Chapter 286: Han and Wei Duel, Fan Yan Battle
Xu Chu, who hurried south, soon brought Cao Pi's holy decree to Zhang Liao's camp.
And the reason why Cao Pi ordered Zhang Liao to take the initiative to attack was to be ashamed.
Therefore, when Xu Chu went south to Yancheng with the holy decree, Cao Pi also specially sent many envoys to convey his edict to the entire territory of Nanyang County.
Since it is a shame for Xue, then this war must be fought eye-catching, and only in this way can he save the face of the emperor of Great Wei.
Cao Pi just wants to let everyone in the world know what is the anger of the Son of Heaven, what is the crime of hanging the people, and the teacher of the king.
So on the day Xu Chu arrived in Yancheng, almost all the counties of Nanyang County except Yancheng and Fancheng learned the news.
In an instant, dozens of county towns in Nanyang County began to boil.
Hundreds of thousands of people in Nanyang County also focused their attention on the Fan Yan area, where the army is now gathered.
All the officials and scholars in Nanyang County who were loyal to the Great Wei had great confidence in the decisive battle that was about to start.
It is true that in the past two years, Liu Bei's power has expanded very rapidly.
Even under the play of Guan Yu and Mi Yang, the forces led by Liu Bei have won several big victories that shocked the world.
However, looking at those big victories, from the anti-guest victory in the battle of Hanzhong to the recent victory in the month, the Han army mostly used geographical advantages or strategies.
A big victory was a big victory, but there was hardly a single frontal defeat of the Wei army in a field battle.
This was true even during the Battle of Hanzhong.
Emperor Wu's retreat from Hanzhong was not defeated by Liu Bei in the decisive battle, but there were many factors.
Therefore, no matter how many victories the Han army has won in recent years, the world will inevitably form an inherent impression in their psychology while admiring or fearing them.
The Han army made good use of Ji'er, and if it could use its troops carefully, it would be difficult for the Han army to win.
This stereotype is quite natural.
In addition to the above reasons, the formation of this inherent impression is also due to the pattern of the current world where the north is strong and the south is weak, and also because of the deep-rooted prejudice that has been formed in the hearts of the Chinese people for thousands of years.
The barbarian soldiers, if they talk about head-on confrontation, how can they defeat him Northern Huaxia Zhengshuo Heavenly Soldiers?
And this inherent impression essentially greatly affects the backlash of the hearts of the people in the world.
Why did many later dynasties designate Cao Wei as Zhengshuo and Ji Han as a separatist force?
Why would many outstanding talents in the world prefer to start from Cao Wei's middle and low levels, rather than come to Ji Henkel, such as Xu Shu, Meng Jian and others?
Why is there always a surrender faction within Ji Han, while Cao Wei is constantly fighting internally, but sometimes there is a rare unanimity when it comes to the outside world?
This kind of status quo that is extremely unfavorable to Ji Han was caused by that inherent impression at the beginning.
Under the influence of this inherent impression, most of the people who were loyal to the Wei family and knew that Cao Pi had ordered the troops to send troops naturally felt excited in their hearts.
Many people are expecting the Great Wei Heavenly Soldiers to defeat the Han army in the field, just like the hearty victories achieved by Emperor Wu when he was alive.
Under the influence of this inherent impression, when Zhang Liao outside Yancheng received Cao Pi's holy decree, although he had concerns in his heart, he did not have much sense of crisis. ….
Even though Cao Pi's martial arts strategy is not outstanding compared to Cao Cao, he still understands the truth that snakes are headless.
Therefore, in order to ensure that the Great Wei can win this war, Cao Pi officially sorted out the leadership system of the Wei army in this holy decree that has gradually attracted the attention of the world.
The commander of the more than 70,000 Wei troops was the Wei general Zhang Liao, and the deputy general was the Zhennan general Cao Xiu.
Originally, according to Cao Wei's practice, even though Cao Xiu's position was lower than Zhang Liao's, the more than 70,000 Wei army commanders should be Cao Xiu.
It's just that all kinds of things happened before, which made Cao Pi, who was not very close to the Cao clan, trust the clan lower and lower, so he made this arrangement.
After sorting out the leadership system of more than 70,000 Wei troops, Cao Pi ordered Zhang Liao to lead the army to launch a general attack on the Han army in his holy decree.
Zhang Liao, who received Cao Pi's holy decree, did not hesitate any longer.
He immediately ordered the 50,000 Wei troops outside Yancheng to pull out their camp from outside Yancheng and approach Fancheng.
The Wei army currently assembled in the Fan Yan area is a well-trained army.
Therefore, after Zhang Liao's order spread throughout the army, the 50,000 Wei troops, who had been preparing for attack, soon drove out of the camp and came outside Fancheng.
