Shu Chen

Chapter 484 Fiasco
The attack and defense of Yangyuan is destined to be a difficult battle.

Relying on the superiority of its troops, one side used the military order of "the one who retreats dies" to expel the soldiers from attacking day and night;

As the attacking side, the Wu army suffered more casualties.

After only seven days of attacking fortified positions, more than [-] soldiers were killed, and most of them were private soldiers led by generals native to Wu.

However, this is also inevitable.

If it weren't for the generals of Wu's native place who were willing to die and spared their own lives, the morale of Wu Jun, who had killed and injured so many soldiers, would have collapsed and returned.

And they did well.

Although the Manchong Ministry has a camp to rely on, but its strength is indeed a little less.

After 8000 soldiers were stationed on the opposite bank of Anfengjin, only [-] people of the Wei army stayed in the Yangyuan camp to guard.

After being pinched from front to back for seven days, the Wei army also killed and injured more than [-] people; and was forced to abandon the outer defense and retreat into the inner camp to guard.

The reason why there were so many casualties as the defending side was that Yangyuan, surrounded by water on three sides, was not suitable for building a city, and there were no hills or high slopes.The Wei army occupied a slightly higher place, with their backs against the Huaihe River, built outer defenses with wooden fences, and built inner camps with WISCO vehicles and wooden cities. The geographical advantage was not obvious, and the casualties were naturally higher.

However, retreating into the inner camp does not mean that the casualty rate will drop.

Under Wu Jun's attack day and night, their camp supplies such as arrows and crossbows were consumed too quickly, and they were already running out!

What made the soldiers of Wei state even less hopeful was that after abandoning the outer perimeter, Jiangdong Lu Xun and Quan Cong could join forces in one place and lay siege to the camp at Shaopi.

In previous battles, it was inferred that as long as Jiangdong camped according to the water or the river, the morale of the soldiers would be stronger.

Without him, with the support of the elite navy, the attack can be retreated or defended.

They have nothing to worry about!
In this way, even though Man Chong claimed before the battle that "the enemy will fight, stick to the time, the enemy will be defeated and go away", but it still did not change the depression and morale of the Wei soldiers.

However, what they didn't know was that Wu Jun, who should have foreseen the dawn of victory at this time, also had similar thoughts.

Not soldiers who attack fortifications.

It was Lu Xun, the governor of the Wu army, who began to feel a little restless.

He smelled a strange aura on the battlefield.

For example, he felt that Man Chong seemed to be waiting for something.

Otherwise, the Wei army would have been forced to retreat into the inner camp and defend, and the Wei State navy still hadn't appeared on the Huai River, so they were ready to respond—with Man Chong's prestige and status, Wei Guo would never sit back and watch him die here, would he?

Another unusual thing is that the Luoyang Central Army has not rushed to Huainan yet!

It's already autumn and July!
It has been two months since Jiangdong sent troops!

Counting the time, it was only right that the Luoyang Zhongjun of Wei State had arrived.

After all, the military situation is on fire, and according to Wei Guo's practice of using cavalry as the front of the reinforcements, even if Cao Rui sent the tiger and leopard cavalry into Guanzhong before, they have arrived now.

Not to mention, Cao Rui personally supervised and led more than a thousand light cavalry, and drove to the north bank of the Huai River in just over ten days, encouraging the morale of Shouchun soldiers!

Could it be that he went from Yuzhou to Anfeng and intervened in Chengde's garrison point, trying to cut off our army's retreat?
However, if the Luoyang Central Army passed through Yuzhou, why would there be no military information from the Zhuju Department stationed in Lu'an and Zhuge Ke's troops guarding Anfengjin?

Or, in this battle, did I neglect something?
In the tent of the Chinese army, Lu Xun sat alone, frowning and muttering.

In my heart, I carefully reviewed the dispatch and deployment from the dispatch of troops to the present.

But I also felt that apart from being a little more decisive than before, and not stinging at the casualties of soldiers, there was nothing out of the ordinary, and there was nothing wrong with it!
Why is it so evil?
Lu Xun felt that Wu Jun must have overlooked something, but he couldn't find it himself.

Especially looking at Mu Shi, who had not been touched on the table and had been completely cold for a long time, he felt a little irritable for a while.

Simply, he picked up the wine bag on one side and took a few sips, using the cold wine to ease the emotions between his chest and abdomen. After his thoughts were no longer disturbed by emotions, he got up and walked to the side of the couch, watching quietly. A map spread out on top.

"Governor, General Wei is here to see you."

After an unknown amount of time, the guards on duty outside the tent suddenly reported loudly.

