Chapter 6: Jizhou Dogfight (1)
At the same moment when Cao Cao's army fled into Liyang City in a hurry, Baima, Yuan Shao's army camp, and like history, Yuan Shao still hesitated to rescue the Wuchao granary when he knew that the granary was attacked, but only sent a small number of troops to support Wuchao, but the main force waited for the news of Wuchao in the camp.
"The fire is too fierce, I can't wait for rescue, and I can't save any food." Chun Yuqiong knelt in Yuan Shaojun's tent to tell the situation of the black nest, but also Chun Yuqiong's luck, a fire last night, Chun Yuqiong in the drunken tent was rescued by his own soldiers in time to the burning tent, Leng did not burn Chun Yuqiong a hair, Chun Yuqiong had the opportunity to come back to Yuan Shao to beg for mercy, and Yuan Shao was already so angry that he couldn't speak, slumped on the seat and breathed more and less in, and finally Chun Yuqiong cried and kowtowed: "Lord, blame that Pang De is too treacherous, and the last general was caught off guard before Pang De's way, please spare your life!" ”
"Wei Yuanjin, Han Juzi!" Yuan Shao gasped and shouted: "You say, what was he doing when Pang De burned the black nest last night? Tell you to keep an eye on Pound, why did you let him burn down his father's granary? ”
"Return to my lordship." Wei Yuanjin and Han Juzi trembled and replied honestly: "As soon as it was dark last night, General Chun forced me to wait until the big tent and drank with him, and began to persuade Pang De to wait for drinking, we didn't dare to drink for fear ......of delaying the big event, but General Chun Yuqiong must wait for me to drink, otherwise we will be engaged in disobeying military orders, and we will have to drink, and we will be drunk by Pang De's thief, but we are not as drunk as General Chun Yuqiong." ”
"Shut up! Shut up! Yuan Shao grabbed the four treasures of the study, Ruyi, paperweights and other things on the table like crazy, and smashed them on the heads of Wei Yuanjin and Han Juzi, and yelled: "Drag them all down, behead them all!" ”
"Wronged, lord, we are wronged!" Wei Yuanjin and Han Juzi shouted together, but Yuan Shaojun's knife and axe hand didn't care whether they were wronged or not, he just dragged them and Chun Yuqiong out, and Chun Yuqiong's shout was different from them, "Lord, the last general knows that it is inevitable to die, please put the last general in the wine vat and soak it to death, and the last general will die." I pray to the lord, and the last general will only be drowned to death by wine......"
In a moment, the bloody heads of the three dereliction of duty generals of Yuan Shaojun were brought in by the knife and axe hands, and Yuan Shao was asked to inspect them, who knew that Yuan Shao yelled: "What are you carrying in?" Take it to feed the dogs, and their corpses, and pull them together to feed the dogs! After the knife and axe hand ran out with a rolling belt, there was silence in the main tent of Yuan Shao's army, and the atmosphere was so depressing that it could make people crazy, and after a long time, Yuan Shao squeezed out a sentence from his throat, "What about Zhang He?" What about Gao Yan? Bengong sent them to attack Cao Cao's camp, why did they change the military order and go to Wuchao without authorization? Why haven't you come back now? ”
"My lord." Guo Tu can be regarded as seizing the opportunity to frame Zhang He, who usually disagrees with him, kowtowed in front of Yuan Shao and said: "Zhang He and Gao Ran have always had the heart to surrender to Cao, and last night the Lord sent two people to attack Cao Ying, and the two changed their actions without authorization is proof. ”
"Hugh is talking nonsense." Frustrated, he refuted Guo Tu's shameless remarks and said: "General Zhang He and General Gao Lan are loyal to the lord, how can they abandon the lord and rebel against Cao? It is clearly because General Zhang He refused to share half of the reward with you after winning the battle last time, so you deliberately framed General Zhang He. ”
"Nonsense!" Guo Tu jumped three feet high, grabbed his frustrated neck and scolded: "You are talking nonsense, when will I ask Zhang He for a bribe?" It's clear that you framed me in front of your lord! ”
Frustrated Zhu pulled Guo Tu's hand, and was about to say when did you Guo Tu not ask for a bribe from the subordinates who received the reward, when a scarred herald rushed in outside the big tent, Yuan Shaojun and everyone saw him dressed and knew that he was a subordinate of Yecheng Guard General Lu Yi, the herald rushed to Yuan Shao and knelt down and cried: "Lord, Yecheng, Yecheng is finished." ”
Yuan Shao was shocked, stood up and asked, "Yecheng is finished?" What's going on, but what about others? ”
The herald cried and said: "Yesterday evening, an army rushed to Yecheng with the soldier seal letter of General Gao Gan, saying that there was a change in Huguan, and General Gao Gan sent them to move the rescue troops, when General Lu Yi ordered our army to open the city gate, a general rushed out of the army, claiming to be Changshan Zhao Zilong, and stabbed General Lu Yi to death with only one combination, and the thief army took the opportunity to capture Yecheng, and the villain finally rushed out of Yecheng and reported to the lord. ”
After listening to the herald, Yuan Shao's eyes rolled, he turned over and fainted, everyone rushed to rescue Yuan Shao, pinched people, rubbed his chest, Yuan Shao woke up for a long time, and the first sentence was, "Dong Zhuo, I'll fuck your mother!" The second sentence is, "The whole army is out of camp, and you must take back Yecheng!" "Yecheng is not only Yuan Shao's base camp, there is Yuan Shao's family in the city, but also Yuan Shao's vassal elegant collection of antiques and paintings, as well as the largest population and grain and grass reserves in Jizhou.
