Chapter 27: The Battle of Hanshui

Zhao Yun rescued Ma Chao and fought and left. Wherever the two went, no one dared to stop them. Cao Cao saw it from a high place and asked the generals in surprise: "Who is this?" ”

A soldier who knew Zhao Yun told Cao Cao: "This is Changshan Zhao Zilongye." ”

Cao Cao exclaimed: "This person has entered my army as if he had entered a no-man's land, and he can save Ma Chao under Lu Bu, which is even more powerful than the former Dangyang Changsaka Runan Chen Dao!" ”

Cao hurriedly ordered: "Wherever Zhao Yun and Ma Chao go, they are not allowed to underestimate the enemy. ”

Zhao Yun rescued Ma Chao and killed the encirclement, and a sergeant pointed to the left front and said: "The southeast surround must be the deputy general Zhang." ”

Zhao Yun didn't return to his hometown, so he looked to the southeast to kill. Everywhere I went, I saw the four-character banner of "Changshan Zhao Yun", and there were Cao soldiers who knew the name of Zhao Yun's "Changsheng General" and told each other that they all fled, and Zhao Yun saved Zhang again.

Cao Cao saw that Zhao Yun was rushing to the west and moving forward, so he didn't dare to meet the enemy, saved Ma Chao, and saved Zhang Zhu. Cao Cao was furious and led Xu Chu, Dian Wei and the left and right soldiers to drive Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun has returned to the village, and the general Zhang Yi followed, seeing the dust rising behind him, he knew that it was Cao Bing chasing, and immediately said to Zhao Yun: "The chasing soldiers are approaching, so you can order the sergeant to close the gate of the village and go to the enemy tower to protect it." ”

Zhao Yun shouted: "Shut the gate!" I, Ma Mengqi and a group of white horse servants and Xiliang iron cavalry are all here, what are the Cao soldiers afraid of! ”

Zhao Yun then set up a crossbowman to ambush in the trench outside the wall, and put down all the flag guns in the camp, and the golden drum did not sound. Zhao Yun stood outside the camp gate with a single gun.

However, it was said that Zhang He and Xu Huang led the troops to chase Zhao Yun's military village, and it was getting late. The door of the village was wide open, and there was no trace of Ma Chao, and the two generals did not dare to move forward.

In the midst of his suspicion, Cao Cao personally led a large army to arrive and urgently urged the army to move forward. The troops listened to the order, shouted, and rushed to the camp, but saw that Zhao Yun did not move at all, and Cao Bing turned over and returned.

Zhao Yun made a move of the gun, and the bow and crossbow in the trench were fired together. At this time, it was dark, and Cao Jun did not know how many soldiers there were in Shu. Cao Cao first turned back his horse and retreated, only to hear a loud shout from behind, drums and horns, and the cavalry of the Shu army rushed to come.

Cao Bing trampled on each other, hugged to the Hanshui River, and fell into the water to die, I don't know how many. Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Zhang Zhu each led a soldier and horse, and the pursuit was very urgent. Cao Cao was running, and suddenly Liu Xian and Meng Da led two armies of soldiers and horses to kill from the Micang Mountain Road and set fire to the grain and grass.

Xu Chu and Dian Wei led the army to kill and retreat the Shu soldiers, and Cao Cao taught the soldiers to save the grain and grass in Beishan and hurriedly returned to Nanzheng. Xu Huang and Zhang He couldn't hold their feet, and they also abandoned the village and left.

Zhao Yun occupied Cao Zhai, Ma Chao seized a lot of grain and grass, and Han Shui obtained countless weapons, won a big victory, and sent someone to report to Liu Du. Liu Du then went to Hanshui with Zhuge Liang and asked Zhao Yun's subordinates: "How does Zilong fight?" ”

The sergeant killed Zhao Yun into the army, and rescued Ma Chao and rejected Han Shui from Lu Bu's men, and told Liu Du and Zhuge Liang in detail.

