Xiaoqi

However, what really made Cao Ren feel desperate was that he knew Jin Emperor Li Li's combat style very well. He knew that Li Li always planned before making a move.Therefore, for a long time, the impression Li Li left on Cao Ren can be described in four words: watertight.

Because of this, when Cao Ren learned that Li Li personally led the army to attack Guandu camp, he immediately thought that the granary was burned, and the next step was to capture Zhongmu City and cut off the grain road, and then sent his army south to form a north-south pincer attack with Zhou Yu's army to encircle and wipe out The 15 troops under Cao Ren's command.Once the Western Jin army attacked from north to south, Cao Ren would no longer be facing an army of [-], but an army of more than [-] Western Jin troops twice as large as himself.

If everything was as expected by Cao Ren, then the [-] troops under his command would be in a desperate situation and would be wiped out overnight, and Yingchuan County might be the place where he buried his bones.

"Xu Yuan was blunt and dishonest, backed his words, and quietly withdrew his troops, causing my [-] Wei army to fall into a desperate situation. It is extremely abominable!" After a long silence, Cao Ren scolded Xu Shu for being a treacherous villain, and then pushed all the predicament in front of him on Xu Shu , it seems that only in this way can he feel better.In addition, putting all the responsibility on the Jingzhou Army will allow the generals under his command to fight against the enemy, which will help stabilize the morale of the army, and it will also cover up his distraught behavior just now.

After yelling at Xu Shu, Cao Ren didn't intend to tell the generals about his guess, but decided to keep it a secret, and he would never reveal a word unless it was absolutely necessary.Immediately, he made a decisive decision, ordered the withdrawal of troops without hesitation, and sent his own soldiers to the East Gate to deliver an order, ordering Cao Chun and Le Jin, who were attacking the East Gate, to lead their troops to resist Zhou Yu's Shuofeng Camp and evacuate Yangdi City for the army. gain time.

However, Cao Ren's choice of retreat was still Henan County, that is, he led his army to recapture Zhongmou City, then marched eastward to Guandu, and returned to Yanzhou.This is a shortcut, and it is also the only choice for his army after losing the supply of food, grass and supplies. It is necessary to make a quick decision and return to Yanzhou as soon as possible.In this way, he will compete with Zhou Yu's army for time and speed, avoid their edge, and evacuate Yingchuan before Zhou Yu's army chases them; Fighting and shopping, breaking through the interception line they built, fighting a bloody path, and escaping back to Yanzhou.

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In Nanyang County, in Xiping'ao, thirty miles outside the south gate of Wancheng, is the Jingzhou army camp.

Tomorrow is the day when Pang Tong leads the Jingzhou army to a decisive battle with Zhuge Liang's Western Jin army.In the past few days, Pang Tong would stand on the gate tower and look towards the east every day. Except for Huang Zu, an insider, no one knew what he was looking at or what he was waiting for.The sergeants who didn't know why thought that their military advisers were studying astronomy and astrology, because they all knew that the military adviser Pang Tong knew astronomy and geography at the top, could pinch and calculate, and possessed military strategies that ordinary people could not imagine.

Only Huang Zu knew that Pang Tong wasn't checking the weather at all, but was waiting for Xu Shu's triumphant return.

Fortunately, Xu Shu did not disappoint Pang Tong, and finally led his army back to the camp last night, with more than 1 horses returning to the camp with him.At that time, the thousands of soldiers guarding the gate were overwhelmed with surprise, but Pang Tong, who came over after hearing the news, saw Xu Shu's expression change suddenly, his face was full of horror and grief, and he took three steps in parallel, just in time for Xu Shu to rein in his horse and stop He quickly stepped forward to help, for fear that Xu Shu, who was lying on the horseback, would fall off.

Chapter 273

"Brother is seriously injured to this point, it's all the fault of my stupid brother, I'm the one who hurt you!"

In the tent on the left side of the Chinese army commander's tent, Pang Tong stood in front of the couch and watched the military doctor bandage Xu Shu's wound. After the wound was treated, he waved his hand to push back the soldiers and the doctor, with tears in his eyes and self-reproach, and his face showed With endless remorse, his guts were so full of remorse that he burst into tears in front of Xu Shu.There is also a bit of regret and indignation in the remorse.