At this moment, Yuan Shaojun's whole army marched, pulled out the camp, packed up weapons and horses, and was very busy, Yuan Shaojun sent to reinforce Wuchao's defeated Jiang Qi fled back, and cried to Yuan Shao that Jiang Qi was killed by Ma Zhong and Zhang He and Gao Ran led the army and Xiahou Dun to encircle Pang De's army, Yuan Shao was even more furious when he heard the news, and vowed to the sky to kill Kang Peng with his own hands to avenge his own army.
"Lord, the villain is not wrong, right?" Guo Tu took the opportunity to take the bad medicine and said: "Zhang He and Gao Ran reconciled with the army of Cao Thief, the enemy of the lord, without your permission, this is simply a rebellion, and the crime should not be forgiven." ”
"Definitely." Frustration immediately refuted Guo Tu's words and said: "The lord and the Cao thief only have a personal enmity, and the Dong thief is a national hatred, Zhang He and Gao Ran, the two generals know the importance of the matter, know right from wrong, and immediately make a decision to turn enemies into friends with Cao Thief, and join forces to fight against Dong Thief, meritorious and innocent/Now the Dong thief's army is holding the Gao Gan General Soldier Talisman to deceive Yecheng, proving that the Gao Gan General has died at the hands of Dong Thief, Dong Thief completely tore his face with the lord, the Lord Justice is to reconcile with Cao Cao, and join forces to fight Dong Thief, the two generals and Xiahou Dun joined forces, proving that Cao Cao also intends to reconcile with the lord, Don't let go of this opportunity. ”
The words of the frustrated professor were eloquent and straightforward, and even Guo Tu couldn't refute it, who knew that Yuan Shao touched the buttocks that lacked a piece of meat, remembered the old things with Cao Cao in the past, and said angrily: "Cao thief, Dong thief, are all national thieves, and I swear to break them into pieces." Guo Tu, you sent someone to call Zhang He and Gao Ran back, and my father asked them about their crimes face to face. ”
Guo Tu was overjoyed to receive the order, and after he came out of the account, Guo Tu called a confidant and whispered to him: "You go to the north of Wuchao to find Zhang He and Gao Lan, tell them, and say that the lord wants to kill them and let them come back quickly." Guo Tu's henchmen were startled and lost their voices: "Then they won't kill me?" Guo Tu patted him on the shoulder and comforted: "Don't worry, it's the lord who wants to kill them, not you want to kill them, even if Zhang He and they rebel, they will only let you come back and send a letter to the lord, and you will not be in danger." ”
What kind of master has what kind of servant, just like Guo Tu was played by Xu Shu, Guo Tu's henchmen were also deceived by Guo Tu, and really rode out of the camp to the north of Wuchao to find Zhang He and Gao Lan, all the way, and Guo Tu's henchmen found Zhang He and Gao Ran who were saying goodbye to Xiahou Dun's troops fifteen miles north of Wuchao.
