Volume 2 The Rise of Jingzhou Chapter 453 - Jiangxia War
At this time, it was not someone else who was stationed in Jiangxia, it was the other available people that Liu Bei found in Jingzhou.
Fu Kuang can be regarded as a famous ranger of this Jingzhou generation.
Before, because Liu Biao governed Jingzhou, the poor people from poor families had no way to survive in Jingzhou, and this Fu Kuang was a generation of rangers, which was even more so.
In this Jingzhou, it was originally a day when there was no future, if it weren't for the fact that he was shy and couldn't even get a trip to Xichuan.
I'm afraid that this assistant Kuang has already gone straight to Naxichuan.
Knowing Liu Bei's arrival, this Fu Kuang finally saw hope.
Although Liu Bei still started from the bottom under Liu Bei, Fu Kuang at least saw hope, and Liu Bei was the one who gave him hope...
And entrust him with a heavy responsibility!
Let him stay in Jiangxia and take care of his back roads and procedures.
And after Guan Yu left Jiangxia County, the war in Jiangxia County completely entered Wei Yan's hands.
Since then, Na Fu Kuang and another general who stayed in Jiangxia, Xi Zhen, have naturally done the same, and have become the deputy generals by Wei Yan's side...
And Wei Yan's actions really surprised the two of them, making them feel a burst of surprise!
Wei Yan did not follow the method left by Guan Yu at the beginning, and constantly relied on the vertical and horizontal characteristics of the waters of Jiangxia County to fight and persist with the other party.
On the contrary, Wei Yan was so bold that he immediately started a counterattack after Guan Yu left!
Wei Yan knew very well Zhang Liao's methods, that is, he was brave and abnormal, leading a small number of elites to directly crisscross Jiangxia.
Even in the face of Guan Yu's battle formation, he was able to easily chisel it!
Although Guan Yu was also able to do it, when the two sides were fighting, Zhang Liao was not worried about Guan Yu raiding and killing him.
And Guan Yu was also very helpless in the face of Cao Jun behind Zhang Liao.
Therefore, the two sides have been at a stalemate.
But Wei Yan is not a fool, the Cao army has such a fierce force, and there are also generals like Zhang Liao, why is it so strong that he can't take Jiangxia.
And finally make the situation on both sides so anxious?
This must not be true!
After careful observation, Wei Yan finally discovered the problem, that is, although Zhang Liao was brave, the soldiers under his command were also exceptionally elite.
But... But he couldn't move the real Cao army behind him.
As a result, there is a serious disconnect between the soldiers and horses of the two sides.
If it weren't for Zhang Liao's ability being too extraordinary, this Guan Yu would probably have found an opportunity to directly attack the other party's back!
And the reason for this result, Wei Yan finally guessed, that is, Cao Mengde has always been suspicious.
Although this seems to have a lot of trust in Zhang Liao, what he really reassures is his clan generals....
Cao Ren, one of Cao Mengde's arms, was stationed in the Central Plains before, and this guy who claimed to have the courage of heaven and man has now suffered a great loss in the hands of Guan Yu.
Coupled with the danger of Jiangdong, Cao Mengde had to transfer him away.
But now Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan are both fighting with Cao Mengde in Nanyang County.
This Liao Yongmeng is very brave, but no one restrains him, so he is destined to not be able to gather all the soldiers and horses in one place.
This is Wei Yan's chance.
After he found out about this, instead of letting the scouts under his command directly spread any rumors about that Zhang Liao, he used another method.
That is to vigorously advocate Zhang Liao!
Wei Yan has already seen that although this Zhang Liao is brave, he can't completely reassure Cao Mengde after all.
But Cao Mengde is another generation of heroes, and it is not a simple counter-plot that can work.
And if he wantonly spreads any bad thoughts about this Zhang Liao here, this will not make Cao Mengde continue to be jealous of the other party.
will even let Cao Mengde find a chance to perform, shouting that this Zhang Liao is his confidant, and he will definitely trust Zhang Liao even more!
So as to make this Zhang Liao more loyal, this is the real danger.
Although Wei Yan didn't know how well this Zhang Liao was able to lead the army, he felt that no matter what his ability was, it would be best to let this guy withdraw from the battlefield.
It is precisely because of this that the battlefield of Jiangxia has ushered in today's changes.
Under Cao Cao's order, Cao Hong, the lucky general known as the white pigeon of the Cao family, personally led his troops to come, and then directly took Na Lejin and then joined Li Tong in Yuzhou to enter the Jiangxia battlefield.
Of course, not only that, but he also directly asked that Zhang Liao to repair one or two in the rear, and come to support him as a mobile force at any time.
Then he personally led the army to rush over, and quickly took down the defense line set up by Na Wei Yan in the north of Jiangxia, and repeatedly broke through several large camps.
defeated the two people who came to support, Fu Kuang and Xi Zhen.
And chased all the way .... Seeing that these two guys are going to be taken down directly.
And Lejin, as the vanguard of the army, is even more brave and abnormal at this time!
In the continuous pursuit, Le Jin has already lost a lot of soldiers and horses under the command of Fu Kuang and Xi Zhen, and their strength at this time is naturally greatly reduced.
Therefore, after the battle, Le Jin immediately ordered his soldiers to rush towards the opponent's Chinese army again and again, and even led his own soldiers to rush towards the other party several times.
But no matter how he attacked this group of "defeated troops", he couldn't completely defeat them, and the remaining soldiers and horses seemed to be gone, and their resilience was far greater than when they were once fighting.
This already made Na Lejin feel that something was wrong, but before he could tell Cao Hong about it, he saw that Cao Hong had already rushed over with a roar.
And Cao Hong is also worthy of being Cao Mengde's favorite guy.
