Chapter 10 won the 64th section of the Central Plains, the seventh day of the fifth month, Hangu Pass. The Left Guard General Koji gave the order to attack.

The northern Xinjiang army continued to storm the pass with ballistas and stone cannons, and the arrows and stones on the Hangu Pass were like rain, covering the sky and the sun, and the deafening war drums resounded throughout Qinglong Mountain.

On the eighth day of the fifth month, Xingyang. Long Xiang's general Zhao Yun gave the order to attack. The southern army attacked the north city gate under the command of Yang Yi, and the northern army attacked the east city gate under the command of Yu Poison.

On the 10th day of the first month of May, in the early morning, Xin Ping hurried to the south gate under the protection of a team of personal guards. In front of the south city gate is the water, the water is turbulent, which is not conducive to the enemy's attack, so Xin Ping did not invest heavy troops on this side, but last night on the other side of the river was noisy, and another army from the north rushed to Xingyang City.

In the distance, the camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army stretched for several miles, flags were flying, and it was vaguely seen that groups of iron horsemen were galloping back and forth, and the sound of drums and horns came and went.

Xin Ping's face changed slightly, and the strong feeling of suffocation made him involuntarily open his mouth wide, and he quickly inhaled a few breaths of the cool river breeze.

"My lord, there are at least 50,000 horses on the other side." Ma Yan held his battle helmet in both hands and said in a heavy tone,

"Coupled with the enemies outside the east and north gates, Li Hong invested at least 100,000 troops in Xingyang City. We were hit on three sides, and the situation was very critical. If ......" he hesitated, looked at Xin Ping, and whispered,

"If the Northern Frontier Army decisively occupies Yuting and cuts off our retreat to Chenggao, we will be surrounded."

"My lord, quickly increase the troops in Yuting, so as not to be trapped and die in Xingyang by the Northern Xinjiang Army." Gao Xiang rubbed his hands again and again, and anxiously urged,

"There are only 3,000 people from Lu Kuang in the direction of Yuting, and they can't stop the Northern Frontier Army." Xin Ping exhaled lightly, tried his best to stabilize his nervousness, and then walked slowly on the city tower behind his back.

At present, there are 2,000 people in Tiger Prison, 3,000 in Chenggao, 3,000 in Yuting, and the remaining 15,000 people are in Xingyang.

If Xingyang is surrounded by the Northern Xinjiang Army, the Tiger Prison Pass will be handed over to the Northern Xinjiang Army. I should give up Xingyang now and retreat to Chenggao, but retreating so early, I can't explain to Yuan Shao, and it is more likely that Yuan Shao will take the opportunity to dismiss him.

Xin Bi surrendered to Hebei to serve in the Jinyang court, he deliberately concealed it, if this matter was revealed, he and the Xin family might be killed by Yuan Shao in anger.

However, if Li Hong deliberately separated from Luoyang and told the trial about it, then Yuan Shao must have known about it at this time.

The reason why he couldn't bear it may be because the Battle of Luoyang was at a critical moment, and he didn't dare to mess with himself.

Retreating now is tantamount to provoking Yuan Shao, forcing Yuan Shao to kill himself, and giving Yuan Shao an excuse to kill himself.

What am I going to do? Did Li Hong tell the judge about it? Is Yuan Shao waiting for him to report truthfully?

Is he testing his loyalty?

"Reinforcement of the Pavilion." Xin Ping stopped in front of Gao Xiang and waved his hand and said,

"You personally led 5,000 men to support."

"Urgently report to Luoyang, 100,000 northern Xinjiang troops are besieging Xingyang, and the situation is critical. In order to save the troops, please consider whether to retreat to the front line of Chenggao and Tiger Prison. "On May, Yingchuan.

The Yingchuan battlefield was in a stalemate, and Yan Liang repeatedly urged the general Li Hong to lead the main force to besiege Luyang.

At present, there is no good way to cut off the gallop between Luoyang and Luyang, and can only fight a decisive battle with the rebels in Luyang City.

