Chapter 7 Wind and Thunder Stirring Section 29 Li Hong read the letters of Lu Yi and Tian Chou, and urgently summoned Jia Xu, Chen Qun, Yuan Lian, and Sima Yi to discuss the matter.

The rebels suddenly moved westward, disrupting the planned deployment, and it was no longer possible to encircle and annihilate the rebels under the city of Ganling, but because the rebels retreated westward and shortened the distance between them and Yuan Shao, the originally very difficult strategy of encircling and annihilating Yuan Shao suddenly became easier.

However, this ease is only in the imagination, in fact, the Northern Xinjiang Army has now become very slim even to encircle and annihilate Cao Cao.

After discovering that the rebels were retreating westward, Liyi immediately ordered Wang Dang and Xu Huang to go south to Qingyuan and Guantao to block them, but at this time, Wang Dang and Xu Huang were about three hundred miles away from Qingyuan and Guantao, and there was a Qing River in between, and the rebels had already crossed the Qing River, and they were only about two hundred miles away from Qingyuan and Guantao.

Whether Wang Dang and Xu Huang could rush to the front line of Qingyuan and Guantao to block them before the rebels immediately became the key to whether they could encircle Cao Cao's rebels.

If you can't encircle Cao Cao and let Cao Cao and Yuan Shao rendezvous, all strategies will be useless.

"Where are Yan Liang's armies from all walks of life now?" Li Hong was also anxious. Cao Cao's hand greatly surprised him and caught him off guard.

"According to the latest news, General Yan Liang's army has all crossed the Jiangshui River." Sima Fu Gan pointed to the map and explained it to Li Hong one by one.

General Yan Liang, together with Zhang He, Zhang Liao and Gao Lan's 30,000 troops, was rushing to the Ancient Pavilion. Zhang Zhen and Qin Yi's two battalions of the Northern Army, and Lou Lu and Lu Huanyang's Karasuma Iron Cavalry, a total of 15,000 cavalry, were rushing to Dongwu.

Gao Shun's 10,000-strong army was rushing to the Pan River. Lü Bu led two battalions of Mustafa and Sai Feng with 10,000 iron cavalry to search for the Jingzhou army along the Great River.

Zhao Yun, Jiang Wu, Wei Jun, Liu Ming, Li Su and Gongsun Xu's 30,000 iron cavalry had already reached the Luting line if nothing else, and were preparing to attack the Ganling Kingdom.

In terms of distance, the closest to the rebels now is General Zhao Yun's iron cavalry, followed by General Wen Chou's army of 10,000 foot soldiers.

Now General Wen Chou has rushed to Qinghe and is preparing to cross the river in pursuit. And Zhang Zhen and other troops who crossed the Jiangshui River first are currently more than 300 miles away from the rebels, and they can't be counted on at all.

Although General Zhao Yun is the closest to the rebels, he is the farthest away from us, and it will be difficult for us to contact him in a short time.

If he can get between Guantao and Wei before the rebels can get from the direction of Yuancheng to Guantao and Weicheng, we should be able to ensure that Cao Cao is encircled.

Wei City was about two hundred miles away from Yecheng, and Yuan Shao's army would soon be able to kill it. In order to cut off all the retreat routes of the rebels, General Zhao Yun's iron cavalry must be divided into troops to garrison Ganling, Fagan and Yuancheng, so that he can devote very limited troops to Guantao and Weicheng to block the rebels.

"General, can you completely annihilate the rebels, don't think about it now, let's find a way to prevent Cao Cao and Yuan Shao from meeting first." Jia Xu smiled bitterly and shook his head,

"Although the methods of the two adults, Koyi and Tian Chou, are good, they don't know the location of General Yan Liang's various departments. However, fortunately, the two adults, Koji Yi and Tian Chou, were able to make a decision on the spot, and were willing to take the charge of violating the order and overstepping their authority, which bought us a lot of time. ”

"Do you think it's impossible for Wang Dang and Xu Huang to rush to Qingyuan and Guantao before the rebels?" Li Hong asked.

