Chapter 7 Wind and Thunder Stirring Section 35 Cao Cao ordered Liu Biao to lead his army to quickly advance to Gulongju, sixty miles away.

He repeatedly warned Liu Biao that it had been a day and a night since the army retreated, and that the Northern Xinjiang Army around the Guantao Battlefield must have launched a full-line pursuit, and asked him to keep a distance from himself to avoid being divided and surrounded by the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Cao Cao also urgently ordered Cao Hong and Man Chong on the left flank, Liu Bei on the right flank, and Cao Ren and Cao Chun on the rear army to quickly get rid of the entanglement of the Northern Xinjiang Army, lead the army to move closer to him, and withdraw in the direction of Gulongju as quickly as possible.

On September, forty miles south of the pavilion pottery, the rain pavilion is broken. After careful deliberation with Guan Yu and other subordinates, Liu Bei abandoned the frontal breakthrough and moved east instead, attempting to launch an attack from Guanting's flank in order to join Cao Cao's main army.

Liu Bei must preserve his strength. Now Xuzhou is under Yuan Shu's three-way attack, and the situation is precarious.

The safe withdrawal of troops to Xuzhou will have a direct bearing on the safety of Xuzhou. Zang Ba's escape on the Dongguang battlefield made Liu Bei lose face, but in fact, he was still secretly happy in his heart.

Zang Ba helped himself keep the 10,000 Xuzhou army anyway, and the credit far outweighed the fault. However, Zang Ba's escape also made Liu Bei face a grim truth.

Although this is an excellent opportunity to deprive Zang Ba of his military power, if he does not have the strength, his 10,000-strong army will suffer heavy losses or be completely annihilated, even if he returns to Xuzhou, he will be seriously constrained by Zang Ba in military affairs.

Or, it is impossible for him to return to Xuzhou. Now that Tian Kai is dead, as long as Cao Cao returns to the Central Plains, Qingzhou will be his.

Although he has the heart to occupy Qingzhou, his strength is not enough. In the future, the strength of both sides will decline and grow, and their own situation can be imagined, and worse situations may occur than this.

Zang Ba has strength, but he has no strength, at this time Cao Cao may take advantage of the contradiction between himself and Zang Ba to secretly unite with Zang Ba to seize Xuzhou.

Liu Bei's only way out at present is to keep his army of 10,000, and then pray that Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Chen Deng and others will help him block Yuan Shu and keep Xuzhou.

To Liu Bei's expectations, the Huns seemed to be suspected of preserving their strength, so they did not continue to chase the poor and fight fiercely like yesterday, but followed from a distance.

The Xuzhou army lost no time in speeding up. Just then, Cao Cao's order arrived. Liu Bei was pleasantly surprised to learn that Cao Cao and Liu Biao had broken through the Guanting Pavilion and hurriedly supervised the army's rapid advance.

Wei Jun led the iron cavalry across the river, galloped all the way, and met Liu Ming in the early morning. Liu Ming gave a detailed account of yesterday's battle situation and the situation near Guanting,

"Liu Bei is moving towards Guanting, preparing to meet Cao Cao. In this way, Lord Xu Huang, who was guarding the Guanting, would face the attack of tens of thousands of rebels, and it was estimated that it would be difficult to hold on. Once the rebels break through Guanting, they will go directly south to Gulongju. Gu Longju is only a hundred miles away from Yangping and Dongwuyang, and if we can't block the rebels in the direction of Gu Longju, the rebels will break through smoothly. Wei Jun looked at the map carefully, shook his head and said, "It may be too late to support Lord Xu Huang now." ”

"At present, Lord Wenchou's army is still forty miles away from us. The armies of Yan Liang, Gao Lan, and Gao Shun were rushing to the Fengting area to join Zhang Zhen and Qin Yi to attack the rebels' rear army and left flank. In other words, even if Lord Wenchou and we all rushed to Guanting to meet Xu Huang, we would only have less than 30,000 people, and there would be no advantage in numbers, except for defeating both enemies and wounding them, we would not be able to completely annihilate the rebels. ”