Liu Du was overjoyed, looked at the steep road in front of the mountain and behind the mountain, and happily said to Zhuge Liang: "Zilong is full of courage!" ”

Zhao Yun came out of the village to greet him, Liu Du praised Zhao Yun with a smile, and said to Zhao Yun: "Zilong has shown his power in this battle, and I will give you the title of 'General Huwei' today." Your spear makes Cao Bing cold, so let's call it 'Gentian Bright Silver Spear'! ”

"Thank you, my lord!" Zhao Yun thanked him, and Liu Du worked hard that day and feasted until the evening.

The generals were drinking and feasting, and suddenly reported that Cao Cao had sent a large army from the Xiegu path to fetch Han water. Liu Du smiled: "Cao Cao can't do anything here. I expected to get Han Shui. ”

Liu Du then led his troops to meet the battle in the west of the Han River, and Cao Cao ordered Xu Huang to be the vanguard and come to the decisive battle. A person in front of the tent came out and said: "A certain person knows geography very well, and is willing to help General Xu go to Shu with him." ”

Cao Cao saw that this person was from Danqu, Brazil, with the surname Wang, the name Ping, and the characters were even. Now the general of the tooth gate. Cao Cao was overjoyed, so he ordered Wang Ping to be the deputy pioneer to help Xu Huang.

Cao Cao's troops were in the north of Dingjun Mountain, Xu Huang and Wang Ping led the army to Hanshui, and Xu Huang ordered the front army to cross the water and line up. Wang Ping asked Xu Huang: "If the army crosses the water, if it wants to retreat sharply, what can it do?" ”

Xu Huang said with a smile: "In the past, Han Xin was in the back of the water, and the so-called 'death and rebirth' is also." ”

Wang Ping shook his head and said, "No." In the past, Han Xin expected that the enemy had no plan and used this plan, can the current general predict the intentions of Zhao Yun and Ma Chao? ”

Xu Huang squinted at Wang Ping and said, "You can lead the infantry army to resist the enemy, and watch me lead the horse army to break it." ”

Xu Huang then asked people to build a pontoon bridge, and then crossed the river to fight Liu Dujun.

Knowing that Xu Huang crossed the Hanshui River and set up camp, Ma Chao and Zhao Yun said to Liu Du: "A certain and others will lead the soldiers of their headquarters to meet the Cao soldiers. ”

Liu Du agreed, and the two led the troops. Ma Chao said to Zhao Yun: "Today, Xu Huang is brave to come, and he will not fight the enemy. When the soldiers are tired at dusk, you and I can divide our troops and attack them in two ways. ”

Zhao Yun followed Ma Chao's suggestion and led an army with Ma Chao to occupy the village. Xu Huang led his troops to fight from Chenshi, until Shenshi, Liu Dujun did not move. Xu Huang taught all the crossbowmen to move forward and shoot towards Liu Dujun's camp.

Ma Chao said to Zhao Yun: "Xu Huang ordered the crossbow shooter, and his army will definitely retreat." You can take advantage of the time to hit it. ”

As soon as Ma Chao's words fell, he suddenly came to report that Cao Bing's rear team really retreated. So the drums of Liu Du's military camp shook loudly, Ma Chao led the troops to kill on the left, and Zhao Yun led the troops to kill from the right.

After two attacks, Xu Huang was defeated, and the sergeant was forced to jump into the Han River, and countless people died. Xu Huang escaped from the death battle, and returned to the camp to reproach Wang Ping, saying: "You see that our army is in danger, how can you not save it?" ”

Wang Ping sighed helplessly: "If I come to the rescue, this village will not be protected." I told the general to take a leave of absence, but the general refused to listen, and he was defeated. ”

Xu Huang was furious and wanted to kill Wang Ping. Wang Ping led the army horses of his headquarters to set fire to the camp that night, Cao Bing was in chaos, and Xu Huang abandoned the camp and left. Wang Ping crossed the Han River to vote for Zhao Yun, and Zhao Yun led Wang Ping to see Liu Du.

Wang Ping is very familiar with the geography of Hanshui, and Liu Du is overjoyed: "The lonely prince is all right, and there is no doubt that he will take Hanzhong." ”

Liu Du then ordered Wang Ping to be a partial general and lead the envoys.

