Chapter 207: The hero is sorry

War is an unpredictable opportunity.

The process of a battle is always unpredictable and unpredictable. In the competition between the two sides of the war, who can grasp the last mistake of the opponent, whoever can catch the opponent's last mistake is the side that laughs to the end and wins.

Gao Chong and Cao Cao———who is the strong and who is the weak, who wins and who is defeated again, will not be known until the last moment.

On the second day of August 2018, the sun was dry and cracked, and wisps of smoke-like heat emerged.

Outside Lingbi City, Cao Cao's central army tent.

The fire-torn atmosphere was no less than the weather outside. Gao Chong, who had just ended the Zhupinshan battle, entered the battle with 4,000 navy troops. The addition of this new force made Cao's army, who had been tired for the middle of the night, unable to resist. When Cao Cao came to reinforce, Gao Chong had successfully rescued Ling Tong and Zhang Liao and retreated to the Wujiang direction. For Cao Cao, who was determined to win, such a result could not be called satisfactory.

Cao Zhang, who was commanding Gaixia - fighting in Zhupinshan, just wanted to argue a few words, but was scolded by Cao Cao. Not long ago, the "Yellow Whisper" that made Cao Cao feel glorious has now become a yellow earth chicken with hair loss, and he can no longer make a loud crow.

Even Cao Zhang was severely criticized, and the other generals who led the troops to fight were even more arrogant and dared not come out.

In a solemn atmosphere, only Guo Jia, Xun You and others were left to break the deadlock and appease Cao Cao's emotions.

In the two battles between Gao and Cao so far, Cao Cao has achieved considerable results. However, what makes Cao Cao feel a headache is that even though he tried his best to seize Gao Chong's mistake, he could never completely kill Gao Chong.

"Gao Chong is like a wild wolf, and he needs to beat him with all his strength. Do not be kind to let him eat himself." The opinions of Cao Cao, Sima Yi, Guo Jia and other major strategists were surprisingly consistent in their opinions on Gao Chong's evaluation.

After a long time, the tent was silent, and no one dared to say anything more. In the end, Guo Jia broke the deadlock. At this time, Cao Cao's anger had disappeared and was about to find a way out.

So, Guo Jia coughed a few times and slowly said word by word: "Prime Minister, Gao Chong - is known for his blood and bravery, and is famous for his loyalty and loyalty. If we wait to set up a trap in the Lingbi area, Jia - thought Gao Chong would most likely fall into the trap." After saying this, Guo Jia's face turned red. This kind of redness is not a healthy body color, and it can be seen that Guo Jia's body is ill.

Because Guo Jia made great contributions to his advice during the Hebei crusade, he gained Cao Cao's trust. Although he was in good health this time, Cao Cao also brought him by his side so that he could ask questions at any time.

Using Li Tong from the Lingbi as bait, he attracted Gao Chong to venture north to rescue. Guo Jia's plan was to set up another suspicious array to round up the big crocodile Gao Chong.

Compared with the trap of fraudulent surrender that Sima Yi secretly set up in Pengcheng, Guo Jia's plan was in the clear place, and Cao's army was clearly setting a trap on the spiritual wall. If Gao Feng came to save him, he would have no return. If Gao Feng refused to save him, he would have a bad reputation of not saving him. No matter which one he chose, it would be quite unfavorable for Gao Chong.

"I use the plan of filial piety in a dignified manner, but it makes Gao Chong's little thief feel very uncomfortable. It's so wonderful!" Cao Cao turned angry and said to him, and he laughed loudly. Guo Jia pointed out the person in his dream with Cao Cao's cleverness. He naturally knew the mystery of this.

On the third day of the August 1st, Cao Cao accepted Guo Jia's advice. On the one hand, he concentrated his troops to siege Lingbi City, which was still in the encirclement, and on the other hand, he continued to transfer the Xiahou Yuan's troops in Runan and Yanyu areas to advance eastward quickly, ready to surround Gao Chong's rescue troops at any time.

Xiahou Yuan's iron cavalry was an indelible painful memory for Gao Chong. It was the speed of Xiahou Yuan's thunder marching that caused Gao Chong's first northern expedition to retreat south.

Since you have missed an opportunity, you must never miss the second time.

Cao Cao, who was confident that he had discovered Gao Chong's weakness, decided to take advantage of the victory and expand his results. Even if he could not bear Gao Chong's life, he would still strive to include the Lianghuai granary that Gao Chong had been operating for several years.

