Chapter Eighty-Four: Breaking the Enemy with Open Jaws
With the remnants of the defeated army, he fled back to Hanoi, and met Yang Chou sent by Zhang Yang on the way. It turned out that when Zhang Jaw and Fu Zhi led the troops to attack Huguan, Zhenggu sent people to Hanoi Zhang Yang for help.
Zhang Yang sent Yang Chou to lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to support Huguan. It's just that this Yang Chou has always had a grudge with Wei, so he deliberately delayed the speed of the march on the way, and when he just left Hanoi, he met the Gu who led the defeated army back.
Yang Chou was naturally indispensable for cynicism, and he ignored Yang Chou, but went straight to the Taishou Mansion.
Taishou Mansion, Zhang Yang looked hesitant, although he was the Taishou of Hanoi, but taking advantage of the absence of a master in the state, he sent people to occupy the Shangdang, which can be said to be a prince, although he has no ambition, but in troubled times, no matter who he takes refuge in the future, he has the capital to advance. Zhang Yang naturally knew the importance of Huguan, so he sent his henchmen to lead thousands of men and horses to guard it.
Huguan is located between the Taihang Mountain Range, easy to defend and difficult to attack, presumably thousands of men and horses can hold it. Originally, no matter how hot Zhang Yang was fighting among the princes in the world, he also stayed in Hanoi with peace of mind, guarding one acre and three points of land with peace of mind, no one to provoke, and he was happy to be a free prince, but suddenly Zhenggu sent someone to ask for help, which suddenly made Zhang Yang nervous.
Although there is no ambition, it does not mean that Zhang Yang has no selfishness, if Huguan is captured, then Shangdang and Hedong will have no danger to defend, and let the other party gallop. Moreover, it was Yuan Shao who attacked Huguan, the reputation of Yuan Shao IV and the third duke was profound, and Jizhou was rich in money and grain, Zhang Yang knew that he could not compete with Yuan Shao. So he never provoked Yuan Shao.
Zhang Yang thinks so, but it doesn't mean that Yuan Shao thinks so.
Yuan Shao originally put all his energy into Youzhou, intending to completely eliminate Gongsun Zhan, after all, Gongsun Zhan was his confidant. If Yuan Shao wants to unify Hebei, the threat of Gongsun Zan in the rear is the greatest, which makes Yuan Shao have to take care of it.
However, Yuan Shao's Tian Feng, Frustration, and Trial Match strongly advocated Yuan Shao, and did not despise Huguan. Because LΓΌ Bu sent troops to Hedong and looked at Hanoi, if he was captured by him, it would naturally take a lot of twists and turns to join the state in the future.
Zhang Yang was not tall, had a dark complexion, and looked quite martial temperament, which seemed to be inconsistent with his status as the Taishou of Hanoi and Shangdang counties.
Zhang Yang was about to go to rest, when the soldiers of the Taishou Mansion came in from outside, and Yan Zhenggu came back. Zhang Yang was stunned for a moment, and then his face turned purple, and Huguan seemed to have missed.
Looking at the Zhugu who was kneeling in the conference hall, Zhang Yang wanted to drag the Zhenggu down and cut it down, but Zhang Yang was still too soft-hearted, looking at the snot and tears of the Zhugu crying, he couldn't bear it, after all, there were not many generals available under his command, he waved his hand to let him stand up, and said to him: "Now Ben Taishou is giving you 10,000 soldiers and horses, and he has 10,000 horses and horses under Yang Chou's department, and it is bound to recapture the Huguan for Ben Taishou,"
"Yes!" Su Gu hurriedly responded, and then went to order troops, preparing to go with Yang Chou to seize Huguan.
Not to mention Zhang Yang's department, but also to talk about Huguan, after Zhang Jaw and Fu Zhu took Huguan, they Pegasus reported to Yecheng. After Yuan Shao got Zhangjaw's military report, he didn't pay attention to Huguan, but put all his attention on Youzhou with confidence.
A few days later, he ordered troops and horses to kill Youzhou, preparing to compete with Gongsun Zhan.
