Chapter Forty-Seven: The Allied Forces Fight Yuan, and Chen Ji is Captured
Gao Shun, Zhang Liao and others entered the depths of Mengshan Mountain, found a place with dangerous terrain but close to the water source, and the soldiers cut down wood to build a cottage camp. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Pei Yuanshao has originally done the thing of occupying the mountain as the king, and he is very familiar with this. Regardless of the fact that his cottage could only be stationed with thousands of people, this team of nearly 10,000 people needs to be settled, but it is not something that can be solved by one big village. According to the characteristics of the terrain, Gaoshun connects six villages to echo each other.
Pei Yuanshao was in charge of organizing the soldiers to build the house, because they were likely to be dormant in the mountains for a year or two, so the house was built according to the specifications for long-term use. Fortunately, Pei Yuanshao's army still has such talents.
Zhang Liao's more than 1,000 cavalry left 500 people as the mobile force of the large battalion, and the rest were divided into dozens of squads of ten people, who were responsible for inquiring about news and transmitting information in turn.
Cao Xing is responsible for the defense of the first village in front of the mountain, which contains the mountain pass and is the key to enter and exit the cottage, and the responsibility of guarding is important.
Lu Wen saw that everyone was busy, and after the house was built and her mother and aunt Diao Chan were settled, she and Xiaoliu took a hundred guards to make a detour to Langya.
When he arrived in Langya, Zang Ba's soldiers immediately came to interrogate, Xiaoliu came to Langya with Tian Jing, and also knew Sun Guan, Yin Li and other generals, so he explained that he was ordered by Tian Jing, the general of the expedition to the north, to see Zang Ba.
Zang Ba heard that Xiaoliu was coming, and let people take him all the way to Kaiyang. Seeing a woman coming with her at this meeting, Zang Ba was about to ask, but Lu Wen also came up to greet her: "Lu Wen has seen her uncle, and her husband Tian Jing asked me to come here to meet my uncle, and a little gift is not a tribute." "Let's let the soldiers present the gifts they have prepared in advance.
Zang Ba laughed when he heard that it was Tian Jing's daughter-in-law. "How is my good nephew lately? Two years ago, I didn't want him to become the general of the imperial court, but he was a hundred times stronger than me. I heard that the emperor asked him to lead an army to fight against Yuan Shu, and now he has sent you to see me, could it be something important? ”
Lu Wen said, "I'm from Donghai County, but I don't know about his current situation. Today, I took the liberty to come to the door because I asked for my uncle. ”
Zang Ba hurriedly said, "Don't be polite, just say what you have to say." As long as I can do it, I will not refuse. ”
Lu Wen said solemnly, "I'll still say it in front, and I won't embarrass my uncle to get straight to the point." Although I am Tian Jing's wife, I am also Lu Bu's daughter. ”
Zang Ba was surprised, "Oh? But she didn't react too violently, just listened to her continue.
Lu Wen continued, "My father fell for Cao Cao's tricks and was captured and died. Today, there are still more than 10,000 soldiers and horses hiding in the Mengshan Mountains, waiting for the opportunity to avenge my father. However, there is a shortage of materials, grain and grass in the mountains, so I came this time to pay my master for food. I know that Uncle Shi has now joined Cao Cao, and he is holding his son hostage to show his loyalty, so he should not have come. But the husband said that the uncle was a righteous person, and if he came to vote in a crisis, the uncle would definitely help. Only then did he rashly visit and ask for help from his uncle. ”
Zang Ba smiled after hearing this, "Okay! That's right, I didn't mistake Tian Jing's doll. Since you are here, you are my guest, come, set up a banquet for Lu Wen and Lu Qilin. Don't worry about this grain and grass matter, I'll leave it to Sun Guan to do. After that, the three of them ate and drank together, and during the banquet, they talked about Tian Jing's protection of the emperor and his return to Luoyang, and Zang Shun's appointment as the captain of the shooting sound, etc., and they talked very happily.
After Lu Wen and Xiaoliu were in Zang Ba's Mansion for a few days, they got up and said goodbye.
After another half a month, the grain and grass sent by Dong'an to Linyi were robbed by bandits. This grain and grass is enough for 10,000 soldiers and horses to eat for a year. Zang Ba was furious when he heard this, and sent troops to surround and suppress the bandits everywhere. And reported to Xuzhou Thorn Shi Che Xuan to reduce the money and grain handed over to the government treasury this year.
