Chapter 411: Natural Disaster
Lin Chong set fire to the Cao camp, and the generals Dian Wei and Xu Chu led the troops out of the Cao camp, and Lin Chong was defeated and fled. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 When Info was about to retreat to Fenggao City, shouts of killing broke out on both sides, and war drums rang out in unison.
"Yuan Lang is here, kill me!" Yuan Lang led the army from the right side.
"Shi Baolai, General Lin Chong, don't panic, all the soldiers will kill me." Shi Bao held the Wind Splitting Knife and slashed to the left at the same time.
It turned out that Luo Gan expected that Cao Cao was not so easy to deal with, so he ordered Shi Bao and Yuan Lang to lead an army each to reinforce them, and now they were just rushing to kill the enemy army.
The two sides fought a scuffle, losing more than 1,000 people, Cao's army retreated, and Lin Chong, Shi Bao, and Yuan Lang also retreated into Fenggao City.
Later, Luo Gan also led the troops to try several times, but failed to annihilate the Cao army, and even Cao Cao withdrew his troops back to Bo County, Luo Gan was helpless. At the same time, Yingxian was in an emergency, and Luo Gan left 5,000 soldiers in Shibao to rescue Yingxian from the army.
The wind was high and the clouds were light, the sky was clear, and when Luo Gan led the army to Yingxian, he found that Yingxian had been broken by Cao's army. However, the main force of the Cao army was not in Yingxian County, but continued to move north, and the Cao army marched northeast and went straight to Qi County.
Luo Gan asked Lin Chong to order a thousand cavalry and the White Tiger Battalion led by Li Kui, Bao Xu, Li Gon, and Xiang Chong to march quickly to block the advance of Cao's army before Yuanshan. This is the last dangerous place to stop Cao's army in Taishan County, otherwise he can only fight Cao Jun in Qi County in Qingzhou.
Luo Gan ordered the sergeants to chase Cao Jun in the rear with a long snake formation, and suddenly there was a shout of killing, and Cao Hong led thousands of troops to attack from the rear.
"Hmph, hateful Cao Jun, kill me." At the sound of an order, the head of the snake in front rolled up, and Luo Gan commanded in the center.
Pang Wanchun, the head of the front, was furious, and led the troops to sweep over and kill Cao Hong. It's just that Cao Hong, who led the troops to retreat as soon as he rushed to kill for a while, did not wait for Pang Wanchun to lead the troops to besiege and strangle Cao Hong.
Cao Hong led the army to come and go fast, and he rode on the horse and secretly said proudly: "Hmph, I only need to lead the troops to harass Luo Gan, delay his entry into the army, and buy time for Zixiao, so that I won't ......."
"Hmph, come if you want, leave if you want, how can there be such a cheap thing!" Pang Wanchun shot an arrow angrily at Cao Hong behind him, saying that it was too late and that it was fast, and the arrow feathers went straight to Cao Hong.
Cao Hong was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, screamed miserably, couldn't hold the long knife in his hand and fell to the ground, turned around and glared at Pang Wanchun fiercely, hugged the horse's head and fled.
"Don't chase, continue to march, the whole army marches quickly, go!" Luo Gan didn't care about the injured Cao Hong, but ordered to march at full speed and chase after Cao Ren's army.
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The land of the Han Dynasty is very vast, and within the territory of the great empire, natural disasters are unavoidable. Since Emperor Han Huan and Emperor Ling, natural disasters have continued, either earthquakes, floods, or locust plagues.
Under natural and man-made disasters, the yellow turbans were raging, the imperial court suppressed, the princes rose, and wars continued. The people were in distress, many starvations occurred, and the bark of grass roots and trees was eaten away. There are many major droughts in the world, and locust plagues are often followed by prolonged droughts.
Nowadays, in the fields of some places in Taishan County, the crops that look good have also attracted many locusts. At first, there were not many locusts, but they did not attract much attention. But soon the highly fertile locusts eat a lot of vegetation, lay more eggs, and after hatching, the locusts become more and more numerous. By the time those villagers reported to the county order, a large area of black locusts had already formed, and a locust plague was naturally formed.
Not only did there be a locust plague in Taishan County, but there were also many locust plagues in various counties in Yanzhou, and soon these news were reported by Pegasus to Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao.
