NO.340 THE BATTLE OF HEFEI
The fire oil at the head of the city, the stones have fallen, for a time in front of the city of Hefei, the beacon smoke is long, the first confrontation between Jiangdong and the Central Plains military horses, so suddenly unfolded, the two armies fought for only half a moment, and the soldiers in front of the city can smell the bloody atmosphere around them.
Seeing that the Jiangdong army was not afraid of death, even Guo Jia, who was used to seeing big scenes, couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Zhou Yu's ability to command troops was extraordinary. Not everyone has the ability to make the military horses that have been defeated several times in recent years shameful and brave, and Zhou Yu has undoubtedly done this, Guo Jia's mind, vaguely thought of the victory of the mourning soldiers, and the loss of consciousness in a moment, so that Zhang Liao, who commanded the soldiers next to him to guard the city wall, couldn't help but look sideways.
Cheng Pu walked under the city wall, abandoned the horses, and had already made a decision in his heart not to break the city and vow not to return to the army.
Before the battle in Jiangxia, it is to this day, the old general is still remorseful in his heart, was rescued by Lu Su and Sun Shangxiang, although the old general is grateful, but this warrior is proud, but after a defeat, suddenly dispersed, after returning to Jiangdong, Cheng Pu died because of Han Dang's battle, blamed himself, and now above the Jiangdong court, he had followed Sun Jian to fight in the Central Plains, only he and Huang Gai were left, Cheng Pu since he grabbed the appointment of the pioneer of this campaign, he had a decision in his heart, this battle should play Jiangdong's prestige, if he does not break the city, It is convenient for the soldiers who are attacking the city to die in front of the city, and they do not hesitate to do so.
Ordered the soldiers to hold the ladder, the old general did not avoid the arrows, climbed the city, and the rest of the generals saw that the generals in the army were still like this, they were all fierce and not afraid of death, when Cheng Pu boarded the city, the Jiangdong soldiers forgot the power of the stone in the city before, and shouted and climbed to the city.
Seeing the Jiangdong military horses under the city, the morale was like a rainbow, Zhang Liao frowned, and said to Guo Jia: "The city is dangerous, Lord Fengxiao should avoid Fengrui for the time being." ”
"If the soldier is still using his life, how can I, the military division, turn around and run away?" Guo Jia said and said to Zhang Liao: "Wen Yuan doesn't need to pay attention to Guo, now that the war is scorching, guarding the city is the most important thing." ”
Zhang Liao saw that there were Jiangdong soldiers, climbed to the top of the city, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers behind him to fill the vacancy, and he didn't care about persuading Guo Jia to run to the city, and ordered the soldiers to push the ladder away.
The head of the city has been in chaos, the city gate, the battle is also extremely anxious, there have been several rushing cars, storming the city gate, being held up by the military horses in the city, the strong city gate has been broken by the car through several gaps, seeing the city gate, precarious.
Zhou Yu beat the drum while looking at the offensive in front of the city, for Zhou Yu, storming the city is also a last resort, Zhou Yu since he learned that Guo Jia has come here, he has already expected in his heart, it is better to fight with his wit, it is better to fight bravely, than to calculate in a hurry, it is better to be calculated by the enemy, it is better to take advantage of more soldiers, and fight blatantly.
Zhou Yu had already expected that this battle would be able to win, and Jiangdong would also lose a lot, but when he attacked Changsha before, he understood that the two armies were fighting, and they should not care about the gains and losses of a city and a pool.
In this way, not only can a large area of land be occupied in Jiangbei for Jiangdong military horses to gallop, but also Cao Jun can be afraid of Jiangdong military momentum, 50,000 military horses for Guo Jia, Zhang Liao, two lives, in Zhou Yu's view, it is very cost-effective.
Because of this, when the Jiangdong army and horses killed in front of the city, like a storm crashing on the shore, the offensive was wave after wave, and in less than half an hour, hundreds of soldiers had landed in the city, and the Cao army was in short contact, and nearly half of the army was killed and wounded.
