Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Heavenly Time is Angry
At sunset, when Le Jin suddenly found out that Guo Yuan, the old man of Peiguo, was really in the city, the battle of Wuchao basically came to an end.
Huang Gai's arrival gave Cao Cao a life-saving respite, so that the latter was not fully surrounded, and was able to take advantage of the arrival of night to break through to the south and escape into darkness, but that was all...... Because Huang Gongfu's department left the camp in the middle of the night yesterday, he galloped back and forth for a whole day, traveled 60 miles, and crossed Jishui twice, which was basically the end of the strong crossbow. Unlike the Lejin Department who rushed, he also rested a little at Qinghe for a while.
Moreover, don't forget that the corporal under Huang Gai is basically a good thing now.
It's really a good thing, Huang Gai is a collection of the remnants of the four battalions after the bloody battle of Guandu that day, just like the general posture of Xiahou Shang and Che Xuan's 2,000 cavalry, and this battle itself is an outcast, whether it is Cao Cao or Huang Gai himself, he will not really put the real combat power into it.
It's just that for the sake of the performance to be realistic, to ensure that the armor and armor are equipped.
Therefore, seeing Huang Gai coming north, the cavalry of the Yan army hurriedly turned around, but only struggled to drive the defeated soldiers to rush, and then made a posture of trampling on the iron cavalry, and Huang Gai's whole army was completely out of control and scattered in the wilderness for a while. In order to avoid the sharpness of the Yan cavalry, many people plunged directly into the Wuchaoze, and then because it was dark and the armor on their bodies was tired, many of them fell into the quagmire, and it was difficult to climb out.
Think about it, at that time, the four battalions fought hard, and they were all defeated in half a day, and at that time, thousands of horses were galloping, and they were still overthrown.
It's just that the timing of Huang Gai's coming is too good, and it has a certain strategic delay effect...... This was later confirmed, after Huang Gai crossed the Jishui, he knew that there was a big battle here, but he did not return in a hurry, but slowed down slightly, and arrived at the battlefield at sunset, which can be regarded as a bit of a general.
Since the Huang Gai Department was dispersed and the sky was dark, Cao Cao, Wen Ping, and Li Tong all took the opportunity to pull out the formation and go north, but Gongsun Xun did not mean to stay, but ordered the whole army to blow the trumpet and assemble, and asked the fighting units to clean up the battlefield. After all, 35,000 cavalry fought at this time, whether it was light cavalry or armor cavalry, it was not a lie, and it was difficult to fight again after losing the excitement of battle and adrenaline, and even, if Cao Ren's reinforcements bumped into him head-on in the dark night, he would suffer a big loss.
"Counting Huang Gai, he barely broke three battalions...... That's it! β
Under the torch, Gongsun Xun looked at the darkness in the direction of Cao Mengde's escape and was silent for a long time before he spoke, but he actually looked a little bored. "The soldiers were tired, and the sky was dark, so Ling Ming went on a trip, led two thousand righteous followers, gathered some soldiers and horses, and pursued ten miles south to see if he could gain anything. Ten miles later, whether it is successful or not, immediately turn around and spread out, drive a group of defeated troops to the north, try to drive the enemy army on the battlefield into Wuchaoze, and then let the large army return to the camp for preparation, you stay here to sweep and suppress, and then send the army to clean up the battlefield tomorrow. β
Everyone hurriedly agreed.
Of course, just the armor and arrows scattered on the battlefield are a huge amount of military money, not to mention the possible prisoners, it is impossible not to come and clean them...... To put it mildly, this battle is fought without picking up the rags temporarily, and it will be difficult for the Guandu battalion to launch an offensive, because there are not enough bows and arrows!
Once the order was given, Pang De and the others naturally received the order. As the commander of the First Army, Gongsun Xun, who fought an irrefutable victory, was unexpectedly not excited. He didn't say anything more, nor did he make peace with the soldiers who sang Hebei folk songs on the battlefield, but led more than 1,000 horsemen to return to Guandu from the west. With his departure, the singing and noise on the battlefield slowly faded, and the noisy nest finally calmed down, leaving only the blood in the night sky, and then occasionally the wounded soldiers who could not bear the pain whispered for help.
