In this battle, Lao Cao sent out his own troops early in the battle, driving far and wide, and broke out when the two armies were in a stalemate.
In a hurry, the Liao soldiers who surrendered to Jin only saw him surrounded and killed him in four directions. They didn't know how many soldiers and horses there were. How could they not be defeated?
Xiao Feng saw that he was not the leader, so he led dozens of loyal guards and fought hard to break out of the siege. Guan Sheng happened to be among the rebels.
The two faced each other in battle, but once they got together, Guan Sheng cut off Xiao Fengxian's spear with one sword, grabbed the horse with one hand, and threw it to the ground. The swordsmen rushed to hold him down like tigers and wolves, tied him up tightly, and sent him to see Lao Cao. .
Here, Lao Cao is counting the casualties in Tahao.
Because it was a plain, Lao Cao's men and horses had to go farther to avoid the enemy. The eight thousand men under Tahaoli fought for an hour against three or four times the enemy. How could the casualties be small?
After some calculations, more than two thousand people were killed, and I couldn't help but shed tears.
Cao Cao smiled and comforted: "Brother-in-law, although the soldiers were damaged, at least 10,000 or 20,000 people were captured in this battle. If we add more to our army, our strength will increase."
Ta Hao Li shook his head and sighed: "Brother-in-law, these eight thousand people are all very loyal soldiers to me, especially those who are injured are the ones who dare to fight the most. How can you not make me sad?"
While talking, Guan Sheng led several swordsmen and pushed Xiao Feng to come first.
This man was quite tall, but he was tied into a ball by the rope. He cried out: "The binding is too fast, please slow down!"
Lao Cao kicked him over and said with a sneer: "For those whose lives depend on an instant, what's the point of slowness?"
Xiao Fengxian's face was covered with dust. He looked up and saw an unfamiliar face. He asked in shock: "Who are you?"
Cao Cao smiled ferociously and said: "I am Fangla, the Holy Duke of Jiangnan. Now I have joined the Liao Dynasty. Your Majesty allows me to be the king of the South Academy!"
Xiao Fengxian said anxiously: "The Liao Kingdom is dead and cannot be revived. Ao Lu'o is proud of himself for a while, but he will inevitably die and the country will be destroyed. You are such a hero, why should you follow such living corpses? It's better to follow me and pay gold, and use your ability to , it’s no big deal to be crowned a king and become a general.”
Cao Cao kicked him in the face and cursed: "Shut up! Do you think someone on our side is a duplicitous person? You persuade me to surrender? I would rather persuade you to surrender! Come on, Xiao, if you don't want to If you die, surrender honestly."
Xiao Fengxian shouted: "Okay, be happy! In this case, I really don't want to die and am willing to surrender!"
Seeing his ugly appearance, Lao Cao burst into laughter, and said in a bitter voice: "Want to surrender? That's great. You really know the current affairs. Come on, come on, and wait until I give you a whip!"
After saying that, he picked up the whip and started beating him. Xiao Feng was beaten first and rolled on the ground, wailing endlessly.
Ao Luo heard the sound and came over to see Xiao Fengxian being tortured. He couldn't help but laugh: "Old thief, are you today?"
Xiao Fengxian heard what he heard and struggled to look, but it was Ao Luo who immediately said: "Your Majesty, please spare my life. I know my mistake, and I will serve you with courage and loyalty in the future."
Seeing how miserable he was, Guan Sheng cursed in a low voice: "Shameless villain."
Cao Cao smiled and said in a low voice: "This is the ugly state of the last days of the dynasty, with pigs and dogs crowding the court."
Shi Wengong chuckled and said, "If it were people like Cai Jing and Wang Fu, wouldn't they be in the same situation?"
Ao Luo didn't know that several of his people were whispering, he pointed at Xiao Feng and cursed him, then he pulled out his sword and tried to cut it with his own hands.
Cao Cao stepped forward to stop him: "Your Majesty is keeping people under his sword, but the general has something to say."
Ao Luo asked curiously: "Shuai Fang wants to beg for mercy for this rat?"
Lao Cao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please lend me a moment to speak."
Ao Luo raised his sword and walked a little further away with him. Cao Cao said in a low voice: "Xiao Fengxian is still unable to kill at this time. The general has a plan in the end and is about to rely on him to capture Huanzhou."
Ao Luo was overjoyed when he heard this: "Please also ask Fang Shuai to teach me."