When Zhang Liao personally led 50,000 Wei troops to Fancheng to join Cao Xiu's headquarters, Cao Xiu also knew the content of Cao Pi's holy decree.
After knowing that he had become a subordinate of Zhang Liao, a second minister with a different surname, Cao Xiu's face naturally showed a look of displeasure.
This should be the first time since the establishment of the Duchy of Wei that the Great Wei clan has been under the command of a general with a different surname.
Such a first time made Cao Xiu, who had a strong personality, feel displeased, or a little ashamed.
It's just that he is dissatisfied with Cao Pi's arrangement in his heart, and Cao Xiu can't disobey the holy decree openly.
In addition, he also knew that a big war was imminent, and if there was a seizure of power in the Wei army now, the result would undoubtedly be disastrous.
So soon Cao Xiu temporarily suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart.
Of course, Zhang Liao and Xu Chu also saw the displeasure on Cao Xiu's face.
However, as long as Cao Xiu doesn't come out, they are afraid of Cao Xiu's identity, and they can't do anything to Cao Xiu.
Moreover, the current war is critical.
Zhang Liao is an experienced veteran, as early as he knew that Cao Pi had the intention to send troops, he has been thinking about how to arrange troops in the coming days.
And with the Han army withdrawing from the siege of Fancheng and stationing on the north bank of the Han River, all the combat strategies he had planned before were invisibly overturned.
What flanking the front and back, what luring the enemy to go deeper, under Guan Yu's first insight, has all come to naught.
One of the ways that Zhang Liao can do now is to press up with superior forces and fight happily with the Han army.
It looks a little dull in the past, but this kind of combat method is actually the main theme of ancient warfare.
After making a plan in his heart, Zhang Liao immediately ordered the whole army to rest for a day today, and the whole army set off early tomorrow morning.
Time always passed quickly, and soon the time came to the hour of the second day.
It was winter, even if it was already the hour of the hour, but the whole sky outside Fancheng still looked gloomy.
As for the sunshine, it has not appeared on the land outside Fancheng for almost half a month. ….
It's just that although the sky seems very depressing, under Zhang Liao's military orders, the 70,000 Wei troops still start to assemble outside Fancheng on time under the leadership of their respective generals.
As early as around the fifth watch, the 70,000 Wei troops had already eaten a full meal.
Even in order to boost morale, Zhang Liao specially ordered to add some meat foam to the army's meal this morning.
This made the 70,000 Wei troops very unexpected, and after eating the meat foam, their morale was greatly improved.
The 70,000 Wei troops with high morale were quickly assembled, and Zhang Liao, Cao Xiu and other generals who had been waiting outside the city for a long time saw this scene, and their faces showed a little joy.
Most of the 70,000 Wei troops standing in front of them now were composed of the Chinese army and foreign troops of the Great Wei.
In terms of combat effectiveness and training, they are all first-class strong troops in the world.
And these 70,000 strong troops are the greatest confidence for them to fight this battle today.
After Zhang Liao inspected the 70,000 Wei troops in front of him with proud eyes, he waved his hand and gave the order for the whole army to go on the march.
When Zhang Liao's order spread throughout the army through the Lingqi, the 70,000 Wei troops, under the command of their respective generals, began to advance slowly towards the Han River with firm steps.
For the well-trained 70,000 Wei troops, moving with the Lingqi has almost become their muscle memory.
When the 70,000 Wei troops began to line up and approach the north bank of the Han River, a huge sound of stomping on the ground outside Fancheng sounded out of thin air.
And the corresponding wind and dust of Fancheng also began to flutter in the sky for several miles
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An army of 70,000 people, thinking that during the Battle of Hanzhong that year, Liu Bei exhausted the national strength of Yizhou and organized the main force was only this number.
Fancheng was more than ten miles away from the re-established Han army camp.
And when the 70,000 Wei troops began to assemble, this emergency military situation had been reported to Guan Yu by the spies of the Han army.
When he learned that the Wei army, which had been shrinking for months, had finally begun to attack them, Guan Yu happily high-fived him with his fist.
He had been planning for months, and this was the moment he had been waiting for.
Even he waited for this moment for more than ten years.
Now that the 70,000 Wei army has already started, the 60,000 Han army in his hands cannot miss this opportunity.
So Guan Yu's order was quickly issued.
Because I felt that the Wei army was likely to launch an attack in these days, the 60,000 Han troops had been in combat readiness for the past few days.
Compared with Zhang Liao, there is no doubt that the Han army led by Guan Yu is more prepared.
Even regarding the formation of the front, middle and rear armies, under the command of Guan Yu during this period of time, the Han army has practiced countless times in advance.
