Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 486

Hearing this, Uncle Wu shook his head: "General Huang is thinking too much, right?"

Another general beside him also said: "The general previously thought that Dong Xi would set up an ambush in the city. Now that he is fleeing far away from the city, the general thought he would set up an ambush halfway? Dong Xi has at most two or three thousand troops capable of fighting. I would like to ask the general, when the thieves are scurrying around in a hurry, how much energy would they have to set up an ambush on the way? At best, it would be good to leave some soldiers and horses behind."

"That's right."

Others also joined in, and some even sneered and said: "I heard that General Tiangong gave General Huang a sword at the banquet that day. Seeking no faults but not meritorious deeds, are you afraid of the head and the tail?"

Seeing that the generals were enthusiastic and wanted to pursue Dong Xi one after another, Huang Zhong was silent all the time, whatever they said to provoke each other, even sarcasm, just refused to give orders.

At this critical moment, suddenly two or three riders rushed to the right wing.

The person who came was the supervisor of the rear army, and he rolled off his horse and shouted, "Reporter, general, Zhao Xu, the captain of the right wing, heard that Dong Xiyue escaped, refused to listen to the advice of villains and others, and insisted on going his own way. Army horse, turn to catch up!"

"what?"

Huang Zhong was shocked when he heard the words: "Zhao Xu went to pursue?"

This Zhao Xu is the county lieutenant of Linhu County. He had evacuated Linhu with Huang Zhong before. If he hated Sun Ce far more than anyone else, and because he was a local, he thought he was familiar with the terrain. Fleeing away, he immediately led the army and horses of the headquarters, and even ignored the obstruction of the Xuzhou supervisor, left the position without authorization, trying to take a shortcut to intercept.

His identity is actually not important, but Huang Zhong is worried that if there is such a precedent, others will follow suit.

Sure enough, there was a commotion, and the other generals stopped talking to Huang Zhong, they turned their horses away one after another, and wanted to lead their own troops to pursue them together.

Seeing this, Huang Zhong sighed secretly. If the battalions were to disperse and let them do their own thing, without Dong Xi setting up an ambush, they would surely lose their positions. In desperation, he had to issue a military order:

"Guo Lu, you bring 500 troops into the city with Mr. Liu, and the rest of the armies will use a few as the vanguard, and I will lead the troops from the headquarters as the rear, and pursue Dong Xi together!"

After being ridiculed face to face for such a long time, even the Buddha glared at him. Naturally, a lot of anger has accumulated in Huang Zhong's heart. Don't you all want to rush to attack first? Okay, then you all go!

It is really a taboo for military strategists to disagree with the generals, or even to fight against the superior.

In fact, Wang Zheng did not forget that Huang Zhong was a newly attached general, and the problem of lack of prestige was actually considered when he sent Wang Xiong and him to the north of the Lujiang River. Even bigger, and most of the people he led were veterans of the system soldiers, and without Wang Xiong by his side, the two parties would actually have a dispute in Qianxian County.

The section of the city wall that the Xuzhou army was originally in charge of besieging was in the south of the city. Now that Huang Zhong had issued the military order, they turned around one by one.

The shouts shook the ground, almost screaming to break the night.They lit up torches all at once, and swarmed after Dong Xi in the direction of breaking through.

Huang Zhong brought a thousand direct descendants of the headquarters to hold the rear line, and followed closely.

Facing the dark night, the Xuzhou army trampled on the accumulated water on the ground, just like walking in their own yard, passing through the city pool of Ye County without anyone else present, the torches lit by more than [-] people were as bright as the stars in the sky, The countenance of excitement is like a hunter who sees his flocks of prey,

Huang Zhong, who was standing in front of the formation, could only hear the urging of "Hurry up, hurry up", and what he saw with his eyes open was only one army flag after another chasing each other.

