Chapter 43: Yuan Shu withdraws from the army
Yuan Shu's surprise is really extraordinary. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info Shouchun is his fundamental place, and now he is actually besieged by Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Lu Bu, and Sun Ce. After Liu Xun retreated from Huaibei, he let him guard Shouchun with peace of mind, after all, after Lu Bu defeated Liu Xun in Huaibei, he had a posture of marching into Huainan. Sun Ce of Jiangdong even broke off relations with himself and prepared for the expedition with a large army. In such a situation, he could only order Liu Xun to be careful, but in his opinion, even if Lu Bu and Sun Ce were combined, there would not be many soldiers and horses. Liu Xun is also a famous general, with 50,000 soldiers under his command, it should be more than enough to guard a Shouchun.
But now, Cao Cao actually led 150,000 soldiers and horses to kill Shouchun. Cao Cao is already quite good at using soldiers, and he has many fierce generals. With him joining Lu Bu and others to attack Shouchun, I am afraid that Liu Xun will not be able to defend it for long. And this time he went out on an expedition and brought out all the people available to him, only one Liu Xun in Shouchun can take charge alone, and it is not known whether he can defend Shouchun under the attack of these people.
If Shouchun is lost, the counties of Jiujiang County will inevitably fall to the wind. After all, Shouchun can be regarded as a strong city under his own construction over the years. In addition, there are 50,000 troops, which are not at all comparable to those counties with only one or two thousand soldiers and horses stationed. Even Shouchun can't stop the pace of these people, how can other counties fight desperately? In his own hands, he originally occupied the four counties of Lujiang, Jiujiang, Danyang and Guangling, but Liu Xun was defeated, and Guangling completely returned to the hands of the Xuzhou army. Once Shouchun is not guaranteed, Jiujiang County will be lost, and I am afraid that Danyang will also fall into the hands of Sun Ce. The situation is in crisis at this point, and Yuan Shu is really in chaos at this time.
At this time, Chen Ji, Li Feng, and Yang Hong also came in a hurry, and as for Lei Bo and Chen Lan, they were stationed in Ruyin at this time, guarding the grain road and transporting grain and grass. Everyone saw that Yuan Shu had been closing their eyes and contemplating, and they didn't dare to disturb, but everyone saw a trace of worry from each other's faces. However, such a chilling silence did not last long, Yuan Shuhu slapped the table and shouted: "How did Cao Cao go to Huainan?" Li Feng, weren't you ambushed by Cao Cao the day before yesterday! ”
"Ah, yes, yes, Your Majesty, the last general was ambushed by Xiahoudun, Cao Hong and Cao Cao the day before yesterday, and lost more than half of his soldiers and horses. Then how did Cao Cao go to Huainan, the last general, the last general doesn't know. ”
"General Qiao, did Cao Cao come to wait for me to write a battle letter, and agreed to fight a decisive battle in three days?" Yuan Shu looked at Qiao Rui with an unkind face and asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, that's exactly the case. That Cao Cao sent a messenger and issued a war letter, and the decisive battle was fought about three days later. ”
"Then how can Cao Cao appear in Huainan at this time! How can I lead an army of 150,000 to besiege my Shouchun City! 150,000 troops, Cao Cao now has so many soldiers and horses? There are 150,000 in front of him, and there are still 150,000 in Huainan, and Cao Agui's doppelganger technique is not successful, Runan and Huainan are thousands of miles apart, and he Cao Cao can run to Huainan in just two days. ”
Yuan Shu was already furious at this time, and he had even lost his coherence in speaking. A series of questions asked how to answer these people. Besides, what Yuan Shu said, whether it is Ji Ling, Qiao Rui, or Li Feng and Chen Ji, which one is not confused. Moreover, the four-way soldiers and horses, more than 200,000 attacking Shouchun, and the crisis of the situation on Liu Xun's side, everyone also deeply agrees. It's just that Yuan Shu is losing his temper at the moment, and everyone is silent, and who dares to interrupt Yuan Shu at this time. It's better to wait, wait for Yuan Shu's temper to pass, and then discuss other things.
Finally, when Yuan Shu lost his temper, Yuan Shu asked, "What do you think, what should I do now?" ”
Yang Hong took the lead in the battle and said: "Your Majesty, for the sake of today's plan, we still have to return to Shouchun as soon as possible." Although General Liu knows the soldiers, there are few soldiers in Shouchun City after all, and I am afraid that he will not be able to support it for a long time. Besides, now our army is short of food, and it is useless to fight for a long time! ”
"What Yang Changshi said is reasonable." Ji Ling on the side also spoke, "Now that we are facing Cao Cao's 150,000 army, I am afraid that it will be difficult to achieve anything in a short period of time." Shouchun was besieged by Cao Cao again, if Shouchun was lost, Huainan would vibrate, and he was afraid that His Majesty's Tianwei would be damaged. Ji Ling said this, and he was also stunned. How did you say the two Cao Cao?
Qiao Rui on the side opened his mouth and asked Li Feng: "Li Feng, you were ambushed that day, have you ever seen Cao Cao himself?" ”
When Li Feng heard this, he thought about it carefully, and then shook his head and said, "Not really." I was flanked by Xu Huang, Xiahoudun, and Cao Hong that day, and hurriedly ordered a retreat. At this time, I saw Cao Cao's handsome flag, and saw a person with gorgeous armor and a horse lance, so I judged that Cao Cao was there in person. Therefore, I have never seen Cao Cao with my own eyes...... General Qiao, do you mean that Cao Cao is not here at all, and he has entered Huainan from the beginning? ”
Hearing this, Qiao Rui nodded and said, "I think it should be so." The Cao Cao in front of us is just a suspicious formation in the night, so I can focus our attention here, but ignore the military situation in Huainan. And this plan of the high night is directly aimed at the hearts of the people, and we all think that as long as Cao Cao is defeated in front of him, Yingchuan can be lowered, Yanzhou can be preferred, and the world can be determined. But who would have thought that Cao Cao had now killed our territory, and this time, we were all deceived by him Gao Ye. ”
"Hey, the situation in front of us is like this, we have no other way, it's better to retreat quickly." Ji Ling shook his head and said.
