Chapter 581 The first encounter between Sekiqian elites

Author: Sharpshooter Lao Feixia

Chapter 581 The first encounter between Sekiqian elites

Lao Cao first comforted everyone with his big words, and then asked about the military situation in detail.

However, what Sun An and others knew was extremely limited. They only knew that the Song army on the west route was defeated. As for how it was defeated, how successful it was, and what the current situation is, they still don't know.

On the Guizhou side, we only know that there are no less than 30,000 besieging troops, but we don't know how many Jin soldiers there are, how many Liao soldiers there are, or who the commander is.

Cao Cao sighed: "If you don't know the true and false, this battle is difficult to fight. The only plan now is to first clear the siege of Guizhou, and then find out the true and false, so that you can slowly calculate."

So he sent Ma Ling and Shi Qian, disguised as wandering Taoist priests and Taoist boys, to sneak to Yingzhou to find out the whole story of the previous battle.

He also wrote a personal letter to hide the Jiao Ting and the meat, and sent it across the mountains and rivers to Ruzhou to Hua Rong.

He himself ordered six generals, Shi Wengong, Du Bo, Sun An, Qin Ming, Zhu Tong and Huang Xin, and raised 10,000 troops to meet Guan Sheng.

The remaining generals, Xuan Zan, Hao Siwen, Shi Bao, and Li Tianrun, had previously gone on an expedition with Guan Sheng. Following Hua Rong were four generals, Xu Ning, Luan Tingyu, Lu Fang, and Guo Sheng.

When Hu Sanniang saw that he had been away for many days and was about to leave again when he came back, she said anxiously: "Marshal, I am going to fight! I am willing to go with you to save people."

Would Cao Cao be willing to take her with him? He said categorically: "No! It's still a question of whether Guizhou and Ruzhou can be preserved. This Wusheng Pass is related to our wealth and life. If there is no general to guard it, how can I rest assured?

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Hu Sanniang opened her mouth in surprise: "Nujia, the last general is the one who... makes you feel at ease?"

Cao Cao said righteously: "Exactly!"

The rest who were not chosen by Cao Cao were obviously left to guard the gates. Hu Sanniang took a look at it——

Gongsun Sheng, a Taoist priest, Bao Xu, Xiang Chong, Li Gong, Cao Zheng, the four major foot soldiers, Kleina, Naozi, the female stream...

Sure enough, at this moment, my brother only has me "Yizhang Qing" to rely on!

After this thought, Hu Sanniang's eyes sparkled, and she solemnly clasped her fists and said: "Since the marshal has entrusted me with a big task, how dare you disobey me? Marshal, don't worry, the general only has three inches of energy, so he won't let a single enemy soldier enter this level!"

Seeing his wife's heroic and charming appearance, Lao Cao twitched his index finger for a moment, forced himself to suppress his mood, and said with a smile: "How magnificent! General Hu, if you achieve this feat, I will give you a lot of pleasure!"

He spoke so quickly and in a low voice that no one else except Hu Sanniang could hear the difference.

Hu Sanniang blushed: "Oh, you..." Lao Cao laughed loudly and turned around. He was originally full of worries, but now he only felt proud.

From Wusheng Pass to Guizhou, it is less than a hundred miles.

Lao Cao led his troops out of the west of Taihang, marched for dozens of miles, and summoned six generals: "Know yourself and the enemy, and you will not be in danger in a hundred battles. Now the situation is that I don't know the enemy, but the enemy knows me wrongly. This is an opportunity for victory, and we must not ignore it."

The six generals were puzzled after hearing this: "Brother, why did he know wrongly?"

Cao Cao said: "I took Juyong's men and horses, but they only numbered more than ten thousand. Shi Bao also registered his number in Guanzhong, and Juyong escaped with many Liao soldiers. This information must be known to the enemy."

He also said: "Last year when I was on an envoy to the Kingdom of Jin, I first met Yelu Dashi. When someone called me by my name, he knew that I was Wu Mengde of Shandong Province. He recounted my past experiences vividly. I once boasted: "The Yan Yunqi reconnaissance team of the Liao Dynasty"

All the famous people in the world and neighboring countries have recorded it! I am known to the people of Liao Dynasty, and Shi Bao, the dignified Dharma King of Mingjiao, has no doubts about it. Therefore, we must be regarded as the remnant bandits of the Song Dynasty, gathering in Yanyun to cause trouble."

Zhu Tong said: "What does my brother mean? The enemy doesn't know that my brother has acquired 15,000 new soldiers, and they think that I can't wait for the bandits. So it's called 'wrong knowledge'?"

Cao Cao smiled and said: "Yes, Guan Sheng and Hua Rong each have five thousand troops. If I were the enemy general, I would definitely make a calculation. If these ten thousand people are killed, there will be only a few thousand people left in Wusheng Pass. If I can lure

If we can annihilate them and win with force, Youzhou will be in sight."