Qianxian County is located between Longshu and Lu'an. It was called Yunxian County in ancient times. It was changed to Qianxian County in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and then it was renamed Qianxian County in the Western Jin Dynasty. There is a famous mountain in the southeast of the city, called "Huoshan".

According to Dongtian Ji, the Yellow Emperor enshrined the Five Mountains, and the Nanyue Hengshan was the farthest, and it was replaced by the Yueyue Mountain.

The Xuzhou army was eager to pursue the enemy, and after a distance of more than ten miles, they arrived in a blink of an eye, and they could see the mountain from a distance.

Huang Zhong was startled immediately, and hurriedly asked the left and right: "Why is there a high mountain here?" A general must not know geography, he had already done it before setting off, and there are many mountains in Lujiang, but they are basically concentrated in the southwest, such as Longshu It is next to the Tianzhu Mountains, and to the west of Qian County, he clearly remembers that it is a plain.

There were guest soldiers on the left and right, and they didn't know how to answer, so they went to the village guide to inquire, and reported back: "General, this is Huoshan, but it is not in the west of the city, but in the southeast of the city."

"Huo Shan?"

Huang Zhong frowned immediately: "If the enemy didn't break out from the west of the city, how did we chase them to the southeast?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and someone said: "General, we just rushed to the front, and we are not familiar with the place, maybe we were led astray by the thieves, and we didn't even notice when it was deflected."

It is understandable to say it, but Huang Zhong immediately changed his expression, and directly drew his long sword out of its sheath, holding it horizontally in his hand, and ordered the rear army to line up, while shouting: "Blow the horn! Teach the brothers in front to retreat quickly, Don't chase after the poor!"

"General, why is this?"

Huang Zhong said with a serious face: "Before coming to Qian County, I have carefully looked at the map. Most of the vicinity of Qian County is a plain area, and there is only one place suitable for setting up an ambush! It is Huoshan!"

"General, although this Mount Huo is famous, it is actually not very high. In the end, the general sees its ups and downs, and it is not considered wide. Why does the general think it is suitable for setting up an ambush?"

A Dubo asked suspiciously: "Even if the sun thief wants to set up an ambush here, I'm afraid there won't be many people in the ambush, and we have more than [-] people chasing Dong Xi and Zhao Xu's troops. Hurry up?"

"otherwise."

Huang Zhong shook his head and said: "Although Huoshan is not very large, it is not far from the east to the Tianzhu Mountains, which is very suitable for the Tibetan army, and more importantly."

He looked around at the crowd and said word by word: "The Tianzhu Mountains to the east of Qianxian County extend for more than a hundred miles to Tongxiang. Sun Ce's army has already captured the nest before, how could he let go of the small town of Tongxiang not far away? I must have fallen into the head of the bandit right now, if..."

At this point, Huang Zhong regretted endlessly.If he had known that Dong Xi would take them to the east of Qian County, he would never agree to Wu Dubo and others' pursuit request, and immediately urged his soldiers to blow the horn immediately.

The shrill horns blew to tear through the night, but the Xuzhou army chasing Dong Xi's troops seemed to ignore it, and still rushed forward in a swarm.

Huang Zhong knew that there was nothing to be done, so he decisively changed the order: "Gather the rear army. Pass on the order, and no one in our Xuzhou Army Headquarters will be able to move forward." He also called the names of several generals: "Lead You wait for the headquarters, the bow is stringed, the knife is out of the sheath, but when you hear the sound of the drum, you will go forward without hesitation to save the Xuzhou army in front, and those who dare to patrol and fail to advance, beheaded!"

"Here!"

If it was just a vague feeling that it was wrong before, then Huang Zhong can now conclude that whether it is the quick fall of Qianxian County or Dong Xi's fleeing without a fight, they are all to lure them to go deep.

So what is waiting for the Xuzhou army ahead is self-evident!

When things came to this, in a hurry, Huang Zhong actually thought of only one way to deal with it.

