Chapter 166: The Xuzhou War Strikes and the Marriage is Revisited
Sun Quan and others fled all the way, and finally fled to the city of Guangling, after the defeat of the male in Linquandu, Xu Sheng also went to Sheyang to help the battle, and only a captain of the Jiangdong Army was left in Guangling City. This time, there were only a few hundred soldiers and horses left, could it be that the 20,000-strong army was almost wiped out? Fortunately, I didn't go to Sheyang, otherwise I might not have been able to come back alive!
The son and the lord are siblings, why is there such a big difference? The lord is invincible in all attacks, but the son is defeated in three battles, this is really no special heavenly reason!
Jiangdong Army complained in his heart, and at the same time asked people to quickly open the city gate to welcome Sun Quan and others into the city, when the Jiangdong Military Captain took the rank army Sima Jun to wait for the city, everyone flashed a tacit look, this wave of earnings!
The sergeant of the Jiangdong Army opened the city gate, and everyone saw Sun Quan and others coming to the front and bowed urgently: "I will wait to meet the generals of Gongzi!" ”
Sun Quan was very angry in his heart, waved his hand impatiently and ordered everyone to retreat, and said as he entered the city: "General Huang, Guangling City is high and deep, and there are still 3,000 soldiers in the city, can we defend Guangling City?" ”
Sun Quan has asked this question several times along the way, after all, there is only so much left of his military exploits, the Jiangdong Army has lost more than 20,000 soldiers in this battle, if he abandons Guangling City and retreats to Jiangdong, then he will be considered to have nothing to gain, and he is aggrieved!
Huang Gai shook his head slightly, and replied again: "Childe, the money, food, and ordnance in Guangling City have been emptied, and this place is just an empty city now, if we hold on to Guangling City, we will be trapped here by the enemy army, and then the lord will have to continue to send troops to the Guangling army in order to rescue us." Cao Cao's reinforcements have arrived, if the lord leads the army to come again, a big battle will break out between our two armies, Yuan Yao led the army to watch from the side, no matter whether we win or lose this battle, the Jiangdong foundation will be coveted by Yuan Yao! ”
When Huang Gai said this, he persuaded with a little pleading: "Childe, this matter will affect the whole body at once, and you must not do it!" ”
When Sun Quan heard this, he also knew that the idea of sticking to Guangling would definitely not work, looking at this posture, even if Huang Gai and them disobeyed the military order, they would definitely not let him continue to stay in Guangling, Sun Quan had an idea, and thought of a clever plan: "Then how about I learn Yuan Yao's method and move the people of Guangling to Jiangdong?" Guangling City has a population of more than 100,000, and it would be a good thing if it could be replenished by these populations! ”
Huang Gai sighed and said: "This method sounds good, but I'm afraid that Chen Deng will not give us the opportunity to migrate the people, Guangling City is an important city in Guangling County, Chen Deng will definitely send a large army to fight for it, I'm afraid that Chen Deng's pursuers are about to arrive at this time!" ”
"Report !!"
Just when Sun Quan was thinking about it, a sergeant suddenly came to report: "The soldiers and horses of Guangling took a boat down the river and went straight to Guangling City, and saw that there were about 5,000 soldiers and horses!" ”
Huang Gai and the others heard the sergeant's report, and hurriedly looked up at Sun Quan, waiting for his decision, Sun Quan saw the eyes of the three people, and could only sigh, and said: "Set fire to the Chen family mansion and the county government office, so as to delay the time to pursue the troops, and the army quickly assembled and retreated to Jiangdong!" ”
"No! I'm waiting for my orders! ”
Regardless of whether Sun Quan was venting his anger or really delaying the time to pursue the soldiers, Huang Gai and the others did not disobey Sun Quan's military orders again, and the generals divided two teams of sergeants to set fire to the Chen mansion and the county government office, and then led the assembled soldiers and horses out of the city decisively, and the three thousand soldiers and horses went straight to Jiangdong.
Chen Zhong came to the outside of Guangling City, saw the fire in the city, and hurriedly entered the city to save the life, he only had thousands of soldiers under his command, and the Jiangdong Army also had 3,000 soldiers and horses.
When Chen Zhong led the army to extinguish the fire and rushed to the Yangtze River, the Jiangdong soldiers and horses had already left by boat and returned to Jiangdong.
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Xuzhou, outside the city of Tangyi, Yuan Yao's camp.
Yuan Yao led 5,000 infantry to sit outside the city of Tangyi, and the defenders in the city also reached a certain tacit understanding with Yuan Yao's army, Yuan Yao did not send troops to attack the city, and the defenders of Tangyi did not go out of the city to attack and disturb, Yuan Yao ordered his iron cavalry to collect the money and grain population of the western counties of Guangling County, while sitting and watching the battle between the Jiangdong army and the Guangling soldiers and horses, as well as Cao Cao's army and Liu Bei.
