Chapter 2852: Battle of Dingtao, the power of killing gods
When Deng Jiugong returned to Dingtao, Deng Xiu not only put out the fire at the east gate, but also cleaned the battlefield. After counting the casualties, he comforted the surrendering troops, which could be regarded as helping Deng Jiugong share a lot of affairs.
According to statistics, in the battle against Dingtao, the Qin army killed a total of 700 Cao troops and captured 1,600 prisoners. In the Sui Dynasty, Liu Tichun and his companions surrendered 700 Cao troops.
As for the casualties of the Qin army in this battle, they reached nearly 500 men and horses, and nearly 300 people were killed directly in the battle, half of which were killed by Cao Ning alone.
For the Qin army, if they could successfully capture Dingtao City, such losses would naturally not be huge.
After all, if Liu Tichun hadn't rebelled against the enemy and opened the city gates to let the Qin army into the city, even if the three thousand Qin army fought until the entire army was annihilated, it would have been impossible to capture Dingtao City.
Not to mention that the Cao army who surrendered with Liu Tichun could also make up for the Qin army's losses to a certain extent.
Deng Jiugong didn't care about the casualties. His focus now was on the incoming Cao Wei reinforcements, so as soon as he returned, he immediately approached Liu Tichun, preparing to inquire specifically about the information about the reinforcements to Cao Wei.
The previous situation was too urgent. After Deng Jiugong learned that there were reinforcements from Cao's army, in order to reduce the pressure on the subsequent defense, he led his army in pursuit without much hesitation.
Now that the purpose of severely injuring Cao Ning has been achieved, Deng Jiugong still has enough time to prepare, so he wants to learn more about the intelligence coming to aid Cao Ning.
Liu Tichun naturally told everything he knew, and told Deng Jiugong all the information he had obtained from Cao Ning. Cao Ning was also very arrogant. Liu Tichun killed Ma Shouying with his own hands. After gaining his trust, in order to strengthen the defender's confidence in holding Dingtao, he told all the information he knew about the reinforcements, but how could he?
He never thought that Liu Tichun was just confusing him.
After listening to Liu Tichun's story, Deng Jiugong's eyes were full of solemnity, and Deng Xiu was even more anxious to pace back and forth. "Now the trouble is big. In order to keep Dingtao, Cao Cao not only mobilized all the cavalry of Chen Liu, but also the cavalry of Yan County and Yin Shou. In other words, both Yin Shou and Tantai Yu were among the reinforcements. ,This is how to do ah
"
Looking at his impatient son, Deng Jiugong reprimanded him: "Why are you so anxious? How many times have I told you as a general that your face will not change even if Mount Taishan collapses in front of you."
"But dad, whether it's Yin Shou or Tantai Yu, neither father and son can handle it, let alone the two of them coming together this time."
Deng Jiugong knew that his son was right. After all, father and son were almost defeated by Cao Ning alone, let alone the stronger Yin Shou and Tantai Yu.
With the right combination of time and people, it was hard to win Dingtao. If he just gave up, let alone Deng Xiu, even Deng Jiugong would be reluctant to part with it.
First of all, taking Dingtao and holding on until the main army arrived was a considerable feat, even enough to make one of the father and son a knight.
Secondly, the Qin army had been planning for so long, and it only needed to complete the last link to completely annihilate Chenliu Cao's army, and then establish an absolute advantage on the battlefield in the Central Plains.
How could Deng Jiugong hold back the entire army at this time?
Therefore, it was impossible for Deng Jiugong to give up Dingtao until the last step.
But what to do? After Deng Jiugong pondered for a while, a glint appeared in his eyes, and he sneered: "Since Cao Jun's troops are all cavalry this time, they must not be carrying heavy siege equipment like our army, so as long as all Cao Jun's ladders can be destroyed,
If Yin Shou and Tantai Yu are not given any chance to climb the tower, they will definitely be able to hold on to the city. "
"But with Yin Shou and Tantai Yu's strength, if you give them a ladder, they will be able to climb the tower in a short time, so how can they not be able to get up?"
Liu Tichun asked with a puzzled look on his face, while Deng Xiu also nodded in agreement.
Deng Jiugong asked back: "Are you going to know about the Battle of Guangping?"
"The Battle of Rangping?"
Deng Xiu was stunned for a moment, then said: "What my father is talking about is the battle in Youzhou when our army attacked Yuyang Guangping City during the conquest of Hebei?"
"That's right."
