Chapter 45 The Southern Barbarian King was defeated and killed. Yuan Xianfu led the wolf into the house
"What's going on?" Meng Huo saw that his soldiers were killing in a good way, and his head suddenly became big. I didn't deal with it, but I saw a man rushing towards his camp, and the leader was E Huan. Seeing Meng Huo, E Huan led a team of people to immediately surround him and fight with him. Meng Huo was unarmed. These people didn't seem to want to hurt him for a while, so the two sides punched and kicked him like this. Although Meng Huo's martial arts skills are not good, how can he beat this group of people with a large number of people? I'm already in a hurry without too much work.
not to mention that Meng Huo was in a hurry at this time, Zhao Feng, opposite the Yuanjiang River, suddenly saw the barbarian army's camp full of fire, killing in the dark, but it was also a little unexpected. Based on his understanding of these barbarians, I guess he will provoke him first tonight, and then scold E Huan on the battlefield, making him ashamed to fight with him. It is not easy to fight with Meng Huo when he goes back. In this way, Gao Ding will definitely turn against Meng Huo. According to the experience in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Meng Huo's allies, like Yang Feng, are not very good. As long as they are given a little benefit, it is common for these people to tie him up and ask for credit. It's just that he didn't expect that Gao Ding and Meng Huo had a deep resentment. In addition, coincidentally, Meng Huo was urging them to march, but the effect of his counterattack was unexpectedly good.
"General, the barbarian army melee, can we take the opportunity to fight with it?" The fire on the opposite side in the middle of the night was too obvious. Chen and others were also awakened one after another, and then came to fight. I'm not busy. Now that the barbarian army is in the civil war, I'm afraid it's difficult for our army to get involved. What's more, the camp is on fire, and it's difficult to get close. Let's wait and see. Zhao Feng thought about it and didn't want to take too much risk. Chen and others heard the words, but in order to prevent accidents, the sergeants were prepared and on standby at any time.
"Yang Feng, Gao Ding, what do you mean?" After dawn, Meng Huo found that it was Yang Feng and Gao Ding who raided his camp overnight, and he had been knocked down by E Huan and tied up.
"Hmm, Meng Huo, don't blame me if you are not kind! Brother Yang, tie him up and give it to General Zhao!" Seeing that Meng Huo was still struggling, Gao Ding snorted coldly. Meng Huo was in a hurry and scolded while struggling, "You two dog thieves, do you know that our barbarians are already in danger. Yan Yan Laoer led the army to attack our camp while we were away, and many brothers and sisters had already died in his hands. You are still killing each other. Is our southern barbarian department really going to be extinct?
"What?" Gao Ding and Yang Feng were both shocked when they heard the words and hurriedly asked Meng Huo for clues. E Huan's eyes were sharp, and he saw a beast's skin stuffed with Meng Huo's cuffs. He quickly took a look. It was Meng You who wrote a letter to his brother for help. Yang Gao and the two immediately looked at each other. You should know that Yan Yan is not so talkative as Zhao Feng. In case he breaks through the nest, everything will be over.
For a long time, Yang Feng calmed down and said, "Yan Yan is coming, we will return to the army. As for this Meng Huo, let's hand it over to General Zhao. Send another speakable person to meet General Zhao, and it's better to persuade him to promise me to move to Jingnan. In this way, even if you can't gain a foothold in your hometown, you can also follow the example of Shamoke living in Jingnan.
"What Brother Yang said is very good. It doesn't bother the two masters. It's better to let you go again!" Gao Ding couldn't come up with any good ideas for a moment. The two hurriedly tied up Meng Huo, and then sent Fei Nan to cross the river and give him to Zhao Feng. He cleaned up the remnants of his family and Meng Huo, but there were still 60,000 to 70,000 people. After a little rectification, he hurried back to the southern middle of the army overnight.
"So that's what happened." In the Jingzhou army camp, Zhao Feng heard that it was difficult to elaborate on the reason, and he suddenly realized. However, at present, it seems that Gao Ding and Yang Feng are not very good. Even if Meng Huo is not here, they have to face the aggressive Yan Yan, and there are also Meng You and other Meng Huo's clan blamed internally. I'm afraid they are overwhelmed.
