Chapter 43 The Origin of the Huang Surname
Yuan Yun wiped the wounded bloodstains, and then ordered someone to carry the guard in front of him on a stretcher, just now Sun Quan's small force suddenly outflanked from the flank, and then a piece of arrow feathers fell, this guard really pointed back, the arrow actually passed through the gap in the armor, and then deeply pierced the back of his neck, fortunately the wound is not too deep, after pulling out the arrow, as long as the wound is stitched, it will be fine.
After the guards were carried away, Yuan Yun continued to observe the battlefield in front of him, Zhao Yun's cavalry had already swept past, and those Yangzhou soldiers who were routed by artillery and rifles were only left to flee at this moment.
After looking at the distance, Yuan Yun glanced at the distance again, not long after the previous battle began, the two wings rushed out of the opponent's cavalry, and then went straight to the heart of the gunpowder army, if it weren't for the heavy armored infantry to be on alert all the time, I am afraid that this charge would make the gunpowder army suffer heavy losses.
However, even after blocking most of the cavalry charge, many officers and men of the rifle and artillery battalions were still killed, and this sneak attack of the enemy can be regarded as relatively successful, they have been ambushed in this land very early, and under the cover of night, the scouts of the gunpowder army are completely unaware.
And now Yuan Yun has also accepted the so-called battle damage, unlike in the past, he wished that after a battle, it would be best for not a single soldier on his side to die, so although more than 500 people were killed at this moment, he still didn't feel too sad, but his hatred for Sun Quan was mobilized.
"Sun Quan personally led the army to fight this time, and this person is also a hero, and his courage is not inferior to his brother Sun Ce." When Zhuge Liang spoke, he had already slowly walked to Yuan Yun's side, and when the battle broke out just now, he rushed out to command the arrangement as soon as possible, looking extremely heroic.
If the word heroic is used on Zhao Yun, it is naturally understandable, but after being placed on Zhuge Liang at this moment, Yuan Yun feels a little strange, not that the other party is timid, but it seems that in any historical impression, Zhuge Liang is a master who sits firmly in the rear and makes plans.
Pang Tong also walked over with Zhuge Liang at this time, pointed to the position on the right side slightly, and then said: "We should divide the troops to advance, the lord and the brigade together, I will lead three thousand people to the right side, there is a big river on the left side is a natural barrier, so I can block any attack on the left side." ”
Yuan Yun nodded, for these things of marching and fighting, Pang Tong is naturally more excellent, and letting excellent people do excellent things has always been Yuan Yun's creed, so soon the gunpowder army was divided into three thousand infantry, and Pang Tong commanded the right flank of the army, and the two armies were separated by five miles.
After Pang Tong's army left, Yuan Yun returned to his frame again, and Zhuge Liang also sat in at this moment, which immediately made the frame used in this battle array seem much narrower, after all, in order to facilitate the movement of the battlefield, the space of this kind of frame is very small.
Zhuge Liang seemed to feel that the position was indeed a little crowded, so after sitting down, he stretched his legs and pushed Yuan Yun directly into the corner, causing Yuan Yun to wave his hand very unhappily and complain: "Why don't you just say it outside?" ”
Zhuge Liang smiled, and then picked the small stove in the frame more vigorously, and then said: "Now we have to speed up our pace, and the speed of the march must also be increased, so it is best to talk while walking." ”
Yuan Yun frowned and said, "You don't have to rush so much, right?" Sun Quan's sneak attack this time failed, so he could only retreat to the walled city of Paxia, and then prepare to defend us, there should be no sneak attack in the future, and didn't Shiyuan also send it out, so the road behind will be much safer, and rushing to the road will consume a lot of physical strength of our army. ”
Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "No, physical strength will naturally be consumed, but now we don't have to worry about this problem, Sun Quan failed this sneak attack, so he hurriedly retreated, so we just need to drive them away, and in the end, everyone consumes about the same physical strength, but in terms of time, they don't have much chance to fortify in Pasha." ”
Yuan Yun listened to Zhuge Liang's words, and immediately smiled and said: "You are still better at marching and fighting, but you don't plan to enter the battle as soon as you arrive in Paxia, right?" ”
Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "Anyway, our artillery doesn't need to spend any effort to use, let's bombard him for two days first." ”
Yuan Yun suddenly laughed and said: "What we said before is to provoke Sun Quan's army to completely collapse, so that it can play a deterrent role, if you bombard it with artillery for two days, I think Sun Quan will definitely flee without a fight." ”
Zhuge Liang was still smiling, and continued to point his head and said, "So we will continue to chase." ”
At this time, Yuan Yun was finally stunned, and said suspiciously: "Keep chasing?" Is it impossible to chase it to Yangzhou? ”
"That's exactly what I mean." Zhuge Liang replied simply.
Yuan Yun tilted his head and thought for a long time, then asked cautiously, "Just pretentious?" It won't really go deep, will it? ”
Zhuge Liang said: "If Sun Quan doesn't resist and only flees with a drum, we will keep chasing, even if we chase him to his hometown, we won't stop." ”
Yuan Yun heard Zhuge Liang say this, and seemed to feel that this was not bad, although it was a bit risky to go deep into Yangzhou, but at this moment, most of the Sun family's troops were transferred to Chibi, and there was really no strength in the rear, and the characteristic of the gunpowder army was that it was not afraid of going deep alone, as long as it was guaranteed to withdraw before the ammunition ran out, then no one could stop it.
