Yongqiu, this is a county seat, the county seat is not big, ordinary, but the geographical location is very special, located in the middle of Chenliu, surrounded by water belt mountain, Gaoyang Pavilion in front, Yuelong Mountain in the east, and hilly mouth in the west, are all easy to defend and difficult to attack the passes.

In addition, the rivers are crisscrossed and the waterways are surrounded, making it difficult for cavalry to enter, in other words, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Although it is not as steep as the Bishui Pass.

However, in terms of geographical advantages, I am afraid that it will be more difficult to break through the Bishui Pass.

Bishui Pass still has the direction to open up the forces to attack, and Yongqiu, once the city is held, the mountain pass is pinched, and the river is stabilized, there is no place for the enemy's forces to deploy.

The Kwantung coalition army was defeated one after another, and even Chen Liucheng was lost, and finally had to retreat to Yongqiu.

If Yongqiu loses again, then their last morale will collapse, and the alliance will naturally collapse.

So whether it is Yuan Shao, or Cao Cao, or even Yuan Shu, they all abandon their selfishness at this moment, and they work together, when they fight internally, when they are external, they are very clear in their hearts.

"The imperial court soldiers and horses have not attacked our Yongqiu yet, is something wrong?"

Above the military discussion of the coalition princes, Han Fu asked a little strangely.

Their coalition army withdrew to Yongqiu, and you were ready to fight a battle, but after the imperial soldiers and horses occupied Chenliu, they did not move, and they did not intend to attack Yongqiu.

Naturally, they would not believe that the imperial court would stop there.

In this situation, they only have two guesses, either there is a problem within the imperial court, or the good imperial army is holding back a big move.

"Maybe they have a way to break our Yongqiu?"

One of the princes said cautiously.

"Impossible!"

Someone retorted: "Yongqiu has a strange terrain here, as long as they pinch a few passes of Gaoyang Pavilion, unless they can fly, otherwise it is impossible for them to cross the pass and then come to the city!" ”

"Can't talk too much!"

Someone else said: "When we held on to Chenliu, we also thought that it would be impossible for them to break through Chenliu, but who would have thought that they would fight all the way through the mountains and mountains from the north and come in from the most dangerous place!" ”

"That's right!"

Hearing this, many people nodded in agreement: "Our coalition army has been defeated again and again, and it is no longer possible to be defeated, and this battle must be dealt with cautiously!" ”

"Meng De, how do you think the imperial court soldiers and horses will attack Yongqiu?"

Yuan Shao pinched the bridge of his nose, he was under a lot of pressure during this time, as the leader of the Kwantung Princes Alliance, he won the battle, he had a light on his face, and if he lost the battle, he naturally had to take responsibility, and many people were already questioning his ability.

That's not a good thing.

He can sit in this position, relying on the reputation of the fourth and third princes of the Yuan family, but if he is questioned about his ability, then he will end up in a ruined situation.

At that time, all the remnants of the Yuan clan will fall on Yuan Shu's body.

"Now a certain family doesn't dare to predict!"

Cao Cao smiled bitterly: "But if they attack Yongqiu, they will definitely be cautious and tempted, and they will not rush for quick success, because at this time they think that their victory is in hand, so they will advance step by step!" ”

"Can we hold Yongqiu?"

Yuan Shu said a little pessimistically: "The soldiers and horses of the imperial court are pressing step by step, but our soldiers and horses are demoralized, even if there is the advantage of Yongqiu's terrain, as long as they surround it for a month, we will be defeated without a fight!" ”

When he said this, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao immediately understood what he meant.

Food can only last for a month at most.

The food in Yuan Shu's hands was accumulated when the alliance was originally gathered, and with the destruction of the sour dates, the grain gathered by all parties lost a transit station, and they could only rely on the previous food support.

Fortunately, Yuan Shu transported the grain from the sour jujube to the south in advance, otherwise when the sour jujube was broken, they would run out of food.

"A month?"

Yuan Shao sighed, the meaning was already obvious, to turn defeat into victory within a month.

But how is that possible.

Not to mention the low morale now.

Compared with today's troops, with the morale of the imperial court's soldiers and horses, it is very difficult for them to counterattack.

"Report!" A guard rushed in.

"Say!"

Yuan Shao raised his head, looked at the guard, and said in a deep voice.

"Report to the alliance leader, an hour ago, the imperial court soldiers and horses attacked my Gaoyang Pavilion military camp!"

"What?"

Cao Cao took the case: "Alliance leader, a certain family will say goodbye first, return to Gaoyang Pavilion, and face the imperial court coalition!" ”

Gao Yang Pavilion was stationed with his soldiers and horses.

