Chapter 10: Winning the Central Plains, Section 40

"Stop the pursuit...... Stop the pursuit......" Yan Rou tightened the reins of her horse and shouted wildly. The war horse raised its front hooves in pain, raised its neck and neighed wildly. Yan Rou was half-suspended in the air, swinging his halberd vigorously, "Blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet, don't chase it anymore......" The front hooves of the war horse landed, and he rushed a few steps before he stopped out of breath.

"Woo woo ......" a long horn sounded in the air, and the sound of the horn carried the excitement of victory, but also full of anger and dissatisfaction. In the case of victory, the Xiliang people were allowed to break through, and the soldiers of Northern Xinjiang were still unwilling.

"Urgently inform Lord Tai Lieutenant, the battle on the middle battlefield has ended, the various departments are rapidly regrouping, and the army can be put into the battlefield on both flanks at any time, please give an order immediately." Yan Rou pulled off her battle helmet and raised her wide sleeves while wiping the sweat from her face as she shouted in a hoarse voice. The herald shouted in agreement, and galloped away in the direction of the city.

The soldiers of the northern Xinjiang raised their weapons and cheered, and the roar like thunder resounded through the field.

Huangfu Li looked back at the battlefield of corpses, exhaled a long breath, and then fell weakly on the horse's back, groaning in pain. He was hit by an arrow in the back and had several wounds on his arms and thighs, dripping with blood.

"How are you?" Yan Rou rode up to Huangfu Li's side and asked with concern.

"I'm old." Huangfu Li shook his hand at Yan Rou and said ashamedly, "I haven't been on the battlefield for a long time, and it's no longer good." ”

"Haha......" Yan Rou laughed, "How old are you?" When we fought side by side in Xiliang, you were still a young man, younger than me. ”

"Can't compare to you. For more than ten years, you have been fighting every year, and I have never fought since the success of King Qin. ”

The two were chatting, and the realization came like a fly. Before he got closer, he roared angrily: "Why don't you fight?" Why? Yan Jie is dead, General Hutou's younger brother is dead, and the corpses of thousands of soldiers are lying on this battlefield, we should catch up and annihilate the Xiliang people and kill them all. ”

"What did you say?" Yan Rou's face changed suddenly, "Lord Yan, is he dead?" ”

"He was killed by Yan Xing." Xie Wu gasped violently and waved his hands excitedly, "Before he died, he killed Yan Xing with one sword. He's dead, he's dead......"

Huangfu Li barely supported his body, wanting to comfort the sad and angry enlightenment, but he held back the words when the words came to his mouth. Yan Jie is Yan Liang's younger brother, who died when the army occupied the battlefield advantage, although there was an accident, but he really didn't have the face to see Yan Liang. In addition, he is not a general of the Northern Xinjiang Department, and the captain of the city gate, Xie Wu, is a close confidant of the general, so it is not good for him to offend Xie Wu, so let Yan Rou deal with it.

"What are you yelling at?" Yan Rou was heartbroken, and a wave of anger rushed to her head, "Yan Jie died in battle, and he died as he deserved. It is an honor for a warrior to die on the battlefield. ”

"You ......" Xie Wu's eyes were on fire, his face was red with anger, his lips trembled and he didn't know what to say. What are the thousands of us standing here for? The enemy is in front, and we can kill them. ”

"There's no need for it." Yan Rou waved her hand vigorously, "Do you know why Lord Koji divided his troops into the middle of the battlefield?" Quite simply, we need to control the situation on the battlefield as soon as possible, form absolute superiority in forces on all battlefields as soon as possible, and end this battle as soon as possible. Yan Rou pointed to the sky to the west, "You see, the sun is already red, dusk is getting closer and closer, and once we fail to end the battle before dark, the chances of the enemy succeeding in breaking through are very high." ”

"In order to form an absolute superiority in various battlefields, we must first solve a battlefield." Yan Rou was still furious when she saw Xie Wu, shook her head helplessly, and explained, "There are the fewest enemies on the middle battlefield, and we have the greatest advantage, but Ma Chao and Yan Xing's iron cavalry are both Xiliang elites, and we can't eat them for a while, so after surrounding Gao Gan, General Liyi immediately sent troops to support the middle battlefield, the purpose is to completely annihilate Ma Chao and Yan Xing in the shortest possible time, so that the army on the middle battlefield can free up their hands and quickly support other battlefields." ”

"But they came late, Ma Chao led the army to break through." Yan Rou said regretfully, "If we keep chasing after us, what can we do even if we catch up with Han Sui's Chinese army?" Although we can kill more enemies, or even wipe them out, we have successfully pinned down Ma Chao's army, and we will lose time and the opportunity to support the other two battlefields to encircle and destroy more enemies. Han Sui's plan succeeded, and he could take advantage of his army to retreat quickly while the two flanks of the battlefield could still be supported. The more troops he withdrew to Chang'an, the more unfavorable the Battle of Guanzhong would be for us. If he held out in Chang'an for a few months, and we failed to occupy Guanzhong, we would have lost the battle in Guanzhong, and finally we had to withdraw Sanfu because of the exhaustion of food and grass. ”

