Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 279

"Feng's ineffectiveness caused the lord to be trapped for many days. It's a blessing that the lord didn't punish him. How dare he take the credit?" Zhao Feng looked at the smiling old Liu who escaped from death, no matter what he thought now, he still wanted to say the polite words. of.Otherwise, who knows if he would mind?Even if he doesn't mind, others will.Just listening to these words, it felt as if Lao Liu had a little affection for himself. Zhao Feng felt that he was too spoofed when he thought of this, so he quickly suppressed these weird thoughts.

But now Liu Bei is obviously in a good mood. After greeting Zhao Feng, Liu Bei looked around again.When seeing Li Yan, Liu Bei was taken aback for a moment, and finally said with some emotion: "Zhengfang, you are here too!"

With a "plop", Li Yan immediately knelt down on the spot and said, "My lord, forgive me. Li Yan was confused for a while, and was coerced by Pang Shiyuan to make trouble together. Although he was in Xuchang, he didn't come to rescue him until today. Please forgive me, my lord. Don't dare to complain!"

Liu Bei didn't say anything yet, but Wenpin couldn't stand anymore. He hurriedly stepped forward and said, "My lord, Li Zhengfang cannot be blamed for this matter. He was coerced by Pang Shiyuan and Liu Shuye, and he didn't find a chance to come to rescue him until today. Or, in the past month or so, Xiahoudun has repeatedly invaded Yanzhou, but was repulsed by Zhengfang. If Li Zhengfang hadn't organized the army in time to come to rescue me with me, I am afraid that General Zhao would have to spend more time to repel Cao Hong. Kung Fu." Wenpin said this, while quickly winking at the crowd.

Li Yan's popularity is pretty good on weekdays, but at this time Wenpin took the lead, and everyone persuaded him one after another.Liu Bei waved his hand to signal everyone to be safe and calm, and then he helped Li Yan himself and said, "Zhengfang couldn't help himself, don't I know? Now that he can send troops to save him, that's enough to explain everything." After a pause, Liu Bei also changed the topic and said: "I have been trapped in Xingyang alone for many days, but I don't know how the situation is now?"

Everyone knew that Liu Bei had forgiven Li Yan.At the moment, everyone tacitly does not discuss this topic, but Ma Di, who is the most well-informed, narrates some recent events to everyone.From the death of the emperor and Cao Cao's retreat, until Sima Yi's rebellion later, Hanzhong fell.Not to mention that Liu Bei and others didn't know a lot about all this, even Zhao Feng had just heard about many things.

"Your Majesty!" As Zhao Feng expected, when Liu Bei heard that Emperor Xian of the Han had belched, he immediately burst into tears. He is a 50-year-old man, and the tears came as soon as he said it.It is not particularly strange that Zhao Feng has known him for a long time, but Ma Di and others were shocked.Fortunately, both Zhao Feng and Zhang Fei were used to this scene, the latter let it go, and the former was already familiar with how to persuade.Immediately opened the mouth and said: "My lord, your majesty was killed, of course it is revenge. How can my lord be so sad, such a self-harming body, even if your majesty knows about it under the nine springs, it will be difficult to rest in peace!"

"Bo Tao is right!" Liu Bei wiped away his tears and temporarily stopped crying.After a pause, Liu Bei asked bitterly: "I don't know what strategies you have now to deal with the current situation?"

Zhao Feng looked at everyone, mainly Chen Gong and Xu Shu, but he saw that they also signaled him to speak first.At that moment, Zhao Feng pondered for a while and said: "My lord is out of danger now, and with the troops brought by Li Zhengfang and Wen Zhongye, and the naval forces who are also Xingba have also entered the waterway of the Yellow River. The superiority between us and Cao Hong has been reversed. If he sees the opportunity quickly and quickly withdraws to Hebei, he will be fine. If he stays in Henan, he will be encircled and wiped out by us. As for the two divisions of Xu Huang and Zhang Jai, they are in the hinterland of Songshan all the way, and they are all entangled in quilts. If the army turns around, it will definitely be wiped out; the other way is the army stationed in Yongning with Zhang Jaw. If he sees the opportunity quickly, he can quickly join Cao Hong and flee back to Hebei. If he moves slowly, he will be gathered and wiped out by us."

"It's just that although Li Zhengfang has pacified Yanzhou and Yuzhou now, Pang Shiyuan and Liu Shuye have fled back to Jingnan. Including Ma Jichang from Berkshire, they still have 6 to [-] troops under their command. If Shi Guangyuan from Jiaozhou is included, the [-] people from Jiaozhou The army has a strength of nearly [-]. If they make trouble in the hinterland, I'm afraid it will be a disaster. Besides, now that Hanzhong has been lost, Sima Yi may invade Hanzhong at any time. Xichuan has few soldiers, and I'm afraid the situation will be unfavorable. !" After hearing Zhao Feng's words, Chen Gong was a little worried.Although he didn't make this very clear, everyone understood what he meant, that is, under the premise that the defense is unstable, it is best not to stay at the front line now, and it is better to return to the army quickly to appease the local area.Liu Bei was hesitating when he heard the words, but someone reported that it was Gan Ning who asked to see him.

