Chapter 42: Tears fall into the green mountains, loyalty and filial piety are difficult
Pang Tong and others discussed the war in the city tower, and Lu Su said: "Although Huaxiong has retreated, he has occupied the gold mine and can sit back and relax." I'll wait for the quick kill, and this person can't be left. ”
Hearing this, Pang Tong looked at Hua Ying on the side, and Hua Ying was silent. Zhao Yun also said: "Adults must make a decision quickly, and if it drags on, Hua Xiong will not be aggressive if he has cultivated his energy." ”
Jia Xu also said: "Huaxiong can't defeat our army three times, and he has lost his troops and generals, and his spirit has been greatly frustrated, so he can't be allowed to recuperate for a long time." ”
When Pang Tong was impatient and frowned, it was Hua Ying who opened his mouth and said: "There is no need to go to the big village, there is a small road to the south of Tongshan to go up the mountain." Although the mountain road is narrow and can only pass one person, it can achieve great things. ”
Lu Su and Jia Xu glanced at each other, grinned in surprise, and both arched their hands: "Great things can be done!" ”
Pang Tong ordered 10,000 people to follow Hua Ying and Zhao Yun up the hill from the trail, and he led 80,000 horses to march slowly. Two days later, Hua Ying and others were already in ambush behind the mountain, and Pang Tongjun shouted and cursed in front of the village. Hua Xiong led the troops out of the battle, and the two armies faced each other.
Hua Xiong held the halberd and shouted: "Those who are aggressive will fall to death!" ”
Pang Tong was not afraid, pulled out his double swords, and said: "You, the person who destroyed the alliance, how can you have the face to talk about me." ”
Hua Xiong rushed out with a halberd, and Pang Tong was not afraid of the two swords and fought with Hua Xiong. The two attacked, Pang Tong exhausted his strength a little, threw his sword to attack the enemy, and pulled his horse back. Hua Xiong's right shoulder was cut, and the horse chased after Pang Tong. At this time, the shouts of killing on the mountain began, and I saw a group of people rushing down from the mountain.
Hua Xiong saw that the momentum was wrong, so he had to return to the battle. Pang Tong turned around and shouted, "Kill it!" ”
Dian Wei led the troops with him. Hua Xiong didn't have time to give the order, and he was already in chaos by Pang Tongjun's army. At this time, Zhao Yun led the infantry on the mountain to rush down, divided into two roads, one way to kill the rear army, prevent the enemy from escaping back to Dazhai, and the other way to attack the flank of Huaxiong's Chinese army. Hua Ying sat on a large rock protruding from the mountainside and watched the battle, his hands clenched into fists, and two guards stood behind him. She couldn't tell the pain in her heart. Who can see his husband and his own father kill each other?
She decided that marrying a chicken would follow a chicken and a dog would marry a dog, and she would go to life and death with Pang Tong, so she offered a plan, but it was really impossible for her to directly enter the lineup. Huaxiong's army was quickly cut in half, and Zhao Yun grabbed a war horse and rushed to kill it. All he was carrying were spearmen, and he stabbed most of the Chinese cavalry.
Zhao Yun set his sights on Hua Xiong and killed him, regardless of the large number of enemy soldiers around him. He shouted: "Huaxiong descends early!" ”
Huaxiong's army was in chaos, his daughter betrayed him again, and even the general Xu Huang became Pang Tong's subordinate. He turned around and saw Zhao Yun killed, and also rushed over with a halberd. The two generals fought each other for more than ten rounds, Zhao Yun saw that the enemy soldiers had gathered, stabbed a few times and then pulled out the horse and left, after rushing and killing for a while, he came back to kill, and passed by Hua Xiong, and the gun cut Hua Xiong's right arm. Hua Xiong screamed in pain, and the halberd in his hand fell to the ground. Zhao Yun reined in the horse and killed again, and at this time, Huaxiong ran north on horseback, wanting to return to Dazhai. However, the rear army was also blocked by Pang Tongjun, and many people couldn't escape if they wanted to.
At this time, Hua Ying had already seen her father's figure, and her heart was even tighter, only to see Zhao Yun chasing behind with a gun. Hua Xiong saw that he couldn't escape from the back, and was about to look for a weapon, but Zhao Yun directly threw the gun in his hand, piercing Hua Xiong's chest like a crossbow arrow.
