Chapter 6 The Turbulent Water

Quewei slope, Xu Huang camp.

Xu Huang was dressed in a cloth robe, and happily sat outside the tent to watch the two soldiers wrestling. The two little soldiers were unarmoured, their arms were bare, revealing their sheath flesh, their arms screaming, their eyes looking at each other, and their four feet jumping and smearing on the ground, stirring up clouds of dust. The sergeants on both sides shouted: "Fall down on him!" Fall him down! ”

The whole camp was peaceful, not as if it was before the war.

Xu Huang is in his fifties, his hair has turned gray, and his face is wrinkled like a knife because of too much thought. He is one of the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms, and is known as the "Five Good Generals" along with Yu Ban, Zhang Liao, Le Jin, and Zhang He. Cao Cao fought the world, and they were all old ministers of Yuanrong, and they were credited. At present, Zhang Liao, Le Jin, and Zhang He are dead in the "Five Good Generals", Yu is forbidden to belong to Ji Han, and Cao Wei is the only one left.

Xu Huang was frugal all his life, he was very strict with himself, and he made meritorious contributions in every battle, but he rarely invited merit and rewards, and he did not compete for merit and profit. In Cao Cao's army, there is a saying, "No pay, belong to Xu Huang." Xu Huang is not strange with soldiers, but still stable, "first for the invincible, and then fight", but as long as he wins, he will hit thousands of miles, regardless of his life, strive to catch up, and expand the results to the maximum. He has been in the army for 35 years, blocking and killing in the west, fighting in the north and fighting in the south, and killing countless famous generals under a giant axe.

Speaking of which, leaving Jingzhou is something Xu Huang is extremely unwilling to do. In this world, there is nothing that can make him bow his head, let alone just a little Zhuge Jin and a little Lu Xun. He has been in Jingzhou for nearly ten years, and when has he ever been defeated on the battlefield of Jingzhou? Who is he? Think about that year, Guan Yu went north. Megatron Huaxia, Wanluo turmoil, Emperor Wu almost wanted to move the capital. It was he who led a patchwork army to resolutely go south, won consecutive battles, broke through the ten heavy entrenchments of the Han army, and repelled Guan Yunchang. At that time, Cao Gong personally greeted Shili and took his hand. Compare yourself to the reincarnation of Sun Wu. After that, he was almost invincible, invincible, who would dare to catch lice on the head of a tiger? Of course, he also understood that he left Jingzhou not because he couldn't stop Sun Wu's people, but because of strategic considerations. Your Majesty will use his great axe to go to more important battlefields and kill more ferocious enemies.

In the past two years, Cao Wei's strength has indeed declined, and a big battle in Weinan has destroyed 100,000 elite soldiers. Since ancient times, the Yongliang land with many elite soldiers and good generals was taken away by Ji Han, and the Wei army was no longer able to set foot in the west of Huashan. The bigger and bigger the fight, the Central Plains, without any rest. This time, Great Wei took the initiative to cede Jingzhou in exchange for the support of Eastern Wu, which was also a last resort. However, Xu Huang has fought a lot in the south and the north, but he is not a person who does not know the depths of practice. When he knew the intentions of the above. Or do it with all your might. Therefore, he knew that if he withdrew from the Jingzhou battlefield, he would have a newer and larger battlefield to use himself. Therefore, when the Ji Han people and horses went south and attacked Xinye and other four counties, he suddenly retreated and crossed to the east of the water. Then surprise the attack. pretended to be a Han army to attack Wu, and pretended to be a Wu army to attack Han. His soldiers and horses were all elite soldiers. and crisscrossed the hometown of his own business, so he naturally easily deceived the guest armies of Wu and Han and led them to a fierce battle. When he heard that Zhuge Jin personally led the army to surround Ji Handi's people, Xu Huang couldn't help laughing. The knife tried a small attempt, and it was successful in one fell swoop, and Xu Huang was not old.

Very good, the Han-Wu dispute, as long as a little spark can be ignited, and as long as it is burned, it cannot be extinguished. In order to win over Eastern Wu, Wei State has invested enough money this time, and there is no need for them to advance, and there will naturally be a large number of civil and military generals in Eastern Wu who will work hard to lead the war to the west. After all, the land of Bashu was Sun Quan's dream, and Zhou Yu wanted to attack Bashu several times, but was preempted by Liu Bei. At present, Ji Han and Cao Wei are fighting, and Eastern Wu has relocated Cao Wei's main force of nearly 200,000. If Eastern Wu led troops to the west, or even as long as Eastern Wu did not move, then it would not be difficult to defeat Ji Han with the power of Cao Wei.

