Chapter 346 The decisive breakout battle
Regret or not is no longer important.
At this moment, whether it is Jian Yong, the person who runs errands or Liu Bei, the person who is in charge, they only have the right to decide, but no choice.
At the third hour of Mao, the horn sound of the passionate trumpet broke through the morning light, and the smoke and dust rolled around the sky, replacing the morning light, rising slowly with the morning sun. Needless to ask, it must be Taishici's comeback on time.
It is clear that it is the time agreed upon in the letter.
Jian Yong looked back at each other, and saw that the Lord's expression was calm, but his eyes flashed with helplessness. He raised his hand silently, Guan Yu held his fists and took the order, and arranged the breakthrough with great courage.
He bluffed his flag on the top of the city and assembled the troops, with elite soldiers in front, direct guards in the middle, and those with mediocre combat power in the back, all gathered at the north gate.
This was also the promised in the letter. Wang Yu, like a god, controlled all aspects of this breakthrough battle between his hands. Whether it was a friend or an enemy, he became a puppet in his hand. He could only act by obeying orders and had no other way.
Liu Bei watched Guan Yu gather his troops indifferently and scattered a few old and weak and wounded soldiers into the people. Because of him, many people gathered in the Qingyuan area, most of which came from Anping County.
Gongsun Zan walked too fast. Although the single Jing went south at the first time, he could not speak the same as Gongsun Zan. The strength comparison in Anping's territory changed instantly, and the people of Bohai who entered Anping's harvest became nothing to rely on. Therefore, when Liu Bei raised his arms and shouted, he immediately had a very high appeal.
If it weren't for Cao Ren's sudden attack, there would be more population in the city.
Originally, this was also an important bargaining chip for Liu Bei. Wang Yu had the name of benevolence and loving the people. The hungry people in the Bohai Sea came at his call and left it alone, which was somewhat unreasonable. Although Yuan Shao was from a high-ranking family and treated the people as grass, he valued face. Liu Bei thought to himself that if Wang Yu refused to come, when Yuan Shao arrived, he would surrender with the military and civilians in the city and surrender, and it would be fine to save his life.
However, his plan was completely disrupted by Taishici's surprise attack.
Taishi Ci did not come, and his excuse for surrender was easier to find. It can be said that he was unfortunately bewitched by others or was forced by the traitors to care about the safety of the people, so he had to strictly guard the city and wait for the wise king.
If it goes well, you can even be a high-profile attitude, such as claiming: As long as Yuan Shao protects the lives of the soldiers and civilians in the city, he is willing to be killed in front of the two armies. Otherwise, the soldiers and civilians in the city will inevitably survive and die with Qingyuan, and fight to the last soldier.
Once this step is set, Yuan Shao naturally has no reason to go with the flow.
This is a beautiful story and is famous, and it is usually spread through such examples. In addition, Cao Ren could not capture it for a long time, and as soon as Yuan Shao arrived, the enemy troops tied up and greeted him, which could greatly satisfy their vanity. Of course, by accepting surrender, the role of sweeping away the decline that had failed repeatedly before and boosting the morale of the army cannot be ignored.
However, with Taishici's two raids, this method no longer works.
Cao Ren and the generals of Jizhou are all long-standing rivals. None of them was foolish. Yesterday, they could be said to be caught off guard. Today, they could not understand why Taishi Ci came from.
After two responses, I failed to break through and couldn't find excuses. Either I planned to surrender deliberately or I was extremely incompetent and could not break through like this.
No matter which one is, he does not agree with Liu Bei's expectations. Even if he surrenders to Yuan Shao, it is a temporary solution. He will still find another opportunity to leave in the future. In order to save his life, he will ruin his reputation. This is not a good deal.
In short, all the plans have been lost, and then I can only follow Wang Yu's flag to circulate.
Taishici's tactics were the same as the day before, pretending to attack the Cao army array. Cao Ren didn't know whether he had not seen through the enemy's intentions or had no choice. His response method was similar to the day before. He gave up the village wall without hidden effects, retreated dozens of steps back, and deployed a shield formation. Before the enemy entered a hundred steps, he even stopped his routine long-range attack.
Anyway, I can't ejaculate that paper armor, why bother?
The Qingzhou Jingqin did not hesitate, and still divided into two in front of the formation, whistling by, igniting the war to the various divisions of Jizhou.
Seeing this, Liu Bei understood that Cao Ren had not seen through Taishi Ci's intention, but he had no choice but to think about it. Qingyuan City was not big, but it was nearly ten miles in a radius. The cavalry ran around it very lightly, but the infantry could not chase it.
Of course, the two-legged ones cannot run four-legged ones, and even if they catch up, the formation will collapse and they will be disorganized in front of the cavalry. Wouldn’t that be killed? The Cao army and the Jizhou army are just alliances, not one family, and it is impossible to disrupt the establishment and strengthen the strength of friendly forces. At most, adjust the garrison scope like now, and entrust the less important direction to relatively weak troops.
As for the result, it can only be done and left to fate.
Seeing that the Qingzhou cavalry had turned around, Liu Bei did not hesitate and shouted firmly: "Open the city gate and attack!"
"Here!" Guan Yu carried the knife and got on the horse, and agreed loudly.
