Chapter Eighty-Three: Defeat
After the banquet, Liu Bei and Guan Yu returned to their residence, and the two slept together.
"Second brother, how did Huang Chang be born in Youzhou? What's going on here? ”
Liu Bei turned sideways, his face curious.
Guan Yu pondered for a long time, and explained in detail the matter of robbing relatives at the beginning.
"I see." Liu Bei nodded slightly, and said, "No wonder Youzhou has won a hundred battles, and it is not surprising that there is a general like Huang Chang." ”
"Big brother, that's a bad word."
Liu Bei was slightly surprised and said, "Why?" ”
"Big brother, although Huang Gongyi is powerful, the younger brother fights with him empty-handed, and he thinks he is invincible, but if he fights with horses, he will not lose to him. But he's not the most powerful person in Youzhou! Guan Yu said: "At the beginning, Engong Liu Yuan easily separated me from Gongming and righteousness with one enemy and three, which shows that Engong's martial arts can be called superb!" And Engong also has a personal guard general, presumably the eldest brother has also heard of it, his name is Dian Wei, and he is also a fierce general who dominates the world! ”
"Oh!" Liu Bei was taken aback and said, "Liu Yuan is so powerful?!" ”
Guan Yu nodded solemnly.
Liu Bei was silent.
The second day is early in the morning.
Huang Chang was exercising in the morning, and suddenly a soldier came to report, saying that the Yellow Turban had sent a messenger to see Huang Chang.
Huang Chang's heart turned, changed his clothes, and came to the main tent of the camp.
"The villain Huang Turban Qu Shuai Liao Hua has seen General Huang."
When the man saw Huang Chang enter the door, he quickly stood up and bowed.
Huang Chang's eyes showed a strange light, looked Liao Hua up and down, and said: "As a Yellow Turban general, you dare to come to my military camp alone, not afraid of being imprisoned?" ”
"General Yuhuang, Liao Hua is naturally afraid. But Liao Hua had more important things to discuss with the general. ”
"Some guts!" Huang Chang motioned for him to sit down and said, "Then you can tell me, what do you want to discuss with me?" ”
"General Huang is the general of Youzhou, the military power of Youzhou, how strong and powerful, is the crown of my Han! Yesterday, it was also said that we did not know the height of the sky, and dared to compete with the general, and the heavy casualties were self-inflicted. We waited for Qu Shuai to discuss later, and felt that it was unwise to be the enemy of the general, and I was willing to surrender to the general, and only hoped that I could live my life. ”
Liao Hua said, neither humble nor arrogant.
Huang Chang's mind turned, thinking about the battle situation yesterday, and he also felt that the yellow turban might have been frightened and really wanted to surrender. However, as the chief general of an army, he could not act arbitrarily, and he had to consider the opinions of his subordinates, so he asked the soldiers to take Liao Hua down, and convened a group of thousands of people and 10,000 people to discuss matters in the big tent.
When the generals arrived, Huang Chang told the matter and asked the generals to discuss how to make a trade-off.
"Dare to ask what the general thinks?"
The captain of the light cavalry stood up and arched his hand.
"General Ben thought that the Yellow Turban Army was probably frightened."
Huang Chang said with a smile: "Yesterday, in the first battle, cutting melons and vegetables, how can these farmers who have just put down their hoes not be afraid?" ”
"Not bad!" The heavy cavalry commander also agreed: "General Huang is reasonable, but it's a pity that my heavy cavalry brigade has never been addicted. As he spoke, he shook his head regretfully.
"Although the general's words are reasonable, the last general has some doubts." The light cavalry commander frowned and said: "According to the general's statement, this Yellow Turban Qu Shuai named Liao Hua is quite calm, neither humble nor arrogant. The last general thought that the general of the defeated army should never come to pray for surrender, so the general should be cautious and beware of fraudulent surrender! ”
Huang Chang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly recalled Liao Hua's calm face, and couldn't help frowning.
The words of the light rider and the commander of ten thousand horses, although there is no basis, but it is reasonable. Think about it, how can a general who wishes to surrender be so calm? In the face of him, the commander of the army, instead of flattering and praying, he was neither humble nor arrogant, which was indeed a little strange.
