Chapter 139: The banner is in danger, and the lonely general will be determined
At that time, a thick fog shrouded both sides of the Yellow River, and the Mengjin ferry port was still pitch black, and nothing could be seen, only the sound of continuous waves hitting the shore could be heard. More than 10,000 iron horsemen had already left Mengjin Pass, turned to Ping County, and then disappeared into the morning fog in three ways.
The Kwantung Coalition Army naturally didn't know that Dong Zhuo had adjusted the deployment of the three passes, and he himself fled back to Luoyang City.
Even Wang Li didn't know if Dong Zhuo would give up Luoyang and move the capital to Chang'an, after all, at the moment when he asked Zilong to save the young emperor in Yong'an Palace and the Kwantung Coalition Army divided the troops into three ways, the history we know well has entered a turning point.
Therefore, the Kwantung coalition forces can only continue to act according to the plan agreed on last night.
At three o'clock, a round of golden sun slowly climbed up the mountain in the distance, and the bright light dispelled the mist on the Yellow River, and the river surface was sparkling with gold.
Yuan Shao, Wang Li, Cao Cao and others walked out of the big tent side by side, walked slowly on the riverside, looking at the city that was reflected in the Yellow River with the sparkling waves, his eyes were slightly small, today is really a good weather! Good weather for killing!
The flag in the herald's hand shook violently, and a trumpet rose into the sky in the barracks, and then a rapid war drum sounded, like thunder above the nine heavens, dense and urgent, and the earth cracked and the sky collapsed.
"Wow!"
Yuan Shao took the reins from the hands of the guards, stepped on the war horse with one foot, stepped on the front hooves of the crotch in mid-air, raised his head high, and with a long neigh, the sword in Yuan Shao's waist was unsheathed and stabbed into the sky.
"Kill!"
At the sound of an order, the horn was suspended, the drums of war stopped suddenly, but the voice in the barracks became more majestic.
Ninety thousand Kanto men roared out of the tent with shields, spears, broadswords, short swords, bows and crossbows.
Their steps are neat, like the waves of the Yellow River under their feet, and they hit people's hearts between their kicks. They shouted like a tidal wave, like thunder on a sunny day in the air, and the brawn of their chests was pregnant with the next more powerful explosion.
In front of them were thousands of boats, rafts, and fishermen, and behind them were thirty or twenty stone throwers and ladders.
Naturally, the boats and fishermen were hunted by the Kwantung coalition forces in nearby villages, and the rafts were created by cutting down large trees in the mountains overnight.
"Boom!"
Another war drum fell like a thunderbolt, and thousands of fishermen tore off their clothes with a "swoop", revealing their dark muscles and ribbed tendons bare-chested, carrying the boat and raft on their shoulders and running into the river, and then put them in the water, and turned over on the raft with both hands like fish in the water.
When more than 40,000 allied troops came out of the great array, and when all of them boarded the boats, all the fishermen shouted in unison, and the penny was held up in the middle of the river, and thousands of boats and rafts flew to the opposite bank like thousands of arrows off the string.
"Buzz!"
The drums of war stopped again, and the trumpets sounded again. The remaining more than 50,000 soldiers, wearing battle armor, waists, hips, bows and crossbows, holding a guard in one hand and a shield in the other, took a calm step, escorting or carrying or pushing more than 2,000 people with ladders, rushing vehicles, and stone throwers to the Mengjin pontoon bridge, followed by Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Wang Li and other commanders and generals, and stepped onto the pontoon bridge.
The heavy siege equipment and a group of soldiers pressed the pontoon bridge into the water by a foot, and the pontoon bridge also creaked, but the soldiers' faces did not change, and the pace remained steady.
The war horses neighed, and the Yellow River roared.
"Stop!"
Seeing that he was only more than 250 steps away from Mengjin Pass, Yuan Shao raised his hand violently, shouted loudly, and 90,000 soldiers stopped moving, or stood still, or stopped at the bow of the boat, or stood on the bridge
Holding high swords, ladders and flags, stone throwers and city trucks have adjusted their positions and angles and loaded stone bullets.
"Dang!"