Xie Wu's panting voice gradually became smaller, and the anger in his eyes gradually dissipated, "My lord, which battlefield are we supporting now?" Is it left or right? ”

"Regroup the army first." Yan Rou said calmly, "He Feng still has five or six thousand people to fight again, Duan Xuan's Tiger Ben and Yulin have not yet exerted their might, and Lord Huangfu and I still have at least five thousand iron horsemen, and the fifteen thousand army can quickly solve the problem no matter which battlefield it kills." ”

"Didn't you say we don't have time? Why not go now? As soon as Xie Wu heard the fire, he became angry again, "What are you waiting for?" ”

"I'm waiting for the Captain's order." Yan Rou glared at Xie Wu dissatisfied, "Only Lord Taiwei knows which battlefield is more conducive to the situation in Guanzhong. Then he raised his horsewhip and pointed at Xie Wu's nose and scolded, "Your kid has been in Jinyang for a long time, his temper has grown, and his eyes have grown to the top of his head, do you still have me as a Shangguan in your eyes?" Are you trying to beg for a beating? ”

Xie Wu was too angry just now, but now after calming down, he was startled by Yan Rou's roar, and hurriedly jumped off the horse, bowing respectfully to make amends.

"Get out of the ...... for me," Yan Rou scolded, "Go back and tell Lord Duan to withdraw immediately and prepare to support other battlefields." ”

The victorious drums sounded loudly from the battlefield in the middle lane, and the soldiers on the castle tower raised their hands and cheered.

"Knock knock knock......" The drums in the city immediately rose to the sky, shaking the earth.

Chen Wei couldn't hold it back for a long time, threw down the chess pieces and rushed to the edge of the city wall, yelling and shouting with the soldiers, completely losing his former graceful demeanor.

Xu Rong put down the chess pieces in his hand, couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, picked up the water bladder and took a sip of water slowly.

"My lord, the army on the battlefield in the middle lane is regrouping, we can immediately let them support the battlefield on the right flank and surround the Xiliang army." Chen Wei excitedly ran to Xu Rong's side, waved his hand and shouted, "My lord, give an order, give an order quickly, we can completely solve the problem of Guanzhong in this battle, completely solve it." ”

"What about Xiliang's problem?" Xu Rong beckoned, motioned for him to sit down, and asked with a smile.

Chen Wei was stunned for a moment, "My lord, after the support of the Xiliang Army was killed on the right flank battlefield, General Li Yao was killed, General Zhang Baicai struggled to support it, and General Yang Ming's Duliao Iron Cavalry was firmly pinned down by the Xiliang people. At this moment, our army is inferior to the Xiliang people in terms of strength and physical strength. If we do not take this opportunity to quickly support the right flank, the Xiliang people will definitely retreat calmly, and Han Sui will retreat back to Chang'an, and the city will resist stubbornly. ”

"As long as we completely annihilate the army of Gao Gan and completely kill Yuan Shao's forces in Guanzhong, we can not only take Tongguan and Wuguan by taking advantage of the situation, but also completely cut off Han Sui's backup. Han Sui had neither food and ordnance supplements in Chang'an, nor Xiliang reinforcements to help him fight out of Chang'an. How long can he hold out? Xu Rong said casually as he carefully covered the wooden stopper of the water bladder.

"However, our food and grass are limited, and if Han Sui resolutely does not withdraw from Guanzhong, and we are unable to take Chang'an, then the problem will be troublesome. We can not divide our troops to attack Tongguan and Wuguan, nor can we quickly move westward to stabilize the population of Sanfu, which will seriously affect the imperial court's decision to quickly take Guanzhong, and it will also be very unfavorable for the army to attack Luoyang next year. Chen Wei knew that Xu Rong had never forgotten to keep the Xiliang Army, and at this moment, when the army was completely in control of the battlefield situation, he was in a new state again, and he was going to deliberately let go of the Xiliang Army again, "My lord, please think twice." ”

"I have to make sure that all the high-level cadres are wiped out." After Xu Rong was silent for a moment, he said very resolutely, "On the battlefield on the left flank, the 15,000 men and horses of Yang Feng and Hua Xiong have been fighting for a day, and the losses are serious, and now there are at most 10,000 people who can fight again. On the battlefield in the middle, He Feng suffered serious losses, and the army basically lost the strength to fight again. If these two armies want to go into battle again, they will have to wait at least until after dusk. ”

"Now there are 60,000 reinforcements from Liyi, Pang De, Xian Yuyin and others on the battlefield on the left flank, and if Yan Rou, Huangfu Li and Duan Xuan immediately support the past, the total strength will be about 70,000. Gao Gan's army suffered losses similar to ours in the early fierce battles because of the support of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and after his main force came up, the total strength was at least about 35,000 people. ”