The balance of the battlefield kept shaking, and Cao Cao kept increasing his bets on the Huai River. He was testing Gao Chong's ability to withstand and also testing himself. This situation was like a vessel full of water being placed inclined, with water overflowing on one side and insufficient water on the other side.

The battle of wisdom between Cao Cao and Gao Chong began from this.

In Shouchun, Gao Chong, who finally retreated to the south bank of Huai River, looked up and saw the wounds.

On August 10th, Jiujiang County Governor's Office.

Faced with a messy and terrible situation, Liu Fu, the governor of Jiujiang County, took the lead in advising: "People the commander, our army won the few in Zhupinshan, killed more than a thousand enemies, captured more than 500 enemy generals, and captured more than 500 enemy generals. The county soldiers and civilians along the Huai County heard about this great victory, and all responded to the diligent army. According to the county and county reports, there are many young and strong men in the Yi army. If they use it properly, they can rely on their arms!"

"Thank you for Yuanying. The recent small victory was not enough to bring about the overall situation. The loss of the Northern Expedition was huge. The mobile troops between the two Huaihe Rivers were insufficient and they could no longer be dispersed. The deployment of Huai Rivers was of great importance. If there were any omissions, the Cao thieves would cross the river and attack. Everything depends on the efforts of Ru, Shulong, Ji Cai and others!" Gao Chong gave Liu Fu a trusting look. If Gao Chong had insufficient experience in comparison with Cao Cao in military level, in addition to internal political affairs, Gao Chong took a slight lead.

"Although the battle of Zhu Pinshan is insignificant, it greatly boosts the morale of the army. As long as we choose the right time and location, Cao Cao's cavalry is not invincible." Ling Tong, who was covered in wounds and tied with a cloth belt, was full of confidence, as if he had just won a big victory.

Ling Tong said it right. The battle of Zhupinshan is indeed worthy of Gao Chong's reminiscence. In this battle, Gao Chong led more than 6,000 water infantry to surround and kill nearly 10,000 vanguards of Cao's army trapped in the valley. In this battle of winning with fewer and more, Gao Chong successfully defeated Cao's army with favorable terrain and eagerness to wait for work. In order to cover Cao Zhang's retreat, even the general Gao Lan was captured by Gao Chong's army.

This was a victory for infantry against cavalry, but the rest of the Northern Expedition were not as lucky as Zhang Liao, and Ling Tong.

"Is there any latest news about Wenda?" Looking at the injured Ling Tong, Gao Chong felt palpitations. The generals of the Northern Expedition died in battle and the injured, and what made him even more worried was Li Tong's whereabouts.

"Pampered coach, when I returned south of Yingshui, I learned that the Cao army was gathering towards the spiritual wall. Maybe Wenda was still insisting--" Chen Deng's voice was low, and the feeling of failure was very uncomfortable, although he did not have much responsibility in this failure.

Gaixia - After the battle of Zhupinshan, Gao Chong immediately relied on the water system of various tributaries entering Huai River and led the navy to go north along the Wujiang River and Ying River water to search and receive the defeated soldiers. By early August, more than 2,000 defeated soldiers were collected by Jiang Qin and He Qi, including Chen Deng, who was separated in Xiyang.

After Xiyang was defeated, Chen Deng used his familiarity with the terrain, human feelings and language in Xuzhou, pretending to be a fleeing local citizen, thus escorting Cao Bing.

But not everyone has the luck as much as Chen Deng.

Or maybe, faith, ambition, encounter, and environment make people make different choices.

The smoke of the Northern Expedition gradually dissipated, but Li Tong still insisted on fighting unremittingly.

After the successive failure of the Northern Expedition troops north of the Huai River, the spiritual wall of the lonely city became a nail that hindered Cao Cao's journey south. If the resistance force here was removed, the food and grass from Yu, Yan to Xuzhou would be transported unimpeded. If this nail continued to exist, the retreat of the troops heading south would be in danger at all times.

"Pampered coach, give me another soldier. Even if I fight to the death, I will save Wenda." Zhang Liao was still ashamed of his guilt as he heard the unfavorable battle situation.

"Wen Yuan is so heroic, I, Ling Tong, respect you and nothing else. Then you and my brothers will kill him together!" Ling Tong said with a smile.

Looking at Zhang Liao and Ling Tong, Gao Chong was both happy and a little sad. He told him rationally that his opponent was the cunning Cao Cao, and he would suffer setbacks if he was not careful.

