Chapter 90: Battle Clouds Gather

The tents were burning, the bodies were burning, the air was filled with a scorching stench, and the mountain wind was blowing and it was disgusting. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Faced with the bloody scenes of severed limbs, scorched wood, and devastation, Xiahou Yuan's mood was terrible.

was attacked by the Han army in a sneak attack, including Xu Huang and Zhang He's subordinates, Cao's army suffered heavy losses, and the whole army was terrified. A total of nearly 2,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, including one lieutenant and one military commander, two fake military horses, five Qu generals, ten fake song generals, and countless people below the tun generals.

Fortunately, these people were all officers and soldiers of the Wuwei Battalion, and because the Tiger Cavalry and Leopard Cavalry Battalions were far away from the war zone, none of them lost a single horse, and the middle base battalion and the backbone battalion were not affected.

To be honest, Xiahou Yuan was not too heartbroken about the death of these generals. Wars always have to kill people, and those who die are some shrimp soldiers and crab generals, and it's not a big deal.

The most painful loss was that the prison army Zhao Yan was captured by the enemy.

As the saying goes, the three armies are easy to obtain, but one general is hard to find.

Zhao Yan is a resourceful Confucian general, known for his courage, resourcefulness and decision-making, and harmony at that time, and is famous all over the world for his fortitude, loyalty and integrity.

How will I face Cao Cao in the future, and how will I explain to him? Xiahou Yuan was preoccupied.

The only harvest is that a group of brave and combative young generals emerged in this battle, such as Dian Man, Xu Yi, Guo Huai, Sun Li, Chen Tai, Hu Zun, Hu Zhen, etc.

After discussing with Xue Yi, the overseer of the Central Army, Xiahou Yuan promoted them exceptionally in recognition of their heroic deeds, and all of them were promoted to one level, and the military Sima Dianman concurrently served as a captain, Guo Huai and Xu Yi, who were originally fake Simas, were moved to military Sima, Sun Li and Chen Tai, who were originally Qu generals, were moved to fake Sima, and Hu Zun and Hu Qian, who were originally fake Qu generals, were moved to Qu generals.

In order to appease the army, Xiahou Yuan convened an emergency military meeting to deeply review his dereliction of duty and said that he would plead guilty to Cao Cao. Then he severely reprimanded Le Jin, who was the governor of the Wuwei battalion, and wanted to investigate and hold accountable the generals of the Wuwei battalion headed by the battalion governor Le Jin.

Unexpectedly, Le Jin, who was proud of his high merit and strong personality, did not sell it, and regarded it as a great shame in his life, and collided with Xiahou Yuan on the spot.

Due to the absence of the restraint of the supervising army Zhao Yan in the middle, Xiahou Yuan, who acted as a peacemaker in the middle, monopolized the power and was depressed, lost face, and was furious under the annoyance, and wanted to exercise the power of the fake Jieyue to push Le Jin out and behead him, and wanted to behead the general.

Under the sorrow of the dead rabbit and fox, the generals collectively knelt on the ground to plead, and Xiahou Yuan saw that the crowd was angry, so he went downhill with the donkey and made a favor.

However, the death penalty could be avoided, but the living crime could not be escaped, Xiahou Yuan ordered to beat the 20th army stick of Lejin again, received the letter of the superintendent of the military guard battalion, and personally took charge of his army.

Ordered Le Jin to lead his headquarters with 2,000 men and horses to enter the important town of Qingnikou, the pass leading to Xiangyang, to prevent the Han army from occupying and cutting off the return route of the army.

In the Han Dynasty, the "false festival" represented the emperor's travel, and all the envoys who held the festival represented the emperor's personal visit, symbolizing the emperor and the state, and could exercise the corresponding power. If a military general is "on vacation", he does not need to ask for instructions from the left and report to the right in wartime, and he can directly kill the generals and soldiers in his army who violate military orders. Among all the king's authorized methods, the standard of the "false knot" is extremely high. With the power of "fake festival", not only can you kill soldiers who violate military orders at will, but you can also go on the expedition instead of the monarch, and have the power to kill the generals.

