Chapter 066: The Battle of Guandu 3
Cao Cao watched anxiously from behind, but saw that there was a black shadow in the struggle, and Yan Liang rode a black horse into the battle group. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info In just one fall, the Banmen knife had already cut off several spears, and the soldiers rushed towards him.
When the Cao soldiers saw that he was coming to die, they immediately rushed up, who knew that Yan Liang was a powerful character who was brave and ruthless, and the knife and horse were like a devil asking for his life, and more than ten heads had fallen to the ground in a stunned moment. Song Xian and Hou Cheng put their spears together, Yan Liang was not afraid at all, and the big knife danced impermeable to the wind and rain.
"Kill!" Cao Cao was still beckoning the soldiers to move forward, when he suddenly heard a scream, and Hou Cheng's bloody head was cut off at his feet. Cao Cao was dizzy for a while, and when he looked up again, Hou Cheng's body was still spurting blood on a horse, and Song Xian's thigh knife fell under the horse, and seven or eight halberds poked him indiscriminately, nailing him to death on the battlefield.
Breaking two generals in a row, Cao Bing was in chaos, the black pressure of the halberd warriors surged, and other Yuan troops around him also rushed to protect the main general. Cao Cao was defeated and retreated, seeing that the distance from Yan Liang was getting farther and farther, and he couldn't even get close to others, at this moment, he suddenly saw a red shadow in the southwest corner, and a general rushed into the enemy group like lightning, galloping forward in the array of ten thousand armies as if entering a no-man's land, and the flesh and blood flew everywhere, and he broke into front of the halberd warrior without much effort.
Yan Liang punished two generals in a row, and saw that Cao's soldiers were defeated and retreated, and he was immediately proud, when he suddenly saw a general coming from the oblique stab, brave and invincible, and unstoppable. The man was nine feet tall with a red face, red eyes, lying silkworm eyebrows, lips like grease, five locks of long hair, parrot green scarf, parrot green battle robe, neighing red rabbit horse under the crotch, and a green dragon glaive knife in his palm.
Yan Liang was taken aback for a while, and suddenly remembered that before he sent out the army, Liu Bei mentioned that he had a favorite general, Guan Yu, who looked like this, and he didn't know where he was lost. Thinking of this, he hurriedly hung up his knife and handed it over: "It's going to be a ...... pass."
Yan Liang only said these few words and felt that it was wrong, seeing that Guan Yu had slashed three halberders in a row and rushed to his eyes, he hurriedly took off the knife for the second time, but before he could raise it, he felt a cold throat, and the tip of Guan Yu's knife had already pierced his throat.
The noisy battlefield suddenly fell silent, and after a pause, someone exclaimed: "General Yan is dead!"
It was this hoarse shout, all the Yuan soldiers were invincible, silently flashed out a human alley, watching this red-faced man cut off the head of the main general for the second time, watching him cut down Yan Liang's cover, watching him gallop back to the Cao army camp like a red whirlwind with a knife in one hand and a head in the other, but no one dared to come out to stop him.
Guan Yun sweated through the scarf and rushed to the sideburns, swayed his long hair in the air, threw the head in front of Cao Cao's horse, and saluted with his fists: "The last general will be cut back!"
Cao Cao had already seen it fascinated: "Taking the head of the general in the Ten Thousand Army Array is like probing for something, Yun Chang is really a god!"
Xun You didn't care so much, and hurriedly gave him an order: "Continue to kill!"
But there is no need for Cao Jun to bother at all, Yan Liang is both the general of Hebei and the commander of this army, and the sergeant Yuan saw that he was killed, how could he dare to fight again, he was so frightened that he shed tears, threw away his armor for a while, and broke north like a low tide. There was a rumbling sound, and I saw the city gate wide open, and two thousand defenders rushed out of the White Horse City, it seemed that these people had already held back their strength, and they were slaughtered happily, and there were many ordinary people with hoes and machetes behind them, chasing Yuan Jun and beating the water dogs.
Cao Cao was relieved for a while, and also shouted: "Chase me!"
The two groups of men and horses chased together, Yuan Jun trampled each other and rushed to Baimajin, robbing the boat and rocking the oar, in order to escape the fists and feet, you fought for me, I don't know how many drowned, and finally all those who could not escape were wiped out by Cao Bing. On the other side of the river, Guo Tu and Chun Yuqiong had a lot of soldiers and horses, but the big rivers were separated by each other and could not be rescued in first aid, so they hugged the people who crossed the river for a while, saved a few people who crossed the river, and then slowly went west.
