Liu Lan stopped, Niu Wei and Xian Yuyin both set their eyes on him, they were really curious about what Liu Lan was going to do next.

Liu Lan turned around, looked at Lao Niu and said: "Gu'an (now Gaomo Township, Yi County, Hebei) is surrounded by plain terrain, and Gu'an has become our only defense point, so I set the decisive battle site in Gu'an. ”

Liu Lan's voice was not loud, but Zhang Fei, who was eavesdropping from afar, heard it clearly, and everyone was stunned for a while, if this is the case, what is the difference between guarding the Guyan Great Wall? Is it because there are 2,000 defenders there? Obviously this is not the case, but Zhang Fei greeted him regardless of the shouting and said: "Okay, okay, give the moth thieves a blow in Gu'an and destroy them in one fell swoop." ”

"It's not that simple."

Liu Lan smiled bitterly and said: "Choosing Gu'an is a helpless method, first of all, the Yellow Turban Army is full of people, whether they break through the county or the township, there will be a large number of people or coerced or forced or voluntarily to join it to make it stronger, this is one of them, the second is because the Yellow Turban Moth thieves have no food and grass to fight for war, so they must not abandon the Gu'an so that they can be supplied, and the third is because the terrain of the Yellow Turban Plain is conducive to cavalry combat, and our reinforcements of more than 1,000 cavalry are coming to support us, That is to say, the moment of our counterattack is when the cavalry arrives, but the previous battle to defend the city was very difficult, and this is why I abandoned the Great Wall of Guyan, and the reason why I want to abandon the Great Wall of Guyan, and the reason is different, the city is five zhang high, more than three zhang wide, there are corner towers, horse faces, moats, and most importantly, urn cities, the art of war cloud ten will surround it, five will attack it, we have enough ten thousand yellow turban moth thieves how can we break through the old peace? At that time, as long as we can drag the moth thief in the hometown, when the cavalry arrives, the internal and external attacks, the moth thief can be undefeated, of course, times our moth thief if we are mad, our casualties must be very large, so in order to reduce casualties, I have sent Anping back to Zhuo County, I hope that Xian Yu Du Wei can send troops to support again, as for Du Wei whether he will send troops or not, the result will not change. ”

"Cavalry?" Niu County Ling had already raised his eyebrows after hearing that Liu Lan was going to keep his homeland, although his eyes were red and his eyes were astringent, but when he heard the word cavalry, could it still be regarded as a matter? He had already risen and said, "We still have cavalry?" Do we really still have cavalry support? ”

Liu Lan looked at Niu Wei with a smile, especially the latter, who was like a child who had received a gift and was not fighting after hearing the word cavalry, thinking to himself how could he become the head of a county at the age of five at most? said: "It is the cavalry sent by Liu Zhengtaishou and Gongsun Duwei of Youbeiping, although it is a little less, but if it really arrives on that day, it will undoubtedly play a crucial miraculous effect, and it can even be said that these more than 1,000 cavalry troops decided the success or failure of the entire battle." ”

After Liu Lan finished speaking, he changed his attitude and said sternly: "So at this critical moment, the Niu County Order should not appear here, but try to gather the people in the pavilion to enter the hometown, even if the people of the county can't be contained, they must do their best to negotiate with the county order so that the people of the county can enter the city for a while, but in the midst of the heavy things, it is necessary to strictly prevent moths and thieves from mixing into the city, and you must know that the strongest fortress is broken from the inside." ”

"What Liu Bingcao said is that the old man will go back to his hometown to prepare, but I don't know when Bing Cao will come to his hometown, and the old man can arrange food and lodging for the soldiers under Bing Cao's account."

"It depends on when the Niu County Order can transfer the people, I hope the Niu County Order can be faster, preferably before our army is wiped out!"

"What!" Hearing the word annihilation, Niu Wei immediately panicked, looked at him in a daze, and said, "You want to fight the moth thief, no, no, no, you want to stop the moth thief here?" ”

Liu Lan smiled, turned around and walked very freely, not answering is equivalent to acquiescence, everyone knows that the battle on the bank of the Yishui River depends on the speed of the transfer of the people of Gu'an County, whether it can be avoided determines whether this battle can be won as much as Liu Lan planned, but everyone knows that this battle cannot be avoided, you must know that the moth thief is a hundred miles away, that is, the kung fu of a day and a night will appear in front of you, and to transfer the people of a county in a day and night, is it possible?

It is impossible, so he laughed, bitterly smiled, but looking at the bank of the Yishui River, his eyes were firm and did not hesitate, because he was a Han army and a soldier, he could abandon the Guyan Great Wall for the soldiers under his account, but he could not ignore the people of Gu'an County for the soldiers under his account, because they are all soldiers, and the duty of a soldier is to defend the land and protect the people, so even if he dies on the bank of the Yishui River, he will not hesitate!

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At noon on the second day, the scout came to report that the Yellow Turban Moth Thieves had been on the road for a day yesterday, and it was less than fifty miles away from Yishui, but since the camp was set up last night, there has been no sign of pulling out, after getting this information, Liu Lan and the generals under his tent were puzzled, and after discussing to no avail, they just ordered the scout camp to continue to investigate, while the various tribes continued to strengthen their combat preparations, and there must not be a trace of relaxation, so that the moth thieves had any chance to take advantage of it.

Early on the morning of the third day, the scouts reported that the Yellow Turban Moth thieves had pulled out and had traveled thirty miles in one day, and now they had no less than twenty miles on the banks of the Yishui River, and they could attack our army at any time. Liu Lan waved off the scouts and told them not to go too deep, they must return safely if there is an enemy situation, these scouts are all treasures, they are real good hands in the army, Liu Lan doesn't want them to have any problems.

Not long after the scout left, Liu Lan greeted Xian Yuyin, Liang Da, Li Xiang, Jing Shou, Xu Atai and also discussed the military situation with Yu Zhang Fei, and a few people just arrived in front of the tent, and the old boy who returned to Gu'an County ordered Niu Wei to send people to come, two pieces of news, one is that most of the people in Gu'an County have been gathered, and it will take three to five days, hoping that Sima will not fight hard with the enemy; And the other is a bad news, in the past month Youzhou completely broke out a large area of yellow turban riots, and in such as Liaodong, Liaoxi, right and north of the border town although there are sporadic moth thieves but were quickly extinguished, only Dai County, Shanggu County, Yuyang County, Guangyang County of the moth thieves are like a bamboo, although there is a warm early warning, but because of the distance, the best time to arrest has been missed when the news arrives, most of today's Youzhou and the rest of the Han Dynasty have fallen into the same vigorous peasant uprising wave, Such a shape is already imminent, and the military situation on Liu Lan's side is not much better than theirs.

However, the only encouraging news is that Gongsun Kang and Zhang Zheng have entered Zhuo County, and it will not take long to arrive at Zhuo County, but the same trip to Anping in Zhuo County must be a trip in vain, Zhuo County must be unable to send troops, not to mention Guangyang County, where the siege and assassination history is located, just say that his troops there are already stretched to the left and right, at this time, think about it, even if it is enough to defend against some yellow turban moth thieves who are going south, it is enough to give Wen Shu a headache, how can he send reinforcements to Gu'an.