When the Huns and Xianbei arrived in Jinyang with a total of 20,000 troops, Chen Chong and Liu Bei finally decided to send troops.
After nearly a month of preliminary preparations, once the 160,000-strong army set off, its momentum was like an earthquake. Xu Huang in Qi County first moved south along the Fen River, met with Zhang Fei's troops in Hedong in advance, and then felled trees along the river.
, built boats and prepared to build pontoons to cross the river. Then the armies of the state gradually gathered. Chen Chong and Liu Bei fought in the south and north in these years, and their generals who had fought with them, such as Hedong Captain Zhang Fei, Shangdang Governor Zhang Yang, Yanmen
The governor Tian Yu, the governor Yang Hui of Xihe, the captain Xu Huang of Taiping, the captain Liu Deran of Dongping, the captain Gu Yi of Yanmen, the captain Linghu Yuan of Dingxiang, Wu Meng was engaged in Gaozhun, Bingcao was appointed Taishi Ci, and Dianjun was appointed Qin Yilu
, the cavalry captain Wei Gu and others all gathered together. In addition, there were also the Xiongnu Zuo Ri Zhu Wang Liu Xuan, Helian Gudu Hou Helianchi Hou, and the Xianbei Lord who came to help. For a while, flags stretched to the sky and soldiers reflected the sun.
, the magnificence of the military could not be improved. The entire Bingzhou could be said to have deserted, and only Duan You was a new recruit. Most of his subordinates were from Liang, and they were unwilling to fight with Li Jue and others. Therefore, Chen Chong appointed Duan You as the captain of Taiyuan.
.More than ten thousand people were deployed to guard Jinyang and Mayi.
Yang Feng, Han Xian and others who were stationed in Linjin sent scouts to Puban every day to watch. They saw Zhang Fei and Xu Huang's troops building ships and bridges on the other side of the river, and immediately returned to the city to report. When Yang Feng learned about it, he was shocked and went to Dugu with Han Siam.
Bei and others discussed and said: "With thirty to forty thousand troops crossing the river, temporary bamboo rafts and boats are enough, but the other side wants to build a bridge to cross the river. I'm afraid this is not an ordinary number. Can the number of troops reach more than one hundred thousand?" p>
This guess did not need to be recognized by the others. Soon the scouts came to report that there was an endless stream of sergeants arriving at Pu Ban. From time to time, a brand new flag could be seen. It had obviously been spread out for nearly four miles in front of Pu Ban, but it was
The rear formation of his team cannot be seen from a distance.
The number of incoming troops must have exceeded 100,000, which panicked them so much that Dugu went to Beiben and planned to send troops to destroy the pontoon. Han Xian hesitated and said: "Chen Tingjian always defeats the enemy with a small number and defeats the enemy with a small number."
The victory is overwhelming, and the troops are deployed like gods. It is really beyond our reach. What's more, our military strength is very different now, how can we fight against them? If there is any mishap, our lives will be at stake here."
Dugu Qubei sneered at this opinion. He said: "The military discussion has made it clear before that we are allowed to delay here. If we don't resist a little now, wouldn't it be a violation of our promise? What's more, although there are many people at the same time, there are not enough people.
If our army is in an unfavorable match, the worst it can do is retreat. I think you have been with Chen Chong for too long, and he has tamed the courage of a bear into the courage of a dog."
These words are really hurtful, but Dugu Qubei does make sense. No matter how you say it, retreating without fighting will lose the true qualities of a soldier. Han Xian couldn't resist him, and finally agreed to send troops with him. After ordering the troops,
, everyone found some pine trees and hay in the city, as well as some small boats left by Niu Fu, and planned to take them upstream. After the pontoon bridge was initially built on the other side, they set fire to the boat upstream, which could delay some time.
You are worthy of being appointed at the military council.
Unexpectedly, they had just led the troops to go north for more than ten miles, and unexpectedly ran into a cavalry army of about 2,000 people at Jiyang. Both armies were startled, and they were obviously not prepared to encounter this.
