Chapter 51: The Reason for the Tiger and Leopard to Ride
Luoyang, the capital of the twelve emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an with a nursery rhyme: "A Han in the west, a Han in the east, and the deer can enter Chang'an, so that there is no difficulty", but Luoyang is the old capital after all, and Dong Zhuo cannot give up lightly, and he will not be able to explain to the hundred officials. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
So Dong Zhuo promoted Dong Yue as the Zhonglang general, and Song Guo, Li Meng and others assisted in defending the city.
Dong Yuechu was in charge of Luoyang like an emperor, and hundreds of civil and military officials, nobles and wealthy people were forcibly moved to the capital by Dong Zhuo, and in addition to the military dependents in Luoyang City, there were hungry people who couldn't walk.
Dong Yue is completely like a man of his word, but soon he tasted the bitterness of being alone, first Dong Min was defeated and retreated, and then Dong Huang was defeated and retreated, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji's whereabouts are unknown, these are all the big names of the Xiliang Army defeated in the hands of Lu Chengjun, how can he resist Lu Chengjun as a reckless man?
Dong Yue is about to write to Dong Zhuo and request to withdraw to Chang'an.
The messenger did not leave, and Guo Yan asked the messenger to flank Liu Bei before and after.
Lu Chengjun is already in Gucheng, how can he go back to Chang'an safely?
Dong Yue was in a dilemma, and the news that Xu Rong had retreated without a fight also came, and Dong Yue completely became a frightened bird and was restless.
Liu Dai and others are tun sour jujubes, Kong Zhou is in Yingchuan, Zhu Jun is in Zhongmu, Yuan Shu is in Luyang, this place in Henan is only in the hands of Dong Zhuo, Dong Yue can be surrounded by strong enemies, and now if Liu Bei occupies Gucheng, then he Dong Yue will become a turtle in the urn.
"Captain Xu, is that really unbearable?"
To tell the truth, Xu Rong faced hundreds of thousands of Yanzhou troops alone, Dong Yue really had no bottom in his heart, once hundreds of thousands of Yanzhou troops came west, even if he defeated the Lu Cheng army, then Zhu Jun's soldiers would not sit idly by.
With more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Luoyang to resist more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in the eastern part of the country, Dong Yue really didn't have the ability.
"Zhonglang will be relieved, the captain has a plan, he is ready to ambush Cao Cao in Bianshui to deter the Kwantung princes."
"Good, good!"
Dong Yue applauded loudly after hearing Xu Rong's thoughts.
Dong Yue sent Guo Yan's envoy back, saying that the reinforcements would arrive soon, and he hoped that Captain Guo would hold on a little longer.
On the one hand, he sent Xu Rong's envoy back and asked him to tell Xu Rong that Yang was as stable as Mount Tai, and Xu Rong could let it go.
The first battle shocked the hundreds of thousands of troops in the eastern part of the country and did not dare to act rashly, his name Dong Yue will inevitably resound in the sea, Xu Rong has not yet won, Dong Yue has shamelessly taken this heavenly credit for himself.
Dong Yue also ordered the soldiers around Luoyang to move closer to Luoyang, once Xu Rong shocked the Kwantung princes, then he, as the main general, would first destroy the army of the princes all the way to show his martial arts.
Zhu Jun of Zhongmu, the three major generals who destroyed the Yellow Turban, should not be underestimated.
As for Liu Bei's Lu Cheng Army, Dong Min and Dong Huang were his lessons from the past, so Dong Yue set his sights on the Kong Zhou Department stationed in Yangcheng.
Dong Guoguo was full of heart, but he didn't expect that he was also someone else's Chinese food, Feng Ji had already aimed at him, and took advantage of the county soldiers to sneak into Luoyang City when they went to Luoyang, and surrounded Luoyang overnight.
If it weren't for Dong Yue's strict order to cheer up the Xiliang army, maybe Wen Chou would have succeeded in stealing the city, but it was a pity that the Xiliang army was too elite, causing Wen Chou to leave hundreds of corpses and retreat.
Feng Ji played Yuan Shao's banner to besiege Luoyang, just at noon around Luoyang still remnants and originally fled into the mountains of the officers and soldiers came to vote, one day the number of people and horses soared from 10,000 to more than 20,000.
At the same time, Yanshi, Wushi and other counties have sent people to Fengji to inquire about the news, welcome Yuan Shao to subdue a few counties, if it were not for the Xiliang army still occupying the eight passes around Luoyang, the entire Henan county would change banners with the arrival of Fengji.