If Luyang is stormed, the troops on the Yingchuan battlefield are obviously insufficient, and in the absence of reinforcements, they can only try to reduce the strength of the rebels on the battlefield.

After careful discussion with Yushi, Fu Gan, Wang Ling and others, Li Hong decided to attack Suiyang (now south of Shangqiu County, Henan) in Chen State, Yuzhou.

Suiyang is the gateway to the Jianghuai River, occupying Suiyang, the army can kill the Huai River along the Suishui, which will pose a fatal threat to Cao Cao.

But Suiyang is in Yuzhou, the Northern Xinjiang Army fights Suiyang, Cao Cao only has dry eyes, there is no way, he can only ask Yuan Tan for help.

Last year, the situation on both sides of the Yangtze River stabilized, not because of Hebei's mediation, but because Yuan Tan captured the Lujiang River, Liu Biao took the initiative to give up half of Jiangxia, and Jiangdong got what he wanted.

Cao Cao and Sun Quan stepped on two boats, left and right, and the people of Hebei could see it clearly. Everyone has their own rules of survival in troubled times, and if you want others to obey your will, you need strong force.

Hebei's current force was not enough to make Cao Cao and Sun Quan surrender willingly, and Li Hong could only endure it. The relationship between Cao Cao and Yuan Tan, Li Hong also roughly understood, he estimated that Yuan Shao would definitely ask Cao Cao for help in order to defend Luoyang, and Cao Cao would definitely make some promises to Yuan Shao in order to take advantage of the fire to rob.

At this time, if the Northern Xinjiang Army attacked Suiyang and threatened Xuzhou, Yuan Tan would inevitably come forward and transfer part of his troops to defend Suiyang.

At the beginning of May, Li Hong ordered Jiang Wu to take 5,000 iron cavalry, and ordered Peng Lie, who was stationed in Changyi, to march to Suiyang with 5,000 foot soldiers.

The armies of all the counties in Yuzhou were now on the Yingchuan battlefield, and there were only two thousand defenders in Suiyang City, who panicked and hurried to Yuan Tan for help.

At the same time, Cao Cao of Xuzhou has been paying attention to Suiyang, after all, Suiyang is related to the safety of Jianghuai, and he can't help but guard against it.

Knowing that the Northern Xinjiang Army was going to attack Suiyang, he wrote to Yuan Tan in a hurry to defend Suiyang at all costs, otherwise the plan to open up the battlefield on the East Road next year would inevitably come to naught.

Yuan Tan was shocked when he heard the news. Whether it was to defend the gateway of Jianghuai or to hold on to Yuzhou, he had to send troops to support.

Yuan Tan immediately ordered Liu Xian, the chief historian, and Liu Xun, the general, to bring 10,000 troops to support Suiyang and drive the Northern Xinjiang Army out of Chen.

The army in Yuzhou was only more than 20,000 people, and a considerable part of them were new soldiers who had just been recruited at the beginning of the year, and the army was divided into two, which seriously affected the combat effectiveness, and Yuan Tan had to give up the initiative to attack and turn to the defense on the front line of Linying.

The news of the division of troops in Yuzhou quickly spread to the general. Li Hong urgently told Yan Liang that the threat in the south of Yingchuan had been temporarily lifted, and he immediately assembled the main force to besiege Luyang.

In mid-May, Yan Liang commanded an army of 70,000 to set out from Yangzhai and advance rapidly for 240 miles, encircling Luyang with lightning speed.

At this moment, Yuan Xi's army was in Guangchengguan, Wenpin's army was in Niulan Leiting under Huoyang Mountain, and Lu Jie's army was in Kunyang.

The three armies were all a hundred miles away from Luyang, and no one had time to return to help, and they watched Kuai Yue and the 10,000-strong army fall into the encirclement.

