that the battle of Xiaoliangting has ended, the Yanzhou army has been surrounded, and tomorrow Zhao Yun can command the iron cavalry to implement a roundabout outflanking technique to encircle the main force of the rebels.

"The key now is when we cut off the link between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao to ensure that we can hold Yuan Shao back while attacking the main force of the rebels and inflict heavy losses on him before he withdraws from Jizhou." After Jia Xu groaned a little, he pointed his hand to Qingzhou on the map,

"General, I still insist that it is absolutely necessary for us to take advantage of the weak strength of Qingzhou to send a large army south to capture Qingzhou."

"Whether Tian Kai is dead or alive is no longer important." Sima Yi also persuaded,

"Of the 20,000 troops in Qingzhou, 10,000 were buried in Xiaoliang Pavilion, and 10,000 were under the city of Xindu, and they will soon be wiped out by us. At present, Qingzhou's troops are thin, and Tian Kai is too late to forcibly conquer, so now is a good time to capture Qingzhou. Li Hong smiled,

"The attack on Qingzhou must wait until after the end of the decisive battle, that is, around mid-September. Before that, I must ensure absolute superiority on the battlefield of Jizhou in order to complete the attack on the main force of the rebels. ”

"In addition......" Li Hong pointed to Hanoi County on the map,

"Can we also consider capturing Hanoi County?"

"Attacking Qingzhou does have many benefits, but the goal is too big, and it is easy for the rebels to feel more and more threatened. This may also lead to Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Liu Bei and others shaking hands again. For us, after today's battle, we hope that the rebels will turn against each other, and hope that the war in the Central Plains will become more and more fierce, rather than allowing the rebels to find another opportunity to join forces against Hebei. ”

"You don't let others live, and others won't make you comfortable. Who wants to be caught? Who wants to be slaughtered? So I think it's a little early to attack Qingzhou. ”

"The advantage of attacking Hanoi County is that it can directly threaten Luoyang and curb the expansion of Yuan Shao's strength, forcing him to be unable to reach the Central Plains." Li Hong looked at Jia Xu and said with a smile,

"This battle is over, if Yuan Shao is not effectively contained, it will be difficult for the Central Plains war to burn. After all, his losses were the least, and he could join forces with Yuan Shu to sweep the Central Plains. Once the Central Plains is in his pocket, it will be very difficult for us to go south in the future. "Jump to