The people of Guangling County were originally a little reluctant to move, but with the news of the Jiangdong Army's attack on Guangling County, these people also became a lot more cooperative.
Yuan Yao's reputation has risen since he led the army, which can also bring some peace to these people.
Yuan Yao had already guessed that the Jiangdong army would send troops out of Dantu to attack Guangling City, and Cao Cao's army would send troops out of Xudu to attack Xiapi, and he had already ordered Jinyi Wei to set up a lot of sentinels in these places, compared with other parties, Yuan Yao's intelligence would come more quickly.
Sun Quan's army had just arrived at Guangling City, Yuan Yao had already received information, Guangling County pretended to send troops but actually ambushed outside Guangling City, although it was hidden from the sentinels in Jiangdong, but it was not hidden from Yuan Yao's Jinyi Guard, after all, it was Yuan Yao's army that went to meet the battle, and Yuan Yao's army did not encounter this army of soldiers and horses, so it is conceivable where this army of soldiers and horses will lurk.
Yuan Yao sat in the tent and looked at the two pieces of information in his hand, one was the news that Chen Deng had sent 10,000 troops to meet his own army, but in the end, he was nowhere to be found, and he suspected that he had secretly returned to Guangling; And another piece of information is the news that Sun Quan raised 20,000 troops to the city of Guangling.
After Yuan Yao saw these two pieces of information, he couldn't help but shake his head, after Sun Ce recovered the land of Jiangdong in history, he ordered Sun Quan to lead the army to attack Guangling County, but Sun Quan was played by Chen Deng and half died, and finally had to be defeated and returned.
Yuan Yao looked at this piece of information, and basically affirmed the outcome of this battle, and said happily in his heart: Sun 100,000, Sun 100,000, brother has changed so much history, I didn't expect you to still have to go through this experience, it seems that you are destined to be invincible!
Pang Tong walked into the tent and saw Yuan Yao alone there, and said, "The lord summoned me, I don't know what happened?" Seeing that the lord's face is happy, but what good things have happened? ”
Yuan Yao pushed the two pieces of information on the table to Pang Tong and said, "Shiyuan can read it for himself." ”
Pang Tong picked up the two pieces of information suspiciously, and after reading them, he bowed down and said, "Congratulations to the lord!" ”
Yuan Yao was happy in his heart and said, "Oh? What do I like? ”
Pang Tong replied: "Guangling County belongs to the land of Jianghuai, but now it can only be forced to give up to Jiangdong, so that the lord cannot fully control the land of Jianghuai, it is really a pity and hateful!" Now that the defeat of the Jiangdong Army has been revealed, it shows that the land of Guangling is not so easy to attack! If Chen Deng can make the Jiangdong army lose troops and return in vain, and let him make a wedding dress for our army in vain, wouldn't this be a great joy for the lord? ”
Yuan Yao smiled slightly and said, "In Shiyuan's opinion, doesn't this information need to be handed over to Jiangdong?" ”
Pang Tong smiled and said, "Didn't the lord already make a decision?" Why do you ask me any more? ”
Yuan Yao laughed a few times and said, "Sun Quan is still young and eager to make meritorious contributions, and it is inevitable that he will be a little impatient when he uses soldiers, which is not a good thing!" In that case, let's let him learn a lesson, this can be regarded as a gift of adulthood given to him by my brother Dai Bo Fu! ”
Pang Tong also laughed a few times and said, "The lord is wise! ”
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The next day, the defeat report of the Jiangdong army was really sent, Sun Quan was defeated and took Guangling, Jiangdong general Huang Gai led 5,000 troops to help, which blocked Guangling's pursuers and saved Sun Quan, Sun Quan defeated the army and Huang Gai's troops and horses after joining forces, camped on the spot and prepared to fight Guangling City again.
Yuan Yao saw that Sun Quan really couldn't escape from Chen Deng's clutches, and couldn't help but be happy in his heart, when Yuan Yao and Pang Tong were discussing the follow-up battle in Guangling County, suddenly two military reports came: Guangling Chen Deng abandoned Guangling City, and the army retreated straight to Gaoyou Sheyang, and Chen Deng also led the fleet to take away the money and grain in Guangling City; Cao Cao took the generals Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan as the vanguard, and led an army of 100,000 to attack Xuzhou.
