The weather is getting colder and colder. The wind is biting.

More than 6,000 Fengyun Iron Cavalry quietly lined up under the city, waiting for Li Hong's attack order. Hundreds of battle flags of different colors fluttered in the wind, and the sound of shaking converged to form a huge sound that echoed in the open field.

The scouts shuttled back and forth like marquees, loudly reporting the military situation around Liwu City.

Li Hong was surprised. The Yellow Turban Army retreated among the people, obviously trying to evade the pursuit and slow down their pursuit.

"Shouyan, is there any news in the direction of An Xi?" Li Hong turned his head and asked.

"Anxi City has been closed since yesterday, and it is forbidden to enter or exit." Zheng Xin replied, "We should go all the way and chase all the way to An Xi." ”

Li Hong looked up at the sky. He hoped that if there was a snowfall, he would have an excuse not to attack again.

His method of using troops came from Murong Feng's teachings. And Murong Feng is good at cavalry warfare, and his summary of his life's use of soldiers is based on cavalry, focusing on rushing thousands of miles, hitting with one blow, and destroying the enemy's living force, and he doesn't care about the gains and losses of a city or a place at all. Li Hong once helped Murong Feng sort out his experience in using soldiers, and he understood a lot about Murong Feng's methods of using soldiers. Later, in Lu Longsai, I read Tian Jing's experience in using soldiers, and I benefited a lot. After more than a year of continuous tempering in actual combat, Li Hong has developed his own set of methods for fighting and employing soldiers.

He didn't like this style of play. This is not at all what the cavalry does, it should be the infantryman's business. But now that there is no infantry in the troops, it should not be fought like this. He wanted to take control of the battlefield, and he didn't want to attack the city so passively. The lessons of the Xianbei people's failures in Lulongsai and Yuyang City are too profound. The cavalry should defeat the enemy by the means of cavalry.

Li Hong wanted to stop, wait for the follow-up troops to arrive, and reformulate the method of defeating the Yellow Turban Army.

The Yellow Turban Army has given up Boling and Liwu, and the connection with Youzhou has been opened. The purpose of sending troops has been achieved, so why continue to attack Nulu? Jizhou Mu Guodian did not launch an attack on Changshan now, his army rushed forward, lacking a response, once there was an accident, it was asking for hardship. But the opportunity to cover the Yellow Turban Army and attack An Xi is so good, and I am a little reluctant to give up. If An Xi is captured or the group of enemies in front of him is annihilated, he can directly threaten the county of Zhongshan State, Nulu City.

Li Hong raised his hand and slashed it hard.

The horns of the charge rose to the sky.

Chongyun Mountain, thirty miles away from Liwu. The mountains here are gentle, the terrain is open and full of trees.

Chu Feiyan stood on a small hill and raised her head to drink a sip of cold water.

When he and Zhang Niujiao returned to Nulu, the Yellow Turban Army was in a state of disintegration, and there was a tendency to disperse in a hurry. Zhang Niujiao has no strength, and the weight of his words is certainly not as good as before, but Chu Feiyan handed over the military power in time and handed over his 100,000 army to Zhang Niujiao. The leaders of the Yellow Turban Army were shocked, and immediately did not dare to mention anything about the re-establishment of the big leader.

It is an indisputable fact that Zhang Niujiao's position in the Yellow Turban Army is irreplaceable. In the face of the eyes full of expectation, trust and hope, he only needs to bravely pick up the burden, temporarily forget the shame of the failure of the Northern Expedition, and solve the crisis that the Yellow Turban Army is currently facing.

Zhang Niujiao first killed several small leaders who shook the morale of the army. They were responsible for providing grain and grass to the front line, and when the battle situation on the front line was urgent, they not only did not fulfill their responsibilities, but took the lead in rushing grain to the Taihang Mountain, resulting in the Yellow Turban Army suffering successive defeats and heavy losses on the front line.

The little handsome Wang Dang is not very brute. He did not attack the army of Wulu, but only surrounded him to prevent him from escaping to the mountains. Once he escapes into the mountains, it is unlikely that he will be arrested and punished again. Zhang Niujiao did not kill Wulu, but only relieved him of military power, took over his troops, and drove him to Zhending City.

Bai Huan saw Zhang Niujiao personally come up to persuade him, he was ashamed and uneasy, took the initiative to admit his mistake to Zhang Niujiao, and immediately led his troops down the mountain to re-enter the battlefield.

