Chapter 9 Chasing the Central Plains 34th Festival in the middle of April, Kansai, Xin'an City. The Hebei Frontier Army, under the command of Yang Feng, launched a fierce attack on Xin'an City.

Two days ago, the imperial court wrote that the battlefield in Hanoi was critical, and because the Henan battlefield was inferior in terms of troops, the various departments could only hold on to the city and could not launch a new offensive in the short term.

However, in order to hold back Yuan Shao's army and respond to the attack of the main army on the Yanzhou battlefield, the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Henan battlefield could not withdraw from Henan for the time being.

Therefore, it has now become a top priority to ensure the safety of Pinggao City to ensure the retreat of the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Henan battlefield.

Tai Lieutenant Xu Rong asked Yang Feng to make a decisive attack, and his troops came to Hangu Pass, threatening Luoyang, forcing Yuan Shao to withdraw his troops from the Henan battlefield to help.

The Northern Frontier Army in the Kansai Battlefield had an advantage in strength in the area around Shaanxi. The Yuan army in the direction of Taolin Fortress and Hongnong City was pinned down, so that Chun Yuqiong's troops were insufficient, and he had to abandon Shaancheng and Mianchi successively.

But after he withdrew to Xin'an City, he immediately fell into a desperate situation. Behind Xin'an City is Hangu Pass, if you continue to retreat, you will have to withdraw into Hangu Pass, Luoyang will directly face the attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and the consequences will be very serious.

Chun Yuqiong could not get reinforcements, and he did not dare to withdraw to Hangu Pass, so he had to defend Xin'an City. The offensive of the Northern Frontier Army was stifled.

Just as Yang Feng and Hua Xiong were preparing to attack, He Feng and Zuo Yan from Hedong hurriedly came to report. Yuan Tan led 20,000 Guanzhong troops to the Yellow River and launched a river-crossing attack on Pubanjin.

At the same time, the armies of Huayin and Duan Xuan also appeared in the direction of Fenglingdu, and it was very likely that they would attack Hedong.

He Feng was attacked on both sides and could not support it, so he asked Yang Feng to quickly transfer the army to help. After Yang Feng received the letter of aid, he was furious.

pointed to the direction of Guanzhong and scolded,

"Han Sui, a two-faced villain, actually stuck a knife in our back at such a critical moment." Hua Xiong tried his best to consol,

"The situation in Western Xinjiang has become worse and worse because of Ma Chao's rebellion. Han Sui had to deal with Ma Chao in Longxi and Xiqiang in the north, and it was difficult to support the left and right. At this time, his control over Fufeng had been significantly weakened, and it was difficult to pose a threat to Chang'an. ”

"Ling Ming (Pang De) has entered Wuwei County to block the invasion of Xiqiang, Han Sui only needs to concentrate on dealing with Ma Chao, he has the strength to control Fufeng County and threaten Chang'an." Yang Feng pushed away the document on the case, pointed to Guanzhong on the map and said angrily,

"Han Sui obviously doesn't want to see us win on the battlefield in the Central Plains. For a person with hegemonic ambitions, of course, he hopes to be left and right between Hebei and Luoyang, so as to seek maximum benefits for himself and buy time for his own development. Han Sui is also a character, but it's a pity that he is blind and dares to resort to such a despicable and shameless villain. He will pay a terrible price for this, and Hebei will never spare him. Hua Xiong wanted to persuade him again, but Yang Feng interrupted him with a wave of his hand,

"The book played the imperial court, impeached Han Sui, and asked the imperial court to cut off the relief and assistance of the western frontier." Anger and complaints against Han Sui did not solve the crisis in Hedong.

Yang Feng had to order the army to withdraw from the two cities of Xin'an and Mianchi, and retreat to Shaanxi. Sun Qin and Yang Hua led their troops to garrison Shaancheng and continued to contain the rebels on the battlefield in Guanxi.

The rest of the army hurried back to Hedong from both land and water to block the attack of the Guanzhong army. In mid-April, Luoyang.

