Chapter 189: Destroy the Peak and Climb the Difficulty
"Now that the matter has come to this, we should quickly think of a plan to retreat." [Six Chapters of a Floating Life·Wandering Travel Notes]
Not long after, a group of soldiers and horses appeared at the east gate, flags were raised, and marching drums were played. It seemed that there were infantry and cavalry about to come out. Wu Yan, who was angry after suffering a loss, saw it and immediately led his troops to rush towards him.
Tadun, who vowed to take revenge and was well prepared, followed closely with his army.
Just as they were heading towards the east gate facing the camp, Tian Yu suddenly rushed out from the south gate with his fine cavalry. When Cheng Pu saw this, he immediately shouted "Hello" and beat the drum himself. Wuhuan's army panicked.
When Shen Shen was at a loss, both sides launched an attack at the same time. Wu Yan's troops were the first to be in chaos. They threw away their bows and arrows, slapped their horses and fled back. They collided with Tadun and others. There was chaos below the city. Then Cheng Pu dropped his troops.
Drumstick, personally led his troops and horses in pursuit for several miles, and fought until nightfall, when everyone around him was sleepy, then he withdrew his troops.
The corpses of Wuhuan people were scattered outside the city. After this battle, Tadun did not dare to go too close to Wuzhong County, so he had to camp ten miles away to rest.
Early the next morning, Tadun, who had been fighting in fear all night, saw that the Han army did not make another attack, so he plucked up the courage to move forward with his troops. He saw the Han army waiting in formation at the top of the city. Thinking of yesterday's defeat, he couldn't help but sigh to his left and right: "Han
The army is so strong that a small number can defeat a large number. I, Wuhuan'erlang, have been conquering Youyan for many years, but I just bullied the Han Dynasty when it was weak!"
"Yesterday they relied on a sneak attack to win, which was not very powerful. How could they lower the morale of our army?" Nanlou stood up and said. The young man was just a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers: "If you ask me to attack the city in the daytime, there will be no chance.
An unbreakable truth!"
Tadun laughed angrily at his remarks. He did not object and allowed the other party to touch the rocks: "Okay, if you have such ambition, how can I fail to fulfill it? This battle must uphold my father's legacy.
give up."
Wu Yan looked on anxiously, but he had just suffered a defeat and couldn't say anything. He could only watch Nanlou excitedly ordering his troops and horses, driving the looting Han people to prepare to attack the city. Nanlou was destined to attack the city.
Under the defense of Cheng Pu, Zhou Yu and others, they suffered a lot. For several days in a row, not only did they not gain anything, but they also suffered a lot of losses, and their prestige in the army was completely lost.
Tadun saw that Nanlou was finally convinced and honest, so he pretended to reprimand him once, and returned to the time when he had always said the same thing, but the price was that he would have to bear the responsibility of attacking the city. He thought for a long time.
, just then he said: "Calculating the distance, Zhang Liao's army should have arrived from the upper valley. This is an isolated city. They are tired from the distance. We can set up an ambush on the road to defeat their reinforcements. We will not fight until the end of the city."
Next, Zhang Liao will also be defeated by me."
His idea aroused the approval of everyone in the hall. On the one hand, they admired Tadun's resourcefulness, but on the other hand, everyone was unwilling to attack the city again.
If Zhou Yu in the city knew Tadun's thoughts, he would also take a high look at Tadun. The opponent has been able to unite the three counties of Wuhuan for many years. He is also brave and resourceful and cannot be underestimated. After several days of fierce fighting, the armies in the city also began to
Although their morale was still high, Cheng Pu and others knew that this was not a long-term solution, so they asked Zhou Yu for advice, and Zhou Yu soon came up with a solution, which was to send Sun Li as an envoy to the enemy camp.
Sun Li was a native of Zhuojun, Youzhou. He was famous for protecting the righteous deeds of Lu Zhi's surviving son. He was brave and resourceful and won the trust of Zhang Liao. When he heard Zhou Yu's order, his first reaction was surprise.
