Chapter 139: The Situation in Xuzhou (2)
Dirong evacuated from Pengcheng to Yangzhou, and there were not many options, one was to pass through the territory of Guangling, and the other was to enter the territory of Jiujiang from Huaishui. However, according to Han Lie's speculation, it is basically impossible for Zhenrong to pass through Guangling and go to Yangzhou, the reason is very simple, because Han Lie not only has no friendship with him, but even has jealousy, such as Wu Jun, the commander of Yandu County who was executed by Han Lie, is not only a close confidant of Zhenrong, but also his relative.
For this reason, Han Lie, who was still in Guangling at the time, replied to her as soon as he received Zhang Yao's sparrowhawk message, asking her to keep an eye on it at all times in case Zhenrong's troops were out of sight.
From Guangling along the waters of Hangou, Han Lie's department arrived at Dongyang County on the south bank of the Huaishui River into the territory of Jiujiang in a few days. Dongyang is a border county that enters the Huainan border, and if Zhenrong wants to go south, whether it is to enter Huainan or Xiaguangling, it must pass through Dongyang.
Not long after Han Lie led his army to set up camp on the south bank, Han Lie saw Zhang Yao who was following Zhenrong's subordinates. The last time I said goodbye to Zhang Yao in Yandu, it was only a little more than a month, and when I saw Zhang Yao again, Han Lie was happy at the same time, but also showed great kindness to her.
First of all, Zhang Yao has Han Lie's golden sword military order in his hand, and he can appear in front of Han Lie at any time and place, and it can be said that Han Lie has no secrets about him. In the face of Han Lie's trust, although Zhang Yao still had a cold face, her heart was still warm.
"The department of Zhenrong has collected more than 130 large and small ships along the way, as a means of transportation, and now the boats they are taking have arrived in the waters of Dongyang, and they will be able to pass through the Dongyang area before noon tomorrow at the latest. After receiving the tea soup handed by Han Lie, Zhang Yao was not polite, nor did she stop as shallow as an ordinary woman, but raised her neck and drank it with a sip.
Han Lie, who was standing opposite him, looked up, but just saw Zhang Yao with his neck up, Zhang Yao in a Taoist robe, if he didn't look carefully, he wouldn't be able to see that she actually had a proud pair of twin peaks. But at this time, maybe it was because of the hurry, coupled with the hot weather, the clothes on Zhang Yao's body were significantly reduced, and when she raised her head and chest, it showed her arrogant double (peak).
If it was before, Han Lie's gaze would definitely not stay, but recently, Han Lie and Cai Yan pierced the layer of window paper, and the matter of men and women is naturally the taste of food, and now that they have been away for a few days, coupled with the hot weather, it is inevitable that they will suppress the anger in their hearts, and at this moment, they suddenly saw Zhang Yao, who was usually cold, and there was such a pair of proud breasts, and they were stunned for a while, which was completely the instinctive reaction of a normal man. "Look again, I'll blind you in the eye." When Zhang Yao saw Han Lie's hot eyes, her pretty face turned cold, and she turned around and walked away.
Looking at the tempting back of a gray Taoist robe, with a slender figure and curling away, Han Lie couldn't help but shake his head and laugh.
Then Han Lie asked Zhang Fen, who was the captain of his personal guards, to summon the generals to the Chinese army's big tent to discuss matters.
"This thief will cross the border from the north bank of Dongyang tomorrow afternoon, in order to completely annihilate this enemy, all departments must cooperate closely, and the military division will be responsible for announcing the military order."
After all the generals arrived, Han Lie's gaze swept over the generals standing under the tent and announced the latest enemy situation. At this time, the generals who were instructed looked sideways at Guo Jia, who was sitting upright, looking forward to getting the battlefield for the main attack.
Guo Jia stood up, walked to the front of the case, and said with a military order in his hand: "Gongming Rubu set up a fence at the entrance of Huaishui, crossed the river chain, and blocked the passage of ships, Ziyi and Zilong were ambushed on the north bank, and Youping Rubu was blocked by boat in the rear, and the general Rubu was dispatched by the lord to sit here, and Humu Rubu patrolled along the river on the south bank. ”
"Whoa!" The generals responded violently, and Zhao Yuntai Shici, who received the order for the main attack, was happy, and Dian Wei, who was in charge of the Chinese army, was surprisingly quiet this time, and he was not the slightest dissatisfied because he could not participate in the war.
In this regard, Han Lie smiled lightly, and transferred Dian Wei to the lieutenant of the Central Military Academy, the purpose was to protect the center, and the reason for trusting Dian Wei, Han Lie gave Dian Wei a long talk, at first Dian Wei was also a little reluctant, but when considering the safety of Han Lie and the military advisor Guo Jia, he suddenly woke up to the burden on his shoulders.
