Chapter 245: Bite the bait with hatred
"What's going on......" Zhang Fei led a group of "remnants of the defeated generals", and he couldn't wait to say as soon as he came to the command position of Chen Palace.
"The bait has been dropped, so let's see how big a fish we can catch!" Chen Gong said with a smile.
"That's good, haha, this time I have to tear Xu Rong with my own hands......" Zhang Feideng smiled happily, and finally had the opportunity to avenge Liu Bei!
After laughing, Zhang Fei stretched his neck to look at the Xiliang army in the valley dodging the rain of arrows, but there was not even a big stone in the valley, so where could he hide? In this short moment, the much sparse arrow rain took away more than 500 people, and Dong Min only had less than 2,000 people left in his hands, and said, "Why don't you give them a good time?" Hurry up and free up your hands to deal with Xu Rong! ”
Chen Gong said: "Xu Rong is a treacherous and slippery, if Dong Min dies, he will definitely not come to die, in order to bring him in, let Dong Min live for a while, Yide, you can rest assured, the battle here can be solved at any time, now wait for Xu Rong to come in!" ”
"That's good, sir, this Xu Rong must be left to me......"
"Don't worry, Xu Rong must be yours, how you like to toss and how to toss!"
"It's a deal!"
"It's a deal!"
Although Dong Min's ability is not good, but after all, he has been in the army for many years, he has been edified, and he also has some attainments in military strategy, and soon he judged that breaking through from both ends of the valley is an extravagant hope, and if he wants to change this situation that he can't fight back just by being beaten, he can only capture a section of high ground on both sides of the valley, and he immediately ordered a military Sima to lead five hundred soldiers to attack a place on both sides of the valley where the terrain is the most gentle. However, although that place is not precipitous, in peacetime, soldiers can easily rush up, but now there are thousands of Yizhou elite soldiers stationed above the valley, Dong Min's counterattack has just begun, and a dense rain of arrows and many rolling logs and stones will suddenly disintegrate the counterattack.
The five hundred soldiers were lost in a blink of an eye, and Dong Min finally understood that with his own strength, there was no way to break out of this valley, and now he had to stick to the method of waiting for help!
Seeing that there were only more than 1,000 people around Dong Min, Chen Gong gave an order, and most of the soldiers in ambush quietly left the position, leaving only 2,000 people to continue to "tease" Dong Min.
In Yiwu, Xu Rong soon learned the news, as he expected, Dong Min was really besieged, suffered heavy casualties, and needed to be rescued.
Xu Rong sighed, and had the intention to sit idly by, but he knew very well that if he didn't receive Dong Min's request for help, he might be able to prevaricate in the future, but Dong Min's messenger for help was in front of him at the moment, and he couldn't turn a blind eye, otherwise Dong Zhuo's knife would definitely be on his neck in the future. Of course, Xu Rong can also choose to kill people and kill people, then he will not know it, but the people sent by Dong Min are very clever, and he has long been wary of Xu Rong's move, so as soon as he entered the city, he did not immediately come to see Xu Rong, but went to meet the Dong clan people in the city, and spread the news that Dong Min was besieged, and the people of the Dong clan were immediately angry, and more than 100 people with considerable status in the Dong clan came to Xu Rong together, pressuring him and forcing him to immediately send troops to rescue Dong Min. Xu Rong had no way to kill all of these people, otherwise his Nine Clans would face annihilation in the next moment! As a last resort, Xu Rong could only send troops to rescue Dong Min, and the army had already assembled on standby, but he didn't waste much time.
Looking at Xu Rong's worried face, his lieutenant general arched his hand and said, "The general is worried that our army will be ambushed in Yizhou?" ”
Xu Rong sighed: "This is obvious, the Yizhou military department is deliberate, and the plan is not obvious?" If it was really to eliminate Dong Min, how could it be possible for a few people to escape from the ambush and return to the city for help! ”
The adjutant general said: "The general doesn't have to worry too much, according to the news that the last general gets, the Yizhou army has less than 40,000 soldiers and horses in Yixian County, and our army is almost pouring out, and the strength is not lagging behind, and they will also send troops to contain General Dong, and they will stay in Yixian, and the maximum 30,000 people who can be used to ambush our army, as long as the army is careful, there may not be no chance of victory!" ”
Xu Rong also had such a fluke that he decided to send troops, but when the deputy general mentioned it, he said: "Do you believe it?" If we are ambushed, Dong Min will be killed immediately, and the Yizhou army can attack our army with all its might! ”
"How is this possible?" The adjutant general said in disbelief: "General Dong also has 3,000 people in his hands, so he won't be defeated so easily!" ”
"There is nothing impossible, the Yizhou army kept Dong Min as a bait to lure us into being fooled, since we have been fooled, what is the use of keeping the bait?"