At the same time, just like two sides of the same thing, the Inner Yellow Area, which had been peaceful and peaceful for a whole day, suddenly made a noise with the arrival of night.
In fact, when Le Jin heard that Guo Yuan, the governor of the Yingzhou Plain who was born in Peiguo, at this time, he already knew that something was wrong, but his person only changed slightly, but he returned to normal. Because since this trip has crossed the Yellow River, Le Wenqian has already realized that the pawn who crossed the river can still retreat?
Or, the pawn who crosses the river, and the pawn who crosses the river at the front, is there any extravagant hope? He had changed color a little before, but it was only that the one-day march after crossing the river was too smooth, which made him a little lucky. And now that I think about it, it is not normal for the march to go so smoothly.
Of course, it is useless to think too much at this time, because Le Wenqian did not have any unnecessary nonsense after reacting, but immediately ordered to let the accompanying armor soldiers test the siege!
However, even if Le Wenqian is known as brave and famous, even if his 5,000 Puyang soldiers have been on the front line against the Yan army for several years, so that they were recognized as 'elite' by the Yan army's Jing'antai, this wave of tentative suspension siege was a complete failure when it came up.
The reason is very simple, it is not that the Lejin Department is tired from afar, nor that the Lejin Department lacks equipment, but that there are too many defenders in the huge Huangcheng!
The armor soldiers of the Lejin Department were ordered to step forward, first tried to hang the rope to the city, but in exchange for the easy killing of the city head, basically after stabilizing the hook, the person was easily cut by the city head as soon as he climbed halfway, and fell down heavily. In desperation, his troops could only move along the city wall and smear on the left side of the north gate of Neihuang, trying to find a weak place in defense and climb secretly, but almost everywhere they arrived, the city suddenly burst into flames, lighting up the night sky, and at the same time, there were Jin Ge's shouts above the head.
In this state, even if the gods come, it is impossible to rely on a surprise attack to 'climb' this city!
And as the fires on the city became more and more dense, Le Wenqian did not rush to invest more troops, nor did he directly go into battle in person, but retreated slightly to a safe distance, looking at the grand scene at the city head with a calm and strange gaze.
Finally, as the entire north wall of the Inner Yellow City became a piece of fire, and the rest of the city gates where the interception troops were sent to intercept them suddenly burst into flames, Le Jin completely determined a conjecture - this was a trap!
Otherwise, Guo Yuan, who was an officer under the rule of Yingzhou, would have no reason to be here, and there would be no reason for the Yan army to hide so many soldiers in such a city and prepare so many lighting torches...... And what made Le Wenqian even more silent to the point of not saying a word was that there were so many soldiers at the head of the city, and he obviously heard his voice from the beginning, but he didn't shoot an arrow from beginning to end!
What does this mean?
"General!"
Rao is a long-term battle, and at this time, Le Jin's subordinates on his side couldn't help but be a little panicked, and the young Puyang local officer who pretended to be Cheng Yu's nephew was even more out of shape for a while. "How can there be so many soldiers in the Inner Huang Tun?"
"Panic what!" Hearing this, Le Wenqian came back to his senses, but he looked up disdainfully and grinned at his subordinate. "Neihuangcheng is the only big city between Yecheng and Puyang, isn't it common to have thousands of troops to guard against a surprise attack? It's just that we were unlucky, and we just happened to meet an acquaintance. And in the final analysis, can't our 30,000 troops really capture this county town? When Lao Tzu is dead, it's not too late for you to come back and cry and mourn! β
Le Jin's confident posture obviously slowed down the surrounding soldiers a little, and without waiting for everyone to say more, the first general with a foreign surname under Cao Cao spontaneously ordered: "Pass my order...... First, stop covering up, and the whole army will raise fire and clamor to intimidate the defenders; second, to bring the ladders and drums on the back of the cattle and prepare them for use; Third, General Huang Hansheng behind him was ordered to step forward quickly, and when I was attacking the city, he led the crossbowmen to press the formation for me...... In short, the whole army immediately prepared to storm the city! β
The soldiers did not dare to slack off, but they shouted and agreed.
