Chapter Thirty-Eight: Ambush Again?
Hongnong only has 3,000 defenders, when Chen Lin knows this, he is already standing on the Hongnong city wall, although this Dong army is stubborn, sworn not to surrender, from the moment Chen Lin began to attack stubbornly until the defender killed himself, nearly four hours of battle, none of the Dong army surrendered, Chen Lin and Liu Bei suffered a total of 6,000 casualties, which made Chen Lin stunned. There has never been a battle that has made Hanzhong lose so many troops, halfway Chen Lin wanted to withdraw several times, but was stopped by Jia Xu, until now, only by breaking Hongnong can the Hanzhong army restore its morale, otherwise in the next few days, the Hanzhong soldiers and horses will not want to raise a little spirit, only with a complete victory to redeem the fiasco. Ordinary soldiers will only see that they have successfully attacked Xia Hongnong in the end, and their morale is high, and they will definitely not think about how many casualties there will be.
After Hongnong was defeated, Chen Lin: "Wenhe, Hongnong County was defeated, but it took our army a day, and Zhongzhi reported that Hu Wencai was already on the way to Jiaxian." Our army is tired, at most we can only rest until tomorrow, tomorrow morning we must go, and we are still chased by Hu Wencai. Jia Xu also couldn't imagine that Hongnong's guards were so loyal, and they would rather die than surrender, which really fulfilled the truth that the soldiers were bearing and a general was in a nest, the same Xiliang Dong Army, when Zhao Cen surrendered in Michi, Chen Lin captured thousands of prisoners, but in Hongnong, there were only 3,000 defenders in the county, because of different guards, but Hanzhong was reduced by thousands, and the last prisoner was not caught. In the end, Chen Lin pointed to the corpse of the guard who didn't even know his name in front of Huang Zhong and the others and said, "Bury this person thickly, this is the real husband." Of the 3,000 defenders, our 12,000-strong army attacked for four hours, and for a whole day, not a single defender surrendered, and our army suffered 6,000 casualties. This is the real soldier, this is the real general, our army has won and lost. Tomorrow, at least 10,000 troops will chase after us, and our Hanzhong army will have a vigorous battle with it, telling them that my Hanzhong army is also a real soldier, and I also have unyielding generals in Hanzhong, generals, do you dare? ”
My mother, Chen Lin's call came out, and Huang Zhong and others screamed excitedly, making Liu Bei envious, how can there be so many heroes in Hanzhong, I think my dignified uncle will not be able to pass Zhang Bing but more than a thousand, after the battle of Hongnong, there are only hundreds left, Liu Bei, Liu Bei, Liu Bei kept shouting in his heart, are you only worthy of hundreds of soldiers and horses.
On the second day, Hu Zhen's army, was rushing to Hongnong, and suddenly scouted to report: "Report to the general, found that the soldiers and horses of Hanzhong went to Caoyang along the Kunshan Mountain, Hongnong has been broken, but at this time there are only six or seven thousand soldiers and horses left in Hanzhong, according to the people of Hongnong, yesterday Hanzhong attacked for four hours, Yang Shou swore not to surrender and killed himself, and was buried outside the city by Hanzhong Taishou. ”
Hu Zhen was shocked, it was still too late, the Hanzhong army went to Caoyang, Hu Zhen hurriedly took out the map, half a sound, and exclaimed loudly: "I was fooled, I have been taken around by Chen Jiazi, and ordered the whole army to turn east quickly, not to Hongnong, to catch up with Caoyang." At the same time, Hu Zhen ordered someone to send the deeds of the Hongnong guard to Chang'an, hoping that Dong Zhuo could give the guard general's family a favor. So the army of 10,000 turned sharply and went east, and within ten miles of road, the scouts rushed to him: "Report to the governor, there is an ambush ahead." ”
Hu Zhen hurriedly rushed to the front: "How far is it from here, and how did you find it?" Scout: "Yu Dudu, there are still five miles away from here, in a blink of an eye, it is a dense forest place, only to see the dense forest divided into two sides faintly fluttering flags, the number of people is unknown, the flag is very hidden, fortunately the scout eyes only found it." ”
Hu Zhen listened: "Okay, you Chen Bozhi, you still want to deceive, use the people as an army to deceive a certain person to go to Jiaxian, and now you want to ambush, okay, Hu passed, you led the 5,000 army first, the general slowly followed, but there was an ambush out, don't panic, the general will kill in the back, come to a front and back attack." "Hu Tongnai is Hu Zhen's own family, and he has no words, because he has three points of martial arts and bravery, and he has become Hu Zhen's deputy general. Hu Tong got the order, cautiously led 5,000 soldiers and horses to move forward slowly, but did not dare to make it too obvious, lest the enemy army in ambush find themselves on guard.
