The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

But didn't Xun Zhen beat Chen Liu? Why did the soldiers and horses appear near Changyi again?

Speaking of which, a few days ago, before Zhang Miao had withdrawn from Kang's father, Xun Zhen led his troops on a rush, passed through Pei State, stalked the road, and arrived at Liang State. When Xu Kun, the prime minister of Liang Guo heard about it, he went out of the city to greet him. Seeing Xun Zhen, Xu Kun said: "Sun Lang has already led his troops to the south, left Pingyu, and went south to attack and praise the letter. Zhendong came at the right time. If Zhendong leads his troops south to help Sun Lang, then The letter of praise will definitely come down in one go. Once the letter of praise is issued, Lü Bu will be a prisoner, and my uncle's revenge can be avenged!"

However, Xu Kun thought that Xun Zhen was here to help Sun Ce.

Hearing this, Xun Zhen smiled at Xu Kun and said, "I am leading an army to Liang now, but for the time being, it is not to help Bo Fu."

Xu Kun was puzzled by Xun Zhen's meaning and asked him, "What does Zhendong mean by this?"

So Xun Zhen gave him a brief analysis of the situation in the two battlefields of Yuzhou and Yanzhou, and said to him: "Although Lu Bu is now in a strong position, Yuan Gonggong will probably send troops to help him, but Lv Bu and Yuan Gonggong are in good looks. , and I have sent Xuande to lead the troops to help Sun Bofu. This is because the enemy is not in harmony and our army is working together. For the time being, even if we cannot defeat Lu Bu, there should be no problem in defending Runan. Moreover, Bofu's surprise attack on the letter of praise is the best strategy for using troops. Even if the praise and letter are not attacked for a while, the siege of Pingyu and Zhaoling can be solved at least half of it, because the situation in Runan seems to be dangerous. In fact, it is still very safe. But Yanzhou is not the case. Meng De is good at fighting, and his generals are very strong. If Kang’s father is defeated by him, then the whole Yanzhou will be thrown into a melee, and Yanzhou will be in chaos, not only my generals in the west of Xuzhou. There will be huge pressure, even the north of Yuzhou will also face the danger of him and Zhang Mengzhuo going south at any time, so the top priority is to defeat Meng De first."

After analyzing the situation of the two battlefields of Yan and Henan, in order to prevent Xu Kun from thinking differently, Xun Zhen did not hide it from him. , said, "I led my troops to Liang State today, just to make the illusion of attacking Chen Liu, to disintegrate the coalition of Meng De and Zhang Mengzhuo, forcing Zhang Mengzhuo to return to Chenliu, and then on Zhang Mengzhuo's way back, I set up an ambush. First, defeat Zhang Miao first, and then I will go to Changyi. In this case, Meng De will inevitably retreat to Dongjun, and since the danger of Yanzhou has been lifted, at this time, I will lead the troops south to help Bofu, not only me Lead the troops to help, there is no threat from Meng De and Zhang Miao in the north, you can also lead the troops to help Bofu with me. In this way, our troops will join forces, but Yuan Gonggong and Lu Fengxian are jealous of each other, What is there to worry about?"

After listening to Xu Kun, he was in awe, thinking about it carefully, it was true, so he said to Xun Zhen: "Zhendong Miao Ce, Kun is not as good as himself!"

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "This is not purely my strategy, it is also the advice of the monarchs who want to be talented and honor their filial piety!"

However, Xun Zhen came up with this plan after discussing with Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia.

Xu Kun stopped asking Xun Zhen to help Sun Ce in a hurry, and did everything he could to bring out the army rations in the city to feed Xun Zhen's troops.

- Xun Zhen was the Liang State who had led his troops to the country lightly, and he did not bring a lot of luggage.

In order to create a more realistic illusion, after Pingyu rested for a day, Xunzhen did the fake show and sent troops westward to attack Xiangyi, Kaocheng, Jiwu and other counties bordering Chenliu County and Liang State, and divided troops south to Chenliu County. The country, following from Chen Guo’s north to attack Fugou County, which borders Chen’s country and Chen’s country, seems to have assumed a posture of attacking Chenliu County in all directions, and attacking both east and south.