Yan Liang surrounded Luyang with 10,000 troops, and deployed 50,000 troops in Lushan, ten miles north of Luyang City, preparing to encircle and annihilate Wenpin, who came from rapid support, and sent another 10,000 horses to intercept Lu Jie, who was supported from Kunyang, at Dingshan, fifteen miles south of the city.

However, to Yan Liang and Wen Chou's great surprise, Wen Ping led the army to stop thirty miles away from Niulan Lei Pavilion.

Lu Jie, who came from the southeast to support, did not quickly approach Dingshan. The armies of the two sides were in a stalemate for a day.

On the third day, the scouts came to report that Yuan Xi of Guangcheng Pass led the army to meet Wenpin, and an army of 20,000 was coming to Lushan.

Yan Liang was overjoyed and personally rushed to Lushan to command. He originally planned to use 50,000 men to encircle and annihilate the 10,000 people of Wenpin, but now that the enemy has become 20,000, the difficulty of encircling and destroying it has greatly increased.

Just when he was discussing with Wang Dang, Zhang Xiu and others whether to draw troops from the direction of Dingshan, the scout Pegasus reported that a rebel army had been found east of Luyang and was moving rapidly in the direction of Dingshan.

Yan Liang was shocked. Where did the troops come from? How many people? The scout reported that it was the Jingzhou army, with at least 30,000 horses.

"Quick, report to Lord Xu Huang urgently, and ask him to quickly retreat to Luyang City." Yan Liang's order had just been sent out, and the scouts reported that Yuan Xi and Wen Ping's army had approached Lushan.

"To fight or not to fight?" Wang Dang looked at Yan Liang, who was frowning and contemplative, and asked loudly. Yan Liang thought for a while and made a decision categorically,

"Kuroko, you take 20,000 horses and horses and withdraw from the battlefield immediately."

"Won't fight?" Wang Dang asked angrily,

"Afraid of what? When the two armies meet, the brave wins. Let Gongming (Xu Huang) drag the main force of the rebels in Dingshan, and we will encircle and annihilate Yuan Xi and Wenpin here. ”

"No, it's not that you don't fight, but you fight in another place." Yan Liang said very calmly,

"Yuan Xi's army has left Guangcheng Pass, and the defensive forces on the pass must be weak. We dragged Yuan Xi and Wen Ping here, and after dark, you led the army around the back of the rebels, rushed to Niulan Leiting, and then crossed Huoyang Mountain and took Guangcheng Pass. ”

"As long as we capture Guangcheng Pass, we will successfully cut off the gallop between Luoyang and Luyang." Yan Liang spread out the map, pointed to the big valley pass on the map and said,

"Luoyang has lost this galloping road, Yuan Shao will definitely let Zhu Ling retreat to Yuyuan Pass, so that Wu Xiong can free up his hands and quickly support you from Yangzhai, while you continue to attack Dagu Pass north." Wang Dang nodded again and again,

"I see. However, the general won't let us attack the pass, and we do this, isn't it ......?"

"This time and that time." Yan Liang waved his hand vigorously,

"The situation in Yingchuan is different. Liu Biao in Jingzhou increased his troops again, causing us to lose the best opportunity to conquer Luyang. If we don't seize this only opportunity, I'm afraid we won't be able to clear the periphery of Luoyang by the end of this year. "The king bowed down and received the commandment, and flew away.

"It is rumored that Lord Zhang Xiu and Lord Ji Ling will give up the ambush strategy, gather 30,000 troops to meet them, and confront the rebels head-on." Xu Huang reported urgently, Lu Jie suddenly attacked, and the army was dragged in Dingshan and could not retreat.

Enemy reinforcements are outflanking and the army is trapped in Dingshan, please hurry to support.

"Whose army? Isn't it Liu Bei? Yan Liang's eyes widened, murderous.

"It's Deng Yi and Pang Ji's army." The herald was out of breath and out of breath,

"We didn't find Liu Bei's army."

