Xiaoqi

In contrast, so far, Hanzhong soldiers have not fought a real tough battle.Since Zhang Lubing took Hanzhong without bloodshed, he has been fighting in small troubles and has never experienced large-scale battles; he has been at odds with Liu Zhang in Yizhou several times, but he did not fight.After a confrontation, it was over, and each of them stopped fighting.Yes.As for occupying a favorable position and defending the pass, Zhang Wei's army may be able to handle it, but if they really want to fight the Xiliang army head-on, the Hanzhong soldiers really have no idea and are very afraid of the Xiliang army.

Therefore, seeing the Xiliang soldiers approaching the gate step by step, Zhang Wei, who stood on the tower and personally commanded the battle, shouted hoarsely: "Hurry up, hurry up, let the arrows go, let the arrows go, don't let the Xiliang army approach the gate, shoot me!" Kill them! Shoot the arrows"

At this moment, the sound of "咻咻" bursting through the air suddenly sounded from the hills on both sides, and three thousand soldiers of the Qin Gong Battalion climbed up the hillside from the rear of the east and west hills, and attacked the defenders on the hills almost simultaneously.And the soldiers of Qin Gongying are all archers who are skilled in bowing and horses. They can not only ride and shoot, but also climb mountains and fight on rocks. Archery is their housekeeping skill.Therefore, when they touched the Hanzhong soldiers halfway up the mountain and were close to guarding the top of the mountain, they immediately took out their long bows, feathers and arrows. More than 1000 people shot arrows together, and hundreds of defenders were shot to death under one round of arrows. Falling off a cliff, crashing into a valley.

But this kind of sneak attack from behind caught the defenders off guard at most, but it was not enough to shoot and kill all the defenders on the hill.You know, Zhang Wei has deployed 3000 defenders on the top of the mountains on both sides, and 1000 people on one side, which is enough to guard the top of the mountain and ensure the safety of the camp below the mountain.Therefore, when the Xiliang army climbing up the rock suddenly launched an arrow attack from behind, after only two rounds of arrows, more than [-] defenders rushed down with spears and started a close fight with the Xiliang soldiers.

"Kill, clang, clang!"

The defenders rushing down from the top of the mountain occupy a geographical advantage, and the impact speed is very fast, which invisibly boosts their slashing power and adds a bit of courage.In the first fight, these more than a thousand Hanzhong soldiers were evenly matched with the soldiers of the Qin Gong Battalion, causing casualties to each other.And it was precisely this moment of stalemate that caused the Xiliang army to completely lose the opportunity. More and more defenders rushed over, forming a siege attack on the Xiliang army, with two enemies to one, or even three enemies to one. The Xiliang soldiers who were halfway up the mountain retreated steadily, and many of them slipped and fell, rolling down the mountainside.

At the same time, the fighting skills of these defenders who came up from the siege were very clumsy, but they were brave and almost crazy. They were all fearless and extremely sturdy.After being hacked by the Xiliang soldiers, many people not only did not back down, but instead rushed over, hugged the Xiliang soldiers and fell off the cliff together, dying together.Facing these almost crazy defenders, the more than 1000 soldiers of the Qin Gong Battalion who attacked the top of the mountain were inexplicably terrified, and retreated down the mountain involuntarily.But even so, these defenders continued to chase after them, as if they would not stop until they drove the Xiliang soldiers down the hillside.This action frightened the soldiers of Qin Gongying, who had no choice but to scramble down the mountain in a hurry, hoping to get away from these fearless "lunatics" as soon as possible.

It wasn't that the soldiers of the Qin Gong Battalion were timid to fight, nor that they were not brave enough, but that these defenders were not normal people at all, they were all lunatics.These people are completely desperate to fight. As long as their heads, hands and feet are not cut off, and they have not fallen, they will rush over desperately, take a hard knife, and also hug the Xiliang soldiers and jump off. The cliffs all died together.It was the first time that the soldiers of the Qin Gongying had encountered such a fierce enemy. Therefore, the Xiliang soldiers, known for their bravery and skill in battle, sometimes retreated in fear and had to retreat while fighting, retreating down the hillside in extreme embarrassment.

