When Zhang He came with his troops, the troops of Liu Jia and E Huan had been "divided up" by Huang Zhong and Qiao Tuesday, leaving less than 5,000 men. *Although Zhang He still had doubts in his heart, he was more confident in defeating Liu Jia. Naturally, his soldiers and generals also discovered this advantage, and their morale gradually improved a lot: the drums were louder and the shouts were louder. Big.
Seeing the arrival of Zhang He and others, Liu Jia and E Huan immediately divided their troops into two: Liu Jia led the troops on the left to go south, and E Huan led the soldiers on the right to go north, leaving Zhang He's army with only a tight seal. of the west gate and numerous visible traps, antlers and horse traps.
Zhang He's army, which was charging happily, was dumbfounded: Why is this?
The moment Zhang He rushed forward, he was stunned. Although there were four roads to choose from, none of them were easy:
Continue to attack the Yizhou soldiers¡¯ camp? Not to mention the traps, antlers, and horse barriers in front of them that could not be overcome or cleared for a while, even the soldiers who were well prepared in the camp were enough for them to drink a pot. They worked hard to attack, and if they were broken, they would be attacked by Huang Zhong, who was watching eagerly next to him. sneak attack.
Send troops to pursue Liu Jia and chop Liu Jia off his horse? Although Liu Jia only has 3,000 men under his command, these 3,000 men have been waiting for work. It is difficult to say whether his tens of thousands of troops who have traveled more than ten miles can not catch up with Liu Jia, who is running at full strength. Moreover, they are also threatened from the side by Huang Zhong's army and must not let go of them.
Send troops to chase E Huan who ran to the north? Although the threat from Huang Zhong is smaller in this way, E Huan only has 2,000 people. Even if we really caught up with them and eliminated them all, it would be of no help to the entire battle.
Divide your forces into pursuit? Zhang He was even more worried.
Just when Zhang He was hesitating, E Huan seemed to know Zhang He's difficulties. He, who was walking behind the team, reined in his horse and shouted to Zhang He: "Zhang He, thief! Come after me if you have the ability. Let's see how E will deal with you!"
And Huang Zhong, who had been gathering troops, also made a big move and led his troops towards the rear of Zhang He's team. Zhang He, who was already desperate, now saw that Huang Zhong's threat to him was temporarily lifted, and immediately divided his troops into two parts. Some of them were led by themselves to pursue Liu Jia, and some were led by Man Chong to pursue E Huan.
Huang Zhong didn¡¯t go far. After hearing Tan Ma's report that Zhang He had divided his troops to pursue, he immediately inserted himself into the advancing Cao army, intercepted some of Cao's troops, and then went against Cao's troops towards their camp. Qiao Zhou, who had set out earlier, also inserted himself into Cao's army and cut it into three sections.
By this time, both Cao's army and Yizhou's soldiers were in chaos. They were divided into several groups by the other side and fought independently. Zhang He's remaining 50,000 troops after the last battle were now divided into five regiments: first, nearly 10,000 people who held the camp; about 5,000 people who had left the camp but were cut off by Qiao Zhou's troops were walking on the road between the camp and Qiao Zhou's troops. The local soldiers were cut off by Huang Zhong's troops between Huang Zhong's troops and Qiao Zhou's troops. About 10,000 people; the 5,000 people located between Huang Zhong's troops and the Yizhou camp are still advancing rapidly, preparing to join Zhang He or Man Chong's troops; the rest are Zhang He's and Man Chong's troops, each with about 10,000 troops. Ten thousand.
On the surface, Liu Jia's 60,000 Yizhou troops also had five parts: the camp part; Liu Jia, E Huan, Huang Zhong, and Qiao Zhou each took a part; however, Liu Jia's and E Huan's troops immediately ran away after Cao Jun chased them. Then they entered their own camp from the south gate and north gate. Those troops who were chased too closely and were unable to enter the camp continued to run forward, preparing to run along the fence of the camp to the back east gate before entering.
Zhang He, who had killed several slow-running soldiers, was dumbfounded again. He was so angry or lost his mind that he had to make up his mind to attack the Yizhou military camp. Attack simultaneously from the south, west and north.
But how can a camp guarded by 15,000 people be captured in a short period of time? After several forced charges, they were quickly shot back by Yizhou who had been well prepared, leaving hundreds of corpses behind. The only effect achieved was that the corpses filled up the traps, and the flowing blood also caused Cao Jun to regain his strength. Several well-laid traps were discovered.
