Chapter 9 Chasing the Central Plains in the twelfth section of early April, Yanzhou Jibei Kingdom, Chiping City. In the temporary military tent, Lu Bu, Fan Li, Yang Yi and other generals of the Southern Army sat in front of the map, listening to Wei Yan's specific deployment for the siege of Chiping City in the early morning.

"The 20,000 infantry cavalry of the Southern Army have all arrived at Chiping City, and after Wu Xiong and Wei Jun arrive at the city, they can start the encirclement of Chiping." Wei Yan pointed to Chiping City on the map,

"We arranged the 30,000-strong army in the east, west, and north directions of Chiping City, leaving the southern city alone without attacking, and allowing the rebels in the city to flee."

"Let the Iron Riders annihilate them on the plains." Lu Bu continued,

"Lord Yan Rou's army will surround Linyi as fast as possible, forcing the rebels to flee in the direction of Qingting. The general's iron cavalry was rushing to the line of the Jishui River overnight, and if nothing else, the rebels would collide head-on with the general's iron cavalry. ”

"So, our active target is Linyi?" Guo Xun asked.

"So to speak." Wei Yan smiled,

"After the rebels in Linyi City supported Chiping, there were at most a thousand people left. Now we only need to force the rebels out of Chiping, and the battle north of the Jishui River will be under our control. ”

"What if Cai Yang holds on to the city?" Fan Liang asked worriedly. Lu Bu's thick eyebrows were tightly locked, and the murderous aura on his face appeared,

"As soon as the morning dawns, I will personally lead people to attack the city." He slammed his fist on the map and said angrily,

"No matter what the price is, before dusk today, I must win Chiping."

"I'll hit Nancheng." Wu Xiong's tall and majestic figure suddenly appeared in the big tent, and the ugly scar on his face looked extremely hideous under the reflection of the flickering firelight.

"My men are hurrying toward Southtown."

"My lord, by all means." Wei Yan was anxious in his heart, and blurted out exclaimed,

"Blocking the retreat of the rebels, Chiping is a battle to the death, which will bring serious losses to the army, and it will also slow down the army's advance to the Central Plains. Your Excellency, command your army to withdraw. Wu Xiong's face sank, the horsewhip in his hand pointed at Wei Yan, his eyes glared at Lu Bu, and he asked loudly, "Who is this?" Is it you commanding, or is he commanding? Lord Lu rules the army like this? Wei Yan was a prisoner of the Jizhou War, after the end of the war, not only was he not severely punished, but became a major official of the two governments, the main staff of the general's side, deeply trusted by the general, and in many military discussions in the face of many famous northern Xinjiang generals, which made many northern Xinjiang generals very dissatisfied with it.

The general can understand the reuse of young people such as Fu Gan, Sima Yi, and Wang Ling, but it is really unacceptable to reuse a prisoner who has only been in northern Xinjiang for less than two years, and it is uncomfortable to look at it.

Some people were hindered by the general's face, although they didn't dare to offend Wei Yan too much in words, but the contemptuous look on their faces was still clear at a glance.

And Wu Xiong didn't care about this, he opened his mouth and scolded, even Lu Bu was implicated, and he almost didn't say how far you gave me.

Lu Bu's face was a little unbearable, and the hand on the desk trembled slightly. Wu Xiong is a member of the Seven Battalions of Jizhou and belongs to the powerful generals who are outside the unified army.

This time he was the commander of the army that attacked Jibei and Taishan counties. Lu Bu had no right to restrain him, and of course he was not easy to offend.

He looked down at the map and snorted coldly, his face like frost,

"Lord Wei, explain our attack strategy to Lord Wu." Wei Yan's face turned red with anger, and he stood there looking at Wu Xiong hatefully without speaking.

Fan Liang hurriedly stood up, with a serious face,

"Pull your men out. When is this? Do you still want to go to the Jibei battlefield? Chiping can't take it, you go to Jibei to drink the northwest wind? As soon as Fan Li spoke, Wu Xiong's arrogance immediately shortened by three points.

He just wanted to speak, but Fan Li waved his hand vigorously,

"Let your men and horses retreat to the Yellow River embankment first, and the rest will be talked about later." Wu Xiong didn't say a word, turned around and walked out of the big tent.

The atmosphere in the tent was very oppressive for a while. Fan Li shook his head,

"General Tiger Head's subordinates are all like this, one is more crazy than the other, don't care too much." Then he looked at Lu Bu and asked,

"The bearded iron cavalry is far away from Chiping, and it is estimated that it will arrive at dawn, do you think you should let the armies of all walks of life rest first?" Lu Bu nodded,

"Now there is still more than an hour before dawn, let the armies of all walks of life rest on the spot, and we will attack the city as soon as the morning dawns." Xiahou Yuan's urgent letter was delivered to Linyi City at dusk.

