Chapter 9: Fighting the Central Plains, Section 67

On the fifth day of the ninth month, White Horse.

In the sky, the white clouds are like layers of waves surging on the sea, dotted on the clear blue sky.

The four gates of White Horse City were closed, and the big dragon on the city tower flew in the air, as if it was about to ride the wind. The battle flags of all colors stretched out their vigorous postures in the wind, and the huge roar converged into a wave of violent crashing into the sky above the city.

The city walls were full of people, solemn-looking officials, panicked guards, frightened people, all with wide eyes and staring out of the city.

"Woo woo ......" The desolate and majestic horn sounded suddenly, like a golden lightning suddenly cutting through the sky, followed by a thunderbolt in the sky, and the heavens and the earth changed color in shock.

The people on the tower let out a cry of exclamation, and extreme panic suddenly enveloped the entire city.

"Woo...... The sound ......of the horn became denser and louder, one after another, and in a blink of an eye, all the sounds on the earth were drowned, and it rushed straight to Xiao Han with an infinite murderous aura.

Outside the city is a sea of people, a sea of war horses, a sea of flags, a sea of blood and terror.

An army of 90,000 iron cavalry formed a dense phalanx, stretching from the plains outside the city to the distant horizon, boundless, with no end in sight.

The scorching sun seemed to be unable to endure the murderous aura of 90,000 people, and hid in the clouds with his head in his hands.

The horses were galloping, the earth was moaning helplessly under the trampling of the iron hooves, and the White Horse City was weakened by the fierce sharpness of the iron cavalry, like a beast with its teeth pulled out, huddled and trembling and whimpering.

Jizhou Taishou Yang Qi stood on the city tower, supporting the cold city wall with both hands, his emaciated body trembling slightly with the city tower, and the expression in his eyes was very complicated. There is excitement, horror, sadness, helplessness, worry, and a few traces of melancholy can be seen faintly. After the initial shock, the officials of all levels standing beside him did not cheer or talk, as if they had not yet recovered from their extreme shock, and looked blankly at the overwhelming army outside the city.

The huge roar from outside the city, and the bursts of shouts from the city tower, attracted the curiosity of the people in the city. People rushed to the city walls, eager to witness the never-before-seen sight.

The rumored desert Hu Cai, the rumored generation of enemies, suddenly appeared on the battlefield of the Central Plains.

The Huns with their heads, the Xianbei people with bare heads, and the Karasuma people, are in groups, and there are countless of them. Like a flood bursting its banks, they roared all the way and rushed into the distance.

The Iron Cavalry crossed the White Horse City with a deafening roar, and the smoke and dust that rolled up covered the city and obscured the sky.

At dusk, the Iron Cavalry Army arrived at Pingyang Pavilion.

Captain Sai Feng of the Hu Cavalry Battalion led his troops to meet him and reported on the battle situation on the front line, "The rebels launched a full-scale attack on the front line of Yancheng, Taocheng and Wating. Due to the lack of troops, our army is in danger on all battlefields and is anxious to retreat. ”

"Urgently inform Lord Zhang Yan that I have led the iron cavalry to Pingyang Pavilion, and when the deployment can be completed in the early morning, please ask him to withdraw from Yancheng in the early morning tomorrow according to the scheduled plan." Li Hong turned around and instructed Fu Gan, "Urgently summon the generals of the unified army of all ministries and immediately go to the Chinese army to discuss matters." ”

The black curtain is quietly coming, and in the temporary tent of the Chinese army, it is clear.

Fu Gan stood in front of the map, and drew a line with his right hand between Pingyang Pavilion and Yancheng on the map, "Between Pingyang Pavilion and Yancheng, there is a distance of seventy miles. Our 10,000 army will deploy 50,000 iron cavalry in front of Pingyang Pavilion. The remaining 40,000 iron cavalry lined up on the left and right flanks of the battlefield in turn, deploying 10,000 troops every ten miles to continue to maintain the strong attack power of the army, and strive to hit Yancheng in one go and kill the rebels to the greatest extent. ”

"Da Dan Yu Liu Bao, Da Dan Yu Lou Lu, Da Dan Yu Dun and Shooting Yingtong, Lu Huanyang, Shooting Tiger and other kings led the army to deploy in the front battlefield of Pingyang Pavilion." Fu Gan pointed to the general Li Hong, "You are personally led by the general to attack the rebels' forward army. As long as the forward army of the rebels is defeated, there will be no suspense in this battle, and the rebels will be completely defeated. ”