After the two read the battle report, Yuan Yao said: "The battle between Cao Cao and Liu Bei has finally broken out, Shi Yuan, what do you think of this battle?" ”
Pang Tong pondered for a moment and said: "Cao Cao's soldiers are strong and strong, Liu Bei's army is unstable, Cao Cao's victory in this battle is greater, but Xia Picheng is strong and easy to defend, if Liu Bei can't wait for Yuan Shao's reinforcements, this battle is also a little difficult to say, now it depends on how long Liu Bei can hold out, and when Yuan Shao will send troops!" ”
Yuan Yao pondered for a while and said, "Chen Deng abandoned Guangling City, Jiangdong soldiers and horses will definitely rise up to pursue, and the next battlefield in Guangling County will definitely be in Sheyang Gaoyoudai; Now Cao Cao and Liu Bei have started a big war, and the two wars started at the same time, and there are many variables in Xuzhou. Our army has collected a lot of money and food from the people these days, and the harvest has been very rich, so the herald will take back all the iron cavalry sent out, and our army will shrink its strength at this time to wait for the times to change! ”
Pang Tong nodded and replied: "The lord is wise, the situation in Xuzhou is difficult and dangerous, at this time, my army should indeed shrink its strength and wait for the opportunity, and the minister will go to send someone to give orders!" ”
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A day later, the news of Sun Quan's defeat of Linquandu reached Yuan Yao's camp again.
Yuan Yao glanced at the military report, Sun Quan pursued with light troops, but unexpectedly, nearly half of the 5,000 soldiers and horses were killed and wounded in Linquandu, and Sun Quan had already led the remnants of the army to retreat to Gaoyou City.
After Pang Tong read the military report, he was overjoyed, laughed a few times, and said: "Congratulations to the lord, the result of the battle of Guangling can basically be decided, unless Sun Ce uses his army to go straight to Sheyang City to defeat Chen Deng in one fell swoop, otherwise Sun Quan will have no power to return to heaven!" However, Sun Ce had to guard against the lord firing his back road, he would definitely not lead the army to come, and Guangling County could be regarded as defending. ”
Yuan Yao smiled slightly and said, "With Sun Ce's temperament and his love for Sun Quan, he will definitely send reinforcements again to help Sun Quan attack Sheyang, why is Shi Yuan so sure of this victory?" ”
Pang Tong chuckled a few times and asked rhetorically: "The Jiangdong Army has lost two battles in a row, and the army must be unstable and demoralized, and even if Sun Ce sends reinforcements again, it will be in vain." ”
"What's more, to see the victory or defeat of a war, it still depends on the ability of the leader of the army, Sun Quan was defeated by Chen Deng twice, it can be seen that his ability to use troops is not as good as Chen Deng! Sun Quan failed to defeat Chen Deng under Guangling City, which was close to Jiangdong and had plenty of support, let alone Sheyang City, which was a hundred miles away and had difficulty in supporting? ”
"Moreover, Cao Cao's army has already reached Xiapi, and it is expected that Chen Deng has already asked people to ask for help, if it was before, Cao Cao was going to fight with Liu Bei, whether he would send reinforcements to rescue the Guangling army was still between the two. But now that Chen Deng's talent has been fully revealed, with Cao Cao's love for talent, he will definitely not sit back and watch Chen Deng die in battle! The Jiangdong army is unstable and demoralized, as long as Cao Cao's reinforcements arrive, the Jiangdong army will definitely collapse without a fight, so it can be seen that the result of this battle has been decided! ”
Yuan Yao nodded and smiled, and said, "Shi Yuan's eyes are insightful, which shows people's hearts!" The defeat of the Jiangdong Army in Guangling County is a great thing for us, and now it will be Sun Ce's turn to be embarrassed! Okay, Chen Deng is guarding well, hahahaha......"
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In the past few days, news from the Guangling battlefield and the Xiapi battlefield has been continuously sent to Yuan Yao's camp.
"Sun Ce once again sent 5,000 soldiers and horses to support Sun Quan, and Xu Sheng, the general of Guangling, led these 5,000 soldiers and horses to Sheyang to help in the battle."
"After Sun Quanhui and Huang Gai's rear army, with Huang Gai as the general, he led all the soldiers and horses to attack Sheyang City in a desperate way."
Cao Cao personally led the rear army to Xiapi, and his troops were divided into three routes, and the soldiers and horses were under the control of Xu Huang and Le Jin's lovers, and went to attack the prime minister; All the way the soldiers and horses were under the control of Zhang Liao and Yu Ban, and went straight to Xiaopei. ”
"Cao Cao personally led a large army to attack Xiapi, Liu Bei could not hold out, Cao's army began to attack the city, the two sides fought hard for a day, and the moat of Xiapi City was filled in by Cao's army!"