"Very good, let's run after Sun Quan's ass and see when he stops to stop us." Yuan Yun finally made a decision.
At this point, the Gunpowder Army began to chase the withdrawn Sun Quan all the way, and in the long-distance attack, the Gunpowder Army was obviously more advantageous, because before leaving Xiangyang, Luoyang finally sent a batch of newly made tanks.
Although these bulky guys are very difficult to travel in the Hanzhong territory, the terrain on this side of Jingzhou is relatively wide, especially the gunpowder army is traveling along the river, so it can be regarded as finding a place for this steel giant beast, and a large amount of baggage is transported by it, so it is naturally much easier to maneuver.
On the morning of the second day, after two days and one night of sleepless sleep, the Gunpowder Army finally stopped in front of the Pasha Walled City, while Sun Quan cowered in the Walled City, as if ready to confront the Gunpowder Army.
At this time, Zhuge Liang really did as he said, and began to order the artillery battalion to start bombing day and night, and the other troops all set up camp to rest.
After another three days, when the morning sun gradually brightened, the scouts of the Gunpowder Army returned to report that Sun Quan had chosen to retreat the night before, and that he had gone very resolutely, and that in order not to attract the attention of the Gunpowder Army, he had not even had time to burn the grain and grass in the walled city.
It was also at this time that news finally came from the direction of Changsha that the military mutiny led by Huang Zhong and Wei Yan was very successful, Han Xuan had been detained, and Huang Zhong personally led 5,000 soldiers on the way to Paxia.
After reading the letter, Yuan Yun pointed to a huge Paxia walled city and said: "This place is left to General Huang, as long as you guard this place and become the backing of our gunpowder army, it will be a great achievement." ”
The messenger immediately clenched his fists and made a promise, and then galloped out, hoping to bring the news back as soon as possible.
Looking at the departing messenger, Zhao Yuncai took a few steps closer and said with some concern: "This Lord Huang Zhong is not familiar with it, hand over such an important rear stronghold to the other party for defense, in case it ......"
"It doesn't matter, Huang Zhong can be trusted, he either won't take refuge, once he decides to take refuge, he will be loyal." Yuan Yun didn't wait for Zhao Yun to finish speaking, and had already added.
Zhao Yun was still a little uneasy, and continued to persuade: "But didn't this Huang Zhong just turn against Han Xuan?" ”
Yuan Yun said with a smile: "That's because Han Xuan is mean, and he treats his subordinates like thieves, which makes people centrifugal, and Lao Tzu is now showing unusual trust to Huang Zhong, I believe he will definitely understand Lao Tzu's mind, tsk, this is called convincing people with virtue, Zilong looks at me to see if I do this is particularly big......"
Zhao Yun looked at Yuan Yun's villainous ambition, he didn't plan to ask about it at all, he shook his head and turned over on horseback, and even felt a little disgusting for a moment, the boasting ability of the lord in front of him was definitely the most shameless.
Huang Zhong, who proved that Yuan Yun knew from the history books, was indeed a person who valued love and righteousness, and one day after Yuan Yun left, he was stationed in Paxia, during which Jingzhou sent troops to attack several times, but they were all repelled by this veteran, thus ensuring the retreat of the gunpowder army.
And the gunpowder army led by Yuan Yun, as Zhuge Liang said, chased Sun Quan all the way, and continued to penetrate deep into the hinterland of Yangzhou, until it entered Chaisang for more than 100 miles, and was finally stopped by Cheng Pu and Huang Gai, who were sent back by Zhou Yu.
When Yuan Yun heard Huang Gai's name, he was overjoyed in an instant, and he laughed for a whole time before stopping, Zhuge Liang and others were very surprised, because it was the turn of the power, obviously Cheng Pu was much higher than Huang Gai, but when Yuan Yun heard Cheng Pu's name, he just let out an oh sound, knowing that when he heard the word Huang Gai, the whole person laughed wildly in an instant.
Yuan Yun knew that he couldn't explain it, after all, some things would be regarded as monsters when he said it, so he could only stop it in his stomach, and the reason why he was extremely happy after hearing Huang Gai's name was because Huang Gai was sent to fight against the Gunpowder Army, then in history, Zhou Yu beat Huang Gai, and finally Huang Gai surrendered to Cao Ying, and then the incident of burning Chibi is estimated to be Huang, which of course needs to be happy.
"Huang Gai must stay, he must see people alive, and he must see corpses when he dies, and he must not be allowed to return to Chibi alive, this is the focus of our battle this time." Yuan Yun finally gave a very strange order, and Zhuge Liang and the others who listened to it were even more puzzled.
However, since he is a local general, it is natural to kill him, but it is not clear how this Huang Gai offended Yuan Yun, causing this marshal to give such an order.
After Zhao Yun heard this order, he seemed to have an understanding, and felt that Yuan Yun should be a person surnamed Huang who liked it very much, so he could either be absorbed or killed, in short, the person surnamed Huang must have a great relationship with the lord in front of him.