Cao Cao gathered heavy troops on Lingbi. If he wanted to capture it, it would be impossible for him to not be able to obtain the city for dozens of days. Could it be that this is another bait?

"Wen Yuanxiu is impulsive, we may not be able to save Wenda!" Finally, Gao Chong sighed.

"Why? Does the Pampering Shuai want to die and refuse to save him? Is the Pampering Shuai also scared by Cao Thief's aura?" Ling Tong said anxiously when he heard Gao Chong say this.

"Public achievements must not be rude. There is a reason to do this for the coach." Although he was puzzled, Zhang Liao still stopped the impulsive Ling Tong. With the previous painful lesson, he warned himself not to act rashly anymore.

Looking at the gaze of Zhang Liaoling Tong and the others in the dispute, Gao Chong slowly stood up, rolled up his sleeves, and then pulled out a short dagger from his waist, and the tip of the dagger was pressed against the palm of his left hand.

Looking around, he shouted sadly: "The ancients said: A hero is regretful! If Cao Cao wants to get me into injustice, then let him be proud. Today, let me Gao Chong do something that is sorry to Wenda. However, I hope that everyone here will record this debt for me. One day, I will repay it with a hundred times of effort!"

After saying that, he held the dagger's hand and stabbed it hard. The sharpness penetrated into his skin, oozing dazzling blood beads.

"Pamper your favorite, this is absolutely not allowed." Seeing this, Chen Deng, Zhang Liao and others hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade Gao Chong's actions.

Gao Chong raised his bloody left hand high and let the blood in his palm rush. He shouted: "None of you should come forward. This pain can make me remember the bloody lessons that will not forget, and will make me stop making mistakes of underestimating the enemy. It can make me remember the unkindness and unrighteousness today. Compared with my little injury, Wenda and his four thousand Jiangxia soldiers lost their lives. You all testify to me. If I only care about my own freedom and happiness one day, you will use it to remind me!"

Apart from the bloody battle, the battlefield does not believe in everything.

The ruthless man may not be a husband. Gao Chong, who had no choice, made a painful decision to be a hero. Behind this decision was the last broken flag on the top of Lingbi City.

Waiting in a stalemate is a torture for both sides of the war. Gao Chong showed no sign of rescue of Li Tong, which made Cao Cao a little anxious because Cao Ren's emergency documents on Wancheng on the western front had already flew like snowflakes.

Cao Cao, whose center of gravity moved eastward, was inevitably attacked by Zhou Yu. Although Wancheng's moat was deep and the city was difficult to break for a while, if the confrontation lasted for a long time, no one knew what other changes would happen.

For example, a traitor betrays, a civil rebellion -.

"I won't make a low-level mistake like Gao Chong!" On August 15, Cao Cao decided to change his feint attack into a main attack, quickly took down Lingbi City and returned to the army.

Facing the not-tall but extremely difficult to catch Lingbi City, Cao Cao was determined to win.

On August 16, Li Tong's troops, who were guarding the city, had reached the verge of being out of ammunition and food. In July, in order to stop Cao's army's attack on Gaixia, Li Tong's 4,000 Jiangxia children lost nearly half that night. After that, Li Tong, the tenacious Li Tong relied on the remaining 2,000 soldiers to deal with the vicious Cao soldiers for nearly half a month.

Now, the last moment has finally arrived.

At the top of the Lingbi City, there is only the Dongcheng City Tower and a broken flag of "Jiangxia Tiger Power-Li". Other places in the city have fallen one after another. In order to take this city, Cao Cao dispatched more than 20,000 people.

In and outside the city, the air was filled with vomiting smell of blood. More than a thousand corpses were scattered around. The bloody and cruel fighting gradually made the bloody body numb, turning the lively life into the bodies of a walking corpse.

"Tick-Tick-Tick!" The sound of blood dripping constantly was not very loud, but it sounded like his own life was being pulled away in the ears of the soldiers on both sides. For these low-level soldiers, they were still alive at this moment, and no one could predict whether they could still live tomorrow?

"Ah--!" With this shout that squeezed out of his chest, Li Tong stood up from a corner of the collapsed city tower and led the remaining soldiers to fight back against Cao's soldiers who rushed up the city tower.

He had no weapons, only half a brick was holding his hands tightly.

Lingbi is just a small city, and there is not even a decent blacksmith shop in the city. After half a month of fierce fighting, Li Tong could no longer find a sharp sword.

"Bo, Bowl--!" At the sound of the bowstring, a stream of arrow flew from under the city, hitting Li Tong's chest.