Hua Ying saw her father fall off the horse, and tears welled up in her eyes.
Wang Fang was originally going to savior the Lord, but seeing that Hua Xiong was dead, he had to kill Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun rushed past Hua Xiong's corpse, slid his body to the side of the horse, and pulled out the gun almost close to the ground, and returned to the saddle to sit upright, and Wang Fang came over with a long knife in front of him. Zhao Yun stabbed him and dismounted, so shocked that the surrounding soldiers did not dare to get close. Two generals were killed, and the remnants were scattered and fled, and some simply abandoned their weapons and begged for surrender.
Pang Tong's army won a great victory, and when they arrived in Huaxiong's village, most of the soldiers in it ran away, leaving only some who begged to surrender. Pang Tong ordered someone to bury Hua Xiong's body at the foot of the mountain and set up an inscription, after all, he was also his father-in-law. But he couldn't find Hua Ying. He called Zhao Yun into the tent and said, "What about Madam?" ”
Zhao Yun said: "Madame ordered the last general to lead the troops down first, and then I never saw it." ”
Pang Tong's heart sank, he immediately went out of the village, rode up the mountain, looked for two hours, and saw no one, so he had to return to the village. The scouts who were sent out also said that they had not seen anyone. Pang Tong was depressed in the village, and there were no instructions for five days, so the civil and military officials had to come to the tent to find him.
Pang Tong's face turned black, and he sat on the big seat, sluggish.
Lu Su actually said loudly directly: "So embarrassed, how can you dominate the world!" ”
Pang Tong was shocked when he heard this, and Jia Xu also said sharply: "Huge people! Do you know the current situation? Huaxiong's two subordinates had already moved, Li Ru occupied the two counties of Chang'an and Anding, and Zhang Xiu occupied the two counties of Wudu and Tianshui. The adults did not take advantage of the thief's stability, rushed to kill him, and took Yongzhou. It is a great misfortune for us and others to be bad for a small matter here! ”
Zhao Yun also said: "If Lord Lu is here, he will definitely scold you, my lord should cheer up!" ”
Pang Tong was ashamed of what he said, and sighed: "I almost missed a big thing!" ”
Lu Su said: "Sun Jian and Huang Zu died of illness after a battle, and his son Sun Ce attached himself to Yuan Shu. Cao Cao captured Jiao County, and the entire Yanzhou was only Shanyang County, which was not under his control, and Liu Dai was in danger. Yuan Shao defeated Han Fu and had already gained his territory. Jizhou, known as the 'world's heavy capital', has been taken by him. ”
Yuan Shao is a fierce tiger, how could he succumb to the small Bohai County after being a famous family. He fornicated with Gongsun Zan and attacked Han Fu together. He also told Han Fu about Gongsun Zhan's crime, Han Fu was shocked, so he entrusted military power, but Yuan Shao counterattacked Han Fu, killed all the nine clans, and captured Jizhou. Gongsun Chan held a grudge because of this, and the two sides were in a state of confrontation.
Pang Tong's heart sank, and the world had changed greatly. Yuan Shao's pace coincides with history, and he deserves to be called "Yuan Benchu, the Lord of Hebei", and there will be more big moves in the future. Cao Cao has also launched his formation, and it is obvious that Liu Dai will not last long. Sun Ce abandoned Changsha and left, although he arrived at Yuan Shu's place, it could be regarded as a safe place. In this way, Liu Biao's Jingzhou is unharmed, and it is very likely to come to attack.