"There's no way they're ahead of the rebels." Jia Xu's tone was very resolute,

"They still have to cross a clear river, and there is too much delay. We can only count on General Zhao Yun. Li Hong thought for a while, pointed at Sima Yi and said: "Give General Zhao Yun an order, please don't attack Ganling and Fagan for the time being, and kill directly between Guantao and Weicheng to cut off the retreat of the rebels." ”

"All the troops?" Sima Yi hurriedly asked.

"All the troops, 30,000 iron cavalry, all over." Li Hong waved his hand and said,

"Send more men to find him, and find him as quickly as possible, no matter what. In addition, tell him that now all the armies on the battlefield in Jizhou are under the command of General Ko Yi. Sima Yi turned around and ran out of the big tent.

"Tell Yan Liang and Zhang Yan the news urgently." Li Hong turned his head to Chen Qun and said,

"No matter how anxious you are, I agree with him and Tian Chou's strategy of destroying the enemy. All the armies on the battlefield in Jizhou were under his command. ”

"Order Yan Liang, ask him to throw away all his baggage, and take all the troops to Qingyuan and Guantao to encircle Cao Cao. It is necessary to reach the battlefield within two days. Li Hong paused slightly, and then added,

"Tell Yan Liang that this is the last order I gave him, and it will be General Koyi who will give him the order in the future."

"General, the 10,000 Jingzhou soldiers who escaped from the Dongguang battlefield ......" Yuan Jian asked in a low voice,

"Let them escape?"

"Let them run away and leave them alone." Li Hong said with a smile,

"If this battle can completely annihilate the rebels and punish Yuan Shao and Cao Cao and other rebels, what is the use of these 10,000 people?" Li Hong, Jia Xu and others discussed some details, and then Jia Xu drafted a chapter and reported it to the imperial court.

Li Hong also urgently ordered Zuo Zhonglang to immediately organize more manpower to go south to help the army transport grain and grass and baggage.

In September, Ganling country, ten miles southeast of the curtain city. Lü Bu's iron cavalry caught up with the fleeing Jingzhou army.

When the officers and men of Jingzhou saw the billowing smoke and dust flying in the air behind them, and heard the majestic horn sound in the wind, they were so frightened that their hearts and souls were scattered, and the speed of escape suddenly accelerated.

"Run to the southeast, ...... to the southeast" Xiahoudun galloped wildly, roaring incessantly, trying to prevent the collapse of the army.

Five miles to the southeast is the Great River, where the terrain is undulating, which can effectively block the impact of the iron horse.

"Lord Xiahou, how far are we from Plains City?" Wen Ping looked at his guards holding bloody knives and killing the fleeing soldiers, and his heart was in pain.

"Sixty miles to go." Xiahou stopped his horse, looked back at the iron cavalry of the northern frontier who was getting closer and closer, and looked desperate,

"Lord Wen, if we don't give up this army, none of us can escape." Wen Ping's sitting horse raised its neck restlessly and neighed, as if it felt the bloody and murderous aura coming from the roar.

"Let's go." Wen Ping shouted,

"Since I brought them to Hebei, I will bring them back. If I die, I will die with them. Xiahoudun's face turned red, he was speechless in shame, turned around and beat his horse away.

The iron cavalry of the northern frontier roared like a tide, and the deafening sound of killing and the huge roar of thousands of galloping horses broke through the smoke and dust that covered the sky and soared straight into the sky.

Like a thrilling roar of cloud arrows, the black clouds in the sky moving at high speed were like bloodthirsty beasts with fangs and claws, rushing into the Jingzhou army.

The soldiers of the Jingzhou army rushed to the sky, and their miserable shouts rose to the sky in an instant. War knives flew in the air, and spears spat out letters like poisonous snakes.

Cold weapons eat away at life, blood dots the scorching battlefield, and fear and hatred fill the summer sky.

Mustafa roared, and a spear pierced the enemy's body. Before he could straighten up, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a long arrow roaring towards him.

Mustafa was so frightened that he threw away his spear and planted it with all his might.

There was a "boom" sound, and the long arrow flew out of his neck. When Huang Zhong saw his long arrow shot in the air, he was so angry that he roared loudly, and hit the horse like a fly.