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Cao Ren has been repairing warships and building a water village by the Huai River for three months, and although there is no professional and mature navy yet, it can be said that it is no longer a problem to transport tens of thousands of troops across the river.
Cao Cao originally planned to personally conquer Yuan Shu, but the affairs of the court and China were busy, so he sent Xiahou Dun to lead 30,000 troops to support Cao Ren, and Xun You and Guo Jia went south with the army. At the same time, Emperor Xian issued an edict and ordered the northern general Tian Jing, the general of Zhendong Yang Feng, to break the Jiang army, and to lead the troops to defeat Yuan Shu together. This war of the princes against Yuan Shu entered the most critical stage.
Cao Ren trained sailors at Hongze Lake, and the army went south to capture Xutai, and then Xiahoudun led an army of 30,000 to attack and land, attacking Dongcheng County of Jiujiang County by land. Cao Ren led the navy up the river and attacked Zhongli. Cao Hong led Xuzhou's elite troops to attack Huaiyin, preparing to capture Guangling.
At the same time, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses of Tian Jing crossed the Huai River to attack Dangtu. Yang Feng and Han Xian led the troops to attack Tatexian and Yangquan. Sun Ce led his troops to cross the Yangtze River from Dangyang to Liyang, and then divided his troops into a group led by Zhou Yu and attacked Guangling by Dantu.
Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses originally adhered to the strategy of defending along the Huai River. Every section of water and every important city by the Huai River are guarded by generals. Guarding Huaiyin were Lei Bo and Chen Lan, who heard that Cao Jun was going south, so they directly abandoned the city and fled to Yandu. The defender of Xutai was Yuan Lian, but as soon as Cao Ren's army arrived, he directly surrendered to Cao Cao. In this way, the northern part of Guangling County and the southern part of Xiapi County were handed over to the Cao army, and the first strategic goal of the Cao army was achieved. Then Xiahoudun attacked Dongcheng by land, and Cao Ren led the naval army north to attack Zhongli. launched an offensive against Yuan Shao, Jiujiang County, which was Yuan Shu's Huainan Yin.
It was Tian Jing who really encountered the encounter on the water, because his navy had not been trained for a long time, and he did not have a competent commander of the navy, so he suffered a big loss from Chen Ji on the Huai River. The ship was burned, and Tian Jing had no choice but to lead his troops back to the south bank and straighten out the soldiers. On the second day, Tian Jing led more than 6,000 foot soldiers down the river in boats, preparing to join Cao Ren's sailors and attack Zhongli together.
Zhou Yu marched into Guangling, basically did not encounter any resistance, and then sent troops to attack Hailing and Gaoyou, in order to avoid conflict with Cao Hong's soldiers and horses, he stopped at Gaoyou. Sun Ce's attack on Liyang's army was met with stubborn resistance from Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses, and he could not attack the city for a long time. Neither dared to advance nor was unwilling to retreat, so he stationed the camp on the one hand, and then summoned troops from Danyang to reinforce it.
The easiest to attack is Yang Feng and Han Xianam. Qiao Rui retired to Xinxi, but received an order from Yuan Shu to withdraw to Shouchun before the war. And the defense of the entire Lujiang River was handed over to Liu Xun, who was too guarded by Lujiang. Liu Xun did not know for what purpose, and did not fight with Yang Feng and Han Xian's men and horses, but withdrew to Anfeng and let Yang Feng Han Xianam's soldiers and horses attack Jiujiang.
When Tian Jing's 6,000 soldiers and horses arrived at Zhongli, Cao Hong's 20,000 sailors were fighting Zhang Xun's sailors. Tian Jing led the troops to quickly break through the formation of Zhang Xun's flank with the help of the upstream and downward impact speed. Zhang Xun's navy fell into chaos, and Cao Ren took the opportunity to give Zhang Xun's navy an all-out blow and won a decisive victory.
Zhang Xun led his troops to abandon the boat and go ashore and retreat to Zhongli City. The combined forces of Tian Jing and Cao Ren attacked the city day and night, and Zhang Xun's army was disheartened and demoralized, so they had to abandon Zhongli and retreat to Yinling.
