Chapter 60 Rescue Guandu, the first meeting of heroes

The above book said that Zhou Cang learned that it was Liu Qian, the Taishou Yong Anhou of Liaodong, who captured him, and he actually made a 180-degree turn and surrendered to Liu Qian. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It turned out that this Zhou Cangben was the nephew of Na Shi Yi (that is, the Don Curry under Bu Dugen). In the past two years, when there were natural and man-made disasters and insufficient food and drink, he wanted to find Shiyi in the north. Later, he met Zhang Bao, and after Zhang Bao's persuasion, he didn't succeed, but he still inquired about the news of his uncle Shi Yi in many ways, so he had a lot of understanding of the situation in Liaodong County. Through the narration of those people, he was very eager to go to Liaodong to live and take a good look at such a place in this dynasty.

Therefore, as soon as Zhou Cang heard that Liu Qian was in front of him, this surrender naturally came from his heart.

Liu Qian wanted to stay in Zhou Cang, and he was so happy.

In this battle, Liu Qian's first division captured a total of 15,000 Yellow Turban soldiers, increasing his team to 50,000 people. Therefore, in the subsequent battle, Liu Qian's first department became the main force in the fight against the Yellow Turban rebels.

When Xu Rong's rescue officer returned from Duchengshang, Liu Qian ordered Guan Ning Chen to write a chapter and report the good news. He even sent his brother Liu Bei to Luoyang, the eastern capital, under the escort of Yang Huai.

As for the surrender of troops, Liu Qian once again gathered and dispersed the three battalions of the Jiugong Army to serve as grassroots generals above the rank of chief among the surrendered troops, and set up five bow and crossbow battalions, five sword and shield battalions and five spear battalions. The number of volunteers increased to 25,000, becoming the third weapon under Liu Qian.

Besides, Xu Rong rushed into the city with three battalions of volunteers led by Mu Li and Tu Hong, and each of them led a battalion and rescued separately.

Xu Rong carried a big knife to the bottom of the city tower, just in time to catch up with the more than 100 soldiers downstairs at the city gate, and less than a third of the soldiers were still resisting bravely. The situation was critical, and while swinging his knife and slashing, he shouted: "The officers and soldiers at the city gate must resist!" We're here to save you! ”

When those soldiers heard this, they suddenly changed from fighting for trapped beasts to fighting for life, and their morale was unprecedentedly strong. Don't underestimate these dozens of people, it's also very scary to fight for your life.

Looking at the group of more than 1,000 Yellow Turban thieves besieging the city gate, only a few dozen of them were able to fight with the officers and soldiers in the gate hole, and most of them were surrounded. At this time, there was a shout of killing from behind, and the people who were watching the battle in front didn't know what was going on. When Xu Rong shouted in his voice, he understood. Get! I was surrounded this time. Hurry up and attack these dozens of people, attack and open the city gates, and run out to escape for your life. If you are caught in the middle like this, it will be almost the same if you don't die.

It's all a scuffle now, how many generals are still commanding the battle!

After a short period of training, Xu Rong's volunteers had a certain understanding of the combined attack tactics, and they were all in groups of three or seven during the attack. The chief is the leader, and the two chiefs are supplemented into a group. The other seven soldiers attacked in groups of two triangles on the left and right. This attack formation reduced the mortality rate of soldiers to a certain extent, but there were still some casualties.

This number is about the same, and it was originally the battle of the Yellow Turban Army, because the volunteers have received short-term training and know how to attack with combined attacks and tactics, plus those Yellow Turban thieves have a kind of fear of being surrounded, Xu Rong has the upper hand from the beginning. Although he still paid more than 100 casualties of the volunteers, Xu Rong still settled the battle in less than a pillar of incense, killed the enemy, and opened the city gate with less than 20 officers and soldiers in the doorway.

Besides, the two battalions of volunteers led by Na Mu Li and Tu Bang went to the square where Huangfu Song and others were fighting.