"That is, under normal circumstances, our forces can defeat them, but it is difficult to encircle them. Our 70,000 army wants to surround Gao Gan on all sides, and the 70,000 army is distributed on all sides of the battlefield, and the strength of each direction is not enough to block Gao Gan, so Gao Gan has the strength to break through. In addition, Han Sui still does not know what the total number of reinforcements we have, and he will do his best to rescue Gao Gan when the right flank battlefield is still supportable. In such a decisive battle, Han Sui must still have reserve reinforcements in his hands, and after this part of the reinforcements rushes up, as long as he hits the side of the battlefield, he will be able to rescue Gao Gan. Therefore, if we want to encircle and annihilate Gao Gan, we need to concentrate all the forces that we can mobilize at present, otherwise it will be difficult for us to leave all these 35,000 men and horses in Zhengbaiqu. ”

"But if we reinforce the battlefield on the right flank and gain a superiority in forces on the battlefield on the right flank, the Western Liang army will have to retreat. The defeat of the Xiliang Army on the right-flank battlefield will directly affect the battlefield situation. Under the circumstance that our right-wing army might support the left-wing battlefield, Han Sui could only give up his senior cadres and withdraw his troops and leave. Although it is possible for Gao Gan to rush out, we have tens of thousands of iron cavalry, enough to chase and kill along the way and annihilate Yuan's army. Chen Wei persuaded, "My lord, we must inflict heavy losses on the Xiliang army, otherwise once Han Sui retreats to Chang'an with the Xiliang army, the victory in this battle will be meaningless." ”

"Zhang Baiqi and Yang Ming's army fought for a day, and it was very good to be able to hold out until dusk, and it was impossible for them to rush to the left flank battlefield to participate in the encirclement and annihilation of Gao Gan after defeating the Xiliang army." Xu Rong shook his hand and said, "There is another thing you should be able to imagine, that is, Han Sui will not stick to Chang'an." Under the circumstance that Gao Gan's entire army was annihilated and Yuan Shao's assistance could not be sent to Chang'an, Han Sui would not hold Chang'an even if he had an army. After the defeat of Zheng Baiqu, Han Sui had two paths, one was to return to the imperial court and retreat to Xiliang, and the other was to stick to Chang'an. Weighing the two phases, which option is the most beneficial for him? What is the best for Xiliang? Obviously, Han Sui would choose to return to the imperial court and retreat to Xiliang. ”

Chen Wei smiled bitterly. In the final analysis, Xu Rong still insisted on his own ideas and was unwilling to hit the Xiliang Army hard.

"The forces of the two sides in this battle are close to each other, and if we want to complete the goal of the war, we will inevitably suffer heavy losses. At present, the losses of the army have exceeded our expectations, which is very unfavorable for the army to attack Guanxi and Luoyang. Fighting Luoyang requires troops, but we will not be able to replenish our forces in the short term, so we can only collect as many prisoners as possible in this big battle. Xu Rong reached out and picked up a chess piece and gently rotated it between his fingers, "Now do you understand?" ”

Chen Wei nodded. It is easy to defeat the army of Gao Gan, but it is not easy to surround these more than 30,000 people, annihilate them, and force the enemy to surrender. Now fighting in Guanzhong, in the field decisive battle, the number of iron cavalry directly determines the victory or defeat of the war. But when it comes to the Guanxi and Luoyang, Kyoto, the number of iron cavalry is not decisive, and what is needed at that time is an army of foot soldiers. The number of infantry troops will directly determine whether the army can conquer Luoyang.

"Give the order." Xu Rong smiled faintly, "We are fighting this battle, not only to win, in order to drive the Xiliang people back to defend the western frontier, but also to encircle Luoyang as soon as possible and complete the preparations for recovering Luoyang." Hopefully, this battle will achieve all our goals. ”

Chen Wei bowed down to receive the order, and urgently told Yan Rou, Huangfu Li, and Duan Xuan, asking the three adults to immediately lead the army to support the left flank battlefield and obey the command of General Liyi.

"Send someone to meet Wei Jun again, and ask him to speed up, support the right-wing battlefield, and strive to force back the Xiliang people before dusk."

Xu Rong looked up at the increasingly red sun in the western sky, stretched lazily, then sat up straight, pointed to the chessboard and said, "Wen Xin, you seem to be about to lose, and you are about to lose in the middle game." ”

"Really?" Chen Wei sat down on the seat, and the corners of his mouth lifted a trace of laughter, "Lord Huangfu's chess strength is still not enough." ”

"It's not that his chess strength is not enough, but that your chess strength is getting worse and worse." Xu Rong smiled, "You are a disciple of Mr. Shuijing, and this kind of chess power will insult his old man's reputation." "Jump to