"Cough!" Xu Shu, with a pale face and chapped lips, coughed before he could speak, and when he stopped coughing, a smear of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, adding a color to his paper-pale cheeks.

Pang Tong sat on the edge of the bed and supported Xu Shu's left shoulder. While patting his back lightly, he softly persuaded him, "Brother Yuan Zhi, don't talk too much. Save some energy and heal your wounds. It's important for you to heal your wounds. My brother is seriously injured. You can't talk too much. You don't need to talk too much." Worried about the military situation, Brother Yu will ask my brother about the rate of the troops under his tent later." Indeed, Xu Shu's injuries were extremely serious, and he lost a lot of blood, and his strength was so weak that he could hardly even speak.

Xu Shu raised his left arm and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, then gently swung his left hand, took a deep breath, calmed down his rapid breathing, and then said in a weak voice: "Shi Yuan doesn't need to blame himself, this matter has nothing to do with you I can only blame brother Yu for being negligent and rushing forward underestimated the enemy. Cough." Just after he finished speaking, Xu Shu coughed up another mouthful of blood, so that his voice stopped abruptly.This is due to his emotional ups and downs, because his injury is too serious.

Just now the military attendant pulled out three broken arrows from his body, two of them were hit in the calf, and the remaining arrow was in the left chest.The sharp arrow pierced the lobe of his lung, causing him to vomit blood.Difficulty breathing.But this was not the most fatal trauma, it was the reason why Xu Shu turned into the current dying state.It was because his entire right arm was cut off at the shoulder.After an ordinary person loses an arm, if they are rescued in time and handled properly, they will not die. However, after Xu Shu was injured, instead of getting timely and effective treatment, he ran for his life in a hurry.Although the wound was bandaged afterwards, he had to go on his way, so the bumps along the way, the wound could not coagulate at all to stop the bleeding, and continued to ooze.Since then.It was a miracle that Xu Shu was able to return to the camp alive.Perhaps, it was his persistent and firm belief that supported him to return to the camp. When his wish was fulfilled, this body would be exhausted.

"Brother, don't talk anymore, your body is important. After your brother recovers, can you and I have a long talk?" Seeing Xu Shu's pain, Pang Tong was so heartbroken, the pain was like a knife, and he once again persuaded Xu Shu not to speak again.Rest in peace of mind.While speaking, Pang Tong took out a towel to gently wipe off the blood stains from the corners of Xu Shu's mouth.

Xu Shu shook his head slightly, and grinned sadly: "Shi Yuan doesn't need to persuade anymore, brother Yu will not say some things at this time. I'm afraid there will be no chance to say it again. The reason why brother Yu has been able to survive until now is to return to the camp and return to his life, and to make the trip The whole story and the whole story are known to Shi Yuan."

"This" Pang Tong didn't say anything, tears flowed first.He choked up and said: "Foolish brother respectfully listen to elder brother's teaching, elder brother please speak."

Xu Shu shook his head again.Slowly said: "It's not teaching, but I found some clues. It may be useful to Shiyuan." Pang Tong's expression changed, his eyelids twitched a few times, but he didn't interrupt.He couldn't bear to interrupt Xu Shu's words.

"Brother Yu led the army to attack Yangdi City this time, and the journey went smoothly. It only took three days and three nights to sneak into the west gate of Yangdi City, and sent Zhou Tai to sneak into the city in advance, thinking that the inside should be the answer." Xu Shu spoke very slowly. , but spoke in great detail, and told Pang Tong exactly what happened during the attack on Ximen that night.

