Chapter 131: The moon was shining at night
Jia Xu said: "Cao Cao still has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Dongjun, our army is difficult to capture for a while, the prince and the prince confront Cao Cao's main force in the Chenliu area, there is no worries for the time being, and it is not a moment to divide the victory or defeat, and Tao has Cao Cao's general Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Ba garrisoned, the soldiers and horses are strong, General Zilong's strength is limited, I am afraid it is difficult to break through, and there is Cao Cao's main force behind him can return to the army at any time, and then there will be a front and rear attack, the risk of annihilation of the whole army, the top priority is to support General Zilong first, the north and south sandwich Dingtao, after breaking the city in one fell swoop, After leading the army to attack Cao Cao's main force with the prince, Cao Cao's forces west of Dongjun can be completely destroyed. After that, I joined forces with the state army, and with more than 100,000 troops, Cao Cao could only surrender. β
After Lu Bu learned that Gao Shun successfully crossed the river and surrounded Jiyin County with Zhao Yun, he did not feel happy, but said worriedly: "Gao Shun crossed the river, it seems that he occupies a reasonable position, and he can retreat today, and he and Zhao Yun will form a siege of Jiyin." But when he first crossed the Yellow River, his foothold was not stable, and there were countless Cao Cao's guards behind him. β
Tian Feng even said: "Originally, the forces of the enemy and us alternated layer by layer, forming a local encirclement with each other, and containing each other, so that the situation is still stable now, and now Gao Shun crosses the river to the south, and tens of thousands of troops in Yanzhou have become a giant hammer to break the balance. For Cao Cao, the situation west of Dongjun took a sharp turn for the worse, the main force of the army was hanging alone, and Zhao Yun, who was not a concern in the territory, was now in one place with Gao Shun, and he could already turn over the river and the sea and stir up the situation. I'm afraid that Jiyin, Shangqiu and other places will become the things in our army's pocket. β
Lu Budao: "Isn't this what we want? β
Tian Feng said: "That being said, once the balance is broken, Cao Cao will definitely not sit still, and will definitely take risks and use extraordinary means to fight with us for his life." β
Lu Buqi said: "What does Mr. think Cao Cao will do?" β
Tian Feng said: "Cao Cao's mind has always been unpredictable, whether he was negligent to cross the river this time, or deliberately unknown, we still don't know, we should still make the worst plan." β
Lu Budao: "Does Mr. have a good way to deal with it?" β
Tian Feng said: "Let's assume that Cao Cao deliberately let Gao Shun cross the river, then he must have prepared a follow-up countermeasure, because Gao Shun's 50,000 army is now stationed in Jiyin, between Dingtao and Dongjun. If Cao Cao dispatches the main force back to Dingtao, and makes Cao Cao's guards in Dongjun supply Gao Shun's army behind, then Zhao Yun and Gao Shun's army, which are deep in Cao Cao's hinterland, will be flanked by Cao Cao on both sides and surrounded by regiments, so they can only fight the trapped beasts, and it will be difficult to escape again. β
Lu Bu listened to Tian Feng's analysis of the battle situation, and said that the good situation in front of him seemed to be full of dangers, so he was a little unhappy and said: "Cao Cao can join forces to attack Dingtao, how can I do what he wants, why don't we attack Xiahoudun's department with a large army, so that they have no time to take care of him, and then the battle of Dingtao will be certain, and our army's two armies will attack Cao Cao's main force in the north and south, and won't it be a bag to take things?" β
Tian Feng sighed: "It can only be like this, without further ado, the prince still needs to make a decision early." β
Lu Bu did not hesitate, so that Zhang Jaw and Yan Liang were the vanguards of the left and right, Zhang Liao and Wei Xu were the follow-up reinforcements, and Lu Bu ordered the troops and horses of his headquarters to pour out of the nest and rush to attack the main force of Cao Cao, Xiahou Dun, who was defending on the other side of Yingshui.
