Chapter 133 Stand on your heels
There is a classic Roman proverb: Naval battles can ruin your whole day! This sentence is also appropriate when used in land battles. At Si, Yuan Shao's army appeared on the battlefield, the formation was launched at noon, and the battle was defeated at Shen. Now the sun has already set, and the Guandu camp has fallen into the darkness, with only small torches shining in the night sky.
Today's Guandu battle is definitely worthy of the wonderfulness of the Guandu battle in history! The Cao army defeated Yuan Shao's army three times the number of beheadings and captures. The number of beheadings and captures has not been calculated yet. However, at least the Yuan army's chariot troops were finished. The Mojing railing and chariot used for siege were almost completely thrown on the battlefield, becoming the trophy of Cao's army. Moreover, the archers on it did not run away and were escorted down in dejection.
However, the ugly side of the war was also revealed. Although he had been exhausted after fighting for a day, the cavalry and infantry of the Cao army returned to the battlefield with their tired bodies. On the one hand, they restrained the corpses of their comrades, and on the other hand, they were more important! Looking for the wealth of the Yuan army's deceased!
Weapons, armor, iron tools, etc. must be brought back!
Wang Hou was guarding the edge of the trench. Under his hands, hundreds of strong men were sweating profusely putting ropes in the trench outside the camp, and dragging out all the chariots that filled the trench. These chariots that cost Yuan Shao didn't know that they could hardly escape the fate of burning fire. The ones pressing under him were dead or half-dead were also under Wang Hou's control. They slaughtered skinned and flesh and could serve as military rations for several days.
However, these jobs obviously have no technical content, and Wang Hou was not careful to take care of it. He pinched the chin that had grown a few beards. Wang Hou was still thinking about the last scene he saw just now.
All of Yuan Shao were narrow-minded and indecisive, but most of the main counselors under Yuan Shao were almost loyal to his Yuan family. In history, Guo Tu, Shen Pei and others were all killed in battle! It can be seen that Yuan Shao's character is not included in these loyal ministers who died of the master. Whether it is "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" or the New History "The Three Kingdoms", it is all that he betrayed Yuan Shao's camp and sold Yuan Shao's grain storage location Wuchao, resulting in the Hebei camp's defeat in the Guandu Battle and the entire army was wiped out!
But just now, the old boy was desperate to rescue Yuan Shao's energy, but Wang Hou was wondering whether he should not behave like a person! He should not be judged by himself until the conclusion is finalized, or there is another hidden truth in it!
And although he defeated Yuan Shao today, the Guandu battle was far from over, and he was beheaded 20,000 yuan, and Yuan Shao still had 90,000 people. In addition, the four prefectures behind Yuan Shao also continued to provide him with food and grass soldiers. There are still some fighting in this battle!
Another thing that made Wang Hou confused was that in history, Xu You had to betrayal before sending him. Yuan Shao had already found out about this in Wuchao. Even when he was in Dongjun, he had specially visited the Wuchao Lake and had a rough understanding of the local geographical environment.
If the information was revealed to Cao Cao now, what impact would it have on the Guandu War that was in full swing?
All are unknowns!
Just when Wang Hou was thinking about it, not far away, bursts of shrill screams suddenly came, mixed with fierce screams, which suddenly interrupted Wang Hou's thinking. Seeing him raising his eyebrows, Zang Hong immediately coughed, led several personal troops to follow Wang Hou with his halberds, and followed him towards the sound.
Although the entire battlefield was filled with a smell of blood, the smell of blood was obviously stronger in this place. Not far from the main position, more than a hundred Cao soldiers surrounded him in anger and kicked something. On the ground, there was a large area of dark liquid, and a few newly cut heads were there, and a man's sad crying sound was still heart-wrenching.
After following the local customs, Wang Hou is now a person with a status. He doesn't make any rash moves and shouts you to do it! He held his hands behind his back and raised his head, and Zang Hong went up and slapped it.
"Hey! Are you guys doing it?"
"Go back, go back to the general! These Hebei barbarians are too abominable! Brothers are avenging their robes!"
Kill the prisoners! These guys are obviously not doing anything open and honest. Zang Hong suddenly shouted, and the leader of Cao Juntun was so scared that he was so shocked that he quickly turned around and clasped his fists and bowed heavily.
"General, please spare me! The young man is also ordered to do it! The young man shoots arrows with his eyes closed, and there are old mothers and sick wife at home. The young man really doesn't want to die!"
