Chapter 237: First Defeat and Then Victory
"Report ...... There is a war report from the high school lieutenant that Yuan Shao's general Chun Yuqiong has led an army of 30,000 to arrive outside Liyang City, and the high school lieutenant has broken through the vanguard of his department and beheaded hundreds of ranks. The high lieutenant asked, but he didn't know whether to fight or retreat. ”
Che La was stunned and said with a smile: "It's coming so fast." As he spoke, he looked in all directions, pointed to a small hill and said, "Ziheng, you lead the troops to set up a formation here, and I will lead the soldiers and horses of my headquarters to take a look at the formation of the Yuan army." ”
Zhou Ge nodded and said, "Okay, please be careful." ”
The two generals drove separately, and the car went straight all the way, and after a few miles, they saw Gundam staying in place on the battlefield. After seeing Che La, he stepped forward and said: "Che Lao, I fought a battle with the vanguard of the Yuan army, killed four hundred enemies, and the Yuan army was defeated and retreated. Its main force, which was originally going south, had already moved closer to Liyang. ”
Liyang is more than 20 miles away from the Yellow River, and the Han army has already traveled more than ten miles, and if you need to travel two or three miles, you can see Liyang City. Che Jing didn't know what the combat power of the Yuan army was, so he asked, "How is the combat power of this Yuan army?" ”
Gao Gao said: "The Yuan army is quite fierce, and the equipment is better than our army, and the offensive is strong. It's just that the endurance is insufficient, the military discipline is lax, and when it encounters a strong enemy, it will be immediately defeated and fled. ”
Che La smiled: "How is it compared to last year's Xiliang Army? ”
Gundam replied: "The elite of the Bixi Liang Army is naturally insufficient, but with the help of equipment, it is not much worse." ”
"Good, you and I will go to Liyang to fight again, and thoroughly explore the combat strength of Yuan Jun."
The second general led 10,000 troops to Liyang, only to see that there were many large armies outside Liyang City, and there were 5,000 people guarding five miles south of the city. Seeing that Che La's troops were coming, he immediately blew the horn and came to stop it.
Che La ordered Gundam to attack, and Gundam personally led a thousand people from his headquarters to break through the enemy formation, and his command Sima Yu surrounded him on the left and right. Not long after the battle, the sudden formation of Gundam slashed a general, Yuan army was defeated again, Gundam was about to pursue, suddenly heard the battle behind the Ming Jin masterpiece. It turned out that one army on the left and right of Yuan's army rushed fiercely, wanting to encircle and suppress the Korean army.
Gundam led the troops to retreat temporarily, joined forces with Chela, and fought and retreated, until Zhou Gebu was in the array, and the Yuan army came like a tide. It took a lot of time to get the array in place. Everyone shook their heads when they saw it, Yuan Jun must not be disturbed, otherwise he would definitely be defeated.
Che La smiled and pointed to Chun Yuqiong's general banner and said: "Chun Yuqiong has only lost two battles, and the whole army is impatient to fight, it seems that this person has a very violent temperament,"
Zhou Ge asked: "Does Che Lao have a strategy to break the enemy?" ”
Che La said with a smile: "If you hear defeat, you will be angry, and if you hear victory, you will be happy, and you will not be a good general." Our army can defeat him by deceit. And when he had spoken the order, the people were overjoyed.
Captain Zhu Jian first led the troops to step forward slowly, and he rode out of the battle alone, shouting: "Zhu Jian, a general under the command of General Zhengdong, who dares to fight with me?" ”
Chun Yuqiong asked, "Judging Zhengnan, who is this person?" What is the record? ”
The judge arched his hand and said: "General Zhong Jian, this person is a captain of the Korean army, and he can be regarded as a brave general among mediocre talents. ”
Chun Yuqiong said disdainfully: "In this case, Wei Yuanjin, it is up to you to fight him." ”
Wei Yuanjin surrendered his order and went to lead the troops, and in a short time, an army poured out from Yuan's army, and the two armies fought in front of the battle. The Yuan army was brave, most of them were tall and strong, holding spears and halberds, advancing like a forest, stabbing and accumulating, wishing the arm an army could not resist the enemy, the formation was chaotic, and soon turned around and left.
