Chapter Five Hundred and Fiftieth Chapter Yellow House Zuo Yu
"If you can defeat the masses with a small number, defeat the rest with hard work, and succeed again and again, which one will achieve greater results." [On Han General Li Jian]
"First, Yan Liang's vanguard lost 20,000, and then including Wen Chou and other troops, the total casualties were more than 40,000 to 50,000. Yuan Shao claimed to have 150,000, but could it really be 150,000?" The emperor pointed to the commander opposite, contemptuously.
He smiled and said: "You dare to bluff with only 20,000 to 30,000 combatable soldiers. Are you sure that I will give up when things get better?"
"Now that the morale is at its peak, we can defeat the enemy in an instant. At the right moment, we can summon Gao Shun and other generals to advance." Xun You said calmly.
This was what the emperor wanted. He raised his palm and said, "Well, Yuan Shao dares to go out into the battle in person, how can I be compared with him? Then send the order, and the imperial guards, lang guards, soldiers, auxiliary soldiers and other troops will hear the drum and go out into the battle."
He was actually doing this for show, mainly to show the emperor's determination to fight to the end. Before the emperor officially left the camp, the large banner representing the emperor's identity began to move forward slowly. The emperor stood on the impressive Zaogai military chariot,
Wearing military uniforms and wearing a snake-cutting sword on his waist, he held the cart wiper in one hand and moved slowly to the sound of drums.
Once the banner in the army was moved, Gao Shun and other generals and soldiers of the North and South armies on the battlefield could see it clearly. The nearly 30,000 people suddenly cheered up and cheered happily, knowing that the battle was far from over.
Yuan Shao's personal leadership of the army only slightly relieved the pressure on Lu Kuang, Han Xun and others, but did not play a role in reversing the situation. Before leaving the camp, he temporarily accepted Guo Tu's suggestion and ordered 50,000 to 60,000 auxiliary troops to die in the camp.
They used this to create momentum, trying to scare off Gao Shun and other troops, and temporarily bring the battle to an end.
But after finally gaining a foothold, the Northern and Southern armies in front of them not only did not retreat, but rejoined and formed a formation. Not long after Yuan Shao and other soldiers took a breath, following the wave of flags behind the enemy army, together with
Yuan Shao, his trusted advisers, and generals all made a hissing sound in unison. Standing tall and straight in front of them was
The emperor's great banner.
The emperor went to war himself.
No army in the world can defeat the Northern and Southern armies that the Emperor is proud of head-on. If two identical Northern and Southern armies meet on the battlefield, one side will never be able to defeat the other side's troops with the Emperor in person.
The moment the banner stood in front of the army and swayed in the wind, the battle was about to come to an end.
Yuan's army was defeated.
The bluff was suddenly exposed, and Yuan Shao did not dare to lead his existing remnants in a showdown with the vigorous North and South armies. Just when the opponent's cavalry had just started to prepare to charge, Yuan Shao led hundreds of cavalry to fight with Han.
Xun and others fled around the camp. At the same time, a group of civilians in the camp who did not know the truth were also organized and forcibly expelled from the camp, creating considerable chaos for the imperial court's attack and pursuit.
Zhang Meng and Pang De each led their light cavalry to bear the brunt of the attack. They were surrounded by civilian deserters who drove and killed them, seriously delaying the pace of his pursuit. Zhang Meng killed several people in a row and gave the order angrily: "Charge out first! It's important to chase Yuan Shao!"
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The military commander, Mahou Zhe, followed him closely. Hearing this, he reminded: "There are too many rebel soldiers. If we don't kill them and recruit them, we may be in trouble."
Zhang Meng only wanted to pursue Yuan Shao, so he retorted casually: "What do you know? If Yuan Shao is captured and killed, not only this place, but the entire world will be at stake. How can there be any danger?"
Then he drank Hou Zhe away and continued to follow his previous plan.