For a while, the city and the city lit their own fires, and the noise and scolding suddenly started, and as Huang Zhong hurriedly carried a large number of crossbowmen to take over the military formation and launch a remote suppression, Le Jin even ordered to beat the drum to cheer, and then personally tried to climb the ladder to climb the city.
And the interesting thing is that with the sound of a drum in the music department under the city, it was actually the inner Huangcheng that took the lead in coming to life! The firelight filled the entire city inside and outside, and there were drums on the watchtowers and towers, and the crossbowmen and big shieldmen also responded as if they had just been awakened.
At this point, the city and the city shouted and shouted at each other, the flying arrows were intertwined and shot at each other, the firelight reflected each other, and the drums rumbled against each other...... Obviously, the surprise attack of the Central Plains coalition army instantly turned into a strong attack.
In other words, when the Seventh Army crosses the river, there are definitely some equipment, but in order to ensure speed, it is impossible to really bring too much, most of them are hooks and other things used for climbing, which are essentially for raid services...... In fact, according to the original plan, the seven armies led by Sun Ce should have successfully raided Neihuang tonight, blocked the city gate, and then raided Tongquetai in the south of Yecheng on the evening of the second day, and used Tongquetai's military reserves to try to capture Yecheng.
So far, behind this seemingly reasonable and smooth sailing plan, there are many lucky mentalities of the Seventh Army descending from the sky and the Yan Army immediately bowing down, not to mention the key is that now that they have just come to Neihuang, they seem to have fallen into some kind of embarrassing predicament.
In the face of a fully defended city, siege equipment is a must...... And the only few ladders, just set up on the shortest city wall east of the south gate of Neihuang, were actually poured with fire oil by the prepared Yan army, and then the soldiers of the Lejin Department under the city were cold.
Even Lejin himself was also doused with oil, thanks to his own vigilance and took the initiative to jump down to dodge, so he escaped.
"General Le!"
Looking at the ladder that had been burned, Huang Hansheng, who was over fifty years old, was quite helpless, so he could only hurriedly come to find Le Wenqian, who had just retired and was changing his armor. "I am the deputy general clearly designated in the military order, and please be sure to tell me bluntly, now that the enemy army seems to have been prepared, our siege of the city has been frustrated, where should we go?"
"It's just a setback, just attack again!" In the face of Huang Zhong, Le Jin naturally wouldn't learn to pretend like he did with his subordinates, but he still looked at each other, and then directly snatched the hook from an officer on his side, and got up with his own sword. "Please general, plunder for me one more time...... While the staircase on the east side of the city gate was set on fire, and the others were all watching excitedly, I hung up alone from the shadow on the west side of the city gate tower and tried again! β
Huang Zhong had no choice but to bow his head.
In other words, the truth is actually very simple...... No matter what happened to the Yan army, whether it was an ambush or a coincidence, for the Seventh Army that had raided here, it was nothing more than two words of advance and retreat at this moment. And among them, for the Lejin Department and Huang Zhong Department at the front, the so-called retreat is actually very unrealistic, so their most reasonable choice is to capture this city!
Capture this city, if only the defenders in the city happen to be here, they can still march to Yexia; If the periphery is already a net of heaven and earth, then you can also rely on the city to hold on, and then talk about others; Otherwise, in the dark night, such a city is in front of you, and it will be difficult for the southern army at the end of the crossbow to camp!
And Huang Zhong came to ask, it was on the premise that the city was difficult, but since Lejin still had to try, he naturally had nothing to say.
Back in front of him, the southern army was unable to attack the city, and the bows and arrows were temporarily stopped, and the Yan army on the city naturally cheered, and several ladders were lit up, almost becoming several natural torches, and the soldiers on both sides were looking forward to watching and looking here.
