Chapter 277: Calculation within Calculation
Cao Cao led an army of 50,000 to attack Runan County with Yu Ban as the main general Le Jin as the deputy general, and the Yellow Turban Army was defeated in three battles, and Liu Bi and Gong Du could only lead the army to retreat to the line of Ruyang and Nanton. Liu Pi led 30,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Ruyang City, and Gong Du led 20,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Nantun City.
Just when Li Siye's troops and horses attacked Pingyu City, Cao Jun and the Yellow Turban Army were not idle, Yu Ban and Le Jin also used the strategy of encircling the point to send reinforcements, Yu Ban led 20,000 soldiers and horses to attack Nanton City at night, and Le Jin led 30,000 soldiers and horses to ambush between Ruyang City and Nanton City, preparing to ambush Liu Pi's troops and horses to reinforce the troops.
However, although Yu Ban and Le Jin fought very well, with the news of the battle of Jiangdong, Yuan Yao's generals Yue Fei and Gan Ning relied on the plan to encircle the point to destroy the 20,000 soldiers and horses of Jiangdong's generals Jiang Qin and Zhou Tai's troops in one fell swoop.
After seeing the fire in Nanton City, Liu Pi reacted immediately, this must be Cao Jun's strategy.
But Cao Jun's plan can also be regarded as a conspiracy, the reason why Yu Ban and Le Jin chose to attack Nanton City instead of attacking Ruyang City is because Ruyang City is located in the northwest direction of Nanton City, and Nanton City is closer to the hinterland of Runan County, which is the back road of Liu Pi's troops and horses. As long as Cao's army attacks Nanton City, Liu Pi must go to support, otherwise if Cao's army captures Nanton City, Liu Pi's troops and horses will be cut off by Cao's army, and then there will be a danger of annihilation!
Liu Bi also knew that he had to be saved in Nanton City, but he couldn't just fall into Cao Jun's strategy, Liu Bi and the generals discussed, with 10,000 soldiers and horses as the front army, this army of soldiers and horses more torches and banners to deceive 30,000 troops are all here, Liu Bi personally led the remaining 20,000 soldiers and horses to respond behind, if the Cao army really has an ambush, he will then kill and defeat the Cao army.
After winning all three battles, Yu Ban did underestimate the ability of the Yellow Turban Army, he didn't expect Liu Bi to see through his strategy, after seeing the Yellow Turban Army enter the ambush circle, Yu Ban immediately led his soldiers and horses to kill out, the Yellow Turban Army has been prepared for this, and after seeing the Cao Army killed, the Yellow Turban Army immediately formed a formation to wait for reinforcements.
However, like Yu Ban, Liu Pi also misestimated one thing, he was too optimistic to overestimate the reaction ability of the Yellow Turban Army, and also somewhat underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Cao Army, although the Yellow Turban Army was prepared, but under the rapid attack of the Cao Army, the unprepared Yellow Turban Army could not maintain their military formation at all, and in less than a quarter of an hour, the soldiers of the Cao Army broke through the Yellow Turban Army's military formation.
After the Yellow Turban Army lost the protection of the military formation, it could only start a chaotic battle with the Cao Army, and the combat effectiveness of the Cao Army soldiers was far from being comparable to the Yellow Turban Army among the five rivers, and the Yellow Turban Army was constantly cut to the ground by the Cao Army, and the battle damage of the Cao Army soldiers was negligible.
However, the soldiers of the Cao army and the Yellow Turban Army were mixed together, which also gave Liu Pi a chance to counterattack, and after Liu Pi learned that the former army was ambushed, he immediately led 20,000 rear troops to support. After Liu Pi led the army to arrive, he saw that Cao Jun had already fought with his former army, and immediately seized this opportunity.
Liu Bi knew that he could not miss the opportunity, and personally led the army forward to cover the killing, Yu Ban did not expect that in so much time, the reinforcements of the Yellow Turban Army would arrive, and he was shocked, and he hurriedly ordered the gathering of soldiers and horses to block the reinforcements led by Liu Pi. But at this moment, the soldiers of the Cao Army have been entangled with the Yellow Turban Army, and the soldiers on both sides have you and me, and I have you, and for a while, Yu Ban has no way to gather enough soldiers and horses to stop the Yellow Turban Army reinforcements.
Liu Bi led 20,000 Yellow Turban Army to sweep over, and the soldiers of the Cao Army who were close to the direction of the Yellow Turban Army's reinforcements immediately fell to the ground and suffered heavy casualties!! ”
Countless torches illuminated the battlefield as if it were daylight, and Yu Ban led his guards and the surrounding soldiers to form a countercurrent, rampage across the battlefield, and rushed towards the location of Liu Pishuaiqi.
Liu Pi led the army to sweep the battlefield, his heart was full of excitement, the invincible Cao army will also be defeated by his own hands, after this battle, his prestige will definitely increase, and perhaps he can also defeat the rest of the Cao army with the help of the power of the victory, sweeping the surrounding counties in one fell swoop, and reviving the momentum of the Yellow Turban in Runan!!
Just when Liu Bixing was complacent, a yellow turban general pointed to the direction where Yu Ban led the army to kill, and reminded loudly: "General, look, General Cao Jun has come over to Ban Kill!! ”
Liu Bi glanced at Yu Ban, saw that there were not many soldiers and horses under his command, pointed at the long knife in his hand, and shouted: "Who dares to kill this with me!! ”
"The Last Will Go !!"
A yellow turban general shouted in response to this order, and then shouted: "Sons, kill with me!! ”
Liu Bi looked at the person who answered, and saw that this person was Yan Zhong, the general under his command, and nodded with satisfaction, Yan Zhong is the first brave general in his army, among the Yellow Turbans in Runan, his strength is second only to his righteous brother Gong Du, and his martial arts are even higher than himself, and the soldiers and horses under his command are also the elite of his own army, with Yan Zhong leading the army to go, even if he can't kill Yu Ban, he will definitely be able to stop him for a while, as long as he takes the opportunity to sweep the battlefield to defeat the main force of the Cao army, then under the general trend, Yu Ban will be powerless!
"Sons, kill me and disperse Cao Jun'!!"
After Liu Pi saw Yan Zhong going to meet the battle, he no longer paid attention to the movements of Yu Ban there, and began to continue to return to the army to cover up and kill Cao's army.
Just when the Yellow Turban Army was killing the Quartet, the Yellow Turban General Yan Zhong also killed in front of Yu Ban, although Yu Ban was not good at force among Cao generals, but this does not mean that Yu Ban's force value is not good, he is just slightly inferior to Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Xu Chu and other generations, compared with ordinary generals, Yu Ban is still a father!!
"The thief will take his life to !!"
After Yan Zhong killed in front of Yu Ban, the spear in his hand stabbed straight into Yu Ban's throat, Yu Ban sneered, and the three-pointed two-edged knife in his hand stabbed the spear, and then swept and directly beheaded Yan Zhong!!!
"Wan Sheng!! Victory !! Victory !! ”
The soldiers of the Cao army saw Yu Ban Yihe kill the enemy generals, they all shouted loudly, and the Yellow Turban Army who killed them saw Yan Zhong Yihe being beheaded, and their morale immediately plummeted, but in a moment, they were killed by the Cao soldiers and scattered and fled. After the ban on killing and dispersing this group of yellow turbans, the army continued to sweep towards the place where Liu Pi would flag.