Hu Tong rode on the tall Xiliang war horse, looking in all directions, seeing that he was about to enter the ambush, the scout next to him secretly said to Hu Tong: "General, this is it." Hu Tong looked back at Sima of the army, who understood, was on guard, deliberately slowed down and moved forward slowly. Unexpectedly, the army walked for almost a mile, and the soldiers and horses at the tail were about to get out of the ambush, and there were no soldiers and horses from Hanzhong. Hu Tong was puzzled, and suddenly the rear rushed up Hu Zhen's fast horse, and said to Hu Tong: "General, Du Du said that the enemy general may find the rear army and want to ambush the rear army, Du Du ordered the general to continue to advance, if the rear army comes from the shouting of killing, immediately wave the army back." ”
Hu Zhen smiled and said secretly, if you want to ambush our rear army, the front army can also turn back to help. So he waved his army into the ambush place, but the more Hu Zhen looked at it, the more wrong it became, and suddenly shouted: "Oh, I've been fooled again, come here, go over and take a look over there." Pointing to the place where the ambush might be found, a few people rushed over, and after a while, those people came back with a few big flags: "Report to the governor, there are many flags planted over there, and there are no soldiers and horses." Hu Zhen slapped his forehead, knowing that he had fallen for Chen Lin's tricks, and hurriedly ordered the whole army to move forward quickly. It's not that he didn't travel more than five miles, and there were scouts coming, and there was an ambush in front, so he couldn't help but startle Hu Zhen again, and divided the troops into two divisions again, just like before, one went first, and the other was behind. However, there were still no soldiers and horses in Hanzhong, and Guangguang startled Hu Zhen's army.
On the next 20 miles of road, he encountered four ambushes, all of which were fake, and he was so angry that he scolded. At this time, the scout ran back again: "Report to the governor, on both sides of the small canyon ahead, it is very easy to be ambushed, but there are no flags, only a few bright reflections. Hu Zhen listened: "The banner of the Hanzhong Army has run out, and the armor has been used instead." After saying that, Hu Zhen slapped his horsewhip and rushed straight towards the so-called ambush site, so startled that Hu Tong hurriedly shouted: "Dudu, danger." He immediately shouted to Hu Zhen's guards: "Quickly protect the governor." "It instantly alarmed the entire army, and I thought it was an ambush by the Hanzhong army.
Hu Zhen rushed up the hillside, only to see countless helmets arranged in a row, Hu Zhen laughed secretly, and hit the steel helmet on the ground with a horsewhip, causing the helmet to roll out two feet away. The guards who hurriedly rushed up behind him couldn't help but be stunned, and Hu Zhen said to them: "The soldiers and horses of Hanzhong just want to confuse our army with this, so that our army cannot catch up with them, so that the army can advance at full speed. Returning to the army, Hu Tong said: "Dudu, now the whole army is not impressed with the ambush in Hanzhong, if the Hanzhong army and horses really ambush our army at this time, I am afraid of ......."