After Zhang Niujiao quickly quelled the internal strife of the Yellow Turban Army in a short period of time, he immediately began to prepare for foreign warfare. What is needed at this time is a victory that can revive the morale of the Yellow Turbans.

Chu Feiyan, who stayed in Zhongshan Kingdom, led his troops to counterattack early.

It takes time to deal with the internal disputes of the Yellow Turban Army, to reorganize and assemble the troops, and to prepare for the attack. But Guo Dian and Feng Yi's forces were eyeing each other, and could launch a second round of attacks on the Yellow Turban Army at any time. In this case, Chu Feiyan had no choice but to send troops to delay their attack on the Yellow Turban Army.

According to Chu Feiyan's thinking, if the Yellow Turban Army captured Boling and Liwu, it would cut off the nearest communication line between Jizhou and Youzhou, and directly threaten Anping State in central Jizhou. Anping Kingdom is in the rear of Julu County, and it is the supply place for the official army. If An Pingguo's safety is not guaranteed, Guo Dian must have scruples and dare not easily launch an attack on the Yellow Turban Army.

Guo Dian originally wanted to take advantage of the civil strife of the Yellow Turban Army to launch a fierce offensive to annihilate the Yellow Turban Army as soon as possible, but after Chu Feiyan suddenly captured Liwu and Boling, he was worried that the Yellow Turban Army would take the opportunity to attack Anping Kingdom and cut off his own supplies. So he had to give up the attack for the time being, and urged Li Hong, the leopard in Youzhou, to go south to join the war as soon as possible.

Chu Feiyan wanted to defeat the leopard Li Hong and his iron horseman. He killed hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turban Army soldiers and owed a lot of blood debts, and this revenge must be avenged. As long as Li Hong goes south, he will have a chance.

Now that opportunity is right in front of you, within reach. He orchestrated an ambush to lure the enemy, and so far, there have been no loopholes.

Scouts of the Yellow Turbans flew in.

"Chu Shuai, the troops in Liwu City are still ten miles away from us, and the Leopard Army is following the pursuit."

Chu Feiyan smiled slightly and asked, "How far is Fan Li and the Leopard Army?" ”

"About ten miles."

"Oh." Chu Feiyan was suddenly surprised, and he hurriedly asked, "How is the speed of the Leopard Army?" ”

"Back to Chu Shuai, it's very slow, it's almost like walking."

"Why is this happening?" Chu Feiyan asked strangely, "Are Fan Li's troops running too fast?" ”

The scout hurriedly replied, "Lord Fan withdrew at the same time with thousands of people in the city. The people walked slowly, and the leopard army followed, as if they were very scruples, and did not speed up their pursuit. ”

Chu Feiyan's brows slowly furrowed, and his face became more and more ugly.

"Chu Shuai, what's wrong?" Sima Weizheng, who was standing behind him, asked in a low voice.

"This fence, why are you so confused. They are the soldiers who lure the enemy into doing whatever it takes. Only if the cavalry of the Leopard Army can kill us non-stop along the way, will the enemy lose vigilance, their speed will become faster and faster, and the formation will become more and more chaotic and thin, so that it will be very easy to kill them, and there will be a chance to annihilate them completely. I didn't give him a few words, he actually did this kind of thing to slow down the enemy's speed in order to preserve his strength. Chu Feiyan was remorseful and extremely angry.

"Chu Shuai, we have 50,000 people, even if they are in a neat formation, we can annihilate them all. Will they still be able to run? Wei Zheng said disappreciatively.

Chu Feiyan shook his head again and again, and loudly ordered the herald behind him: "Order the troops of the front army responsible for blocking the attack to immediately move the blocking position forward three miles." ”

Then he looked at Wei Zheng and smiled bitterly and said, "I've had very bad luck recently. ”

"Chu Shuai, although Fan Liang didn't do a good job, the enemy still chased after him. At most, after the siege, we will have to exert a little more effort to annihilate them. Wei Zheng comforted, "Everything is still in Chu Shuai's hands." ”

Chu Feiyan sighed in disappointment and said in frustration: "Once the siege is closed, those people will be in the encirclement. After the two armies fought, the first to bear the brunt were the innocent people, and thousands of them were slaughtered by us. ”

"This fence, I'm going to kill him." Chu Feiyan scolded fiercely.

Suddenly, he felt a chill on his face.

Chu Feiyan looked up at the sky.

"It's snowing." Wei Zheng said lightly.

