Chapter 9 Chasing the Central Plains Section 29 Under the clear blue sky, the iron cavalry army stood in front of it. The battle flag danced wildly in the wind, setting off a wave of turbulent waves, and the earth-shattering roar shook the sky.

Zhao Yun stood in front of the formation, staring intently at the end of the sky. A few small black dots suddenly burst out of the horizon like ghosts, and then the black dots grew larger and clearer, and the faint sound of horses' hooves came with the wind.

"My lord, here they are." One of the guards pointed to the scouts speeding in the distance, and shouted excitedly,

"The rebels are coming, the rebels are coming......" Zhao Yun raised the spear in his hand.

"Uh......h Woo ......" The low sound of the horn suddenly rose into the sky, and the roar of the banner suddenly became more violent.

"Let's go ......" Zhao Yun roared, the war horse neighed in pain, and his vigorous body jumped up.

"Kill ......" The soldiers of the Changshui Battalion and the Hu Cavalry Battalion raised their weapons and shouted wildly. The Iron Cavalry slowly set off.

A faint cloud of smoke and dust gradually rose from the sky, and then this smoke and dust grew bigger and thicker, like a flood that burst the embankment, condescendingly and roaring.

Xiahoudun looked shocked, he looked at the gray clouds in the sky in disbelief, and his eyes showed a look of despair.

The Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry appeared, and the army had just entered the Yanzhou Territory, and the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry was like a ghost and killed it unconsciously.

Thinking of the Jizhou Battle the year before last, and thinking of the countless soldiers who died under the trampling of the iron cavalry in northern Xinjiang, Xiahoudun shuddered, and the feeling of extreme suffocation made him dizzy and almost fell off his horse.

Li Dian's angry roar rang in his ears.

"Retreat, retreat quickly."

"Urgently tell the Prime Minister, withdraw to Bo County, withdraw into Bo County and hold on." Xiahoudun shook his head, his eyes suddenly widened, and his mouth let out a howl like a wolf.

"Run, run, spread out, run......" The rapid and frightened drum sound echoed in the open field, sounding like a mourning drum for the souls of the dead, which made people extremely frightened.

The 5,000 Yanzhou army suddenly broke into pieces, and the Qu army took its army to drop all its heavy weapons and rushed towards Boxian at a speed close to the limit.

The earth began to tremble. The Iron Rider rushed out of the horizon like a tidal wave, carrying the rolling wind and thunder, and rushed overwhelmingly towards the enemy.

"Spread out...... Kill at will, kill at will......" Zhao Yun pointed forward with his spear, looking back and shouting,

The "killing ......" iron cavalry army lined up in a line, and came straight to kill with the momentum of overwhelming mountains and seas, and the thunderous killing sound and the deafening sound of horses' hooves converged into a wave of Daodao, shaking the heavens and the earth like a tsunami.

The officers and men of the Yanzhou army were all broken, and one by one the wolves rushed to the pigs, and the screams of fear were terrible and tragically died. The two sides are getting closer.

"Shoot the arrow...... Throw the arrow...... "Mustafa looked up to the sky, hoarse,

"Killing ......" in an instant, arrows rained down. Xiahoudun took three hundred iron cavalry to protect the rear of the army, intending to fight to the death, but before they could turn around, the arrow array of the northern iron cavalry poured down like a raging storm.

"Withdraw, withdraw quickly......" Xiahoudun shouted while galloping wildly. At this time, he could no longer take care of the poor foot soldiers, so he could only try to flee, one by one.

Just as he turned to shout, a sharp arrow roared into his face. Xiahoudun couldn't hide, his soul flew out of the sky, his right hand subconsciously threw away the spear, and raised his hand to block.

The "flutter ......" long arrow pierced through the palm of Xiahoudun's long howl and shot straight into his left eye.

The severe pain made Xiahou faint immediately, and he fell backwards on the horse.

"Save the adults, ...... quickly" The guards were shocked, ignoring the rain of arrows in the sky, and flew up. A personal guard was quick-eyed, leaned over and grabbed Xiahoudun's arm, and pulled him onto the horse with all his strength.

"Go, go, let's go......" Cao Cao got out of the car formation, and while answering the fugitive, he slowly retreated. After Zhao Yun led his army to slash and slaughter for a while, he approached Cao Cao's army.

The Yanzhou army blocked the northern iron cavalry with a dense array of arrows.

"My lord, do you want to attack?" The sacrificial flying horse rushed to Zhao Yun's side and said urgently,

"The two adults, Yan Rou and Jiang Wu, are hurrying in with the iron horse, and we can surround Cao Cao before he retreats to Bocheng."

"There's no need." Zhao Yun shook his hand,

"We just need to block Cao Cao."