As expected by Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, etc., only two days later, a scout came back from the direction of Kang's father and reported to Xunzhen, saying, "Zhang Miao has set up a camp outside Kang's father's city and withdrawn his troops. Come to Chen Liu."

Xun Zhenxiao and Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia and others said: "The plan of Zhicai, Fengxiao, Qing and others can be sold, and Zhang Mengzhuo is sure of the plan!"

Xi Zhicai smiled and said, "Duke Ming, since Zhang Miao has a plan, it's not too late. Why don't our army set up an ambush and wait for him to throw himself into the net?"

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "That's how it should be!"

Xun Zhen spread scouts widely to monitor the movement of Zhang Miao's troops, and at the same time led the troops and horses personally, but still did not carry too much baggage. The soldiers each carried five rations, and went north out of Liang State, entered Jiyin County, and sneaked there. Jiyin County and Chenliu County are outside Jiju City.

The general orientation of the four counties of Chenliu, Chenguo, Liangguo, and Jiyin is as follows: Chenliu County is in the west, and the three counties of Chenliu, Liang and Jiyin form a semicircular arc, surrounding the south and east sides of Chenliu County; Chen State is in the south, Liang State is in the southeast, and Jiyin County is in the east.

This means that this county is located in the east of Chenliu County.

At the same time, to the east of Injustice is Dingtao, the prefecture of Jiyin County; to the south, is Jishui.

However, why did Xun Zhen choose to set up an ambush here?

The reason is precisely the position of the injustice.

First of all, the city of Kangfu is on the north bank of Jishui. If he evacuates from Kangfu to Chenliu, Zhang Miao will definitely walk along the north bank of Jishui. That is to say, injustice is the only way for him to return to Chenliu place.

Secondly, apart from the grievances, in fact, Dingtao, which is also located on the north bank of the Jishui River, is also a must for Zhang Miao. However, some Cao Cao troops and horses are currently stationed in Dingtao City. Set up ambush in Dingtao.

Again, the injustice is very close to Chenliu County, only ten or twenty miles away. On the way to Zhang Miao's withdrawal, he will most likely worry about whether Xun Zhen will ambush him halfway, so he must be careful on the way. The injustice is very close to Chenliu County, and when the injustice arrives, it is basically equivalent to returning to Chenliu, so at this time, Zhang Miao and his troops, who have been nervous all the way, will definitely relax.

To sum up the three points, it is the best choice to set an ambush in the injustice.

Because Cao Cao's troops were stationed here in Dingtao, in order to avoid being discovered by them, Xun Zhen paid considerable attention to the concealment of the army's march on the way to the injustice, and based on the direction and direction of Zhang Miao's troops who were constantly reporting to the scouts. According to his position, he could calculate the best time for his troops to arrive at Guju, so in the middle of the night, he quietly crossed Jishui and set up an ambush in the north of Guju City.

At noon on the second day of the ambush, the scout Pegasus sent out to report that Zhang Miao's troops had appeared more than ten miles away.

This time, all the soldiers that Xun Zhen personally led were all elites. The total number of soldiers and horses was not much, only three thousand people. These three thousand people were mainly the soldiers and horses of Chen Bao and Taishi Ci. Upon receiving the report from the scouts, Xun Zhen issued a military order, ordering the entire army to emerge from the hidden valley, ordering Taishi Ci to lead his troops to the north of the road, to Chen Bao to lead his troops to the south of the road, and then to lead the rest of the troops to the west. s position.

Chen Bao and Taishi Ci received the orders respectively, that is, they each led their headquarters out of the valley, and went to the ambush location designated by Xunzhen for them to ambush.

After waiting for about half an hour, the military flag on the eastern side of the official road was displayed, and an army of about several thousand people came. This was Zhang Miao's department.