Before Yuan Shao's army set out, Tian Feng pulled Yuan Shao's reins to stop the troops and said: "Cao Cao is good at using troops, fickle, and now he has given up the strategy of winning the temple, and the decisive battle is a battle, if it is not as good as his will, it will be too late to regret it." ”
Yuan Shao was displeased when he heard it, and every sentence was to increase the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige. Yuan Shao couldn't bear it anymore, and ordered someone to escort Tian Feng back to Yecheng and put him in prison, so he awkwardly led the army out of Liyang City. When he arrived on the bank of the river, Yuan Shao sent Yan Liang as the vanguard to cross the river to attack Baima first. Du Du Fu also began to make trouble, saying: "Yan Liang has a narrow personality, although he is brave, he can't be alone. Yuan Shao knew that he did not approve of this southern expedition, so he did not listen to him and crossed the river according to the original plan.
Unexpectedly, Yan Liang had just crossed the river and received a report that Cao Cao's troops entered Yanjin, intending to cross the river to the north and attack from behind. Ten years ago, the rebel armies from all walks of life fought against Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao claimed to be a general of the chariot cavalry, and Wang Kuangtun soldiers in Hanoi, they could have crossed Mengjin and smashed Luoyang, but it was only because Dong Zhuo secretly crossed Xiaopingjin to attack him that he was defeated. It was the first battle in which Yuan Shao raised his troops, and it left a profound lesson.
Now that Cao Cao is also on both sides of the river, Cao Cao has put forward exactly the same tactics of war, how can Yuan Shao be indifferent? He immediately decided to divide his troops, and ordered Guo Tu and Chun Yuqiong, who were strongly in the main battle, to continue to cross the river, and he and Fu Zhu, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Lan, and others marched west along the river to intercept Cao Cao. Along the way, they hurried and hurried, but when they reached the north bank of Yanjin, Cao's army had already withdrawn to Guandu, leaving only burned empty villages on the other side of the river.
Yuan Shao raised his eyes to look at the situation on the other side of the strait and complained: "What kind of slippery head is this Cao Mengde, he left when I came." ”
The military advisor smiled and said: "Cao Cao is very inward-looking, he must have been scared away by the general's mighty army." ”
"We've fallen for the ploy of others!" Seeing that they didn't know anything, he shook his head worriedly: "Cao Cao lured us here, and he must have taken the opportunity to relieve the siege of the White Horse." As soon as these words came out, Zhang He, Xu You, Han Xun and others nodded one after another.
Yuan Shao knew that he had been deceived, but he refused to admit it because of his scruples: "What's the use of such a trick? Yan Liang sat in front of the enemy, and after being the commander of the Qiong army, he couldn't save the white horse even if he forgave Cao Thief, and he besieged the city to help. I expected ......"
Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, he heard the sudden sound of horses' hooves, and galloped from the east more than ten horses, under the banner of his own house, and gradually ran closer to see clearly, the leader was actually the governor Guo Tu. Everyone looked at each other, and they already had a premonition that something unknown was happening.
"Lord Qiqi, it's not good!" Guo Tu shouted before he had time to dismount: "The army of the White Horse was raided by Cao Cao, and General Yan Liang was killed in battle!"
Yan Liang is the first brave general in Hebei, and when he heard that even he was killed in battle, all the generals were panicked. Yuan Shao couldn't figure it out, threw the horsewhip to the ground, and said angrily: "The bold Cao thief dares to deceive me...... Also, how did you do that? So many soldiers can't stop him, what a waste!"
Without waiting for Guo Tu to explain, he smiled bitterly and said: "Do you still need to ask? It must be because Yan Hao fought bravely and neglected to take precautions, and the team of people and horses crossing the river was slow and could not help, this river crossing plan is really full of loopholes......"
Yuan Shao thought that he was mocking himself, and glared at him fiercely. Zhang He saw that the atmosphere was not right, and quickly interjected: "Lord, what should we do next?"
Yuan Shao hated Cao Cao so much that he gritted his teeth, shook his face and asked Guo Tu: "How is the army now?"