And it wasn't that the Xiliang soldiers on the western mountain were in such a mess, the battle on the eastern mountain was equally brutal.As a result, the [-] soldiers of the Qin Gong Battalion on the eastern hillside were also defeated and hurriedly retreated after suffering more than half of their casualties.

At this time, Huang Zhong led an army of 100 infantry to attack Yuanmen head-on.The attack went smoothly at first, with hundreds of soldiers ascending the tower one after another, the situation was very good, if this situation was allowed to continue, within half an hour, Huang Zhong would be able to lead his army to break through the gate.However, just as Huang Zhong breathed a sigh of relief, a group of reckless men wearing armor and holding short-handled broadswords suddenly appeared on the tower. They fought fiercely, only advancing and never retreating. More than [-] Xiliang soldiers in the tower were forced to jump off the tower, only a dozen survived, and the rest were hacked to death.

Since then, this group of extremely brave and reckless men guarded the tower, so that Xiliang soldiers never climbed the tower again, and even had no chance to climb it.

"My lord, these armored men who are not afraid of death are the disciples of the Five Dou Rice Sect under Zhang Lu's command. There are not many believers who have been selected and strictly trained like this, and they will never exceed 2. They claim to be the Five Dou Rice Sect Guards. These people are all devout believers of the Five Dou Rice Sect, and they are no longer normal people; Not afraid of the sword, not afraid of life and death, and regard death as the supreme glory of apologetics."

In front of the Xiliang army formation three hundred steps away from the valley, Fazheng told Li Li in a low voice the origins of these armored warriors.

"Before that, Wei Chen had heard that Wu Dou Mijiao had a group of extremely tough guardian guards, but it was only a rumor, but he didn't believe it. Until the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, I heard that Zhang Jiao had a group of tough guards. The yellow turban fighters who are afraid of death are extremely powerful in combat, and a few of them can fight against a hundred. After that, I suspected that the guards of the Five Dou Rice Sect should be real. It is more than double the number of yellow scarf wrestlers trained by Zhang Jiao."

Listening to Fazheng's narration, Li Li narrowed his eyes and looked coldly at the fighting in front of the gate and on the hillsides on both sides, and remained silent.After seeing the soldiers retreating in embarrassment on the hillsides on both sides, he lifted the reins lightly to drive the Jin Ni Beast King to turn around, and snorted coldly: "Ming Jin retreats, the feint attack ends here!"

Before the words were finished, Li Li steered the Golden Beast King back to Chencang City.

After Fazheng was slightly stunned, he immediately waved his hand to signal the soldiers to call for gold, leaving Ma Dai here to wait for Huang Zhong's army, and then followed Li Li and rode away.

"Ding Ding Ding"

The news that Li Li led troops to attack Zhang Lu spread like wildfire, and spread throughout the states and counties of the Central Plains within a few days.

After this news was confirmed, the states in the Central Plains that were originally relatively calm quickly boiled over.The so-called boiling is not cheering, but the princes from all walks of life moved after hearing the news, mobilizing troops and horses wantonly, and speeding up the pace of their respective expansion territories.

The first to get the news was Cao Cao who was entrenched in Henan County.When he got the exact news, he swung his army to attack Chen Liu in a surprise attack, which caught Lv Bu off guard; while Chen Liu was still in the hands of Zhang Miao's younger brother Zhang Chao, so Lv Bu was beyond his reach and powerless.

As a result, Zhang Chao surrendered without a fight, and took the initiative to open the city to welcome Cao Cao's army to enter Chenliu City, making Lu Bu completely lose the opportunity, which is tantamount to handing over the huge Chenliu to Cao Cao.As a result, in order to compete for the ownership of Yanzhou, a full-scale war broke out between Cao Cao and Lu Bu.