Deng Jiugong nodded, while Liu Tichun on the side said: "I also know about this battle. Li Ling defended the city with 3,000 defenders, while Sun Lingming led 5,000 elite troops to attack, but in the end Sun Lingming failed to break the city. "There are many well-known battles in the Hebei Campaign, and the reason why the Battle of Huangping is so famous is not because of its scale, intensity and brutality, but because it was one of the few defeats of the Qin Army, and it was also
The battle that Sun Lingming should not lose the most. There shouldn't be any suspense in the battle of Guangping. After all, the gap between Li Ling and Sun Lingming is too big. One is unknown, and the other is a strong general at the top of the list. In addition, the strength of the two sides is almost doubled. According to
Logically speaking, it should be easy to defeat the city.
But the final result was exactly the opposite. Sun Lingming failed to break the city after ten days of strong attack. Instead, he lost only 2,000 troops and returned in a disastrous defeat.
As Sun Lingming's fame grows, the battle of Guangping will naturally be mentioned by more and more people. Who makes this the most miserable defeat for Sun Lingming in Qitian Shengren? That's why this battle is like this. famous. "During the Battle of Kuangping, General Sun Lingming was traveling lightly and without heavy siege equipment, so he was targeted by Li Ling with a catapult crossbow. As a result, he was unable to climb the tower, so he failed to break the city. Our situation now Just and
The Battle of Rangping is very similar. . "
Deng Jiugong's eyes flashed with a glint, and he said in a deep voice: "Cao Wei's reinforcements do not have heavy siege equipment. As for the invading Yin Shou and Tantai Yu, although they are brave, they cannot be braver than General Sun Lingming. As long as our army fires Li Ling, Concentrate firepower, destroy Cao Jun's ladder, and deny Yin Shou and Tantai Yu a chance to climb the tower. Not to mention holding on for ten days like Li Ling, one or two days is still enough. By then, the general
The reinforcements must have arrived. "
As soon as these words came out, both Deng Xiu and Liu Tichun were shocked. After all, Dingtao was also a fortified city, and there was already a case like Li Ling's. There was no reason why they couldn't follow suit. The only thing that needs to be considered now is that the fire that Cao Ning set before leaving was put out in time by Deng Xiu, but it also burned a lot of equipment at the east gate. So now the east gate has become a weak point in Dingtao's defense and will definitely be destroyed. Cao Wei
Reinforcements targeted.
"General Deng, there are still sixteen crossbows and some catapult parts in the treasury. We should be able to assemble five catapults." Hearing what Liu Tichun said, Deng Jiugong was overjoyed and said quickly: "That's enough. , we are not defending for ten days and a half, as long as we hold on for one or two days, the general's reinforcements will arrive, and then we will destroy Cao Wei
great hero. "
Afterwards, the three of them divided their labors.
Deng Jiugong was responsible for rearranging the defenses and sending a message to Bai Qi from Fei Ge, informing Bai Qi of the situation in Dingtao and urging Bai Qi to speed up his march.
Deng Xiu was responsible for moving the crossbows and catapults from the treasury and transporting them to the city tower for assembly.
Liu Ti was responsible for collecting prisoners of war and selecting soldiers who could control catapult crossbows among the prisoners of war, so that they could also participate in the defense of the city.
Catapult soldiers and bed crossbow soldiers are both technical units. Ordinary soldiers who have never used them before will definitely not be able to use them when they first get started. Even if they can be used, they are basically inaccurate.
Anyway, among the 3,000 cavalry led by Deng Jiugong, few could control the technical arms of catapults and crossbows, so they could only rely on surrendered troops and prisoners of war.
Regarding Liu Tichun's surrender, surprisingly few prisoners of war were selected to respond to Cao's army.
If it were other times, the prisoners of war of Cao's army would naturally be eager to surrender. After all, the treatment of Qin's army was much better than that of Cao's army. At least Cao's army did not have such a pension.
But after former Cao Ning took power, the first thing he did was to notify the whole city that Yin Shoutantaiyu would arrive with reinforcements soon.
Their surrender at this time means that they will soon go to war with Cao Jun, Yin Shou and Tantai Yu.
The invincible images of Yin Shou and Tantai Yu have long been deeply imprinted in the hearts of the Cao Wei soldiers at the bottom. Going to war with these two men is no different from seeking death in the minds of some Cao Jun soldiers. Naturally, they are unwilling to submit due to fear in their hearts. Deng Jiugong saw that the effect of recruiting prisoners of war was not satisfactory, so he stood up and promised to surrender prisoners of war. As long as he helped the Qin army fight and defend Dingtao, those who did not want to be soldiers after the war could receive the Qin army's retirement pay, and those who wanted to continue to serve as soldiers. Can
With the official establishment of the Qin Army, you can also enjoy the Qin Army's retirement pay and pensions even if you are disabled or killed in battle.