"Wei Yan underestimated the enemy, and was beheaded by the enemy general Guan Yu at three times. When Wei Yan died, our army's morale was frustrated, and many soldiers were afraid to move forward. Instead of advancing, they retreated and tried to withdraw from the city gate. At this moment, the enemy general Guan Yu led 1 elite cavalry, [-] infantry, and more than [-] civilian young and strong soldiers. They scattered our vanguard army in an instant, and then went straight to the Chinese army led by me. I knew I was no match for Guan Yu. , ordered the bodyguards to shoot arrows at random, trying to kill Guan Yu in one fell swoop, but Guan Yunchang was so powerful that hundreds of archers could not stop him. In desperation, I had no choice but to fight with my sword. But I was knocked off the horse by Guan Yu's sword, if it wasn't for the personal guards who rescued me desperately, I'm afraid I would have become a ghost under Guan Yu's sword."

Speaking of this, Xu Shu paused, and after taking a breath, he continued: "Brother Yu has read military books. Although he dare not say that he is proficient in all the art of war in the world, he is not mediocre. The way of using troops, so he led the army to fight and retreat, and ordered the rear army to withdraw from the city gate, set up an ambush outside the city, set up crossbow carts, and killed Guan Yu and other Western Jin warriors. Unexpectedly, Guan Yu's army also had masters, and He is a master of military art who is very good at using troops. He has a well-founded advance and retreat, and he is step by step. When Guan Yu led his army to kill our soldiers, this person suddenly appeared and strictly stopped Guan Yu from going out of the city to chase after him. Instead, he ordered him to lead his troops to destroy Jingzhou scattered in the city. Soldiers.

However, just when I thought that Guan Yu would not lead his army out of the city to hunt down and was about to lead his troops to retreat, Guan Yu suddenly led his army out of the city gate.But the enemy general Guan Yu did not pursue with all his strength, but instead ordered the soldiers to fire arrows at random, and they were all rockets. It was not until then that I realized that Guan Yu led his army out of the city not to chase and kill our soldiers, but to burn us. The tens of thousands of stone grain and grass carried by the army. "

"At noon the next day, Brother Yu led his troops to make a detour to Cao Ren's camp outside the north gate, and approached Cao Ren to discuss the covenant. When Cao Ren learned that our army had suffered a serious setback in attacking the West Gate, he spoke contemptuously and didn't take Brother Yu seriously at all. Brother Yu immediately left in a huff and sent a cavalry force of 500 men to run back and forth on the official road outside the south gate that night, pretending to be the cavalry under Zhou Yu's tent in Yuzhou to come to Yangdi City for reinforcements, and deliberately let the scouts under Cao Ren's tent watch They arrived, and hunted and killed more than a hundred scouts of Cao Jun. The next day, Cao Ren really fell for it, and sent his own soldiers to invite Brother Yu into the commander's tent, and took the initiative to mention the covenant. However, the grain and grass carried by our army had been burned by Guan Yu's army. Dicheng has not yet been captured, so there is no food and grass to exchange horses with him.

So Brother Yu falsely claimed that the grain and grass were trapped in the city. If Cao Ren could capture Yangdi City, he would naturally get the grain and grass.And Brother Yu promised him that after this battle, he will be compensated with [-] shi of food and grass.Cao Ren refused.Claiming that the food and grass must be seen before they can be exchanged, otherwise the covenant will be void.We will discuss it later.In desperation, Brother Yu threatened Cao Ren to submit by saying that the Jingzhou Army would withdraw from Nanyang, and told him that if the covenant was not honored, our Jingzhou Army would immediately withdraw from Nanyang, and then try to reconcile with the Western Jin Dynasty, and even form an alliance with the Western Jin Dynasty.

Cao Ren was shocked when he heard the words. His 10,000+ army had penetrated into the hinterland of Sili. If our army withdrew from the battlefield and stopped participating in the war, the more than [-] troops under Zhuge Liang in Nanyang would go north to encircle and wipe out his Wei army.After some negotiations.Cao Ren finally relented, and handed over the [-] horses he had prepared to me. However, he was not a good person, claiming that he would wait until our army delivered the food and grass before handing over the cavalry equipment to us.The matter has come to this point, Brother Yu can only accept it as soon as it is good, and stop entangled with him, and at five o'clock the next day, he led the army to quietly leave Yangdi and return to the camp. "