When Zhang He stormed the camp here, two armies of 45,000 troops led by Huang Zhong and Qiao Zhou were also attacking opposite each other. After each of them left several thousand blocking troops, the remaining troops used their full strength to deal with the 10,000 troops intercepted by the two troops. When Zhang He attacked and retreated several times, Huang Zhong and Qiao Zhou also joined forces from the north, south, and east and west. The 10,000 exhausted and demoralized Cao troops fell into the hands of the 40,000 Yizhou troops.
After taking care of these 10,000 men, Huang Zhong and Qiao Zhou joined forces and turned back to attack Zhang He and his companions.
Zhang He knew that the situation was over, so he finally gathered the soldiers who were attacking the camp together, and mustered up the courage to rush towards Huang Zhong and Qiao Zhou's troops.
Although Zhang He wanted to sacrifice his life for charity, shouted murderously, and showed no fear in the face of the swarming Yizhou soldiers, his soldiers did not have this idea or the courage. Already exhausted, they walked slower and slower, and their eyes began to wander around. What they saw more was the supervising officers around them. He rarely glances at enemies in the distance.
In fact, most of the soldiers supervising the battle were helpless at this time, and the swords used to kill the timid soldiers were just unconsciously held in their hands. When the soldiers in front stagnated, they just waited silently. It was hard to hear their urgings. What came out of their mouths were mostly gasps from the exhaustion of fighting and rushing: It was really the incompetence of the commander that exhausted the three armies.
The shouts on the entire battlefield were completely different from the beginning. At the beginning, Zhang He's army shouted loudly, while the Yizhou soldiers were silent. But now the Yizhou soldiers shouted loudly, but the shouts of Cao soldiers were sparse.
When Zhang He raised his gun and shot at Huang Zhong with red eyes, he didn't know whether it was because the Yizhou soldiers' bows and arrows were too dense or because he wanted to die, but he ignored the flying arrows and charged until he was still more than ten steps away from Huang Zhong. When he arrived, he was hit by six sharp arrows. An arrow was hit in the face, shoulders, arms, abdomen, left and right thighs, etc. The blood stained the shirt on his body and the horse under his crotch. Dots of blood were sprinkled on the dusty loess. Leave little red dots all the way.
Huang Zhong drove his horse to meet him, and used his sword to easily put aside Zhang He's spear. At the moment when the two horses collided, he grabbed Zhang He's collar and lifted him up. He turned around and threw him to the ground, shouting: "Help him immediately! "
After doing this, Huang Zhong ignored the frightened Cao Jun who was retreating in front of him, but calmly glanced at the entire battlefield. Then with a slight smile on his face, he put down the big knife in his hand and took off the bow and arrow on his back. In just such a short moment, the bow was rounded, and a sharp arrow quickly pierced into the crowd of people in the distance, and a scream was raised in response to the arrow: "Ouch¡ª¡ª"
Seeing the panic where the arrow fell, Huang Zhong slowly put away his bow, raised his sword and slashed forward, shouting loudly: "Zhang He is captured! Man Chong is shot! Those who surrender will be spared death!"
At this time. E Huan also led a group of men and horses to open the gate of the village and kill them. While killing, he howled: "Whoever surrenders will be spared death!"
Suddenly the whole air was filled with the shouts of Yizhou soldiers:
"You are surrounded!"
"Zhang He was captured alive!"
"Man Chong was shot to death!"
"Surrender and avoid death!"
"kill!"
"rush!"
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By this time, there is not much suspense in the battle. One Cao soldier knelt down, ten Cao soldiers knelt down, a hundred Cao soldiers knelt down, a thousand Cao soldiers knelt down, like a whirlwind blowing across the battlefield, Cao Jun, who was still fighting, watching, and hesitating just now, was there. Under the blow of this whirlwind. They all dropped their weapons and knelt down.
As long as those Cao soldiers on the outermost side of the battlefield seemed not to have been affected, they dropped their weapons, turned around, and fled further away. Their actions were so neat, their movements were so fast, and their cooperation with each other was so tacit - they Everyone was running in different directions, so the Yizhou soldiers didn't know how to catch them.
Until a long time later. There are also some Cao soldiers who were crippled by local people and sent here.
Cao Jun's camp was taken over by Yizhou soldiers early the next morning. Huang Zhong originally took Man Chong's head and Zhang He's seal ribbon with him when he led 30,000 soldiers, but they were of no use and were still far away from the camp. Some distance away, several Cao Jun generals were already kneeling on the roadside to greet him. After arriving at the gate of the camp, more than 10,000 Cao soldiers lined up in a neat formation outside the camp with their bare hands to greet Huang Zhong and his party.