When the six generals heard this, they all understood. What are Guizhou and Ruzhou to the Jin people? Wusheng Pass is the key.

Sun An shouted: "That's it. If I were to take charge of the general, I would also have the same idea. I want to capture Wusheng Pass. Confucianism is nothing but a turtle in a urn."

Cao Cao nodded and said: "Because of this, although I don't know the details of the opponent, it is difficult to win, but since I know what the opponent wants, I can take advantage of the opportunity."

The sixth general said subduedly: "Brother made it so clear, we will all fight this battle."

Du Bu was eager to try, so he stopped everyone and said: "Don't wait, let me say, brother, since he thinks there are only 5,000 people in my pass, then we will divide our troops to rescue Guizhou. He has tens of thousands."

He was besieging the city. Of course, my five thousand men couldn't defeat him, so I immediately retreated. He wanted to seize the pass, so how could he allow me to go back safely? He would definitely come after me, so my other five thousand men would set up an ambush and defeat him in one fell swoop!"

Shi Wengong, Sun An and others all laughed and said, "Don't we know this? But you are a quick talker."

Cao Cao nodded first: "Brother Du Bo can also use tricks!" Then he shook his head: "But this kind of tactics can only win a small victory. Now that the Liao Kingdom has sent gold, the Jin army is powerful. If you don't give him a hard blow, I'm afraid of returning it.

He said I was easy to bully."

Qin Ming was surprised: "Is there a better strategy?"

Cao Cao nodded, took out the map, pointed at it and said: "Wen Gong, Sun An, I will give you two of these five thousand soldiers and horses, cross the Guishui River, go south along the Yudu Mountain, and attack Guizhou in one go.

city."

Zhu Tong clapped his legs and said: "In this case, he expected that Wusheng Pass was empty and wanted to attack him more and more. We took the opportunity to ambush him and he was about to be defeated. Guizhou soldiers and horses rushed out and attacked halfway across the river.

Let them all die in Guishui!"

Cao Cao took a picture of the map and said, "That's exactly it!"

They said "Guishui" to you and "Guishui" to me, but what they were talking about was a water system to the east of Guizhou City. Its original name was Qingyi Water, Canghe River. The Tang Dynasty established Guizhou here, so it was named Guishui.

The tributaries of the Wuding River originate from the Ruzhou Mountains, run from northeast to southwest, traverse Ruzhou and the Guizhou Basin, and merge into the Wuding River.

The next day, two generals, Shi Wengong and Sun An, led five thousand troops, crossed the Guishui River westward, and fought along the mountains towards Guizhou. When Guan Sheng saw the reinforcements, he quickly opened the city gate and led the troops out.

Jin soldiers also came in large numbers, and there was a melee between the two sides. Generals Shi Wengong and Sun An broke through the siege and joined Guan Sheng.

Guan Sheng said happily: "Brother Duocheng came to help. These Liao dogs have surrendered the Jin soldiers, and they seem to be able to fight. They didn't rush out several times before, but now they are killing them in one fell swoop."

Shi Wengong said: "Be calm and don't be impatient. I have obeyed my brother's general order not to abandon Guizhou and follow you into the city. My brother has a clever plan to defeat the enemy."

After hearing this, Guan Sheng had no objection, so he rushed to kill him again, but he couldn't get out, so he retreated to Guizhou and was surrounded by Jin soldiers again.

That night, the Jin soldiers indeed abandoned their camp. Taking advantage of the darkness, the entire army rose up, crossed the Guishui River, and headed straight for Wusheng Pass - which was also known as Juyong Pass in their eyes.

Cao Cao waited at the mountain pass where the troops were hiding. He saw the golden soldiers coming in force, and all the generals wanted to fight. Cao Cao stopped and said: "He only knows the pass and is unprepared. He wants to take advantage. Let him hit a nail first."

At the moment, he didn't care and watched the Jin soldiers enter Junduxing and headed straight for Wusheng Pass.

In Wusheng Guanzhong, Hu Sanniang had received Cao Cao's letter at night and knew his arrangements. Since early in the morning, she had climbed up and closed the watchtower, gearing up for a fight.

After noon, when I saw that the Jin soldiers had finally killed me, I was so happy that my almond-shaped eyes widened and I said to my two best friends: "I have heard for a long time that there was a Princess Pingyang in the Tang Dynasty who guarded Xiongguan. No one dared to look at her, so I changed the name of the pass. It’s called Niangzi Pass, and now my three sisters are guarding Wusheng Pass here. Maybe it will get a good name in the future, so we’ll call it Sisters Pass!”

Suozi said softly: "We sisters are both beauties. I think we should be called Meirenguan."

Kleina said: "What about beauties? We are all married to other people's wives. I think we should call our wives off."

Suo Zi frowned and said, "Your Chinese is too poor. Wife Guan is such an unpleasant word. Since we are other people's wives, we should be called Wife Guan."

