Chapter 9 The 13th section of the Central Plains in early April, Yanzhou East County, Linyi City. After Lu Bubing took Chiping without blood, he ordered Wei Yan to stay in Chiping temporarily, dispatched the people to immediately unload the grain and grass from the ship, and transported it to the front line with the army.

At this moment, the three armies of Yan Rou, Fan Li and Wu Xiong had been assembled under the city of Linyi. After Lü Bu and Wei Jun arrived, the 35,000-strong army besieged the city of Linyi.

Lu Bu, Yan Rou, and Fan Li stood under the city, their faces all ugly. After Cai Yang withdrew from Chiping, he stationed in Linyi in time and held on to the city, which made the Northern Army's plan to encircle and annihilate him in the field failed.

Although the Northern Frontier Army obtained Chiping and bought time for the unloading of grain and grass, the attack on Linyi may slow down the pace of the Northern Frontier Army's advance, so that the cities of Dongping have enough time to strengthen the defensive strength of the city.

Fan Li believes that this situation is all caused by Lu Bu's improper command and temporary change of strategy. If he had followed the original plan and crossed the Lizi River overnight to surround Linyi, the rebels who had withdrawn from Chiping in the middle of the night might have been wiped out.

However, considering that no one could accurately predict the time of Cai Yang's retreat, he could not blame Lu Bu.

Lu Bu was very dissatisfied with Yan Rou. According to the calculation of time, if Yan Rou was not greedy to hunt down the thousand rebels who retreated to Qingting, he would definitely be able to surround the city before Cai Yang reached Linyi.

Yan Rou is a well-known general in Northern Xinjiang, and he is directly controlled by the general, and Lu Bu is not good at putting it on his face even if he is dissatisfied, so he can only sigh secretly.

Yan Rou, like Fan Li, thought that Lu Bu was too self-righteous. The strategy formulated by the general himself, what are you changing randomly?

Well, this complicates things. He was also annoyed by Fan Li. After the rebels fled from the stubble, you then led your army in pursuit, and you did not catch up with it after a short forty miles.

Is it because you are not commanding well or are the officers and men of the Southern Army not elite enough? At this time, he forgot about the continuous march of the soldiers of the Southern Army for a day and a night.

The soldiers of the Southern Army were exhausted, and they were unable to kill the enemy if they had the intention to pursue the enemy, and Fan Liang was worried that Yan Rou's iron cavalry had not yet arrived in Linyi, so he did not dare to chase too fast, and as a result, he made a mistake and chased the enemy into Linyi City instead.

The three of them were not happy, and no one spoke. Yang Yi, Guo Xun and other generals of the Southern Army came in to ask for instructions several times, asking if they would attack the city immediately, but Lu Bu just shook his head and did not give the order for a long time.

"Has the general arrived at Qingting?" Lu Bu asked Yan Judao.

"It's here. The general was preparing to cross the river to attack Tanijo. Yan Rou handed Li Hong's letter to Lu Bu,

"The general ordered you to send grain, grass and river-crossing equipment to Qingting tonight."

"Does the general know that we have surrounded the rebels in Linyi?"

"I don't know yet." Yan Rou said,

"I've sent someone to report to the general." The scouts are rushing in,

"The rebels are crossing the river at Linshan Pavilion, twenty miles ahead." Lu Bu, Yan Rou, and Fan Li looked at each other, and they all bent down to look at the map spread on the ground.

"It's an empty city." Yan Rou whipped to the ground and scolded,

"Order all the iron horsemen, immediately kill to the Linshan Pavilion, ...... quickly" The passionate horn sound rose to the sky, colorful flags flew all over the sky, and a team of iron horsemen turned their horses' heads and galloped towards the great plains in the south.

Suddenly, a huge roar shook the earth, and the smoke and dust that covered the sky swept through Linyi City. Lu Bu let out a long breath, sat down on the ground tiredly, and slowly closed his eyes.

He is really grateful to Cai Yang now, if it weren't for Cai Yang's trick to hide the world, he would definitely have to bear all the responsibility for delaying the speed of advancement.

"Order, immediately besiege the city, besiege the city." Fan Li excitedly waved his horsewhip again and again, and gave orders in a loud voice.

"Urgently inform the general that the southern army will cross the Jishui River tonight and advance to Dongpingguo." At the beginning of April, Yanzhou East County, Dong'e City.

The dumb man roared wildly, let the spear stabbed by the enemy, and the war knife in his hand plunged into the enemy's lower abdomen like lightning,

......The shield in his left hand smashed into the enemy's head almost at the same time. The screams rushed to the ears of the mute, and the beastly nature in his body was suddenly stimulated.

"Get out of ......" the dumb man roared again, concentrating all his strength and crashing into it. The corpse of the enemy flew out of the city wall in the air, and the scarlet blood spurted out with the sword drawn by the dumb man, and the dumb man immediately splattered his head and face.