Seeing the fierce offensive in front of the city, the Cao army in the city was like a rock, fighting to the death and not retreating, Zhou Yu couldn't help but feel that this Cao Cao's army, there are many generals, even if the Jiangdong army and horses are so hard-working, but it is difficult to take the slightest advantage, Zhou Yu has the success or failure of Jiangdong in the future, betting on a battle, although he cherishes the dead and wounded in the army, but he insists on not even frowning, and he has an indifferent face of wave after wave of soldiers to go to the city.
Cheng Pu climbed to the top of the city, saw the Cao Ying military horses waiting for the battle, there was no fear in his heart, pulled out the spear from his back, and went to the direction of the "Guo" word handsome banner to kill, in Cheng Pu's view, as long as Guo Jia died, Zhou Yu can no longer have any worries, calmly use the plan, if Guo Jia is killed, Hefei can be obtained.
The iron spear stabbed through, several Cao Ying soldiers, all retreated, the originally tightly knit cityhead military horses, there was also a trace of scattered, Zhang Liao saw that the enemy general had arrived in the city, sneered, ran to the direction of Cheng Pu, shouted, "Come here to die!" ”
Cheng Pu was shocked when he heard Zhang Liao's voice, and Zhang Liao's voice did not fall, the spear in his hand had stabbed Cheng Pu closely, Cheng Pu hurriedly put away the gun to block it, only to hear a crisp sound, and a huge force came from the head of the gun, forcing Cheng Pu to take a few steps back.
Zhang Liao struck a successful blow and shouted: "Sons, block this formation, our army can win!" ”
Zhang Liao said, the city soldiers couldn't help but be excited, all shouted to the Jiangdong soldiers who climbed the head of the city and rushed to kill, Cheng Pu saw this, anxious, wanted to abandon Zhang Liao, he had a plan in his heart, compared to his bravery, he was far from the opponent of the person in front of him, and he was entangled, it was better to kill more soldiers, for today's plan, the more people who climbed the city, the greater the chance of victory in Jiangdong.
Seeing Cheng Pu retreating, didn't Zhang Liao know this veteran's calculations? The spear in his hand was like a spiritual snake, stabbing Cheng Pu directly, Cheng Pu Dengcheng, it had already taken a lot of strength, and now he met Zhang Liao, who was waiting for work, and saw that he was entangled, and he couldn't find a gap to avoid the battle for a while.
Zhang Liao stabbed a few more shots, Cheng Pu hurriedly guarded, already panting, Jiangdong Shi stroked the quick-eyed person, seeing that Cheng Pu was suppressed by Zhang Liao, crumbling, he rushed forward to rescue, but Zhang Liao shot one by one, swept down the city wall.
Seeing Cheng Pu's timidity, Zhang Liao sneered and said to Cheng Pu: "If you are willing to surrender, Zhang will spare your life!" ”
When Cheng Pu heard this, he scolded in his mouth: "Don't make noise, eat me again." ”
Zhang Liao saw that his pace was scattered, and he was sure that his physical strength was overwhelmed, and he secretly said in his heart: Jiangdong is a veteran who is the vanguard of the army, I am afraid that this person also has some status in Jiangdong...... Seeing the menacing iron gun in Cheng Pu's hand, Zhang Liao hurriedly avoided it sideways, the spear in his hand, suddenly attacked, and picked it up, and the huge force on the gun made Cheng Pu's arms, as if he was electrocuted, in an instant, the iron gun fell to the ground, Cheng Pu's hands were empty, and Zhang Liao's iron fist went straight to Cheng Pu's door.
A punch hit, Cheng Pu screamed miserably, the steel helmet fell to the ground, Zhang Liao's offensive did not decrease, he pulled Cheng Pu up, and slashed at the back of Cheng Pu's neck with a hand knife, Cheng Pu only felt that his eyes were dark, and he fainted.
"Tie him up!" Zhang Liao said, the soldiers behind him hurriedly rushed up, tightly bound Cheng Pu, and the Jiangdong military horses who landed in the city, seeing that the old generals were bound, all attacked the place where Zhang Liao was.