Mustafa staggered to his feet, but a whistling sword had already slashed at him.

Mustafa screamed, unable to hide, and instinctively closed his eyes.

"When ......" exploded, a long halberd came into the air, and it was hard to block Huang Zhong's inevitable knife.

"Kill ......" Lu Bu roared wildly, drew his knife in his left hand, and slashed Huang Zhong's shoulder blade at an unbelievable speed.

Blood burst out, Huang Zhong snorted miserably, the war knife was out of his hand, just at this time his war horse was shot by a stray arrow, and the war horse monster neighed under the pain, and his four hooves flew like flying, carrying him and galloping away.

Mustafa snapped his eyes open and touched his head with apprehension.

"Let's go......" Lu Bu yelled at him. Mustafa understood and grabbed the halberd.

With a swing of the halberd, Mustafa's sturdy body rose into the air and landed steadily behind Lu Bu. Lübler stopped his roaring horse and stretched out his bloodstained hand to take the paperwork from the fast horseman.

Yan Liang ordered him to give up the pursuit of the Jingzhou army and hurried to the Ganling Congress to join the main army. Lu Bu scolded angrily, panting and wiping the beads of sweat from his face, and then looked up at the battlefield.

In the distance on the riverbed, soldiers from both sides were fighting fiercely. On the river embankment a few hundred steps away on the opposite side, several officers of the Jingzhou Army were directing the soldiers who had fled to the opposite bank to quickly line up, preparing to make a final fight.

But few people seemed to stop, and the soldiers who had escaped to the embankment ran away like madmen.

He looked back behind him. From the back of his horse to the horizon, there were mangled corpses and discarded ordnance flags everywhere, and a dozen warhorses that had lost their owners were standing among the corpses, waiting for something alone.

Pursuing all the way to the present, the road three or four miles long is paved with the corpses of the enemy, and there is not much left of the 10,000 Jingzhou army, which can be withdrawn.

Lu Bu thrust the halberd in his hand into the ground, picked out the water bag from the leather bag next to the horse's belly, raised his head and drank a sip of water, and then spit slowly and methodically on the ground.

"Herald, Mingjin...... Withdrawal from the battlefield ...... "In September, Ganling State, fifteen miles southwest of Ganling City.

Zhao Yun took Ko Yi's order and walked around the grass. Jiang Wu, Wei Jun and others stood beside him, looking at him quietly, and no one spoke.

"Scouts are rewarded?" Jiang Wu shook his head,

"Zi Wei (Li Su) personally went to the front to investigate, there must be some conviction, don't worry. He's a scout, and he can't go wrong. Zhao Yunjian's eyebrows were furrowed, very anxious,

"If the rebels are indeed retreating to the west, we should follow the orders of Lord Koji, take Fagan and Yuancheng first, and completely cut off the retreat of the rebels."

"You've decided?" Wei Jun said worriedly,

"Although there is a letter from Zitai (Tian Chou) on it, you must know that once we go south to attack Fagan and Yuancheng, it will be tantamount to disobeying the military orders of the Tiger Head Army, and if this matter is investigated...... Zhao Yun sighed.

"If it weren't for the urgency of the matter, Koji-sama wouldn't have done it."

"Zilong, for the sake of prudence, let's wait." Liu Ming persuaded in a low voice,

"If the rebels retreat west to lure us away from Ganling City, and when we are gone, they turn around and retreat south from the direction of Ganling, we will be held responsible." Zhao Yun hesitated for a long time, but still waved his hand resolutely.

"I believe in Koji-sama. Zifeng (Jiang Wu), Hu Zi (Wei Jun), and Qiansi (Liu Ming), the three of you immediately led the army south. ”

"Send it away first, or hit Yuancheng first?" Jiang Wu saw that Zhao Yun had already made a decision, so he didn't persuade again, and directly asked the target of the army's attack.

Zhao Yun turned his head to look at the few guards standing not far away. Several guards hurriedly walked over with maps and spread them on the ground.