And just when Han Lie's army was in Dongyang, blocking Zhenrong, and in the direction of Bingzhou, a big battle was also launched.
This battle once again changed Liu Bei's fate and subverted Lu Bu's fate, but as the initiator and commander of this battle, Yuan Shao, seemed to have won the victory, but in fact completely lost the opportunity to win over Lu Bu.
In order to fight the Montenegrin army, Yuan Shao gathered 60,000 elite soldiers under his account, 5,000 elite soldiers under Liu Bei's department, and 3,000 troops from Lu Bu's department who was a vassal at that time under the account of Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang, who was ready to defect to Yuan Shao, plus more than 80,000 people from the Gaoding Department of Bingzhou, launched a decisive battle with Zhang Yan's department in Shangdang County.
More than ten Qu Shuai, including the leaders of Zhang Yan's account, Yu Poison, Liu Shi, Li Damu, and Guo Daxian, were beheaded, and more than 50,000 Montenegrin troops were captured and killed, recovering Shangdang County in one fell swoop, and the defeated Zhang Yan fled to Xihe County in the northwest region of Bingzhou, and his forces were severely hit.
Lu Bu was half a year ago, because after Chang'an was defeated by Dong Zhuo's generals Li Dao and Zhang Ji, he fled to Hanoi to defect to Zhang Yang, and the 3,000 soldiers and horses under his account were also composed of routs collected along the way after the defeat of Chang'an, so the military discipline was quite corrupt, so that when he joined the party, he not only plundered, but also openly disobeyed Yuan Shao's military orders and killed thousands of prisoners.
For this reason, Yuan Shao was very angry, and he wanted to scold Lu Bu in public, although he was finally relieved because of Liu Bei and others' intercession, but Lu Bu was indignant that Yuan Shao punished himself for this trivial matter, and complained a lot.
And Liu Bei's generous and benevolent image at this time won Lu Bu's favor and became friends with each other. Soon after, Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang was killed because of the rebellion of his generals, and at this time, someone reported that Liu Bei won the hearts of the people in Boling, and the people only knew that there was Liu Xuande, but not Yuan Shao.
Yuan Shao, who heard these slanderous rumors, was suspicious of Liu Bei, and Liu Bei had a lot of snubbing when he was fighting in Youzhou because of his friendship with Gongsun Zhan recently.
If it weren't for Liu Bei's popularity in Jizhou, Yuan Shao would have removed him from his post and investigated it, but Zhang Yang's death finally made Yuan Shao find an excuse to transfer Liu Bei out of Jizhou and reappoint him as the Taishou of Hanoi.
Si Li's lieutenant was placed before Dong Zhuo's rebellion, and that had always been an important position in the imperial court. But after Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang and moved the emperor to Chang'an, Luoyang has already become a barren land, and the position of Si Li's lieutenant, not to mention his authority, is that he can't even support his thousands of soldiers and horses.
However, when Lu Bu was indignant and helpless, Liu Bei, who went to Hanoi, learned of Lu Bu's predicament, and then immediately extended a helping hand to him again, secretly delivering grain and grass to help.
Moved from the wealthy Boling County to the Taishou of Hanoi County, Liu Bei's heart was quite depressed, but at this time, Liu Bei's account was not only related to Yu and Zhang Fei, but also assisted by Zheng Tai and Zheng Hun brothers from the Xingyang Wang family, and Tian Feng, a famous man from Jizhou, served as a military advisor.
In the face of Liu Bei's depression, Tian Feng said calmly: "The lord just saw the wealth of Boling, but ignored the geographical disadvantages of Boling, on the contrary, although the people of Hanoi are few and poor, but they control the north and south, it is the heart of the Central Plains, and it is the birthplace of ****, which can be described as the location of Longxing." ”
"There is nothing to worry about in the name of the Lord's benevolence, which is manifested in the four seas, and is temporarily dormant for the time of day. Now that Lu Bu is in Sili, the lord has made friends with foreign aid, and when the time comes, he can enter the three assistants to welcome His Majesty back to the court. ”
"The words of the military advisor made the preparation suddenly open, it seems that I am too anxious." After listening to Tian Feng's plan, the more Liu Bei thought about it, the more reasonable he felt, and he was in a good mood.
And at this moment, the news of Cao Cao's crusade against Tao Qian also spread to Hanoi, and when he learned the news, Liu Bei was excited, and asked Ji Tianfeng with great anticipation: "Military advisor, this time Cao Cao mobilized troops, for us, is it an opportunity?" ”
"Cao Cao coveted the land of Xuzhou for a long time, but the destruction of the state occupies an area, he still lacks some strength at the moment, and the popularity is not enough to make it happen, this time in the name of his father's hatred, the army to attack Xuzhou, is also famous, even Yuan Benchu can not intervene. But this is indeed an opportunity for us, but this matter still has to be planned, I heard that the relationship between Brother Gongye and the former Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao is not shallow, why not let him go to explore the truth and reality, and then look at success or failure? Tian Feng thought about it and slowly proposed.
