Chapter 12: Defeat
The discussion of the generals went on very late, and when the whole camp was completely silent, the generals in the big tent of the Chinese army dispersed in twos and threes. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info a set of battle plans have been determined by them, and the next thing they need is for everyone to complete it together.
"According to this plan, we should be able to win the final victory." Looking at Zou Jing and their departing figures, Liu Bei asked leisurely.
"Don't worry! My lord, we are only facing a group of Yellow Turban Army, most of whom are not of any standard, and under the successive victories, their temperament has become proud. As long as we follow this plan, victory will definitely be ours. Li Qin chuckled and assured. That's good......" Liu Bei thought that this was indeed the truth, and his heart suddenly calmed down a lot.
The night went on like that. When the sun rose over the mountains to the east the next day, the quiet camp boiled over. Pack up your weapons, straighten out your army, eat and eat, after a full hour of rectification. Captain Zou Jing led 5,000 officers and soldiers to the front of the team.
They were in the vanguard, and about a mile behind them, Li Qin and Zhang Fei led the 2,500 sergeants of Liu Bei's headquarters to follow from afar.
Although they are not as elite as the 5,000 officers and troops led by Zou Jing, they also have some military spirit, which is much better than the elite of the Yellow Turban Army led by Liao Hua yesterday.
"Sure enough, there is still competition to make progress. Because they knew that if they didn't practice well, they would be sent to the back camp, so these people worked so hard. At the moment, our army is beginning to take shape. Yuanhua, there really is yours. Feeling the high momentum of the soldiers behind him, Zhang Fei, who was passing with Li Qin, laughed with satisfaction. He patted Li Qin on the shoulder heavily to express his joy.
"Alright! Three Generals...... You don't know how strong your hands are. If you keep shooting like this, my body will be scattered for you. Li Qin, who was riding on the horse, frowned and complained helplessly to Zhang Fei.
"Haha...... You little body...... I really have to practice and make up for it. It's strange, you don't eat less than we do, why can't this meat grow? Zhang Fei muttered, but he cared about Li Qin's body.
"This ...... Maybe it's because of personal issues. Li Qin was embarrassed for a moment, but laughed awkwardly.
"Personal reasons? What is the reason for this? I heard that there is a miracle doctor surnamed Wu in Zhuo County, do you want him to show you when you go back? Zhang Fei was very concerned about this problem: "You are so thin, I am afraid that the heirs born in the future will ......."
"Khan ......" Li Qin was even more embarrassed, touching his forehead that was oozing a little sweat, but he took a few steps from his horse: "I'd better go forward and take a look at the situation in this formation." This time it's all about this team, and I don't want anything wrong with him. ”
"What's there to worry about? There can be a big brother and a second brother in front of you, and there can be no problem. Instead of worrying about the front, think about the back...... That side is guarded by the Yellow Turban General named Zhou Cang and Liao Hua, who just surrendered last night, is there really no problem? If they rebel against us again, we will all be left homeless. Zhang Fei was very worried and expressed his worries.
"Rest assured! As long as it is a general who surrenders to the lord, there are very few who surrender and rebel. The lord is a very attractive person. Isn't everyone attracted to him and surrounded by him? Li Qin smiled and said with relief.
"Well, that's right...... Zhang Fei imagined that he had put his worries aside for the time being. Then, they stopped talking, just walked forward in a dull way, and just followed the front army from a distance.
"What's there to worry about? There can be a big brother and a second brother in front of you, and there can be no problem. Instead of worrying about the front, think about the back...... That side is guarded by the Yellow Turban General named Zhou Cang and Liao Hua, who just surrendered last night, is there really no problem? If they rebel against us again, we will all be left homeless. Zhang Fei was very worried and expressed his worries.
"Rest assured! As long as it is a general who surrenders to the lord, there are very few who surrender and rebel. The lord is a very attractive person. Isn't everyone attracted to him and surrounded by him? Li Qin smiled and said with relief.
"Well, that's right...... Zhang Fei imagined that he had put his worries aside for the time being.
Then, they stopped talking, just walked forward in a dull way, and just followed the front army from a distance.
