Chapter 284 The Power of the Flying General

Xun You hurriedly walked into the mansion of General Zhengxi, holding a few rolls of bamboo tubes in his arms, with a rather worried expression on his face.

Liu Ye, who was discussing government affairs with Jia Xu, saw Xun You walking into the mansion, and immediately turned his head and said, "Oh? The information on the Kwantung War is here, Gongda tell me quickly."

The development of the historical trajectory has finally changed. Dong Zhuo, who had originally shrunk to Luoyang, lost the land of Xiliang, and before the feudal lords joined the Suanzao League, he sent two armies, with Xu Rong and Lu Bu as the commanders respectively. Therefore, Liu Ye I am very interested in the final ownership of this battle.

Xun You put the bamboo slips on the table and unfolded a scroll casually.

"Xu Rong's troops left Wuguan and rushed straight to Nanyang day and night. Yuan Shu sent troops to fight Xu Rong. The 50,000 Nanyang army was defeated by Xu Rong in the first battle."

Jia Xu on the side didn't change his face: "Although Yuan Shu is a general in the rear, he has great ambitions and talents. If Sun Jian hadn't beheaded Zhang Zi, Yuan Shu would have become a bereaved dog. Besides, Liangzhou soldiers have always been brave and good at fighting. It is true that they defeated the poorly trained Nanyang soldiers. normal."

In a few months, Liu Ye loved Jia Xu so much, he was promoted to three ranks in a row, his salary was increased by a thousand stones, and now he is a general in the army, so Jia Xu also reciprocated Liu Ye.

Hearing Jia Xu's words, Liu Ye nodded: "And then?"

Xun You said solemnly: "My lord, I'm afraid that Sun Jian, the prefect of Changsha, was also defeated by Xu Rong. Now he retreats to Yingchuan with Yuan Shu, but the two of them reorganized their troops, and Nanyang County and Changsha have less than 10,000 soldiers."

Liu Ye was stunned: "There are no less than 50,000 soldiers in Nanyang alone, and the combined forces of the two armies are less than 51?"

Liu Ye was deeply impressed by Sun Jian's strategy and the bravery of Sun Jian's army during the battle against the rebellion in Liangzhou. He did not expect Xu Rong to be so powerful.

Jia Xu said: "General, Xu has been in Dong Zhuo's army for a while, so he knows a thing or two about Xu Rong."

Liu Ye hummed, "Speak quickly, Wenhe."

"Xu Rong is a native of Liaodong. Before that, he was unknown in Dong Zhuo's army. I heard that Li Ru admired him quite a lot. I think Xu Rong is the commander of the Wuguan 1st Army this time, not one of Li, Guo, Fan and Zhang. Based on Li Ru's suggestion."

And Xun You said: "You were quite surprised when I heard that Sun Wentai was defeated, so I found out the sand table in the army and studied the battle, and found that Xu Rong's military style is quite similar to that of a famous general in the Warring States Period."

"who is it?"

"Bai Qi."

Xun You went on to say: "Bai Qi uses troops, is good at mobile warfare, and kills and injures the enemy's vital forces. The battle against Wei Daliang and the battle against Zhao Changping are all like this. After Xu Rong defeated Yuan Shu and Sun Jian, he also sent a large number of troops to strangle the defeated troops. Yuan Shu and Sun Jian were devastated because of this."

Liu Ye's face was solemn, but fortunately he sent troops early, if it was a few months later, Dong Zhuo would have completely subdued the tens of thousands of Northern Army and Bingzhou Army, and a hundred thousand troops would have swept out, and the territory of Yongliang and Liangzhou was not dangerous, and it was most suitable for cavalry to fight at gallop .

Jia Xu cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, General. General Zhang He has already built Lantian County as solid as gold. Even if the enemy troops come out from Tongguan, they will surely run into a wall at Lantian Pass."

Hearing Jia Xu's words, Liu Ye breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Jai issued a military order to build Lantian into a military fortress within three months. Killing one of the civilian husbands who were passive and sabotage, the civilian husbands were taken aback, and everyone hurriedly stepped up the construction. Finally, within three months, Lantian County was built as solid as gold.