Hu Sanniang laughed so hard: "That's Madam's Pass! What kind of Married Woman's Pass... But Madam's Pass makes us look so old. I still like Beauty's Pass and Sister's Pass."

The three female generals stood at the critical moment, laughing and joking together. They didn't care about Jin Bing, but they didn't know that every word had its own destiny. Now that the words "Married Woman Pass" were spoken, the momentum of the male pass under their feet had faintly changed. , it seems more and more indestructible. I just ask who in the world can take it away from Lao Cao?

When the soldiers and horses guarding the gate saw her three wives standing tall and tall, laughing and talking, they were all courageous and their breaths became thick——

This is the reason why men and women can work together without getting tired. With three beautiful female generals here, the troops are very strong, and they can use their strength at least 18 points!

How could the Jin soldiers know what he was telling the truth? According to the intelligence they summarized, Lao Cao only had more than 10,000 men in total. Now that he has sent out 15,000 men, how many men can be left in this pass?

Little did they know that Lao Cao had obtained 15,000 soldiers from Zhang Jue's camp, and left 5,000 here. In addition to the more than 3,000 people who originally guarded the pass, the total was more than 8,000 defenders.

The Jin soldiers arrived seven or eight miles away from the pass, took a short rest, reorganized their troops, and then arrived at the foot of the pass.

The leading general was quite young. He wore a chain-link armor of iron and steel. He urged his horse out of the battle. He looked at the pass and laughed: "What a great pass! It's a pity that the people guarding the city are women. It can be seen that these bandits have really mobilized all their troops. , so that no one can use it! That’s all, let those Liao dogs take the lead and win this level for me.”

The total number of soldiers and horses under his command is thirty-three thousand, three thousand are Jurchen warriors, among the remaining thirty thousand, ten thousand are veterans of the Jin Kingdom, from all ethnic groups, and twenty thousand are newly surrendered Liao troops. Immediately, these twenty thousand new soldiers The troops and horses were mobilized, each sent a formation of a thousand men, carried ladders, and went to attack.

This is the beauty of Guancheng. If it were an ordinary city, no matter how high you were, if the enemy army really lasted for a long time, you could besiege it from all sides. However, Guancheng is located in a place with excellent geographical advantages. Even if there are millions of enemy troops , they can only take turns to attack one city wall, which invisibly reduces the numerical advantage of the invading enemy.

Although Hu Sanniang had never defended the city, she did not panic at all. Relying on the dangerous pass, the large number of soldiers and horses, and the letter from Cao Cao explaining the countermeasures in detail, she was naturally confident.

With a wave of his jade hand, Bao Xu, the "Sorrowful Door God", led a thousand people to the city, rolling logs and rocks, using bows and arrows, and crossbows, and rained down the soldiers. The Liao soldiers howled like ghosts, who could step forward?

When General Jin saw him, he quickly sent archers to shoot at him, but many barbarians were set up on the city. Even though the Liao soldiers barely set up ladders, before they could reach the top of the city, spears were poking around like a dense forest.

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After fighting for half an hour, the two thousand-man troops suffered nearly half casualties. They were so frightened that they would rather be beheaded by the supervising team than take a step forward.

The leader of the Jin army was not angry and ordered another person to attack again. When Hu Sanniang saw it, she also waved her hand. Bao Xu led the people down to the city. Cao Zheng, the "ghost of swordsmen" who had been waiting for a long time, led another thousand people to make up for it...

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The fighting continued until evening, when the red sun gradually set in the west. There were mountains of corpses under the wall, and the injured Liao soldiers who were still alive were wailing endlessly, just like purgatory.

At this time, the 20,000 Liao soldiers almost took turns, suffering more than 5,000 casualties, but they never once reached the city.

General Jin saw something was wrong. In his opinion, the garrison in Guanzhong had at most more than a thousand men, but they fought bloody battles for half a day. The city was filled with arrows like dense rain and stones like rapid thunder. How could there be any sluggishness?

Although this golden general was not very old, he was also a veteran of many years of fighting in the south and the north. He immediately lost his voice and said: "I fell into the trap! It is just that he lacks troops in the pass. Now it seems that most of the people from the rear have been mobilized. He

Guarding this great pass, how many lives will it cost me before I can do it?"

Immediately call for gold and retreat.

Hu Sanniang took out her husband's letter from her arms and hurriedly turned to the last page, only to see clearly written: The enemy's army cannot be defeated for a long time, so it must be suspicious that I have sent in new troops. If you know what to do, you should lead the army to retreat and take advantage of its retreat.

, ordered Xiang, Li to lead the card players to attack, and return immediately after a slight victory. Don't be reluctant to fight.

Hu Sanniang then ordered Xiang Chong and Li Gun to attack. They kept giving orders, telling them not to go deep. They only expressed their sister-in-law's concern and were filled with gratitude.
To be continued...