Therefore, when Guan Yu ordered the whole army to assemble, almost at the moment when the 70,000 Wei troops were assembled more than ten miles away, the 60,000 Han troops were also assembled outside the camp.
After the 60,000 Han troops were assembled, Guan Yu drove the war horse under his crotch and constantly wandered back in front of the 60,000 Han army.
The 60,000 Han troops in front of him in front of him, except for the 10,000 Yibei troops brought by Mi Yang, most of the remaining 50,000 troops were his old troops.
Even the 10,000 Yulin army left by Liu Bei was.
Because the predecessor of Liu Bei's Yulin Army was the Bai Yu Soldiers, and the Bai Yu Soldiers were trained by Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others. ….
Everyone in the world knows that Guan Yu is extremely powerful, but few people know that Guan Yu's ability to train soldiers is also a must.
It is precisely because of his good training ability that Guan Yu can train a tiger and wolf army in the ruined Jingzhou within a few years.
And with the tiger and wolf army in his hand, he chased Cao to the north and rejected Sun in the east.
Like his own self-confidence, Guan Yu also had great confidence in the 60,000 Han troops in front of him.
When a cold wind blew over the heads of the 60,000 troops, the hairpins on the 60,000 helmets swayed in unison, which was spectacular.
And the thousands of crimson battle flags in the army of 60,000 Han troops were hunting under the cold wind, adding a majestic atmosphere to the scene at this moment.
Among the 60,000 troops, from Zhang Fei and Mi Yang to the auxiliary soldiers, they all looked at the man in front of the army with reverence.
Although Guan Yu has entered old age at this moment, his body is still majestic, and his spirit is still intimidating.
Facing the reverent gaze of the 60,000 Han soldiers, Guan Yu patted his chest with his hand and said loudly:
"The Great Han will win!"
Guan Yu's voice was very majestic, but it still couldn't reach the ears of the Han soldiers in the rear.
It's just that after the Han army in the front heard Guan Yu's declaration, they quickly passed Guan Yu's declaration backwards, and soon the 60,000 Han troops heard Guan Yu's declaration.
After hearing Guan Yu's declaration, although Guan Yu's declaration was very brief, it was these simple four words that directly mobilized the greatest fighting spirit in the hearts of the 60,000 Han army.
The gaze of the 60,000 Han soldiers looking at Guan Yu gradually became hot.
This is Guan Yu's prestige in the Han army now, others say that those four words are to encourage morale, but he said that those four words are a kind of firm declaration.
When Guan Yu's own strong self-confidence gradually infected the whole army, the 60,000 Han troops also beat their chests with their hands like Guan Yu, and shouted loudly: "The Han will win!"
The chorus of 60,000 Han troops covered the world in the form of shaking the heavens and the earth.
Listening to the extremely pleasant shouts of the 60,000 Han soldiers, Guan Yu couldn't help laughing.
Who said that the southern army is inferior to the north?
After laughing, Guan Yu officially gave the order to go out.
When Guan Yu's order spread throughout the army
, these 60,000 elite Han army sons began to follow behind Guan Yu in an orderly manner, and took the initiative towards the 70,000 enemy troops who were approaching them in front.
The red wind and dust rose in the southeast, and the clouds were long and dancing to point at the enemy.
Today, Hanshui summoned the old department, and 60,000 banners were beheaded in the north.
Even though the results of the battle are still unknown for a while, these 60,000 Han soldiers will never regret following Guan Yu on this journey.
When both the Han and Wei armies took the initiative to march towards the enemy, the scouts sent by the two armies also kept running back and forth between the two armies.
They are reporting to their respective commanders the movement and distance of the enemy's troops.
Twelve miles.
Eight miles.
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With the two armies marching in the opposite direction, the distance of more than ten miles was soon crossed by the 130,000 troops.
When the advance of the two armies was less than a mile, the front armies of the two armies could already clearly see the figure of the enemy.
Looking from a distance from the perspective of the Han army's front army, I saw the 70,000 Wei troops in the distance like black clouds rolling in the sky, shining with rising killing intent and pressing towards them.
After seeing this scene, Zhang Fei, the former commander of the Han army, gave the order for the whole army to stop.
After the 20,000 Han troops stopped, they all stood up.
At this time, the distance between the front armies of the two armies was less than a mile.
And at this moment, the sky, which had been gloomy for days, suddenly appeared a glimmer of light.
As time passed, this light grew bigger and bigger, and finally became a ray of sunlight that illuminated the world.
This ray of sunlight rose from behind the Han army, quickly covering them in it.
When the sun shone on the armor of the Han army, the sky and the earth instantly flashed with golden light.
The Wei army, which came with darkness, and the Han army, which had its back to the light at this time, were in stark contrast at this moment.
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