Tian Jing led his troops to garrison Zhongli, and at the same time sent a boat back to Yicheng to meet the remaining soldiers and horses to cross Huai. Cao Ren led his army south to attack Yinling, and after ten days of hard fighting, Xiahoudun's 30,000 soldiers and horses also rushed to Yinling after conquering Dongcheng by land.
Zhang Xun was invincible, and he waited for reinforcements to arrive, so he had to break through and withdraw from Yinling and retreat to Xiquyang. Xiquyang is the last gateway on the west side of Shouchun, and Yuan Shu strictly ordered Zhang Xun to take another step back, and he will not be spared. Zhang Xun had no choice but to gather the rout, and at the same time gathered the surrounding defenders to defend Xiquyang with all their might, and vowed to live and die with the city.
After Tian Jing waited for reinforcements, he left only 1,000 soldiers and horses to guard Zhongli, and then led his troops to attack Dangtu by land, so that Chen Ji's navy was useless.
Tian Jing was deceived by Chen Ji last time, but this time he has to find a way back. made people shoot into the city with a war letter, asking Chen Jitang to go out of the city to fight.
Chen Ji invited Tian Jing to fight that day, just to delay time, facilitate the retreat of the soldiers, and at the same time collect and burn the ships. But this time Tian Jing still hit his doorstep, if he didn't fight again this time, he was afraid that it would affect the morale of the soldiers. More importantly, Chen Ji thought that Tian Jing had few soldiers, and if he was entangled with him here for a long time, it would definitely affect Shouchun's defense. But if he can defeat Tian Jing, then he can wave his army south to support Zhang Xun.
Chen Ji thought about it again and again, but decided to go out of the city to fight Tian Jing. But Chen Ji is not Song Xianggong, and he doesn't talk about Spring and Autumn morality. Just when Tian Jing's soldiers and horses were in battle under the city for half a day, when people were sleepy and horses were lacking, he suddenly opened the city and led more than 20,000 soldiers and horses to kill Tian Jing's army array.
Tian Jing didn't expect Chen Ji to make such a move. did not panic, and immediately lined up to meet the enemy. Tian Jing was in charge of the Chinese army, and Wang Ping was in charge of the command of the entire battalion. Ju Yan's back army went to the back of the front row of archers to ambush, and whether this battle can be won depends on Ju Yan's soldiers and horses.
Just as Chen Ji's soldiers and horses entered the range of bows and arrows, the archers in the front row shot three feathered arrows one after another. Then he quickly retreated, revealing the neat spearmen behind him, which were so neatly aligned that they looked like a wall of steel from a distance.
Chen Ji also asked the spearmen to step forward, ready to fight Tian Jing's soldiers and horses. But just when they came within a hundred and fifty paces. Ju Yan's back soldiers suddenly got up from the dirt, and each of them had three crossbow arrows, almost flat shots, into the bodies of the spearmen on the opposite side.
The sudden change made Chen Ji's spearmen formation chaotic, first the crossbowmen suddenly came out, and then the close-range shooting of one person and three crossbows, and the opportunity was inevitable. Chen Ji's spearmen were almost a third down after three rounds of crossbow arrows. At this time, something even more terrible happened, and the soldiers who had been firing crossbow arrows just now rushed forward with large shields and steel swords. Like the tigers of the next mountain, they tore Chen Ji's spearmen into countless small pieces, and then killed them directly backwards, as if they were going to cut through the enemy formation.
At this time, the spearmen commanded by Wang Ping had already taken neat steps forward, raising their guns, stabbing out, raising their guns again, and stabbing them out again. Seeing that the enemy in front of him continued to fall, Tian Jing's spearmen moved forward step by step as if they had no feelings, but they were just blocking the enemy in front of the strangler.
Chen Ji's soldiers and horses suddenly collapsed and fled in all directions. Wang Ping commanded the sword and shield hands, jumped the swingers, and stepped forward to expand the results. Chen Ji couldn't restrain the soldiers and horses, and was about to return to Dangtu City. How do you know that the retreat has been blocked by the back army that broke through the enemy formation just now. Chen Ji immediately stepped forward and wanted to charge into battle, but he didn't know that the soldiers on the opposite side had firmly blocked Chen Ji's galloping horse with only two big shields. Before Chen Ji could react to what was going on, he was dragged off the horse by Ju Yan, and at this time, someone immediately stepped forward to tie him up. And his own soldiers were also captured and fell off their horses one by one, and none of them escaped.