Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2798 Bai Qi broke through Baima City, Cao Cao was forced to abandon Guandu

Chapter 2794: Bai Qi broke through Baima City, Cao Cao was forced to abandon Guandu

There were many peasant uprisings in the late Ming and early Ming Dynasty, such as the 36th Battalion, the Thirteenth Family, etc., but they were basically wiped out by Cao Wenzhao, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng and Hong Chengchou.

Although Cao Bianjiao was not as good as the above four generals in terms of status, he followed Cao Wenzhao to send troops to fight when he was young, and accumulated military merits to become a guerrilla general. Later, he made repeated military exploits in the process of suppressing the rebel army.

Wang Jiayin, the leader of the peasant uprising army in the late Ming and early Ming Dynasty, once defeated the main force of the Ming army led by Hong Chengchou, but was easily defeated by Cao Wenzhao Cao Bianjiao's uncle and nephew, and was finally killed by Ming army spies after the defeat.

In the Battle of Qiutou Town, Cao Wenzhao committed suicide because he was outnumbered. After Hong Chengchou succeeded him, he appointed Cao Bianjiao as his deputy, and the two joined forces to continue to suppress the rebel army.

For example, Zijin Liangwang used it for himself, the first Chuang Wang Gao Yingxiang, Laohuihui, Guotianxing, Datianwang, Xiezikuai, Chuangtatian and other leaders of the rebel army are basically Cao Bianjiao's defeated generals.

As for Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others, they only started to rise after Gao Yingxiang's death. Before that, they could only be regarded as juniors, and they were not even qualified to fight Cao Bianjiao. Basically, they would automatically detour when they saw Cao Bianjiao's banner.

The combination of Cao Bianjiao and Hong Chengchou was easy to deal with the rebels, but it was not enough for the Manchus in the early days of their business.

After Songshan City was captured by the Qing Dynasty, both Hong Chengchou and Cao Bianjiao were captured. Hong Chengchou directly chose to surrender, but Cao Bianjiao was killed because he would rather die than surrender, which shows his character and blood.

In addition, the end of the Ming Dynasty was no longer the era of advocating personal bravery, but Cao Bianjiao was a rare general with both wisdom and courage. The evaluation of him in history books is: Bravely crowning the three armies.

Such a man with both civil and military skills, only uses a famous general with both skills, and Zhongmu City's defense is not weak, the defense materials are sufficient, and there are [-] troops.

You know, from Zhongmu to Guandu, it only takes half a day for the cavalry, and two and a half days for the infantry.

Under Fan Li's reminder, Cao Cao had sent Xia Houyuan to lead the army to support in advance, and Xia Houyuan's marching speed was notoriously fast.

Cao Bianjiao only needs to wait for Xia Houyuan's reinforcements to arrive, and even if he can't repel the invading Qin army, he will definitely be able to defend Zhongmou Yueyu. So what made Cao Bianjiao defeated so quickly, and he couldn't even run away?

The culprit is still Jia Xu.

On the surface, Jia Xu asked Li Dingguo to attack Kaifeng, but in fact he made a feint, and the real target was Zhongmou City.

It was indeed Li Dingguo who led the army to Kaifeng, but he led not [-] troops but [-] troops, but he pretended to be [-] troops to mislead the Wei army.

At the same time, Xu Huang and Gao Shun led [-] Qin troops, and they sneaked into Zhongmou in four groups.

When Cao Cao sent reinforcements to Zhongmou, Li Dingguo's [-] main force immediately gave up Kaifeng and rushed to Zhongmou at full speed, and deliberately exposed the whereabouts of [-] of them, making Cao Bianjiao think that the Qin army was going to ambush Xiahouyuan.

The information Cao Bianjiao received was that Li Dingguo's main force was still in Kaifeng, while Zhongmou's Qin army only had Gao Shun's [-] troops.

Gao Shun originally wanted to ambush Xia Houyuan's reinforcements, but after his whereabouts were leaked, he gave up setting up an ambush and prepared to retreat to join Li Dingguo.

Naturally, Cao Bianjiao couldn't let Gao Shun escape easily, so he led three thousand defenders out of the city, intending to attack Gao Shun on both sides with Xia Houyuan.

Cao Bianjiao had three thousand, Xia Houyuan had five thousand, and the Wei army had eight thousand in this battle, and the Qin army had five thousand. It was still a two-sided attack, and the Wei army could be said to be sure to win.

