Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 80
Half an hour later, in this wasteland, thousands of soldiers knelt together in silence, their weapons, armor and horses were put in the distance.

Around these people were the cavalry led by Cao Zhen. They surrounded these surrendered people and specially guarded and detained these Guanzhong soldiers.

The sky was getting dark, and soon, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes from the direction of Tongguan.

Hearing the sound of hooves, everyone became alert.

Soon, a fast horse came in a hurry, it was Cao Zhen's scouts scattered around.

"General, General Xia Houyuan is here, with tens of thousands of cavalry." The scout reported to Cao Zhen.

Hearing Xia Houyuan's arrival, Cao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on his face.

Soon, the two sides met.

"Zidan (Cao Zhen's character), what's the situation?" Xia Houyuan asked Cao Zhen.

"General Xiahou, this is the Guanzhong cavalry that we intercepted. There are more than 5000 people. In addition, we have killed Yang Qiu, Li Kan, Zhang Heng, Liang Xing, Cheng, Ma Wan and other generals." Cao Zhen said to Xiahou Yuan.

"Hahaha, well done, Zidan, you have made a great contribution!" Hearing Cao Zhen's words, Xia Houyuan laughed.

"It's a pity that Ma Chao and Han Sui escaped with thousands of people, and I couldn't catch up after dark." Cao Zhen said with some regret.

"It doesn't matter, leave the pursuit of Ma Chao and Han Sui to me." Xia Houyuan said to Cao Zhen.

Later, Xia Houyuan left Cao Zhen with thousands of people to escort the prisoners to clean up the battlefield, and then he continued to chase Ma Chao and Han Sui with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

The next day, in the city of Tongguan.

"Prime Minister, the results of the battle have been calculated."

"read."

"No, Prime Minister, at present, our army has killed more than [-] enemies, captured more than [-] people, and thousands of people have fled. However, General Xiahou is still pursuing, and the result is not yet known."

"How about our casualties?" Cao Cao asked.

"Our army was wounded more than [-] people and killed more than [-] people. Most of them were casualties during the siege."

"How about the casualties of the Volunteer Army?" Cao Cao asked again.

"Prime Minister, the Volunteer Army injured 2000 people and killed more than 500 people. Among them, more than [-] people were casualties when General Cao Zhen chased Ma Chao and Han Sui's army yesterday."

"Give me an order to let the doctors in the army treat the wounded volunteers and use the best medicine." Cao Cao gave the order. "In addition, the soldiers who died in this battle must be recorded, and generous pensions will be given to their families when they return."

In war, casualties are inevitable. Although many people died, this time is undoubtedly a brilliant victory.

The soldiers of Cao Jun have been cheering and celebrating the victory since last night.

After a night of rest in Tongguan, the next morning, Cao Cao left 2 people stationed at Tongguan, and then issued an order for the army to station in Guanzhong.

In the afternoon, Xia Houyuan, who was chasing Ma Chao, Han Sui and others, came back and brought the final news.

Under Xia Houyuan's pursuit, Ma Chao and Han Sui fled to Liangzhou with hundreds of people.

Some Qiang and Hu people also fled back to their hometowns.

So far, with Cao Cao's army stationed in Chang'an, Guanzhong has truly fallen into Cao Cao's hands.

According to history, it took Cao Cao a long time to completely defeat the Guanzhong Allied Forces. He tried to attack the west, sowed dissension, etc., and finally took control of the entire Guanzhong through a decisive battle.

But the current history is completely different. Under Yue Fei's suggestion, Cao Cao's army directly forcibly crossed the south bank of the Weihe River to force the Guanzhong Allied Forces to confront it.

Then immediately with the merits of the First World War, the Guanzhong Allied Forces were completely eliminated.

This process is much simpler than in history, and it still solves all the vital forces in Guanzhong at once.

Although Cao Cao defeated the Guanzhong Allied Forces in history, he did not solve it as thoroughly as it is now.

This is mainly due to Yue Fei's forced southward crossing, which prevented the Guanzhong coalition forces from evacuating Tongguan in time, otherwise they would not have won such a large Warring States Period.

"In this battle, Yue Fei should be credited with the first contribution, followed by Ding Ruchang and Cao Zhen..."

When discussing merit and rewards, Cao Cao directly designated Yue Fei, Ding Ruchang and Cao Zhen as the first and second merits.

Everyone has no opinion on this point.

In this battle, the contribution of Yue Fei and Ding Ruchang is obvious. They played the most important role in this battle.

Yue Fei's plan to strengthen the south bank of the Wei River was implemented perfectly.

Ding Ruchang's gunboat covered Yue Fei's landing, and inflicted maximum damage and suppression on the enemy.

In this battle, everyone can be said to be an eye-opener.

They had never seen a war fought like this.

At the same time, everyone also realized that the role of artillery in wars in the future will be irreplaceable.

The greater the role of artillery, the higher the status of Ding Ruchang and others in Cao Cao's mind.

In October, Cao Cao ordered Houyuan of Sanxia to stay in Chang'an and camp in Guanzhong to prepare for the subsequent attack on Hanzhong.

Afterwards, he returned to Luoyang with the army, and rewarded those who made great achievements in Luoyang.

Yue Fei was named the fourth-rank military guard general, and he was still the cavalry general of Cao Cao's Chinese army.

Ding Ruchang was named the fourth-rank navy general, and at the same time became the highest general of the navy under Cao Cao.

In the past, Cao Cao did not have a special navy general at all. In his eyes, ships were just transportation tools, transporting troops and food, etc.

Occasionally, when the navy is used, the generals who fight on land are ordered to train the commander.

But this time the Battle of Weinan made Cao Cao completely change his mind. He saw the true role of the navy, and specially set up a position of general in the navy for the navy.

And it can be seen that this position will not be the highest position in the navy. In the future, the navy will make more and more meritorious deeds.

In addition to Yue Fei and Ding Ruchang, many of their officers have also been rewarded and promoted, and ordinary soldiers have also been rewarded with money.

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When the Battle of Weinan happened, Youzhou was still preparing for revenge against Sun Quan.

Youzhou has been preparing for this for more than a month.

However, the retaliatory actions in Youzhou were soon known to the southern merchants doing business in Youzhou, and the news quickly reached Sun Quan's ears.

"Cao Mengde didn't even dare to ask me for revenge, why would he dare to speak such wild words in Youzhou, a mere borderland?"

Sun Quan was very angry by the news of Youzhou. He is a majestic southern overlord, but he was underestimated by a remote state and county. How can this not make him angry.

"Send my order and ask Wei Wen to come see me."

Soon, Wei Wen was summoned.

"The subject has seen the lord."

"Look, this is news from a merchant from Youzhou." Sun Quan handed Wei Wen a piece of information.

Wei Wen took the information and read it carefully.

"My lord, this..."

"What do you think about this?" Sun Quan asked Wei Wen.

"If these Youzhou ships dare to come, I will try my best to keep them..." Wei Wenbiao said determinedly.

"I didn't ask you to do your best, but I asked you what countermeasures you can take." Sun Quan waved his hand and said.

"This..." Wei Wen thought for a while and said, "My lord, the navy already has hundreds of arson boats, and I have been stepping up training the navy during this time. As long as the enemy dares to come, I will definitely let them go." No return."

"That's good! I hope you won't disappoint me this time."

PS: The humble author begs for a recommendation ticket!
In addition, I recommend a foreign history book "Ancient Greece: The Overlord of the Mediterranean Sea". This is a book that I have been chasing for a long time.

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