"The 50,000 iron cavalry forcibly broke through the rebels' vanguard army and launched a pursuit, and the powerful attack force lasted for a maximum of five miles. After five miles, the speed and attack power of the Iron Cavalry will drop sharply, which may cause the rebels' follow-up troops to have time to escape. Therefore, we set up a second attack array in Dashiju, ten miles southwest of Pingyang Pavilion...... "Fu Gan's fingers are Xian Yu Fu," After the military discussion, the general of the left guard, Xian Yu, led the two battalions of Macheng and Yuyang iron cavalry to rush to Dashiju to set up an ambush. ”

"General Long Xiang, Lord Zhao Yun, will lead Liu Ming, Arc Ding, Qi Shen, Sai Feng and other adults to set up an ambush in the Xiaoma Pavilion twenty miles southwest of Pingyang Pavilion."

"Lord Huyan Fearless in Mobei will lead Lord Tie Yue in the Golden Snow Plain and Lord Tuoba Raccoon in Xianbei in the north to ambush Ji Pavilion thirty miles southwest of Pingyang Pavilion."

"Lord Leizi will command the Wula Iron Cavalry of the Wuyuan Battalion, and Lord Kugui Ni of Xianbei in the west will set up an ambush in Tubo Pavilion, forty miles southwest of Pingyang Pavilion."

Fu Gan then explained in detail the attack steps and contingency strategies of each department.

"If you have no objection, you will set off immediately and follow the order." Li Hong stood up and waved his hand vigorously, "Tomorrow night, we'll see you in Yancheng." ”

The generals agreed with a bang.

On the sixth day of September, Yancheng.

In the early hours of the morning, fast horses galloped into the city.

General Li Hongshu told Zhang Yan that the iron cavalry units had entered the predetermined position, and the front-line army could retreat, but it must be noted that the retreating units must bite the rebels to the death, and the rebels should not be separated from the front and back too much, so that the army could not complete the intended attack target.

Zhang Yan was overjoyed and ordered Lu Yi, Lu Bu, Yan Liang and others to lead their armies and withdraw from the battlefield in turn in the early morning. Zhang Yan solemnly instructed the generals not to retreat too quickly, and to make the rebels feel that we were being repulsed, rather than retreating on our own initiative.

The rebel attacks gradually stopped in the early hours of the morning, and in the early morning, the rebels could not wait to attack again.

The Northern Xinjiang Army on the Taocheng battlefield was the first to be unable to resist, and after being attacked by the Xuzhou Army, the defense line was broken. Yan Liang and Wen Chou led the army to retreat in a hurry, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ji Ling and others then launched a pursuit.

Peach City is lost. Yancheng's flanks were threatened, and Koji immediately retreated. Yuan Shao commanded the army into the city, and Xin Ping, Jiang Qi, Xiahou Yuan, Liu Pan, Wen Ping and others each led their troops to chase after them.

Yan Liang led the army to withdraw to Wating, rendezvous with Lü Bu and Fan Li, and desperately blocked the attack in Wating. Kuai Yue, Sun Fu, and Lu Su learned that Yancheng and Taocheng had been conquered, and their morale was greatly boosted, and the momentum of the attack was higher and higher. The Northern Xinjiang Army could not resist and retreated on all fronts.

In the morning, Yuan Shao and Liu Biao jointly wrote to the generals of the frontline that the forward army was under the command of Kuai Yue. In the process of pursuit, the generals of the forward army quickly led their respective armies to gather close together and form a solid battle formation with both offensive and defensive forces to strictly guard against the attack of the iron cavalry in northern Xinjiang. Part of the rest of the coalition army was led by Yuan Shao himself, followed by the vanguard army, and part was led by Liu Biao, who followed with grain and grass.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei pursued the fastest, and the two were killed on the battlefield in Jizhou, and they hated the Northern Xinjiang Army to the core. At this moment, seeing the Northern Frontier Army scurrying with their heads in their hands, they were excited, and the overseers chased after them. Kuai Yue was worried that the two would lose their protection and would be counterattacked by the Northern Xinjiang Army, so he urgently ordered Xin Ping, Xiahou Yuan and others to catch up. Xin Ping and Xiahou Yuan had both been hit hard by the iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang in Pingyang Pavilion, so they were extremely careful, not only did they not follow Kuai Yue's orders to quickly catch up with the Xuzhou army, but they slowed down their advance.