Cao Cao then said: "In today's battle, why did the general drive his troops far away and encircle him from behind? He just refused to let him escape! Huanzhou didn't know the reality of this battle, so it was time to use tactics. If he didn't kill Xiao Fengxian, he would force him to lead him. Return to Huanzhou with your troops to capture the city gate."
After hearing this, Ao Luo frowned and said hesitantly: "This plan... Fang Shuai, Xiao Feng is a villain first. He knows that I hate him very much. When we are in battle, there will be trouble!"
Cao Cao praised: "Your Majesty can be said to know people, but he failed to use this plan and was about to cause him to have branches!"
Ao Luo was stunned and asked: "Where do you start talking about this?"
Cao Cao smiled and said: "It goes from this to this."
Ao Luo listened for a long time and took a breath: "What a plan!"
The two turned around and returned, only to see Xiao Fengxian lying on the ground gasping for breath, half of his life already gone.
Ao Luo frowned, looked down at him and said, "Xiao Fengxian, are you sincerely surrendering, or are you pretending to repay the favor? Let's tell the truth."
Xiao Feng first showed a look of surprise, then perked up and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, I am sincere! First, after all, my surname is Xiao, how can I not be loyal to the Liao Kingdom? Emperor Tianzuo dropped the gold, and I was also heartbroken! Secondly, I , I have so many soldiers and horses, but I was lightly defeated by your Majesty. It shows that all the ancestors have been protecting me. Your Majesty is now our only hope for the Liao Dynasty. I am a loyal minister of the Liao Dynasty, how can I not be sincere?"
Ta Hao Li was shocked and said: "Your Majesty, this person talks like a man and speaks like a sword, and everything he says is like farting. How can I believe a word of it?"
After saying that, he drew his sword and started to chop. Ao Luo held out his sword, held his sword, and said slightly angrily: "Uncle, I am here and I didn't say to kill him. How can you do it on your own?"
Lao Cao pulled aside, grabbed Ta Hao Li's hand and said: "Don't be rude in front of His Majesty." With a squeeze of his hand, Ta Hao Li knew that they had intentions, so he swallowed his anger and backed away, with an expression of shock and uncertainty.
Ao Luo returned the sword to its sheath, helped Xiao Fengxian up, and said in a deep voice: "You are the brother of Concubine Yuan, and you can also be considered my uncle. I don't want to kill each other. Although you have behaved abominably before, I still want to give you a Chance."
Xiao Fengxian was inexplicably surprised and said in a trembling voice: "Even if it is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, I will go back and forth for Your Majesty."
Shi Qian listened unhappily: When I went to Huanzhou to steal this prince, I also said this to my brother. How could this traitor dare to imitate me? My brother heard it from the side, don't you think I am also a traitor?
But I heard Ao Luo smile softly: "I don't want you to go through mountains and seas of fire, I want Huanzhou!"
Xiao Fengxian shuddered and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty! There are still 890,000 soldiers and horses in Huanzhou, distributed inside and outside, especially because there are elite Jin soldiers there, it is really difficult to get them."
Ao Luo smiled and said: "If it's easy to get, what do you want to use it for? I have 20,000 men now, and now they have been reduced a lot. Even including the surrender of the army, it is still less than 40,000, let alone attacking the city. It’s difficult to win in a field battle. That’s why I want you to earn city gates!”
"To make money and cheat the city?" Xiao Fengxian trembled again, and said bitterly: "Your Majesty, I am not afraid of my life, but I am afraid that I will miss your Majesty's important event."
Ao Lu'o laughed: "Why are you afraid? Now that you have brought men and horses, not a single one has escaped. Who knows that you have been defeated in Huanzhou? You go back alone and open the city gate. I have brave generals to seize the city and let you What happened?"
Xiao Fengxian thought quickly in his heart: Well, if I don't go, it will be sad to see this pass, so I might as well agree to him. I will go to the city, follow his instructions, open the city gate, and then fly in to rush in and drink straight. Let them fight on their own. How can these remnant soldiers in his hands be worthy of a Jurchen attack? "
Having made up his mind, he gritted his teeth, acted loyal and courageous, nodded and said: "Since Your Majesty has thought everything about it, why should I regret this life? I risk my life to deceive him into opening the city gate, so I can see my loyalty."
Ao Luo said hypocritically: "It seems that you are sincere in surrendering to me, which is really gratifying and congratulatory."
The two of them had their own evil intentions, laughed at the same time, and shouted in their hearts at the same time: You idiot, you fell into my trap!
