Chapter 671: Comeback
When Wei Ba was sitting fishing by Danshui, the situation in Yuzhou was already tense.
With Lu Xun's tacit connivance, Chen Zhi and Zhao Tong led the army to attack the full favor who rushed to intercept him. The two sides fought in formation, and Chen Zhi asked Zhao to lead the Chinese army to attack head-on, and he showed his battle flag and led three thousand elites to launch a fierce attack on the right flank of Manzhong.
Seeing this formation, Man Chong not only confirmed that this force was the Shu Han army, but also believed that the main commander of the Chinese army would be Wei Ba, except for Wei Ba, the general of Zhennan, who could let the protector Chen Zhi serve as the vanguard?
Full of suspicion and fear, worried that Lu Xun nearby would attack him, he didn't dare to go all out. Under Chen Zhi's onslaught, the right flank quickly fell into danger, and just as he transferred troops to increase the front line on the right flank, Zhao Tong led the main force to launch a frontal attack.
The barbarian king Heisha wielded a long knife in his hand, and launched the first wave of attacks with the two thousand warriors poured by the Yuanxi tribe. The half-year-long intensive training fully showed the results, these barbarians who originally liked to rush up in a row lined up and fought, calling forward, not only their personal martial arts were undiminished, but also the formation was strictly organized, under the leadership of the black sand and a hundred long sword armor soldiers, under the cover of the arrow array like flying locusts, they pushed forward, successfully tore a hole, and entered the front army full of favors.
Immediately afterwards, Youxi's Wuzhu and Chenxi's Hanru entered together.
Man Zhong was surprised, and when he was about to order the Chinese army to counterattack, the scout came to report that Lu Xun was leading a large army. Man Pet was taken aback, did not dare to fight, and led the main force to quickly leave the battlefield and retreat to Lu'an City.
Once Lu Xun made a move, he did not hesitate, and he immediately led a large army to surround Lu'an. Chen Zhi and Zhao Tong, who won a small victory, led their troops all the way north, to Shaobei, and the vanguard arrived at the foot of Shouchun City.
At the same time, Sun Quanqin led a large army into Jiangxia County, which was controlled by the Wei state. After Jiangxia ruled Xiling and Wu occupied most of Jingzhou, Jiangxia was divided into two, one part was occupied by Sun Quan, and the other part was still controlled by Wei. Sun Quan's national capital, Wuchang, was close to Jiangxia County, which was controlled by Wei, and the purpose was nothing more than to find an opportunity to take Jiangxia, but Jiangxia's guard Wen Ping was too capable of guarding. It's been more than ten years. was stunned and didn't let Sun Quan find a chance.
This time, here's your chance. Shu Han sent troops to Xiangyang, and Li Yan even took Xiangyang in one fell swoop and was attacking Fancheng. The Wu-Shu coalition army even invaded Yuzhou. The Wei army's battle line was lit for thousands of miles from east to west. Cao Rui's troops were seriously insufficient, and Wen Ping, who had given Sun Quan a headache for many years, died of illness two years ago, which was a good time for Sun Quan to conquer Jiangxia. Sun Quan if he doesn't hold on tightly. He is not Sun Quan anymore.
In fact, as early as when the news of Wen Ping's death reached Wuchang, Sun Quan wanted to do it, but at that time, Wei Ba was making trouble in Wuling and Jiaozhou, which made him anxious and unable to live in peace, where was there still strength to attack Jiangxia. Now that he and Wei Ba have finally put aside their differences for the time being and formed a united front, Sun Quan immediately can't wait to attack Jiangxia.
Lu Xun is also in favor of Sun Quan's jihua, and if he can take this opportunity to advance the battle line to the area of Tongbai Mountain, it will obviously be more beneficial to the Wu State. Lu Xun cooperated with Chen Zhi and Zhao Tong to send troops, which also meant to use strength to fight.
It's just that in this way, Sun Quan completely tore his face with Cao Rui and clearly stood on the side of Shu Han. Although I don't know when he will turn his face and stab Shu Han in the back, at least for now, he is ready to join forces with Shu Han first and cut off Jiangxia and even part of Jianghuai from Wei.
In doing so, there is no morality at all, it is purely driven by profit. While Wei Ba was using him, why wasn't he using Wei Ba? How can Sun Luban understand this calculation?
