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Text Chapter 272 [Overcoming thorns and thorns] (3)

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    ———————————— The rumble of horse hooves interrupted the raging battle to attack the city. Many soldiers followed the sound, only to see dust rising above the south gate of Yangzhai, and birds flying across the sky, screaming and circling.  △ "No, Zhou Yu's cavalry has arrived for reinforcements!" Outside the north gate, Cao Ren, who was commanding the army to attack the city, heard the sound and looked over. Seeing such a scene, he was shocked and turned pale, and ordered the siege to be stopped without hesitation.  .  When the siege troops and horses retreated to the north bank of the moat, Cao Ren's scouts came to report. Zhou Yu personally led more than 35,000 cavalry to defeat Cao's siege troops outside the south gate, then bypassed the south gate and went straight to the east gate.  In addition, the scouts also brought bad news. The Jingzhou army that originally attacked Ximen had quietly withdrew in the early morning.  "Blessings come in pairs, and misfortunes never come alone."  Just when Cao Ren learned that Zhou Yu had led his army to Yangdi for reinforcements, Le Jin, who was left behind in Zhongmou City, sent his own soldiers to come over all night to report that the Guandu camp had been attacked.  The father and son were beheaded by Jin Emperor Li Li himself. All 10,000 defenders were killed, the camp was burned, and hundreds of thousands of stones, grain, grass, ordnance and supplies were reduced to ashes.  Not only that, while Emperor Li Li of Jin personally led an army to sneak attack on the Guandu granary, Gao Shun, the commander of the trapped camp, and Huan Fei, the commander of the Feixiong camp stationed in Luoyang, led 70,000 infantry and cavalry and suddenly sent troops to attack Zhongmou City at night.  The west gate and north gate of Zhongmou City were attacked at the same time. Fortunately, Le Jin, who stayed behind to guard the city, was also a battle-hardened veteran. He was always on guard against sneak attacks by the Xiliang Army, and successfully foiled the night attack plan of Gao Shun and Huan Fei.  , causing it to be frustrated head-on.  However, the Western Jin army, which failed in the sneak attack, did not withdraw. After a short rest, it began a frontal attack on the city at noon the next day.  In the first round of attacks, they climbed to the top of the city and started close combat with the defenders under Le Jin's tent.  By the time the soldiers left the city to deliver the message, Le Jin and his troops had been fighting bloody battles on the north and west gate towers for half a day with the enemy general Gao Shun's heavily armored battalion.  The defenders suffered heavy casualties.  ?According to the soldiers under Le Jin's tent, the soldiers in the trapped camp are very powerful.  From the moment they attacked the city, they were firmly nailed to the city, fighting to the death with the defenders under Le Jin's tent, fighting to the death without retreating.  After half a day of fierce fighting, the casualties of the defenders were twice as many as those of the trapped camp. If it weren't for the fact that there were as many as 50,000 defenders left to guard Zhongmou City, they would have been captured by the trapped camp within a day.  When the soldiers reported in detail the attack on Zhongmou City and Guandu Camp in the Ming Dynasty, Cao Ren was dumbfounded and his expression was dull.  His eyes were lost, and he fell down on the upper step of the handsome tent, as if he was mourning for his heir.  It has been two days since the urgent military situation mentioned by the soldiers under Le Jin's tent. In other words, the Guandu camp was attacked and burned down by Li Li himself in the middle of the night three days ago, and the enemy generals Gao Shun and Huan Fei led the army to sneak attack Zhongmou's camp.  It was also that night.  Two days have passed, and it is still unclear whether Zhongmou City has been captured by the Xiliang army, and whether Le Jin's 50,000 troops can defend the city.  As the commander-in-chief of the three armies.  And having fought with the Xiliang army for many years, Cao Ren knew very well the combat effectiveness of Li Li's more than 20 main battle battalions.  The Feixiong Battalion is the most powerful cavalry among the fourteen cavalry battalions under Li Li. It has been ranked first among the five cavalry battalions in Xiliang for many years, and its commander Huan Fei has the title of "Xiliang's No. 1 War Cavalry".  Famous and prestigious.  The fighting style is extremely fierce and tenacious, brutal and sturdy.  