The mute cursed viciously, stretched out his tongue and licked the blood splashed on the side of his mouth, turned around and shouted,

"Camel, take someone to cut the sling, put down the drawbridge, fast, fast, ......" The camel's spear flashed, like a spirit snake spitting letters, and in the blink of an eye, two people were killed,

"Brothers, follow me, kill to the city tower, kill to the city tower......" The enemy frantically counterattacked, intending to kill the northern army that rushed to the city wall first, but this northern army was too powerful, one person was as fierce as a tiger and completely disregarded life and death, two people could defend themselves with their backs, three people could attack in formation, and four people could block the invincible and brave forward.

Three spears roared and killed. The dumb sword is stationed, and the shield in his hand is full to meet it,

With a "dang" sound, the spear pierced the shield fiercely, and the huge impact force made the dumb tiger's mouth crack, and his body involuntarily flew backwards.

The soldier behind the mute roared, and his short body was carried by the dumb man's body. The soldiers on the left and right sides of the mute each raised their swords and slashed down with lightning speed, and the two spears broke at the waist.

The unarmed enemy retreated sharply, but two bloody spears suddenly shot out from behind the dumb shield, piercing through the corpse of the enemy like whistling arrows.

The remaining enemy was about to raise his spear and stab again, but the mute in front of him suddenly squatted down, and the soldier who was holding the mute just now suddenly straightened up, and the short crossbow raised in his hand let out a piercing roar in an instant.

The close enemy could not hide, and was shot upside down by three crossbow arrows.

"Kill ......" The mute jumped up, and the two soldiers covering his side chopped down at the same time, and the body that flew upside down was suddenly chopped into a blur of flesh and blood, and the long stone steps were planted in the air.

"Brothers, kill it. Open the gates, open the gates. "Koji came with a team of iron horsemen.

Yue cavalry captain Qin Yi and infantry captain Chen Jian stepped forward to greet them.

"Won Dong'a so quickly?" Ko Yi looked at the big silk dancing in the wind on the city tower, smiling happily,

"Lao Qin, Chen Haozi, the two of you are too powerful." The horsewhip in Ko Yi's hand struck the two of them's battle helmets a few times,

"Xiahou Yuan ran away?"

"Zhao Yun and Jiang Wu have already led the iron cavalry to chase down." Chen Jian arched his hand and said,

"Xiahou Yuan moved very fast, and it is estimated that he has fled a hundred miles away along the Lizi River." Koji Yi looked at the two of them in surprise,

"So accurate?"

"We caught the Dong'e County Order. He said that Xiahou Yuan had evacuated Dong'e last night. Qin Yi sneered,

"No matter how fast this kid runs, he can't be as fast as our iron horseman."

"Urgently order Zhao Yun and Jiang Wu to immediately stop the pursuit, rest on the spot, and wait to join the army." Koji Yi whipped at the herald behind him and said loudly,

"Tell Sima Yi that the grain and grass should not be transported to Dong'a, and will be transported directly from Cangting to Fancheng."

"The two lords of the herald Yushi and Liu Ming immediately led the follow-up army, protected the grain and grass, and rushed to Fancheng day and night." More than a dozen heralds responded and galloped away.

Koji yawned, sat on the horse and stretched comfortably,

"It had been two days and one night, and the soldiers were very tired, so they were ordered to rest for four hours at once, eat and sleep."

"Do you want to go into the city and take a break?" Chen Jian asked.

"That's it here." Koji Yi turned over and dismounted, pointing to the green meadow,

"I'll sleep first, I can't hold it anymore, remember to bring me something to eat." In April, Handan, the general marched.

In the middle of the night, the candles in the tent were brightly lit. The right general Zhang Yan, the governor of the two provinces, Shi Jiaxu and others sat around and listened to the latest battle report.

"From the beginning of the river crossing to today, the army has been fighting south for four days." But Ma Fujian said,

"The army on the left has all crossed the Jishui River and is advancing towards Wuyan City, the county of Dongpingguo, and it is expected to reach Wuyan City tomorrow to attack."

"The army on the right, under the command of Lord Kojiyi, has advanced rapidly along the Guzi River, and has arrived in Fancheng today to attack."

"Lord Wu Xiong led his army across the Jishui River and was advancing towards Zhilu City, Jibei County. According to the time calculation, he should have arrived in Lucheng. Lord Wu Dun of Qingzhou received our order three days ago, and at this moment he is on his way to Lucheng, and it is estimated that he is very close to Lucheng. The two armies can meet tomorrow. The defenders in the direction of Lucheng are about 2,000 people, and after the two lords Wu Xiong and Wu Dun meet, they will gather 10,000 troops to attack. ”

"On the battlefield of the Central Plains, the armies of all walks of life are advancing smoothly, and the only difficulty is the lack of recruitment and deployment of people. Due to the very tight time for the collection of people, the current number is far from meeting our needs, which leads to the rapid advance of the army and the slow transportation of grain, grass and baggage. If this situation does not improve in the next two to three days, the speed of the army's attack will be severely affected. Zhang Yan frowned slightly, and immediately said: "Urgently tell Tian Chou and Dong Zhao, don't allocate grain and grass to the Jibei battlefield for the time being, and first concentrate all the people to transport grain and grass to the left and right armies to ensure the attack speed of the army." Then he pointed to Wang Ling,

"In my name, I wrote to Lord Wu Xiong, first surround Lucheng, and urge Liu Xu and Wang Kai to rush to Jibei immediately to appease the officials in the city. After the people are fully requisitioned and transported, and the grain and grass are transported to Jibei, they will choose the opportunity to attack. ”

"How's the Henan battlefield?" Zhang Yan's gaze then turned to Fu Gan.

