Three hundred and thirtieth chapters and state status
Chapter 337: Current Situation of Bingzhou
In Rudong, under a certain green mountain, the originally infinitely beautiful natural picture suddenly appeared with countless corpses, layer upon layer, densely packed, countless, with groans and cries coming out from time to time, which was desolate and miserable.
In the south, tens of thousands of soldiers fled in confusion, like a herd of frightened yellow sheep on the grassland. Thousands of Sun's army's armored cavalry followed them, slashing and killing them wildly.
He knelt down and surrendered, and survived. Following his example, the Yangzhou army followed suit one after another, and within a short time thousands of people were kneeling on the ground obediently.
There are weak people, and naturally there are corresponding tough people. If you want to say which part of the Han Dynasty has the hardest bones, the Danyang people will undoubtedly get a very prominent position. Seeing that they can't escape, thirty or fifty people gather
Together, they fought fiercely, and one brave man shot down Sun Jun's knight, seized the horse and fled.
However, their method soon became unworkable, because Sun Jun's cavalry commander was Ye Li, who was born in Xianzeri and once proclaimed himself king. It can be said that he had fought with the Han people for half his life and had extremely rich experience. He ordered the fine cavalry
Gallop around the formation, disrupt its formation, and disintegrate its ambition, then ride forward and charge forward, killing as you go. You can kill a group (fifty) or a group (hundred people) of soldiers in the blink of an eye.
After being severely beaten, the Danyang soldiers' resistance became weaker and weaker, and in the end no one dared to return and fight.
The wild cavalry pursued for more than 50 miles, but less than 2,000 of the 20,000 Yangzhou troops escaped the pursuers, and most of them had to hide in the mountains to save their lives. In fact, Zhou Xin and Zhou Ang returned safely to Jiujiang
There are less than a hundred people, and these people are all cavalry.
From this we can see that Yeli is experienced and ferocious in his pursuit.
Zhou Yu looked at the messy battlefield and let out a sigh belonging to a young man. It felt wonderful to decide the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of people with one word, but it was also a bit unbearable. After all, they were just human lives...
"Gong Jin, this battle was won happily. Cao Cao's thieves don't have much time left." Sun Ce came back from his horse and laughed loudly. After experiencing the lesson of being injured, he realized that the courage of an ordinary man is useless, so he did not rush forward in this battle, but
He stayed by Ye Li's side, greedily absorbing his opponent's experience, and fighting on horseback was his weakness. It wasn't until the Danyang people could no longer organize resistance that he felt bored and left the group to return.
Zhou Yu was never a sentimental person, so he quickly regained his composure and said, "If nothing else happens, my uncle will be able to take back Yuzhou soon. We only have one final blow left."
"Yes, the last blow..."
In the Battle of Rudong, Sun's army ambushed 20,000 Yangzhou troops with 7,000 infantry and cavalry, beheaded more than 4,000 soldiers, and captured more than 13,000 people, while his own side only lost more than 1,000 people. It was a great victory.
Wu Jing then reorganized his army to the west and broke through the empty Yingshui Yangzhou Army Camp. He crossed the river the next day and met with Runan Governor Xu Qiu in Ruyin. The two sides talked for a while and then parted ways. Wu Jing wanted to pass through
In the northwest of Runan County, he cooperated with his brother-in-law to attack Cao Cao, while Xu Qiu went to accept Rudong.
"So what if I just let you be free for a few more days?..." Before leaving, Wu Jing looked back at Xu Xuan's back and sneered. When he set out to conquer Yuzhou, Yuan Shu once told Sun Jian that if Yuzhou was recaptured, Runan would return.
Among them all, Wu Jing has the highest status among Sun's army, and he has performed extraordinary feats. If the prefect of Runan can say an unkind word, who else can he give up?
Sun Jun returned to Xihua again, which can be said to be the gap between Runan, Yingchuan, and Chen. Wu Jing notified his brother-in-law Sun Jian to agree on a time to attack Cao Cao, and sent thousands of cavalry across the Tishui River to attack Xu County and Ying County.