Chen Bao and Taishi Ci lay on both sides of the road, waiting quietly for Xun Zhen's order to attack.

Xun Zhen looked up from the heights and watched Zhang Miao's group getting closer and closer, but he didn't panic, until he completely entered the ambush position of Taishi Ci and Chen Bao, and then smiled and said, "You can attack it. Drumming."

The order was issued, and the drums roared loudly.

Chen Bao, Taishi Ci, and their team heard the sound of drums, and they all started at once.

The two of them heard the drums and knew what was going on. They understood that this was Xunzhen's order to attack them. The soldiers of Zhang Miao's army suddenly heard the drums, but they didn't know what was going on. These things can cause people to feel nervous or panic. They were already panicking. Then, they suddenly saw two soldiers in ambush shouting and rushing out. It was exactly as Xun Zhen guessed that Chen Liuwang was in sight. At this moment, Zhang Miao's soldiers Just when it was time to relax, I was suddenly attacked, causing chaos and chaos.

Taishi Ci was stubborn in armor, and he was the first to enter, with only two or three chariots following him.

Looking from this position of Xunzhen, I saw that under the bright spring light, on the black and yellow land, Taishi Ci rode a black warhorse, charging forward, like a fast arrow from the string, straight into the He arrived at the north wing of Zhang Miao's department on the official road.

After rushing in, his figure and the figures of the two or three followers behind him were hidden by the figures of Zhang Miao's soldiers, and disappeared for about a quarter of an hour, and soon disappeared in Zhang Miao's army. On the south side, Yi saw their silhouettes bursting out.

However, in just a few moments, Taishi Ci passed through the entire Zhang Miao army from the north of the road and rushed to the south of the road.

After rushing to the south of the road, Taishi Ci took the two or three slaves and rode back on the horses, and then rushed from the south of the road to the north of the road. Just like before, it only took a quarter of an hour to cross it again. Road North.

After going back and forth two or three times like this, no one in Zhang Miao's clan could stop it, but Taishi Ci made a mess of Zhang Miao's clan by himself.

The soldiers of Taishi Ci's department and the soldiers of Chen Bao's department of Daonan took the opportunity to swarm up, attacking from north and south.

Zhang Miao's soldiers suddenly became a mess.

However, Zhang Miao's subordinates also had brave generals. When Xun Zhen saw it, there was a general from Zhang Miao's flag behind Zhang Miao's army, leading about a dozen elite cavalry to meet Taishi Ci and gallop to fight.

This cavalry general was too far apart, and Xun Zhen couldn't recognize who it was, but it was Huang Bao, a little-known warrior under Zhang Miao.

Huang Bao rode on a lance, met Taishi Ci, and shouted, "I am leaving Huang Bao, who is coming? Come and die!"

Taishi Ci handed the long lance in his hand to his left hand, and his right hand took out a short halberd from the saddle, and threw the short halberd violently in the direction of Huang Baolai. The short halberd rolled in the air and ran towards Huang Bao. Huang Bao couldn't dodge, and was stabbed by the short halberd on his left thigh, which pierced his thigh at once. Huang Bao can be regarded as a fierce warrior. He was hit so hard, but he did not retreat at all. He stretched out his hand and pulled the short halberd from his leg, ignoring the gushing blood, and still charged towards Taishi Ci. Taishi Ci put Fu's spear in his right hand and beat the horse to urge him in. The two riders passed by, and Huang Bao was stabbed and dismounted by Taishi Ci. Taishi Ci turned back to the saddle, leaned over and dragged Huang Bao up, and the two or three who followed him came up from the horse and cut off Huang Bao's head, making it one of Taishi Ci's military exploits.

Huang Bao was one of Zhang Miao's most powerful generals, and was killed by Taishi Ci Yihe.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers under Zhang Miao's tent became even more chaotic.

But before they escaped, they heard another drum sound in front, and Xun Zhen personally led an ambush to meet him.