But it was said that Xu Huang fled back to see Cao Cao and said, "Wang Pinghaul went to demote Liu Duyi!" ”

Cao Cao was furious, and the pro-unified army came to seize the Hanshui Zhaizha. Zhao Yun was afraid that it would be difficult to stand alone, so he retreated to the west of the Han River. The two armies were separated by water. Liu Du, Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng came to observe the situation.

Zhuge Liang saw that there was a mountain on the Han River, and there was an earthen mountain, which could ambush more than 1,000 people, so he returned to the camp and called Zhao Yun to order: "You can lead 500 people, all with drums and horns, and lie under the earth mountain; Or in the middle of the night, or at dusk, I only listened to the sound of the cannons in our camp: the cannons sounded, and the drums were beaten. Just don't go to war. ”

Zhao Yun led Zhuge Liang's strategy, but Zhuge Liang quietly observed on the high mountain. The next day, Cao Bing came to fight, but no one in Liu Du's camp came out, and no bows and crossbows were fired, so Cao Bing retreated.

In the dead of night, Zhuge Liang saw that the lights in Cao Ying had just been extinguished, and the sergeant rested, so he released the cannon. When Zhao Yun heard it, it made people beat drums and horns sounded in unison. Cao Bing panicked, thinking that Liu Dujun had come to rob the village. When they drove out of the camp, they did not see a single horse.

As soon as Cao Bing returned to the camp and was about to rest, the trumpets sounded again, the drums and horns sounded again, the shouts shook the ground, and the valley echoed continuously. Cao Bing was restless all night. For three nights in a row, Cao Cao was so frightened that he retreated thirty miles and camped in the open area.

Fa Zheng smiled and said to Zhuge Liang: "Kong Ming's plan is very clever. Cao Cao is suspicious by nature and will fall for this plan. ”

Zhuge Liang asked Liu Du to personally lead the army to cross the Han River and camp against the water. Liu Du asked Zhuge Liang what his plan was, and Zhuge Liang and Liu Du whispered: "But so." ”

Fa Zheng smiled and didn't ask, he already knew Zhuge Liang's strategy. Cao Cao saw that Liu Du was also carrying the water to the village, and he was puzzled in his heart, so he sent someone to write a war letter. Liu Duzhu came to Japan for a decisive battle.

The next day, the two armies of Cao and Liu met in front of the Five Realms Mountain on the middle road, and each lined up in formation. Cao Cao stood under the banner of the door, lined up with two rows of dragon and phoenix flags, beat drums and three links, and asked Liu Du to come out and answer.

Liu Du led his eldest son Liu Xian, Meng Da and the generals of Sichuan out of battle, and Cao Cao raised his whip and scolded: "Liu Du, you thief who rebels against the court!" ”

Liu Du said loudly: "I am a member of the Han clan, and I am edicted to beg for thieves. After you killed your mother, you set yourself up as the king of Wei, didn't you forget the 'White Horse Alliance'? Isn't it the other way around? ”

Cao Cao was furious and ordered Xu Huang to come out to fight. Liu Xian came out to meet the battle, and when the battle was engaged, Liu Du walked into the army first. Where can Liu Xian be the enemy against Xu Huang, he slashed away Xu Huang's stone axe, and left with a horse.

Cao Cao ordered: "Whoever catches Liu Du will be the pastor of Yizhou." ”

Cao Cao's army shouted and killed together. Liu Dujun fled to Hanshui, abandoned all the camps, horses and weapons were all thrown on the road, and Cao's soldiers and soldiers all rushed to seize it. Cao Cao hurriedly shouted and hurriedly collected his army.

The generals asked: "A certain group is waiting to capture Liu Du, why did the king withdraw his army?" ”

Cao Cao sighed: "I saw that the Shu soldiers were camped with Han water on their backs, and they were suspicious; Abandon horses and weapons, and its suspicious two also. You can retreat from the army in a hurry and take your clothes off. ”

Cao Cao then ordered: "Whoever takes something in vain will be beheaded immediately." Quickly retreat. ”