Chapter 100: The Siege of the White Horse
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In February of the fifth year of Jian'an (200 AD), Yuan Shao, at the instigation of Liu Bei, did not listen to Tian Feng and frustrated his advice, took Yan Liang as the vanguard, raised 200,000 troops, attacked Liu Yanyu Baima, and coerced Xu Du. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
When Cao Cao heard the news, he urgently summoned all the ministers and generals to discuss, but he did not pass on Guan Yu and Liu Yong. When Guan Yu heard this, he asked Liu Yong: "This matter is very big, why doesn't the prime minister recruit you and me?" ”
"The prime minister is worried that you and I will be able to repay the favor after making great achievements, so I will not invite the two of us to discuss the matter."
Guan Yu shook his head in disbelief, went to the prime minister's mansion to ask for his life, and said: "Prime minister, Yuan Shao's heavy troops are pressing the realm, and the momentum is huge. Guan is not talented, and he is willing to lead the troops to break the enemy and share his worries for the prime minister. ”
Cao Cao smiled slightly and said: "Yun Chang, Ben Xiang's subordinates also have a large number of soldiers and talents, and they don't need Yun Chang to come out, they can also defeat Yuan Shao and return victorious." Yun Chang stayed in Xu Du and waited for good news. ”
Guan Yu had no choice but to return home, sullen, and sighed: "Guan Moukong has a lot of ability, but there is no place for it." ”
Liu Yongkai explained: "The general doesn't have to worry, the prime minister will turn to the general sooner or later." ”
Although Guan Yu knew that Liu Yong was extremely accurate, he was also suspicious, and asked: "Chongru thinks that the battle of Guandu, how will the victory or defeat be?" ”
Liu Yong didn't answer and asked: "Can the general hear that Fengxiao has ten victories and ten defeats?" ”
Guan Yu nodded. It turned out that Guo Jia had explained Cao Cao in detail, saying that although Yuan Shao possessed the lands of Hebei, Qing, You, and the four states, and had enough soldiers and food, he was not afraid. Cao Cao will be able to destroy Yuan Shao and unify Hebei. Guo Jia summarized the ten reasons why Cao Cao must win and Yuan Shao must lose, so it is called the theory of ten victories and ten defeats.
Liu Yong asked, "What does General Guan think Feng Xiao said?" ”
Guan Yu snorted and replied proudly: "If you rely on these words, you can decide the victory, but if there is a war in the future, one debater on each side can argue, and what is the use of waiting for us to wait for the generals." ”
Liu Yong laughed. This "ten victories and ten defeats" theory is used to boost morale, but the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the opportunity for victory is fleeting, who can predict it? Take the Battle of Guandu as an example, Guo Jia's "Ten Victories and Ten Defeats" theory has all kinds of reasons, but as long as Yuan Shao adopts Xu Yu's strategy, or holds the black nest with heavy troops, Cao Cao's defeat is much more likely.
However, it was said that Cao Cao led 150,000 troops, divided the troops into three routes, and rescued Liu Yan in the north. Xun You offered a plan: "Prime Minister, now that we have few soldiers, we can't face the enemy head-on." It is better to divide a part of the troops to Yanjin and pretend to cross the river, and Yuan Shao will divide his troops to block. The prime minister personally led a large army to raid the white horse, and if he was not prepared to attack it, he would be able to capture Yan Liang alive and relieve the siege of the white horse. ”
Cao Cao nodded yes and ordered all the departments to act according to the plan. Yuan Shao really fell for Xun Yousheng's plan to attack the east and west, and divided 50,000 troops to fortify Yanjin. Unexpectedly, the "Shengdong" side succeeded, but the "West" side encountered big trouble. It turned out that Yan Liang was not half cowardly in the face of Cao Cao's army, and he was unstoppable, even beheading Cao Cao's Song Xian, Wei Xu and other fierce generals, and the famous general Xu Huang only resisted more than 20 rounds before returning to the camp.
Cao Cao saw that no one was invincible, and his face was full of sadness. Cheng Yu played: "Prime Minister, Yan Liangyong crowned the three armies, and he was unstoppable. If the minister lifts one person, he will be able to capture Yan Liang alive and repay today's humiliation. ”
"What Zhongde said is Yun Chang."
"Exactly."
"I also know that only Yun Chang can defeat Yan Liang. It's just that I'm worried that Yun Chang killed Yan Liang and repaid Cao's kindness, so he was going to leave me. ”
Cheng Yu said with a smile: "Prime Minister, if Yunchang kills Yan Liang, not only will he not leave, but he will stay by the Prime Minister's side wholeheartedly." ”
Cao Cao was shocked: "Zhongde, what is the reason for this? ”
Cheng Yu said: "The prime minister forgot, except for Yun Chang and Liu Yong, everyone knows that Liu Bei is now in Yuan Shao's army. If Guan Yu kills Yuan Shao's love general, how can Yuan Shao give up and kill Liu Bei to relieve his hatred. If Liu Bei dies, where else will Guan Yu go? ”
When Cao Cao heard this, he suddenly realized, woke up like a dream, and said with a smile: "Zhongde's plan is very good. Someone came, passed the order of the lonely general, and Guan Yu quickly went to the white horse to meet the enemy. Yan Liang fought for days and days, insulting and insulting, and Cao's army closed the camp and pretended not to know.