It was to take advantage of this opportunity, but Le Jin held the hook in his hand, and personally sneaked to the west side of the city gate tower, taking advantage of the slight shadow brought by the city gate tower itself, and threw it hard, hooking the battlements, but no one noticed.
As soon as he succeeded, he did not hesitate to grab the rope and step on the city wall upwards. However, due to the obvious staining of some oil and water on the gloves before, halfway through the climb, Le Wenqian suddenly slipped his hand and fell directly to the ground.
Huang Zhongli was behind the formation about a hundred steps away, urging the surrounding soldiers and the city to scold, but on the other hand, he only dared to peek at Le Jin's figure from the corner of his eye.
However, almost immediately, the figure with many ring-headed knives turned over and jumped up again, and climbed again. It turned out that after Lejin landed, he directly grabbed a handful of dust in his hand, and then went up again!
And this time, his people were in danger until they came to the bottom of the battlements, but they attracted the attention of a Yan soldier at the head of the city...... In the noise, Le Wenqian did not hold his breath, but waited until the other party found the tight hook, and at the moment of exclaim, he directly dragged the hook under the battlements and jumped hard, flew up to the city wall, and then pulled out with a knife, slashed through the opposite door, and then turned his hand and inserted the ring knife in his hand into the mouth of this vigilant soldier!
Blood splashed three feet, and the surrounding Yan soldiers were almost completely frightened, but Le Jin did not hesitate, pulled out another knife from behind, slashed left and right, and directly slashed and killed wantonly on the city.
And almost at the same moment, Huang Hansheng, who was all excited, once again ordered the drums to cheer and the flying arrows to suppress, which shocked the Yan soldiers in the city for a while, and as for the Lejin guards who knew a little about the situation, they did not wait for Huang Hansheng to order, so they rushed to the west of the city gate tower with their shields and tried to hook the rope to the city!
At this time, the drums above the head of the Yan army sounded for a while, and the troops were redeployed to deal with the chaos near the city gate tower. And Le Jin had already killed more than five or six people in a row, and abandoned the second knife, and his people became more and more brave the more they fought...... The reason is very simple, after climbing the city wall, he found that although there are many soldiers in the city, they are still the most ordinary county soldiers in essence, although some of them are obviously experienced in combat, but they are also obviously just re-recruited and a little rusty.
"Kill him!"
In the chaotic battle, between the firelight, just when Lejin killed all sides, and several guards were able to enter the city, a familiar Henan accent suddenly sounded on the other side of the city gate tower, that is, on the east side, there is no doubt that it was Guo Yuan, the governor of the plains who had spoken to Lejin before, who hurriedly returned after burning the ladder and cleaned up the city. "This person is Le Wenqian, kill his people, and his subordinates will collapse! With a spear! With a bow and arrow! Kill him! β
Le Jin sneered when he heard this, then bent down and rushed straight to the east, killing two people in a row, throwing a knife, and during the period, the officer who was pretending to be Cheng Yu's nephew climbed up to the top of the city and fought bravely, successfully meeting with Le Wenqian and expanding the results together!
Seeing this situation, Guo Yuan was in a hurry, and his personality exploded, but he directly grabbed the spear of a subordinate on his side, and together with the other two spearmen, he ordered to stab forward side by side!
In other words, Neihuang is not a giant city, the city gate is narrow, and there are braziers and other things, that is, three or four people defecate to the limit side by side, so Guo Yuan suddenly attacked with his subordinates on both sides, and for Le Jin, who did not have long soldiers, and his subordinates, they immediately fell into a crisis, and could only retreat again and again.
At the same time, the rest of the Yan soldiers who had peeped into the opportunity also hurriedly followed suit, and used this method to clean up the rest of Lejin's subordinates in the city, not to mention, four spearmen hastily assembled, and immediately stabbed towards Lejin and his subordinates from the other side, that is, from the west side, side by side, with spears and Guo Yuan.
