Chapter 263: Supporting Wancheng
With the blessing of Yun Qi, Zhang Liao easily suppressed Guan Yu, who was basically fighting alone, and firmly gained the upper hand.
And the battle situation has also been stabilized, Guan Yu's army has been wiped out, except for a small group of stubborn resistance, the others have been wiped out.
Just when Zhang Liao thought that the war was decided, he suddenly found that the sound of a large army marching appeared from behind. Zhang Liao's face froze, this is the army coming from the direction of Guan Yu's camp, and it must be friend or foe.
At this time, although Guan Yu's soldiers on the battlefield no longer have much combat power, the physical strength of Zhang Liao's army has also consumed a lot, and it is slightly damaged, and it really catches up
"Hurry up and clean up the battlefield, the remnants of the enemy army are coming again!" Zhang Liao shouted.
Contrary to Zhang Liao, Guan Yu was excited, and after a little thought, he knew that it was Liu Ye who was not worried that he led the army to the rescue.
"Hold on, everybody! Reinforcements are coming! Guan Yu said excitedly. At this time, his trace of mustard and estrangement towards Liu Ye disappeared completely. After this battle, Guan Yu understood that it was really not good to lead the troops to fight without a powerful strategist around him. No, if you're not careful, you'll be tricked!
When Guan Yu's army heard this, their morale instantly increased, and they were about to give up resistance and fought stubbornly again. Finally, Liu Ye led the army to kill and fight with the army under Zhang Liao.
With the assistance of this new force, Guan Yu's sword technique once again recovered to its original ability to overwhelm Zhang Liao. And the army under Zhang Liao was also pressed by the soldiers brought by Liu Ye, and the situation began to favor Guan Yu's army again.
However, before Guan Yu could be happy for a while, there was another shout of killing on the side, and countless torches flashed in the darkness, as if there were countless enemy troops killing in this direction.
Guan Yu and Liu Ye were shocked when they saw this scene.
"Withdraw!" Liu Ye shouted.
And Guan Yu also shouted when he heard this: "Withdraw the army!" After speaking, he picked up Zhang Liao's halberd with a knife, turned around and fled.
The look of shock on Zhang Liao's face flashed, and then he immediately regained his composure and shouted, "Our reinforcements are also here!" Kill, don't let the enemy go! Not a single one to stay! ”
The situation reversed again, and Zhang Liao led his soldiers to play the role of pursuers, frantically chasing and killing Guan Yu and Liu Ye's army.
I don't know when, the sky is white. Zhang Liao, who was rushing at the front of the army, looked at the few remaining Guan Yu's army who were frantically fleeing in the distance, and glanced at the soldiers who had been exhausted after fighting all night, and gently raised his right hand to stop the soldiers behind him.
"The enemy army is gone, let's go back to the camp."
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"Xiaozhi, thanks to your quick wit this time, otherwise I would have won a miserable victory even if I won tonight."
That's so many reinforcements! Zhang Liao knew very well that the so-called reinforcements were actually the part of the personal soldiers led by Fa Zheng who escaped a little in advance. Even coming to the rescue is a drop in the bucket, and the large number of torches before is just a bluff.
Fa Zheng didn't have the leisure to joke with Zhang Liao at this time, looking at the remaining more than 5,000 soldiers around him, as well as the more than 4,000 prisoners pulled down by Guan Yu, his eyes were slightly solemn, and he muttered: "Isn't this a tragic victory?" ”
Zhang Liao looked at Fa Zheng's slightly lost soul and said with relief: "This is already the best ending!" This time, Guan Yu's army is not more than a thousand, and we still have so many soldiers, which is already a big victory. ”
Yang Xiu also nodded when he heard this. It was indeed the best ending he could think of. You must know that they are not an army of fish belly, Guan Yu plus Liu Ye, and an army of 50,000, they are probably not opponents head-on. Fortunately, Guan Yu's personality has a relatively large weakness, and there is a gap between him and Liu Ye, so he can be set.