Yingshui originates from Yingchuan, although it is closer to the Yellow River, but it is not a tributary of the Yellow River, Yingshui flows slowly all the way, passes through Yanzhou and Yuzhou and reaches Yangzhou directly, and joins the Yangtze River. And Yanzhou is in the upper reaches of Yingshui, the river flow is not wide, although Xiahoudun uses Yingshui as a barrier, but he does not dare to rely too much, after all, the water flow is not deep, if Lu Bu has the intention to force the crossing, I am afraid he will not be able to stop too many things.
LΓΌ Bu divided into two roads with Zhang Jaw and Yan Liangbing, and crossed the river from both sides of Xiahoudun's garrison camp, and Zhang Liao was used as the guide in the middle to attract the attention of Xiahoudun's army.
Xiahoudun naturally didn't know the offensive route of Lu Bu's army, and when he saw that Zhang Liao was eager to try and wanted to storm and cross the river, he was anxious to set up a formation for the army and wait for him, so he wanted to give him a head-on attack when Zhang Liao crossed the river.
When the confrontation between the two armies was anxious, Zhang Liao and Yan Liang, who were secretly crossing the river in a roundabout way, suddenly led the cavalry to raid the left and right flanks of Xiahoudun.
Zhang Liao was waiting for this opportunity, how could he miss it, and when Cao Jun was in a panic, he took the opportunity to force his way across Yingshui.
The main force of the Cao army was attacked from three sides, fortunately, the total number of soldiers and horses had a great advantage, but it did not fall into a rout, Cao Xiu and Cao Hong resisted the attack of the two wings respectively, and the army of this formation slowly retreated step by step, and did not let Zhang Liao take much advantage.
The two armies fought at Yingshui, and the battle lasted for a whole day and a night, until LΓΌ Bu led the army of his headquarters to rush to help, and the Cao army retreated.
Lu Bu was extremely embarrassed until the current situation, and he must not let the main force of the Cao army have a chance to return to Dingtao, otherwise Zhao Yun and Gao Shun, who were deeply trapped in Dingtao, would be wiped out.
Let the cavalry of Zhang Jaw and Yan Liang, who had experienced a whole day of fighting, take a break, and personally lead more than 30,000 soldiers and horses in his headquarters to chase the main force of Cao's army that Empress Cang withdrew.
The main force of Cao's army has also experienced a whole day of fighting, and it has long been sleepy and lacking in people, and it has been built by people and horses, and the energetic army of Lu Bu has caught up and can only resist hard.
Lu Bu led the army into the formation of the Cao army, and it was like a pack of wolves rushing into the sheepfold, destroying the withering and decaying. Cao Xiu, Cao Hong, Le Jin and others, the generals of the Cao army, saw that the big thing was not good, if Lu Bu was allowed to charge into battle in the army formation like this again, the Cao army's formation would inevitably be divided into pieces, and then it would fall into chaos, and it would inevitably be another rout.
So Cao Xiu, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Le Jin, Xiahou Shang and other generals came out together to encircle and kill Lu Bu, and he must not be so blatantly arrogant in front of the army.
Lu Bu has been fighting for half his life, and he has met countless generals, but few people can be regarded as opponents, he has always been invincible, and no one has ever been able to truly match him, even the so-called princes and generals Pan Feng, Hua Xiong, and Wen Chou are not his generals, if the heroes of the world are just fighting alone, Lu Bu is confident that he can rely on the halberd in his hand.
Therefore, he developed an arrogant spirit, and even if he saw several generals of the Cao army attacking together, he was not afraid, and he raised his halberd to meet him, and went straight to kill a few people who rushed to him.
Cao Xiu originally thought that it would be more than enough for several people to work together to encircle and kill Lu Bu, and his heart was naturally stable, but at this time, he suddenly saw that the light was flickering, the situation was dangerous, and the power of speed and strength far exceeded the repeated battles with Lu Bu before, and he hurriedly kicked the knife to block in shock, and as soon as he made contact, he felt that his body was like being struck by lightning, and the long knife in his hand could not be controlled, and he was knocked away several feet away.