"Brother Yu thought he had a plan, but he didn't expect the army to leave Yangdi City for less than half an hour. On the way, he encountered a 5000-man cavalry from the Shuofeng Camp under Zhou Yu's command. After an encounter, Brother Yu took thirteen thousand There are less than 1 soldiers left, and this Xiliang cavalry seems to have other missions and is not interested in fighting. After a charge, they went straight to Yangdi City. But half an hour later, the enemy general Guan Yu led a group Qian Tieqi pursued and killed him, but he did not fight head-on with our army. He walked away with one blow, but followed our army all the time, waiting for an opportunity to attack. Brother Yu's arm and arrow wounds on his body are thanks to Guan Yu, Wei Yan, Jiang The second general Qin was killed by Guan Yu's sword, while Zhou Tai was shot by a crossbow."

He listened attentively to Xu Shu's narration.Pang Tong vaguely felt that it was no accident that Xu Shu's army was repeatedly intercepted and killed by the Xiliang army, it seemed that the Xiliang army did it deliberately.In addition, when Xu Shu led the army back to the camp, there were less than 5000 soldiers and horses, which means that most of the [-] cavalry led by him were lost, and all of them were wiped out by the Xiliang army.There is something strange here!But this is not the issue that Pang Tong is most concerned about. Compared with it, he is more concerned about what Xu Shu wants to say and what he finds.

"The Xiliang army is brave and good at fighting, this is something I have a deep understanding of. Now that my brother is seriously injured, I don't know what he found?" Pang Tong asked.

Xu Shu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Although Yangdi City is a big city, there are only 5000 defenders. With this force, the Yangdi defenders forcibly blocked the fierce attack of Cao Jun and our Jingzhou Army's 13 troops. After holding on for three full days, the city still did not fall. Brother Yu didn't know what was going on at first. It wasn't until the night when he left Yangdi that he realized that there were more than 10,000 young and strong people in the city who volunteered to defend the city. If the city is full of soldiers, even if there are [-] of us + The army could not capture Yangzhai City. What Brother Yu wants to say is that in the Western Jin Dynasty, Li Li's administration was lenient and benevolent, and the officials were clear and bright. How can we go against the sky?"

"This is the first. Second, on the way back to the camp with the army led by Brother Yu, he learned that Li Li, the emperor of Jin, personally led a surprise army to attack Guandu, the grain and grass camp behind Cao Ren's army. They succeeded in burning all the grain, grass, and supplies of Cao Ren's army. It means that What, Shi Yuan will not know. From Brother Yu's point of view, Cao Ren's army will be wiped out this time. Perhaps Cao Ren's army has been completely wiped out by the Xiliang Army at this time. Shi Yuan should know that Cao Ren sent troops this time. Mobilize 22 troops, this is half of Wei Emperor Cao Cao's army, if he is really wiped out, then Wei Guo is really hurt this time, and the national strength is greatly damaged. Annihilation. If the state of Wei perishes or survives, then we in the Southern Han Dynasty must be alone, and sooner or later we will be annihilated by the Western Jin Dynasty."

"Thirdly, it is also the thing that Brother Yu is most worried about. Brother Yu led troops deep into Yuzhou this time, and faintly felt that the fact that we and the Northern Wei Dynasty sent troops together seemed to have been expected by the Jin Kingdom, but they just pretended not to know and opened their nets to wait. After our two countries dispatched troops, Li Li took the lead and invisibly formed a siege of our Jingzhou army and the Northern Wei Cao army, attempting to wipe out all the soldiers and horses of the two countries in the territory of Sili.

This is a huge conspiracy.First lead the snake out of the hole and let our two countries move first; then the Western Jin army showed weakness and divided up to block the attack;If Cao Ren's army is really wiped out by the Xiliang army, then my Jingzhou army is likely to follow in Cao's footsteps.

Brother Yu came up with a bold conjecture when he was seriously injured. This is a big net woven with Xiliang iron cavalry as ropes. The Southern Han and Northern Wei countries will not move, nor will the Western Jin Dynasty; once we take the initiative to jump out, we will not know. Unknowingly fell into the net, and the generals such as Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia and Zhou Yu were the fishermen who caught the net.Jin Emperor Li Li is the master of this big net, firmly in control of the situation in the world. He has already cast the big net when he led the army to conquer the Quartet. Now the weaving of this net is completed, and it is only waiting for our two countries to jump out. Then the two major vassal states were wiped out. "

Said all the thoughts in his heart in one breath, Xu Shu didn't say a word, lay down slowly with Pang Tong's help, closed his eyes slowly, and fell into a deep sleep

Chapter 274

The sky was gloomy and there was not a breath of wind.