"Where did Liu Bei go?" Yan Liang looked at the surrounding mountains and was puzzled,

"Is he dead?" Wen Chou reported urgently, Xu Huang was besieged in Dingshan, and the situation was critical, did he send people from the besieging army to support?

"Order all the generals, the generals, and the generals, immediately let their guards and horses rush to the Chinese army to assemble." Yan Liang waved his hand and said to the herald,

"Go back and tell Lord Wen to surround the city to the death, and don't let the rebels in the city come out." At dusk, Yan Liang led 1,200 cavalry into the Dingshan battlefield, tearing through the rebel defense line and helping Xu Huang's army successfully break through.

After dark, Zhang Xiu, Ji Ling, and Xu Huang led the army to withdraw into the camp, and the 50,000 Northern Xinjiang troops retreated ten miles back and camped.

Wang Dang led his army north overnight and raided Guangcheng Pass. Yuan Xi, Wen Ping, Deng Yi, Pang Ji, and Lu Jie each led a large army to Luyang City.

Pang Ji was very angry about the failure to encircle and annihilate the Northern Xinjiang Army in Dingshan today, especially for Deng Yi's cowardice.

If it weren't for Deng Yi's elder, it is estimated that he would have made accusations on the spot. Kuaiyue is kind and comforting. Deng Yi had participated in the Central Plains War, and he had an instinctive fear of the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry, and it was normal for the defense line to be torn apart by the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry.

Kuai Yue said to Pang Ji, if it were me, when I saw an iron horse sweeping over, I would also be broken and flee in embarrassment.

Since Kuai Yue said so, Pang Ji had no choice but to laugh at it,

"It's a shame that we worked hard for days and fell short at the last minute. The Northern Frontier Army failed to suffer heavy losses, and the following battles were not easy to fight. ”

"Although we failed to inflict heavy losses on the Northern Frontier Army today, because of your support, we have the strength to fight a decisive battle with the Northern Frontier Army." Kuai Yue smiled,

"The next thing is to force the Northern Frontier Army to fight a decisive battle." Deng Yi and Pang Ji's army had actually arrived in Luyang many days ago.

The reason why Liu Biao decided to increase his troops on the Yingchuan battlefield again was mainly because he got the news from Western Xinjiang. As early as last year, after the defeat of the Guanzhong War, Yuan Shao sent people to the western Xinjiang to contact Han Yi.

When this envoy traveled thousands of miles to the western frontier via Hanzhong, the western frontier was already in chaos. At that time, Jincheng County was extremely chaotic, and this envoy risked his life to finally see Han Yi, who only said one sentence after reading Yuan Shao's letter.

Western Xinjiang is not only in chaos, but will soon become a ranch for the Qiang people. The envoy returned to Nanyang with these words, and it took nearly a year to go back and forth.

Liu Biao was overjoyed. At this time, another news came from Koto. Sun Quan told the Son of Heaven that the envoys from Hebei had rushed to Jiangdong to urge the payment of taxes, and mentioned in the conversation that Hebei had decided to make Chang'an, the capital.

This autumn, the Son of Heaven and the imperial court of Jinyang will move to Chang'an City. Sun Quan lashed out at Li Hong's usurpation and believed that Chang'an, the capital of Hebei, was purely self-defeating.

There is a rebellion of the Qiang people in the west of Guanzhong, and the threat of Yizhou in the south, if we can hold Luoyang, Hebei will be defeated in Chang'an.

Then he swore that next year, when the Northern Xinjiang Army was exhausted by Luoyang, I would definitely join Cao Cao to send troops to the Northern Expedition.

The meaning behind Sun Quan's letter is obvious, hoping to persuade Liu Biao to do his best to help Yuan Shao defend Luoyang, so as to consume Jingzhou's strength.

Liu Biao sneered at Sun Quan's cleverness, I will be able to control Yizhou immediately, and my strength will increase suddenly, and I will be afraid of you in the future.

However, Sun Quan's analysis of the situation after Hebei was set to Chang'an, and Liu Biao also believed that Li Hong's decision to make Chang'an a big mistake.

