Chapter 588: Employing people without any doubt
It is said that Yu Jin was originally a good general with ideals and a sense of justice. After being inspired by Zhao Yun this time, he finally understood the foundation of the Qinglong Army. Speaking of retirement after success, Yu Jin felt Zhao Yun's sincerity and surrendered wholeheartedly.
The war situation is still urgent, and the decisive battle in Hefei City has just begun. The three generals returned to Hefei City together, and Tan Ma was already waiting for the report at the city gate. The military situation was urgent. Cao Hong and Cao Ren's cavalry had already crossed the wooden bridge of the Nanfeishui tributary guarded by Xu Huang, and the forward was only thirty miles west of Feicheng.
The small private courtyard inside the west gate has been used as a temporary headquarters by the Qinglong Army. When Zhao Yun arrived with two surrendered generals, they followed Zhao Yun on the emergency expedition. There were three senior generals above the division level. Chen arrived at the temporary headquarters of Jiangxia Opera. Gao Shun and Gao Lan were already waiting at the temporary headquarters. a long time. The war situation was urgent, so Zhao Yun did not hesitate, briefly introduced Yu Jin and Wang Ping, and asked them all to sit down for a meeting.
Gao Shun and Gao Lan looked at each other, looking at the two generals with some doubts, their meaning was self-evident. Zhao Yun already understood what he meant, smiled and said, "Now is the time to hire people, so you should hire them without any doubts. These two are solid men. I trust my vision and feelings." Both Yu Jin and Wang Ping sounded quite happy. I was moved and thought of the words "common ideals", and then I believed that Zhao Yun's trust in employing people was not groundless.
Zhao Yun continued: "Everyone, the situation is urgent. Le Jin and Le Wenqian's troops have arrived at the west gate. Everyone sat down to discuss the military situation." Several people sat down one after another and began to exchange eyes. On the matter of defending the city, regardless of Whether it is a surrendered general from Cao's army or a veteran general from Qinglong's army, they must work together. If they can't hold on until the moment when Cao's army retreats, everyone will face Cao Mengde's bloody butcher knife.
Zhao Yunxian said: "With all sides of Fei, there is no need to worry about Chaohu in the south of the city. The greatest pressure is on the west of the city, which is also the focus of attack and defense. In the north of the city, the East Camp still needs to be defended. I am afraid that the Cao Army garrison in Xuzhou has also received it. The news of the destruction of Fei City."
After Zhao Yun's words, everyone felt tremendous pressure. Including the surrender of troops to make up the number, the entire regular army defending the city was only more than 10,000. Fortunately, the people in the city were enthusiastic and recruited two to three thousand young men to help defend the city. In terms of the distribution of troops, the west wall naturally has the largest number, with as many as 6,000 soldiers and civilians. They are divided into three squads to guard the city day and night. The person in charge is Gao Shun's newly captured camp.
Gao Shun said: "According to the latest intelligence, Cao Jun's vanguard general Le Jin is approaching the west gate, with a number of nearly 30,000 people. Fifty miles behind are Cao Jun's central generals Cao Ren and Cao Hong, with a number of about 100,000 people. The rear army is controlled by Xu Huang. On the tributary of Nanfeishui River, we are responsible for defending against Zhou Yu's harassing troops."
Zhao Yun nodded, and Yu Jing couldn't help but say: "I am on the edge of Chao Lake, and there are still some remaining Cao troops. Before I came to attack He Fei, they had already moved overland to Xu Huang. There are about 20,000 people in total."
Zhao Yun said: "It seems that the total number of Cao's troops is still no less than 200,000, but the more people they have, the more food and grass they need. The faster the food and grass are consumed, the more panic they have." Wang Ping nodded in approval, and he He was originally responsible for preparing food and grass, and he knew best that Cao Jun's food and grass had been exhausted.
Gao Shun followed the train of thought and continued: "Then we will fight a war of attrition. If Cao's army cannot grab the military supplies in Hefei City, they will have to withdraw. Therefore, if we really cannot hold it, we must have a plan to burn the supplies in the city. "
Gao Lan sighed: "I hope it won't go to the point of burning food and grass. In the north of the city, it is said that Xuzhou guard Lu Qian will send reinforcements to Huainan, waiting for an opportunity to join Cao's army and attack Fei. Why don't the East Camp give up and go back to guard the city wall? In case the west wall needs people, the troops in the city can be quickly deployed." Gao Lan has been stationed in the east camp and is responsible for the defense of the north of the city, so he hopes that the entire army will enter the city to facilitate defense.