Wei Yuanjin was overjoyed, and he wanted to pursue with a spear, but he didn't want the sound of gold coming from the back, so he had to retreat helplessly. Wei Yuanjin bowed and said: "General Chunyu, my department has won a big victory, why did you make me retreat?" ”
Chun Yuqiong looked at the judge, and the judge explained: "Although the enemy army is an unknown general, it should not retreat so quickly, there must be deception in it. See how the enemy forces react. ”
Soon, I saw a big banner surnamed Zhou coming towards me, and Chun Yuqiong asked: "Judging Zhengnan, who is this?" ”
The judge looked at it for a while and then said: "This person's name is Zhou Ge, he is Han Yi'er's confidant and favorite general, he is very brave in using soldiers, and he is very good at taking the lead, so he should not be underestimated. ”
Chun Yuqiong nodded solemnly and said, "Han Meng listened to the order and ordered you to lead the army to fight, and you will not necessarily win." ”
Chun Yuqiong immediately turned out behind him, tall and mighty, it was Han Meng, the fierce general of Jizhou. In addition to the fierce generals such as Koji Yi, Chun Yuqiong, Yan Liang, and Zhang Jaw, he is the best at conflict. Han Meng responded, turned his head and left.
Not long after, Han Meng personally led 500 cavalry to go out first, and more than 4,000 troops under his command rushed out. Seeing that the two armies were approaching, Han shouted violently and stood out alone. The enemy army did not know why, the front army hesitated, did not draw the bow, the rear stumbled, and the formation was somewhat scattered. The first general hurriedly stepped forward and scolded, commanded the re-formation, and ordered dozens of horsemen to come out of the formation to capture and kill Han Meng.
Unexpectedly, Han Meng's courage was extraordinary, and he stabbed the long lance in his hand, and the enemy horses fell off their horses one after another, and soon they were scattered. The enemy general was alarmed and hurriedly ordered the crossbowmen to go out and shoot. Unexpectedly, Han raised his lance and threw it violently, and the general was caught off guard for a while, but he was stabbed by the flying lance, turned over and dismounted.
The crossbowmen were startled, and most of the arrows they shot went in all directions. Even if there were those who shot at Han Meng, they were picked apart one by one by Han Meng with the spears he snatched. Without waiting for the enemy's crossbowmen to shoot again, Han Meng had already broken into the enemy formation and slaughtered, and the enemy's thousands of people suddenly became chaotic.
Zhou Ge, the main general of the enemy army, was furious, ordered the generals to guard against the incoming army, and led hundreds of horsemen to step forward to block Han Meng's solo advance. and ordered the chaotic Yiqu army to temporarily replace the Sima commander who died in battle. Unexpectedly, Han Meng's martial arts skills were strong, he killed indiscriminately with spears, and killed more than a dozen horsemen in a row who grabbed guns and spears, and they would rush to Zhou Ge's body.
Zhou Ge was taken aback, waved his sword to usher, and ordered his guards to besiege Han Meng. Han Meng was not afraid, and blocked the left and right sides of the left gun and the right spear. Not long after, the two generals intersected, and one threw the gun, and immediately smashed Zhou Ge's heart guard. Zhou Ge immediately threw himself forward, and all the guards immediately came to the rescue, blocking Han Meng out.
Han Meng didn't advance for a while, turned to Zhou Ge's banner, killed the flag protector with only one spear, and snatched Zhou Ge's banner. The various divisions of Zhou Ge's army saw it from afar, and their morale was greatly depressed. At this time, Han Meng's troops just arrived, and Zhou Ge's army suddenly collapsed, scrambling to flee backwards.
Han Meng's army took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, and Zhou Ge's army was defeated. Che La did not let people rescue, but led the army to turn around and fled, and the Korean army was defeated.
Chun Yuqiong laughed and asked, "Judging Zhengnan, what do you think of this Han army?" ”
The judge looked around for a moment, only to see the Korean army scattered in a mess, and the wolves rushed backwards. Although not many people abandoned the banners of their swords and guns while watching the generals of the various armies flee, it is an indisputable fact that the Yuan army won this time. So he said: "At this time, you should wave your troops to cover the kill, gather small victories into big victories, and strive to drive the Korean army down the river." ”
Chun Yuqiong shouted disdainfully: "Nonsense, even the blind know things, and you still use you to speak." Immediately ordered the whole army to chase and kill.
