Chapter 7 Wind and Thunder Stirring Section 31 On the first day of September, Wei County, into a convergence. Yuan Shao led the army to evacuate, and after traveling a hundred miles in a hurry, he reached a rendezvous.

A hundred miles further on, there is Wei City. At this time, he received a report from the scout, and the iron cavalry of the Northern Frontier Army was found in the direction of Weicheng.

Zhang Yan's army left Yecheng and chased after him. Cao Cao's army had already crossed Qingyuan City and was hurrying towards Guantao.

Yuan Shao immediately ordered Han Qiong, Feng Ji, Zhu Ling, and Tao Sheng to lead 10,000 Henan troops, and Han Hao led 10,000 Hanoi troops to retreat westward quickly, and rushed to the two cities of Dangyin and Neihuang first, so as to ensure that the army could calmly withdraw from the direction of Montenegro to Hanoi in a critical situation.

Yuan Hui, Guo Tu, Gao Gan, and Gao Rou were ordered to lead 20,000 Yuzhou troops to retreat south quickly, and quickly control the front line of Fanyang, Liyang, and Puyang, so as to ensure the safety of the army's southward retreat.

Yuan Shao, Tian Feng and others continued to advance in the direction of Weicheng with Pan Feng's 10,000 Henan Army and Yang Chou's 10,000 Hanoi Army in order to contain the forces of the Northern Xinjiang Army and respond to the safe withdrawal of Cao Cao's army.

Tian Feng suggested that Yuan Shao should order Yuan Zhong and Xu You, who were stationed in Xingyang, to lead the army north and meet the army from the direction of Liyang.

Yuan Shao accepted Tian Feng's suggestion. On September, Wei County, ten miles southwest of Guantao City. Cao Cao's vanguard army encountered the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry.

Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei reported to Cao Cao urgently, and waited in formation.

"The scouts have been searching ahead, how could they not have found it?" Cao Ren seemed to be talking to himself, and it seemed to be asking Guan Yu beside him.

Guan Yu was looking down at the map carefully, and sneered when he heard this: "It may have been quietly killed from the direction of the Great River." This place is only ten miles away from the Great River, and if the Northern Iron Cavalry deliberately hides their whereabouts, even if our scouts find out, they will not have time to report it. ”

"Now that the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry has appeared, the road ahead is very difficult to walk." Zhang Fei sighed.

"There are still one hundred and twenty miles from here to Weicheng, if we can't reach Weicheng tomorrow......"

"The Northern Frontier Army is not so fast." Cao Ren comforted,

"This may be an iron horse coming from the direction of Yecheng. The Dongguang battlefield is more than 700 miles away from here, and they can't fly so fast even if they have wings. A few people were discussing how to meet the battle, when they heard the restless neighing of the horses parked nearby, and they could faintly feel the tremor of the ground.

The Northern Iron Horse appeared in the sky, like a surging wave, whistling.

"Drumming...... Prepare for ......"

"The strong archer enters the formation, ready to shoot ......"

"Ballista ready to ......" Jiang Wu's right hand was raised high. The horn sounded. The Iron Cavalry slowly stopped.

When he led his army to gallop two hundred and fifty miles to the vicinity of Yuancheng, he met the messengers of Wang Dang and Xu Huang.

Jiang Wu learned in the letter that the general had ordered Zhao Yuntong to lead all the iron cavalry to the front line of Guantao and Weicheng to block and outflank the rebels.

At this time, Jiang Wu had no worries, and immediately ordered Wei Jun to rush to Weicheng with 5,000 iron cavalry to block Yuan Shao, and he and Liu Ming rushed to Daliuxu with 10,000 troops to meet Wang Dang and Xu Huang to block Cao Cao.

Although Wang Dang and Xu Huang rushed to Daliuxu as fast as possible, they were delayed for a while because the army was going to cross the Qinghe River south.

Cao Cao's army quickly advanced to Guantao during this time. Guantao was only thirty miles away from Daliuxu, and the rebels could arrive within two hours, so Wang Dang and Xu Huang had no time to set up a blocking formation.

So they asked Jiang Wu to lead the army to the vicinity of Guantao City to delay the progress of the rebels and buy themselves time.