Chu Feiyan slowly stretched out her palm and saw one or two small snowflakes fall on her hand, which immediately melted into two crystal clear droplets.

"It's getting dark." He said with a heavy heart.

Jade has sent people to ask Li Hong many times, asking him to lead his troops to attack. Li Hong flatly refused.

"My lord, we can use the terrain of Chongyun Mountain, outflank the front and rear, and surround this Yellow Turban Army in Chongyun Mountain." Zhang He hesitated for a long time, but after thinking about it, he still mustered up his courage, and urged him to step forward and suggest to Li Hong, "If we keep following like this, the Yellow Turban Army will always be mixed with the people, and they will not give us a chance to attack." ”

Li Hong smiled and said approvingly: "Jun Yi (Zhang He's character, read yi), this strategy is good. Have you read a lot of books? ”

Zhang He didn't expect Li Hong to be in the mood to chat with him at this time, so he hurriedly said, "Not much." I only finished reading the books at the teacher's house. ”

Li Hong said loudly in surprise: "That's not much? In this way, your family must be in a good situation. ”

"My family is in the city, and although it is not very poor, it is not rich either. My parents wanted me to be promising, and they let me learn from teachers since I was a child. Zhang He replied.

"Then you also learned martial arts from your teacher?"

"That's another Master, he's dead." Zhang He said, "Are my master and Zilong's master still friends? ”

"Oh." Li Hong smiled: "Then you are very fateful." Zilong's family background is similar to yours, and the two of you are not much different in martial arts, and you will definitely be able to get ahead in the future. ”

"Compared to adults, we are far behind." Zhang He blushed and said modestly.

Li Hong laughed, "Me? Except that I am a few years older than you, who kills more than you, and who have a little better luck than you, I am not as good as you. ”

"Your Excellency is too modest. The Lord once killed thousands of people in the Xianbei Baitan City with the strength of one person, and his martial arts are famous all over the world. When it comes to the use of soldiers, the wisdom of the great talents is beyond our reach. If adults regain their memories and remember things from the past, I'm afraid that adults will also ...... in learning."

"Okay, okay......" Li Hong shook his hand again and again, and said loudly: "I'm just a slave, don't tout me." Martial arts are okay, and self-preservation is more than enough. Knowledge, no, it's purely similar to Bai Ding. Some of the recent documents have been ghostwritten by Zilong. It's better if you come, and in the future, you two will do things like this. ”

Zhang He looked back at Zhao Yun, and the two looked at each other and smiled. Adults have lost their memories and can't remember the past. But looking at his current martial arts and ability to use soldiers, if he recovers his memory, then he will still have it, wouldn't he be a genius of the world.

Jade came in person.

"My lord, a few miles away, it will be Chongyun Mountain. As soon as the enemy entered the mountains, we lost the terrain advantage and it was difficult for us to attack. If we don't attack now, we won't have a chance today. ”

Li Hong looked up at the sky and said with a smile: "It's going to be dark." ”

"Your Excellen......cy," Jade urged, "we will rush over and divide and encircle and annihilate, and we will not hurt many people." ”

"How not?" Li Hong immediately retorted: "When our cavalry rushes over, the people will immediately scatter and flee, not only blocking our attack line, but also slowing down our attack speed. If your soldiers do not kill the people, I will cut off your heads. ”

Jade was speechless.

"It's snowing......" Zhao Yun exclaimed in surprise.

Li Hong looked up. Tiny snowflakes began to fall in the sky, sparse and full of life.

Li Hong shouted happily: "Stop advancing, stop moving forward immediately." ”

Chu Feiyan's heart sank, and she suddenly felt a little bad.

The cavalry of the Leopards suddenly stopped advancing. Their troops stood silently in the howling cold wind, watching the crowd disappear into the mountains in the distance.

It's getting dark. The snow is getting heavier and heavier. The cold wind howled.

"Chu Shuai......" Fan Liang hurriedly flew over, steaming hot on his head. Wei Zheng hurriedly greeted him and gave him a secret look.

"Chu Shuai......" Seeing Chu Feiyan's angry face, Fan Li knew that something was wrong, so he hurriedly knelt down on one leg and said loudly, "The leopard army has been fooled and has followed all the way." ”

Chu Feiyan smiled coldly.

