Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Battle of Weinan (4)

Zhao Yun stabbed to death Zhu Zan, the vanguard officer of the Southern Route Army, and forced Cao Zhao, the chief general of the Eastern Route Army, to retreat with one shot. The Eastern Route Army took the initiative to retreat, the order was forbidden, and the formation was not chaotic.

Cao Zhao was troubled at this time, the order to retreat was issued unconsciously, but he didn't want to take it back, and even he felt that it was a very happy thing to lose in the hands of Zhao Yun and fulfill Zhao Yun's prestige. He didn't know what was wrong with him, the moment he met Zhao Yun, he was powerless to attack Zhao Yun. What's wrong with me? This beautiful boy doesn't know.

When the Southern Route Army saw the guerrilla battalion retreating, it couldn't help but hesitate. Cao Zun, the leading general, saw the retreat of the army and horses, and shouted: "Don't retreat!" Zhao Yun has few people, and he is not our opponent at all! This is a good opportunity for our army to make meritorious contributions! ”

He shouted, smug at his composure, and when he turned around, Zhao Zilong's white dragon was less than ten zhang away from him, and the tip of the spear flickered, like a silver mountain. Several generals stepped forward to block the attack, and in the blink of an eye, they had fallen off their horses, so frightened that Cao Zun's souls were all gone, and he fled. In Zhao Zilong's long laughter, an arrow shot out, shooting Cao Zun's head down. Cao Zun was defeated and retreated, and the Southern Route Army couldn't help but lose heart and fled with a swarm of bees. Cao Zunzhi escaped for more than ten miles before he packed up the remnants of the army, stopped his horse, and said with his hand: "Is my head still there?" ”

Cao Zun no longer dared to believe that only a large number of people could defeat the enemy, that person was an undefeated myth, and his strength was not something that could be stopped by manpower. He cleaned up the chaotic army, only to find that due to his own stampede, hundreds of casualties and the loss of the vanguard commander Zhu Zan, how to explain to Cao Zhen and Zhang He when he went back. Knowing this, it would have been better to retreat with Cao Zhao's guerrilla army. However, he always had to find a way to explain, he called the marching commander Bo and said: "Remember--our army pursued the remnants of the thief army Wei Yan and Feng Xi, and won a complete victory. On the way, Zhao Yun's troops were killed, Zhu Zan was killed, the guerrilla battalion was repulsed, our army guarded the rear wing of the guerrilla battalion, defeated and braved, retreated and strengthened, and finally repelled Zhao Yun's men. ”

-- Some people are not good at fighting, but they are very good at planting a false slot and setting up a trap for others. It was easy to do so, and the first responsibility for the defeat fell on Cao Zhao.

The maverick Cao Zhao was unknowingly framed by these fellow clansmen. When he was young, he didn't know that in the era of the Three Kingdoms, it was difficult to survive with only blood and passion.

Repelling the people and horses in the southeast, Zhao Yun looked at the Wei army on the north bank across the river, smiled arrogantly, and led the army west.

In this battle, he blocked ten times the stronger enemy, received Wei Yan's military horses, Zhao Zilong did not hurt a single person, won cleanly, and lived up to his invincible reputation. However, in any case, this was nothing more than a measure to reduce losses after the defeat of the Great Army, and it did not free the Han army from the great pressure of the Wei army. Everything depends on the deployment of the prime minister.

However, there are still a lot of masters in the Wei army, and the young man who is suitable for talent can actually block his own killer shot in a daze, like a conditioned reflex. I don't know how many such young masters there are in the Wei army, and the younger generation of Ji Han will grow up quickly.

His two sons are mediocre in qualifications, far inferior to themselves, and those who can be compared with the young man who is suitable for talent are only Jiang Wei and others who are far away in Xiliang.

Forget it, don't think about it, go back to the army.

Northern Route.