Yin, Changshe, cut off Cao Cao's retreat...
Yingyang, Cao Jun’s camp.
Zhou Zhe urged anxiously: "Meng De, please speak up. If we don't retreat now, we won't be able to leave even if we want to." In fact, as early as Wu Jing entered Chen State from Xihua for the first time and attacked Pei State, they
You know, but Sun Jian is extremely difficult to deal with, and their troops are tight and unable to stop the opponent's actions. This time Wu Jing left and returned, and there was no news from Zhou Xin and Zhou Ang for a long time. Pei Guo was probably lost. It was deeply trapped.
The dangerous situation and the uncertainty about the life and death of his second brother made Zhou Zhe become particularly impatient.
Seeing that Cao Cao remained silent, Zhou Zhe felt resentful in his heart. If he had listened to him and the two armies joined together, he might not have ended up in this situation today.
Cao Cao has not been able to eat well and sleep well these days. He has worked hard day and night and has lost twenty to thirty pounds, resulting in sunken cheeks and protruding cheekbones. However, his eyes are still clear and bright. He raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Zhe and said calmly.
: "Retreat, where to retreat?"
Zhou Zhe suppressed his anger and said: "Of course it's the Tong River..."
Before Zhou Zhe could finish his words, Cao Cao interrupted him with a sneer: "Are you sure there is no ambush on the north bank of the river?".
"Ambush..." Zhou Zhe felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on him in the middle of winter, and his inner fire naturally went out. He grabbed Cao Cao's arm and said nervously: "Mengde... then, what should we do?
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Cao Cao gently but firmly broke away his arm and said word by word: "Go northwest."
Cao Cao nodded vigorously and said: "Yes, from Henan Yin around back to Chenliu."
"Crossing its territory without permission is tantamount to invasion. Covering Hussar and Henan..."
"The matter is urgent, how can we have time to pay attention to so much." Cao Cao said disapprovingly. "Besides, by the time they react, we will have already left Henan. If Gai Huqi and Gai Henan are really angry, let them go to the alliance leader to argue.
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"..." Zhou Zhe thought about it. They were just small fish and shrimps, and they couldn't be blamed.
After Zhou Zhe left the tent, Cao Cao ordered people to call Yu Jin. The two ordinary-looking but very talented men sat and stood speechless for a long time.
After a while, Cao Cao took the lead and said: "Wen Ze, the situation is not good, and the army is about to withdraw from Yuzhou."
Yu Jin knew that Cao Cao was silent and listened silently.
Cao Cao smiled bitterly and continued: "Therefore, someone must stay to stop Sun Jian and cover the safe retreat of the army."
"My subordinate is willing to stay." Yu Jin said with a calm face and clasped his fists.
"I will appoint you as Lieutenant of Sima Xing Li Feng in another department, and give you three thousand troops to guard Yingyang." After saying this, Cao Cao stood up and walked to Yu Jin, put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Wen Ze, you must survive.
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"If you are lucky enough to survive, you will definitely serve as a general."
That night, Cao Cao led nearly ten thousand soldiers quietly to the north. After walking only a few miles, Yingshui heard loud shouts of death. Cao Cao looked back at Yingyang, gritted his teeth and left.
Yu Jin only had 3,000 soldiers and thousands of wounded soldiers in his hands. He was besieged from two sides and could barely resist until dawn. When he could no longer support himself, he had to break away from the rout and plunge into Yingshui.
After a night of rapid march, Cao Cao arrived at the border between Yingchuan and Henan Yin. After crossing the Xingshan Mountain in front of him, he reached the boundary of Xinzheng County, Henan.
Cao Cao gave an order, and the army marched quickly along the foot of the mountain. When the last group of people was about to pass, Sun Jun's cavalry roared in. Zhou Zhe's face turned pale with horror. Although Cao Cao was also scared, he was still calm. Sure enough, Sun Jun's cavalry came.
