Chapter 13 Jizhou Melee—The Death of Yuan Shao
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In the continuous spring rain, groups of Dong Zhuojun are fighting bloody battles with Yuan Shaojun, although Dong Zhuojun is far superior to Yuan Shaojun in terms of morale, experience and equipment, and occupies the terrain and formation advantage, but Yuan Shaojun's strength is too much, 120,000 horses, even if it is a scarecrow that can't move, Dong Zhuojun has to cut it all night, not to mention a big living person with a knife, gun and a halberd, so although Dong Zhuojun has the upper hand in the situation, he also has many casualties.
At this time, Yuan Tan, who was Yuan Shao's eldest son, finally came to play his role, and more than a thousand Yuan Tan soldiers who had laid down their weapons played the banner of Yuan Tan, lined up in a long row on the half-slope, and shouted together: "Brothers of Yuan Shaojun, don't fight, don't fight, listen to us." Many people shouted together, and immediately suppressed the earth-shattering shouting and killing, Yuan Shaojun's soldiers couldn't help but be stunned, Dong Zhuojun's generals at all levels also issued orders to suspend the battle, Dong Zhuojun's soldiers gradually withdrew from the battle circle, surrounded Yuan Shaojun from afar, and in the valley, only the shouts of Yuan Tan's troops echoed.
Seeing that the scene had calmed down, Yuan Tan stood under the banner and shouted at Yuan Shaojun's soldiers: "Brothers, I am Yuan Tan, the eldest son of Rongguo Gong, my father Rongguo Gong coveted the throne and had a heart of disobedience, which led to His Royal Highness King Kang raising troops to crusade, dragging down the brothers to lose their lives and be injured. ”
As soon as Yuan Tan's words came out, there was a big uproar in Yuan Shao's army, and the soldiers exchanged their heads and whispered, either surprised, or disdainful, or approving. The mood was different, and Yuan Xi and other Yuan Shaojun magnates were so angry that they were angry, Yuan Xi pointed at Yuan Tan with a sword and scolded: "Yuan Tan, Sage Yun, the son does not say anything about his father, and Ru An dares to slander his biological father?" What exactly do you want to do? ”
"The sage also has a saying, sacrifice filial piety to be loyal!" Yuan Tan immediately retorted: "His Royal Highness King Kang was given the seed of God, the destiny of heaven, and he loves the people like a son, and after entering the country, he has not committed any crime against the people, and he is really the savior of the two states, although his father has a good name, but he is mean and unkind, the people of the two states are not happy, and the soldiers are hungry and cold, although I Yuan Tan is a son of man, I have to stand up and say a few words to save the military and people of the two states from fire and water." ”
Yuan Tan's words won Dong Zhuojun's applause, and some Yuan Shaojun soldiers who did not want to die in vain were also applauding, while Yuan Xi and others were furious, Yuan Xi was about to try to refute, Yuan Tan continued to shout: "Brothers, Yuan Tan Bucai, for the sake of the military and civilian people of Jiyou and Youzhou, has already revolted in front of the battle, surrendered to the army of His Royal Highness King Kang, and the brothers behind me also followed me to surrender, you want to live to learn from them, put down your arms and come out to surrender, His Royal Highness King Kang's military discipline is strict, the world knows, I will ensure that you are fine." ”
As soon as Yuan Tan's words fell, the soldiers of Yuan Shaojun who had surrendered behind him immediately shouted together under the guidance of Dong Zhuojun, "Brothers, come here, your parents are waiting for you to go home, your wives and children are waiting for you to go home, don't give your life in vain, His Royal Highness King Kang will prepare food and seeds for us, don't start farming in spring!" ”
Hearing Yuan Tanjun's surrender, Yuan Shaojun's soldiers were in chaos, and the army's heart was seriously shaken, Yuan Xi and others were so anxious that they scolded, and hurriedly restrained the soldiers to prevent the soldiers from surrendering to the enemy, Yuan Xi couldn't help shouting: "Don't listen to them, Dong Demon King has killed countless people, and if you surrender to the past, it will still be a dead end!" The other Yuan Shaojun magnates also shouted desperately, urging the soldiers to attack Dong Zhuo's defense line to prevent the army's morale from continuing to waver.
