Chapter 9 Chasing the Central Plains 28th Festival in mid-April, Shanyang County, Yanzhou, Fangdong. Liu Bei led 20,000 Xuzhou troops to quickly approach the Yanzhou territory.

Liu Bei was apprehensive about the ferocity of the iron cavalry in northern Xinjiang, and sent scouts to investigate Yanzhou as soon as possible. When the army entered the territory of Yanzhou, Liu Bei immediately ordered the army to move slowly, and scouts were densely packed within sixty miles to prevent the northern Xinjiang iron cavalry from raiding.

The scouts who were the first to enter Yanzhou were in a hurry. On the plain of more than 100 miles between Chengwu and Dongyi to Shan Father and Fangdong, it is common to see groups of iron cavalry from the north of Xinjiang roaring by, and the number is very large.

If the army wants to kill safely in the Chengwu area, it is very dangerous. Liu Bei was very jealous, stationed troops in the defense of Dongcheng, and hesitated.

Just when Liu Bei was anxious, scouts everywhere fled back in panic, and the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry found that the Xuzhou army was coming from all directions.

Liu Bei was shocked and ordered the four cities to be closed, and all the soldiers went to the city and prepared to defend it. The army of iron cavalry rolled in, the smoke and dust rolled up and covered the sky, and the roar of the iron cavalry was earth-shattering, shaking the city up and down.

After Li Hong entered Yanzhou territory with the Xuzhou army, he immediately received a report from the scouts. He immediately ordered You Ge to meet at the foot of Fangdong City with all the Xiongnu iron cavalry in the southeast of Changyi City.

Da Dan Yu Liu Bao took the lead in killing under the East City. The Hun iron cavalry lined up in a dense attack array under the city, and the sound of horns rose one after another, resounding throughout the field, and the momentum was extremely huge.

The general Li Hong then arrived, and Pegasus rushed to the front of the battle.

"General, when will the city be attacked?" Liu Bao looked excited and said loudly,

"The iron cavalry has galloped thousands of miles, and there has not been a battle so far, it's time for the sword to lick the blood." Li Hong smiled and waved his horsewhip,

"Don't worry, this battle has just begun, and there is still a need to fight." Then he turned his head to look at Arbitrary,

"Did the scouts ever discover Cao Cao's army?"

"Nope." arbitrarily pulled the restless war horse that sat down, and replied loudly,

"Liu Bei has been in the city for a day, but we still haven't found Cao Cao's army." Li Hong's thick eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he squinted his eyes and looked at the city.

Under the clouds in the distance, a red pole danced wildly in the wind, and it was a big one

"Liu Ren, are you going to attack the city immediately?" Li Hong shook his head,

"Da Danyu, how many iron horsemen haven't arrived here?"

"There are about 10,000 riders on the road, and it is estimated that they will reach the city at dusk." Liu Bao wiped the sweat on his face and asked very regretfully,

"General, don't attack the city today?"

"We're not here to siege the city." Li Hong said with a smile.

"Don't siege?" Liu Bao looked at Li Hong strangely,

"General, why are you running here without attacking the city? If we want to attack the rebels on the plains, we should be careful to hide our tracks, and we should not run here with great fanfare. ”

"Now that you gather the army under the city, Liu Bei and the soldiers of the Xuzhou army will definitely be frightened, they will not dare to continue to enter Changyi no matter what, they will turn around and flee."

"I want them to run away." Li Hong glanced at Liu Bao, rode his horse and approached his side,

"Originally, I wanted to fight, but I changed my mind in the past two days."

"During the march in the past two days, I found that the Iron Knight was very tired after a long journey of thousands of miles, and the loss of the war horses was also very large, and many people had returned to Chengwu to rest because of the water and soil. In addition, due to the speed of our advance, we could not replenish the grain and grass at all, and there was a serious shortage of food and forage. In this case, we can't fight, and I won't do a stupid thing of injuring the enemy by 1,000 and injuring 800. Liu Bao and a group of Hun generals behind him looked grateful.

This time, Shan Yuting Feng was dispatched to attack the Central Plains, and the general not only personally commanded Shan Yuting's iron cavalry, but also thought about the iron cavalry soldiers everywhere, lest the iron knights be harmed, which made the worries and fears in their hearts gradually dissipate.

What they are most afraid of is that the Han people treat them as human beings and let them charge into battle to die. Now it seems that this concern is unnecessary, and the general not only sincerely regards Shan Yuting's iron cavalry as his brother, but also protects the interests of the iron cavalry soldiers at all times.

Following the general, even if he dies on the battlefield, he is willing. Li Hong's horsewhip in his hand pointed to the city in the distance,

"I have gathered a large army under the city to deter the rebels and force them not to go further."

"The general's purpose has been achieved." Liu Bao looked back at the huge smoke and dust swept from the eastern sky, and said with a smile,

"Here comes another Iron Rider. As this continued, the rebels in the city began to tremble. Li Hong laughed,

"Order all the departments to line up and surround the city, so that the rebels can see the majesty of our iron cavalry in the northern frontier."