Liu Ye remembered something, and asked Xun You: "Gongda, how is the attack of Lu Bu's army along the Hulao Pass?"

Xun You smiled and said, "My lord, are you worried about General Cao?"

Liu Ye smiled: "Brother Meng De and I are old friends when we fought for the Yellow Turbans, so naturally we should care about it."

Xun You sighed: "General Cao was also defeated, but he saved his life. He retreated to Peiguo, Yuzhou, and joined his brother Cao Ren, who was going to Yangzhou to recruit troops, to regroup the army."

Lu Bu and Cao Cao can be described as life and death enemies. Historically, they have fought many times in Yanzhou and Xuzhou, and they have won and lost each other. However, Cao Cao has just started his army and his army is weak, while Lu Bu has the support of Dong Zhuo behind him and can defeat Cao Cao. It also makes sense.

Lu Bu led the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry out of Hulao Pass eastward and charged towards the hinterland of Yanzhou. The first to bear the brunt were Zhang Miao and Cao Cao from Chenliu County. Zhang Miao was very famous and was one of the eight chefs. Short board, so Zhang Miao simply handed Chen Liujun over to his best friend Cao Cao for unified command.

Cao Cao's 5,000 volunteer soldiers plus Chenliu's 10,000 county soldiers totaled 15,000. In order to show the determination to resist to the whole world, Cao Cao decided to send his troops to fight against Lu Bu's army and defeat the enemy head-on.

However, Cao Cao was not a reckless person. Under the advice of his military adviser Xi Zhicai, Cao Cao set up an ambush in the woods on the outskirts of Chenliu.

The 20,000 Bingzhou Army came to Chenliu City, and immediately launched a fierce attack under the command of Lv Bu. The Bingzhou Army guarded the border all year round, fighting the Huns and Xianbei, with elite soldiers. However, Chen Liujun had little battle experience, and despite the command of Cao Cao, Xia Houdun, Xia Houyuan and others, he could only struggle to support him.

Seeing that Cao Cao was in a bitter battle, he immediately launched an ambush behind Lv Bu's army according to Xi Zhicai's words. The ambush troops led by Li Dian and Lejin attacked Lv Bu's rear army, and the state army was in chaos.

"But unexpectedly, Lu Bu ordered an army of 700 men to turn around and attack fiercely. In just a few sticks of incense, the 3,000 troops under the command of Le Jin and Li Dian were defeated by this 700-man army. I heard that this army The commander of the army is named Gao Shun," said Xun You.

But Liu Ye was muttering: "Trapped in the camp?"

Xun You asked curiously, "Could it be that my lord knows this soldier and horse? This is really knowing yourself and your enemy."

Liu Ye explained: "Lü Bu is known as a flying general. There are eight strong generals in the army. Gao Shun is the head of the eight strong generals. There are more than 700 people under his command who attack the city and fall into the battle without any disadvantage. Therefore, they are called the camp."

Xun You nodded, and continued: "Gao Shun defeated Cao Cao's ambush, and then turned to attack Chen Liu's army. Cao Cao couldn't resist, and led the defeated army to retreat. Zhang Miao fell with Cao Cao in the chaotic army, and went to Nanpi, where he defected to Yuan Shao, the prefect of Bohai. Cao Cao has arrived in Peiguo, Yuzhou."

"After Lu Bu defeated Cao Cao and Zhang Miao in the first battle, he sent his troops to the north. He defeated Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi County, and Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun County, in two battles, and relieved the threat of Luoyang. After Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, heard about it, he dared not fight with him. Lü Bu fought and retreated in Puyang City, and he and Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin became horns of each other, Lü Bu's army was unable to attack for a long time, but now in Yanzhou, Lv Bu can be said to be at the height of his power."

Liu Ye questioned: "Han Fu, Yuan Shao, Zhang Yang and others haven't sent troops yet, are they in the north of the Yellow River?"