Pound was relatively calm on the sidelines. He kept giving orders to the left and right, shouting loudly, asking people to kneel down and surrender, abandon their weapons and avoid death.
Lu Kuang, who was left with a broken leg because of his slowness, was frightened when faced with the crazy killing of Zhang Meng and other riders. He wanted to escape, but the formation was scattered by the swarm of civilians, and he was trapped in the middle, unable to advance or retreat. At this time, Zhao Yun,
Ju Jun and other troops also came with infantry. Lu Kuang did not wait for the opponent to make any move, jumped off his horse, crawled on the ground, and begged for mercy: "Don't kill me, I surrender! I surrender!"
At this time, the camp was in chaos. Once the originally large number of civilians lost order, they could quickly engulf the Northern and Southern armies in the vast sea of people.
Seeing Yuan Shao fleeing, the emperor was worried that the chaos in front of him would continue, so he ordered Zhang Meng to lead 5,000 cavalry to pursue him. The remaining troops were to stabilize the situation and contain the rebels: "order Pang De and Ju Jun."
If we can surrender, we surrender. Now we are still outnumbered. Although there are no more enemy generals, we must be careful about trapping animals. Zhao Yun led the infantry battalion into Yuan's camp, counted the grain, grass, and baggage, and temporarily set up the auxiliary barracks.
Jun orders."
Jia Xu blinked and said quietly: "After years of fighting in Jizhou, I don't know how much food, grass and weapons are still in Yuan's camp. These tens of thousands of civilians are all your majesty's sons. How can you let the killings go unnoticed? Otherwise, open to the East Network.
On the one hand, we did not engage in pursuit and suppression, but allowed some of the soldiers to rebel and the civilians to flee and scatter in order to show His Majesty's benevolence."
The emperor understood what he meant. It was still during the war and had not yet been completely successful. It was already very difficult to transport grain from the distant Guanzhong area. Ten stones of grain and grass would cost more than half on the way. If these few were eaten at once, the emperor understood what he meant.
Ten thousand civilians and rebel soldiers not only have to spend time to defend against and adapt them, but they will also only increase military expenditure and increase logistical burdens.
Xun You immediately raised an objection: "What can be done if the rebel soldiers flee the countryside and devastate the place? What's more, if the rebel soldiers gather the remaining people and attack the grain roads, isn't it just adding trouble to the court?"
"The soldiers who transported grain and grass often numbered in the thousands. How could they dare to rob the grain if they were so frightened?" Jia Xu gently denied Xun You's second objection, but said nothing about the first one.
"We can't just let it go. We must surrender first, and then repatriate them one by one after the war, or resettle them on the spot." The emperor's eyes were deep, and he rejected Jia Xu's dangerous suggestion, and said slowly: "After all, I won't be in the army.
stay How long."
Xun You glanced at Jia Xu strangely. For some reason, the other party had been acting in extreme and deceitful ways recently. He had to achieve several intentions at the same time to do one thing. It was unclear whether this was Jia Xu's own initiative or something.
The emperor's secret instructions.
"Zijing." The emperor held the car and wiped it. He had just commanded a great victory and restrained the ecstasy in his heart. His tone was calm, and his expression was just a little more smiling than usual: "Can you please surrender for me?
Liaocheng?"
Lu Su, the man who was guarding the emperor and was one of the few in front of the palace, heard this and replied with enthusiasm: "There is no need to send people. When Liaocheng heard about the battle, there were people who came to surrender with the seal. If your majesty is willing, I am willing to bring a few cavalry.
Tell your majesty to surrender to the Qinghe River and bring peace to the two countries."
Qinghe and Anping are both north of Liaocheng, the hinterland of Jizhou. To the west of Qinghe is Wei County where Yecheng is located, and to the east is Qingzhou. Anping State is located between Hejian, Youzhou and other counties. If the two places change hands, not only can
By completely forcing Yuan Shao into a blind corner, he can cut off the connection between Bohai and Wei County, echoing Liu Yu's offensive in northern Hebei and southern Yan.
