Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Feng Yu was surprised and said: "I always pay attention to the Yuyan battle situation, but the news is passed through several hands. So the details may not be accurate. Although I know that Meng De is fighting hard and confronting Yuan thief , but I didn’t expect it to be too difficult to support! Now that Wen Ruo is here, please tell me the truth.”

Xun Yu sighed, and told Feng Yu the real situation of the fierce battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao.

After Feng Yu listened, he thought: [So, I thought that Cao Yuan’s war situation would be like the history of the original world, forming a long-term confrontation in Guandu. Although Cao Cao also fought hard, it also made Yuan Jun unable to advance or retreat. Difficult dilemma.Now according to what Xun Yu said, that's not the case at all! 】

Chapter 154 Cao Cao's Dilemma

After Cao Cao was frustrated in the Battle of Baimadu, he retreated to Fengqiu by the Jishui River, trying to intercept Yuan Shao's Middle Route Army coming from Baimadu again.

But before he could wait for Yuan Shao's army to come, he got military information---Yuan Shao's other two armies had crossed the Yellow River from Yanjin and Puyang respectively.In order to prevent the Yuan army from the east and the west from besieging Xuchang directly, Cao Cao was forced to retreat the main force to Guandu on the south bank of the chasm in advance.

Guandu is 120 miles north of Xuchang.Although the main force of the Cao army stationed here was only 5000, relying on the barrier, even if the Yuan army doubled its strength, it would not be able to encircle the Cao army camp.

If Yuan Jun bypassed Guandu, he would directly besiege Xuchang. The depth of 120 miles, coupled with the threat of Cao Jundu's camp, is also unlikely.Because of this, it is difficult to guarantee the food and grass supplies of Yuan Jun who besieged the city.

Therefore, all Yuan Jun can do is to confront Cao Jun at Guandu, and divide another division to attack Xuchang, Cao Jun's granary.But several consecutive raids on Xuchang all ended in failure.

The main force of the Cao army is deployed on the front line of Guandu, Xuchang.And in this area to strengthen the walls and clear the fields.Tuntian was destroyed and the population was evacuated.The Yuan army who attacked Xuchang could not conquer Xuchang before the dry food with him was eaten, nor could he defeat the mighty Cao army in the encounter battle in the countryside.

At this point in the development of the war situation, there is not much difference from the original world history.If things go on like this, even if Cao Cao can't win the Guandu victory like in the original world history, he will at least be able to confront Yuan Shaojun for quite a long time.

But the change of things is that in the original history, Yuan Shao was eager to make a quick decision and annihilate the main force of Cao's army.Therefore, gather all the troops together and cross the river from Baima to the south.

As a result, more than [-] troops were "sticked" by a mere [-] to [-] Cao troops within a radius of tens of miles around Wuchao, the granary.In the end, because the distance from Yuan Jun's supply line and the amount of supply were far greater than that of Cao Jun, the balance of victory was tilted towards Cao Jun.

But now in this world, the history that is happening.Yuan Shao's three-way army crossed the river and went down the river. After crossing the river from Yanjin, Yuan Jun under the command of West Road Jushou continued to march westward, and conquered Gushi on the southwestern bank of the chasm in one fell swoop, and used it as the granary of the West Road Army.

Yuan Jun under the command of Donglu Shenpei crossed the river from Puyang. Although he failed to capture Juancheng, which was guarded by Cheng Yu himself, he broke through the Cao Jun barracks outside the city, and blocked the four gates of Juancheng with a small number of troops, planning for a long-term siege.Then the main force continued to move southward, occupying Dingtao, and using Dingtao as the granary of the East Route Army.

Although Yuan Jun in the middle of the Guandu Wuchao line could not effectively attack the hinterland of Yuyan.However, with the old city and Dingtao as the base camp, the two Yuan armies were able to cover some cities and farmland in the hinterland of Cao army within the attack radius.Jushou's West Route Army could even attack Cao Cao's Guandu camp from the flank at any time.