"Lord Koji said that the rebels retreated westward with the purpose of meeting Yuan Shao. Because they were retreating so quickly, we were caught off guard and did not have the forces to stop them. Although Wang Dang and Xu Huang were rushing to the front line of Qingyuan and Guantao, they were too far away from Qingyuan and Guantao, and I was afraid it would be too late. Therefore, after you go south, you will directly insert it in the northwest direction to the line between Guantao and Weicheng, and cut off the way for the rebels to retreat westward. ”

"Then Fa Gan and Yuan Cheng are not fighting?" Liu Ming asked.

"I'll fight." Zhao Yun said,

"We are iron cavalry, there are no siege equipment, it is said to be a siege, in fact, it is to surround the city and cut off the connection between the city and the outside of the city, so there is not much difference between the number of people and the small number of people."

"Zilong, if the rebels are retreating westward, then we are only more than a hundred miles away from the rebels at most, why can't we kill them directly, why do we have to go around to the Guantao area to block the attack?" Wei Jun looked at the map carefully and asked a little puzzled.

"There are more than 50,000 rebels, and if we kill them directly from the flank, not only will we not be able to defeat the rebels, but we will make them withdraw faster. The rapid withdrawal of the rebels will advance the time to join Yuan Shao, and in that case, we will completely lose the opportunity to encircle and annihilate the rebels. Zhao Yun explained,

"The purpose of our battle is not to drive away the rebels, but to inflict heavy losses on the rebels, to beat Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Biao and others to the deathbed. In this way, when we recover our strength, it will be much less difficult for us to go south to pacify the world. If we just drove them away, and the rebels were still strong, then when we went south a year or two later to put down the rebellion, we can imagine how difficult it would be. Jiang Wu, Wei Jun, Liu Ming and others nodded again and again.

"Could it be that the general still wants to eat Yuan Shao?" Gongsun Xu said with a little surprise.

"The main thing is to beat Yuan Shao." Zhao Yun said,

"Yuan Shao is the most powerful, if he can be annihilated, not only will the war in the Central Plains continue, but Guanzhong and Kanto will also be in danger."

"But Yuan Shaoyuan is in Yecheng, we surround Cao Cao, he will definitely run." Gongsun continued to ask puzzled,

"Could it be that after we surrounded Cao Cao, that idiot Yuan Shao would still kill himself to save Cao Cao?" Zhao Yun thought for a moment and smiled,

"We surrounded Cao Cao, no one knows if Yuan Shao will come to the rescue. Fighting a war is like this, it is impossible to count the last resort, you can only take one step at a time. ”

"Haha......" Jiang Wu stretched out his hand and patted Zhao Yun,

"You're too greedy. In fact, even if Yuan Shao escapes, we can still eat Cao Cao's rebel army, plus the tens of thousands of people we wiped out in Dongguang, the record is already very brilliant. Zhao Yun laughed,

"Indeed, indeed, I was too greedy. Okay, the three adults will go first, and I will tell you as soon as there is news. "On the ninth day, Ganling Kingdom, five miles southwest of Tobu City.

On the vast plains, several large armies were marching rapidly. At the forefront were the two battalions of Zhang Zhen and Qin Yi's Northern Army.

On their two wings, Lou Lu and Lu Huanyang each galloped with an iron horse, and the dust raised fluttered in the air, like a soaring eagle spreading its huge wings.

Twenty miles behind them, the armies of Zhang He, Zhang Liao, and Gao Ran were advancing in unison. The army was followed by more than 100,000 people, and thousands of carriages carrying grain, grass and baggage galloped on the gallop road.

On both sides of the gallop road, you can still see flocks of sheep from time to time. Yan Liang stood on the edge of the road with his chest open, holding half of his shirt as a fan, and fanning it for a while.

His black and shaggy chest hair was soaked with sweat, and his face was also covered with beads of sweat.