For a time, JAC shook.
Cao Rui received the distress letter from Man Chong and Huan Yu, and no longer hesitated, and immediately sent Zhang He's 10,000 elite horsemen. After Zhang He got the order, he quickly entered Yuzhou and went straight to Zhao Tong and Chen Dao, who were at the forefront. Chen Zhi got the news of the cavalry attack, and immediately retreated, and stood in a position with his back to Shaobi. Zhang He relieved the siege of Shouchun, but did not entangle with Chen Zhi, but immediately went south and relieved the siege of Lu'an. In the face of 10,000 elite horsemen, although Lu Xun did not mess up, but there were not too many ways to think, the two sides made tentative contact, each with losses, just when Man Pet and Zhang He were ready to work together to break Lu Xun, Chen Zhi and Zhao Tong also withdrew to the vicinity of Lu'an, and Lu Xun formed a horn with each other, and confronted Zhang He and Man Favor.
The battle situation in Huainan was at a stalemate for a while, and the situation in Fancheng also tended to be tense.
Taking advantage of the great opportunity of the main force of the Wei army in Yuzhou, Li Yan, who had been dormant for several months, shot again, he left 3,000 people to defend Xiangyang, and he personally led an army of more than 20,000 to surround Fancheng, but besieged but did not attack, but first sent Meng Da to lead an army of 20,000 to storm Dunsai. Meng Da has been guarding the new city for many years, and he is very familiar with the terrain around Xiangyang and Fancheng, and his attacks are very sharp. Although Dunse is a fortress, it is not yet in danger of being a man and a man, and he is crumbling under the onslaught of Meng Da, so he can only ask Sima Yi and Cao Rui for help at the same time.
Sima Yi's situation was not good, although he had 20,000 elite soldiers, but Xiangyang had been lost, and Hanshui was controlled by the Hanzhong Naval Division of the Shu Han Army. Li Yan was in front of him, and if he wanted to save Dunse, he had to break Li Yan's resistance first. It's a pity that Li Yan can't eat him in one bite, and he can't break Li Yan's position for a while, and the two sides have been fighting fiercely for several days, and Sima Yi has not made any substantial progress.
The change of hands in Xiangyang had a great impact on the morale of both sides. Ordinary soldiers don't know what the officials think, they only know that Xiangyang City, which has not been breached for decades, was broken by Li Yan in more than a month, and Li Yan's prestige was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people at once, and there was a great chance to catch up with Guan Yu's jiashi. The Wei army was only afraid of him, but the generals of the Shu Han army knew that it was not only Li Yan who was fighting alone, but also a Zhennan general hiding behind him.
The morale of the two sides is declining, the strength is similar, and the armament of the Shu Han army is still superior, so it is not surprising that Sima Yi cannot break through Li Yan's resistance.
Meng Da stormed Dunse, and the news reached Wancheng, Cao Rui was forced to have no choice but to lead 20,000 Praetorian Guards to Dunse, and at the same time asked Chen Qun, who was stationed in Xuchang, to lead the army to support.
Hearing the news of Cao Rui's personal expedition, the morale of the Wei army was greatly boosted. Meng Da stormed Dunse for five days, killing and wounding nearly 3,000 people, but he still failed to conquer Dunse. Seeing that Cao Rui's main force was about to arrive, Li Yan had no choice but to let Meng Da give up Dunse, retreat to the city of Fancheng, and form a formation across the water, preparing to fight Cao Rui again.
For failing to successfully conquer Dunse, although Li Yan was a little disappointed, he did not despair. Because he still has the upper hand. With the sailor in hand, he can at least possess Xiangyang and covet Fancheng, but Cao Rui can't stick to Fancheng all the time. Because there is also a hidden killer Wei Ba behind him. If Wei Ba can succeed. Cao Rui must give up Fancheng. Retreat to Wancheng.
As Li Yan analyzed, Cao Rui is now stumbling left and right, tired of coping. Lu Xun and Chen Zhi entangled Man Chong and Zhang He. Sun Quan was attacking Jiangxia, but he confronted Li Yan in Fancheng, and he couldn't spare extra troops to relieve the siege of Jiangxia. Once Jiangxia is lost and Sun Quan advances the battle line to the area of Tongbai Mountain, then his defense line may be broken through by Sun Quan from the middle.