As soon as the chief of Tun finished his words, Yuan Bing, who was crying with his bruised nose and swollen face on the ground, was already carrying his bound hands on his back, and was crying again, kowtowing and begging for mercy like pounding garlic. In the torch, he could clearly see his face full of fear and tears flowing like a coward.
Not to mention, the matter is not over yet. Before he could beg for mercy, another Yuan Bing who was pressed to kneel on the ground on the side actually kicked him hard on the butt, making him stagger into a pool of blood, while slumping on the ground and kicking him, while the Hebei archer was still cursing in anger.
"Coward! A coward! I've lost my head with a scar. I'd known I'd chopped you!"
He was kicked and rolled all over the ground. Wang Hou's mouth was twitching when he heard the shrill crying of a big man. Fortunately, Cao Bing, who was watching the fun, took action and dragged the two of them away together. He dragged them into the captive group and kicked them up again.
"Lord! It's not advisable to interfere in this matter!"
Seeing that the Qu Cao soldiers were furious, they probably felt that they were killed or injured in the rain of arrows. Beside Wang Hou, Zang Hong hesitated and clasped his fists.
But looking at the dozen Yuan Jun screaming in the crowd, Wang Hou narrowed his eyes in interest. It’s not that he is full of sympathy. He is really a bitch! Cowards are sometimes a resource!
"stop!"
Suddenly, the Cao soldiers who were committing the murder and abuse were all frozen. Seeing Wang Hou swaying under the torch, the head of the village who was leading the beating and killing people once again clasped his fists fiercely, gritting his teeth and threatening fiercely.
"This envoy, this is the blood feud between me and these Hebei barbarians. Please don't interfere! Otherwise, if you ruin your face, don't blame the young people for being rude!"
"How dare you talk to my lord like this!"
He didn't want to interfere, but he couldn't help it! He drew out the knife in a buzzing moment, and Zang Hong held his face to the head of Cao Bingtun's head. The sharp blade was placed directly on his neck, and his eyes were staring at him as if he was murderous. But the knife was placed on his neck, but the head of the head was still erecting his neck and staring at him. In this scene, whether it was killing Cao Bing or Wang Hou's personal guards, they put their hands on the blade. Seeing the atmosphere tense, sparks suddenly appeared, Wang Hou waved his hand lightly.
"Zang Hong retreat!"
He looked at the treacherous neck, which was taller than him, and Wang Hou stretched out three fingers and said slowly.
"You have no soldiers who have been killed, and your family can go to my Wang Hou's mansion to collect three pieces of silk and three strings of coins! Or you can cut them down!"
These words obviously made Na Tun Chang stunned. His face was as entangled as if he was constipated. After struggling for a few minutes, he was helpless and defeated the heavy reality. He held his fists weakly and lowered his head.
"Mr. Fu keeps his word?"
"Although my reputation as Yexiang Cangcao is not very good, it seems that it is not time to keep its word yet! After this battle, you can take the roster to my mansion to pay it. If I break my promise and become fat, you can call me Wang Hou a liar in the street!"
"Okay, since that's the case, one word is certain!"
After looking at Wang Hou's slow and pretentious appearance, the iron man finally lowered his head, clasped his fists helplessly, and then turned around and roared loudly with his subordinates: "Listen to my order! Go back to the camp!"
A group of Cao soldiers were full of reluctance and looked at the Hebei archers who were beaten to the ground in disappointment. They spitted and walked slowly back to Guandu camp. However, Wang Hou had lost money, and the Hebei soldiers were not grateful. The soldier who had just kicked someone struggled to sit up, spit out a mouthful of yellow teeth, and tilted his head and scolded angrily.
"Young man is so hypocritical and sensible. Now I will kill me, otherwise one day I will fall into my hands and say that you are worse than death!"
"You fucking..."
"Come here, take these people back and put them in the prisoner-of-war camp!"
Wang Hou spoke again, and several personal soldiers carried one by one, and pulled the archers with bruised nose, swollen legs and cramped legs to the camp. They froze there for a while, and then Zang Hong turned around in disappointment and complained again.
"Lord, why bother to save these ungrateful wolves?"
"Yuan Shao is so popular with the hearts of the army!"
Without paying attention to him at the first time, Wang Hou frowned first and hummed worriedly, then his eyes fell on the prisoners who were being escorted further and further away, and a slight smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.
"Don't underestimate this group of ungrateful wolves. The coward just now is even comparable to thousands of cavalry after using it!"
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After cleaning the battlefield for more than half a night, the results of the first fierce battle between the Hebei forces and the Central Plains Group, Yuan Shao, a great clan like Cao Cao, were finally counted. There were more than 5,000 corpses left on the battlefield, including more than 6,800 prisoners, and the losses were calculated based on four times the number of casualties in the cold weapon era. Yuan Shao lost at least 22,300 troops, and as for the weapons and materials, there were countless.