Thinking of this, Zhao Feng looked at the southern barbarian king in front of him. In history, Zhuge Liang arrested him and released him again and again, in order to make the departments of the Southern Middle School completely convinced and no longer rebel, in order to ensure that there would be no stubble in the rear during the Northern Expedition. However, it seems that my situation is not the same now. The departments of the Southern Middle School are already a little chaotic. If Meng Huo dies, it will be even more chaotic. However, Zhao Feng feels that it's better to be in a mess. Only when these unruly ethnic minorities are in a mess, the dog bites and the dog bites in a mess, so that he can have the opportunity to better subdue them. To say something irresponsible, no matter how chaotic Nanzhong is now, it's none of his business.
Thinking of this, Zhao Feng also made up his mind. He looked at Meng Huo and shouted, "Come on, push out with me!" Meng Huo was shocked when he heard the words and looked up at Zhao Feng. Before he could say anything, he had been pushed out of the account by several Zhao Feng's soldiers. He only heard a series of shouts and curses gradually fade away, and finally there was no sound. For a moment, Niu Jin came in with a wooden plate, on which was Meng Huo's head. Zhao Feng ordered people to apply lime and anti-corrosion, send someone to Liu Bei on the front line, and it was difficult to go together. Liu Bei decided to seize the matter of Yang Gao and the two.
In this way, Meng Huo, the southern barbarian king who has been in history for decades, sent troops on impulse, and met Zhao Feng, who did not pay much attention to benevolence, righteousness and morality, so he was so confused.
It's not to mention that he rushed to Qiao County to meet Liu Bei. At the same time, the tiger prison was closed. Cao Jian's subordinate, Yin Man, from Henan, sat on the local area, regardless of the dead bodies around him. The soldiers in twos and threes passed by him to clean up the body and rubble.
This is the tenth day of Yuan Tan's attack on Hulaoguan. Since Yuan Tan sent troops to Sizhou a month ago, under the combination of Zhang Yi and Ju Shu Yiwen and Yiwu, and Yuan Tan himself as a leading soldier, the Hebei army has captured Hanoi County. Now it is stepping up the attack on Henan County, and at the same time, it has divided troops to take Hedong and Hongnong counties. As long as you break through the tiger prison and take Luoyang, you will completely cut off the connection between Bingzhou and Cao Yanzhou.
Cao Jian Sizhou originally had only 50,000 horses. It was said that Cao Hong went to attack Jingzhou and took 30,000 away, and the remaining 20,000 people guarded the whole Sizhou. Man Chong could not even make a slightly better defense, so he could only gather people to defend the tiger prison. Even so, after more than ten fierce battles, Man Chong, a Confucian general with a literati background, was also exhausted and unable to continue. The garrison of the Hulao Pass suffered heavy casualties and may fall at any time.
"Your Excellency, water." A captain next to him handed Man Chong a water bag. Man Chong took a few mouthfuls and asked, "Captain Li, how many soldiers are there in the gate?"
"I just counted, and there are only more than 4,000 people left." The man said the result with some hesitation. Man Chong's face suddenly twitched when he heard the words. Captain Li was even more shocked when he saw the situation and hurriedly asked, "Your Excellency, can we still keep it? Will the reinforcements come?"
"I will keep it. I have sent someone to send a letter to General Cao Hong that they should arrive in one or two days!" Although Man Chong was uncertain, he still had to keep calm in front of the soldiers. When Captain Li heard this, he didn't say much. Looking at the full moon on the edge of the sky boredly, he suddenly remembered something and quickly asked Captain Li, "What's the day today?"
"Today is July 20th, and there is nothing to say." Captain Li replied in a doze. When Man Chong heard the words, he quickly got up and rode back to the government office. Captain Li didn't know what to do, but he still followed quickly.
Back to the government office, Man Chong hurriedly picked up a small wooden box with a seal on the table, quickly pulled out the dagger and pried it open, but saw that it was a silk book inside. Rao Shi Man Chong has always been calm, and his hand holding up the silk book is also a little trembling. He prays silently in his heart: Lord, you let me open and watch it again on July 20th. I hope there is any clever plan to save the danger of the tiger's prison.