The battle of Yanzhou started almost at the same time as the battle of Chencang, but the fierceness and scale of the fighting were far higher than the battle of Chencang.Cao Cao led a [-]-strong army to attack Dongjun from Chenliu, while the remnants of Cao's army huddled in Dong'a City were planned by Xun Yu. Cao Chun led more than [-] soldiers and horses to attack from east to north. The army formed a front and back attack trend.

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Chapter 831

On the second day after the Battle of Yanzhou broke out, Gongsun Zan of Youzhou sent troops to attack Qingzhou, forcing Yuan Shao to send troops to support him.

Since then, the battle for Qingzhou has also kicked off.

At the same time, Jiujiang Yuan Shu took advantage of the great war in the Central Plains to send troops to attack the city and seize the territory, and attacked in Yangzhou and Yuzhou.Within a few months, Yuan Shu almost occupied the entire territory of Yuzhou, while Liu Yao in Yangzhou was retreating steadily, and the precarious situation made all the counties in Yangzhou fall into Yuan Shu's hands.

However, just when Yuan Shu was full of ambition, a third force broke out in Yuzhang County.

This force showed a strong momentum of offensive development as soon as it emerged, and captured more than ten cities within ten days, almost occupying the entire Yuzhang County.

Obviously, the third force that has sprung up suddenly is Sun Ce and Sun Bofu who have just returned to Jiangdong.

However, Sun Ce, who had just entered Jiangdong, did not have a clear-cut stand with Yuan Shu, and still regarded himself as a general under Yuan Shu, falsely claiming that he had no intention of supporting troops to stand on his own. .

Although Yuan Shu didn't believe Sun Ce's words, at least he was given a step to step down and saved a lot of face for him.Therefore, Yuan Shu and Sun Ce have not yet officially become enemies, and Sun Ce is still his general in name, but no one with a discerning eye can understand the actual situation.

Fortunately, Yuan Shu now has his eyes on another piece of fat, and has no time to take care of the Jiangdong land, so he allows Sun Ce to attack the city and seize the land, thereby weakening Liu Yao's strength.And this piece of fat that Yuan Shu coveted was the six counties of Xuzhou under Liu Bei's rule.

I have to say that Liu Bei in Xuzhou is also very happy now.The fleeting time is unfavorable, and a series of troublesome things come one after another.Back then, he took over the six counties of Xuzhou from Tao Qian without bloodshed.How high-spirited and elated it was, it would not be an exaggeration to describe his mood at that time as ecstatic.However, since he took over Xuzhou, there has been no peaceful day. First, Tao Qian's two sons made trouble for him everywhere, and then Li Li from Xiliang put pressure on him, insisting on not granting him any imperial titles for more than half a year. .Until now, he is still in charge of Xuzhou with the official title of Pingyuan Order.

If Liu Bei didn't claim to be a descendant of the Han family or the royal family, he could completely lead Xuzhou pastor himself, and it doesn't matter whether he has the emperor's imperial seal or not.Anyway, among the states in the world, there are not a few princes who lead their own state shepherds, and there are not many other Liu Bei, which is not conspicuous.However, it was precisely his self-proclaimed descendant of the royal family that made him suffer so much.It's like digging a hole and jumping by yourself.In the end he made himself miserable.Looking at all the states and counties in the world, whoever was born in the Liu clan and is a relative of the Han clan, who is not an official title by the emperor, and who is the state shepherd?

For the descendants of the royal family, claiming an official rank is tantamount to open rebellion. This is a treasonous crime against the world, and no one can afford it.Even if it is independent.That can't be put on the bright side and made public, it can only accumulate strength in private.In the name of the clan of the Han Dynasty, it is the reality of self-reliance.Just like Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Liu Zhang in Yizhou nowadays, they still nominally followed the will of the imperial court and paid tribute to Chang'an regularly, paying money and food to show their loyalty.However, in fact, they have already supported their own troops, occupying a large state and county, enjoying wealth and wealth, bossing around, and not subject to anyone's control, as if they are independent and self-reliant, and they are kings.

