Chapter 4 Poison vs. Ghost Talent, Fight Again! (Medium)
"Dong Zhuo old thief, I swear to kill you!" Yuan Shao roared frantically, broke the feather arrow that bound the letter in two, and threw it heavily on the faces of the two sons kneeling in front of him, "You two fools, waste, you don't know about the trick of the Dong thief, and you also drag your father-in-law into the scheme!" Yuan Shao habitually put the fault on his son, in fact, the Dong Yuan League who was full of deceit was Yuan Shao's own mistake in his choice, if Yuan Shao was not enthusiastic about King Chen's position, how could he be in Kang Peng's evil deeds?
Yuan Shao suddenly became angry, Yuan Shaojun hadn't seen Cao Cao's whistleblower letter, I don't know why, Guo Tu and Feng Ji, the matchmakers of the Dongyuan Alliance, were even more surprised, Guo Tu asked cautiously: "Lord, what happened?" Yuan Shao's face was pale,
strode in front of Guo Tu, slapped Guo Tu and Feng Ji twice, and bleed the corners of their mouths, only then smashed Cao Cao's letter on Guo Tu's face, and yelled: "Look at it, this time my father is suffering from the alliance you instigated!" Guo Tu didn't even dare to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, so he quickly picked up the letter, opened it tremblingly and watched it, and Yuan Shaojun's other civil and military officers also came up to watch it together.
"The lord spares his life, the lord spares his life." Feng Ji was so frightened that he quickly knelt at Yuan Shao's feet and kowtowed, begging for mercy repeatedly, although Guo Tu also wanted to beg for mercy, but he knew Yuan Shao's temper very well, he was wide on the outside and jealous on the inside, and narrow-minded, admitting his guilt now was undoubtedly an excuse for Yuan Shao to kill himself. Therefore, Guo Tu did not immediately admit his guilt like Feng Ji, but quickly calculated the excuse in his heart.
"My lord, the black nest is a granary, and there is no room for loss." Yuan Shaojun's general Zhang He hugged his fists and said: "I am willing to go with General Gao Ran to save Wuchao." Gao Ran also stood up and was willing to go with Zhang He to save the black nest.
Yuan Shao has always been hesitant to make a decision, at this critical moment, Yuan Shao actually committed the old mistake again, and Guo Tu had already finished the calculation, and immediately hugged his fists and said: "Lord, no, this must be Cao Thief's trick!" ”
"Guo Tu!" Zhang He was furious and shouted: "It has been clearly stated in the letter that Dong Thief is burning our army's granary in the black nest, how can it be Cao Cao's treacherous plan?" The black nest is in danger, so you will have less gossip to confuse the public! ”
Guo Tu rolled his eyes, bowed to Yuan Shao and said: "Lord, Cao Cao has always been treacherous and unmatched, and he is good at profiting from chaos, this letter is just Cao Cao's words, how can it be trusted?" King Kang is allied with our army, there is no shortage of food and weapons, Pound is surrounded by our army, and he sets fire to the grain, unless he Pound doesn't want to die, the matter of burning grain must not be trusted! Guo Tu dared to assert that this letter must be Cao Cao's treacherous plan, and the Cao thief took the risk of raiding our army's granary, and he must have gone all out, and there was no one in the village to guard it, so that the lord would confuse the lord with this letter, so that our army and King Kang's army would be suspicious of each other, and the second would make the lord no longer send troops to attack his camp, so that Cao thief would not have to worry about it. Lord Mingjian, our army should go all out to raid Cao Cao's thief camp, Cao Cao will definitely return to the army in order to protect the camp, and the second is Sun Bin's plan to save Zhao from Wei and Wei! ”
"Nonsense!" Zhang He was in a hurry and shouted: "Cao Cao and the lord are only family feuds, and Dong thief is national hatred, family feuds are small, and national hatreds are big, Cao Cao, as a Han Chen, is willing to forget the national hatred for the sake of family hatred?" Dong thief's burning of grain is definitely true! ”
"How do you conclude that Cao Cao is not a trick?" Guo Tu sneered.