When I opened the silk book, the expression full of favor suddenly unfolded. My lord, have any reinforcements arrived? Captain Li's expression suddenly improved when he saw that he was full of pets, and he asked with great expectation in his heart.
"That's right, that's right, it's not just reinforcements. Captain Li, tell the brothers that we can have a holiday tomorrow!" Full of pets are excited and a little incoherent. At this time, in the battalion of Yuan Tan's army, Yuan Tan was discussing the siege with Guo Tu and Ju Shu.
"Today, the garrison of the tiger prison is already tired, and the number of people has been significantly reduced. At most two days later, they can take this pass. Once the tiger prison is taken, Sizhou will be owned by me. Ju Shu pointed to the map and said excitedly.
"It's so good!" Yuan Tan was also very happy. He didn't expect that his first army was much smoother than his father's. In a blink of an eye, he was about to attack the next state. Although this is due to Cao's lack of military strength in the two fronts, it is indeed not easy to win so smoothly. Yuan Tan was very excited, and Guo Tu also made fun. For a moment, the atmosphere was very harmonious.
"Lord, General Juhu has an urgent report." At this moment, the sentry outside the door suddenly came to report. Yuan Tan and others were shocked when they heard the words. Juhu was ordered to garrison Yecheng to supervise food and fodder. How could he suddenly come here and quickly ordered him to come in and talk.
"Lord!" As soon as Ju Yu entered the account, he immediately knelt down and cried bitterly. General Juhu, why are you so sad? Yuan Tan saw that Juhu's armor was messy and covered with blood. He suddenly had an ominous foreboding and asked in a trembling voice.
"Lord, Ye Cheng is lost!" Juhu looked at Yuan Tan and his father, gritted his teeth and said these six words, and then cried again.
"What? Did you lose Ye City? Yuan Tan, Guo Tu and others looked at each other in front of each other. There are 30,000 defenders in Ye City. How can it be lost? Cao Jian and Uncle Liu confronted each other on the front line. How can they be in Ye City? Guo Tu asked angrily.
Juhu looked at the three people when he heard the words, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "It's the third prince. It's the third prince who took advantage of Yecheng to extract food and fodder and open the gate. Cao's army killed him in one fell swoop. Our army hurriedly met the enemy and fought fiercely all night. In the end, we were outnumbered, and the city of Ye was lost!"
"What, third son?" Ju Shu was shocked when he heard the words. At this time, he heard Guo Tu's exclamation. Looking back, he saw Yuan Tan spit out a mouthful of blood and fell down. Everyone quickly helped him aside and lay down. After a long time, Yuan Tan woke up and looked at Guo Tu and Ju Shu. Yuan Tan gritted his teeth and said, "I mean, I will return to the army immediately to take back Ye City."
"Your lord, Cao Shen must be prepared, and he must have been tricked to return to the army in a hurry! At present, Luoyang is close at hand, and Cao Yan's defense is empty. He still captures Luoyang first and then seizes Yongzhou. In this way, he can not only connect Uncle Liu, but also Cao Yan will have to return to Henan to fight with us. He gave a lot of advice.
"Yecheng is my Yuan family's foundation. How can I ignore it? Yuan Xianfu, you unworthy descendant, I will kill you with my own hands to comfort my father's spirit in heaven!" Yuan Tan gritted his teeth, so he didn't listen to Ju's words and rectified the army and horses to fight again.
Eight years of Jian'an, autumn of 203 AD. Cao Jian set up a six-way army to attack Liu Bei, but secretly mobilized the soldiers and the East County. Taking advantage of Yuan Shang's dissatisfaction with Yuan Tan, he ordered Xiahou Yuan to lead his army from Qingzhou to Jizhou, where he was stationed, and went to Yueling, Qinghe, and Yangping counties to Ye City. After hearing the news, Yuan Tan did not listen to Ju's words, and the whole army of more than 100,000 prepared to return to Xiahou Yuan in order to retake Ye City.
(to be continued)