With a harsh creaking sound, the city gate slowly opened, and Guan Yu took the lead and killed him. Inspired by the second general, the morale of the former soldiers soared, and a shocking shout of killing erupted. Following closely, the morale was as bright as a rainbow.
Liu Bei sighed and turned over the horse, then reminded Jian Yong: "Xianhe, be sure to follow closely and don't fall behind."
"I am worried about it when I am tired." Jian Yong felt warm in his heart and asked softly: "Although things are not satisfactory, they are about to break through. After all, they are escaping from birth, lying on firewood and tasting gall, and there will always be a chance to recover in the future. Why does the lord sigh?"
"Haha," Liu Bei's mouth moved slightly, and he showed an indistinguishable bitter smile, and said meaningfully: "The so-called power scheme is nothing more than a method of harming others and self-interest. Xianhe, please watch it. If you can't understand the various mysteries in this battle, it's better if you don't learn this way of power scheme."
After saying that, he pulled the reins with his left hand, held out the sword with his right hand, shouted "Follow me!" and led the central army's direct troops out of the city.
Jian Yong seemed to understand, but he knew that now was not the time to delay, and the most important thing in breaking through was to control the time. At the beginning, taking advantage of the enemy's lack of preparation, he had to expand the results of the battle as much as possible. When the enemy reacted and surrounded him, he could only keep his head shut and run away desperately.
In theory, the breakthrough should be very smooth.
Regardless of his ability or strength, Lu Kuang is not much stronger than his younger brother. Yesterday, Taishi Ci was fighting alone, and he was already out of the way. Today, the attack on both sides would definitely be smoother than yesterday. With the restraint of Qingzhou elite cavalry, even if Cao Ren organized the pursuit, the threat would not be too great.
However, after the incident came to an end, Jian Yong understood why the lord had such an evaluation of himself. This method of power and conspiracy was indeed profound.
Lu Kuang was far from being as incompetent as he thought. He calmly divided his troops into two groups of troops in the attack inside and outside the city.
The two thousand troops of the front army set up a shield formation and shrank on the spot, allowing the rain of arrows from the Qingzhou cavalry to fall on their heads, but they had no intention of fighting back. The back army turned leisurely to fight back, rushed forward and slapped forward.
Obviously, he was prepared.
Lu Kuang's preparation was like this. Looking at the entire besieged army, you will find that Cao Ren's preparation was much more than that. Seeing Guan Yu and Liu Bei's flag, Lu Kuang quickly conveyed the battle situation to Cao Ren. Soon, a loud "dongdong" sounded in the south gate, and it was a rushing car!
Needless to say, Gao Lan started to attack the city.
Cao Ren himself was not idle either. He gave up the position at the East Gate and began to divide his troops into battle. The large group of people moved north, probably to circumvent the way Liu Bei's army was cut off. The elite battalions of elite soldiers were bypassed the city wall, joined the sniper battlefield, and formed a situation of attacking on both sides with Lu Kuang's army.
Jian Yong realized that the imaginary momentum was unstoppable and did not exist at all. He was about to face a hard battle, or even a desperate battle with no way out!
Facing the turtle formation that Lu Kuang was defending his turtle formation with strict defense, the Qingzhou army that was supporting obviously had no choice. The cavalry did not pose much threat to the turtle formation. The ending of the Battle of Jieqiao also proved that the attack ability of the light cavalry was quite weak, and even if the leader was a powerful general like Taishi Ci, it would be of no help.
The Qingzhou army could not rush to the scene, so Liu Bei's army could only rely on himself. It was a daydream! Moreover, I couldn't blame the other party. They had already come once yesterday, so who told you not to follow him?
Now, everything is in vain and I can only fight for my life.
It was indeed hard to fight for his life, and Liu Bei pushed all the elites he had collected for a long time to the front line.
This elite force has been accumulated since the first year of Zhongping. It has nothing to do with official positions. It is the private soldiers of the three brothers. They are in front of the battle when fighting with the wind and in the back of the strong enemy. Every time they experience a fierce battle, the remaining warriors will be selected and joined.
This army has no number and has not established a complete system. If it is not Liu Bei's confidant, it is impossible for him to have any understanding of this elite force.
Although Liu Bei has suffered many setbacks and suffered many defeats over the years, this elite force has been growing. From the first one of more than a hundred people to now, there have been 500 people!
When the plain was chasing Zhang He and was ambushed, the elite troops stayed in Pingyuan City together with Guan Yu; when the Qingyuan was raided by Cao Ren, the elite troops were also sitting in the city; during the Battle of Jieqiao, Liu Bei led his army to snipe the Iron Cavalry of Jizhou, and this troops were also in the center of the queue and were closely protected.
Jian Yong knew very well that Liu Bei didn't care about the mobs who surrendered and accepted the rebels. As long as this elite force was not damaged, no matter how many mobs were killed or injured, he wouldn't care.
But now, not only was Guan Yu leading the way to rush to the front line, but Liu Bei also personally led the troops to rush towards the enemy formation. What is this not a life-long struggle?
Is it harmful to others and benefit yourself? Indeed! It has forced out all the lord's family, but it still makes people feel troubled. How can such a strategy not be admired? (To be continued. Please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!)
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