Chapter 367: Zhang He in a desperate situation
The frustrated envoy brought a few news, the good news was that Yuan Shao had gathered more than 20,000 Jizhou elites in Yecheng, and there were still elites from other counties and counties. Gao Gan also fled back to Yecheng with the remnants, and nearly 5,000 of the 8,000 people returned to Yecheng due to running away in advance, which was too much of a wall compared to Chun Yuqiong who fled back alone.
The bad news is that Weitong and Zhang Liao are divided into troops to pursue, and now some of the soldiers and horses of the two departments are pursuing Zhang He to the vicinity of Neihuang, and some of them are blocking Zhang He's entry into Neihuang in front of Neihuang, but more of the two parts of the heavy cavalry and light cavalry went to pursue Gao Gan, and after Gao Gan returned to Yecheng, these people arranged a large net to intercept Zhang He on the plain. In other words, Zhang He was about to face the front, back, left and right flanking attacks of the four parts of the cavalry. Since Yuan Shao and the envoys of Fu Zhi have arrived here, Zhang Liao and Weitong, who did not enter Yecheng, should have arrived a long time ago, and the reason why they have not surrounded them is to wait for the other ministries.
Of course, this was not the worst news for Zhang He, and he sent a handwritten letter to Tian Feng and Zhang He, saying that after Chun Yuqiong and Guo Tu fled back to Yecheng, they insisted that Zhang He first let Zhang Liao go and entered the mainland, and ???????????????? did not notify Chun Yuqiong in advance, and after Chun Yuqiong was attacked by Zhang Liao at night, Zhang He acted to help, and after Chun Yuqiong was surrounded by Huang Zhong and other five tribes, Chun Yuqiong asked for help from Chun Yuqiong many times, but because of Zhang He's non-cooperation, Chun Yuqiong collapsed under the siege of the five departments, and Zhang He fled the battlefield in advance, resulting in Gao Gan being pursued by 20,000 cavalry.
Chun Yuqiong's trick is powerful, he helped Gao Gan get rid of his guilt by the way, and Gao Gan is Yuan Shao's nephew! In this way, Gao Gan will also insist that Zhang He did not support Chun Yuqiong, and escaped from the battlefield in advance, which led to Chun Yuqiong and Gao Gan being defeated by the enemy's superior forces.
Zhang Liao was allowed to cross the river to the north without notifying his companions in advance, nor rescuing friendly troops, who fled in advance when they were besieged. This is a big sin that is suitable for reluctance!
Looking at the letter of the frustrated professor, if it weren't for the fact that Tian Feng saw Chun Yuqiong's letter slandering Zhang He in Yecheng before, he would never believe it. But Zhang He and Gao Ran smiled wryly, this is the difference between descendants and non-descendants. No matter if Chun Yuqiong makes a unique mistake, as long as he says a few words, he can shift all the responsibility to others. And now Zhang He and Gao Ran are the backstabbers.
At the end of the letter, he also said that Yuan Shao had completely believed the statements of Chun Yuqiong and Gao Gan, and was ready to go to prison to interrogate Zhang He, Tian Feng, Gao Ran and others. After they brought the army back to Yecheng, he tried not to enter the city because of injury or illness, and waited for him to contact others to exonerate the three of them first.
Seeing this, Gao Lan, who was originally just smiling bitterly, was no longer calm: "His ancestors, Chun Yuqiong's waste, we informed him of Zhang Liao's whereabouts as soon as possible, and followed Zhang Liao overnight. That Weitong, Zhang Yang and Yang Feng are all from the north, and that waste doesn't know anything. and that straw Guo Tu, as long as he listened to his advice, there was no time that he would not lose. This was the case last time, and this time it was not advisable to divide the troops into two ways? Knowing that Zhang Liao's cavalry still went out of the camp at night to confront the enemy, it was really a big joke, such two people were worthy of being the main general and joining the army.
By the time the decisive battle came, the forces of both sides had been put on the surface, and Chun Yuqiong's waste of 20,000 people had a camp to cover and was attacked by 40,000 or 50,000 people for less than two hours, and the senior cadres fled in advance. You must know that during the decisive battle, both cavalry were staring at our army. Will our army stay and collect their corpses? So far, our army's 20,000 infantry and 10,000 civilians have lost a total of only 3,000 people. If Gao Gan can cooperate or Chun Yuqiong can even escape with one or two thousand people to attract the attention of the enemy's cavalry, and block the enemy's cavalry for us a little, our army has already retreated to Neihuang. Now all the responsibility is ours, and TMD Lao Tzu is no longer serving. ”
Zhang He glanced at Gao Lan, and turned his gaze for help to Tian Feng, he thought that since he followed Han Fu, he had fought against the Black Mountain Army many times, and he had also faced Gongsun Zhan's White Horse Yisu, and they had won and lost each other, but it was the first time that he was so powerless like this time.
Winning or losing on the battlefield is not terrible, what is terrible is that there are so many soldiers under his command, Yuan Shao doesn't think about how to rescue himself, but listens to slander and prepares to ask for guilt. Zhang He asked himself if he could return to Yecheng in the face of the encirclement and interception of the five divisions of the Wei Xuan Army, and he didn't know how many people could return to Yecheng. And I ???????????????? Worry about the future fate of yourself and Gao Ran and other major generals.