When Wang Ping received Kong Ming's arrow, he was confronting Guo Huai. He is not Wei Yan, and strict obedience to military orders is his creed. Therefore, he commanded the men and horses to retreat overnight, cross the Luoshui at dawn, and return to Xiaqi. It was on this day that he saw the overwhelming crowd on the other side of the river. A cavalry roared like thunder, neighing on the opposite bank, and immediately the soldiers were all wearing heavy armor and holding spears - Wang Ping, who had been in Cao Ying, recognized at a glance that it was a tiger and leopard horseman, a tiger and leopard rider who dominated the world!

Wang Ping felt sweating profusely all over his body. He didn't expect that there would be this army in the team opposite him, this team of 100 soldiers, this team with heavy armor and not afraid of bows and arrows, but moving like the wind. Unless it is the lord's white-eared elite soldiers, which team can fight against it? Your own people, jokes.

If he hadn't retired according to Kong Ming's request, he would have been completely wiped out by now.

The prime minister's divine calculation is really unparalleled in the world.

In the chaos, all the information was lost, Wei Yan and Feng Xi all didn't know where they were, Wu Ban attacked Gongsun Gong in the north and the remnants of Gongsun Gong did not return, and the three generals in the northern line now only brought less than 2,000 suspicious soldiers by themselves, how could they hold Luoshui?

But can you still retreat, and if you retreat again, you will have no danger to defend all the way, in the plains, your army will not be able to outrun the tigers and leopards no matter what, and you will inevitably die without a whole corpse. Besides, how did he put Chang'an City in danger?

What to do?

"General, the West is in the dust."

Wang Ping, who was distraught, looked west, and under the sun, a cavalry flew in, and the first horse flag was so dazzling.

Ma Chao is here! Xiliang Iron Ride is coming! The only cavalry team in the world that can be used as an opponent for the Tiger and Par Cavalry is here!

However, who else will defend Chang'an?

Chang'an City.

I finally understood where I was now. Wei Yan did not get the order of the general to send troops on his own, suffered a heavy defeat, and in the battle of Hedong, although the Han army caused the middle base battalion, one of the new five battalions of the Wei army, to be severely damaged, but because of the siege, more than 4,000 people were killed. Moreover, because of this defeat, all the lands west of the river fell into the hands of the enemy. The army on the northern front was crippled and could hardly meet the enemy. In order to block the Wei army, the newly recruited general He Jiuqu fell into the enemy formation, and he did not know whether he was alive or dead. Fortunately, the fourth uncle Zilong led the army to respond, and Feng Xi and Wei Yan had already arrived in Kong Ming's army. Wang Ping retreated to Xiatai and waited for help. With the appearance of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, the fourth of the new fifth battalion of the Cao Army has appeared, and its military strength is really surprising. But fortunately, Kong Ming commanded properly and planned well, and the Xiaocai battalion, which had been planning to secretly attack our army, was in vain and did not get any great credit.

In fact, I always thought that the Tiger and Par Cavalry was one cavalry, but in fact, this understanding is wrong, it is actually two troops. A tiger ride, a leopard ride, the tiger ride was renamed Xiao ride, and the leopard ride was renamed guerrilla. Tiger riders are known for their bravery and toughness, while leopard riders are known for their lightness and agility. Cao Zhao's guerrilla army inflicted huge casualties on Wei Yan, and in the subsequent pursuit, they also held on to the Han army until Zhao Yun appeared. However, the combat power of the tiger cavalry is far above that of the leopard cavalry, and its strong armor and hard shield are simply the natural enemies of the Han army, which uses bows and arrows as its main weapon. After discovering the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, I sent Ma Chao out without saying a word, only the cavalry can fight against the cavalry, and only the Xiliang Iron Cavalry can fight against the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, which was formerly known as the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.

In his letter to me, Kong Ming said: The situation of the former enemy was as dangerous as an egg, and he was ordered to control the armies for the first time, and he was facing many difficulties, and he was strengthening the management of personnel and building his position. For the nine mountains and nine thousands, the success fell short, and the three of them became tigers, and they must be guarded against. The change on the northern front will add countless variables to Chang'an, and he asked me to guard the palace in case of enemy attacks.

