Guandu.

Yuan Shao lost the first battle, although his morale plummeted and he also lost a lot of soldiers, but he still had an absolute advantage in terms of troops.

At the beginning of September, in order to find the initiative in the battle situation and reverse the unfavorable situation in the initial battle, Yuan Shao stationed his army in Yangwu, preparing to start moving south to Xuchang and attacking Cao's army. Although this idea was opposed by most of the ministers headed by Fu Zhi, as soon as this idea was proposed, under the tongue of the trial and the lotus flower, Yuan Shao took a step to speed up his defeat.

Yuan Shao ordered Zhang He, a famous general in Hebei, to be his vanguard and began to move to Guandu. At the same time, the flank military horses once again pounced on important Yellow River crossings such as Baima and Yanlu, in an attempt to contain the Cao army's forces, so that it could not calmly organize defense, and hoped to open a breakthrough on both sides from the new. Yuan Shao's idea is not bad, but whether it can be achieved or not, no one can say.

After learning of Yuan Shao's motives, Cao Ying immediately ordered the soldiers to set up camp in Guandu, and at the same time the two flanks converged and began to concentrate their forces to wait for work; And with the help of the danger of the Yellow River, the river was cut off and the enemy army was rejected.

Yuan Shao's army is fierce, and the battle of the Yellow River is imminent.

In the same month, Yuan Shao plotted against Zhang Lu and ordered him to send troops from Hanzhong to the Meridian Valley, intending to attack Chang'an when Cao Ying was unable to take care of it. This news really made Cao Ying scramble, his army had been allocated various defense lines, and there was really no extra troops to be transferred out, and he was overstretched, and he was not able to support Chang'an at all. At this time, Cao Ying hit the idea on Liu Zhang, who had a holiday with Zhang Lu.

Liu Zhang was originally a comfortable person, and he had no ambitions, so he wanted not to agree to this. But Xun You bribed Liu Zhang's important ministers with a lot of money and asked him to tell him right and wrong in front of Liu Zhang. In addition, the death of Liu Zhang's father Liu Yan had a lot to do with Zhang Lu, and after several rounds of persuasion, Liu Zhang's idea of avenging his father finally climbed up, and his heart began to loosen, and he began to discuss the matter of sending troops to attack Hanzhong.

After Liu Bei got the news, he danced excitedly, thinking that the opportunity he had been waiting for was finally coming.

Soon, Liu Bei sent someone to send a letter to Xingyue overnight to rush back to Jiangling Liu Biao, saying that he had also taken down the Changsha Rebellion and beheaded it, but Jiangdong was tightly defended, and it was difficult to capture it for a while, and now the Central Plains chaos is coming, if he still fights with Zhang Lang at this time, it is really unwise. If the heavy troops are still stationed in the south of the Yangtze River, they are afraid that Jingzhou will be affected by the fish pond, and secondly, they will miss the good opportunity to fish in the troubled waters. I hope that Liu Biao can let himself lead the main army back to Jiangling and wait and see the development of central Sichuan and Hebei. As soon as you have the opportunity, open a map and establish an immortal career.

The forces of the Central Plains are intertwined, and they lead one to launch the whole body. The war between Cao Ying and Yuan Shao, the ambitious warlords and princes all wanted to get a piece of the pie, and a super-large-scale chaotic war began to brew in all aspects-

Although Suizhou borrows the high mountains and mountains as a barrier, but the traffic of the river and the river provides convenience, but the climate is suitable, the wind and rain are timely, there is no worry about drought and flooding, the society is stable, the people are simple, and it is a good granary place. In addition, it is a shortcut from Jiangxia to Xiangyang, and logically speaking, it should be heavily guarded no matter what.

There was a distance from the state capital to the upper reaches of the vortex river, but within half a day, Liu Biaojun had a reaction and action, which was unexpected by Jiang Qin. It seems that they are not without trouble, Jiang Qin thought on the way.

The green forest mountain range has been extended, with a radius of more than 300 square kilometers, lying across the Jianghan River, winding Jingxiang. From the vortex river to Suizhou, about dozens of kilometers, affected by the green forest mountain range, all the way down, the path is rugged and difficult, the weeds on both sides are overgrown, the mountains are stacked, the strange stones stand in a forest, and the beasts fly away.

Jiang Qin had to conceal his whereabouts on the one hand, and on the other hand, he had to speed up the march, which could make the soldiers miserable.

