Chapter 432 [The Doomsday of Huang Zu]
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Just as Jia Xu transformed into a demon, swept away the entire Sanfu's opposition forces, suppressed the neutral forces, and created various prophecies and auspiciousness. He used all his skills to prepare for the change of dynasty, the war situation in the south had also entered a white-hot.
In March, after urgent consultations with the three major strategists and senior generals such as Taishi Ci and Le Jin, Ma Han resolutely decided: While the imperial envoy had not arrived yet, he would not fail in the southern expedition.
In early April, the dragon and wolf army had 20,000 land and land, hundreds of warships advanced into Jiangxia along the waterway and the banks of the Yangtze River. For a moment, they saw thousands of sails on the river like clouds, flags on both sides of the river covered the sun, thousands of cavalry rushing like dragons, the team winding like snakes, smoke and flames on the sky, and the momentum was extremely powerful.
What Ma Han didn't know was that it was because he temporarily withdrew his troops, stopped marching, and discussed with his advisers the response to the emperor's death and the southern expedition. It took five or six days to delay the entire southern expedition, causing unexpected drastic changes.
A drastic change appeared in the Xiakou battlefield.
In the fierce battle in the late March, the two armies fought extremely fiercely, with soldiers suffering extremely severe casualties, and even the chief generals of both sides rolled up their sleeves and went into battle.
Dong Shi broke the cable, Su Fei counterattacked, Guan Yu took action in time, threw and killed Su Fei, and one of the two generals of the Jiangxia army was killed.
The siege was connected and the siege was strong across the river. In conjunction with the siege, the defensive system of the Jiangxia army to block the Sun, Cao and Liu coalition. When all six ropes were broken, the siege was overturned, and the defensive system collapsed. Su Fei's death in the battle caused a severe blow to the morale of the Jiangxia army. If it weren't for the late sky and it was difficult to fight at night on the river, the coalition army could completely break the water gate, climb the cliff, and pull out the nails that blocked the army in the end.
The news of the Jiangxia army's miserable defeat in the day was returned to Shaxian. People were panicked. Huang Zu had already smelled the crisis and summoned the Huang family to discuss that night and decided to make a plan to flee to the north of the Yangtze River.
The next morning, Huang Grandpa and his son brought only a team of entourages to Xiakou Military Camp in person to inspect and soothe the soldiers. They also made generous speeches on the stage, accusing the robbers of the coalition of Sun, Cao and Liu, and promoted the soldiers who had made meritorious battles the day before yesterday, awarded titles, gold, and rewarded the house.
Huang She even slapped her chest and vowed that the father and son would watch the battle at the top of Shaxian City. He would never retreat.
For a time, the morale of the three armies was high, and the sound of defending their hometown was like a tsunami.
It has to be said that both the father and son have the potential of politicians. They are well aware of the way of saying one thing and doing another, and swearing is like eating rushes.
After the fooling was over, the father and son didn't even spend the night in the military camp, for fear that the enemy would be stolen by the camp. Back to Shaxian, Grandpa Huang and his son immediately packed up the fine and soft, selected good horses and strong entourages, and prepared to escape at any time.
Three days later, the coalition forces were rested, the soldiers were full of horses, the war drums were beaten again, and the Jiangxia army was fought again. This time, the target was concentrated in Jiyazhai. If you break through this camp, the army could safely sail across the river and launch a general attack on Huang Zu's old nest Shaxian.
The battle was even more tragic. The Jiangxia army relied on its condescending advantage and smashed many coalition ships with heavy rain arrows and stones. In just one hour, the Jiangxia army suffered nearly a thousand casualties, and the coalition's casualties reached 1,55. In the end, even the chief general Chen took the initiative to fight. The fierce battle was at dusk, and the coalition army was unable to conquer the village and had to lead the army to retreat.
That night, Zhou Yu, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and the generals of the coalition forces discussed it late at night.
Finally, we will conclude with a heavy sentence from Zhou Yu: "You guys, the Dragon Wolf Army has occupied Chaisang and will march into Jiangxia at any time. If we cannot break through Xiakou within a few days and attack Shaxian, then there will be wolves in front and tigers in the back, and we will die without a burial place!"
All the generals were shocked.
The next day, in order to reverse the situation, Zhou Yu ordered the four generals Zhou Tai, Jiang Qin, Dong Xi and Lu Meng to lead 100 soldiers to climb the first, each wearing double armor, holding a leather shield, wearing three swords, and charging on a large ship with arrows and stones. Cao Liu's army all boarded the boat, and also wanted to break through the water gate from the bottom of the cliff to divide their troops to create opportunities for the four hundred soldiers to climb the first.
The coalition forces really took the initiative this time. Four hundred dead soldiers, like crazy tigers, rushed upward along the slope in front of Jiya Village. The big shield was smashed and the shield was thrown to continue rushing; the thick armor was inserted into arrows, shaped like a hedgehog, and it still rushed forward.
The Jiangxia army guarding the village had to fight back against the charge on land and attack ships on the water surface. Their forces were diluted and they lost the other. The final result was that neither end could stand it.
When more than 300 dead soldiers rushed into the village, these elite soldiers armed with the best equipment of the coalition army became the "sharp swords" that pierced the Jiangxia army's final defense.
During the melee, Lu Meng led a few dead soldiers to break through the enemy's siege and rushed towards the center of the village, just in time to meet Chen Ju.
The two sides have been fighting for so long, and they have been familiar with each other. When the opponent meets each other, they will immediately draw their blades to face each other.
Chen slashed with one knife, and Lu Meng raised his shield and blocked Chen's scalp and became numb and broken! I don't know if he cut the knife too accurately, or if Lu Meng was intentional, he was so desperate that he could not die, but actually slashed in the cracks that were smashed by the stone in front of the shield, and was stuck tightly and could not be pulled out for a while.