......The low sound of the horn rose into the sky, mixed with the smoke and dust flying in the sky, and it was heard far away.

The sunset is like blood. The Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry is bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, majestic and murderous. Liu Bei took a few hard breaths, turned around and yelled at the frightened guards behind him,

"Drumming...... Give me the drums......"

The war drums of "Dong Dong ......" beat violently, and the passionate drums exploded like spring thunder, sweeping over the city in bursts, and slamming into the hearts of the soldiers.

"Kill...... Kill ......" The Xuzhou soldiers raised their weapons and shouted hoarsely, as if they wanted to completely release the fear and pain in their hearts.

"Urgently report to Prime Minister Cao Cheng, tens of thousands of iron horsemen in northern Xinjiang gathered under the city of Fangdong. Ask him to take advantage of this opportunity to rush towards Dingtao, and he is too late. In the deafening shout, Liu Bei leaned into the ear of Fang Dongling and shouted loudly,

"Send someone to report it quickly."

"My lord, what now?" The anti-dong commander asked urgently,

"Do you want to push forward?" Liu Bei glanced at him in disbelief, pointed to the enemy troops outside the city, and said with a wry smile: "Look at how many people there are outside the city." Now, if I continue to lead the army to aid Changyi, I will definitely die without a place to be buried. Fang Dongling's face flushed, and he said apologetically: "My lord misunderstood what I meant. I was trying to ask if you were going to retreat? ”

"It can't be withdrawn for the time being." Liu Bei shook his hand and said,

"There is no news from Changyi City yet, and we will send someone to continue to investigate."

"Your Excellency is still planning to rescue Changyi?" Liu Bei sighed,

"Changyi City is estimated to not be able to hold it for a few days. The fact that the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry Army was able to kill under the eastern city of Fangdong shows that they have enough confidence in capturing Changyi City. ”

"If Changyi is lost, what will we do?" Liu Bei looked up at the blood-colored sunset, and said in a low voice: "Changyi is lost and there is Dingtao, Dingtao is lost and there is Chen Liu, Chen Liu, Zhongmu and Xingyang, Zhongmu and Xingyang are lost, and Luoyang." In short, we will definitely be able to block the attack of the Northern Frontier Army, defeat them, and drive them out of the Central Plains. "In mid-April, Dingtao City.

Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan, Xin Bi, Mao Jue and a group of Yanzhou army generals stood on the tower of Dongcheng City, looking at the busy northern Xinjiang soldiers and civilians in the distance, a little confused.

Lu Yi is a general who advocates attack in the Northern Xinjiang Army, especially in the case that Cao Cao and Liu Bei's armies may return to Yanzhou at any time, the sooner the attack time, the better.

But to the surprise of Cao Ren and others, Koji Yi was unusual, and he did not launch an attack for two consecutive days.

The lack of fighting on the first day can be interpreted as the need for rest and recuperation for the army, and the need for grain, grass and ordnance to be stockpiled. But it doesn't make sense not to fight the next day.

On the second day, Koji Yoshiki ordered all the people of the eastern camp to go out and continue digging trenches. The ditch outside the eastern city was not completed because of the rapid arrival of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Now the Northern Frontier Army does not fill the ditch, but continues to dig the ditch, which is really impossible to guess Lu Yi's thoughts.

Today is the third day of the siege of the city by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and there are more people digging ditches outside the eastern city. Cao Ren and the generals discussed for a long time, but they were all puzzled.

The ditch outside the northern city played a role, and the large camp of Koji was stationed five miles outside the city. The Northern Iron Cavalry also did not appear under the city.

Nancheng is adjacent to the Jishui River and is the only way for the Yanzhou army to escape. The ditch outside the east and west cities has not been completed, and now Koyi continues to dig the ditch outside the east city, and it is obvious that the northern Xinjiang army chose the direction of attack in the west city.

However, the question is, Koji Yi is not in a hurry to attack the city, but is in a hurry to dig a ditch, what is the purpose? Could it be that the excavation ditch was used as cover to dig a tunnel leading to the city?

Anyone can see through this obvious carving insect skill at a glance, and Koji Yi's skill in using soldiers is not inferior to this level, right?

"Could it be that the prime minister has returned to Yanzhou with his army and is attacking the Northern Frontier Army on the front line of Changyi?" Mao Jue looked at everyone, frowned and thought,

"If this is the case, the Northern Xinjiang Army in the direction of Dingtao may quietly support Changyi. In order to cover up the fact that the army outside the castle is empty, Koji Yi deliberately pretends to make a strange move to attract our attention. ”

"Impossible." Cai Yang vetoed it. Juye's troops were too small for Cai Yang to defend, so he hadn't received Xun Yu's order yet, so he quickly retreated to Chengshi City, which was closest to Juye City.

But before he could reach Chengshi City, Xiahou Yuan abandoned the city and fled. Cai Yang followed Xiahou Yuan and fled to Dingtao along the south bank of the Jishui River.

