Chapter 54: The Battle for Unification (12)

On October 27, the ninth year of Chuping, only eight days before Liu Bei ascended the throne and became emperor, Kang Peng, who was in Dongjun, had already given up the plan to let Dong Zhuo's Jiangnan Army break Hefei City today, because the situation of the Jiangnan Army was special, first, the Jiangnan Army faced by the Jiangnan Army that had been fighting continuously for three years was too cunning and difficult, and the second was that the secret struggle for power and profit within the Jiangnan Army had affected the progress of the war. But what Kang Peng didn't expect was that the people of the Jiangnan Army did not give up......

Just after the ugly hours in the early morning, in the dead of night, the moon and stars are scarce, the west gate of Hefei City is quietly opened, Liu Beijun general Guan Ping led five thousand cavalry out of the city secretly, these cavalry are all people with horses and cages, even the horse's hooves are wrapped tightly in cloth, carrying thatch, firewood and other fire-causing things, quietly disappearing in the mountains and dense forests.

At two o'clock in the morning, the closed south gate of Hefei City opened, Liu Beijun's generals Tai Shici, Li Feng, Wu Jing and Chen Shi and others each led their military horses, surrounded by Liu Beijun's Hefei Legion's main general Zhuge Liang successively went out of the city, this decisive battle, Liu Beijun dispatched 130,000 troops, the handsome banner will cover the sky and the sun, people call the horse neighing deafening, the momentum is really scary, with the momentum of the mountains and wilderness rushing to Xiaoyaojin, ready to fight with Dong Zhuojun.

Liu Beijun's marching speed was not fast, from Hefei City to Xiaoyaojin was only more than 30 miles, and the road was smooth and conducive to marching, but Liu Beijun did not arrive in Xiaoyaojin until noon, and Dong Zhuojun's main force waited in Xiaoyaojin for a long time, Gan Ning, Sun Ce, Lei Tong, Zhang Yi and Xu Sheng and other generals immediately crossed their guns and lived under their respective generals, Lu Su sat high in the Chinese army, Sima Yi stood beside him, and the unconscious Zhang Fei was carried to the front of Dong Zhuo's army. Seeing Liu Beijun arrive, Dong Zhuojun's commander Lu Su Lingqi made a move, and set up a mixed yuan array of benefits and charges, and Liu Beijun also moved the handsome banner here, and slowly laid a gossip golden lock array that was conducive to defense.

Behind Liu Beijun, there are countless scouts and fast horses passing news back and forth between Xiaoyaojin and Hefei City, Dong Zhuojun appeared in Xiaoyaojin Those generals, how many soldiers were dispatched, were sent to Hefei City by Liu Beijun's scouts 1510, and sent to the real Zhuge Liang and Tai Shici, and Zhuge Liang and Tai Shici, who led the army to appear in Xiaoyaojin, were selected by Zhuge Liang from the soldiers to pretend.

"I joined the army, Dong Zhuojun's generals, except for Wei Yan, all the other generals appeared in Xiaoyaojin." A scout chief reported to Zhuge Liang the latest developments of Dong Zhuo's army, "Looking at the enemy's banners, the army that appeared in Xiaoyaojin should be between 100,000 and 110,000, of which there are about 30,000 cavalry. ”

"What is happening in the enemy's camp? How is the layout? Dong Zhuojun's commanders and generals all appeared in Xiaoyaojin except for Wei Yan, Zhuge Liang finally breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly asked Dong Zhuojun about the situation in the camp.

"The general of the enemy army left behind in the camp is Zheng Bao, a fellow villager of Lusu, who concentrates all his forces in the front of the camp, and the flanks and rear defenses are weak." The scout chief replied.

"Lu Su dog thief, more than cautious, not good at employing people, how can he not be defeated?" Zhuge Liang commented contemptuously to Tai Shici Lu Su and said: "Zheng Bao is more than loyal, but his ability is insufficient, Lu Su is still competent to use this person to serve as a county and a county in the rear, and using him to guard the granary in front of the battle is tantamount to putting the granary in the wilderness." ”

"Investigate the movements of the enemy camp in detail, and once General Guan Ping succeeds, report to me immediately." After Zhuge Liang gave an order to the scout, he said to Tai Shici: "General Ziyi, the time for Wei Yan's sneak attack on Hefei is almost up, please go and arrange it quickly, we must meet this enemy well." ”

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Before Xiaoyaojin, Dong Zhuojun and Liu Beijun had already set up their own formations, Dong Zhuojun waved his hand on Lu Su's side, and Dong Zhuojun's general Zhang Yi came out in response, dancing his gun in front of the formation and shouting: "I am Zhang Bogong under the command of King Kang, the one who is not afraid of death, come out and fight with me!" Liu Beijun's side, without Zhuge Liang's assignment, the original Yuan Shu's hand descended and slapped Li Feng out, shouting: "Look at me Li Feng to capture you!" Zhang Yi didn't answer again, and stepped forward to fight with Li Feng, both of them were only second- and third-rate generals, but they were also evenly matched, and it was difficult to distinguish the winner for a while.