There was still an invisible heat wave rolling in the air, sultry and sultry, so stuffy that it was hard to breathe, and there was a trace of scorching heat in the breath he exhaled.

Outside the south gate of Wancheng, on the Shiliping field.

Looking down from the sky, there are two pieces of iron-blue clouds in the wilderness, and if you get closer, it looks like two abstract paintings with extremely irregular shapes made of splashed ink, which makes people infinitely reverie.

These two dark clouds are the Western Jin army in the decisive battle in Wancheng and the Jingzhou army under the command of Liu Biao in the Southern Han Dynasty.

Bing Ge Sensen, banners hunting, 50 troops confronted each other from north to south.

Overcast and murderous, the yellow land bears witness to who belongs to the country.

In front of the Jingzhou army, Pang Tong, who had always been dressed in Confucianism, also put on his battle armor at this time. He appeared for the first time as the general of the three armies, officially replacing Huang Zu, and took charge of the 26 Jingzhou army.Behind him, four men with thick backs and strong waists guarded the banner of the Chinese army, which symbolized the status of the supreme commander. The black commander flag fluttered in the air automatically without wind.

In front of the army centered on Pang Tong, there were more than [-] Jingzhou generals standing on the left and right sides. Liu Biao's sons Liu Pan, Wenpin, Zhang Yun, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Dong Xi, Pan Zhang, Ling Tong , Zhu Yi, Zhu Ran, Cai Zhong, Cai He and other Jingzhou and Jiangdong generals Huo Ran were on the list.In addition to generals, there were more than a dozen major civil servants and advisers in Jingzhou and Jiangdong in front of the battle, Kuai Yue, Zhang Zhao, Han Song, Yu Fan, Cai Xin and so on.

The front army in front of the guard formation was 20 giant shield spearmen, and the black shield covered the central army and rear army behind it tightly, so that the Western Jin army on the opposite side could not peep at the main force of the Jingzhou army's central army. Tens of thousands of long spears pointed directly at the sky, and the cold light of the blade was full of a strong killing atmosphere that was as real as it was.The entire wilderness was silently filled, and the killing and hostility enveloped the [-] main force behind the front army.

Of course, the army of the Western Jin Dynasty could not see the distribution of troops in the Jingzhou Central Army.However, Pang Tong, the coach at the front of the formation, knew everything about the formation behind him.The Chinese army battle formation after the giant shield pikemen is composed of five large battle formations, namely: the cavalry goose formation formed by 5 war cavalry located on the two wings of the Chinese army.The square defensive formation composed of 16 heavy armored infantry located inside the war cavalry, and three special arms such as crossbows, thunderbolt chariots and chariots formed a frontal battle formation of [-] horses.Therefore, the Chinese army has a total of [-] soldiers and horses, combining all the arms that can be used in frontal decisive battles at present, thus forming a Chinese army camp that integrates offense and defense.

The rear of the Chinese army is the rear army, with a total of more than [-] troops. Its duty is to supply the army with weapons and supplies, and to be ready to deal with emergencies at any time.Therefore, compared with the front army and the middle army, although the rear army does not have many soldiers and horses.But it is as complete as a sparrow.In addition to the [-] heavy soldiers who are responsible for supplying armaments, there are also [-] iron cavalry, [-] giant shield soldiers, [-] pikemen, [-] tiger warriors guarding heavy siege weapons, and [-] scouts and sentries. ride.

Nearly 30 troops, 10,000+ war horses, tens of thousands of flags, and endless swords, guns, swords and halberds formed the Jingzhou army formation that was as sharp as a prison.