Chen was shocked and hurriedly abandoned his knife. Unfortunately, it was too late...
How capable Lu Meng was, how could he miss this opportunity? He tried to push forward with a squeezing sword, and stabbed Chen to a deep heart.
A moment later, on the Jiangxia military camp's general's platform, Lu Meng raised half a spear, and carried Chen's head on it, shouting at the top of his lungs: "Chen is dead, his head is here. Kneel down to avoid death, resist the killing of the corpse!"
When the Jiangxia army saw that the commander was dead, the army was disintegrated and the soldiers had no intention of fighting, they asked to surrender one after another, or ran across the wall.
At this point, after nearly a month of fierce fighting, Xiakou was finally captured by the coalition forces of Sun, Cao and Liu.
Zhou Yu received the good news from the front and said only to Cao and Liu: "The end of Huang Zu has arrived."
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In mid-April, Taishi Ci finally completed the handover with Lu Dai, leading nearly 20,000 left-wing troops (subsidized thousands of Jiangdong troops), went upstream, entered the Yangtze River from Zhejiang River, and joined the Southern Expedition Central Army and the Right Army. The 50,000 Longwolf Army gathered and advanced westward, and the road was unstoppable, connecting Xunyang, Xiazhi, and E County.
Cheng Pu fought step by step, retreated step by step, and threw the cities one by one to the Dragon Wolf Army. His own troops were constantly shrinking, and at the same time, he stretched out the supplies of the Dragon Wolf Army and diluted its troops.
Ma Han has strong troops. Even if one or two thousand soldiers are placed in a city, he still has several times more troops than his opponents and doesn't care. On the contrary, because surrendering some auxiliary soldiers with weak combat power and leaving behind the rear is equivalent to throwing bags to the local area, which has streamlined the troops and alleviated the transportation pressure, killing two birds with one stone.
Both sides have their own countermeasures. For the same thing, both sides have different perspectives on the problem and different conclusions they have come to. Cheng Pu feels that his plan has been successful, and so is Ma Han.
Just as the Dragon Wolf Army was advancing rapidly and preparing to attack the three coalition forces with the Jiangxia Army East and West, Ma Han received a war report that made him sigh and sigh.
Huang Zu, it's over.
In early April, the coalition forces conquered Xiakou and immediately rushed southward to approach Shaxian.
At this time, Jiangxia's army, even General Zhe, suffered defeats, and their morale was dispersed, and their fighting spirit was worrying. Moreover, thousands of defeated soldiers in Xiakou fled all the way and were chased by the coalition forces. After seeing the guards of Shaxian, they did not even dare to open the city gate, resulting in thousands of defeated soldiers being killed outside the city or fled into the deep mountains and wild sieges, becoming missing people. They watched their comrades killing under their noses like lambs, let alone rescue, and even dare not open the door. As a result, the morale of the entire defender of Shaxian fell to a low point.
An army without morale, even if it is fighting, it cannot be defended. Grandpa Huang and his son abandoned the city and fled, which ended the battle between Jiangxia.
On the seventh day of the fourth month, Shaxian City was broken, and Ling Tong came first. Zhou Tai led his army to pursue and kill Huang Sho. Huang Zu was chased and blocked by Xiahou Yuan and had no way to escape. He fled to Shuize. Finally, he was surrounded by Jiang Qin's fleet, shot and killed by arrows, and beheaded.
It is said that before Huang Zu died, he screamed in anger: "Ma Qian! Dragon Wolf! Hu Wan?"
After roaring, ignore the arrows like rain, face the east, and die with your eyes open.
"What a pity. If Huang Zu could hold on for a while, or if we were not delayed by the Luoyang incident for several days, the situation in Jiangxia might have been completely renewed... It's a pity, it's a pity." Xun You shook his head and sighed after reading the military newspaper.
All the generals were also regretful, it was only a few days later. This emperor is so good at choosing the time...
Ma Han clapped his palms and reminded the generals to be quiet, saying, "Since the situation of the war has changed, our army's deployment will also change. Please join the army in Xun to announce a new deployment."
Guo Jia and Xun You are the role of chief and deputy chief of staff in the Dragon Wolf Army. Because Guo Jia is free and easy by nature, he can make suggestions on his usual plans, but he doesn't like to issue commanders in front of the generals, so Xun You usually gives orders.
Xun You had long been used to his role, and took the baton and came to the screen hanging on the map to skillfully convey the new layout.
"A, Zang Ba, Sun Kang, and Sun Guan, led 2,500 Langya Army as the vanguard, and advanced to Zhu County, and forced Cheng Pu to retreat to Xiakou. Note that after seizing Zhu County, you should not continue to pursue. Sun Cao and Liu will definitely station heavy troops in Xiakou. If you advance rashly, you will definitely have an unexpected accident."
"B, General Le Jin led 10,000 infantry and cavalry, General Li Dian led 3,000 naval troops, and General Zhang Liao was the governor of grain, with a total of 13,000 troops and horses, and they set off on the north side to attack Xiling, capturing and killing Sun Quan."
"Bing, Guo Jia was appointed as the prefect of Xingyuzhang and Guan Cheng was the chief lieutenant. He led 5,000 troops and more than a hundred ships to guard Chaisang and the governor of the entire army's food route."
"Ding, Longlang's middle road, and the left side has 30,000 troops. He boarded the boat and raised his sails, and his troops set off at Xiakou, and fought against Jiangxia with Sun Cao and Liu Sanni."
Ma Han pressed the sword and stood up: "You guys, with Huang Zu, we will attack together from east to west; without Huang Zu, we will push all the way. In short, the San Ni coalition either was pinned to death or was crushed to death. The way of death was different, and in short, we would die!"
Chapter completed!