Chapter 9 Chasing the Central Plains Section 11 At the beginning of April, Yanzhou Jibei Kingdom, Chiping City. Chiping City is built according to the Yellow River, tall and strong, and is supplemented by a wide moat around it, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

After Yang Yi led the attack on the front army to cross the river, he immediately launched an attack, but was stubbornly resisted by the defenders in the city, and the dense arrow array once suppressed the soldiers of the southern army outside the moat, and it was difficult to advance an inch.

Yang Yi immediately asked Lu Bu for help and asked for more troops to attack again. Lü Bu immediately took a boat to the waters on the south bank of the Yellow River.

The river was very windy, and the battle flag was hunting in the wind. Lu Bu stood on the deck of the big ship, looking at the battlefield in front of him with war drums like thunder and flags like clouds, his thick eyebrows were deeply locked, and he was anxious.

finally looked forward to the opportunity to go south to attack the Central Plains and wash away the shame of the past, but he encountered obstacles in the first battle, which made him very depressed and helpless.

"The rebel general stationed in Chiping is called Cai Yang." Wei Yan stood behind Lu Bu and pointed to Chiping City in the distance,

The defenders in the city originally had only 1,000 men, but due to the appearance of the fleet, Cai Yang was alert and frightened, so he urgently requisitioned 2,000 men and horses from Linyi City, forty miles away. If the scout's probing is accurate, there are currently 3,000 men in the city. To attack a city defended by 3,000 men, it will take not only troops, but also time, but we don't have time now. Lu Bu thought for a while, turned around and said, "Since Cai Yang has put the main force in Chiping, the defensive forces of the other ferries should be very weak. Now the armies of Fan Li, Guo Xun, and Zhang Ying are crossing the river in the direction of Hulin, and if their attack goes well, they should be able to advance to Linyi City tonight. The two guards standing beside Lu Bu saw Lu Bu's gaze turn to them, and immediately understood, each holding one end of the silk map and opening it.

"After the two iron cavalry of the Great General and General Yan Rou crossed the river, they will rush to the Jishui River and capture the Qingting and Pingyin Pavilions. Cut off the retreat of the rebels in Chiping and Linyi. Lu Bu's hand pointed to the Jishui River on the map,

"If we fail to take Chiping and Linyi for a long time, the attack speed of the army on the left will be greatly delayed." Lu Bu looked at Wei Yan,

"In my opinion, first surround Chiping, concentrate the main force to take the weak Linyi, and then ......"

"The lord wants to force Cai Yang out of Chiping and use the iron horse to kill him in Jishui River?" Wei Yan asked. Lu Bu nodded,

"What do you think?" Wei Yan was silent. After he and Sima Yi successfully brought the fleet to the predetermined bridge building site, they each received orders from the general.

Wei Yan was the Sima of the army on the left, and followed the army of infantry led by Lü Bu to advance. Sima Yi was the Sima of the army on the right, and assisted Koji Yi in attacking the city.

Although Wei Yan's current official position is not large, he is the head of the Great Sima General's Mansion, and he is also the main staff of the Great General in formulating the attack strategy of the Central Plains War, and his identity is not trivial.

As the deputy commander of the left army, Lu Bu had to be polite to him.

"What if Cai Yang doesn't come out?" Wei Wei hesitated for a moment,

"If Chiping can't be taken, we have to leave a certain number of troops to surround it. In this way, our forces to attack Dongpyeong and Changyi will be reduced. In addition, Chipingdu is a big ferry. Our original plan was to store grain in the area of Chiping and Linyi after taking Chiping, so as to provide grain and grass for the army on the left and Wu Xiong, who was attacking Jibei. Whether we can win Chiping as soon as possible is very important for us. ”

"Taking Linyi first, but completely cutting off Cai Yang's retreat, he may fight with us to the end." Wei Yan turned his head to look at Lu Bu and said respectfully,

"My lord, it's better to increase troops to surround Chiping, and send another iron cavalry to threaten Linyi. By tomorrow, our tens of thousands of cavalry troops will gather under the city, and the direction of Linyi will be in a hurry, and Cai Yang will have no other way but to retreat. ”

"After Cai Yang withdrew from Linyi, we urgently sent an iron cavalry to surround Linyi and force Cai Yang to retreat to the Qingting and Pingyin Pavilions." Wei Yan pointed to the Jishui River on the map,

"As long as Cai Yang arrives on the bank of the Jishui River, he will be unable to fly." Lu Bu hesitated.

"My lord, if you want to force Cai Yang to withdraw from Chiping, you must give him a glimmer of life, this is like hunting, you must give the prey a chance to escape, otherwise the prey will jump over the wall in a hurry and die back." Wei Yan persuaded again.

Lu Bu frowned, and said in embarrassment: "In this way, I will command the army to temporarily change the attack route......" Lu Bu didn't finish speaking, Wei Yan already understood.

It was not that Lu Bu disagreed with his strategy, but that he was worried that he would offend the general by overstepping his authority.

