Chapter 976: The First Northern Expedition Twenty-six
The night was bright, a bright moon hung upside down in the sky, and the moon on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month was particularly round and bright, reflecting the dark and gloomy night into a gray and white.
This night just gave Wu Jun a chance.
On the Bashui River, the blue waves are sparkling.
In the silence, the silence has nothing to do with it, and under the light of no torches, the main soldiers of the Wu cavalry are now crossing the river rapidly by virtue of the shining moonlight.
With small boats and rafts, they crossed the river one by one, entered the west bank, and went west from Bashang to Liangzhou, and they had to bypass the Bashui River, so they could only force themselves to cross the Bashui River.
Tens of thousands of troops crossed temporarily, and they only had time to build a pontoon bridge, but if they wanted to cross the river in a short time, it was not enough, and they could only cross the river by small boats and rafts.
On a condescending hillside on the bank of the river on the east bank of Bashui, Sun Quan wore armor and a helmet, held a white tiger war spear, and wore a seven-star dragon at his waist, riding on a lion dragon, staring at the soldiers of the Wu army crossing the river in a row.
"Hurry up, hurry up for all the actions you are waiting for!"
"Listen, all the soldiers, except for the dry food, weapons and armor, and horses under your crotch, I will throw away all the other burdens on you, and cross the river quickly!"
"The wounded soldier will go first, and then the speed will be faster!"
"Whoever delays crossing the river, military law will deal with it, hurry up!"
The crossing of the river by tens of thousands of soldiers of the Wu army was only a few makeshift rafts and scattered boats, and the whole scene of crossing the river was obviously a little chaotic.
"Chen arrives!"
Sun Quan stared at the situation of crossing the river and shouted in a low voice.
"Your Majesty!"
Chen Zhi, the general who was presiding over the crossing of the river on the bank of the river, heard the words and hurriedly came up immediately.
After Zhao Yun and Sun Ce were broken, Lu Bu had already taken the lead in opening the way for the vanguard army, and Lei Ding was staying by Sun Quan's side, and now he was in the army. He is the main general.
"How long will it take for our whole army to cross the river?"
Sun Quan asked.
"Tell Your Majesty, let's speed up, we should be able to cross the river before dawn!"
Chen Zhi said in a report.
"Then speed up a little faster, and give up everything that can be given up!"
Sun Quan raised his head, looked at the moonlight in the sky, and said, "At this time." What we are fighting for is speed, Zhao Yun and Sun Ce do not have many soldiers and horses, once they are caught by the tiger and leopard cavalry and Chang'an's Xiliang iron cavalry, they can't bear it for long, and the most important thing is that Guo Jia is not easy to fool, once he knows our intentions, we are facing the front and back chasing! ”
Guo Fengxiao was born and was among the military advisors. Title: Genius.
Although because of the existence of the sophical drama talent, it can be regarded as covering up a lot of the demeanor of this ghost.
But Sun Quan didn't dare to underestimate Guo Jia at all, this person's strategy and wisdom are all first-class, and he will not be worse than Xi Zhicai, if it weren't for the fact that Xi Zhicai took the first step to surrender to Cao Cao, and pressed him in terms of qualifications, he was definitely Cao Cao's biggest military support.
In history, Cao Cao was defeated in Chibi, and once sighed that if Guo Jia was still there. It is conceivable that the outcome of this battle in Chibi will not be like this. Guo Jia's ability.
"No!"
Chen Zhi nodded, and quickly returned to preside over the crossing of the river, and his movements became vigorous.
Sun Quan looked at the river that dominated the water, and his heart moved, inexplicably, he remembered Gan Ning who died in Chang'an.
"Wang Yue. You say, did I do something wrong? ”
Gan Ning's death in battle dealt Sun Quandu a big blow, and he even doubted in his heart whether the Northern Expedition he launched independently this time was a wrong thing.
This battle was considered a defeat, and Cao Cao was not caught. He suffered heavy casualties, and he didn't know if he could break out.
"Your Majesty, you are right, although this battle was lost, but the meaning is illegal, the two countries are fighting, nothing more than a general trend, the battle of Luoyang, you forced Cao Mengde to give up the capital, what kind of style is this, it can be regarded as a complete suppression of the momentum of the Wei Dynasty, and we even burned the palace of the Wei capital, which also laid the foundation for future victory, no matter how much it costs, this battle is worth it!"
Wang Yue was like a ghost, dressed in black, standing less than three steps behind Sun Quan, as if it was like a barrier that melted into the darkness, guarding Sun Quan's last safety.
"But Gan Ning died in battle!"
Sun Quan sighed.
One will be a success!
He is the emperor of Eastern Wu, an emperor becomes a sky, it is not as simple as ten thousand bones withering, only a road paved with blood and white bones can achieve the unification of the world, which is the unchanging rule of eternity.
"Your Majesty, as the saying goes, a brave general must eventually die in battle!"
Wang Yue said indifferently: "General Gan Ning is a worthy death, Da Wu wants to set the world, how can there be no immortals, Your Majesty is the chief general of the three armies, the commander of Da Wu, why is he indecisive?" ”
"Everyone understands this truth, but they may not be able to bear it!"
When Sun Quan heard this, he sighed, he always thought that he was special, so he could do things unscrupulously, but the world is fair, if you want to dominate the world, you must be ready to die in battle.
Gan Ning's death in battle seemed to sound a wake-up call for him.
