The news that came back from Dian Wei and others said that Liu Bei sent Zhao Yun and Ma Chao to lead 30,000 cavalry to support Yanzhou.

If Liu Zheng only ordered some infantry to go over, it would inevitably be a little difficult to deal with in the face of Zhao Yun's cavalry.

And with Xu Huang's cavalry, if you can fight in front of you, at least you will have a greater grasp.

After thinking about it, Liu Zheng asked Guo Jia again.

"Fengxiao, that kid from Wenpin, did you bring the elephant soldiers we have trained for a long time?"

Liu Zheng asked more.

The original clerk was stationed in Yuzhang County.

Liu Zheng dealt with Yuan Xi in the north this time, and he had already mobilized all the troops he could mobilize, and arranged the biggest trump card.

That is, in order to target the cavalry in the north, the elephant soldiers who had been training in Jiaozhou were ordered to rush to Yuzhang in advance.

In fact, Liu Zheng could have launched an attack on the north a long time ago, and after a truce with Liu Bei's men and horses last year, in winter, Liu Zheng could directly start a war.

However, the reason why there was no direct attack on the north was that it snowed heavily in the north in winter, which was not conducive to the start of the war.

Second, it is also Liu Zheng's killing weapon against the cavalry, and the war elephant army cannot reach the north in winter.

Elephants love heat and fear the cold.

The temperature was too low in winter, and Liu Zheng was really a little worried, and his war elephant troops would easily have no effect when they reached the north, but they were all frozen to death.

That's why they have been delayed, and they can only live in Jiaozhou, but after the New Year, Liu Zheng has already sent someone to order A Guduo to transfer all the trained war elephant troops to Yuzhang and stand by for the time being.

The big war together.

Wen Ping was able to use these war elephant troops to quickly rush to the north, thus playing the role of pinning down the enemy cavalry.

The bravery of the war elephant troops, when Liu Zheng asked them to deal with Ding Yuan in Jingzhou, they had already seen it.

More than 1,000 war elephant troops can deal with ten times their cavalry troops.

Such a powerful killer weapon, how could Liu Zheng not pull them out when dealing with Yuan Xi.

If it weren't for these elephants, they really wouldn't be able to live in the Central Plains, Liu Zheng thought about it, and let them raise them directly in Xuzhou.

When there is a war, just send them directly to fight, at that time, the strongest cavalry of the northern nomads will be useless under Liu Zheng's hands.

It's a pity that these war elephant troops can't live north of the Yangtze River, and even if it passes, at most a month, they will get sick one after another, and finally die of illness in a large area.

These war elephant troops are already difficult to train, and it would be a pity if they died of illness like this.

In order to allow them to have some role, Liu Zheng could only set the place where they were bred in Yuzhang County.

Fortunately, Liu Zheng's territory, most of which is currently in the south, with the existence of these war elephant troops, it is not so easy for others to attack, and he does not need to urgently attack the north.

And this time, Liu Zheng wanted to deal with Yuan Xi, originally with the idea of a quick battle, with the war elephant troops, to win a battle, and after extinguishing the sharpness of Yuan Xi's cavalry, he let them go back.

Unexpectedly, he couldn't deal with Yuan Xi, but he was able to deal with Zhao Yun.

After all, Liu Bei's soldiers and horses, especially Ma Baiyicong led by Zhao Yun, are the best among the cavalry, and having an army of war elephants to deal with can also make Liu Zheng feel more at ease.

When Liu Zheng asked about this matter, Guo Jia also quickly answered Liu Zheng.

"Your Majesty, the reason why General Wen Ping came slowly is because he went to dispatch an army of war elephants, and his soldiers and horses have to escort the army of war elephants, and the marching speed is not fast, but it is estimated that these war elephant troops should be able to reach Yecheng in two or three days."

"Okay, then let them rush to Yecheng, we agreed to attack Lecheng County in three days, and once Zhao Yun makes a move, Zhao Yun must be left behind, and this time it will be a huge blow to Liu Bei. Hit his prestige hard! ”

After knowing that Wen Ping would rush to Jizhou with the war elephant troops.

Liu Zheng, Guo Jia and others reformulated a plan.

According to Lu Su's thoughts, they planned to make a noise.

On the surface, it is aimed at Yuan Xi and the troop mobilization of Lecheng County.

In fact, the focus is on the direction of Yecheng, Jizhou.

Just wait for Zhao Yun, who was sitting on the sidelines watching the tiger fight, to lead the soldiers and horses into Jizhou, and Liu Zheng's side would immediately let the army surround Zhao Yun.

Focus on killing Zhao Yun's 30,000 cavalry.

As long as they can destroy Zhao Yun's cavalry, they will definitely be able to inflict heavy losses on Liu Bei.

Let Liu Bei sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and the idea of sitting and reaping the benefits of the fisherman is in vain.

Then they turned back and raised the strength of their whole army against Yuan Xi.

Although in Liu Zheng's opinion, just one Yuan Xi is not worth it for him to bring so many soldiers and horses.

However, thinking that there are Karasuma people behind Yuan Xi, it is even possible that he also secretly colluded with the Xianbei people.

It is also a hidden danger, and it is still necessary to eliminate it as soon as possible.

In this way, the army that would have gathered outside Lecheng County began to disperse.

Liu Zheng's soldiers and horses began to be stationed outside Lecheng County and continued to maintain a state of confrontation.

Time flew by quickly.

Three days is a short time.

The news from Jinyiwei's side passed that Wen Ping and Zang Ba's soldiers and horses had already contacted Yuan Shang's army.

The two sides have already laid an ambush near Yecheng.

Just wait for news from Liu Zheng's side.

In this way, Liu Zheng naturally had nothing to hesitate about, and immediately ordered the army stationed in Lecheng County to start attacking the city.

Although only 60,000 people were stationed here.

But in the past few days when we arrived here and there was no fighting, we have successively prepared all the siege equipment.

Attacking Lecheng County is just a matter of order.

With Liu Zheng's order, the army besieging Lecheng County began to attack at this time.

Naturally, it was Tai Shici who was in charge of the attack.

Almost all the soldiers and horses present were led by Tai Shici, and as for scheduling, they were commanded by Guo Jia, Lu Su and others.

After all, it was just a feint, not an all-out attack on Lecheng County.

So the fighting here is not a terrible one.

Use siege equipment to launch several rounds of projections at the towers.

Catapults and arrows don't need money, and they are fired into Lecheng County.

Occasionally, people use the ladder to try to climb the tower.

Such an offensive lasted for two days.

The news finally spread from Hejian County to Yanzhou.

Zhao Yun, who returned from Hejian County, has also been staying in Yanzhou these days.

He was waiting for news from Hejian County.

When he left before, he left a few spies stationed around Lecheng County.

Now as soon as the battle in Lecheng County started, the spies he left behind immediately returned to Yanzhou to report on the situation in Lecheng County.

Zhao Yun excitedly took his men and horses to the camp to find Zhang Fei.