Chapter 422: Falling Short
"Brother, have you heard? There is a Cao De army that has been killed in Anping County! ”
In Jizhou, in the city of Julu County, two soldiers who had just been laid off discussed in a whisper. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
"Brother, you've drunk too much today. Cao Dejun was fighting with the lord in Wei County. How could it be that he ran to Anping County? Besides, Cao Dejun's army is either in the south or in the west, how can it be possible to run to Anping County in our east. Another soldier laughed at his companion.
"Have you forgotten that the White Tiger Rider who made a big fuss in Wei County before?" The soldier reminded him earlier.
"Well, you don't know. Cao De's White Tiger Cavalry and Cao Cao's 30,000 soldiers fought with Liu Bei in Gonglai Mountain. 60,000 against 100,000, do you say that it is possible for the White Tiger Cavalry to leave Cao Cao's 30,000 people and run to Anping County alone. The confident soldier said indifferently.
"However, I have really heard from a few merchants that they have indeed seen a large cavalry in Anping County." The soldier from before said unwillingly.
"Don't worry. Maybe it's the reinforcements that the lord transferred from Qingzhou. Relax. Our giant deer is in the hinterland of Jizhou. Even if Cao De's White Tiger rode here, it was a lone army, and it was impossible for him to run to our giant deer. "Well, that's a possibility.
"Brother, don't be careless. Be careful to make a ship of ten thousand years. ”
"Oh, I said, just put your heart in your belly. Go and sell a pot of good wine, go home and eat something, and do good things with your mother-in-law in your arms! ”
Then the two soldiers parted with a "you know" expression. However, the expression of the soldier who had been emphasizing that Cao Dejun was nearby was not so relaxed.
However, what neither of them knows is that there are right and wrong things in what they say.
That's right, the White Tiger Ride has indeed gone deep into Jizhou. But what is wrong is that the White Tiger Rider has already left Anping County and entered Julu County!
Julu County, Zhao Yun once came. It's just that at that time, he still followed Cao De to suppress the Yellow Turban Uprising. And now, ten years later, it was Zhao Yun who came with his troops as the commander of the army.
Nearly twenty days have passed since Zhao Yun set out from Taishan County to make a plan to attack Julu County.
And in these twenty days, in Wei County, Jizhou. The war is still as confrontational as ever.
To the east, Cao De and Yuan Shao's 100,000-strong army had been fighting for nearly a month to test and harass each other.
Such combat attrition is staggering. Since the beginning of the war, Cao De has mainly relied on the two cavalry of the Flying Wolf Army and the Vermilion Bird Cavalry. And Cao De also lost nearly 10,000 people. Among them, the Flying Wolf Army suffered the greatest losses.
And Yuan Shao's side was more miserable. More than 70,000 remained of the 100,000-strong army, with a loss of nearly 30,000. And most of these 30,000 people were cavalry.
It's not that Cao De's army is already one against three. But before, when Cao De captured Yan Liang, he broke Yan Liang's army of 20,000.
Of the 20,000 people brought by Yan Liang, only more than 5,000 had a chance to run back to the camp alive. However, Cao De captured nearly 10,000 Yuan Shao in that battle.
On the Eastern Front, it was different. At the beginning, Cao Cao always bullied Zhang He, Gao Ran, and Guo Tu with siege engines. And Yuan Shao finally couldn't sit still. You guys are so useless. Therefore, Yuan Shao left Xu You and Wen Chou in the west, and returned to Liyang City with some guards. At the same time, Yuan Shao also immediately sent a large number of siege vehicles to support Zhang He.
In this way, on the Eastern Front, the war between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao turned into a battle of siege vehicles.
Let's see who has the most quantity, let's see who has high accuracy, and let's see who can replenish quickly.
Every day begins at dawn and both sides throw stones at each other. The stones in the sky come and go, so lively.
However, when Yuan Shao returned to Liyang, Yuan Shao knew the news that he had made himself more jumpy one day.
There was a cavalry that passed through Qinghe County from Yanzhou and had already entered Anping County. It's just that they haven't attacked a single city along the way. Extrapolating from this, their target is likely to be Julu County!
Julu County! It's worth it. Yuan Shao's family is all in Julu County. Once the White Tiger rides Yuan Shao's lair, wouldn't Yuan Shao be ......
However, what can make Yuan Shao feel a little more at ease is that Tian Feng has already issued an order for the transfer of troops in the whole county in the name of Yuan Shao, and all the troops in the entire Julu County will immediately converge to the Julu County City. Moreover, Tian Feng had also sent 10,000 cavalry, and they rushed to Julu County non-stop.
It doesn't matter if you lose it elsewhere, as long as Julu County is not lost, then there is still a rescue.
Since Zhao Yun and the White Tiger Cavalry crossed the river at the confluence of Zhangshui and Sishui into Julu County, Zhao Yun's march was not so easy. And Julu County is worthy of being Yuan Shao's nest that has been operated for many years.
A large population and a developed economy are just one of them. To say that Zhao Yun has come this way, although Zhao Yun deliberately chose a sparsely populated road, it is impossible to say that he did not encounter a city.
It's just that when he was in Anping County and Qinghe County, Zhao Yun didn't need to do anything at all, and he could pass with a swagger, but it was not so easy in Julu County.
When Zhao Yun arrived at the city of Julu County, the city of Julu County had already received a military order from Tian Feng an hour ago.
Zhao Yun was still a step too late after all. The gates of Julu City were tightly closed.
"Open the gates. We are waiting for the prime minister's order to come to garrison the giant deer! Open the gates! Zhang Liao, who was unwilling, made his last effort.
"Haha, shameless Cao De. Actually sent troops to attack the giant deer! How? I have been recognized by my master! A man dressed in Confucian robes in the city laughed loudly.
"Phew! Who are you? If you delay the prime minister's military order, can you bear it? Zhang Liao shouted loudly.
"Haha...... Your Excellency, please go back! No one under the lord's command called the lord the prime minister. You may wish to inform you below. The lord has sent a large army towards the giant deer, and in less than two hours the army will arrive. Moreover, all the armor soldiers in the county of Julu may be rushing to Julu. If you think you can take the giant deer in two hours, let the horse come! Archers, prepare! ”
With the words of the Confucian scholar, a dense crowd of archers immediately appeared on the head of Julu City.
As soon as Zhang Liao saw this posture, he immediately turned around and came to Zhao Yun, "General, what should I do?" ”
"General, the city is heavily guarded, it is not like a fraud, and it is impossible for our army's whereabouts not to be exposed. Although it is impossible for Yuan Shao's army to arrive in time, once our army is besieged by the soldiers of the giant deer, our army will not be able to escape! Lu Bu said with some concern.
"Haha...... what? Don't you dare to attack the city? "The annoying laughter of the city came again." What do you think? Hurry up and storm the city! Quickly become a turtle in an urn! ”
"Julu City is high and deep, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and our army is cavalry. If you are sincere, you are not prepared, and now ......! Alas! Withdraw! Zhao Yun was also reluctant.
"Withdrawn! Withdrawn! Cao's army withdrew! ”
Looking at the cavalry under the city slowly retreating, the Yuan army in the city suddenly broke out into a burst of enthusiastic cheers.
Except for themselves, Zhao Yun didn't know what the situation in the city was at all. Although there are many black pearls in the city who know the situation, the news cannot be spread, it is still equal to zero.