After learning that Yang Su was defeated and Yue Fei attacked Yingchuan in a big way, Cao Cao temporarily stopped his plan to counterattack Hefei, and ordered Cao Ren to lead Sima Yi, Sima Cuo, Shi Jin and others to leave Shouchun with 50,000 troops and return to Xuchang in the starry night.
For Cao Cao, Xuchang is not only a population town, but also an economic town, but also a military town, if it is taken by Yue Fei, it will be a great blow to Cao Wei's morale, Cao Cao will never allow such a thing to happen.
Cao Ren and Sima Yi led their troops from Xia Cai to the north, passed through Longkang and Shansang, marched all the way, and entered the territory of Qian County in a few days, and there were still about 400 miles away from Xuchang.
In the early morning of this day, the sky was hazy and bright, and the Cao army, which had only rested for more than three hours, sounded the horn of assembly, and the soldiers hurriedly took a bite of breakfast, and continued to march towards Xuchang under the guidance of Cao Ren.
The army had just walked three or four miles, and several horsemen galloped over, and the scouts on the horses came to Cao Ren and turned over and dismounted, kneeling on the ground and reporting: "General Qiyu, traces of the Han army have been found in Yangxia one hundred and fifty miles ahead, and it seems that they intend to ambush our army, please make a decision." ” Cao Ren looked angry, stroked his beard and said: "Dare to go deep alone, this Yue Fei is really too deceitful to pass on my orders, the whole army is ready for battle, give the Han army a head-on blow, let them know that our Great Wei soldiers are not easy to bully" "Hehe, General Zixiao, don't be angry, first look at the topographic map and then decide on countermeasures, it's not too late" Sima Yi turned the wolf's neck, the bones made a "pop" sound, and raised his hand to signal the retirement to temporarily stop the march.
It was still hazy, and it was the darkest hour of the day, and the soldiers lit torches to illuminate the marching map that lay flat on the ground.
Cao Ren and Sima Yi patiently checked the map under the umbrella of a cadre.
"Our location is Qian County, and we will enter the territory of Yangxia after Ku County and Wuping in front, and it is estimated that we will encounter the Han army tomorrow evening."
Shi Jin crossed his waist and made the simplest analysis, and with his vision, he could only think of these.
Sima Cuo pointed to the map to deduce the motive of the Han army: "Yue Fei's army has occupied the southern region of Yingchuan, and Yingyang and Linying have been controlled by the Han army.
The team that went north to Yangxia only needed to pass through Xinji and Fule, and it was only one hundred and fifty miles away from Yue Fei's main army, and it was not a lone army. ” Sima Cuo touched the horn pot and poured a mouthful of water to moisten his throat, and continued to analyze: "And Yue Fei's move is likely to have two intentions, one is to order this team to wait for an opportunity to ambush our army, and the other is to lure Yu Ban and Yang Su stationed in Xuchang to besiege this team, and transfer the team stationed in Xuchang away from the mountain. ” "Well, what Sima Gunda said is very true," Cao Ren stroked the thick beard with his rough hand, and instructed the scouts around him, "Hurry up and hurry to Xuchang, and order Yu Wenze to contact Yang Su, stick to Xuchang and wait for help, don't fall for Yue Fei's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain."
After entering this team in Yangxia, I will try to annihilate it with Zhongda."
"No," the scouts agreed, turned on their horses, and galloped westward.
Cao Ren stroked his sword and asked the scout who had just returned from Yangxia: "Who is the main general of this ambush army?"
The scout shook his head: "The whereabouts of this team are hidden, they don't have any flags, and the villain only judged that it was the Han army by the armor."
Moreover, there was a small force of cavalry roaming around, strictly guarding against spying, and the villain did not dare to get too close, so he had to observe on the distant hillside, and there were about fifty or sixty thousand people."
"Xi Yue Fei actually divided fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses, it seems that he is determined to block me to the east of Yangxia, so he can storm Xuchang."
Cao Ren gasped, immediately drew his sword in his hand, and shouted: "Soldiers, Xuchang is an important border town of my Great Wei, the land is fertile, the population is dense, we must not let it be taken away by Yue Fei."
Next, we must speed up the march, fight to the death with the intercepted Han army in Yangxia, and arrive at the city of Xuchang as soon as possible."
"Defend Xuchang and swear to retire from the Han army" Under the encouragement of Cao Ren, the surrounding Cao soldiers raised their weapons one after another, raised their arms in response, and vibrated the world.
After the soldiers finished shouting, Sima Yi let out a sympathetic sneer, and said in Cao Ren's ear: "General Zixiao, there are many fierce generals like Gao Chong, Yue Yun, and Gao Su under Yue Fei, and we only fight with them with wits and courage."
"Zhongda has a good way to break the enemy" Cao Ren showed joy on his face, through two years of partnering, Cao Ren has been deeply impressed by Sima Yi's strategy, since Sima Yi said this, he already has a plan to break the enemy.
The corners of Sima Yi's mouth curled slightly, and he pointed to the map: "There are two big rivers in Chen County, Dangqu and Suishui, but now the weather has warmed up and the rivers have melted.