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Just after noon, a white flag suddenly appeared on the east gate of Hefei City, and shook a few times at the woods outside the east gate, and the Wei Yan troops of Dong Zhuojun, who were ambushed in the woods, saw it, and immediately came out of the ambush, stopped at the edge of the woods, and waited for the next move of Neiying, Wei Yan took out a bag from his arms and prepared secretly.

Last night, when Lu Su dispatched troops, Wei Yan almost didn't quarrel with Gan Ning and Sun Ce in order to fight for the great achievement of breaking through Hefei City, and in the end, it was the good man Lu Su who took into account that Wei Yan usually went to do dirty work and tiredness, and handed over the beauty of breaking Hefei City to Wei Yan, but Sima Yi handed Wei Yan a bag and asked Wei Yan to open it again when attacking the city, and there must be no mistake.

As soon as Wei Yan's troops waved the red flag and sent a signal, the east gate of Hefei over there immediately opened a crack in the door, and the suspension bridge was slowly lowered. Wei Yan's left and right generals were overjoyed, and immediately said to Wei Yan: "General, the city gate is open, and we can attack the city." ”

"Don't panic." Wei Yan waved his hand to stop the army's actions and quickly opened the bag, but Wei Yan only glanced at the note in the bag and stood on the spot, Sima Yi wrote on the note: "General Wenchang, Fan Jiang and Zhang Da's internal response, is Zhuge Liang's counter-trick, General Wenchang can plan the plan, cut the drawbridge before entering the city, control the city gate and then enter the city, as soon as the ambush in the city comes out, General Wenchang can immediately retreat to the camp of our army, lure out the enemy ambush, remember." ”

"Fuck Sima Yi!" Wei Yan scolded in his heart, "For a long time, Lao Tzu is another unlucky errand to deceive and lure the enemy!" Am I really so good at bullying? ”

"General, what's wrong with you?" The people on the left and right cautiously asked Wei Yandao, Wei Yan put away the bag with a sad face, waved his hand, and said, "Enter the city." ”

"Kill!" Less than half of Wei Yan's troops entered Hefei City, Liu Beijun had already killed from all directions, and Wei Yan, who was experienced in defrauding and defeating, shouted, "It's a plan!" Evacuate! "The experience of deception and retreat accumulated over the years played a big role, Wei Yan led the army to fight and retreat, relying on the city gates and drawbridges controlled in advance, and withdrew from Hefei under the pursuit of the red-eyed Tai Shici, and the loss was not great.

"Wei Yan only has 10,000 troops." The cunning Zhuge Liang shouted: "Just let Ziyi lead 20,000 troops to chase and kill, and the rest of the people will defend the city defense!" ”

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At the same time, Liu Beijun's Guan Ping troops also touched the flank of Dong Zhuo's army's camp, and Dong Zhuojun's defenders mainly focused on frontal defense because of the lack of troops, so as not to be defeated by the enemy when the battle in front was unfavorable to break through the Chinese army, and did not pay so much attention to the protection of the flank. Seeing this scene, Guan Ping was secretly happy in his heart, and after the soldiers were ready, Guan Ping took the lead and shouted, "Make meritorious contributions, at this moment, rush!" ”

"Kill!" Five thousand Liu Beijun cavalry rushed out of the ambush like a tiger down the mountain, straight into the flank of Dong Zhuojun's camp, Dong Zhuojun's defenders were caught off guard, and Liu Beijun broke through the village and went straight into the camp, Zheng Bao, the defender of Dong Zhuojun's army in front, heard the shouts of killing in the camp, and was so frightened that he hurriedly led the army to rescue, but Liu Beijun concentrated all the cavalry raids this time, and Dong Zhuojun's cavalry had all gone to Xiaoyaojin, and they couldn't save it, in the blink of an eye, Liu Beijun's cavalry killed the location of Dong Zhuojun's granary, and set fire everywhere.