Now, as long as Wen Ping enters the designated place, and he will preside over the defense of Dongwu and continue to advance, Xu Huang will lead the army north and attack Wancheng. Zhuge Qiao is just a child, and he only has 10,000 horses, and the rest are newly recruited farmers, so he is powerless to resist himself. At present, Dongwu has only turned against Ji Han, and he will definitely not go north to help Ji Han. In this way, he can easily relieve the siege of Wancheng, and then he will cross Funiu Mountain in the north and attack the Luoyang battlefield through Luyang Road. Ji Han has been storming Luoyang for several months, and his morale has declined, and the sudden appearance of his own troops will definitely turn the tide of the war.

At this time, Tan Ma reported that Zhuge Qiao led the army to attack him.

Xu Huang was stunned, quite inexplicable. What was this little kid thinking? He wouldn't think he could hold off his iron horsemen with his little men, would he?

If he goes south this time and fights with himself, what can he do except move the battlefield south? However, in any case, since he put the meat in his mouth and did not eat it himself, he was too sorry for people.

Xu Huang ordered: "The whole army is ready to defeat the Ji Han people in one fell swoop!" ”

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Zhuge Qiao led the army south, like fire and wind, marched a hundred miles in one day, defeated a small group of Cao Wei people and horses located on the west bank of the river, Chen Bing ferry, and the Wei army across the river.

This battlefield is not ideal for Ji Han, and it is also the same for Cao Wei. Jingzhou has a lot of water, and unlike Wenpin, who is good at water warfare, Xu Huang is good at land warfare. And Zhuge Qiao's main force came from a mountain city like Shangyong, so he naturally had to add a change word.

Along the way, the generals questioned why they were doing this. Now Cao Wei and Dongwu are obviously going to wear a pair of pants, and they have to send themselves to their eyes to die? Even if you think about it with your toes, you know that without the help of Dongwu, it is impossible to block Cao Weihu and Xu Huang.

Fan Jiang and E Huan came to see Zhuge Qiao in person: "My lord, we are in a dangerous situation." ”

"Not bad." Although Zhuge Qiao's actions were a little crazy, on the whole, he was not very crazy.

"Then why are we doing this?" Fan Jiang almost screamed.

Zhuge Qiao smiled bitterly: "Okay, I know you have doubts in your hearts, and you don't want to go so far to fight against the famous general Xu Huang with weak troops." But do you think I want to? At present, the war between the three kingdoms is in full swing, and Cao Wei uses a Jingzhou to buy Eastern Wu. I want to send troops from the south to help. As soon as they succeed in returning to help, then my father (Kong Ming) will be under great pressure in Luoyang, and this time Ji Han will attack Luoyang with the strength of the whole country, which is already inevitable, and if it is a failure because of this, then I will be guilty. I originally thought that with the friendship between Ji Han and Sun Wu over the years, His Majesty personally sent someone to mediate. What's more, the two generals of Dongwu in Jingzhou are both pro-Shu people, so it should be possible to ensure that there will be no conflict in action. But I kept things simple. In the face of interests, it is difficult for family affection to gain a firm foothold, especially in the recent conflict between us, if we return to Soochow, then my uncle (Zhuge Jin) will not be transferred in order to avoid suspicion, and Cao will not be able to cooperate with our army. ”

"But. We have few men and horses, and we must not participate in Eastern Wu, without their help, my troops will definitely not be able to stop Cao Weidi's troops. The friction with Soochow a few days ago was because I was not thoughtful. I don't have to think about it to guess. In the next step, Cao Wei will definitely go north, come to relieve the siege of Wancheng, defeat me, and then go north to Luoyang. When the time comes, Soochow is too far away to help us. We are still in this situation. In that case, I might as well have faced this situation sooner. ”

Fan Jiang was confused by what Zhuge Qiao said: "My lord, since we are facing a crisis, anyway, we are at odds with Dongwu, they won't help us, what's the use of going south to fight this battle?" If we were to fight near Wancheng, the sergeants would not have to travel so far. Wouldn't it be better? ”

Zhuge Qiao said with a smile: "Can't help and don't want to help are two different things, if you start a war in Wancheng, Dongwu can't help if you want to, this is caused by geographical factors; If there is a war here, if Soochow does not come to help, it will be a political and emotional factor. If Dongwu learns about it, it will definitely make my uncle (Zhuge Jin) grab the territory. No more troops to help us. Then we will be passive, and at this time we will send troops. Since I was in danger, I didn't believe that he could leave me alone. ”

Fan Jiang and E Huan opened their mouths in surprise and were speechless for a while. They originally thought that since the general was the son of Kong Ming, his skills would definitely not be bad, even if he attacked Cao Wei this time, he would definitely have a clever strategy, and the opportunity would be unparalleled, so that the opponent could not be guarded, but he was here to send him to death, in order to drag Lao Tzu into the water, he actually threw himself into the mud pit first, which was ruthless enough.

But is that really possible? What if Zhuge Jin doesn't come?