The news of the withdrawal of the Northern Xinjiang Army from Kansai made Yuan Wei breathe a long sigh of relief. Under his repeated persuasion and urging, Yuan Tan finally took the risk of sending troops.

Although Han Sui is a huge threat to Chang'an, as the judge said, what he is gambling on now is Han Sui's desire to support the army and respect himself.

Before the Central Plains War was decided, Han Sui was bound to remain neutral for the sake of his own security and the development of Western Xinjiang.

Han Sui's impartiality and non-offense mentality would cause him to turn a deaf ear to Jinyang's orders and turn a blind eye to Yuan Tan's attack on Hedong.

At present, it seems that the trial and matching bet are right. However, Yuan Tan sent troops to Hedong, although he supported Guanxi in time and relieved the threat of the Northern Xinjiang Army to Luoyang, but he did not play any role in the two battlefields of Hanoi and Henan.

The speed of the Jingzhou army to the north was fast enough, but the northern army on the Yanzhou battlefield was even faster. Yan Liang on the battlefield in Henan suddenly launched an attack on Zhongmu in order to cooperate with the attack of the main army on the Yanzhou battlefield.

Yan Liang's attack broke Yuan Shao's strategy of trying to encircle and annihilate the Northern Xinjiang Army in the Xingyang area. In order to block Yan Liang's attack, the main army on the Henan battlefield had to urgently move south, which gave the Northern Xinjiang Army the opportunity to return to Pinggao City.

Gao Rou and Zhu Ling used 30,000 troops to conquer Pinggao, and it took more than ten days, and when victory was in sight, the Northern Xinjiang Army that returned to Pinggao took advantage of their losses and scarred opportunities to give them a heavy blow.

Gao Rou and Zhu Ling retreated to the west bank of the Jishui River in embarrassment. So far, the strategy to encircle and annihilate Yan Liang has completely failed. Yuan Wei was very angry and scolded Gao Rou and Zhu Ling in the letter.

The Hanoi army was distracted, and there was no possibility of another attack. Yuan Wei could only let them Chen Bing Ji Shui River threaten Pinggao City.

After the failure of the retreat of the Northern Xinjiang Army in the direction of Hanoi, Yuan Wei turned to order Yuan Xi to storm Chenggao City. Taking Chenggao, the army can directly kill Xingyang and block Yan Liang in the area of Guancheng to encircle and annihilate.

At this moment, the second batch of troops from Nanyang has entered the Tiger Prison Pass. After the two battlefields of Kansai and Hanoi turned into a stalemate, the crisis in Luoyang has eased.

The troops stationed in Luoyang immediately entered the Tiger Prison Pass and prepared to fight in Henan. In addition, the Jingzhou army has also hurried to the Henan battlefield.

Yuan Wei thought that he had achieved an advantage in terms of troops, and even if he couldn't encircle and annihilate Yan Liang, he could still severely damage this tiger who killed people without blinking.

Yuan Xi raised his eyebrows this time. He gathered 25,000 men and horses and launched an attack on Chenggao. Xu Huang and Li Feng met the enemy with more than 4,000 people.

Due to the long preparation time of the two sides, the soldiers were full of physical strength and sufficient armaments, and for a time the sound of killing in the city and under the city shook the sky, and the roaring arrows covered the sky and the sun.

This fighting at all costs resulted in heavy casualties on both sides. Yuan Xi was determined, no matter how much he paid, he was willing to bear it, but Xu Huang was unwilling, he couldn't afford it.

Xu Huang warned Wen Chou in Pinggao City and asked Wang Dang in Ao Cang for help. At the same time, Yan Liang who flew and rushed to report to the official crossing.

In mid-April, Henan, Guancheng. The field is shrouded in pitch black *night* (**please redact).

The mountain wind blew, and the forest sea set off a burst of waves, sprinkling a bit of chill all over the night. On the gallop road, the Jingzhou army was marching rapidly.