Zhang Jaw looked at the military report from Yecheng, shook his head and said: "Sir, it seems that I proposed to the lord the plan to seize Shangdang and Hanoi, but the lord did not adopt it, but let us still stand still. β
Fu Zhu shook his head and said: "Junyi's words are wrong, the so-called general will not be affected by the order of the monarch outside. Although the lord asked me to wait and hold the troops still, but we occupied Huguan, how could Zhang Yang give up? Moreover, Lu Bu's dispatch of troops to Hedong was also intended for Huguan. Therefore, I might as well strike first, occupy the two counties of Shangdang and Hanoi, and it will be much easier for the lord to join the state in the future. β
Zhang Jaw frowned and said, "It's just that, I'm afraid that the lord will blame me." β
Fu Zhu smiled: "Don't worry, the occupation of Shangdang and Hanoi is also to hold the Huguan, which is not contrary to the task given to us by the main bus." β
The mind of the literati is really clever, but he also agrees with the view that it is better to take the initiative and seize the opportunity than to passively let go.
In the end, he also agreed to the strategy of Fu Zhu, and after discussion, he allocated soldiers and horses, and decided to leave Fu Zhu to lead 3,000 soldiers and horses, guard the Huguan, and do the rest of his own troops to seize the counties of Shangdang.
Because Zhang Yang had sent people to garrison Huguan before, the defense of Shangdang and other places was too weak, and within a few days, they were all occupied by Zhang Jaw. When Yang Chou and Zheng Gu arrived at Shangdang with 20,000 soldiers and horses, the two sides met in Gaodu.
"General, come to the Malay report, about 20,000 soldiers and horses are coming this way!" A scout strode up from below the city and came up to Open Jaw.
When he opened his jaw and looked into the distance, he saw a black line ten miles away slowly squirming in this direction.
"General, the enemy army must be exhausted when it comes from afar, so why don't you let the last general lead the troops to attack and defeat this army first." Adjutant General Jiang Yiqu came out of the ranks, please ask.
Zhang Jaw shook his head and said: "The enemy is outnumbered, and the strength of the army is several times that of mine, even if the combat strength of the opponent's soldiers and horses is not as good as my Jizhou army, but it is not a good strategy to injure the enemy by 1,000 and lose 800." After a little hesitation, he said: "General Jiang, this general ordered you to lead a thousand halberders out of the city, hide in the southeast direction, and wait for the general's orders." β
"No!" Jiang Yiqu excitedly took the order and left.
Then he said to the generals: "Pass the order, guard the city, without the order of the general, you must not go out of the city, and those who violate the order will be beheaded." β
"No!"
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Yang Chou and Zheng Gu led 20,000 horses and horses to leave the city for thirty miles and set up camp, before that, Yang Chou had ordered people to find out the strength of the defenders in the city, so he thought about capturing the city first, showing off in front of Zheng Gu, so as to prove that his ability was stronger than Wei Gu.
Wei Gu knew that Yuan Shao's soldiers and horses were powerful, although he had 20,000 soldiers and horses on his side, but if he really fought, he might not be the opponent of the other party. But such an idea is a sign of cowardice in Yang Chou's eyes.
"If General Wei is afraid of the enemy, he can lead his own men and horses to guard the camp, and he will lead his soldiers and horses to call the battle."
"You?" He wanted to be angry, but thinking that Zhang Yang would make himself guilty and meritorious before leaving, he had to suppress the anger in his heart and lead the troops with Yang Chou.
Yang Chou and Zheng Gu led the troops to open a formation under the city, sent people to answer, and ordered people to ignore Yang Chou and others, Yang Chou ordered the sergeant to step forward and start scolding, how ugly the scolding was.
It's just that the open jaw is still deaf.
Yang Chou had no choice but to wave his troops to attack the city. 10,000 soldiers and horses carried ladders and began to launch a fierce attack on the city. Rolling stones and trees fell like rain on the city, and a wail sounded under the city.
Gaodu County is not high, and the water in the moat is not deep, but with the defense of the open jaw and the dripping water, Yang Chou had to retreat after leaving a thousand corpses.