The adjutant general hurriedly said: "In that case, why does the general still send troops?" Isn't that self-defeating? ”
Xu Rong looked up to the sky and sighed: "How can I be willing to send troops, I can't help it!" ”
The adjutant general immediately understood what Xu Rong meant, and a wry smile on his face that was more ugly than crying appeared, and then scolded angrily: "Dong Min, that stupid man, the general repeatedly reminded him to be careful, not to fall into the Yizhou ambush, but he turned a deaf ear, but now it's good, not only lost his life, but also dragged us to the funeral!" After a pause, he said: "General, in the opinion of the last general, there must be many crises ahead, why should we throw ourselves into the net, it is better to collect the army and return to the city, the general has 50,000 troops in his hands (in fact, there are only 45,000 left), and Dong Xiang can't take the general!" If Dong Xiang insists on harming the general, the general is not as good as ......"
Xu Rong said coldly: "Why don't you do it?" ”
Seeing Xu Rong's cold face, the deputy general knew that Xu Rong didn't want to listen, and was suppressing his anger, but he still mustered up the courage to say: "It's better to directly oppose Dong Xiang, or defect to Liu Zhang, or go to the northern grassland, the general has 50,000 troops in hand, where can't he make a living?" ”
Xu Rong raised his horsewhip and whipped the deputy general fiercely, and scolded: "Bold, the prime minister treats me like a mountain, and I will not repay my death, how can I learn from the generations of Huaxiong and Zhang Liao to sell the master for glory?" ”
The adjutant general was whipped, but he was not stunned at all, and said: "The general knows that there are endless disasters ahead, but he still decides to send troops, why is this?" Isn't it because of the prime minister's nepotism? Dong Min believes in his noble identity and does not listen to the general's good words, he deserves such a catastrophe, why should the general sacrifice his life and the lives of these tens of thousands of brothers in vain? As the old saying goes, 'If the king is not right, the minister will vote for a foreign country; If the father is not merciful, the son will go to another country', if Xiangye is really a virtuous lord, he should appoint people on the basis of merit, reward and punishment clearly, and distinguish right from wrong, but the general is very clear about Xiangye's character, since this is the case, why should the general ......"
"Shut up-" Xu Rong shouted, raised the horsewhip and was about to smoke it again, but when he saw the deputy general Ling Ran looking at him, there was no fear in his expression, and he put down the horsewhip again, and said: "Forget it, for the sake of thinking of you and me for several years, you can go, I won't stop you, live well!" ”
The adjutant general smiled sadly: "The general is favored by the prime minister and is unwilling to turn his back, the last general is deeply favored by the general, how can he leave the general at this critical juncture?" Since the general is determined to be loyal to Dong Xiang, the last general should follow, but what the last general wants to say is that the last general is not for Dong Xiang, but for the general......"
"Okay, good ......" Xu Rong patted the deputy general's shoulder and praised it a few times, and after a while, he said: "You and I don't have to be too pessimistic, even though there are thousands of difficulties and dangers ahead, but have you and I experienced fewer storms over the years?" As long as you and my brothers are of the same heart, what are you afraid of even if there are mountains of swords and fires? ”
The adjutant general said: "Yes, the general is invincible, and Yizhou Xiaoxiao is the enemy of the general!" ”
"Yes, the herald army hastened its march!"
Xu Rong gave an order, and the speed of the army sped up a lot in vain.
After a short time, Xu Rong led his army to the front of the valley.
"There must be many crises in the valley, don't be careless and lazy!" Xu Rongdao.
The adjutant general arched his hand and said: "The last general understands!" ”
"In this way, in order to prevent accidents, leave five thousand Qiang cavalry at the mouth of the valley to respond, as long as the back road is unblocked, our army can withdraw at any time!" Xu Rong pondered for a moment and said.
The adjutant general said: "The general's clever plan, as long as Taniguchi is in our hands, even if the battle is unfavorable, our army can leave calmly!" ”
"Then it is decided, order the army, the sword is unsheathed, the arrow is wound, and the general will go into the valley to save people!"
"Order!"
Xu Rong brought out more than 43,000 people this time, in addition to 5,000 Qiang cavalry who stayed at the mouth of the valley, he personally led 38,000 people, including 10,000 cavalry, to rush into the valley into the trap that the Yizhou army had carefully arranged.