The two had no choice but to defend themselves against the enemy back-to-back next to a brazier. And seeing that the spearmen on both sides were gradually approaching, and at the moment when Guo Yuan took the lead in stabbing from the east side, Le Wenqian, who was originally facing east, suddenly leaned on the back of his own guards and turned around, and took the initiative to attack the four spearmen on the west side!
I saw that he struggled to block a spear, and he was about to split, but when the four spearmen in front of him were frightened, he suddenly lowered his head, directly crossed the dangerous spearhead from under the spear, got under the spear frame, and then raised his hand to cut off the four spears together! The four spearmen were all shocked, and Le Jin grabbed the gap, stabbed one across the neck of one of them, and then turned his hand and tried to plunge the other in the abdomen.
However, the second spearman was wearing half of his iron armor, and he turned around to flee in a resignation posture, but when he was inserted by Le Jin, although his abdominal cavity was ruptured on the spot, he was afraid that it would be difficult to survive, but it also caused another ring-headed knife brought by the other party to break on the spot...... However, Le Wenqian was not in a hurry, and pulled out a knife from behind his back, and easily finished off this person with a slash from behind.
At this point, Le Wenqian pounced on the city wall for only a moment, and he had already killed more than a dozen people, although the Yan army at the head of the city was numerous, but he was also terrified for a moment against the bloody killer on his body. However, just when Le Jin was about to chase and finish off the two fleeing spearmen, suddenly, he only felt a slight stinging pain in the ribs behind the side, and when he turned around, he found that it was his subordinate who missed for a while while blocking and retreating, and was stabbed through by Guo Yuan's spear, and after the spear passed through the body of his subordinates, it pierced into the ribs of his side and back.
In fact, Lejin's subordinates, who were stabbed through the heart, had already worked very hard, if it weren't for the fact that he struggled to unload his hands before he died, I'm afraid that Lejin would have been seriously injured.
Under the brazier, the two looked back at each other almost at the same time, different from Le Jin's emotionally complicated eyes, the officer gritted his teeth and looked innocent, as if he just wanted to tell his general that he had done his best.
Guo Yuan struggled to draw his spear, but it was always difficult to move, he could only shake the officer's corpse, but the two Yan army spearmen next to him were peeping at Le Jin's distraction and tried to stab.
And Le Wenqian was furious, almost didn't look at it, he directly held down a spear with his backhand and dragged it violently, and then dragged a spearman to his hands and feet, and while defusing the offensive, he also cut the opponent's neck head-on with a knife.
However, although the ring-headed knife is extremely practical, compared with ordinary straight swords, it is already a great military progress, but after all, it is a slender straight knife, which is inconvenient to pull out when stuck in the opponent's bones, and there are still problems that are easy to break, otherwise Le Wenqian would not have brought several ring-head knives into battle every time!
That's right, Le Jin's knife went down, although it was easy to kill this Yan pawn, but this knife was not unexpectedly stuck in the opponent's spine because Le Wenqian's strength was too strong! At the same time, Guo Yuan, who was also furious because his subordinates were killed, had already snatched the spear of another soldier beside him and stabbed at Le Jin.
In this regard, Le Wenqian naturally did not panic...... It must be known that although the number of knives on his body is uncertain, he generally has more than five knives, and there must be ...... at this time However, as he touched it with his backhand, he tried to draw his knife to block, but he was stunned to find that his back was empty, and he was instantly shocked into a cold sweat!
Of course, this is also normal, during the battle, and the previous time when I slipped down when climbing the city, there are too many possibilities to drop the saber.
But at this time, after thinking about it too much, Le Jin, who had made a mistake, could only roll directly backwards along the ground in a hurry, dodging the spear that stabbed him in embarrassment, and trying to find a dropped weapon on the ground to meet the enemy.
And Guo Yuan made a mistake on the other party because of his perfect strategy, and he saw with his own eyes that the other party had killed and injured a lot of his own people, and he was already angry, how could he let go of such a good opportunity? spear after spear, stabbing at the opponent one after another.