Zhao Yun nodded slightly and asked, "Who has any news about Cao Cao's Jiangxia army?"
Wang Ping shook his head, but Yu Jin thought for a while and said: "The order we received at that time was for the whole army to attack He Fei City. Meng De probably did not dare to leave his troops in Jiangxia without He Fei's backup. That one He will become completely alone.”
Judging from the strategic map, if the Hefei Passage is lost, Jiangxia will be completely isolated from Cao Cao's base camp, Qingzhou and Yanzhou. Cao Cao is a wise man and will never take such a dangerous strategy. Everyone nodded, thinking that Cao Mengde's troops who attacked Jiangxia would also come back. If they really couldn't capture Hefei before they ran out of food and grass, they would not be entangled by Xi Zhicai and Sun Ce's troops, let alone defend Huang Zu. Queyue City.
In fact, Cao Mengde did lead the army to attack Feicheng. The Chinese army had already passed through the Macheng Passage, leaving Li Dian and Li Mancheng to guard the Macheng Passage to defend against pursuit by Xi Zhicai's troops. Xia Houyuan guarded the Liu'an Passage to cut off Zhao Yun's troops from returning west Route, he, Xu Chu, Cao Xiu and Xiahou Dun, who had just recovered from serious injuries, led the army and rushed straight to Hefeixi City.
However, Xi Zhicai's strategic target shifted and he only sent a small number of troops to entangle Cao Jun's rear army. He ordered the returning general Wenpin and his son to be the vanguard. They cooperated with Gan Ning and took advantage of Cao Jun's retreat to attack Queyue City. Sun Ce's arm was seriously injured and had not yet recovered, so he also sent Ling Tong to cooperate in the battle. Faced with siege from three sides, and without the support of Cao Cao's heavy troops, Huang Zu was immediately in a panic and exhausted. Huang Zu's son Huang She had already secretly surrendered to Gan Ning. This time he finally found an opportunity and forced his father Huang Zu under house arrest and offered the city of Queyue to Xi Zhicai and Gan Ning. The battle situation in Jiangxia changed rapidly, and the Qinglong Army of Huang Zhong and Xi Zhicai finally entered Queyue City.
The defenders in Hefei City have not yet received the battle report on the elimination of Jiangxia Huangzu, but they are all veteran generals who have been in the army since childhood, and they soon have an idea of the details of the defense plan. Zhao Yun finally concluded: "Wen Ze and Zi Jun will temporarily serve as my lieutenants, and their specific duties will be assigned by the Lord." After that, he stood up and said, "Everyone, listen to the order!"
Everyone stood up with cheers. Yu Jin and Wang Ping felt Zhao Yun's majesty and stood straight like javelins waiting for orders. Zhao Yun said: "I ordered Wen Ze to be responsible for the defense of the East Camp, with a thousand men, ready to withdraw into the city at any time. Gao Lan was responsible for the defense of the north city wall, with a strength of two thousand men, ready to respond to the forbidden troops, and the two of them would cooperate to defend the north. The enemy must listen to my orders from Ximen at any time."
Yu Jin and Gao Lan both agreed at the same time: "Yes!"
Zhao Yun continued to order: "Gao Shun and Zi Jun are both with me to take charge of the defense of the west gate, with a total of 6,000 people. The rest of the troops are dispersed to defend the south gate and the east gate. After the meeting, everyone returns to their positions, performs their duties, and reports at any time. "Gao Shun and Wang Ping also immediately agreed: "Yes!"
Nearly half of Le Jin Le Wenqian's troops are elite infantry, and the main subject of daily training is siege and decisive battle. Le Jin is also known as the first general. At this moment, as the vanguard of counterattack and uniting Feicheng, he has pinned the hope of Cao's entire army. Whether the entire Cao army can eat the food and grass in Hefei City tomorrow will be a gamble to enter this shop.
If you want to know what happens next, listen to the explanation next time.