"Two generals." As soon as Guo Tu's henchmen saw him, he shouted: "The lord wants to kill you, and I want you to go back quickly." ”
Zhang He, Gao Ran, and Xiahou Dun were taken aback, and Gao Ran, who was wrapped in a blood-stained cloth strip on his left shoulder, said, "Why did the lord kill us? ”
"I don't know." Na Guo Tu's henchman replied honestly: "The lord just wants you to go back quickly, and then kill you." ”
"Good." Gao Ran nodded, suddenly pulled out the sword in his right hand, and stabbed the Guo Tu envoy to death with the sword in his hand, Zhang He was shocked, "Gao Ran, what are you doing here?" ”
"Yuan Shao listened to slander and framed Zhongliang." Gao Ran slowly wiped the blood on the sword on the envoy of Guo Tu, turned to Xiahou Dun and bowed, "General Yuan Rang, Gao Ran and Zhang He were framed by traitors, and there is no way out, I want to surrender to the King of Wei and serve the King of Wei for the sake of the dogs and horses, please General Yuan Rang will not hesitate to introduce you." Zhang He gritted his teeth, and also bowed down to Xiahou Dun, "General Yuanrang, Zhang He is also willing to serve the King of Wei." ”
Two generals fell from the sky for his cousin, Xiahou Dun is not a jealous villain like Guo Tu, rolled one eye, laughed and helped Zhang He and General Gao Ran, patted his chest and laughed: "Two generals, don't worry, Xiahou Dun can be reused in my king's custody, and you will be awarded the title of marquis." Zhang He and Gao Ran were grateful, at the moment Zhang He said to his subordinate soldiers, willing to go with their own welcome, unwilling to go is not reluctant, these soldiers know that the Wuchao granary has been burned, and there is no food to eat back, most of them are willing to follow Zhang He and Gao Ran, only a dozen Yuan Shao's dead friends chose to return to Yuan Shao's side. Zhang He and Gao Ran did not break their promise, and immediately let them go back, and took the soldiers and Xiahou Dun to Liyang.
After the more than a dozen Yuan Shao's dead friends reported that Yuan Shao and Zhang He and others defected, Yuan Shao was furious, and immediately killed the dozen or so soldiers who were unwilling to follow Zhang He and others with the crime of collaborating with the enemy, and led an army of 500,000 to the north to kill back, but Yuan Shao's army food has been exhausted, and the army only has half a day's food, and it is not enough to even rush to Liyang, Yuan Shao ordered to deduct the rations of the old and weak soldiers and loot civilian food along the way, giving priority to the supply of strong soldiers.
In the evening of the next day, that is, on the evening of the thirtieth day of the first month of the sixth year of Chuping, the vanguard of Yuan Shao's army was killed under Liyang City, although he suggested that Yuan Shao reconcile with Cao Cao, but Yuan Shao's army was exhausted, and Yuan Shao urgently needed to enter Liyang City to supply grain and grass, so Yuan Shao's army would not go to Yecheng to fight on an empty stomach, so Yuan Shao took Guo Tu's suggestion - to attack Liyang City with all his might!
The sky was slightly dark, the lights were bright in Liyang City, Yuan Shao slapped his horse and raised his whip, rushed to the city under the cover of many shield soldiers, and called Cao Cao to answer in front of the city, Cao Cao was arranging defenses in the city, and stood up when he heard the sound, Cao Cao shouted: "Yuan Shao, you don't listen to Lone's good words, lead the wolf to form an alliance with Dong Thief, Zongzi kills his lonely father, and meets Lone Soldier, causing the black nest to be burned, and Dong Thief captures Yecheng, what face do you have to see Lonely?" ”
Yuan Shao was furious and scolded: "Cao Cao, since you were seven years old when you peeked at the widow in Luoyang to take a bath, my father has seen that you are the least of a thing, Dong thief burned my grain and grass, you knew in advance, not only did you not remember to inform my father in advance of the old friendship, but also repeatedly restrained my father, so that my father could not pay attention to Pang De's tricks, and now he has forcibly occupied my Liyang City, and he has come to force the sophistry of reason. Hurry up and return to the father's Liyang City, and the father can still spare your life in the past, otherwise the father's army will attack the city, and you will have to die without a place to be buried. ”
"Fart!" Thinking of the absurdity of his childhood, Cao Cao not only blushed his old face, but also scolded: "Peeking at the widow taking a bath, didn't you peek?" There is also the matter of stealing the bride, although it was Lone's idea, but you are the most enthusiastic person, and you have to take off the bride's clothes before being discovered by the groom's family. ”
A pair of childhood friends who have played since childhood are bickering in the city and under the city, exposing each other's trivial shortcomings when they were children, but the soldiers of Cao Cao and Yuan Shaojun laughed forward and backwards, Yuan Shao was reminded by laughter, knowing that now is not the time to settle accounts with Cao Cao, he pointed at the horse whip and shouted: "Siege!" Whoever attacks the head of Liyang City first will be the lord of Liyang! ”
Yuan Shao rarely had a generous hand, and the heavy reward stimulated Yuan Shaojun's elite eyes were red, and he shouted and lifted the ladder to Liyang City to kill, and the arrows on Liyang City were like rain, and the ash bottle fell down one after another, Yuan Shaojun paid heavy casualties to put the cloud ladder on the city, and countless hook guns protruded on the city, or pushed or pulled, Yuan Shaojun's soldiers climbed difficult, and were constantly smashed down by wood and stones, and the front army suffered heavy casualties, but Yuan Shao could not care about the casualties of the soldiers, and drove the army to cover up, taking over the position of the front army, the arrows and stones above and below the city were like locusts, with casualties, It's just that Cao Cao's army occupies a favorable position, and the casualties are relatively small.
