The general Gou Xi, the general of the East, was harsh and harsh. He was always strict in his military management and ruled. He often made contributions with strictness wherever the army went. Wherever the army went, there was often no bandits, and civilians killed wantonly, resulting in the counties and counties being burned and bloodshed. Over the past few years, he was called "Tu Bo". His younger brother, General Zhe Chong, was even more fierce and often regarded killing as a skill. The people of Yanzhou were unable to bear the fate and all said, "Little Gou is more than big Gou."
The Yanzhou Army was the army established by the Gou brothers with tough and fierce means. It was precisely through the strength of this army that Gou Xi became a powerful Fangzhen that made the Donghai King fear. The soldiers of the Yanzhou Army were warlike and bloodthirsty, just like their commander, and the Gou brothers seized all the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of soldiers and had absolute authority. Although they were not promoted by the court, they had no scruples on daily life and death. There were no less than ten senior officers dealing with by Gou Chun because of some minor reasons, and they didn't care about the more Xiahou Lie.
Gou Chun was riding outside today and met the Jizhou envoy and his group. The news he received was already annoyed, and he was ridiculed by the envoy Huan Yi, and he was even more in a bad mood. When he returned to the army, he suddenly found that tens of thousands of troops were defeated. This situation was so absurd that he could not believe it, and his emotions were completely out of control. At this time, whoever answered Gou Chun first would be the target of his venting his anger. Moreover, in Gou Chun's eyes, it was nothing wrong to kill Xiahou Lie. As a mere military leader, this man dared to issue orders and lead the army without authorization, which was already a death sentence; not to mention that his miscommand command led to the defeat of the army, which was even more intolerable.
He killed this person first to intimidate the soldiers, and then brought troops to fight the Hebei bandits! Gou Chun said this to himself, then drew out his long sword and killed Xiahou Lie on the spot.
But he never expected that Xiahou Lie's death directly led to the complete collapse of the Yanzhou army.
Two brave generals under Xiahou Lie's subordinates, Han Yaer and Zhao Jingan, were originally fighting on the front line. After hearing the news of Xiahou Lie's death, they were so shocked that they almost fell off the spot. After they reacted, they cried and cried, and then stopped entangling with the bandits and rushed towards Gou Chun.
After Gou Chun killed Xiahou Lie, he was busy sending troops to dispatch generals, rectifying the armor and horses, and preparing to fight bravely. He was indeed a brave and good general, and he was not afraid at all as the bandits roared around. Moreover, in terms of troops alone, more than 4,000 people were not the bandits, but the troops who rushed out first were Han Yaer and Zhao Jing'an, so no one wanted to resist.
It's a joke that all our lives were saved by the Xiahou Army Lord. General Zhe Chong wrongly killed the Xiahou Army Lord. Should we fight to fight with those brothers who revenge for the Lord? If we win, we will be revenge; if we lose, we will die even more unknown. The soldiers thought so, and when they saw the cavalry of the two generals of General Zhao roaring, they shouted and shouted for killing, and their bodies turned backwards. The military formations just now dispersed, and the three shallows that should have been closely guarded were discarded, and they were discarded at the same time.
How could the Hebei bandits let go of such a good opportunity?
Hundreds of enemy cavalry immediately broke into the south bank of the river along these three shallows. The last force that Yanzhou army could rely on was broken like mud and sand under the flood-like impact of the bandits. The water was wrapped in mud and sand and rushed southward, and could no longer be stopped.
About three days later, the result of this battle was spread to Ding Shao'er by the fleeing Yanzhou Army.
At this time, Ding Shao was no longer in Guangzong. After all, Shi Le established a camp on the east side of Gun Dike and could not deceive Ding Shao for long. The Jizhou army defended the Gun Dike and two days of great tension, but the once rampant bandits did not move at all. This scene made the soldiers gradually suspicious. After weighing the pros and cons, they sent a small number of troops to attack tentatively. Unexpectedly, once they found that the bandits in Hebei had no intention of fighting with them, they immediately followed the bandits' footsteps south. Unfortunately, as soon as the front army arrived in Beiqiu, they received news of the crushing defeat of the Yanzhou army.
Although he claimed to be healthy, Ding Shao was an old man in his sixties. His life in the military camp these days is inevitably difficult, and he also had to work hard to plan and fight, which undoubtedly damaged Ding Shao's health. The soldiers who were familiar with him could find that Ding Shao's forehead had many wrinkles, and his beard was becoming more and more gray, as if he had become a few years older in just a few days.
After listening to the intermittent statements of the defeated soldiers in Yanzhou, the generals and schoolmen on both sides were all shy. Ding Shao just raised his thin fingers and gently pressed his temples, silent.
Can't Shi Le do anything to Shi Le with such a linked and seamless plan? These days, the Jizhou army fought dozens of battles with the Hebei bandits. I thought it was enough to see through Shi Le, but I never thought that it was Ding Shulun who was seen through? The 47,000 troops who were in the army had suffered such huge losses after several months of fierce battles, but... Ding Shao suddenly thought that the soldiers who were abandoned as bait in Dongwu City, Qinghe, Beiqiu, and Boping were killed as meaningless and felt a little short of breath. He tried to guess the direction of Shi Le's next action, but he fainted from the depths of his heart.
Seeing the sunlight gradually deflecting, Ding Shao remained silent, while the generals around him stood in a breath and no one dared to disturb him.
"What a Shi Le... What a Shi Le!" After a long time, the governor of Jizhou sighed deeply, ignored the broken soldiers kneeling below, raised their sleeves and walked to a high place, and looked at the gray-yellow land in the south.
The thick clouds that were hanging down had not yet dissipated, and the Hebei Plain seemed to be low-spirited. Ding Shao frowned, as if he saw something moving in the distance. Could it be the enemy? Or are the ordinary shrubs and weeds on the wilderness?
After a while, he finally issued a deep order: "I ordered the troops to stop, be careful and prevent them, and send more scouts to the south to investigate the next trend of the bandit army. In addition, General Lu and Huan Maolun are likely to be in the Yanzhou army, so that the scouts will pay attention to inquiries. Once they know their whereabouts, they will be reported to me immediately regardless of day or night."
The general responsible for enemy reconnaissance bowed and took the order and retreated to make arrangements. Then dozens of black-clad knights rushed out of the front army.
Seeing the knights scattering into the vast world like birds all over the sky, Ding Shao felt that he had been standing for too long. He closed his sleeves again, his eyelids drooped, and his expression of fatigue was revealed. The servants carried a small car at the right time. Ding Shao got into the car and finally made up his mind: "Get camp!"
The central officer immediately went out to pass the order, and a subordinate winked at the left and right. The followers rushed to the back and took a screen made of thick cloth to block him. Ding Shao suddenly remembered something again: "Please organize this situation and immediately distribute it to Luoyang, Yecheng, Youzhou, Daijun and other places. This matter is of great importance, so don't delay it."
The civil servant who temporarily replaced the Chief Jiang Lun bowed deeply: "Abide by the order."
Ding Shao waved his hand and signaled the generals to retreat.
He was an extremely arrogant person, with strong confidence in his civil and military methods, and he once claimed that he was in control of the world. Because of this, Shi Le's unexpected military use was particularly difficult for him to accept, as if he was mocking him, and he could not really put the world in control of the world.
In fact, just when Ding Shao was angry about Shile's unexpected performance, even more unexpected plans were in full swing in Dai County, Luochuan Daiwang City, in the north of Jizhou.
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Chapter completed!