"Guan Yu did not return to the army to lower the prime minister, the lower prime minister city has been broken by the Cao army, and the 10,000 defenders in the lower prime minister city have all surrendered to the Cao army, and the soldiers and horses of Guan Yu's department are nowhere to be found."
"There was an abnormality in the Cao army in Xiaxiang City, Le Jin led an army of 10,000 to return to Xiapi, and Xu Huang led an army of 20,000 to Xiaopei."
"Cao Cao led the army to attack the city with Cao Ren as the general, and the two sides fought again for a day, and the moat outside Xiapi City had been filled by Cao's army."
"Xu Huang used the 10,000 surrendered army and Guan Yu's banner as bait to lure Zhang Fei out of the city to rescue, Zhang Fei was defeated and only fled, Xiaopei has been occupied by Cao Jun, and Cao Jun is currently rushing back to Xiapi City in the starry night!"
"Jiangdong soldiers and horses are besieging and shooting, and the soldiers and horses have suffered heavy casualties, and the two sides are still in a big battle!"
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Yuan Yao and Pang Tong looked at the endless battle reports, their brows furrowed more and more, Pang Tong arched his hand slightly, and said: "Lord, the situation in Xiapi is not good, I'm afraid Liu Bei won't be able to defend it for long if it goes on like this!" ”
Lu Su had also returned to Tangyi at this time, and then said: "Most of Liu Bei's soldiers and horses are Cao's soldiers, as long as the two sides start a white-edged battle, then the time to decide the situation of this battle will come, if Liu Bei can hold on for a day, then this battle will still be fought, I am afraid that Liu Bei's soldiers and horses will suddenly collapse without a fight!" The outcome of this battle must have been between these two days. ”
Yuan Yao thought about this battle in history, Liu Bei seemed to have sent troops to attack Cao's camp at night, and finally fell into Cao Cao's ambush, which led to a rapid defeat in this battle, Liu Enbi not only lost Xuzhou but also his brothers and wives were also separated.
Yuan Yao thought of this and said, "Do you think Liu Bei has the possibility of attacking Cao Ying at night with a desperate blow?" ”
Lu Su frowned slightly, and said: "I'm afraid not, Cao Cao uses soldiers like a god, how can he not take precautions when he is camping?" Liu Bei shouldn't be so careless, right? ”
Pang Tong smiled slightly, and said: "Liu Bei is ambitious, this matter is not impossible, if he continues to defend the city, he will definitely be defeated, if he goes out of the city to rob the camp and fights hard, he may still have the possibility of turning the tables." What's more, how Guan Yu didn't know where he was, he must be ambushed near Xiapi, and Liu Bei took Guan Yu as a countermeasure, and this matter is very likely! If Liu Bei wants to go out of the city to rob the camp, it must be tonight and tomorrow, and especially tonight is the most likely, it seems that until tomorrow, you will be able to know who belongs to Xuzhou in this victory! ”
Lu Su shook his head slightly, and said: "If Liu Bei wants to win, this is indeed the only way to go, it seems that the result of this battle has been decided." ”
Everyone sighed in their hearts, Yuan Yao glanced at the two of them, and said, "We still need Cao Cao to drag Yuan Shao for us, if Cao Cao wins, this will be the best result." Passed the forest to Zhang Xutuo, and ordered him to lead the army to collect the 5,000 Xuzhou troops who surrendered the Huaishui camp in the name of helping the war, and break the Xu County to plunder the money and grain of the people here! ”
Pang Tong smiled bitterly and said: "Now it can only be like this, collect as many benefits as possible, and let the minister go to give orders." ”
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Liu Bei went out of the city to attack Cao Ying at night, but the news of the defeat of the ambush came, Yuan Yao glanced at the military report, and said secretly in his heart: Liu Bei fled north to Yuan Shao, Hebei, but he didn't expect Guan Yu to temporarily surrender to Cao Cao in the end, it seems that Guan Erye will inevitably ride thousands of miles after five passes and six passes, and the inertia of history is really so powerful!!!
Yuan Yao handed the battle report in his hand to Pang Tong and the two, let them both read it, and said: "The battle of Xiapi has already had a result, Cao Cao will definitely send reinforcements to Chen Deng, and the battle of Sheyang should also have a result, should we send this information to Jiangdong in exchange for a favor?" ”
Pang Tong arched his hand and replied: "Lord, our army is sitting back and watching Sun Quan defeat, Sun Ce must have hated the lord to the core, even if this military letter is sent to the past, Jiangdong may not remember the lord's favor." Instead of thinking about this, the lord should think about how to marry our mistress, and come to be more practical. ”