Xiahou Yuan, who set out on the expedition with a "fake Jieyue", was actually a fake (fake, meaning acting) Cao Cao's power, and he could kill officials under 2,000 stone on his own. And Le Jin is just a general who is more than two thousand stones, and Xiahou Yuan has every right to kill him.

The despicable acts of the Han army's night raids and the brutality of hunting soldiers aroused the indignation of the Cao generals, who were so excited that they strongly advocated a decisive battle with the Han army.

Xiahou Yuan saw that everyone was emotional, impassioned, and full of righteous indignation, and he felt that the army's heart was available. After all, there is not much food and grass in the army, and it is already insufficient to support three days, and if it is delayed for a long time, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Therefore, Xiahou Yuan decided to concentrate the main force of the Northern Army and the Southern Army to fight with each other, and made the following arrangements: Cao Chun led 5,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry as the vanguard army, Zhang He and Niu Gai led 15,000 troops such as the middle base battalion and headquarters as the left wing, Li Dian and Xue Yi led the backbone battalion and headquarters and other armies of 150,000 as the right wing, and Xiahou Yuan and Hao Zhao led the Wuwei Battalion and other armies of 20,000 as the general reserve, with a total strength of 55,000.

It is scheduled to be on the day of the day, wave the army south, and fight to the death with the main force of the Han army.

Xiahou Yuan's intention was very clear, leaving Xu Huang to lead 2,000 men and horses from the headquarters and 3,000 from the backbone battalion, a total of 5,000 men and horses, to stay in the camp to protect the heavy grain and grass, and the rest of the army was desperate and attacked head-on.

That night, he sent someone to the southern army camp to send a war letter, and agreed to a decisive battle in the Dangyang grassland in the early morning of the next day.

On the southern side of the army, after Zhuge Liang received Xiahou Yuan's war letter, he quickly convened a meeting of all officers above the military Sima level, and combined with the information sent by the Wuhuan soldiers, he made the following targeted arrangements:

Lai Gong, the fake governor and deputy general of the Leilong battalion, the Yi nationality of the supervising army, the chief Shi Xiahou and the chief secretary Fan Jian, the commander of the Jianxin Ministry of the army Sima Haopu and the fake Sima He Zong, the Anhan army Sima Dupu and the fake Sima Zhao Zuo, the Bingzhong army Sima Liang Da and the fake Sima Zhang Shuang commanded 6,000 field troops, supplemented by 5,000 county soldiers and 5,000 militiamen, a total of 16,000 general guards in Dangyang.

Qinglong Battalion fake governor and deputy general Su Fei, Yang Yi joined the army to lead the Yangwei Ministry of fake Sima Wang Mou (Army Sima Liaohua), Zhenwei Army Sima Zhao Lei, fake Sima Weiji, Fenwei Army Sima Wangfu, fake Sima Li Fu, Jianwei Army Sima Xiangju, fake Sima Jin Xiang, first ascend other troops under the command of Sima Linhu and Fake Sima Fan Zhou 10,000 field troops, supplemented by 3,000 county soldiers and 5,000 county soldiers, a total of 18,000, and beat the Guan Yu banner as the left wing.

Zhang Fei, the governor and chief general of the Black Dragon Battalion, joined the army Dong Hui, Sima Yang Hao, Changshi Yang Xi, and Yin Guan, the chief bookkeeper, commanded Sima Liu Yong, the fake Sima Wangshi, the army of the Sweeping Army, Sima Yan Yu, the fake Sima Zhang Yi, the fake Sima Fan Jiang (Army Sima Chen Shi) of the Capture Department, the Sima Shangguan Yong and the fake Sima Zhang Da of the Capture Department, the Sima Xie Xiong and the fake Sima Gong Qi of the Pingyu Army, and the 12,500 field army under the command of Sima Linhu (fake Sima Huji) directly under the army, supplemented by 3,000 county soldiers and 5,000 county soldiers A total of 20,000 were the right wing.