Lu Bu and Yan Liang received the report from the scouts, and immediately commanded the two battalions of Guo Xun and Gao Shun to stop and turn around to meet the Xuzhou army.

The two armies met in a narrow way, and 20,000 or 30,000 men fought fiercely on an open field.

Guan Yu saw Gao Shun's battle flag from a distance, and was furious, and led a team of 100 guards to ride like a roaring long arrow, and shot fiercely at the middle of the Northern Frontier Army. The soldiers of Xuzhou saw that the main general was taking the lead, unstoppable, and all of them were full of morale and moved forward bravely.

Gao Shun saw that the enemy's cavalry was like entering a no-man's land, his subordinates fell one after another, the severed limbs and stumps were flying in the air, and the heads were jumping in the wind...... Kill them and slaughter them......"

Gao Shun rushed into the enemy formation first, and the spear was like lightning, and he picked up two horses in a row, "Cut down the battle flag, cut it down for me." ”

The soldiers of the northern frontier shouted loudly and swarmed up, "Kill Guan Yu, kill him......"

"Die." Guan Yuhu roared, and the long knife thundered down, and a blood-spurting human head rose into the sky. Gao Shun flew on, and the spear roared straight at the door. Guan Yu's eyes were quick, he smashed the handle of the gun with a punch, the long knife chopped down, and the front legs of Gao Shun's horse suddenly left his body. The horse screamed and neighed in pain, and fell to the ground. Gao Shun roared angrily, smashed his horse with one palm, and his body soared into the air, while the long spear crashed backwards at an unbelievable speed.

At this moment, the two horses are wrong, and Guan Yu has already passed by. Gao Shun's shot did not stab Guan Yu in the back, but stabbed straight into the butt of the horse on which Guan Yu sat down. The war horse was in pain, and in an instant it stood upright, knocking the defenseless Guan Yu to the ground.

Gao Shun fell to the ground. The guards were shocked and shouted again and again, "Protect your lordship, protect your lordship." ”

Guan Yu jumped up, heard the shouts of the enemy's soldiers, and immediately realized that the person who passed by just now was Gao Shun, and he roared excitedly, "Surround it...... Kill Gao Shun, kill him ......"

No one can stop Guan Yu. In the blink of an eye, he chopped down two war horses, killed three northern frontier soldiers, and the war knife volleyed down with blood flowers in the sky, "killing ......"

Gao Shun couldn't stand up, and when he fell to the ground, his right leg was bent, and the pain was deep to the bone, so he could only half-lie on the ground and raise his gun to intercept him. Guan Yu roared like thunder, chopping five knives in a row, and the knife slashed the spear, but the spear couldn't bear it and was divided into two.

Guan Yu was ecstatic, and raised another knife, "killing ......"

A cold light flashed in mid-air like lightning, and there was a loud bang of "dang ......", and sparks shot out. Guan Yu's long knife flicked up and took two steps back.

"Are you Guan Yu?" A burly man appeared beside Gao Shun, and the sword in his hand trembled slightly, "My name is Yan Liang." As soon as the words fell, Yan Liang's body was like a fierce tiger, and he rushed towards Guan Yu. Guan Yu screamed, the long knife roared, and for a while, he saw the sound of gold and iron, and the splashing sparks flew all over the sky. Guan Yu retreated again and again, and the danger was full of dangers. Around the two of them, Huan Fang's soldiers were entangled together, fighting fiercely, flesh and blood flying, and no one could rush up to help.

Yan Liang's voice was like thunder, and he pressed forward step by step, slashing seventeen times in one breath. Guan Yu tried his best to block to the death, and tried his best to regain the disadvantage, but Yan Liang was extremely brave, one knife was more fierce than the other, and Guan Yu was killed without the power to fight back.

Yan Liang stopped suddenly, raised his sword with both hands, raised his head and shouted wildly, and the "Kill ......" war knife roared down.

Guan Yu roared, and the long knife blocked it head-on.

The knife is broken, and both knives are broken. The two of them exclaimed in surprise and flew back at the same time.

Guan Yu's guards rode left and right, protecting Guan Yu and roaring away.

Wen Ping and Liu Pan led the army to catch up and outflank from both flanks.

Lu Bu hurriedly ordered Mingjin to withdraw his troops.

At this moment, Guo Xun was fighting fiercely with the Xuzhou army in the enemy formation with a team of men and horses, and he was entangled by Zhang Fei's subordinates and could not withdraw at all.