That is to first confidently sever the connection between his headquarters and the heavenly army in front, temporarily and urgently artificially create a no-man's land, and then take advantage of the enemy's attack on the front, select the elite to attack the weak points of the ambush army, and then go Rescue friendly troops from danger.

In fact, this kind of method can only be used by the heavenly army.

Because under normal circumstances, when the front army falls into ambush and is besieged, it is bound to be in a panic and may not be able to resist the enemy's offensive for a long time. However, seeing such a situation, it is difficult for the rear army to change the overall situation when the situation is broken. The more conscious choice It is a strong man who breaks his arm and removes his tail to survive to preserve his strength.

But Huang Zhong knew that the Heavenly Army was different. Even if they were attacked suddenly, they might panic, but they would never be defeated easily. Moreover, one of his subordinates had a good saying before that if the thief was in ambush, the soldiers and horses he used would not be defeated easily. Not necessarily many, as long as it is not several times the strength, it is absolutely difficult to eliminate their vanguard in a short time.

Therefore, the strategy of "a strong man cuts his wrists" is also adopted, but Huang Zhong is going to choose to avoid the truth in the follow-up, encircling Wei and saving Zhao!
This is not only considering the ability of the Heavenly Army to fight well, but also the only way at the moment.

While doing his best to restrain the rear of his army, Huang Zhong stood on the horse and looked far away. The mountains in the distance were undulating and silent. He suddenly thought of one thing: Where did Zhao Xubu go?
During most of the pursuit, Huang Zhong, who had excellent eyesight, could still see Zhao Xu's general flag, but he didn't know when he couldn't see it.
So when did it start.
After thinking for a long time, Huang Zhong vaguely remembered that when Huo Shan rose above the horizon, Zhao Xubu disappeared before his eyes.
Huang Zhong remembered that the former supervisor had said that Zhao Xu was originally from Lujiang, and he thought he was familiar with the road.
So now that Huo Shan is in front of him, no matter what shortcut Zhao Xu took, it's time to show up, right?
unless
This idea was vetoed by Huang Zhong himself as soon as it arose. Although the headquarters led by Zhao Xu was the Yangzhou Army, they were able to break out of the siege of Linhu Sun Ce's army with him that day, and they were considered to have a certain combat effectiveness. Brave and brave, it is absolutely impossible to wipe them out in a very short time, let alone make much movement.

As if to test his idea, at this moment, killing sounds suddenly broke out in the forest ahead.

Sure enough, Sun Cejun set up an ambush in the mountains!

It's just that it was not the Xuzhou army that crashed into it first, but the more than [-] Yangzhou army led by Zhao Xu, whom Huang Zhong was looking for.

This is a situation that no one expected. The ambush army was waiting for the Xuzhou army horses, and Zhao Xubu was the first to set off, and he took a shortcut. He was some distance away, and this time it can be said that by accident, he became the existence of walking for the Xuzhou army.

Dong Xi spent so much time and effort, of course, not to eliminate a mere 1000 troops, and it was still the rest of the Yangzhou Army, but since Zhao Xu's troops stepped in, it would not work if they didn't start in advance.

With a loud shout, on the dark night rain, in the depths of the mountain forest, suddenly the flames burst out, and the screams shook the sky.

"Not good! Get out quickly"

At this time, Zhao Xu also knew that something was wrong, so he pulled his horse and left, but he retreated not far away, when a big man charged forward to block him, amidst wild laughter, the sword light swirled:
"I am Yu Yao, Dong Yuan, and the thieves don't want to escape!"

As one of the future Jiangbiao's twelve tiger ministers, the general who beheaded Huang Zu, how could Zhao Xu be his opponent?But after two or three rounds, the sky was rained with blood, and Zhao Xu had already been killed.

After the death of the main general, the Yangzhou army became more and more panic-stricken.

Dong Xi took advantage of the victory to pursue, led his subordinates, cooperated with the Fu army, and bravely returned to charge.The Xuzhou army couldn't hold back and was defeated and fled. Dong Xi became more and more complacent, and when he continued to cover up the killing, he didn't realize that Huang Zhong had already made arrangements. The waves of arrows were like locusts, and Dong Xibu's offensive was stopped just now.

