Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1783
The rising sun shines like a rainbow, and the rays of sunlight reflect on the earth, making the sky and the earth seem to be covered with a layer of light gold.

In front of Hangu Pass.

On the one hand, the battlefield is even more cruel under the sunlight.

Wei Jun has fled.

The Liaodong Army held on for less than an hour before being captured by the Ming Army. Nearly tens of thousands of Erlang died in the battle, and the rest surrendered to the Ming Army.

Gongsun Du did not die in battle.

He surrendered.

In the boundless desperation, he ordered the soldiers to lay down their weapons and personally took the lead in surrendering to the Ming army, which saved the lives of many children.

If the fight continues like this, Gongsun Du knows very well that he only has the fate of annihilating the entire army. Whether it is for the Yan Kingdom or the so-called Han Dynasty, he has no heart to fight to the death.

So surrender without any hesitation.

Pang Xi, Zhang Ren, and Xu Shu from Hangu Pass successfully joined together, and they walked hand in hand on the messy battlefield.

Pang Xi looked at Zhang Ren with a gleam of gratitude: "Thank you, General Zhang Ren, for running thousands of miles to rescue him!"

Without Zhang Ren's troops, his defeat would be a matter of time.

His defeat is a trivial matter, but the loss of Hangu Pass is a major event. At that time, he will be most responsible. After all, Xu Shu is only a local official, and he is the leading general.

"You're welcome!"

Zhang Ren smiled bitterly, and said: "This is our responsibility, it's not that we can't stop Wei Jun, Luo Yang will not fall into such a situation!"

"General Zhang Ren, I don't know what happened on the Yuzhou front, why the main force of the Wei army was able to go north smoothly!"

This question has puzzled Xu Shu for a long time.

Originally, the battle situation in the northern border was very good, but because of the surprise attack of the main force of the Wei army, they were instantly reversed by the situation, which made Xu Shu grit his teeth.

"The Jiangdong Army we underestimated!"

Zhang Ren said in a low voice: "Although Wei Jun started to shed the golden cicada before, we can still bite, but Wei Jun is also ruthless enough. In order to get out of the battlefield, they even gave up Yuzhou. In addition, the Jiangdong Army unexpectedly Regardless of our own territory, the main force attacked our army from the direction of Runan, suppressing the main force of our army, forcing us to face them, unable to catch up with the Wei army, and no time to go north to meet them!"

With such a big problem on the Yuzhou front, he should have an explanation to the generals on the northern battlefield, both public and private.

"I see!"

Xu Shu gasped, his eyes turned cold.

He didn't expect Cao Cao to have such great courage. That was Yuzhou, and Xu Du, the new capital, was also in Yuzhou. He directly gave up the entire Yuzhou, and exchanged space for freeing up troops, just to go north and fight the Ming army.

If this is the case alone, it will not allow all Wei Jun to go north.

You know, there are at least hundreds of thousands of Wei troops gathered in the Shangdang area of ​​Hanoi.

If the Jiangdong Army hadn't sent troops to entangle the main force of the Yuzhou front, the Ming army could at least hold back some of them, at least they couldn't let Cao Cao be so rampant.

On the Jiangdong side...

But Xu Shu knew that the two naval divisions of the Ming army, the Jingping Navy and the Baoxiong Navy, had already attacked the Jiangdong area along the East China Sea, and Jiangdong didn't even care about its own area.

He immediately realized the importance of the matter: "This is not the two big princes besieging and killing His Majesty, but the three big princes besieging and killing His Majesty. They want to behead His Majesty and break the foundation of our Ming Dynasty!"

"hateful!"

Pang Xi gritted his teeth and said, "They are too cruel!"

If this step can be achieved, it means that the three major princes have already come out in full force, fighting with their backs.

It has to be said that this is a test for the Ming court that has just risen. If it cannot pass, for example, Mu Jing died in the Shangdang, then the Ming Dynasty will usher in the greatest crisis of its establishment.