Dong Yue couldn't resist the pressure, and hurriedly sent an army to Xu Rong for help, only Xu Rong had extra troops in Henan County, and only he dared to save Dong Yue without fear of life and death.
Xu Rong of Xingyang received a worry-free situation in Luoyang before dark, and Luoyang was in crisis after dawn, and two waves of messengers in a row, if he didn't know Song Guo, maybe he would have withdrawn Song Guo and cut it immediately.
"Captain Xu, General Yuan Shao Feng Ji and Wen Chou led tens of thousands of troops to attack the city, and the surrounding counties and counties of Luoyang heard the wind and surrendered, and the situation in Luoyang is in danger! I also hope that the captain will send troops to rescue him as soon as possible. ”
Song Guo begged bitterly, Xu Rong said that he was an outsider in the end, Dong Yue was a member of Dong Zhuo's clan, if he didn't save him when he saw death, where would Dong Zhuo not explain?
But if he retreated, Cao Cao would be invincible all the way west, which would inevitably cause the Yanzhou scholars to rise up and attack him, and he would not be able to save Luoyang City even if he had three heads and six arms.
It is better to defeat Cao Cao first to deter the Kwantung princes, and then send troops to Luoyang to defeat Feng Ji, Wen Chou and others.
Xu Rong told Song Guo his thoughts at the moment, and said: "Song Sima is not a certain person who will not be saved, but Cao Cao is in a hurry, if he is not defeated, I am afraid that the princes of the eastern part of the country will come to the west, please inform General Dong Zhonglang, I will lead the army to help in two days, please Zhonglang will hold on for two days."
"Whoa!"
Song Guo was not an illiterate soldier, and as soon as Xu Rong explained, he immediately understood what Xu Rong meant, and he did not procrastinate, and immediately rode back to Chang'an.
The news that Luoyang was in danger and Xu Rong withdrew to Luoyang overnight quickly spread inside and outside Xingyang, and then Xu Rong took his soldiers into battle lightly, and all the baggage was abandoned.
Seeing this, Xingyang Ling hurriedly sent someone to contact Cao Cao and surrender the city.
"Lord, will there be fraud in this matter?"
Wei Zi, who followed Cao Cao to fight, saw the Xingyang envoy and admonished.
Cao Cao shook his head: "Wei Sima doesn't know, this envoy is a member of Zheng Tai's Zheng Gongye clan, Zheng Gongye is a famous man in the world, how can his clansmen vote for Dong Thief?"
"Whoa!"
Cao Cao persuaded Wei Zi to march to Xingyang overnight, Xingyang City really opened four doors, Xingyang Ling personally went out of the city to surrender, Cao Cao was overjoyed, he accepted the surrender of Xingyang Ling but did not surrender, but chased Xu Rong overnight.
Xu Rong's troops are all cavalry, he is all infantry, if you don't rush overnight, I'm afraid you can't catch up with Xu Rong, once Xu Rong and Dong Yue join forces, unless the two take the initiative to abandon the city, otherwise the strength of the city wall of Luoyang may not be able to attack within a few months.
"Brother Meng De, this is not good! The soldiers are tired all night, and they are rushing overnight, I am afraid that the army will be discouraged, and they will not be able to fight again if they catch up! ”
Weitz persuaded again.
Cao Cao said: "The Art of War: The soldiers are fast, and the clouds are unexpected. Xu Rong must not have imagined that he would march overnight, his army had no fighting spirit, and coupled with the surprise attack, it would definitely be defeated in a battle. ”
Xu Rong really didn't expect Cao Cao to march overnight, so Xu Rong made rice in the third watch and counterattacked Xingyang in the fifth watch, which happened to have an encounter with Cao Cao.
Xu Rong's troops were all elite cavalry and full of energy and full of food, while Cao Cao's army was all new soldiers, and they had been on the road for a few nights, hungry, and the end was self-evident.
Cao Cao's army was crushed at the first touch, Cao Cao's troops were scattered, Wei Zi was killed in battle, Cao Cao escaped his life after crossing the Bianshui under the cover of his brother Cao Hong, Cao Cao looked at the Xiliang Iron Cavalry on the other side of the Bianshui and said: "Sooner or later, a certain day will establish a more elite cavalry than the Xiliang Iron Cavalry."
Cao Cao's tiger and leopard riding was stimulated by the Xiliang Iron Horse, and he had a prototype idea.
My classmate got married, and I went to help after work at 4 o'clock yesterday and didn't get home until 6 o'clock this afternoon.