"Don't make any noise!" Yuan Shao shouted: "Zhang He and Gao Lan, order the two of you to lead 50,000 troops to cross the river immediately to attack Cao Cao!" Jiang Qi, I order you to lead 10,000 troops to save the black nest, and the black nest must not be lost! Zhang He and Guo Tu each said that they had their own reasons, Yuan Shao could not make a decision, so he had to adopt a compromise method, Zhang He and Gao Ran had no choice but to lead the troops out of the camp.
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Half an hour ago, Dong Zhuojun suddenly attacked, Chun Yuqiong and other generals were drunk and lying in the tent, Yuan Shaojun was leaderless and caught off guard, and was defeated by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, Dong Zhuojun continued to set fire while killing the enemy, the flames were rising, the smoke covered the sky, and the precious food that Yuan Shaojun scraped the ground and scavenged gradually turned into ashes.
"General, Lu Weihuang and Zhao Rui have already led troops to save Wuchao, do you want to divide the troops and refuse it?" Cheng Lian rushed to Pang De and said, Pang De waved his big knife and shouted: "Don't care about the enemy behind, when the enemy is behind you, you will turn around and kill the enemy!" Dong Zhuojun sang in unison, scrambling to throw firewood, grass torches and other things on the grain hoard that had not yet been ignited, and risked being burned by the fire to overturn the already burning grain hoard, so that the fire spread even more.
"Pound boy, take your life!" Lu Weihuang, the general of Yuan Shaojun, who returned to Wuchao with red eyes, chased from behind with red eyes, raised his gun and took Pound directly, and Pound seemed to be unconscious, just used a red-hot knife to provoke the burning grain bag and smashed it on other grain hoards, and when Lu Weihuang's steel gun almost pierced the vest, Pound shouted loudly, turned around like a whirlwind and opened Lu Weihuang's steel gun, Pound shouted again, his hand rose and fell, Lu Weihuang's martial arts were far inferior to Pound, and he was cut in two by Pound in a hurry, and the blood splashed on Pound's red-hot knife, and there was a burst of green smoke and scorching. And Pang De's war horse did not stop at all, and continued to rush towards Zhao Rui, who was fighting with Ma Zhong, "The thief will die!" Pang De's voice was like thunder, the big knife was extremely powerful, Zhao Rui raised the knife and raised the frame, the two knives collided and made a loud noise, Zhao Rui was exhausted, the big knife was almost out of his hand, and the blood in his chest was churning, Ma Zhong, the number one killer of the Three Kingdoms, took the opportunity to try the knife, and threw a sleeve arrow into Zhao Rui's throat, and Pang De's big knife arrived again, cutting off Zhao Rui's waist.
"Kill!" Pang De raised his knife and shouted again, Dong Zhuojun's morale was shocked, and Yuan Shaojun was killed on his back, and he still set fire to Yuan Shaojun endlessly, not even leaving a single grain for Yuan Shaojun!
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Jiyin, Cao Cao's army camp, Zhang He and Gao Lan led the army to cross the Yellow River, and the beginning was smooth, Cao Cao's army camp was quiet, without the slightest movement, almost made Zhang He suspect that his judgment was wrong, Guo Tu's judgment was correct. However, when Yuan Shao's army crossed the river halfway, a cannon sounded in the camp of Cao Cao's army, Cao Hong on the left, Hao Zhao on the right and Xu Yang on the front killed together, Yuan Shao's army could not support before and after, and was sandwiched by Cao Cao's army, and was immediately defeated.