At this time, fortunately, Cao Ren and Le Jin arrived in time and rushed to attack Lu Bu's left and right, so that Lu Bu could not take advantage of the situation to attack and kill Cao Xiu.
Lu Bu was intercepted by a few people castration, the impact of the army was greatly blocked, and gradually fell into the entanglement, but this is not what Lu Bu wanted, the number of Cao's army is far superior to his own several times, if it continues to be consumed like this, I am afraid that it will be difficult to win, not to mention, there will be a disaster of defeat.
In a fit of rage, the halberd in his hand was a little faster, and the halberd flew up, leaving countless afterimages, like a lotus flower in full bloom, with a fierce aura, which overwhelmed the generals of the Cao army.
Cao Xiu saw that Lu Bu was so powerful, and shouted: "Kill people first, kill horses, and attack where they are unprepared." β
The generals were ordered, Cao Xiu, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong attacked Lu Bu's halberd on three sides, but Xiahou Shang and Le Jin took the opportunity to attack and kill Lu Bu's war horse.
Lu Bu was furious, these people were so despicable, they actually resorted to such inferior means, they have been on the battlefield for many years, and the generals are dueling, why are there such a means of fighting more and less, but they still have to sneak attack the war horse, are they not afraid of being laughed at by the heroes of the world?
That being said, this is just the anger in the heart, after all, winning with life is far more important than face, even if it is Lu Bu himself, if he can't win, it is understandable to use some means.
Lu Bu was attacked by several people in the division of labor, and he had to protect the war horse under his crotch, and suddenly the situation on the battlefield changed greatly, in the battle formation of the two armies, Lu Bu was besieged and killed by a group of Cao generals, and gradually fell into a bitter fight, and no longer had the previous prestige.
The army fought for half a day, Cao Junsheng was superior in numbers, and gradually recovered from the previous panic, and surrounded the large army of Lu Bu who rushed into the battle array.
Lu Bu himself is even more dangerous, not only surrounded by a group of Cao army generals, but also soldiers who rushed out from the side, not knowing whether they were alive or dead, and occasionally defended against sudden cold arrows, even if Lu Bu was fierce and unparalleled in the world, he couldn't withdraw for a while.
At this moment, suddenly the horn drums behind him sounded, and countless armies came from the rear, and thousands of horses galloped, all of which were thunderous.
Lu Bu looked back at the incoming army, and it was Zhang Liao, Zhang Jaw, Yan Liang and others who came in time after resting.
Cao Jun was originally in full swing, and he was about to annihilate Lu Bu's army, but he didn't want to be suddenly attacked by Lu Bu's reinforcements at this time, and his morale was suddenly depressed.
Lu Bu took the opportunity to attack and kill the absent-minded generals of the Cao army, painted dozens of halberds that flew and killed, and stabbed Xiahou Shang, who was approaching first, with a knife in his hand, Xiahou Shang was hit in the left shoulder, and the spear in his hand was even more vibrated by Lu Bu and flew out a few zhang away. The halberd flew like a dragon, and then flew the long knife of Cao Xiu's sneak attack on the war horse, and suddenly felt a strong wind in the back of his head, and hurriedly dodged sideways, and a spear grazed the side of his ear.
Lu Bu freed up one hand, grabbed the spear that stabbed him, and pulled it hard, and the owner of the spear, Le Jin, was caught off guard, and Lu Bu seized the blade.
A group of Cao generals saw that Lu Bu took two weapons in a row, and even stabbed Xiahou Shang, and at this moment Lu Bu's reinforcements had already entered, and Cao Bu's army was flanked from front to back, and there were heavy casualties for a while.
Cao Xiu saw that there was nothing to do, the defeat of the army was decided, and if he did not retreat, there was a danger that the whole army would be annihilated, so he urgently ordered the army to retreat.