"Fight the fire, put out the fire! Save the granary! Zheng Bao, who rushed to lead the army, was so anxious that he cried loudly, this granary is the lifeblood of Dong Zhuojun's Jiangnan Army, and it is related to the life and death of 130,000 Dong Zhuojun soldiers and soldiers.

Dong Zhuojun's logistics has always been the best among the princes' armies, the granary has enough grain for the Jiangnan Army to use for three months, the granary covers an area of nearly 1,000 acres, Guan Ping's troops clashed back and forth in the warehouse, arson, although Dong Zhuojun was desperate to block, but Liu Beijun, who knew that the victory or defeat in one fell swoop, was even more courageous, using the speed advantage and height advantage of the cavalry, Dong Zhuojun was killed on his back, Zheng Bao was also cut off by Guan Ping, just a gust of wind blew, the wind borrowed the fire, Dong Zhuojun's granary quickly fell into a sea of fire......

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The flames and smoke of the fire in Dong Zhuojun's granary soared into the sky, and the main force of Dong Zhuojun's main force could see the dense black smoke that blocked the sky even on Xiaoyaojin, and no Dong Zhuojun's soldiers did not know that it was the location of the granary of the army. Withdrawal! Go back and save the granary! ”

At the moment of the great enemy, Dong Zhuojun hastily withdrew the army, the whole army was suddenly in chaos, Liu Beijun saw an opportunity here, Li Feng, Wu Jing and Chen Shi and others took the opportunity to drive the army to chase and kill, and Dong Zhuojun, who was in chaos, hugged his head and ran away, and won countless ordnance, armor, horses, flags and other things, even Zhang Fei was snatched back by Liu Beijun, and Dong Zhuojun couldn't care about these ordnance and Zhang Fei now, just quickly evacuated backwards, and Liu Beijun chased after him and bit Dong Zhuojun's rear team.

"Our army has succeeded in raiding the enemy's granary, kill!" Liu Beijun's morale-boosting shouts came and went, and Dong Zhuojun's people were panicked, just rushed to the granary twenty miles away, and even the troops behind the palace had no time to arrange, and were defeated by Liu Beijun, and there were gradually signs of rout......

Lu Su led the Chinese army to retreat for a few miles, and met his fellow villager Zheng Bao, who was covered in blood, led thirty or fifty people to flee, and when he saw Lu Su's face, he knelt down and cried: "Governor, I'm sorry for you, I lost the granary, you kill me." As he spoke, Zheng Bao kowtowed until his forehead was bleeding. Zheng Bao's words confirmed the speculation of Dong Zhuojun's generals, and all the generals were frightened, and several psychologically fragile generals had already screamed.

"The troops obeyed the order, abandoned useless materials, gathered the troops, and rescued the granaries at full speed." Lu Su was quite calm, and did not immediately investigate Zheng Bao's capital crime, but commanded the army to rush back to help. Although Dong Zhuojun's generals made every effort to stabilize the team, Dong Zhuojun's army was in turmoil, and when Liu Beijun suffered heavy casualties and paid a heavy price to finally withdraw to the camp, Guanping's troops were already in front of the camp, desperately preventing Dong Zhuojun's return to the granary.

Because of Zhuge Liang's tricks, Dong Zhuojun was originally scheduled to be in the decisive battle site of Xiaoyaojin was forced to transfer to the camp of the army, and was in danger, there were already scouts who reported the news of Liu Beijun's successful tactics to Zhuge Liang in Hefei City, Zhuge Liang asked in detail every detail of the battle, from the performance of Dong Zhuo's generals and soldiers, the cautious and suspicious Zhuge Liang finally concluded that Dong Zhuojun was not a fraud this time, but a real fiasco.

"The whole army is out of the city, reinforcing the front line!" Zhuge Liang ordered, most of Liu Beijun's soldiers on the front line are newly recruited soldiers, the real main force of Liu Beijun is still in Hefei City, and Dong Zhuojun's soldiers have rich combat experience, even if Dong Zhuojun's situation is unfavorable, it is difficult to deal a blow to Dong Zhuojun with those recruits, and if he wants to win completely, Zhuge Liang can only use Liu Beijun's main force.

With Zhuge Liang's order, Liu Beijun's main force lurking in Hefei City was finally dispatched, and 50,000 veterans of Liu Beijun, under the leadership of Zhuge Liang, quickly went out of the city to reinforce the front line, and joined the attack on Dong Zhuojun......