When Guan Yu got Cao Cao's general order, he couldn't help but admire Liu Yong so much that he threw himself to the ground, and asked: "As expected, that Yan Liang is extremely brave, and there are many famous generals under the prime minister, and no one is invincible." The prime minister would rather let Guan Yu repay his kindness than summon me, so it seems that the situation in Baima is critical. ”
Liu Yong smiled indifferently and said: "The prime minister urgently summoned the general, because the one who can defeat Yan Liang is the general, but this is only one of the reasons." ”
Guan Yu had already worshipped Liu Yong as a god and asked, "What else does Chongru think there is?" ”
Liu Yong said with a smile: "It's just because Cao Gong thinks that if the general kills Yan Liang, he will still not leave Cao Gong and vote elsewhere." ”
Guan Yu was stunned and said, "Why is this?" ”
Liu Yong laughed secretly, and said in his heart, but you don't know that Liu Bei is now at Yuan Shao's place, and Cao Cao is trying to kill Liu Bei by your hand and let you stay in Xu Du with all your heart. However, I can't tell you this reason now, so Liu Yong said: "The reason is that it is inconvenient for Liu Yong to tell the general, and I hope that General Guan will understand." ”
"Okay." Guan Yu sighed, and suddenly exclaimed: "Could it be that my brother has encountered an accident, please tell Guan Yu clearly." ”
"The general is too worried." Liu Yong hurriedly comforted, and thought that Liu Bei would leave Yuan Shao sooner or later, so it would be more appropriate to deal with it like this, so he said: "Uncle Huang is in Runan at the moment, safe and sound." ”
Guan Yu was happy and suspicious, and said: "Guan immediately reported to the two sisters-in-law to reassure him." ”
Liu Yong persuaded: "No. The prime minister knew that the emperor's uncle was just hiding from the general, but the general still pretended not to know, so as not to leak it. In Liu Yong's humble opinion, it is not too late for the general to report the prime minister's kindness early and then return to the two ladies. ”
Guan Yu sighed and said: "Since Guan Yu knows where his brother is, he should have gone to the starry night to vote for a full brotherhood." It's just that Guan Yu is not a person who knows how to repay his kindness...... "Report to Liu Yong and say: "Thank you Chongru." Guan immediately set off to help the prime minister relieve the siege of the White Horse first. ”
Liu Yong thought that if he said too much, he would lose, and reminded: "If the general meets Yan Liang, he can't talk to him, he needs to fight quickly." ”
"Life and death are only in an instant, how can Guan talk to the enemy general. Leave! ”
On this day, Yan Liang came to call for war again, complacent, and regarded as no one. Unexpectedly, the door of Cao's camp was wide open, and a general rushed down on the mountain, holding a green dragon glaive knife in his hand, a red rabbit and a thousand miles of horses in his crotch, golden armor and green robes, and long hair fluttering. Yan Liang's heart moved, it turned out that before the soldiers sent the white horse, Liu Bei had told him that if he met a member of the green-robed and long-haired person with a big sword, it would be Guan Yu. Liu Yong reminded Yan Liangdao that as long as he told Guan Yu that his brother Liu Bei was now in Hebei, Guan Yu would follow Yan Liang to join Yuan Shao.
Yan Liang was about to ask, but Guan Yu's red rabbit Ma Qi was extremely fast, and he rushed to the front in a few steps, Yan Liang secretly said that it was not good, it was too late to raise the knife, and he had to dodge the horse. Guan Yu could not allow the opportunity to be missed, and the big knife slashed the situation, and immediately beheaded Yan Liang under the horse, thus relieving the siege of the white horse.
Cao Cao was overjoyed, and played the imperial court to protect Guan Yu as the "Marquis of Hanshou Pavilion", and Emperor Han Xian also gave a gold seal to show his merits. Wen Chou and Yan Liang were siblings, and when they heard that Yan Liang was killed, they were very sad, and when they heard that Cao Cao led the soldiers and civilians in White Horse City to retreat westward, they hurriedly asked Yuan Shao for battle, and wanted to pursue Cao Cao and avenge Yan Liang.