After several hours of rapid marching, the target is getting closer and closer, and standing on the top of the hill, you can already roughly see the outline of the state and county. Jiang Qin excitedly grabbed the captive's neck and shouted, "Is it the county seat of Suizhou?" ”

The captive became breathless, his face was red, he looked in pain, and he cried out a few times. Jiang Qin came to his senses and let go of his palm. The prisoner's expression was very frightened, and he was afraid that he would be unlucky if he accidentally said the wrong thing, and said: "General, after turning over the two mountains in front of you, you will cross a small stream and go on the official road in Suizhou County. ”

Jiang Qin clenched his fists tightly, and suddenly there was a bloody impulse in his heart, after nearly a month of arduous marching, it was finally time to finally decide the victory. He looked back at the somewhat loose troops behind him, frowned a little dissatisfied, and shouted sharply: "Cheer me up, speed up, we are about to reach our goal." ”

Under Jiang Qin's fierceness, the soldiers quickly perked up.

Jiang Qin waved his hand, and the soldiers in front of him pushed the prisoners and began to speed up, crossing the mountains and mountains in the direction of Suizhou.

Time flew quickly, and after another two hours, Jiang Qin and the soldiers crossed the river, and within a few minutes, they had already set foot on the official road.

It was noon, and there were not many pedestrians on the official road, and some were hiding under the sun and taking shelter under the big trees. Because there has been no war for many years, the vigilance is low, and Jiang Qin has repeatedly emphasized that the people must not be killed, so the army and the people are safe. Although the pedestrians looked at Jiang Qin's gray-headed, soaking army with suspicious and surprised eyes, they couldn't figure out what was going on for a while.

Jiang Qin couldn't care about the surprised eyes of others, all he could buy now was time.

Soon the city gate was in sight, and the soldiers on the tower of the city gate were gathering in groups and chatting. The taxi gate under the city was also listlessly checking the pedestrians entering the city. Unaware of the enemy attack.

Finally, the people of the city noticed that something was wrong.

A soldier on the city stood up stupidly, wiped his eyes as if he didn't believe it, and found that he was not looking at the flowers, so he screamed loudly: "Brother, look at it, what is the big black area in front of you, it seems to be an army?" ”

A few soldiers chatting looked at each other in disbelief, and one soldier said with a look of disbelief: "Is this your own army?" General Lin is really powerful, and he didn't go out for a few hours today, so he killed all the thieves and returned to the city victoriously. ”

A veteran shouted: "Fool, don't blow the trumpet quickly, this is obviously the enemy's army." ”

One soldier was still quite unconvinced: "How do you know it's an enemy army?" ”

The old soldier shouted impatiently: "You pigs, look at the military uniform, it is different, and it is fierce, obviously you want to take the city." ”

There was also a soldier who was stubborn and dissatisfied: "Didn't General Lin go out with his men and horses?" How could the enemy be here? Also, the defender soldiers who came back from the defeat of the vortex river didn't say that the other party was just a green forest bandit, and the number of people was only about five hundred, where was there so many now? ”

The veteran stomped his feet angrily, stiffened his neck and shouted: "If you want to die, if you want to die, prepare quickly, and don't bother talking." If the enemy army is cunning and takes a shortcut, quickly inform me of the city defense. ”

At this time, the soldiers in the city woke up from a dream, and they all hurriedly blew their military trumpets. The soldiers in the city did not care that after hearing the trumpet, the people were in a mess and began to desperately try to close the city gates. Helplessly, the people outside the city remembered the ferocity of the army, and desperately tried to squeeze in when the city gate was closed, but more than a dozen soldiers did not close the city gate with all their strength.

By the time the soldiers finally closed the city gate, Jiang Qin's 5,000 troops were less than a stone's throw away from the city gate.

At this time, the city wall was already in chaos, and the soldiers shouted from time to time to give themselves courage, and desperately sent people to move reinforcements, and finally waited for a team of archers to come up, but found that there were few arrows available. Some of the equipment that should have been used to defend the city was played with for a while, which made the soldiers guarding the city panic.

And the people who were crowded outside the city gate could not enter the city, crying and shouting, and fled in all directions, fearing that if one leg was slow, it would be a separation.

Ignoring the fatigue of the march, Jiang Qin began to let his soldiers blow the horns of attack and beat the drums of war.

Soon, several teams of archers rushed up and fired a barrage of fire into the city. When a rain of arrows flew up the walls, there was a scream, revealing the beginning of the siege.

Although the soldiers in the city counterattacked, the few pitiful arrows proved that their counterattack was too weak.

Jiang Qin saw that the enemy was defenseless at all, so he seized the time, and with a wave of his hand, under the cover of the archers, dozens of heavy infantry carried the huge wood that had been temporarily chopped down as a charging cart, and rushed up to prepare to hit the city gate.

When the soldiers in the city saw this, they were terrified, and they only cried out desperately: "Oh no, the enemy has begun to crash on the city gates." ”

At this time, the soldiers in the city really came to their senses, and boldly braved countless arrows, falling rocks, wooden fences and other equipment to defend the city.

And the general of the city guard also rushed over at this time, and while ordering the soldiers to boil water, he organized his men to start a counterattack.

