Chapter Twenty-Six: Between Victory and Defeat, the Enemy Suffers from the Belly and Back
Early the next morning, Yan Rou gathered all the generals in the big tent to discuss the method of attacking the city today. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info the departure of the Wuhuan Cliff King, and took away more than 3,000 Wuhuan elite cavalry at once, but it was a big loss. Yan Rouming knew that this was the strategy of the Youzhou army, but there was no way to dissuade the king of Wuhuan, on the one hand, he secretly scolded the king of Wuhuan in his heart for being short-sighted, and on the other hand, he was also thinking about how to fight today's siege battle.
The departure of 3,000 cavalry was a trivial matter, because after the newly replenished army supply, Yan Rou still had more than 12,000 available soldiers; However, the departure of King Wuhuan Cliff greatly affected morale. Coupled with yesterday's unfavorable siege, it seems that all the generals under the tent have little confidence today.
Yan Rou looked at everyone and said, "In yesterday's battle, everyone saw that the last new force of the Youzhou Army had also gone to the city to defend, what does this mean?" It shows that the Youzhou army has no basis for it, and what they now have is the defender of less than 1,500 people. And how many of us are there? We have twelve thousand men and horses. If these soldiers and horses swarmed up, let alone fighting, even if they squeezed, they could squeeze the Youzhou army to death. Although the Wuhuan Cliff King is gone, we can still capture the Luhe North camp. At that time, the Wuhuan Cliff King and the Lord Nanlou will send more Wuhuan cavalry to support us. Therefore, we will win this battle. ”
"Victory, victory!" Listening to the voices of the generals under the tent, Yan Rou knew that these words had played a role. "Pass my command, and leave 2,000 soldiers to guard the camp today. The remaining 10,000 soldiers and horses, with Qi Zhou's army of 2,000 as the left wing, Wuhuan's various departments as the right wing, and Ben Sima led 5,000 men and personally commanded the siege. In today's battle, we must break through the Luhe Hebei camp and kill him without leaving a piece of armor. ”
"Leave no armor behind! Leave no piece of armor behind! "The generals didn't expect that Yan Rou would personally lead the attack, but at present, this is undoubtedly the best incentive. Moreover, the camp of the Youzhou Army is now ruined, the defenders are insufficient, and the morale is insufficient, and there is really a possibility of going down and smashing the Yellow Dragon.
Yan Rou ordered the army to have breakfast on the fifth day, and the sunrise was ten to attack the city. This time it can be said that it is pouring out of the nest.
Zhao Yun knew from the scouts that more than 3,000 Wuhuan cavalry had left Yan Rou's camp yesterday, which showed that Xiahou Lan's trip to the grassland had been a success. I thought that Yan Rou's morale would be affected and the offensive would be slowed down. But seeing Yan Rou's army dispatched this morning, Zhao Yun knew that Yan Rou seemed to be trying to break the cauldron and fight to the death.
Originally, when Xiahou Lan was scheduled to disturb the grassland and transfer the Wuhuan Cliff King to return north, he did not expect that Yan Rou would still have so many reinforcements to replenish him. Now with less than 2,000 remnants of troops against 10,000 troops attacking the city, this battle is sure to be lost.
But at this time, the withdrawal of troops is not in a hurry. After all, Lushui is wide, and the river is crossed by small boats, and there is no day that these two thousand people cannot be evacuated. Therefore, Zhao Yun made a decision, that is, to let Tian Jing lead the remaining more than 400 reserve Bai Ma Yi to cross the river to the south and join the Gongsun Xu and the wounded soldiers who had gone before. He took more than 1,000 white horses and righteous followers, and when the city was broken, he broke through to the west, and then found a way to meet with Xiahoulan's 500 people, and then waited for an opportunity to go south. The departure of the Wuhuan Cliff King has reduced the enemy's cavalry a lot, and if there are nearly two thousand white horse righteous followers, I believe that Yan Rou's soldiers and horses will not be able to stop him at all.