Why is Quan Zihuang here at this time?
Could it be that he also discovered the strangeness of Ni Wei?
Lu Xun, whose thoughts were interrupted, was surprised, "Please."

As soon as his words fell, the curtain of the military tent was pulled away, revealing Quan Cong with a happy face.

It turned out that Quan Cong expected that he would not disappear, so he stepped forward to wait when the guards on duty delivered the report, but when he came in and saw Lu Xun thinking about the map with his wine bag, he couldn't help being a little bit surprised, and he went straight without sticking to the etiquette He asked aloud, "Could it be that the governor has already been reported by the soldiers?"

Ok?
What is coming to me?

Hearing this, Lu Xun was also a little surprised, and asked, "What do you mean by Zihuang's words?"

"Hey, it turns out that the governor is unknown."

Quan Cong was relieved and said with a smile, "As soon as I got the report, I came to inform the governor, how could anyone be earlier than me! Well, the governor, it was my subordinate General Quan who found a flaw in the anti-Wei camp. All right, within three days, Bi Manchong will be executed by our army!"

After saying that, before Lu Xun urged him to make a sound, he stepped forward, leaned forward and pushed the grease lamps on the couch, pointing to the Bishui River Valley Road on the west side of Yangyuan, "Commander, when our governor forcefully crossed this river a while ago, we were attacked by the Wei Wei army. When the Huai River came in, there were many casualties, so the soldiers patrolled day and night. During the patrol, our general Chuan found that there was a slightly different soil on this bank, which seemed to have a hollow indentation under the soil. He was worried that it was the advance against the Wei Dynasty. The excavated tunnel was used to raid our army, so I sent soldiers to try to dig some, and found that the bottom is a tomb passage! This tomb passage is quite long, and the direction of extension happens to be where the Wei Wei camp is located!"

After listening, Lu Xun understood.

It was nothing more than the continuous assault of the Wei army camp by the large army, so that they had no time to be distracted from other things, and to cover up the sound of the Wu army digging tunnels along the tomb to enter the inner camp, so as to hope that the inside and outside would work together to break the camp.

Not a brilliant tactic.

But if it can be successful, it is a very effective method.

Lu Xun also leaned low in front of a few couches, put down his wine bag, stretched out his hand to push the grease lamp a little, carefully looked at the geographic river markings around Yangyuan, and asked softly, "This place is facing water on three sides. If the tunnel is widened, will it be possible? into the water?"

Such concerns are warranted.

The tunnel that can steal the camp must at least accommodate three or four people walking side by side.

And the soil here is inherently soft, if it is infiltrated with water, the tunnel may collapse before it reaches the base of the Wei army camp.

Quan Cong replied with a smile on his cheeks, "The governor is not worried about this. I have ordered the soldiers to dig four or five feet, and there is no sign of water seepage."

"Zihuang has always been cautious in planning his affairs, so I don't care."

Lu Xun also smiled wryly, but he didn't know why he stopped talking, and suddenly restrained his face, staring fixedly at the shadow cast by the grease lamp on the map, and there was no movement for a long time.

I don't know what I'm thinking.

Seeing this, Quan Cong was a little surprised.

He couldn't help but move his footsteps slightly, turned his head to imitate Lu Xun's gaze, and saw the black shadow cast by the grease lamp on the map, just covering the marking of Shouchun City.

Did the governor think that something happened in Shouchun City?

Or, the army against Wei Luoyang has not arrived yet, so the governor is worried that they are crossing the Huai River from Xiacai County and attacking the Buzishan tribe stationed on Bagong Mountain with Sun Li's department stationed in the besieged city?

However, Buzishan sent people to report the day before yesterday, claiming that although Sun Li had led his army down Bagongshan to invade our army in the besieged city, the scouts did not find any trace of Luoyang Zhongjun in the Huaishui incident! !

Quan Cong was puzzled.

However, he didn't bother.

Just calm down and wait quietly for Lu Xun to think about it.

However, when he was young, he actually heard Lu Xun's panicked and anxious voice, "Not good! Our army is in danger!"

Our army is in danger?
Quan Cong was astonished.

But Lu Xun didn't have time to explain to him in detail.

Instead, he asked his personal guards to look for Liuzan immediately, and asked him to rush to Shouchun City with his headquarters;

And don't forget to send people to inform Zhuge Ke, Chen Biao and Ding Feng's troops stationed in Anfengjin, so that they don't have to rush back to join the Chinese army, but immediately go south along the Bishui River to Lu'an to find Zhuzhan. Make preparations for the retreat of the army from the Chengde garrison point.

Yes, Lu Xun is about to withdraw his troops hastily!
And Quan Cong, who just now felt that the victory was within his grasp, is feeling lost at the moment.