Yang Su built a number of water storage dams in Xinzheng and Chenliu, and hoarded a large amount of Yellow River water, as long as a little guidance, it can be poured into the Suishui and Dangqu River, and we will use the water of the Yellow River to flood the Han army and give Yue Fei a head-on blow. ” Seeing Sima Yi's confident appearance, Cao Ren said loudly: "Since Zhongda is so sure, I will put the command in your hands, and you will have full command." ” "Thank you General Zixiao for your trust" Sima Yi thanked him, and immediately issued an order, "Pass on my military order, and the whole army will march to the northwest and Benzhe County" With Sima Yi's order, the 50,000 Cao army changed the route of the march, waving flags all the way, and headed towards Zhexian in the northwest.
At the same time, Cao Ren also sent an envoy to Xuchang to contact Yang Su, and asked Yang Su to send a force of soldiers and horses to guide the water from the Yellow River towards Suishui and Dangqu River in Chen County, and only wait for the Han army to be introduced into suitable terrain before flooding the Han army.
The news was quickly captured by the Han army scouts, and reported to Lü Meng, Yue Yun, and Xu Rong as quickly as possible: "Qi Yu three generals, Cao Jun suddenly changed the route of the march, no longer marching in Chaoyang Xia, but going to Zhe County. ” When Lu Meng, Yue Yun, and Xu Rong heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other, and said in unison: "Could it be that Cao Jun has discovered our whereabouts" After some deliberation, Lü Meng made the final decision, since the army had been in action for four or five days, it must not be wasted.
Even if he couldn't ambush Cao's army, he had to block Cao Ren head-on, prevent him from returning to Xuchang, and relieve the pressure on the main army led by Marshal Yue to attack Xuchang.
"The whole army kills itself" From Zhexian to Xuchang, if you don't detour north to Chenliu, you must pass through Jiwu County, so Lü Meng decided to lead his team to kill Jiwu and find favorable terrain to block Cao's army.
The 30,000 Han troops marched rapidly overnight, and arrived at Jiwu at noon the next day, found a hillside, set up an ambush, and waited for Cao's army to cross.
Waiting left and right, until sunset, there was still no trace of Cao Jun, and the scout came to report again: "Qi three generals, Cao Jun changed the route of the march again, and marched towards Yan County." ” Yan County is only fifty miles away from Zhe County, and a slight move south from Jiwu can block Cao's army.
At the request of Yue Yun and Xu Rong, Lü Meng again ordered the whole army to transfer its stronghold and march towards the Lion's Roar Ridge in the south of Jiwu, vowing to block Cao Ren's troops in the east of Xuchang.
The army stopped and stopped, and each other's exploration horses shuttled back and forth, and the two teams caught and sought out the hide at the junction of Chen County, Qian County, Liang State, and Chen Liu County, and chased happily.
At noon the next day, the Han army that had set up an ambush at Shi's Roar Ridge received the news of the scouts again, and when Cao's army reached Yan County, he changed the route of the march again and turned back to Qian County, with unknown intentions.
Lu Meng began to hesitate, frowned and said to Yue Yun and Xu Rong: "When I was leaving, the marshal specially told me that Cao Ren was a famous general of Cao Wei, and Sima Yi was scheming.
Cao Jun is going around in circles with us like this, I'm afraid that there will be conspiracy, I might as well temporarily collect the troops and go to Xuchang, and then make plans after seeing the marshal, what do you think?"
"It's only fifty or sixty miles away from Cao's army, and you can even see Cao's banner on the high mountain in the near future, how can you just retreat" Yue Yun crossed his hands on his waist and let the cloak be blown to the sound of hunting, "Cao Ren's team is about 50,000 people, if we fight in Chenjun field, we can use 350,000 people to wrestle with him."
And if Cao Ren's team is allowed to enter the city of Xuchang and defend it to the death, I am afraid that we will have to pay a price of 100,000 people or more, how can we be cowardly before fighting, and the enemy's will will destroy our own prestige."
Xu Rong bowed his head and said: "What the winning official said is very true, we have been led by Cao Ren by the nose for several days in this land, if we retreat like this, won't we be laughed at by the big tooth mother, Cao Jun will go wherever I go, I will go where I will block, I don't believe that Cao Ren can still put on wings and fly over."
Seeing that Yue Yun and Xu Rong insisted on not retreating, Lu Meng felt that what the two said was also reasonable, so he agreed with his head bowed: "What the two of you said is also reasonable, then we will continue to stare at Cao Ren, but we must be more careful and beware of Cao Jun's deception." ” With Lü Meng's order, the Han army turned around and marched to the south of Chaoyang Xia, anyway, from Xuchang to Xuchang, he had to pass through here, and he was not afraid that Cao Jun would put on his wings and fly over.
At dusk that day, the army arrived at the Dangqu River, and saw that the river was no more than knee-deep, so they took off their combat boots and crossed the river.
Suddenly, I heard a tsunami from the mountains, like the earth shaking the mountains, and the turbid and turbulent river rushed down from the upstream, turning many of the Han soldiers who were crossing the river on their backs, making a mess.
Many floating corpses on the river drifted with the waves, and floating flags swirled in the waves, rushing downstream.
The vanguard led by Yue Yun had just come ashore, and Lu Meng in the center was almost swept away by the flood, but fortunately, he was familiar with the water since he was a child, and relied on the desperate protection of the soldiers around him to climb to the other side in the torrent.
Before Xu Rong, who was in charge of the broken end, had not had time to go down the river, he saw the turbulent river rushing down, sweeping away countless Han soldiers and soldiers, and hurriedly ordered the team to retreat. t1706231537: