Outside the city, Cao Jun's army cheered thunderously. The Han soldiers waiting outside quickly appeared outside the North City Gate where there was a straight road. They rushed over with great fanfare and rushed straight to the North City Gate. Thousands of soldiers in black armor poured into the city gate.
Xu Chu stood at the top of the city and looked down. He saw his own troops pouring into the city from the city gate. They were like a big black dragon winding through the north gate. They were so powerful that they even sent in spears, iron shields and other heavy weapons.
arms.
Li Dian and others took advantage of the chaos in the enemy's position and captured a small section of the northwest city wall with overwhelming force.
At this time, Ju Yi's siege team stepped up their efforts to attack the east gate, containing the enemy's main force there.
Li Dian's troops, who occupied the northwest city wall, were condescending and used their strong bows and arrows to clear out the enemies running and intercepting below the city.
Seeing that the time had come, Xu Chu waved his arms and issued an order. Rows of Cao Jun soldiers, under the cover of powerful arrows, held spears and halberds to kill towards the east, west and south gates. The battle was fierce and tragic.
The soldiers of Cao's army on the wall shouted again: "Surrender without killing, surrender without killing!" He kept repeating it. This was of course a clever trick thought up by Cao Zhi, who had learned modern psychological warfare.
Many houses were burned by fire, and the flames rose high from the roofs and spread to the houses in all directions, bathing the entire city in the light of fire. The sky was covered with smoke, and the stars and moon were immediately dimmed.
The defenders abandoned their armor one after another and crowded into various sections of the city wall. They didn't know how the city was broken, nor how many enemy troops entered the city. They just imagined that the enemy army had hundreds of thousands of troops.
As soon as they saw the scene of the influx into the city, they gave up resistance one after another and squatted in groups with the city corners or in the square thoroughfares, and their morale was completely destroyed.
The northwest corner of the city has become a melee situation. Cao's soldiers have formed well-organized battle formations, constantly expanding the area of occupation.
The soldiers on the city wall also continued to advance, killing the stubborn resisters until rivers of blood flowed and their corpses lay on the wall.
The injured were quickly transported back to the North Wall and treated by dedicated personnel, and everything was in order.
This trip was the first time that the Shanyue troops tried their skills in a large-scale war, and it was extraordinary. Standing on the wall of the north city, Cao Zhi was escorted by Li Hei and his troops. Cao Zhi witnessed something from a high position and praised the Shanyue soldiers for their good performance.
of.
Under the leadership of a group of shieldmen and archers, Xu Chu led 3,000 sergeants and successfully broke through the west city. At this time, the west and north gates fell into the control of Cao's army, and opened the city gates, allowing Yuan's army to rush in.
city.
Xu Chu, as the vanguard at this time, led the crowd and followed the defeated troops into the inner city. There were many soldiers guarding the inner city, plus the defeated troops who retreated from the outer city. For a moment, everything he looked at was filled with soldiers, and no one could be killed.
They were all confused, they were all huddled together, almost being pushed around by the Yuan Army soldiers rushing in from behind.
The enemy soldiers guarding the inner city struggled to resist. Xu Chu and others rushed forward, rushing left and right to kill. After a while, they broke through the defense of the inner city gate and headed towards Baoqiu County Mansion.
Knowing that the situation was over, the enemy soldiers abandoned their weapons and surrendered.
Xu Chu sent people to gather the surrendered troops in one place for guarding. At this time, Cao Zhi and Ju Yi had led thousands of elite troops and rushed in. After the two groups of troops joined together, they were even more powerful. In less than a cup of hot tea, they attacked
Inside the county government office.
The county government was in chaos, with loud cries. The maids, women and children huddled together, trembling and begging for mercy, while the guards knelt down and surrendered.
Cao Zhi felt pity in his heart and asked someone to comfort and take care of them, while he followed the people and horses inside.
"Bang!" The door of the main building was violently knocked open. The soldiers of the two armies who rushed into the main building saw only a group of more than thirty enemy soldiers. Among the guards who raised their swords was a man wearing a brocade robe with a pair of ears on his head.
Middle-aged people, the atmosphere is solemn and intense.
