My younger brother Zhuge Liang

Chapter 459 Gongsun Du who registered Sima Shi's Gafa

"My lord! My lord? My lord has fainted. What should we do?"

As Gongsun Du was so frightened that he fainted, the guards around him naturally became panicked.

There were originally more than 10,000 soldiers in the Liaosui camp, twice the number of troops that Zhao Yun brought to attack the camp.

Although Gongsun Du's army was far inferior to Zhao Yun's in terms of eliteness and equipment, if they could rely on the fortifications and quickly stabilize the morale of the army, they would have had a chance to resist.

But at this critical juncture, Gongsun Du's life or death was unknown, and the damage to the army's command center was too devastating.

Gongsun Du's army was temporarily in a state of disarray. Several generals resisted blindly, but finally decided to transport their lord back to the rear first, regardless of life or death. At least this way they could give an explanation to the new lord.

All the remaining cavalry units in the camp, as long as they were not entangled by Zhao Yun's troops, gathered urgently, and barely gathered more than 2,000 people, and fled out of the east gate.

As the command center fled first, the remaining nearly 10,000 troops in the camp, like headless flies, also collapsed one after another within half an hour.

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Zhao Yun's original intention of this surprise attack was to take advantage of the situation to expand the victory. He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity that the enemy army was frightened and the morale of the enemy was high after the victory over Liu Yi's army yesterday, and rob the camp to gain more.

Just like when Gan Ning later robbed the Wei camp in history, he only wanted to fight a decisive battle, or a harassment to undermine the enemy's morale, and he did not expect to directly wipe out the enemy.

But as the battle went on, Zhao Yun unexpectedly discovered that this surprise attack in the early morning was surprisingly smooth, and the results were better than the best case scenario he had expected at the beginning!

The garrison troops numbering over ten thousand people, with the fortifications to rely on, were completely defeated!
At exactly 7:00 a.m., Zhao Yun had basically ended the battle in the Liaosui camp and rushed into the central army tent left by Gongsun Du.

Most of the cavalry guards had been withdrawn, leaving only some officers and staff without horses abandoned, who were all captured by Zhao Yun.

"Where is Gongsun Du?" Zhao Yun pulled over a civilian aide, who looked like someone in charge of military supplies and money, and asked directly in a stern voice.

The money officer trembled and replied: "My lord...oh no, the traitor Gongsun was protected by his personal guards at the risk of his life to break through the siege. The traitor Gongsun was originally sick and forced to do it.

Just now, when he heard that the general's heavenly troops were coming to destroy everything, he was so frightened that he fainted and lost consciousness, and was unable to command the troops to defend the city.

When Zhao Yun first heard that Gongsun Du had escaped, the joy he had accumulated from defeating the enemy army dissipated a little. But when he heard that Gongsun Du had fainted from shock due to a serious illness, the joy returned a little.

Zhao Yun couldn't help but secretly curse this guy for panting so hard when he spoke! Couldn't he just state the key point clearly and concisely in the first sentence?
"General, let's give chase. Gongsun Du is seriously ill and has fainted from shock, so he won't be able to last long! Even if we can't catch up with him, as long as we persist in chasing him and make them dare not stop, maybe we can help him die quickly! We may even be able to capture a few more counties and expand our victory." The generals around Zhao Yun volunteered to fight.

Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment and said, "But our army is exhausted after fighting so many battles. Yesterday and today, we have traveled over a hundred miles and fought two major battles... If we want to chase them, we have to change a group of people. We can still afford one or two days."

Moreover, the navy led by Yang Yi is still on the Bohai Sea, and is probably about to return to defend the Liaosui Camp. If we advance alone, the Liaosui Camp and the port at the mouth of the river will be recaptured by Yang Yi, and our army will be alone and cut off from food supplies. It is too risky!