"Report!" After a while, another guard rushed in and reported: "Report to the alliance leader, the imperial court soldiers and horses are now attacking the mouth of the hill!" ”

"Is this going to be an all-out attack?"

The chief general of the Shanyang Army, Shanyang Taishou Yuan Yu said coldly.

Stationed at the mouth of the hill was the Sanyang Army.

"The rebels of the imperial court really can't sit still!"

"Looks like they're going to eat us in one bite!"

"What are you afraid of, the land of Yongqiu, how can it be attacked by them so easily!"

“……”

The princes spoke one after another.

"Princes, don't panic!" Yuan Shao maintained the prestige of an alliance leader, he pressed the gesture, and said: "Although our army has been defeated repeatedly, I believe in the Heavenly Dao and the people's hearts, the Mu clan has committed chaos and is not popular with the people, although now with the advantage of the villains, we have a slight advantage, but as long as we work together, we will be invincible!" ”

He calmed the princes, and then began to say: "The most important thing now is that the tribes must not be chaotic, and the siege of Yongqiu is our last chance, as long as we defeat the imperial rebels here, we can counterattack them!" ”

"The Alliance Leader is right!"

"With the geographical advantage of Yongqiu, we will be able to turn defeat into victory!"

Although the princes are brilliant, they still have some hope of not giving up, they all hope that they can win, and only if they win can they be famous in history, rather than being infamous through the ages.

"Then please return to appease your soldiers and horses, we must work together in this battle, and I hope you will encourage you!"

"Encourage each other!"

"Encourage each other!"

The princes began to return to their camps and gather their troops to meet the enemy.

……

……

Gaoyang Pavilion, this is a mountain, but the mountain body is like a pavilion, the left and right are cliffs, connected in mid-air, the shape is like the pavilion of the pavilion, and the middle opening, such as the pavilion mouth in and out, and finally such as the party got this name.

At the mountain pass, a force attacked quickly and retreated quickly.

Cao Ren Xiahoudun looked ahead.

"They're tempting us?"

"Definitely!"

"But I feel like the offense is very strong, absolutely elite!"

"Look at the name of the banner, it should be the main force of the violent bear under the command of the shepherd!"

"In this way, I'm afraid that the situation of our Gaoyang Pavilion's troops will be found out!"

"Will it make the lord's plan change?"

The two looked at the retreating enemy troops, and when they communicated, their faces were ugly.

"Zixiao, Yuan Rang, how is the battle?"

Cao Cao rode his horse and galloped from behind, and before he stopped, he directly strangled the reins of the horse, looked at the two generals under his command, and asked.

"Report to the Lord, the enemy army has retreated!"

Cao Ren reported: "There were no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses attacking our camp, but after less than half an hour of fighting, they retreated, I guess it was to test the strength of our battalion!" ”

"Temptation?"

Cao Cao raised his head and looked ahead, as if looking at overlapping shadows: "You mean that Chen Liujun and Xuzhou Army have attacked?" ”

"They're attacking fiercely, we're losing our measure!"

Cao Ren said in a low voice.

"If you can't hide it, you can't hide it!"

Cao Cao shook his head: "It was originally a whimsical plan, whether I could counterattack Chenliu County, no one could be sure, from now on, you all give me caution, since I have begun to test, I am afraid that the day of the attack, I am no longer willing, no matter what, I can't control other places, but Gaoyang Pavilion is guarding for my department, and there is no room for failure!" ”

"No!"

The two generals surrendered their orders.

……

Twenty miles outside the Gaoyang Pavilion.

In a narrow valley, trees and houses have risen from the ground, occupying the entire valley, and there are groups of elite soldiers and horses patrolling around the valley, as well as many bunkers.

This is the temporary command.

In the conference hall, Hu Zhao and others were discussing the military situation.

"Attack the hill mouth first, it's better to break through here!"

"No, the hilly mouth will inevitably cause the surrounding soldiers and horses to gather, and our gains outweigh the losses!"

"It's better to attack Gaoyang Pavilion head-on!"

"You can open the gap from the west, I observed the location of Yuelong Mountain, although there is a mountain cover, but after crossing the mountain, it is best to break through!"

"No, even if Yuelong Mountain breaks through, there is still a river across it, we don't have time to collect ships, once they retreat and destroy the bridge, we won't be able to reach Yongqiu City at all!"

“……”

The discussion is in full swing.

They have been discussing for many days, but it is still very difficult to attack Yongqiu and completely exterminate the Kwantung coalition army.

Mu Jing came back from outside, dusty.

"Shizi!"

"Meet the Son!"

Everyone hurriedly came back to their senses and bowed to this pastoral scene.

