Chapter 338: Dancing Water Victory

"The people of Dahan are the most industrious people in the world, as long as they are given hope for life and protected from the poison of war, they will create countless miracles! Your Majesty, as the son of heaven of the great man, only needs to wait patiently, and this world will eventually become better! ”

"I am the Son of Heaven of the Great Han......" Liu Xie muttered to himself, "I have a responsibility to protect my own people......"

"Report ~ Kanto Express!" Not far away, Xu Huang, who was dressed in military uniform, held a gold-backed mountain axe and came quickly.

"It's a fierce general!" Seeing this, Liu Xie couldn't help but praise.

"Your Majesty is very right! Xu Gongming is now an infantry captain under the command of the Nanyang Army, with strong martial arts and loyalty! β€œ

"The responsibility of pacifying the world will be handed over to these powerful generals under the command of the hussar general!" Liu Xie solemnly entrusted He Xiandao.

"The last general Xu Huang, see Your Majesty, see the hussar general, see your lords!" Xu Huang dismounted and saluted everyone.

"The general will deal with official business first, and I'll go over there and have a look!" Liu Xie said, leading his guards and eunuchs to the rows of red brick huts.

After Emperor Han left, Xu Huang said: "Tell the lord that a month ago, Lu Bu and Liu Biao took advantage of Cao Cao's expedition to Qingzhou, and raided Puyang City of Yanzhou Metallurgical Institute with lightning and rescued Liu Dai, the former Yanzhou pastor. After Cao Cao defeated the Qingzhou army, he collected all his troops and re-attacked Lu Bu, and the two sides fought several battles under Puyang City, each with its own victory and defeat, and now it is a stalemate! β€œ

After listening to Xu Huang's narration, He Xian couldn't help but look at Jia Xu. LΓΌ Bu's behavior was the same as Jia Xu had guessed in advance, and after fleeing eastward, it immediately became a restless factor that broke the peace of the Kwantung princes.

"What is Yuan Shaoke's movement?" He Xian asked.

"Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan fought again in Gu'an County and other places, and they had no time to take care of the Yanzhou war."

As long as Yuan Shao does not participate, with the prestige of Liu Dai and Liu Biao and Lu Bu's bravery, he should not lose to Cao Cao in a short time.

"Komeito is happy! The land of Luoyang still needs you to defend it! β€œ

Xu Huang hugged his fists and said: "This is the responsibility of a certain general!" Lord, peace of mind! β€œ

Bidding farewell to Luoyang, He Xian and his entourage turned back to Wuguan. In Wuguan, He Xian received a battle report from Guo Jia from Nanyang. Half a month ago, Yuan Shu, who occupied Yangzhou, learned from some source that He Xian did his best to rescue Chang'an. Knowing that Nanyang was empty and Jingzhou was empty, Yuan Shu sent two armies. All the way from Runan, through Xuchang, directly attack Nanyang. Along the way, the leader of the troops was Yuzhou Thorn Shi Kong Ling, with a strength of 50,000. The other way, led by Ji Ling, a general under Yuan Shu, set off from Shouchun and went straight to Jiangxia, with a force of 50,000. In addition, Yuan Shu also informed Sun Jian and ordered him to set out from Wu County to attack Changsha County in Jingnan, but Sun Jian refused on the grounds that his soldiers were short of food.

Kong Ling led 50,000 Yuzhou soldiers, and when he led his troops across Wushui on the border of Jing and Henan, he was ambushed by 5,000 Nanyang troops led by Gan Ning. In the face of the 20,000 Yuzhou soldiers who had already crossed the river, Gan Ning did not hesitate to choose the means of attack by land and water! The Thousand Sails finally met their opportunity to take advantage of the water, and they floated down the river in countless small boats and attacked along the water. The other 4,000 Nanyang elite soldiers, under the leadership of Gan Ning himself, launched a fierce attack on the Yuzhou soldiers who had just crossed the Wushui several times their own size.