Seeing the third wave of Yuan Shaojun's killing, Cao Cao really had a hard time, he can now be sure that this Liyang City was deliberately given to him by Jia Xu, between Baima and Yecheng, only this city can supply food, Jia Xu deliberately did not want Liyang City, that is, to let Yuan Shaojun and Cao Cao's arms merge, no matter who wins or loses in the Liyang offensive and defensive battle, there is only one real winner, that is, Dong Zhuojun. And when Jia Xu's trick was the most poisonous, Cao Cao's army, which failed in the raid on Yecheng, had no way out, and there was only a foothold and food supply point in Liyang City, if it was in the wild, Cao Cao's army, which had the smallest number of people, had to be eaten alive by Yuan Shaojun, who was too powerful, so Cao Cao knew that this was Jia Xu's poisonous plan, so he could only be fooled and survive in Liyang City.
The fierce offensive and defensive battles were carried out from evening to late at night, until Yuan Shao's front army took turns to fight, Yuan Shao saw that the soldiers were already very tired, so he hated and ordered the troops to be withdrawn, and the top and bottom of Liyang City had been soaked in blood, and the corpses of the soldiers on both sides of the battle were covered with ditches, and the scene was terrible.
Seeing Yuan Shaojun retreating, Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to go back to Guo Jia to discuss how to transfer Yuan Shaojun's anger to Dong Zhuojun's head, when the Ximen defenders shouted, "What is that?" Was it an enemy attack? Then he heard a crackling explosion, which was very distinct in the dark night, and Yuan Shaojun, who had withdrawn five or six miles to the south, also heard this sound, and stopped and looked back.
On the road outside the west gate of Liyang, a huge carriage was pulled by eight strong oxen, if Hu Che'er, who loves beef, is here, he will definitely shout a pity - because the tail of these eight cows are tied to the long firecrackers, which are crackling and violently exploding, and the strong ox is frightened and galloping, and is bound by the reins and can not run away, so he has to rush along the avenue to the west gate of Liyang City, and the huge carriage pulled by the ox also emits a faint green smoke.
"Hurry up and release the arrows!" Although Cao Cao didn't know what the carriage was loaded on, it was not a good thing to think about, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to release arrows to stop the cattle, but the eight healthy cows had been frightened by the firecrackers, and just rushed to the city gate, in the shouts of Cao Cao's soldiers, the ox cart crashed into the west gate of Liyang City, and the eight healthy cattle were also killed and injured by Cao Cao's rolling stones.
"What's in the car?" About half a tea time later, Cao Cao saw that the ox cart was just parked near the city gate, and there was no other movement. An earth-shattering explosion sounded, and the soldiers of Cao Cao's army on the west gate of Liyang City tore into pieces and flew into the air, and one of their arms fell in front of Cao Cao who was at the north gate.
After the smoke passed, the west gate of Liyang City had disappeared, and the tower on the city gate had also collapsed in half, and Liyang City was exposed to a pervert named Yuan Shaojun like a girl who had been stripped naked.
"Kill!" Without waiting for Yuan Shao's order, Yuan Shaojun's soldiers had already turned their heads and killed back......
"Dong thief, I'll fuck your mother!" Cao Cao said loudly, "Prepare for street fighting!" ”