"If Yan Liang, Gao Lan, Gao Shun and Zhang Zhen can surround the rebels' rear army and the left flank army and drag them down, then after the rebels break through Guanting, we still have a chance to completely annihilate the rebels." Liu Ming pointed to Gu Longju on the map and said,

"We can delay the escape speed of the rebels in the area of Guanting and Gu Longju, and then block the rebels in Gu Longju, and wait for Yan Liang, Gao Ran and Gao Shun to defeat the rebels in the Fengting area and go south, we can fight with them in front and back to encircle and annihilate the rebels." Wei Jun thought for a while, pointed to Fagancheng on the map and said, "Here are Lu Huanyang's two thousand iron horsemen, tell him to rush to Gulongju first." ”

"Urgently inform Lord Xu Huang that our reinforcements have arrived, and we are hurrying to the area of Gu Longju to block the rebels, and suggest that he take the best policy of preserving his troops and decisively withdraw from Guanting at the appropriate time."

"Urgently inform Lord Wenchou, we have rushed to Gulongju, preparing to block the rebels' southward retreat in Gulongju, and ask him to come and meet quickly."

"Urgently tell Lord Yan Liang that we are gathering in Gulong to block the rebels, and ask him to lead the army south as soon as possible to encircle the rebels."

"Urgently report our strategy of destroying the enemy to Lord Kojiyoshi." As soon as the heralds dispersed, Xu Huang's letter arrived.

I have been ordered to lead the army to withdraw to Gulongju, and ask the Right Sage King to come to help quickly. On September, the pavilion is twenty miles east of Tao, Fengting.

Yan Liang, Gao Lan, and Gao Shun led their troops to Fengting after dawn and quickly entered the battlefield. Seeing that there were more and more Northern Xinjiang troops, Cao Hong and Man Chong immediately led their troops to break through to the west, preparing to join Cao Cao's main army.

However, the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army had reached more than 30,000 people at this time, and under the command of Yan Liang, they encircled and pursued and intercepted, and completed the encirclement in more than an hour.

After Cao Cao received Cao Hong's request for help, he ordered Cao Ren and Li Dian of the rear army to lead an army to support. Wu Xiong, a fierce general in northern Xinjiang, led his army to block the attack, and the two sides fought fiercely.

At this time, the encirclement had just been formed, and Sun Luan, who was responsible for encircling the rebels on the west road, had an unstable foothold, and after a fierce killing of Cao Hong and Man Chong, the defense line was torn apart, and Cao Hong and Man Chong successfully broke through.

When the two saw Cao Ren, they immediately suggested evacuating. The Northern Xinjiang Army has already pursued it on all fronts, and the slightest carelessness will wipe out the entire army.

The Qingzhou Army is finished and can't be saved. Cao Ren did not hesitate and immediately ordered to withdraw from the battlefield. The army hurried to Guanting and followed Cao Cao's main force south.

After Cao Ren withdrew from the battlefield, the Northern Xinjiang Army had no worries, and Yan Liang immediately ordered the encirclement and annihilation of the Qingzhou Army. Gao Lan, Gao Shun, Zhang Zhen, Qin Yi, and Lou Lu each commanded soldiers and horses to launch a fierce attack on the Qingzhou army.

In the afternoon, the two main generals of the Qingzhou Army, Tian Yong and Zou Wu, were killed successively, and the Qingzhou Army lost its command and quickly collapsed, and the 10,000-strong army was annihilated.

At dusk, Yan Liang received letters from Wei Jun and Liu Ming. He discussed with Gao Lan, Gao Shun and others, and then decided to reorganize his troops and horses and immediately go south to pursue the enemy.

The armies on the battlefield of Fengting were exhausted. The armies of Zhang Zhen and Qin Yi had been fighting bloodily for two days in a row, and the armies of Gao Ran and Gao Shun galloped for more than 100 miles overnight, and immediately entered the battle without rest.

The first thing these Northern Xinjiang soldiers did when the golden gong rang was to fall down on the battlefield to rest, but to their anger, the war drums were beating in a hurry at this time.

"I'm going to run away again." The stick staggered to his feet, his face almost crying out in pain,

"Where are you going this time?"

