Chapter 744: Drawing Salary from the Bottom of the Cauldron
In the battle between Liu Bei and Cao Cao, at the beginning, Liu Bei appointed Zhuge Liang as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, led 50,000 troops to cross the Langdang Canal, and then divided 40,000 people to besiege Kaifeng City. And Zhuge Liang himself stayed on the west bank of the Langdang Canal, resting the camp that Yu Ban had stayed here before.
After that, 40,000 Liu troops surrounded Kaifeng City and stormed it for four days, and just as the city was broken, Zhao Yun led the Qinglong Army to arrive. Therefore, Zhuge Liang's plan to kill Cao Cao first and then engage Cao De was shattered.
In fact, before Zhao Yun rushed to support Kaifeng, Zhuge Liang sent a letter to Liu Bei, you can come to Kaifeng to preside over the overall situation. Therefore, Liu Bei led 40,000 soldiers and horses to Chenliu. As a result, what Liu Bei saw was a large army resting on the east bank.
And now, when Cao Cao was about to cross the Langdang Canal, Liu Bei knew the news, and Zhuge Liang also told Liu Bei very accurately that we had divided our troops. And this division of troops is also the purpose of me asking you to write a letter of persuasion to Zhao Yun.
As soon as Liu Bei heard it, not long after the matter of this letter, you brought it up again, did it really make me unable to get off the stage. And Zhuge Liang laughed and said: "Zhao Yun is famous all over the world for his loyalty, wisdom and bravery. And the lord let Zhao Yun be treacherous, Zhao Yun will naturally be angry. This is like an insult to Zhao Yun. Dare to ask General Guan, if Cao Cao wrote a letter of persuasion to General Guan, what would General Guan do? ”
Guan Yu was stunned, and said Zhao Yun, why did he run to me again. However, Cao De's attempt to dig me up was unsuccessful, let alone Cao Cao. But before Guan Yu could speak. Zhuge Liang said again: "Presumably, General Guan must think that this is a great shame. When Guan Yu heard it, yes, that's what happened.
"After that, General Guan will definitely want to take down Cao Cao's head to vent the fire in his heart!" After listening to this, Guan Yu secretly said in his heart: "Almost! ’
"Therefore, Zhao Yun must want to show his heart to Cao De with the head of the lord! Therefore, Zhao Yun will definitely smuggle across the east coast and attack while our army is unprepared! Now, Zhao Yun should look for a suitable place to cross the river north of Chenliu. ”
With a "bang", Guan Yu jumped up from his seat. "Zhuge Liang, you are framing the lord! The power of Zhao Yun, the fierceness of the cavalry in Hanzhong, no one in the world knows who doesn't know. If Zhao Yun really attacked the camp, wouldn't the lord be in danger! ”
"Zhuge Liang, what are your intentions?" At this time, Lu Yi, who already had some opinions about Zhuge Liang, couldn't help it.
"The east coast is the lord's Yanzhou, he Zhao Yun is here, can't the generals leave a single Zhao Yun?" Zhuge Liang's rhetorical question drove everyone to a dead end. "Zhao Yun's army is set to be cavalry, after the cavalry crosses the river, it is all my lord's land, and the generals besiege it, will Zhao Yun still fly across the river?"
"The military advisor is a strategy to lure the enemy, wait and listen!" Liu Bei understood that Zhuge Liang was provoking Zhao Yun. But Zhao Yun is so easy to provoke, so he can only do something with the word "loyalty".
But Zhuge Liang then said: "Zhao Yun's soldiers, Yi Jie'er." My original intention is still in Cao Cao! ”
"What?" Could it be that Zhuge Liang's target is not Zhao Yun, but Cao Cao?
So, now in this place where Zhao Yun and Guan Yu are fighting, how many Liu Jun are there? In fact, there are not many, only 20,000 people from Guan Yuling! Moreover, when Zhuge Liang proposed that only Guan Yu and 20,000 people could block Zhao Yun, Guan Yu was surprised, is this Zhuge Liang going to play me to death? 20,000 against 30,000! And it's infantry vs. cavalry! What's more, this cavalry is also the famous Hanzhong Iron Cavalry, the Blue Dragon Army!