As if he had seen through their thoughts, Zhuge Qiao said: "We are new soldiers, and when we really use them, we can't be handy, and we can't compare with Cao Wei's elite soldiers at all." Therefore, in this battle, I will not attack, only defend, and will never let the Wei army enter the territory of Nanyang. I don't want you to go to the front line, just supervise the law enforcement team for me, and any soldier will take a step back and be killed immediately. What's wrong with the recruits, I don't believe they can't even stand where they are! ”

In the early morning of August 26, under the misty mist, Cao Wei's warships rushed to the water, and huge boulders were growing on both sides of the river, and the bows were fierce and the sound of tearing and killing was endless. In just one morning, Ji Han's men and horses were torn open a hole ten miles long and three miles wide, and the giant axe split Ji Han's camp into a terrifyingly huge opening.

However, Zhuge Qiao's tactics also played a huge role, those recruits were given death orders, and they were not allowed to retreat a step, even if they died in battle, they were not allowed to move a step. This seemingly clumsy tactic had an unexpected effect, as the Wei army could only eliminate their resistance by killing Ji Han's men and horses, and if they wanted to kill them, they would have to pay the same price in blood. Although the ratio of casualties between the Wei army and the Han army was 1 to 3 or even 1 to 5, the Wei army's advance attack was still delayed. The speed of their charge slowed, their swords slowed, and they began to get tired.

At this time, Zhuge Qiao organized a counterattack. He asked E Huan to lead the army, and suddenly rushed out with his own Chinese army. E Huan, who had cultivated his spirit, waved Fang Tianhua's halberd, and pounced on it with Ji Han's elite soldiers, who also had the same spirit, like a tiger entering a wolf pack, killing the Wei army with a river of blood.

However, Zhuge Qiao's recruits were all on the battlefield, and no one ordered them to take the initiative to attack, and they could not continue to expand the results. Although the Ehuandi counterattack pushed the Wei army near the mouth of the river, it was still pushed back inch by inch. Taking this opportunity, Zhuge Qiao filled the battlefield with new soldiers.

Xu Huang watched from the other side of the river, and was furious, and wanted to cross the river to kill E Huan in person. His son Xu Gailian's father was old, and he personally danced the big axe to lead the army to fight Ehuan. Although E Huan is not empty-eyed, he rarely encounters opponents, where does he care about such a young man, wielding a halberd to meet him, fighting more than 30 times, regardless of victory or defeat. Xu Huang watched from the other side of the river, commanding the men and horses to take the opportunity to cross the river, interspersed left and right, and raided the Han camp. Ehuan couldn't resist, so he had to fight and retreat.

Xu Gai shouted loudly: "That barbarian, don't go, eat me with an axe." ”

Although E Huan grew up in the land of the Southern Barbarians, he was not a barbarian, seeing Xu Gai's arrogance, he was angry, he secretly drew his bow and arrow, and raised it to be an arrow, Xu Gai avoided it, but he was shot in the shoulder, fell off the horse, and was rescued.

Xu Huang had no choice but to retreat. On the evening of the same day, Xu Huang personally led the army across the river to steal the camp and rob the village. Zhuge Qiao had already taken precautions, he set up a few empty camps, put more things that set fire, waited for the Wei army to attack, set fire to the empty camp, and took advantage of the chaos of the Wei army, ten thousand arrows were fired together, and the Wei army was shot down countless times. I thought that the Wei army's stealing camp would end here. Who knows, Xu Huang is brave, the soldiers use their lives, although they are defeated, they are not chaotic. Seeing the plan, Xu Huang did not retreat, and with a move of the big axe, he rushed out with smoke and fire, and went straight to Zhuge Qiao's main camp, shooting down the commander's horn lamp with an arrow, and killing indiscriminately, Ji Han's recruits fought for a day, and they were already tired, not as good as the elite physical strength and experience of the Wei army, and they couldn't trap the Wei army in a dark panic. Kill until dawn. The Han army was killed by the Wei army in the end, killing thousands of people and losing seven camps in a row. In the dark night, Zhuge Qiao was almost caught up by Xu Huang, but fortunately, E Huan desperately stopped him and saved his life.

The next day, the Wei army did not sleep and attacked the Han camp again, Zhuge Qiao secretly ordered Fan Jiang to lead 2,000 military horses to the upper reaches of the river, quietly cross the river, sneak attack the Wei army camp, and set fire. Xu Huang was stable and withdrew first. Zhuge Qiao took the opportunity to reorganize the army, scared out of a cold sweat, if Xu Huang ignored the rear, and then attacked, I was afraid that his battalion would have to disperse, and then the army would be defeated like a mountain, and these recruits would dare to scatter the battalion themselves.

When no one was around, Zhuge Qiao sighed in a low voice to the south: "Father, I am your own son, can you really bear not to save me?" ”