At this time, Dong Zhuojun's rear army suddenly brought a large number of roasted and boiled corn and potatoes, many of which were urgently roasted by Dong Zhuojun's firehead soldiers after the war, and the fragrance was overflowing, and even overshadowed the strong smell of blood on the battlefield, so that Yuan Shaojun's soldiers, who often used mulberry river mussels to fill their hunger, swallowed and spit, Dong Zhuojun's soldiers shouted, "Brothers of the Hebei Army, we know that you are very hungry, come and eat, as long as you lay down your weapons, you can come and eat, and in the future, your family can also eat the Shenmi Shenguo." ”
"Brother, can we eat?" When the food was picked up in front of the surrendered Yuan Tan soldiers, one of the Yuan Tan soldiers was so hungry that he couldn't help but ask. Dong Zhuojun's guntain smiled: "You have surrendered, of course you can eat as much as you want, you are full, there is not enough." "Yuan Tanjun surrendered for a while, and you grabbed corn and potatoes and chewed them in a fight, which made the other Yuan Shaojun soldiers who did not surrender almost go crazy with jealousy.
When the life and death struggle is engrossed, it is difficult for people to feel hunger and fatigue, but when the war breaks to relax the spirit, hunger and fatigue are the two devils who are most likely to make people collapse, although Yuan Shaojun's generals tried their best to boost morale, there were still soldiers who began to surrender, the first to surrender was a half-old child under the age of sixteen, Yuan Shaojun only let the soldiers bring a little dry food to save Yuan Shao's rapid march, and the thin man was robbed by the veterans yesterday when the dry food was snatched, and he was so hungry that his eyes only burst into Venus after more than a day without eating, Seeing that there was something to eat when he surrendered, he was the first to run out of the team and shouted and ran to Dong Zhuojun, "Master Jun, I'm hungry, I want to surrender." Yuan Xi and others in the back saw it, and hurriedly supervised the team to chase and kill, who knew that five or six Yuan Shaojun soldiers had just chased into the half-grown child within ten steps, Dong Zhuo's army immediately flew dozens of feather arrows, shooting them into a hedgehog, so that the child ran into Dong Zhuo's army safely, Dong Zhuo's army firehead soldier had already brought him a bunch of steaming potatoes and corn, and used torches to shine on the half-grown child's gobbling appearance, one of the better-hearted Dong Zhuojun firehead soldiers also comforted the half-grown child and said: "Don't be afraid, eat slowly." Be careful not to choke. And handed the boy a gourd of water.
It is not the first time that Dong Zhuojun has recruited the besieged princes and soldiers with food, but the effect of each time has not disappointed Dong Zhuojun's high-level leaders, and in the face of being full and killed, most of the people still choose to eat very sensibly. Countless Yuan Shaojun soldiers shouted surrender and rushed out of the ranks, and met with the Yuan Shaojun Inspectors who were blocking them, and even some of the Inspectors began to throw down their weapons and surrender to Dong Zhuojun.
Seeing this scene, Yuan Xi and the others were very anxious, Yuan Xi personally drew his sword in his hand, and personally rushed to the front of the battle to slash and kill the deserters, "Don't surrender, come back to kill the enemy!" While he was slashing and killing, Yuan Xi suddenly heard the rear army shouting, "Second son, be careful!" Yuan Xi raised his head, and suddenly saw a fiery red war horse carrying a tall military general rushing towards him, Yuan Xi recognized who the person was at a glance, frightened and scattered, hurriedly dodged but it was too late, a Fang Tian painting halberd as long as two zhang was split head-on, and the last sound Yuan Xi heard in the world was the sound of his skull shattering.
Lu Bu lazily waved away the blood and ** on Fang Tian's halberd, and shouted at Yuan Shaojun's soldiers who had not yet surrendered: "If you want to surrender, hurry up, if you delay a while, Ben Hou will kill people again!" Lu Bu's voice was like thunder, making Yuan Shaojun's soldiers involuntarily take a step back, and Yuan Shaojun's soldiers, who were now wavering in their determination, did not hesitate anymore, and threw down their weapons and rushed into Dong Zhuo's army formation.