Gan Ning finally caught an opportunity to perform meritorious service, how could he miss it? The Yuzhou soldiers who caught Kong Ling were beaten to the death! Although there are a large number of soldiers in Yuzhou, they have not been in war for a long time, and they are not elite soldiers at all. And the Yuzhou soldiers have just crossed the Wushui, and they have not yet lined up, and the soldiers cannot find the generals, and they will not be able to find the soldiers. Under the fierce rush of Nanyang's elite soldiers, they only lasted less than a pillar of incense before they were all routed. Of the more than 20,000 people, more than 5,000 were beheaded, more than 10,000 surrendered, and thousands more are missing. I don't know if I sank into the dancing water or escaped to the wilderness.

At the same time, the more than 10,000 Xiliang cavalry who returned from Chang'an were not idle. Under the leadership of Zhang Liao and Zhang Xiu, they went around from Yingchuan County to the back of the Yuzhou soldiers. At the same time that Gan Ning launched an attack on the south bank of Wushui, the Xiliang Cavalry and the Bingzhou Flying Cavalry also launched an attack on the north bank of Wushui.

Kong Ling was very unlucky, there were 30,000 Yuzhou foot soldiers, but under the impact of 10,000 cavalry, he could not even form a decent defensive formation. Without a tight defensive formation, the foot soldiers could only be slaughtered in front of the formed cavalry - this is the fate of the Yuzhou soldiers.

There was a dancing water behind him to block and could not retreat, and in front of him was the fierce Xiliang cavalry rushing to kill, unable to resist, the sad Kong Ling could only hide in the Yuzhou army under the protection of the Chinese army. In the midst of the chaos, the banner of the Chinese army with the word "Kong" was bumped into by the Bingzhou flying cavalry led by Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao did not hesitate to concentrate thousands of flying horses and kill Kong Ling's Chinese army, and Kong Ling's head was finally sprinkled with lime and brought back to Wancheng to ask for merit.

In this battle, the Nanyang Army completely annihilated the Kong Ling Department of the Yuzhou Army. More than 10,000 people were killed, more than 20,000 people were captured, and more than 10,000 people were missing.

Zhang Liao had the opportunity to directly include Yingchuan County in the Nanyang Army's sphere of influence, but based on the overall situation, he did not want to start a full-scale war with Yuan Shu, so Guo Jia still ordered Zhang Liao and Zhang Xiu to withdraw to the Wuyin area south of Wushui.

Comparatively speaking, Ji Ling's Yangzhou soldiers all the way were quite smooth. Huang Zu is not as bold as Guo Jia, Gan Ning, and Zhang Liao, and with only more than 10,000 people in his hands, he dared to design the 50,000 people who annihilated Kong Ling. Huang Zu only dared to lead his 20,000 Jiangxia soldiers, on the one hand, he was guarding Qichun City to confront Ji Ling, and on the other hand, he quickly asked Nanyang for help.

Guo Jia thought that this was a good opportunity to completely integrate Jiangxia County into the Jingzhou system, and decided to drag Huang Zu for a while, dampen his spirit, and then send troops to the rescue.

"Feng Xiao uses soldiers to make good use of tricks, eclectic, Kong Ling does not measure his strength, and he takes his own humiliation!" He Xian sighed in his heart after reading the battle report.

In addition to the arrangement of the great victory of Wushui and Jiang Xia, Guo Jia also specifically mentioned one thing in the letter: Xun Yu refused Guo Jia's invitation and chose to serve Cao Cao. Xun Yu has the talent of Wang Zuo, but he is old-fashioned and very assertive. Even if he is friendly with He Xian and Guo Jia, he does not necessarily agree with the political ideas of the two. Perhaps, in Xun Yu's view, the "forcible relocation" of the Han Emperor to Nanyang is not much different from Dong Zhuo and his ilk.

And after Xun Yu joins Cao Cao's camp, he will definitely make Cao Cao's strength go to the next level. At the very least, in terms of logistics coordination, Cao Cao will benefit a lot. Don't look at the current Lu Bu, Liu Biao, Liu Dai and others occupy most of Puyang, and they are full of spirit. In fact, when Cao Cao eased up, it was only a matter of time before he digested the Qingzhou Yellow Turban and recovered Yanzhou.