Chapter 1001: Jia Kui Falls Into a Trap
Cao Cao's decision surprised everyone, but everyone quickly realized that in the current situation, Cao Cao's decision was the most correct. Instead of guarding everywhere and leaving loopholes, it is better to guard a few important cities. Come, but the chance of winning is higher. At this time, Cao Cao's heroic nature was clearly visible.
On the second day after Cao Cao made his decision, Jia Kui led more than 20,000 troops to break out of camp again and headed towards Qiaojun in the south. As Jia Kui expected, as soon as his army set up camp last night, more than a dozen cavalrymen rushed back to the camp. They brought back the latest information about the Eastern Expedition Army in Qiao County.
Chen Guo's army is indeed joining forces with Huang Zhong's troops to attack Qiao County, and the army has nearly 100,000 people. In this way, the two armies have nearly 200,000 people, while Cao Hong only has 30,000 troops in Qiao County. According to the news brought back by the cavalry, Jia Kui has basically identified the generals of Chen's army. "General Jianwei of the Eastern Army" should be Huang Zhong's deputy general Wang Ran. As for "General Huangfu of the Right Army of the Eastern Army" and "General Guan of the Right Jishe of the Expeditionary Army to the East" should be the original Xiongqu Army general Huangfu Li and deputy general Guan Hai of Hongnong in the Andong Army.
Although the strength of the Eastern Expeditionary Army and the situation of the generals were confirmed, Jia Kui's heart became heavier and heavier. These generals were all veterans on the battlefield. Huang Zhong and Huangfu Li were both from the Yellow Turbans more than ten years ago. Luan then began to lead troops to fight. Guan Hai was once the commander of hundreds of thousands of Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. As for Wang Ran, although he was not well-known before, since he was able to promote Huangfu Chaobo from Huang Zhong's deputy general to an army The general must also be of extraordinary strength.
It's just that the current situation no longer allows him to hesitate for a moment, and he can only rush forward even if he bites the bullet.
After a night's rest, the army began to prepare to leave camp at the fourth watch. When the sky dimmed, the army had all been sorted out. Jia Kui sat on his horse, waved to the guards beside him and said: "Let's go, army!"
Subsequently, more than 20,000 troops escorted thousands of civilians and baggage vehicles and slowly moved towards the south. Yesterday, because we set off after noon, we only walked twenty miles in half a day, and the army set up camp ten miles south of Yangliangju. In one day today, we should be able to reach the Xiaohong River south of Wuqiang Town that the cavalry said, cross the river and set up camp.
If everything goes well, the army will be able to rush to the north of Qiao County tomorrow, but Jia Kui himself is not sure what to do then. You know, the Eastern Expeditionary Army has nearly 200,000 troops, but I only have more than 20,000 troops. Otherwise, I might as well show my face in the north of Qiao County, and then retreat to the camp thirty miles away. , waiting for the lord’s reinforcements? Jia Kui thought so in his heart.
Although the cavalry had confirmed that the Zhengdong Army had arrived at the foot of Qiao County, Jia Kui still did not dare to take it lightly. He sent the remaining dozens of cavalry far away to explore the situation about ten miles around the army. Fortunately, there was nothing unusual around the army along the way, which made Jia Kui feel relieved.
In the afternoon, the army arrived at Wuqiang Town. It was still two hours before dark. Jia Kui ordered the army to speed up and set up camp after crossing the Xiaohong River. What he didn't know was that he was moving step by step. He led more than 20,000 troops into a death trap.
At the beginning of Shenshi, the army finally arrived at the north bank of Xiaohong River. Jia Kui looked to the south with a heavy expression on the river bank where he was stationed. He seemed to be able to see that the Qiao County city dozens of miles away was in flames of war. At this time, thousands of soldiers from the Liang Kingdom had already crossed the river on the south bank of the Xiaohong River. At the same time, dozens of baggage trucks passed by, carrying supplies for the army to set up camps.
Hundreds of steps along the south bank of the river, nearly a thousand civilians were busy surrounding the baggage truck. They wanted to unload the tents and other materials from the baggage truck, and then build the camp.
At this moment, a sudden rumble of thunder came from the west of the south bank of the river. Everyone in Liang Guojun was stunned. It was still early, the sun was still hanging in the sky, and the sky was clear. Where did the thunder come from? Voice.
Jia Kui was stunned. He also heard thunder.
He subconsciously raised his head and looked at the sky, but the sky was still clear. He suddenly realized that it was not thunder, but cavalry, and there were thousands or even nearly ten thousand cavalry. Only such a number of cavalry could have such power. .
He stood up from his horse, raised his eyes and looked towards the west. Sure enough, a moment later, he saw a black line appearing from the western sky several miles away, rolling quickly towards him. Slowly, the black line turned into a black ocean, and it turned out to be most of the cavalry, as many as ten thousand people. Jia Kui's heart instantly felt as if he had sunk into an abyss, and he had fallen into a trap.
"Enemy attack!" At the same time, the generals on the south bank also discovered the cavalry rushing from the west. In an instant, the soldiers, horses and civilians crossing the river became a mess like an ant county that had exploded. Even the generals Even though he screamed as hard as he could, less than half of the soldiers were able to gather together. However, more than ten thousand cavalrymen rushed towards the chaotic Liang Guojun like arrows from the string.
Jia Kui reacted quickly and quickly ordered the army to assemble. At the same time, he ordered the soldiers who were crossing the river to retreat, preparing to return to the north bank to form a formation, and then slowly retreated to Wuqiang Town ten miles away for defense.
However, his idea is very good, but it is very difficult to implement it. First of all, except for the two 3,000-strong Chinese army and the 6,000 Suiyang City county soldiers, the soldiers he commanded are in formation. More than 10,000 troops were temporarily mobilized from various counties and cities, and they were basically a mob.
Secondly, the march had been peaceful for the past two days, and the soldiers had become a little lazy. The sudden attack made the army even more chaotic. Another point is that although Xiaohong River is a small river, it is several feet wide and nearly ten feet deep at its deepest point. This made the retreating soldiers and civilians desperately squeeze towards several floating bridges, further aggravating the chaos of the army.
At this time, almost half of the Liang army had crossed the river, and the rest of the soldiers were waiting on the north bank to cross the river. How could they gather quickly in a panic?
Just as Jia Kui was commanding the generals to try to group the troops, suddenly, a low horn sounded behind them.
"Woo woo..."
Everyone was shocked and looked back to the north. They saw that several miles away, tens of thousands of troops were approaching them quickly, and the high flags showed everyone their identities. At this time, everyone didn't understand that they had been surrounded. For a time, the army, which was already somewhat chaotic, became even more chaotic.