In the scuffle, Cao Hong and Zhang He met, and Cao Hong shouted: "Zhang He'er, what my king expected was really good, that Yuan Shao was not only blind, but also stupid, and regarded the kindness of my king as a donkey's liver and lungs!" Zhang He was full of shame, and he replied to Cao Hong without shame, and Cao Hong shouted again: "Zhang He, if you are still willing to think about the people of Jizhou, quickly collect your troops to save Wuchao, my king will explain, let you wait for the time being tonight." ”
Zhang He gritted his teeth and refused to answer, and struggled to fight Cao Hong, the battle was not counted, Hao Zhao joined the war group, and Cao Hong attacked Zhang He, and on the other side, Xu Yang had already killed Gao Ran only to parry, and had no power to fight back, Zhang He saw that the situation was not good, and he was busy selling a flaw to escape from the battle circle, and rushed to Xu Zhen to stab a shot, Xu Yang was in a hurry, Zhang He took the opportunity to shout, "Go quickly." He and Gao Ran rushed all the way and fled back to the north bank of the Yellow River. And Cao Jian and the others did not break their promise, and did not cross the river to chase and kill Zhang Hejun.
"Junyi, what should we do now?" Finally escaped back to the north bank, Gao Ran saw that Cao Cao's army was ready, and knew that it was difficult to win tonight, so he had to ask Zhang He: "Do we continue to attack Cao's army?" Or go back to the camp and tell your lord? ”
"Not at all." Zhang He had no expression on his face, and said coldly: "Go to Wuchao, hurry up now, maybe it's still too late!" Zhang He is very risky, he knows that Yuan Shao likes to blame the fault, but he disobeys the order to save the black nest, once the black nest can't be saved, then Yuan Shao will definitely not let him and Gao Ran go, but Zhang He knows that he can't do it, for the only hope. Gao Ran also understood that Zhang He's move was extremely dangerous, but he also knew that Wuchao was very important, so he still didn't object, and gritted his teeth and led the rest of the army with Zhang He to save Wuchao.
Seeing that Zhang He and Gao Ran's troops went to the direction of Wuchao, Cao Hong and others breathed a sigh of relief, leaving Hao Zhao to lead an army to continue to blair south of the Yellow River, Cao Hong and Xu Yang led other armies to move to the lower reaches of the Yellow River immediately, when it was the dry season at the turn of winter and spring, Cao Cao's army had already set up several pontoon bridges downstream, so that Xu Yang and Cao Hong's army could cross the river.
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In the blink of an eye, it was already three watches, and the iron cavalry led by Pang De was still setting fire to Wuchao, the Wuchao granary was too big, once Pang De's troops did not burn up the grain in Wuchao, then Yuan Shao's army would still have the strength to fight, and the ants would bite the elephant to death, after all, the 500,000 army was not a joke, leaving a trace of vitality for Yuan Shao, and Dong Zhuo's plan to enter Jizhou would add uncertain variables.
"General, the enemy has reinforcements again!" Cheng Lian rushed to Pound's side to report again, Pound looked at the granary that was almost completely ignited, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Fight!" Don't give the enemy a chance to put out the fire! ”
"Kill!" Xiliang Iron Cavalry swept up, and Yuan Shaojun Jiang Qi reinforcements collided head-on, in the firelight, the steel knife wielded by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry reflected bursts of cold light, Yuan Shaojun, who would be dominated by infantry, killed corpses all over the field, swords and guns collided, people called horses neighing, the sound shook the sky several times, the terrain of the black nest was higher, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry was condescending, and the impact was more miraculous, although Jiang Qi repeatedly urged the army to rush and kill, but the equipment, morale and terrain were not dominant, and the fierce battle lasted for nearly an hour, Yuan Shaojun paid a heavy price, and still could not rush into the fire to rescue food.
"Don't let the enemy go!" Jiang Qi's army shouted and killed again, Zhang He and Gao Ran's army had also rushed to the Wuchao, Pang De saw that the situation was not good, and saw that the fire of the Wuchao had engulfed the entire granary, and it was difficult to rescue, Pang De decisively ordered: "Withdraw!" Pang De personally led the first army to the palace, covering the main force to evacuate to the north, Yuan Shaojun left Jiang Qifen to rescue food, and Zhang He and Gao Ran led the army to chase after Pang De.