Cao Bianjiao, a silly kid, thought he had seized the opportunity, but what he didn't expect was that the opportunity in his eyes was actually a trap carefully prepared by Jia Xu, and Gao Shun and Xu Huang's [-] troops were waiting for him to leave the city.

Cao Bianjiao got the trick, he led three thousand defenders out of the city on the front foot, and Xu Huang led the army to raid Zhongmou City on the back foot.

After receiving the letter from Feige that Zhongmu City was attacked, Cao Bianjiao immediately realized that he had been tricked, so he decisively led his army back. After all, if he continued to march, he would only collide with Gao Shun alone.

When Cao Bianjiao arrived at Zhongmu City, Xu Huang had already seized the city and was waiting for Cao Bianjiao on the tower.

Looking at the changing banners on the tower, Cao Bian jumped into a rage, but he was helpless, he knew that he had lost completely, and at this moment Gao Shun also chased after him.

Cao Bianjiao had only [-] Wei troops, but was blocked by Gao Shun's [-] Qin troops under Zhongmou City, and the Qin troops in the city were still surrounded from outside the city, obviously unable to escape.

If the numbers of the two sides were equal, the Wei army would naturally dare to fight the Qin army, but the current situation is that the Qin army has 3000 to [-] people and besieged them with [-] people. This is obviously a battle that must be defeated or died.

Therefore, after seeing this situation, the morale of the soldiers of the Wei Army naturally plummeted, and many people were so afraid that their legs trembled.

Gao Shun came out at this time and shouted at Wei Jun: "Listen up, Wei Jun, as long as you put down your weapons and surrender, I will promise to spare you..."

Gao Shun has a fixed set of words for persuading surrender, and he has to say it before every battle. It basically didn't work before, but this time before he finished speaking, Wei Jun took the initiative to put down his weapons and surrender.

Seeing this, Cao Bianjiao subconsciously raised his bow and arrow, trying to shoot the deserter to death, but the arrow still missed.

The power of role models is infinite. After the first surrender, only [-] of the [-] Wei troops ran away, and [-] of them were Cao Bianjiao's own soldiers.

Seeing the trembling and trembling soldiers around him, but still not putting down their weapons, Cao Bianjiao sighed and said, "If you want to surrender, you should also put down your weapons and run to the Qin army, I won't blame you. "

As soon as this remark came out, all the soldiers looked at each other, and then ran away a lot, only 300 remained, and shouted: "I am willing to fight to the death with the general."

Cao Bianjiao's eyes were moist. He was ready to die alone. He thought that everyone would run away, but he didn't expect that there were 300 people willing to fight side by side with him.

"Being able to fight side by side with you brothers, I, Cao Bianjiao, will die without regret."

After saying that, Cao Bianjiao's eyes were full of determination, and with three hundred dead soldiers, he took the initiative to charge thousands of Qin troops, but he couldn't get close, and nearly half of them were shot to death by the Qin army's archers.

Afterwards, Gao Shun personally took action and captured Cao Bianjiao alive, and the remaining dozens of soldiers had to lay down their weapons.

In the previous battles, because of Li Cunxiao's good start, Qin Jun basically would not show mercy when facing Cao Wei's clan.

Cao Cao's uncle Cao Yin, younger brother Cao De, as well as Cao Anmin, Cao Shuang, Xiahou Feng and other clan members all died in the battle with the Qin army.

In fact, these people could have been captured alive, but because Cao Cao's firm attitude against Qin caused dissatisfaction among many Qin generals, so when they met Cao Wei's clan, they would not be captured even if they could be captured, and many of them would be killed directly. After all, Li Cunxiao was in front Bear with it, even if they are held accountable, they cannot be held accountable.

It can be seen from this that the generals of the Great Qin Dynasty dislike Cao Wei's attitude, and the only general surnamed Cao who has been captured alive is Cao Wenzhao.

Naturally, Gao Shun could kill Cao Bianjiao directly, but seeing that he did not stop the soldiers from surrendering, knowing that he would die and still had the courage to fight the Qin army to the death, he decided to give him a chance to live, and personally captured him alive .

After continuous improvement, Gao Shun has reached 101 in Jiwu, but he is not a brave general after all, so his comprehensive combat power is actually weaker than Cao Bianjiao with 100 Jiwu.

The reason why Gao Shun was able to capture Cao Bianjiao alive was mainly due to the blessing of the combination skill 'Five Sons Concentric'.

'Five Sons of One Heart' needs at least three people present to activate. Besides Gao Shun and Xu Huang, Yu Jin is also in the army, so the combo skill can be triggered.

