Chapter 23: The Battle of Yanzhou IV
Xiahou Yuan cut off Ding Shen's head, held it high in his left hand, and shouted to the Yellow Turban Army: "The thief Ding Shen has been decapitated by me, so you can surrender as soon as possible or avoid death!" ”
Seeing this, several of Ding Shen's cronies rushed over like crazy to snatch the head, but they were killed by Xiahou Yuan one by one, and the other Yellow Turban soldiers saw that the main general was dead, and they were surrounded by Cao's army, knowing that there was no hope of escaping, they hurriedly threw away their blades and surrendered on their knees. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Cao Cao smiled and said: "This battle is the first merit of the wonderful talent (Xiahou Yuanzi), and the generals will act according to the plan!" ”
Before the words fell, someone had already shaved off Ding Shen's beard and carefully glued it to Le Jin's face, coupled with his rough appearance, it made Le Jin even more arrogant, and he didn't have the slightest sense of disobedience when he stood before the Yellow Turban Army's surrender.
Le Jin lifted Ding Shen's broadsword and led a group of disguised soldiers to march towards the camp of the Yellow Turban Army, while Cao Cao personally led the army to die down, not even daring to light a torch, so he quietly followed behind.
The Yellow Turban Army saw that a team had returned, and from a distance, the general led by him had a thick beard and a big knife, and said that Ding Shen had returned triumphantly, they knew that Ding Shen was short-tempered, and no one dared to ask, so they hurriedly opened the gate of the village and welcomed Le Jin and others in.
Deng Yi and Situ Qing have been waiting in the camp for a long time, especially Deng Yi, he is full of confidence in Ding Shen, and he is even more conscious of his own plan, and now he sees Ding Shen riding a war horse and moving forward slowly, full of ambition, he should return with a big victory, and he was just about to get up to greet him, but he was pulled by Situ Qing next to him, and the latter said: "The general is slow, and the things in front of him seem to be strange!" ”
Deng Yi looked at Situ Qing with a puzzled expression: "Why did Situ Protector say this?" Now that Ding Shen has returned from a great victory, this general should personally go out to greet him, what's the difference? ”
Situ Qing stared at the group of yellow turban soldiers who entered the camp and said, "Has the general noticed that Ding Qushuai was wearing brown leather armor before he set off, and now he is indeed wearing silver scale armor when he returns!" Although it is normal for the two armies to fight and have captured, this time Ding Qushuai went to attack Cao Ying at night, focusing on quick battles, how could he have the leisure to change his armor? ”
Deng Yi was stunned for a moment, what Situ Qing said made some sense, he really didn't notice this detail, he hesitated: "What does Situ Protector mean... Is Ding Shen in front of him a fake? He was shocked in his heart and shouted: "Come on, take down the fine work of pretending to be Ding Qushuai!" ”
The attendants on both sides snorted and hurried over, one to lead the horse, and the other to reach out to grab Lejin.
Seeing that he was recognized, Le Jin picked up the knife and cut off the arm of the coming, and then raised the big knife: "Brothers, let's fight together, kill!" ”
The Yellow Turban Army pretending to be behind him also shouted and rushed in, shouting while killing: "Rebellion, there are people who rebel!" Catch the thief, everyone! ”
Hearing the news, the Yellow Turban Army rushed to see the sergeants of the yellow turban fighting each other, and they did not know who was the thief, so they did not dare to attack rashly, and some of the Yellow Turban battalion headquarters usually did not get along with each other, and when they heard that some people rebelled, they all wanted to detain this crime on the other party's body, and they picked up their swords and went to ask for the crime.
Deng Guang, the commander of the guard camp, is Deng Yi's younger brother, he saw the chaos in the front camp, and hurriedly summoned the troops to set up a position to stabilize the situation, and then personally led 8,000 troops to the front camp to support, the troops were about to rush to the big tent of the Chinese army, and suddenly saw dozens of defeated soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army running in front, covered in blood, and saw Deng Guang immediately bowed to the ground and said: "General Tianxing is besieged by anti-thieves, and please ask Qu Shuai to rescue quickly!" ”
Deng Guang heard that his brother was trapped, and said urgently: "Hurry up and lead the way!" He was so worried that he didn't notice that the dozens of Yellow Turbans had a strip of blue cloth tied around their wrists.