The shouting and fighting outside gradually became sparse, indicating that Baoqiu City had fallen into the hands of the siege troops.
Cao Zhi's sergeants and Ju Yi's Yuan Jun were lined up in front of this group of people, hundreds of crossbow arrows pointing directly at the enemy formation in the center of the hall.
Ju Yi shouted at the last group of enemy generals who resisted: "Surrender immediately, otherwise you will be killed without mercy!"
The protected middle-aged man in brocade clothes held his head and trembled and shouted: "I am Liu Weitai, Gongsun Zan has left long ago, don't kill me, don't kill me, I surrender, I surrender!"
Ju Yi and Cao Zhi looked at each other, and both understood the reason why after they entered the city, they found that the defenders were not as strong as they thought, and the resistance was not as fierce. It turned out that Gongsun Zan had already encountered Baoqiu City and could not defend it.
, had already led his troops to escape, leaving behind his sworn brother Liu Weitai.
Liu Weitai was abandoned because Gongsun Zan's brother Gongsun Fan unexpectedly came to Baoqiu City. At that time, Gongsun Zan had lost the Baoqiu River defense line. The morale of the soldiers in Zan's army was low, and Gongsun Zan had no fighting spirit. He was paralyzed by alcoholism.
Gongsun Fan appeared in time to stabilize the morale of the army and at the same time exercise military power on his brother's behalf. When he saw that Ju Yi was attacking hard, he found that Gongsun Fan, like his brother Gongsun Zan, was very insightful in terms of military talent and was ready to send troops.
The formation was very organized. At the beginning, he organized Zan's army to effectively resist Ju Yi's crazy attack, and held Baoqiu City unbreakable for five days. But Gongsun Fan knew that as time went by, Baoqiu City could not be defended.
At this time, Liu Bei, who lied about the failure of the sneak attack, also rushed back with his only sworn brother Zhang Fei. He told Gongsun Fan that his plan to sneak attack on Yuan Jun's grain and grass had failed, and all the troops he brought with him were wiped out. He and Zhang Fei also suffered
He was seriously injured and his second brother Guan Yu disappeared.
After questioning his subordinates, Gongsun Fan learned that Gongsun Zan and Liu Bei launched a so-called "surprise attack plan" on the second day of the war, trying to burn down and seize Yuan's army's grain and baggage stores, and give Yuan Shao a fatal blow. But Liu Bei obviously failed. Liu Bei
Explain that the grain and fodder stored in the rear of Yuan's army and the baggage strongholds were tightly defended. When they were about to launch an attack, they were discovered by Yuan's army, and the army leader Cao Zhi led his troops to divide and surround them. They fought desperately and were finally annihilated in a hilly area.
, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei only escaped.
Gongsun Fan knew about Cao Zhi, and after verifying the authenticity of the matter, he could only lament that Yuan Shao was so powerful, but he did not blame Liu Bei for his failure, and began to plan to withdraw from Baoqiu.
At this time, Liu Bei proposed a plan to Gongsun Fan, saying that Liu Weitai should be cut off from the rear.
Gongsun Fan definitely claimed to be a loyal minister of Gongsun Zan. He had already been at odds with Liu Weitai and other so-called sworn brothers of Gongsun Zan. He recommended these guys several times for their viciousness and asked them to be punished, but Gongsun Zan ignored them. This time the opportunity came, and now Gongsun Zan
Chief Fan, of course he would not give up such a good suggestion as Liu Bei and forcibly left 10,000 soldiers and Liu Weitai to defend Baoqiu City. He led the remaining troops and Gongsun Zan to withdraw from the north gate overnight and rushed towards Daijun.
go.
It's only one day away. Fortunately, Gongsun Fan's withdrawal and Cao Zhi's detour and night attack were not on the same day. Otherwise, if they had collided, Cao Zhi's entire army would have been wiped out, and Gongsun Fan might have been able to catch the turning point in the battle and then turn around.
Come and re-enter Baoqiu City and fight to the death with Ju Yi. Who will win may be the winner.
Therefore, the victory of every large-scale battle does not necessarily depend on how resourceful the general is and how good he is in fighting. Most of the time, it depends on which side luck favors.
