Lao Cao first comforted everyone with his big words, and then asked about the military situation in detail.
However, Sun An and others knew very little. They only knew that the Song army on the west route was defeated. As for how it was defeated, what the success was, and what the current situation is, they still don't know.
On the Guizhou side, we only know that there are no less than 30,000 besieging troops, but we don't know how many Jin soldiers, how many Liao soldiers, and who is the leader.
Cao Cao sighed: "If you don't know the true and false, this battle is difficult to fight. The only plan now is to clear the siege of Guizhou first, and then find out the true and false, so that you can slowly calculate."
So he sent two men, Ma Ling and Shi Qian, disguised as wandering Taoist priests and Taoist boys, to sneak to Yingzhou to find out the whole story of the previous battle.
He also wrote a personal letter to hide the Jiao Ting and the flesh, and sent it over the mountains and rivers to Ruzhou to Hua Rong.
He himself ordered six generals, Shi Wengong, Du Bo, Sun An, Qin Ming, Zhu Dian and Huang Xin, and raised 10,000 troops to meet Guan Sheng.
The remaining generals, Xuan Zan, Hao Siwen, Shi Bao, and Li Tianrun, had previously accompanied Guan Sheng on the expedition. Following Hua Rong were Xu Ning, Luan Tingyu, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng.
When Hu Sanniang saw that he had been away for many days and was about to leave again when he came back, she said anxiously: "Marshal, the last general is asking for a fight! I am willing to go with you to save people."
How could Cao Cao be willing to take her? He said categorically: "No! Now it is still in doubt whether Guizhou and Ruzhou can be preserved. This Wusheng Pass is related to our family and life. If there is no general to guard it, how can I rest assured?"
Hu Sanniang opened her mouth in surprise: "Is this the general who makes you feel at ease?"
Cao Cao said righteously: "Exactly!"
The rest who were not chosen by Cao Cao were obviously left to guard the gates. Hu Sanniang took a look at it——
Gongsun Sheng, a Taoist priest, Bao Xu, Xiang Chong, Li Gong, Cao Zheng, the four great foot soldiers, Kleina, Naozi, the female generation...
Sure enough, at this moment, my brother only has me "Yizhang Qing" to rely on!
After this thought, Hu Sanniang's eyes sparkled, and she solemnly clasped her fists and said: "Since the marshal has entrusted me with a big task, how dare you disobey me? Marshal, don't worry, the general only has three inches of energy left, so he won't let a single enemy soldier enter this level!"
Seeing his wife's heroic and charming appearance, Lao Cao twitched his index finger for a moment, forced himself to suppress his mood, and said with a smile: "How powerful! General Hu, if you have accomplished this feat, I will give you a lot of pleasure!"
He spoke so quickly and in a low voice that no one else except Hu Sanniang could hear the difference.
Hu Sanniang blushed: "Oh, you..." Lao Cao laughed loudly and turned around. He was originally full of worries, but now he only felt proud.
From Wusheng Pass to Guizhou, it is less than a hundred miles.
Lao Cao led his troops out of the west of Taihang, marched for dozens of miles, and summoned six generals: "Know yourself and the enemy, and you will not be in danger in a hundred battles. In the current situation, I don't know the enemy, but the enemy knows me wrongly. This is an opportunity for victory, and we must not ignore it."
The six generals were puzzled after hearing this: "Brother, why did he know wrongly?"
Cao Cao said: "I took Juyong's men and horses, but they were no more than ten thousand. Shi Bao registered his number in Guanzhong, and Juyong escaped with many Liao soldiers. This information must be known to the enemy."
He also said: "Last year, when I was on an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin, I first met Yelu Dashi. When someone called me by my name, he knew that I was Wu Mengde of Shandong Province. He recounted my past experiences vividly. He once boasted: "The Yan Yunqi reconnaissance team of the Liao Dynasty" All the famous people in the neighboring countries in the world have recorded it! I am known to the people of Liao Dynasty, and Shi Bao, the dignified Dharma King of Mingjiao, has no doubts about it. Therefore, we must be regarded as the remnant bandits of the Song Dynasty, gathering in Yanyun to cause trouble."