Then came the realization: "The minister's intention is to deliberately reveal to Tadun the news that the prince has led his elite troops to Liucheng? So that they will be demoralized and retreat on their own..."
"Ta Dun can be considered a wise man. Whether he believes in him or not, the morale of the army will be in chaos. This is a conspiracy." Zhou Yu nodded and said: "It is useless to fight anymore. It will only make our army's losses more heavy and there is a risk of the city being destroyed.
General Zhang could only take Liucheng, but could not completely defeat Wuhuan. Now General Zhang should have left Lulongsai, so it would be easy to tell Tadun to retreat hastily and lift the siege here."
"Let them go like this?" Cheng Pu was a little unwilling.
Zhou Yu replied affirmatively: "In this battle, undefeated means victory. We don't seek to defeat the enemy, but seek to retreat. As long as we delay it for enough time, the rest will be left to General Zhang."
Cheng Pu frowned and said nothing. Tian Yu was good at observing words and suggested: "It seems inappropriate for us to just sit back and watch Tadun retreat. Why don't we send troops to chase him for a few miles so that he can't retreat with peace of mind and lose more troops here?"
Ma, the pressure will be less with General Zhang."
"No, Tadun is resourceful, so what if he sets up an ambush on the retreat?" Zhou Yu cautiously rejected this suggestion, but looking at Cheng Pu's unwilling expression, in order to take care of his emotions, he had to say: "Please come back then."
Duke Cheng will send a group of troops to follow you from a distance."
Everyone accepted the order, so Sun Li went to Tadun's army as the chief secretary of General Zhengbei.
Tadun was panicking, but he pretended to be calm and still didn't believe what the other party said: "Don't come here to trick me. Zhang Liao's army is in Shanggu County right now. How could he run to Liucheng? There is only one road from Wu End to Liaoxi.
Unless he goes around the Great Wall, but even so, he can't hide it from my eyes and ears, it's simply impossible!"
"You are indeed ignorant." Standing in the Wuhuan Army, Sun Li could still hold up his chest and refuted the opponent with great momentum: "You didn't know that there was an old road in Xuwu County that led directly to Liucheng. Could it be that the name of Lu Longsai?
Haven’t you heard of it?”
Neng Chen was the oldest. When he heard the name "Lu Longsai", his face changed drastically and he kept winking at Tadun. Tadun's mind changed rapidly. He wanted to stand up from the table, but he couldn't control it.
Out of fear and excitement, he actually jumped up on the spot: "Humph! Don't lie to me. I believe Zhang Liao led reinforcements from Shanggu. You said he took a detour to Xu Wu, which is really ridiculous!"
"Isn't it ridiculous? With your Shanyu's spies, it's easy to find out. But..." Sun Li said slowly: "Your family members in Liucheng, old and weak, may already know it very well."
After saying that, he was about to turn around and leave when Nanlou immediately slapped the table and shouted: "Our army's tent is here, you still want to leave!"
A group of tall and strong Wuhuan people came in with weapons and surrounded Sun Li.
Sun Li was quite courageous and was not afraid to laugh when he saw this. He turned to look at Tadun and said, "Is it you, my lord, who is the master, or is the Shanyu of Liaoxi the master? You have rebelled today. Although your crime is serious, as long as you surrender sincerely, there will be no leniency.
It is possible for him to be pardoned, but the messenger who killed the Han... you all have to think about it."
"If you let him talk too much, take him down!" Nanlou shouted.
Before everyone could take action, Tadun suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute!" He looked at Sun Li fiercely: "Let him go back!"
Amid the incredible exclamations, Sun Li smiled softly, cupped his hands and said, "It's a wise choice, sir."
"Shut up!" Tadun looked around angrily. After seeing that the dissatisfied voices and eyes were suppressed, he discussed the conditions with Sun Li: "If I tell you, how do my 'eyes and ears' detect you?
Regarding military affairs, what will happen afterwards?"
This is almost like considering a retreat. Liucheng is the center of Wuhuan in the three counties, and is related to countless Wuhuan family members and wealth. Once there is a loss, the battle will be unwinnable. So Tadun can take it or let it go.