More than 30,000 soldiers stomped on their heads, bed crossbows, stretch crossbows, waist crossbows, carved bows, tiger bows and horn bows stretched out of the arrows.
The three generals stood with their swords in the wind, their eyes were scorching, their iron armor was shining, and their robes were fluttering, and they were the defeated generals of the Kwantung Coalition Army in the past, and the generals under Dong Zhuo, Meng Jin, the deputy generals Xu Rong, Li Meng and Zhao Cen.
"Huh?" Yuan Shao looked at the three generals at the head of the city, and turned his head in confusion, "Meng De, Deyu, are that Xu Nanyi, Zhao Cen, and Li Meng?" ”
Cao Cao took a few steps forward on his war horse, raised his eyes towards the city, turned his head and replied: "It is indeed the three of Xu Nanyi, but Dong Thief and his subordinates Lu Bu, Hua Xiong, and Zhang Ji are not in the city, it is really strange!" ”
Only Xu Rong, Zhao Cen and Li Meng? Where did Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, Hua Xiong and others go?
It won't be hiding in a corner of the city, waiting for my army to attack the city and then suddenly give us a blow to the waist!
Wang Li let go of the horse and came to Cao Cao's side, looking at the city suspiciously, Mengjin Pass closed the door and locked it, and the terrain under the gate was open and flat, with no place for the ruins and remnants, and there was no hidden mountain bag boulder. What kind of medicine does this old fox sell?
A ray of sunlight shone on the city, and the black wolf banner on the city was waving in the wind, casting a long shadow under the city, and the figures of the three generals were also accompanied by one side, lonely and lonely.
Wang Li's heart suddenly moved, and he turned to Cao Cao, only to see that Cao Cao was also suspicious: Dong Zhuo wouldn't be so shameless, right?
It's so shameless!
Cao Cao seemed to have guessed Wang Li's thoughts, nodded and sighed: "Deyu, although this matter is incredible, but I'm afraid that you and I have really guessed it, Cao thought that Dong Zhongying would definitely not be in the pass at this time."
At the beginning, Zhicai said in the army that Dong Zhongying was a person who was ungrateful and suspicious. In his heart, no one's life is as precious as his own. Xu Nanyi, Hua Wenying and others have all been captured by us, isn't he afraid that Xu Nanyi and others will cooperate with us inside and outside?
Yesterday, we waited for the formation to kill the three generals of Xiliang, and those with a little insight can guess that today we will capture Mengjin with the momentum of a great victory. But this Dong Zhongying did not show up in the city to stabilize the morale of the army, and the brave generals under his command Lu Bu, Dong, Zhang Xiu and others were nowhere to be seen, so it can be seen that Dong Zhongying must not be in the city at this time. ”
"What did Hua Xiong say?"
"Xu Nanyi, Zhao Cen, and Li Meng are stationed here, Hua Xiong must have gone to other passes as well!" Cao Cao raised the horsewhip in his hand and pointed at the three generals at the head of the city.
Wang Li slowly exhaled the evil breath in his heart and sighed: "But how dare he do this? When the war came, as the commander of the first army, he not only fled quietly, but also blatantly borrowed the sword of our own command to kill the generals under his command, so he was not afraid that the soldiers under his command would fall apart with him and rebel? ”
Cao Cao shook his head and said, "He dares to do this!" I'd rather bear the people of the world than the people of the world bear me! Dong Zhongying's heroic posture, treacherous and cruel by nature, but also quite capable of arranging troops to fight and kill, and making generous moves, won the support of his generals and soldiers.
But this person is suspicious, he will revenge, he has a strong desire to control, he can't tolerate any betrayal or even questioning by any of the soldiers under his command, and he regards his life as more important than his family and country, so I believe that he will definitely do this kind of thing!
A few days ago, our Kwantung Coalition Army divided its troops into three passes and looked at Kyoto from afar. Dong Zhongying came in a hurry, and caught up with a big battle,
Losing three generals again, the morale of the Xiliang army was low, and Luoyang was close at hand.
In addition to the dangerous terrain, there is nothing else to rely on, how can Dong Zhongying sit safely? In Cao's humble opinion, Dong Zhuo may have gone to Luoyang at this moment! ”
Hey, I'm afraid that this Dong Zhuo is really being said by Meng De!
