Chapter 578: Counterattack on He Fei
It is said that Xu Gongming's five thousand cavalry were defeated by Zhao Zilong's five thousand green dragon cavalry. Xu Huang almost lost the white tiger in his hand. The only gain was that it was confirmed that Hefei City was in danger, and the troops who unexpectedly attacked Hefei, It was the cavalry division of the second legion of the famous Qinglong general Zhao Yun.
Among the generals from Cao Cao on down, no one knew that the man guarding Hefei City was none other than Cao Ang, Cao Cao's favorite son. If something happened to Hefei City, it would not only mean that the food route would be cut off, but also more likely that Cao Ang would be captured and killed. The consequences would be unpredictable. If Cao Cao became so angry because of this, I am afraid that many generals of Cao's army would have to be buried with Cao Ang.
Therefore, once the news came out, it was spread with added fuel and jealousy. Panic quickly spread among Cao's army, and morale dropped to the bottom. This is the power of rumors. As a result, Cao Jun's battle direction immediately began to diverge. The big bosses in the army, led by Cao Hong, Cao Ren, and Le Jin, immediately formulated a non-stop siege plan. If Lujiang City was broken through, the Battle of Jianghuai would be two living eyes. Cao Jun Dalong Survived immediately, and there was no longer a problem of food and grass. Zhao Yunjun's surprise attack on Hefei became a turtle in the urn.
Therefore, Cao Ren and Cao Hong's main siege troops of more than 60,000, and Le Jin's siege troops of more than 30,000, immediately launched an uninterrupted rotating attack on Lujiang City. Xu Huang and Yu Jin, who advocated an immediate return attack on Hefei, were waiting for their lord's order while making full preparations for the army to return to attack Hefei.
On the top of Lujiang City, the people, soldiers and civilians carried city defense materials up and down and repaired the city walls, completely without fear of life or death. With three unprecedented military experts, Zhou Yu, Zhuge Liang and Lu Su, and the entire city's soldiers and civilians working together, Lujiang City was guarded like an iron barrel. In addition, at the beginning of the decisive battle, field troops were sent outside the city to harass the enemy, using terrain cover and giving full play to guerrilla entanglement tactics. Cao's army was unable to rest between sieges and fought blindly with fatigue. After a day and night of violent attacks, , Cao Jun threw countless corpses at the foot of Lujiang City, and even blocked the Lujiang moat. The offensive went down wave by wave, and it seemed that it was at the end of its strength.
On the north tower of Lujiang River, the dusk sunlight illuminated the bloody battlefield. The blood-red sunset made the battlefield littered with corpses somewhat poignant. Two peerless masterminds, Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu, stood on the city tower, looking like ants from a distance. Cao's army was organizing the next round of offensive in the distance, but the topic turned to Zhuge Erxue and Jiangdong Erqiao.
Zhou Yu originally planned to stimulate Zhuge Liang with the news that Er Xue was returning from Jiankang, but Zhuge Liang did not expect that Zhuge Liang would tell the news that Er Qiao had arrived in Xiangyang. While Zhou Yu secretly scolded Lu Meng for being a fool, his originally heroic passion immediately withered away. Zhuge Liang is already one step ahead when it comes to hostages! Jiangdong can't get any advantage, so Jiangxia County seems to have to give up as a whole.
Seeing Cao's army rushing forward again, Zhou Yu angrily said to Zhuge Liang: "Brother Kong Ming, this wave of offensive is coming. This time it is my turn to go up to the top of the city and throw wood down! Let's go now."
It turned out that Lu Su, Lu Zijing and several counselors from Jiangdong went to the west city wall to take charge. Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang personally went to the north city to supervise the defense. They agreed that every time Cao's army attacked the city, they would take turns to go to the top of the city to organize the defense. This time, it was Zhuge Liang's turn to go to the top of the city. Zhou Yu looked sideways at Zhuge Liang and saw that he was not moved at all. He was waving his feather fan and giggling there. He couldn't help but wonder: "If Kong Ming doesn't go down to work hard, do you want to cheat?"
Zhuge Liang smiled and waved his feather fan, and said plausibly: "Gong Jin, today I want you to see my tricks!" Then he pointed his feather fan to the sky and muttered: "Tai Shang Tai Xing, constantly responding to changes. Exorcise evil spirits and bind Charm, protect life and body. Wisdom is clear and peaceful. The three souls are eternal, and the soul is never lost. The elixir of the mind makes me understand the truth. The refining liquid of thoughts and spirits, the Tao Qi will last forever. The blue dragon and white tiger, there are many teams and battles. Suzaku Xuanwu, Body shape of the bodyguards. Everyone is in position and guarding the altar. The Supreme Lord has orders to search for evil spirits. Protect the Dharma King and protect the chanting. Convert to the great road, Yuan Henry is pure. There is a golden light in the body, reflecting my body. I can't see it, but I can hear it. If you don't hear it, it encompasses heaven and earth and nourishes all living beings. If you recite it thousands of times, your body will be filled with light."