Moreover, at this time, [-]% of the main force of Cao's army was concentrated in Guandu and Xuchang.The rest of the troops are weak.Even if Cao Jun is as good as a cloud, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.For the old city, they had nothing to do with the frequent raids and robberies by Yuan Jun from Dingtao and Dingtao.

As a result, during the recent period of confrontation, Cao Jun's hinterland garrison fields and populated cities were successively discovered by Yuan Jun, suffered a lot of damage, and a large number of people were also looted.

Even on the south bank of the chasm, Jushou's West Route Army took advantage of its proximity to the water and towers to attack Cao's grain transport team twice between Xuchang and Guandu Daying.Also in the countryside near Xuchang City, they repeatedly attacked the transportation teams from various places in Henan and Yanzhou that transported grain and grass to Xuchang.

After such a long period of time, Cao Jun felt unprecedented difficulties whether it was the replenishment of troops or the collection and transportation of food and grass.On the frontal main battlefield of Guandu, Yuan Shao piled up mountains of earth and suppressed Cao Jun's camp with bows and arrows.He also launched a fierce attack on Cao Ying from time to time.

At the moment, the defeat of Cao Jun has appeared, and Cao Cao is so anxious that he can only send Xun Yu to ask Feng Yu for help.

At this time, in the hall of Zhuyang City Mansion.Feng Yu asked Xun Yu, "What kind of assistance does Meng De hope to give him?"

"I don't know how many troops the general has at his disposal?"

Feng Yu replied truthfully: "To tell the truth, Wen Ruo, a certain refugee who was just taken in in Runan, formed two new legions. But these have just been formed into an army and have not been trained yet. They have to be able to fight on the battlefield. level, at least four months of training time is required.

Today, under a certain rule, excluding the reclamation army defending all sides, the mobile force is four legions.One of them is on the front line of Huainan, the other is facing Yuan Jun of Bingzhou across the Yellow River in the Guanzhong Plain, and the other is used as a garrison force for Zhuyang.There is also one guarding the Hanzhong Plain, because the situation in Hanzhong is now stable, and there are no enemies around it for the time being, so only this legion can barely be called. "

Xun Yu blinked his eyes twice, and said to Feng Yu: "Then I implore the general to cross the Yellow River from the east of the Guandong to send troops to Bingzhou, form a flank oppressive force on the Yuan bandits, and restrain their reinforcements. Then transfer the Hanzhong army to Wuyang , and then go north to support Xuchang. I wonder if it is possible?"

Feng Yu thought for a moment, and replied: "It's no problem to have Huaxiong's army attack Bingzhou to contain Yuan Jun. It's just that Xu Rong's army in Hanzhong was transferred all the way to Wuyang, and then went north to Xuchang. It's such a big circle. ..."

Just when Xun Yu thought that Feng Yu was going to excuse himself, Feng Yu continued, "It will take a long time, I'm afraid Meng De can't wait. And even if it arrives in Xuchang, it won't be of much use. A certain person thinks it's better to change the method." Way."

Xun Yu asked suspiciously, "Oh? The general has a better strategy? Please give me your advice."

Feng Yu didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically, "Do you have any garrisons in Sili, Heluo?"

Xun Yu nodded and said, "Before, in order to prevent Yuan Jun from crossing Henan from Hanoi, we detoured from Henan to attack the rear of Xuchang. Our army has [-] troops stationed in Mengjin. However, judging from the current battle situation, this garrison is meaningless. Cao Gongyi intends to transfer it to other defense areas."

Feng Yu said anxiously: "No way. Mengjin's [-] soldiers are of great use! A certain plan allows Xu Rong's army to enter the Guanzhong Plain from Hanzhong, then leave Tongguan along the Weihe River, cross the Yellow River from Mengjin to the north, and attack Yuan's rear! "

Xun Yu was startled and said, "How can we sustain the food and grass if we go so far alone? How can we rescue them if they are encircled by a large group of enemy troops? This is really too dangerous!"

Feng Yu smiled slightly, and the old god said, "This one, of course, knows it well. It's just that Meng De has to do a good job in Mengjin."

