Chapter 4 Section 61 Deception

With a loud sound of the "bell", the two knives intersected, Huang Zhong staggered back, and felt that the front hooves of the war horse under his crotch were soft.

Previously, in order to be able to report his surname before the battle, Huang Zhongle stopped his horse. After losing the impact, Huang Zhong suffered a slight loss compared with Yan Liang, a tall northern strong man.

Before the raid, Liu Bei caressed Huang Zhongzhi's back and repeatedly explained: "The key to this battle is not to let go of an enemy army, Yan Liang and Wen Chouyong are famous in the north, if they can't defeat it, just mess up their formation." Halfway through the attack, our army won in the heart of the calculation or not, those two people held their own courage, and the army was not strictly restrained. As long as you disrupt their formation, and the Second Legion is approaching, we will be able to destroy the enemy with minimal effort. Hansheng, Hansheng, I rely on your courage in this battle. ”

Recalling Liu Bei's advice before leaving, Huang Zhong's blood was boiling - he was a city gate pawn (city gate captain), and he was valued by Liu Bei and entrusted with the vanguard of this battle. I heard that Liu Bei also planned to hand over the Third Army Corps to himself, but because he had not made an inch, he temporarily assumed the position of captain of the left cavalry of the guards.

"Can't let people look down on it, can't live up to the trust of the lord", thinking of this, Huang Zhong slapped his horse and danced the knife and rushed towards Yan Liang again, and the big knife brought a sharp wind and slashed at Yan Liang's neck obliquely.

The two horses staggered, Huang Zhong didn't have time to return the knife, and the soldiers of the Guards had already swarmed in.

Liu Bei's guards were developed on the basis of the dead soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army, and they had been under Liu Bei for many years, and they were nurtured by Liu Bei, so they had no habit of fighting alone with others. In the battle of Tiger Prison Pass, Liu Bei and Lu fought alone, and the guards were blamed afterwards, at this moment, they came with the purpose of raiding, and they did not have the slightest sense of fair fighting, and after seeing Yan Liang and Huang Zhong fighting, they were in a hurry

Returning to the air, without waiting for Huang Zhong to return to the horse, short spears, hand axes, swords, and spears greeted together, and in an instant, a generation of brave generals was buried by a bunch of small soldiers' weapons.

Wen Chou stood a little far away, and was overwhelmed with grief when he saw that his brother was killed by a group of small soldiers after losing his balance because of the fight with the enemy general. Dancing wildly with his spear, he stepped forward to fight Huang Zhong.

Yuan Shaojun's formation was in chaos, Liu Bei's guards soldiers were in groups of five, repeatedly crisscrossing the enemy formation, the enemy army that had lost its leader could not organize effective resistance, many soldiers were like headless flies, and the soldiers on the ship were at a loss and couldn't figure out what to do.

Wen Chou and Huang Zhong were fighting fiercely, a small group of Guards soldiers surrounded Wen Chou, as if they were performing a stabbing performance, one by one the soldiers ran in front of Wen Chou like a marquee, eighteen weapons split his head and covered his face, so that Wen Chou was overwhelmed, and when he was in embarrassment, a loud voice sounded like thunder behind him: "Huang Zhong Lao'er, leave one for me." ”

Wen Chou was startled by this loud shout, and in an inadvertent moment, Huang Zhong's big knife slashed through his chest, penetrating his heavy armor. The metal pieces on Wen Chou's leather armor suddenly flew in all directions, and blood gradually oozed from the knife edge.

Huang Zhong whistled and raised his knife to make a move, and the guards soldiers immediately turned their horses and jumped away, and with a slight arch of his hand behind Chong Wenchou, Huang Zhong said: "This kid is left to the three generals." ”

Wen Chou took a deep breath and felt the wound on his chest, the big knife swept past his chest, and the knife edge was not deep into the flesh, but he was devastated and scarred, raised his head, turned his horse and turned around to look at the general who came behind him, only to see a big man with thick bones, leopard eyes, and dark skin, riding a black war horse that was obviously one head taller than the other horses, with a cold smile floating on the corner of his mouth: "Yanren Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide are here, can you still fight?" ”

Then he added: "If you don't fight, you will surrender." ”

Wen Chou looked at the place where his brother Yan Liang's corpse was located, took a deep breath, and replied, "Fight." ”

Zhang Fei showed an appreciative look in his eyes and said, "Okay, eat my spear." ”

Wen Chou raised his spear and struggled to resist the Zhangba snake spear that Mount Tai swept over, and after a loud bang, Wen Chou secretly breathed a sigh of relief, what a terrifying power, fortunately, I resisted. Suddenly, Wen Chou felt that the earth seemed to be shaking, and before he could come back to his senses, the war horse suddenly collapsed to the ground, bleeding from his mouth and nose.