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Only half an hour after Zhuge Liang's army left, a group of Liu Beijun soldiers with less than two hundred appeared in the field of vision of the defenders of Hefei City, and when the team of Liu Beijun approached the city, the Hefei defenders saw that they were carrying a stretcher in their hands, and the colonel headed by the city shouted: "Open the city gate quickly, we have rescued the three generals, let Lang Zhong come to heal the three generals." ”

"The three generals have been rescued! The three generals have been rescued! The defenders of Liu Beijun in the city cheered, and quickly put down the drawbridge, opened the city gate to let this team of Liu Beijun enter the city, and the city gate chief also came to the stretcher to pat the horse......

The knife flashed on the stretcher, the head of the city gate fell to the ground, and the dark red blood immediately splashed all over the stretcher, and a smooth voice sounded, "Gorgeous Uncle Gan, I'm very good." ”

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When Zhuge Liang's army killed in front of Dong Zhuojun's camp, Dong Zhuojun had been surrounded by Liu Bei's army, and Dong Zhuojun's granary was still on fire, obviously unable to rescue, seeing the reinforcements arrived, Liu Beijun's morale was greatly boosted, and the shouting of killing was much louder, Zhuge Liang saw his rival Sima Yi at a glance in Dong Zhuo's army, Zhuge Liang couldn't help laughing proudly: "Brother Sima, you and I have not seen each other since Luoyang for ten years, brother, don't come harm?" ”

Despite the unfavorable situation, Sima Yi still remained silent - Zhuge Liang couldn't hear Zhuge Liang's smug laughter in the noisy chaotic army, Sima Yi just couldn't help but look at the direction of Hefei City, Zhuge Liang saw his movements from a distance, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, and he also looked in the direction of Hefei City, but at a glance, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but change color on his face - in the direction of Hefei City, a faint black smoke had risen, and then it became thicker and thicker!

"Listen to the soldiers of the Xiliang Army." In the chaos of the army, thousands of people suddenly shouted in unison, and immediately suppressed the shouting and killing, only to hear those Dong Zhuojun soldiers shouting in unison: "The Metropolitan Governor has an order, our army's granary was burned, it is the Metropolitan Governor's plan to lure the enemy, our army has enough food for the whole army to use for five days in a secret place, and after three days, our army's baggage grain team can arrive, and our army has no worries about lack of food!" ”

"Hooray!" Dong Zhuojun and everyone were stunned for a moment, and then cheered and thundered, but the Dong Zhuojun soldiers who shouted shouted shouted in unison: "Brothers, General Gan Ning has captured Hefei City, and the army of the puppet king Liu Bei has no way to retreat, let's just fight bravely and kill the enemy!" ”

The smoke on the city of Hefei in the distance proves that Dong Zhuojun is not boasting, this will change Liu Beijun's military heart to be completely shaken, and the morale of Dong Zhuojun took the opportunity to reorganize the team, like a tiger down the mountain to kill Liu Beijun again, poor and Dong Zhuojun are mostly newly recruited troops, fighting a smooth battle can also be handy, once the battle is unfavorable, the rout is faster than anyone else, and at the same time in the rout also disrupts Liu Beijun's main force......

"Sima Yi, you are ruthless! He even gave up the entire granary to lure my main force into battle! You poison! This is already Zhuge Liang's cry when he retreated, because Dong Zhuojun's other ambush army was all composed of Xiliang Iron Cavalry - Sun Ce's troops had already been killed from the side and directly inserted into Liu Bei's army......

On October 27, the ninth year of Chuping, Dong Zhuo's Jiangnan Army risked the annihilation of the whole army, using the entire granary as bait to lure all the main forces of Liu Bei's army out of the city for field battles.

With Sun Ce stabbing Guan Ping under the horse with a shot, Liu Beijun, who was the first to flee for his life, was completely defeated, Dong Zhuojun chased and killed Baili, killing Liu Beijun's corpse like a mountain, and the blood flowed like a river, and on the way back to Xuzhou, he was robbed and killed by the Pang Tong troops of the Jiangnan Army, Zhuge Liang and Tai Shici and others only led more than 1,000 people to escape across the Huai River, and Zhang Fei was poisoned on the way to escape and never woke up.

After the war, the statistical officials of the Jiangnan Army could only report the results of the battle to Lu Su, "The soldiers of the captured puppet king Liu Beijun sat on four hundred acres of land, and the captured puppet king Liu Beijun will sit on three acres of land with superior generals." ”