Seeing that the other party was so confident, Xun Yu no longer worried.He cupped his hands and said, "That's natural. When the Liangzhou army arrives in Mengjin, just ask for any needs. As long as our army can do it, we will do our best to complete it."

Feng Yu asked Jia Xu to be summoned again, and the four of them had another long and detailed conversation to finalize the details of each link.Xun Yu had just bid farewell to Feng Yu and returned to report to Cao Cao.

Chapter 155 The Yangtze River Water Battle

In the first month of the second year of Jian'an, even in the Huainan area, it was still cold and cold.

On the bank of the Yangtze River, in a camp of Yuan Shu's army, a few soldiers on the watchtower were shrinking their necks and sleeves, and wasting time listlessly.With a gust of cold north wind, they suddenly smelled the aroma of stewed meat and wine.They sniffed their noses and drooled.

A soldier muttered: "Look, the Han army has wine and meat. Let alone wine and meat, we can't even eat food! We use river mussels instead of rations. If you eat too much of that, you can't even poop out!"

His complaints quickly resonated, and you complained one after another, until their corporal leader saw a general approaching in the distance, coughed dryly and winked, and they shut up.

In the camp of the Han army a hundred battles away, the soldiers who ate meat and drank wine were also talking about it.

"In previous years, during the Chinese New Year, the higher-ups would share wine and meat. This year, when we were fighting outside, I didn't expect there to be wine and meat to eat."

"Well, the wine is much less than in previous years."

"Uh, that's because the wine was used to burn Yuan Bing. If there is less, everyone will share less."

"Fart! That shochu and this kind of wine are not the same kind of wine. The small amount is to keep you from getting drunk. Even if you are not on duty, this is still a battlefield, so be vigilant!"

As soon as a leader of Zhao Yun's army finished speaking, he heard the soldiers on the watchtower start to exclaim. He thought it was an enemy attack, so he climbed up the watchtower and looked into the distance.

Hundreds of battles away is the Yangtze River. The shadows of sails cover the river, and the two fleets are heading towards each other.The soldiers saw at a glance from the flags on the ships that one of the fleets was Yuan Jun's navy that had been sailing in the Yangtze River for many days, while the large number of ships in the other fleet were the Zhuyang warships that the soldiers were familiar with.

It turned out that when Feng Yu returned to the front line of Jiujiang County in Huainan, he ordered nearly a hundred warships of the Mianshui Navy to enter the Yangtze River along the Mian River, and then went down the river to join Sun Ce's Jiangdong Navy and wait for an opportunity to fight Yuan Shu's navy in the Yangtze River. , To regain the right to control the river.

In the original world, the geographic location of Shouchun City during the Three Kingdoms period was not clearly determined.Only based on the relevant county annals and the ruins of the ancient city in the Ming and Qing dynasties, it is presumed that it is roughly on the south bank of the Huai River in the east of Shou County in later generations.

But in this world, Shouchun City is located between the Huai River and the Yangtze River, east of Chaohu Lake, and more than a hundred kilometers southeast of Shou County in later generations.The south of the county is close to the Yangtze River.It was originally the seat of Jiujiang County across the river from Danyang County in Jiangdong.Therefore, the control of the waterway on the Yangtze River is very important for the Shouchun Campaign.

By regaining the right to control the river, Sun Ce's rear Danyang County can provide grain and grass supplies to the front line nearby, and at the same time cut off Yuan Shu's army from harassing the Han army's rear through the Yangtze River waterway.

At this time, the main naval forces of both sides had already opened their posture on the river, preparing for a decisive battle.Amidst the thundering drums, Yuan Jun's warship swelled its sails, and riding the north wind, tried its best to lean towards the Han Army's warship.

The warships of the Han army were not going with the wind but with the water. Taking advantage of the water, they also leaned towards each other.It's just that Feng Yu's warship did not rush straight at the opponent's warship, but deflected in one direction.Avoid head-on collisions with opposing warships.

The bed crossbow on the Zhuyang warship began to fire crossbow guns, and some crossbow guns were covered with kerosene, bound with fiber combustibles, and passed through the flames of the lit torches when fired.Like a fire dragon shooting at the opponent's warship.

