Chapter 267: Chopping Wen Chou Cao Cao calculates Liu Xuande
The previous opponents of the Hebei army were all such as Gongsun Zan and others, where have they seen such a fierce man as Guan Yu, the generals saw Guan Yu as if entering a no-man's land, directly killed Yan Liang in their own army formation, and also took off the head of their main general and killed the battle, the soldiers of the Hebei Army suddenly had some mentality exploded, the soldiers did not fight and chaotic, they scattered and fled, after Yan Liang's death, and the northern army had no leader, no one could prevent the collapse of the army.
Cao Cao saw that Guan Yu really killed Yan Liang and returned with his head, and the military formation of the Hebei army had collapsed without a fight, and his soldiers began to flee in all directions.
Cao Cao's army took advantage of the situation to pursue, the Hebei army had no resistance at all, the soldiers of the Hebei army were killed and wounded, and the captured surrenderers were unknown.
After the collapse of Yan Liang's army, the siege of the White Horse was immediately resolved, and Cao Cao immediately took some strategic opportunities and won a small victory.
After Guan Yu rushed out of the military formation of the Hebei army, he did not continue to pursue the enemy, but hit his horse and went straight up the mountain, and when the generals led the army down the mountain to pursue the defeated army in Hebei, after seeing Guan Yu, they praised Guan Yu for his courage and invincibility, and the courage of Lu Bu back then! Guan Yu presented Yan Liang's head to Cao Cao, bowed down and said: "Guan lives up to the prime minister's expectations, Yan Liang's head is here!! ”
Cao Cao saw that Guan Yu was so brave, and he loved him even more in his heart, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said, "The general is really a god!! ”
Guan Yu smiled proudly and said, "It's just to kill Yan Liang, how can such a trivial matter be enough?" My brother Zhang Yide took the head of the general in the million-dollar army, like probing the bag and taking the ear! ”
Cao Cao knew that Guan Yu was arrogant by nature, not a person who deceived him, since Guan Yu said so, then this Zhang Yide must have his superiority, Cao Cao hurriedly looked at the people left and right, and ordered: "Write down this matter, if you meet Zhang Yide in the battle formation in the future, you must not underestimate the enemy!" ”
Cao Cao's guards hurriedly recorded Zhang Yide's name on the bottom of his robe for constant checking.
After Yuan Shao learned that Yan Liang's army was defeated, he hurriedly ordered the sergeant to call Yan Liang's defeated army to inquire what had happened.
After the defeated army saw Yuan Shao, he hurriedly replied: "Back to the lord, General Yan Liang was killed by a brave general with a red face and a long beard who made a big sword, and took off his head and left, our army was in an uproar, the soldiers were in chaos without a fight, and Cao Cao's army was killed by the situation, and our army was defeated. ”
When Yuan Shao heard that his henchman Yan Liang was actually killed in the middle of the army, he was immediately shocked and asked urgently, "Do you know who this person is?" ”
The soldiers of the defeated army said one after another, they didn't know who this person was, and then they suddenly stepped forward and said: "This person has a long beard and is good at using a big knife, and he can also kill General Yan Liang, there is only one person in the world who is compatible with this person, it must be Guan Yunchang, the younger brother of Liu Xuande!" ”
Yuan Shao had seen Guan Yu's face and ability when the princes of the Eighteenth Route were crusading against Dong Zhuo, and after hearing the words of Fu Zhu, he immediately remembered Guan Yu, and he was faintly sure in his heart that the person who could kill Yan Liang must be Guan Yu.
Yuan Shao lost a favorite general for no reason, his heart was furious, pointed at Liu Bei, and shouted angrily: "Your brother killed my favorite general, you must have had an affair with Cao Cao, in this case, what use do I keep you!" Come on, push Liu Bei out and behead him, and use his head to comfort General Yan's spirit in the sky!! ”
The knife and axe man outside the tent promised repeatedly, and when he caught Liu Bei in the tent, he wanted to take him outside the tent and kill him.
Xuande was shocked suddenly, and he was also holding grass in his heart, but he also knew that he must not be able to deal with this matter, so he hurriedly retorted loudly: "Ming Gong, listen to me!" ”
Yuan Shao saw that Liu Bei still had something to say, so he ordered the knife and axe hand to stop, giving Liu Bei a chance to speak, Liu Bei knew that his vitality was in Yuan Shao's thoughts, and said urgently: "Since I joined Ming Gong, Ming Gong has always treated me very leniently, why does Ming Gong only listen to one side of the word, and then he wants to kill me?" ”
"Since I was defeated by Cao Cao in the Battle of Xuzhou, I have been separated from the soldiers' families, whether my second brother Yun Chang is still alive or not is certain, why can Ming Gong be sure that I instructed my second brother to kill General Yan Liang? Moreover, there are many people in the world who look alike, how can it be that because General Yan was killed by a man with a red face and a long beard, it is said that my second brother Yun Chang did it? This is the words of the confidant, and I hope that the Ming Gong will see it clearly! ”
Yuan Shao is a person who has no opinions, after hearing Liu Bei's words, he feels that what Liu Bei said is also reasonable, if he kills Liu Bei like this, it is really a little difficult to convince the public, so he reproached and said: "I misheard your words, and almost let me kill a good person by mistake." ”
After Yuan Shao reprimanded him, he asked Liu Bei to sit back on the throne, and then continued to discuss with everyone how to march to avenge Yan Liang.