On the tower of the city, looking at the enemy troops who were receding like a tide, he turned around and arrived in the council hall and wrote a letter. Send someone to hurry up and send it to the Huguan frustration office.
Yang Chou and Zheng Gu returned to the camp, and Zheng Gu said: "Beware of the enemy army robbing the village. Yang Chou said disdainfully: "If that jaw-dropping child dares to come to rob the village, he will let him know that there is no return." β
Zheng Gu and Yang Chou did not speculate, so they took the men and horses back to their camp.
It was night, the autumn wind was like a knife, and the flags in the Zhangyang camp were blowing. The campfires in the camp swayed in the cold wind, and the three soldiers leaned on each other and snored.
In the dark night, a group of soldiers and horses quietly advanced in the direction of the camp. When he got close to the camp, he suddenly shouted, "Kill!" This branch immediately smashed through the antlers and fences of the camp, and poured into the camp of Yang Chou and Zhenggu like a tide.
This army rushed all the way to the left and right, setting fire everywhere in the camp, but the strange thing is that after experiencing the initial chaos, the large camp of Yang Chou and Zhenggu was not as chaotic as imagined, but there was no one in the camp.
"Oh no, I've been tricked! Remove! β
The army quickly withdrew outside the camp.
At this time, countless torches were lit on the left and right wings of the battalion, and under the light of the fire, Yang Chou and Zheng Gu led their soldiers and horses to kill the enemy who were sneaking in.
It was the soldiers and horses who attacked with open jaws, and at this moment, after seeing the plan, they did not love to fight, and retreated to the camp in an orderly manner.
Yang Chou and Zheng Gu saw that Zhang Jaw really sent people to rob the village, fortunately they had prepared early, so as not to be successfully attacked by the enemy, at this moment, seeing that the enemy army wanted to escape, where was willing to give up at the moment, if this army of soldiers and horses was defeated, then the remaining soldiers and horses in the high capital city should not be afraid.
For the first time, Yang Chou and Su Gu cooperated sincerely, and together they waved their troops to chase Yuan Shaojun fiercely.
Although Yuan Shaojun retreated in a panic, the formation was not chaotic, and he went all the way to the city.
Just when Yang Chou and Su Gu were about to catch up, Yuan Shaojun seemed to feel that he couldn't escape, so he simply turned around and killed Yang Chou and Su Gu in reverse.
Yang Chou and the others were overjoyed, and ordered the soldiers and horses to storm the enemy. In the dark night, the two soldiers and horses fought together, the sound of shouting and killing in the sky broke the silence of the night, the wind howled, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.
Although Yuan Shaojun was small, his combat power was much stronger than that of Zhang Yang's soldiers and horses, and the weapons and armor were incomparable to Zhang Yang's army, and the battle fell into a stalemate stage for a while.
"Fire, fire!" In the sudden scuffle, Yang Chou's lieutenant pointed to the sky-high flames rising behind him and shouted in horror.
The fire in the rear was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, hitting Yang Chou and Zhenggu's hearts, which was the direction of his own camp, and his own grain and grass were all in the camp.
The two of them still don't understand at this moment, they have fallen into Zhang Jaw's plan, it is true to lure themselves, and the grain and grass that sneak attacked the camp is true. Yang Chou roared angrily: "Withdraw! β
He also led the army not to entangle with the enemy, and led the troops back to the camp.
Just as the two of them hurriedly retreated, there was a bang, and two armies of soldiers and horses suddenly appeared left and right, with a momentum that shook the sky and shouted like thunder.
Yang Chou and Wei Gu were horrified, their minds were in turmoil, in the firelight, but they saw Zhang Jaw sitting on the horse, the indifferent face was full of murderous aura, the spear was raised, countless arrow rain came all over the world, in the dark night, the black oppressive arrow rain poured down, and Zhang Yangjun was frightened.
After two rounds of arrow rain, the jaw of the horse burst into the enemy formation, and Yuan Shaojun behind him rushed into the enemy army like a wolf, and the snow-bright steel knife exuded a cold glow in the dark night.