Ji Han Zhangwu Chapter 6 The Battle of Pengcheng
In July of the eighth year of Yanxing, July was in full swing, and the weather was just getting a bit autumnal. Tian Feng's leading cavalry suddenly appeared in the suburbs of Xiao County.
About a thousand riders secretly swam through the water in the middle of the night. At midnight, they arrived at Zhisangmen in the north of Xiao County. They stopped to tie up long pieces of silk to make ladders, but were discovered by the defenders. They immediately blew their horns and the Western Army
The sergeant climbed up to the Pipi to shoot arrows. Then they retreated and went around to the northwest of Yannian City.
There were only about twenty Western garrison guards in Yannian City, which was just a group of scouts, unable to resist at all. The Eastern cavalry passed through the streets and slaughtered on horseback, killing all soldiers and civilians they saw. At dawn,
The captured heads were piled up as high as a hill, and most of them were farmers and hawkers who went to the local market. Their faces were so bloody that it was difficult to distinguish them.
After daybreak, Huang Zhong sent hundreds of horses to open the door to challenge. The two sides competed by horse racing on the north bank of Jishui.
In fact, according to Huang Zhong's habit, he should lead the troops into the battle in person, but Zhang had already given instructions in advance that the troops on the front line were weak now, so he was told not to rush into the battle. Therefore, Huang Zhong is now just wearing armor and standing on the tower.
Looking at the situation along the river from a distance.
The cavalry in the distance looked like a group of insignificant black spots, entangled back and forth unhurriedly in the sun. But Huang Zhong knew that every intersection and separation was a test of life and death for the knights riding the horses. Only the purest
Only a warrior can struggle out of this hell.
What made him happy was that although the number of soldiers was smaller, the Westerners had the upper hand in the initial confrontation. The Easterners were very aggressive, but the last victory made them somewhat arrogant, which led to some people who were greedy for military achievements and left the group.
The rangers of the West were much more organized. The rangers who rushed over could not achieve any results. Instead, they dragged down the overall formation. As a result, under the back and forth staggered attacks, the East's kills were lighter than those of the West.
People. Generally speaking, there is still no difference between victory and defeat.
After fighting for an hour, both sides were a little tired, so they began to change men and horses to fight again. When the two sides clashed again, Huang Zhong was surprised to find that the Dongren's formation had shrunk into a cone shape, and there were no more random charges by the rangers.
, and also equipped with some light cavalry support on both wings. In the first confrontation after the change of formation, most of the Westerners in the front were killed on the spot, but the Easterners still had quite a bit of strength left.
The most eye-catching thing is the green-black armored knight at the head. He is seen holding two horse poles, one long and one short. He always collides head-on with the Western cavalry. Most of those who fight with him directly
The few who were knocked away and injured were actually stabbed directly into the horse's belly by the horse's spear. They were knocked to the ground, dizzy and dizzy, and their heads were cut off by the knight. They were probably rushed.
After seven or eight rounds, there was a head hanging on the saddle of the armored knight, which was extremely bloody and frightening. When the Westerners saw him rushing over, they felt as if they were seeing a dead person. They instantly lost their fighting spirit and turned around and fled in all directions.
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At this time, Huang Zhong saw that the atmosphere was not right, so he sent 20 more armored horses out of the city. The soldiers riding on them were also covered in thick armor, like ferocious iron beasts. They immediately dispersed the Dong people's array, and part of the Dong troops were
People returned to Yannian Temple, and the rest were wandering around the alley. Among them was the green and black armored knight covered in blood.
The knight was unloading the skull from the saddle and sorting out the quiver full of armor-piercing arrows on his back. At this time, seeing that the cavalry was not stopping, he jumped off the horse and took out the three-stone bow, and stood alone in the middle of the alley.
He aimed at the charging cavalry and fired an arrow. The arrow hit the knight in the face and immediately knocked him off his horse.
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After he shot one arrow, he immediately drew out another and stretched the three-stone bow for a full moon. The two ends of the bow almost touched each other. The arrow shot out and hit the forehead of the front horse. Even though
The horse's head was covered with an iron curtain, but it was still pierced by the armor-piercing arrows. The head of the horse that was hit by the arrow sank, fell to its knees on its front hooves, and the man on the horse flew out from the front.
The remaining knights stopped and watched. When they saw the knight opposite's colorful face smeared with blood and sweat, and saw the three-stone bow held in his thick black arms, they all looked at each other and shook their heads, not daring to
Getting closer to charging again.
Someone asked him: "What a man! What an accurate arrow! What is your name and where are you from?"
The man replied: "I am Sima Wenji of Qiao County under General Anwu. Do you want to fight again?"
When everyone heard that he was originally from the state of Pei, they couldn't help but sigh and said to each other: How could such a good man end up in the hands of Cao Cao! So far, there was no result in fighting again, so they all retreated and returned to the city to report to Huang Zhong. p>
After Huang Zhong heard about it, he also sighed and asked his subordinates: "Can you remember his appearance?" Seeing them nodding, he ordered: "This is a black tiger! You must be prepared for the next battle.
,Don’t let him escape!”
Even so, he also knew that the Dongren cavalry's sneak attack failed, and if the infantry and cavalry troops arrived later, he might only be able to defend the city.