We should repair and defend Liaosui Camp immediately. If Yangyi dares to return to defend, let him attack Liaosui Camp! Our army is just waiting for the opportunity! As long as Yangyi is blocked on the Bohai Sea, Gongjin's navy will arrive within a day or two. At that time, we can attack from both sides and destroy all the reinforcements of Yangyi on the sea!
As for Gongsun Du himself, Ziyu said before the battle that he had learned that Gongsun Du was seriously ill and that he would not live long. I believe Ziyu's judgment, and it does not matter whether Gongsun Du lives three or five days longer or less.

Since he knew his condition, he would definitely leave a will in advance. Even if he died, Gongsun Kang would be able to take over. For a dying person who still has a breath left, the exact date of his death is not important. "

Zhao Yun quickly calculated, and in the end, his cautious mentality prevailed. He knew too well how exhausted his troops were after two consecutive battles and raids in two days. Moreover, even if the sneak attack was successful, there were still 30,000 people from Yangyi behind him who had not been dealt with.

Rather than ensuring that Gongsun Du dies a few days earlier, it is better to ensure the complete annihilation of Yang Yi's naval forces.

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After Zhao Yun made the decision, his troops naturally immediately deployed around the new target.

The exhausted soldiers were immediately divided into groups to catch up on their sleep, and the few soldiers who were still in good condition were temporarily assigned to serve as supervisors.

Supervise the newly surrendered and disarmed Liaodong army prisoners to strengthen the fortifications, especially the water fort facing the mouth of the Liaohe River, which Gongsun Du's army had not paid much attention to.

Obviously, these temporary reinforcement attempts were all intended to deal with Yang Yi who would soon return to the Liaosui River Mouth camp.

Just half a day later, in the afternoon of that day, Yang Yi, who had returned in defeat against the wind, arrived at the mouth of the Liaohe River with hundreds of plank-roofed boats and troop transport ships.

Because of the lack of communication between land and sea, Yang Yi, who drifted back on the sea, didn't even know that the Liaosui camp had fallen into Zhao Yun's hands.

Zhao Yun would not waste this information gap. So while he occupied the Liaosui camp and repaired the defense, he did not remove Gongsun Du's banner, and even cleaned up the traces of the battle near the dock area.

He cleaned up the blood and corpses, and then waited for Yang Yi to come and deliver the food.

So when Yang Yi arrived at the water fort and the first batch of warships docked at the berth, Yang Yi just felt that the atmosphere in the camp was a bit strange, but he couldn't tell what was strange at the moment.

"Why didn't the lord react to my return? Did he hear about Brother Liu's defeated troops fleeing back and informing him of the defeat, so he is angry at my incompetence? It seems that yesterday's defeat is even more difficult to explain...

However, even if the lord blames me, he should send someone to pick me up and question me in person. How can I just ignore it? Could it be that the lord's condition has worsened and the camp is too busy to take care of it?" Yang Yi was thinking about this in his mind, and was still thinking about how to explain to Gongsun Du how to shirk the responsibility for the defeat.

When the first group of soldiers jumped off the plank boat and walked down the pier, Yang Yi himself also went ashore. Only then did they finally realize that something was wrong and they also became alert.

Zhao Yun on the opposite side was very patient, and waited until he could no longer hide the truth before giving the order to shoot - mainly because he saw Yang Yi's flag and followed him ashore. Under the flag was a general in distinctive armor, who was obviously planning to report and apologize to his lord Gongsun Du.

Now that Yang Yi has come ashore and the big fish has been caught, there is no need to wait any longer and take risks in order to earn a few more small fish and shrimps later. It is time to close the net.

Following Zhao Yun's order, arrows rained down like rain, and the soldiers of Gongsun Du's army on the pier were caught off guard and shot and wounded in large numbers.

Countless soldiers dodged the first wave of arrows in confusion, and when they saw the miserable state of their comrades around them, they also jumped into the sea, hoping to dive and escape to avoid this incomprehensible rain of arrows.

In particular, the attack came very suddenly. The Yangyi Army had just returned to its own camp and was at their most relaxed when they were suddenly covered by arrows from "friendly forces". Who could have reacted in time?
Yang Yi himself was given special attention by Zhao Yun. Just like Pang Juan who was holding a torch on the Maling Road and lighting the tree where "Pang Juan died under", he was shot by arrows and turned into a hedgehog, dying on the spot.