The judge suddenly turned red, waved his sleeves and scolded fiercely: "Piff, puff, a little smug is arrogant." If you don't break the law, I will make you look good in the future. "Say goodbye, lead the people back to Liyang.
Chun Yuqiong led the troops to chase for more than ten miles, and when he saw that he was about to reach Liyang Port, he suddenly saw that the Korean army began to gather from all sides. I saw the flags waving, the horns were continuous, and in a short time, a strict military formation rose on the ground.
Chun Yuqiong was taken aback, and was about to order the whole army to form a formation. However, after chasing for more than ten miles, the whole army had already dispersed, a lot of armor and weapons were scattered, and the soldiers and generals did not know each other, so where could they form a formation for a while.
At this moment, a cannon rang out, and one army on the left and right of the Yuan army was killed, and the Chela army also waved its troops to press. Yuan's army could not resist the enemy before and after, coupled with the inconvenience of command and dispatch, so he immediately turned victory into defeat, and looked forward to the defeat of the north. The Han army took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, and the Yuan army was routed and fled in all directions.
Che La left the careless wounded Zhou Ge to stay behind, and the five armies went out together and pursued them until the city of Liyang, where they were rescued by the trial and Jiang Yiqu. This chariot killed nearly 10,000 enemies and captured nearly 10,000 enemies.
Che La ordered Deng Dang to lead the troops to escort the captives back to Liyang Port, and led more than 17,000 troops to show off their might under Liyang City. Yuan Jun was frightened and didn't dare to come out lightly, but just told Yuan Shao of Yecheng about his defeat. Yuan Shao was furious when he heard the news, and immediately ordered the trial to temporarily replace Chun Yu Qiong to lead the army, and ordered the envoy to go to Liyang to relieve Chun Yu Qiong into Ye.
Cao Cao hurriedly persuaded Yuan Shao, and after carefully inquiring about the battle situation, he said: "All units of the Korean army are good at the method of quickly forming a formation, if you see the Korean army retreating, you must not pursue it quickly. Even if they pursued, they could only send cavalry to go, and the infantry slowly advanced. Otherwise, he will definitely be attacked by the South Korean army and turn defeat into victory. ”
Yuan Shao asked hesitantly: "In this way, this battle is not a crime of war?" ”
Cao Cao responded: "Exactly, this battle is due to the unknown situation of the enemy, and it is indeed a crime of non-war." ”
Yuan Shao nodded and said, "Come on, order Zhao Rui to lead 10,000 troops to reinforce Chun Yuqiong, and order Chun Yuqiong to be guilty and make meritorious contributions." If the battle is defeated, the punishment for both crimes will be combined. ”
Not to mention the reinforcements of Yuan General Zhao Rui, only to say that since the defeat of Chun Yuqiong, Liyang's Yuan army was shocked every day. On this day, Gundam patrolled the night and captured a man who was put into a tent for questioning.
The man said, "The villain is a junior colonel under the command of Captain Jiang, the commander of Liyang. After Chun Yuqiong's self-defeat, he drank heavily for several days, and even beat my captain, blaming him for his late reinforcements, which made Chun Yuqiong defeated. My lieutenant was beaten by him several times, and he was not angry in his heart, and he intended to subdue General Zhengdong. At the ugly time tomorrow night, he will raise a fire at the west gate and let the general's army enter the city......"
After many inquiries, Che La asked the school to take the school away. He asked, "Xianzhong, what do you think?" ”
Gao Gao muttered: "The little school is vague, only that Jiang Yiqu, the guard of Liyang, wants to surrender and will raise a fire to open the door at the west gate tomorrow night. This matter is urgent, and there is no clear message, so I think that it is better for our army not to move. ”
Che La smiled and shook his head: "If the information is detailed and clear, a certain person thinks it is false." The more vague it is, the more true it is. Our army came here to take a foothold for the Lord and fight a decisive battle with Yuan Shao. If our army can't capture Liyang for a long time, won't the lord face the enemy in the wilderness after he comes? Is there more land for grain and grass? ”