Chapter 294: Losing and Attacking
The Battle of Jizhou Yuan Shao's army did not go deep into Youzhou as Xi Zhicai imagined, and the purpose of luring the enemy into the depths could not be achieved, but fortunately, he was not unprepared for this, and retreating with a small victory was his best choice, as for Anxian County, he didn't care, Jizhou was too deep embedded here, unless he wanted to fight with Yuan Shao here, it would be difficult to hold for a long time, even so, it was better to give up directly, and send a message to the general to stop, and Yuan Shao would understand.
It can be said that the strategic intention of forcing Yuan Shao to return to the army has been implemented, and the concerted efforts of the generals have also made the general suffer a small loss, but the contrast of strength is still obvious, it is impossible to forge ahead, and it is not Liu Yi's doing. Therefore, it has become the best strategy at the moment to collect the army and return and hold Youzhou steadily, and the men and horses of each battalion are also in urgent need of rest.
Not to mention the end of the Jizhou war, since Yuan Shao's army returned, Liu Bei raised the whole army to rush back to Xiapi, before that, Yu Ban had already come to the city to start attacking the city, all the way Cao army was morale like a rainbow, plus Yu Wen was commanded, the offensive against Xiapi was extremely fierce! Fortunately, Liu Xuande had already sent Guan Yu to help in the starry night, the battle of Xuzhou soldiers and civilians in Guan Yu's strong organization, all of them were united, but they resisted the offensive of Yu Ban under the great disparity between the outnumbered, and won valuable time for Liu Bei's main force to return to help, which in addition to Guan Yu's generals, a large part of the reason is still Cao Cao himself, when he avenged his father, slaughtered many people near Xuzhou, the ferocity is still in front of him at this time, how can the soldiers and civilians in Xiapi City not fight desperately?
Guan Yu this person, no matter how the later generations have mixed praise and criticism of him, but the talent of the general Yun Chang is absolutely worthy, in addition to martial arts and loyalty, the biggest impression left by this person is arrogance! It can be said that his final tragedy has a lot to do with this, but if a person wants to be arrogant, in addition to his nature, he also needs to have a certain amount of capital, Guan Yunchang beheaded Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Wen Jiu beheaded Huaxiong, passed five passes, beheaded six generals, and rode alone for thousands of miles, whether it is historical facts or romance, it is undeniable that he does have proud capital, and he is the only one who can make Cao Mengde move the capital to avoid.
In fact, even the suffocating carelessness of Jingzhou is not Guan Yu's fault, which one of Cao Ren, Yu Ban, and Xu Huang is not a general who stands alone? Lu Meng, Lu Xun, this is also the white jade pillar of Eastern Wu, the sea purple gold beam, such a comparison of strength, Guan Yu's defeat has long been doomed, it is estimated that whoever you change will be given for nothing, which is also the reason why Kong Ming is suspicious in later generations.
In this life, due to the arrival of Liu Yi, Guan Yu has lost a lot of opportunities to perform, at least now he does not have arrogant capital, in terms of fame, Gan Zhao Xu Zhang is far above it, a not so arrogant Guan Yu is definitely the most terrible general in the Three Kingdoms, there is no one.
The arrival of Liu Bei's main force is a serious blow to the confidence of the forbidden Xiapi, at this time he can only complain that Yuan Shao's containment is unfavorable, but as a first-class general, he knows that any complaint is invalid, with the current situation, it is impossible for him to take Xiapi, and he immediately decided that Yu Wen should retreat, and immediately led the army to stop the attack and turn back to defend the East China Sea, at this time he has already won the East China Sea, Peiguo, Lu and other places, as long as the army retreats, with Liu Bei's current strength, it is difficult for him to do anything, He could also look for an opportunity to attack again or wait for Cao Cao's reinforcements. In the first battle of Xuzhou, Yu Ban also proved to the world the strength of the head of his five sons!