"The sky is spirited, the earth is spirited, the Supreme Master is about to appear, as urgent as the law! Hurry!" Zhuge Liang pointed a feather fan at the sunset sky, with that arrogant posture, he was like a magic stick. Zhou Yu next to him was dumbfounded. What was the difference between Zhuge Liang, who was making mysteries at such a young age, and those Taoist priests in Jiankang who were cheating money?
It was God's fault. As soon as Zhuge Liang finished speaking the word "ji", suddenly the sound of gongs rang out from behind Cao Jun's formation, mixed with the sound of horns. Cao Jun, who was about to attack the city, heard the sound of gold and immediately turned around. Running, he ran cleanly in the blink of an eye, and even the slowest soldier quickly disappeared from sight. Zhuge Liang finally lowered his feather fan, smiled and clapped his hands and said, "This time I don't have to go to the city to do hard work!"
Zhou Yu stared at everything in front of him with his mouth open, but he couldn't help but ask the stupidest sentence in history: "How on earth did you... do it?"
Cao's army under the city had been attacking for a whole day and night without sleep. Even if they took turns to rest, they were harassed by the field troops sent by Zhou Yu. Although the rations were barely enough, the first meal might not be enough for the next. It was early I felt like weeds were growing in my heart and wanted to run away. This time I suddenly heard the clarion call to withdraw the troops. Without anyone mobilizing, they all turned and ran backwards, trampling to death and injuring many of their own people. It was not until after retreating for dozens of miles that the general gathered the defeated troops and barely managed to escape. Hold down the position.
This time there was no pursuer, but Cao's army retreated in a panic. General Cao Ren felt deeply ashamed and came to review in front of the brigade with a tigerish face. Cao Ren, Cao Zixiao, was a general in the clan and a younger brother of Cao Cao. When he was young, he was good at bowing, horse riding, and shooting. He did not practice martial arts and was quite romantic. When the world was in chaos, Cao Ren secretly gathered thousands of young people to guerrilla between the Huai River and the Surabaya River. Later, he took refuge with Cao Cao. Cao Cao only made him the leader of the response force, with the title of Sima of the other departments and the title of Li Feng Xiaowei.
When he joined the army and defeated the high officials in Bingzhou, Cao Zixiao made great achievements in the battle with Yuan Shu. Later, he joined the army in Xuzhou. Cao Ren often led the army and cavalry and served as the vanguard in front of the battle. Lu You, the general who attacked Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, from the side was victorious. He then joined the army in Pengcheng and defeated Tao Qian's army. After attacking Feixian, Huaxian, Jimo, Kaiyang and other places, Tao Qian sent his men to rescue the counties, but they were all defeated by Cao Ren. After this battle, Cao Ren eventually grew into a general of the Cao family, and his character became more strict and law-abiding. He became a famous general of the Wei State, especially good at defense. He was known as the "Cao Great Wall" in history. After Cao Pi became emperor, he named Cao Ren the great general. Sima. After the Battle of Yiling, Cao Ren marched into Ruxukou on Cao Pi's order, but was defeated by the guard Zhu Huan. He died of illness shortly after returning to Luoyang. He was entitled to sacrifices in Cao Cao's temple and was posthumously named Zhonghou.
Cao Ren, with a face as deep as water, a black beard covering his mouth, eyes blazing, and his whole body covered in robes, rode a big black horse in front of the army, giving him the majesty of a leading general. The sergeants all kept silent, and the entire army fell silent. Only then did Cao Ren speak: "The Prime Minister's latest order has arrived, ordering us to abandon Lujiang immediately and fight in Hefei. That's why we gave the clarion call to return." The whispers immediately spread far away, and apparently the order spread throughout Cao's troops in an instant.
Cao Ren cleared his throat, raised his voice an octave and said, "You have all fought with me for many years. I personally selected the generals, big and small. Most of them are from the Huaisi countryside. This Hefei can be regarded as my hometown. However, the city of Hefei was The Sun family has occupied Jiangdong for many years, and this time they finally took the remaining power of Xuzhou. They should have taken advantage of this opportunity to destroy Jiangdong. Unexpectedly, the Qinglong Army intervened brazenly, formed an alliance with the Sun family, and used Zhao Zilong's troops to secretly attack Hefei with the intention of cutting off our army's food route. It is unknown whether We succeeded. We originally wanted to capture Lujiang and the siege of Hefei City would be relieved. However, we attacked for a day and a night, but the city was not broken and morale was exhausted. Fortunately, the Prime Minister's order finally arrived in time, ordering us to unite our thoughts and attack Hefei as a whole. We must Destroy Zhao Yun, retake Hefei, and then fight again after establishing a grain route. The Prime Minister's order cannot be violated, we must move forward together and kill Hefei."
After saying that, Cao Ren quickly drew out the sword from his waist and shouted: "All armies, listen to the order! There is plenty of food and grass in Hefei City, but Zhao Yun's army only has ten thousand people. We should work bravely to destroy this imperial food! Let's go!"
This order was simple and effective. Cao Jun heard that he could only eat if he broke through Hefei, but Zhao Yun's army only had 10,000 people. His morale immediately boosted, and the army began to march towards Hefei in layers.
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
