Jiaxian County, inside the prison.
Cao Wenzhao failed to break out and was captured by Hua Mulan and Ying Liangyu. After refusing Ying Hao's persuasion to surrender, he was imprisoned here.
Cao Wenzhao originally thought that until the end of the Qin-Wei War, he would be imprisoned in a prison without any attention or attention. However, he did not expect that just a few days later, a new residence would move next door.
"Strategic Advisor? Why were you captured alive?"
Cao Wenzhao was shocked when he saw Chen Gong. After all, if even Chen Gong was captured, it would mean that Yangdi City must have fallen, and the fall of Yangdi would mean that the northwest defense line was ineffective.
Cao Wenzhao did not doubt Chen Gong. After all, among the many civil servants in Cao Wei, Chen Gong was famous for his uprightness and loyalty. Naturally, he would not doubt such a loyal person.
When Chen Gong saw that Cao Wenzhao did not repay him, he sighed: "Like Jiaxian, Yangzhai was also defeated by an insider. Zhang Hu, the captain of the city gate, took advantage of General Zhang Guifang's army to go out and the city's troops were empty. He took the opportunity to rebel. Seize the city and surrender to Qin."
"Zhang Hu, this traitor, why didn't I see it before?"
When he heard that Yangzhai, like Jiaxian, had fallen due to internal reaction, Cao Wenzhao immediately gritted his teeth in anger, but in the end he loosened his fists with a dejected look.
After all, he had already been defeated and imprisoned alive. No matter how the fight between Qin and Wei turned out, it would have nothing to do with him being imprisoned.
Chen Gong was surprised to see Cao Wenzhao so depressed. After all, he knew Cao Wenzhao's character. If he hadn't suffered a huge blow, he would never have become so decadent.
"Military advisor, do you think there is really hope for our country of Wei?"
Cao Wenzhao asked with a look of despair. Under Cao Cao's continuous brainwashing, he really thought that the three countries of the Central Plains could defeat the Qin army together, but in this battle, the Qin army directly woke him up.
In less than half a month, no, but within ten days, both the western and northwest lines of defense in Yingchuan fell.
The Qin army's offensive was too fierce and they lost almost no troops, but Cao Wei had already lost more than one-third.
With the remaining troops alone, it is impossible to stop the Qin army that is twice the size of our own. The fall of Xuchang is only a matter of time.
Once Xuchang fell, it would mean the complete collapse of Cao Wei's southern battlefield.
At that time, the hundreds of thousands of Qin troops who have been freed up can completely penetrate into the Wei army's rear, cooperate with the Qin troops on the central and northern lines, and completely trap the hundreds of thousands of Wei troops in the Central Plains to death, thereby defeating the enemy without fighting. .
As soon as he thought about this, Cao Wenzhao felt deep despair.
Perhaps the hope mentioned by the lord Cao Cao never appeared from the beginning, and all this was just for them to comfort themselves.
Looking at the desperate Cao Wenzhao, Chen Gong's heart suddenly moved. Even Cao Wenzhao, who would rather die than surrender, was so desperate. It is conceivable that after the news of the fall of Yingchuan's western and northwest defense lines spread, , What kind of impact will it have on the top leadership of Cao Wei? More surrender factions will definitely appear.
Maybe after he returns to Wei, he doesn't need to rebel directly at all. He only needs to win over these surrendering factions and let the surrendering faction gradually become stronger. By then, Cao Cao will have to surrender even if he doesn't want to surrender.
Chen Gong's eyes fell on Cao Wenzhao again. Cao Wenzhao had just experienced a defeat and was hit hard by the strong strength of the Qin army. He could not see any hope for Cao Wei's future. It was the last person to draw him into the surrender faction. At the right time, I might be able to use him to open up the situation first.
Cao Wenzhao probably never imagined that he was just pessimistic about Wei's future, but his future had been clearly arranged by Chen Gong.
Just when Chen Gong was thinking about how to use Cao Wenzhao, Han Xinhe and Cao Bin had already fought in Kunyang.
With the defeat of Jiaxian and Yangzhai cities, the two defense lines on the northwest and west fronts were completely lost, and there was no need to defend Kunyang City on Cao Wei's southern line.
Although Cao Bin and Cao GUI both agreed to abandon Kunyang City, the defenders in the city, as well as generals such as Xue Ju, Wei Wuji, and Zhu Hai, still had to be rescued. After all, the western and northwest fronts had fallen, and apart from Zhang Guifang, no one else was left. will be returned successfully,
If generals such as Xue Ju and Zhu Hai of Kunyang also die in battle or are captured alive by the Qin army, then Cao Bin will be in a situation where there are no generals available. However, even if he wants to defend Xuchang, he will be powerless, so Kunyang is actually It’s impossible not to save him.
Although Cao Bin and Cao GUI both decided to request the defenders of Kunyang, they need to discuss how to save them. After all, if there is a head-on conflict with the Qin army, the strength of the Wei army will be further weakened, which is equivalent to tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall. It doesn't make much sense.