Barbarian Hu is brute Hu, stupid and unattainable. Dong Zhuo moved the capital to Chang'an and died a miserable death, who knew that Li Hong not only did not accept the lesson, but also had to follow in the footsteps of Dong Zhuo.

After Hebei is set to Chang'an, no matter whether Luoyang can be captured or not, it will be dragged down alive by Western Xinjiang. The Western Frontier is like a demon's curse, and whoever falls under this curse will be defeated.

The western Xinjiang is in turmoil, Hebei has decided to set the capital of Chang'an, Liu Bei has been in the city of Chengdu, Cao Cao and Sun Quan promised to open up the battlefield on the east road, and this kind of good things have made Liu Biao see the hope of a great victory in Luoyang.

He immediately decided to go north to Yingchuan with all his might, and he must completely shatter the dream of the Northern Xinjiang Army to capture Luoyang.

When Deng Yi and Pang Ji led their troops to Luyang, it happened that Yuan Tan's letter also arrived. Yuan Tan said in his letter that I was forced to divide my troops to support Suiyang, and I could not contain the Northern Xinjiang Army on the southern front battlefield in Yingchuan.

Yuan Tan's letter made Kuai Yue and the others very excited, and they immediately made arrangements to counterattack the Northern Xinjiang Army. When Yan Liang led the army to kill, Kuai Yue realized that he had miscalculated the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army, so he immediately adjusted the deployment of troops and urgently told Yuan Xi to lead the army south to support.

If only a large army of Wenpin went south to support Luyang, there was a good chance that the army would be encircled and annihilated by the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Wenpin was defeated, and even if the strategy of besieging Dingshan was successful, it would not be worth the loss. Now that the Northern Frontier Army has been repulsed, and its own forces have a slight advantage, Kuai Yue decided to take the initiative to attack and fight a decisive battle with the opponent.

In the absence of iron cavalry support, even if the Northern Frontier Army is not defeated, the casualties must be very staggering. The Northern Xinjiang Army had no superiority in strength and failed to clear the periphery of Luoyang, so the strategy of attacking Luoyang naturally failed.

Yan Liang fulfilled Kuaiyue's requirements for a decisive battle, and the two sides fought fiercely under Luyang City, winning and losing each other. For three days in a row, Kuai Yue did not receive any letters from Guangchengguan, and most of the scouts sent to Guangchengguan were intercepted and killed, and he began to feel uneasy.

Yuan Xi comforted him and said that there were still 2,000 defenders in the pass, and it should be no problem. If the pass is attacked by the Northern Xinjiang Army, the defenders of Yique and Dagu, which are more than 100 miles away from Guangcheng Pass, will rush south to support, and the pass will not be lost.

On the fourth day, a scout finally returned, and he brought the astonishing news that Guangcheng Pass had been captured by Wang Dang, the general of the Northern Frontier Army.

Kuai Yue was so enraged that he almost fainted. Calling back and forth, he still fell for Yan Hu's head.

"How many people does Yan Hutou have in his hands?" Pang Ji asked angrily,

"You still haven't figured it out?" Kuai Yue, Yuan Xi and others were speechless in shame. It's been almost three months since the fight, and it's unbelievable that Yan Hutou still has troops in his hands.

"Now there is still hope for salvage." Pomji pointed to the map and said,

"The Northern Xinjiang Army's capture of Guangcheng Pass was just to cut off the gallop between Luoyang and Nanyang, and it had not yet broken through Luoyang's outer defense line. As long as we defeat Yan Hutou under Luyang City, so that he has no chance to increase his troops in Guangcheng Pass, and there is no time to fight Yique Pass and Dagu Pass, we can fight with the defenders of Luoyang in the north and south, and then take Guangcheng Pass back. ”

"What if Yan Hutou still has troops in his hands?" Wen Ping asked. Pang Ji looked up to the sky and sighed,

"If he still has troops on his hands, we can't do anything." Jump to