Cao Cao learned that Liu Bei had come back to help, and after Yu Ban had difficulty capturing Xiapi, he immediately dispatched the whole army to press Xu Huang's army of Chen Liu, intending to gather and annihilate it; Although Liu Yi's battle report was a step late, Xu Huang's means of sending scouts over a large range and long distance paid off, and after learning that Cao Jun had appeared around him, Xu Huang led the army back in time! The final victory and defeat of the battle of Yanzhou unfolded between this chase and retreat, Cao's army was as fast as the wind, but Xu Huang also retreated without chaos.
In this chase battle, the two sides fought a lot, Xu Gongming calmly and moderately fought and retreated, and it was difficult for Cao Cao to achieve his desire to besiege him for a while, the most important thing is to be able to flank Xu Huang's army, Xiahou Yuan, who hindered his itinerary, was entangled by Zhao Yun after sending troops, Zilong's seven thousand cavalry gave full play to the mobility, missed a hit, and traveled thousands of miles, and Xiahou Yuan did not dare to abandon it and blindly hurry, he knew the impact of Zhao Yun's cavalry, as long as he was careless, it would be a disaster, When he did everything he could to get to the vicinity of Chen Liu, it was already a day late, and it was this day that made it difficult for him to form any constraints on Xu Huang's retreat.
Under this battle situation, Cao Cao ordered Cao Chun and Xu Chu to lead the tiger and leopard cavalry to abandon all their baggage and rush desperately, vowing to block the return of Xu Huang's army, and at the same time ordered Li Dian to dispatch the whole army to cut off Liu Yi's line to return to the tiger prison, Cao Chun and Xu Chu's desperate rush did have an effect, but when they rushed to Xu Huang to prepare to fight back, Liu Yi had already personally led the army to abandon the sealing hill and go out with the tiger and leopard cavalry to start a tragic battle. In this way, the two sides had a draw, but Cao Chun had to retreat, because Xu Huang had already arrived, and if he didn't leave, he would be killed by both sides, and the key was that even so, it would be difficult to stop Xu Huang's retreat.
Liu Yi and Xu Huanghui together, let Gongming lead the army currently, and he and Zhao Yun Ma Chao led all the cavalry for the whole army to break off, when Cao Cao's army arrived waiting for them was already more than 10,000 cavalry, Liu Yi had the advantage of mobility, so he and Zhao Yun Ma Chao covered and retreated, once the enemy army advanced too much, waiting for them is often the other party's counter-assault, and the enemy army will never do much entanglement, once the formation of the pursuers will be dispersed immediately back, at this time there will be another person behind to respond. Cao Cao is also difficult to have a good strategy for this, although Liu Yi did not take advantage of him in this battle, but it also made him difficult to plan, the cavalry played a pivotal role in this retreat, but in Cao Cao's initial calculation, he failed to count the eight thousand iron cavalry under Ma Chao.
As for Li Dian, who he had high hopes for Liu Yi's retreat, he was blocked by Zhang Liao when he just set out, Zhang Hu arrived in the Wenyuan camp after all the attention was focused on the direction of Yan County, and Liao Hua also took a step forward to explore the reality of Li Dian's army, although the enemy was still outnumbered, but it was an indisputable fact that the Yanyun camp blocked Li Dian's men and horses to buy time for the retreat of the army, no matter how fierce the opponent attacked, it was always difficult to break through the defense line of the Yanyun camp.
When Xu Huang's army withdrew to the designated position, Zhang Hu led the army to retreat and join it, although Li Dian was chasing after the tail but did not dare to go up again, the lord's army had not yet arrived, at this time this local Liu Yijun was in an advantage, and he had not seen a cavalry of the other side, if he rushed out to fight, he was afraid that it would be difficult to fight, so he could only monitor from a distance and dare not act rashly.
When Liu Yi and Zhao Yun Ma Chao led the cavalry to return to the division with the army, Cao Cao knew that he was no longer able to stop the other party's return to the army, and he couldn't help but regret it in his heart. In fact, for Liu Yi, this final retreat was also thrilling, Cao Jun moved quickly, and the fierceness of the attack exceeded his budget, and the victory or defeat was only a millimeter.
The battle of Yanzhou ended with Liu Yi retreating to the tiger prison, and Cao Jun's pursuit was unsuccessful, although there was no big scene of head-to-head confrontation, but the two sides fought wits and courage, and the thrilling point was only known to the parties.