Fa Zheng was only in a low mood for a while, and soon he eased up: "What are you going to do next, Wen Yuan?" Will you continue to support Wancheng or retreat first? ”
With so few soldiers left, it stands to reason that Zhang Liao has no other choice but to withdraw his troops. But Fa Zheng knew that Zhang Liao would definitely not withdraw his troops like this.
Zhang Liao looked at the few soldiers under his command, and a trace of firmness flashed in his eyes: "Xiaozhi, you take two thousand soldiers to suppress these captives and withdraw first." I went with the rest of my army to support Wancheng. ”
Fa Zheng looked at Zhang Liao and said solemnly: "Wen Yuan, you understand. Now going to Wancheng can be said to be nine deaths, are you sure you want to go? ”
Zhang Liao nodded: "Wancheng is an important town of our army, and there is no room for failure." Don't worry, I will never act recklessly on this trip, if I can't keep it, I will definitely take Wen Ping to kill it together. ”
"I'll go with you!" Fa Zheng said with a smile, and then turned his head to look at Yang Xiu: "Senior brother, the matter of escorting the captives will be handed over to you." ”
Yang Xiu looked at Fa Zheng with a little worry: "Senior brother, are you sure you want to go?" Your current state, or I would have gone with General Wenyuan! ”
Fa Zheng smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I've done such cruel things, what else is there to worry about?" Go with confidence, and if possible, bring a large army to support us. ”
Yang Xiu looked at Fa Zheng and nodded with a little respect. Indeed, at this time, it was more appropriate for Fa Zheng to follow Zhang Liao's side, and Yang Xiu's strategy was not enough to deal with this situation. With so many captives, you must have a reliable person to escort you, and you are the best choice.
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Under the city of Wancheng, Zhang Fei watched his siege this time easily repelled by Wen Ping, and he hated it in his heart.
"Where did this clerk come from? Why is the ability to defend the city so strong! Zhang Fei said with hatred in his heart.
For so many days, his offense has been a rare gain. Not to mention how many enemy troops have been killed, even the city walls have not been climbed a few times. The ability of Wen Ping to mobilize soldiers and commanders is too strong, but the 30,000 guards make it difficult for his 50,000 army to even touch the city wall.
"General, such a siege is completely in vain to increase casualties, let's wait for the siege first but not attack, wait for the news from General Guan or Cao Cao!" After several days of meaningless siege of the city, the deputy general finally couldn't help it and dissuaded.
Wancheng, a military town, coupled with such a good general as Wen Ping, is really a hard nut to bite. Not to mention that there are only 50,000 troops now, even at the beginning, a total of 100,000 troops with Guan Yu may be difficult to take for a while.
"Damn! I knew that it was like this, and I should have taken Wancheng first with my brother at the beginning! Zhang Fei shouted angrily.
Wenpin has always been inconspicuous, and in the first battle of Jingzhou, he directly surrendered Yuan Shu under the persuasion of the family, and he did not show any ability. Who would have thought that this soft bone in everyone's eyes would be so difficult to deal with!
Zhang Fei didn't send people to persuade Wen Ping, but he was directly scolded by Wen Ping. The other party seems to be really loyal, or he has no interest in defecting to Liu Bei.
But it's no wonder that Wenpin is like this. Although Yuan Shu was calculated by Liu Bei this time and almost fell into danger, it is a person who is strong and who is weak on both sides can see clearly. Why did Wen Ping give up the powerful Yuan Shu to defect to Liu Bei, who had no future? Unless the city is captured, Wen Ping will not even think about this problem.
Wen Ping is also virtuous, and the first time he surrendered was because Liu Biao was not his lord at all, and Liu Biao also surrendered to Yuan Shu. And what kind of thing is Liu Bei, a lucky royal grassroots, why did he surrender? If he surrenders when he encounters an enemy, who will dare to reuse him in the future?
Just like Zhang Han at the end of Qin, the first surrender to Xiang Yu is forgotten, because there is such a fig leaf as anti-violent Qin. The second time Liu Bang wanted to persuade him, he would rather die than give in, which is also the reason. The ancients valued the name festival, and ordinary people really couldn't do such a shameless thing, especially a famous general like him. Surrender is risky, isn't Yu Ban a typical negative example!