Chapter 7 Wind and Thunder Stirring Section 22 Xiahoudun was secretly surprised when he heard that the army's movements were exposed, and the Northern Frontier Army appeared in Dongguang City.

Before leaving, Cao Cao had privately instructed him that it was difficult for the army to guarantee that it would not be discovered by the Northern Xinjiang Army when the army ran long distances to Nanpi, and there might be a fierce battle under the city of Nanpi.

However, the Northern Frontier Army has limited strength and cannot muster enough troops to defeat you, so you must join forces at all costs to fight this battle until the end of August.

Xiahoudun was very strange, he thought that even if the Eastern Route Army could not achieve the intended combat purpose, it could effectively contain the Northern Xinjiang Army in the direction of Xindu City, help the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army to break through Xindu City smoothly, advance the battle line to the line of the Zhangshui River, and strive to occupy half of Jizhou before winter came.

Don't say that you will fight until the end of August, even if you play until the end of October, there is no problem. Cao Cao denied his claims.

At the end of August, the army was about to withdraw to the Central Plains, and the battle was about to end. Xiahoudun was dumbfounded, he felt that it was too ridiculous, ridiculous and suffocating.

The eldest brother and those ministers in the court did not have a big Han in their eyes at all, and they not only regarded the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers as a child's play, but also regarded the Han society as a child's play.

The reason why the eldest brother suggested opening up the Eastern Road battlefield was not to defeat the Northern Xinjiang Army and occupy Jizhou, but to consume the strength of other soldiers and horses.

He wanted to use the Eastern Route Army to attract the attention of the Northern Xinjiang Army and transfer the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army to the Eastern Route battlefield, so as to ensure that he could return to the Central Plains safely and worry-free.

The army of the Eastern Route was actually going to die, just to cover Cao Cao's retreat. Xiahoudun had a lot of doubts, but he didn't ask, he believed in his eldest brother, and his eldest brother would let himself die, and he would not hesitate.

Cao Cao seemed to see through Xiahoudun's thoughts, and explained a little bit. In the end, it is a sentence that in order to revive the Han Dynasty, it is necessary to have strong strength, and to have strong strength, it is necessary to eradicate other forces around the Central Plains one by one, and this Northern Expedition is the best opportunity to eliminate other forces and develop themselves.

Xiahoudun figured it out,

"At the beginning of September, I will definitely lead the army to retreat south and bring back the 10,000 Yanzhou troops as much as possible."

"Brother Yuanrang, Lord Tian Kai has already led the army to Dongguang in a hurry. Are we speeding up the follow-up? Li Dian's voice came from behind.

Xiahoudun looked back into the distance and shook his head,

"It's only thirty miles from here to Dongguang, walk slowly, and you will definitely be able to reach it at dusk. Recently, we have been marching continuously, and the weather is very hot, and the soldiers are too tired to fight for such time. ”

"But Lord Tian Kai said that we must rush to Nanpi tomorrow night." Li Dian said worriedly,

"I think it's better to hurry up." Xiahoudun waved his horsewhip noncommittally,

"Whatever you want. Urgently tell Zang Ba and Wen Ping, the two adults, that I will immediately cross the river and ask them to catch up as soon as possible. Then he scolded Tian Kai lightly.

"Tian Kai should cover me on the other side, not in such a hurry to meet Ma Teng in Dongguang."

"We are no more than thirty miles away from him, so what's the danger?" Li Dian said with a smile,

"Could it be that the Northern Frontier Army will suddenly emerge from the Great River?" The two were talking and laughing, and several fast horses and sweaty scouts galloped from a distance.

"My lord, the Northern Frontier Army is rushing along the river." Xiahoudun and Li Dian were suddenly shocked and looked at each other.

The Northern Frontier Army has really emerged from the Great River.

"How many? Which direction? How far are we from it? ”

"There's no end in sight. The entire riverbed was full of Northern Xinjiang troops, at least tens of thousands of people. The scout panted,

"They came from the direction of the Jiangshui River, less than ten miles away from us."

"Quick, speed up, occupy the embankments on both sides, ...... quickly" Xiahoudun waved his horsewhip vigorously and shouted loudly,

"Urgently tell Zang Ba and Wenpin, and immediately join me."

"Brother Yuanrang......" Li Dian shouted very nervously,

"It seems that the Northern Frontier Army wants to cut off the connection between us and Tian Kai and Ma Teng, which one do they want to surround?"

"The Northern Frontier Army has been prepared for a long time, and they want to eat us." Xiahoudun roared angrily,

"Quick, tell Tian Kai and Ma Teng urgently, don't worry about Dongguang City, retreat immediately, meet me, and ...... quickly" Fan Ting, twenty miles southeast of Dongguang City.