Zhu Tong said: "Brother, what you mean is that the enemy didn't know that my brother had gained 15,000 new soldiers, and they thought that I couldn't wait for the bandits. So it's called 'wrong knowledge'?"
Cao Cao smiled and said: "Yes, Guan Sheng and Hua Rong each have five thousand troops. If I were the enemy's general, I would definitely make a calculation. If these ten thousand people are killed, there will be only a few thousand people left in Wusheng Pass. If I can lure And if we annihilate them and win with force, Youzhou will be in sight."
When the six generals heard this, they all understood. What do Guizhou and Ruzhou mean to the Jin people? Wu Shengguan is the key.
Sun An shouted: "That's it. If I were to take charge, I would also have the same idea. If I take Wusheng Pass, Gui and Confucianism will be nothing more than turtles in the urn."
Cao Cao nodded and said: "Because of this, although I don't know the details of the opponent, it is difficult to win, but since I know what the opponent wants, I can take advantage of the opportunity."
The sixth general said subduedly: "Brother made it so clear, we will all fight this battle."
Du Bu was eager to try, so he stopped everyone and said: "Don't wait, let me say, brother, since he thinks there are only five thousand people in my pass, then we will divide our troops to rescue Guizhou. He has tens of thousands." He is besieging the city. Naturally, my five thousand men cannot defeat him, so I retreat immediately. He wants to seize the pass, so how can he allow me to go back safely? He will definitely come after me, and my other five thousand men will form an ambush and defeat him in one fell swoop!"
Shi Wengong, Sun An and others all laughed and said: "Don't we know this? But you are a quick talker."
Cao Cao nodded first: "Brother Du Bo can also use tricks!" Then he shook his head: "But this kind of tactics can only win a small victory. Now that the Liao Kingdom has sent gold, the Jin army is powerful. If you don't give him a hard blow, I'm afraid of returning it. You say I'm easy to bully."
Qin Ming was surprised: "Is there a better strategy?"
Cao Cao nodded, took out the map, clicked on it and said: "Wen Gong and Sun An, I will give you two of these five thousand troops to cross the Guishui River, go south along Yudu Mountain, and attack Guizhou in one go. city."
Zhu Tong clapped his legs and said: "In this case, he expected that Wusheng Pass was empty and wanted to attack him more and more. We took the opportunity to ambush him and he was about to be defeated. Guizhou soldiers and horses came out and attacked halfway across the river. Let him all die in Guishui!"
Cao Cao took a picture of the map and said, "That's exactly it!"
They said Guishui to you and Guishui to me, but what they were talking about was a water system to the east of Guizhou City. Its real name was Qingyi River and Canghe River. The Tang Dynasty established Guizhou here, so it was named Guishui. The tributaries of the Wuding River originate from the Ruzhou Mountains, run from northeast to southwest, traverse the Ruzhou and Guizhou basins, and merge into the Wuding River.
The next day, two generals, Shi Wengong and Sun An, led five thousand troops, crossed the Guishui River westward, and fought along the mountains toward Guizhou. When Guan Sheng saw the reinforcements, he quickly opened the city gate and led the troops out.
Jin soldiers also came in large numbers, and there was a melee between the two sides. Generals Shi Wengong and Sun An broke through the siege and joined Guan Sheng.
Guan Sheng said happily: "Brother Duocheng came to help. These Liao dogs have surrendered the Jin soldiers, and they seem to be able to fight. They didn't rush out several times before, but now they are killing them in one fell swoop."
Shi Wengong said: "Be calm and don't be impatient. I have obeyed my brother's general order not to abandon Guizhou and follow you into the city. My brother has a clever plan to defeat the enemy."
Guan Sheng had no objection after hearing this, so he rushed to kill him again. He just couldn't get out, so he retreated to Guizhou and was surrounded by Jin soldiers again.