Except for nearly half of the casualties in the Battle of Jizhou six years ago, the Feixiong Battalion followed Li Li in his eastward and westward expeditions.  He has dominated the world without a single defeat for more than ten years. ? If we say that the Flying Bear Battalion is the most powerful cavalry battalion under Li Li.  The trapped camp is the strongest infantry in the Xiliang army.  Back then, Li Li led the Wuwei Army in a decisive battle with the Xiliang Army led by Li Jue and Guo Si in the southern suburbs of Chang'an.  The Babai camp defended the commander's flag and withstood the frontal siege of 40,000 infantry troops. In the end, they fulfilled their mission, prompting Li Li to seize control of the Xiliang army in one fell swoop.  In the Sili War ten years ago, Gao Shun led 20,000 troops to garrison Hangu Pass and fought with the Allied forces for a year. However, they were always as solid as a rock and as stable as Mount Tai, leaving nearly a million Allied troops stationed outside Hangu Pass unable to do so.  An inch of progress is a step away.  Cao Ren never expected that after so many years, Li Li's most powerful cavalry battalion and infantry battalion would join forces to attack Zhongmou City.  It should be noted that Zhongmou City is just a county town under the jurisdiction of Henan County. The city is not big. The city wall is about two feet and a half high and one foot thick. Although there is a moat, it is like a small river ditch and cannot stop the Xiliang army's fierce attack.  beat.  Although Cao Ren led his army to Zhongmou City and immediately started repairing the city, dredging the rivers, and strengthening the city walls; Zhongmou was still a small city, and no matter how hastily repaired and reinforced it, it could not become a strong city.  Therefore, after hearing the report from his soldiers, Cao Ren suddenly became dazed, his eyes were dull, and his face looked depressed and defeated.  And this was just a superficial demeanor. In fact, the worries and fears deep in Cao Ren's heart were the root cause of his daze.  Although Zhongmou City had not yet fallen when his soldiers left the city to deliver the message, Cao Ren was almost certain that with the superior combat power of the trapped camp, the city would be breached within two days. Therefore, he was certain that Zhongmou City must have fallen into the hands of the Xiliang army at this moment.  And the city fell?, all 50,000 soldiers and horses in Lejin's tent must have been wiped out, and it was impossible to escape the interception and pursuit of Feixiong Camp.  Compared with the fall of Zhongmou City, Cao Ren was more concerned about the safety of Guandu Granary.  Because the Guandu camp stores all the food, grass and baggage of the 170,000 Cao army heading south, it is related to the life and death of the entire army. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the lifeblood of Cao Ren.  It's a pity that the Guandu camp was robbed by Li Li himself and his army was robbed, and the granary was burned down with a blast of fire.  The Guandu camp was burned to the ground, and Zhongmou City fell, directly cutting off the retreat route of Cao Ren's 100,000-strong army, also called the retreat.  The road back was blocked, and all Cao Ren could do was to continue leading his army south to Yuzhou, then transfer to Xuzhou, pass through Langya County and enter Taishan County of Yanzhou.  This is the only way out for him and his army.  But now, Zhou Yu led the Yuzhou army to reinforce Yingchuan. Its vanguard, the Shuofengying Cavalry, had arrived at the foot of Yangzhai City. It cut off the path of Cao Ren's army going south, which was equivalent to blocking his way forward again.  Cao Ren is not afraid of the 30,000 Shuofeng camp cavalry led by Zhou Yu. With the existing troops and horses in his hands, he can defeat Shuofeng camp. What he is really worried about is Yuzhou's follow-up troops.  According to detailed reports, Zhou Yu, the governor of Yuzhou, commanded 100,000 troops. In addition to Shuofeng camp, he also had 50,000 infantry troops, that is, county soldiers.  In addition, Li Li's general Zhang Liao also has 30,000 Wuwei battalion cavalry and 30,000 county soldiers. These 60,000 cavalry are currently stationed in Hefei. If Zhang Liao sends his troops north, it will take as little as four days or as many as five days.  By the end of the day, he could lead his army to Yingchuan.  If this is true, it means that after Zhou Yu, Zhang Liao will arrive with his army within two days. By then, at least 150,000 Western Jin troops will gather in Yingchuan to besiege the 100,000 troops led by Cao Ren.  