"Please!" Liu Bei was a little surprised and hurriedly preached.Not long after, Gan Ning entered the tent, and after meeting with everyone, Gan Ning was a little frustrated and said: "My lord, I will go to the Yellow River to block Cao Hong's retreat according to what Li Zhengfang said. I don't want the boats to go to the Hanoi area. However, dozens of thick iron chains were stretched along the banks of the Yellow River, and there were still soldiers guarding both sides of the river, immediately blocking the entire waterway, and boats could not pass. The last general had no choice but to report to the lord first, and ask the lord to forgive him!"

"Big iron chain?" Liu Bei was stunned when he heard that, he didn't expect Cao Cao to use such a trick to deal with his navy.In this way, at least the upper reaches of the Yellow River will be guaranteed unimpeded.In this way, if Cao Hong really wanted to run away, Liu Bei really had nothing to do with him.

"Since that's the case, my lord, I think it's better for me to go back to the army first, to calm people's hearts, and to swallow Xu Huang's partiality along the way, that's all." Zhao Feng thought for a while.Now it seems that it is indeed unrealistic to completely wipe out Cao Jun in the south of the Yellow River.As for Zhang Jai's sideways approach, if he ran fast enough, he probably had no choice but to be knocked down.

"It can only be like this!" Liu Bei thought for a while, and finally sighed.After thinking about it, after escaping from death, he can also easily kill the opponent all the way. This ending is already very good.Thinking about it this way, Liu Bei felt much more comfortable.He was about to send someone to assist Wang Ping to deal with Xu Huang, but he heard Ma Di say, "Actually, as long as the deployment is done properly, even if Cao Hong cannot be eaten, Zhang Jaw is [-]% to [-]% sure."

"Huh? Youchang, do you have any plans?" Zhao Feng knew that Ma Di sometimes had some whimsical ideas, so he asked him hastily.Ma Di looked at Liu Bei, and after getting permission from the latter's eyes, he said, "Now the total number of soldiers from all walks of life, such as my lord, General Zhao, Li Cishi, and General Gan, is 5 to [-]. Right now, General Zhou Tai is using the navy to rely on Luoshui to block Zhang Jaw, if he can let Zhang Jaw go, with our superior force, it will be very easy to kill Zhang Jaw."

"This is true, but you Chang, Cao Hong has already retreated, and he will send someone to notify Zhang Jaw to retreat too." Liao Hua frowned when he heard this.Ma Di shook his head, then pointed to the map and said: "Everyone, please see that Zhang Jai was originally stationed in Yongning, and now he is confronting General Zhou on both sides of the Luoshui River. Even though Cao Hong sent someone to tell Zhang Jai to retreat, Luoshui River is hundreds of miles north and south. How does the messenger know where Zhang Jaw is now confronting? If he searched slowly along the banks of the Luoshui River, it must be delayed. So the messenger must go to Yongning first, and learn where Zhang Jaw is now from Zhang Jai's men , and then go to inform Zhang Jaw."

"That's true!" Liao Hua nodded, but then asked again: "Even so, so what?" After hearing Ma Di's analysis, Chen Gong and Xu Shu seemed to have realized something.

"So the key for me right now is how to intercept the communication soldiers that Cao Hong sent. Since he must go to Yongning first, then we can send hundreds of people to cross Luoshui, cruise around Yongning, and see the enemy. The messengers will be robbed and killed. Cao Hong sent messengers from Hulao Pass to Yongning. The journey is farther than ours. If we cross the river to intercept at this time, we can catch up. At the same time, let General Zhou withdraw his troops to the north, When Zhang Jaw saw it, he naturally thought that General Zhou wanted to evacuate to Wancheng, and then thought that the situation in Xingyang was not good for our army, so General Zhou withdrew from Wancheng, and he didn't know what was going on, so he would definitely lead his army to cross the river as soon as possible. Come to Xingyang to participate in the battle, and we can take this opportunity to wipe out the enemy troops along the way." Ma Di said eloquently.His strategy is a bit novel, and when everyone heard it, they felt a little bit fresh.Even Xu Shu and Chen Gong, who were always resourceful, thought this strategy was quite ingenious.

Ma Su's strategy sounds complicated, but in fact the reason is very simple, that is, before Zhang Jaw knows the exact news, he will be deceived to the east of Luoshui, and then surrounded and wiped out.In terms of implementation, the key is to see whether the communication soldiers dispatched by Cao Hong can be intercepted.Liu Bei looked at the map, and praised unexpectedly: "Young Chang, your strategy is quite ingenious. I think even if you can't fool Zhang Jaw, at best you let him go. Bo Tao, you go and arrange people." , just follow Xiaochang’s plan!”