The commander of Gongsun Du's naval forces was shot dead on the spot, and the command center was also destroyed. The naval forces of Gongsun Du that had already entered the port or were about to enter the port naturally collapsed. Zhao Yun's army rushed out of the camp and easily captured all these soldiers and the warships that had no time to set sail again.

Unfortunately, Yang Yi brought hundreds of ships and 30,000 troops, and Zhao Yun's trap was limited by objective reality and could not be too big. Therefore, he only captured dozens of warships in the front, and almost no casualties were paid. He annihilated nearly 10,000 enemy naval forces in vain and completely eliminated the enemy's command center.

But the enemy still had a central and rear army of over 20,000 men. Seeing that the vanguard was suddenly attacked and almost destroyed, they quickly turned their ships around and fled like birds and beasts as the wind blew.

However, although these naval forces were not completely wiped out by Zhao Yun, they also lost unified command. Like a frightened bird, they could only seek to escape on their own and it was difficult for them to organize themselves to fight for the Gongsun family.

From this perspective, Zhao Yun's strategy of waiting for the enemy to tire out was also very successful. The remaining enemies that had fled were left to Zhou Yu to deal with later.

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Zhao Yun fought three battles in two days and won three victories, completely defeating and annihilating the 60,000 Liaodong troops in the Liaosui camp.

He killed Liu Yi in battle, commanded his troops to shoot Yang Yi with arrows, and frightened Gongsun Du so much that he was dragged away by his subordinates without knowing whether he was dead or alive. The military power reached its peak.

More than a day later, Zhou Yu finally arrived at Tuhe County by sea with more than 20,000 troops. He had originally planned to have a fierce battle with the main navy of Gongsun Du's army to show his prowess and gain merit.

After getting ashore, they found out that the enemy's land and sea forces had been easily defeated by Zhao Yun, and the number of defeated enemy troops was more than five times that of Zhao Yun's troops!
"What? Zilong defeated such a powerful enemy all by himself? He didn't even leave me any? How did he do it? Even if Brother Ziyu predicted the battle before the battle, it wouldn't be so smooth."

Zhou Yu was completely stunned and shocked for a long time before he thought of asking for opportunities to hunt down and annihilate the remaining enemies.

The general left behind by Zhao Yun informed him that there were still about 20,000 naval forces of the Liaodong Army's Yangyi Division, who were fleeing on the coast of Bohai Sea near the mouths of the Liaohe River and the Yushui River, and had lost their command center.

Zhou Yu finally felt a little better, and quickly ordered all his troops not to rest but to pursue the enemy all night long and defeat the fallen dog.

As Zhou Yu was driven to encircle and block the enemy and worked frantically to expand the victory, most of the 20,000 fleeing Liaodong navy troops were captured and forced to land.

In the end, only a few thousand people drifted to the distant sea and no one knew where they had escaped to, but it was impossible for them to pose a threat and return to the Gongsun family. At most, some new pirates would form on the small islands along the coast of the Liaodong Peninsula in the future, and it would take some time and effort to slowly eliminate them.

Any enemy that was caught up and intercepted by Zhou Yu would almost immediately raise the white flag and surrender. There was rarely any fighting or resistance. It was as easy as picking up heads.

Throughout the last few days of November, Zhou Yu was busy expanding the results of the battle in this way, capturing lone ships and prisoners at sea.

After taking a short rest, Zhao Yun was busy encircling the land. He first forced the two isolated counties of Tuhe and Changli to land. Even the Changli County garrison guarded by Gongsun Gong, the second son of Gongsun Du, was frightened by Zhao Yun's progress.

Gongsun Gong was not a man of integrity. Regardless of the fact that his father was in danger, he simply bared his clothes, tied himself up, and opened the door to surrender to Zhao Yun.

(End of this chapter)