Now that Yuan Shao has been defeated, Jizhou must be internally empty and people are in panic. With Lu Su's ability and under the banner of the imperial court, there will be a great opportunity to achieve this without spending a single soldier.
"Good!" The emperor gave Lu Su this great achievement that was almost within his reach without hesitation. As he said this, he ordered someone to bring in a white horse. This horse was tall, majestic, mighty, and was white and shiny. It was a Qiang horse.
The horse presented by the emperor is also the emperor's royal horse: "You take my edict and ride on this horse to speed up the decision."
Lu Su got off his chestnut horse and thanked him excitedly but respectfully: "I dare to die for you!"
The emperor laughed and said: "Go! Wait for me in Ganling."
Xun You was attentive. He remembered that the emperor had just ordered a group of front men to recommend themselves to the battle. Compared with Zhang Heng's front men who were eager to go into battle to kill the enemy and were eager to perform meritorious deeds, the favor Lu Su received was so generous! This can also be done
Comparing the advantages and disadvantages between the two, as well as their future development potential, the emperor was always generous and appreciative of his cronies.
Seeing that the situation was gradually stabilizing, Xun You suddenly thought that Lu Su would also reward him for refusing temptation and doing his duty to stay by the emperor's side. What about the others?
Xu Chu rode silently on his horse, like a tower guarding the palace gate.
It didn't take long for the battlefield to be sorted out. In addition to those who escaped and died in the battle, there were more than 30,000 prisoners and more than 100,000 hu of food and grass, which could meet the needs of the 100,000 troops for half a month. The emperor returned to the camp and heard that
After capturing the victory, he nodded his head without saltiness and said: "Yuan Shao forgot to burn the food and grass when he fled, but it can be used by our army."
He also asked about his own battle losses. In this battle, in addition to the Yueqi camp far away in Qingzhou, there were more than 40,000 soldiers from the Northern and Southern armies together with the auxiliary troops, soldiers and guards, and Langwei. There were 6,000 casualties, half of which were belonging to the army.
The elite of the Northern and Southern armies.
The emperor thought in his heart that the number of prisoners now is almost equal to the number of troops under his command. Indeed, as Jia Xu said, it has not only caused a certain pressure on food and grass, but also added factors of instability. Thinking of this, the emperor first spoke
After some commendations, at the same time, Gao Shun, Yan Yan, Zhang Meng and other meritorious generals were granted the title of marquis. He also appointed Jujun as a partial general, and he and the surrendered general Lu Kuang took charge of the 30,000 tribesmen who had been reorganized and surrendered. Zhao Yun immediately
Take over the position of General Tiger and Lieutenant Commander.
As for the infantry captain vacated by Zhao Yun, it was not routinely selected from the generals within the Northern and Southern Army. Instead, the emperor selected his own guard Ling Wang Zhong to serve.
Wang Zhong was one of the first batch of trusted generals who followed the emperor. When the emperor was in private, he stood up to protect him as the pavilion chief. Later he was promoted to the rank of Guardsman to this day. The Guardsmanship guards the palace and is the key position closest to the emperor and is responsible for the emperor's personal security.
In the past few years, Wang Zhong rarely made public appearances or was promoted. This was probably not because of lack of ability, but because the emperor relied heavily on him and could not find a suitable person to replace him.
At this time, the emperor did not have many soldiers and horses under his command. He only assigned general positions but no soldiers and horses, which could easily cause trouble. The establishment of each department and battalion of the Northern and Southern Army had been determined. For the sake of balance, the highest general position was only Zhonglang General, and the emperor
Nor will they break the rules and create military positions such as 'General Habayashi' to elevate the status of the Imperial Army generals.
Therefore, except for the necessary job transfers to Ju Jun, Zhao Yun and others, the emperor only gave titles and material rewards. Fortunately, all the generals knew the situation. After a great victory, they were very confident in fulfilling their future achievements. At the same time, they also
He didn't want to leave the North and South Army, where the pay was extremely high, so he had no complaints.