When the sky was light, the 120,000 Yuan Shaojun had surrendered more than 80,000 people, and most of the other soldiers were killed, leaving only more than 3,000 people led by Yuan Shaojun's generals Zhang Nan and Jiao Touch were surrounded by Dong Zhuo's army, and still refused to surrender, and even Jia Xu was moved by Yuan Shaozhi's loyalty, Jia Xu personally went down the mountain to the front of the battle, and saluted Zhang Nan and Jiao Touch: "Two generals, the matter has come to this, why bother to work for Yuan Shao again?" Come here, I vouch in the name of the military division of the Xiliang Army, as long as you surrender, you will be reused by the king, given knighthoods, money and beauty, whatever you want, you will never break your word. ”
Zhang Nan and Jiao Touch glanced at each other, and replied together: "Thank you for the kindness of the military advisor, I will be blessed by Yuan Gong's knowledge, and I would rather die than surrender!" Seeing that the persuasion was ineffective, Jia Xu had to turn his head and wave lightly at the countless Dong Zhuojun archers who were ready to shoot, signaling them to release their arrows, and couldn't bear to see them being pierced through the heart by random arrows......
After eliminating the last main army of Yuan Shaojun, Jia Xu was completely relieved, this time Dong Zhuo's army raided Jizhou with insufficient troops, it was too risky, but fortunately, it was finally a success, Cao Cao's army has been repulsed, Yuan Shao has become a turtle in the urn, although the northern part of Jizhou and Youzhou are still under the control of Yuan Shaojun's reputation, but Yuan Shao's remaining troops can no longer turn up any storms, and before Dong Zhuo's army went south to attack Jiangnan, Kang Peng left Zhang Liao a bag, Let Zhang Liao send troops to Youzhou after the decisive battle of Yuan Shao's army defeated in the Jizhou war, and take advantage of the fire to rob and seize the rear of Yuan Shao's army.
Ordered the troops to rest on the spot until noon, Jia Xu then ordered the soldiers and horses to go south to Phoenix Mountain, to meet with Dong Zhuo's army Zangba's troops, and end Yuan Shao's life by the way, on the way, Dong Zhuo's army, which had won a decisive battle, was full of laughter and laughter, and even more, he was already thinking about how many military merits he had made, how many rewards he could get, and the whole army was a jubilant scene, even the captured Yuan Shaojun soldiers seemed to be infected, and they were already fantasizing about the beautiful scene of family reunion after returning home.
When the army slowly marched to the foot of Phoenix Mountain, Zang Ba had already set up a banquet at the foot of the mountain, ready to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Jia Xu and others, calling brothers and brothers in the army, recruiting friends and hugging each other, and on Phoenix Mountain, Yuan Shao saw that the army that came to rescue him was captured by most of Dong Zhuojun, and he was so angry that he vomited blood and almost kicked his legs.
"Congratulations to the military advisor, congratulations to Wen Hou, and congratulations to all the generals for their victory." Zang Ba smiled and hugged a reunion pole, and made a gesture of invitation, "Military advisors, generals, the last general has already prepared a banquet for you, and today, the last general must toast you three glasses, and you will not get drunk or disperse." ”
Lu Bu has been eating dry food in the wild for the past few days, and he has eaten so early that he has faded out of his mouth, and he is not polite when he hears the words, he rushes to the front of the banquet, grabs a pot of wine and pours it into his mouth, and then Li Dao, Guo Yan and others also rushed up to compete with Lu Bu for wine and meat, Jia Xu hurriedly reminded them: "Don't drink too much, don't forget, Yuan Shao is still on the mountain." ”
"Strategist, don't worry." Lu Bu grabbed another pot of wine and laughed: "Let Ben Hou eat and drink enough first, Ben Hou guarantees to break through Phoenix Mountain within an hour, and bring Yuan Shao's head back to his father-in-law as a night pot." ”
"Wen Hou, when you drink." Guo Yan held a pot of wine, and said with a sad face: "Don't mention the word night pot, you are not disgusting, we are disgusting." ”
Guo Yan's exaggerated expression made Lu Bu laugh, and Jia Xu couldn't help but laugh dumbly, at this time, a fast horse rushed from the south, and immediately shouted from afar: "Military division, military division, General Zilong urgently report!" ”
"It must be Zilong who won the battle, maybe he even caught Cao Cao'er." Lu Bu guessed, but when Jia Xu looked at the person carefully, he couldn't help but say in a lost voice: "No, why is there an injury on his body?" Lu Bu and the others were taken aback, they all turned their heads to look, and sure enough, the herald actually had flowers hanging on his body, and when he ran in again, he could already see the anxious look on the herald's face, and the generals of Dong Zhuojun, who were still beaming just now, all had an ominous premonition rising in their hearts.