Although this art of war cannot be compared with Cao Ren Xiahou Yuan, this guy's loyalty to Cao Mengde is definitely far beyond ordinary people.
After seeing such a stalemate situation, he personally led people to join the battlefield without saying a word, leaving only more than 1,000 people stationed on the periphery for Li Tong beside him, just in case...
"General Cao Hong, why did you come so fast?" At this time, Le Jin, who has always been known as the first general under Cao Jun's command, also felt a tingling of his scalp after seeing Cao Hong rushing to kill.
The look of horror on his face made Cao Hong a little suspicious.
"Hey, what do I mean by saying Wen Qian, didn't you send someone to tell me to wait, let me wait to meet you quickly..."
"The last general has never sent anyone to say this!"
At this time, Na Le Jin directly interrupted Cao Hong's words with an exclamation, which also made Cao Hong and Li Tong, who was already a little worried, suddenly feel a kind of horror in their hearts.
This Lejin wouldn't joke on them at such a time.
If that Lejin didn't say it, then this is it.... Oops!
"You haven't... Oops! Cao Hong also reacted completely at this time, no matter what was going on, but this must be a trap for them, "Evacuate immediately..."
Cao Hong understood, and at this time, he remembered again that Li Tong's words just now also believed a little, but it was too late.
"Boom~" There was a dull sound in the distance, like a galloping horse, and like a tsunami in the mountains...
"It's really a river..."Cao Hong looked at the river that suddenly became turbulent not far away, and immediately knew that Li Tong had guessed correctly again, this group of guys really moved the river in Jiangxia County....
"It's watery!" I don't know where it came from, and the rushing river rushed directly out of the river that had not yet had time to be repaired, and filled the entire battlefield in an instant.
Fu Kuang and the others, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately led their troops to retreat, and another deputy general under Wei Yan in the distance, Chen Zhi, the general who stayed behind in Jiangxia, also came with a raft to pick them up.
Even if it's really too late, you can swim in the water for a while...
But what Fu Kuang's command can do, Cao Hong and others may not be able to do...
"Kill!" The beating of drums resounded all around again, and the rushing river flooded the battlefield and the soldiers, and the boats carrying the soldiers also followed the river to their side.
The arrows were shot at the top of their heads, and the warships that appeared in all directions, and the soldiers who were in ambush, made Cao Hong and his soldiers and horses have the illusion of being surrounded at this moment....
When he was in Nanyang County, Zhao Yun also used the water attack strategy, but the original climate was not enough to make the water flow surge.
At the same time, coupled with this, the place Zhao Yun chose was not very suitable...
So although the water attack helped him to achieve victory, the great battle of the flood did not really take shape.
But it's different here, it's Jiangxia here!
It's the real land of water!
Although the rushing river did not flow endlessly, a single impact was enough to turn the chaotic battlefield into a human purgatory.
And this is a stream of water that has been accumulated for a long time, and such a long time of preparation burst out on this day.
In addition, most of the soldiers and horses under the command of Cao Hong and others are northern men, not to mention water warfare, even the simplest dog planing may not be able to, and when they enter the water, they will drift with the flow like the unshelled Wang Ba.
Although the river quickly calmed down, although there were not many people who drowned, the embarrassed appearance was completely incapable of resisting.
After the flood broke out, the entire battlefield was in mourning, and almost all of Cao's troops lost the ability to continue fighting.
The near-death and dirty water in their stomachs made them not want to move any more, already....
"General, go!"
At the critical moment, Li Tong found that something was wrong, and immediately withdrew to the high place with his troops before the river arrived, and when the river appeared, he immediately discovered the problem that the water seemed to be rushing but the strength was insufficient.
Only then did he wait for the water to calm down a little, and immediately led his troops to attack, forcibly grabbed several small boats, and hurriedly rowed in the direction where Cao Hong and the others were.
Hope to get them out.
But now that Jiangxia County has laid out such a big game of chess, how can this little Li Tong be easily destroyed?
The soldiers and horses that rushed out from all directions, the rain of arrows in the sky and the rolling waves of the river, made Cao Jun a life-and-death dilemma.
Even though Le Jin, Li Tong and others have enough courage to laugh at the world, and they are also famous brave generals in this Cao army.
But today, right here, they were also beaten by a group of "unknown young generals", and they suffered heavy casualties.
On the other side, in a remote place not far from the junction of Runan County and Jiangxia County, there is also an elite army of soldiers and horses who are rushing frantically!
The big banner with the word "Zhao" fluttered in the wind, and it repelled Yu Ban and then quickly evacuated before the official one, and then disappeared Zhao Yun and Zhao Zilong's department.
At this time, Zhao Yun had already seen the problem from the turbulent river, but he still had a calm face, and even a little regret.
At the same time, he also thought of the man he had seen earlier....
"Zhuge Kongming, no wonder His Majesty valued this guy so much at the beginning!
This is really amazing! ”
Zhao Yun's mind remembered when he and Zhuge Kongming first met, the persuasion that Zhuge Kongming had told him, and the plan he told him...
"Although there are many twists and turns in the Jingzhou battlefield now, it has not yet transcended Liang's calculations!
According to Liang's idea, we will delay on the front line of Xiyang County for at least half a year, so that Jingzhou will enter the Huangmei rainy season.
When the rainy season of Huangmei has just begun, the river will slowly rise, and we will store water upstream in advance to build a dam to save the river water and accumulate water potential.
In this way, there will not be much change in the rise of the river.
Of course, in this way, we must control Shangyong, Jiangxia, Nanjun in the north of Xiangyang and other places upstream of the river, so as to ensure this.
Although the rainy season in Jingzhou is very important in Jingzhou, it is not so important to outsiders, and not many people even know about it!
As long as I prepare in advance, I'm not afraid that Cao Jun won't fall for the trick...