"The Leopard Army has stopped advancing." Wei Zheng said to him, "Chu Shuai only asked you to lead the troops to lure the enemy, and did not let you retreat with the people. Now, although your troops have not suffered losses, because you are traveling with the people, the speed has been seriously affected and time has been delayed. It's getting dark. ”

Fan Li immediately understood the reason why Chu Shuai was unhappy, and he hurriedly said: "The Leopard Army has been chasing for thirty miles, and it won't give up halfway, right?" As long as they are determined to get to Anxi, we can ambush him. ”

Chu Feiyan also thought so, so he could hold back the anger in his heart for the time being. He spent all his heart and soul to fight this battle, but he made a mistake in the most crucial lure of the enemy, which he did not expect at all. He looked at the sweaty fence and wanted to rush up and kick him hard. I used the wrong person, and it's too late to say anything.

As long as the Leopard Army continues to move forward and enters Chongyun Mountain, everything is still under their control.

The snow was falling heavier and heavier, and in the blink of an eye, the ground gradually turned white.

Chu Feiyan looked at the figure of the scout running all the way closer and closer, and his heart suddenly beat violently.

He eagerly waited for the scout to tell him that the enemy was advancing.

"Chu Shuai, the enemy has withdrawn."

Chu Feiyan suddenly lost all her thoughts.

Li Hong set up the camp at the north gate of Liwu City, and strictly forbade the troops to enter the city.

At night, many people returned to Liwu City with their families. Li Hong ordered Tian Zhong and Xiao Lazy to take 500 Han soldiers into the city, resettle the homeless homeless, and distribute food and warm clothing.

Li Hong had been patrolling the camp until he saw that all the soldiers and horses had been properly arranged, and he returned to the Chinese army's tent, which was already the second half of the night.

The snow went on and on for three or four days. The Huanshui River was all frozen and frozen.

On the fifth day, the grain and grass of Anping Kingdom arrived.

Li Hong saw Zhao Yun striding in, casually dropped the book in his hand, and said with a smile: "Today, who did you knock off the horse again?" ”

Zhao Yun's face turned red, and he hurriedly said, "I practiced with Jun Yi for a while today." ”

Li Hong smiled slightly: "Boyu, Leizi, Xiaohu, a few of them can't beat you, and your face is embarrassed." After a while, the tiger head came, and as soon as Leizi and they complained, your life will be sad. ”

Zhao Yun smiled shyly, "Brother Tiger is powerful, I'm afraid I won't be able to beat him." ”

"What's the matter?" Li Hong asked. In the past few days, these people have gathered together every day, competing for fun, and rarely come to the big tent.

"The grain and grass of Anping Country have arrived." Zhao Yun said, "It is the Jizhou Pastoral Mansion who is engaged in the trial and trial of the rulers. ”

Li Hong immediately stood up when he heard this.

"He must have brought news from Master Guo, let's hurry up and pick it up."

Li Hong took two steps and then found that Zhao Yun was standing still, and asked strangely, "Why don't you go?" ”

"My lord, Lord Xianyu has already caught up."

"Then we're going too. Hebei is full of celebrities and gentlemen, and they can't afford to offend. Li Hong said with a smile.

"This judge is a celebrity in Jizhou, he is a son of the gate lord of Wei County, Jizhou, not only is he highly educated, but also generous, loyal and upright." Zhao Yun replied, "The students and celebrities in Jizhou like to make friends with him. My teacher has always admired this person's knowledge and character. ”

Li Hong asked in surprise: "Since you are so knowledgeable and a child of a famous family, why is it still in the governance of Jizhou Mansion?" ”

Zhao Yun hesitated for a moment and said, "Listen to my teacher, he is too upright, he doesn't like to befriend the powerful, and he likes to offend people. ”

"Like to offend people?" Li Hong asked curiously, "Who else likes to do sinners?" ”

"Yes. That's the kind of person my teacher is. If he doesn't like it, he bluntly contradicts it, and if it's not enjoyable, he will point to Sang and scold Huai until he offends people. Zhao Yun said puzzledly: "It seems that people who do learning have many such problems." ”

Li Hong laughed, "Okay, okay, let's go." When you say that, I'd like to see him even more. ”

Zhao Yun pointed to his hair and said, "But your hair ...... If he sees this, he will probably scold a dog's blood sprinkler. ”

Li Hong immediately came to his senses and hurriedly said, "Yes, yes." It's rude, help me tie it up. He also scolds people he doesn't know? ”

Zhao Yun smiled slightly: "It's all the same." In the eyes of these celebrities, what they are not used to seeing, they will open their mouths and say a few words, which is guaranteed to make you mad. ”

Li Hong was immediately interested in Baume & Mercier.