Sure enough, within ten days, Tian Feng's army also crossed the water one after another. The Han army scouts inquired about the accompanying generals. It was said that in addition to Anwu General Tian Feng, there were also Pinglu General Yan Liang, Sili Colonel Xiahou Dun, Hanoi
The prefect Sima Lang, the Bohai prefect Chun Yuqiong, the Hejian prefect Han Hao, and the donglai prefect Gao Lan had a total of about 60,000 people. They crossed Xiaoxian and pushed directly towards Pengcheng in the east, fighting with Cao Cao's 70,000 troops in Xuzhou.
Echoing each other, for a while the flags were flying in the sky, and the flags were like clouds, completely surrounding Pengcheng from south to north.
Pengcheng had been flooded for more than a month at this time, and the surrounding areas for more than ten miles outside the city had been reduced to a swamp. There was no place to stay in the city. The defenders in the city could only sit on the wall and light fires to rest. Life was extremely difficult. However,
After the flood, the Dong people only shot arrows by boat, which was not conducive to erecting Tushan and making it difficult to go to the city to fight. Therefore, in a short period of time, Cao's army outside the city could not break the city. But both the attacking and defending sides also knew that the waves below the city were threatening their lives.
The ghosts of the city are constantly eroding the city wall. As long as the flooding continues, the collapse of the city is just a matter of time.
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Therefore, Jushou led his army to move to the side of the weir downstream of Jishui to block Zhu Zhi's retreat to the south, while Jushou stationed himself twenty miles east of Xiao County to prevent Zhu Zhi from escaping to Pei. It seemed that Cao's army had already attacked.
Make up your mind to capture Pengcheng before the Han army arrives.
Seeing this, Zhu Zhi in the city knew that it would be useless to hold on, so it was better to preserve the army for counterattack. So one night, he sent an envoy out of the city at night. The envoy sat on a wooden barrel as big as a bathtub and slowly slid on the water.
Go to the shore and walk to Xiapi City to ask for help.
At this time, Zhou Yu was confronting Shen Pei and Yu Jin. There were occasional frictions between the two sides, but no war broke out. Apparently, they both planned to hold a decisive battle after the main force arrived. Zhou Yu heard that Zhu Zhi could no longer hold on and planned to withdraw his troops, so he asked:
"How many days has the water been stored upstream? Where are the bandits stationed?"
After getting the answer, he quickly came up with an idea and said: "I sent Zhou Sima to send troops, and you lead the way. You broke his dam at night. When the water floods, are you still afraid that Zhu Jun will not be able to escape?" The Zhou in his mouth
The Sima is Cai Zhoutai from the lower reaches of Jiujiang. Although he is young, he is quite brave. He broke into the city several times first, so he was appointed by Sun Ce as the Sima of another department.
After receiving the order, Zhou Tai took 600 people out that night. They took a boat up the river, and when they reached a place about five miles away, they abandoned the boat and walked on foot. That night, there were dark clouds, no moon, and light rain falling in the sky.
, which covered up the footsteps of the Wu people and made the defenders of the dam relax their vigilance. Most of the people were asleep, and a small number of night watchmen were hiding from the rain in the watchtower. This made the Wu people groping to the back of the dam.
No one has discovered it yet.
Zhou Tai realized that this was an excellent opportunity and immediately divided his men into two groups. Four hundred people went with him to the camp first, while the rest stayed where they were. Not long after, there was a noise in the camp of Jushu.
People shouted that they were under attack, but they didn't know where the enemy was. In panic, many people were beheaded by the Wu people who were far smaller than their own.
Seeing the chaos in the camp, the defenders of the dam immediately rushed to support, but now a bigger flaw was revealed. The Wu people took the opportunity to climb up the embankment, and while driving the remaining defenders down the dam, they removed the leather bags that blocked the water.
Throw them away one by one. The continuous rain for months has long caused the dike to be at its limit, and it must be continuously piled with soil for reinforcement. But at this time, when the Wu people dug, the accumulated river water suddenly surged out, and a trivial breach almost instantly caused the river to flow out.
Cracks all around.
With a loud noise, even villagers twenty miles away felt a thunderbolt flash, followed immediately by the violent sound of waves crashing onto the shore. Whitecaps quickly crossed the river and rushed towards the surrounding lowlands.
It broke out and was out of control. The waves roared for nearly a night, sweeping dozens of miles. The entire lower reaches of Jishui were affected, as if they were in the ocean. It is unknown how many people and villagers who had no time to move out were submerged.
Under the rolling waves, within three or four days, corpses swollen by the floods could be seen almost everywhere.
Zhou Yu saw this scene from the lower reaches. Everyone looked at the water of the river and kept sighing. But Zhou Yu was unmoved. He looked back at the people and said: "Please don't be frightened. If there is any guilt, I will bear it myself and share it with you."
It doesn’t matter!”
After the torrent stopped, Zhou Yu sent a large ship upstream and sailed all the way to Pengcheng City. At this time, Cao Jun did not have a comparable ship, so he could only watch Zhu Zhi and others board the ship and come and go freely.
Fortunately, most of Cao's troops camped in high places, and no losses were caused by the breach of the embankment. As soon as Zhu Zhi left, Pengcheng was captured as expected, but it didn't look good after all.
After Cao Cao received the battle report of the capture of Pengcheng, he was quite surprised. He said to Guo Jia: "Who is Zhou Yu? He is more than 20 years old. Can he be our Hebei army?"
In August, Liu Bei's cavalry arrived in Suiyang, and the infantry was stationed in Chenliu. Chen Chong, together with the emperor, led the army and baggage and then arrived in Yingchuan, summoning Zhang Ji's troops in Yuzhou to join together. All the field troops from the Westerners had arrived.