Pound's troops fought and walked, until they fled to the tributaries of the Yellow River north of Wuchao, five pontoon bridges were set up on the river, guarded by Dong Zhuojun's general Wei Xu personally, Pound quickly commanded the troops to step on the bridge and wade across the river, and Zhang He and Gao Ran's army also killed in front of the river, Pound shouted, urging the horse to fight two generals alone, Zhang He and Gao Ran each made steel guns, and Pound fought together, Pound began to underestimate Zhang He and Gao Ran, and gradually fell into the downwind, when it was critical, Ma Zhong killed behind, and fought hard to defeat Gao Ran, Pound took the opportunity to shake his spirits, It was inseparable from Zhang He, and the four of them were divided into two pairs to fight separately, and Dong Zhuo's army was able to cross the river.
After most of Dong Zhuo's army crossed the river, Pang De could still support, and Ma Zhong was young after all, his strength and experience were not as good as Gao Ran, who was in the prime of life, and he was already scarred all over his body, after Pang De ordered the soldiers around him to retreat, he struggled to force Zhang He to open several shots, rushed to Ma Zhong's side to help Ma Zhong kill Gao Lan, and the two finally retreated across the Yellow River, and Zhang He and Gao Ran had already killed the red eyes, drove the army across the river to continue the pursuit, and Jiang Qi was unable to extinguish the fire in the Wuchao granary, afraid that Yuan Shao would be guilty, and also led the army to come, wants to use the heads of Pang De and others to make credit in front of Yuan Shao.
After several successive battles, Pound's troops escaped more than 30 miles after crossing the river, and it was already after the fourth watch, Pound's soldiers were trapped in the horses, but Yuan Shao's army continued to chase behind, Pound shouted to everyone: "Brothers, we can't escape, turn around and kill back, Cao Cao's army is storming Baima, we just need to kill this army back, we can get out of danger safely!" ”
"Kill!" Dong Zhuojun roared together, and was about to turn back and kill, when suddenly there was a sound of killing in the north, and a black cavalry swept in, torches and ants gathered, and the banner was actually Cao Cao's army! The first general has only one eye, it is Xiahou Dun, the general of Cao Cao's army, Xiahou Dun laughed and said: "Pang De Xiaoer, you are waiting for my family's military advisor, take your life!" ”
The incident happened suddenly, Pang De and the others were shocked, and Zhang He's army behind him had already arrived, and he joined forces with Cao Cao's army to encircle Pang De's troops, and Cao Cao's army shouted together, "Yuan Shaojun's brothers, listen, let's kill Dong Thief first today, and then fight later!" Zhang He laughed and commanded the soldiers to shout: "Brothers of Cao Cao's army, we will also kill Dong thief first!" "The two armies joined forces to surround the Pound Corps......
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At the same time, Cao Cao's army led by Xu Yang and Cao Hong had crossed the Yellow River and was rushing towards Liyang; On the other road, Cao Cao was leading the main force of Cao Cao's army to kill Yecheng with Cao Hong, Yu Ban, Li Dian and other generals, and after secretly contacting Dong Zhuojun, Guo Jia took advantage of Dong Zhuojun's plan loophole and suggested that Cao Cao take the risk of crossing the Yellow River and seize Yecheng first, taking advantage of the short time when Pang De's troops and Yuan Shao's army were fighting and Dong Zhuo's main force had not yet entered Jizhou, he preemptively occupied Yecheng and Wei County, the most populous strategic places in Jizhou, and only needed to occupy the two most populous and richest cities in Jizhou. Dong Zhuojun, who came from afar, had no chance to take advantage of it, and Cao Cao's army relied on the opportunity of betraying Pang De's troops to unite with the desperate Yuan Shaojun to take advantage of the chaos, and shared with Yuan Shao and even annexed Jizhou alone.
