Malone took the lead in the camp and finally arrived at Lingqiu on the first day of the second lunar month, for the first camp with a flat box car formation, the speed is indeed a shortcoming, not only can not be compared with the cavalry, even the ordinary infantry is incomparable.

However, the slow speed does not mean that the combat effectiveness is poor, the flat box car formation of the first camp is a magic weapon to deal with the enemy cavalry, and it has a considerable restraint effect on the cavalry, the Youzhou army is located in the north, bordering the Hu people, so the proportion of its cavalry is higher than that of the army of the Central Plains, although it is said that the cavalry is riding, Cao Liang is confident that the state cavalry is fully capable of defeating the Youzhou cavalry, but with the first camp, it is more of a layer of protection, so Cao Liang would rather wait two more days, but also to include the first camp in the sequence of this expedition.

Compared with before, the speed of the first camp has also been greatly improved, after several battles of the baptism, Malone is more confident in his flat box car formation, now the biggest disadvantage of the flat box car formation is its mobility, in this regard, Malone has also spared no effort to improve, now the speed of the flat box car is greatly improved than before, this time to arrive at Lingqiu on time, it is also the result of Ma Long's unremitting improvement in recent years.

Malone has a bright mind, good at hands-on, in terms of mechanical innovation, has an extraordinary wisdom, he not only created a flat box car, but also used the magnet to design the magnet array, once the enemy wearing iron armor and holding iron weapons strayed into the magnet formation, will be absorbed by the magnet, incapacitated.

Although it is impossible for Magnet Tepe to become the mainstream on the battlefield, it can be used once in a while to achieve a surprising effect, and the enemy is likely to be hit when he is unsuspected.

Sometimes Cao Liang also secretly sighed, but unfortunately Ma Jun passed away early, if the two horses can join forces, I believe that more incredible things can be invented.

According to the original plan, Cao Liang will launch an attack on Guangchang on February 2, kicking off the prelude to the attack on Youzhou.

However, at this time, Cao Liang still couldn't press it, not that he was not in a hurry, but that he was waiting for the news from the Jingcheng Pass, and the battle situation there was the key to deciding whether to send troops to the state army.

Sure enough, the news of Jingcheng Pass still lived up to expectations and reached Lingqiu late at night on the first day of February, and as expected, after Lu Zhao got the news that Jingcheng Pass was attacked, he immediately led his troops to reinforce Jingcheng Pass.

Jingcheng Pass in Lu Zhao's mind, it is extremely important, Jingcheng Pass is like a gateway to Jizhou, once lost, the whole Jizhou will be difficult to protect, in contrast, Guangchang can only be regarded as a small window in Jizhou, although the state army can also jump into the window, but Guangchang's status is far from being comparable with Jingcheng Pass.

Originally, Cao Liang was still a little worried about Lian Hong, and Xian Hong's personality was impatient, and he had asked Cao Liang to fight several times before, wanting to attack Jingcheng Pass in order to avenge Lu Zhao's attack on Wei Ze Pass before.

Of course, Cao Liang did not agree, fighting a war is not a child's play, let alone being rash, it is not you who punch me, I must return the kick to you, and any military action must be subordinated to the overall situation of strategy.

Cao Liang was worried that with his character, he might turn the feint into a real attack and trap all the Bingzhou troops on the front line of Leping, which would affect the overall situation.

Therefore, Cao Liang repeatedly told in the letter that this attack on Jingcheng Pass should be bluffed and not forced. Judging from the results, Zhan Hong basically faithfully carried out his orders, and in the battle of attacking Jingcheng Pass, he achieved the main force of the Jizhou Army with a feint attack as the mainstay, combining the virtual and the real, and at the minimum cost.

With Lianhong's fiery personality and temper, it is indeed commendable to be able to do this, of course, there is no lack of credit for Liu Jing, Liu Jing has a calm personality, brave and strategic, with him, Cao Liang is still more assured.

After all, if the feint action looks too fake, it is easy to be recognized by Lu Zhao, and Lu Zhao has long been holding back the fire in his belly for Lu Zhao, this attack on Jing Cheng Pass, Zhan Hong is completely going with a revenge attitude, so even if it is a feint, it is impossible for Zhan Hong to really do it, he will definitely spray the anger in his heart on the heads of the defenders of Jing Cheng.

In addition, Liu Jing was thoughtful, Cao Liang asked them to erect more flags, and Liu Jing even carried Cao Liang's handsome flag, this banner alone made the Jizhou army panic, and Lu Zhao led the army to Jingcheng Pass overnight, for fear that he would go late and Jingcheng Pass would be lost.

Lu Zhaochi came to the aid of Jingcheng Pass, and after getting the news, Cao Liang was finally completely relieved, and next, Xian Hong and Liu Jing would not easily withdraw their troops, but would continue to stalemate under Jingcheng Pass for a period of time, continue to put pressure on Lu Zhao, and firmly tie him to Jingcheng Pass, so that he had no time to look north.

When Lu Zhao really understood the main direction of the Bingzhou army, the Bingzhou army was afraid that it had already conquered Guangchang and marched towards Youzhou.

Between Bingzhou and Jizhou, there are Taihang five mountains connected, the remaining three, two in Hanoi, one in Youzhou, Lu Zhao wants to hold these five dangers, at least there must be enough troops, now Jizhou soldiers and horses are limited, Lu Zhao to do a comprehensive defense, it is indeed overstretched, he can only do the key defense.

Jing Cheng is one of the most important passages connecting Jin and Hebei, so Lu Zhao naturally has to arrange the focus of defense in Jing Cheng Pass, and relatively speaking, Lingqiu to Guangchang Flying Fox Cheng is much weaker, which is of course closely related to the geographical location of these two paths, Jing Cheng is connected to the road from Leping to Jizhong, once Jing Cheng is lost, the entire Jizhou is almost no danger to follow.

And Guangchang is different, because of the deep border between the two states of Jizhou, even if Cao Liang takes Guangchang, the first thing to bear the brunt of is not Lu Zhao's Jizhou, but the Youzhou controlled by Wei Qiang, Lu Zhao is the general of Jizhou Mu and Zhenbei, first of all, he must ensure the safety of Jizhou, and then he will consider something else, whether Youzhou is dead or alive, then Youzhou Governor Wei Qian will bear it, and he Lu Zhao has something to do, with the current strength of the Jizhou army, it is already possible to burn high incense to protect itself, where is there any spare strength to solve the dire situation of others.

Therefore, Lu Zhao devoted himself to guarding Jingcheng Pass, which undoubtedly created conditions for Cao Liang to launch an attack on Guangchang.