After going on like this for more than an hour, the army ahead came to a halt. The rumbling drums sounded immediately. Li Qin and Zhang Fei listened attentively, and understood in their hearts that the army in front of them had already encountered the men and horses of the Yellow Turban Army.
Sure enough, the herald sent from the front soon after also informed Li Qin and Zhang Fei of the news: "The Yellow Turban Army has appeared. The enemy raised the banners of Bu, Xu, Sima, Zhang, Huang, etc., and the captain estimated that the generals of the Qingzhou Front of the Yellow Turban Army were basically here. ”
"Siege for reinforcements? It seems that they want to kill our reinforcements first, and then try to settle accounts with Qingzhou Thorn History. Li Qin muttered to himself.
"Hey, didn't you already settle this?" Zhang Fei didn't care about Li Qin's whisper. He looked at Li Qin, who seemed to be still calculating, shook his head slightly, and ordered loudly: "Boys." They all fluttered the flags we had prepared. We're going to put on a show here today. I've told you all about your role. Now you have to wave your flag and shout hard, and then you have to run hard. This is also an assessment of everyone, if anyone is so weak that they can't run, they can't run, and they are afraid of being driven to the back camp. Anyway, let's do our best. ”
"No!" The soldiers responded loudly, and immediately under the leadership of their respective commanders and commanders, they unfurled one after another bright military flags and shook them vigorously. The military flags were hunting and waving in the wind, and hundreds or thousands of flags were connected together, but they caused a huge momentum behind the front battle.
At this time, the earth-shattering shouting of killing rang out, and the atmosphere of slaughter filled the world.
"What the hell is going on up ahead?" Li Qin and Zhang Fei, who were behind the formation, couldn't see it very clearly, and they could only hear the relevant information from the waves of information sent by the front army:
"The two sides of the front army are already engaged!"
"Liu Bei and Guan Yu led the former army officers and soldiers to break into the Yellow Turban Army formation."
"Xu He, Huang Long, and Sima Ju of the Yellow Turban Army led heavy troops to besiege Liu Bei and Guan Yu, two generals."
"Liu Bei and Guan Yu were defeated and retreated to their own formation."
"The Yellow Turban Army is heavily attacking the main formation."
"Lord Zou Jing can't resist the impact of the Yellow Turban Army."
"Lord Zou Jing has decided to retreat, and he orders you to prepare accordingly."
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Hearing the order for the army to prepare to retreat, Zhang Fei's face finally showed an excited smile: "Ha, it's finally come to this point." ”
Of course, the excitement is not gloating over the defeat of the army, but the joy that today's story has finally come to an end. In fact, according to the design of everyone last night, the defeat of today's battle should have been necessary.
Only if we lose this battle today will the enemy become more and more arrogant, and they will think that they are easy to deal with, and then they will continue to attack themselves, and be led into the battlefield that has been prepared for a long time, and then they can be presented with a great feast - Li Qin thought so.
The current situation of the war is indeed developing as Li Qin thinks. Although I don't know how the battle ahead is going, judging from Zou Jing's methodical orders and preparing himself first, the outcome of this battle seems to be still under control.
Since this is the case, then ......
Li Qin nodded at Zhang Fei, and Zhang Fei gave an order: "Leave those who have and don't have it." Now we've got to get ready to go. By the way, you should all know how to escape. Well, pretend to run for me, whatever you do, just get me back to the barracks before the sun goes down in the afternoon. Okay, let's do it. ”
"Oh......" With Zhang Fei's order, everyone quickly ran away after responding, some of them went north, some went south, and some went west, except for the east where the enemy was destined to come, they could be said to be running everywhere. A pole and trumpet flag was miserably thrown to the ground, and quickly became dirty and broken as the soldiers stepped on it. They ran scattered, scattered in an orderly manner under the leadership of their respective commanders and chiefs, leaving a lot of traces on the ground. These traces were mixed with the "remnants of the defeated army" that retreated from the front, leaving evidence of "defeat like a mountain" on this flat land.
After that, Li Qin and Zhang Fei were defeated together for thirty miles after Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zou Jing, and brought back to the barracks the strength of the five remaining five of the ten stops, and in front of the Yellow Turban Army pursued by Xu He and Sima Ju, they deployed the formation with strong bows and crossbows, and put on an appearance of defending the camp and the village.