Rao is Le Wenqian is known for his courage and agility, and he is also extremely experienced in combat, but he doesn't have a blade to resist the enemy in his hand, how can he deal with it properly? As a result, his people were embarrassed for a while, and they could only toss up and down on the left and right sides of the city, trying their best to dodge against the ground.
At this time, the Yan army, which had an absolute advantage in strength at the head of the city, had already used the spear array to deal with the hooks on the city and some of the southern soldiers who climbed up.
Le Wenqian didn't say a word, just stubbornly dodged, but Guo Yuan stabbed faster and faster, and at the same time, there was a steady stream of reinforcements, and he was overjoyed!
And when he saw a row of halberders coming from the west, he was about to join Guo Yuan.
Suddenly, as Guo Yuan withdrew a spear to stab again, a feather arrow from more than a hundred steps away from the city flew straight out, shooting directly at the back of Guo Yuan's neck who had been moving like a meteor!
After the arrow cut through the flesh of the back of the neck, it was nailed to the brick crack at the head of the city, and it entered the seam by an inch! Such a force is simply appalling, and Guo Yuan suddenly felt pain, maybe because the nerve in that part was ruptured somewhere and could not be supported, but he shook for a moment and exclaimed in gaffe.
How could Le Jin let go of such a good opportunity, his person took advantage of the situation to pick up a broken spear on the ground, jumped up, and inserted a spear into the opponent's armpit through the gap in the armor!
I don't know if it's luck or bad luck, this Pingyuan County Lieutenant, Zhong Xuan's nephew Guo Yuan, was cooperated by the two tiger generals of the world, but he didn't die immediately, but he still had consciousness and spare strength, but he was in pain, so he could only hold the spear and lie down between the brazier and the city wall, with a hideous face.
On the other side, Le Jin took advantage of the situation to snatch the spear in the other party's hand, and ignored the overwhelmed halberders behind him and the few trembling archers on the tower dozens of steps away in the city, but instead he was not happy or angry, and raised his spear expressionlessly to point at the throat of the person in front of him, and asked in a deep voice:
"Guo Duwei, before you were persuaded by your uncle to come to Hebei, you drank with me in Peiguo, and we can be regarded as old friends...... Ask you something, and I'll be happy with you! You see, you're dying, your soldiers aren't panicking, it's like you're not worth mentioning here, can you tell me, how many of you came this time? β
Taking advantage of the firelight, Guo Yuan pursed his lips and stared at the other party for a moment before he opened his mouth to speak, but he couldn't help coughing up a mouthful of blood foam on the spot, so he could only barely suppress the pain in his chest and smiled evilly:
"Do you want to use the pain of my death to call yourself to die?!"
Le Jin smiled dumbly, looked up at the Yan soldiers who didn't dare to move at all, but actually nodded at the people under him.
"Then let you die to understand!" Under the light of the brazier, Guo Yuan continued to laugh and replied. "My family Cheng envoy Jun personally led 15,000 battalion state soldiers here, General Taishi led 20,000 Liaodong soldiers, and Ye Xia urgently mobilized 5,000 defenders, led by Han Xiang himself...... Cough...... The 40,000-strong army has already been properly arranged in Neihuang, and the net is ready. In addition, Yu Wenze's department is 5,000 and General Gao's department is 10,000, and he should have crossed the river at this time, even Zhang Junyi should also go to get your Puyang! You may not live longer than me! β
"I see!" Le Jin sighed. "In a word, everything that can come is here...... Right? β
Guo Yuan didn't say a word, just coughed up another mouthful of blood foam, and then stared at the other party again.
Le Jin didn't bother to say much, ignoring the many Yan soldiers in front of him and behind him, and directly stabbed out with a spear as agreed.
And it was too late, it was fast, and at the same time that Le Jin stabbed this spear, Guo Yuan suddenly tried his best and struggled to pull down an object on his side, which was the brazier he was leaning on.