"My lord, things on the battlefield are changing rapidly, and you can't hesitate for a moment." Wei Yan was silent for a moment, and then whispered,

"The sudden increase in the strength of Chiping City's defense is something we did not anticipate in advance, and we must change our attack strategy at this moment. My lord, when the interruption continues, it will be chaotic. Lu Bu turned to look at the battlefield, the sound of war drums in the wind was extremely intense, and it was obvious that the army was attacking again.

With each attack, the casualties of the Confederate soldiers increased, but these casualties did nothing to change the tide of the battle.

"Order Yang Yi to stop attacking." Lu Bu's face showed resoluteness, and he waved his hand resolutely,

"Urgently inform the three adults Fan Li, Guo Xun, and Zhang Falcon, the attack strategy has changed, and after crossing the river, he led the army to advance to Chiping City overnight."

"Urgently tell Lord Wu Xiong, don't rush to cross the Jishui River and rush to the Jibei battlefield after crossing the river, but rush to Chiping City overnight to help us attack Chiping."

"Urgently inform Yan Rou and Wei Jun and ask them to change the direction of their attacks. After crossing the river, ask Lord Wei Jun to gallop to Chiping and participate in the siege of the rebels. Please Lord Yan Rou gallop to the city, gallop on horseback, and deter the rebels in the city. After the rebels in the direction of Chiping City fled, they immediately surrounded Linyi and forced the rebels to flee in the direction of the Jishui River. ”

"Urgently inform the general, explain in detail the battle situation in Chiping City, and explain the reasons for our temporary revision of the attack strategy. After asking him to cross the river, he did not rush to cross the Jishui River for the time being, but led the army to the front line of Qingting and Pingyin Pavilion, preparing to encircle and annihilate the rebels fleeing south. "At the beginning of April, Yanzhou East County, Cangting.

After half an hour of fierce fighting, the 2,000 soldiers of the Huben battalion successfully captured Cangting. Koji Yi, Yushi, Zhang Zhen, and Ke Ma Yi arrived at the south shore by boat.

The commander of the attack, the military commander and several soldiers, stepped forward to greet them. Koji looked up at the sky, pointed to the blood-colored sunset hanging in the western sky, and said with a smile, "Originally, I wanted to walk on the south shore in the afterglow of the sunset, but your attack speed was too fast, and it actually frustrated my wish. The sun hasn't set yet. The generals who were standing around laughed.

"Zhongda, send Koji-sama back to the north shore." Jade smiled,

"Lord Koji's little wish, we must fulfill him." Then he pulled Zhang Zhen and shouted to the generals,

"Let's go, and we rushed to Dong'a overnight. If we want to keep Xiahou Yuan in Dong'e, we'd better come to Dong'e City tomorrow morning. ”

"My lord, I heard from a captive just now that Xiahou Yuan rushed to Cangting yesterday." A soldier bowed down to Jade and said to Jade Amidst the laughter of everyone,

"Today, he and Wang Zhong withdrew first with a large group of men." Jade and Koji looked at each other.

"Xiahou Yuan has arrived at Cangting?" Koji Yi said in a low voice,

"Since he took the initiative to evacuate Cangting, will he take the initiative to evacuate Dong'a?"

"This one could be big." Sima Yi, who was walking beside Lu Yi, said,

"Based on the number of bridges, the rebels can see at a glance the scale of our attack on the Central Plains. Xiahou Yuan's little bit of people is not enough for us to stuff our teeth. If it were me, I wouldn't even think about it, and immediately turned around and ran in the direction of Dingtao. At any time, as long as the army is retained, there is a chance to turn over. So Xiahou Yuan will definitely make the right choice. ”

"If he wants to escape, it depends on whether we are willing to let him go." Koji Yi sneered,

"Order all units of the Northern Army to advance rapidly to Dong'a." At the beginning of April, Yanzhou East County, Linting. The sky gradually darkened, and darkness crept down on the earth.

A beam of flame rose into the air on the north bank of the Yellow River, tearing open the black curtain in an instant, emitting a brilliant light.

Then more flames jumped in the darkness, burning in the darkness, and the fiery red glow became more and more intense, illuminating most of the night sky.

On the embankment, the figures of people swayed back and forth, and the noisy sound of people shouting and neighing disappeared with the wind up and down the dark river.

Suddenly, with the sound of a rapid drum, thousands of fiery red stars suddenly jumped out of the river, and these dazzling stars were like a string of beautiful and dazzling gems, shining on the black river.

The stars in the wind and the stars in the river reflect each other and dance with each other, as if a pair of golden boys and girls are playing on the Milky Way, and their ten thousand customs make people intoxicated.

The bridge is as bright as day under the light of thousands of stars, and its dragon-like body sways leisurely with the waves.

The bonfires on the south bank were also lit, and piles of flames tumbled violently under the night wind, as if fire dragons were about to soar into the air.

The banks of the Yellow River, together with the wide river surface, were suddenly shrouded in a layer of fiery red mist, and there was a trace of elegant fairy spirit in the haze.