"What the military advisor said is true, I do have some relationship with Zhang Mengzhuo, so I should go to Dongjun." Zheng Tai is the public brother in Tian Feng's mouth, because of his word public industry, Tian Feng respects his elder, so he is called a brother.
Because of Tian Feng's plan, coupled with Cao Cao's subsequent massacre order in Xuzhou, everyone in the world spurned, and Bian Zhang, a famous Yanzhou scholar who advised Cao Cao, was also killed by the three clans because of his advice to Cao Cao.
So much so that Zhang Miao, who stayed behind for Cao Cao, also vented his anger at Cao Cao's massacre, and was uneasy, and under Zheng Tai's lobbying and the persuasion of the children of the Yanzhou clan, he gave Cao Cao a fatal blow.
Just when the north was also turbulent, Han Lie's 21,000 men and horses were also on the Huaishui tributary in Dongyang, and not only did not help, but instead inserted a knife in Xuzhou, and launched an attack.
Dongyang water is an important tributary of Huaishui, if it is not the dry season, the water depth can reach more than two meters, and even in some areas, it is as deep as five or six meters, and people and horses can not pass.
However, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival at this time, which is the dry season. The depth of most of the water will be about one meter, and people and horses can easily cross the river.
At noon, the boats of the Rongrong Institute are connected, spanning several miles of water, and there are more than 100 large and small boats, which can be seen at a glance from a distance.
Sitting on a medium-sized building ship, through the sight of the cabin, looking at the endless reeds along the river, but a feeling of palpitations rose in his heart.
He has always been sensitive, and while frowning, he hurriedly asked his general: "How far is it from Huaishui?" ”
"Back to the lord, there are still fifty miles, and before sunset, it should be able to merge into Huaishui." After listening to the general's answer, Zhen Rong pondered, and said: "Order all ships to speed up their march without delay, and if there is any disobedience, the military order will be punished ......."
However, before his words fell, there was a burst of horn sound in the vast reeds on the north bank, and in an instant, arrows flew down from the sky, and the dense sound of breaking wind instantly tore the sky.
"Whoosh ......"
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
"Enemy Attack ......"
"Ah, save me, save me......"
As the arrows fell, all kinds of screams broke out in an instant on the surface of the slaughtering river.
And Zhen Rong, who was standing in front of the cabin, if he hadn't dodged in time, he was almost hit by a stray arrow, and he was shot by an arrow in front of him, so he turned around in surprise and fell on the wooden couch. ”
"Oh no, there are ambushes, and there are soldiers and horses everywhere." At this moment, one of the generals rushed into the cabin in a panic.
"Who? You can see the flag, and how many soldiers and horses there are, can you see clearly? Zhen Rong hurriedly asked.
"The banner of the Han army, the big banner in Korean, should be the people and horses of Han Ziyang in Guangling, I can't tell how many people and horses there are, anyway, along both sides of the river, there are flags and shouts everywhere, I am afraid, I am afraid that there are tens of thousands of people."
"Damn, why did this Han Ziyang come so fast...... Zhen Rong changed his color when he heard this, he drew his sword in his hand, rushed to the front of the cabin, and shouted: "Order, all ships come closer and rush out, they don't have ships, they can't intercept us." ”
At the time of life and death, Zhenrong finally showed a bit of blood, and calmly conveyed the military order to his subordinates who were in a panic.
However, Zhen Rong obviously overestimated the organizational ability of his subordinates on the water, more than 3,000 people and horses, more than 100 large and small ships, under the shooting of arrows, they had already become a pot of porridge, let alone command, even the military orders could not be conveyed.
"It's over, it's over......" Faced with this situation, Zhenrong was dripping blood in distress, he was not distressed about these Buddha soldiers under his command, but the floating wealth he had accumulated over the years and the money looted from the Pengcheng treasury carried on the ship.
Although he was distressed with blood, Zhen Rong also understood that at this time, if he kept his money, then his life would be lost, and he immediately shouted: "All personnel, immediately row the oars and rush out." ”
The building ship that Di Rong was riding on was the best ship in terms of performance and carrying capacity, which could carry 150 people and 10,000 catties of cargo, and the most precious gold jewelry in Di Rong's hands was loaded on the building ship he was on.
So for him, as long as he rushes out, then there will be no less glory and wealth in the future, and as for the life and death of other people, for him who is selfish and greedy, it is naturally not what he is worried about.