Soon, dozens of heavy infantry under the city were injured by the defensive equipment on the city, and the work of hitting the city was paralyzed for a while, Jiang Qin was a little anxious, because there were no ladders and other climbing tools, he could only try to break open the city gate, he waved his spear into the sky, and roared: "All the archers cover, the sword and shield soldiers are on it." Be sure to break open the gates for me. ”

Outside the city gate, there were more than a dozen people carrying giant trees, dodging falling rocks and other things thrown down from the city, while shouting in unison with red eyes and thick necks: One, two, three...... "A dozen or so people rushed towards the city gate at the same time carrying the giant trees.

There was a dull sound from the giant tree and the gate, and the gate was a little loose, but it was still very stable.

At this very moment, another soldier was accidentally hit by a falling rock and let out a scream. The sword and shield soldiers in the back rushed up against the arrows and other things on the city, and joined the ranks of the city.

Seeing that he couldn't open the city gate for a long time, Jiang Qin scolded twice, and ordered all the soldiers to shout in unison, and the golden drums sounded in unison, which immediately made people's blood boil and their fighting spirit high, so as to strengthen their morale. For a while, under the west gate of Suizhou City, a burst of Jin Ge Iron Horse, the shout shook the sky, and the sound spread for several miles. The people of the city were so frightened that they hid in their homes and closed their doors tightly.

Jiang Qin couldn't bear it any longer, so he took the lead and rushed up with hundreds of people.

Smoke billowed from the city, and it was clear that the boiling water was about to boil.

At this time, there was finally a large-scale loosening of the city gates, and Jiang Qin's troops had already paid the price of more than 100 casualties.

The soldiers in the city who were struggling to withstand the city gate finally couldn't resist a new round of powerful impact, and the city gate lieutenant drew his sword and said loudly: "Brothers, the city gate can't stand it, let's retreat, pick up the guys, and prepare for battle." ”

With a loud bang, the city gate "boomed", and was finally broken by the soldiers led by Jiang Qin. A large group of soldiers outside the city poured out like a honeycomb. Start a great battle with the enemy army in the city.

The sound of killing was deafening, the weapons were shaken and handed over, and from time to time there were places where flesh and blood flew sideways, which was unbearable.

The defender commanded the soldiers to fight hoarsely in the city, and one of the soldiers excitedly shouted: "General, another pikemen have rushed to support, as long as we hold on, this victory will be ours." ”

The guard hurriedly put his eyes in the distance, a song of about 200 pikemen was rushing over, he was very excited and clenched his fist, and then the afterglow in his eyes fell on the Jiang Qin soldiers who were rampaging in the city, his face sank, he only had 2,000 men and horses, even if he was rushing to come over the soldiers, it was far from enough, so he had to hold on until the main force came back, he immediately asked: "Have you sent a letter to General Lin?" ”

The soldier nodded, "Yes." ”

The guard general looked at the form of the city, and said with a very solemn face: "If we want to wait for General Lin to come back, we will hold on for at least three hours or more." ”

The guard's heart was cold, three hours?

At this time, another soldier covered in blood climbed up the city wall and came to the guard, and cried out loudly: "General, the enemy army has taken control of the city gate and has begun to rush the city tower, and the brothers are almost unable to resist it." ”

The guard drew his sword and said excitedly: "Immediately mobilize all the soldiers, even if we die in battle, we must resist it." ”

Jiang Qin took the lead, the armor on his body was already full of blood, and the spear in his hand went in and out of the enemy soldier's body from time to time, and the continuous screams were carried up by pieces of blood mist, and fell to his side one by one. At this time, Jiang Qin knew very well that if he could not take control of the city wall in a short period of time, once the main force of troops and horses lured out by himself came back to help, then there was a possibility that the entire army would be annihilated. The important strategic significance of the Suizhou Battle is not to be said, and if it wins, Liu Biao will retreat, and the loser Jiangxia and even the entire strategy will fall into incomparable passivity.

Later, some people always said that if Jiang Qin had not taken Suizhou at that time, Wen Ping would not have been forced to return to help, Liu Biao would not have easily quit the army, and Liu Bei would not have gotten the opportunity to march into central Sichuan and create a hegemony. Therefore, Liu Bei succeeded to thank Zhang Lang, but it was Jiang Qin who did it.

"Brothers, follow me to the city wall, kill all the enemy troops, and then there will be a reward." Jiang Qin's face was full of evil anger, and his eyes were even more murderous, and all the soldiers were also inspired by screams and blood, and everyone fell into an extremely crazy state.

At this moment, the quality of the two armies is clear at a glance, it stands to reason that one is a long journey, the other is waiting for work, and there is also a time and geography, and it should be Jiang Qin who loses. On the contrary, Chiang Chin's army was victorious and began to force into the towers.

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