"Order, the left and right flanks and the Chinese army are distancing." Jiang Wu turned to the herald and shouted,

"If the rebels advance, the two wings of iron cavalry will immediately charge from the rebels' flanks." A dozen heralds agreed, and galloped away on both wings of the army.

"Keep a distance of five hundred paces from the rebels...... Jiang Wu squinted his eyes and looked ahead, waving his horsewhip vigorously,

"Order, slowly push forward......" The majestic sound of the horn soared into the sky in an instant. Cao Cao's vest was cold, and a suffocating fear suddenly hit the bottom of his heart.

In the end, the Northern Xinjiang Army still caught up.

"Whose Iron Rider?"

"Jiang Wu, and the right virtuous king of the Huns."

"Jiang Wu?" Cao Cao was stunned for a moment. Mao Jue, who was standing beside him, hurriedly said, "My lord, Jiang Wu and Liu Ming's army are the main iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army. If we add the Changshui Battalion and the Hu Cavalry Battalion of the Northern Army, there are at least about 20,000 iron cavalry in front of us, and the difficulty of breaking through is greatly increased. ”

"Don't worry." Cheng Yu shook his hand,

"The terrain from Guantao to Weicheng is not conducive to iron cavalry combat, and we can take advantage of the infantry army to continue to advance. In addition, the fact that the Northern Iron Cavalry did not hesitate to risk a face-to-face with us in the vicinity of Guantao can fully indicate that they are currently in a predicament of not having a large army of foot soldiers to stop us from continuing to advance. It seems to me that their foot soldiers are still on the way, not yet in front of us. ”

"My lord, should we immediately cross the great river and move in the direction of Guanting." Guo Jia pointed to the map, and his long fingers moved back and forth between Fagan and Yuancheng twice,

"The Northern Xinjiang Army has been tricked, and their iron cavalry has moved all their main forces between Guantao and Weicheng in order to prevent us from joining Yuan Shao. If nothing else, there should not be much strength of the Northern Frontier Army between Fagancheng and Yuancheng at present, and we can travel 120 miles in a hurry overnight, quickly retreat south from between the two cities to the line between Yangping and Dongwuyang, and completely get rid of the encirclement of the Northern Frontier Army. Cao Cao was silent.

"Fengxiao, we can't cross the river now, it will expose our intentions." Cheng Yu immediately vetoed it,

"At present, Yuan Shao has not yet arrived in Weicheng, the main force of the infantry of the Northern Xinjiang Army is still behind us, and the Northern Xinjiang Army has not yet formed an encirclement of Yuan Shao. If we evacuate too soon, Yuan Shao's strategy to deal a heavy blow will surely come to naught. More importantly, the main force of the infantry and cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army is currently the closest to us, and once they perceive our true intentions and know the direction of our breakthrough, they will categorically give up encircling and annihilating Yuan Shao, and instead go all out to encircle and annihilate us. ”

"We have seen the speed of the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry." Guo Jia said,

"Now their main force has rushed to Wei County. With their speed, they can completely surround Yuan Shao in the area of Weicheng and Fanyang, and even if they can't completely annihilate them, they can also inflict heavy damage on Yuan Shao. In this case, once we break through successfully, they will definitely go to fight Yuan Shao instead of continuing to pursue us. For Li Hong, annihilating us is very unfavorable to him in the future to capture the Central Plains, and he will never give up the Central Plains to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers. Cao Cao hesitated, took Yuan Shao's letter and looked at it again and again,

"Let me ask you, if you are Li Hong, after surrounding me and Yuan Shao, which one will you fight first?"

"Hit Yuan Shao." Cheng Yu immediately said,

"In the battle of Dongguang, Li Hong has already won, and the strength of our three alliances has been hit hard, so if he still concentrates on fighting us with the main force, he will not be Li Hong. Now the threat to him from Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers is far greater than that of our three alliances. There is also Liu Biao. If Li Hong wiped out Liu Biao in Hebei, it would be equivalent to giving Jingzhou to Yuan Shao for nothing, and Yuan Shao's strength would swell dramatically in a short period of time. Unless Li Hong was a real idiot, he would never do such a stupid thing. Cheng Yu's hand pointed to Gu Longju between Fagan City and Yuancheng,

"When breaking through, let Liu Biao's army rush to the front, and after the Northern Xinjiang Army saw it, there must be no way at all, so they could only let them go. As long as the encirclement of the Northern Frontier Army is loosened, we will be able to successfully kill it. ”

"If I were Li Hong, I would fight both, take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to annihilate all opponents, and then sweep the world within a year or two." Guo Jia smiled slightly, and his words were amazing.