"Hahaha......!" Seeing that Yecheng was in sight, Cao Cao laughed loudly on the claw yellow flying lightning, very proud, "Feng Xiao's clever plan, ghosts and gods are unpredictable, I can't wait to see Dong Thief's dumbfounded appearance!" ”
Guo Jia, who has recovered a lot, also went out with Cao Cao this time, and when he heard Cao Cao's praise, Guo Jia was a little embarrassed, and replied to Cao Cao, "It's still the king's wisdom, Guo Jia's plan is extremely risky, and only a hero like the king dares to believe Guo Jia." ”
"Hahahaha!" Cao Cao laughed again, "It's ridiculous that Dong Zhuo has no plan, Jia Xu is less wise, and he agreed to divide Jizhou equally, so they believed it, this time Dong Thief not only couldn't get Jizhou, but also forced Yuan Shao to a dead end for the lonely general in vain, and he also had to accompany the life of the general Pang De and 10,000 iron horsemen, hahaha!" ”
In a blink of an eye, it has arrived at the periphery of Yecheng, at this moment the sky is already hazy, Cao Cao urgently ordered Li Dian to lead an army to change into Yuan Shaojun's military uniform, and lure the city gate to Yecheng, when Li Dian and others hurriedly changed their military clothes, Cao Cao suddenly became interested, and had to change clothes and Li Dian to deceive the city gate, Cao Cao's army was useless, so Guo Jia temporarily took over the command and let Cao Cao go to be childish.
After a while, Cao Cao and Li Dian and others rushed to the gate of Yecheng after changing their clothes, and the city asked who came, Li Dian shouted to the city: "I am Han Meng, the general under the lord's account, the lord has won a big victory in Baima, and is about to enter Qingzhou. The soldiers of Cao Cao's army were commanded by Cao Cao, and they also shouted together, "Hurry up and open the city, we have come to report the good news." Including Cao Cao, he couldn't help shouting a few times, but today for some reason, Cao Cao and the others were almost hoarse, but there was no echo in Yecheng.
Cao Cao and the others were puzzled, and suddenly the torches in the city were bright, and a middle-aged scholar dressed in Confucian cedar appeared at the head of the city, the scholar had a beautiful face, and said with a gentle smile: "His Royal Highness the King of Wei, don't pretend, the person who won the plan is not me, it's you." Although the scholar's voice was clear and pleasant, it had an inexplicable evil aura......
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"Don't let Pound go!" Cao Caojun and Yuan Shaojun shouted together, narrowing the encirclement again, and Pang De's troops could not break out of the encirclement when they rushed left and right, and one after another Dong Zhuojun soldiers fell, almost every soldier was wounded, and there were less than 6,000 iron cavalry left.
"God will kill me!" Pang De sighed secretly in his heart, and shouted again: "Brothers, we Xiliang Iron Cavalry fought from Yizhou to Jiangnan, we have not lost once, today we may lose, but we can lose, but we can't lose too much, take out your courage, even if you die, you have to pull your back!" ”
"Pull the foot pad!" Every Xiliang Iron Cavalry is the absolute elite of Dong Zhuo's army, and it is also the best-paid army, loyal to Dong Boss, hearing Pang De's encouragement, Xiliang Iron Cavalry roared, "Pull your feet and cushion your back!" Raising the steel knife that had been cut into the gap, he once again rushed towards the enemy under the leadership of Pound.
"Dying throes!" Zhang He and the others said disdainfully in their hearts, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Jiang Qi and Xiahou Dun rushed out together, surrounded Pang De, who was the leader of Dong Zhuojun, and in an instant, Pang De's body was splashed with blood, and he didn't know who was stabbed and stabbed, Zhang He saw the opportunity, stabbed Pang De's heart with a gun, and shouted: "Go die!" ”
"Kill!" Before Zhang He's words fell, there was an earth-shattering shouting and killing sound in the distance, Zhang He couldn't help but be stunned, Ma Zhong, Cheng Lian and Wei Xu took the opportunity to grab and rescue Pang De, who was already covered in bruises, from Zhang He's gun. And Yuan Caosi didn't care about Pang De's life or death for the time being, and turned his eyes to the west where there was a shout of killing, and it seemed that he was a friend or an enemy.
In the middle of dawn, the black-pressed cavalry appeared on the western horizon, a fiery red war horse galloped in front, and the general on the war horse brandished Fang Tian's halberd and shouted: "Ling Ming, I'm sorry, Ben Hou is lost, so it's only here now, you hold me up!" ”