Huangfu Song, Cao Cao, Tong Zhao and others were leading the officers and soldiers who had been reduced to less than 6,000 and retreated to the edge of the square. The general of the Yellow Turban Army who organized the attack in the city was not a stranger, this person was called Zhong Han, and he was a disciple of Na Bocai. His kung fu is naturally not covered, charging into battle, moving forward bravely, fighting with Cao Cao and Huangfu Song at the front of the team, and still not falling behind, which shows his bravery.

Originally, the Yellow Turban Rebellion was nearly half more than the number of officers and soldiers in the city, and after the city was broken, Cao Cao and others went back to the palace to find Huangfu Song to prepare to escape, which made the officers and soldiers in the city a little weak in their sense of resistance. This is also the case of relatively low equipment, the number of officers and soldiers killed by the Yellow Turban Bandits in the chaotic slashing is comparable to the number of casualties of the Yellow Turban Bandits.

It wasn't until Mu Li and Tu Bang rushed over with two thousand volunteers that there was chaos in the rear phalanx of the Yellow Turban Army, and Huangfu Song and Cao Cao and others saw hope. It has to be said that as soon as Cao Cao saw the chaos in the rear of the Yellow Turban thieves, he immediately shouted: "Brothers, our rescuers are here!" ”

This sentence was like a booster, and the officers and soldiers defending the city, who were still retreating one after another, immediately launched a crazy counterattack against the Yellow Turban Army as if they had just been beaten with chicken blood.

That Zhong Han never thought that there would be officers and soldiers from behind, let alone that at this time, his master and uncle had already become ghosts under other people's swords and ghosts under guns. Originally, he had a slight upper hand against Cao Cao and Huangfu Song, but at this time, he was stunned and was seen by Huangfu Jianshou, who was fighting next to him. That Emperor Fu Jianshou stabbed twice in a row and killed the two Yellow Turban rebels beside him, pulled out the sword at his waist, and threw it at the back of Zhong Han's heart. Poor Zhong Han was busy dealing with Huangfu Song and Cao Cao for a while, and accidentally lost his mind and was stabbed in the back of the heart by this flying sword, and fell to the ground and died.

Cao Cao jumped off his horse and cut off Zhong Han's head, and shouted to the Yellow Turban thieves who were fighting: "The leader of the thieves has been executed, how long will you resist the Yellow Turban thieves?" Why don't you surrender soon? ”

The Yellow Turban thieves were already a rabble, and at this time, the dragons were leaderless, where was there any courage and will to fight. What's more, they were still in the middle of the front and rear attacks, and the Yellow Turban thieves who were surrounded in the middle threw down their weapons and began to surrender, and most of them got into the alleys in the city and fled outside the city.

At this time, where did the official army still have the strength to pursue, and Huangfu Song and Cao Cao were lying on their horses panting, until their soldiers led Xu Rong, Mu Li and Tu Bang to them, and the two got off their horses and saluted the three of them.

As soon as Huangfu Song heard that Hou Zhonglang would lead troops to the rescue, he couldn't take a break, and took Cao Cao and the others out of the city to meet Liu Qian. The etiquette is very solemn.

Liu Qian had already finished arranging the big and small affairs, and was waiting for the battle report of Xu Rong and the three of them in the big tent in the atrium. All the civil and military forces on both sides of the big tent were present. Tu Bang returned to the camp first to inform Huangfu Song that he had come to welcome Liu Qian into the city.

Naturally, he couldn't be rude, and summoned all the brothers and Xu Shu, Guan Ning, Bing Yuan and other civil and military forces to come to the gate of the camp to wait for the arrival of Huangfu Song.

After a while, Xu Rong and Mu Li accompanied the two people to the front of the camp under the support of three thousand volunteers, the leader of the elder was nearly fifty, the corners of his eyes were already wrinkled with vicissitudes, and his eyes were full of spirit, which showed that he had not rested well in the past few days, and his seemingly burly body riding on a horse gave people a feeling of heroic old age; The young man next to him had bright eyes, and there was a flash of fierceness in his eyes, which showed that this person was very urban in his heart, and he was the kind of person who was witty, alert, and improvised.