He is not a short-witted person, and he can vaguely guess what is going on by seeing Lu Xun's hasty orders and various arrangements.

It is nothing more than that the Luoyang Zhongjun, who has not been seen for a long time against Wei Wei, is now hiding in Shouchun City!

As depressing as this speculation was, there was no better explanation.

In fact, it's not to blame the two of them for being slow-witted.

Who would have thought that the reinforcements who were thousands of miles away would hide in the trapped city early on!
Although Lu Xun and Quan Cong already knew that they had hit the trick, and planned to make up for it, it was too late.

The Buzhi tribe who besieged Shouchun City with [-] soldiers and horses has already lost!
When the Wei army confirmed the news that Lu Xun and Quan Cong had transferred to Yangyuan to besiege Manchong's tribe, Sun Li, who was stationed on Bagong Mountain, came to harass him frequently, and made a plan to join forces with Wang Ling in Shouchun City to break through the siege intention of.

The infantry is an order to order the soldiers to perform their duties and guard them first, and they are not allowed to go out of the camp to fight without authorization.

But inevitably, most of the troops were attracted by Wei Jun to the south gate.

When the two armies were fighting fiercely, three thousand tiger and leopard cavalry and more than ten thousand Luoyang Chinese troops circled around from the west gate and crashed directly into the ranks of the Wu army, and Bu Zhi was powerless to recover.

Among the troops Lu Xun left behind, there were [-] elite soldiers who fought against the evil people and Shanyue in Poyang, Wujun, Yuzhang, Luling and other counties last year. "The practice is obtained.

The time from traitor to soldier is very short, and it is not enough to make them feel that they will die for Jiangdong.

Not to mention that the tiger and leopard cavalry of the state of Wei have pierced through the army formation of the state of Wu, and the extremely elite Luoyang Chinese army is harvesting the army of Wu as golden autumn wheat.

Everyone understands that the general situation is over, and defeat is a foregone conclusion!
Therefore, it is not surprising that they were the first to surrender
When the voice of "willing to surrender" in their mouths began to spread on the battlefield, it quickly became a prairie fire.

It also quickly defeated the courage of the various departments of the Wu army to continue fighting to the death, and the morale of the Wu army collapsed thousands of miles.

In desperation, Bu Zhi and the other generals fled hurriedly to the Chengde defense point under the protection of their respective tribes.

Although the route to the west to find Lu Xun's troops was shorter, Wei's tiger and leopard cavalry and Luoyang's Chinese army came from the west gate, and this option was already obliterated.

Bu Zhi is better.

He has guarded Xiling for many years, and the [-] songs he brought from there were all people who swore to the death to follow him, so there was no such thing as abandoning the general and fleeing all the way to defeat.On the contrary, a few Sima or school lieutenants who received Bu Zhi's kindness spontaneously supervised the headquarters and left behind when Wei Jun caught up.

For example, Jiang Xiu, the captain of the school, encouraged the soldiers to die in this way when he left behind.

Said: "A man of honor is ordered by his master, and he has received great kindness from others. He should repay it with death. How can he be greedy for life and tie his hands to the enemy, which will only increase the laughing stock of future generations!"

After saying that, he threw the bag on the ground, and led his subordinates to rush into the pursuers to die.

Although it was unavoidable to die on the battlefield, it fully prevented the Wei army from pursuing troops for a quarter of an hour, and Bu Zhi was spared.

However, Lu Ju, who was the deputy general of Bu Zhi temporarily, was not so lucky.

Lu Ju is the son of Lu Fan, the former Grand Sima of Jiangdong.

Lu Fan once sent troops to the Sun family's small family, followed Sun Ce to create the Jiangdong foundation, and helped Sun Quan rule the Wu Kingdom. .

Yes, he died in the rebellion because most of the soldiers under his command were the people of Shanyue
In this battle, only [-] of the [-] Wu troops who besieged the city could escape to the Chengde garrison point, not even two out of ten.

As for why the Chengde garrison point was safe, it was because Lu Xun and Quan Cong came from Shaopi with the support of the navy. The Wei army gave up and went back because they were not superior in force and fought fiercely for most of the night.

But their victories don't stop there.

Sent by Lu Xun, the Liuzan tribe rushed overland to Shouchun City. Before they arrived, they encountered a few routs. After learning the news that the Wu army had been defeated, they stopped and asked people to find water troops to meet them from Shaopi. go back.

But Wei Jun came earlier.

After the great victory at Shouchun City, Wang Ling sent Sun Lidu's [-] elite soldiers and Zhang Hu's [-] Liaodong cavalry to meet the Manchong tribe.