Xun Zhen, Chen Bao, and Taishi Ci marched on three routes, either south or north, attacking back and forth, or blocking the front. They only killed Zhang Miao's clan in pieces and fled, leaving behind countless corpses. However, under the desperate protection of his left and right personal soldiers, Miao was lucky to escape from Shengtian and went north to enter Chenliu County.

Xun Zhen dispatched Chen Bao to lead a horse to chase after him, and in the evening, Chen Bao turned back. He was not familiar with the roads in Chenliu’s territory, and he did not know where Zhang Miao had escaped or hid. But did not catch up to find.

It’s fine if he didn’t find Zhang Miao. To be honest, Xun Zhen really didn’t think much of Zhang Miao, even if there were ten Zhang Miao, he would not regard him as an opponent.

A fierce battle was won, and the harvest was prudent. Most of Zhang Miao's troops were captured. In addition to the killed and wounded Zhang Miao soldiers, more than a thousand prisoners had to be captured. According to the established strategy, what Xun Zhen needed to do next was to lead the troops. If he attacked Changyi, he would definitely not be able to bring these prisoners or baggage, and he would not even return to Liang, so he only left enough rations, and the rest of the baggage, including the prisoners, was taken by him. A group of soldiers saw that they were escorted to Liang, but they thought they were given to Xu Kun as a reward for his previous hospitality to Xun Zhen.

In order to prevent Cao Cao's garrison in Dingtao in the east from hearing the news and harassing him, Xun Zhen did not build a camp outside Yuanju City that night. Camp rest. After resting for a night, he pulled out the camp and set up the village, and headed for Changyi.

Furthermore, the news that Xun Zhen set up an ambush and defeated Zhang Miao, then left Jiyin and rushed to Changyi, soon spread to Cao Cao's camp outside Kangfu's city.

Hearing this military report, Cao Cao was disappointed for a long time. Gu Yu said to the people in the tent: "Zhang Mengzhuo refused to listen to my advice and insisted on going back to Chenliu. I have already told him that this is Zhenzhi's voice attacking the east and west, besieging Wei and saving Zhao Zhi. Don't believe me. What's going on now? Did I expect it? I've known Zhenzhi for more than ten years, what kind of person is he, would I not know? It’s just a matter of losing soldiers and destroying generals, now that Zhenzhi is leading his troops to attack Changyi, our generals are attacked by the enemy, and I may not be able to defeat Kangfu, which is really hateful.” Having said this, he sighed again and again.

Cao Cao was really annoyed in his heart. The situation was good. He and Zhang Miao allied forces to take down Jiyin and Shanyang, and then worked hard to take down Father Kang. Then the great prospect of recovering Yanzhou will appear soon, but Zhang Miao did not listen to his words and insisted on going back to Chenliu. As a result, the active side has fallen into a passive situation.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but said again, "Zhang Mengzhuo, you can't do anything!" He asked the people in the tent, "The army reports this, Xun Zhenzhi's troops are coming to Changyi now. After defeating Father Kang, in Changyi County, I have not many troops and horses left, and the matter is urgent, you and others think, and the situation is under, how should our army respond?"

Everyone in the account, you look at me, I look at you, there is no good way to deal with it.

Someone got up and said: "Ming Gong, it seems that the Xuzhou soldiers in the east of Kangfu City and the east bank of Sishui must have ambushed Zhang Miao to cover Zhendong, so they did not actively cross the river. Now Zhendong has Zhang Miao was defeated, and if the military report spread to them, they would no longer be passive, but would actively cross the river. I am afraid that the ferry on the west bank of Sishui would not be easy for our army to defend! Dongyu attacked Changyi after our army, and Xuzhou soldiers on the east bank of Sishui had to cross the river in large numbers. At that time, our army would be enemies on three sides. Not only would Father Kang not be able to defeat him, but he would also be in danger of destroying the whole army. territory.