Xi Zhicai said anxiously to Cao Cao: "Lord, the counties are too guarded by Pegasus to report, and the locusts in Yanzhou have risen and plagued the fields. This is a great disaster for my Yanzhou, if the locusts are raging, the people will eat less, it is easy to stimulate the people's revolt, and Yanzhou will be unstable. Please ask the master to return to the court, preside over the great politics of Yanzhou, and temporarily dismiss the sword soldiers. ”
Cao Cao was displeased, but he was also helpless, and sighed: "Zhicai's intention is to negotiate a truce with Luo Gan?" But what about this Taishan County? Give him Luo Gan for nothing? ”
Xiahou Yuan said unwillingly: "Mr. advocates retiring from the army, is it too much?" Why don't you fight a decisive battle with the Qingzhou soldiers, recapture Taishan County, and drive the Qingzhou soldiers out of our Yanzhou. ”
Yu Ban thought about it for a while, and still came out to suggest to Cao Cao: "Lord, when we send troops for a long time, there is not much food and grass in the army, so let's strike the army and negotiate peace." ”
Several generals had different opinions, either to withdraw their troops, or to say a decisive battle with Luo Gan, or to continue to confront Luo Gan's army, first to see if Cao Ren could attack Qingzhou. It seems that Tao Qian took the lead before, marched into Taishan County and Ren Chengguo, and threatened Cao Cao's lair. However, Cao Cao led his troops to counterattack into Pengcheng Kingdom and Donghai County, forcing Tao Qian to retreat, and finally Cao Cao controlled the rhythm. Now it is the same idea, Cao Ren led his troops to attack Luo Gan's old nest Qi County, and maybe he could annex Qingzhou.
Cao Cao stood up, flicked his sleeves, and sighed: "Sun Tzu Youyun: Soldiers are expensive, but not long." Those who make good use of the army will use it for the country, and give food to the enemy. A long battle in this Taishan County is not good for our army. How many days do we have food for our army? ”
Xi Zhicai said: "We are fighting in Yanzhou, and we can also transport grain and grass in the rear, but there is not much grain in the rear, and the army fights, and it costs a lot of money every day." This locust plague was raging, and the people were unstable, so he persuaded the lord to withdraw his troops and negotiate peace. ”
A cold light flashed in Cao Cao's eyes, and he said firmly: "While preparing to negotiate peace with Luo Gan, while waiting for Cao Ren's news, let's disperse." ”
"No!"
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Cao Ren's army led the army through the original mountain, and the garrison rested, and continued to lead the troops after recuperation.
"Well, Lin Chong is coming, Cao Jun is leaving! Kill. Lin Chong led a thousand cavalry in a frenzied pursuit, and finally arrived before Cao Ren passed through the original mountain, and before he had time to rest, he launched a charge.
Cao Ren was furious, and commanded the soldiers to rush over and fight with Lin Chong.
Although Lin Chong was brave, his troops were small, and after bravely killing more than a dozen pawns, he ordered the withdrawal of troops.
This is also very similar, Cao Ren led the troops forward, and Luo Gan pursued Cao Ren with Lin Chong as the vanguard. Cao Hong attacked Luo Gan's army from the rear in Yingxian County, but Cao Hong was wounded by Pang Wanchun's arrow. Here Lin Chong wanted to escape, but no marksman on Cao Ren's side came out to give Lin Chong an arrow.
Cao Ren saw that Lin Chong was leading the cavalry, and it was not easy to chase if he wanted to escape, so he led the troops to continue to advance.
"The white tiger is out of the camp, invincible!"
"The white tiger is out of the camp, invincible!"
The White Tiger Battalion led by Li Kui pursued and attacked Cao Ren's army in the rear, and then immediately retreated, and Lin Chong's cavalry responded with a surprise attack.
In this way, although Li Kui and Lin Chong could not defeat Cao Ren's army, they led the troops to constantly harass Cao Ren and delay Cao Ren's march. Later, Cao Ren was annoyed, and directly set up a position to chase Lin Chong.
It made Lin Chong and Li Kui suffer a big loss, but it also gave Luo Gan enough time. Luo Gan personally led a large army to chase after him, and the two armies fought, although Luo Gan failed to win a big victory, but he also blocked Cao Ren's army.
The news that Cao Ren's army was blocked reached Cao Cao, who thought about it again and again, and when he saw that the locust plague was very serious, he decided to call off the army and make peace.
Luo Gan stopped Cao Ren, but Cao Ren, Xiahoudun, Le Jin and others led the troops to fight, and they did not ask for benefits. Seeing that Cao Cao sent troops to negotiate peace, considering that he led his army to fight in Xuzhou and Yanzhou, the army had become a tired army. And Xu Guanzhong also came with the news, and Qingzhou also began to show signs of locust plague.
Luo Gan and Cao Cao made peace with each other, Cao Ren led the army back, and Yingxian also returned to Luo Gan's hands.