"Boy, the more you run, the more battles you fight." Huang Tong tore off the enemy's battle flag and wiped the blood on the knife, and said with a smile,

"You've been running for so long, and you haven't seen the way out." The stick shook his head,

"I don't see it." The big black beside him,

"Uncle, do you see that?" Big Black didn't speak. He looked intently at the army that was gathering on his left, and his expression was very excited.

"Uncle, what's wrong with you?" The stick followed his gaze,

"Uncle, that's the Yue cavalry battalion of the Northern Army." Then he strangely did

"Huh". A detachment of soldiers from the cavalry battalion rushed towards the place. Da Hei handed the spear in his hand to Huang Tong and hurriedly greeted him.

"Big black, big black ......" the mute shouted loudly, full of surprise,

"Daiko, is it really you?"

"Dumb ......" the big black heartstrings trembled, and tears suddenly rolled down,

"Brothers......" The two hugged each other tightly.

"Adult...... dozens of old subordinates of Da Hei rushed up and surrounded Da Hei in the middle. Da Hei burst into tears with excitement and hugged a group of brothers in life and death in the past.

In September, Yanzhou East County, forty miles south of Guanting, Gu Longju. There are several granges in Gulong, and this small city is built around the grange.

The avenue leading to Tobuyang passes through the middle of the town. There is no city wall here, only an earthen wall built around the city, which is a bit unsatisfactory to prevent robbers and the army.

When Xiahou Yuan led the army to Gulongju, all four rooms here were empty, and there were no traces. Xiahou Yuan ordered the army to rest while sending scouts around to inquire about Cao Cao's news.

That night, the scouts reported that Cao Cao's army was blocked by the Northern Xinjiang Army at Guanting. Xiahou Yuan immediately prepared to go north the next day to meet him, but as soon as he opened his eyes the next morning, the scout gave him a surprise.

Twenty miles ahead, the Northern Frontier Army was spotted. Xiahou Yuan was very surprised, and Xu Huang was also very surprised, he never expected that the rebels would occupy Gu Longju first.

Xu Huang immediately sent someone to ask Liu Ming for help, and at the same time commanded the army to attack Gu Longju. At noon, the scouts reported that Liu Biao's Jingzhou army was only twenty miles away from Gu Longju, and if the army did not withdraw from Gu Longju in time, it would be attacked by the rebels in front and rear.

Xu Huang was helpless and led his army to retreat westward, intending to join Liu Ming's iron cavalry and attack Gu Longju again.

On September, Yanzhou East County, twenty miles south of Guanting, Baishan Pavilion. Because Gu Longju was captured by the rebels first, Wei Jun and Liu Ming's encirclement and annihilation strategy could not be implemented, so they had to temporarily change their plans, preparing to use the sharp attack of the iron cavalry to divide the retreating rebels, and then surround the rebels' rear army to encircle and annihilate.

This ploy was fully in line with the orders of General Kojiyoshi. General Koji Yi once asked the armies from all walks of life to attack and kill the Yanzhou Army and the Qingzhou Army as much as possible, as many as they wanted.

According to the scouts' investigations, after the rebels crossed Guanting, Liu Biao's Jingzhou army was at the front, followed by the Yanzhou army and the Xuzhou army, and Cao Ren's army was at the end.

The three armies were separated by ten miles and retreated very quickly. Wei Jun and Liu Ming planned to attack after the main force of the rebels crossed the Baishan Pavilion, cut off the connection between the main force of the rebels and the rear army of the rebels, and then use one force to block the return of the main force of the rebels, and one force to encircle and annihilate Cao Ren with the infantry army of Xu Huang and Wen Chou.

Wing and Wei Jun led nearly 10,000 iron horsemen to rush to the vicinity of the Patshan Pavilion, and the scouts came one after another. The main force of the rebels had just crossed the Pai Shan Pavilion, and the army could start

"Where is Lord Wenchou's army?" Wei Jun asked eagerly.

"I have crossed the crown pavilion and are killing behind the rebels."

"Where's Lord Xu Huang's army?"