"As for the current plan, the officials think that the best policy is to give up Kangfu temporarily and withdraw Changyi immediately. As long as Changyi can be defended, the two counties of Jiyin and Shanyang can still be preserved. Shanyang and Jiyin can still be preserved. With Dongjun and Chenliu in hand, the affairs of Yanzhou can still be planned calmly!”

The person who spoke was Xue Ti.

When Cao Cao heard what he said, he pondered for a while, and asked the rest of the people in the tent, "What do you think Xiaowei said?"

Xue Ti's words are very correct. The current situation is like this. Father Kang is sure that he will not be able to fight.

At least Shanyang and Jiyin should be preserved. In order to protect Shanyang and Jiyin, first of all, Changyi must be defended.

Cao Cao also knew this, so he had no choice but to accept this cruel reality.

But withdrawing troops from Kang's father does not mean that he can withdraw. Cao Cao knows Xun You and Le Jin quite well. If he retreats easily, with Xun You's wisdom and Le Jin's courage, they may go out of the city to chase, I can't say. , there is another unnecessary battle to fight, so retreating, you have to use some tactics.

Cao Cao had his own countermeasures.

He sent orders to the army, and that afternoon, in front of Kangfu's city head guard, the entire army left the camp in an open and fair manner and retreated westward.

Cao Cao's tent will have doubts, for fear that Xun You and Le Jin will come to chase after seeing this scene.

Cao Cao laughed at them and said: "If Xun Gongda was a man of courage and no strategy, then he might come to pursue him, but just because he is a man of resourcefulness, seeing this situation, he would never rashly send troops out of the city to attack our army. Yes, just relax your mind when you wait."

It was as Cao Cao had expected, until Kangfu City was nowhere to be seen, nor did Xun You and Le Jin's troops leave the city to attack.

-In fact, when he saw Cao Cao withdraw his troops, the city was also motivated to pursue and pursue. At that time, Le Jin said to Xun You: "Your Majesty, Duke Ming has sent someone to tell us, saying that he is going to attack Chen Liu, and he will be transferred back to Zhang Miao's department to relieve my father Kang. Now Cao Mengde Withdrawing the army, is it because Duke Ming has succeeded and Cao Mengde had to withdraw? Should our army go out of the city to pursue it?"

But Xun You disapproved of Le Jin's suggestion and said: "Cao Mengde is cunning in his use of troops, he is withdrawing his troops now, although it may be that Duke Ming has already defeated Zhang Miao and he has to withdraw, but with his use of troops, even if he withdraws, he will not retreat. If we rush out of the city to chase and get caught in his ambush, it will not be good. Wen Qian, our troops have been defending the city for many days, and the soldiers are tired. "

Xun You's words are also very reasonable. When Cao Cao attacked Kang's father before, he used a trick to try to call Kang's father to guard the pawn. After listening to it, Le Jin agreed, and stopped talking about the pursuit. So the two watched Cao Cao lead his troops away.

But they said that Cao Cao had withdrawn from Kangfu, and the road kept going west along Sishui all the way. Because from Chengshi to Changyi need to cross the water twice, and from Kangfu to Jiyin, only need to cross the water once, so on this day, Instead, Cao Cao snatched him to Changyi before Xun Zhen.

After entering Changyi City, it was not half a day before the military reports came one after another.

First, the first military report: Xun Zhen led his troops to the west of Changyi City.

Following this evening, they received a second report from the army: Xun You and Le Jin had led their troops out to Changyi.

In the afternoon of the second day, the third military report was obtained: Another army came from the east, and this army was the same Xuzhou soldiers originally on the east bank of Sishui. As soon as Cao Cao withdrew, Cao Cao's guards at the ferry on the west bank of Sishui naturally withdrew, so this army could easily cross the river, but after all, it was necessary to cross the river, and the distance was a little far, so the news of killing Changyi came to Changyi City. at the latest.

In the next few days, Xun You, Le Jin's tribe and the tribe on the east bank of Sishui successively arrived outside Changyi City.

Suddenly, Xuzhou soldiers surrounded the city on three sides.