Of course, such a musket could not ignite the deck of the warship, but if it hit the sail, it would inevitably trigger a raging fire.

"Crossbowman, take the arrow and open the bow, prepare to shoot! Hook and sickle gun, prepare to join the board! Sword and shield hand, prepare to jump to the gang!" A Yuan Jun naval officer is directing the crossbow soldiers on the deck to jump to the gang Fighting, all of a sudden, with a bah... bang, blood spattered on his chest, and a crossbow pierced through his chest.

On another Yuan Jun warship, a fire dragon hit the sail, and the fire took advantage of the wind, and the entire sail quickly burned, and then ignited the ship building not far from the sail.The entire ship was gradually engulfed in raging flames.

There was a huge muffled bang, and in the rain of arrows, a Jiangdong warship leaned against Yuan Jun's warship.Soldiers on both sides continued to shoot crossbows across the side of the ship, and stabbed each other with spears.Then the side with the advantage began to climb over the side of the ship and meet the opponent hand-to-hand on the deck.

The sound of killing on the entire river was loud, and more than a dozen ships had turned into fire boats. The fire was getting bigger and bigger, and some masts were so burned that they fell down.These fire boats are naturally Yuan Jun's warships.

Sun Ce's warships have all started fighting side by side with Yuan Jun's warships. Although their number of ships is small, their morale is much higher than that of the opponent.As long as they are on board, the victorious side is basically the Jiangdong navy officers and soldiers.

However, Feng Yu's warship tried its best to avoid colliding with the opponent's board, but moved flexibly on the river surface, and the bed crossbow on the double deck continued to fire deadly crossbow guns and "fire dragons".If you miss Yuan Jun's warship by chance, the tomahawks, arrows and javelins on the deck will pour towards Yuan Jun's warship,

That was an attack by Viking sailors.These warriors are perfect for boarding.But their low Viking warships are not suitable for water warfare, so Feng Yu didn't ask them to drive the Viking ships to the Yangtze River to participate in the battle.

In this fierce water battle battlefield, there was a fishing boat moored in the reeds not far away. A man dressed as a fisherman on the fishing boat took off his bamboo hat and squinted to observe the battlefield.The sunlight made his bronze-colored skin red.

He spat out a reed stick in his mouth, and said to himself: "What a strange way of fighting, to use a giant bow on the deck to fight."

Then he said: "Yuan Jun has been defeated, the overall situation has been settled, there is nothing to watch." After saying this, he lay down on the deck of the fishing boat, crossing his legs.A head emerged from the boat tent and asked, "Brother, do you mean to return to Jingzhou?"

"Go, go, who said we're going back. Hurry up and stew the fish, we'll have a drink tonight."

His little brother was still muttering: "It's so far away, I don't know what's the point of waiting for so many days just to watch other people fight."

Unexpectedly, his elder brother heard his words and shouted: "You know what, this is related to our future, don't you know?" The younger brother stopped talking and silently went to butcher fish to make a fire.

This man, surnamed Gan and named Ning, was originally a water thief, and later joined Liu Biao and Huang Zu to serve under his command, but he was never reused. Even though he made great contributions, he was still a small team leader.He decided to vote for another master.

A few days ago, I saw the "Liangzhou Navy" sailing across the river in Jingzhou in great strength, and with a thought, I called a few younger brothers to follow.

He knew that Feng Yu and Sun Ce's navy would have a fierce battle with Yuan Shu, and he wanted to see which lord he would vote for after watching this battle.

At this time, the battle on the river was coming to an end, and more than half of Yuan Jun's naval warships were destroyed or captured, and the remaining Yuan Jun's warships fled downstream in panic.

Chapter 156

In early spring, Xu Rong's army marched on the freshly green Guanzhong Plain.They received a military order from Zhuyang, entered Guanzhong, marched along the Weihe River, and joined another small force from Shangluo County in Henan County.

Only Xu Rong himself knows the ultimate goal of this mission. They will go deep into thousands of miles alone and attack the rear of Yuan Shao and Jizhou.