When Lu Bu received the report, he did not hesitate, pointed forward with his halberd, and rode with his guards like a storm into the enemy formation. Lu Bu's war horse was like a dragon, and the iron halberd was like flying, wantonly devouring the lives of each one in the thunderous roar. A hundred soldiers followed, unstoppable and invincible.

Zhang Fei ordered his soldiers to avoid his edge, get out of the way, and instead block Lu Bu's back road, trapping him in the formation. When reinforcements arrive, they will be killed.

Lü Bu met Guo Xun and ordered his guards to be on both sides of the foot soldiers and strive to break through, but the enemy army surrounded him layer by layer and could not be killed.

Lu Bu was furious, suddenly turned the horse's head, single-handedly, and killed the middle of the battle. The enemy soldiers couldn't resist it, and they were killed by Lu Bu and scattered and fled. Lu Bu flew like a horse and rushed straight to the Chinese army. The enemy soldiers discovered Lu Bu's intentions and desperately blocked them. Zhang Fei also led people to kill quickly. Lu Bu was in a hurry, and stabbed the knife into the horse's buttocks. The war horse was in great pain, flew into the air, and hit Da Xu, the flagpole with thick arms was broken in two, and Da Xu fell to the ground with a bang.

The Xuzhou army was in chaos.

Guo Xun took the opportunity to command the soldiers to fight hard. Lu Bu's personal guards immediately divided half of their men and horses, and turned back to the enemy to rescue Lu Bu.

Zhang Fei was furious, roared loudly, and took Lu Bu with his spear. Lu Bu was not afraid, the iron halberd flew up and down, and fought and walked. The enemy soldiers around him were unable to dodge for a moment, and they were in a different place.

Zhang Fei was so angry that he scolded, and roared angrily, "Disperse...... Disperse...... Shoot him, shoot him......"

The enemy retreated quickly, Lu Bu's speed was even faster, he always appeared in the densest place of the crowd, the halberd in his hand was like lightning in the air, and while drinking the blood of the enemy's pawns, he let out a terrifying soul-chasing roar.

Suddenly, Lu Bu roared, the halberd in his hand was on the ground, and his bloody body took advantage of the momentum to fly into the air, gliding a few steps in the air like a black eagle in the nine heavens, crossing the crowd, and crashing headlong into the enemy horse galloping from a distance. The enemy cavalry was caught off guard, and was hit by Lu Bu, letting out a terrible scream. The bodies of the two were stacked on top of each other and flew out in the air. The halberd in Lu Bu's hand was on the ground again, and with the power of the rebound, he rose instead of falling, and fell steadily on the horse's back.

"Let's go ......" Lu Bu punched down, the war horse was in pain, jumped up with a long neigh, collided with several people in a row, and galloped away.

"Surround him, kill him......" Zhang Fei's eyes were about to erupt with fire, he raised his spear high, and rode with his guards to chase wildly.

Lu Bu, who was galloping on his horse, turned around suddenly, and the long arrow in his hand shot at Zhang Fei and shot out quickly.

Zhang Fei didn't think about it, threw off the spear, turned over with his head in his hands, and rolled off the horse.

"Whoosh...... Sou...... Whoosh......" Three sharp arrows whizzed by. One was nailed into the horse's neck, one shot the guards behind Zhang Fei off the horse, and the other slashed through the air and sank into the sky full of arrows.

One bow and three arrows, three arrows in unison. Before Zhang Fei landed, he couldn't help but let out an exclamation as he looked at the three arrow shadows flying like lightning in front of his eyes. The horse with the arrow stood upright, neighed in pain, and then fell to the ground. Zhang Fei just wanted to stand up, but he was swept by the front hooves of this war horse, and his body flew out horizontally, and he fell into a golden flower and was dizzy.

Lu Bujiao's bow rang out repeatedly, and the long arrows flew like flying, and he shot down the enemy cavalry one after another. The enemy riders were so frightened that they did not dare to chase after them.

Lu Bu's personal guards were struggling to fight, and suddenly saw Lu Bu single-handedly killed, and they all raised their arms and cheered.

"Let's go...... Walk...... Hurry up and kill out. Lu Bu raised his halberd and shouted wildly.

Everyone rushed up and escorted Lu Bu away.

Kuai Yue, Xin Ping, Xia Houyuan and others then arrived. Nearly 60,000 troops advanced rapidly towards Pingyang Pavilion.

Xin Ping stood on a dirt slope and looked around nervously. He had learned from the past and was very worried about being raided by the iron cavalry of the northern frontier.