Chiping was besieged, and Xiahou Yuan's letter ordering Cai Yang to lead the army to retreat could not be sent into the city. Several scouts who delivered the letter waited until the early hours of the morning to sneak up on the city from the direction of Nancheng and deliver the letter to Cai Yang.

"When you were hiding outside the city, did you carefully probe the movements of the Northern Frontier Army?" After reading the letter, Cai Yang hurriedly ordered the army to assemble while asking the scouts who came to deliver the letter.

"The Northern Xinjiang Army has been moving frequently outside the city." A scout replied,

"Judging from the direction of the torch land, other reinforcements from the Northern Xinjiang Army are coming from the west one after another. It is estimated that after dawn, Chiping City will be surrounded by water. Cai Yang was secretly surprised, he stared at the map for a long time, and then instructed the scout,

"Mount, mount your horses, and immediately rush back to Linyi to deliver my orders. Tell them to withdraw from Linyi immediately, cross the Jishui River from the direction of Qingting, and rush to Gucheng to join me. In addition, I urgently told Linyi to ask him to stay for the time being, and when I arrived in Linyi, he would evacuate with me. The scout turned and left, but he wondered in his heart.

Linyi City is only twenty miles away from the nearest ferry, so why should you go far and cross the river from Qingting, which is sixty miles to the southwest?

Cai Yang immediately ordered the army to drop their baggage, bring three days' worth of dry food, and take advantage of the *night* (**please delete) to evacuate Chiping quickly.

News of the rebels' withdrawal quickly reached Lü Bu's big tent. Lu Bu was surprised and delighted. Although the sudden withdrawal of the rebels was a good thing, the time was much earlier than he expected, and Yan Rou's iron cavalry might not be able to surround Linyi before them.

If Cai Yang joins the defenders of Linyi, whether it is defending the city or retreating, it will bring trouble to the follow-up attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Fan Li and Wu Xiong each brought their troops and then launched a pursuit. Dawn is coming. Yan Rou galloped on the avenue with an iron horse.

Because the army marched continuously for a day and a night, the men were sleepy and the horses were tired, and the speed was not fast. Scouts Pegasus come,

"My lord, the rebels of Linyi City have abandoned the city and fled."

"In which direction?"

"The rebels are fleeing along the north bank of the Jishui River in the direction of Qingting." Yan Rou waved his horsewhip at the hornmen behind him,

"Order the divisions, turn around, and march south."

"Urgently tell Lord Lu Bu and ask him to quickly send an army to occupy Linyi City." The long, low sound of the horn resounded through the field in an instant.

The Iron Cavalry suddenly accelerated.

"My lord......" Captain Zhao Feng galloped forward and asked loudly,

"We're not going to besiege Linyi City?"

"The rebels in Linyi City have all run away, what are we going to surround about?" Yan Rou even kicked the horse's belly, and the speed of the war horse became faster and faster.

"If the rebels in Chiping City escape, they may take Linyi City first." Zhao Feng hesitated for a moment, then asked,

"My lord, should we send a team of iron cavalry to seize Linyi first?"

"The rebels in Linyi City have fled, and the rebels in Chiping City will still defend Linyi?" Yan Rou waved the horsewhip vigorously,

"After we wipe out all the rebels in Linyi City, we will immediately turn back and kill them."

"Accelerate, accelerate......" Yan Rou shouted wildly,

"Brothers, follow me to kill the enemy and ......" a round of sunrise rose. Cai Yang ran to Linyi City with three thousand men and horses out of breath.

"Tell the ministries not to stop and keep going." Cai Yang stopped at the horse and ordered repeatedly,

"Twenty miles more is the ferry, whether you can escape from the encirclement of the Northern Frontier Army depends on whether your legs are fast enough." At this time, a team rushed out of the city.

Linyi ordered Wu Ju to rush out of the city gate with the government officials and their families, driving more than a dozen carriages full of goods.

"Lord Cai, where did we evacuate the Jishui River?" Cai Yang smiled slightly, leaned into his ear and whispered: "I ask you to stay for the time being, not because I want to take you to evacuate with me, but to tell you that if you abandon the city and flee, ignoring the people of Linyi, you will definitely be killed by the means of Lord Xiahou." Cai Yang stretched out his hand and raised it in front of him and made a gesture of cutting off his head,

"You've figured it out, if you want to be exterminated by Lord Xiahou, I can take you with me." Wu Ju was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and angrily accused: "Lord Cai, you lied to me? ”

"I'm not lying to you, I'm saving you." Cai Yang took a moment to support the battle helmet and said with a calm smile,

"The Northern Xinjiang army is coming to the city, and with the dozens of guards in your county office, of course they can't compete with it. Therefore, in order to save the lives of thousands of people in the city, you have no choice but to surrender the city. I believe that the Prime Minister will forgive you, but if you abandon the city and flee, the consequences are self-evident. The expression on Wu Ju's face was uncertain, and he looked at Cai Yang with wary eyes, without saying a word.