In half a year, I can also completely wipe out the mood of Cao Mengde and others, and more than half a year...
The weight of the grain we are waiting for will also reach the extreme.
At that time, even if we do something that seems dangerous, then Cao Jun will feel reasonable, so he won't think about anything. ”
It was these words that made Zhao Yun nod again and again, and decided to continue to take a look.
Because his mood has now been affected by many changes on the battlefield in Nanyang, whether it is because of Liu Bei or because of the world, Zhao Yun feels that he is more useful in Jingzhou than in Jiaozhou....
And Liu Xie also gave him the opportunity and right to choose....
And under Zhuge Liang's reminder, Zhao Yun also understood his later thoughts....
"So the Lord... Many generals under the command of Xuande Gong, even if they evacuate again, they will not arouse their suspicion. ”
Zhao Yun had already understood Zhuge Liang's thoughts, and after that, he also joined in, and began to talk about the rest of the matter.
"It's just that in this way, His Majesty's previous transfer of General Guan Yu has sabotage..."
"It's not much sabotage." Zhuge Liang couldn't help but smile bitterly at this time, no matter whether his words were true or false.
He can't say how this Liu Xie is at this time.
Let's not mention that Liu Xie is not under their command, and there is no obligation to obey their arrangement.
As for the simplest thing, there is nothing to say about Liu Bei in this world or even in Jingzhou.
After all, he found a reason why everyone had nothing to say, and now he still serves that Liu Qi as the pastor of Jingzhou.
But Liu Xie is the only one who is different, he can really do something.
In terms of personal feelings, Liu Xie can directly scold Liu Bei for being unjust!
After all, it was Liu Xie who gave Liu Bei the rights, gave him soldiers and horses, gave him opportunities, and then gave him enough status.
As a result, he looked at Jingzhou, and finally looked at it, and this Jingzhou became his own.
Liu Bei is worthy of anyone in this matter, but he is sorry for Liu Xie.
Even Liu Xie and Liu Bei themselves understand that this matter can be understood, but they can also be scolded!
He Liu Bei still felt a little guilty in his heart.
In terms of official business, Liu Xie can directly remove Liu Qi's Jingzhou pastor, directly transfer him to Yongzhou as Yongzhou pastor, and then transfer his own people to Jingzhou.
It's not that he Liu Xie can't do this, and if he really does it, even Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong will have a way to stop it.
I'm afraid it's not so pretty.
Therefore, both parties are working hard to maintain the current relationship, and Zhuge Liang can't say a bad word about each other behind his back.
After hearing Zhao Yun's words, Zhuge Liang could only smile bitterly, and then directly changed the direction of the topic and continued....
Originally, Liang's idea was to continue to let Cao's army continue to fill his own strength, and then after destroying his main force in a battle, he would unite with the Jiangdong Sun clan in Yangzhou, Xuzhou, to force Cao Mengde back.
But His Majesty's plan gave Ryo a new idea, even more so than before
In fact, Liang has overlooked some places before... That Runan County is the largest county in Yuzhou, and it is the land of Tuntian under Cao Mengde all the year round.
The life of the people of Runan County is not satisfactory, but the population is large, and Wei Yan has done a very good job of retreating at this time.
His defense was already scattered, and with the posture of retreating as advance, Cao Hong had to continue to attack, and even constantly increase his troops and horses and conscription from the rear.
Wei Yan and the others wanted to use the young men of Runan County to completely confuse Cao Hong's soldiers and horses, that is, in a short period of time, at least 200,000 young men and women in Runan County would be mobilized.
Of course, he Cao Hong didn't want to recruit soldiers and horses like this, but as long as he recruited soldiers and horses, then he could give me a chance.
Go find their chances!
Liang had heard of this Cao Mengde before, in order to control the power in his hands now, he directly set up a place called the Bafu.
At this time, the military order in his hand was the order of the overlord.
And the Order of the Overlord's Order... To be honest, even Liu Xie and Liu Bei had only heard of this thing, and they had never seen it before.
And there are even fewer people in Runan and other places who can see and take things.
Except for Xun Yu and a few of Cao Mengde's henchmen, who knows what the order of the overlord looks like.
Therefore, Zhao Yun led the cavalry under his command to directly cut off Cao Mengde's overlord order, and at the same time quickly imitated the order to send orders to the Quartet.
Let the entire county town of Runan mobilize countless young people to gather on the border of Runan and Jiangxia County.
It is used to fill the soldiers and horses, as well as to escort grain and grass!
To be honest, this order seems to be full of ridiculous words.
But.... If you take this plan apart, every time it just says that this makes the local county order gather the people to be young and strong, it is completely different.
As soon as this kind of thing came in, the people of the Cao family had done a lot in history, and there were even many who forced the local soldiers to rebel directly...
Second, because of the existence of Cao Mengde's meritocracy order, countless people know that if you want to get ahead under Cao Mengde, you have to be brilliant.
And most of them were appointed to the bottom of this place after defecting to Cao Mengde.
In this way, when Zhao Yun began to proceed according to Zhuge Liang's plan, this problem arose.
This group of people would rather believe what they have than what they don't, and all of a sudden all the counties in Runan County started to make a big move....
However, in the rest of the month, Cao Hong's army has increased by 200,000 people... And all of them are young and strong.
These people can't use it and can't drive it away, if they use it, it will be 200,000 people's grain, and every day the grain and grass alone can completely crush their Runan Cao army.
Even with Xun Wenruo's support, he can't resist for too long.
But if they were to be driven away, 200,000 people... If you are not careful, this Runan will be completely chaotic, and then their army will also be chaotic!
So it's a good strategy, but it's a bit too unscrupulous!