Could it be that this person is an important minister in Jiangdong?
Zhang Liao saw the Jiangdong offensive, his heart was overjoyed, and he led the soldiers left and right to meet the head-on attack, and Guo Jia in the rear did not forget to command the mobilization of the army and horses at the head of the city, and hundreds of soldiers who climbed the city, but in a moment, half of them had been killed.
Seeing the chaos in Hefei City, the two armies were anxious, and Zhou Yu under the city was also quite anxious.
Now 50,000 military horses, repeatedly attacking the city, but not breaking through the city gate, and only a small number of military horses to the city, but also suppressed by the Cao army, the casualties in the army, has been nearly half, but the battle situation in front of the city, but it is difficult to understand.
The defending side of the city has the advantage of city defense, if it is usual, Zhou Yu will not attack the city, but now for Jiangdong, Zhou Yu has already made a plan in his heart, no matter how much he loses, as long as he occupies Hefei, destroys Guo Jia, Zhang Liao, and the two, they can drive straight into the city and occupy the city of Lujiang, so Zhou Yu will make a desperate bet and attack the city toughly, but Zhou Yu did not expect that Cao Ying's soldiers are so difficult to entangle, Jiangdong has attacked several times, but now it has little effect.
Seeing that it is difficult to break the city, there have been several generals who persuaded Zhou Yu to temporarily withdraw his troops and save the lives of the soldiers, but Zhou Yu ignored them, and still beat the drums for the soldiers in front of the war drums.
So Zhou Yu's drumming was more urgent, and the siege soldiers were greatly encouraged and were not afraid of death.
Just when Zhou Yu thought that Hefei could be obtained, but in the army in front of the noisy city, he heard the roar of a general, Zhou Yu looked for prestige, and saw that Huang Gai had reined in the war horse, and no longer commanded the soldiers to enter the city, but stared at the direction of the city, with a panicked face.
Zhou Yu looked over and saw that Zhang Liao was dragging a person in his hand, and he was about to throw off the city wall, he couldn't help frowning, and suddenly heard Huang Gai shouting: "Demou!" ”
Cheng Pu is bound?
Zhou Yu was shocked in his heart, but when he saw the Jiangdong military horses besieging the city, they raised their heads one after another, and the previous momentum suddenly stagnated, Zhou Yu couldn't help but be annoyed in his heart, and said to the left and right: "General Cheng has been bound by the enemy, quickly attack the city and save it!" ”
Zhou Yu said, there was a soldier Pegasus to report the Huang Gai military order, Huang Gai heard this, tiger eyes with tears, looked at Zhang Liao from afar and said: "If you dare to hurt morality, when the old man breaks the city, you will be cut by a thousand knives!" ”
When Zhang Liao heard this, he smiled disdainfully and said: "If you have the ability, you will come to attack the city, but this old man's life will definitely not be guaranteed!" ”
"Despicable!" When Huang Gai heard this, he scolded in his mouth, but Zhang Liao seemed to have never heard it.
Cheng Pu woke up faintly, saw the Jiangdong army and horses under the city, and the offensive had been leaked, and he blamed himself even more in his heart, and shouted to Huang Gai: "Gongfu, don't care about me!" Storm the city! The Cao camp military horses in this city are difficult to defend for a long time! ”
"Mouthy!" When Zhang Liao heard this, he ordered his soldiers to restrain Cheng Pu and said to Huang Gai: "If you Jiangdong retreats, I will leave this old man, one life!" ”
When Huang Gai heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate, Zhou Yu also had a hard time making a decision in his heart, Cheng Pu was a veteran of the three dynasties in Jiangdong, if he didn't save him, how would he explain to Sun Quan in the future?
At this moment, Cheng Pu, who was bound, stood up suddenly, kicked away the soldiers beside him, shouted "siege" in his mouth, jumped and fell down the city wall, and in an instant, Jiangdong and Cao Jun's two soldiers forgot that this was the time when the two armies were facing each other, and looked at the Jiangdong veteran blankly, falling in front of the city.