Tian Feng also looked at Zhang He helplessly, he came from Yecheng to counsel the military affairs in Zhang He's camp in order to atone for his crimes. Because of the appearance of Zhang Liao, Yuan Shao's general Tian Feng's suggestion that he should garrison Wei County to wait for the results of other battlefields before making a decision was the main reason why Zhang Liao easily entered Wei County and Chun Yuqiong was raided. To put it bluntly, Yuan Shao thought that his miscalculation was the main reason for the passivity of the battle situation in Wei County.
Although the chief general is Zhang He and the deputy general is Gao Lan, if Yuan Shao characterizes Zhang Hebu as ineffective in combat, he Tian Feng is also guilty of joining the army.
Facing the eyes of Zhang He and Gao Ran for help, Tian Feng smiled miserably: "Let's go all out to bring the soldiers and horses back to Yecheng first, and then camp outside the city, and then you and I will either tie ourselves up and excuse ourselves or return to the mountains and forests." ”
Zhang He nodded, and now it can only be like this, he wants to bring as many soldiers under his command back to Yecheng as possible, otherwise, with more than 20,000 infantry in Yecheng, it may be difficult to hold on to the soldiers and horses of other counties to come. You must know that now the Wei Xuan Army has five soldiers and horses in Wei County, and the three infantry divisions are 45,000 according to the establishment of the Wei Xuan Army. 70,000 people faced Yecheng, where the remnants of the defeated army would flee into, if Wei Xuan had to make up his mind to storm it, if there was no foreign aid, it would really be a big test to hold on for a few days.
Although Gao Ran was unhappy in his heart, he did not raise any objections, after all, he was not out of danger now, and there were more than 20,000 Jizhou elites and people beside him, so he could only take one step at a time.
However, just as Zhang He and the others had just made a decision, scouts from all sides of the temporary camp rushed to Zhang He, and they brought Zhang He a news that he did not want to hear: "The cavalry from the east and north are approaching, and a large number of infantry has appeared in the west!" ”
It turned out that the cavalry behind him kept chasing but did not come forward to attack, just so that his whole army could not rest and had no chance to camp, which was clearly waiting for the other departments to complete the encirclement before launching the final blow? Now it seems that the enemy's encirclement is shrinking, and with the enemy's large number of cavalry, it is no longer possible to escape on foot.
Unwilling, Zhang He continued to inquire in detail about the number of enemies on all sides of the scout. The result is still bad news, the light cavalry in the east is only ten miles away, and the whole number of men and horses of Weitong is about 9,000. Fifteen miles to the north were more than 7,000 cavalry, and ten miles to the west were more than 4,000 cavalry and nearly 10,000 or so infantry. That is to say, in addition to the prisoners and the infantry used to deal with Yecheng, the Wei Xuan army can come. Zhang He's current location is south of the Yellow River, and it is not difficult to cross the river in this season, but to the south is Chen Liu, which is occupied by Wei Xuan, where there are at least nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses.
Zhang He did not panic, but summoned the lieutenants and Simas to discuss the breakthrough plan. He must unify his thinking and bring Jizhou back to Yecheng as much as possible.
After the generals under their command learned of the situation of their army, they also immediately exploded, and they all talked nonsense, and no one could convince anyone.
And they don't blame them, it looks like the north is the easiest to break through right now, but there should be enough depth here to set traps, perhaps???????????????? The remaining two soldiers and horses who did not appear were waiting for them in a place where the scouts could not see. If you find that there are enemies several times your size waiting after you have survived desperately, you will really despair in an instant.
The enemy is imminent, Zhang He and others can't come up with the best plan, Zhang He no longer hesitates to break through to the east, although there are 10,000 cavalry in the east, but there is also Neihuang, as long as they can enter the Neihuang City, the cavalry of the Wei Xuan Army can't help themselves.
So more than 20,000 people moved towards Neihuangcheng again, and all the military marquis and Sima knew that this battle was a battle to the death, and only by defeating the more than 10,000 light cavalry in front of them could there be a glimmer of life.
So more than 18,000 elite Jizhou soldiers were in front, and more than 8,000 people were behind, and they used their normal marching speed to go towards Neihuang. The army looks a little tragic up and down!
However, in just two quarters of an hour, because they were walking in the opposite direction, the two sides soon encountered. Zhang He rode on the horse and could see clearly, and the oncoming banner of the main general did have the word "Wei" written on it. It's me who knows it.
Zhang He looked at Gao Ran and Tian Feng next to him and said: "When the two sides are fighting, Ben will suddenly kill and entangle Weitong, if you can defeat or capture Weitong, everything will be fine, if it is a stalemate, the two of you will break through with your own soldiers, don't stay, go directly into the inner Huang City." ”
Gao Ran shook his head: "Junyi, you underestimate so-and-so, and you underestimate that Weitong." That is Tong Yuan's personal disciple, as Wei Xuan's fellow brother, the personal soldier next to the cavalry master is definitely not an idle person. ”
Of course, Zhang He will not underestimate Weitong, but for the sake of today's plan, only the main general aiming at the enemy may still have a chance to break through, otherwise it will be difficult to fly when the cavalry from other sides surrounds him. And although Weitong is a disciple of Tong Yuan, he Zhang He is not a vegetarian, and Zhang He feels that he is a few years older than Weitong anyway, and he has more battlefield experience. If the young and vigorous Weitong can come out and fight him alone under the stimulation of words, he has a chance to defeat Weitong, and if he can capture Weitong even if he wins one and a half strokes to injure Weitong, it can cause the enemy to be in a short period of chaos, then the chances of Jizhou soldiers escaping will be doubled.