At this time, looking at the hundreds of people who had gathered on the border of Runan, Sun Li, the deputy general beside Zhao Yun, couldn't help but frown.
"That Mr. Zhuge .... Don't you want to swallow these 200,000 young people? At this time, Sun Li only thought of this possibility, and after he finished speaking, he himself couldn't believe it.
Zhao Yun just shook his head slightly, he didn't know, and he didn't want to know.
What he has to do now is to make the entire battlefield change as soon as possible, so that this big war can be completely over.
The people of the world, the people of Jingzhou, are about to be unable to hold on!
However, Zhao Yun still felt that he Zhuge Liang might not have this kind of thought.
Because he knows very well that now these 200,000 young men have been sent to Xinxi, to the very edge of Yuzhou in the Central Plains, and I am afraid that I will not have the opportunity to use this plan for the second time in my life.
Case.... Why not maximize the benefits?
Looking at Zhao Yun's appearance, this Sun Li seemed to understand, and at the same time couldn't help but sigh.
“.... In that case, can that Mr. Zhuge be sure? ”
"Then it depends on how miserable he Cao Hong is in this battle." At this time, Zhao Yun also let out a helpless wry smile again.
He knew that this was Zhuge Liang's desire to save the future of Jingzhou. But there was nothing he could do about it, and he didn't want to stop anything.
With a loud shout, the army once again sped up and rushed towards the agreed battlefield.....
At the same time, on the battlefield of Najiangxia County.
In the midst of a burst of fighting, Le Jin and Li Tong led their soldiers and horses to constantly attack the warships and enemy troops that surrounded them, but no matter how they rushed and killed, they still couldn't clash out after all.
In the end, they had no choice but to move their soldiers and horses to a high hill, and then rely on the hill to defend it!
"What if I wait here? Wouldn't it be sitting still! ”
Cao Hong looked at Liu Beijun, who surrounded them, and his face was gloomy, and it was difficult to see the extreme.
"Then I have no choice but to temporarily hold on to the danger and try my best to delay time!" Li Tong also looked helpless at this time, he knew how dangerous his situation was.
But he can't change anything ....
"Even if you hold on, how long can you hold on?" Cao Hong was full of impatience at this time, "Now our army's morale is completely gone, and the grain and grass have almost been lost."
In this case, how long can I wait? ”
"Hold on as long as you can!" Seeing that Cao Hong kept saying such words, Le Jin couldn't stand it anymore.
At this time, he suddenly shouted, and immediately suppressed Cao Hong's fright.
"I've come to this point, can't it be that I still turn my back on the master and surrender to thieves in this small Jiangxia land?
General Zilian, now I don't want to say anything right or wrong, and I don't want to dwell on what this is all about.
For now, the only way to do this is to defend to the end, I don't know what happened to Wen Qian, and I don't care what happened to me and the rear..."
When Le Jin said this, he couldn't go on, and now the situation has eroded so much that all of them have no idea, the soldiers have no morale, there is no food and grass in the army, there is no hope of breaking through, and the rest can only be handed over to Providence!
Cao Hong looked at Liu Beijun who was besieged again, looked at the soldiers under his command who were silent and speechless, and finally looked at Le Jin and Li Tong behind him, and then showed a miserable laugh.
"Poof~" With a muffled sound, the blade in Cao Hong's hand pierced directly into the neck of the war horse under his crotch, and the mournful sound of the war horse reached everyone's ears, and the warm blood sprayed out directly, spraying him all over his face...
Looking at this BMW white crane that has followed him for several years and led him out of countless predicaments, his eyes closed in pain.
"This horse's name is White Crane, it is Cao's beloved thing, just when the flood came, Hong also relied on this horse to escape!
But... Today, a certain Cao Hong personally killed this horse to Mingzhi, defend this place, and never flinch! ”
Cao Hong's voice reached the ears of all the soldiers, making those soldiers whose morale was extremely low, and there was a special look of shock and unknown meaning in their eyes again.
"Come on, peel this horse to the bone!" Cao Hong roared directly at the guards beside him, "Give the meat of this horse to the soldiers to eat!" ”
"From today on, as long as there is one person in the army who has not eaten, Cao will never eat!
If there is one person who does not stop, Cao will never stop! ”
Cao Hong's actions and words calmed everyone, and at this time, these Cao soldiers who had almost lost all their vitality and morale were also taken aback, and looked at Cao Hong in front of them with stunned faces.
Of course.... There are also two generals beside Cao Hong!
"Venda, you say... General Zilian, what was he doing just now? ”
"Kill Ma Mingzhi and boost the morale of the army! General Wen Qian can't even see such a simple thing, right? ”
“.... It's not that Le Mou can't see it, but Jin really can't figure it out, General Zilian has killed the war horse now, so after the water recedes completely... How should General Zilian break through? ”
"Hmm.... Why didn't you just say that? ”
"I didn't expect General Zilian to suddenly be a knife."
"Shall I say it later?"
"Wenda, please, Le Mou is still going to see his war horse now."
“...... General Lejin and so on, a certain family is going to go now! ”
Li Tong looked at Lejin who was going away, and then looked at Cao Hong, who was motivating his morale, and finally shook his head helplessly, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart.
Then he galloped to his warhorse, for fear that this guy would do something bad....
However, although Cao Hong was a little impulsive in doing so, the moment he killed the war horse, the morale of Cao's soldiers was finally boosted again.
Surprise to surprise, at this time, the main general is still willing to live and die with him, which is still very important for the soldiers.
After retreating into the hills, the morale of the Cao army was also stabilized by Cao Hong, and in the face of the interception and killing of Na Fu Kuang and others, the Cao army at this time seemed to be more comfortable.
But the stability of morale does not mean that Cao Hong's subordinates can be safe...