Xu Rong was very excited about this task.Since he led the army to guard Hanzhong, he has not been on the battlefield for a long time.The dull and watery days made his heart eager to make contributions restless.Now, finally waited for the opportunity.

Because there are many cities and camps under Feng Yu's rule along the way, they can provide them with supplies at any time.Therefore, Xu Rong's army did not need to bring its own luggage, and the marching speed was extremely fast.In just a few days, it is approaching Chang'an.

After he entered Chang'an City, he was a little disappointed.Because he thought he could see Hua Xiong, but Hua Xiong also got the military order and left Chang'an with the main force of the army to complete the task of containing and attracting Yuan's troops in Bingzhou.

Xu Rong had no choice but to take a rest in Chang'an. After replenishing his supplies, he led the army and continued towards Tongguan in the east.

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In Xiayang County, on the bank of the Yellow River, Hua Xiong shot straight away, watching the ferries busily coming and going in the river.They are transporting soldiers, horses and food to the east bank.

The Yellow River runs from north to south in Xiayang, across the entire Guanzhong Plain.Divide the crescent-shaped Guanzhong Plain into two.To the east is Hedong County belonging to Bingzhou.

When all the soldiers arrived on the east bank, Hua Xiong left behind the supply battalion, the infantry battalion, and a few scouts to guard the ferry camp.He took the rest of his cavalry and went to the deep hinterland of Hedong County...

On the dusty loess road, five or six hundred soldiers and civilians from Hedong County were doing their best.

They escorted hundreds of carts of grain and grass to Jianxing County, Bingzhou.There, the grain and grass will be transshipped again, passing through the Taihang Mountain Xing Road for hundreds of miles, and delivered to Yecheng, Jizhou.And all the grain and grass near Yecheng must be transported to the front line of Guandu.

Suddenly there was a rush of horseshoes, and when several soldiers were turning their heads to look around, two light cavalry suddenly appeared in front of them, the horseshoes stopped abruptly, and there was a cloud of flying dust behind them.

The team leader who escorted the food and grass squinted and looked at the opponent. The opponent's equipment looked extremely sophisticated from the outside, and there was a golden eagle squatting on one shoulder.This is by no means a Bingzhou scout, let alone an ordinary Bingzhou cavalry!

"What are you doing?" the leader of the team asked loudly, he was not panicked, because after all, there were only two people on the other side.On the contrary, he thought that he had encountered good luck, and if he could catch these two people, it might be a great achievement.

The two knights looked at each other, without saying a word, they pulled up their horses and left.They were the forward scouts of the Huaxiong Legion, and they were searching for worthwhile targets in this area, when they came across this food transport team by chance.

"Chasing!" The leader of the Bingzhou Army shouted urgently, how could he let the duck with its mouth fly away.All the warriors in the team rushed out together, followed behind the leader, and chased him.

The leader felt that the opponent's war horse was much faster than his own.He made a gesture, and the twenty or so war cavalry immediately divided into several groups, and took a small path to outflank the opponent.They tried to intercept each other by relying on their familiarity with the local terrain.

Sure enough, after a while, five of them took a short cut, bypassed a mound, and stopped in front.The five people brandished steel knives and galloped towards the two scouts.

The two scouts were not in a hurry, they had already bent their bows and set their arrows, and the arrows shot out like meteors flying to the moon.Following two puffs, among the five horsemen, one of the horses was hit by an arrow, and the rider immediately fell off the horse.Another rider had an arrow in his chest, the arrow had pierced through the leather armor, and the entire shaft penetrated half of the chest cavity.

There was an eagle's howl in the air, and before a Bingzhou rider could see what it was, the golden eagle had already jumped in front of him, inserting its sharp toes into its face, and he yelled in pain and fell off the horse.The golden eagle succeeded in one blow and soared into the sky again.

All this happened in the blink of an eye, and when the remaining two Bingzhou riders panicked, the two sides were already close at hand, and the two scouts had already drawn out their first knives to confront them.