Therefore, the best rescue method for the current Wei army is to rescue the Kunyang defenders without a direct conflict with the Qin army.
Naturally, it was not that easy to do this, but Cao GUI, who was extremely resourceful, still thought of a plan. Although he was not 100% sure, Cao Bin, who had no way out, could only give it a try.
Under Cao GUI's plan, Cao Bin first assumed that he would rather fight Han Xin than rescue Xue Ju. He led his army to Kunyang step by step, hid his specific whereabouts, and at the same time issued a letter of war to Han Xin.
At this time, Han Xin's offensive against Kunyang had reached the final moment, and he was about to capture Kunyang, but Cao Bin's main force had already arrived around Kunyang.
It is obviously inappropriate to attack the city at this time. If Cao Bin is not eliminated or driven back outside the city first, the Qin army will not be able to attack Kunyang with force.
But who is Han Xin? As a soldier immortal, he could tell at a glance that Jiaxian and Yangdi had fallen, and Cao Bin would have a high probability of abandoning Kunyang City.
The only thing he wasn't sure about was probably Cao Bin's determination to save Xue Ju and whether he dared to fight him because of it.
Although Han Xin was not sure about this, no matter whether Cao Bin dared to fight or not, it was not a bad thing for him.
If he didn't dare, he would continue to cut the flesh with a blunt knife and bleed the Wei army bit by bit until the Wei army completely lost the ability to resist.
If you dare, then fight Cao Bin directly. The casualties may be greater, but the victory is to be clean and tidy, and there is no need to calculate this and that.
Therefore, after receiving Cao Bin's letter of challenge, Han Xin made two preparations.
Han Xin personally led an army of 40,000, and only took Mi Houwang with him, and went to fight Cao Bin. However, Huang Tianxiang and Luo Hongxin were left behind to lead an army of more than 20,000, and continued to besiege Kunyang to prevent Xue Ju from breaking out.
After Han Xin led the army to the north, Cao Bin had no intention of avoiding the battle. He led the army directly to the battlefield. After setting up camp, war drums and killing sounds continued every day, as if he dared to fight and could fight. , bluffed Han Xin.
Even Cao Bin dared to fight, so Han Xin would not back down.
But when the agreed time came, although the war drums were still beating in the Wei camp, they did not arrive at the battlefield as promised.
"Grand Governor, is this guy Cao Bin too timid to fight?" Mi Houwang said.
"It's possible." Han Xin nodded.
"Then what should we do? Should we directly attack the camp?"
Hearing this, Han Xing fell silent.
Although the casualties in a direct decisive battle are high, they are certainly less than those in a city siege. Although the camp's defense is weaker than Kunyang, the casualties in a strong attack are definitely greater than those in a field battle.
"Send someone to shout to urge the Wei army. If the Wei army still doesn't leave the camp, we will attack by force."
Han Xin made a decisive decision. After all, he couldn't be dragged here by Cao Bin just because of some casualties.
The Qin army sent to shout, no matter how loud they shouted outside the Wei camp, there was no response from the Wei camp, only the sound of the war drums still sounded.
Seeing this, Han Xin suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, and quickly sent a small team of troops into the Wei camp to investigate, and the result was just as he expected.
The Wei camp had long been empty, leaving only a thousand sheep, which were hung up and beating war drums, pretending that there was someone coming from the Wei camp.
Han Xin looked at Cao Wei's empty camp and Shanggantou Yang. Not only was he not angry at all, but he even chuckled and said, "What a hanging sheep playing drums, what a Cao Gui, haha."
In Han Xin's view, Cao Bin was far from having such a strategy and could accurately predict his own psychology. Among the Wei army, Cao GUI was probably the only one among the five great military advisors.
"Grand Governor, we were tricked by the Wei army, how could you still laugh?" Mi Houwang said in confusion.
"If you don't laugh, are you still crying?"
Han Xin glanced at Mi Hou and said calmly: "That's what fighting is like. Today I'll show off to you, and tomorrow you'll show off to me. It doesn't matter if you get messed up a little. Winning in the end is the real victory."
"Well... that's true."
"Don't worry, although Cao GUI plotted against me, he also fell into my plan."
Hearing what Han Xin said, Mi Houwang's eyes suddenly lit up and he quickly asked: "What do you mean by this?"
"Cao GUI went around in such a big circle, even luring him with a decisive battle, just to create opportunities for Xue Ju to break through.
Although the main force of our army has now been transferred away from Kunyang, it is impossible for Cao Bin's troops to bypass our army and go directly to support Kunyang. They are now afraid that they have withdrawn to Xiangcheng.
If Xue Ju wants to break out, he can only rely on himself and the troops in Kunyang City. It is not easy to break through the encirclement of my 20,000-strong army. "
Since Han Xin had already guessed that Cao Bin might not dare to fight, it was impossible not to prepare in advance. The ambush had already been prepared for Xue Ju. Even if Xue Ju could break through from Kunyang, he would never be able to escape Han Xin's ambush.