Guo Yuan died on the spot, not to mention, but Le Wenqian was also caught by the poured brazier, and then half of his body caught fire, especially above the shoulders, the fire was extremely strong, as if he had been poured oil before, he could only change his armor in a hurry, and there were still remnants in the inner and hair buns!
"Kill him!"
In the night, Cheng Wu, who came to the city at some point, gave an order, and immediately broke the strange situation that had been stagnant on the city gate tower before.
Four or five halberds and spearmen swarmed up, easily stabbed Le Jin's body, and then stabbed and slashed non-stop, Le Jin is immortal finally couldn't support it when he was alive, and after suffering a few fatal injuries, he fell on Guo Yuan's corpse with a thud.
However, I don't know if it was because Cheng Wu's order was too timely, Le Wenqian was covered in fire and blood, and was stabbed again and again, and he didn't even wail before he died, which also made people feel extremely weird.
"Le Wenqian is a real general!"
Seeing that the burning man fell to the ground, only a few dozen steps away, on a watchtower on the inner side of the city, Yingzhou Mu Chengyu, who had been watching behind several archers before, couldn't help but sigh.
Cheng Wu went to the city wall, and there was only Cheng Yu's youngest son Cheng Yan on his side, and when he heard this, he naturally knew how to hold his old man: "Are you sighing at his courage?" β
"No, I'm sighing for his benevolence." Cheng Zhongde, who had gray hair, raised his hand and sighed more and more.
Cheng Yan was dumbfounded: "Such a fierce person, how can you talk about benevolence?" β
Cheng Yu didn't bother to explain, but just ordered: "Go, go to the city to find your brother, let him throw back the corpse, sweep the city, and then persuade Huang Zhong to surrender under the city...... Tell Huang Hansheng that the 60,000 army is encircled, and I, Cheng Zhongde, personally lead 10,000 troops to fill the city, they have no way to survive this trip, and Liu Jingzhou and Xuzhou have already sent an envoy to ask for surrender after the defeat, he doesn't need to hold on, it is better to surrender early! β
Cheng Yan seemed to have woken up in his ignorance, but he still hurried away.
In other words, the sudden outbreak of the war before instantly shook the entire Huang Ze, and the firelight on the Inner Yellow City and the movements of Le Jin and Huang Zhong made the rest of the five armies give up some of their previous reserves...... They didn't directly determine a serious consequence because of the conversation with Guo Yuan like Le Jin, and they just thought that Le Wenqian's sneak attack failed, alarming Neihuangcheng, which happened to have a certain number of garrisons, and both sides tried to warn behind them in this way!
As a result, the Later Fifth Army not only did not retreat, but moved forward at a rapid pace, trying to assist Le to attack the Neihuang, and Li Jin, the only one who was still located on the outside of the Qinghe River, also ordered the whole army to cross the river as quickly as possible to participate in the battle after looking at the Neihuang City for a while.
But at this time, it was already dark, and Li Jinbu couldn't help but be slow in crossing the river, just halfway through, the movement of Huangcheng in the distance suddenly slowed down, and then Sun Ce's personal guards also galloped over, and issued a strange order: "General Li! My general has an order, please hurry up and march into the army, but immediately retreat to the east bank of the Qing River, and carefully guard the pontoon bridge. β
"Got it." After Li Huizhi accepted the order, he looked as usual, and asked the visitor under the torch for a while. "But what's going on up ahead?"
"Return to General Lee." The person who came was Sun Ce's personal guard, so he naturally knew more, and Li Jin and Le Jin were reliable people directly pointed out by Sun Ce, so they directly faced each other on the horse and told them frankly. "The siege ahead was blocked, General Le and General Huang together, there was nothing to be done, after my general learned of the situation, he had already asked General Gao (Gao Gan) to bypass the north of the city to sneak attack, and let Zhang and Cao (Zhang Chao Cao Hong) two generals immediately launch reconnaissance on both sides, and then let me ...... here"
Of course, Li Huizhi didn't expect that Le Wenqian would be dead when he came up, but he also knew that this was Neihuang heavily guarded, and then Sun Ce also smelled a huge danger, so he would accelerate his attempt to attack the city on the one hand, and let the armies stabilize their positions and investigate the military situation.