"Yan Liang is my favorite general, and White Horse City is also the place where my army must take, I don't know who is willing to lead the army to meet Cao Cao's army for me, seize White Horse City, and kill the enemy to avenge General Yan Liang!!"
As soon as Yuan Shao's words fell, he saw a person under his tent rise in response, and stepped forward to bow and said: "Back to the lord, Yan Liang and I are like brothers, and now Yan Liang was killed by Cao thief, I can't avenge it?" The last general is willing to lead the army to go, and he will kill the enemy general to defeat Cao Cao, avenge Yan Liang, and avenge the lord!! ”
Liu Bei vaguely felt that the person who killed Yan Liang must be Guan Yu, and when he heard the words, he hurriedly looked at the person who spoke, only to see that this person was eight feet long and had a face like a pig, which was the famous general Wen Chou of Hebei!!
Yuan Shao saw Wen Chou take the initiative to ask for his life, and he was overjoyed, and said: "If you don't go, you can't avenge Yan Liang!" I will give you an army of 100,000, and you will immediately lead the army across the river to meet the Cao thief! ”
When he heard Yuan Shao's words, he hurriedly dissuaded: "Lord, this matter is not allowed!" Now that our army was defeated at the beginning and its spirit was frustrated, and Cao's army was in full swing when it won the battle, at this time, our army should be stationed in Yanjin to contain Cao Cao's main army, and then divide the troops and officers to outflank Cao's army's rear road, which is the best policy. If it is easy to raise troops to cross the river at this time, if the war changes, the army crossing the river will be in danger of being wiped out! ”
Yuan Shao heard the words of frustration, and reprimanded angrily: "It's all about slowing down the morale of the army, delaying the sun and the moon, and it will be a big deal!" Haven't you heard the words of the soldiers, and don't let me retreat quickly!! ”
When he heard this, he could only withdraw from the big tent and sighed: "Now the people in the upper echelons of the army are all ambitious, and the generals below only know how to snatch war achievements, and they are all short-sighted people. ”
After the frustration left, he couldn't get out of his illness and no longer participated in the deliberations in the army, and Yuan Shao was also happy that the frustration no longer troubled him, so he also acquiesced in the matter.
Of course, these are all later words, and after the frustration left, Liu Bei also wanted to determine as soon as possible whether the person who killed Yan Liang was Guan Yu, so he got up and bowed: "Bei has repeatedly received the great favor of Ming Gong, and there is no retribution, I am willing to walk with General Wen, one is to repay Ming Gong's virtue, and the other is to visit whether the person who killed General Yan Liang is my second brother Guan Yu." ”
Yuan Shao pondered for a moment and said: "It's also a good thing that Xuande has this in mind, since this is the case, then you and General Wen will lead the front army together." ”
Wen Chou snorted coldly with disdain, and said: "Liu Bei is a general who has been defeated repeatedly, which is not good for my army, if the lord must let him accompany him, the last general is willing to give him 30,000 soldiers and horses, and let him lead the army to follow after our army." ”
Wen Chou is Yuan Shao's favorite general, Yuan Shao naturally will not go against his will, seeing this, he said: "Since this is the case, then Wen Chou will lead 70,000 soldiers and horses first, and Xuande will lead 30,000 soldiers and horses to follow." ”
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Cao Cao since Guan Yu beheaded Yan Liang, his heart became more and more admired for him, so he went to the court, please seal Guan Yu as the Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion, now the Han court is opened by Cao Cao, the Han court monarchs naturally dare not go against Cao Cao's wishes, Han Emperor Liu Xie hurriedly let people cast the seal of the Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion and sent it to Cao Cao's army, Guan Yu immediately sealed the marquis.
When Cao Cao was in the White Horse Tun Army, suddenly another sentry came to report, and Yuan Shao ordered his general Wen Chou to lead the army across the Yellow River, and now he has occupied the Yanjin Ferry.