The herald ran to Jia Xu's side and almost fell off the horse, the person had not yet stood up, and had already handed the sweat-soaked Zhao Yun urgent letter to Jia Xu, Jia Xu hurriedly grabbed and unfolded, only looked at it twice, Jia Xu, who was moody, had already changed his face, Lu Bu hurriedly came up and watched with Jia Xu, only to see Zhao Yun write in the letter: Military division, Yun capital crime is reported, on the evening of February 28, the sixth year of Chuping, Yun led the army to chase and kill Cao Thief defeated the army to Liyang, and when he was about to catch up with Cao Thief, Liu Beijun's generals Huang Zhong and Zhang Fei suddenly led the army to kill from both sides, And the enemy used three powerful new weapons, specifically to overcome our cavalry, our army was caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties, Yun was forced to lead the defeated army to retreat to Yecheng first, and urgently wrote to the military division, please beware of the military division, the enemy is in hot pursuit, Yun will swear to defend Yecheng to the death, and the guilty general Zhao Yunshu.
"The army with big ears, aren't they in Xuzhou?" Lu Bu was so surprised that his jaw almost fell to the ground, and he lost his voice: "When did they arrive in Jizhou?" Why didn't we hear anything beforehand? ”
Jia Xu shook his head, he didn't understand why Liu Beijun would appear in Jizhou with a divine soldier descending from the sky, but he just asked the herald: "General Zilong said that the enemy used three powerful new weapons, which are those three new weapons?" ”
The herald took out an object from his baggage and handed it to Jia Xu, who took it and looked at it carefully, and saw that it was a four-pointed iron nail, each tip about an inch long, light and strong. The herald explained: "This is their first new weapon, and the brothers call it the Horse Nail, which nails the horse's hooves and our feet, and is very powerful. ”
Jia Xu said a word, threw the horse nail to the ground, and sure enough, there was a nail with the tip pointing upward, Lu Bu was surprised, picked it up and threw it several times, every time it was like this - a nail with the tip pointing up, Lu Bu's face changed greatly, and he said in a trembling voice: "If my red rabbit horse steps on this steel nail, then the red rabbit horse will be finished." ”
"There's something even worse, it's just that we haven't seized the physical thing." The herald said with a sad face: "The enemy has a crossbow arrow, which can fire ten arrows in a row without loading the arrow, and the arrows are fed with poison, and if we are shot, we or our horses will die; There is also a war knife more than six feet long, which can stand on the ground and kill the soldiers and horse heads on our horses, it is very strong, we all call it a horse chopping knife. It was the first time that the brothers had encountered such a weapon, and they had been blinded by them. ”
After the soldier finished speaking, Dong Zhuo's generals had already gasped one by one, tying horse nails, continuous crossbows, and horse chopping knives, no wonder Zhao Yun would lose the battle, and whoever led the troops to encounter such a weapon would have to suffer defeat.