Liu Bei was really envious of the clean life of these two Han family clansmen, and he thought in his heart that he could follow their example and separate himself from Xuzhou and enjoy the wealth.However, his foundation is superficial, and he cannot be compared with Liu Biao and Liu Zhang, who are of the Han family. The genealogy he has worked so hard to find is still pressed under his pillow, and has not yet been recognized by the Zongzheng government. Opportunity to meet the emperor and recognize his ancestors, his name has not been included in the royal genealogy so far.

Therefore, Liu Bei, a descendant of the royal family, has always been an impostor with a dishonorable name. He claims to be a royal relative, but in fact he is still a mud leg from a humble background.It is precisely because he is not a member of the Han family that his roots are upright and Miaohong, his own situation is so difficult, and he is now in a distressed and dangerous situation.

In the Central Plains War, Liu Bei had no intention of getting involved in it at first, and made up his mind to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight to see what the capabilities and strength of these Central Plains princes are.However, when he came into contact with subordinate officials inadvertently, he suddenly discovered that these officials were his subordinates in name, but they actually obeyed his orders and did not really submit to him.

At that time, Liu Bei didn't know what was going on, and he couldn't understand why these officials were unwilling to be loyal to him for so long.It wasn't until Mi Zhu privately reminded him to ask for an official position from the Chang'an court as soon as possible that he suddenly realized what the problem was.It turned out that all this was caused by officials and nobles. As a person in the officialdom, it is only natural to obey the superiors, which has been the case since ancient times.However, although he raised Xuzhou, he did not have a corresponding official title. Naturally, it was difficult to convince all the subordinates, and it was inevitable that there would be a situation of oral dissatisfaction, and then there would be acts of obedience and injustice.

Therefore, during the Great War in the Central Plains, Liu Bei sent troops to join the alliance halfway, and together with the princes from all walks of life, crusade against Li Li in Xiliang.In his opinion, instead of humbly asking Li Li to give him the post of Xuzhou Mu, and to pay a tribute to him, it is better to attack Xiliang directly and force Li Li to submit obediently.In the past ten years of fighting on the battlefield, Liu Bei has learned nothing else, but deeply understands the importance of strength, thinking that as long as his own strength is strong enough, why not worry about Li Li not obediently submitting the imperial edict.

However, the ideal is full and the reality is very skinny.What's more, it can no longer be described as skinny, it's all pork ribs without meat, and Liu Bei's front teeth collapsed, almost never returning.

There is a total of [-] troops, which is almost half of the strength of the six counties of Xuzhou. At the beginning, Liu Bei led the troops with confidence, and also carried a large amount of food and supplies.Unexpectedly, in the first battle of Loudiyuan, the princes and allied forces completely collapsed and fled in all directions.The [-] Xuzhou army led by Liu Bei suffered an even worse defeat. When they escaped from Feiyundu, there were only a few thousand remnants around them, and the third brother Zhang Fei was still lying on a stretcher and fleeing. The scene was extremely embarrassing. , I can't bear to look back!

Fortunately, when fleeing Xingyang, Liu Bei met Zhao Yun who led his troops to pursue him.On the bank of the White Horse River, Liu Bei held Zhao Yun's hand and did not let go, as if he was seeing his relatives, his nose burst into tears, and he said something so emotionally that Zhao Yun's eyes were full of tears, and he was deeply moved, and then Deep in love, he released Liu Bei and others as soon as he raised his hand.

At this point, Liu Bei finally recovered his life. He took Zhang Fei and other 3000 people on a day and night trip, and rushed back to Xuzhou within half a month. Hundreds of horses died of exhaustion along the way.When he returned to Xuzhou, apart from hundreds of soldiers around Liu Bei and his third brother Zhang Fei, all the soldiers who fled back to Xuzhou with him totaled less than 2000 people.