Liu Hu carried a round shield on his back and a spear, and followed behind Wen Ping, panting non-stop. Wen Ping looked back at him and said with a smile, "I'm tired." Give me the shield, and I'll take it for you. Liu Hu wiped the beads of sweat on his face and refused repeatedly,

"My lord, on the eve of dawn, can we rush to Guancheng?" Wen Ping looked up at the starry night sky, and gasped a few times,

"Almost. When we arrived at the Feiyang Pavilion, which was ten miles away from Guancheng, we stopped to rest and let the scouts investigate again. ”

"What are you worried about?" Liu Hu asked in surprise,

"For three days, according to the orders of the adults, we stopped to rest after twenty miles a day, and made enough hesitant posture. The Northern Frontier Army would not have thought that we would suddenly launch a night attack. Wen Ping walked strides as he turned back and waved at him.

"You despise your opponent too much. If we pretend not to want to fight the Northern Xinjiang Army, it does not mean that the Northern Xinjiang Army does not want to fight us. ”

"The generals in the Northern Xinjiang Army are all fierce generals who have followed Li Hong for more than ten years. Their hearts are full of the belief of victory, they have the blood of attack in their bodies, they will never miss any opportunity to devour their opponents, they will not stay quietly in the city, patiently waiting for our attack. ”

"Could it be that they, like us, will launch a night attack?" Wen Ping stopped and looked around. The mountains and forests in the *night* (**please delete) let out a terrifying roar, as if countless souls were hiding in the depths of the darkness and weeping bitterly.

A chill followed the cool night breeze into the sweaty armor. Wen Ping involuntarily gave a cold war.

"Order the scouts, all of them are dispatched, and they will search carefully within ten miles of the city."

"My lord, are you sending scouts so early?" Liu Hu asked suspiciously. In the past three days, in order to show weakness, Wen Ping even limited the scout's exploration range to within sixty miles, and only sent a very few elites to go deep into the vicinity of Guancheng to find out the news.

Wen Ping waved his hand and did not speak, and the tall figure quickly melted into the darkness. On the eve of dawn, the Jingzhou army suddenly appeared under the city of Guancheng.

Under the command of Wen Ping and Liu Hu, an army of 10,000 launched a fierce attack on Guancheng with overwhelming momentum.

The Northern Xinjiang Army in Guancheng hurriedly responded to the battle. Hou Cheng was not afraid of danger, took the lead, and fought fiercely. The 3,000 soldiers roared like thunder and fought hard, completely ignoring life and death.

For a time, the inside and outside of Guancheng were shrouded in thick blood, the passionate war drums were earth-shattering, and the sound of fierce fighting shattered the tranquility of the early morning.

Just when the morale of the Jingzhou army was high and ambitious, and they planned to go down with a drum, dozens of scouts rushed from the southeast.

"My lord, the Northern Frontier Army is here." Wen Ping's vest was cold, without the slightest hesitation, waving his hand and shouting,

"Mingjin...... Withdraw, retreat quickly......" The Jingzhou soldiers were inexplicable and withdrew from the battlefield like a tide.

Almost at the same time as the Jingzhou army withdrew, from the distant mountains, there was the sound of rumbling drums and the rapid sound of horses' hooves.

The sound of dense hooves echoed between the mountains and mountains, as if thousands of troops and horses were coming, which made people feel terrified.

The Jingzhou army was scattered, abandoned the siege equipment and baggage vehicles, and fled. Wen Ping led 2,000 elites to stay in the rear and slowly retreated.

The drums became more and more violent, the hooves became clearer and clearer, and the Northern Frontier Army was bathed in the golden morning sun, roaring out with a thunderous momentum.

Wei Xu took the lead, pointed forward with his sword, and shouted wildly,

"Kill it...... "Five hundred iron horsemen swept towards the enemy like a hurricane." A few hundred paces behind the iron horseman, thousands of foot soldiers held their weapons high, galloping all the way, killing like thunder.

In mid-April, Yanzhou, sixty miles west of Dingtao City, Mingting. The general rode up the high slope and looked around, but saw the blue sky and white clouds, the grass was green, and the gentle river sang and danced all the way, and the scenery was very pleasant.

