Chapter 212 Chapter 29 Do not take Hanzhong, only take the world (5)

After all, Cao Cao burst into tears like rain. As the saying goes: Heroes don't cry, but they don't cry.Cao Cao's youth's ideal of unifying the world could not be realized after the Battle of Chibi. So he painstakingly built the northern territory, his ambitions gradually faded, and the talents who helped him start his business passed away one after another. He felt a kind of loneliness that only heroes know and gnawed at him. Heart. Liu Ye persuaded Cao Cao: "When two armies fight, victory or defeat is common. General Xiahou's arrogant defeat is indeed a great loss for the country, but the king is too sad and injured, so he cannot come in person.

Front-line command, morale cannot be cheered up.If Liu Bei pushes forward and seizes the three rivers in Hanzhong, half of the country that the king has conquered will be eaten away. " Cao Cao said: "Liu Bei's current strength is no longer what it used to be. I'm still not sure whether Hanzhong can hold on." Liu Ye said: "Your Majesty, please don't be so pessimistic. Zhang Yun's army in Hanzhong is still relying on the danger of the Han River, and is eager for you to go quickly. If Hanzhong is handed over to Liu Bei, he will work hard to manage Hanzhong

How can the soldiers of Sanchuan be reconciled; if the troops are withdrawn from Hanzhong, Liu Bei will take advantage of the situation to hide his troops and go straight to Guanzhong, the three armies will suffer heavy losses, and the Central Plains will be devastated, that is what the king does not want to see!" Liu Ye tried hard to persuade Cao Cao, and Sima Yi and other advisers also urged the consequences of losing Hanzhong.Cao Cao finally mustered up his confidence, and in February, he personally led the Tiger and Leopard Army Cao Xiu's troops to advance from Xiegu to Hanzhong.

When Cao Cao arrived at Yangping Pass, Zhang He led Guo Huai and others out of the pass to greet him. When the defenders of Yangping Pass heard the news that Cao Cao had come to the front line, all the officers and soldiers rushed to tell each other, and the military flags were waved left and right. , The cheers were thunderous, and the Shu soldiers on the other side didn't know what happened to Cao Ying, and they all looked around. Seeing that the morale of the soldiers was boosted, Cao Cao exchanged glances with Liu Ye, both showing a sense of relief.Cao Cao changed from riding a horse to a chariot. He stood on the chariot, raised his right hand high,

Duan waved to the soldiers, and the soldiers raised their swords and guns and shouted in unison: "King Wei! King Wei!" The voice passed through the Han River, but Liu Bei, who was watching Cao Ying from the bank, said confidently: "Although you are here , There is nothing I can do, I swear that I will own the two places of Hanchuan. " Cao Cao stayed in Zhang He's camp. After a short rest, he was impatient and immediately called a meeting with the generals on the front line. Zhang He, Guo Huai, Xu Huang and others stayed behind to guard against the Shu soldiers. I hurried to Cao Cao's place.

After all the generals arrived, Cao Cao looked at them one by one. Zhang Ying, Xu Huang, and Du Xi all had gray beards and hair.He thought to himself: All the generals are also old.When he saw Guo Huai, When Sima Yi and others saw that they were in their prime of life, their hair was smooth and their skin was in full bloom, their thoughts became more complicated: on the one hand, he was already an octogenarian, and he lamented the passing of youth; On the one hand, a new generation of talents has emerged and is beginning to emerge. Cao Cao settled down and asked about Liu Bei's army deployment.

Zhang He said: "Liu Bei occupied the dangerous waters in the Western Han Dynasty. He was frightened by the confidence of our army to fight to the death and did not dare to cross the river. However, he asked Zhuge Liang to assist in commanding, and Zhao Yun's support troops continued to come. , the purpose is nothing more than a protracted war with the king. " Guo Huai reported to Cao Cao: "Liu Bei came prepared and seized Junshan again. The food and grass we brought were burned by the fire set by Huang Zhong. What the troops urgently need is a large amount of food. I hope that the king will send someone to urge the rear to bring it quickly, so as to relieve the urgent need. "

Cao Cao frowned, he did not expect to face such a difficult matter.Starting from Chang'an, the tens of thousands of troops only brought three days of rations, which have already been eaten up, and the soldiers thought they had arrived in Hanzhong How can we stabilize the morale of the soldiers? Thinking of this, Cao Cao immediately made a decision: "General Xu Huang!" Xu Huang bowed and replied: "The last general obeys orders!" "You cross the water from the Western Han Dynasty, create an offensive, let Liu Bei send the main force to fight against you, you take the opportunity to contain him, and I will immediately send people from Chang'an to transport food and grass to solve the problem of food for the army.