That night, the Jin soldiers indeed abandoned their camp. Taking advantage of the darkness, the whole army rose up, crossed the Guishui River, and went straight to Wusheng Pass - which was also known as Juyong Pass in their eyes.
Cao Cao waited at the mountain pass where the troops were hiding. Seeing the golden soldiers coming in force, all the generals wanted to fight. Cao Cao stopped and said: "He only knows the pass and is unprepared. He wants to take advantage. Let's wait until he hits a nail."
At the moment, he didn't care, and just sat back and watched as the Jin soldiers entered Junduxing and headed straight for Wusheng Pass.
In Wusheng Pass, Hu Sanniang had received Cao Cao's letter at night and knew his arrangements. Since early in the morning, she had climbed up and closed the watchtower, gearing up for a fight.
After noon, when I saw that the Jin soldiers had finally killed me, I was so happy that my almond-shaped eyes widened and I said to my two best friends: "I have heard for a long time that there was a Princess Pingyang in the Tang Dynasty who guarded Xiongguan. No one dared to look at her, so I changed the name of the pass. It’s called Niangzi Pass, and now my three sisters are guarding Wusheng Pass here. Maybe it will get a good name in the future, so it will be called Sisters Pass!”
Suozi said softly: "We sisters are both beauties. I think we should be called Meirenguan."
Kleina said: "What about beauties? We are all married to other people's wives. I think we should call Wife Guan."
Suo Zi frowned and said, "Your Chinese is too poor. Wife Guan is such an unpleasant word. Since we are other people's wives, we should be called Wife Guan."
Hu Sanniang laughed so hard: "That's the Madam's Pass! What kind of Married Woman's Pass... But the Madam's Pass makes us look so old. I still like the Beauty's Pass and the Sister's Pass."
The three female generals stood at the critical moment, laughing together. They didn't care about Jin Bing, but they didn't know that every word had its own destiny. Now that the words "Married Woman Pass" were spoken, the momentum of the heroic pass under their feet had faintly changed. , becomes more and more indestructible. I just ask who in the world can take it away from Lao Cao?
When the soldiers and horses guarding the gate saw her three wives standing tall and tall, laughing and chatting, they were all brave and their breaths became thick——
This is the reason why men and women work together without getting tired. With three beautiful female generals here, the troops are very strong, and they can use their strength at least 18 points!
How could Jin Bing know whether he was real or not? According to the intelligence they summarized, Lao Cao only had a total of more than 10,000 men. Now he has sent out 15,000. This level is full, how many people can be left?
But they didn't know that Lao Cao had obtained 15,000 soldiers from Zhang Jue's camp, and left 5,000 here. In addition to the more than 3,000 people who originally guarded the pass, the total was more than 8,000 defenders.
The Jin soldiers drove seven or eight miles away from the pass, took a short rest, reorganized their troops, and then came to the pass.
The leading general was quite young. He wore a chain-link armor of iron and steel. He urged his horse out of the battle. He looked at the gate and laughed loudly: "What a great gate! It's a pity that the defenders are women. It can be seen that these bandits have really mobilized all the troops. , so that no one can use it! That’s all, let those Liao dogs take the lead and win this level for me.”
The total number of soldiers and horses under his command is thirty-three thousand, three thousand are Jurchen warriors, among the remaining thirty thousand, ten thousand are veterans of the Jin Kingdom, from all ethnic groups, and twenty thousand are newly surrendered Liao troops. Immediately, these twenty thousand new soldiers The troops and horses were mobilized, each sent a formation of a thousand people, carried a ladder and went to attack.
This is the beauty of Guancheng. If it is an ordinary city, no matter how high you are, if the enemy army is really long, you can besiege it from all sides. However, Guancheng is located in a place with excellent geographical advantages. Even if there are millions of enemy troops, , they can only take turns to attack one city wall, which invisibly reduces the numerical advantage of the invading enemy.
Although Hu Sanniang had never defended the city, she did not panic at all. Relying on the dangerous pass, the large number of soldiers and horses, and the letter from Cao Cao explaining the countermeasures in detail, she was naturally confident.
