Many years later, in a small village in Beihai County, several veterans recalled the turbulent years of the past, and one veteran talked about what he saw that day.
At that time, he was lying in a sea of fire, struggling to soak himself in the water, but he saw a red lightning suddenly shoot out, crossing several feet from the shore to the burning building boat.
Immediately afterwards, another bolt of white lightning jumped onto the building ship along the same path.
Afterwards, with a "squeaking" sound, someone released the anchor of the building boat. The huge building boat was hit by the current and hit the small boat next to it.
In the loud impact of "dong dong", the building ship changed from parallel water surface to horizontal and vertical water surface.
After that, those two bolts of lightning started from the bow furthest away from the shore and rushed over again.
"Huhu" was heard twice, and two bolts of lightning jumped back to the shore.
The veteran said that the lightning was actually two incomparable thousand-mile horses. Sitting on them were two generals. One of them had long hair and was indistinguishable from male to female. The other was young and handsome, roaring in the sea of fire.
He shouted: "The general is here to raise the flag, come and assemble quickly!"
Soon, the two lightning bolts disappeared.
Later he found out that the god-like figure was Cao Wu, the general of Beifu, and his wife... one of Cao Ada.
A Da leaned over Cao Wu. Cao Wu held the reins of the little white horse with one hand and stroked the neck of the little red horse with the other.
Both horses were wheezing and panting.
He looked around and found a high point to insert the big bamboo.
That night, all the troops in the sea of fire were panicking, but when the Chinese army's banner was raised high again, everyone knew where the commander was.
However, the situation was too chaotic, and it was impossible to gather the troops solely by relying on the appeal of Luzhao.
Cao Wu wiped his face with his sleeves and saw that there were not as many people gathered as he had imagined.
"what to do?"
Ah Da said anxiously.
Cao Wu nodded at a few soldiers who had gathered and shouted, "Shout with me!"
The soldier nodded in agreement, and Cao Wu shouted: "My brother, Cao Mengde, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, I am Cao Wu, the prime minister's brother, the general of the Beifu, come and get close to the Chinese army!"
The soldiers were startled. They might not know Cao Mengde's nickname, but everyone knew who he was, Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty. In their eyes, Cao Mengde's younger brother had a higher status than a relative of the emperor, because he led them to win the battle. It is the emperor, but the former Sikong and the current Prime Minister Cao Cao.
The soldiers were trembling and did not dare to neglect, so they shouted together.
Not long after, people were shouting from everywhere in the military camp: "General Cao Wu, the Prime Minister's brother, Beifu General, is with the Chinese army. Hurry and assemble in the Chinese army!"
Soon, the distant Thousand-man Army of Qingzhou Soldiers also heard the shouts. The captain of the Thousand-man Army, an incredible young general, immediately gave the order. The Thousand-man Army maintained their formation and slowly marched toward the Great Wall Push forward in the direction of the rising shore, pressing down while gathering the broken troops.
Cao Cao's name is like a god in the army, and the name of Cao Cao's younger brother is also very resounding. Even Cao Wu did not expect that Cao Cao's name has such strong appeal. Such a shout gathered people's hearts, and many soldiers heard the shout. He even crossed the sea of fire to get closer to him.
With the big banners and shouts, the defeated soldiers finally calmed down and gradually gathered towards the central army, and the situation stabilized.
On the river, those small boats saw the Chinese army gathering their defeated troops in the distance, and they became a little anxious and ready to move.
The soldiers on these small boats were all experienced in water battles. They knew that it was not like the chaos just now. They could shoot at close range, but now they could not. They stopped just a stone's throw away.
The range of bows and arrows in the late Eastern Han Dynasty was generally within 120 meters in later generations. Even if there were one or two powerful ones, it would be difficult to break through 150 meters. Unless they were hard crossbows used for sieges, they could shoot farther. Now the Luzhao Department obviously does not have such a hard crossbow.
Although the width of the Han River at this time was wider than that of later generations, it was only 400 meters at its widest point. Now this section of the river is only more than 300 meters wide. Because the Luzhao headquarters camp is on the south side of the river, their fast boats As long as it's north of the middle line of the river, it's worry-free.
On a fast ship, a general in Jinyi stood on the bow and said: "I don't know who it was that set up the big banner later. He is somewhat capable, but he is just a defeated general. Cao Cao's Seventh Army is nothing more than that!"
This general is Cao Wushuo's Jinfan thief Gan Ning Gan Xingba.
Gan Ning came from a wealthy family and had a bold personality when he was young. However, because he refused to obey discipline and was brave and aggressive, he became a bandit on the Yangtze River. Because the ships were mostly decorated with brocade sails, the merchant ships on the river were called brocade sail thieves. Everyone was frightened when they saw Jinfan.
Later, he changed his ways and became a minor official under Liu Biao. Because of his disagreement with Shangguan, he defected to Sun Quan.