The troops followed the defeated soldiers all the way west to the mountain pass, the more desolate they became, and the shouts of killing gradually became smaller, Deng Guang couldn't help but wonder: "You are sure that my brother is surrounded here, why don't you see Cao Jun?" ”
The dozens of Yellow Turban soldiers ignored themselves, but walked faster under their feet, Deng Guang shouted: "Where to go!" ”
As soon as the words fell, suddenly there was a fire in front of him, and the first member of the young general shouted: "Your grandfather Cao Ren is here, don't hurry up and arrest him!" Then came a rain of arrows.
Deng Guang saw that he was ambushed, and his heart was timid, so he hurriedly turned around and fled, and the Yellow Turban Army fled to death along the way, and when he returned to the camp, there were less than 5,000 people left.
At this time, another team of Yellow Turban troops came, and the canal chief who led the team saw Deng Guang and said: "Ding Shen of the former battalion is in turmoil, and I implore Deng Qushuai to rush to support!" ”
Deng Guang snorted coldly and said, "Hmph, Ding Shen is making trouble? Is it that my brother is trapped in the front camp, and you will lead me to the front? ”
The canal said, "That's true, huh? It turned out that Qu Shuai already knew! ”
Deng Guang shouted angrily: "Know your mother, kill this group of thieves for me!" ”
Na Qu was shocked and said, "Deng Guang... You... You have rebelled! The Yellow Turban Army under his command was also stunned all of a sudden, and when they saw Deng Guang coming with a large army, they were so frightened that they scattered and fled, shouting as they ran:
"Deng Guang rebelled!"
"Deng Guang and Ding Shen are all the way!"
"Deng Guang secretly communicated with Cao Jun to rebel!"
Most of the Yellow Turban soldiers in the front camp knew this canal chief, and when they saw him being chased and killed by Deng Guang, they didn't know who the thief was, so they were in chaos for a while, and even fled directly with their troops overnight.
In this way, rumors spread, the whole camp of the Yellow Turban Army was in chaos, attacking each other, Cao Cao led a large group of men and horses to cover up and kill, and fought until dawn, Cao Cao won a complete victory, beheaded 20,000, captured 8,000 enemies, the Yellow Turban Army scattered and collapsed, retreated to the counties respectively, and did not dare to fight due to the unknown situation.
Deng Yi fled back to Fucheng under the escort of Situ Qing and his personal guards, regrouped the remnants of the army, and did not dare to attack for a short time.
Cao Cao looked at the company camp of the Yellow Turban Army, and sighed in his heart, who would have thought that the two sides could not hold each other yesterday, and now it is only one night's work, and 100,000 Yellow Turban thieves will be scattered as birds and beasts, and they will be reduced to zero, and now they only need to break them one by one, recover the lost ground, and then return to the army and Zhang Miao to attack the remaining Yellow Turban thieves, then Yanzhou will be decided.
Today, he really breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes were full of ambition, and he saw not only this Yanzhou, but also the entire Central Plains, and even the world!
"Report!" A hurried voice interrupted his thoughts, and he said dissatisfiedly, "Now that the thieves have been defeated, why else is there such a panic?" ”
The messenger was covered in mud and water, and his body was emaciated, and he obviously had endured hardships all the way, and he said, "My lord... General Zhang Miao, who was ordered to send a letter to Chen Liu..."
Cao Cao interrupted: "But the battle situation on Meng Zhuo's side is tight? ”
The messenger was ashamed and said, "My lord... Chen Liucheng was surrounded by more than 10,000 sick people, and Sima who defended the city forbade anyone to approach the city gate, otherwise he would be killed by random arrows, and the letter could not be delivered... Please, the Lord punishes you! ”
Cao Cao wanted to have a seizure, he glanced at the messenger, waved his hand and said: "That's it, this matter has nothing to do with you, it is not easy for you to return to this matter as soon as possible, go down and change into dry clothes, rest and rest!" ”
"My lord, there is an important military situation to report below!" Li Gan walked over, his face extremely ugly.
Cao Cao pretended to be relaxed and said: "Why is it so important that you want General Li to report it personally?" ”
Li Gan said in a low voice: "My lord, the main force of the Yellow Turban Army is about 500,000 and has been defeated, and the forward is approaching Heze, and further on is Dongjun..."
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