Chapter 35: The Battle of the Black Nest

. Sima Hui said with a smile: "The grass people are idle and have nothing to do, they like divination and word measurement, and they know a little bit about the astronomical eight seals. The grass people were strange, so they made this hexagram. Fang learned that there must be a royal family in distress here. Looking at the eight counties of Jingxiang, apart from Uncle Liu Huang and Lord Liu Biao, who else cares? ”

Liu Bei was greatly impressed, and he had a heart of love for materials in his heart, and he had the intention of closing it, and he couldn't help sighing: "Mr. Shuijing is really a strange material in the world." If Mr. is willing to go out of the mountain to serve the Han family, I am afraid that the world will already be peaceful. ”

Sima Hui is so old-fashioned, he doesn't understand Liu Bei's thoughts, but he doesn't add a little bit of it, and says with a smile: "Uncle Liu Huang has talked about it, this is just a child's trick, how can it get into the eyes of famous people." In addition, the old and idle clouds and wild cranes are accustomed to being free, unrestrained, and helpless, I am afraid that there is nothing they can do. ”

Liu Bei couldn't help but feel sad when he heard this.

Sima Hui said: "Does Uncle Liu Huang know who wants to harm you?" ”

Liu Bei shook his head and said: "Bei has never had a grudge against anyone, I don't know who did this." ”

Sima Hui nodded and said, "It's Cai Mao." ”

Liu Bei was surprised: "He? Then he was very angry and scolded angrily: "What a Cai Mao, Liu Bei has no grievances with you, and there is no enmity in the near future, and he actually harmed me like this." Sooner or later, he will expose his conspiracy in front of Liu Mian. ”

Sima Hui said: "Cai Mao is a snob, just ignore it." ”

Sima Hui looked at Liu Bei, and suddenly sighed and said, "Uncle Liu Huang, the old man doesn't know whether to say it or not. ”

Liu Bei saw that Sima Hui's face was solemn, and his mood became heavy, and his voice was a little low: "Mr. Shui Jing has something to say." ”

Sima Hui stood up and slowly walked to the entrance of the house, with his hands behind his back, staring at the sky in the distance. A gust of mountain wind came to the face, blowing Sima Hui's snow-white hair and whiskers, fluttering in the wind. The cloudy old eyes suddenly flashed a trace of sadness, and his expression was a little confused, Sima Hui said softly: "The Han family is exhausted, you still don't go against the sky, otherwise you will have a difficult death." ”

Liu Bei stood up very excitedly and said, "Why did Mr. say this? ”

Sima Hui said lightly: "The celestial phenomena are like this, and the measurements are so." ”

Liu Bei shouted: "It's not true, it must be that Mr. is mistaken." ”

Sima Hui bowed his head and was silent.

Liu Bei held his head in his hands and said desperately: "Mr. Sima, you are testing once, this will not be true." ”

Sima Hui shook his head and said: "Sincerity is spiritual, once is enough." ”

Liu Bei regressed painfully, and Sima Hui said excitedly: "This is not true, it is not true." ”

Sima Hui said indifferently: "Believe it or not." Then he walked out of the cottage.

Liu Bei suddenly rushed up, knelt on the ground, grabbed Sima Hui's arm with both hands, and cried: "Sir, Gao Zu has gone through hundreds of years since he killed the white snake, how can he watch the country fall in our hands." Sir, teach Liu Bei, as long as you can save the Han family and revive the dynasty, even if Liu Bei dies immediately, you are willing. ”

Sima Hui's white eyebrows and snow hair, fluttering clothes, fairy wind and bones, just like the legendary scattered immortals, Liu Bei desperately sought.

Sima Hui had already returned to his expression just now, he stopped Liu Bei's behavior, shook his head and said, "It's difficult, it's really difficult." ”

Liu Bei saw Sima Hui shaking his head, and couldn't help kneeling on the ground and crying loudly.

Sima Hui sighed helplessly, turned around, pulled Liu Bei, and comforted: "The reincarnation of the Heavenly Dao, the rebirth of the six desires, throughout ancient and modern times, there has never been a prosperous dynasty." If you can let go of this obsessive heart, in the troubled times, you can be like a fish in water, sewing the source left and right, and it is also said to be rich and expensive. But if thou wilt still scoop up the water with all thy might, thou shalt sooner or later drown at the bottom of the sea. Never turn over.

Liu Bei's expression was very resolute and said: "No, even if you are crushed, Bei will not give up." ”

Sima Hui sighed and said loudly: "That's it, you go to see Liu Biao, he will inevitably let you lead troops into Sichuan, when you come back, there is a Zhuge Liang in Nanyang, the road number Wolong, this person has the talent of the sky, and you also have the dead heart of Kuang Fu Han Dynasty, you go to him." Whether it is successful or not, it depends on your creation. ”

Liu Bei cried and thanked him for a long time, and he couldn't kneel.

Sima Hui flicked his sleeves and left.

Liu Bei was stunned for a while, sorted out his mood, went down the mountain to the villagers to ask for the way, and then went to Jiangling.