In Kunyang City, after Xue Ju received the news that Han Xin led his army north, he knew that this was Cao Bin's breakout preparation created for him, so he made preparations for a breakout early.
As for where to break out? You definitely can't go to the north, because Han Xin is in the north, so there is only one direction left: the east.
But the Qin army encircled Kunyang with three sides missing and one side missing, and the missing side was the east, so how could Xue Ju dare to break through the siege from the east gate? In the end, they followed Wei Wuji's suggestion and broke out from the south gate.
Late at night, Xue Ju summoned all the troops in Kunyang City, abandoned all the wounded soldiers, and led only 8,000 troops to break out.
The response of the Qin army was also very fast. Basically, not long after Xue Ju left the city, Huang Tianxiang, who received the news, immediately mobilized troops to encircle and kill him.
After a fierce battle, although the Qin army killed nearly two thousand Wei troops, they still allowed the Wei army led by Xue Ju and Zhu Hai to break out.
After Xue Ju successfully broke through, he planned to go south to Xian and enter Runan County, and then detour to the northeast and retreat to Lin County.
But what Xue Ju never expected was that after a night of rapid march, he encountered an ambush at the border of Baiting in Runan, and the leader was Luo Hongxin.
"Xue Ju, you have fallen into a trap. My chief governor had long expected that you would break out south." Luo Hongxin sneered.
Everyone, including Xue Ju, felt deep despair after seeing this scene. After all, they had just experienced a breakout, and now they were exhausted. Facing the Qin army who was waiting for work, it was impossible to break out.
"Xue Ju, stop resisting pointlessly and surrender quickly..."
Luo Hongxin did not launch an attack immediately, but took the initiative to persuade him to surrender. But before he could finish his words, there was a sound of horse hooves from the south.
Seeing this, Luo Hongxin's expression suddenly changed. After all, apart from him, Han Xin had not arranged any other ambush in the south. The army that could come over at this time was definitely not the Qin army, so it could only be the Song army.
After Xue Ju saw Luo Hongxin's expression, his heart suddenly moved and he shouted decisively and angrily: "Kill..."
A fierce battle started again.
Two days later, Han Xin led his troops back to Kunyang. At this time, Kunyang City had been completely taken over by the Qin army, and Han Xin also received news of Xue Ju's ambush.
"What? When Luo Hongxin ambushed Xue Ju in Baiting, did Song general Jin Bi arrive with 10,000 Song troops? What were the casualties?"
There was a difference in Han Xin's face. No matter how perfect his calculations were, he could not be completely foolproof. The intervention of the Runan Song Army was beyond his expectation.
After all, Runan has been turned upside down by Xue Rengui. Zhao Kuangyin concentrated all the country's troops but failed to encircle and kill him. Instead, he escaped from the encirclement and was worried about how to carry out a second encirclement and suppression.
Logically speaking, the Song Dynasty should have interfered with others, but Jin Bi still came with 10,000 Song troops to support, and there were two generals, Dianqing and Zhong Shiheng, with him.
Under this situation, General Luo Hongxin could only outnumber the enemy and use an ambush of 5,000 troops to face the 16,000 Wei and Song armies. If Huang Tianxiang had not led an army of 10,000 troops to come to support in time, Luo Hongxin would have died in the battle. Runan.
After Huang Tianxiang's reinforcements arrived, the battle really became intense, and they continued to fight until noon the next day before stopping.
The Qin army had 15,000 troops, and 5,000 of them died in the battle. Huang Tianxiang, Luo Hongxin, Chen Qi, Zheng Lun and other generals were all wounded, and brothers Gao Ming and Gao Jue died in the battle.
Gao Ming died at the hands of Jin Bi, while Gao Jue died at the hands of Xue Ju.
As for the casualties of the Song Army and Wei Army, they were naturally much greater than those of the Qin Army.
Of the 10,000 Song troops, 4,000 were killed in the battle, while the Wei army suffered more than half direct casualties. Of the 8,000 troops when they broke through, only 3,000 of them fled back to Wei.
In addition, Xue Rengao, the son of Xue Ju, also died at the hands of Qin general Luo Hongxin in the Battle of Baiting.
It was precisely because Xue Rengao's death stimulated the "bond of flesh and blood" that Xue Ju's combat power increased dramatically, so Luo Hongxin and Huang Tianhua were injured.
If the Wei army and Song army had not been able to hold on and were unable to continue fighting, the injuries of Luo Hongxin and Huang Tianhua might have been further aggravated.
After hearing the news that Gao Ming and Gao Jue died in battle, Han Xin was stunned. After all, these two men were his old subordinates. They had survived many battles in Hebei and Jingbei, but he never expected that they would die in Ru in the end. South.
"Generals Gao Ming and Gao Jue, don't worry, Han Xin will definitely avenge you."