With a wave of his jade hand, Bao Xu, the "Sorrowing Door God", led a thousand people to the city, rolling logs and stones, using bows and arrows and crossbows, and rained down the soldiers. The Liao soldiers howled like ghosts. Who could step forward?
When General Jin saw him, he quickly sent archers to shoot at him, but many barbarians were set up on the city. Even though those Liao soldiers barely set up ladders, before they could reach the top of the city, spears were poking around like a dense forest. .
After fighting for half an hour, the two thousand-man troops suffered nearly half casualties. They were so frightened that they would rather be beheaded by the supervising team than take a step forward.
The leader of the Jin army was not angry and ordered another person to attack again. When Hu Sanniang saw it, she also waved her hand. Bao Xu led the people down to the city. Cao Zheng, the "sword master" who had been waiting for a long time, led another thousand people to make up for it... …
The fighting continued until evening, when the red sun gradually set in the west. There were mountains of corpses under the wall, and the injured Liao soldiers who were still alive were wailing endlessly, just like purgatory.
At this time, the 20,000 Liao soldiers took almost one turn, with more than 5,000 casualties, but they never once attacked the city.
General Jin saw something was wrong. In his opinion, there were at least a thousand soldiers in Guanzhong, but after half a day of bloody fighting, the city was filled with arrows like dense rain and stones like rapid thunder. How could there be any sluggishness?
Although this golden general was not very old, he was also a veteran of many years of fighting in the north and south. He immediately lost his voice and said: "I fell into the trap! I just know that he has no troops in the pass. Now it seems that most of the people from the rear have been mobilized. He How many lives will it cost me to defend this great pass?"
Immediately call for gold and retreat.
Hu Sanniang took out her husband's letter from her arms and hurriedly turned to the last page, only to see clearly written: The enemy's army cannot be defeated for a long time, so it must be suspicious that I have sent in new troops. If you know what to do, you should lead the army to retreat and take advantage of its retreat. , order Xiang and Li to lead the players to attack, and return immediately after a slight victory. Don't be reluctant to fight.
Hu Sanniang then ordered Xiang Chong and Li Gun to attack. She kept giving orders, telling them not to go deep. They only expressed their sister-in-law's concern and were filled with gratitude.
The golden soldiers retreated, the door suddenly opened, and the eight-armed Nezha and the Feitian Great Sage came out with five hundred card players, throwing javelins randomly as if they were free of charge. The golden soldiers' rear formation collapsed instantly.
Xiang and Li originally planned to act cautiously, but unexpectedly a burst of javelin fire defeated the enemy army. They suddenly changed their minds: Since the enemy army was defeated, if we don't wait until we make meritorious service here, how long will it take? Then he gave up his desire to retreat and just focused on chasing forward.
Unexpectedly, when the Jin general saw that the formation collapsed, he did not run away. He led his three thousand Jurchens and fought back bravely. When he met the rushing Liao army, he slashed the head with his sword and forced his way through the defeated troops in an instant.
The players were chasing each other, when suddenly there was a chaos in the enemy formation, and countless Liao soldiers were killed by their own people. Just as they were wondering, they suddenly saw a golden soldier knocking out, shooting with strong bows and arrows.
Xiang Chong and Li Gun were startled, and shouted and raised their cards. However, at this time, he was chasing for a mile or two, and his own formation was also in chaos. Although he raised his barbaric cards, he could not form a shield wall for a while, and the arrows of the Jurchen soldiers were all thrown. It looks like a long eye, shooting from anywhere not covered by the shield, killing twenty or thirty people in an instant.
The players were well-trained. They gritted their teeth and threw javelins and throwing knives, knocking down many Jurchen soldiers. However, the Jurchen soldiers were brave. Although they were badly injured, they approached step by step and fired arrows in bursts. After all, he had many people. There were many arrows, and although there was no shield, the number of casualties on both sides was almost the same.