Wen Chou hurriedly twitched his calves from under the horse, trying to stand up, but suddenly it was dark in front of him, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a huge horse's hoof, stepping towards his face.

The Izumo Shenma weighed nearly a ton, and there was a Zhang butcher wearing a helmet and armor sitting on it, and the total weight was about a ton or more than a ton on Wen Chou's face, and the result can be imagined.

After the battle, Liu Bei hurried to the Baishui River and reprimanded Zhang Fei sharply: "Go into battle and fight alone, do you think this is a fight between the villagers?" As a general, he should mobilize his men and horses behind the military formation, force the real and make the false, so as to exchange the greatest victory at the lowest cost. You actually rushed into the enemy's formation, fought with the enemy generals, and did not listen to the teachings like this, and I was really angry. ”

Huang Zhong saw Liu Bei scolding Zhang Fei and was cramped and uneasy, Tian Chou saw this scene and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade: "My lord, no matter what, the three generals killed the last enemy general can be regarded as a merit and demerit. Now that the small half of the enemy has crossed the river and fled, let's hurry to the next step. ”

Liu Bei said stupidly: "To kill the enemy general, only a team of small soldiers can do it, he goes deep into the enemy formation, in case there is a mistake, what should I do?" ”

Tian Chou hurriedly shouted at the soldiers to strip off Yuan Jun's clothes and change into clothes, and carefully observed the changed soldiers, Tian Chou shook his head and said, "How do I look at it, they don't look like Yuan Jun's soldiers, what's the problem?" ”

Liu Bei glanced at it and said, "Of course it's not like it, they are full of the smell of Qingzhou soldiers, and their gestures are uniform." The soldiers of Jizhou are all peasants who have not long put down their hoes, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and are not good at governing the army, although these people wear the clothes and armor of Yuan soldiers, but their every move is like a defeated soldier? ”

Huang Zhong interjected: "Since we don't look like each other, let's find real Jizhou soldiers, lure them to their advantage, and know that they are harmful, as long as they open the city gate for us, we will attack and reward, and we are not afraid that they will not obey." ”

Liu Bei nodded: "Good idea, but you still need a fierce general to accompany you, and a few hundred of our soldiers to be able to control them." Dian Wei, you blend in among them and deceive the gates of the city. Huang Zhong, you led the light horse, followed them from afar, and pretended to pursue. After the city gate is opened, Dian Wei, you have to occupy the city gate and wait for Huang Zhong to rush in. ”

Hearing this candidate, Tian Chou hesitated, ready to persuade, but after a little hesitation, Dian Wei had already turned around and left-perhaps, this is the best solution. Dian Wei is too murderous, and using him as a vanguard to attack the city may also be a solution. After all, it is better to kill Yuan Shao than to capture Yuan Shao alive.

In the twilight, Liu Bei wandered on the north bank of the Baishui River, reluctant to get on the boat to cross the river. Crossing the Whitewater River, taking this step, just like Caesar crossing the Rupee, is no longer self-preservation, but the beginning of a civil war, is it really necessary? Liu Bei's mind turned over the river and the sea.

Tian Chou walked over and persuaded softly: "The soldiers have been waiting for a long time, the army has been dispatched, what is the lord still hesitating?" ”

Liu Bei let out a heavy sigh: "Zitai, we have been fighting for two years, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, I don't know how many of the original 100,000 veterans are left?" After Jizhou is pacified, I want to take a two-year break and digest Jizhou well. ”

Tian Chou nodded and agreed: "Jizhou missed the agricultural time last year, and this year it missed the agricultural time. The Yellow Turban Rebellion recurred from Changshan, and this year it was a military disaster, and in two years, I really don't know if Jizhou can recover its vitality. ”

On the front line of the ancient city, Zhu Jun learned the news of Dong Zhuo's troops (there was a mistake in the previous section, it should be: After Xu Rong surrendered to Cao Cao, Dong Zhuo's generals were only a handful, and his son-in-law Niu Fu fought fiercely with the rebel Ma Teng Han Sui in Liangzhou. The additional troops at Hanguguan should be the Liangzhou soldiers led by Li Dao and Guo Yan), preparing to go out of the city to meet the attack, but were resolutely opposed by Zhou Yu, who joined the army.