This time I heard that Cao Cao had raised 800,000 troops, and the officials in Jiangdong were wavering. Gan Ning was not ashamed of their surrender, so he directly sailed to see the strength of Cao's army.
I didn't expect that just a night attack would achieve such great results.
It can be seen from this that northerners are not good at water fighting.
The general next to him echoed: "General, this is a great victory. The good news brought back to Chai Sang will definitely stabilize the morale of the army!"
Gan Ning was convinced and laughed out loud. Suddenly, a "swish" sound broke through the air, and a sharp arrow shot from the shore.
Gan Ning was frightened and ran away. He was far away from the shore. How could an arrow hit him?
Gan Ning dodged, but the arrow missed the passenger car and hit the neck of the general who was speaking. Blood overflowed from the general's mouth and he was dead before his eyes.
Gan Ning turned around in anger and saw from a distance a general with a white horse on the shore, riding a horse on a bamboo raft.
General White Horse drew his bow and shot an arrow, and shot again. Gan Ning dodged and took out his own strong bow.
With a "boom" sound, General White Horse shot an arrow at the general's flag standing on his ship, causing the flagpole to break directly.
The soldiers on many of Gan Ning's ships fired arrows in response.
However, their arrows fell into the water before they even reached the shore, and the furthest ones fell a few feet away from the shore.
It was also archery, and the white horse general could shoot so much further than them!
Gan Ning roared angrily and fired back with an arrow. This arrow shot much farther than an ordinary soldier and went straight to General White Horse.
General White Horse dismounted, and the arrow pierced the air. He was just a little bit under the horse, and he got on the horse again.
The bamboo raft swayed, and General White Horse shouted: "Who are you? Leave your name!"
"Jiang Biao is Gan Xingba, but who are you!"
Along with Gan Ning's answer came Gan Ning's new arrow.
This time, General White Horse was prepared. He deflected the arrows with his crescent halberd and shouted at the same time: "General Zhang Wenyuan is here. The revenge of today's robbery of the camp will be avenged tomorrow!"
Gan Ning laughed loudly: "Come on!"
Two generals, one with eight hundred and ten thousand soldiers in future generations, the other with hundreds of horses to rob the Wei camp in future generations, looked at each other across the river today, as if they were destined to do so.
On the other side, with Cao Wu's efforts, more and more soldiers and horses gathered.
The captain of the Qingzhou soldiers finally joined Cao Wu's central army. The young captain did not wait for Cao Wu's orders and did not come to see Cao Wu. He went to give orders to the soldiers first and asked his messengers to read the numbers of each unit.
Through this comparison, the generals and commanders of each department were integrated with their own soldiers.
When the situation gradually stabilized, the young captain rushed to Cao Wu. He was an infantryman. He looked up at the disgraced Cao Wu on Xiaohong's horse. He saluted with respect and said: "College Lieutenant Guanqiu Jian, I pay my respects to General Beifu." !”
Cao Wu looked at the captain, who was obviously only sixteen or seventeen years old, and asked in astonishment, "Who?"
"Guanqiu Jian!"
Guanqiu Jian thought that his surname was unusual and Cao Wu didn't hear it clearly. This was normal for him, so he repeated it.
He behaves in a young and mature way, which is completely inconsistent with his age.
Seeing that Cao Wu had no reaction, he added: "In the previous chaos, our troops killed friendly troops. It is the fault of the subordinates alone. It is not the fault of the subordinates. I ask the general to take the blame!"
Cao Wu got off his horse, supported Guanqiu Jian and said, "Captain Guanqiu is young and promising. He is calm in the face of danger, maintains formation, and can collect broken troops. For this reason, I have made great contributions to this battle. Please get up quickly."
Ah Da, who was already hiding aside, couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction when he saw that Cao Wu had finally done something to enhance his prestige.
She didn't know that what Cao Wu was thinking at this time was, darling, Guanqiu Jian, who destroyed Goguryeo, must take good care of him.
After hearing Cao Wu's words, Guanqiu Jian's face finally moved, and he said gratefully: "General Beifu obtained the big banner in the fire, and saved ten thousand people by one person. He is really a role model for us!"
The soldiers nearby nodded.
At this time, there were waves on the river again, and Gan Ning's Jinfan team also caught fire for no apparent reason.
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At that time, the general went in and out of the fire place three times, and placed a large banner on the central army. The crowd gathered, and there were countless people alive.
First, Emperor Taizu Wu whipped Yu Nei, and the general often hid behind the scenes and no one knew about it. However, in this battle, the general saved ten thousand people with one man, and the name of the general was first known to the army.
After a fierce battle in Chibi, General Beifu's reputation in the army gradually increased.
Excerpted from "The Great General of the Universe", a roadside history written by Cao Aliu, a historian who wishes to remain anonymous.