"General, our army is short of food and grass, I'm afraid this is a big problem."
At this time, after Na Lejin, Li Tong and others pacified their war horses, they immediately handed over the war horses to the guards for protection.
At the same time, after they repelled Liu Beijun's attack again, they found Cao Hong and began to discuss the current situation.
"How much longer?"
"Almost all the grain and grass are lost, and now I can only take out some dry food to satisfy my hunger, and I am afraid that half a day is not enough.
Of course, that's not the most important thing..."
"Kill all the war horses, and use horse meat as a soldier to satisfy hunger!"
Cao Hong made up his mind directly, although he was very sad in the face of this situation, he still had to stick to this road.
It's just that his determination was exchanged for a helpless shaking of his head.
"Grain and grass are not the most fatal." Li Tong looked at Cao Hong in front of him at this time, and still wanted to inform him of this unfortunate news, "It's freezing now!" ”
As soon as these words were spoken, Cao Hong's face suddenly couldn't help twitching, and a gust of cold wind blew through him, and he directly hit a spirit.
At this time, Cao Hong saw the faces of the soldiers around him who had become a little iron-blue, they were chased and killed in horror before, but they hadn't noticed this, but now after the fighting stopped a little.
The cold wind suddenly became something that could kill them.
It was cold, they soaked in the water for a long time, the lining was soaked, and the armor was cold.... It's a death story!
"Navenda... What are your thoughts now? "Cao Hong is no longer as stubborn as before, but he has to discuss everything with Li Tong.
"If we let them continue like this, I'm afraid that after tonight at most, even if the enemy army does not come, the soldiers will be infected with the cold, and then I am afraid that we will really collapse without a fight.
If the general trusts Li Tong, please hand over his personal guards to..."
"Huh?" At this time, Cao Hong couldn't help frowning after hearing Li Tong's words, and looked at Li Tong with some doubts and spoke again, "Wenda, what do you want to do?" ”
"Tong has already discussed with General Wen Qian before, rather than sitting and waiting to be killed, you must take the initiative to attack to attract the attention of the enemy.
Now there is only one who still has the strength to fight, and the guards under my command are all from Jiangxia, and the guards around him are all brothers who fought with Tong back then.
And the guards around General Wen Qian are also well-trained, and they have been trained in Xuanwu Pool with Cao Gong before.
Although the two of my guards can't be said to be good at water warfare, at least they are also water-based.
Although the general's personal guards are from the Central Plains, they have also been trained in Xuanwu Pond, and they can also manipulate the boat!
Now that Tongdang is leading them to take the lead in attracting the enemy to encircle and suppress, take this opportunity to light a bonfire as soon as possible, and let the corporal dry his clothes and armor as soon as possible, just in case..."
Li Tong said solemnly, but there was no bottom in his heart, after all, the personal guard was their last reliance.
And Cao Hong couldn't help but hesitate when he heard these words, but after all, he was a veteran who had fought for many years, and he knew that the current situation was no longer wasted by him.
After an extremely brief moment of hesitation, this Cao Hong roared directly behind him.
"Chen Zhao, Cao Che!"
"The end will be." The two guards around Cao Hong came out directly in response to Cao Hong's face, and also came to Li Tong's face.
Looking at the two young people, Cao Hong couldn't help but sigh and said solemnly to Li Tong in front of him.
"Wenda, Hong has a bit of a reputation for the grace of the family in his early years, this Chen Zhao is a descendant of Hong's deceased Chen Wen family, Cao Che is a descendant of the Hong family, and they are Hong's henchmen....
They have followed Hong for many years, and they can be said to be loyal to Cao Gong and Hong.
Now.... Hong will hand them over to you! ”
After speaking, Cao Hong also shouted angrily at the two, "You have followed a certain family for many years before, and today you should fight to the death, if it is... Hong Dingran will support your descendants, and today follow the example of Cao Gong to cut his hair and swear to swear that he will never be disappointed! ”
After Cao Hong finished speaking, he personally cut off a strand of his hair and swore to the two.
Li Tong's eyelids jumped when he saw this scene, and he secretly felt in his heart that this general was really... Except for accumulating money, everything else is indescribable.
I don't know how to piece together this art of war with a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west!
No wonder they all say that this Cao Hong is a pity, obviously he has the credit of saving Cao Mengde, but he still can't stop Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan from being so favored so far.
There's no way around it.
However, after getting Cao Hong's permission, Li Tong stopped talking nonsense and joined up with Na Lejin's personal guards and his deputy general Wu Ba and others.
In this way, a group of hundreds of soldiers and horses was put together to fight by boat.
In November of the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Hongzhong, Zhuge Kongming and Wei Wenchang's plan was trapped in Jiangxia, and the general Li Tong under his command desperately rescued him to be safe for a short time.
Later, Li Tong, the Taishou of Runan who was born in Jiangxia, suddenly attacked when the Jiangxia soldiers and horses were resting, and attacked the enemy general Guo Mu in a sneak attack, but was surrounded by the generals.
After half an hour of fierce fighting, he finally left the battlefield and retreated.
In this battle, Li Tong, the general of the Cao army, braved the arrows and stones in this battle, and fought desperately.
That situation is really a life of nine deaths.
At the end of this battle, there was not a single soldier and horse he led, Chen Zhao, Cao Che, Wu Ba and others were all killed in battle, and the three generals were killed and wounded.
However, Cao Hong successfully divided the soldiers and horses into two, and relied on taking turns to rest and dry the armor, which passed the biggest crisis after the defeat of his troops.
But even so, Cao Hong and others still don't see the slightest hope....
Fortunately, they have not completely given up now, because they know that they still have the last hope, and that is the support army left behind by them in the rear.
Zhang Liao!
