In June of the second year of Jian'an, the land of Jingzhou was full of wolf smoke, the flag covered the sky, and the ground was agitated.
Zhu Yuanzhang divided the army into three routes, and at the same time launched a fierce offensive towards the county seat around Xiangyang.
With Wei Wentong as the main general on the right, Zhu Sheng as the military division, and Zhang Dingbian, Han Sui, and Zhu Wen as the assistants, he led 50,000 horses to storm the county towns of Zhuyang and Yin in the northwest of Xiangyang.
Ordered Lu Bu to lead the civil and military forces of the department, and raised 50,000 troops to attack Yicheng, Bianxian and other county towns directly south of Xiangyang.
And Zhu Yuanzhang personally led Xu Da, Yang Dayan, Li Guang and others to supervise 100,000 troops to storm the Guan Yu camp stationed in Xiangyang.
In order to cooperate with Zhu Yuanzhang in the battle, Yang Su and Huangfu Song led Zhang Xutuo, Shi Wansui, Yang Guang and others to raise 100,000 troops, and at the same time sent troops from Hugao Pass to Wancheng, intending to entangle Yue Fei and prevent Wancheng's soldiers and horses from reinforcing Xiangyang.
Seeing that the Western Han Dynasty finally attacked with all his might, Cao Ren, who was sitting in Xuchang, gloated, adopted Sima Yi's strategy to fish in troubled waters, and sent Shi Jin and Zhang Yan to lead more than 10,000 soldiers to disguise themselves as bandits and sneak into Runan, which is adjacent to Yingchuan County, to rob houses and houses, plunder grain and grass, and make people panic.
After more than a year of offensive and defensive battles, the strength of Guan Yu's troops has been reduced to 40,000, which is five times different from the 200,000 troops of Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Yu's combined army, which can be called a huge disparity.
Although Yue Fei sent Feng Sheng and Lu Meng with 20,000 horses to reinforce a few days ago, it was still a drop in the bucket, and it was difficult to smooth out the huge gap between the two sides.
What's more, Feng Sheng repeatedly proposed that the city should be held first, Guan Yu ordered Feng Sheng to defend Fancheng and Lü Meng to defend Xiangyang, and the result was that the team facing the front did not increase a single soldier, but only consolidated the defense of Xiangyang and Fancheng in the rear.
"Junhou, the Western Han Dynasty is menacing, and the disparity between the enemy and our forces is too great, in my opinion, it is better to abandon the county seats, retreat into Xiangyang, and wait for reinforcements."
After receiving the scout's report, Chen Ping immediately suggested to Guan Yu to withdraw from the army.
Guan Yu sat high in the middle, Danfeng's eyes were wide open, his silkworm eyebrows were upside down, his hand stroked his three-foot hair, and he said loudly: "I am entrusted by the Son of Heaven to oversee the army to attack Shangyong."
It lasted more than two years, and spent nearly a million stones of money and grain, not only did not get an inch of land, but was counterattacked by the Luoyang rebels and Liu Yujun's army, and took away six or seven county towns in the west of Xiangyang at once.
"Hehe, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and the enemy's strength is large, and it is not the fault of the prince."
Chen Ping stroked his beard and smiled, defending Guan Yu.
"This time we must not retreat, I will never give up the land of the Han Dynasty to others again" Guan Yu stroked his beard and said generously.
His gaze slowly swept to the generals under his command, and swept over the faces of Yue Sheng, Guan Ping, Zhou Cang, Guan Ling, Fu Wei and others one by one: "You dare to fight to the death to protect your family and defend the country."
All the generals swore together: "I am willing to fight to the death with the prince and marquis, even if I am crushed to pieces, I will never give up."
Guan Yu's gaze finally fell on Zhang Liao's face, and after a year, this fellow villager from Yanmen and Bingzhou had a very personal relationship with him, and he had the intention of seeing each other and hating each other, and slowly became a good friend.
"Wen Yuan, do you mean to retreat to Xiangyang, or fight to the death with someone" Guan Yu's eyes were like torches, and he asked word by word.
Zhang Liao's face was like frost, and he got up and arched his hand: "Junhou Jingqi pointed out that Zhang Liao must take the lead."
"Good" Guan Yu high-fived and praised, "If I really didn't make a friend of yours, we people in Jizhou will not be cowardly before fighting, greedy for life and afraid of death."
Chen Ping smiled and echoed: "The prince and the marquis ride alone for thousands of miles, pass five passes and kill six generals, and the power of Huaxia, who in the world dares to underestimate the prince and the marquis, but this kind of thing is a war, you can't be a hero, you must judge the situation, don't care about the gains and losses of a city and a place, retreat when you should retreat, and winning the final victory is the royal road."
