Chapter 207: The War Escalates!
Later, Deng Yu sent Chang Yuchun and Hu Dahai to lead a group of men and horses to chase and kill, and he and Deng Ming stayed at the mouth of the gorge to command the soldiers and horses to continue to besiege and kill the remaining Han soldiers and horses. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The remaining Han soldiers saw that they were surrounded by the Wu army, and the main general had fled, most of them had no heart to resist, and they knelt on the ground to ask for surrender, and only a few Han army diehards resisted stubbornly, but they were soon wiped out by the Wu army.
At the same time, Zhang Dingbian and Zhao Pusheng kept going, fled all the way, fled until the next day, and then rested in a forest pass, Zhang Dingbian ordered the generals of each department to count the number of people, originally more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, at this time there were less than 13,000 people left.
Zhang Dingbian's eyes were full of shame, and his face was gloomy: "This time, it's all because the governor of Bendu despises the ability of the generals of the Wu army, so he will suffer a big defeat, lose his troops and lose his generals, and the governor of Bendu really has no face to return to the king of Han!" ”
Zhao Pusheng heard this, and hurriedly appeased Zhang Dingbian and said: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, don't be like this, the strategy of the metropolitan governor, the last general is also recognized, to the king of Han, the last general is willing to accept the crime with the metropolitan governor!" ”
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Dingbian immediately refused: "No! The Governor of Pontus is the commander of an army, and he has been defeated by this great defeat, which is an unforgivable sin, and one person is responsible for doing things, how can Yongzhong and the Governor of Pontus share the fault! ”
Zhao Pusheng's face froze, and he said solemnly: "The Metropolitan Governor doesn't need to say much, the last general is the deputy general in the army, how can he stay out and let the Metropolitan Governor take on the responsibility alone!" ”
Zhang Dingbian wanted to say more, but Zhao Pusheng had a resolute look, and during the conversation between the two, Chang Yuchun and Hu Dahai led the pursuers to kill three miles away, Zhang Dingbian and Zhao Pusheng hurriedly got on their horses and led the army to flee.
Chang Yuchun and Hu Dahai led the army to chase and kill until the realm of Lu'an, and then withdrew their troops to fatten.
On the other hand, it is said that after Chen Youliang ascended to the throne of the Han Dynasty, he was planning to hijack the puppet emperor Xu Shouhui to attack his two neighbors: Deng Yu and Zhu Yuanzhang.
As for who to attack first, he has not yet made up his mind, in Chen Youliang's opinion, Deng Yu and Zhu Yuanzhang are both powerful opponents for him to seize the world, and they both need to be eliminated one by one.
At present, the territory and strength of Deng Yu and Zhu Yuanzhang are almost the same, but Zhu Yuanzhang, who is located on the south bank of the Yangtze River, occupies Yingtian, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and does not have much threat from the Yuan army, has no greater potential for growth than Deng Yue.
In other words, in Chen Youliang's heart, Zhu Yuanzhang will threaten him more than Deng Yue in the future.
Based on this, Chen Youliang was more inclined to attack Zhu Yuanzhang, but a defeat from Lujiang Mansion made Chen Youliang change his mind.
Chen Youliang is a master who does not preach morality and cannot suffer losses, his brother Zhang Dingbian lost troops in Lujiang Mansion, but he lost the prestige of the king of Han, so he personally led his troops to Lujiang Mansion to find the field.
On the day he received the report of Zhang Dingbian's defeat, he rushed to Lu'an City with 3,000 Han cavalry, and at the same time, arranged for the generals Ding Pulang and Fu Youde to lead an army of 80,000 to follow, and the Taishi Zou Pusheng prepared grain, grass, ordnance and other baggage.
Four days later, Chen Youliang led 3,000 Han cavalry to come to the outside of Lu'an City, Zhang Dingbian and Zhao Pusheng heard the news and went out of the city to greet them, they all dismounted and knelt on the ground, and pleaded guilty: "The last general is incompetent, the army defeated Wu King Deng Yu, and the soldiers and horses in the army were almost annihilated, and only more than 13,000 soldiers fled back!" ”
Chen Youliang's face was gloomy, and he did not immediately surrender his guilt, but first asked the two to get up, and in the process of entering the city, Chen Youliang asked Zhang Dingbian about the previous battle, and Zhang Dingbian told the details of the previous incident one by one.
After hearing this, Chen Youliang smiled coldly and said: "Cautious and resourceful, and good at improvisation, it seems that this Deng Yu will be a good opponent!" ”
Chen Youliang didn't seem to take the defeat of Zhang Dingbian and Zhao Pusheng to heart, Zhang Dingbian and Zhao Pusheng looked at each other, and there was a little doubt in their eyes.
However, Chen Youliang suddenly changed his tone, and shouted to Zhang Dingbian and Zhao Pusheng: "You lost before, this king should have been severely punished, with military law, but for the sake of your previous military exploits, I will temporarily excuse you, and at the same time give you a chance to make meritorious contributions!" ”
"King Xie Han !!"
When Zhang Dingbian and Zhao Pusheng heard this, they immediately dismounted and knelt on the ground to thank him.
Five days later, Ding Pulang and Fu Youde led an army of 80,000 to Lu'an City, and for a time, nearly 100,000 troops were gathered in Lu'an City.
The army rested in the city for two days, after recuperating and recuperating, Chen Youliang divided the army into three parts, sent the general Ding Pulang to lead the army of 20,000 as the vanguard, Zhang Dingbian and Zhao Pusheng led the army of 30,000 for the Chinese army, Chen Youliang personally led the army of 30,000 for the rear army, and the Taishi Zou Pusheng was the military division in the army.
80,000 Han soldiers and horses, all over the mountains, slaughtered to Hefei City, Wu army scouts found the news, and quickly reported to Hefei City.
Deng Yu heard that Chen Youliang led an army of 80,000 to kill, and quickly sought out the civil and military forces under his command to discuss, only to hear Deng Yue speak first: "The enemy army is numerous, and the strength is twice that of our army. ”
After eye contact with the generals in the hall for a while, Hu Dahai first spoke: "The enemy army is strong, our army is weak, take the initiative to attack, and attack the strong with weakness, it is not the best policy, King Wu should order the soldiers to dig deep ditches, build high bases, prepare rolling stones and strong bows, borrow the advantages of the city, and contend with the Han army!" ”
When Deng Yu heard this, his face immediately sank, Hu Dahai's strategy was too conservative, if Chen Youliang saw that his army was afraid, surrounded Hefei City, and attacked strongly, the morale of the Wu army would inevitably drop sharply, and it would change for a long time.
Just as Deng Yue hesitated, Robben, who joined the army, seemed to understand Deng Yu's thoughts, and opened his mouth to say: "Although Hu Zhengdong's words are reasonable, our army is already weak, and the way to win is that morale is particularly crucial. ”
When Hu Dahai heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, and he also felt that what Robben said was reasonable, and immediately asked out loud: "As Luo Senjun said, being too conservative is not conducive to defending the city, so I don't know if Counselor Luo has a plan to deal with it?" ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall turned their attention to Luo himself, Luo Ben smiled brightly, and said eloquently: "According to the report of the spies, Ding Pulang is the vanguard general of the Han army, although this person has the courage of ten thousand people, but he is impatient, and his eyes are irritable, he takes over the position of the vanguard, and must urge the troops to rush forward, hoping to rush to Hefei as soon as possible, and fight with our army, Wu Wang can take advantage of this person's impatient temperament, so so, you can win first!" ”
Luo Ben carefully studied the generals of the Han army, and was very familiar with Ding Pulang's temperament.