"After Dong Zhuo moved the capital, he destroyed the palaces and temples in Luoyang, and there were no chickens and dogs left within 200 miles, and they all became red land. Dong Zhuojun's intruders were all cavalry, and the grain and grass were all raised by themselves. One horse has to eat grain and grass for six people, and he must be worried that after bypassing Gucheng and attacking Luoyang, we will cut off the supply of grain and grass. Although our army is small, the valley city is strong, and the defense equipment is complete, but when we go out of the city to fight, our army has a large number of soldiers, and the orders are different, and there is no certainty of victory. Ming Gong, let's use my strengths to defeat the enemy's shortcomings," Zhou Yu advised.

Zhu Jun understood this truth, however, he never forgot to welcome the Han Emperor in the west, and he was quite dissatisfied with Liu Bei's only focusing on fighting Jizhou and not sending heavy troops to the Luoyang front. It's just that, considering that Liu Bei is now renovating the Luoyang Palace, he is also preparing for the emperor's return to Beijing, so he didn't have a seizure. At this moment, when he heard Zhou Yu persuading him to hold on, he was unhappy and asked: "In your opinion, what if Li Dao and Guo Yan intend to plunder, ride around Gucheng and attack Luoyang?" ”

"Since Xuande Gong knew that Dong Zhuo intended to attack Luoyang, but did not increase his troops, he must have dealt with it a long time ago. Besides, Lu Gong is sitting in Luoyang, where there are countless Qingzhou veterans supervising the construction, and they have a lot of escorts, these people are retired veterans and township police. Qingzhou's military merits are the heaviest rewards and punishments, in case Li Dao and Guo Yan attack, I am afraid that Lu Gong will shout and gather tens of thousands of soldiers to meet the enemy, it is not difficult at all. ”

Zhu Jun stubbornly shook his head and said, "According to Liu Bei's plan, when will he be able to go west to Chang'an?" Emperor Han was in Chang'an for a day, forced by Dong thief, I have made up my mind, I must not allow Dong Jun to show off his might under the city. Since you don't want to fight, defend the city here. ”

Zhou Yu took a step back and saluted respectfully: "The old general is ambitious, but the military discipline in Qingzhou is strict, and Captain Zhou Cang will never go out of the city to fight since he is ordered by the Qingzhou army. The general wants to go to war, and the Qingzhou soldiers are willing to defend the city, and I hope that the general will not be too far away from the city, so as not to be unable to support our army. ”

Zhu Jun didn't say a word and led the troops out of the city.

Zhou Yu has never been a person with a strong personality. Historically, he and Sun Ce have known each other since childhood, however, Sun Ce has always guarded against him, every time he wins a battle, Sun Ce has to relieve him of military power, and send him to a small city to stay for a period of time, and Zhou Yu has always been recruited, lingering, is the ideal good revolutionary cadre. Previously, Liu Bei forced him to come to Gucheng to garrison, and he accepted his fate. At this moment, Zhu Jun insisted, and Zhou Yu lost the patience to persuade.

The 5,000 main army, plus the 3,000 Danyang soldiers supported by Tao Qian, and the 2,000 Peiguo army supported by Chen Deng, a total of 10,000 infantry, against the 40,000 ferocious Liangzhou cavalry, there was no suspense in the result. Zhu Jun was defeated, and the Liangzhou cavalry immediately followed the pursuit and attacked Gucheng. Zhou Yu was afraid of the impact of the rebels, and did not dare to open the city gate to access the rout, and Zhu Jun was chased by the Liangzhou soldiers and fought to the death.

2,000 Qingzhou soldiers guarded the small city, and under the attack of 40,000 Liangzhou soldiers, it was crumbling. Fortunately, the city walls are strong, and the city is tall and can still be supported. Just in case, Zhou Yu and Zhou Cang hurriedly sent warriors to break through and report the murderous letter to Luoyang.

Ten days later, Zhou Yu sat at the head of the small city, looking boredly in the direction of Luoyang.