Governor of Wolong Camp, chief general Zhuge Liang, deputy general Lei Bo, supervising army Xi Zhen, joining the army Ma Liang, Sima Xianglang, chief secretary Liao Li, commander of the front army Sima Zongpre, fake Sima Zhang Biao, no Kou army Sima Fukuang, fake Sima Zhang Tong, directly subordinate army Sima Xiangzhong, fake Sima Lin Tan, Bailong Battalion no current army Sima Liu Min, fake Sima Zhang Jian, Hubu army Sima Yuan Lin, fake Sima Shengbo 10,000 field army, supplemented by 3,000 county soldiers, 5,000 county soldiers, a total of 18,000 for the Chinese army.

Zhao Yun, the governor and chief general of the White Dragon Battalion, Zhang Zhu, the fake governor and deputy general, Du Qi, Sima Dingxian, Changshi Fan Qi, and Du Wei, the commander of the invincible army, the fake Sima Yan Yan (army Sima Zhao Rong), the army without the army Sima Feng Xi, the fake Sima Du Yi, the army of other troops Sima Gao Xiang and the fake Sima Xu Yun, the direct subordinate army Sima Zhang Nan, the fake army Sima Laimin, the 8,500 field army under the command of the army Sima Laimin, supplemented by 3,000 county soldiers and 5,000 county soldiers, a total of 17,000 as the left wing reserve.

Lei Xu, the governor and chief general of the Leilong battalion, joined the army Peng Yi and Sima Dong Yun, commanded the Zhaode army Sima Jianjian and the fake Sima He Zong, the Zhaoyi army Sima shot and the fake Sima Gong Lu, and the 6,500 field troops under the command of Sima Liu Bao and the fake Sima Lin Yuan directly under the army, supplemented by 3,000 county soldiers and 5,000 county soldiers, a total of 15,000 as the right wing reserve.

Zhao Yun commanded 800 death squads to attack Cao's army, made great contributions, won a complete victory, and handed over more than 2,000 enemy heads, and no one in the death squad died, only a few people were injured. In particular, he captured Cao Cao's famous generals - Zhao Yan, the commander of the army and the army supervisor, and made great contributions.

Zhuge Liang was overjoyed, and asked the chief bookkeeper Liao Li to record the merits of the warriors one by one, reward them for their merits, and commend them in public.

gave Zhao Yun a great credit, 50,000 yuan, Zhao Yun refused to accept it, and distributed the money to everyone, and everyone was impressed. The rest of the generals are rewarded, and Liu Chan has made a great achievement.

Each warrior was rewarded with 20 acres of Yongye land, 5,000 money, a set of fine iron skulls, armor, three ring hand knives, wide-faced short swords, three short-handled battle axe fighting tools, one strong bow and crossbow, and one hundred broken cones and sharp arrows. Each person is promoted to one level, worships as a hundred generals, awards the medal of "Dangyang Warrior", and stands as another department, called "Dangyang dares to die in other departments", divided into two parts, the left and right superintendent is Xi Zhen, and the right superintendent is Fu Tong, which is under the command of Liu Chan.

In the envious eyes of the generals, the members of the "Dangyang Dare to Die Other" cheered and shouted long live, and the joy was overflowing.

The happiest is Liu Chan, he just made a small trick and made a great contribution. In particular, capturing the big fish of Zhao Yan is no less than breaking Lao Cao's arm.

Liu Chan knew that Zhao Yan was a powerful character, in history Zhao Yan had tried his best to save the defeat of the Cao army in Fancheng, he led the reinforcements with Xu Huang to the south, let Xu Huang set up camp outside the city, and thought of contacting the city, so that the soldiers in the city would boost their morale, stick to the help, and wait for other reinforcements to arrive, both inside and outside, defeated Guan Yu in one fell swoop, relieved the siege of Fancheng, and made Cao Ren hold Fancheng without losing. Now that Zhao Yan has been caught, this butterfly effect should be of great benefit to the situation in Jingzhou in the future.

Of course, the biggest gain is getting the most elite fist troops. Liu Chan's greatest wish is to grow up quickly, and lead the "Dangyang Dare to Die Other" Tiger in Kyushu, sweep the crowd, and dominate the world.

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