Guo Tu swallowed his saliva and said, "It is being transferred to this side under the command of General Chunyu, and I will report to you first." In addition, there are scouts who report that Cao Cao has mobilized the people of Baima County to retreat south, and may be about to abandon the city. ”
Hearing that although Cao Cao won and retreated, Yuan Shao was confident again: "Hmph, Cao Cao is just a temporary fluke, not afraid of the power of this general?" He stretched out his hand and pointed to the other side: "Cross the river quickly, just cross the river in Yanjin and go straight to Guandu, I have to beat Cao Cao to the end." ”
Xu You, who hadn't spoken for a long time, frowned for a while, and interjected: "Lord, the army of the governor of Chunyu has not yet arrived, is it not until he comes, and we will ...... again?"
"No need!" Yuan Shao interrupted him: "Don't miss the opportunity and don't come again, now you may be able to intercept Cao Cao by crossing the river." ”
"I advise my lord to think again. Fu Zhu knew that he was very suspicious of himself, but for the sake of the lives of 100,000 sons in Hebei, he still persuaded bitterly: "The change of victory and defeat must not be careless." If the lord insists on fighting, he might as well be stationed here and divide his troops to advance to Guandu, so that the front army can still try to rescue if it is unfavorable. If the whole army crosses the river, how will it flee back to Hebei once defeated?"
Yuan Shao was so angry that he trembled when he heard this, and his right hand tightly grasped the hilt of the sword, but he didn't dare to do anything to him after all. Fu Zhu is different from Tian Feng, he once served as the chief of the army, he was the commander of the army, he had a credit for the defeat of Zhang Yanguang, and he had a very good relationship with Zhang He, Gao Lan, Han Xun and other generals, if he was killed or imprisoned, those generals would definitely be dissatisfied.
Xu You saw that Yuan Shao didn't speak, and thought that his mind was alive, and admonished: "What the Dudu said is not unreasonable, Yan Liang's courage is still dead, we should ......be cautious" Halfway through speaking, he saw Yuan Shao's knife-like eyes sweeping towards him, and quickly closed his mouth. However, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Han Xun and other generals still shook their heads and remained silent, and no one affected the decision to cross the river.
Guo Tu was resolute in the main battle: "The defeat of the white horse is just an innocuous small gain or loss, I heard that Cao Cao won a fluke, it was a red-faced martial artist with a big sword who suddenly plotted to stab Yan Liang to death, and they barely broke the siege." Such an accident will never happen again, and we will have no problem crossing the river. ”
Liu Bei did not participate in the discussion, as a general under the fence, he kept silent about everything, stood far away and listened attentively, but when he heard the red-faced martial artist with a big sword in his hand, his heart couldn't help but be shocked, and he immediately thought of the lost Guan Yu. For Liu Bei, he naturally hoped that Yuan Shao would soon beat Cao Cao to avenge himself, and now that there seemed to be news of Guan Yu again, he couldn't hold back his excitement, and came to the front of everyone and arched his hand and said: "General, the last general also has a few words to say, and I am afraid of offending you, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”
Although Yuan Shao looked down on this often defeated general, he saw that he spoke very politely, so he also treated him politely: "Liu Yuanjun doesn't have to be polite, just speak freely." ”
"No. Liu Bei made a gesture to everyone with a smile on his face, and then said slowly: "I was born in poverty and was not able to do anything, but after more than ten years of fighting in the world, the person who plotted was to help the Han family revive the society. Helplessly, the army was defeated, the city was lost, his wife was separated, there was no way to enter the heavens, there was no door to enter the earth, and the four seas were big but there was no place to stand. Thanks to the mercy of the great general, I was able to get out of danger here, and I felt the grace of heaven and earth, and I should do my best to drive ......"
These few words made Yuan Shao say it beautifully, and he couldn't help but smile when he twisted his beard. Liu Bei saw that he was happy, and hurriedly struck while the iron was hot: "Now that Cao thieves have occupied the court and bullied the Son of Heaven, all the righteous ministers of my Han Dynasty should bravely move forward to kill the traitors and eliminate the evil, report to the ancestors of An Lishu, and become their own fame." The great general is mighty and chases after Confucius and Mencius, and the heart of serving the country with his fists has raised troops so far, and we should be willing to follow the dogs and horses to fight to defeat the enemy, how can we hesitate and shirk it......?
He jumped off his horse and knelt down in front of Yuan Shao: "Although Liu Bei is not talented, he is willing to take the lead in crossing the river to pursue Cao Thief, and assist the general to turn the tide and establish miraculous feats!"
Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he saw his actions, and immediately praised: "Okay, Liu Yuanjun is willing to take the lead in crossing the river, this is the real hero of the Han Dynasty." ”