But that's not all. After the Wei army relieved the pressure on Guanzhong, Zhuge Liang regrouped and led an army of 40,000 out of Longshan and was attacking Ji County. After Zhang He led 10,000 elite cavalry to leave, Longyou only had Tian Yu's 20,000 foot cavalry and Hao Zhao's 5,000 men and horses in Ji County.
Not to mention that Wei Ba may be hiding in Nanxiang and waiting for an opportunity.
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Tianshui, show relatives.
The battle flags are like madness, the war drums are like rage, and tens of thousands of troops are fighting.
Tian Yu stood on the command platform, listening to the shouting and killing sound of the mountains and the sea in front of him, looking at the flying battle flags, and looking at the arrows dancing like a group of crows, and his heart sank for a while.
He has never despised Zhuge Liang, under Zhang He's ear, he thinks he is vigilant enough against Zhuge Liang, but now he finds that he still doesn't pay enough attention to Zhuge Liang.
After the autumn harvest, Zhuge Liang began to reorganize the army for war, and for this reason, he specially transferred the general Wei Yan from Chang'an. In November, he led 40,000 main forces out of Longguan and pounced on Ji County. When Tian Yu heard the news, he immediately led the army to the rescue. He was careful enough, but he was still blocked by Zhuge Liang in Xianqin.
Tian Yu originally thought that this was just another part of Zhuge Liang's reinforcements, but later when he found that Wei Yan and the others' battle flags were in sight one by one, he knew that this was Zhuge Liang's main force. He realized the danger and wanted to retreat to Xianqin City immediately, but when he defended the city, he found that Jiang Wei led an army of 10,000 to go around and cut off his back road.
Tian Yu was shocked, so he had to face the battle hard, hoping to put it to death and come back to life, turn defeat into victory, and at least fight with Zhuge Liang to lose both. It's a pity that he failed to do so, the attack of the Shu Han army was too sharp. They had been planning for a long time, and once the offensive was launched, it was like a raging wave, and the Wei army was out of breath. The dense rain of arrows, the whistling stone bullets, the strict and fierce barbarian infantry marched forward when they heard the drums, and retreated when they heard the gold, coming like a frenzy and unstoppable, and going like an arrow that could not be chased, even if Tian Yu, who had been in battle for a long time, saw it, he couldn't help but be amazed. He was once surprised by the strictness of Jiang Wei's battle array, but now that he looked at Zhuge Liang's battle array, he found that what Zhang He said was true, and Zhuge Liang really had no flaws.
In just half a day's effort, Wang Ping led the Wudang battalion to break through his front and enter the Chinese army.
"General, quickly withdraw, if we don't withdraw, we will be completely annihilated." Tian Yi reminded again, his eyes were on fire, but his forehead was full of cold sweat. Being flanked back and forth by more than twice as many enemies is an absolute dead end. If they don't evacuate as soon as possible while the high ground on the left is still under the control of Xiahou Ba, and wait for the Shu Han army to encircle, it will be too late for them to want to leave.
Tian Yu sighed: "I didn't expect that Xianqin would become the second Ma Yi, Lao Tzu's battle is really getting worse and worse." Lianzijing (Zhaozhao) has died, Zhang Che rode far away in Nanyang, no one could save me, so I had to go. ”
Tian Yu ordered a retreat, and Tian Yi immediately led the guard battalion to kill, and together with Xiahou Ba, broke Jiang Wei's blockade and protected Tian Yu to break through.
Seeing the Wei army break through, Zhuge Liang breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the armies to go out to cover the killing, but they couldn't chase and kill too far. The Shu Han army had no cavalry, and if the army was dispersed, it would inevitably be counterattacked by the Wei cavalry. Only by hugging in a group did the Wei army led by Xiahou Ba have no chance to take advantage of it.
"Prime Minister, if we defeat Tian Yu, we can surround Ji County." Yang Yi said with a smile: "This credit is definitely greater than Li Yan's." ”
"It's too early to say that." Zhuge Liang sighed softly: "Don't forget, it's not just Li Yan in Nanyang. ”
(To be continued......)