Frustrated and said to Yuan Shao: "My lord, now our army has only suffered defeat, General Yan Liang has lost his life and his morale is low. At this time, it is advisable to stay in Yanjin and garrison Guandu in a small part to divide the two sides of the Yellow River and confront Cao Cao. In just a few months, Cao Cao will be short of food and grass, defeat himself without a fight, the land of Henan is at his fingertips, and the lord can succeed in hegemony, which is the best policy. If the whole army of the lord crosses the Yellow River in the south, if there is an accident, it will be difficult for us to return to Yecheng. The stakes are high, and please think twice. ”
Yuan Shaogang was stubborn for his own use, how could he accept this rebellious advice, and said angrily: "Gonghe, you are familiar with military books, don't you know the truth of the speed of soldiers?" So he didn't listen to the words of frustration, and sent Wen Chou to lead 70,000 horses as the vanguard, and Liu Bei took 30,000 horses and grain and grass to the palace, and sent the troops to Yanjin. Frustrated, he looked up to the sky and sighed, saying that the illness was no longer a matter of discussion.
Besides, Cao Cao's men and horses had just arrived in Yanjin, and Wen Chou's army was about to arrive, Cao Cao looked at the terrain on the left and right, and ordered: "The rear team becomes the front team, the front team changes to the rear team, and the troops are sent to Yanjin to resist Wen Chou." "The soldiers under him felt strange, because the rear army was full of grain and grass, and at this time it became the front army, didn't it give Wen Chou to the fat meat to his mouth?
Lu Qian said: "Prime Minister, the rear army is all old and weak soldiers, and they are heavy on food and grass, how can they stop the soldiers of the ugly tiger and wolf." ”
Cao Cao smiled and said: "If Wen Chou's soldiers arrive, he will order the soldiers to abandon the grain and grass and retreat to the south." Lu Qian was at a loss for a while, so he had to follow the order.
After a while, Wen Chou led the army to run, only to see that the front of the battle was full of grain, livestock, tents, and clothes discarded by the Cao army. When those soldiers saw so many good things in front of them, where could they endure it, they reached out and took it, and you fought for it, which was extremely chaotic. Lu Qian said anxiously on the side: "Prime Minister, our grain and grass have been robbed by Wen Choujun. ”
Cao Cao smiled and said, "Order, except for the generals, all the horses are released." The rest of the horses took refuge under Nanfu for the time being. When everyone heard this, what is this, how can you fight without a horse, and when they were puzzled, Xun You said next to him: "This is the prime minister's plan to lure the enemy......
As soon as Xun You said this, Cao Cao looked at him, and Xun You stopped talking. When Wen Choubing saw that there were so many war horses, he was even more excited, and they all put their blades aside and came to snatch them, and the scene was chaotic.
Cao Cao saw that the time had come, and immediately ordered: "All the troops, kill!" "Cao's army rushed down from the dirt mountain, Wen Chou's army was caught off guard, and had to flee for his life, Wen Chou couldn't stop it, so he had to turn his horse back.
Cao Cao saw it on the dirt mountain and said loudly: "Wen Chou is Yuan Shao's favorite general, who can capture him?" As soon as the words fell, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang Pegasus came out together, shouting: "Wen Chou is leaving!" ”
Wen Chou was fearless, and shot Zhang Liao's mount with an arrow, and lifted Zhang Liao off his horse. Wen Chou raised his horse to stab, Xu Huang hurriedly raised an axe to meet and saved Zhang Liao. The two fought for more than 20 rounds, Xu Huang was defeated and left, Wen Chou urged the horse to chase, seeing that Xu Huang was in danger, a general rushed to the oblique stab, it was Guan Yu Guan Yunchang. Wen Chou and Guan Yu didn't fight for three rounds, seeing that there were more and more Cao soldiers around him, and Guan Yu was brave again, Wen Chou was timid, and fled. Unbeknownst to him, the red rabbit horse was faster, Guan Yu caught up, and with a wave of a knife, he cut Wen Chou off the horse.
Cao Cao saw Guan Yu cut down Wen Chou on the dirt mountain, and commanded the army to cover up the past, and the Wen Chou army trampled on each other, with countless casualties, and the grain, grass and horses were still recaptured by Cao Cao.
Liu Bei on the other side of the river saw a big flag floating in the air from a distance, with the words "Hanshou Pavilion Hou Guan" written on it, and one of its generals, in a golden armor and green robe, holding a big knife, was surprised and delighted: "Thank God, Yun Chang is really in Cao Ying." ”
Liu Bei led the remnants of the defeated army back to Yuan Shao's camp. Guo Tu and Yuan Shao said: "Today, it was Guan Yu who killed the lord and the general Wen Chou, and Liu Bei still pretended not to know. ”
Yuan Shao said angrily: "Bold Liu Bei! Guan Yu first killed Yan Liang, and now he has punished Wen Chou, causing me to lose two generals. Someone came, tied Liu Bei, pushed it out, and cut it off! ”
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