Chapter Ninety-Five: The Battle of Red Cliffs No. 9, the Battle of Chukou
At the same time, not only the fierce battle on the Yangtze River on the front line of Chibi and Wulin was urgent, but the battle at the head of the city had also entered the decisive moment.
Zhao Yan, the governor of the army, had a seven-trick heart, and on the day of the night attack of Gan Ning by the riverside, he heard Cao Wu boast that the captain Biqiu Jian was not chaotic, so he remembered it, and later attacked Shiyang, and it was Biqiu Jian's meritorious service.
Now that the city is in danger, the last surprise attack, he decided to let Biqiu Jian be the striker.
One is to believe in Biqiu Jian's ability, and the other is to break the city at his fingertips, and he plans to sell it to Cao Wu.
He didn't know anything about Cao Wu's contributions, but he was such a delicate person, otherwise he would not have been elected as the governor of the Seventh Army.
The three words of Biqiu Jian, in his place, have been labeled as Cao Wu's faction, otherwise Cao Wu specially let himself pay attention to a little general?
The young general Biqiu Jian also lived up to his expectations, attacked the city at sunrise, and stood on the head of the city in less than a moment.
When he looked down at the city with a spear in his hand, he found that the city was full of corpses, and all the defenders had gathered at the water gate, ready to flee.
"Stop them!"
Biqiu Jian was the first to jump off the low city wall, urging the soldiers to open the city gate while leading the army to chase after him.
At the Water Gate, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Gan Ning and other generals were all unwilling, but in the middle of the night, they received a secret report from Gan Ning's accomplices.
Gan Ning, known as the Jinfan thief, attacked and harassed the Seventh Army with dozens of ships, and later saw the Battle of Chukou and led the cavalry to support, but the fleet under his command went to meet the main force of Jiangdong.
Last night, two of his trusted subordinates crossed the Han River at night and sent him the news that Zhou Yu, the governor of Jiangdong, had asked him to return to Chaisang as soon as possible.
The letter bears Zhou Yu's seal, and it can't be faked.
Gan Ning has only joined the Jiangdong Army for a few years, but he has absolute trust in Zhou Yu, although he is puzzled, he also decided to follow Zhou Yu's order.
He is not an unrighteous character, although the military situation is urgent, he still informed Liu Bei of the matter overnight.
At this time, there were only a few hundred defenders left in the city, and seeing that it was impossible to hold it anymore, the generals decided to leave with Gan Ning.
So, the ships of the Jinfan thieves went and returned, preparing to take them by water and flee to Xiakou, while Gan Ning was ready to rest in Xiakou and then go to Chaisang.
Zhang Fei and others were already boarding the ship, and the two generals, Fu Shiren and Huo Jun, were in charge of the break, and when they saw Biqiu Jian rushing over, they organized soldiers to block it.
However, the Qingzhou soldiers of Biqiu Jian ran over the streets in the form of a phalanx, and Liu Beijun was beaten to pieces.
Guan Yu rode a horse and watched from a distance, stroked his long beard and said, "The Cao army actually has such a neat array of infantry!" ”
Zhang Fei raised his spear, smiled, and drove his horse directly off the boat to kill Biqiu Jian, Guan Yu and Gan Ning had to follow.
Three people and three horsemen, crashed into the thousand troops of Biqiu Jian.
According to the previous situation, they had three tiger generals, enough to shock a thousand infantry.
However, Biqiujian's army did not dodge or dodge, maintained the formation, and took advantage of the narrow terrain of the streets, so that the three of them could not rush in.
They pushed their shields and spears, step by step, even if there were casualties, their own army behind them made up for it, and the three tiger generals who were pressed retreated again and again, and finally rescued Fu Shiren and Huo Jun, and the other soldiers could not be saved.
The three generals were all experienced in a hundred battles, and it was the first time they had encountered such powerful infantry, and they were each frightened.
Liu Bei's righteous son, Liu Feng, looked at it and hurriedly said, "Two uncles, it's time to go!" ”
Guan Yu looked around and saw that the soldiers had not completely withdrawn to the ship, so he snorted coldly: "Shaft, how can you abandon the soldiers!" ”
Liu Cover was displeased, but he didn't dare to say it.
At the city gate, the sound of shouting and killing came, and most of the Cao army, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, and Li Dian, each leading the army, was entering the city.
On the Han River, Yu Ban also brought a naval army to attack the Jinfan Army.
Liu Feng had no choice but to shout: "General Gan, if you don't leave, it's too late!" ”
Gan Ning stabbed several times, but he couldn't break the iron shield tortoise formation of Biqiu Jian, and hurriedly shouted Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to leave.
Guan Yu pulled Zhang Fei to retreat.
Unexpectedly, this group of infantry dared to fight back.
Biqiu Jian shouted: "Release the arrow!" ”
The turtle array shot a "brush, brush" feather arrow, the three of them blocked, the general was fine, but the horse was not, Zhang Fei's horse was hit by an arrow and fell to the ground, thanks to Guan Yu Chitu's horse fast, came back to pull him up, and escaped.