Pang Tong suddenly remembered something, and asked: "Jizhou Plain County is too guarded by Liu Bei to attach to Yuan Shao?" ”
Lu Su shook his head and said: "This person did not want to belong to Yuan Shao, and before Yuan Shao besieged the city, he led 10,000 soldiers and horses to Xuzhou Tao Qian. ”
Pang Tong breathed a sigh of relief and said suddenly: "You need to attack Linjin County quickly." Where is Li Ruzhi? ”
Lu Su replied: "He is personally guarding the city in Linjin County. ”
Pang Tong showed a smile and said, "This person is good at strategy, he should have a good show." ”
Jia Xu asked puzzledly: "This person does have a strategy, why is the adult happy?" ”
Pang Tong stood up and said: "The battle between the strategists is the most intense, the most tragic, and the most exciting. If you have to attack, you can only be happy to strategize. If you lose the strategy, it will be the enemy's meal. ”
Pang Tong urged the army to go north and went down to the village twenty miles south of Linjin County. The horses reported the situation, and the flags fluttered on the city wall, and the archers stood in full array. Pang Tong ordered Dian Wei, Zhao Yun, and Xu Huang to lead a hundred horsemen each at night, and carried out a feint attack at the eastern, western, and northern gates of the county, galloping all the way without stopping. The soldiers of the city thought that the city was besieging the city, and they went to the wall to bend their bows and arrows.
The three of them returned to the tent after half an hour, and Pang Tong asked, "What's the situation?" ”
Zhao Yun replied first: "The enemy reacted quickly on three sides, and the soldiers were densely covered with walls. No soldiers went out. ”
Pang Tong nodded and said: "Li Ru attaches great importance to military discipline, and his leading troops are much more clever and cautious than Hua Xiong. ”
The next day, Pang Tong attacked the south gate of the city at night. On the one hand, he ordered people to dig a tunnel five miles outside the west gate, but unexpectedly, Li Ru's spies noticed the return outside, Li Ru ordered people to open the west gate, and a thousand horses galloped, killing the diggers scattered and fled, and the defenders were only 100 people, all of whom died in battle. When Pang Tong heard this, he ordered to quickly retreat and return to the village. After pondering for a long time in the tent, all the generals were listed.
Xu Huang saw that everyone was silent, so he said: "In this case, the adults can do the same, dig a tunnel on the east side, and send heavy troops." The soldiers stormed the south gate. ”
Pang Tong shook his head and said, "The enemy must be on guard and make a plan again." And he commanded the people to retreat.
Two days later, Tongguan was in an emergency, and Zhang Xiu actually led troops to attack. When Pang Tong heard this in the tent, he was shocked and said to everyone: "Where did Zhang Xiu send his troops?" ”
Lu Su replied: "His army was stationed outside the city of Chang'an, apparently after absorbing Huaxiong's soldiers and horses, he did not move and formed an alliance with Li Ru. The two belong to each other's interests and help each other. It only takes ten days to kill from Chang'an. ”
Pang Tong frowned and said: "It should be not long after Hua Xiong's death, Li Ru has thought about the pace of our march, which is not bad." This man is really difficult to deal with. Pull back immediately. ”
It was to get up at night, and returned to Tongguan three days later, only to see Zhang Xiu was tackling key problems, dozens of ladders had been erected to the gate, and those Zhang Xiu's men and horses were bravely on the wall, and they had been mixed with Pang Tongjun.
Seeing this, Pang Tong ordered the army to charge, Zhang Xiujun turned back to resist, and the two armies rushed against each other. Pang Tong's army rushed to kill for a while, and Zhang Xiujun was tired and couldn't afford to charge into battle, so he was killed by the cavalry led by Dian Wei and Zhao Yun for a while. When Zhang Xiu saw this in the army, he immediately withdrew his troops. Pang Tongjun wanted to catch up, but at this time, five thousand horsemen behind him suddenly arrived, and the rear of Pang Tongjun was in chaos. It was Li Ru's soldiers and horses.
Seeing this, Zhang Xiu turned around and formed a pinching attack. Pang Tong ordered Dian Wei to lead the cavalry to the enemy, and all the others retreated into the pass. In the end, Dian Wei took the remnants of the army away, and this battle was the biggest loss for the troops led by Pang Tong. Pang Tong lamented on the city tower: "This is a failure of the strategy! Li Ru should not be taken lightly. ”
Li Su arched his hand and said: "My lord can not move the wall according to this, and Zhang Xiu and Li Ru can't move." ”
Pang Tong calmed down and said: "For today's plan, this is the only way, guard Tongguan, and don't rush to attack Yongzhou." Pang Tong left 50,000 horses to guard the pass, and led his troops back to Xuanyang.