Afterwards, Deng Jiugong shared with a group of prisoners of war the welfare benefits of serving as soldiers in Daqin, as well as the specific amounts of pensions and retirement benefits. After listening to this, all the prisoners of war's eyes glowed green.
Darling, this is too luxurious.
One month's military pay for the soldiers of the Qin Army was equivalent to two months' worth of military pay for them, and they also had extremely high disability and retirement pensions, as well as death-in-combat pensions.
That's nothing to think about. If this vote is successful, you will have no worries about food and drink in the future.
Although Wei was getting better and better under Cao Cao's governance, it was at the expense of squeezing the people at the bottom, who generally did not live a good life for a few days.
As for the situation of Cao's soldiers, although they are much better, they are not very wealthy.
Therefore, attracted by the huge benefits, the prisoners of war fantasized about the good days in the future, so much so that they forgot the fears of Yin Shou and Tan Taiyu.
At this moment in their hearts, even Li Cunxiao, let alone Yin Shou and Tantai Yu, would stop them from living a good life. When Deng Jiugong saw that the prisoners of war were surrendering one after another, he was secretly relieved. He actually did not recruit the prisoners of war and gave the Qin army the authority to organize them, but establishing Tao was too important. In addition, the current situation was urgent, and the prisoners of war were
The number is not large, and he believes that General Bai Qi will definitely be willing to help him take responsibility.
Just when Deng Jiugong deployed his defenses with all his strength to deal with Cao Wei's reinforcements, Cao Ning also returned to his own formation and told Cao Cao exactly what happened to him.
When he learned that Cao Ning had been deceived by Liu Tichun and had no intention of killing him, so that when Dingtao fell into the hands of Deng Jiugong, Cao Cao suddenly became livid with anger.
"Cao Ning, before you left, I gave you many warnings and told you not to be careless, but you still missed important events because of your soft heart. How do you think I should punish you?"
After hearing Cao Cao's words, Cao Ning was even more ashamed. He made a decision in shame, and said solemnly: "Cao Ning knows that his sin is unforgivable, and he is willing to die to apologize."
As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Ning pulled out the knife from his waist and was about to kill himself, but was caught by Cao Cao, who had quick eyes and quick hands. Cao Cao was also frightened by Cao Ning's behavior of committing suicide if he disagreed. Although he was extremely angry at Cao Ning's behavior of losing Dingtao because of his soft heart, Cao Ning was the strongest person in the Cao family after all, and he still counted on Cao Ning. Rather continue to sell for yourself
As for his life, it would not be to the point of killing him. Moreover, the loss of Dingtao is not entirely Cao Ning's responsibility. Liu Tichun really disguised himself too well. No one would have thought that Liu Tichun would use such extreme behavior to win sympathy. Anyone else would have been deceived by him.
Be fooled.
When Cao Ning saw that Cao Cao's hand was cut due to holding the knife, he quickly abandoned the knife and asked the military doctor to come and bandage it, but Cao Cao waved his hand indifferently and said: "It's a small scar, don't cause trouble.
Cao Ning, please remember to me that life is the most precious thing for a person. Everyone has only one life, so don’t give up your life under any circumstances. "
"...No." Cao Ning responded with a moved face. But at this moment, Fan Li stood up and said: "My lord, although Dingtao is lost, the Qin troops who entered the city are all cavalry and are not good at defending the city. Moreover, General Cao Ning set fire to the east gate before abandoning the city. Even after that, Was destroyed by the Qin army
, the defense of the east gate is definitely not as good as before. "
Hearing Fan Li's words, Cao Cao's eyes suddenly lit up and he said excitedly: "So, do we still have hope of recapturing Dingtao?" Fan Li nodded with a serious face and said: "Yes, and the hope is great, to capture Dingtao Qin General Deng Jiugong and his son are not very strong. Together, father and son are no match for General Cao Ning, let alone Generals Yin Shou and Tantai Yu.
. "
"Immediately send an order to Yin Shou and Tantai Yu to lead the five thousand light cavalry in the front and rush to Dingtao as quickly as possible. We must recapture Dingtao for my king at all costs." "Nuo."