Half a decade later, Liu Bei finally entered Jiangling.

Soon, Liu Bei met Liu Biao and told him that he was ambushed on the road and how he had to get away with Guan Yu's protection, but he didn't say that Cai Mao did it.

Liu Biao was furious, and he had some faint feelings in his heart, but he couldn't capture the key. He ordered Cai Mao to investigate the matter strictly, but this matter was done by Cai Mao, of course he couldn't find anything, so in the end he had to stop it.

After this incident, Liu Biao summoned his subordinates to discuss.

Liu Biao, who was still a little hesitant, was very decisive and asked Liu Bei to bring 30,000 soldiers and prepare to enter Sichuan.

Although the ministers objected, Liu Biao said sharply: "Liu Bei was assassinated, obviously someone didn't want him to lead the troops to the battle, what's the matter, could it be that one of you did it, so that you could have the opportunity to make a contribution?" ”

The crowd was speechless.

Liu Bei's expedition became a foregone conclusion.

Just when Liu Bei was full of ambition and wanted to show his strength, the battle of Guandu finally ushered in a major turning point.

Cao Ying's situation is becoming more and more difficult, on the one hand, there is a shortage of military food, Xun Yu tried his best, and the grain and grass could not last long. On the other hand, Yuan Shao strengthened the protection of the rear, and repeatedly caused Cao's mobile troops to be harassed but failed, but suffered a lot of losses. Just when Cao Ying was in a dilemma, Cao Ying's former classmate and friend Xu Yu came to meet him, and brought a major news, Yuan Shao, in order to facilitate the supply of the front line, specially asked the general Chun Yuqiong to lead 100,000 troops, which were piled up in the old city and Wuchao about 40 miles north of the camp.

Xu You thought that Yuan Shao did not listen to the advice, there was a mistake in employing people, Chun Yuqiong's eyes were above the top, and he was overwhelmed by the heavy responsibility, but he knew that every time he was drunk, his temper was very irritable, and he often whipped the soldiers for no reason, causing the morale of the army to be dissipated and the morale to be low. In addition, he is only the strength of Kong Wu, and he does not know the method of attack and defense, which makes the garrison very lax. At this point, it was an excellent breakthrough, and Xu You suggested that Cao Ying send troops to attack the black nest and burn its baggage. cut off Yuan Shao's supply, then the 700,000 army will be self-defeating, so as to win the final victory.

For this matter, Cao Ying's advisers fiercely opposed, most of them thought that Xu Youxin had no clear intentions, if there was fraud in it, and he boldly sent troops to attack, not only the troops dispatched would be wiped out, but even Guandu was powerless to protect, and then led to the rout of the whole line.

However, Cao Ying had a unique vision, tried his best to defy public opinion, seized this fleeting and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and immediately put it into practice, leaving Cao Hong and Xun You to lead a small number of soldiers to guard the Guandu camp. He personally led 5,000 cavalry, pretending to use the banner of Jiang Qi of the Yuan army, binding the horse's mouth, each carrying a bunch of firewood and grass, and taking advantage of the darkness of the night to sneak attack the black nest. Then let Cao Ren and Li Dian lead 5,000 men and horses, once Yuan Shao sent reinforcements to Wuchao, encircled the point to send reinforcements.

Because Xu You was not reused in Yuan Shao's hands, he had already taken refuge in Cao Ying, so the information was very detailed, which route of Wuchao was the safest, and which men and horses were guarding, he remembered it clearly, which greatly facilitated the speed of Cao Ying's night march.

Sure enough, as Xu You said, the garrison of the Yuan army in Wuchao was very loose, and the patrol slogan had not changed for several days, and the sentry towers and patrol teams were all listless, and some even neglected their duties and slept lazily.

This kind of situation made Cao Ying easily steal into the black nest.

In the Wuchao village, the lights are bright, the grain is piled up like a mountain, and the black pressure is like a hill.

Cao Ying asked the soldiers to trick Dazhai into opening the door.

The soldier guarding the village only asked a few words, and then the door of the village was opened.

Cao Ying calmed down, and did not immediately let the soldiers rush in, but calmly let the soldiers in.

After arriving, Cao Ying gave an order, and all the soldiers dispersed and began to besiege and set fire.

At first, Yuan Shaojun didn't pay much attention, but fires began to break out everywhere on all sides, grain and grass began to burn, plus the west wind blew, the wind borrowed the fire, and the fire borrowed the wind, and soon, a large area of Dazhai became red.

Finally someone woke up and shouted: It's on fire.

Cao Ying took the opportunity to make the soldiers shout: "The enemy is coming." ”

Suddenly, there was chaos in the Wuchao village.

The guard general Chun Yuqiong was already drunk and didn't know what was going on. His three brothers, Chun Yu'an, Chun Yupu, and Chun Yudao, one commanded the fire, and the two led men and horses to look for the enemy, but it was difficult to distinguish at night, and Cao Ying was wearing Yuan Jun's clothes, so he didn't know how to start for a while, and the black nest was even more chaotic.