He directly said that I should guard the palace, does it mean that it is no longer safe in Chang'an City? For the sake of the mountain, it naturally means that he is now preparing for the time when the key is at the critical level, so that I can believe in him, not to disperse his forces, and to influence his decision-making, but the three of them become tigers, does he think that I will listen to some rumors and doubt his loyalty?

I thought about it for a while, and I couldn't get the point. So he brought his subordinates in, and especially emphasized that the Li brothers should pay attention to the people in the city, and asked Prussian and Hesse to strengthen the security and defense of the palace, and moved the families of the princes and above in the city into the palace to strengthen protection. After doing all this, I went to see Mrs. Huang in person.

My wife listened to my analysis and said, "The affairs of the world should be decided by the prince and the important ministers of the state, and it is not for me to be a woman. But since the prince asked, I knew everything. Kong Ming has been strong all his life, and he never does anything that he is not sure of. At this time, although the front is chaotic, it is as safe as Mount Tai, as long as the rear of the prince is not chaotic, this battle will be won and undefeated. Although Cao Wei was strong, he had several drawbacks, chaotic command, frequent infighting, quick success, and power struggle, and was not afraid. However, in Chang'an City, there is also the same problem. Chang'an was initially decided, the people's hearts were unstable, and Cao's army was powerful, so it was difficult to ensure that there were no ministers who were half-hearted, and there were wicked people mixed in. At this time, if someone enters the discord, the morale of the army and the people will be turbulent, and Chang'an will be in danger. ”

Kong Ming and his wife both said that there would be people who would enter the discord, which made me feel unhappy, in their hearts, am I such a soft-eared person?

It didn't take long for me to understand what they meant. As the tension in the aircraft bureau grew, the ministers began to speak. The first is Liao Li, who believes that with the military situation at this time, Weinan is no longer defensible, and Kong Ming should be ordered to retreat to Chang'an, and use Chang'an to defend the city to the Wei army. Then the ministers proposed one after another, thinking that I would send all the soldiers and horses in Chang'an City, the city was empty, the law and order deteriorated, and the Wei army was working to create chaos from time to time, making them feel insecure. The most annoying thing is my uncle Mi Fang, who has hundreds of generals in the family, and he also found me and said that there were too few people to protect him, and he had no sense of security. I laughed angrily: "Uncle, my nephew is the crown prince and is in charge of state affairs." In the current Jihan crisis, I should work together to tide over the difficulties, if my uncle feels unsafe, you give me the hundreds of generals, and I will personally guard the door for you. ”

Only then did these ministers settle down, and there was an urgent military situation outside the city, saying that Xianyang was broken by the Wei army, and they waved their army south to attack Chang'an. Hearing this, although I always ask myself not to be alarmed, when the sky falls, I can't help but be shocked.

The appearance of this Wei army was extremely sudden, and its appearance added great variables to the battlefield, making the balance turn sharply towards Cao Wei. It didn't seem to have been supposed to appear in Cao Wei's battle sequence, and later intelligence confirmed it. Its predecessor was the army that Gongsun Gong sent to the Jihan front. In my information, it should be a posturing and Taiping Fist troops, the Gongsun family has always been dissatisfied with Cao Wei's management, and although he is currently a minister, he is not really bowing. This time, we are forced to go to war because of the situation, and we should not fight hard with our army. But the truth was quite the opposite, and when they reached the edge of the Yellow River, they did not want to rush across the river in a simple boat. Later, he was besieged by Wu Ban, but escaped from the encirclement, Wu Ban was ordered to chase directly and took away thousands of elite soldiers on the northern front, which is also one of the reasons for the loss of the northern front. After that, there was no news of them, and when the news came, they found that they not only defeated Wu Ban, but also increased the number of men and horses more than ten times, reaching 30,000 people, and when Ma Chao led the army to the east and Chang'an was empty, they suddenly appeared in the north of Chang'an, and Chen soldiers were under the city of Chang'an.

I have such a headache, how did things come to this?

I don't know that the changes under Chang'an City are only because of one more Sima Wang.