Li Hong's thick eyebrows were slightly furrowed, there was no joy in his heart, and the expression on his face was extremely cold. As he expected, Cao Cao was unwilling to give up the army in Dingtao City and led his troops to save him.

On the question of whether to concentrate forces to encircle and annihilate Cao Cao, the generals debated fiercely. At present, on the north bank of the Jishui River, the Northern Xinjiang Army has not formed a superior force to encircle and annihilate Cao's army.

Although Cao Cao was attacked once at Cao Ting, the losses were not large, and the number of troops was about 40,000, plus more than 10,000 people who were surrounded in Dingtao City, the total strength was about 50,000.

There are 80,000 cavalry troops on his side, and whether it is reinforcement or siege, the strength is obviously insufficient. I don't agree to the decisive battle.

Now the time for a decisive battle has not yet come, and a decisive battle posture has not been formed, and it is very unwise to fight a decisive battle blindly. If the army loses more than half of the army under Dingtao City, the Central Plains War will be abandoned halfway and end ahead of schedule.

The advantage of the iron cavalry is gradually being lost as the main forces of the enemy army come one after another. The power of the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry is known to the world, and the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry has immediately become the enemy's main defense object.

On a battlefield where the two sides are so close to each other, it is almost a fool's dream to surprise the enemy army when you know yourself and your opponent.

In the past, he had defeated the iron cavalry of the Hu people with a strong phalanx of foot soldiers, and today, the rebels can do the same.

However, he knew the consequences of the Iron Cavalry's frontal attack on the infantry phalanx, and he would not repeat the mistake of the past no matter what.

The strong force of the iron cavalry is the guarantee of the victory of the Central Plains War, and if the iron cavalry wants to give full play to its own advantages, give full play to its own power, and win the Central Plains war, it is necessary to use all means to create opportunities for the iron cavalry.

Now, before winning the Central Plains War, all he has to do is to create a chance for the Iron Cavalry to strike this fatal blow.

"General, the terrain here is good, you can set up a position and block Cao Cao." Sima Yi rode his horse to Li Hong's side, raised his whip and pointed forward, and said in high spirits,

"We have 80,000 people, we can use 10,000 people to besiege the city, and 70,000 people to besiege and annihilate Cao Cao, although we can't completely annihilate Cao Cao, but at least we can beat Cao Cao to more than half of the loss, and defeat him."

"What about us? What about our losses? Defeated Cao Cao, and Liu Bei, if they join forces and attack again, what will we do? Li Hongshou specified the direction of Taocheng and asked with a smile,

"Seventy thousand people attacked forty thousand, and the losses of the army can be imagined. After the war, we lost our troops and lost our generals, what should we do in Dingtao City? Are we still attacking? ”

"Dingtao City can't take it, the army is dragged here, we can only watch Yuan Shao and Liu Biao establish a solid blocking line on the front line of Chenliu and Fengqiu, what should we do in the back battle? Are we still going to fight?

"We have iron horses, and we have indestructible iron horses." Sima Yi waved his hands and shouted confidently,

"Let Cao Cao and Liu Bei come, and let our iron horsemen trample them into pieces of meatloaf." Li Hong smiled bitterly.

He looked at the generals of Liyi, Jade, Zhao Yun, and Fan Li around him, and everyone looked up at the sky in unison, and their thoughts couldn't help but fly to Xiliang and to the desert.

After countless wars, there was a strong iron cavalry army in northern Xinjiang, but more than ten years ago, when Li Hong led a large army into Xiliang and entered northern Xinjiang, there were very few iron cavalry in the Han Dynasty.

In order to defend the territory and win, countless foot brothers bravely met the enemy's iron cavalry with their own flesh and blood, and countless fresh lives have forged today's northern frontier iron cavalry.

Sima Yi will never understand how Li Hong and his brothers used their flesh and blood to meet the enemy's iron cavalry.

"I've decided, run long distances and fight Chen Liu." Li Hong waved the horsewhip in his hand vigorously, raised his head to the sky, and howled,

"I want Cao Cao to know that he is caught in a bigger siege, an encirclement that is desperate." Jump to