The battles in western Yongzhou and Xiliangzhou ended so easily!
More than 70,000 of Cao's 110,000 troops surrendered to Liu Jia, and countless supplies were seized, including nearly 10,000 horses.
Soon, Ma Chao, who had settled down in Xiliang, also led an army to join Liu Jia. They brought in 30,000 troops. Bring out 50,000 troops. Yang Hong was left as pastor of Xiliang Prefecture.
After a while, Liu Jia and Xu Shu led a combined force of 110,000 horses toward Long County. Tens of thousands of prisoners were taken to Hanzhong. There they will be selected, organized and trained. They will definitely be Liu Jia's reserve army.
This battle not only raised morale to an unprecedented level, but also allowed Liu Jia to own six and a half states and Xiliang, which has been rich in fine horses since ancient times. Although the place where Zhang He's army passed was almost empty, and not only countless civilians were killed, but also horses, cattle and sheep were raided, their influence did not penetrate deep into the interior of Xiliang, and because Liu Jia's army started early, Cao Jun The areas where evil is committed are generally concentrated around the city, and there is not much impact in the distance. As long as we introduce high-yielding crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes that do not have strict requirements on soil, water sources, and labor.Here, the vitality of the land will be restored soon, and Yizhou will soon begin to be supplied with countless fine horses, and there is no need to worry about population reproduction.
Soon after Liu Jia and others entered the city after being welcomed by Zhao Yun, Pang Tong also came here with the newly trained and reorganized Xiliang soldiers. There were 240,000 people rushing into the three cities distributed in a finished glyph, namely Longxian City, Qingshui City, and Lueyang City. So many troops arrived here, turning the city and outside into a sea of ??soldiers.
All the soldiers knew that there would be a fiercer battle soon. The 320,000 troops that Cao Cao finally gathered have left Xuchang and are heading towards Chang'an under the personal leadership of Cao Cao. As long as we can defeat Cao Cao's army of more than 300,000 people, the world in the future will be on our side.
While Cao Cao and Liu Jia were busy preparing for this unprecedented battle, Sun Quan, who was far away in Jianye, had a different mood. Excited? excited? Worried? Maybe a little bit, but the joy seems to be more.
But the people standing next to him had different expressions: Zhou Yu was worried, Zhuge Liang was worried, Zhang Zhao was ecstatic, the sickly Lu Su was happy and worried, Lu Xun was worried more than happy, Lu Meng was Silently meditating
Sun Quan smiled and said to these capable officers: "What do you think would be better to do with these two things in front of you?"
As soon as Sun Quan finished speaking, Zhang Zhao replied: "The crazier Liu Jia is now, the better. It would be better if the Cao thief is defeated. According to Zhao, it is best for us to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. The second thing is that There is no need to think about it. The King of Wu dared to sit on the throne of the Ninth Five-Year Plan. Neither Liu Jia nor Cao Cao dared to say anything. Now that we have strong soldiers and horses in Soochow, no matter which side we join, the other side will be defeated. They all want to Us, why don¡¯t we take advantage of it?¡±
Neither Lu Su nor Lu Meng expressed their opinions. Both of them stared at the ground without speaking.
Sun Quan actually had almost the same thought as Zhang Zhao, but he did not agree immediately. Instead, he turned to Zhou Yu and said, "What do you think, Lord?"
When Zhou Yu saw Sun Quan calling his name and wanted to answer by himself, he clarified his thoughts, glanced at Zhuge Liang who was indifferent, and said slowly: "These two things are related to the same thing, that is, whether we, Soochow, can pacify the world in the future." . Just can¡¯t pacify the world, can we be in a safe state for a long time in the three-legged confrontation. If we put aside the future and only talk about whether the King of Wu can ascend to the Nine-Five-Year Plan now, then there is nothing to think about, yes! Absolutely! but¡¡"
Sun Quan was so happy that he saw that Zhou Yu said no more than two words, so he asked politely: "No more than what?"
Zhou Yu said: "However, the current dispute between Cao and Liu is related to whether our Soochow can survive for thousands of generations. Especially what Liu Jia will develop in the next few years. We must estimate Be accurate, otherwise, you will be in trouble when the time comes.¡±
Sun Quan was stunned and asked: "Is it so serious? We should follow the previous strategy, first sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and when one of them fails, we will support them. Of course, if they both lose, then we will also Be prepared to unify the world."