"I think Wenyuan will get the news soon, as long as Wenyuan gets the news, I'll wait.... We may not be able to flee without a fight!
OK... Ok ....."
Relying on this last belief, Cao Hong can only persist in this heavy encirclement, and in the face of the endless attack, he can only grit his teeth and hold on....
At the same time, on the other side, the battlefield of Zhao Yun is about to start again.
At this time, on the Xinxi city wall, Lu Chang, one of the generals of the Cao Army and a confidant who was personally appointed by Cao Ren to stay here, was directly called.
"General, the general is waking up, something has happened to the general..."
Due to yesterday's inspection of the city and the overwork of dealing with many official duties, Lu Chang, who was sleeping, was directly disturbed by a nasty sound, and he couldn't help but scold angrily before he opened his eyes.
"You don't have long eyes, what's going on to make you so flustered!
Didn't Cao Gong and the general tell you before, as a general, you must have the bearing of Mount Tai collapsing in front of you?
Besides, now that our army has won a big victory, General Cao Hong will conquer Jiangxia in a few days, you don't have to wait for the merit to be rewarded, where did you get such a frizzy problem! ”
Hearing Lu Chang's impatient and angry reprimand, the scouts on this side were also a little wronged.
However, looking at the other party, he still didn't dare to stiffen his mouth, so he could only continue to whisper to him...
"General... Why don't you go up to the city and see it yourself? ”
"Look, you guy... Sooner or later, I'm going to have to kill you! Lu Changna, who was disturbed from his dream, was really full of anger, although he still got out of bed in the midst of repeated calls.
But the way to the city wall was still reprimanding the short-eyed scout.
"Let me tell you, in the future, you have to be like a general, and it was by relying on this ability to deal with everything calmly no matter what you encountered, that you were able to get ahead.
In the end, you will become a general under Cao Gong, and you have to study hard..... Enemy attack! ”
On the city wall, Lu Chang, who had just walked up, looked at the dense tens of thousands of young men below, and almost directly ordered the crossbowmen to release the arrows....
What the hell is this.... What the hell is this bunch of stuff!
Lu Chang has never heard of any movement in the rear, where there is a riot!
On the one hand, the frightened Lu Chang asked the soldiers to guard it strictly, and categorically could not let anyone enter the city, and even ordered the archers to release arrows directly.
They were forced to retreat again and again, giving up a safe distance.
In the end, Lu Chang began to ask the other party what was going on.
It's just that I got the news at the end.... It sounded weird to him.
This thing.... That's not right!
"The order of the overlord?"
At this time, Lu Chang directly used a hanging rope to hang one of the little officials up from under the city wall, and looking at the heavily guarded appearance on the city wall, this little official also trembled and took out the order of the overlord.
When Na Lu Chang saw the order of the overlord, the shock on his face was even more uncontrollable.
He didn't recognize the orders of the overlord, and this freshly baked thing didn't have anything to do with him.
But this does not mean that Lu Chang does not know the overlord, nor does it mean that Lu Chang dares to disobey the overlord.
Although Lu Chang felt that this matter was revealing a strong weirdness from the inside out.
But.... With so many guys saying such words at the same time, even if Lu Chang didn't believe it anymore, he had to have some ideas.
"Since it's the order of the overlord, why haven't we received it at all!"
Lu Chang is worthy of being a general under Cao Ren, this ability is indeed quite good, compared to the courage and strength of Niu Jin, this guy's intelligence is really good.
Although he has to believe the other party, he is not bad at all when he should have doubts!
After all, he is a veteran who has fought for many years, and this experience is still very sophisticated.
Just by glancing at the order of Naha, I can see the problem, the problem is not in the order, the problem is that I didn't receive it!
And his words also made the face of the little official who was pulled up change suddenly, and his face became very bad when he looked at Lu Chang in front of him.
"General... What does this mean, we really received an order from the overlord..."
"Humph!" At this time, Lu Chang directly snorted coldly, and slapped the order of the overlord in his hand directly on the chest of the little official, "I don't know how your order came from, but I know...
If the overlord really has an order, he will definitely tell the army first!
Now that there is no news in the army at all, you tell me how the overlord can act like this? ”
"This...."The little official who came with the young man looked at Lu Chang in front of him with an embarrassed expression, and his face was visibly uncomfortable!
"That's... Then I'll wait...."
"Ben will not care what you are waiting for, go back and forth from where immediately, don't waste time outside, if you don't leave after a stick of incense, you will blame this general for being ruthless!"
After Lu Chang finished speaking, in order to prove that he was not scaring him, he directly raised his hand and ordered, let the guards light a stick of incense, and at the same time ordered the crossbowmen to prepare for battle to meet the enemy.
Seeing the crossbowmen who bent their bows and arrows again, as well as the rolling stone and wood that was carried up to the city, the little official directly turned into a bleak face.
"Please also ask the general to forgive me, it's not that I can't leave... How can I leave now! The little official couldn't help crying at this time, "General, I have already spent a lot of money and food to come, and if I go back, there will be a few days."
We don't even have food, general... At least ask the general to give me some food and grass, okay? ”
The little official was now in tears, as if he was going to cry out in the next moment.
But in Lu Chang's eyes, these words were simply unforgivable.
"How can the grain and grass in the army be given to the people? It's nonsense! At this time, Lu Chang didn't wait for the little official to finish speaking, and scolded directly, "Seeing that you came in a hurry today, I won't blame you anymore."
But such words... If Ben will hear it again, he will not be spared!
Get lost! ”
A few angry shouts in succession made the little official want to cry without tears, looking at the fragrance that was getting shorter and shorter, the little official didn't dare to waste time and was hung down the rope quickly.
When he returned to the team again, he was immediately called to his side by Langling County Cheng to ask about the results.
When Nalangling County Cheng heard the report from his subordinates, he was also taken aback.