But he killed three thousand people and suffered eight hundred damage. In the afternoon, under the attacks of Yuan's army like a rising tide, Cao's army also killed more than 1,100 people and injured 3,700. It is no wonder that the Cao army's troops he encountered yesterday were so angry that they were distorted. Most of the casualties of Cao's army were thanked by these Hebei archers.
It sounds like this loss is much smaller than that of Yuan Shaojun, but the injuries here are all injuries that have been injured to a certain extent and have lost one-seventh of the wounded people. For Cao's army, who is at a disadvantage, it is enough to be considered a trauma.
Moreover, the scout cavalry that had been sent out last night brought back the latest information of the Hebei army. After retreating for thirty miles, Yuan Shao regrouped again, gathered the scattered troops, and set up the camp again. Across the thirty miles, the two largest military groups in the Central Plains were eyeing each other around the Guandu of Jishui.
In terms of the situation, the Cao army was still at a disadvantage. Not to mention that there were many soldiers, there were few soldiers, behind Yuan Shao was the grassland. At this time, the Huns had declined, the Xianbei and Wuhuan people were unable to rise, and Yuan Shao's old nest, Yecheng, was still in Jizhou, and he was safe and sound in the rear.
However, Xu Du, Xiangnan, was Zhang Xiu who had just surrendered and Liu Biao, and Yuan Shu in the southeast vomited blood and left a large number of warlords and generals after his death, including Sun Ce, the little overlord of Jiangdong. He was also eyeing the fat piece of Central Plains. Cao Cao had to worry much more than Yuan Shao.
However, under Yuan Shao's aggressive 110,000 army, Cao Cao still stood firm and had the capital to continue to confront Yuan Shao.
And compared to Yuan Shao, he has a good butler!
The wounded soldiers who had just been withdrawn from the battlefield were immediately transferred to the rear army camp in Zhongmu. Wang Hou was really selfless. The old fairy Yu Ji, the guest at his family, was fooled by him to be a military doctor, and even Lu Ji was mobilized to fight! In the middle of the tent, the hot pot was burning and hot, holding his sleeves, and crystal sweat was emitting from his forehead. He was holding his sleeves. Lu Ji was busy and kept commanding the people in the rear camp.
"According to the master's orders, all the silk cloths used for bandaging must be put in boiling water and boiled!"
"The firewood is burning strong! The tent must be kept warm! Liu Jia and Zhang Bing, you must keep an eye on the old immortal Yu Ji and Yu, and the hot water must not be cut off! Take one basin out, and take one basin into me immediately! These are human lives!"
She is worthy of being the eldest daughter of the Lu family. When Lu Bu was busy with the war, Lu Ji had to help Mrs. Ren manage the Lu family. With these experiences accumulated, in her nice voice, thousands of people in a wounded barracks were commanded by her in an orderly manner!
However, in the era of cold weapons, 80% of the casualties occurred after the war. There were no antibiotics in this era. If two of the ten wounded soldiers survived the infection in the summer, it would be considered God's blessing. Even in late autumn, even Lu Ji tried her best. However, the rescue failed, the wounded soldiers who died on the hospital bed after heavy bleeding or infection and suppuration were still carried out one by one, and many of them could not keep up with the speed of digging holes and burying them.
After all, he was a big lady and a little girl. The successive rescue failed, which caused extra psychological pressure to Lu Ji. He also saw a tent being emptied and sweat beads on his forehead were already rolling like a stream. He anxiously grabbed a patrol soldier. Lu Ji ordered anxiously and helplessly.
"Go and find the master to come back! I can't stand this back camp anymore!"
"As for orders! Madam!"
With a loud agreement, the personal soldier turned around and ran straight to Zhongmu County.
At this time, the entire Zhongmu County was completely empty, and more than 20,000 Zhongmu residents were moved to the south. The county government in the city was used as a granary, hoarding the grain that Wang Hou finally drew in Puyang. The two blocks in the west of the city were blocked with wood and stones, and used as prisoners of war camps. The more than 3,100 Yuan troops in Hebei captured in the Battle of White Horse were all detained here, and more than 1,000 Yuan troops who were captured yesterday were also escorted in one after another.
Holding the telescope, Wang Hou looked down with deep eyes. Beside him, the cowardly coward who was redeemed by him on the battlefield yesterday, knelt on the ground tremblingly.
Chapter completed!