"The situation on the battlefield in Henan is currently quite grim."

"After Yuan Shao led the army into Henan, Zhang He immediately led the army to withdraw from the city and retreat to Aocang, blocking the rebels according to the danger of Bianqu."

At the same time, Hanoi Zhu Ling led his army across Jishui and killed Ben Pinggao. Yuan Xi of Yingchuan led his army to Luoyang and was attacking Chenggao from the direction of the tiger prison. After Han Heng of Yingzhou and Ma Yan of Zhongmu City rendezvous, they were attacking Guancheng. ”

Yan Liang said in the letter that after Yuan Shao arrived at Bianqu, the east bank of the Tun army did not launch an attack, apparently waiting for news in the direction of Hanoi, Hugao and Guancheng. Once a breakthrough is made in any of these three places, Yuan Shao will definitely launch a thunderous blow. Now, although Zhang He's army has dragged Yuan Shao's main force, he has also been firmly dragged by Yuan Shao in Aocang, unable to divide his troops to support other places. Zhang Yan leaned over and looked at the map carefully, and then whispered a few words to Jia Xu.

"The situation on the battlefield in Henan seems to be grim, but the initiative is actually still in our hands, and the army still has a certain advantage." Zhang Yan looked at Fu Gan and said,

"Order Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Xu Huang and others to hold their own cities, and wait for the opportunity to seize the opportunity to beat Yuan Shao hard, no matter what, we can't let him transfer troops to support the Central Plains battlefield." Fu Gan groaned a little and said cautiously: "My lord, we fought fiercely on the battlefield in Henan, and not only succeeded in attracting Yuan Shao's main force back to Henan, but also attracted the troops in Luoyang, Nanyang, and Yingchuan to the Xingyang area. At present, the rebels on the battlefield in Henan have surpassed us in strength and formed an encirclement. If the city of Binh Gau in Hanoi is lost, or Thanh Gao, which is close to the Tiger Prison, is lost, the army will most likely suffer heavy losses. Therefore, I think it is necessary to withdraw part of the army now to help Wen Chou and Zhang Liao stick to the line of Pinggao and Huaicheng, so as to ensure the safety of the army retreating north to Hanoi. ”

"Nope." Zhang Yan shook his hand resolutely,

"There are only 40,000 horses on the battlefield in Henan, and compared with the rebels, they are at a disadvantage in terms of troops, and they must not send troops back to Hanoi at this moment."

"My lord, on the battlefield in Hanoi, we only have 10,000 people, if Yuan Shao orders Luoyang's army to reinforce Hanoi, it will definitely surpass us in terms of strength, and the battle in Hanoi will be very hard." Fu Gan persuaded,

"Our goal of opening up the Henan battlefield has been achieved, the army can retreat north at any time, and there is no need to fight to the death with Yuan Shao's army."

"Before the two armies of the Great General and General Koyi do not take Changyi and Dingtao, we must not give up the Henan battlefield." Zhang Yan's tone was very resolute,

"Tell Yan Liang, Wen Chou and other adults, the Henan battlefield will hold on for at least more than 20 days, please don't leave anything to chance, you must firmly nail it in Henan, and do your best to defeat Yuan Shao and drag Yuan Shao. Without my order, no one is allowed to evacuate Henan, otherwise there will be no mercy. Fu Gan wanted to persuade again, Jia Xu hurriedly said: "Yancai, if we want to gain a foothold in the Central Plains, we must take Dingtao and Changyi, but if we want to take Dingtao and Changyi, with our current strength in attacking the Central Plains, it is a little thin." Because Xiahou Yuan and Cai Yang retreated very quickly and resolutely, once they retreated to Dingtao and Changyi, and joined Cao Ren, the rebels had nearly 20,000 horses to defend these two cities, which was too difficult for us to attack. ”

At this time, if the armies of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were killed one after another, the two sides would face off under the two cities, and it would be possible to form a decisive battle in advance when the forces were close. But we don't want a decisive battle now, so whether or not we can drag all Yuan Shao's troops on the Henan battlefield is crucial to achieving the ultimate goal of the Central Plains War. Fu Gan saw that Jia Xu also agreed with Zhang Yan's plan, so he didn't say anything more, but he was extremely uneasy.

If the 40,000 Northern Xinjiang Army was completely annihilated on the Henan battlefield, the defeat of the Central Plains War would be inevitable.

This is an important reason why the general asked the troops on the Henan battlefield to withdraw to Hanoi immediately after the main army went south to the cities of Dinh Tao and Changyi.

However, now Zhang Yan changed this strategy, and Zhang Yan ordered the troops on the Henan battlefield to hold out until the main army had conquered Dingtao and Changyi before retreating.

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