The two sides fought for a while, seeing that the night was fading away, and the dawn was about to break. Dong Xi saw that Huang Zhong's rear formation was in order, although the retreat was not chaotic.Knowing that this ambush has come to an end.Even if they continue to chase and kill, it is estimated that they will not be able to take advantage of it.When you see a good situation, you will withdraw, order to withdraw the army, check the results of the battle, and kill and wound more than [-] enemies.Among them, the Yangzhou Army of Zhao Xubu accounted for more than half.

It's a pity to cry secretly, but Dong Xi's face is full of triumphant triumph, which makes people shout from afar: "Your army has come from afar, and there is nothing to honor them. Let's chat tonight and prepare a small gift as a token of meeting, and we will learn more in the future. "

Seeing the enemy general leading the three armies retreating slowly, Huang Zhong's expression was somber that he was about to drip water. For a while, everyone around them closed their breaths and concentrated, not daring to breathe.

In Huang Zhong's view, nearly one-third of the soldiers and horses in one Qianxian County were lost, even if the majority of them were Yangzhou Army, it was a very uneconomical deal.

In Dong Xi's eyes, the result of voluntarily giving up Qianxian County was only two thousand enemies killed, and he was also unwilling.

Soon after, Dong Xi led his troops into Tongxiang and went straight to the county government.

At this moment in the back hall, there is an old man and a young man playing chess, the young man is not as good as the weak crown, but his appearance is very majestic, he was born with a pair of blue eyes, shining brightly.

Seeing Dong Xi coming in, the young man didn't seem to have heard of it, but just stared at the chessboard with a piece in his hand, as if he had put all his attention on it.The old man on the side didn't dare to do what he did, he nodded his head to Dong Xi first, as a greeting, and then said with a smile: "Brother Dong is blushing, he must have won a big victory just now?"

Dong Xi sneaked a glance at the young man, then cupped his hands and replied, "Sir, I've said it before, we can only win a small victory."

"Oh?"

The old man was startled when he heard the words, and was about to continue asking questions, but when he heard a slap, the young man finally dropped the piece, so he could only return his attention to the chess game.

After some black-and-white fights, Dong Xi waited respectfully by one side. After an unknown amount of time, the old man let out a long sigh, pushed the chessboard, and said depressedly: "I can't play anymore. I didn't expect to see you in just a few months. Zhongmou, your chess skills have improved greatly."

The young man laughed, and at this moment he turned his head to look at Dong Xi in a leisurely manner, and asked in a deep voice: "Brother Dong, how is the battle in Qian County?"

"The county magistrate knows everything like a god."

Dong Xi replied in a respectful voice: "The last general pretended to be defeated and abandoned the city, and the Yellow Turban bandits really pursued him closely, but before the whole army could enter our encirclement, there was a Yangzhou army that rushed in first, and the Yellow Turban bandits all the way He was very cautious in using troops, and the general saw that although he was not chaotic, he did not continue to chase and kill him, nor did he take advantage of the trend to recapture the city of Qianxian County!"

Speaking of which, Dong Xi's current official position is Captain General, so it stands to reason that he shouldn't be so formal when facing a county magistrate, and even call himself the last general. Reasonably, it is because this young man is Sun Ce's younger brother, the future Sun Quan, the great emperor of Soochow.

In the first year of Jian'an, after Sun Ce acquired the three counties of Danyang, Wu, and Kuaiji, Sun Quan, who was only 16 years old, was appointed as the magistrate of Yangxian County. , And when Sun Ce attacked Wancheng, he took the initiative to follow the army to the front line from the rear.

　I haven't saved the manuscript. I'm a bit busy these days. I can only try my best to keep updating. I can't send it in the morning on a regular basis for the time being.
　　
　
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