"Demou!" Huang Gai roared, galloped to the place where Cheng Pu fell, turned over and dismounted, saw Cheng Pu's seven holes bleeding, no sound, could no longer stop the tears in his eyes, looked up at the majestic Zhang Liao in the city, and said: "Brothers, follow me to attack the city and avenge Demou!" ”
Cheng Pu died generously, all the Jiangdong soldiers were infected by it, and the city was full of neat and powerful siege sounds, and among the Jiangdong rear army, there were several people who came to the front of the city, Zhou Yu looked resolute, and said to the left and right: "And attack the city, do not break Hefei, and swear not to give up!" ”
Guo Jia saw from afar in the city, Jiangdong mourned the soldiers, everyone wanted to go to the city to die, sighed in his heart, this Jiangdong had a lot of soldiers, and now it is indomitable, this battle is really difficult to fight, this Zhang Liao's doing, although there is no mistake, but it forced out the momentum of Jiangdong's death battle, which is a blessing and a curse for Cao Jun.
Hearing the shouts of siege under the city, Guo Jia hurriedly came back to his senses and said to the left and right: "Summoning Wen Yuan here!" ”
The soldier informed Zhang Liao, and after Zhang Liao got the order, he came to Guo Jia and sighed: "I wanted to slow down the momentum of Jiangdong, but I never thought that the veteran would be so strong that he would go to his death. ”
When Guo Jia heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said to Zhang Liao: "Instead of blaming Wen Yuan, it is better to think about how to defend the city, now Jiangdong is like a rainbow, and he wants to avenge the veteran. ”
When Zhang Liao heard this, he bowed down and hugged his fists, and took the order, seeing Zhang Liao go down to the city, Guo Jia muttered: "Wenyuan, it depends on you whether you win or lose this battle." ”
Jiangdong military horses under the city, build a ladder, the offensive is like a burst, the Cao camp defenders in the city are also shocked by the momentum of Jiangdong who is not afraid of death, for a while, Jiangdong has a lot of soldiers, boarding the city, Zhou Yu looked at the battle situation in the city, sneered on his face, looking at the current situation, the defenders of the city have been powerless, if a blow, Hefei can get, revenge for Cheng Pu, is at the moment!
The corners of Zhou Yu's mouth raised a smile, and suddenly heard a loud noise in front of the city, the gate of Hefei had been knocked open, Zhou Yu was happy in his heart, and was about to lead the army to attack the city, but he saw countless Cao Ying soldiers, killed from the city gate, and was the first general, it was Zhang Liao.
"Thief, take your life!" Huang Gai saw Zhang Liao out of the city, took the lead, led the army to rush away, although Cheng Pu fell from the city wall, Huang Gai counted the grudges in his heart on Zhang Liao's head, and now seeing the face of the enemy, how could Huang Gai let it go?
Seeing another veteran, Zhang Liao came with a gun and shouted: "Good come!" ”
After that, Zhang Liao urged the war horse under the crotch, and took Huang Gai directly, the two horses pedaled wrongly, Huang Gai and Zhang Liao were entangled in one place, and the move was only offensive but not defensive, and he wanted to fight with Zhang Liao for his life.
Zhou Yu was shocked when he saw Zhang Liao going out of the city, and said to Zhu Huan and Ding Feng behind him: "That Zhang Liao is an old general of Lu Bu, and he is very brave, and the two generals quickly went to the aid of General Gongfu, and the enemy Zhang Liao was the same enemy!" ”
Only more than ten times, Huang Gai knew Zhang Liao's martial arts, not he could be the enemy, and now he was fighting for his life, but that Zhang Liao was attacking in the defense, hearing the sound of rescue behind him, Huang Gai was overjoyed, shook his spirit, and stabbed Zhang Liao again, but Zhang Liao found a flaw, swung the iron spear, and stabbed Huang Gai in the shoulder.
Huang Gai was injured, turned over and fell off the horse, Zhang Liao was about to stab again, but saw that Ding Feng was fast and had been killed in front of him.