"You mean.... Xinxi did not receive an order from the overlord? ”
At this time, Cheng Pei Zhen of Langling County was shocked by the news, and the whole person seemed to be messy in the wind, and he couldn't help but turn around and look at the people behind him who were dazed.
My throat couldn't help but surge.
"County Cheng, I'll wait..."
"Let's go!" Pei Zhen looked at the soldiers on the city wall, he knew that Lu Chang was definitely not joking, if he didn't leave, then the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Let's evacuate first, and then stay here, I'm afraid I'll really be shot."
"But I'm waiting..."
"Exit first and go more than ten miles!" Pei Zhen also scolded angrily and made the other party close his mouth, "The rest of the matter and let this official think about how to do it..."
At this time, Pei Zhen was extremely panicked, he knew that he was afraid that he had been tricked, and the order of the overlord full of weirdness was fake.
And myself this... As a person who has been tricked, don't say anything about soaring, I'm afraid he will become a sinner in Yuzhou after today!
But Pei Zhen looked at the new breath in front of him, and there was an idea in his heart that he couldn't hold back.
"It's not easy for me Pei Zhen to come here, how... How could it be just to give up!
This time, we must find a way to solve it. ”
Although Pei Zhen of Nalangling County is also surnamed Pei, he has nothing to do with the Pei family in Naqinghe County.
He has been a native of Yuzhou since he was born, but it was because of the kindness of Taiqiu Gong that he was able to read and learn calligraphy, which is just a possibility.
After encountering Cao Mengde's three successive talent seeking orders, this allowed him to really seize the opportunity and achieve who he is today...
And now, Pei Zhen looked at the situation in front of him, and he knew that if he left like this, then it would really be a waste of his previous efforts.
But if you keep going, maybe things will turn around....
It was this thought that made the hands that he had hidden in his cuffs clenched tightly, and there was still some kind of incomprehensible glint in his eyes under the iron blue face.
After Pei Zhen slowly evacuated with the people, Lu Chang on the city wall slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Finally gone... It's scary early in the morning! While Lu Chang let out a sigh, he couldn't help but pat his chest, and then scolded the deputy general beside him.
"Remember, don't look for this kind of thing in the future, if there is really any order from the overlord, I will be informed first.
This kind of thing... Just blast away!
It doesn't matter if you disturb Ben this time, but if you dare to let them come to my city casually, be careful that Ben will kill you on the spot.
If there is a problem in the city, ten lives are not enough for you to kill! ”
At this time, after Lu Chang finished speaking, he continued to walk directly down the city, and now Lu Chang was really about to hold on.
Although in his opinion, he is now in sight of promotion, but General Cao Ren is not there, and he is responsible for the huge rear alone.
It's a matter of endless solutions every day, physically and mentally exhausted, physically and mentally exhausted!
But tired is tired, this should be praised!
"Oh, General Cao Hong deserves to be a famous general in our army, why didn't I see that he had such a ability when he was in Nanyang.
This is only the work of ten months, and the Jiangxia defense line that General Zhang Liao has not been able to break for a long time has been broken, and this way is under the killing... I'm afraid that Jiangxia might as well fall into the hands of our army. ”
Lu Chang said these things, and the steps of moving forward below seemed a little brisk.
But.... His ease didn't last long....
"It's been less than two days since this stopped, why are you here again!"
Lu Chang, who was dealing with all kinds of official documents that made him have a splitting headache, saw the deputy general who rushed to him, and he looked helpless.
"General, do you want to go to the city wall to see one..."
"What do you see, don't you see that Ben General is busy, what kind of enemy is this new breath that can make you not even be able to do such a simple thing as patrolling the city wall!"
Lu Chang was really angry when he looked at the deputy general in front of him at this time, and he was already in a lot of trouble when he stayed behind.
And in addition to the countless troubles in the rear, of course, there is another point that is very important, and that is relative security.
The result is that the deputy general refuses to let himself stop for the simplest thing, how can this Lu Chang not be angry?
The most important thing is that this deputy general even dares to talk back!
"General, you haven't inspected the city walls in days..."
"Bang!" At this time, Lu Chang directly copied the inkstone on the side and threw it towards the head of the deputy general, "I don't need to give you a fast horse, let you go to General Cao Hong and give a talk!" ”
"The last general... The last general didn't dare..."The adjutant general also shrunk his neck and bowed down directly, "General, there are people outside the city..."
"Boom away, boom away, haven't you said it many times?" After hearing this, Lu Chang was even more angry at this time.
The indifferent look on his face expressed his attitude very clearly.
"It's been a long time to deal with these many things, you can't let Ben will..."
Lu Chang's angry scolding finally held back under the influence of the deputy general's bitter gourd face, and in the end, he could only helplessly follow the deputy to go on a trip.
With a look of disbelief and indignation, Lu Chang came to the city wall again, but at this moment, the anger in Lu Chang's body suddenly dissipated.
"It's... Commoners? ”
"Hmm..."The lieutenant general nodded slightly, and at the same time swallowed a mouthful of saliva silently, "The last general really doesn't know what to do..."
At this time, under the city of Xinxi, there were countless people standing densely, all of whom were between fifteen and forty-five years old, and not only that, but they also had sticks, hoes, and so on in their hands.
If it weren't for the fact that they didn't put out any banners, I'm afraid Lu Chang would have felt that this was going to attack Xinxi.
"What do you mean by gathering here before you disperse?"
On the city wall, Lu Chang shouted angrily and wanted to shock those people, but the trembling in those words... But it is enough to prove that it is very uneasy in its heart now.
"Xiaguan Pei Zhen, on the orders of the Bafu... Bring Runan young and strong into the army for a new breath! ”
Under the city wall, the little-known Pei Zhen made the biggest gamble in his life.