When he shrinks his head, he can accept the reality better than anyone else.
Sun Li was slightly surprised. In fact, they had been curious about the authenticity of Kebi Neng being ordered to attack Wuhuan, but was defeated in the first battle. Unfortunately, Xian Yuyin and others who led the army died that time, and there was no way to know the result. Even what happened later
Yan Rou, who went to Kebineng's army to comfort and inquire, was also stranded in the Xianbei army for various reasons. In the eyes of Zhang Liao, Zhong Shao, Zhou Yu and other Youzhou military and political leaders, it was a certainty that Kebineng had two intentions.
Now looking at Tadun's attitude, it seems that there is further collusion between the two parties.
"If you have anything to say, let's talk about it after seeing General Zhang." Sun Li remained calm and turned around to leave. He would not make any promises to Tadun, nor did he have the right to make any promises. This time he turned around and left.
No one stopped him, and Sun Li breathed a sigh of relief. Before he could wipe off the cold sweat, he returned to the city and reported the matter to Zhou Yu.
After hearing this, Zhou Yu just smiled and said: "Don't worry about him, he just wants us to let him go for the time being and go after Kebineng first. But he doesn't know that the imperial temples are regarded as first Wuhuan, then Xianbei, and all the tribes outside the Great Wall.
All of them must be the concubines of Han ministers." His eyes darkened, looking at the flags waving under the city: "Tadun doesn't want to think about death, he just wants to surrender, it's too late!"
Although Tadun believed 70% to 80% of Sun Li's words at this moment, he still had some concerns. The capable minister stood aside and said strangely: "If Zhang Liao really detours to attack our city of Liucheng, why would they take the initiative to tell us about such a big thing?"
?Wouldn’t it be worse to hide this matter and not mention it until we find out..."
"This just shows that Wuzhong City has no strength to hold on. As long as we attack for two or three more days, we will definitely break the city." Nanlou suddenly said excitedly: "Sun Li's words must be an excuse he used to trick us into retreating.
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"That's right, in order to deceive us and others into retreating, they even wanted this reason. The Han people are really despicable!" Wu Yan said quickly, but the panic look on his face had already betrayed him.
"Come here!" Tadun suddenly called. He asked people to check whether there were Zhang Liao's reinforcements in the direction of Shanggu, but the result was that there was nothing. According to the schedule, there should be news about Zhang Liao by this time, unless Zhang Liao didn't want to
Is it possible to save this stronghold?
All kinds of information have proved that Zhang Liao did take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to surround Wei and rescue Zhao, and then went to Liucheng. In Nanlou, Wu Yan and others also wanted to continue the attack while there were no reinforcements in Wujing City, and then plunder Youzhou. However,
Tadun flatly refused because he was too aware of the size of both parties. Youzhou could lose 100,000 Han people, but Wuhuan could not withstand such a loss.
Thinking of this, Tadun made a decisive decision and resolutely chose to retreat. As expected, Cheng Pu sent a group of soldiers and horses to hang at a distance. He neither pursued them to fight nor allowed the Wuhuan people to return in peace, but chose to attack the Wuhuan army.
They came to make a surprise attack while they were resting, which made the soldiers extremely tired.
Having no choice, Tadun had no choice but to leave behind Wu Yandu, who was clamoring for the most counterattack, while he personally took 40,000 light cavalry and rushed to Liucheng.
At this time, under the leadership of the local guide Han Dang, Zhang Liao led his army to climb over Xu Wu Mountain, enter the upper reaches of the Luan River via Lulongsai, and turn eastward at Pinggang County, the former Beiping County, outflanking Wuhuan's territory in western Liaoning.
, and dozens of miles ahead is Liucheng, the headquarters of Wuhuan, the three counties.
Zhang Liao ordered a short rest for a day, and was prepared to change his strategy the next day when Tadun's information had not been detected. He directly sent his troops to Liucheng, destroying Wuhuan's lair in the three counties, and then turned back to attack Tadun. This battle was
Zhang Liao personally led the main attack, and his subordinates had always obeyed the general's bravery in conquering the north. They did not complain even if they traveled thousands of miles to attack.