"Promise!" Zhao Feng agreed without hesitation, and suddenly felt a little weird: Liu Bei never looked down on Ma Di in history, but now he is full of praise. The historical deviation is too great.Now Zhao Feng dispatched one hundred of the most agile and capable cavalry to intercept Cao Hong's messenger on several roads to the east of Yongning.On the other hand, he mobilized people and prepared to kill Zhang Jaw all at once.Historical experience told him that Zhang Jai is definitely the top escape master in the Three Kingdoms.It is not difficult to defeat him, but it is not easy to capture him alive.Zhao Feng also tried to make the encirclement as tight as possible, so as not to let this big fish escape.

More than a hundred people left Xingyang one after another, some went to rob and kill the signal soldiers, and some went to inform Zhou Tai.At this time, on both sides of the Luoshui River, the angry Zhang Jaw and the arrogant Zhou Tai were confronting each other, and the moods of the two formed a sharp contrast.

Zhang Jai knew that the Jingzhou Army Navy was sharp, and he was not an opponent.But he also knew that the Yellow River had already been blocked by his own big iron chain, and the Jingzhou Navy would never enter the Luoshui.Without the battleship, could Zhou Tai still stop himself?
The answer is yes.Also riding on the confiscated ordinary civilian fishing boats, merchant ships, and even just built rafts, Zhou Tai's five thousand sailors opened their jaws in confusion and have been unable to cross Luoshui for the past two days.Although these Jingxiang sailors in leather armor had no warships, these civilian ships rowed quite smoothly.Looking at Zhang Jaw's side, the Northern Army couldn't find a few who could row boats, so they had to recruit fishermen from both sides of the strait to row boats.But even so, when these fishermen who had never experienced warships came to intercept them, they panicked, and most of them jumped into the water to escape on the spot.However, Zhou Tai's sailors could shoot crossbow arrows while rowing.If Zhang Jaw dared to send someone to cross the river on a bamboo raft, there would be sailors with water skills who would dive underwater and cut the raft's leather rope.After the raft was scattered, these Cao soldiers were left to drown.All in all, it took two days of work, and more than 2000 people were killed or injured. Cao Jun was stunned and couldn't survive every single soldier.On the other hand, on Zhou Tai's side, there were less than 200 casualties.Judging from this posture, unless the 4 horses with open jaws have become proficient in water, they will never want to cross Luoshui.

"Damn it, this damn Luoshui!" Zhang Jaw was furious after failing to cross the river again.Several lieutenants around him were silent, but in the end his brother Zhang Chao accompanied him and said cautiously: "Brother, do you think there is another way to cross the river?"

"Another way, what can you do?" Zhang Jaw said angrily.Zhang Chao was thinking to himself, but he saw Zhou Tai who was opposite him yell, for some reason, everyone gathered together, and then retreated south.This retreat was so fast, it was like a lost dog.

"What's going on?" Zhang Jai and the others looked at each other in blank dismay.After a long while, Zhang Chao still asked, "Brother, what is Zhou Tai up to, that he ran away?"

"Could it be that General Zilian and General Gongming defeated Zhao Botao and sent troops south?" Zhang Jai murmured.Everyone thought it over and felt that this possibility was the greatest.Zhang Jai thought about it, but he really couldn't think of anything else, why Zhou Tai had to run away suddenly.Naturally, he would not have thought that because of Li Yan's rebellion, the comparative advantage of the Cao and Liu armies in Henan had already been reversed.He would never have imagined that the five messengers Cao Hong sent out to inform him had all been intercepted.At this time, the one moving south was not Cao Hong who was about to join him, but Zhao Feng who was about to kill him.

"Quickly, cross the river and fight!" Zhang Jaw was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered people to hurry up and cross the river.Without Zhou Tai's interruption, the [-]-jaw army had already crossed half of the river in a short time.Just when Zhang Jaw was thinking that almost all of them could cross the river tonight, suddenly a fast horse came quickly from the east.

"General Zhang, hurry up, retreat quickly. Liu Bei has already escaped from Xingyang, General Cao was defeated and returned to Hulao Pass, and now Liu Bei's army is coming!" The knight on the fast horse screamed before he fell off his horse.Zhang Jai was also taken aback when he heard the words, but at this moment he heard shouts of killing from the lower reaches of the Luohe River, and then countless soldiers and horses came to kill them.No matter how unresponsive Zhang Jaw was, he knew that he was in ambush today.

"Quick retreat, quick retreat!" Zhang Jai commanded in a hurry, and he was the first to jump on the boat and retreat to the west bank.Ao Feng, who led the army to kill, saw this situation, and quickly ordered to outflank him, and quickly surrounded and wiped out Zhang Jaw.But at this moment, a big army came to the east, and the banner on the first battle flag was "Zhendong General Xu".

"How did Xu Huang come here?" Seeing this banner, Zhao Feng was also taken aback for a moment, but there were not too many people, so Zhao Feng ordered to fight immediately.Following his order, Zhang Liao and Gao Lan respectively led their men to rush up from both sides to intercept Xu Huang and fight.

(End of this chapter)