Chapter 360 Huaxiong Fawei (II)
Sun Jian was defeated, very angry, and went straight to Yuan Shao's big tent to question, and attributed the responsibility for the defeat to the lack of food and grass, the lack of fighting spirit, and the enemy's taking advantage of it.
Looking at Sun Jian's red eyes and his face distorted and deformed by anger, some people gloat, this is the end of the dog's legs; Some people were worried that the combat effectiveness of the Liangzhou Army was too strong, and they were glad that they did not seize the vanguard position; There has been a subtle change in the psychology of all people.
Cao Cao and Bao Xin's anger towards the Yuan brothers in their hearts is indescribable, there are not enough successes, more than failures, if it weren't for the national affairs, he would have wanted to lead the troops to leave, how could he waste his energy here in vain, ignoring the military affairs?
Yuan Shao quickly swept everyone's faces, saw everyone's expressions in his eyes, remembered them in his heart, and secretly said, this time it was indeed Yuan Shu's fault, but it was exactly his intention, Sun Jian lost 20,000 officers and soldiers, which greatly damaged Yuan Shu's strength.
In order to let Yuan Shu continue to be ugly, Yuan Shao asked people to invite Yuan Shu.
In fact, Yuan Shu had already received the news, but he was unwilling to go to Yuan Shao's tent to be humiliated, so he pretended to be sick in the camp and asked the military advisor Yang Hong to deal with the matter on his behalf; Yuan Shu thought to himself, Sun Jian's loss of 20,000 soldiers and horses was not necessarily a bad thing, his strength was greatly damaged, and he would definitely hold the thighs of the Yuan family firmly in the future.
Yang Hong is more old and spicy, and it is easier to deal with similar things, and when he came to the big tent, he first promised to make up for Sun Jian's lost soldiers and horses as soon as possible, and secondly, he would double the compensation for the casualties, and promised that there would be no shortage of Sun Jian's money and food in the future.
People are under the eaves, they have to bow their heads, Sun Jian's goal is achieved, it is not good to continue to entangle, after all, he will continue to mix under Yuan Shu in the future, and he can only return to the barracks, fortunately, there are still 10,000 complete officers and soldiers.
The defeat in the first battle was a great blow to the morale of the coalition forces, and Yuan Shao also hoped to get rid of the unfavorable situation as soon as possible.
So, the next day, as the leader of the alliance, he issued an order to send Liu Dai, Bao Xin, Qiao Mao, Yuan Yi, Wang Kuang and others, under the command of Mu Hanfu of Yuzhou, to lead the officers and soldiers of the headquarters to camp in Hugao Pass.
Yuan Shao grew up with Cao Cao, and he knew Cao Cao well, and he must not give up this opportunity to show off to Cao Cao; Moreover, if Cao Cao was sent there, he would probably see through his strategy of calculating Han Fu, so Yuan Shao did not let Cao Cao out.
Feng Ji thought it very carefully, this time he was mainly based on Han Fu, who was a victim, and he must do his best to weaken his strength, if he wins, Yuan Shao is well commanded, and if he fails, he is incompetent, if Han Fu's headquarters is seriously damaged, it will be a good thing; As for Liu Dai, Bao Xin, and Qiao Mao, they were all loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, and if they could be eliminated in advance, it would make it easier for him to occupy Yanzhou; Wang Kuang and Yuan Yi are his people, one is to show everyone, the second is to see Han Fu, and the third is to choose the opportunity to fall into the trap against other armies, especially Han Fu and his army.
As for Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei, they have no territory now, but the soldiers are strong and strong, and Yuan Shao will not easily give them the opportunity to make meritorious contributions; Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao are the two brothers, they are the head snakes, stay in the sour date to deal with some chores, reduce his troubles, and Yuan Shao and Zhang Miao have had a close relationship since childhood, if he occupies Yanzhou in the future, Zhang Miao will definitely help, so he has to take care of one or two for the time being.
Everyone had no objection to Yuan Shao's arrangement, there were only 50,000 defenders in Tiger Pass, while the Sixth Route Army had 150,000 soldiers and horses, even if the Liangzhou army was super strong, they were not afraid; Only Cao Cao had a small calculation in his heart, but he couldn't do anything about it now.
Han Fu is the only state pastor, and his position as commander is justified.
His army of 30,000 is all veterans of war; The generals include Han Meng and Pan Feng, both of whom are strong in martial arts; There are two brothers, Xin Ping and Xin Bi; Therefore, Han Fu is very confident in his own strength; Sun Jian's defeat was only an accidental factor.
