Chapter 780: Ring after Ring
At the end of the night, Yu Ban's foot soldiers who fell behind were raided by Wang Xu himself, and more than ten generals of Cao Junbian and Pei were killed, with countless casualties and thousands of prisoners, and the rest were scattered!
Wang Xu then sent the former Xichuan famous general Leng Bao and Hanzhong general Yang Ang to lead an army of 10,000 to take advantage of the victory to enter the already empty sour jujube, and take strict precautions, while he himself led his troops to rest in place for a day, preparing for the next attack.
At this time, Wen Ping was still chasing the so-called main force of the Chu army, but in fact, he was only chasing the 3,000 soldiers and horses led by Wang Ling.
At this time, Wen Ping understood in his heart that he was chasing only a few people, but this was a conspiracy between him and Wang Xu, in order to kill him in a forbidden place, of course, he pretended not to know.
During this period, the sentinel reported that the movements of the Chu army were wrong, and a large number of soldiers were missing. He said that this was a plan by the Chu army to confuse the enemy, and there was no need to pay attention to it, but it could be pursued!
The sentry cavalry reported that the road ahead was dangerous, and there was a fear of an ambush. He said that the Chu army retreated, and there could be an ambush, so he passed the gutter.
The sentry cavalry is only responsible for preemptively probing information, but how to distinguish it is the business of the main general, of course, what the main general says, the result is what it is, the same information, produce different analysis and judgment, which is normal in war.
It wasn't until someone reported that Yu Ban had not led troops to support him, and whether there was fraud or not, Wen Ping had to stop.
At this time, it happened to be shortly after nightfall, when Wang Xu had just broken through the forbidden infantry and ordered the whole army to rest on the spot.
But in fact, this is also the beginning of another chain of schemes.
When Wen Ping stopped pursuing, Wang Ling also led the soldiers to stop, and the soldiers filled their stomachs with the dry food they carried with them. And rest in place.
All of them are proceeding according to the plan of the clerk. All the before and after intrigue. All of them were written on the silk he gave to Wang Xu.
At this time, the first step of the pit killing Yu Ban was planned to be completed smoothly, although Wen Ping and Wang Ling did not know that the final result of the gutter was that Yu Ban was captured, but this did not matter, the plan was still continuing step by step, moving towards the second cycle.
Wang Ling had already been instructed by Wang Xu earlier, and said that Wenpin would stop marching. He had to fight back quickly after a brief break, and it was a signal that Wen Ping had stopped pursuing......
Before dawn the next day, Wang Ling, who had rested for several hours, suddenly killed a horse pistol and attacked the pursuers led by Wenpin, who was still resting a few miles away in the rear.
In fact, at this time, the clerk has been waiting for a long time, and he is even anxious.
Because if Wang Ling came after dawn, then he would not be defeated too obviously. That leaves people in doubt, after all, the sky is blue. The Chu army killed so many people, why couldn't they resist? Why is it chaotic in an instant?
Fortunately, Wang Ling faithfully carried out the order, and took advantage of the darkness before dawn to lead his troops into the resting place of Cao's army.
Of course, the success of the raid was not Wang Ling's credit, but Wen Ping and others would intentionally cooperate.
Cao Jun was on duty tonight, and Yang Ling was in charge of the appointment.
Originally, according to the convention, the secret post on duty at night should be as far away as 300 meters, and in a pursuit and suppression battle like now, without a tent to rely on, and purely resting on the spot, it is even more necessary for the general to maintain a farther guard according to the actual situation.
But Yang Ling used the excuse that the Chu army was a rout, so he shrank the guard distance to less than 100 meters, and took the lead carelessly.
The generals all say and do this, how can the soldiers still cheer up, of course, they are lazy and lazy, dozing off, and sparsely guarded.
In this way, Wang Ling's night attack can be described as a smooth arrival.
When Wang Ling led the army into the resting place of the Cao army, Wen Ping also did enough to play the role, roared in public, loudly scolded the soldiers for standing up to resist, and scolded Yang Ling for being unguarded, claiming to behead him.
Of course, this is a play, but in fact, he deliberately retreated with his own heart, and finally shouted directly: "Withdraw!" Fall back! ”
Such a battle, the result speaks for itself!
In this battle, the Cao army led by Wenpin was defeated, only Wenpin led the defeated army to flee to the direction of Chenliu County Mansion, Yang Ling according to the predetermined plan, carried the black cauldron of the failure of this battle, and threatened that since Wenpin wanted to behead him, it was better to simply return to the old master, and then surrendered to Wang Ling.
A day later, the defeated army of Wenpin arrived at the Chenliu County Mansion and joined Cao Ren and Zhu Lingbu!
At the same time, Wang Xu also led his army south, approaching the Chenliu County Mansion from the north.
For a time, Cao Ren and Zhu Ling became lone soldiers, caught in a siege, and were attacked by Ju Yi, Yan Liang, Han Meng, and Wang Xu, and the back road was cut off!
In just two days, the Wei State quickly turned from the first taste of victory to a fiasco, but it was really beaten to the hood, Chen Liu's total of 80,000 Cao troops were destroyed in half, and the troops of Cao Ren and Zhu Ling were also in a desperate situation, and they were completely cut off from the rear by Chu County......
The suddenness of this move really surprised Wei Guo.
Cao Cao had just received the news of his first victory the day before yesterday, and he was relieved, thinking that Chen Liu would not lose for the time being, so he slowed down the advance of the army.
This was originally the best choice, because the two or three hundred thousand troops crossed the Yellow River in the south, and the distance between the front and rear was not ordinarily far, and the front arrived at Baima, but the rear and material supplies were still crossing the river. In such a situation, if you want to exert your combat power, of course, it is better to be slower.
But how could he have expected such a sudden change in just two days?