Cai Yang looked at him with six gods and no master, and laughed lightly,

"Lord Wu, if you can make a contribution at this moment, not only will you be safe in the future, but you may also be promoted to a knight." Wu Ju involuntarily took a step back, his face showing fear.

Is there such a good thing in this world? Cai Yang pointed to the big silk fluttering high on the city tower and the colorful battle flags dancing in the wind, and said with a smile: "The Northern Frontier Army is still about ten miles away from Linyi City. Now you go back to the city, close the city gates, let the people in the city walk around on the city tower, pretend to be my army of 3,000 people, and drag the northern army under the city. In the afternoon, when all my army has crossed the Jishui River, you will be able to surrender the city. Wu Ju suddenly realized, and then thought of the thousand defenders who were ordered to go out of the city before dawn to Qingting to cross the river,

"Lord Cai, you are so ruthless, you actually let your subordinates go to death?"

"What can I do?" Cai Yang's expression darkened, and he sighed in a low voice,

"The iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army crossed the Yellow River, and they would immediately rush to the front line of the Jishui River to outflank them. I can only let them go to their deaths, and delay the speed of the northern Xinjiang iron cavalry to surround Linyi, otherwise my 3,000 people will not be able to escape. ”

"How many moments can a thousand people be able to stop the iron cavalry of the Northern Frontier?" Wu Ju was extremely sad and angry, and scolded.

"Isn't there still you?" Cai Yang bowed his hand,

"Whether you can let 3,000 people escape the pursuit of the Northern Xinjiang Army depends on your ability." Cai Yang flew on the horse, gave another salute, and hit the horse as if flying away.

The golden morning sun shines on the vast fields, and the thin mist exudes a strong earthy smell, and the fresh breeze with a hint of coolness gently blows, which makes people feel refreshed.

The Iron Cavalry marched slowly in the warm sunlight. Li Hong stood on the high slope of the horse, greedily took a few breaths of air, and let his long hair flutter in the wind.

Liu Bao looked at the endless plain and the high and blue sky, and his heart was extremely shocked.

Central Plains, this is the Central Plains of the Han Dynasty.

"Da Danyu, let's go." Li Hong patted Liu Bao lightly,

"In the future, when you stand on the top of the mountain and look at Luoyang, that kind of huge shock will make you unforgettable for the rest of your life, haunted by dreams for a lifetime, and you will be willing to fight to the death without regrets for the holy land in your heart for a lifetime." Liu Bao turned his head to look at Li Hong,

"Is the general looking forward to returning to Luoyang?" Li Hong looked up at the sky, and the big one suddenly appeared in his mind

The word "Han". It has been a full decade since the edict of the first emperor was placed on himself. Ten years of years, ten years of struggle, ten years of dreams, how many people have paid their blood and lives for this dream, but ......

"I've been thinking about it for ten years, a whole ten ......years," Li Hong raised his horsewhip violently and said excitedly,

"In the past ten years, there has not been a day when I have not dreamed of returning to Luoyang and dreaming of revitalizing the Jiangshan Society of the Han Dynasty. I want to go back to Luoyang, I can't wait to go back to Luoyang. Li Hong whipped down, the war horse neighed in pain, and the four hooves soared into the air and leaped up.

"I want to win this battle, I want to go back to Luoyang." In the fields, early farmers in twos and threes held farm tools in their hands, and looked in horror at the roaring army of iron cavalry.

"There is a war, and there is another war."

"This is the Northern Frontier Iron Horse. Look at the battle flag, on which is the black panther, which is the army of Li Hong of Hebei. ”

"Why are these people all disheveled? Is it a Hu person? ”

"Li Hong's subordinates are all Hu people, of course they are Hu people."

"The Hu people have entered the Central Plains, the Hu people have entered the Central Plains...... I don't know who shouted, and the farmers in the fields suddenly screamed and shouted like frightened rabbits, and fled in all directions.

The terrible and frightened cry reached Li Hong's ears with the wind. Li Hong's heart twitched violently, and his eyes were full of helpless pain and sorrow.

Maybe one day, I will be accused of rebellion, and therefore infamous for generations, so that I will be stinking for thousands of years.

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