Liu Qian saw the two coming, took a few steps forward, walked out of the crowd, hugged his fists at the two, and said, "The old general is the general Huangfu compared to him!" This general should be Cao Cao, Cao Mengde, and Cao Cao, who defended the city for more than a month, so that the enemy could not advance half a step! It's no wonder that the rescue is late! ”

Huangfu Song was the person in charge of this trip, left and dismounted, and said politely: "The general has good eyesight, thanks to the general's timely arrival." Otherwise, the city of Guandu will be destroyed by our hands. ”

"The matter of rescue is a major matter of the country, how dare you take it lightly? Lord Huangfu, Lord Cao, please enter the camp. Liu Qian invited the two into the big tent in the atrium of the camp.

Everyone sat down, Liu Qian introduced the battle situation in Youzhou and the veteran Liu Yanqing's suppression of the remnants of the army, and then took the plain and saved Yecheng, Zhang Jiao led the defeat back to Guangzong, and Zhonglang told Lu Zhi to get the help of the Yuan brothers one by one.

After this battle, Huangfu Song's troops will suffer heavy losses, and the remaining casualties of 20,000 elite soldiers are estimated to be no more than 40%, and the remaining casualties of less than 10,000 people, including the militia, will not exceed 40%. Although at the end of the battle, a part of the Yellow Turban Bandits captured could be replenished, but the combat effectiveness was no longer the same.

Huangfu Song also introduced the situation of Guandu to Liu Qian.

After listening to this, Liu Qian had a new understanding of the combat power of the Yellow Turban thieves in his heart.

Cao Cao listened to the mutual introduction of the two generals on the side, very quietly, just sitting upright, not moving, showing great patience.

When Liu Qian spoke, he kept his eyes on him from time to time, secretly observing this opponent on the battlefield in the future. This calmness and endurance, although he didn't show anything in his eyes, but in his heart, he had to put this peer who began to appear on the stage of history to a height that others could not match.

Cao Cao was originally a smart person, and Liu Qian's gaze swept over him from time to time. At first, he thought that this adult was just curious, but later, he felt that something was wrong, what was wrong? He didn't feel it. He was a man with a city in his own right, and although he felt that something was wrong, he didn't show it at all.

Before, Liu Qian had met Yuan Shao in Guandu. The young Yuan Shao has a kind of depression that doesn't like publicity, which seems to have something to do with his life experience. He's more of a competence. He prefers to use some people to help him and is more willing to listen to others. This also made him more able to attract some followers than Yuan Shu, and it was also the reason why he was far more powerful than Yuan Shu in the future by virtue of the prestige of his ancestors.

At this time, Cao Cao is more like a killer who forbears in the shadow of a big tree, he knows how to do a killer's forbearance? Do you know how to wait for your own opportunity? Do you know how to grasp your opportunities? He doesn't talk nonsense in front of the superiors! He will calm down and listen to what the superior has to say, then he will know how to master the abilities of the superior. This is an even more formidable opponent.

In just one meeting, Liu Qian finally met the person he had been eager to see in his mind. The person who used to be the best at playing with power, the person who played with power in the palm of his hand, the opportunity in his life has just begun, and he is still an aspiring young man full of enthusiasm and dedicated to defending his family and country. Now he is still alone, and there are no people under him who have no strategy and no one who can charge for him.

The struggle between him and himself will have to wait many years to come.

While Liu Qian was talking to Huangfu Song, he was thinking about this question quickly in his brain. Sometimes he has an impulse to kill Cao Cao first, so won't there be no one to fight for him in history? Cao Cao is killable, but what about the reason? Just because people will learn bad when they have power in the future, in order to prevent them from killing people in the future? Isn't that?

Huangfu Song repeatedly invited Liu Qian to take the generals to the city to meet Yan. In the end, Liu Qian had no choice but to agree. In view of the fact that the city had been trapped for many days and there was not much food and grass, he sent someone to send a hundred loads of grain into the city. (This guy is now very rich, not only did he confiscate the grain and grass of the Yellow Turban Army from the three large battalions.) After winning these battles, he cleaned up the battlefield and harvested a lot of items).

It is said that the officers and soldiers will not mention the victory celebration here for the time being, but where is that Zhang Bao afraid? What about other battlefields? In the next chapter, Coffee will tell you about the struggle between Zhu Jun and Zhang Liang.