After chasing him to the foot of the mountain, they all reined in their horses and stopped, obviously worried.
Seeing this, Cao Cao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
In order to avoid misunderstandings as much as possible, Cao Cao's army went out by day and night and entered Kaifeng County. Cao Cao breathed a deep sigh of relief. There was only a thin line between Kaifeng and Chenliu. However, it was obvious that someone did not want him to leave so easily. Gai Yin's envoy came from behind
He chased him and asked him why he broke into Henan Yin.
Cao Cao said with a playful smile that the alliance leader Yuan Shao ordered him to do this, and then ran away regardless of whether the other party believed it or not.
At this point, the Battle of Yuzhou has come to an end for the time being. Yes, for the time being, Cao Cao will never be willing to fail like this.
However, it is said that Xun You, Zheng Tai, and Hua Xin participated in the assassination of Dong. They escaped from Chang'an and decided to defect to Jinyang together. Going to Hongnong and Hedong would definitely not work. Dong Zhuo had large troops stationed in these two places, and the interrogation was strict, so it was easy.
Reveal identity.
Finally, Xun You proposed to go north from Zuo Fengyi and enter Bingzhou. Although there were troops stationed along this route, their commander was Duan Xuan, the younger brother of the late Taiwei Duanjuan, and his deputy was Huangfu Li, Huangfu Song's nephew. None of them could be said to be direct descendants of Dong Zhuo.
Especially the latter, who have always been sympathetic to the scholars, may not be willing to make efforts to arrest them.
Zheng Tai and Hua Xin believed that what he said was reasonable, so the three of them changed their clothes, put on Ge clothes and tied scarves, and crossed the river to the north. The first city north of the Wei River was Gaoling, where Zuo Fengyi ruled.
To be honest, there are only a few people who can read in today's era, and those who are successful in reading and becoming officials are even rarer. Although the three of them deliberately hide their clumsiness, they can't hide their magnanimity that is different from others, just like in the dark night
Shining like a firefly.
This was Duan Xuan. Huangfu Li didn't want to arrest them, otherwise they would be arrested as soon as they entered the city.
The three of them knew this well and kept a low profile as much as possible. They found a hotel in a remote place to sleep, and took a bus out of the city early the next day. Beidi County was more than 200 miles away from Gaoling, where Zuo Feng Yi ruled, and this was more in the past after the former moved back.
Recently, the next day, the three people successfully escaped from Dong Zhuo's area and entered Gai Jun's rule.
In the past, the three of them had always heard people say that Beidi County was rich. On the surface, they agreed, but in their hearts they disagreed. No matter how rich the border areas were, how could they compare with the Central Plains? This time when they came to Beidi, the three of them were really shocked.
It is said that the northern Tuntian District is richer...
The three of them were deeply moved, and then entered Shangjun. Shangjun was what a border county in the Han Dynasty should have looked like, with a vast territory and sparsely populated areas. However, compared with their impressions, the local people seemed to be living a better life, at least no one was seen with a sallow complexion or thin skin.
Don't underestimate this point. Why are the Yellow Turbans banned repeatedly in Qingxu and Xuzhou? It's not because they don't have enough food to eat. As for why the people of Shangjun live such a prosperous life, the reason is actually very simple. Without the harassment and robbery of the Qiang and Hu, the quality of life has naturally improved significantly.
Exiting Shangjun is Xihe. It is no exaggeration to say that thanks to the Xiongnu, the cattle and sheep here are all over the mountains and fields, so many that they are like stars in the sky. Even an idiot can see that their life must be extremely nourishing.
After the three of them passed through the Luliang Mountains and entered the Taiyuan territory, and walked in the Shanxi Tuntian District, which had only been implemented for a year or two, they were finally able to get a glimpse of the wealth in the Northland Tuntian District.
Gai Qiusi, martial arts can rule the country, literature can stabilize the country, real people are outstanding...