Zhou Yu said: "The difficulty now is that when Cao Cao is defeated and powerless, is it too late for us to join again? Or is Liu Jia still strong enough to deal with us after defeating Cao Cao, then we will be in big trouble."
Zhang Zhao laughed and said: "What Gong Jin said is so wrong. Who is Cao Cao, and who is Liu Jia? Cao Cao owns the land of the Central Plains, not to mention that his advisers are like rain and his generals are like clouds. Cao Cao's population, land, The wealth is not comparable to that of Liu Jianeng. When fighting Cao Cao on Cao Cao's territory, it would be good if Liu Jianeng escaped unscathed. How could he possibly defeat Cao Cao, who has experienced hundreds of battles? How could he be able to annex us after a fierce battle with Cao Cao? No Possible. Absolutely impossible, Zhao can say for sure. Even if Liu Jia can really defeat Cao Cao, he will definitely be dying."
Sun Quan also said: "What Gong Jin said is indeed too serious. Even if Liu Jia and Cao Cao are equal in strength now, it will not be that simple for them to really defeat the other side. How can they still be able to deal with us? I wish they could The strength is similar, and the closer the strength is, the worse they will kill each other." At this point, the smiling Sun Quan looked at the young Lu Xun beside him and said, "Bo Yan, do you think Liu Jiadi's strength is compared to Cao Cao?"
Lu Xun glanced at Zhang Zhao who was in high spirits and said: "Xun has been thinking about this issue for a while. Until now, Xun has not come to a clear conclusion, who is stronger, Liu Jiaqiang or Cao Cao. However, General Zuo Sima has already said so. , Xun feels that Zuo Sima¡¯s consideration is very reasonable.¡±
Zhang Zhao started to look at Lu Xun and looked at him, thinking that he would agree with his opinion, but after listening to his words, he found that this was not the case at all, but that he was compounding the opinions of Zuo Sima Zhou Yu, so he immediately retorted: "General Lu?Is this self-effacing? Is Liu Jiaqiang or Cao Cao stronger? Do we need to think about this question for so long? It's obvious that Cao Cao is the stronger one now, at least that's the situation now. "
Lu Xun said: "What about the future? We are focusing on the future now."
Zhang Zhaodao: "If Liu Jia fights Cao Cao desperately now, he will have no future. If he fights cautiously and retreats when encountering setbacks, then he will only have one share of the three points in the world. .¡±
"Sir, didn't you think about the battle of Wulin? Didn't you think about the fight for Yizhou? Didn't you think about the southern barbarians? Didn't you think about annihilating Zhang He? In which of the three wars did he not win a complete victory, and in which did he not get stronger with each fight?" Lu Xun asked again and again. He said that he also deliberately ignored the battle for Jiaozhou, because in the battle for Jiaozhou, Liu Jia and the others also won, but the loser was Zhou Yu beside him.
"But has General Lu ever thought about it, is Liu Jia's real opponent Cao Cao? It was our Gongjin, not Liu Jia, who made the plans in the Wulin battle. Besides, Cao's army was not used to water warfare at that time, and diseases were rampant; Yizhou was competing for He defeated the likes of Zhang Lu and Du Ji; he fought against the rebellion in the south with the help of the Southern Barbarians. None of this means that Liu Jia is better than Cao Cao."
"Then annihilating Zhang He should be regarded as facing Cao Cao, right?"
"That can't be counted. First, Cao Cao abandoned the desolate land of Xiliang; second, Cao's army has not yet finished resting; third, Liu Jia's entire army was dispatched, and it took a lot of effort, but Cao's army only First, he sent a general; fourth, they were fighting on Ma Chao's original territory, and Cao Cao's army's combat effectiveness was greatly reduced. Regardless of other factors, only in terms of military strength, Cao Cao could easily raise 800,000 troops to resist on the spot, while Liu Jia sent at most three A hundred thousand troops went on an expedition against Cao Cao. Zhang absolutely did not believe that Liu Jia could easily defeat Cao Cao and came to deal with us, leaving us with no chance to fight back. Are we going to help Cao Cao attack Liu Jia now? Isn't this too inexplicable?" Zhang Zhao kept saying sneered.
Several people were speechless for a moment.
Sun Quan turned to Zhuge Liang, who had been standing beside Zhou Yu without saying a word, and asked, "Mr. Kong Ming, what do you think?"