The herald guards hurriedly said goodbye, Li Jin groaned for a while, but still obeyed the military order to retreat to the east of the river, hold the pontoon bridge, and rest on the spot to recuperate.
However, it may be because this pontoon bridge is located that it is the only two key locations known to the whole army during the night, so the messengers at Li Jin's place continued to ...... throughout the night It can also be said that the bad news continues one after another.
The siege of the high-ranking cadres was frustrated!
The sentry cavalry and scouts sent by Zhang Chao discovered the movement of a large number of enemy troops across the Qinghe River!
Cao Hong marched north along the inner Huang Ze to test it, and then there was no news!
At the time of the third watch, as Sun Ce's headquarters retreated after the defeat in the siege, his people finally sent personal guards to bring several accurate and fatal news - Le Jin died in battle! There are at least 10,000 soldiers in the city, and they are fully prepared, and Yingzhou Mu Cheng Zhongde is actually in the city!
At the time of the fourth watch, Cao Hongbu and Xiang Gengbei also sent back news one after another, clearly informing them of the military situation of the large Yan army encountered in the north of Huangcheng, and it was difficult for the second department to get out of the battle!
The bad news came one after another, but Li Jin kept sitting on a hillock by the river and did not react in the slightest.
Until the fifth watch, the sky was slightly bright, as Li Jinbu's own sentry rode upstream to see the banner of Tai Shici with his own eyes, Sun Ce also sent someone over again, and frankly informed Huang Zhongbu and the remnants of Lejin that they had been shaken, although they did not surrender but no longer obeyed the command, in this case, he did not dare to easily break away from the city, otherwise Huang Zhong would have surrendered with the remnants of Lejin, and Cao Hong, Gao Gan, and Zhang Chao would definitely die...... All in all, there are some things that are finally beyond doubt.
The Yan army was several times larger than itself, waiting for work at ease, and opening the net to the right, while the general of his own side was killed in battle, and the friendly army wavered...... What's even worse is that six of the Seventh Army have penetrated deep into the natural semi-enclosed triangle area with Neihuangcheng as the core, and it is extremely difficult to find an opportunity to break through under the conditions of fatigue, panic, nightfall, lure, fighting and facing the enemy, and so on.
This raid simply plunged headlong into the encirclement network of the Yan army!
This raid will not save the overall situation of the Central Plains, which is on the verge of collapse, but will only accelerate the rout of the southern army!
The choice is rare in the hands of Li Jin, after all, for those in front, it may indeed be impossible to advance or retreat, but for Li Jinbu, who has not crossed the river for a long time, it is possible to advance and retreat at this time.
Therefore, those officers of Li Jin's department, that is, those clan brothers of the Li clan in Jiyin who had been with Li Jin for many years, gathered under the hill at this time, waiting for military orders.
In Russia, Li Huizhi opened his eyes, stood up, expressionless, directly pulled out the knife from the sheath, pointed the knife to the north, and concisely said: "Today's affairs, there is no advance or retreat!" The whole army crosses the river to fight! β
ββββI have a dividing line that has no advance or retreatββββ
"Chen Song's case, Zhou Tai is strong and unyielding, Lejin Xiaoguo is famous, Xu Chu is brave and heroic, Chen is heroic and heroic, they are all strong and strong, and they are minions, which can be described as the wind of Huchen, what is the difference between it and Zhang Liao and Cheng Lian? It's a pity that the trust is not human, and he doesn't know the destiny of heaven, and once he dies, he will be strangled in vain! However, in terms of the world, although he has no merit, he is also loyal to his ministers and good generals! βThe Dictionary. Yan. Pei Song's note
PS: Dazhang also pays some interest, by the way, thanks to the new alliance leader three cups of pigs, zwya two, respectively the 120th league and 121 Meng ...... Speaking of which, when I used to write actors, I really dreamed of ten thousand alliances.
But if I really did it, I don't cherish it anymore.