Gao Ran and Lei Zhong received Yan Liang's military order and led the army to advance rapidly in the direction of Xinhe. The new river is about fifteen miles from the great river.

Now the Xuzhou army has crossed the river, and the Jingzhou army has not yet begun to cross the river with grain and grass. Yan Liang ordered them to hold back the Jingzhou army, forcing the Yanzhou army and the Xuzhou army to be unable to concentrate their forces to break through the river.

Lei Zhong shook his head regretfully,

"In this way, we can only watch others surround and annihilate Tian Kai and Ma Teng."

"Don't be greedy." Gao Ran said with a smile,

"As long as we firmly drag the Jingzhou army to the south bank of the New River, these southerners will be in our pocket." Lei Zhong smiled,

"These people don't stay in the south well, but they have to run to the north to die, it's really self-inflicted." Huang Tong couldn't help but cry out in surprise when he saw that the direction of the army's march suddenly turned to the southwest,

"Didn't you talk about Dongguang City? How did you turn west? ”

"To the west? Where to the west? The stick that followed him hurriedly asked,

"We ran from west to east, from east to south, for more than ten days, walked hundreds of miles, and we didn't like a battle in the end, right?"

"You ask me, who do I ask?" Huang Tong scolded angrily.

"You go and ask Lord Soldier." Da Hei also said anxiously,

"We seem to be getting farther and farther away from Dongguang City." Huang Tong scolded and wiped his sweat, looked at the columns of rapidly marching troops around him, and shook his head helplessly,

"At this time, I can't even tell the direction, where can I go to find Lord Junhou? Let's run along, anyway, now in addition to sleeping, I am walking, and I keep walking...... "On the bank of the Jiangshui River, Dongtingdu, thirty miles northwest of Dongguang City."

Yan Liang held a cowhide water bladder and stood outside the makeshift military tent with his head raised and drank a full drink. On the Jiangshui River in the distance, people are boiling.

The horses neighed, and a column of iron knights led the horses quickly through the twenty pontoon bridges erected on the river.

A little farther away, tens of thousands of people were carrying grain, grass and ordnance from the other side to the camp.

Zhou Shan walked out of the military tent sweating profusely and let out a long breath,

"It's too hot this day......" Yan Liang looked back at him, then reached out and tugged at his soaked clothes,

"Can't you take it off? Look at me......" He patted his chest hard,

"On this day, you have to be shirtless." Zhou Shan glanced at the long chest hair on Yan Liang's chest, and his face couldn't help but show a trace of disdain,

"I really can't imagine, how can a person like you be a general of the Great Han?" Yan Liang was dissatisfied

"Snort",

"Are you still wondering, how could the general let me command the Battle of Dongguang?" Zhou Shan nodded,

"Exactly. I'm even more curious, how could I have been with you for eight years? It's been eight years......" Zhou Shan's eyes widened in extreme exaggeration, looking grief-stricken.

Yan Liang sneered and threw the water bladder in his hand to Zhou Shan.

"Want to go? There are no doors. By the way, Zhang He and Zhang Liao have any news to send? ”

"The two Zhang adults have already led the army to outflank Tian Kai's rear. We have succeeded in dividing the rebels in two. Zhou Shan said vaguely while drinking water,

"At present, Tian Kai's army is still fifteen miles away from Dongguang City."

"Where's the lazy? How many ways is his iron horse from Dongguang City? Zhou Shan hurriedly swallowed the water in his mouth and asked with a serious face: "My lord, who is the little lazy?" How come I've never heard of it? Yan Liang's face sank, and he opened his mouth to reprimand him, but when the words came to his mouth, he changed his words again,

"Where is Lord Li Su now?" Zhou Shan smiled proudly,

"There are still twenty miles away from Dongguang City, and it is estimated that Ma Teng's scouts have already discovered him."

"Hmph, last time he took advantage of us in Guanzhong, this time I want him to spit out even the bones." While the two were talking, a personal guard came to report that Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, and Jiang Wu had crossed the river and were about to rush to the big tent.

"Quick, bring me my clothes." Yan Liang shouted loudly. Zhou Shan laughed,

"Didn't you say it's cool to be shirtless?" Yan Liang glared at him fiercely,

"I don't have face, you look good on your face?" Yan Liang welcomed Zhao Yun, Lu Bu, and Jiang Wu into the big tent, and Zhou Shan carefully explained the location of the various armies.

"Now, even if the Yanzhou army and the Xuzhou army meet and break through the resistance of Zhang Zhen, Gao Shun and Qin Yi, they will not be able to rush to Dongguang City to meet Tian Kai and Ma Teng." Zhou Shan pointed to the map and said,

"Mustafa's Changshui battalion and Saifeng's Hu cavalry battalion are rapidly advancing eastward, and it is estimated that they will soon rush to Xiaoliang Pavilion to join Zhang He and Zhang Liao's army of 20,000 foot soldiers and surround the rebels from the south of Dongguang City."