Ju Yi saw Liu Weitai's face clearly at a glance. He hated such treacherous ministers the most. He always thought that Gongsun Zan, who was so good at conquering and fighting, was reduced to where he is today because of the bad things of Liu Weitai and his gang. In Ju Yi's eyes, people like Liu Weitai were bad.
The crime was extremely heinous. Although he and Gongsun Zan were hostile, just like many German generals who admired Patton, Ju Yi took Gongsun Zan as an example when he was young. He would not tolerate treacherous ministers like Liu Weitai living in this world.
Ju Yi drove back some soldiers, leaving only his cronies and Cao Zhi's soldiers. Facing Liu Weitai, who was begging for surrender, Ju Yi leaned into Cao Zhi's ear and said: "This man has done many evil things and has raped countless women.
, death is not a pity.”
Cao Zhi knew what he meant, sighed, and said with a wry smile: "I know your intentions, you can take charge of this place!" After saying that, he turned around and greeted Xu Chu and others to turn around and walk out of the main building. There was a dense sound of arrows piercing the air and screams from behind.
There was a sound, and then everything gradually fell into silence.
So far, Yuan Shao's victory in the battle against Baoqiu shocked Youzhou. Officials and people in Youzhou were all shocked when they heard that Gongsun Zan was defeated in Baoqiu. When Youzhou was shaken, it also heralded the decline and end of Gongsun Zan's glorious life.
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###### Yuan Shao was very happy about this complete victory. After Juyi and Yan Rou led his troops to pursue Gongsun Zan in Daijun, a celebration banquet was held on the third day after he conquered Baoqiu City, and the location was also chosen.
It became the county seat of Baoqiucheng and is now the temporary residence of Yuan Shao. It was also the first spoil of Yuan Shao's expedition to Youzhou.
It's easy to get things done when there are many people. In just three days, the Baoqiu County Mansion, which was trampled by soldiers and was in a mess, was quickly renovated. Today, there are twenty-six seats in the mansion, arranged around the lobby.
When Cao Zhi arrived with Li Ru, Xia Houyuan, Xu Chu, Li Dian, Li Hei and Du Damu, everyone was already present.
Cao Zhi came late because he and Li Ru and other civil servants and generals learned that Emperor Xian had escaped from Chang'an. Cao Zhi held a meeting to discuss the next response plan. Cao Zhi clearly remembered that Cao Cao should "hijack the emperor to order the princes"
"The best choice, but in that year, Cao Zhi didn't know under what circumstances he welcomed Emperor Xian. But it didn't matter if he didn't know. Cao Zhi got the news that Emperor Xian had fled and left the control of Li Jue and Guo Si.
, the first reaction was to inform Cao Cao to quickly pick up Emperor Xian.
What Cao Zhi didn't expect was that, except for Cao Zhi, who was full of excitement and enthusiasm to welcome the emperor, most of his subordinates were not enthusiastic. When Cao Zhi mentioned this proposal to Xu Chu, Xia Houyuan and others today, they were actually rejected.
The generals under his command unanimously opposed it. They all believed that this was something that was not worth the gain. In his haste, Cao Zhi almost scolded his subordinate generals for their lack of political consciousness. This was obviously a good thing, so how could it be that the gain was not worth the loss? Emperor, alas, you ancient people were not
Are you the one who most believes in the emperor's order? Why are you so reluctant to see the emperor when things get to a critical point?
Xia Houyuan's words gave Cao Zhi a rough understanding of the true thoughts of these generals. Xia Houyuan said: "Brother Zhi, you have to see that although you and your eldest brother own a state and a county now, our lives are not peaceful now."
, there are constant wars and lack of food and clothing. If we welcome the emperor here now, it will be equivalent to moving the entire court of the Eastern Han Dynasty. This is no joke. How can we afford to support the entire court? And once the emperor arrives, you and
In your eldest brother's territory, you brothers become the daughters-in-law under the eyes of your aunt (that is, your parents-in-law). You have to ask for instructions in everything you do. Failure to ask for instructions is disrespectful to your aunt, and the "little aunt" and "brother-in-law" around you
, and they all stare at you and find out your faults, why bother? If it is really worth doing to please the emperor, then why don’t Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, and Yuan Shu, who are closer than us, do it?”