493. Victory but defeat
Zhao Yun's personal guards stood dead, but he became more and more brave as he fought. He led Jiang Jie out of the siege with his own strength. Several generals in Cao's army took the initiative to kill together, but Zhao Yun killed them so hard that they were killed and injured.
Seeing Zhao Yun showing his might, everyone in Cao's army was in danger and dared not step forward. In this way, Zhao Yun led Jiang Jie back to his team, and then he realized that his team had also been damaged a lot, leaving only about half of the original ones.
Seeing this situation, Zhao Yun knew that he had lost, so he made a quick decision to order his retreat to Hanzhong City. As Zhao Yun retreated, the battle here came to an end. The five thousand men and horses led by Jiang Jie were almost wiped out, and more than half of the five thousand men and horses on Zhao Yun's side were also lost. This battle was really a heavy loss. The only thing to be thankful was that Jiang Jie was successfully rescued by Zhao Yun, which was a blessing in disgrace. When he returned to Dao City, Zhao Yun asked Fa Zheng to resettle the injured soldiers, and asked Jiang Jie to go to the city lord's mansion to rest.
In the city lord's mansion, Jiang Jie knelt down to Zhao Yun and said, "General Zhao, this time the matter is all the responsibility of someone. The tired general is to lose his troops and lose his generals. I have no face to go back to Tianshui City! I'll ask the general to implement the military law."
"General Jiang, what are you doing?" Zhao Yun was startled by Jiang Jie's actions and hurried over to support him and said, "It is said that victory or defeat is common for military strategists. I think it is not because of our mistake. It is probably because of the general's intention that Guo Jia, the military advisor of Cao's army, guessed the general's intention, and then set up this ambush. Unfortunately, the dead soldiers and the food and grass on the chariot."
"General Zhao, there is not a lot of food and grass on the car. In order to hide the eyes and ears, I ordered people to put food and grass on the outside, which is filled with stones and soil. However, the soldiers suffered too much damage this time. I threw half of the troops in Tianshui City there. If Cao's army attacked Tianshui City, it would be a disaster!" After Jiang Jie said that, he looked at Zhao Yun and waited for him to make an idea. Zhao Yun pondered for a moment, just as he was about to speak, when he saw Fa Zheng running in from outside. He glanced at Jiang Jie and wanted to speak but stopped.
Zhao Yun waved his hand and said, "General Jiang is his own person, Xiaozhi just wants to say something!"
Fa Zheng nodded and said, "The news comes from the shadows, Guo Jia is dead. The specific time of death should be late last night. Today's ambush plan is said to be the last plan left by Guo Jia."
"Be serious about this?" Zhao Yun stood up and said after hearing this.
"It shouldn't be wrong. Shadow has always been cautious. Such a big thing cannot be wrong." Fa Zheng thought about it and replied. Zhao Yun immediately began to pace in the lobby, thinking about how to act below. Suddenly Zhao Yun stopped and walked: "Xiaozhi quickly sent someone to inquire. Who is the military advisor in the Cao army camp after Guo Jia's death?"
"The general means..." Fa Zheng said along Zhao Yun's thoughts. Before he finished speaking, Zhao Yun waved his hand and said, "Don't guess now, be sure to investigate clearly. This matter is related to the survival of Hanzhong City. If the Cao army really does not have a superb person with superb wisdom, then they will definitely use the most primitive method to attack the city next!"
Zhao Yun was very straightforward, and Fa Zheng immediately understood what Zhao Yun meant. The young soldiers in the city had lost some losses today. If Cao's army attacked for force, he would have to go to ask for help earlier. Although he was unwilling to cause trouble for the second master Guan Yu, he could not sit idly by and watch Hanzhong fall! So Fa Zheng turned his face and turned around. After he left, Jiang Jie said, "General Zhao, why don't I go back now, I'm really worried about Tianshui City."
Zhao Yun thought for a while and said, "I'll send someone there to see it now. If the Cao army really retreated, General Jiang would not be too late to leave." Jiang Yu knew that what Zhao Yun said was reasonable, so he had to stay in Hanzhong City for the time being. Zhao Yun arranged people to go to Tianshui City to investigate and not mention it. He said that Cao's army returned with great victory, but all the generals were not happy. Because this time, not only Zhao Yun was unable to kill him, but also Jiang Yu
They all ran away! Although they killed a lot of Qi soldiers, how could those soldiers be compared with Zhao Yun and Jiang Jie? Cao Ren couldn't help but sigh when he learned about this. Such an excellent opportunity made him wasted such a waste, and he wasted the excellent plan of the military advisor Guo Jia. This plan failed to achieve the expected effect. Now that Guo Jia is dead, he can no longer have this opportunity! This battle seems to have won, but in fact they have lost!
Thinking of this, a trace of madness flashed in Cao Ren's eyes. Since he couldn't use a trick, he would just attack! Anyway, he brought a lot of people this time, and even one fights one is enough to take Hanzhong City! The more he thinks about his plan, the more perfect his plan is, so Cao Ren ordered the craftsmen to step up the creation of a catapult cart. Then he came in person and told him about his strong attack on Hanzhong. This time, the big tent exploded and everyone was discussing whether this could work! I was afraid that the rest of Hanzhong City would not be able to defend it in the end! However, this time Cao Ren was determined. He ignored the opposition of others and forced to decide to start attacking the city in three days and ask the generals to go back and arrange the soldiers. If anyone is afraid, not only the soldiers will be engaged in military law, but even the generals will not be spared.
Youdao was kind and did not take charge of the troops. Seeing that Cao Ren had made up his mind and showed his iron-blooded posture that had been hidden for a long time, no one dared to question anything at this moment. In this way, the Cao army camp was really moving, preparing for the siege three days later. The news of Cao's siege three days later was delivered to Zhao Yun's desk that night. After Zhao Yun saw it, he immediately wrote a letter to Guan Yu for help without hesitation.
At this time, Guan Yu and Zhou Yu had already fought three games in Ba County. The first game was to test that both sides did not do their best and fought no matter what. The second game was the water battle. The Qi army relied on the strong ship and bowed to defeat the Wu army. But just when Guan Yu thought this battle was about to be taken down, Zhou Yu sent a suicide squad to the Qi army. All of these Wu soldiers drove the big ships of the Qi army. Although the Qi army tried their best to shoot them, many of them still rushed to the big ships of the Qi army.
At that time, Wu Jun rushed forward, ignited the turtle oil and used his own rush to ignite the Qi army's ship. Guan Yu immediately ordered the big ship to return when he saw that it was not good. However, it was difficult for the big ship on the river to turn around. He finally repented on the water camp and counted the losses. Five of the Qi army's ships were burned. Seeing this number, Guan Yu knew that he lost the second battle. In the next few days, Zhou Yu ordered the water army to continue provoking, but Guan Yu ordered the village gate to close and ignore it. He was stalemate for ten days.
Zhou Yu finally couldn't wait any longer, so one morning he unexpectedly sent troops to the ashore, intending to sneak attack the Qi army camp outside the city of Ba County. The third battle began immediately.
Chapter completed!