After the siege of the city, Xun Zhen did not immediately launch an offensive, but urged all the ministries to build strongholds and siege equipment.

At the same time, Xun Zhen ordered that all the siege equipment such as catapults, ladders, etc., which were built, and those originally brought with the troops should be placed in a place where the guards on the city could see them, on three sides outside the city. , arranged neatly.

These devices are all very tall, and a single one is already very shocking, and dozens of them are placed around the city, which is even more shocking.

The ones that have already been built and those that were originally placed are terrifying, and next to these instruments, there are soldiers and civilians who continue to build new instruments. Some are half finished, some are more than half, and one Vice-heated scene.

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And next to the equipment position, Xun Zhen ordered the soldiers to take out the bows, arrows, crossbows and other weapons brought by the army, and pile them up like a hill. watch.

At the same time, the people in the vicinity of the expedition built an earth mountain outside the city. This is a common method when sieging a city. An earth mountain is built outside the city, which is higher than the city wall. The top of the mountain is flat, and the catapult can be placed on it. , you can also put bowmen on it, that is to say that you have built a commanding height, overlooking the city, and throwing stones and shooting arrows into the city from a height.

Although the various measures did not immediately attack the city, it was obviously an attack on the heart, which caused great pressure on the guards in the city.

Cao Cao patrolled the camp for days and was sensitively aware of the morale of the guards in the city, which was getting lower day by day.

He was secretly anxious.

On the third day after the city was besieged, another military report came from the north. Xun Zhen did not arrange siege troops and horses in the north of the city. Although he arranged some cavalry patrols here, it was obviously insufficient. In order to patrol the northern city strictly, it is still possible to have scouts or messengers from other places sneaking into the city from the north of the city.

This military report was sent by a messenger sent by Dongjun.

It is said: outside the city of Licheng in Qingzhou in the north, Zhao Yun defeated the Jinan soldiers. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

Cao Cao carefully looked at the details and saw that it was written in the military newspaper, and so on.

When he finished watching, Cheng Li, Xue Ti and Wan Qian, who had rejoined Cao Cao's tent, were all at Cao Cao's side.

Cheng Li asked, "Dare to ask Duke Ming, what is the reward?"

"Zhao Yun defeated Jinan soldiers outside Licheng."

Wan Qian was startled and said, "Why did Zhao Yun fight with Jinan soldiers again?"

At this time, Cao Cao told Wan Qian and others about the Dongjun emergency book he had obtained earlier, "Xun Cheng and Zhao Yun led troops to invade Dongjun". This was Zhenzhi's plan to transfer me back to Dongjun. At that time, it was at the critical moment of attacking Kang's father. In order to avoid disturbing the military's heart, I didn't say that I would know about you and the others. ... Looking at it now, Zhao Yun didn't attack me at all. Dongjun, what I expected it to be!"

Wan Qian and the others looked at each other in dismay, only to realize that there is still such a big event, which has been concealed by Cao Cao until now!

Cheng Li changed the subject and asked Cao Cao, "How did Zhao Yun defeat the Jinan soldiers?"

Cao Cao did not mention that he suggested that the prime minister of Jinan "take advantage of the opportunity" to attack Licheng, but only talked about the process of Zhao Yun's battle as written in the military newspaper, and said, "Zhao Yun pretended to attack my Dongjun together with Xun Cheng, In fact, before he left, the prime minister of Jinan heard that the city of Li was empty, so he sent troops to attack it. At that time, Zhao Yun suddenly led his troops out and killed Jinan soldiers in pieces, which was a great defeat."

Zhao Yun defeated the Jinan soldiers and completely eliminated the danger on the outskirts of Licheng. Then he will most likely join forces with Xun Cheng to attack Dongjun, which is not good for Cao Cao's troops. matter. Everyone in the account thought of this, and most of them changed their colors.

After Cao Cao finished repeating what the military newspaper said, he raised his face to think for a while, but then burst out laughing.