However, Zhuge Liang said two words, "That's enough!" ”
If this is calculated, Guan Yu led 20,000 horsemen to resist Zhao Yun, Liu Bei led 30,000 people to be stationed in Chenliu, and Lu Yi led 20,000 people from the east bank of the Langdang Canal to Chenliu City, and arranged multiple defensive lines. But 20,000 people were still idle. Oh, no. Previously, when Zhuge Liang besieged Kaifeng and withdrew from the west bank, he also lost a part, plus the injured part, in fact, there were still 10,000 people who were idle and had nothing to do.
So, the question is, where are these 10,000 people and what are they doing?
In fact, there is another strange place in the whole battlefield. The soldiers currently participating in the battle and the soldiers who are about to participate in the battle of Liu Jun are all infantry, and there is not a single cavalry.
Although war horses are scarce for Liu Bei, Cao Cao and others, the entire Liu Bei and Cao Cao have such a large territory, it is impossible not to even have a cavalry, and the most important thing is that the 10,000 people who are missing from Liu Bei are cavalry. Where did the whole 10,000 cavalry, the 10,000 cavalry who was the first in the world in land warfare, go?
The answer is on the West Bank, the West Bank of the Swinging Canal!
That's right, when Cao Cao's soldiers began to board the ferry, Zhang Tong and Wang Shuang led Liu Bei's only 10,000 cavalry on the front line, and had already found a suitable place to cross the river. They will cross the ditch of waves. They are going to attack Cao Cao's rear!
This plan is strikingly similar to the plan nine years ago.
They all use large forces as feints to attract local firepower, and then use strong cavalry as a sharp blade to quickly penetrate the enemy's rear and deliver a fatal blow to the enemy. It's just that this time compared with the last time is that Cao Cao's cavalry was changed from Le Jin to Zhao Yun, and Liu Bei's cavalry was changed from Guan Yu to Zhang Tong and Wang Shuang. Zhao Yun walked on the back of Chen Liu, and Zhuge Liang, in order to avoid meeting Zhao Yun, specially ordered to go to the south of Kaifeng.
Good guys, the old tricks are repeated, and they are all good at playing the bottom of the kettle!
Zhao Yun was worried that Liu Bei would have more flying ambush soldiers, so he ordered a retreat after Wen Chou and Guan Yu's five hundred big swords fought for a while. Therefore, Zhao Yun's sneak attack plan can be regarded as bankrupt. However, Zhao Yun's thick nail had already penetrated deeply into Liu Bei's heart. If Liu Bei didn't completely eliminate or drive Zhao Yun back to the west bank, Liu Bei would definitely not even be able to sleep.
And this battle can also be said to be the most serious loss of the Qinglong Army at present, and it actually lost nearly a thousand people in less than an hour. And Guan Yu's 500 great swordsmen finally broke the record of zero casualties. Five hundred people lost more than a hundred, which was already a heavy blow to Guan Yu.
The myth of Guan Yu's big swordsman, after all, was imposed on the robbers and bandits. And now they are facing the Hanzhong Iron Cavalry, which has been around for 20 years, and a cavalry that was first established in Hanzhong.
If you add the ordinary soldiers lost in this battle, it is actually Liu Bei's side who suffers. Don't forget, in the fight between Zhao Yun and Guan Yu, Zhao Yun's hands were temporarily unusable, but Guan Yu hurt his ribs!
Now, the most important problem is Zhang Tong and Wang Shuang and the 10,000 cavalry! Their target is Kaifeng City or Cao Cao, who stays on the bank of the Langdang Canal. However, no matter what their goal is, as long as they can succeed, the blow to Cao Cao will be huge.
Kaifeng is gone, Cao Cao's front-line base is gone, and the grain, grass, and ordnance in the cantonment are Cao Cao's lifeblood. If Zhang Tong's target is Cao Cao, then Cao Cao's situation is also very dangerous. In front is the surging river, and behind is the black oppressive cavalry!
What's more, Cao Cao's main focus was on landing, but he didn't know anything behind it!