"The last general disagrees!" The heavy cavalry commander spoke: "He is so calm, first, it shows that this person is a talent, and he can not change his face in this situation." The second shows that he pretended to be, just to be appreciated by the general, and there was a way out after surrendering! ”
When Huang Chang heard this, he felt that there was some truth, but now he was a little embarrassed.
"Hmm" Huang Chang's index finger stroked his short beard, muttered for a long time, and said: "If you can't guess, you can prepare with both hands!" ”
"If it is a fraudulent surrender, then the most dangerous thing is when receiving the surrendered troops, not to mention that the Yellow Turban Army has not yet known about the arrival of our heavy cavalry brigade. Therefore, when receiving the surrendered troops, the general personally led the light cavalry forward, and the heavy cavalry guarded the camp, and was ready. ”
"If you surrender sincerely, then this matter will not be mentioned."
When the two 10,000 people on light and heavy horses heard this, they thought it was good, so they nodded in agreement.
After a while, Huang Chang asked people to bring Liao Hua into the big tent.
"Liao Qushuai, after thinking about it, General Ben decided to give you a chance to mend your ways." Huang Chang said slowly.
When Liao Hua heard this, the excitement in his eyes flashed, and he hurriedly hugged his fists and thanked him.
"However, Liao Qushuai, General Ben hopes that you will surrender sincerely, otherwise" Liao Hua was about to walk out of the big tent, and when he heard this, he hurriedly walked out
Ten miles west of the city in the dense forest.
Liao Hua returned to the Yellow Turban camp and hurriedly called all the Qu Shuai together.
"Brother Liao, how's it going? Did the Youzhou Army agree? ”
Everyone stared at him brightly.
Liao Hua sighed, was silent for a long time, and then said: "Youzhou Huangchang has agreed, and he will come to receive the army tomorrow" Before the generals were happy, Liao Hua continued: "But this person is very vigilant, and he may have been somewhat aware."
"Huh?"
Everyone looked at each other.
"How can this be?"
When Liao Hua saw it, he couldn't help but sigh even more, among the yellow scarves, there is no general with outstanding resourcefulness!
"You don't have to worry so much!" Liao Hua saw that the generals were depressed again, and hurriedly said: "Our army is located in the deep mountains, and that Youzhou is a cavalry army, and it is impossible to enter the mountains, so how will we wait." Even if the plan fails, we have nothing to lose. ”
"What's more, he has vigilance, and I also have countermeasures!"
Liao Hua showed a confident look on his face, and continued: "Youzhou elite, if you want to defeat or annihilate it, I think it's impossible."
"In that case, what else does Brother Liao have to say?"
"But we can do one more thing!" Liao Hua's eyes showed a strange light: "Save the general!" ”
"Ahh
The generals were stunned, and then depressed.
"General Guan is excellent in martial arts, and now that he is detained by the Youzhou Army, he will naturally send heavy troops to guard it. How can we be rescued? ”
"That's it!"
Liao Hua stretched out his hand to stop the noise of the generals, and said: "Ming, when Huang Chang comes to receive the surrendered troops, we will be able to rescue General Guan like this, like this!" ”
"Good plan!"
The crowd burst into laughter
It was noon, and the faint sunlight in the sky was revealed, bringing a hint of warmth. Liu Bei and Guan Yu led the five hundred soldiers who had just been recruited and were about to leave Wangdu.
In Liu Bei's opinion, with Huangchang's army here, the siege of Wangdu will be solved immediately, and he can't even drink a sip of soup here, let alone make a big contribution? Therefore, he had to lead the army and invest elsewhere, so as to plan some merits for his own capital.
Huang Chang patted Guan Yu on the shoulder and nodded at Liu Bei again. After a long time, when Guan Yu left, he sighed.
He could see that Guan Yu had already handed over his surname to Liu Bei, the eldest brother of righteousness, and there was no chance to work with Huang Chang, and it was possible to fight against the battlefield in the future. For such a person who has been with him since he was a child, Huang Chang's mood is very complicated.
"I don't know what will happen when the lord finds out"
Huang Chang said a word silently, turned around and threw himself into the barracks
The next day, early in the morning.
Huang Chang led five thousand light horsemen, and in a short time, he came to the dense forest where the yellow turban was hiding.