If it were limited to this, Cao Ren would not be so decadent and depressed, because he firmly believed that his 100,000 troops could still fight against the 150,000 troops led by Zhou Yu and Zhang Liao, and the outcome was still 50-50, and he still had the chance to win.  Hope of leading the army to withdraw to Yanzhou.  However, what really made Cao Ren despair was that he knew the fighting style of Emperor Li Li of Jin Dynasty very well. He knew that Li Li always planned and acted later.  Therefore, the impression Li Li left on Cao Ren for a long time can be described in four words: watertight.  Because of this, when Cao Ren learned that Li Li personally led an army to attack the Guandu camp, he immediately thought that the granary had been burned, so the next step was to capture Zhongmou City to cut off the grain road, and then send his army south to form a north-south pincer attack with Zhou Yu's army to encircle and annihilate them.  He has a hundred thousand troops under Cao Ren.  Once the Western Jin army attacked from the north to the south, Cao Ren would no longer face an army of 150,000, but an army of more than 200,000, twice his own size.  " If everything is as Cao Ren expected, then the 100,000 troops under his command will be in dire straits, unable to fly, and the entire army will be wiped out overnight. Yingchuan County is probably where his bones are buried.  "Xu Yuan was outspoken and dishonest. He went back on his words and quietly withdrew his troops, which put our 100,000 Wei army in a desperate situation. This is extremely abominable!" After a long silence, Cao Ren cursed Xu Shu for being a treacherous villain, and then blamed Xu Shu for the current predicament.  , it seems that only in this way can he feel better.  In addition, placing all the blame on the Jingzhou Army can make the generals under his account share the same hatred of the enemy, which is conducive to stabilizing the morale of the army, and also covers up his dejected behavior just now.  After scolding Xu Shu, Cao Ren did not intend to tell the generals his guess, but decided to conceal it. He would not reveal a word until absolutely necessary.  Immediately, he made a decisive decision and ordered the withdrawal of troops without hesitation, and sent his own soldiers to the east gate to convey the order. He ordered Cao Chun and Le Jin who were attacking the east gate to lead their troops to resist Zhou Yu's Shuofeng camp and prepare the army to evacuate Yangzhai City.  Gain time.  Cao Ren’s retreat direction was still Henan County, that is, he would lead his army to recapture Zhongmou City, then march eastward to Guandu and return to Yanzhou.  This is a shortcut, and it is also the only option after his army loses the supply of food, grass and baggage. They must make a quick decision and return to Yanzhou as soon as possible.  In this way, he will compete with Zhou Yu's army for time and speed, avoid its edge, and evacuate Yingchuan before Zhou Yu's army pursues him; then he will fight with the 70,000 infantry cavalry under Generals Gao Shun and Huan Fei.  Fighting hard, breaking through the interception defense line they built, fighting a bloody road, and escaping back to Yanzhou.  ********************* Nanyang County, Jingzhou Army Camp in Xiping Ao, thirty miles outside the south gate of Wancheng.  Tomorrow is the day when Pang Tong leads the Jingzhou army to fight the Western Jin army under Zhuge Liang.  In the past few days, Pang Tong would stand on the gate tower and look to the east every day. Except for Huang Zu, an insider, no one knew what he was looking at or what he was waiting for.  The sergeants who didn't know why they thought their military adviser was studying astronomy and stars, because they all knew that the military adviser Pang Tong knew astronomy and geography, was able to make calculations, and had military strategies that ordinary people could not imagine.  Only Huang Zu knew that Pang Tong was not checking the weather changes at all, but waiting for them.Waiting for Xu Shu's triumphant return.  Fortunately, Xu Shu did not disappoint Pang Tong and finally led his army back to the camp last night, accompanied by more than 10,000 horses.  Thousands of soldiers guarding the camp gate were overjoyed. Pang Tong, who came after hearing the news, saw Xu Shu's expression changed suddenly, and his face was full of horror, sorrow and anger. He then took three steps and then two steps, just before Xu Shu could stop his horse.  He quickly stepped forward to help him, fearing that Xu Shu, who was leaning on the horse, would fall.  ————————To be continued————————————————(To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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