"My lord, this is a rare opportunity, let's kill him for a while." Mustafa panted and said,

"When the iron horses of Yan Rou and Jiang Wu arrive, we will have 20,000 people, and we can completely tear apart the enemy's battle formation."

"Nope." Zhao Yun waved his hand vigorously,

"The general has an order to preserve the strength of the iron cavalry, and it is strictly forbidden for the iron cavalry to attack the enemy head-on at any cost."

"My lord, Cao Cao is on the other side." Sai Feng said dissatisfiedly,

"The enemy has returned from a long journey, exhausted, and this is a good opportunity to inflict heavy damage on him. Do you have to wait until the enemy has recuperated before fighting? Zhao Yun smiled,

"What, you want to disobey the general's orders?" Sai Feng's face changed, and he immediately stopped talking.

"Command all the troops, keep your distance from the enemy, and force them back to Bocheng."

"Urgently inform Yan Rou and Jiang Wu, Cao Cao's forward army has suffered heavy losses and is currently retreating, and it is no longer able to go north in the short term, so please rush to the Dingtao battlefield." Thin City.

Cao Cao looked at Xiahoudun, whose head was already swollen and deformed, and his heart ached.

"How? Will he survive? The two healers standing beside him looked at each other and said worriedly, "After the arrow was taken out, Lord Xiahou remained unconscious. If he wakes up tomorrow, he should be fine. ”

"He's going to wake up." Cao Cao said in a dumb voice,

"Among our brothers, Yuan Rang has the best health. He's going to wake up. If his left eye is broken, will it affect his right eye and become blind? ”

"Don't worry, as long as Lord Xiahou survives this catastrophe. His right eye still works. Cao Cao sighed, instructed the healer to be careful, and then beckoned Cao Hong, Cheng Yu and others to exit the house.

A few people walked in the small garden of the mansion, their hearts were heavy, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

"The iron cavalry of northern Xinjiang appeared in Caoting, the Xiongnu iron cavalry appeared in Fangdong, and our way to rescue Dingtao and Changyi was all blocked." Cao Cao stopped and said in a low voice,

"More than 200 miles, we can't go there."

"Don't be too disappointed, sir." Cheng Yu comforted,

"Although the Northern Frontier Army is now besieging Dingtao and Changyi, judging from the current defensive strength of the two cities, it is not a problem to hold it for ten days and a half months. We still have time. Cao Cao smiled bitterly and set his eyes on Guo Jia, who had been bowing his head and not saying a word.

"My lord, the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry did not take the opportunity to attack us today, and the Hun Iron Cavalry did not launch an attack in the eastern direction." Guo Jia frowned and said,

"Although the attack speed of the Northern Xinjiang Army far exceeded our expectations, judging from the actions of the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry, they did encounter great trouble on the front line of Dingtao and Changyi."

"Oh?" Cao Cao was overjoyed in his heart and hurriedly asked,

"What's the trouble?"

"Our early speculation on the strength of the Northern Frontier Army seems to be correct at present, the infantry they used to attack the city is insufficient, and the attack speed is too fast, especially tens of thousands of iron cavalry in such a short period of time to kill Bocheng and defend the east line, the grain and grass are obviously unable to keep up. In this case, the Northern Frontier Army needs time to transport grain and grass from the rear, it needs time to attack Dingtao and Changyi, and it needs iron cavalry to block us to buy time for them. ”

"The Northern Frontier Army is now fighting with us with iron cavalry, and there is no very sure that it can defeat us. But in the course of the attack, their own losses will be very staggering, and their forces will soon be insufficient. In order to prevent Yuan Shao and Liu Biao's reinforcements from rushing to the front line of Chenliu to start rescuing Dingtao and Changyi, they must have enough iron cavalry to block them in a range of nearly 500 miles between Chenliu and Dingtao. ”

"If Dingtao and Changyi were not quickly taken, and the battle line was not stable, the Northern Xinjiang Army needed iron cavalry to block our reinforcements in several directions, which can probably be explained as the main reason why the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry did not attack."

"So, Dingtao and Changyi can indeed hold out for a while?" Cao Cao looked at the generals and asked. Cao Hong and the others were worried, and they didn't know the bottom of their hearts.

Cheng Yu nodded affirmatively. Guo Jia wanted to speak again and again, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say his worries.

The iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army only blocked and did not attack, obviously in order to prepare the Northern Xinjiang infantry army to concentrate its forces to attack Changyi and Dingtao.

In this case, Dingtao and Changyi will definitely not be able to hold it. Cheng Yu swore so confidently in front of Cao Cao that he could hold it, probably considering the military spirit of the army.