" On the second day, under the cover of the dark night before dawn, Xu Huang quietly crossed the Han River. Liu Bei was reported by the sentry of Shu, and Liu Bei sent Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun to meet the enemy. Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun marched side by side. Huang Zhong said to Zhao Yun: "Xu Huang came here today bravely and wants to fight like Xiang Yu. We can't fight him head-on. Why don't we wait until the night is dark tonight?" When, attack him from both sides?" When Zhao Yun heard this, he admired Huang Zhong's strategy very much, so he split up and left.In the evening, Xu Huang also wanted to take advantage of the darkness to attack Liu Bei's base camp secretly, but just as he left the camp gate, he suddenly saw a group of soldiers swarming from both sides.

When the horses came, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong attacked Xu Huang.Xu Huang couldn't resist the enemy and hurriedly retreated into the camp.Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong followed closely behind.Shu soldiers poured in, and the camp suddenly became a battlefield.The situation is very critical, only Seeing Xu Huang roaring: "Soldiers! There is no way out, and there is Hanshui! There is no way out! Only a deadly battle can save life!" After finishing speaking, like a crazy tiger, he swung his ax at Huang Zhong , Cao Jun was stimulated by this, and he followed Xu Huang to charge into the battle, one against ten.Killed in the middle of the night, the Shu soldiers were exhausted, and their timid hearts suddenly arose, so they withdrew from the gate of the camp.Xu Huangling's surviving crossbowmen

Stop the gate, redeploy the troops, and count them. One-third of the troops were lost, and countless injured people were counted.Generals Huang and Zhao were forced to withdraw from Xu Huang's camp, and suffered heavy losses. Standing for a few days. Seeing that the task Cao Cao entrusted to him was not completed, Xu Huang felt sorry, so he sent someone across the Hanshui River to submit a letter of injustice to Cao Cao. Although Cao Cao was frustrated, he still wanted to comfort Xu Huang. He personally wrote a letter to him: "Huang and Zhao have many generals and high morale; but the general resisted his offensive with a small force and did not retreat half a step. Just to keep the position, this is my purpose. " Xu Huang felt at ease, strengthened his spirits, and actively prepared for the battle. However, it was said that Cao Cao's grain transportation team brought a large amount of grain from Chang'an to Hanshui, and Zhang Yun urged the soldiers to transport it to the foot of Hanshui North Mountain by chariot and horse.This extremely important news has been yellowed When Zhong heard about it, he greeted Zhao Yun and said, "Zilong, you monitor Xu Huang. I will lead a thousand soldiers to rob food. If you don't return within a day, I hope you will come to meet him!" Then he rushed to Beishan quickly. . Huang Zhong made a detour to the foot of Beishan Mountain, and saw Cao Jun busily piling up grain and grass.The grain and grass are piled up like mountains, which is quite spectacular.A small number of defenders were patrolling, and suddenly saw a Shu soldier like a sky Surprised.Huang Zhong gave an order, and the Shu soldiers lit the torches and rushed over. In an instant, the flames soared into the sky, and the sound of "stripping and peeling" rang out.When Zhang He heard about this change, he was furious. With his beard and hair standing on end, he led the army to surround Huang Zhong to death. On the battlefield, swords, guns and banners danced wildly, just like the forest in the wind. Huang Zhong struggled to support, and more than a thousand soldiers were killed to pieces. . Seeing that Huang Zhong hadn't returned after the time limit, Zhao Yun personally led dozens of cavalry to meet him, just as Zhang's troops were chasing Huang Zhong.Zhao Yun raised his gun and urged his horse to charge straight into Cao's soldiers, rushing from left to right, as if entering nowhere. The realm of people.The whole body of the gun is like dancing pear blossoms, like floating auspicious snow.Zhao Yun tried his best to pick several generals of Cao Jun, and finally came to Huang Zhong, who had been severely injured several times.The two joined forces to provoke and slash , Break through the encirclement. Gradually rushing out of the encirclement, Zhao Yun looked back, except for him and Huang Zhong, there was no one alive around him. The flag of "Changshan Zhaoyun" was trampled by Cao Jun's horseshoe, and the two The general ran wildly, finally got rid of the pursuit and returned to the camp. Cao Cao heard that the Shu army was robbing food, so he personally went to the battlefield to command and intercept the enemy.Seeing Zhao Yun's bravery and strength on the top of the mountain, he rescued Huang Zhong, and immediately issued an order to the generals: "Definitely capture Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, don't let him escape! "So Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong fled back to the camp. Before they could catch their breath, Cao Cao's army hid outside the camp.