In the past few days, the Liangzhou soldiers have also tried to attack the city, but they have all been defeated by the raining arrows at the head of the city. The walls of the small city are so high that no ladder can reach the top of the city, and climbing with bare hands is not something that anyone can do. What's more, there is a sloping rolling wood thunderstone overhead. The huge bed crossbow that roamed the city, constantly firing armor-piercing arrows, shooting at the soldiers who were holding the ladder movement and the siege commander, after losing some men and horses, the Liangzhou soldiers began to besiege but not attack.

Gucheng only had 2,000 soldiers, 3,000 construction engineers, and hundreds of peasants who had only been attached for a short time.

There was a series of stairs behind him, and Zhou Cang walked up to the city with a black face, Zhou Yu ignored it and continued to sit still.

Zhou Cang hesitated for a long time and said: "Zhou joined the army and sat down for days, isn't it a way, why don't we sneak attack the enemy army at night?" ”

Zhou Yu replied casually: "You are the leader, you have the final say." ”

Zhou Cang hurriedly argued: "No, the lord will explain when he comes: ask Gongjin if he is undecided." Isn't it impossible for me to decide? How can I not ask you? ”

Zhou Yu asked unintentionally: "Is your father-in-law really so confessed?" ”

As soon as his tone changed, Zhou Yu said worriedly: "I've been here for many days, I don't know how my son-in-law is doing, has the trial started?" ”

Zhou Cang smiled and said, "My family master is waiting, if you ask about Sun Gongzi, I will answer you." ”

"What?" Zhou Yu grabbed Zhou Cang's clothes and asked.

Zhou Cang learned Liu Bei's tone and said: "The lord said, if Zhou Yu asks, tell him that I have fought side by side with Sun Wentai, how can I torment his widow, but Sun Wentai has caused heavy casualties to my Qingzhou Scouts, and after these Scouts are all meritorious deeds, I can't help but explain to their families, Sun Gongzi, first imprisoned, let his subordinates make more contributions, and ease the hostility of Qingzhou." I'll figure it out when things get cold. The matter of judgment will not be mentioned for the time being this year. ”

Zhou Yu stood up and bowed his hand to the east: "Xuande Gong is benevolent and righteous, I should do my best to resolve this crisis for Xuande Gong." ”

"Crisis?" Zhou Cang asked.

Zhou Yu smiled indifferently and said: "The Liangzhou soldiers besieged but did not attack, they wanted to use Gucheng as bait to ambush the rescuers who came to help. Lu Gong has a straightforward personality and pays attention to the upright method of war, and I expect that he must not pay attention to the ambush of the enemy army. However, the Qingzhou soldiers have been in battle for a long time, and the Liangzhou soldiers have passed around Gucheng, and there must not be many troops, and it is not so easy to eat the brave Qingzhou soldiers in one bite. If we wait for a stalemate in wartime, we will respond to it. It is not difficult to defeat the Liangzhou soldiers. ”

Zhou Cang was undecided: "The lord let us hold the valley city, the ancient city has only 2,000 troops, and the engineers have been on the battlefield for days, how to divide the troops?" ”

Zhou Yu was arrogant: "It doesn't take too many troops, 500 people are enough." From tonight onwards, the generals can take turns to make noise to slack the vigilance of the enemy. Three days later, our army attacked the enemy camp, and I led 500 warriors to break through the siege and receive reinforcements from Luoyang. ”

In the twilight, under the city of Yecheng, Dian Wei led people to dress up as routed soldiers, hoping to deceive the city gate.

Previously, there had been several waves of rout troops back to the city, Yecheng suddenly heard the alarm, as if facing a great enemy, saw the smoke and dust after the rout from afar, panicked, and intended to open the city gate to access these own people.

"Wait", the interrogator who patrolled the night here lit a torch and asked the defeated soldiers: "When you leave the battlefield at the end, have you ever seen the whereabouts of the two generals Yan Wen." ”

Dian Wei stabbed the Yuan soldiers beside him, and the little soldier replied tremblingly: "The two generals Yan Wen have been killed, general, the chasing soldiers behind are very urgent, it is better to open the city gate quickly and let us in." ”

The judge laughed loudly: "Liu Bei deceived me, is there no one in Yecheng?" You people, after a hundred miles of running, are still standing straight one by one, this kind of standing posture, how can it be our people, it is clearly Qingzhou soldiers, come and release arrows. ”