Due to the lack of ships, Zhao Yun and Tai Shici, who were ambushed along the coast, could not get close to each other for a while in addition to attacking with bows and arrows, and there were many chaotic boats on the river, although they knew that a building boat had rushed out, they could not catch up.
However, they were not worried about a ship escaping, because they all knew that this time Han Lie was determined to succeed, and he was prepared in all directions, even if he had wings, it would be difficult to fly.
The unruly building boat rushed out of the three-mile waters, and he was breathing a sigh of relief, but suddenly heard a loud noise from under the ship, and then the sound of water walking under the cabin.
"The lord is not good, there are cross-river chains and iron cones on the river, and the bottom of our boat has been hit through by the iron cone, and it is flooding in a large area." Without waiting for Zhen Rong to ask, a soldier below reported the situation to him.
"Quick, quick, get the ship ashore." Zhen Rong didn't think much about it, saving his life at the moment was naturally the first, as for the other natures, he had already forgotten about it, after all, the ship sank, if he couldn't get off the ship, then he could really only be a drowned ghost.
Just when the ship had just landed, the frightened Zhen Rong had not yet had time to step off the ship, but in the reeds along the coast, another army of soldiers and horses was killed, led by Xu Huang and Xu Gongming, the former battalion captain under Han Lie's tent.
"Xiao'er, you are guilty of heinous crimes, don't think about running away today." Xu Huang snorted coldly and led the army to rush up, and the sergeants who had already been frightened with the ship knelt down and begged for mercy: "Spare your life, spare your life......"
"Lao Tzu fought with you." Zhen Rong was also a son of Danyang Haoqiang at the beginning, although he has been pampered all these years, but he still has a bit of force, which will see that he has fallen into a desperate situation, and he is unwilling to be bound, so he drew his sword and rushed towards Xu Huang, trying to break the net.
"I can't help myself." Xu Huang, who was sitting on horseback, snorted coldly, raised the axe blade gun in his hand, and the blade of the spear that came first directly penetrated the opponent's chest, and the blood gushing out made his eyes lose color, and he slowly fell, completely ending his life of sin.
"Come, escort these captives back to the camp, and the others clean up the battlefield." Xu Huang staggered and got on the boat stranded on the shore, and as for Zhenrong's head, it was directly chopped off by Xu Huang's own soldiers as a meritorious service.
"A lot of gold cakes and jewels......" As Xu Huang walked into the cabin, the cheers of the soldiers were immediately heard inside.
"Seal the box immediately, carry it back, and if there is a private possession, it will be dealt with by military law." Xu Huang, who looked serious, glanced coldly at the excited sergeant in the cabin, and shouted.
Originally, some newly recruited sergeants who had distracting thoughts, when they saw the calm eyes of the veterans and Xu Huang's murderous face, packed up their greed and began to carry boxes of belongings out of the cabin.
The battle of encircling and annihilating Zhenrong lasted only one hour, and there were 3,600 people and horses in the Zhenrong Division, including 3,000 Buddha soldiers and 600 people, none of whom escaped, and as many as 500 people were killed, and the rest were all captured alive.
After counting, there were 35 boxes of gold cakes this time, totaling more than 10,500 gold, jewelry and jade worth more than 5,000 gold, and 453 boxes of 5 baht coins, totaling more than 22 million yuan.
Such a huge amount of money is undoubtedly a huge income for Han Lie, so on the day of rest in Dongyang County, Han Lie not only gave double rewards to the meritorious soldiers, but also issued an additional 100 yuan as a reward to all the sergeants.
"Soldiers of the Red Flame Army, you are brave and invincible warriors, your bravery makes the enemy fearful, in order to reward your merits, I, as your commander, can only report your efforts with more generous rewards." After the reward was distributed, Han Lie, who came to the front of the army on his horse, first affirmed the results of the battle of the troops, and then he encouraged the sergeant and said: "But now is far from the time for you to return, because Cao Cao of Yanzhou is leading the army to Xuzhou, and the military order issued by Cao Cao this time is that all the people of Xuzhou will be slaughtered, so for your military merits, for the honor of the soldiers, in order to protect your hometown and your fathers and children, what do you say you should do?" ”
"Resist the slaughter, fight to the end!" This slogan was put forward by Guo Jia, and many military commanders in the army received instructions, so in this military formation, as Han Lie's words fell, a burst of echoing roars immediately sounded on the temporary school ground.
And many recruits who have just experienced the battle, this will also be bloody, holding high the weapons in their hands, raising their voices and roaring, eager to immediately enter the battle to establish new combat achievements, and the morale of the whole army is also extremely inspired. (To be continued.) )