Who would have expected that in just two days, Chen Liu's soldiers and horses, who had just won a big victory, were suddenly reversed and defeated one after another?
After Cao Cao received the report of the soldiers who had fled back from the front, he was so anxious that he couldn't care about anything else, so he hurriedly ordered the front of Cao's army, which had arrived in Baima County, to march into Sujuju.
The commander of the front of Cao's army was none other than Xiahou Yuan, the general of Wei.
After receiving the order, he led 50,000 people in the front and hurried to the sour jujube!
Xiahou Yuan has always been good at running thousands of miles and marching fast, although he does not know the details, but since he received Cao Cao's strict order, of course he does not dare to slack off. Immediately ordered the soldiers and horses, and rushed to the sour jujube first, for the current Cao army, the sour jujube is a vital place, if it is not taken, then the 40,000 soldiers of Cao Ren and Zhu Ling in the south will be finished.
But fast enough also means that it is not stable enough!
In order to be in a hurry, Xiahou Yuan had to march quickly. If the intelligence is not wrong. If the strategy is not wrong. If one qiē is true, then of course Xiahou Yuan has shown his ability, but at this time, for Wei State, the judgment was wrong from the beginning, how could Xiahou Yuan not be defeated?
A day later, Xiahou Yuan led 50,000 troops to carry improvised siege equipment and rushed to the foot of Sujube City. Then a fierce attack was launched on the sour dates.
Leng Bao and Yang Ang were not fully prepared because they had just entered the sour jujube, and the army was only 10,000 people, plus the sour jujube was originally a Wei city, so they could not get the support of the people, and even the resistance in the city was continuous, so the resistance was extremely difficult.
With his excellent command ability, Xiahou Yuan only took half a day to personally lead his troops to rush to the city and open the gap.
The two sides are fighting for each other at the head of the city. Fierce battles.
Such ability, such a record. This kind of siege speed can be described as shocking, and Xiahou Yuan did not live up to his title of famous general.
Although Leng Bao was a famous general in Xichuan in the past, and Yang Ang was a general in Hanzhong in the past, he was dwarfed in the face of Xiahou Yuan, and there was no good way to deal with Xiahou Yuan's strong siege, although there were many objective reasons, although the troops were insufficient, although the preparation was insufficient, although it was in the city of Wei, but the result was the result, and the lack of ability was insufficient.
Under the same circumstances, if Gao Shun is here, Xiahou Yuan will not talk about half a day, even if he can reach the top of the city in two days, it will be a miracle.
This is the difference between a general in an actual war, no matter how nice he says, no matter how well he thinks, no matter how famous he is, in a real battle, the process is enough to test.
In Wang Xu's imagination, Leng Bao and Yang Ang led 10,000 soldiers to garrison Suojube, how could they resist for a few days, buy time for him and Ju Yi and other generals to exterminate Cao Ren, and wait for the gradual annihilation of Cao's army, and then turn back to fight a decisive battle with Cao Cao's remaining main force.
But who would have thought that this place would not hold on for half a day, and it would already be in a critical situation.
If the sour jujube is lost, the Cao army is stationed here, and then goes south, then the 40,000 Cao troops of Cao Ren and Zhu Ling's department will be alive, and the front and back contacts will be connected again!
It's just that history is sometimes full of inevitability, but there is also no lack of accident.
Zhuge Liang and Dian Wei led thousands of elites earlier, and as early as a few days ago, that is, on the night Wang Xu met Wen Ping, they secretly dispatched and hid outside the camp at that time.
Wenpin's night attack was successful, and after continuing to chase down, Zhuge Liang led his troops north and secretly lurked in the area of sour jujubes.
This is Zhuge Liang's strategy, the original intention is to be a surprise soldier in the decisive battle between the Chu army and Cao Cao, and he will cooperate with the Chu army at a critical time to destroy Cao Cao in one fell swoop. Even if the main force of Chu fails in the decisive battle, then this can also be used as an ambush army, which can be suddenly killed at a critical time, giving the main force time to retreat.
Zhuge Liang is cautious by nature, so he has this plan, and he doesn't even know about Wenpin.
But who would have thought that the sour jujube garrisoned by Leng Bud and Yang Ang could not withstand Xiahou Yuan's strong attack so much, and it was in a critical situation in just half a day.
Zhuge Liang noticed this situation, there was really no way, he couldn't watch the sour jujube being attacked by Xiahou Yuan, thus making the good situation of the Chu State go down the drain. Therefore, after witnessing the battle situation in the hill far away from Suozao, he had no choice but to expose this army in advance, personally step on the war horse to command, and let Dian Wei lead his troops to raid the Cao army led by Xiahou Yuan from behind.
At this time, Xiahou Yuan had just landed at the head of the city, and was fighting fiercely with the defenders of Suojube, and 50,000 troops were all doing their best, all concentrated in the siege battle, how could they expect that the rear would suddenly be flanked?
He himself was still fighting fiercely at the head of the city, and it was difficult to get out, but he found that the rear was under a fierce surprise attack, and even the banner of the Chinese army was cut in a short period of time.
Zhuge Liang personally commanded in the rear, and Dian Wei took the lead and led his troops to rush forward, which was unstoppable, and Cao's army was suddenly in chaos.
Leng Bao and Yang Ang, who are stationed in the sour jujube, will see this scene, and they will be even more energetic and fight back.
For a time, Xiahou Yuan fell into a critical situation of flanking from the front and back, unable to advance or retreat, and even the entire command system was paralyzed in an instant, and Cao's army only lasted less than three quarters of an hour before it was completely defeated, and corpses were everywhere.
Xiahou Yuan was in a hurry, so he could only lead his troops to break through and frantically flee to the direction of Puyang, intending to return to Cao Cao and then think about it in the long run......
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