When Yan Rou led more than 10,000 soldiers and horses out of the camp and launched an attack on the camp in the north of the Luhe River. Xia Houlan came to the gate of the camp with five hundred cavalrymen, dressed in the costumes of the Wuhuan people, riding variegated horses, and pretending to be wounded soldiers.
The soldiers guarding the camp shouted, "Stop, what are you doing?" "And heightened vigilance.
Behind Xia Houlan walked out a soldier who could speak and learn from the Wuhuan people, "Fuck, Lao Tzu just left yesterday and I don't recognize it today." We are the soldiers and horses of the King of Wuhuan Cliff, and we set off to the north to fight against the grassland yesterday, and we don't want the people in front to cross the mountain pass, but the people behind us are ambushed by the enemy. Because of the depth of the night, it was impossible to see the enemy clearly, so it suffered a big loss. When we returned, we asked Lord Yan Rou to send rescue soldiers to avenge us. ”
The little colonel guarding the door laughed secretly in his heart, telling you not to go, you want to go, you don't see what our Lord Sima expected, suffer a loss, right? But he couldn't say that, "Lord Yan Rou personally led the troops to attack the city, but now he is not in the camp. You might as well go to the camp to rest first, and wait for Lord Yan Rou to return victoriously before making a decision. ”
The soldier who learned from the Wuhuan people said, "It's okay, we fought all night last night, and we haven't eaten yet, so we'll go into the camp to rest." I'm tired of my brother. "With that, he rushed in with five hundred mermaids.
At the moment when all the team entered the walled gate, Xiahou Lan led the five hundred people to burst into trouble, and all the weapons in his hands were beckoned to the defenders of the city gate just now. The city gate was taken, and Xiahou Lan led people into the camp and set fire everywhere, especially in the place where the grain was stored in the camp, there was a lot of grain and grass, and it was burned clean.
The defenders in the camp didn't know what was going on at first, but later reacted that the Wuhuan people had rebelled, although they didn't know why, but the facts were obvious. The Wuhuan people, who had just been evacuated yesterday, are now killing people everywhere in the camp and setting fires everywhere.
"The Wuhuan man is reversed, and the Wuhuan man is reversed!" There were shouts everywhere. The whole camp was in chaos. The guards in the battalion reacted relatively quickly, and shouted to the soldiers around him, "Go and report to Lord Yan Rou!" ”
Yan Rou's army had just driven to the city of the Luhe North camp, and before he could rush to order the siege of the city, he heard shouts from behind him. Distraction on the battlefield is a taboo for soldiers. But Yan Rou couldn't do it if she didn't want to be distracted, because someone beside her was already shouting, "Look, my lord, it's not good, our camp is on fire." ”
Yan Rou was also shocked, there was such a thing, "How is it possible, how is it possible?" Now that Zhao Yun is guarding the city and is still too busy to take care of himself, where are the reinforcements? The five hundred cavalry? No, they are still in the grassland, and the Wuhuan Cliff King has already rushed back, how can they rob my camp. ”
Yan Rou turned his horse's head, and had already reached the back of the army with his henchmen, while trying to see the fire clearly, while trying to calm himself down, he told himself not to panic, maybe it was just a fire. Even if it is the worst, the camp tent is lost and the food is gone, but the capture of the Luhe North camp is a sure thing and cannot be changed. It's a big deal to collect grain and grass from Yuyang when the time comes.
But the shouts of the rout army that had escaped from the camp completely crushed Yan Rou's calmness. "The Wuhuan man is reversed, and the Wuhuan man is reversed." Could it be the King of Wuhuan Cliff, could it be that his withdrawal yesterday was just a conspiracy, but why is that?
Yan Rou originally wanted to suspect it, but when she saw hundreds of cavalry wearing warrior uniforms under the command of the Wuhuan Cliff King rushing out, chasing and killing the routed army, and killing her own formation, Yan Rou believed it.