"On the battlefield, you don't need to be polite!" Mu Jing pressed his hand, walked up, and saw that they were discussing around this topographic map, and asked, "How is the discussion?" ”

"Shizi, I don't know the terrain here in Yongqiu, I was startled when I saw it, I thought that the terrain should be flat and flat, but when I came in, I knew that all of Yongqiu was a mound, this is a hilly terrain, surrounded by undulating slopes, high and low, not low, but it has become the biggest trouble for our march, and there are too many terrains around the water on the left and right, and the cavalry can't play an advantage at all!"

Hu Zhao said with a wry smile.

When Mu Jing heard this, he was not surprised, he had been personally observing the surrounding area for several days, and he also commanded the continuous feints of the Violent Bear Army, testing the defensive level of many coalition forces, and naturally understood the difficulties Hu Zhao said.

He thought for a moment, didn't speak, his eyes were lifelike, and he glanced at the silent Xi Zhicai.

The Jingping army has given up sweeping in the north, whether it is the Yanzhou army or the remnants of Youzhou, it is not a climate at this time, and there is nothing worth staying there for Jingping's main force, so the Jingping army has already marched into Chenliu.

However, the high-intensity operations of the Jingping Army during this period of time have consumed too much energy, and they are resting at these times.

When resting, Zhang Liao can be in charge.

Xi Zhicai naturally did his best to assist Mu Jing to sit in the Chinese army, don't look at Mu Jing commanding these soldiers and horses like arms, but he is always hard injured and lacks majesty, so he needs more people to assist in order to better command the Chinese army.

"Under the attack, the gains will definitely outweigh the losses!"

Xi Zhicai said: "I suggest wai! ”

"Wai?"

The eyes of the generals fell on Xi Zhicai.

Hu Zhao understood Xi Zhicai's thoughts, which was on par with his strategy: "Zhicai means that we will besiege but not attack!" ”

"Why?"

Mu Jing asked calmly.

"The Kwantung Coalition Army is oppressed by us in the land of Yongqiu, which seems to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is isolated from the outside, so naturally they can't get the grain and grass supported by the outside, even the grain and grass in Yanzhou and Yongzhou, they can't get it!"

Xi Zhicai analyzed for everyone and said: "At this time, their grain and grass will inevitably be nervous, even if Yuan Shu has prepared before, he can't hide much grain and grass, I expect that in a month and a half at most, their grain and grass will be in an emergency!" ”

Speaking of this, the corners of Xi Zhicai's mouth raised a gloomy smile: "The Kwantung princes are united, and they have the ability to loosen the alliance, and they have always been against the enemy, but they are driven by interests, once the food is short, they will naturally collapse, and then they will be defeated without a fight, and we can defeat the entire alliance army without spending a single soldier!" ”

"That's a good idea!"

"It's really a good strategy to win this battle without spending a single soldier!"

The generals agreed.

Mu Jing was silent.

"Does the prince have any ideas?" Hu Zhao felt Mu Jing's silence and asked.

"Zhicai thinks very well, kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, if you don't fight and surrender the soldiers, it is naturally the best, if you are terrible, you are afraid, some people are unwilling!" Mu Jing said in a deep voice: "I don't think that Yuan Benchu and Cao Mengde are people who are sitting still!" ”

"What do you mean by the prince that they will take the initiative?" Xi Zhicai's pupils changed slightly, he thought of a lot, but he also entered a blind spot, that is, he was holding the victory, thinking that the enemy would not dare to fight back, so Mu Jing's words made him sound a wake-up call.

"I observed the strength of the Gaoyang Pavilion today!"

Mu Jing didn't answer, but said to himself a little: "The soldiers and horses stationed in Gaoyang Pavilion don't look normal, it stands to reason that they shouldn't be stationed here with nearly thirty or forty thousand troops, but after I looked at the topographic map, I had a feeling that if I came out of Gaoyang Pavilion, combined with the troops at the hill pass, took this road, and then transferred to the ferry, it could go straight to Chenliu County!" ”

"Chen Liuxian is our back!"

"Once they succeed in counterattacking, we will be in a predicament, and we will be in a dilemma!"

Some of the generals looked at each other.

"It seems that I didn't think it through, I may not be able to surround it, and I still need to take the initiative!"

Xi Zhicai said.

"By the way, I asked you to contact Dong Zhuo and let the Xiliang Army attack, how did they answer?" Mu Jing asked suddenly.

He hoped that the Xiliang Army would take the lead.

But Makiyama was not there, and the order did not work.

He could only use the negotiation method of soft price comparison, hoping to persuade Dong Zhuo.

"Dong Zhuo didn't see our envoy at all, he couldn't escape the camp!"

Hu Zhao hated the way.