In the Yanzhou army, from Cao Cao to ordinary generals, their families are all in Changyi City. If the city of Changyi is lost, the blow to the morale of the army will be too great.

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"So what do we do next? How to rescue Dingtao and Changyi in a limited time? ”

"Give up going east to Dingtao, and go north to Jiyang, the first line of grievances." Guo Jia immediately said,

"Jiyang and Juju are about two hundred miles away from Dingtao, and when the Northern Frontier Army is unstable in the rear of Dingtao, its iron cavalry will not attack these two cities. After we rushed to the front line of Jiyang and Injustice, while trying to advance to Dingtao, restraining the forces of the Northern Xinjiang Army attacking Dingtao, and helping Lord Cao Ren to hold on for a longer time, we urgently told Lord Liu Bei to give up the defense of the east and withdraw to the line of Kaocheng and Bocheng, and formed a left-right attack on Dingtao with us. ”

"At the same time, the Lord once again urgently told Yuan Shao, asking him to immediately join Lord Liu Biao to establish a second line of defense along the line of Chenliu, Fengqiu, and Xiangyi." Cao Cao, Cao Hong and the others changed their faces slightly and were silent.

The meaning of Guo Jia's words was obvious, he no longer had any hope of rescuing Dingtao and Changyi, but was anxious to establish a second line of defense.

"Fengxiao, you said before that when the Northern Xinjiang Army is short of foot soldiers, it may first concentrate its forces to fight Changyi, and then settle Tao. That is to say, the number of Northern Xinjiang troops surrounding Dingtao is not very large. After we arrived at the grievances, could we continue to attack eastward along the Jishui River and compete with the Northern Xinjiang Army for Dingtao. Cao Hong hesitated for a moment and said unwillingly.

"The tide of the battle has changed more than we expected." Guo Jia sighed,

"The attack speed of the Northern Frontier Army is too fast, and we have no time to support Dingtao. After the army arrived at Jiyang and the front line of the injustice, if we could get Yuan Shao's assistance in grain and grass, we would still have time to attack eastward, so as to help Lord Cao Ren withdraw from Dingtao as soon as possible. ”

"That's it......" Cao Cao waved his hand and said very frustratedly,

"I hope that we can hold back the Northern Xinjiang Army in the area of Jiyang and Yiju, and buy time for Yuan Shao and Liu Biao to deploy troops on the front line of Fengqiu and Chenliu as soon as possible. But ......" Cao Cao looked up at the night sky and shook his head helplessly,

"Whether or not the attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army can be blocked in the second line of defense depends on whether Yuan Shao can drive Yan Liang away before the Northern Xinjiang Army kills Chen Liu. If Yuan Shao can't get rid of Yan Liang for a long time, and the third line of defense can't be established for a long time, we will lose this battle. The people looked at each other with sorrowful faces.

In mid-April, on the galloping road leading to Dingtao, the officers and men of the Northern Army were marching rapidly. The dumb man wiped the sweat from his head, chewed the food in his mouth vigorously, and said to the eight catties beside him indistinctly: "Where's the water?" Give me water. Bajin glanced at him and said angrily, "No." Running around, running for hundreds of miles, they climbed a city wall, and the knife didn't see blood, what is it. ”

"You're a big kid." The dumb man swallowed the food in his mouth, took the water bladder from the other soldier, and said with a smile,

"During the Jizhou War the year before last, you ran a lot more than this time."

"Where are we going this time?" The camel ran a few steps, caught up and asked,

"You know what?"

"You don't have eyes, do you?" Bajin spat fiercely on the ground,

"This is the road to Dingtao."

"Are we going back to Dingtao?"

"Ten out of ten are all **." Dumb wipe the water stains on the mouth,

"I hope that after returning to Dingtao, I can fight happily, and don't run away like this again." Surrounded by a group of guards, the jade came like a flying horse.

Qin Yi and Chen Wei stood on the side of the road and bowed down to greet each other.

"Don't rest tonight, hurry overnight." Jade pointed ahead and said,

"There are still eighty miles to Dingtao, let's go faster, and we can reach Jishui River tomorrow morning."

"Something happened in the direction of Dingtao?" Qin Yi asked worriedly.

"Koji-sama is in a hurry, saying that the rebels tried to break through and were beaten back by the iron cavalry of King Youxian. He urged us to rush back as soon as possible, so as not to be overrun by the rebels. Jade said,

"There are tens of thousands of rebels in Dingtao, if they can be killed in Dingtao City, it will be of great help to the army's subsequent attack on Henan."

"How can you determine that there is only the army of the Right Virtuous King under Tao City?" Chen Wei asked,

"Lord Zhao Yun's iron horse hasn't returned to Dingtao yet?"