Within a few breaths, one or two hundred people on each side were dead. At this time, the two armies were very close. The Jurchen soldiers all screamed strangely. They all lost their bows, drew their swords and guns, and rushed in to kill. The players were not as sharp as the other in close combat, and suffered casualties. Suddenly it rose straight up.
Xiang Chong and Li Gun were shocked. They had never encountered such a powerful enemy since they followed Lao Cao. They roared and led their men to fight and retreat. However, how experienced were these Jurchen soldiers? At the point where the formation was joined, both sides rolled up their hands, taking advantage of the large number of people to surround the players.
When the defeated Liao soldiers saw that the Jurchens were so good at fighting, they were like a defeated dog seeing its master. They couldn't help but feel very courageous. They all yelled and turned to kill them.
Guan Hu Sanniang was shocked when she saw it, and she blushed anxiously: "No wonder my husband is so afraid of the Jurchens, but he is so good at fighting! Xiang Chong and Li Gun are his favorite generals. If they are defeated by me, how can I have the face to see him?" "
He whipped out his two swords, quickly descended the pass, jumped on his horse, and shouted: "Brothers with horses, follow me to save people!"
Seeing that their eldest sister was angry, Kleina and Huozi followed her closely, mounted Hu Sanniang's two carefully selected war horses, and protected her on the left and right.
There were still 300 leopard cavalry in the pass, which Lao Cao had specially left behind for emergencies. At this moment, they all hurriedly mounted their horses and followed Hu Sanniang and the three girls out of the pass.
Bao Xu and Cao Zheng were unable to stop him. Seeing his sister-in-law commit suicide and keep complaining, Bao Xu's eyes turned red and he shouted: "If General Hu makes a mistake, I will never be redeemed by death. Anyone who can still breathe will follow me to fight!" With thousands of people in Guanzhong, they fought their way out at all costs.
When the Jin general saw Xiang Chong and Li Gun's elite card players, he also said he was surprised: I have fought with Liao dogs for several years and have never seen such good soldiers. How can these thieves and bandits be trained? No wonder they can seize Liaogou's territory.
Just as he was about to lead his men to surround and kill this rare group of elite soldiers, he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves shaking the ground. He turned around and saw three female generals leading hundreds of cavalry, sweeping in like a whirlwind.
The golden general was not angry but happy, and laughed and said: "It turns out they are women guarding the pass! When a certain family captures them, why worry about the pass?"
He immediately picked up the mace and shouted: "Hey! Barbarian woman, do you know that the Jin Kingdom general Wanyan Sali is drinking!" Then he led hundreds of soldiers and rushed towards him.
Hu Sanniang has an upturned willow eyebrow, wide-open apricot eyes, a sun-moon sword in her palm, and a rouge horse under her crotch. She comes to fight this golden general fiercely.
Sa Lihe didn't take it seriously at first, but after a few moves, he saw that the female general had extraordinary swordsmanship, so he stopped looking down on her and fought her with all his heart.
At this time, Suozi and Kleina both arrived, and with a squeaking sound, they slashed with their swords.
One of them wields naginata, one wields the two famous Japanese swords "Spider-giri" and "Onigiri". Three female generals, five swords, chop and kill like mincing meat. How can Salihe be her opponent? He shouted in panic: "Otunzaru, come and help me!"
Otunzalu was his lieutenant. He was originally a savage from the snowy land, and his tribe was unknown. He was adopted by the Jurchens when he was young. When he grew up, he became extremely powerful.
Because he was born black and ran fast, he was known as the "Black Wind King". At this moment, he heard the general's call for help, stretched out his two long legs, and rushed towards him. He used a one-foot-long hammer in his hand, and with a bang, he hit the black wind king. Kleina's horse was crushed to death.
Kleina was extremely skilled. She jumped off the horse and said angrily: "How dare you kill my horse!" She slashed her head and face with two swords.
Although Otunzaru was powerful, his movements were slow, and he just happened to take advantage of the Fuso Tengu's restraint. However, his hammer was too heavy after all, and it hit a big hole, and Kleina did not dare to be careless.