After Cao Cao got the news, he ordered the officials of Dongjun to continue to move the people around Baima City to Xihe, and then personally led the troops to move to meet the army of Wenchou, and passed down the general's order: "The rear army is the front army, the front army is the rear army, the grain and grass go first, and the army comes behind." ”
After Cao Cao's general Lu Qian heard Cao Cao's military order, he hurriedly persuaded him: "Grain and grass first, army last, what is the purpose of this?" ”
Cao Cao stroked his beard and smiled, and replied: "The grain and grass are behind, and they are often plundered by the enemy, so I ordered the grain and grass to be in front to prevent the enemy from coming around the back to rob the grain." ”
When Lu Qian heard this, he was immediately shocked and said: "The grain and grass are in front, if you suddenly encounter the enemy, what can you do?" ”
Cao Cao replied: "When the enemy army arrives, I have my own plan, and you can let people go and convey the military order!" ”
Although Lu Qian still had doubts in his heart, he did not dare to disobey Cao Cao's military orders, and seeing that Cao Cao had made up his mind, he could only order the sergeant to go to the army to convey Cao Cao's generals.
Cao Cao's army immediately changed the rear army to the front army, and the former army became the rear army, turned into a strange array, and went straight to the Yanjin Ferry. The front army of Cao Cao's army had just escorted the grain baggage to the Yanjin ferry, and Cao Cao was in the rear army, and he heard the soldiers of the front army shouting loudly.
Seeing this, Cao Cao hurriedly ordered the sentry to check the situation, and after the scout returned, he reported back: "Hebei General Wen Chou led the army to arrive, our army was defeated, and they abandoned the grain and left, and now the former army has scattered and fled, and the Wen Chou army is rushing to our rear army!" ”
Cao Cao heard the scout's report, and used his horsewhip to go straight to a dirt mountain on the south side of the road, and said: "You can avoid it for a while, and quickly order the army to go to the earth mountain to avoid the enemy's edge!" ”
Cao Cao's army hurriedly rushed to the place of Tushan, and Cao Cao ordered all the sergeants to take off their clothes and armor to rest temporarily, and asked the sergeants to put all the horses on the road.
When the soldiers of the Cao army were resting, Wen Chou suddenly led the army to kill, and when the generals saw this, they all bowed and said: "Lord, Wen Chou's army is coming, hurry up and withdraw the war horse and return to White Horse City, otherwise my army will be in danger!" ”
Xun You stroked his beard and smiled, and said: "Don't worry, all the generals, this is the time to defeat the enemy, why do you want to ask for orders to retreat?" ”
Cao Cao heard Xun You's words, glanced at him with a smile, and said, "Those who know me, Xun You too!" ”
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When everyone was fighting, the army of Wen Chou finally arrived here, the soldiers of the Wen Chou army had seized the grain and grass cart battle of Cao Cao's army, and now saw that there were so many war horses on the road, and hurriedly came to snatch them, and the soldiers did not follow the team in order to snatch the war horses, and the military array began to mess with each other.
After Cao Cao saw the chaos of Wen Chou's army, he hurriedly shouted: "Sons, at this time, the enemy army was defeated, and the army listened to the order and immediately rushed to kill the enemy!! ”
Cao Cao's soldiers saw that the Wenchou army was in chaos without a fight, and they were overjoyed, and hurriedly led the soldiers under their command to rush down the soil mountain to kill, and went to attack and kill the army of Wenchou, the Wenchou army was already in chaos, and now they saw the Cao army killed, they could only fight for themselves, the Cao army soldiers went down the mountain and attacked fiercely, and the Wenchou army without a military formation was simply unable to stop the rush of Cao Cao's army, under the leadership of the Cao army, Cao Cao's army quickly defeated the Wenchou army, and the soldiers of the Wenchou army began to scatter and flee.
Wen Chou saw the defeat of his army, and hurriedly shouted and killed more than ten deserters, but his soldiers had been defeated like a mountain, and Wen Chou alone was unable to return to the sky, Wen Chou saw that it was difficult to prevent the rout of the army, so he could only turn his horse and prepare to cross the river and return to the north bank.
Cao Cao was on the top of the mountain, he had already seen the traces of Wen Chou, and when he saw Wen Chou fleeing, Cao Cao hurriedly pointed to Wen Chou and shouted loudly: "Wen Chou is a famous general in Hebei, who can capture him for me?" ”
When Zhang Liao and Xu Huang heard Cao Cao's shout, they all beat their horses out, and while intercepting Wen Chou, they shouted loudly, "Wen Chou is leaving, a certain Zhang Liao (Xu Huang) is here, can he dare to fight with me!! ”
When Wen Chou heard the voice, he turned his head and saw that Zhang Liao and Xu Huang were chasing, and the two of them were extremely fast, and they were about to catch up with him, and he was immediately shocked.
Seeing this, Wen Chou hurriedly hung the iron gun on his horse, drew his bow and arrows, and wanted to shoot Zhang Liao.