For this big gamble, Pei Zhen couldn't help but have a touch of excitement in his heart at this time, and even couldn't help trembling because of the excitement....
And beside him, there were also trembling officials.
"Pei Xiancheng, will I wait for this to happen.... Anger the general? ”
Under Xinxi City, the little official followed Pei Zhen's side with a cowering look, and looked at the guards who were waiting for the battle, and his legs couldn't help but tremble.
He really regretted it, why did he think of following his own county to come here to mess around, this is simply to... and to die!
And the trembling and fear of the little official at this time did not change Pei Zhen's mind, and even this Pei Zhen didn't even look at him more...
"What do you say?" Pei Zhen didn't look at him much, but just looked directly at Lu Chang, the new guard on the city wall.
"The villain thinks it's still too dangerous, in that case..."
"Shut up!" Pei Zhen was very annoyed by the chatter of the little officials around him, and shouted angrily in a low voice to shut him up, "You don't want to think about what the situation is now!"
That fanatic who didn't know where he came from dared to pretend to be someone from the overlord to deliver such a thankless order...
At the beginning, I waited because I was worried that now we were all calculated, or at this time, the battle ahead was imminent.
I'm here with the people of Runan County... Do you know what a sin it is!
The prime minister has always paid attention to the matter of rituals, and after the war is over, how many people do you think will be able to live? ”
When Pei Zhen said this, he was also full of desolation and bitterness, and he only felt that his life was short.
But as the saying goes, some people are happy and some people are sad, he is so sad, but the little official is different, he doesn't care what this guy thinks now.
Because even if the sky falls, it actually has nothing to do with this little official....
Therefore, this little official is still trying to persuade Na Pei Zhen to give up this kind of thing.
“..... But now..."
"This thing, whether it's true or fake, but now in order for us to survive, it has to be true!"
Pei Zhen's tone was full of ferocity at this time, he did not return to Langling after leaving Xinxi before, but stayed not far from Xinxi County and waited.
He knew very well that he was not the only one who was fooled this time, and it would never be them who mobilized the young men to come!
Everyone was waiting for this opportunity, and now they were deceived by the madman, and they had to find a way to save it, so Pei Zhen waited for the other teams to come here.
Then persuade them one by one to come here together...
"Ten thousand people, you can blow away... Today, nearly 200,000 people... How dare you blow it away! ”
Pei Zhen's mind didn't tell anyone, he knew that there were many people here who understood his thoughts... But this either?
Everyone, don't want to die!
At least the people who came with those young people this time were a group of real gamblers.
And gamblers are the most daring, they don't want to die, and even want to turn the tables and win.
Since this is the case, then this matter is not afraid that it will not succeed!
"General!" At this time, the general and colonel on the city wall were also embarrassed, especially the deputy general beside Lu Chang, "Do I want to let it go?" put..."
"Put what!" Lu Chang was really a little chaotic at this time, and he couldn't help but feel a little numb when he looked at the group of people below, "If you release the arrow now, it will be a mutiny!"
There are at least 100,000 people in this... If there is any problem with more than 100,000 young people, you and I will not be able to cut off our heads! ”
"But... If I let them in, the general and Cao Gong will be blamed in the future."
"Didn't you say that there was an order from the overlord?" At this time, Lu Chang finally reacted.
Then he directly glanced at the deputy general coldly, and his eyes were full of fierceness!
"Since there is an order from the overlord, then this matter is nothing more than that, I'll wait... The most I have to wait for is to be coaxed! ”
"This..."
"I was coaxed, as long as I don't wait for an accident, the most I can do is to be dismissed from my post with a cane!
If you and I stir up a civil uprising today... Do you think you and I and your family, how many people can live! ”
Lu Chang was born in the Nanyang clan, and he saw some things very clearly.
Therefore, these few words immediately made the deputy general completely shut his mouth, and also let him know their current situation, and finally under the nod of Lu Chang, although the gate of the new city was not opened, a large amount of grain and grass was sent out.
Lu Chang knew that he couldn't let them in, because since this was a ploy by some people, it would definitely not be as simple as that.
But if he doesn't care about it, then the things that follow are also very dangerous, and he can't let these people have problems.
Therefore, the last resort is for these people to be outside, but he can't let them fend for themselves, and give them some food and baggage to keep them alive
appeased them to continue to insist, and then he quickly reported the matter to Cao Hong, and even Cao Mengde of Nanyang....
Lu Chang's idea is very good, but Lu Chang's idea can't satisfy those people here.
Pei Zhen and the others did not leave sensibly after seeing this scene, but began to gather together.
It seems to be discussing something...
And among these countless people, there is actually a group of people who are also waiting for something, and they are also gathered together in groups of three or five.
Discuss something important with each other....
"General, they won't let us into the city..."
Among the people of the new city, a group of people were gathering in groups of three or five, and one of them was a stout man who was playing with a short knife in his hand.
Although he was unkempt and his clothes were very embarrassing, if he looked closely, he could still see a few things.
If you comb his face and hair, and then dress up well, you may still be able to see a little handsome.
This person is none other than the Han general who single-handedly created this big farce, the cavalry general under Liu Xie.
Zhao Yun, Zhao Zilong!
As for the people around him, of course, they don't make people feel strange, and the leader is none other than one of the deputy generals under Zhao Yun.
is also his most valued deputy general Sun Li.
And the purpose of their trip here is not to find an opportunity, to take this city in one fell swoop, and send these 200,000 or so young people into Jiangxia County.
Then use them to reconstruct the Jiangxia defense line, and by the way, let Zhao Yun take advantage of the situation to destroy the rush and enter Jiangxia.
At this time, Cao Hong's department, which has become a turtle in the urn....