The cavalry of the tribesmen crossed the river from Caisangjin first and went downstream to protect the pontoon bridge. At this time, seeing that the enemy was outnumbered, they had no intention of entanglement. They immediately mobilized their horses and turned around to retreat to Caisangjin. But Bai Bo
Seeing that the whereabouts had been leaked, the army made a summary and felt that the fire ship plan could not be carried out at this time, so they withdrew to Linjin.
The fire ship failed, and everyone had no idea how to stop the enemy. Han Xian came out again at this time and said: "It is really not a good idea to face the army here. It is better to abandon this place and retreat to Zheng County. Chen Chongruo besieged the city, and Zheng
I don't know how much more dangerous the county is than Linjin. Even if we can't defend it, we still have a way to retreat. If he doesn't besiege the city, we will follow him, and we have done our best."
At this time, no one objected, but Dugu Qubei looked at the useless Songming in the city, feeling unwilling to accept it. Suddenly he had an idea and said: "I have often heard in the clan that Chen Chong buys people's hearts, saying that no matter how big or small he is,
No matter how high or low people are, they are all treated equally to show their high moral integrity."
Han Xian and Yang Feng couldn't understand why, but they had been with Chen Chong for about four years, so they had no objections to this and all nodded in agreement.
Dugu Qubei said: "In that case, why don't we put all these pine trees and firewood in the city, withdraw outside the city early, and leave only a few people in the city. When their army is about to take over the city, the people we left behind will
Setting fire in the city will definitely cause them great harm. Even if Chen Chong doesn't fall into the trap, given his nature, seeing the situation and having to send people to put out the fire and provide disaster relief, he can delay it for a day."
He said it easily, but Han Xian and Yang Feng were all horrified when they heard this. Once the fire was set off, no one knew how many people would be burned to death. Especially Han Xian, he slandered: The Huns in front of him once said that he was a coward, but he
It can be said that I am wolf-hearted.
But after considering the profit and loss, the two of them had to admit that he had a good plan. Not only could they set fire to delay the march of the merging army, but the fire would also destroy the city defenses, which would also make it easier for them to copy the merging army's retreat in the future.
At this time, on the east bank, Chen Chong was riding Qingkui, riding with Liu Bei and a group of state government officials. He had just arrived at Jie County on horseback. At this time, Jie County had become the hub for the front line to cross the river. The army received supplies here, and then
Time was tight to cross the river. Chen Chong thought that crossing the river from one place was too slow, so he might as well divide the army into two and set up pontoon bridges at Puban and Fenyin. The army crossed the river in two ways and tried to control the crossing time within one day, but today he
After arriving in Jie County, I was shocked to learn that Fenyin's pontoon bridge had not yet been erected.
"Gongming, what's the reason for this? The forwards have already arrived at the ferry, but they can't cross the river at this time. They stopped, and the timing of the rear units to cross the river will be delayed because of this."
The person responsible for building the Fenyinjin bridge was originally Xu Huang. Chen Chong originally had high hopes for him, but unexpectedly he made a mistake as soon as he sent out troops. So Xu Huang came to report the time, and he asked with half concern and half anxiety.
Xu Huang did not shirk, but explained: "When I was building the bridge, I planned to send troops to assist Pu Ban. Unexpectedly, I met two thieves from Yang and Han halfway. They seemed to be heading north to attack. I didn't dare to take the risk, so I had to
We suspended the construction of the bridge and sent scouts to inquire about the news. By the time they returned to Linjin, they had already been delayed for two hours. This was a dereliction of duty on my part, but please rest assured that I have collected the ships, especially for the bridge construction, which will surely be completed within an hour.
It’s ready.”
Chen Chong was relieved. After giving Xu Huang a few words, he discussed with his staff. He said with a smile: "It seems that Yang Feng, Han Xian and the others are still a little brave. I thought that our army is so powerful. He must be waiting on the west bank."