The Cao army had long been overwhelmed, and when they heard that they no longer had the slightest will to fight, they scattered and fled, and Lu Bu took advantage of the situation to chase and kill, ran for more than ten miles, and killed tens of thousands of Cao troops, so as to gather troops and horses, in order to regroup and support Zhao Yun and Gao Shun, who were deep in the hinterland of the enemy.
Although Lu Bu won, he always felt that something was wrong, the defeat of the Cao army this time seemed to be too easy, although there were many Cao troops who had just fought with him, but they were far less than the 100,000 people mentioned before.
Thinking back to the previous battle, Lu Bu's heart suddenly sank, and he exclaimed: "Have you ever seen Xiahoudun, the commander of the Cao army, in battle? β
All the generals shook their heads, indicating that they had not seen them.
Lu Bu asked, "Then where did Xiahoudun go?" β
Tian Feng hesitated: "Xiahoudun, as the commander of the army, is missing at this time, there are only two possibilities, one is that he ordered a part of the army to set up suspicious soldiers here, slow down the speed of our army's march, and lead the troops back to Dingtao, then Zhao Yun and Gao Shun The two generals are afraid that they will be in danger of being surrounded." Second, it may also be that Xiahoudun took advantage of our army's outpouring and attacked behind our army by surprise, cutting off our army's retreat and plunging our army into a counter-encirclement. In either case, it will be an unfavorable situation for our army, which is a matter of life and death. β
Lu Bu pondered: "The top priority is to capture Dingtao as soon as possible, and relieve Zhao Yun and Gao Shun of their danger, in case they are surrounded by Xiahoudun's Hui army and Cao Cao's Dongjun army, I am afraid they will not be able to support it for too long, and there are still 30,000 soldiers and horses of Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Ba in Dingtao City, the situation is imminent, and I can't wait to think about it." β
After a short rest, the army hurried to Dingtao, and when they arrived at the city of Dingtao, they did not see the expected battle situation. Zhao Yun was camped under the Dingtao City, the city under the city was in a mess, the wolf smoke was billowing, and the corpses of countless soldiers were displayed around the city wall, obviously after countless battles.
Zhao Yun welcomed the arrival of Lu Bu's army, and was overjoyed for a while, and said: "Our army has attacked Dingtao for three days, but there are many defenders in Dingtao City, and there are more heavy equipment to guard, we have suffered heavy casualties, and General Gao Shun at the north gate has not made progress, he came to cross the river in a hurry, and he did not carry heavy siege equipment at all, and it is even more difficult to attack the city. The prince arrived at this time, and he solved our urgent need. β
Lu Bugu looked at him left and right, and said, "Zilong has ever had Cao army reinforcements here to attack the city?" β
Zhao Yun was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said: "There is no reinforcement from the Cao army, otherwise our army will attack the city day after day, and it will already be a tired division, and I am afraid that it will be broken by the enemy army long ago." β
Lu Bu and Tian Feng glanced at each other, and they each knew in their hearts that Xiahoudun had disappeared, and since he did not come to support Dingtao, it must have been a surprise soldier who attacked the rear of the army. Once the rear is cut off, then at this time, Lu Bu's army, which is deeply trapped in Dingtao, will really become a turtle in prison and be slaughtered by others.
Lu Bu suddenly thought for a moment and said, "Chuan Sima Yi came to see me." β
But seeing Tian Feng's face, he said with a stunned face: "Sima Yi used the excuse of relieving himself during the march, and since then he has lost his trace, and we have not had time to report to the prince." β
Lu Bu sighed, after all, people are not as good as heaven, Sima Yi escaped from the battle, Xiahoudun's army is nowhere to be found, although he set up an ambush in Guandu Ling Yang Xiu, it will definitely keep the enemy busy, but Zhongmu is the lifeblood of the army, only Wei Yue's wolf cavalry camp guards, it is really not very proper, in case Xiahoudun finds out the importance of this place, it will be a devastating disaster.
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