Chapter 389: Pang De assassinates Han Meng
In fact, this is why everyone looks at the problem from a different perspective.
After Xiahou Yuan was killed by the Nanyang Army because of Xiahou Yuan's scheme, he suffered from the disease of "paranoia". Any abnormal behavior of the Nanyang Army is an ulterior motive in his opinion. Therefore, the people he saw were actually all disguised as soldiers, and from the perspective of the seriousness of the matter, he prevented the Nanyang army from playing conspiracies and tricks again. The reason why Cao Cao sent Xiahou Yuan to assist Han Meng was precisely because Xiahou Yuan was cautious and would not be easily fooled.
But Han Meng is different, Yuan Jun has not really fought with the Nanyang Army, and naturally he has not suffered the loss of the Nanyang Army. Han Meng himself is a person who is strong in his own force and very light on the enemy. Such a person has a tendon in his brain, and is very suitable for being a pioneer fighter, but he is not suitable for ambushes and commanding battles that require on-the-spot changes. So what he saw was that the people were disguised as soldiers, and the Nanyang army was pretending to be strong, wanting to scare off the Yuan Cao coalition army.
Han Meng didn't know how to convince Xiahou Yuan, so he snorted and said, "General Xiahou is pushing three and holding back, isn't he afraid of the Nanyang Army?" If you don't dare, then our army will implement the plan alone! ”
Xiahou Yuan was immediately so angry that Han Meng vomited blood, but Han Meng was a favorite general under Yuan Shao, Xiahou Yuan didn't dare to offend, and forcibly held back the anger in his heart and said: "The Nanyang army and our army have a common enmity, how can there be a reason to be afraid?" General Han attacked from the front, and our army went around the back of the Nanyang Army to launch an attack, to see who could defeat the Nanyang Army first, burn the grain and grass, and complete the task! ”
"Good!" Han Meng shouted loudly and urged the Jizhou soldiers under his command to launch a fierce attack on the grain transportation team of the Nanyang Army. As the elite of the Nanyang infantry soldiers, the Fucha army defended itself in a formation according to the grain trucks, and was not afraid of Jizhou light cavalry at all. In the rear of the Fucha Army, in order to complete the task, Xiahou Yuan also launched a strong attack on the grain transportation team.
After Pound discovered the enemy's attack, the arrow for help had already been sent out at the first time. Therefore, when Han Meng and Xiahou Yuan launched an attack on the grain transport team, the Zhongmu battalion had already received the news that Yuan Cao's two armies had taken the bait.
The gate of the Nanyang barracks was opened, and a huge banner with the character "Zhang" was waving in the wind, and Zhang Liao led more than 20,000 cavalry to rush out to rescue the besieged grain transportation team.
After Yuan Shao learned the news, he hurriedly ordered Zhang He and Gao Ran's 10,000 foot soldiers to follow, and sent Jiang Qi to lead 5,000 Jizhou soldiers to reinforce and attack 15,000 people, so as to burn this batch of grain and grass that was so important to the Nanyang army. In order to ensure the safety of Xiahou Yuan, Cao Cao also sent Cao Ren to lead 5,000 foot soldiers to follow. In other words, the combined forces of Yuan and Cao sent an additional 20,000 men to attack Pang De's grain transport team and Zhang Liao's flying cavalry army.
In fact, after Zhang Liao's flying cavalry left the reconnaissance range of Yuan Cao's coalition army, it was divided into two teams of 10,000 people. One led by Zhang Liao headed straight in the direction of Yingchuan, and they were to defeat Han Meng's army before reinforcements from Yuan Cao's allied army arrived; The other team, under the leadership of He Xian, Tai Shici, and Wen Ping, went straight to the black nest in the northeast after making a big circle on the plain!