Just happened to meet Liu Zan Department.

As a result, it is natural that the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road.

Although Liuzan was fierce and fierce, none of the soldiers under his command had the will to fight after hearing the news of the defeat, and there was no barracks or WISCO vehicles to restrain Zhang Hu's Liaodong cavalry from charging, so they were defeated.

When the Wu Guo Navy came to meet him, there were only a thousand people left in his headquarters to board the ship and go back.

And Quan Cong, who was sent to other troops, led Yu Quan, and his headquarters was wiped out and died in battle.

Only Zhuge Ke retreated and returned smoothly all the way, and made meritorious deeds.

But he said that after he and Chen Biao received Lu Xun's general order, they burned all the barracks and some inconvenient luggage, and let people inform Ding Feng's troops to retreat quickly.

At that time, he had been monitoring the [-] cavalry of Ding Fengbu and Wei State, and when he saw this, he sent someone to report to the Manchong Department in Yangyuan to ask if he wanted to pursue them.

Man Chong had no such intention.

Because the soldiers stationed here have gone through so many days of fighting, everyone has long been exhausted.

But the general under his command led Wenqin to plead for orders.

Having already accumulated meritorious service and been promoted to a miscellaneous general, he has been devoting himself to meritorious deeds and has always been brave, so he will not let go of this opportunity to gain combat merit in this kind of pursuit.

Therefore, he privately encouraged several generals to come to plead for orders.

Claiming that Wu Jun is already like a bereaved dog, naturally he will no longer have the heart to fight to the death, and if he pursues him, he will definitely gain something.

Furthermore, with [-] cavalry at his side, even if he drives away in pursuit, he doesn't have to worry about being ambushed by Zhu Ju, who is stationed in Lu'an County.

Man Chong saw that he was determined, and that the other generals were high-spirited, so he sent five thousand soldiers to him.

Before his departure, he also warned Wenqin not to be greedy for merit, and that he could only pursue him as far as the north of Lu'an County. No matter what he got or not, he had to strike back.

Wen Qin took the order generously.

And it's rare that he, who has always been arrogant and difficult to control, strictly complied.

But it didn't change, he changed from chasing after the victory to returning after a disastrous defeat.

Sun Quan was overjoyed because of his achievements in beheading the rebel general Han Zong and wiping out the death-defying soldiers in the past. He promoted him from Weibei General to Pingbei General. .

Moreover, both he and Chen Biao were strategists, and they could guess the disadvantage that the soldiers would be exhausted after being besieged for many days, so they came up with the idea of ​​ambush and pursuit.

It was Ding Feng's department who pretended to fight back and forced Wei's cavalry back for more than ten miles, and then asked Chen Biao to lead his troops to go ahead and find a hidden place to ambush. .

But Wen Qin, who was eager for merit, didn't realize it.

He came in a hurry, and after seeing Zhuge Ke's banner from a distance, he let the two thousand cavalry entangle Ding Feng's troops, and he himself encouraged the soldiers to move forward with all their might.

Zhuge Ke was "shocked" when he saw this.

He ordered the soldiers to speed up their march, and abandoned some luggage from time to time.

In this regard, the pursuing Wei Jun was overjoyed.

Let me ask, the enemy army discarded their luggage automatically in order to escape, what else is there?
Wen Qin ordered the soldiers not to take the luggage, and continued to chase hard.

After chasing for more than [-] miles and the soldiers of the two armies were almost exhausted, Zhuge Ke suddenly ordered the whole army to turn around and fight, and Chen Biao's troops, who had been lying in ambush for a long time and recharging their energy, also rushed out.

Under such circumstances, no matter how brave Wen Qin is, he can't make a miracle happen in the war.

Of the [-] soldiers who followed him, only more than a thousand returned, and Cao Zhen, the partial general, died in battle, and this was the result of the [-] cavalry who cut off his rear for him.

Seeing that he was ambushed, the cavalry governor drove his troops away from Ding Feng's department and rushed to meet him. After paying the price of more than [-] cavalry being attacked and killed by Ding Feng's department, he avoided the result of the annihilation of Wenqin's entire army.

Naturally, there are reasons why Zhuge Ke and others rushed back and did not turn back to pursue them.

This ambush was Jiangdong's only victory in this march.

More than [-] troops marched northward to Huainan, and a total of more than [-] were killed or captured, and countless supplies and supplies were lost; it is equivalent to Wei Guo returning a "Battle of Shiting".

Sun Quan, who was in Lujiang County, was dumbfounded when he heard the news.

And the counties in Jingnan are even more undercurrent.

(End of this chapter)