"Gather the soldiers now." Jia Xu's face sank like water, and shouted: "Attack the mountain immediately, within two hours, you must bring Yuan Shao's head!" ”
"Yes!" Dong Zhuo's generals knew that now was not the time to put it aside, so they agreed loudly and immediately organized the army to attack the mountain, and Jia Xu took advantage of this gap to issue four orders in the name of Dong Zhuo's military division, the first order was given to Zhang Liao, ordering Zhang Liao to hand over the task of attacking the city to his deputy, and Zhang Liao himself led an army to the south to reinforce Yecheng; The second order was given to Xu Rong and Xu Huang, who were guarding the Qingni Pass and Tongguan, ordering them to immediately march out of Luoyang, control Bishui Pass and Hujiao Pass, beware of Cao Cao and Liu Bei's troops entering Luoyang, and be prepared to enter Yanzhou if necessary; The third order was given to Ma Chao and Zhang Xiu's corps stationed in Jingzhou, ordering them to attack Yuzhou immediately; The last order was given to the Lusu and Ganning legions in the south of the Yangtze River, ordering Lusu to divide his troops to attack Hefei and Yangzhou and threaten Liu Bei's nest.
More than ten carrier pigeons rose into the air, and just in case, Jia Xu had three carrier pigeons for each order, so as not to have an accident that the order could not be delivered to the commander. In the letter, Jia Xu said to Kang Peng: "My lord, I think that the time is not ripe for our army to unify the world, the majesty of the civil Han family still exists, our army's materials and soldiers are not sufficient, and the attack on Jingzhou and Jiangnan is not sustainable. ”
Jia Xu put down his pen, handed the letter to the messenger along with the zama nail, and repeatedly instructed: "Within ten days, this letter and this nail must be delivered to the king, and there must be no delay." The messenger agreed, hurriedly got on his horse and left, Jia Xu then turned his attention to the battle on Phoenix Mountain, although at this time Dong Zhuojun had already attacked halfway up the mountain, forcing Yuan Shaojun to the main peak, which was considered a god speed, but Jia Xu was still anxious, and shouted: "The order goes down, within half an hour, the main peak must be broken, otherwise the military law will be engaged!" ”
The herald quickly sent the order to Lu Bu, Li Dao and others who were attacking the main peak, several generals Dong Zhuojun knew that the situation in Yecheng was critical, and did not complain, the mountain road was steep and difficult to ride, Lu Bu took the lead in jumping off the red rabbit horse and attacking the main peak on foot, Li Dao, Guo Yan and others followed suit, and several Dong Zhuojun generals took the lead in the shield and led the soldiers to rush upward.
And at the top of the mountain, there are only two thousand wounded soldiers left Yuan Shao already knows that death is coming, but the blood of Yuan Shao's nobles has been completely boiling, and he personally took his favorite third son Yuan Shang to lead the troops to resist stubbornly, even if he dies, Yuan Shao has to drag a few cushions, the mountain and the mountain fly arrows like locusts, rolling stones like rain, shouting and killing The sound of killing shook the sky, and Dong Zhuojun, who was attacking on the back, had to dodge the arrows and stones, but also charged upward, needless to say, the difficulty of the road.
After staining the road up the mountain with blood, Dong Zhuojun's main force finally rushed to the main peak of Phoenix Mountain, completely surrounding the remnants of Yuan Shaojun.
Seeing Yuan Shaowei's fierce bloody battle, and his own soldiers were cowering, Li Dao couldn't help but be furious, "A bunch of waste, get out of the way, I'll kill Yuan Shao personally!" Li Dao was about to move forward with his knife, and stopped him with one hand, but Li Dao saw that it was Lu Bu, and Lu Bu shouted: "There is no time, now is not the time to fight with him, the soldiers let go of Yuan Shao, the crossbowmen are ready, let's go!" ”
When the raindrops, which were as dense as a swarm of locusts, flew towards Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao sighed, "Tian Feng, I regret not listening to your good words." Then he killed himself with a horizontal sword, and the dead soldiers guarding him also fell down with arrows, and Yuan Shao's favorite third son, Yuan Shang, had already been cut down by Dong Zhuojun's soldiers and trampled into pulp......
When Yuan Shao's body was brought down from Phoenix Mountain, Dong Zhuojun and the others did not have time to cheer, and Jia Xu immediately ordered Li Dao and Guo Yan to escort the prisoners and then march, while Jia Xu himself and Lü Bu, Zang Ba and Ma Zhong led an army of 40,000 troops to Yecheng as soon as possible.
"Zilong, you must hold on." Jia Xu said in his heart: "Yecheng must not be lost. ”