Out of fear, even if they don't abandon the city and flee, they will defend the city. Now it seems that they still underestimated them. But they don't intend to leave, so what should we plan?"
Just as they were about to discuss strategies, the messenger from Pu Ban sent a message saying that the enemy troops on the other side had missed the opportunity to destroy the pontoon bridge after returning to Linjin. At this time, the east bank began to cross the river, and more than 5,000 people had crossed. The enemy troops
He seemed to be quite panicked and hurriedly led his troops to withdraw and headed south. Seeing that he left the city first and then retreated, Zhang Fei was undecided about whether to take over Linjin, so he sent someone to ask for advice.
Xu Shu also laughed when he heard this, and said to Chen Chong: "The teacher just said that they were a little brave, but they withdrew after a slight disadvantage. It can only be said that the thieves have lost their spirit." Chen Chong didn't care about this, his focus was on Bai Bo.
In the direction where the army was leaving, he pondered for a moment, and then said to the envoy: "Reply to Yide and ask him to send a team into the city to check first. If it is safe, it will not be too late to take over. Remember not to disturb the people."
The envoy Jinnuo left. Then Chen Chong unfolded the map. Liu Bei was obviously thinking about this matter. He immediately pointed to Zheng County in the south of the map and said: "It seems that they want to go here, with their backs against Li Mountain and Xiong'er Mountain."
It's so dangerous that I can't besiege the city, but it also allows me to peek at my flanks. It's a very smart idea."
Chen Chong nodded slightly, then shook his head and said: "He thought well, but we had no plan to besiege the city. The most important thing now is to rescue Xijing. He got out of the way and spared us the trouble. It happened as planned
Plan and act.”
The so-called original plan was that after crossing the river in two ways, the army would not go to the north of the Wei River, but directly cross the Wei River to the south bank. After all, the north bank of the Wei River was crisscrossed by water networks, making it easy for the Liang army to block it. However, when marching in Weinan, the road was a little bumpy.
But there is no such worry about blocking. Now that Bai Bo has retreated to Zheng County, it is nothing more than setting up an extra camp to confront him, and the combined army is now not short of men.
After the rest, Chen Chong and Liu Bei said goodbye for a while. Liu Bei was going to supervise the crossing of the Fenyin River on the North Road, while he went to Puban to urge Zhang Fei. The two sides agreed to lead the entire army to cross the river before noon tomorrow, and then cross the Wei River at Ruixiang. That night, Chen Chong rushed to Puban along the military formation. From a distance, he saw that the team crossing the river was in chaos and lacked order, which surprised him. But when he got closer to the river, he discovered that there was a fire on the other side. In the groggy night
, the sky ten miles away is as bright as day, as if there is a scorching sun in the city. You can feel the scorching heat just by looking at it from a distance.
"What's going on?" Chen Chong asked the soldiers on the shore, but no one could answer. "Where is Captain Zhang now?" He asked again, and this time someone answered: "The Captain led his personal entourage to the east.
We've gone to the shore." Chen Chong found a boat and crossed the river with several of his staff. They didn't find Zhang Fei until they were in front of Jincheng City.
At this time, Linjin City was like a scorching hell. The air was filled with the smell of burning flesh and blood, and there were cries and cries everywhere. Zhang Fei was leading the soldiers crossing the river to evacuate the refugees, but more people were injured due to the sudden incident.
, trapped in the city, they had no choice but to pray helplessly to God until they were smoked to death and burned to death.
This was Dugu Qubei's plan. He hid dry firewood at the city gate and in the downtown area, and left about thirty dead men. He waited until the merging troops entered the city, and then set fire to the city. Seeing that Zhang Fei was not fooled, they set fire to the city.
Without hesitation, he burned the market first and then the city gate. The citizens had no way to escape even if they wanted to. Zhang Fei was also slow to react. He only put out the fire at the east gate temporarily, and less than ten of the citizens escaped.