"No." Yang Hong hurriedly said, "I have to retreat, but we can't just retreat." Although Cao Cao is not here, but Gao Ye still has Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong's two generals, 100,000 soldiers and horses, if he retreats like this, Gao Ye will pursue at the tail of Gao Ye, I am afraid that there is a worry of overturning. ”
"So what do you say?" Ji Ling was interrupted by Yang Hong, and he was already worried about the military situation, so his tone was naturally a little heavier. As for Chen Ji and Li Feng, it's no problem for the two of them to charge into battle, let the two of them plan the military plane, and the temple is counted above the court, it will be really difficult for the two of them. Therefore, the two of them have been quietly listening to the three of them. As for Qiao Rui, he also agrees with Yang Hong's point of view at this time, since he Yang Hong has already thought of this, he is already a general, so why bother to compete with him? Therefore, for a while, everyone's eyes were focused on Yang Hong.
Yang Hong was not in a hurry, and said: "Now the intention of the High Night Army is obvious, which is to delay the pace of our army. At first, I wondered why Gao Ye rested for five days as soon as he arrived at Zhaoling, and at first I thought he was waiting for Cao Cao, but now I understand that he was just trying to delay time. Coupled with the war book, he dragged me for nearly a month in Runan, which shows that he did not have the heart to defeat His Majesty head-on. Yang Hong first briefly analyzed the situation in front of him, and then praised Yuan Shu's military might, and then continued: "He sent people to rob our grain and other food routes, and what he did was to make the army lack food and grass. In addition, Cao Cao attacked Huainan secretly, and after I learned about it, he would inevitably retreat, so that he could find a flaw in it. ”
"We all know this, and you say something useful." Ji Ling said impatiently.
"Since Gao Ye and the Lord have agreed to fight a decisive battle tomorrow, the Lord might as well send a group of men and horses to attack the camp tonight......"
"No, since I have answered the high night, how can I break my promise in three days after the decisive battle? Besides, that high night is quite good at using troops, how can a night attack be unprepared. ”
"The lord naturally responded to the decisive battle three days after the high night, but isn't tomorrow the day of the decisive battle? Besides, the lord didn't say when the decisive battle would be three days later. As soon as the time passed, the lord went to attack the camp again, and it was not a broken promise. Yang Hong said with a smile. As soon as these words came out, even Yuan Shu nodded, which seemed to make some sense.
After Yang Hong saw that Yuan Shu agreed with his opinion, he immediately continued: "That high night in order to drag the lord, this gave the lord a war letter. Tomorrow is the day of the decisive battle, and today we must not take much precautions. In Hongxiang, the night attack will be successful in one blow. ”
"Yang Changshi thought it was simple." Qiao Rui shook his head and said, then arched his hand to Yuan Shu and said, "Judging from Gao Yeping's usual use of soldiers, this person loves night attacks the most, how can he not be careful?" The last general thought that the night attack was naturally going to go, but it couldn't just be a night attack. His Majesty immediately ordered to do his best to strangle the scouts of the Gao Ye Army, and the lord led the army to slowly retreat south tonight with General Ji Ling. The purpose of our attack on the camp is to retreat, and Yang Changshi should not forget this. ”
Yang Hong smiled awkwardly and even claimed that it was. Immediately afterwards, Qiao Rui said: "After the ugly hour tonight, General Chen Ji can take 10,000 horses and prepare more fire-burning things to attack the camp." As soon as the soldiers and horses counterattacked, General Chen Ji was defeated. I led 30,000 horses and horses to lay an ambush under the camp to meet General Chen. ”
"It's just that I'm waiting for the army here, so I won't dare to come rashly in that high night, right?" Yang Hong frowned.
"It's best if he doesn't come, I'll learn the allusion of Qi Huan's hanging sheep drumming, but I can also buy more time. Gao Ye is mostly foot soldiers now, and I guess his cavalry has also been sent out to attack the grain routes where we are waiting. Therefore, as long as His Majesty's army leaves for two days, the high night is to want to pursue, but it is also powerless. However, since he sent people to rob our army's food routes, and we waited for tonight's attack on the camp, he most likely guessed that it was a sign of the lord's retreat. How could an army of 100,000 not think of fighting back? If he chases after him at that time, we can naturally burn him down and defeat him, and then we can calmly retreat. ”
Yuan Shu listened, nodded, and then looked at Ji Ling on the side and asked, "General Ji, do you think General Qiao's plan is feasible?" ”
Ji Ling laughed on the side and said, "Back to Your Majesty, General Qiao's plan is very clever. I also think that it is unlikely that the night attack on Gao Ye will succeed, but according to General Qiao's way, it will be able to delay the pace of Gao Ye's counterattack and allow His Majesty to return to the army calmly. As long as His Majesty's army returns to Huainan, Cao Cao, Lu Bu and others are just chickens and dogs, how can they be opponents in front of His Majesty's military might? Yang Changshi, don't you say? ”
"That's natural, General Qiao's plan is much more thoughtful than I thought, and Weichen also feels that there is no flaw."
"Well, in that case, the generals will obey the order!"