"We have entered the predetermined position, and we are only waiting for the Iron Cavalry to attack, and immediately launch an attack on the flank of the rebels." Wei Jun nodded and made an attack gesture to Liu Ming.

Suddenly, the horn sounded, and thousands of horses galloped. The Iron Cavalry marched mightily towards the battlefield. On September, Wei County, sixty miles southwest of Wei City, Sanshang Pavilion.

Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Li Su, Gongsun Xu, Chen Jian, Chang Gong and others led an army of 35,000 cavalry to surround Pan Feng and Yang Chou in the area of Sanshang Pavilion.

Fifteen thousand rebels set up camp on the favorable terrain and prepared to hold the camp and wait for reinforcements to arrive.

The Northern Xinjiang Army did not form an absolute advantage in numbers, and Zhang Yan wanted to use this rebel army as a bait to encircle and annihilate the rebels who came to help from the direction of Fanyang and Neihuang, so although the battle clouds were dense in the area of Sanshangting, today neither heard the sound of war drums, nor did he see the posture of the iron cavalry galloping vertically and horizontally.

On September, Wei County, fifteen miles southwest of Sanshang Pavilion, Citing. Yuan Wei and Gao Gan led the army to Citing, and the two sides fought fiercely in the Citing area.

Yu Poison's middle base camp and the Bitter Chief's cantonment cavalry camp are all elite of the Northern Army, with strong soldiers and sharp weapons. Although there were only 10,000 people, they still beat Yuan Wei's 20,000 horses bitterly.

Yuan Wei was worried that Yuan Shao's trapped life would be in danger, so he was anxious, and personally went into battle to supervise the battle, and supervised Han Qiong, who was stationed in Neihuang, to rush to the army to support.

Zhang Yan stood on the slope of Ma Mountain, quietly looking at the battlefield in front of him, feeling uneasy.

Is Yuan Shao just on the other side? If Yuan Shao was on the opposite side and saw that the Northern Xinjiang Army was so strong, and thought that the Northern Xinjiang Army was coming in a steady stream, would he turn around and run away?

Although Lu Bu has not been in contact so far, with Lu Bu's combat experience, he will definitely stop the rebels fleeing south in time.

Jiang Wu is killing towards the Dangyin area, and if Yuan Shao flees west, he will definitely be hit hard by the iron cavalry. But the problem now is that if Yuan Shao escapes immediately, his main force will be pinned down by the rebels in the area of Sanshang Pavilion, and he will lose the best opportunity to pursue Yuan Shao.

"My lord, Lord Zhang Liao's army has crossed the Huanshui River, and he asks to rush to Citing to participate in the battle." Wu Ye's voice suddenly came into Zhang Yan's ears.

Zhang Yan's expression was cold, and he thought silently for a while, then he looked up at the sky and ordered,

"Order Zhao Yun, Zhang He, and Zhang Liao to encircle and annihilate the rebels of Sanshangting and immediately start attacking."

"My lord......" Wu Ye was stunned for a moment,

"My lord, Lord Wang Dang's army hasn't arrived yet, aren't we ......" He originally wanted to say that we ate the bait, will Yuan Shao's fish still take the bait?

But seeing Zhang Yan's resolute expression, he swallowed this sentence back.

"Tell them that they will attack overnight and that the fighting must end tomorrow morning." Zhang Yan pointed forward,

"Tomorrow morning, the armies from all walks of life will launch an encirclement and pursuit from the two flanks of Citing in the direction of Fanyang, be sure to trap Yuan Shao and not let him have any chance to escape." Wu Ye agreed, beat the horse and galloped away.

"Tell Lord Yu Poison to beat me hard." Zhang Yan waved his hand vigorously at the herald beside him,

"Order the Bitter Chieftain, take the initiative to attack before dusk, and send the rebels back ten miles to me." Citing is fighting frantically here, which may give Yuan Shao an illusion, and will make him think that the rebels trapped in the area of Sanshang Pavilion have broken through in sight, which may be able to hold Yuan Shao back.