"Kill!" The moment the arrow hit, Li Tong's body stagnated for a while, and then staggered forward several steps. His hands were waving in a mess, and he cut into the arms of a Cao soldier. Half of the brick hit Cao Bing's head in a desperate momentum.

"Ah!" With this sudden shout, Cao soldiers, who saw the flaws, stabbed the spear into Li Tong's body in one go, and the tip of the spear stabbed from front to back, and suddenly turned into a bloody spear.

The moment he fell down, a slight smile appeared on Li Tong's face. As a soldier, he was worthy of heaven and earth. As a general, he did everything he should do.

Life is no longer important, and glory will coexist with Li Tong's soul forever!

When Cao Hong, the Marquis of Weiyuan who led the troops to attack the city, died in battle at the cost of more than 3,000 soldiers and injured more than 3,000 soldiers, what he saw was that an enemy general with five or six spears stuck all over his body was lying to the sky, his expression was peaceful.

After noon on August 16, Li Tong, the last general in Gao Chong's Northern Expedition Army, who insisted on the north of the Huai River, died in battle. The second Northern Expedition, which began vigorously, ended with such a tragic ending-.

In July, the chief general Zhuge Liang committed suicide in Pengcheng.

Two days later, Zhang Liao and Ling Tong met Cao's soldiers at Gaixia, and none of the eight hundred geese cavalry survived. On the same day, Gao Chong led the navy to fight back in Zhupinshan, and this victory was actually the only victory in the Northern Expedition.

In early August, Chen Deng escaped from great difficulty and fled back to Shouchun alone, and his 3,000 troops were all in his army.

On August 16, Li Tong, the commander of the Jiangxia Army, was killed in Lingbi. All 4,000 people in his army were killed in battle, and none of them surrendered to the enemy.

The Northern Expedition, this Northern Expedition, with unclear purpose, was finally extinguished with the fireworks at the head of Lingbi City. After paying the price of losing 13,000 people, Gao Chong barely retreated to the Huai River line. Before reinforcements arrived, the defense line was guarded by six thousand defeated soldiers and recruited people.

Fortunately, Li Tong's persistence in the Lingbi won Gao Chong's precious breathing time. After receiving the order to reinforce, Wen Pin rushed down the river in Jiangling and arrived in Hefei in five days.

The arrival of the Jiangling Army enriched the temporary empty Huainan defense line, which completely dispelled Cao Cao's idea of ​​involuntarily interfering with Jianghuai.

One Huai River is divided into the north and south, and the scenery is different.

In September, the weather has become cooler, and the green leaves hanging on the tops of the trees have begun to turn yellow and wither. Everything is indicating that the rainy season is about to end.

The autumn is tall and the horse is fat, which was originally a day for hunting in the north. For the soldiers in the south who are good at boating, they need to seize this last time to arrange a tight defensive position.

Li Tong's body was placed on Jiming Mountain by the Huai River. He was determined and was respected by his opponent. Under Cao Hong's stop, the generals and generals who rushed to the scene were unable to get Li Tong's head.

"A general who died in battle like this is equally respectable even if he is an enemy!" When Cao Cao heard about Li Tong's death, he sighed.

When Cao's soldiers retreated, they received Cao Cao's approval and Li Tong's body was transferred to the south for burial.

"Wenda did not choose to surrender at the last moment." Ling Tong's voice choked. Due to the blockage of news, it was not until the end of August that Gao Chong learned about Li Tong's true death.

Give up oneself and rescue his companions. Although this Northern Expedition was defeated, on some battlefields, the soldiers of Gao Chong's army were always bravely resisting. Zhuge Liang's solitary guarding the empty camp, the 800 dead soldiers of Yanbei Cavalry and Li Tong's bloody battle in the spirit wall. No matter what the result is, they are all respectable heroes.

"Everyone drank this wine to see General Li Tong and other soldiers who died!"

On the Jiming Mountain, Gao Chong, wearing white clothes, had red eyes and hoarse voice: "Three years ago, Chong swore to avenge General Ling Cao. Now three years have passed, and the revenge has not been repaid, and only tens of thousands of soldiers have been added to the wronged souls of the commander. As the commander, he is ashamed and at ease. From now on, if he cannot defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, he will be able to achieve his full success. I, Gao Chong, swore to never cross the Huai River again."

"People's coach, turn the monument of the soldiers who died in the Northern Expedition to the north. One day, let them watch it carefully. We living people will insert the blood-like flag to the north!" Zhang Liao said loudly with a bright look.

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