"Pang De." The emperor glanced at Zhang Meng, who was chasing after him but returned in defeat, turned his eyes and said aloud.
"The end will be here."
"Tomorrow afternoon, you will immediately lead the Shuiying cavalry north to Ganling, interact with Lu Su who set off first, and clear the way for our army." The emperor gave this vanguard task to Pang De. After Yuan Shao's main force was defeated, he believed that this
There won't be much resistance along the way.
Zhang Meng glanced at Pound with envy and jealousy, and suppressed his words.
The emperor then said: "In the past few days, there have been frequent reports of victory. Not only Huainan and Xuzhou, but also Fan Chou and other tribes also had news of victory. In today's battle, the imperial court's victory has been determined, and the world will be at peace in an instant. This is all with the help of heaven. We
The blessings of the previous emperors of the Han Dynasty are also due to the hard work of all the monarchs! When the success is achieved, why should the court be generous with the title of marquis and reward? I only hope that the monarchs will continue their efforts, win without being arrogant, and make new achievements!"
"I would like to restore peace with Your Majesty!" All the generals and ministers in the tent praised in unison.
The emperor deliberately concealed the incident in Liangzhou in advance, and first released the news of good news in all directions, letting the whole army know that the imperial court was in a strong position and victory was imminent. When the incident in Liangzhou began to spread consciously and slowly, the negative impact of this incident would be
It will be reduced to the minimum. After all, many of the northern and southern armies are from Guanzhong. They are from good families in the six counties. The Liangzhou incident and the crisis in Guanzhong will greatly affect the morale of the army if it is not handled well. Therefore, the emperor did not care about this matter.
Be extremely cautious.
"The whole army is ordered to rest for three days, and then set off on the same spot and rush to Qinghe." The emperor nodded, immediately issued the military order, and ordered his surroundings to spread the news of the victory to all parties, especially to urge Cao Cao, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao and other generals.
, inspiring them to keep fighting.
After the military meeting, the monarch and his ministers held a simple banquet and then dispersed.
The emperor left Jia Xu alone, and Xun You and other ministers discussed the military affairs in the tent. The conclusion they came to was simply that with Yuan Shao's existing military strength, he would never stand firm in Qinghe, and he would either flee to the west to Yecheng, or flee to the east to the south.
Skin.
In this regard, Jia Xu and Xun You agreed that Yuan Shao would flee to Nanpi instead of Yecheng: "Although Yecheng has Chunyu Qiong, Zhang He, Jiang Qi and other generals with more than 30,000 troops, Wei County is located in Bingzhou, and Sili
In the meantime, Qinghe to the east of Wei County will now be captured by our army, and the State of Zhao to the north has been in turmoil frequently because of Liu Gong. If Yuan Shao escapes here, he will be trapped in a dead end, and he will be isolated and unable to
Reinforcements, and secondly, cut off any news about them from Qingzhou, Huainan and other places, and just wait for death."
"Retreating to Nanpi is indeed his only place to go." The emperor also agreed with the two people's opinions and said softly: "There is a false emperor in Nanpi, and Bohai County is the place where he started. It is far more reassuring than Yecheng..."
He briefly mentioned Yuan Shao's precautions against Jizhou's power, and then quickly went on to say: "The Bohai Sea is backed by the sea, with Youzhou Yuan Xi to the north to support, and Qingzhou Yuan Tan to the south to respond. If he still wants to lose his place,
If you resist stubbornly, you will definitely abandon most of Jizhou and retreat to the Bohai Sea."
"I believe that our army cannot advance rashly at this time. We need to wait until Wei County is restored and the people of Jizhou surrender, and then we can unite with Zhang Liao, Fan Chou and other troops to encircle Nanpi." Xun You said cautiously.
"Let's stay in Ganling and wait for news." The emperor frowned slightly sadly and settled the matter for the time being.