After the defeat of Sili, Liu Bei immediately faced a severe situation. The existing troops in the six counties of Xuzhou were seriously insufficient, and the troops in each county were empty.The total number of soldiers and horses in the six counties is less than 5. The situation is much worse than when Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou.

For this reason, the prefects of various counties and the aristocratic families in the territory complained about Liu Bei, and even the brothers of the Mi family, who had always been closely behind him, were consciously keeping a distance from him, and no longer went all out to support him as before. .What's more, originally Mi Zhu intended to marry his younger sister Mi Huan to Liu Bei as an in-law, but this time he didn't mention it, it seemed that he had reached an agreement with the major noble families in Xuzhou, and he didn't dare to get too close to Liu Bei, so as not to get too close to Liu Bei. Offend public outrage.

At this time, Yuan Shu of Jiujiang moved his government office and moved his mansion to Shouchun, and then Chen Bing Xuzhou border, ready to try, ready to send troops to attack Xuzhou.Therefore, Liu Bei, who was defeated for the first time, is facing a severe test. It is still unknown whether he can keep the six counties of Xuzhou.For this reason, Liu Bei sighed that he should not have been involved in the battle of Sili. This pool of muddy water is really harmful, and whoever gets involved will be unlucky.

It is true that Liu Bei's remorse after fleeing back to Xuzhou was not unreasonable.

After the Great War in the Central Plains more than a month ago, all the princes and forces participating in this battle lost their troops, their strength plummeted, and their vitality was severely injured.If anyone has the least loss, it is Cao Cao in Yanzhou.

After the disastrous defeat of Loudiyuan, the princes from all walks of life fled to the death and fled, and the soldiers and horses suffered huge losses. Only Cao Cao reaped the benefits in this war, and successively annexed some soldiers and horses of Hanoi Zhangyang, Jiangdong Sun Ce, and Baibo Army. The huge loss of Yundu's fiasco has been replenished, and there are still 6 or [-] horses after the war.It's just that the combat effectiveness of Cao Cao's existing soldiers and horses is extremely limited, and it is far from being comparable to the original Qingzhou soldiers.Therefore, his strength has still declined, but compared to other princes from all walks of life, he is considered very lucky.

After this battle, the situation in the entire Central Plains changed accordingly.

Originally, there was a huge gap between the vassals, and the strength was very different. The Yuan Shao family in Jizhou was the only one, leading all the states in the Central Plains.But after the Great War in the Central Plains, the power gap between the princes of all parties has narrowed significantly.Now, Gongsun Zan of Youzhou is strong enough to compete with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao came up from behind to beat Lu Bu, and Liu Bei of Xuzhou was originally strong, but after the defeat, he was in danger.

In addition, small groups of vassal forces in the states and counties of the Central Plains perished one after another.Zhang Miao, Zhang Yang and other generations died one after another, the main force of the Baibo bandits was lost, the Black Mountain Army changed its course and joined Li Li, and the Southern Huns who had been involved in the disputes in the Central Plains were completely wiped out. The tribe was also hit hard.

At the same time, the situation in the Central Plains also experienced ups and downs.As Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Liu Bei's powers were greatly weakened, the strength of Yuan Shu in Yangzhou and Liu Biao in Jingzhou became more prominent.

When Yuan Shu captured Yuzhou and most of Yangzhou, and when the Sili war was in full swing, Liu Biao sent troops to Nanyang at the right time to regain Nanyang County, which had been lost for many years.In addition, Liu Biao also gathered heavy troops in Jiangxia and Nanjun, and extensively drilled the navy, with the intention of crossing the Yangtze River east and occupying the east of the river.

Just as wars were raging throughout the Central Plains, an edict came out from Chang'an, and thousands of copies were copied by interested people when passing through Hangu Pass. Then it was brought to all states and counties by caravans and elaborators along the way, and spread to all princes in the first place hand.

The first person to receive the edict was Cao Cao, but when he read the contents of the edict, he immediately shouted in horror: "The Han Dynasty is in danger, and the perisher of the Han Dynasty is Li Thief!"

Chapter 832