Cao Ying made the soldiers shout loudly, confusing the enemy army, and it didn't take long for the entire black nest to turn into a sea of fire, the flames were blazing, the grain and grass were all on fire, burning red into the night, and the smoke was everywhere. Yuan Shao had already been in a mess, and most of the soldiers were very dazed, not knowing where the enemy army was. Cao Ying led thousands of soldiers, and even rampage in the black nest tent without any scruples.

The shouts, shouts, neighing horses, weapons handovers, and soldiers' screams in the village were all mixed together.

Soon, Kuaima passed the news over, Yuan Shao heard that Cao Ying was attacking Wuchao, and made a fatal wrong judgment, only sent a force to rescue Wuchao, and used the main force to storm the Guandu Cao army camp, trying to take Cao Ying's old nest first, and then return to help Wuchao.

Who knows that Cao Ying, under the defense of Cao Hong and Xun You, is very strong and cannot be attacked for a while.

When the Cao army took advantage of the fact that most of the soldiers were fighting the fire, they rushed to attack the camp of Wuchao Chun Yuqiong, Yuan Shao's reinforcements were approaching, and the excitement of the Wuchao Yuan army was not calm, and it was rumored that the reinforcements were ambushed by the Cao army and could not support it at all, and the morale of the Yuan army plummeted. Cao Ying encouraged the soldiers to fight to the death at this time, and his own soldiers were at the front, and the soldiers were greatly encouraged to fight to the death.

Yuan Jun saw that the grain and grass were destroyed, the army's morale was disheartened, and everyone had no intention of fighting, and the defeat was decided.

Cao Ying rushed to kill the machine, broke Yuan's army, killed Chun Qiong in the tent, and burned all his grain and grass.

The news of the burning of Wuchao's grain and grass reached the front line of the Yuan army, and Zhang He and Jiang Qi, who attacked Guandu, fought unfavorably for a long time, and when they heard that Wuchao had been lost, they wanted to retreat quickly, but they found that Guo Tu and others had a personal vendetta, and even threatened that they had already colluded with Cao Jun and did not let themselves enter the village. At this time, the Cao army chased after him, and Zhang He was furious and surrendered to the Cao army.

Yuan's army was dissipated, internal contradictions broke out, and the 700,000-strong army was like scattered sand, and it could no longer form a single combat effectiveness.

Cao's troops crossed the Yellow River, took advantage of the victory, and defeated Yuan's army.

In the end, Yuan Shao took 800 horsemen back to Hebei.

The Battle of Guandu was a key battle in which the forces of Yuan and Cao changed and the north of the Yellow River moved from division to unification.

The victory of Cao's army in this battle was not accidental, Cao Ying suppressed the powerful politically, "coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes", and put himself in a favorable political position; mobilize the princes in all directions; In the strategy, Cao Ying, in light of the specific situation of the enemy's strength and weakness, adopted the operational policy of waiting for work at ease and striking at the rear. Abandon the vast Yellow River defense line, and instead gather in the area of Zhongguandu. In defensive operations, they can strive to take the initiative from passivity, be good at capturing fighters, and carry out decisive actions. Firmly grasp the key link of the surprise attack on the black nest, and finally achieve victory.

On the other hand, Yuan Shao connived at Haoqiang, annexed land, and looted at will. Internal discord, arrogance and contempt for the enemy, stubbornness, inability to accept the correct advice of subordinates, hesitation, and repeated missed opportunities. In the end, the grain and grass were burned, the back roads were copied, the morale of the army was shaken, the internal division was divided, and the whole army was defeated.

With the victory of Cao Yingguandu, the true reunification of the north is not far off.

When Zhang Lang got the news, the result was expected, but he didn't feel a little uneasy.

Cao Ying has taken the most solid step towards the unification of the north, and he is afraid that it will not take a few years to become extremely powerful. And what about yourself? The plan to construct a defense line on the Yangtze River is still far away. Within a few years, if there is no breakthrough in the surname, I am afraid that Cao Ying will go south, and even if he has the Yangtze River, he is afraid that it will be a thousand miles of embankment and collapse in the anthill.

Zhang Lang suddenly had a sense of urgency in his heart, this was the first time he had such a sense of oppression in this world.

I don't want to lose to Cao Ying, I don't want to lose to anyone.

Zhang Lang clutched his fist in his heart, and secretly made up his mind that he must speed up his pace and keep up with Cao Ying's footsteps.

The next target should be Liu Biao, right? Zhang Lang thought. But just in a blink of an eye, his face was full of gloom, his 100,000 army set out to fight in the South China Sea, Zhao Yun obviously did not rise to adapt to this role all at once, and won step by step, if this continues, it is estimated that it will take three or five years to quell the rebellion in the South China Sea. There are still 70,000 or 80,000 people stationed in the critical areas of the border passes, and in addition to a small number of mobile troops, there are also 20,000 sailors for Zhou Yu to be retrained. There are really not many people who can really be drawn. Since he doesn't have the strength to attack Liu Biao for the time being, he can only make a fuss from Liu Bei, I don't know if he can enter Sichuan as he wishes?

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