The left army of the Northern Xinjiang Army was personally commanded by Li Hong, including tens of thousands of Xiongnu iron cavalry, as well as the Wula iron cavalry outside the Saiwai and the Duliao iron cavalry. With so many iron cavalry flying down, even if they didn't capture Changyi immediately, it was enough to stop the prime minister's army of reinforcements. There are more than 100 miles of large plains between Chengwu and Liangqiu to Shan Father and Fangdong, which is very suitable for iron cavalry to attack. If the prime minister's army wants to break through the resistance of the iron cavalry in northern Xinjiang, it is too small to successfully reach the city of Changyi. Cai Yang shook his hand, with a painful expression,

"Ladies and gentlemen, it was Li Hong who attacked Changyi in the fortunate army, and he also had fierce generals like Lu Bu and Yan Rou under him, and it was too difficult to defend Changyi City. At this moment, our family members are afraid ......" The generals' faces were gloomy, and they were silent one by one, panicking.

"Whatever Koji's purpose is, let's try it first." Cao Ren gritted his teeth and waved his hand violently,

"Early tomorrow morning, we will attack Xicheng and see if the Northern Frontier Army is dispatched." Liu Ming took the iron horse all the way to run wildly, and in the smoke and dust of the rolling sky, he rushed into the camp of Xicheng like a fly, Sima Yi stood outside the big tent, and greeted him.

"Your Excellency, you're finally back."

"General Koji ordered me to rush back to Dingtao with 100,000 fires, how dare I delay." Liu Mingfei dismounted, looked at the empty camp, and asked in surprise,

"What about people? Where have all the troops gone? ”

"I've crossed the river to fight Changyi." Sima Yi pointed to the east and said with a smile,

"After the army left, there were only Koji Lord and I left in Dingtao City, as well as 800 soldiers and tens of thousands of people. Lord Koji was worried that the rebels in the city would take the initiative to attack and test our hypocrisy, so he specially arranged for the people to dig a ditch in the east city to block the enemy's attack, and at the same time, it was also to confuse the enemy and buy time for King Youxian's emergency return. After listening to Sima Yi's detailed explanation, Liu Ming couldn't help but feel a chill in his vest.

After crossing the Pushui River, he was ordered to lead two thousand iron horsemen to kill between the two cities of Dingtao and Changyi, and protect the grain and grass transported from the direction of Juyang to Changyi safely.

In the early hours of yesterday morning, he received the latest order from Koji Yi and hurried back to Dingtao. Unexpectedly, there were only two thousand iron horsemen under Dingtao City.

There are ditches outside the north and east cities, and the enemy cannot attack, so they can only attack the west city. If you don't come back in time, once the enemy forces in the city attack, the consequences will be unimaginable.

This kind of thing, probably only people like Koji Yi dare to do it, and if you change it, you can't even think about it.

"When you received the order from Koji-sama, where was the Iron Rider?" Sima Yi asked while inviting Liu Ming into the account.

In the past two days, I sat in the camp in a terrified state, and I didn't even dare to blink my eyes, hoping that smoke and dust would rise in the sky.

"At that time, I was escorting grain and grass to Changyi, which was about 60 miles away. After receiving the order, I immediately turned around and galloped without a moment's delay. Liu Ming patted Sima Yi's shoulder, exhausted,

"The journey is too long, and we have to cross the river, and now we can rush back, and the army is already sleepy and tired, and it is difficult to support it." Sima Yi nodded again and again very understandingly,

"Whether you can hold out until the army returns to help depends on the adults and your two thousand iron horsemen." In the early morning of the fourth day, Xiahou Yuan and Wang Zhong led 3,000 men out of Xicheng and launched a tentative attack on the camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Liu Ming led two thousand iron horsemen to roar out and fight hard against the Yanzhou army. Xiahou Yuan didn't want to joke with the lives of his soldiers.

As soon as the battle began, the gong was immediately sounded and the troops retreated. In mid-April, Jiyin County, Yanzhou, Cao Ting.

Cao Ting is about one hundred and fifty miles away from Dingtao and Chengwu. Yan Rou received an urgent letter from Li Hong and learned that Cao Cao's army did not appear in the eastern direction of defense, so he immediately led the army with Zhao Yun and Jiang Wu to move southwest of Dingtao so that the camera could block the Yanzhou army.

After Cao Cao led his army into the Liang State of Yuzhou, he headed north to Yanzhou from the direction of Bo County at the northwest end of the Liang State. Here is two hundred miles away from Dingtao, and the army can be killed under Dingtao City in two days.

Fearing that there would be a strong iron cavalry from the north ahead, Cao Cao was very careful and sent many scouts to investigate.

At this moment, Liu Bei's letter arrived, saying that the main force of the northern Xinjiang iron cavalry was attracted to Fangdong by himself, and suggested that Cao Cao take the opportunity to hurry north to Dingtao.

Cao Cao was overjoyed, and immediately ordered Xiahoudun and Li Dian to lead the front army of 5,000 people to quickly cross Bo County and rush to Cao Ting, and he led the main force of the army to follow.

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