Chapter 604: Hero's Tears
Rao is Wang Xu has been in battle for a long time, and it is difficult to predict the follow-up of that battle, under this coincidence, there are too many uncontrollable factors.
Xu Sheng was not verbose, and then said: "Although the three generals Xu Huang, Huang Zhong, and Wen Ping successfully rescued General Zhao, the back road was cut off by the main force of the Cao army, and it was difficult to retreat. According to the battle report submitted later, the three of them were worried that they would fall into that area and become pawns used by the Cao army to contain the actions of the Jingzhou army, so they decisively broke through to the rear of the Cao army and finally arrived in the area of Dongwu Pavilion in Pheasant County. ”
"It's just that no one thought at that time that when Cao Cao mobilized the army to redeploy, Cao Xiu, who was temporarily garrisoning Pheasant County, was also transferred, and Hou Cheng, who was transferred over, was still on the road and had not yet arrived, so the county seat of Pheasant County was an empty city."
"Because of this time difference, the three generals Xu Huang, Huang Zhong, and Wen Ping easily occupied Pheasant County, and became a sharp nail behind Cao Jun."
"Xiahoudun's left-hand army was crazy at that time, and retreated a full 50,000 people, commanded by Le Jin and Cao Hong, who wanted to recapture Pheasant County regardless of a qiē, but at that time we didn't know about it in Jingzhou. It was only not long after that the main force of Cao's army in the middle suddenly rushed more than 100 miles and attacked the left side of our army. ”
"The troops and horses led by Cao Ren on the right road, also under the control of Xun Yu, suddenly marched into the army and attacked Zhang Liao on the right side of Jingzhou, after Guo Junshi learned the information, he thought that Xun Yu was extremely difficult to deal with, and hurried to the front line to personally assist General Zhang in commanding the enemy."
"Since then, the soldiers and horses on both sides have fallen into a fierce battle, but ......" Speaking of this, Xu Sheng sighed slightly: "It's a pity that on our left side, the coach Zhao Yun is nowhere to be found, and he will never return." We don't know the enemy. Cao Cao's army in the middle of the road converged with the rest of Xiahoudun's men. More than 100,000 people attacked from four directions, and the momentum was like a bamboo, breaking through the three large battalions of our left route army in a row, and Wang Fei and I led the forces to fight for half a day, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers of each battalion to retreat on all fronts. ”
"Subsequently, Cao Jun chased after him, and our army on the left couldn't even go back to Wancheng, and was directly chased to Nieyang County."
The situation in various parts of Nanyang. Wang Xu knew everything about it, and he already understood a lot from his words, and asked out loud at the moment: "What about Gao Shun of the Middle Road Army during this time?" He didn't get the news? Still didn't come to the rescue? ”
"It's coming!" Xu Sheng nodded: "General Gao sent 20,000 people, led by the two brothers Cai Mao and Cai Xun, but they were ambushed as soon as they arrived at the west of the sunset, and the tigers and leopards led by Cao Chun, Cao Zhen, Cai Yang, and Li Tong killed them directly back to Wancheng. ”
Fortunately, General Gao Shun knew that saving was not the way, and after consulting with Xu Shu's military division, he took advantage of the opportunity that Cao's army was exhausted and there was nothing behind the enemy. Drive straight forward and hit Bowang County. Although the two generals of the Cao army, Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu's uncle and nephew, who stayed behind, had some skills, they did not lead many soldiers and horses, and the city of Bowang was low. ”
General Gao Shun personally led the camp to attack the city, but in half a day, it was completely taken, and Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu led the defeated army to retreat to the northeast of Duyang County. Originally, General Gao thought that Cao Cao's back road was attacked and he would inevitably retreat, but he thought that the other party completely ignored it and just attacked the hinterland of the Jingzhou army, and his intention should also be to force the other armies on the Jingzhou front line to withdraw. ”
Speaking of this, Xu Sheng and Wang Fei were full of shame and indignation, and after a while, Xu Shengcai continued: "I fought to the death with Wang Fei for two days, in the face of the overwhelming superiority of the Cao army, the army was discouraged, and had to retreat to Yuyang again, and Nieyang County was also occupied by the Cao army. ”
At the same time, General Gao Shun also attacked behind Cao's army, separating Cao's army from each other, and even broke the blockade and robbed Cao's army of all the grain and grass. In the end, the battle of Nanyang became a pure melee, each of them was split into more than ten parts, each fighting its own, completely out of control, wherever it went, it was everywhere. ”
"Whether it is for the Cao army or for us, the situation is the same, when we see the enemy, we will kill them, and then we will snatch the materials in the hands of the other party, and the troops will become more and more scattered, and finally the entire Nanyang County will become a mess. The only one that still retains strong combat effectiveness is the army on the right, but unfortunately the two sides are evenly matched, Xun Yu and Guo Junshi seem to know each other very well, and neither of them can help anyone. ”
"But at that time, neither side dared to move, because the battle situation there had become decisive, even with Guo Junshi's ability, it was difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, it can be said that the whole battle situation dragged Guo Junshi down, and he had no room for planning at all."
Wang Xu was really shocked at the moment.
What kind of foolish battle is this fighting, it has turned into a complete melee, you fight yours, I fight mine.
Cao Cao was indeed cut off from the back road, but Jingzhou could not send the supplies to the front line, because they didn't know where to send them, maybe this village was occupied by the Jingzhou army today, and it will be occupied by a Cao army tomorrow.
He finally understood why the casualties were so big, and fighting like this was simply fighting with his life.
That's not right! This is not to win the war, from the beginning of Zhao Yun happened to be ambushed, Cao Cao should have stabilized the situation immediately, and definitely not a long drive, such a mess, as an outsider, must be at a disadvantage, unless there is a steady stream of troops to invest, otherwise sooner or later he will retreat.