"My lord, you are a general......" Zhou Shan stood beside Yan Liang, looking at his disheveled appearance with a look of contempt,

"You're just ...... like that It's just ......" Yan Liang glared at him viciously, as if he wanted to eat him in one bite,

"It's hot and hot...... The general should come and see it in person, in this kind of weather, how can we travel 300 miles in two days to rush to the front line of Qingyuan and Guantao? Even if they arrived, at least half of them could not fight. Then he remembered something, gritted his teeth and scolded,

"I should have killed that Wei Yan, he dared to lie to me and let me delay a day in the Dagu River in vain, a day......" Zhou Shan heard

When the word "general" was three, his head was already drooping, the contempt on his face turned into anger, and he kept muttering in his mouth,

"The general is a madman, and he treats us like wild horses in the desert."

"What did you just say?" Yan Liang suddenly put his head to his ear and roared. Zhou Shan was startled, and hurriedly retreated one after another.

"My lord, we can't get to the battlefield in two days. You'd better ask the general for a day of grace, right? ”

"The general can give me a day of leniency, but Cao Cao won't." Yan Liang sneered,

"There is this day, Cao Cao can go to Yecheng and take refuge with Yuan Shao." The stick closed his eyes in agony, letting the big black pull him away, his legs almost dragging on the ground.

"Uncle......" the stick suddenly cried.

"Uncle, I can't run......"

"Hold on a little longer, Ran hold on for a while......" Da Hei's eyes straightened, and his speech was slurred.

"Uncle, we ran from south to north, from north to east, and now from east to west, uncle, when are we going to run?" The more the stick cries, the more sad it becomes,

"Except for a few battles in the first few days, we never fought again, and we just ran every day. Uncle, is this a war or an escape? Da Hei didn't speak, but ran panting with his head down, and the shield on his back weighed him like a boulder.

"You kid, what nonsense?" Huang Tong suddenly appeared beside the two. He was shirtless, and his helmet was tied around his waist with a rope, which looked very funny,

"Didn't there be a battle in Xinhe that day?"

"That's also called war?" The stick pursed his lips and choked up,

"I shot three arrows, and then I sat on the embankment and watched the iron riders kill people on the other side."

"Hehe......" Huang Tong didn't say anything, and untied the shield from the stick,

"I'll carry it for you. The heat was unbearable, so he took off his leather armor. The big black turned his head to look at him,

"My lord, if you let Shangguan see your appearance, you will be miserable."

"They ride horses and the wind blows, and Lao Tzu can't take off his clothes when he walks on two legs, so it's cool and cool?" Huang Tong shouted nonchalantly,

"On such a hot day, tell him to get off his horse and run, and see how many miles he can run." Then he scolded uncleanly.

The stick stopped crying and looked at him with adoration. On the beginning of September, Wei County, thirty miles southeast of Ping'en City, on the banks of the Qinghe River.

Xu Huang walked slowly on the embankment, enjoying the cool breeze blowing from the river. In the valley, the exhausted soldiers fell to the ground and fell asleep.

After two days and two nights of rapid marching, the army traveled two hundred and fifty miles, and finally arrived at the planned place of crossing.

It is forty miles away from Qingyuan City, and it is also forty miles away from Guantao City. The scouts had already crossed the river to reconnoiter the army, and if the rebels had not yet arrived in Qingyuan, the army would begin to block in Qingyuan.

If the rebels had already occupied Qingyuan, then there was no need for the army to go to Guantao City, which was sixty miles away from Qingyuan, but directly inserted into the Daliuxu thirty miles in front of Guantao City.

Xu Huang saw Wang Dang. Wang Dang was soaking in the river, closing his eyes and enjoying the coolness of the river.

"You didn't let the soldiers go down to the river to bathe, but you secretly ran here." Xu Huang's tone was very dissatisfied.

Wang Dang smiled awkwardly,

"Don't take it as an example, don't take it as an example...... Everyone went down to the river to bathe, and the movement was too loud, and once the traces of the army were exposed, it would be troublesome. "Wang Dang's skin is dark, and he can't see it when his face is red,

"When a person goes down to the river to wash, the situation is different."

"Hurry up." Xu Huang picked up the clothes by the river and threw them to him,

"Let the soldiers see it, where do you put your face?" Wang Dang had no choice but to put on his clothes and follow Xu Huang back to the embankment.

"You don't sleep, what are you hanging around?"

"Can't sleep." Xu Huang sighed and asked worriedly,

"I don't know if Lord Zhao's iron horse can get to the vicinity of Guantao in time."