On September, Wei County, Fanyang City. Yuan Shao and Tian Feng fled back to Fanyang City without danger. Guo Tu couldn't help but let out a long breath when he saw Yuan Shao return safely,

"My lord, there is no need for you to go to Wei City in person. This time it's a life of death. Yuan Shao smiled bitterly,

"If you should give up, you have to give up, but I'm too stingy, and I can't bear it, and I can't let it go, so I almost missed a big thing."

"My lord, let's withdraw." Tian Feng persuaded,

"After the Northern Xinjiang Army surrounds Cao Cao, it can still recruit tens of thousands of troops to pursue it south, and it is better for us to withdraw to Hanoi as soon as possible." Yuan Shao did not hesitate at all this time, and immediately ordered Yuan Wei, asking him to hold out until the night, and then quietly retreated in the direction of Neihuang.

Ordered Han Qiong to immediately turn around and retreat sharply. As for Pan Feng and Yang Chou, who were trapped in the Sanshang Pavilion, they had to give up.

On September, Wei County, sixty miles southwest of Wei City, Sanshang Pavilion. Under the command of Zhao Yun, the Northern Xinjiang Army gathered a 45,000-foot cavalry army to besiege the rebels.

In the afternoon, Zhang He, Zhang Liao, Chen Jian, and Chang Gong led an army of 30,000 foot soldiers to besiege the rebel camp from three directions and launched a fierce attack on the rebels.

The two sides fought fiercely until dusk, and the northern army led by Chen Jian and Chang Gong took the lead in breaking through the rebels' defenses and tearing open the enemy's camp.

Li Su and Gongsun Xu immediately led the iron cavalry army and followed the northern army soldiers into the enemy camp. The flames burned the Three Merchant Pavilions, and the darkness was stained red with blood.

Pan Feng was killed by a dense stream of long arrows in a fierce battle. Yang Chou wanted to take advantage of the *night* (**please delete) to escape, but he was very unfortunate to meet Zhang Xiu and was beheaded by Zhang Xiu.

The battle lasted until the early hours of the morning, and 15,000 rebels were wiped out. Since the Dongguang War Yan Liang issued the order to kill, the Northern Xinjiang Army has not taken prisoners, and this order has continued until now.

I don't know if Zhao Yun forgot or deliberately connived, but when Zhang Yan received the good news, he was surprised to find that he didn't capture a single prisoner in this battle.

Considering that the army would begin to pursue and outflank the army south tomorrow morning, Zhang Yan ignored this matter. In September, Yanzhou East County, forty miles south of Guanting, Gu Longju.

Cao Cao, Liu Biao, and Liu Bei withdrew to Gulongju. They did not wait for Cao Ren's rear army, and the scouts reported that Cao Ren's army was surrounded by the Northern Xinjiang Army at Baishan Pavilion.

Cao Cao gave up the rescue and reluctantly ordered the army to retreat to Yangping and Dongwuyang, a hundred miles away, overnight, and prepare to cross the Yellow River south and withdraw to the Central Plains.

During the retreat, Cao Cao lost nearly 20,000 men. He, Liu Biao, and Liu Bei took the remaining more than 30,000 remnants of the defeated generals and fled in panic.

Xiahou Yuan stayed in Gulongju with an army of 10,000, and while he urgently told Le Jin of Gancheng to retreat immediately, he anxiously waited for news from Cao Ren and Cao Hong.

If he hadn't seen the two brothers after daybreak, he would have to leave. On September, Wei County, Pavilion Tao City.

The huge map was spread on the ground, and Yan Zhi was standing on it, reporting the latest battle situation to Lu Yi and Tian Chou.

The rebels in Wei City and the rebels in the direction of Daliuxu suddenly retreated south when we were about to complete the siege, which caused us great passivity.

The general's plan to encircle the rebels on the front line of Guantao and Weicheng and gather heavy troops to surround Yuan Shao on the line of Neihuang and Fanyang immediately failed, and the armies from all walks of life had to launch a pursuit.

According to the orders of the adults, the main goal of the various armies at this time is to kill and wound a large number of enemy troops and annihilate as many rebel forces as possible.