Xu He and Sima Ju led 10,000 pursuers to storm the official camp several times, but they never shook the defense of the camp. After dropping hundreds of corpses in front of the official camp, the Yellow Turbans, who had already won a victory, did not want to fight any longer. After seeing that the sun in the sky had turned to the west, Xu He and Sima Ju glared at the camp of the official army angrily, and left helplessly and unwillingly.
Looking at the backs of Xu He and Sima Ju slowly leaving with the Yellow Turban Army, everyone in the camp breathed a sigh of relief. With them gone, today's battle was finally completed according to plan. The next thing that happened was to gather the soldiers who had returned to camp all the way, reorganize their troops, and prepare for tomorrow's battle.
It's a wait, but it's also an exam. Zou Jing is not very optimistic about the results of this exam. After hearing that Li Qin and Zhang Fei acted more alike in order to defeat and escape, they actually ordered all the 2,000 soldiers in their hands to disperse and flee, and only agreed with them on the time and place of the rendezvous, Zou Jing shook his head again and again, shouting: "Wrong, wrong, you shouldn't be like this!" ”
In Zou Jing's view, soldiers should be strictly prevented and monitored. You can assign them to do anything, but that must be done on a certain scale. "Let them act in units, or what? It's like letting them run. Zou Jing thought so, and he bluntly said to Liu Bei: "Xuande, these troops you sent, if you can come back to three of the ten layers, even if you have the ability." ”
"Is there only so many?" Liu Bei smiled but said nothing more.
Zou Jing thought that Liu Bei was a little disheartened, so after comforting him a few words, he turned around and left. He didn't want to stay here to stimulate Liu Bei.
But he didn't want to leave not long after Liu Beijun's soldiers came back one after another. When it was dark for dinner, Liu Bei asked Li Qin to count the number of people in the barracks, and found that of the 2,000 people who were released, at least 1,800 returned. Although there are still more than 100 people who don't know what happened, and they don't know whether they encountered problems or became deserters, no matter what, more than ninety percent of them have returned, which is indeed a joyful thing for Liu Bei. That night, Liu Bei rewarded the whole army, and the joyful atmosphere even infected Zou Jing's military camp. Zou Jing heard that Liu Beijun had a large number of people coming back, and immediately lowered his head silently: "Xuande's ability to command the army, I might as well use it." Zou Jing thought that all this was the result of Liu Bei's mastery of the army, but he did not know that all this was a change after Li Qin suggested that Liu Bei adopt "ideological education".
Liu Bei himself understood this very well, so after the good student praised Li Qin, he became more and more determined to firmly implement the matter of "ideological education" in his army.
The middle of the night just passed. When it was time for the fourth watch, Li Qin asked Liu Bei to wake up the soldiers in the army. After some preparations, Liu Beijun's troops were divided into two thousand-man teams, led by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
“…… Yun Chang ambushed the troops in the north of the mountain, and Yide ambushed the troops on the right side of the mountain, just waiting for the sound of gold, you will send troops to respond, since the enemy's army rushed out in the middle of the middle to cut off their heads and tails, so that they could not take care of each other. Li Qin gave the order loudly.
"Nuo ......" For Li Qin's order, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei all took the order, turned around and led the troops away.
Li Qin and Liu Bei went to Zou Jing's camp together, and prepared the remaining more than 3,000 soldiers and horses to prepare to meet the Yellow Turban Army that would soon arrive. Li Qin estimated from the situation that Xu He and Sima Ju led 10,000 troops to attack the camp yesterday without success, and the Yellow Turban Army encountered today will inevitably be most of the men and horses under the command of Bu - if Bu has really wanted to completely destroy his support army, then he will inevitably face his main force towards him.
Li Qin explained his views to Zou Jing and Liu Bei, and both of them thought so.
So, everyone set out with troops, and yesterday at a glance, only a thousand people were left in the camp to guard the grain and grass.
Because it was a big battle, Li Qin put on a full-body cloak like an ordinary military general and lifted a black iron axe. This piece of equipment suddenly expanded his body, and people always felt a bit of the general's heroic spirit from him.