"The Northern Frontier Army has already set up an ambush in Pingyang Pavilion twice, if they want to attack us this time, they will not choose Pingyang Pavilion again, it is estimated that they will choose the southern or northern plains of Pingyang Pavilion." Xin Ping pointed to the vast plains around him and said worriedly, "We should be densely packed with scouts within thirty miles, just in case. ”

Kuai Yue shook his head, "That's for them to die." Yancheng is only seventy miles from Pingyang Pavilion, and the distance between the two armies is only a few miles, in this case, if our scouts penetrate deep into the area of Pingyang Pavilion, they will definitely be killed by the other party's scouts. Kuai Yue paused, looked at Xin Ping's worried face, and whispered comfortingly, "Don't worry too much. At the beginning, it was twenty miles behind us, and in the afternoon, Brother Jingsheng would also lead the army north, and the three armies were very close to each other, even if there were iron cavalry in the north to kill us, we could quickly get support. ”

"Now there are Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry on the battlefields of Hanoi and Yanzhou. There are not many iron horsemen directly opposite us, and it is estimated that they are some Huns. In addition, we have chariots to form a chariot formation, tens of thousands of soldiers who have fought against the iron cavalry, strong bows and ballistas, hundreds of thousands of follow-up troops, and sufficient prevention and preparation, can't we defeat them? When Li Hong was in Xiliang, he repeatedly defeated Hu Qi, who was several times his size, with infantry battles, and they could win, why can't we? ”

Xin Ping smiled bitterly, leaned closer to Kuai Yue's ear and said, "It is precisely because Li Hong has rich experience in defeating the iron cavalry with an army of foot soldiers that he will not make the same mistake. You think he's June Thunder? Is it Helian and Tuoba Feng? He is Li Hong, and he is Li Hong of the leopard. Xin Ping accentuated his tone and said word by word, "He's a leopard." ”

Kuai Yue was a little dissatisfied, he glared at Xin Ping, "Do you think you can defeat him if you stick to Guandu and don't fight Li Hong?" He withdrew this year and won't come next year? There will always be war horses and fierce horsemen in northern Xinjiang, so are we going to give up the Northern Expedition, give up pacifying the world, and give up the great cause of reviving the community? ”

Xin Ping stopped talking, he closed his mouth tightly and didn't say a word. These people are now crazy, carried away by the few faces in front of them, and they have completely forgotten the lessons of the fiasco of the Jizhou War. The retreat of the Northern Xinjiang Army today is similar to the battle the year before. Li Hong started with iron horses, and he was good at riding battles, as long as he was given the opportunity, he would tear us to pieces with iron horses.

"Xenodu (Kuai Yue), let the departments close the distance, slow down, we just need to reach Pingyang Pavilion before dark." Xin Ping thought about it for a while, but couldn't help but persuade, "The soldiers are already exhausted after continuous marching and continuous fighting, so it's better to slow down." ”

"We are tired, and the Northern Frontier Army is even more tired, do you think they can still fight?" Kuai Yue sneered, "Now the two sides are comparing resilience and physical strength, and whoever can hold on to the end will be the winner." ”

Kuai Yue no longer paid attention to Xin Ping, ordered the army to speed up, and urged Yuan Shao to lead the Chinese army to catch up as soon as possible. If the Northern Xinjiang Army could not be severely damaged this time, and Yuan Shao's strength could not be consumed in large quantities, even if the victory in the Central Plains War was achieved, it would be difficult to have any impact on the situation in the world, and it would not be of any help to the Han Dynasty. If Hebei's strength still exists, Yuan Shaoquan takes the Central Plains, and the power of vainly trying to usurp the Han Sheji will become stronger and stronger, and the Han will have no hope of reviving.

A puff of smoke and dust suddenly rolled up in the sky, and then an army of iron cavalry rushed out of the horizon, roaring like a tidal wave. The sound of the galloping horses grew louder and louder, gradually deafening. The earth trembled violently at this moment.

The war drums of the alarm resounded through the field.

The soldiers of the coalition army quickly formed a dozen phalanxes and erected huge shields in front of the formation. All kinds of chariots were pushed to the front of the formation, staggered. Hundreds of ballistae lined up, opening their mouths of blood. In the battle array, more than 10,000 strong archers were ready to attack.

The iron cavalry of the northern frontier slaughtered mightily, and hundreds of black panther battle flags flew in the wind, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

"Shoot ...... Shoot...... Shoot ...... "Before the Iron Cavalry Army approached, Kuai Yue gave the order to shoot." Although the first volley could not shoot the enemy cavalry, it was also a great boost to the morale of your own side.