Moreover, whether the Daming Dynasty Hall, which has lost its pastoral scenery, can still stand is a question.

"It's superfluous to say anything now!"

Xu Shu took a deep breath, looked at Zhang Ren, and asked, "General Zhang Ren, are you the only main force heading north?"

"There is one more!"

Zhang Ren replied: "The main force led by Chen Dao entered from Hulao Pass, but I don't know the specific news about them. I went north from Wuguan Pass!"

"The soldiers are divided into two ways!"

"The main reason is that I'm worried about being intercepted, so it's better to be on the safe side. At least Luo Yang can be reinforced all the way, but I didn't expect that we were still late, and Luo Yang still couldn't keep it!"

Zhang Ren sighed.

"It's okay!"

Xu Shu said: "It's just in time, it's not too late, this battle is won smoothly, we can take back Luoyang!"

"The fight last night was really refreshing!"

Pang Xidao: "However, I'm still a little unhappy to let Wei Jun run away. I believe that Wei Jun has not returned to Luoyang, and we still have a chance. How about my cavalry go after them!"

"Need not!"

Xu Shu shook his head and looked to the east: "Xia Houyuan's reaction was quick, and the cavalry couldn't catch up at this time, and it is still unknown whether he will return to Luoyang after he leaves!"

"How to say?"

Pang Xi frowned.

"Chen Dao sent reinforcements from Hulao Pass in the east. The news may not be concealed. Xia Houyuan should receive the news soon. He is not afraid of Chen Dao's ambush!"

Xu Shu said with a sneer: "We took down the Liaodong army. He is alone. Even if he returns to Luoyang, Luoyang has no food or weapons, and even the city walls are in tatters. How can he stop me from fighting back!"

"Then you mean that Xia Houyuan will go straight north!"

"Let's see him choose!"

Xu Shu said: "If he is willing to stay in Luoyang, that's a good thing. Chen Dao is in the east, and we are in the west. Under the attack of east and west, I have absolute confidence that he can wipe out his entire army in Luoyang!"

Now that the offensive and defensive positions have been reversed, if they still want to occupy Luoyang, Xu Shu doesn't mind letting their entire army be wiped out, and none of them will be able to leave Luoyang City.

However, based on Xu Shu's understanding of Xia Houyuan, Xia Houyuan is not a fool, and he will not be a lucky person, so Xia Houyuan will not give him a chance.

"Clean the battlefield, rest for a day, tomorrow we will counterattack Luoyang!"

Xu Shu said in a low voice.

"Ok!"

Pang Xi and Zhang Ren nodded.

"How to deal with Gongsun Du?" Pang Xi asked Xu Shu.

"It's a pity to kill them. Besides, we have confiscated more than 1 or nearly [-] Liaodong soldiers. At this time, we can't provoke these soldiers too much. Killing Gongsun Du is tantamount to rebelling against them. Even if they are unarmed, they will mutiny! "

Xu Shu said: "I will talk to Gongsun Du, and I will personally suppress these Liaodong troops. Your main force can still be freed. First take back Luoyang, and then we will rebuild the grain road on the northern line. This time, we will We need to build two grain roads, one going north, and the other bypassing the east of the river to enter Shangdang. We don't know how the battle in the north is going, and we can't help it, but we must ensure that their grain roads are safe. This is the only way we can help them! "

"I am a cavalryman, I can go north to meet them!"

Pang Xidao.

"How much combat power do your cavalry have now?" Xu Shu squinted at Pang Xi.

Pang Xi smiled wryly. In the battle of Luoyang and Hangu Pass, his cavalry was severely damaged. Moreover, the cavalry was used as infantry in the previous harvest. He did not give full play to the advantages of the cavalry, so part of him was beheaded.
Now his cavalry can gather [-] elite soldiers, which is already a very good thing.