We camped that day and buried the corpses of the soldiers who died in the battle. We temporarily kept those who were injured and unable to walk in the camp. We also mixed the captured soldiers and horses with the original Liao soldiers, resulting in a total of more than 20,000 people. Together with Lao Cao's Xifeng Army, a total of It’s thirty-seven thousand.
After resting for a day, on December 28, the army broke out of camp and marched to Huanzhou. They marched more than 40 miles in one day and arrived in Huanzhou.
In the north of Huanzhou City, there is a river named Sanggan River. It was called Luoshui in ancient times, and Tuju River is the upper reaches of Yongding River.
It's the end of the year, it's freezing cold in the north, and the Sanggan River has frozen into ice.
Cao Cao's army camped on the north side of Sangqian River. That night, Ao Luo called Xiao Feng to enter the commander's tent first and said with a smile: "My dear, our army is camped here. Soon we will find out about Huanzhou. The military situation is like a fire. You will set off tonight." Leading five thousand elites, claiming defeat in the battle, and winning the city gate is your first achievement! I swear to God, I will treat you like an uncle from now on."
Xiao Fengxian felt helpless, and showed a loyal and courageous attitude on his face: "Your Majesty, please lie high in the middle of the army, and I will wait for you to present Huanzhou!"
Walking out of the tent, I saw only five thousand soldiers and horses gathered. They were all elite soldiers under Tahao Li's command, and there was not a single soldier he brought from Huanzhou.
After Xiao Fengxian led the army, Cao Cao walked out from behind the tent and looked at the worried Ao Luo: "Your Majesty, don't worry, we will defeat the enemy tonight."
Guan Sheng and other generals came out one after another, their armor was frosted, and their expressions were serious. Cao Cao nodded and said: "Let's go each!"
All the generals nodded in unison, Guan Sheng and Shi Bao, Qin Ming and Huang Xin, Xu Ning and Li Tianrun, Sun An and Du Bu, each leading two thousand men, stepped on the ice and looked south. go.
Shi Wengong was alone, riding a horse and carrying a gun, and followed Sun An.
Cao Cao still had five generals, Luan Tingyu, Lu Fang, Guo Sheng, Jiao Ting, Shi Qian, and more than 3,000 Xifeng troops.
Cao Cao looked at the generals: "Brothers, follow the plan."
After hearing the words, more than three thousand West Wind troops formed a group of several people as ordered, all armed with heavy weapons such as whips, hammers, sticks and axes. They spread out in a long line and walked to the southern end of the river, starting from the south to the north.
In the dark night, the new wind howled, and there was a faint sound of jingling bells, slowly going away from the south and the north.
Not to mention what he was doing here, let’s just say that Xiao Fengxian led his men and horses, walked seven or eight miles, came to the foot of Luozhou City, raised his head and shouted: "Open the door, open the door, our army is defeated, let us enter the city quickly!"
The guard of this gate was none other than Xiao Fengxian's general. He took out a lantern and saw his general at the bottom of the city. He hurriedly ordered the door to be opened.
The city gate was heavy and opened slowly. However, it was just a crack. Xiao Fengxian immediately jumped up and kicked off his horse the general assigned to him in Ta Hao Li. Then he flew into the city on flying horse and shouted: "Close the door!" Close the door, they are all rebels!”
The general was shocked and immediately wanted to close the door. How could the Liao soldiers outside the city be tolerated? After rushing hard, the city gate could not be closed. Some brave ones rushed into the doorway and hacked and killed indiscriminately, shouting in an instant.
Xiao Fengxian ignored Xiao Fengxian and rushed to Marshal Jinbing's Mansion with one man and one horse. Wanyan Lou's room was not asleep at this time. He heard the sound of killings in the north of the city. He brought more than a hundred soldiers with him and was about to go on inspection. When he went out, he met him. Xiao Fengxian.
Lou Shi had experienced many battles. Seeing his panic, he knew something was wrong. He shouted in a deep voice: "Xiao Fengxian, didn't you lead the troops to suppress the rebellion? Why are you here late at night?"
Xiao Feng first rolled off his saddle and dismounted, knelt on the ground, and cried like a dead father: "Commander, the young general is incompetent. He was ambushed on the way and captured alive by the enemy. As expected, that little thief Ao Luo established himself as the Emperor of Liao, and forced the young general to do so. To earn the city gate for him, the young general is loyal to Da Jin, pretends to submit, goes to the gate to expose the plot of the fellow, and comes to report to the commander on Pegasus!"
