Chapter Twenty-Six: One More Time
Shen Tao was a step slower after all, and only rescued some of the people who started the incident, and even Yoshimoto and Jin Yi died. Diaphragm
But this battle is a life of nine deaths, and the rescue of hundreds of miles in Shen Chen is already the limit, but Cao Jun is not a wine bag and rice bag, so he arrived in time and quelled the rebellion.
Therefore, Chen Du's rebellion will not pose any threat to Cao Cao, and Shen Tao can only save the remaining people, that's all.
However, the follow-up impact of this incident is still very large.
The first is the military spirit.
The Yellow Gate Pawns have won many battles, and some people often say that they are the first elite in the world, and the soldiers of the Cao Army are often terrified when they hear the Yellow Gate Pawns, which has a great impact on the morale of the army.
The second is morale.
Morale here does not refer to the courage of the soldiers, but to the influence on the clans. Diaphragm
The army sent by Shen Chen came to the capital city several times, and burned Xu Du last time, and this time it entered the Chen capital again, and smashed Huanglong, as if entering a no-man's land.
For those "Hanchen" and "family families" who sway in the wind, it will obviously make them feel that Cao Cao is empty.
Once the Nanyang army was about to start the Northern Expedition, it was not good to say that these so-called Korean and Chinese magnates submitted letters to surrender one after another.
Finally, there is the will of the people.
Henan is the hinterland of the Central Plains, and Hebei has been the ancestral residence of Chinese ancestors since ancient times.
Although the world was in turmoil twice, Hebei and Henan gradually withered, but with the gradual stabilization of the three points of the Han Dynasty in recent years, Sun Cao and Liu did not use swords and soldiers without authorization, and recuperated for many years, and gradually prospered.
As a result, it was the hinterland of the Central Plains where the Han people lived, but the Nanyang army repeatedly attacked, swaggering through the state and county, and no one could stop it. Diaphragm
Seeing this situation, how could the people of various states and counties still think that Cao Wei's defense was impregnable and could protect them thoroughly?
What's more, Shen Chen himself is kind to the people in the north, and the world is in a big epidemic, he sent doctors everywhere in the north to seek medical advice and treat the epidemic people, just like Zhang Jiao walked the world to save the people, and the people's hearts will eventually deviate.
Therefore, this time, the Yellow Gate soldiers once again rushed hundreds of miles to attack Chendu, although the results of the battle only took away some of the rebels and their families, but the bad impact was extremely great.
Severely shaken Cao Cao's rule.
And that's not all.
For the battlefield ahead, there is also a certain chain reaction.
On the same day, the long company. Diaphragm
After Yan Kuang's army left, there were less than 2,000 soldiers left in the same place.
Since their location was closer to Changshe at that time, Yan Kuang's deputy general Zhang Gan suggested that the grain should be transported back to the Changshe city to ensure the safety of grain and grass.
However, if you want to turn around the grain convoy that stretches for more than ten miles, and send back the grain and grass that has been weighing hundreds of thousands of stones, and the front-line defenders have been in the past three months, it is obviously not something that can be done in a short time and a half.
Cao Cao garrisoned 100,000 troops on the Nanyang front, and the soldiers had to eat about 2.7 stone per month, and in a month, it was nearly 300,000 stone of grain, which was an astronomical amount.
Therefore, when Yan Kuang transports grain twice a year, he has to recruit a large number of people, collect the grain and grass from the tuntian fields in the two places, and send a total of about 1.5 million stone grains to the front line, and there are more than 10,000 pawn peasant troops who need to be escorted, and as many as 40,000 or 50,000 people who are escorted.
However, the soldiers who were in charge of the people were not there, and there were only 2,000 soldiers left, although there were still some pawn peasant troops in Yingyin, Yingyang and other places who were responsible for the affairs of Yingchuan Tuntian, but they were too far away to be mobilized for the time being.
In the absence of non-commissioned officers, the army's ability to manage and coordinate the people has been greatly reduced, so that the situation is frequent. Diaphragm
Such as a collision when the carriage turns around, a horse's rope breaks, a wheel gets stuck in a pit, and so on.
Zhang Gan raised his head and looked at the sky, they had only walked seven or eight miles in a day since they returned from yesterday to today, and they would have to go to Changshe the day after tomorrow if they continued like this, which was really a delay in time.
A man in front of him stumbled and fell, Zhang Gan was furious and raised his horsewhip and whipped it, shouting: "If you delay the delivery of grain, you will be killed." ”
The man was in pain, and in a hurry he got up from the ground and continued to push the carriage forward.