However, even with the blessing of 'Five Sons Concentric', Gao Shun of Jiwu 101 took nearly a hundred rounds to defeat Cao Bianjiao of Jiwu 100 and capture him alive.

Jia Xu's plan, since Cao Bianjiao was determined to be dead, naturally he would not let him go to help Xia Houyuan.

It's just that compared to Cao Bianjiao, Xia Houyuan, who is on the right side of Hubu Pass, is obviously much more sophisticated. When he realized that the situation was wrong, he immediately retreated to Guandu, without giving Xu Huang and Gao Shun a chance to attack him.

According to Jia Xu's strategy, Xu Huang and Gao Shun easily captured Zhongmou City with only 56 casualties. After Li Dingguo arrived, leaving [-] defenders behind, they led all their troops to Guandu to join Zhang Liao's army.

Cao Cao thought that Zhongmu was close to Guandu, and it would be very convenient to send reinforcements or transport supplies. As the southern barrier of Guandu, he could hold out for at least a month or two, but he didn't expect to fall after two days.

Of course, what drove Cao Cao the most crazy was not the fall of Zhongmou, nor the capture of Cao Bianjiao, but another bad news from Cao Bin on the Yingchuan battlefield.

The Wei army in Yingchuan retreated to Xuchang, the reinforcements from Zhao and Song Dynasties did not arrive for a long time, and Yuan Jiuling fled in fear of the battle. The situation on the southern front was facing collapse at any time.

If Xuchang is lost, the Yingchuan Qin army can go straight to Chenliu, and Cao Cao's persistence in Guandu will be meaningless.

As for Yuan Jiuling's departure, can Cao Bin hold Xuchang without Zhao Song's reinforcements arriving?

To be honest, don't say that Cao Bin has no confidence, even Cao Cao doesn't have much confidence. After all, Xuchang is strong, but because it is the former capital of Wei State, it is also the most serious city that was infiltrated by the Qin Dynasty.

Cao Cao didn't know how many spies there were in Xuchang, let alone how many people in the city had fornicated Daqin, but obviously the number would not be small. If Cao Bin hadn't kept a close eye on them, they would have been opened from the inside and dedicated the city to Ying Hao.

In the letter, Cao Bin advised Cao Cao to abandon Guandu and even the western defense line, and retreat to the east to continue to resist, but Cao Cao had two major concerns in his heart.

One is that the essence of the Wei state is in the west, and if the west cannot be defended, then the east cannot be defended even more;
The second is how to get rid of the Qin army's pursuit. After all, Li Dingguo is about to join forces with Zhang Liao, and the 10,000+ Qin army is in Guandu. It is impossible to watch the Wei army retreat.

At present, the Guandu defense line is still very strong, and there is no sign of being breached by the Qin army. However, if they give up Guandu and retreat, if they are caught up by Zhang Liao on the way, the entire army may be wiped out.

The risk was too great, and Cao Cao inevitably hesitated, unable to make up his mind for a while.

But soon came the news that Bai Qi had breached Baima City and Le Yi had retreated to Puyang. This prompted Cao Cao to make up his mind and voluntarily gave up the Guandu defense line.

After all, once Baima City was broken, only Puyang was left to defend the defense line of Dongjun in the north.

But once Puyang is also attacked by Bai Qi, the Qin army can directly attack Jiyin County and cut off the Wei army's retreat to the east, thus besieging and annihilating all the Wei army in the three major western battlefields.

Once the Wei army on the western front is wiped out, the consequences will be really unimaginable. After all, it is impossible to block dozens of Qin troops with the strength of the east. At that time, the Qin army may even spread the call to decide Wei.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao shuddered instantly, and immediately decided to abandon the Guandu defense line that he had painstakingly built, but the problem that made him even more troublesome appeared again, that is, how to get rid of Zhang Liao's pursuers?
Cao Cao actually underestimated Zhang Liao when he first started, thinking that Zhang Liao's ability to command troops was the last among the eight great governors of the founding of the Great Qin Dynasty, and it was completely a mistake for Ying Hao to send Zhang Liao to deal with Cao Cao.

But after Li Cunxiao was transferred away, Zhang Liao's performance on the battlefield made him no longer dare to underestimate him, not to mention that Zhang Liao had Jia Xu as his assistant.

Cao Cao wanted to lead his army to retreat safely from Guandu under Zhang Liao and Jia Xu, which was obviously not an easy task.

(End of this chapter)