Xu Huang saw Wen Chou's movements, and hurriedly warned loudly: "The thief is about to release the arrow, and Wen Yuan quickly dodge!" ”
Zhang Liao heard the shout, and hurriedly lowered his head to dodge, Wen Chou shot an arrow into Zhang Liao's helmet and shot the hairpin on the helmet. Zhang Liao was annoyed in his heart, and hurriedly hit the horse to chase Wen Chou, but Wen Chou was shot with another arrow, and Zhang Liao sat down on the cheek of the war horse.
Zhang Liao's war horse was in pain, and he knelt on the ground directly with his front hooves, Zhang Liao was caught off guard, and fell directly off the horse.
Seeing this, Xu Huang hurriedly turned the big axe, wanting to intercept Wen Chou and fight, and fight for Zhang Liao, at this time, I saw that another army arrived behind Wen Chou, Xu Huang saw this, and felt that it was difficult to match the soldiers and horses of the brigade, so he could only turn the horse back. Fortunately, Zhang Liao had already gotten up and fled for his life at this time, and Wen Chou naturally would not let the soon-to-arrive exploits escape, and hurriedly hit the horse to urgently chase and kill Zhang Liao.
At this critical time, suddenly more than ten iron horsemen felt here, only to see this team of soldiers and horses fluttering over, on the book 'Hanshou Pavilion Hou Guan Yunchang' seven words, it turned out that Cao Cao in Guan Yu was worshiped as the Hanshou Pavilion Marquis, in the name of boasting of his merits, specially prepared this banner for Guan Yu as a battle flag.
I have to say that Cao Cao worked hard in order to calculate Liu Bei.
The reason why Cao Cao was the marquis of Guan Yu and his reward was naturally one aspect.
And another reason is that Cao Cao was worried that the soldiers under Yuan Shao's command would not recognize the person who killed Yan Liang as Guan Yu, so he made him a marquis, and in the name of showing off his exploits and bravery, he specially made this big banner, so that Guan Yu made the sergeants cheer for him when he was fighting!
Cao Cao's purpose is to show Guan Yu's true identity, so that Yuan Shaojun's soldiers can see this banner, as for the plot of Yuan Shaojun's soldiers after knowing that Yan Liang was killed by Guan Yu, there is no need to think about it......
Guan Yu didn't know Cao Cao's calculations, he really thought that Cao Cao did this, in order to reward him and show off his brave martial arts to strengthen the army's heart, Guan Yu was arrogant in his heart, and he also had a good nature, seeing Cao Cao treating him so well, Guan Yu also admitted the matter, and specially asked the sergeant to hold up this banner to cheer for him during the battle!
These more than ten iron horsemen are the flag guards that Cao Cao gave Guan Yu, and the soldiers and horses that suddenly arrived are also Guan Yu's elite horses, and the general who came with a red face and a long beard and a knife and a flying horse at the head is no one else, it is the Hanshou Pavilion Marquis Guan Yu Guan Yunchang who just killed Yuan Shao's general!
Guan Yu saw that Wen Chou was chasing Zhang Liao on horseback, and the situation was quite urgent, so he hurriedly shouted: "The thief will leave, dare to fight with me!!! ”
"The thief will dare to kill my brother Yan Liang, give me my life!!"
After seeing Guan Yu's face, Wen Chou knew that this person was the general who killed Yan Liang, and when Wen Chou saw this, he no longer pursued Zhang Liao, shouted, and hit the horse and went straight to Guan Yu.
Wen Chou killed in front of Guan Yu's horse, and his battle Sanhe, Guan Yu's galloping horse was gaining momentum, the first Sanhe knife and knife all had the power of ten thousand jun, and the Sanhe fought down, Wen Chou only felt that the tiger's mouth was numb and his arms were out of strength.
Wen Chou didn't know Guan Yu's truth and truth, seeing that Guan Yu was really brave and difficult, and then thinking about Guan Yu's record of killing Yan Liang together, he became cowardly, and didn't dare to fight Guan Yu again, so he turned his horse around the river.
Wen Chou sat down on the war horse, where can it be compared with the red rabbit horse that Guan Yu sat on, Guan Yu hit the horse out, and soon chased after Wen Chou's horse, Guan Yu slashed down at the back of Wen Chou's head, and directly cut Wen Chou off the horse.
Cao Cao was on the dirt slope, and when he saw Guan Yu kill Wen Chou again, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered all the soldiers and horses to cover up and kill.
The soldiers of the Hebei Army were in a hurry to get on the boat, most of them fell into the water under the crowd, and only a very few soldiers were able to cross the river to escape, and all the grain, grass and horses that Cao Cao had robbed by Wen Chou before were all recaptured by Cao Cao's army, and even the grain and grass baggage brought by Wen Chou's army became Cao Cao's bag.