Three hundred leopard cavalry swarmed up here, fighting together with Sa Lihe's own soldiers. Both sides were fighting each other with swords and guns, and people fell off their horses every moment.
Sa Lihe fought for a while more, and saw Bao Xu and Cao Zheng leading thousands of people to kill him. He was slightly panicked. He never expected that the other party would dare to attack the whole city. He was secretly surprised: How many people are there in his pass? These thieves are so good at fighting. The Liao dogs have nothing to rely on, but I cannot be willing to fight!
With one sweep, he avoided the two female generals, reined in his horse and walked away: "No more fighting, retreat!"
The soldiers under his command shouted and moved their horses away one after another. In just a short time, the three hundred leopard cavalry were broken into half, and the Jurchen cavalry also lost more than a hundred stone heads.
Hu Sanniang was still chasing, but she was grabbed by the bridle and whispered: "Sister, the Jurchens may think that our soldiers and horses are so elite, so they are willing to retreat. After all, they have many people. If the fight continues, , how can we take advantage?"
Hu Sanniang woke up suddenly, led her troops to pick up Xiang Chong and Li Gun, and withdrew to Wusheng Pass.
Xiang Chong and Li Gun returned in panic, counted the casualties of their men, and couldn't help but burst into tears - out of five hundred poker players, only eighty-seven remained after this battle. Thinking of Hu Sanniang's previous instructions, she felt even more regretful.
Sa Lihe also counted the casualties, but he lost more than 400 people. He couldn't help but be shocked: "That's it! These bandits are really powerful. Fortunately, a certain family never wanted to fight. Otherwise, there are three thousand people here, why don't we fight with them?" Fight the light?"
I was overjoyed: Fortunately, a woman doesn't know how to use soldiers. If she fought with infantry, the players fired javelins on the outside, and finally charged the battle with cavalry, wouldn't all three thousand of my men be lost here?
After thinking for a while, he nodded and said: "That's all. Since he occupied Xiongguan with a large army, he couldn't make up his mind for a while. I only took Guizhou and Ruzhou. After Lou Shi defeated Yanmen Pass, it won't be too late to talk to him again. .
He did not dare to stay in the canyon for a long time. Taking advantage of the bright moonlight, he led his troops out of the canyon. Unexpectedly, when he reached the mountain pass, he heard the sound of bangs, falling rocks and flying arrows, hitting them from both sides.
Pity his soldiers, who traveled from Guizhou at starry night and came to fight hard for a day. Now they are hungry and tired. How could they expect that the mountain pass that was peaceful when they came suddenly turned into a life-devouring tiger's mouth? Suddenly there was chaos.
Sa Lihe was horrified: This group of thieves is so cunning. They first secretly sent troops to replenish the pass, and then surrounded me here. If they want to fight, something will happen.
Unwilling to stay for a long time, he took more than 2,000 Jurchens with him, killed his own family members, and left.
Those 10,000 old Jin soldiers were composed of remnants of various ethnic groups. They had known the Jurchens' fighting methods earlier and avoided both sides early, allowing them to rush out. Then they followed and fled. The newly surrendered Liao army behind them was in trouble. They were supposed to attack the city today. Broken by a quarter, his morale has been depleted. At this moment, with the enemy's stone arrows on his head, and the war sword and horse hooves of the Nu Zhen behind his back, where is there any fighting spirit left? They all fled in all directions.
Lao Cao was stunned: Were they beaten badly by my wife? Why are you so resistant to being beaten?
But how did he react? He immediately shouted loudly and led his soldiers and horses to fight out from both sides. A few brave generals who were able to fight took the lead and immediately rushed out of several bloody paths, killing the enemy soldiers until they howled like ghosts.
There are different teachings: it is difficult to get rid of the fog and become a mystery. Everyone wants to make new achievements and strives hard. The first encounter at Juyong Pass, everyone was dead and wounded and cried.
(End of chapter)