Hu Zhen was shocked, but fortunately Hu Tong reminded him, and hurriedly sent a grateful look to Hu Tong, and looked back at the 10,000 Dong Army, only to see that everyone was unguarded. This does not complain about the soldiers, in just more than 20 miles, they have encountered several fake ambushes, and the previous tension is long gone, if they encounter a real ambush, they are afraid that it will not be good. Hu Zhen was unwilling to slow down the march, so he ordered a team of 200 men and horses to rush directly to the place where the people might be hiding as long as they found an ambush. The two hundred people who were selected didn't care at all, because they all felt that there could be no real ambush, but everyone knew that if there was really an ambush, the reckless two hundred people would definitely look good, of course, Hu Zhen wouldn't care about just two hundred people, even if it was a pathfinder for an army of 10,000.
Sure enough, there were several "ambushes" in the future, Hu Zhen sneered, knowing that Chen Lin's plan had been broken by himself, and it could no longer work, and the army was still marching at high speed. Hu Zhen knew that as long as he followed Chen Lin closely, Chen Lin would definitely not be able to run, not to mention Mianchi, even Cao Yang had an army of 3,000 left by Hu Zhen, and it would never be a problem to resist for a while. And time is pressing, Chen Lin is even more unlikely to give up the official road, otherwise it will only allow Hu Zhen to intercept the front of the Hanzhong army faster.
Just as Hu Zhen was marching rapidly, Chen Lin was lying in a depression and talking to Jia Xu: "Wenhe, the helmets in front are all set, right?" Jia Xu: "Relieved, lord, the helmets are all placed in a hundred feet ahead, hehe, this time, when Hu Wen found out that it was another fake ambush, our army welcomed him again, and it was fortunate to chase him all the way." A big bird flew by in the air, and I saw that on both sides of this avenue, there were first lined up with shiny things, and there were a lot of people lying motionless not far away, and three or four miles above the avenue was lined up in the middle of a group of cavalry, all majestic and mighty, silent.
Hu Zhen's army happened to walk out of this place, "Report to the governor, there is an ambush ahead." As soon as the scout finished speaking, there was a laugh after the army, there were too many ambushes, there were more than a dozen along the way. Hu Zhen raised his head: "Go, let the team rush over, don't affect the march of the army." ”
After a while, the team Dong Jun really came back: "Report to the governor, it's a bunch of helmets again." At this moment, the scout rushed over: "Report to the governor, three or four miles ahead, there are 1,000 cavalry, it is the cavalry in Hanzhong, blocking our army." Hu Zhen was shocked, this time the ambush was useless, and he used cavalry to entangle? Hu Zhen's army did not stop, Hu Zhen listened to the scout's report on the horse, and was just about to give an order, when suddenly a drum sound sounded all around, and then a boom rushed out of the dense Hanzhong soldiers and horses on both sides, and shouted loudly: "Hu Wencai has been tricked." ”
This sentence was shouted by Jia Xu and the whole army in unison, Hu Zhen's army of 10,000 horses was not prepared at all, they had long been accustomed to the so-called ambush, but this time after they took back Chen Lin's helmet in front, they thought it was another false alarm, but this time they really rushed over a circle of fierce Hanzhong soldiers and horses, and the army was panicked for a while.
Hu Zhen was defeated, although there were nearly 10,000 troops, but when Hu Zhen looked back, he only saw 10,000 panicked people, and there was a rumbling thunder on the opposite side at this time, Hu Zhen knew that this was the cavalry that Chen Lin had prepared. Far away, Chen Lin said to Jia Xu: "Hu Wencai is a rare general with both wisdom and bravery, but unfortunately, he is not Wenhe's opponent. Jia Xu hurriedly humbly didn't dare. But there is still some pride in his heart, Jia Xu has been calculated by Hu Zhen a lot, and this time Jia Xu also calculated Hu Zhen fiercely.
Liu Guanzhang, Huang Zhong, Zhang Ba, Yang Ren, Wu Kuang, Zhou Tai, all of them were generals who were ten and one hundred, and took the lead in rushing into Hu Zhen's army, flying up and down. But God knows what Hu Zhen's fate will be.