"Hit the old ones, and the small ones! You have a lot of Jiangdong people! Zhang Liao saw that Ding Feng had a ruthless look on his face, Pegasus came, and immediately gave up Huang Gai and ran to Ding Feng, Ding Feng saw this, and said to Zhu Huan: "This person is handed over to me, you go and save General Huang quickly!" ”
When Zhu Huan heard this, he went straight to the place where Huang Gai fell from his horse, Zhang Liao saw Zhu Huan leaving, sneered, and said to Ding Feng: "You are a little general, and you dare to stop me?" ”
"Once you surrender to a general, you dare to show off?" Ding Feng said that, Zhang Liao was furious, the iron gun in his hand was like a dragon, and he went straight to Ding Feng's face door, Ding Feng saw the fierceness of the gun, and hurriedly raised the gun to block, but Zhang Liao's gun was sent with huge force, forcing people to lead horses and stop the momentum.
Ding Feng's mouth cracked, and he secretly said in his heart that this Zhang Liao really had some means, and he was cautious, and he danced the iron gun rigorously, only defending and not attacking, waiting for Zhu Huan to rescue.
Seeing that Ding Feng's morale had declined, Zhang Liao was disdainful in his heart, and said to Ding Feng: "See how long you can keep it!" ”
Ding Feng was stunned, and at this time, Zhu Huan had already picked up Huang Gai from the horse, Huang Gai spurted blood from his mouth, and said to Zhu Huan: "The old man is fine, go and help quickly, that Zhang Liao's martial arts are extraordinary, not to be underestimated!" ”
When Zhu Huan heard this, he hurriedly turned over and got on his horse, and Ding Feng and the two of them fought against Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao faced the attack of the second future, without fear, attacked and defended to a certain extent, fought the second general alone, and still had the upper hand!
Cao Ying out of the city military horses, see Zhang Liao so brave, all happy, except for a small number of soldiers with Zhang Liao, to prevent Jiangdong hidden arrows, the rest of the soldiers, more go to the cloud ladder in front of the city, dismantle the Jiangdong siege equipment, for a while, Jiangdong military horses take care of one and the other, the offensive of the city has gradually weakened.
Zhou Yu looked at the offensive in front of the city, the Jiangdong soldiers were gradually confused, and he was anxious, and said to the left and right: "Go to the front of the city quickly, tell the soldiers, don't rush to the city, besiege that Zhang Liao first!" ”
Zhou Yu said, there were several teams of military horses, to where Zhang Liao was, galloping away, but before he got close, he saw that Zhang Liao's iron spear was stabbed, Ding Feng couldn't hold it, and he had been stabbed off the horse by Zhang Liao, and that Zhu Huan was already timid, gave up Zhang Liao, and ran straight to the reinforcements.
Zhang Liao rushed to kill for a while, the place where he came and went was like entering a no-man's land, before the arrival of Jiangdong reinforcements, but he led Cao Jun to run to the city, after entering the city, closed the city gate, Zhou Yu saw that the momentum of the army had declined, and many generals were injured, life and death were uncertain, sighed, Ming Jin withdrew.
Back in the city, Zhang Liao dismounted and went to the city, and met Guo Jia in the city, Guo Jia saw that Zhang Liao was unharmed, couldn't help but praise, and said to Zhang Liao: "If this battle is won, Wenyuan should be the first to remember!" ”
"Thanks to the military advisors for their proper response!" Zhang Liao heard that the Jiangdong army Ma Mingjin had withdrawn his troops, and laughed and said: "If it weren't for the military advisor ordering Zhang to go out of the city and attack, how could he retreat from the Jiangdong army?" It's just that Zhang hasn't killed yet, this time he came to my Hefei, then Zhou Yu didn't bring brave generals, and he deserved to pay a painful price for underestimating me! ”
The Cao army in the city was all happy, but the Jiangdong army and horses under the city were in mourning, seeing that all the generals had retreated, Zhou Yu sighed and said to a group of Jiangdong generals: "Now that I have lost the lead, if I attack Hefei again, it will be even more difficult!" ”
(To be continued)