He just didn't know that Xin Ping and the Xin Bi brothers had thrown themselves into the arms of the Yuan family.
Han Meng is a distant relative of Han Fu and is very trusted by Han Fu.
More than 100,000 troops set off one after another, Wang Kuang was the vanguard, Han Fu was the queen, and Yuan Yi was responsible for transporting grain and grass.
When the army was dispatched, the scouts arranged by Hu Zhen had already discovered it and returned to report.
Hu Zhen was unmoved, ready that no matter how many enemies came, he only needed to hold on to the danger.
In three days, 150,000 officers and soldiers of the Allied forces arrived at the outside of the Tiger Prison Pass and set up camp.
Hu Zhen did not dare to go to war, and he had to divide his troops to guard the mountain trails, and his troops were scattered; What made him happy was that on the fourth day, the 50,000 reinforcements sent by Dong Zhuo arrived, alleviating his predicament of insufficient troops.
Hu Zhen's confidence was greatly boosted, and at the same time, he was thinking about the way to attack the coalition army, and finally decided to show weakness to the enemy first, and then surprise the enemy camp, so he did not let the reinforcements participate in the defense of the city, but first camped to rest.
Han Fu did not attack blindly, but first let the soldiers rest, and strengthened the defense of the camp, dug trenches, built fences, set up horses, set up watchtowers, etc., and prepared sufficient food, for fear of repeating Sun Jian's mistakes.
On the fifth day, Han Fu led his headquarters to challenge and test the strength of the defenders.
Hu Zhen decided to adopt the tactics of exhausting the enemy and refused to fight.
Wang Kuang was insulting outside the city, but he couldn't do anything.
This was still the case the next day.
However, on the third day, at noon, when Wang Kuang was tired of scolding, Hu Zhen suddenly sent Hua Xiong to fight.
The defenders in the city had long been impatient and had long wanted to fight, and they were all holding their breath.
At this time, Wang Kuang's army was already hungry, thirsty and tired.
Hua Xiong led 20,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry into battle; The cavalry split the two sides, the infantry was in the center, shooting the position, and when the formation was over, Hua Xiong hurled an insult forward.
Wang Kuang was furious and hurriedly sent Mu Shun to meet Huaxiong.
Huaxiong is strong in martial arts, he is the fourth master besides Lu Bu, and he has been on the battlefield for a long time, how can he look at an unknown military general like Mu Shun?
Sure enough, after three moves, Mu Shun was cut off the horse by Hua Xiong, clean and neat.
Hua Xiong is very complacent, he escaped Sun Jian last time, and this time he has harvested some small fish, which is worth the trip; The morale of the Xiliang army was high, and they cheered, and the shouts soared into the sky, frightening Wang Kuang's army to stop insulting.
Before Wang Kuang could speak, the general Fang Yue stepped out, carrying a spear, and rushed towards Huaxiong.
Hua Xiong was complacent, easily faced the battle, fought to ten rounds, Fang Yue's body was tired, he was unable to fight the enemy, and immediately retreated, how could Hua Xiong let him escape? Immediately, he waved his hand and motioned to several other Sima troops to press up.
And Hua Xiong himself, he slapped his horse and rushed straight to Fang Yue, how could he let his subordinates escape?
40,000 troops rushed to Wang Kuang's army array, with 20,000 infantry in front and 10,000 cavalry on the left and right wings, the formation was majestic and spectacular; And Wang Kuang only has 20,000 tired soldiers, not to mention the attitude of the officers and soldiers, Wang Kuang himself was already shocked, but he didn't expect that even Fang Yue was not an opponent.
After losing two battles in a row, morale plummeted, and before the battle, the timid officers and soldiers began to flee into the barracks, Wang Kuang couldn't stop it, and it was another big rout.
And Han Fu was drinking in the big tent at this time, and there was no war for two consecutive days, which made him feel slack, but fortunately, the defense facilities he had made in advance had an effect, so that Hua Xiong did not dare to go deeper.
In the end, there were more than 10,000 people who fled back to the camp, but the military general Mu Shun was damaged, and even Fang Yue died tragically in the chaos.
Han Fu tested the combat effectiveness of the Liangzhou army, and he was even more cautious, guarding the camp and never going to battle.
Hua Xiong beheaded 3,000, captured thousands, and made new contributions, and the name of might spread throughout the Liangzhou departments, which made the coalition army fearful.