"Lord Li Su and the iron cavalry of all the lords will surround Tian Kai and Ma Teng from the east and west sides of Dongguang City at dusk today. Wu Xiong and Guo Hua stubbornly defended Dongguang City and blocked them from the front. Zhou Shan lightly drew a small circle on Dongguang City on the map,

"When Wei Jun and the 10,000 iron cavalry of the Right Virtuous King Liu Ming arrive at the battlefield tomorrow morning, we will start attacking."

"Tomorrow, 15,000 people from Zhang Zhen, Gao Shun and Qin Yi will block the Yanzhou army and the Xuzhou army at Dahe, and 10,000 people from Gao Lan and Lei Zhong will hold back the Jingzhou army in the direction of Xinhe." Yan Liang said murderously,

"The remaining 70,000 cavalry troops surrounded and annihilated Tian Kai and Ma Teng."

"70,000 against 15,000." Zhao Yun patted Yan Liang and smiled easily,

"This kind of battle, it seems that this is the first time we have fought, it is too easy, you don't need to gnash your teeth like this." Yan Liang was stunned for a moment, feeling that his expression was a little too much, and grinned embarrassedly,

"We have been fighting for more than ten years, and it is the first time we have fought such a battle with a huge disparity in strength, and we are not used to it."

"The generals are fighting a lot different now than they used to be." Jiang Wu said with emotion,

"How many hard battles have we fought in the past? But now the general is beating 15,000 with 70,000 men, which is really ......"

"What do you mean?" Yan Liang was unhappy, his eyes widened,

"I finally commanded a big war, but you really ...... What is it really? Too easy, isn't it? Jiang Wu was startled by Yan Liang's appearance, and hurriedly shook his hand,

"Tiger Head, I'm not talking about you, I'm saying that the general is too cautious, and he is not as sharp as in the past."

"Zifeng, you dare to say this about the general, I think you have too many good days." Yan Liang's face turned cold, and he immediately threatened,

"You don't want to live anymore?" The crowd laughed. Jiang Wu gave Yan Liang a punch,

"Don't be too complacent, it's really not easy to fight this battle well." The avant-garde Qu of the Yanzhou army rushed down the riverbed.

Two hundred paces away, the soldiers of the Tiger Ben camp roared and killed. Five hundred paces away, the soldiers of the Yue cavalry were rushing up the river embankment, intending to control the embankment on the north bank and knock the Yanzhou army down the riverbed.

Suddenly, the fierce killing sound resounded in the sky above the river. The mute opened his mouth wide, gasped violently, and ran wildly with all his strength.

When the imperial court rebuilt the Northern Army last year, his tun was requisitioned to the Yuecai camp because of his bravery and good fighting.

For more than a year, he lived a very leisurely life in the camp of the Northern Army of Longshan, and did not fight a single battle. This year, he first blocked Yuan Shao's army in the direction of Puyangjin, and then ran more than 800 miles in one go to reach Hejian State.

Knowing that there is a big war to be fought, no one is not excited, especially these veterans who have been fighting for more than ten years, and they have smelled blood early.

Many soldiers of the Yanzhou army rushed up to the river embankment, and they faced the exhausted soldiers of the northern Xinjiang and killed them.

The dumb man rushed to the front, and he knew that if he went up, he would be sent to death, so he slowed down and cried out hoarsely,

"Array...... Crossbow shot ......" The crossbow arrows roared, and the enemies who rushed to the front screamed loudly and fell to the ground one by one.

Taking advantage of this short respite, a hundred soldiers quickly formed ten small attack battle formations at the fastest speed.

The shield-bearers were in front, the spearmen were in the center, the archers were in the back, and the sword-and-axe men were covering on both sides.

The Yanzhou army on the river embankment was no match at all, and a large piece was cut down in the blink of an eye.

"Hold the embankment, hold the embankment......" The mute raised his bloody war knife and kept screaming and roaring, but his hoarse voice was instantly drowned out by the bloody cry on the battlefield.

The sound of killing shook the sky. Zhang Zhen's Tiger Camp used to be the general's personal guard battalion, and it was the same as the predecessor of the Hu Cavalry Battalion of the Sacrifice Front, which was the Black Panther Yicong Battalion, and it was the elite of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

The 10,000 Yanzhou army led by Xiahoudun used to be the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, and although they had rich experience in fighting, they had even more experience in escaping.

After a wild slash in the tiger camp, the riverbed was already full of blood, and the Yanzhou army did not have the slightest strength to fight back, so they turned around and fled.

When Gao Shun rushed to the battlefield panting with his men and horses, carrying the heavy weapons dropped by the Tiger Camp and the Yue Cavalry Battalion, the battle was already over.

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