Confronting the Jingzhou army in the south is the army of the Western Jin Dynasty in the north.In front of the army formation, the rear general Zhuge Liang reined in the center of his horse, and on the left and right sides of his side gathered the battalion leaders and the civil servants who accompanied the army.Immediately on the left side of Zhuge Liang is: Shi Sima Yi, commander of the army.Lu Bu, the commander of the Wolf Cavalry Army, Zang Ba, the deputy general, Ma Chao, the deputy general Wang Ping of the Longxiang Battalion, Ji Ling and Chen Lan, the guards of Yingchuan.Zhang Fei, the chief general of the Suzaku camp, Duan Yan, the deputy general, Guan Yu, the general guarding the army, Wu Yi, the chief general, and Lei Tong, the deputy general who commanded the soldiers of Nanyang County.also.More than a dozen generals reined in their horses and stood on both sides of the front of the formation, while another deputy general from each battalion stayed at the headquarters.Don't show up in front of the battle, and wait for the general order at any time.Lead the army to rush to kill.

The formation of the army of the Western Jin Dynasty was roughly the same as that of the Jingzhou army, but its strength was significantly smaller than that of the Jingzhou army.The front army is 12 giant shield spearmen, the middle army is [-] Xiliang iron cavalry; the rear army is divided into two parts, the left side is a heavy shock formation composed of [-] crossbows, chariots and thunderbolt chariots, and the right side is [-] ordnance supplies soldier.In addition, there were [-] scouts and sentry cavalry wandering between the central army and the rear army. At first glance, they seemed not to be participating in the battle, but they looked like a strange army that could attack and defend.

Therefore, the Western Jin army participating in the battle this time has a total of 21 soldiers and horses. The front, middle, and rear armies are top-heavy and bloated.The overall strength is [-] less than that of the Jingzhou Army, but for this kind of large-scale decisive battle, the difference of tens of thousands of horses is almost negligible, and the difference in strength is not big, which can be described as evenly matched.

It is precisely because the strength of the two sides is equal that the coaches of both sides agree to agree that the two armies will fight head-on.Otherwise, relying on the existing soldiers and horses of the two armies, if the strategy and tactics of avoiding the real and the false are adopted, then the battle will definitely be delayed, and it may be difficult to decide the winner within three to five years.In this way, even if the soldiers of the two armies can survive and survive, the supply of food, grass and supplies on both sides may be unsustainable, unable to support the successive battles of hundreds of thousands of troops.Therefore, a head-on decisive battle is an inevitable choice for the commanders of the two armies, and there is no good way other than this.

Time passed by little by little. It has been half an hour since the formation of the two armies ended. There was a strange silence in front of the formation of the two armies. The generals of both sides seemed to have no intention of shouting before the formation. The other party remained silent.

In fact, as early as when the two armies lined up, Pang Tong, under the identification of the generals under his command, took his seats one by one, keeping the names of the generals of the Western Jin Dynasty firmly in his heart.The appearance of Yingchuan defenders Ji Ling, Chen Lan, and Guan Yu who went to support, made Pang Tong realize that the Battle of Yingchuan was over.

Just as Xu Shu predicted before his death, Cao Ren's army did not escape the interception and pursuit of the Xiliang Army after all, and the entire army was wiped out.It is precisely because Cao Ren's army was completely annihilated by the Xiliang Army that the Yingchuan garrison and Guan Yu and others appeared here, leading the army to help Wancheng in the decisive battle, so that Zhuge Liang's troops increased dramatically, from 15 half a month ago. The infantry has increased to more than [-] troops in front of us.

At the same time, the demise of Cao Ren's army meant that the raid plan of the Southern Han and Northern Wei countries to jointly send troops to Sili was declared shattered.Although the war was not over yet, Cao Ren successively mobilized 22 troops to attack Sili, but was finally annihilated in Sili by the Xiliang Army; this indicates that Wei State has been defeated.More than half of the soldiers and horses were lost, and their strength was greatly damaged.It has been unable to contain the army of the Western Jin Dynasty, thus transferring all the pressure to the Jingzhou army.As a result, the Jingzhou army had to face the crushing of the Western Jin army independently, and confront the Jin army with millions of soldiers head-on with its own strength.