"The Wuhuan people are reversed" Not only Yan Rou heard it, but also the soldiers of his middle army, as well as the three thousand Wuhuan troops on the right flank. Yan Rou felt a burst of fear in her heart, could it be that they were also with the Wuhuan Cliff King? Definitely! Kill, you must kill them all, you can't be merciful, otherwise it will be the end of the whole army being wiped out and having no place to be buried.
Yan Rou decisively gave the order, and the 1,000 Chinese army turned to the front and faced the 500 cavalry who came from the camp. The rest of the men slashed their butcher knives at the Wuhuan tribes on the right flank.
Naturally, the Wuhuan people will not sit idly by, so yesterday's friendly army suddenly turned into an enemy with swords. Yan Rou's entire army fell into a fratricidal chaos at once.
As a qualified general, Zhao Yun is absolutely accurate in grasping the timing of the battlefield. Although he didn't know what was going on on the enemy's side, judging from the fire in the camp and the infighting between the Chinese army and the left flank, the enemy army was really in chaos, not a plan to lure the enemy out of the city. Therefore, Zhao Yun decisively ordered to open the city gate with more than 1,000 white horse Yicong and more than 400 reserve cavalry in the city (they had not yet had time to cross the river in a hurry) and killed them.
Yan Rou now finally knew what it meant to be attacked on the back of the abdomen. There were enemies in front, behind, and on the left, and today they brought siege equipment for the siege, and they never thought of facing the charge of cavalry. In particular, more than 2,000 cavalry rushed into Yan Rou's Chinese army like blades and sharp swords.
Resistance, at this time there was no way to resist, the battlefield was chaotic, the command was out of order, and in less than a moment, the army all collapsed and fled in all directions. Ren is how Yan Rou made the pro-soldier organization useless. Yan Rou had no choice but to lead hundreds of henchmen to retreat towards Yuyang.
When Zhao Yun's cavalry and Xiahou Lan's cavalry finally met together, they knew the reason for Yan Rou's defeat in today's battle. "General, Xiahoulan is back, believe in it."
Zhao Yun patted Xiahoulan on the shoulder, "Zhongge (Xiahoulan) is hard, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid this Beida camp would have been breached." You have the greatest credit for this battle, and General Gongsun will definitely be rewarded to you in the future! ”
"General, although this battle is won, it's a pity that Yan Rou has already fled, do we have to pursue?" Xiahou Landau.
Zhao Yun knew that winning this battle relied on Xia Houlan's scheming and luck. With less than 2,000 men and horses, it was okay to disperse the enemy army, but he did not continue the pursuit, and it was impossible to completely annihilate Yan Rou. "Our army is not strong enough, and it is a blessing to be able to win. Ordered all the soldiers to clean up the battlefield for an hour, and then the whole army returned to the camp and stuck to the Luhe North camp. ”
"Order!" The sergeants got Zhao Yun's order to carry it out.
Yan Rou fled for more than fifty miles in one go, and only when he found that the Youzhou army was not chasing after him did he dare to count the number of people and collect the defeated army. Under the inventory, there were less than 3,000 men and horses, and thinking about the 10,000 people who attacked the Youzhou army in the morning, they were defeated in an instant. However, the 2,000 men and horses led by Qi Zhou were almost not lost, and they seemed to be a general. The only way to do this is to retreat to Yuyang, but the life is still there, the soldiers and horses are still there, and there will be a day of revenge sooner or later.
Those Wuhuan tribes who threw themselves into Yan Rou were even more aggrieved, obviously helping Yan Rou to attack the city, but they didn't expect to be attacked by their own people today. When Zhao Yun's cavalry charged, they were the first to realize the danger and the first to escape, and they also suffered such losses, and the losses were not large. They ran straight back to their tribes, leaving behind a bitter hatred for Yan Rou and a hatred for the Han Chinese.