So what is his purpose? What's the purpose of fighting like that?
Suddenly, Wang Xu seemed to understand something, and suddenly exclaimed: "Wen Xiang, did Cao Jun plan like this early in the morning, he didn't want to defeat Jingzhou at all, he was going to use his life to fill Jingzhou's life?" ”
Xu Sheng smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "After the war, Guo Junshi, Xu Junshi, and others all said that, especially after Xun Yu's words before the war spread. ”
"What?" Wang Xu asked.
Xu Sheng said: "According to rumors, he once admonished Cao Cao: now he can't take Jingzhou, but if he wants to go on a northern expedition, he must cut off the claws of Jingzhou, but it is a pity that the heroes of Jingzhou gather, and there are Guo Jia, Xu Shu and other generations, and Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and other generals. And our army is stronger, its strength is weaker, it is better to take a life to a life! In addition, there is no other way to weaken Jingzhou in the short term, and on the day of the decisive battle with Yuan Shao, it will become a catastrophe. ”
"What a Xun Yu, how ruthless!" After hearing these words suddenly, Wang Xu felt depressed in his heart.
It turned out that Cao Jun had planned to disrupt the war situation from the beginning, and if Zhao Yun had not happened to be ambushed, I am afraid that he would also find other ways, in short, his ultimate goal was to form a melee and fight for his life, no wonder the ability of this group of Wenchen generals in Jingzhou also suffered heavy losses.
If you take precautions from the beginning, of course you can avoid it, but who could have predicted this kind of thing, no matter how powerful Guo Jia and others are, they are human beings after all, and they will not predict it.
"That's it, that's it!" After thinking about it for a long time, Wang Xu finally waved his hand at Xu Sheng, and said sadly: "What Xun Yu did is also his own master, which is understandable, from your mouth, I also have a general understanding of the situation at that time, tell me where a few of them died, I want to set up a monument for them when they fall!" ”
"Hey!" Xu Sheng sighed, didn't say much, and slowly narrated: "Yang Feng died in Nanjuju, when he personally escorted grain and grass to the front line, but when the battle situation was out of control, no one could notify him in time, and as a result, it was not our soldiers who received him, but the Cao army led by Xu Chu and Cao Ang. ”
"He guarded the grain and grass, fought to the last man, and killed himself in grief and indignation. Xu Chu and Cao Ang felt their loyalty, buried him on the spot, and wrote all the stories of his last battle on the stone tablet. ”
"Zhou Dynasty, Guo Shi, Xing Daorong died in the battle of Nieyang City, when Wang Fei and I led the strategic retreat, the three spontaneously broke off, fell into a siege, fought to the death, all suffered more than ten heavy injuries, died on the spot, and later Xiahoudun attacked Yuyang, sent the remains of the three to Yuyang City, treated as a righteous man."
"Guan Hai and Cai Zhong, Cai He died in the battle of Wancheng, when Guan Hai led two thousand soldiers to defend Wan, which was already a lonely city, Cao Xiu, Cai Yang, Cao Chun besieged for three days, the loss of nearly 10,000, Gao Shun ordered people to rush back to the rescue, but because of the melee everywhere and failed to arrive, before the city was broken, Guan Hai was shot by random arrows on the top of the city tower, and still used a big knife to crutch the ground when he died, glaring angrily outside the city, and never fell to the ground."
According to the people who were hiding in the house and peeking at the time, Cao Jun, who killed the red eye, wanted to chop it into meat sauce, but fortunately Cai Yang came forward in time to stop it, so he saved Guan Hai's body and buried it ten miles west of Wancheng to erect a monument for it! Cai Zhong, Cai and his brothers were both killed in the defense of the city and were buried together. ”
"Su Fei died in the counteroffensive, when Guo Junshi saw the dead and wounded everywhere, especially the loss of Wancheng, after General Guan Hai was killed, he angrily ordered Zhang Liao to lead his troops to Cao Ren to fight a head-on battle, and the two sides fought for three days, fighting three battles, and the blood flowed like a river, and the blood flowed into a river."
"In the last battle, the two sides fell into a stalemate, even the Jingzhou war drum drummer was shot by the enemy general, General Su Fei shocked morale, personally boarded the chariot and beat the drum, weighing Cao Ren more than ten arrows, and finally died on the car, before he died, he still beat the drum and shouted: What a pity to die, the loyal soul will not be destroyed!"
"With tears in his eyes, General Zhang led his Xiaoyaojin dead soldiers to kill under the enemy's marshal banner, cut off the banner, and completely defeated the Cao army led by Cao Ren, Xun Yu and others, and pursued and killed all the way, Guo Junshi then fainted on the battlefield and was carried down by the soldiers."
Speaking of which, Xu Sheng was already in tears, crying bitterly.
Wang Fei and Wang Xiong were beside them, and they burst into tears and choked silently.
Wang Xu's tears slid down his cheeks, and he remembered Yang Feng, that year, he followed him, holding two guns, and said with a smile that what he was best at was tomb robbing.
He thought of Guan Hai, the man who always made promises boldly and was always eager to rush to the forefront.
He thought of Su Fei, the young man who refused to leave any of his subordinates behind and led everyone to the finish line, the loyal general who fought on a rainy night.
Now, they are all gone, forever, spilled with red blood, leaving behind eternal loyal souls.
"Lord!" Xu Sheng wiped away the tears on his face, as if he didn't want Wang Xu to be sad, and said with a forced smile: "Although they died, but because of their sacrifices, we have brilliant results, which are enough to make Cao Cao regret the results, Cao Cao's generals have definitely died more than us." ”
"Say!" Wang Xu bit the root and said. (To be continued......)