The reason why He Xian brought Wen Ping instead of Zhang Liao was because Zhang Liao needed to cover He Xian's raiding troops. If Zhang Liao was not there, with Cao Cao's shrewdness and the wisdom of Yuan Shao's strategists, the problem would soon be apparent. The plan of the Nanyang Army is advancing step by step and slowly unfolding.
And in the wilderness, the battle was as Xiahou Yuan expected, and it fell into a bitter battle. The 5,000 floating sergeants led by Pound were like a wall, firmly protecting the pile of grain and grass in the middle of the wall. The grain trucks on the periphery became the greatest suffering of the light cavalry. The chiseling tactics could not be used, and the cavalry could only engage in positional warfare like infantry. Han Meng saw that Jizhou under his command was lightly injured and killed, so he roared loudly and led his guards to fight in person.
Pang De had already noticed the enemy general Han Meng who was the leader, and according to his temper, he should have carried a truncated broadsword to meet him for three hundred rounds. But before accepting this task, Jia Junshi asked him to make a military order: the main general must not go into battle unless it is absolutely necessary. Because Pang De's grain transport team is a bait for a red fruit, Jia Junshi's appetite is more than the thousands of people in front of him. Thinking of Jia Junshi's casual ploy, he played with hundreds of thousands of lives in applause, Pang De shuddered. He put away his thoughts on a big battle and took his longbow from his back.
Pound is not only skilled in swordsmanship, but his archery skills are also the best in Xiliang. In history, Pang De shot Guo Yuan under the command of Ma Chao, and also shot Guan Yu in the forehead, if it wasn't for the helmet block, Guan Erye wouldn't have survived Maicheng at all. It's just that compared to bow and arrow assassination, Pound prefers to fight with swords and guns, and it is more in line with his appetite to kill enemy generals. But this time, he couldn't take care of his appetite, because the pressure Jia Junshi gave him was enough to make him let go of his pride. In strict accordance with the tactical requirements, we must not spoil the big game of chess planned by Jia Junshi.
Before the battle, Han Meng was fighting hard. The Fucha soldiers were the most fearless soldiers Han Meng had ever seen in his life, and under Han Meng's critical attack, these soldiers could still support each other, sacrificing their lives to stick to the front and not retreat.
"General be careful!" The guards beside him suddenly reminded him, and he saw a black lightning bolt coming from the floating chacha army. Han Meng was excited, and instinctively put away his gun. "Dang" sounded, but a dark arrow struck. Han Meng was suddenly furious, and was about to find out who this despicable and shameless person was, but found that another arrow was chasing after the dark arrow. The arrow enters the eye socket and comes out of the brain.
"Mother and Son Arrow......" Before Han Meng could say a word, he fell off the horse and said no more. Han Meng's sudden death greatly weakened the morale of Yuan's army. Although Jiang Yiqu, the military commander, immediately took over the military power and drove the Jizhou light cavalry to continue the attack, the strength of the sergeants' desperate efforts was obviously not as good as before.
Pang De changed direction and aimed his longbow at Xiahou Yuan, who was attacking behind the Fucha army. Xiahou Yuan was not as careless as Han Meng, he did not fight on the front line, but commanded the Yanzhou soldiers under his command to attack and defend with the Fucha army one by one. When the guards found out that Pang De was sniping Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Yuan decisively chose to dodge. The guards erected a big shield and protected Xiahou Yuan heavily, and Pang De couldn't get the desired shooting angle, so he had to give up.
The Fucha army was attacked by the Yuan army and the Cao army in front and back, but with their strong fighting spirit and mutual cooperation, they always held the defense line and did not collapse. Until the sound of horses' hooves in the direction of Zhongmu City and the yellow dust rose everywhere, Pang De knew that the reinforcements from Nanyang had arrived, and his first task was about to be completed!
"The whole army keeps the line of defense! Crossbowmen attack, spare no arrows, and hunt down the retreating enemy army! "Beside Pang De, the five hundred guards who have not participated in the battle have turned out to be all Nanyang crossbowmen!