"Cao Cao and Liu Bei have rushed to the front line of Bocheng and Fangdong, and the general and General Zhao Yun are leading their troops to block it." Jade said worriedly,

"Under Dingtao City, there are currently only two thousand iron horsemen of King Youxian."

"Two thousand iron horsemen?" Qin Yi gasped,

"Decree all parts of the cavalry battalion, march quickly, quickly, quickly......" Dingtao. Lu Yi stood at the door of the big tent and greeted Dong Zhao, who had just come to supervise the transportation of grain and grass.

"How many stone cannons have arrived? What about the people? I urgently need a man now? ”

"Thirty stone cannons have been transported, and thirty more giant siege vehicles will follow." Dong Zhao said with a smile,

"Don't be in a hurry, adults. For more than a year, the imperial court has accumulated a large number of ordnance in the two arsenals of Handan and Yecheng, and all of them will be transported to the Central Plains battlefield in more than a month. Then he looked around and asked, puzzled,

"My lord, how is this an empty camp? What about the soldiers of the Northern Army? ”

"I'm going to fight Changyi." Koji Yi said indifferently,

"It's really an empty camp at the moment." Dong Zhao's face changed at that time. Koji Yi looked at him and smiled slightly,

"The Northern Army is on its way back to Dingtao. Lü Bu and Lord Fan Li's southern army will also arrive in two days. Dong Zhao was shocked again,

"Changyi took it?"

"It's just a small city, and it's time to go down." Koji Yi smiled and pointed to the Dingtao City in the distance,

"In a few days, I'll invite you into town for a drink." In mid-April, Henan. Xin Ping suddenly received an urgent report from Zhongmu that Han Heng and Ma Yan were defeated by Yan Liang near Guancheng and fled to Zhongmu.

The Northern Xinjiang Army immediately killed Zhongmu, Han Heng and Ma Yan led the army to defend it, and Zhongmu was in danger. Xin Ping was shocked.

The Northern Xinjiang Army is going to fight out of Henan and go to Yanzhou to meet the main force to attack Chenliu.

"Quick, report urgently to Lord Yuan of Xuchang, the Northern Xinjiang Army suddenly changed the direction of attack, and the main force of our army had to divide its troops to the south and rush to rescue Zhongmu. Please contact Lord Liu Biao immediately, so that the Jingzhou army can enter the Henan battlefield as quickly as possible to attack Yan Liang. ”

"My lord, what should I do about the Puyang battlefield?" Jiang Qi asked anxiously,

"The senior cadres have asked for help several times and asked us to increase our troops in Puyang. If Puyang can be recaptured, it will be very important to delay the attack speed of the Northern Xinjiang Army and stabilize the battle line at Dingtao and Changyi. ”

"What time is it? Where can I still take care of Puyang? Xin Ping said angrily,

"Urgently tell Gao Gan, tell him to retreat to the white horse for me, retreat to the white horse immediately, and don't fight Puyang again."

"My lord, Yan Liang's attack may be just an illusion, an illusion to attract our main force to Zhongmu so that he can draw support from the Henan battlefield to Pinggao." Jiang Qi tried his best to dissuade,

"The attacks of Gao Rou, Zhu Ling, and Zhao Rui on the battlefield in Hanoi have worked, and the Northern Frontier Army in Pinggao City can't support it. Now as long as we firmly drag the Northern Xinjiang Army in the direction of Aocang, and let Han Heng and Ma Yan defend Zhongmu to the death, we can control the situation in Henan. As long as the Hanoi army captures Pinggao or the Jingzhou army enters Henan, the entire Henan war situation will take a major turn. Jiang Qi persuaded bitterly,

"My lord, please hold on for a few more days, and don't rush to transfer troops south to Zhongmu for the time being." Bitter smile,

"Lord Jiang, you don't know if Gao Rou will be able to defeat Pinggao in the next few days, and you don't know if the Jingzhou army will enter Henan, but I know that once Zhongmu is lost, the situation in Henan can no longer be controlled, and the Northern Xinjiang Army can quickly enter Yanzhou from the direction of Zhongmu. At that time, it was no longer important whether Gao Rou defeated Pinggao or whether the Jingzhou army entered Henan. Because after Chen Liu's loss, the Northern Xinjiang Army immediately occupied the entire Yanzhou, and the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry could directly kill the Tiger Prison and close it. ”

"I shoulder the heavy responsibility of stabilizing Henan, and I can't afford to be negligent." Xin Ping said helplessly,

"Even if this is a plan by the Northern Xinjiang Army to lure me to divide my troops to the south, I have to open my eyes to fall for this. You must know that I can't afford to lose Zhongmu and Chen Liu. Jiang Qi shook his head and sighed, heartbroken.

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