Above the wilderness, a vast land.
To the east is the direction of the former Xudu, which has long been abandoned and overgrown with weeds, and it is late autumn, when the grass and trees wither and wither yellow, swaying gently in the north wind.
"Winter Winter Winter ......".
At this moment, a very subtle and very rhythmic sound appeared in the east.
The initial sound was almost indiscible, and its presence was obscured by the sound of the wind whistling between heaven and earth and other natural sounds.
But after a while, a soldier suddenly pricked up his ears and said to the person next to him: "Hei San, listen, it seems that there is a voice of Dong Dong Dong ringing. ”
"Why, you think too much."
Hei San, who was stopped, didn't feel anything, waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and push the cart, it's too late for the general to be angry." ”
"Really."
The soldier wanted to say something, but Hei San ignored him and continued to hurry. Diaphragm
The soldier scratched his head, took a few steps forward, and then lowered his head.
He saw that on the ground of the rammed earth official road, the loess that no one stepped on gently splashed a little dust.
Immediately after, a stone moved on its own.
"Winter Winter Winter ......"
After a few breaths, the subtle voice finally became clear, and although it was still small, it was no longer as imperceptible as it had been before.
The faces of all the soldiers changed, and the experienced Cao Jun immediately lay on the ground and listened attentively.
"Enemy attack!" Diaphragm
In the next second, a sharp whistle sounded.
On the vast eastern horizon, I don't know when some dark shadows appeared.
Their figures were extremely fast, and in just a few breaths, more and more black shadows appeared, and dust and smoke were everywhere behind them.
All the Cao troops panicked, and they hurriedly listened to the whistle and began to assemble.
But at this time, it was all in chaos, the people scattered and fled, and the original order was maintained very reluctantly, and now tens of thousands of people are running around, so that the two thousand Cao troops can't set up a position at all.
A moment later, this iron cavalry, which was still led by the Xiliang people, had already rushed to the periphery of the grain team, and gradually began to slow down and wrap towards the Cao army.
"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows!" Diaphragm
Zhang Gan temporarily organized the defense of three hundred people.
You must know that the convoy stretched for more than ten miles, and 2,000 soldiers spread out like this, coupled with the fact that the people were running around and delaying the action, organizing 300 people in a short period of time was already the limit.
But the speed of the group of light horsemen was obviously faster than him, and before Cao Jun's arrows could be displaced, they had already rushed to the front and shot with their horse bows.
The overwhelming rain of arrows fired a volley, directly scattering the Cao army, and the general Zhang Gan was directly shot.
Zhang Xiu rode on horseback, his gray and white sideburns fluttering in the wind, his eyes looked indifferently at the already chaotic convoy, and he waved his hand and gave an order: "Set fire!" ”
"Set fire!"
The soldiers took out a tube of fish paste and grease hanging from their saddles, took out the sickle and torches, poured the grease on the torches, and lit them into torches. Diaphragm
Zhang Xiu stood in place, and the knights around him galloped towards the north and south convoys on his left and right as if they were dividing the sea.
The light horsemen split into two sides, as if the tide was surging cut by the mainstay.
"Run."
"Don't kill me, don't kill me."
"I'm not a soldier, I'm just a leader in conscription."
The people fled in panic and fled in the direction of Tuntian in the northwest.
Even Cao Jun ran away. Diaphragm
After all, the Diannong Army is only a second-line army, although its combat effectiveness is comparable to that of the first-line infantry in Jiangdong, but at this time, their formation cannot be assembled, and the front and back are disjointed, how can they fight?
After Zhang Gan's death, people scattered in an instant, and no one was willing to take a life for the grain and grass that could not be saved.
The cavalry who had been diverted out galloped all the way and quickly threw the torches in their hands towards the grain carts.
The grain was soon ignited, the flames burned, the horses were burned by the flames, frightened, and in just a moment, the official road for more than ten miles became a sea of fire, and even affected the surrounding fields, wilderness and even forests.
"Let's go!"
Zhang Xiu watched the task completed, waved his hand, turned the horse's head and left.
The light horsemen also turned their horses to the south at the same time. Diaphragm
The flames behind him were monstrous, and the sea of fire stretched for more than ten miles, and even the surrounding counties could see the flames that rushed to the sky more than ten miles away.
At this moment, how similar is it to the moment when Shen Chen robbed and killed Ren Jun that year?