What's more, there are 4,000 elite troubleshooters from the imperial court to help out. These days, the Youzhou border camp soldiers have also discovered that in terms of personal endurance and team uniformity, they thought they were the best under Zhang Liao's account at that time, but who would have expected?
This was called Luoyang's "Eastern Army" under the Northern and Southern Army. It was even more remarkable. Huang Zhong, the commander-in-chief of Jiefan, and Yujin, the commander-in-chief of Jienan, also managed the army strictly and enforced orders and prohibitions, so morale was even higher.
Both Huang Zhong and Yu Jin were directly subordinate to the emperor's Luoyang Imperial Army and had a certain degree of autonomy under Zhang Liao's control. After discussing it, they proposed to Zhang Liao to divide their forces: "Why don't we solve the problem and solve the problem for both parties?"
First join forces and march eastward, massacre Liucheng, join forces with Taishi Ci in Liaodong, defeat Liaodong Shanyu Subumaru and others, and then return to support the army?"
"The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered. It would be even more dangerous to divide the troops. This is not negotiable." Zhang Liao stroked the knot given by the emperor and carried it with him even when he was marching, because it represented that he was the supreme leader among the armies in the north.
The authority: "Wait for two days before making any plans."
"Here." Huang Zhong and others had no choice but to accept the order. One of him and Yu Jin was a surrendered general from Jingzhou, and the other was an old subordinate of Cao Cao. They were eager to perform meritorious service, but with Zhang Liao's strong orders, they could not force it.
"You are all veteran generals in the army and are familiar with battle formations, especially Han Sheng. You have served under Xu Gongming for several years. He is very good at using soldiers. Don't embarrass him." Zhang Liao knocked.
After a while, he said again: "You two will be the vanguard at that time, and let us border soldiers see with our own eyes how powerful the Eastern Army is!"
Zhang Liaohao competed with Xu Huang. This was an open secret in the army and even in the government and the public. Xu Huang himself had been promoted to the right general and did not care about it, but Zhang Liao had always regarded him as his opponent. Huang Zhong listened.
At this point, he cheered up. Xu Huang was the benefactor who promoted him, so he naturally wanted to fight this battle well.
Seeing this, Zhang Liao felt a little satisfied. Perhaps there were too many people like Huang Zhong under his command who wanted to fight and fight quickly. Zhang He had only become more at ease in recent years. Now that there are two more, he has already learned how to fight.
How to deal with it? Then he sent people to explore Tadun's traces. After learning about the enemy's situation, he led his troops to Shicheng and stood ready at Bailang Mountain.
Shicheng County used to be a county under Youbeiping County. After Emperor Guangwu resurrected the province, it was merged into the county of Tianxia County. This area was abandoned because of the sparse population and land poverty. In the south of Shicheng County, water flows eastward, turning north and passing through Bailang Mountain.
If you want to go to Shicheng County in western Liaoning via water and land from here, Bailang Mountain is the place you must pass.
It rained continuously that night, and the ground was muddy after the rain. The Wuhuan people took pity on their horses, so they had to dismount and walk. Not only did the march slow down a lot, but even the team began to loosen up. The troops led by Tadun were originally three men.
The coalition army composed of adults from various settlements in Wuhuan County was eager to return home. They had been marching for days and long distances, and were already exhausted.
Early the next morning, a layer of mist arose in the valley, and the water vapor obscured the figures, but no one in the Wuhuan Army noticed it at all.
When the shadow of a large group of Han troops was vaguely revealed in the morning mist, the cavalry in front hurriedly reported and blew horns in a chaotic formation, but it was already too late. Huang Zhong and Yu Jin led their troops with arrows raining down, and the Wuhuan people had no time to mount their horses.
They were hit by arrows one after another. When the two armies handed over, Huang Zhong's Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Chen Wu and others led the Han army into the enemy's formation, killing countless people.