Lou Shi frowned, his expression unchanged: "How many men and horses does Ao Luo have? Who is the commander?"
Xiao Fengxian said: "That guy only has more than ten thousand old troops. When he ambushed me, the young generals fought bravely and killed many more. There was also a bandit army called the Xifeng Army, with about ten thousand people. He was promised the high position of King of Nanyuan, and he was also there. He serves under his command, and the rest are the troops and horses captured with the young general, and there are tens of thousands of them. As for the leader, it is his uncle Yelu Tahori."
Lou Shi laughed: "There are no mediocre people in Tahao. As for your troops, they were defeated by the Song Dynasty first, and then the Jin Dynasty was surrendered. Now they have been surrendered to the Liao Kingdom again and again. They have exhausted their energy and are no longer able to fight. This is In other words, he only has a few thousand veteran soldiers, plus tens of thousands of rabble-rousing thieves?"
Xiao Fengxian nodded repeatedly.
Lou Shi shook his head and said to his left and right: "After all, he is a young man with nothing but bravery. Since he established himself as emperor, he fled far away and slowly recruited troops, which might cause me some trouble. But now he comes to attack alone, but it is... It’s the New Year, why don’t you give your head as a gift?”
Everyone on the left and right laughed.
Lou Shi also smiled ferociously: "In that case, I accept this gift. Go and order the troops and horses with me. Xiao Feng will lead the way first. I will capture Ao Luo myself and hand it over to the king of Yunzhou."
Xiao Fengxian said with a flattering smile: "The King of Yunzhou doesn't like this son, so he will definitely be executed."
Not long after, 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers gathered in the city, including about 5,000 veterans of the Jin Kingdom who had come here to rest and recuperate from their shifts. The rest were all surrendered troops from the Liao Kingdom.
The eldest son of Wanyan Lou's family, Wanyan Huonv's face was full of murderous intent. She held her sword horizontally and begged for orders: "Father, handsome, let the child be a pioneer."
Lou Shi smiled, shook his head and said, "You have already made a lot of contributions, so don't argue with others. Don't you always blame me for refusing to reuse you? In this battle, do you dare to be the vanguard?"
Chi Duben, who had a beard on his face and a tall body, laughed loudly when he heard this: "Marshal, if you use me, the little emperor of Liao's head, it will become my horse bell."
Lou Shi smiled and said: "That won't work. Since King Yunzhou has surrendered, let's not kill his son. Let him do it himself. If you want a horse bell, Yelu Tahaoli's head is enough."
Tahaoli's five thousand soldiers and horses finally managed to disperse the defenders at the north gate. As soon as Fang entered the city, he saw countless soldiers and horses pouring out of the streets and alleys. Especially on the front road, a general brandished a mace and led the troops. Thousands of people came to kill, obviously elite Jin soldiers.
The Liao soldiers felt their livers and gallbladders were cold and their lungs turned to ice. They shouted in unison: "I'm in an ambush, I'm in an ambush, he's well prepared in the city!" They all turned around and ran away.
Wanyan Jingdu laughed cruelly: "Hahaha, kill them all, chase them to the end of the world!"
He took the lead and rushed out of the city gate, biting the Liao army's butt and killing them fiercely.
After chasing them down for seven or eight miles, there were less than a thousand Liao soldiers alive, and tens of thousands of troops behind them rolled up like a flood.
On the north bank of the Sangqian River, Lao Cao said calmly: "Your Majesty is optimistic that the Jin Dynasty will be defeated and the Liao Dynasty will be restored today."
Then I saw the defeated soldiers snapping and running across the ice as fast as they could. Some pieces of ice moved slightly, causing those running on them to slip. Those few people didn't notice anything was wrong and quickly got up and continued running away.
Cao Cao smiled slightly and shouted loudly: "The Jin soldiers are coming to kill you. Your Majesty, leave quickly!"
When Chiduben heard the word "Your Majesty", his spirits perked up, he laughed loudly, and rushed his horse onto the ice-covered river.
Immediately, countless soldiers and horses followed him in an overwhelming pursuit.
Ao Luo clenched his fists, his eyes brightened, and he suddenly turned to look at Cao Cao: "Shuai Fang! I have never heard of your ruthlessness in using soldiers. How could a person like you lose to the eunuch Tong Guan?"
Youfenjiao: The power of heaven and earth is unpredictable, and the plans of traitors are even more difficult to guard against. A long river of indifference, the ice melts away the frost and the waves are in full swing.
(End of chapter)