With the sound of metal collisions, the two Bingzhou riders had been cut off from their horses, and they only left a few bright knife marks on each other's black iron armor.

When the rest of the Bingzhou riders came after them, the two scouts had disappeared without a trace.The leader of the team turned blue with anger, and secretly said: "This is really a steal, it's a waste of money!"

Reluctantly, he took the wounded soldiers and corpses and returned to the grain escort team, urging the team to go back on the road.But they had only traveled a few miles before they were blocked by people ahead.

The opponent is only twenty riders.Line up in two rows and stand in the middle of the road.It's just that these war rides are too special.The horses were surprisingly tall, and both men and horses were armored, and even the faces of the riders on the horses were covered with iron chains and soft armor.They are like twenty iron towers, blocking the way of the food transport team.

The mouth of the leader of the Bingzhou grain transportation team twitched, and he was about to speak.A deep and short voice floated from the opposite side:

"We are the Liangzhou Army of the Han Dynasty. Put down your weapons, dismount your horses, and follow us!"

This did not lead the state team to be terrified, but he was a veteran who rolled out of the dead, and his face was still calm and composed.He gestured with one hand behind his back, asking the pawns behind to line up.While shouting haha, responding to the other party, delaying time.

Unexpectedly, the other party didn't take this set at all, and began to count in his mouth, "5, 4, ..., 2".That means charging and killing when the count reaches zero.

When the other party counted to two, the team leader suddenly got into trouble and shouted: "Fuck you, brothers, fight! There are so many of us, no matter what they do, there will only be twenty people!" Then he led dozens of horses towards the other party Charge away.

Twenty heavy cavalry immediately began to accelerate their horses and rushed towards them.The three or four hundred Bingzhou infantry speeded up their formation.The civilian husband hid far away, squatting on the ground with his head in his arms.

In a blink of an eye, the two teams of war cavalry passed by on the wrong horse, and a dozen corpses with horses flew into the air and then fell to the ground.The blades of the Bingzhou cavalry didn't even touch the opponent's iron armor.

Fortunately, more than ten riders under the horse were not killed, so how dare they look back.No one was willing to compete with Lord Hades, and they ran away into the distance at full speed.

These well-armored and heavy cavalry ignored them, but continued to charge towards the infantry on horseback.The pawns hadn't finished forming yet, and their faces turned pale with fright when they saw such a scene.Randomly pointing spears, spears, knives and halberds at the opponent.The recruits at the front closed their eyes tightly, not daring to look at the iron cavalry that was rushing forward.

At this time, these heavy cavalry were empty-handed.The twenty cavalry suddenly split into two groups, copying towards the left and right wings of the pawns.An iron chain protruded, stretched between the two cavalry, with both ends held in the hands of each cavalry, and went towards the infantry on the opposite side...

Chapter 157

The Bingzhou grain transportation team was hit by an infantry, and a few astute veterans saw the situation and knew something was wrong, so they immediately dropped their weapons and fled backwards with two legs.The army array was not arranged in a good way, and it was even more chaotic at this time.

With a crackling sound of impact.Two iron cavalry roared past on both sides of the Bingzhou pawns.Bingzhou pawns were brought down to the ground in pieces by iron chains.The soldiers at the front were hit and killed by the iron chain on the spot, and some heads were even strangled by the iron chain.

Although the soldiers behind were not directly injured by the iron chain due to the blocking of the bodies of the soldiers in front, they were brought down to the ground by the huge force.Weapons and knives fell to the ground.

The survivors had just stood up with difficulty, and the twenty cavalry had already turned back, holding up their maces and clubs, and charged directly into the formation.The tall iron horse was rampaging, and the big stick dance was whirring.The twenty tall iron cavalry scattered the whole crowd again, and blood from corpses and skulls was everywhere.

When these iron cavalry turned their horses around again, all Bingzhou infantry fell to the ground and begged for surrender.On the other side of the road, the civilian husbands gathered in a group and squatted on the ground were also trembling.Only then did the iron cavalry stop killing, and the scene was silent for a moment, just now someone cried out because of excessive fear and unbearable pain...