"Komei, don't count on it." Wang Dang said with a smile,

"The general is in the bow high, too far away from Ganling City, and when Zhao Yun receives the news, it will be too late for him to grow wings and fly. I reckon that he might follow Koji-sama's orders and take down Fagan and Yuancheng first, but he certainly won't come to join us. ”

"Look, should we send someone to the area of Yuancheng to contact Lord Zhao first?"

"Without an iron horse, I can still block Cao Cao." Wang Dang said very arrogantly,

He toiled under the city of Xindu for more than ten days, but he got nothing and was physically and mentally exhausted. It's just this kind of idiot, come one and I'll fight the other. Xu Huang smiled bitterly,

"General Wang, whether you can stop Yuan Shao and Cao Cao from meeting is directly related to the great cause of Zhongxing, how can you ...... such a big thing?"

"Okay, okay, I was wrong...... Wang Dang hurriedly hugged Xu Huang's shoulder,

"I will immediately send someone to Yuancheng to contact Zilong, and immediately ...... "On September, Xuzhou, Guangling County, Tanglin Pavilion.

On the surface of the Tanglin Ting River, hundreds of warships, large and small, were engulfed in flames. Sun Ce's face was pale, looking at the raging flames on the river, he couldn't wait to fly back to Guangling City immediately and personally kill the city tower with a knife.

"Chen Deng, I'm going to crush your bones and scatter ashes." Sun Ce led the army to attack Guangling City from mid-August, but more than ten days passed, not only did not conquer the city, but Chen Deng seized the opportunity, and rushed to Dongling Pavilion for sixty miles overnight, and burned Sun Ce's large and small warships and many grain and grass baggage.

Sun Ce roared like thunder in anger, and led his men and horses back to Guangling City quickly. He gritted his teeth and swore that he would take Guangling City at all costs.

This is not only for revenge, for his own face, but also for Yuan Shu's hegemony and his own survival, to put it better, or for the great cause of Zhongxing.

This time, whether Yuan Shu can occupy the Central Plains or not is directly related to the success or failure of his hegemony, so he urges himself every day to go north to Yanzhou as soon as possible to join him.

Yuan Shu has high hopes for himself, he will take Xuzhou no matter what, and he can't cause Yuan Shu's strategy to fall short because of his incompetence, which will lead to the failure of Yuan Shu's hegemony.

However, when Sun Ce met the embarrassed Cheng Pu and Han on the way, his heart was almost broken.

After Chen Deng burned Sun Ce's warship, grain and grass, and led Sun Ce from the camp to Tanglin Pavilion, he immediately returned to Guangling City and attacked Sun Ce's camp.

Because Sun Ce took away the main force, Cheng Pu and Han Dang were outnumbered and had to abandon the camp and flee. At this time, Sun Ce had no grain and grass, not a single grain of grain was gone, and he had no choice but to retreat, without any way out.

The warships returning to Jiangdong were burned to ashes, and the army could only travel west along the Yangtze River, passing through Jiangdu, and then crossing the river again.

Sun Ce was so sad and indignant that he even had the intention of committing suicide. He knew that he had lost, and the biggest loss was Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu's hegemony was destroyed.

Sun Ce retreated with more than 8,000 men. The soldiers were tired, hungry, depressed, and walked very slowly, but at dusk, they were again ambushed by Chen Deng near Xiaoyuan Pavilion.

Sun Ce lost more than 1,000 people and fled. Chen Deng was still unsatisfied, and set fire to the mountain on Sun Ce's way to escape.

Sun Ce, under the escort of Cheng Pu and others, desperately escaped, and finally fled back to Jiangdong with Sun Ce, only 800 soldiers remained.

Sun Ce suffered a crushing defeat in Guangling. On September, Yanzhou, Jiyin County, Dingtao City. Yuan Shu had a nightmare.

He dreamed that the flames were rolling on the Yangtze River, and Sun Ce was drenched in blood, screaming miserably in the fire. Yuan Shu shouted, jumped up, covered in sweat, frightened, and sat on the seat without speaking for a long time.

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