On the battlefield on the front line of Weicheng and Fanyang, because Lord Zhao Yun's iron cavalry severely damaged the fleeing rebels in Hongting, it bought time for Lord Zhang Yan to adjust his forces in time, thus successfully blocking the fleeing rebels and surrounding them in Sanshang Pavilion.

Yesterday, Zhang Yan, Zhao Yun, Zhang He, and Zhang Liao gathered an army of 45,000 to annihilate the rebels.

However, Yuan Shao's movements were also very fast, and when we surrounded and annihilated the rebels, he led Yuan Wei and Gao Gan's soldiers and horses to retreat to Neihuang quickly.

Now he has joined Han Qiong's army and is fleeing in the direction of Dangyin City in Hanoi. Zhang Yan, Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Zhang Liao, and Wang Dang are leading the army in pursuit.

"What about Lu Bu's army?" Koji asked.

"Due to the retreat of the rebels to the south, Lord Lü Bu failed to occupy the two cities of Neihuang and Fanyang before the rebels, so he had to lead his army to attack Changshoujin and Puyangjin. After Lord Lü Bu's attack was changed, the army moved south to the banks of the Yellow River, and its whereabouts were uncertain, so we have not been able to get in touch with him. Yan Zhi explained,

"Lord Lu Bu attacked Changshoujin and Puyangjin, cutting off the way for the rebels to retreat south, causing the rebels to have only one way to flee to Hanoi, which is probably the main reason why Yuan Shao gave up rescuing the rebels who were besieged Sanshangting and led the army to flee overnight."

"In the early hours of this morning, Lord Lu Bu's messenger got in touch with Lord Zhang Yan. After Lord Lü Bu attacked Changshoujin and Puyangjin, he quietly rushed to Xiaoyangju to prepare to ambush the retreating rebels. But he suddenly got the news that Xu You and Yuan Zhong led their army across the river to the north and stationed in Liyang. Xu You was obviously ordered by Yuan Shao to go north to meet the retreat of the rebels, so Lord Lü Bu immediately led his army south to Liyang, attacked Xu You, and prevented the rebels from moving north. ”

"Where is Jiang Wu's army now? Did you rush to the city of the Dangyin City? Tian Chou asked.

"Lord Jiang Wu's iron cavalry has arrived in Dangyin City, but he only has 5,000 people, and he can't stop Yuan Shao's 30,000-strong army retreating westward." Yan Zhi hesitated for a moment and continued,

"If he can boldly intersperse between Dangyin and Neihuangcheng, he may be able to cooperate with Lord Zhang Yan's pursuing army to annihilate some of the rebels again." On the battlefield on the front line of Guanting, because Xu Huang, Liu Ming, Zhang Zhen, Qin Yi and other adults blocked the strong resistance, the retreat of the rebels was slow, which gave Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Wei Jun and other adults' troops to rush to the front line of Guanting to buy time.

However, due to the great losses of Xu Huang's army that blocked in the direction of Guanting, in order to reduce the losses, we ordered Lord Xu Huang to lead the army to withdraw from Guanting and rush to the front line of Gulongju to meet the armies of Wen Chou, Wei Jun, and Liu Ming to block the rebels again.

But what he didn't expect was that Cao Cao had been prepared for a long time, and he actually let Xiahou Yuan capture Gulongju first, but the blockade failed, and Cao Cao was able to escape from the encirclement.

Although the rebels broke out of the encirclement, we inflicted heavy losses on Cao Cao and achieved our goal of letting Liu Biao and Liu Bei go.

Yan Liang, Gao Lan, Gao Shun, Zhang Zhen, Qin Yi, and Lou Lu first annihilated 10,000 Qingzhou troops in Fengting, and then Wen Chou, Wei Jun, Xu Huang, and Liu Ming surrounded and annihilated 8,000 Yanzhou troops in Baishan Pavilion, and Cao Cao's strength was hit hard.

Now, Yan Liang is commanding an army of more than 50,000 people to pursue the rebels, and it is estimated that he will soon reach the bank of the Yellow River.

Yan Zhi looked up at Koji Yi and Tian Chou, and said very excitedly: "We won this battle. "Jump to