"Chen Shilang, maybe your suggestion is right, but Guan Mou, as a military general, does not allow himself to retreat again and again, flee without a fight, even if there is a disparity in strength, even if he knows that he can't do it, he must do it with all his might, and the horse leather shroud is not a kind of glory" Guan Yu sat precariously, looking at death as if he were home.
Chen Ping persuaded bitterly: "Hey, the prince and the marquis are wrong, this is not called fleeing without a fight, this is called retreating as advance, this is a clever strategy."
In less than three or five days, General Huo Quji's reinforcements will arrive in Xiangyang, and then they will make a comeback and regain the lost territory. ” Guan Yu is as steel: "Sometimes soldiers don't need strategy, they have to show the courage to defend their families and the country in the face of death, soldiers can defeat the battle, they can die in battle, but they must not lack this courage.
If I retreat into Xiangyang again, more than ten county towns around me will be surrendered to the rebels, but I, Guan, will not dare to fight to the death, which makes the people think of my soldiers and my majesty and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military how to think of me" After a pause, he said word for word: "In the eyes of Chen Shilang, Guan Mou is advancing by retreating, but maybe in the eyes of others, I, Guan Yunchang, am greedy for life and afraid of death, and the Qinglong Yanyue Knife in my hand is no longer allowed to retreat before fighting, even if I know that this battle will be lost, I Guan Yunchang will fight hard, if someone will fall, use my Guan Yu's blood to stain the land of Xiangyang."
Infected by Guan Yu, under the leadership of Zhang Liao and Yue Sheng, the generals once again swore an oath: "Please give an order to the prince, we are willing to fight to the death with the prince, and we would rather die in battle than be scared to death."
Seeing the enthusiasm of the generals, Chen Ping knew that persuasion was no longer possible, so he changed his course: "Junhou, generals, please listen to me, if this battle is really going to be fought, then let's avoid the real and concentrate on fighting the weakest way."
"Well, Chen Shilang's words are reasonable, 200,000 enemy troops are menacing, and if you want to block them all, I'm afraid it's impossible.
Then our army will concentrate its forces and counterattack the weakest one.
Guan Yu stroked his hair and agreed to Chen Ping's suggestion.
The enemy soldiers came in three ways, except for Zhu Yuanzhang's 100,000 horses in the middle road, which was obviously strong, Wei Wentong on the left wing and Lu Bu on the right flank each led 50,000 horses, and the strength was between the two sides, and it was difficult to distinguish who was strong and who was weak.
"Lu Bu is the general of the tiger and wolf, and there are few opponents in the world, in my opinion, it is better to move to the direction of Zhuyang and block Wei Wentong's team head-on" Zhang Liao was reluctant to confront Lu Bu head-on, so he proposed to block Wei Wentong head-on.
However, Chen Ping made a diametrically opposed suggestion: "If the prince and the generals have to fight a battle, I think it is better to block Lu Bu on the right."
Although Lu Bu has the courage to be brave, it is indeed more difficult to deal with than Wei Wentong, but if Lu Bu takes Yicheng and Bianxian, it will threaten Jiangling.
Compared with the two, it is more valuable to block Lu Bu" "Then move south, defend Yicheng and compile counties, and block Lu Bu" After listening to Chen Ping's analysis, Guan Yu made a decision without hesitation.
After the discussion, Chen Ping and Fu Wei were left to lead 3,000 men and horses under their own banners to continue to stick to the camp and attract Zhu Yuanzhang's main army to arrive.
When the enemy approached the camp, the whole army abandoned it, and at the same time sent people to transport all the grain, grass and baggage into Xiangyang City, leaving only an empty fence for Zhu Yuanzhang.
"It's okay to leave some food for the enemy army," Chen Ping showed a treacherous smile, "I will immediately send someone to the pharmacy in Xiangyang to purchase some medicinal powders such as rat medicine, and add some condiments to the enemy army, which can be regarded as our friendship as a landlord."
Guan Yu shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Haha, Chen Shilang really doesn't play cards according to common sense when he uses soldiers, but it's a little lacking in doing so."
"Hehe, fighting a war is not a dinner party, let alone marrying children and relatives, as long as you can win, you must do everything.
Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang has been using soldiers for many years, and I am afraid that he will not easily fall into our way, and the captured grain will definitely be tested, but those soldiers who are hungry and have not filled their stomachs are afraid that they will not understand so many rules, and they can poison one by one.
Chen Pingyun said lightly, with a bit of evil in his smile.
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