Wang Li nodded, looked at the three generals who were dedicated to their duties at the head of the city, and sighed: It's a pity that these loyal and loyal people, Xu Nanyi is brave and resourceful, and can bend and stretch, Zhao Cen and Li Mengshe forget to die, and once Dong Thief has a suspicious heart, he will abandon it like a mustard!
The two looked at each other and shook their heads, Yuan Shao patted his crotch and the two of them: "Meng De, Deyu, how is Guanzhong?" ”
"This is a godsend!"
The two of them laughed, although their hearts were full of regret, but they lifted up a shallow smile on their faces, and gradually piled up their faces, like two flowers that had just bloomed.
Yuan Shao didn't know what he meant, Wang Li also rode out lightly, stopped at the place where he was a stone's throw away, and pointed his horse whip at the head of the city and shouted: "Dong Zhongying is there?" Come out and answer! ”
Xu Rong slowly walked to the mouth of the arrow in a military uniform, looked at Wang Li and said lightly: "Wang Deyu, you are just a reckless, the body of a daughter of the country, how can you see it if you want to see it?" ”
"Haha, it's not that Wang wants to see it, I'm afraid that Dong Zhongying is not in the city at all!" A shout was like a thunderbolt falling at the juncture, and the Xiliang soldiers at the head of the city were suddenly in an uproar, and the crowd was excited.
No wonder I didn't see Xiang Guo and Lu Zhonglang today, no wonder I didn't see any of the elite people around Xiang Guo!
Xu Rong glanced coldly at everyone in the city, and pointed at Wang Li with a long knife out of its sheath and shouted: "Wang Li is a thief, Your Majesty sits in the Eastern Capital, and the country is a herdsman on behalf of the sky, loyal and filial piety, benevolent and righteous, and dedicated to the country."
As important ministers of the imperial court, you and I should fulfill our duties and guard the country for Your Majesty, how dare you speak of righteousness and start a war lightly, and provoke a war for no reason to cause misery to the people? Today, I am even separated by the whereabouts of Xiangguo, Sergeant Xiliang? ”
"Haha! What a loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, scolding well! Wang Li raised his head and looked at the soldiers at the head of the city looking up to the sky and smiled, "The bones of the first emperor are not cold, and the grass in the tomb is not born, and the Dong thief plots to usurp the throne, and kills the minister in vain to plot the young emperor, and His Majesty does not leave the court, can it be described as loyal?"
You Xu Nanyi, Hua Wenying and others were ordered to guard the Tiger Prison, but they were defeated and captured, but their hearts were towards the old master, and they were still loyal and forgot to die, but Dong Thief was suspicious and abandoned them, which can be described as righteousness?
We waited for His Majesty to shepherd one side, and we should love the people like sons, and Dong thieves will slaughter the people wantonly with the title of chaotic people, which can be described as benevolence? The mother of the Dong thief is dedicated to the Buddha, but the Dong thief is good at killing the people and repeatedly violating the peace of heaven, where does the filial piety come from?
It seems that this disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous generation, everyone will be punished, Xu Nanyi, you are actually regarded as the lord, and you are not afraid of dishonoring your ancestors! Do you dare to tell the army in the city tower that the Dong thief has abandoned you and fled to Luoyang! ”
Wang Li was still just guessing, but now he was speaking categorically, as if he had seen it with his own eyes. Xu Rong suddenly changed color, Xiangguo's army was only in the middle of the night, how did Wang Li know?
But he saw that Li Meng had already pulled out the long sword in his waist and slashed it fiercely on the city, and the stone chips flew sideways: "Wang Deyu, if you want to fight, you will fight, where is there so much nonsense?" ”
"The defeated generals are also worthy of fighting with Wang!" Wang Li let out a long roar and rode under the city, stretched his bow and set up an arrow, and a sharp arrow pierced the flagpole at the head of the city through the cold wind and fell into the city pass, and the black wolf flag was shaky. A long song then sounded, desolate and pathetic, lingering in the city for a long time and could not be dispersed.
"The corners of the earth are cold, and the sky is singing and the clouds are flying. The banner is about to be broken, what will be the lonely general? ”