When he jumped into the boat, Zhang Fei stood at the bow of the boat and said angrily: "Wu Na Xiao'er, what is your name, see you again in the future, I will take your dog's life!" ”
Seeing that these clippers were all brocade sails, Biqiu Jian didn't know where to take out the oil from nowhere, stuck it in the arrow and lit it, and shot it at Zhang Fei's boat.
Other people's infantry teams have a single weapon, but his infantry regiment of 1,000 people seems to have all kinds of weapons.
The rocket "boomed" and lit the sails, so frightened that Zhang Fei jumped a few steps onto the boat next to him.
Biqiu Jian was not arrogant or impatient, and said: "A certain is Hedong Biqiu Zhonggong is also!" ”
Guan Yu rode a horse on the boat, and saw that this young general was young and had the upper hand, but he was so calm and had the wind of a general, he couldn't help but sigh: "It's really the endless road of Cao Gong, such talents, there are many people!" ”
"Thieves!"
Zhang Fei gritted his teeth.
Guan Yu knew the three temperaments and did not argue, Gu Zi and Gan Ning commanded the ships together, opened the water gate, broke through the blockade of the forbidden water army, and fled to Xiakou.
On the river, Yu Ban and Guan Yu looked at each other from a distance, commanding the navy to chase after them, but the Jinfan army was all clippers, and they couldn't catch up.
However, after the cover-up of Biqiu Jian and the rushing and killing of the forbidden water army, the fleeing defenders of Chukou were only 200 people.
Zhao Yan entered the city to count, Anlu and Chukou were combined, and the original 7,000 defenders were basically dead now, which was a great blow to Liu Bei, who was already a small number of people.
And Zhao Yan's department connected the two cities of Shiyang and Chukou, and the empty city of Anlu was also taken, and the three cities were in hand, and the morale was greatly shaken, and in front of them was only Xiakou City, which Liu Bei strengthened day and night.
When the army entered the city, Zhao Yan raised his account again, recorded his merits, and counted another merit for Biqiu Jian, but he was not proud, but he just said that he was lucky.
Then the generals discussed, and everyone felt that they should rest for a day in Chukou, and wait for the results of the main battle of the Cao army before attacking Xiakou.
On the other side, the fleeing army marched on the Han River.
Zhang Fei is still angry about Qiu Frugal's behavior, especially the other party's appearance of not taking himself seriously at all, which is very hateful.
He was pacing back and forth on the boat, and Guan Yu was distraught.
Guan Yu lost two cities in a row, and he was depressed in his heart, and suddenly heard someone on the south bank shouting his name.
Looking up, he saw a cavalryman with his hair scattered, dirty, and a pair of teary eyes looking at him in embarrassment.
Guan Yu hurriedly shouted: "Zifang, why are you here!" ”
It turned out that this person was Mi Fang who was let go by Cao Chun.
Mi Fang ran away for days, and when she saw Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, it was like seeing a relative, and after jumping on the boat, she was already crying bitterly.
Guan Yu held him up and asked about the situation, Mi Fang said while crying: "Jun Hou, that Jiangdong Zhou Gongjin is indeed good, but Cao Jun has a better military division. Zhou Gongjin made repeated mistakes in his strategy, losing many soldiers, and even the general Dong Xi died. As a result, I was displaced to the North Shore, waiting for an opportunity to escape. In my estimation, his army is not far from being defeated! ”
"What?"
The generals were shocked and hurriedly asked for details, and Mi Fang said them one by one.
Hearing that the two armies of Cao and Sun were facing each other, and the schemes were frequent, everyone was speechless, and then learned that the food supply failed, and Zhou Yu's army had no way to retreat, and their faces were gloomy.
Guan Yu grabbed his arm and said, "Zifang, are you sure that Zhou Yu is going to be defeated?" ”
Mi Fang had already been frightened by Cao Chun's windy cavalry, and now he just wanted to return to Xiakou and persuade Liu Bei to go to Yizhou, and when he asked like this, he said without hesitation: "It is only a matter of time before he is defeated!" ”
Zhang Fei suddenly blessed his soul, and said with a "Ahhh But he didn't dare to tell me and so on, he was really a villain! ”
Gan Ning grabbed his scalp, heard that Dong Xi was dead, and combined with the inexplicable instructions he received, he also believed nine points.
"No, I'm going to join the Governor!"
The crowd hurriedly persuaded him.
What can he do if he goes?
In the end, Zhang Fei and Gan Ning came to pace back and forth on the ship, and the entire fleet was distraught. They didn't have any plans, so they could only go to Xiakou first and then make arrangements.
At this time, Zhou Yu, who was worried about Gan Ning's help, did not have any idea of needing any assistance.
With an arrow in his hand, he sneered at the enemy army pursuing him, ready to throw it at any moment.
There are only about 5,000 left in the Jiangdong Army, but these are the elite of his elite.
Everything is ready, only the enemy army is owed!