"The Xiliang army can't escape the camp?" Mu Jing frowned, he always felt that this matter was hidden, it stands to reason that Dong Zhuo should not leave it alone at this time, if he learned that Mu Shan was not on the front line, he should take the initiative to take credit to increase his prestige.

"Shizi, Shizi, Captain Zhang Liao urgently!"

Huo Shao, the personal guard, hurriedly ran out from outside and delivered an urgent report.

"Urgent?"

Mu Jing opened it directly, and after looking at it, his brows furrowed even more.

"What happened?"

Hu Zhao felt something was wrong and asked.

"Something is wrong!"

Mu Jing handed him the letter.

Hu Zhao looked at it, Xi Zhicai also came up to take a look, Huang Shao and several of their generals stood aside and didn't look at it, and they all felt that Mu Jing's face was ugly.

"The Xiliang Army is gone?"

Hu Zhao's face suddenly became gloomy.

The Jingping army was stationed in Chen Liucheng, defending the rear flank of the army, and the main general was Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao said in a letter to Mujing that they found that the camp of the Xiliang army was a little strange, so they sent spies to investigate, but found that the Xiliang army stationed on the outskirts of the city disappeared overnight, and the people went to the empty village, and he sent scouts to pursue, but they were never nowhere to be seen.

"How is this possible?"

Xi Zhicai also changed color slightly: "How can tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers and horses disappear overnight, unless ......"

"Unless they leave Chenliu!" Mu Jing spoke.

"But Chen Liu is surrounded by our soldiers and horses, and he can't escape our eyes whether he goes south or north!" Someone whispered.

"What if it's west?"

Mu Jing's sudden words opened up many people's minds.

"Withdraw troops to the capital?"

Everyone was frightened, looking at each other, and some frightened eyes were exchanged.

"I have a feeling of unease!" Mu Jing became manic with a pair of shoes: "Father returned to the capital, it is possible that he has something to do with the Xiliang Army!" ”

"Huo Shao!" He took a deep breath and let out a low sigh.

"In!"

"Isn't there any news from Keibu yet?"

"Not yet!"

Huo Shao shook his head.

"I'm afraid there will be something wrong in the capital, but what about the Kwantung Coalition in front of you?" Xi Zhicai asked in a low voice.

Hard-won opportunity.

Hit the results of half a year.

See the battle succeeded.

At this time, no one is willing to quit the army.

"Hit!"

Mu Jingyi gritted his teeth and said: "I can't give up all my efforts, this time we took the initiative to encircle and kill, mobilize all our troops, and in the shortest possible time, regardless of casualties, we defeated the Kwantung Coalition Army in a battle!" ”

It's not his style to look ahead and look backward.

He will never give up the flesh to his mouth.

"Good!"

The crowd agreed, but they were not reconciled.

So the battle broke out early.

A day later, the four main forces under the command of the Mu clan, the Violent Bear Army, the Southern Army, the Baibo Army, and the Jingping Army, which was originally in Chen Liucheng, sent Mu Jingdu south to Yongqiu, and attacked Yongqiu at the same time, mainly in the north, in a fan-shaped attack, and attacked Gaoyang Pavilion, Hill Pass, Yuelong Mountain, Sifang Valley, and Yongqiao with all their might......

In addition, there was a Hun cavalry pressing the formation.

The Great War broke out in full swing.

Under the strong attack for seven consecutive days, the Mu army relied on this strong morale, the more brave the battle, successively broke through the hill pass, Yuelong Mountain, crossed the Yongqiao, and left and right division soldiers in Yongqiucheng.

Under the attack on the eighth day, Gaoyangting's Kwantung coalition army fell into a state of semi-encirclement, Cao Cao led the army to force a fierce battle, and after almost half of the casualties, he was unable to cope with the strong attack of the main force of the violent bear, so he could only force himself to stand out and lead the remnants to kill back to Yongqiu County.

At this point, the Kwantung Coalition Army was left with only one Yongqiu City, which could only be defended by relying on the terrain outside, but the city was not very strong.

At this moment, the defeat was imminent, and everyone in Yongqiu City was in danger.

But it was also the most glorious moment of the Mu family, a bad news from Luoyang, which brought this victory to an abrupt end.

"No way, it's simply impossible!"

As soon as Mu Jing waved his army to break through Gaoyang Pavilion, Jing Wusi sent a message, to be precise, it was a bad news that the sky had fallen, he rode on horseback, spit out a mouthful of blood, and the whole person fell off the horse and fainted.

Makiyama is dead!

Three days ago, Mu Shan and Empress Dowager He had a private meeting in Changqiu Palace, and was poked by the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven was angry and burned down Changqiu Palace......

This is the official news.

And the news of Jing Wusi - the Xiliang Army has defected!