"Your Majesty, General Lu Bu has already taken Yangling!" At this time, a herald hurriedly reported: "But there is a military camp next to the Weishui River, which is the vanguard of the Wei army's return to Guanzhong, according to our scouts, the main force of the Wei army has arrived in Chencang!" ”
"Order Lu Bu to pull out this vanguard army and go straight to Chen Cang!"
Sun Quan said decisively: "Hit them off guard!" ”
"No!"
The herald took the order and rode away.
Sun Quan cleaned up his messy mood, his expression became more and more resolute, and his eyes became sharp: "Lei Ding, immediately send scout heralds to inform Zhao Yun and Sun Ce, let them leave Chang'an, go north to Yangling, and join us before tomorrow evening!" ”
"No!"
Lei Ding sent scouts back to the Bashang camp and summoned Zhao Yun and Sun Ce.
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Early morning.
Chang'an City.
In a large hall of Weiyang Palace, Guo Jia stayed awake all night, studying the movements of the Wu army in front of a marching map, and his fingers kept pointing to the route of Wuguan and Hangu Pass.
"Walk here, you can't get through!"
"Here, Hu Che'er is also a fierce general, they can't get by!"
Guo Jia thought about it carefully. It was only after half a ring that he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Lord Situ, do you think the Wu army will break through to the east?"
Pang De stood beside him, looked at Guo Jia's gesture, and asked.
"No, I'm just checking whether there is still a chance for the Wu army to break through on the road to the east, and now the news from our army can be certain. The road to the east is impassable, they are not stupid, walking here is tantamount to suicide, once they are blocked, they will definitely die! ”
Guo Jia shook his head and said, "In this way, the Wu army only has Chang'an left, and there is still a bloody battle in Chang'an!" ”
"Not necessarily!"
Ma Chao stood up suddenly: "If it were me, I would choose to break through from Xiliang." ”
"Why?"
Guo Jia heard this. looked slightly stunned, and hurriedly asked.
"Lord Situ, don't forget, they are all cavalry, in terms of cavalry thinking, if you don't attack the city, you can break through difficulties, Chang'an City is so strong, with our troops. They couldn't fight for ten days and ten nights, but as long as they could get out of the customs smoothly. Although Xiliang has the main force of the Wei army, it has a spacious area and tens of thousands of cavalry, which can break the interception of 100,000 troops! ”
Ma Chao said lightly.
"Cavalry thinking?"
Guo Jia was stunned for a moment and patted his head: "How did I forget this, it's not good!" ”
"What's wrong?" Pound asked hurriedly.
"Quick. Send someone to see the movements of the Bashang camp! ”
Guo Jia became impatient: "I must make sure that there are no signs that the Wu army has crossed the Bashui and marched westward!" ”
"Yes!"
Pound was just about to go to the command, when an announcement sounded outside.
"Report!"
"Come in!"
"Report to Lord Situ, there is a force of Wu cavalry approaching Chang'an City!"
"Where?" Guo Jia's eyes moved, and he hurriedly asked.
"On the outskirts of the East Side!"
"How many soldiers do they have?"
"It's a lot of momentum. The overwhelming battle flags, the figures on the mountain are outstanding, but the specific numbers, we have not yet found out, the tigers and leopards are chasing behind them, and the troops are less than ten miles! ”
"Lord Situ, are we thinking wrong, maybe they are going to storm Chang'an!" Pound said.
"On the contrary, I think it's a lure!"
Guo Jia's face was pale, his wisdom only needed a little reminder, enough to think of a lot of things, before he ignored the cavalry thinking, and now that Ma Chao woke up, he could clearly figure out the strategy of the Wu army.
He said coldly: "I'm sure that the main force of the Wu army has broken through to the west at this moment, and they want to go through Liangzhou and go south to Bashu!" ”
"So what do we do now?" Pang De proposed: "It's better to pursue to the north, at this time they can't run far, at most they will definitely not cross the Chiyang area in Yangling, as long as we block them before Weishui, we can leave them behind!" ”
"Ma Chao, there's no problem with your injury, right?"
Guo Jia looked up from the map and glanced at Ma Chao, Ma Chao fought the day before yesterday and was injured in the hand of Zhao Zilong, the general of the Great Wu, and the injury was not light.
Since Ma Chao killed Gan Ning, he can be regarded as truly relieved of Ma Chao.
Dongwu can no longer tolerate Ma Chao, Ma Chao can only be dead set on Cao Wei, otherwise he has no way to live at all, so now he has a lot of hope for liberation.
Ma Chao is better than Pang De in both martial arts and cavalry strategy, and as a leading general, his infectious power is also very strong, and he is a natural fierce general.
"It's okay!"
Ma Chao was expressionless: "Although Zhao Yun injured my Neigang, but he didn't hurt the origin, my combat power has recovered eighty percent, even if I am facing Zhao Yun, I can fight!" ”
"Very good, Ma Chao, Pang De, you join forces to attack and try the Wu army in the eastern suburbs, I want to see, who is after Sun Quan's break?" Guo Jia said: "Since this force has chosen to break off, it will inevitably contain this tiger and leopard rider, you and the tiger and leopard rider can fight back and forth, if you can, leave them completely!" ”
"And what about their main force?" Pound frowned.
"No hurry!"
Guo Jia's eyes bloomed with a gleam, and the corners of his mouth outlined a sneer: "Even if they pass Chiyang, they can't get out of Guanzhong, Xu Huang and Sima Yi have already led the troops into Chencang, they want to go south, it's not so easy, besides, Xiliang still has our general Zhang Liao, how could he let Wu Jun leave Guanzhong Xiliang so smoothly!" (To be continued.) )