Looking at the gradually green and yellow woods, Huang Chang secretly said that the terrain was good.
At this moment, a few people came out of the forest. Huang Chang fixed his eyes, but there was no Liao Hua who begged yesterday.
"But General Huang's army in Youzhou?"
"Exactly."
"That being the case, Qu Shuai ordered me to wait here to greet him."
"That's good!" Huang Chang drank: "General Ben has arrived, go back quickly, let your family Qu Shuai lead the army, come here to disarm and surrender!" ”
Several people looked at each other and looked at each other.
"General Huang, we Qu Shuai said it, because of our internal instability, Qu Shuai can't lead the troops to come and disarm, I only hope that General Huang will lead the army to suppress it, so that it can be done in one fell swoop."
Huang Chang's eyes flashed, and he snorted: "This is your internal problem, and it is not General Ben's business." General Ben is waiting here, and if it doesn't come after two quarters of an hour, don't blame General Ben for not giving him a chance! ”
"General Huang, it seems that there is fraud!"
The commander of the light cavalry said softly: "These yellow turbans want to introduce us into the forest and weaken the combat power of the cavalry."
"How does General Ben not know! It seems that Liao Hua said yesterday that he was fooling General Ben! Huang Chang sighed, and suddenly a cold light appeared in his eyes: "The people who fool this general, except for the lord, no one can!" ”
"That Now"
"Wait!" Huang Chang waved his hand and said, "General Ben wants to see what kind of conspiracy these thieves have!" ”
After a while, there was only the sound of whirring wind in the mountains, and there was no sound at all, Huang Changzheng was impatient, but there were soldiers to report.
"General Qiyu, a quarter of an hour after the general left, a small team of thieves entered the camp!"
"What!?"
Huang Chang was stunned for a moment and said, "Tune the tiger away from the mountain!?" ”
"What's the loss, come quickly!"
"Back to the general, the heavy cavalry patrol team injured two people, and no one was fatal!"
"And what?!"
"Guan Hai, the enemy general who was captured by the former general, was rescued by someone!"
"How can this be true? Outrageous! ”
Huang Chang was furious. Hurriedly led the army back to the camp, and before leaving, he also set a fire and set fire to the dense forest in the west of the city.
In the distance, Liao Hua and Guan Hai were scarred, and they looked at the West Mountain that burned half the sky in horror, and their eyes couldn't help but turn red!
"Ahh Damn the officers and soldiers, damn the Youzhou army! ”
Guan Hai punched the tree one after another, his fists were full of blood, but it was difficult to hide the pain in his heart.
His wife, his relatives, and his remaining tens of thousands of troops all went to the west in this fire! How can this not make him angry and grieve?
"Youzhou Army! Huang Chang! General Ben and you can't wait for the sky! ”
Huang Chang returned to the barracks and inquired carefully, only then did he understand the truth.
It turned out that the light cavalry departed, and the heavy cavalry guarded the camp. The duty of the heavy cavalry is to charge into battle, and if they want to guard the camp, it is really difficult for these people. It's impossible to ride a war horse and wear heavy armor and patrol back and forth in the camp, right?
So the heavy cavalry commander had to let the soldiers temporarily take off their heavy armor and patrol the camp like light infantry.
Not long after Huang Chang left, a pair of men and horses sneaked into the camp from behind the camp. But it was immediately discovered by the patrol soldiers, and under the fierce battle between the two sides, the team divided into a part of the horses, killed the camp where Guan Hai was held, and released Guan Hai.
At this time, the commander of the ten thousand cavalry also rushed over with his soldiers, and after a fierce battle, he escaped Guan Hai and the other person, and the rest were all killed. Two of our soldiers were wounded, but none died.
Huang Chang sat alone in the big tent, his face solemn.
Unexpectedly, this little Yellow Turban Army only used a trick to turn him around, but fortunately there was no loss, but it was a blessing. But this world is so big, there are endless capable people, if you don't have enough insight, the future death is unknown, and Fang is the most cowardly, especially for a general!
Huang Chang is reflecting, and Guan Hai is hating. Liu Yuan and Guo Jia in Youzhou are also counting.
"It's time, right?"
Liu Yuan glanced at Guo Jia and looked at the south, his eyes were distant and quiet.
"It's time."
Guo Jia said.
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