Six thousand cavalry, compared to Shangdang's current battlefield where hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses are fighting, is really not very useful.

"If I join forces with Chen Dao, I will still have some fighting power in the north!" Zhang Ren said in a low voice.

"The effect will not be great!"

Xu Shu shook his head, he squinted his eyes, and a sharp light burst out directly from the depths of his pupils: "Let's take a rest first, and then take back Luoyang, let Jing Wusi understand the situation in the northern border clearly, you add Chen The troops we have arrived, as well as Pang Xi's cavalry, are a force to fight, and we may be able to regain some advantage outside the field!"

Strategically speaking, the Ming army is now facing the pincer attack of the Yan army and the Wei army, a very disadvantageous war.

Of course, he didn't know that the Ming army had already defeated the Yan army.

But even so, the remaining combat effectiveness of the Ming army was running out. Facing the elite hundreds of thousands of Wei troops, they finally faced a very severe situation.

What Xu Shu was thinking at this time was not just simple reinforcements. Even if reinforcements were added, the combined forces of Pang Xi, Zhang Ren, and Chen Dao would not have much effect.

Unless all the troops on the Yuzhou front advance northward, the Wei army can be divided to deal with it.

But it's not hopeless.

Although Wei Jun's hundreds of thousands of main forces are on the front line of Hanoi, they may not be without weaknesses. If Xu Shu can seize the opportunity, he doesn't mind teaching Wei Jun a lesson.

........................

Xia Houyuan led his troops to withdraw hundreds of miles before he relaxed.

"General, the scouts didn't notice that the Ming army continued to pursue!"

Xia Houshang walked in and reported.

"Scouts keep an eye on the distance, be careful, don't take it lightly!"

At this moment, Xia Houyuan's face was as gloomy as water.

The defeat in this battle was beyond his expectation, but now, he was more worried about Luo Yang, even if he retreated to Luo Yang, would he be able to defend Luo Yang?

"General, the night tower spies are asking to see you!"

"It's only now!" Xia Houyuan gritted his teeth. If the news from Yelou had come earlier, he wouldn't have suffered such a big loss.

"Night Tower Spy, Lei Yong, meet General Xia Houyuan!"

A young man bowed his head in salute.

"You Yelou are really good, the enemy army hit our back, and you just showed up!" Xia Houyuan didn't like Yelou very much, and he didn't care much about Jia Xu, he said gloomily: "If this time , Ye Lou can't give me an explanation, don't blame me for being rude!"

"This matter is because I, Yelou, failed to inquire clearly earlier, so I will punish you!"

Lei Yong is also Jia Xu's favorite general, quite responsible, he cupped his hands and said, "But now there is even worse news, please be careful, General Xiahou!"

"what news?"

"Although the main force of the Ming army's Yuzhou front was entangled in the Runan line by the Jiangdong army, Huang Zhong still divided his forces into two groups to go north. One was to go to Wuguan and the other to go to Hulao Pass!"

Lei Yong said: "It was the Ming army who came north from Wuguan to attack you, and at this time, the Ming army who penetrated from Hulao Pass was about [-] to [-], and they should have arrived in Luoyang! "

"Damn!"

Xia Houyuan's complexion suddenly became gloomy.

Luo Yang, he couldn't keep it.

Unless he is willing to have tens of thousands of sons under his command die here.

"Xia Houshang!"

"exist!"

"You take the lead in the first battalion, go from the north, enter Mang Mountain, then go to the Yellow River to find a ferry, and meet my main force to cross the north, I want to go north!"

Xia Houyuan absolutely did not dare to stay in Henan at this time. It was the most correct choice to bring back his soldiers and horses. It would be the most stupid choice if he died in battle here.

As for going north, the most critical thing is the Yellow River. He cannot be blocked by people in the Yellow River, so occupying the ferry is the most critical.

"Yes!"

Xia Houshang took the order.

(End of this chapter)