In an instant, the arrows were like locusts, covering the sky and the sun.

"Uh......h Woo......"

The horn sounded.

The iron cavalry of the northern frontier gradually slowed down, and dozens of cavalry took the lead in rushing out, approaching the enemy position to observe.

Gray dust and mist swept over the sky, and the sky suddenly darkened.

Kuai Yue was shocked, and ordered again and again, "Shoot...... Give me continuous ......."

The roar of the ballistas instantly rang out.

The horn sounded again, the smoke and dust became even greater, and the roar of the galloping horses gradually faded away.

The Northern Iron Cavalry withdrew.

The soldiers of the coalition army were in disbelief, they looked at the iron cavalry that disappeared into the sky for a long time, and they did not dare to imagine that they had forced back the strongest army of the day.

"Knock...... Boom ......" The drums of war suddenly burst into the sky.

The soldiers were awakened by the sound of high drums, and all of them raised their weapons and roared wildly, and the cheers of excitement lasted for a long time, and the heavy waves pierced the clouds and cracked the rocks into the sky.

"We won, we won." Kuai Gao raised his arms and yelled at Xin Ping.

Xin Ping's expression was indifferent, looking at the dust and mist still floating in the air, thoughtful. The iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army was not as many as expected, not even less than 10,000 people. What about their iron horsemen? Did you return to Jizhou? If Zang Ba and Chen Deng have already entered Jizhou, and Li Hong wants to block them as quickly as possible, then dispatching iron cavalry to help them back is the best way. Is that really the case?

When the coalition army advanced to a distance of thirty miles from Pingyang, Lü Bu and Yan Liang turned back again to block the enemy.

This time, the coalition forces were reluctant to fight with the Northern Xinjiang Army, they were worried that after the formation dispersed, they would be attacked by the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry, so they only met the battle with an arrow array and blocked the Northern Xinjiang Army in front of the two armies.

The two sides were at a stalemate for a while, and the smoke and dust on the horizon really rose again, and the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry appeared again. Probably because the infantry army failed to lure the opponent into attacking, the iron cavalry army turned and withdrew after running hundreds of paces.

Kuai Yue and the others figured out the intentions of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and the 60,000 troops immediately hugged each other tightly, and the speed of the march was greatly slowed.

Kuai Yueshu told Yuan Shao and Liu Biao that some of the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry had returned to Jizhou, and with the current number of Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry, it was obviously impossible to make a breakthrough from the front. Therefore, he estimated that the Northern Xinjiang Army would give up the strategy of using iron cavalry to sneak attack the coalition army, and instead take advantage of its strong infantry army, strong cities such as Baima and Puyang, as well as the proximity of the battlefield to the Yellow River and the nearby replenishment of grain and grass, to continue to confront us. In order to shatter the dream of the Northern Xinjiang Army to hold on to the south bank of the Yellow River and occupy Yanzhou, and also to prevent the Northern Xinjiang Army from breaking through the battlefield on both flanks, so that our strategy of destroying the enemy will fall short, please join us quickly and attack Pingyang Pavilion together, so that tomorrow we can go north to kill Baima City and drive the Northern Xinjiang Army across the Yellow River as quickly as possible.

Yuan Shao led Tao Yi, Wang Mo, Ji Ling, Sun Fu, Lu Su and other 40,000 troops to follow behind the forward army and walked slowly. After receiving Kuai Yue's letter, Yuan Shao's heart that had been hanging was finally relaxed.

What he was most worried about was the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry, but at present, it seems that Li Hong has not deployed the main force of the Iron Cavalry on the frontal battlefield. After the grain and grass in Wuchao and the old city were burned, Li Hong probably changed his strategy and planned to withdraw his troops back to defend the line of Baima and Puyang, so he sent all the main forces of the iron cavalry to the two flanks of the battlefield, in order to use the advantage of the iron cavalry to quickly break through in the two flanks of the battlefield, so as to threaten Henan and the grain route of the coalition army, and drag the coalition army in Henan. This strategy was indeed good, but Li Hong did not expect the attack speed of the coalition forces to be too fast, and his deployment was disrupted, so he lost sight of one or the other. This is the best opportunity to defeat the Northern Frontier Army, and it must not be missed.

As soon as Yuan Shao's worries disappeared, he immediately ordered all departments to speed up and quickly close the distance between them and the forward army. Jump to