On the bridge of the boat, a group of iron knights led the war horses wearing blindfolds, and were quickly crossing the Yellow River.

Zhao Yun sat on a horse, surrounded by the guards and horses, hidden in the darkness of the grove, silently looking at the beautiful night view of the Yellow River.

"How many horsemen haven't crossed the river?"

"The Changshui camp has been assembled five miles away." The guards hurriedly returned,

"There are still 2,000 people waiting to cross the river on the other side of the Hu cavalry camp." Zhao Yunjian's eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he gently waved the horse whip in his hand,

"Command the Changshui camp to rest on the spot. In the early hours of the morning, we headed in the direction of Dong'a. The leader gestured to the three heralds behind him.

The three men bowed down and rode their horses out of the grove.

"Tell Lord Sacrifice Feng again, speed up the river crossing." At the beginning of April, Yanzhou East County, Guzi River. The Gourd River is very famous in this dynasty.

The Guzi River divides the water of the Yellow River from the direction of Puyang, first flows southeast to Juyeze, and then flows to the northwest to inject Jishui.

During the time of Emperor Xiaowu, the embankment of the Yellow River in the direction of Puyang burst, the river broke the gourd, and a large amount of flood water poured into Juyeze through the Gouzi River, overflowed from Juyeze to the southeast, and flowed into the Yangtze River through the Huaisi area.

This breach has not been blocked for various reasons, and many people in the Central Plains have suffered greatly for 23 years.

Twenty-three years later, with the personal intervention of Emperor Xiaowu, the river disaster of the Guzi River was completely resolved.

Fan Litong led two battalions of the Southern Army with 10,000 men and horses to arrive at the bank of the Lizi River in the middle of the night, preparing to cross the river overnight and rush to Linyi City, which was fifteen miles away.

The fast horse came galloping. Lü Bu gave an urgent order, and the army immediately turned around and besieged Chiping City. After Fan Li got this order, he was speechless for a long time, and he did not give an order immediately.

The army on the left was personally commanded by the general. Now the general was crossing the river in the direction of Shi Oxford, and he obviously did not know that Lu Bu had modified the established attack plan without authorization.

Can this order be executed? Lu Bu's order is directly related to the speed of the army's attack on the Central Plains, and once Lu Bu's order is wrong, his own guilt will be great.

"The general should personally cross the river from the direction of Chiping in order to control the overall situation." Guo Xun complained,

"This kind of thing happened just after crossing the Yellow River today, and when we attacked the hinterland of the Central Plains in a few days, it would not be chaotic. Who the hell do we listen to? ”

"General Lu Bu made it very clear in his order that the number of rebels in Chiping had suddenly increased, and his army was blocked on the Yellow River, and it was normal to rush to support him." Zhang Falcon read Lu Bu's order several times, and said very cautiously,

"No matter where the general crosses the river, he controls the overall situation, which has nothing to do with Lord Lu Bu's orders. In addition......" He looked at Fan Li, hesitated for a moment, and did not continue.

Fan Li used to be the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, was Zhang Yan's subordinate, when the general went south to fight Zhang Niujiao, he was captured by the general, and since then he has followed the general to fight in the south and the north, and has made outstanding achievements.

Among the generals of the Yellow Turban Department, he and Wei Zheng are the oldest officials in Northern Xinjiang. This person is old and steady, loyal, and is the most cautious of the Yellow Turban generals, and he is also the slowest among the Northern Xinjiang generals.

In this attack on the Central Plains, the general deliberately requisitioned him from the Hanoi battlefield to the Southern Army to make Lü Bu his deputy, obviously using his prestige to restrain Lü Bu.

Fan Li listened to the general and Zhang Yan, but he didn't necessarily listen to Lu Bu. After all, his qualifications are too old, and in terms of combat performance, Lu Bu has a big gap with him.

If he had no intention of following Lu Bu's orders, Zhang Falcon's remarks were likely to cause him unexpected trouble.

"What do you want to say?" Guo Xun patted Zhang Falcon's shoulder,

"If you want to talk about it, what are you doing?" Guo Xun and he stayed on the Hedong battlefield for many years, and they were transferred to the Southern Army as captains together, and they had a good relationship, and they had no scruples about talking to each other.

Fan Li looked at him and smiled gently: "What do you think?" For this disciple of Lu Zhi, Fan Li still admires his knowledge.

"I think that if Chiping can't be conquered for a long time, even if we take Linyi, it won't help the speed of the army's advance to the Central Plains." Zhang Falcon said respectfully,

"Under the current circumstances, taking Chiping and annihilating thousands of defenders is equivalent to clearing a great obstacle for the army to advance into the hinterland of the Central Plains." He looked solemnly at Fan Li, bowed down and said,

"My lord, we should rush to the aid of Chiping, and we can't waste time." Fan Li thought about it for a long time, waved his hand and said: "Pass the order, and the army will immediately kill Xiang Chiping." "Jump to