"Both?" Cao Cao's face was shocked,

"Does the Northern Frontier Army have so many troops?"

"He can surround us first, and then concentrate on fighting Yuan Shao. After beating Yuan Shao, he came back to beat us. Guo Jia put one hand between Wei Cheng and Fanyang, and one hand between Guantao and Wei Cheng,

"The distance between these two battlefields is only more than 200 miles together, and the infantry army of the Northern Xinjiang Army can complete the movement in a day or two, which is too dangerous for us. We must go first, or the consequences will be unimaginable. Mao Jue originally supported Cheng Yu's opinion, but after hearing Guo Jia's explanation, he was also very frightened.

"My lord, the Northern Frontier Army fought too smoothly in the Battle of Dongguang, and the 45,000 people were gone in a blink of an eye, which may make Li Hong re-examine his strength, and it is very likely that he will make such an astonishing move."

"But now the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army has not yet entered Wei County, that's for sure." Cao Cao thought for a moment and said,

"If we want to hit Yuan Shao hard, we have to drag Yuan Shao in Weicheng, so I think Zhongde (Cheng Yu) is right, it's better to wait a little longer, and we will withdraw after the Northern Xinjiang Army surrounds Yuan Shao."

"My lord, how can we be sure that Yuan Shao will definitely come to Weicheng to meet us? Just rely on Yuan Shao's letter? If Yuan Shao saw that he was surrounded by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and the army was about to fall into encirclement, could he not run? Guo Jia said excitedly,

"Also, if Yuan Shu hasn't succeeded in Yanzhou, Yuan Shao will not meet us when he arrives in Weicheng, but intends to drag us down and let the Northern Xinjiang Army encircle and annihilate us. Our army is completely annihilated, and Yuan Shao can take the opportunity to defeat Yuan Shu and take Yanzhou, which is an obvious thing. So, no matter what Yuan Shao wants to do, let's go first. Now that the iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army has arrived at the front line of Guantao and Weicheng, and Yuan Shao is also retreating to the area of Weicheng, they are about to fight, our goal has been achieved, what are we doing here? Cao Cao thought about it for a long time, and finally rejected Guo Jia's suggestion.

The strength of the three alliances has already suffered a heavy blow, and if Yuan Shao is not allowed to suffer the same heavy blow, after returning to the Central Plains, he will inevitably be restrained by Yuan Shao.

Even if he succeeded in occupying Qingzhou and defeating Yuan Shu, it would be difficult to fight against Yuan Shao. At present, on the battlefield of Wei County, the Northern Xinjiang Army only has Zhang Yan's army and the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry that has appeared in Guantao, and there is no advantage in terms of strength.

In addition, if he retreats too early, once he is blocked by the Northern Xinjiang Army, it is very likely that the whole army will be annihilated. After all, fighting a war is not a matter of sitting at home and talking about troops, and Li Hong's orders cannot be transmitted to the generals of all walks of life in an instant.

As long as the battlefield situation changes slightly, the Northern Xinjiang Army may eat itself. If the Northern Xinjiang Army had surrounded Yuan Shao, and Li Hong's intentions had been accurately conveyed to the generals of the Northern Xinjiang Army, then his own certainty of breaking through would be far greater than now.

In any case, it is impossible for Li Hong to annihilate himself before he completely annihilates Yuan Shao, and this is determined by the situation in the world.

It is impossible for Li Hong to turn a blind eye. When the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army was encircling and annihilating Yuan Shao, the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army that surrounded him must be limited, and he could completely fight his way out of the encirclement.

At that time, the Northern Xinjiang Army had no choice but to concentrate all its forces to encircle and annihilate Yuan Shao. There is a certain gap between his strength and Yuan Shao, and after he breaks through, he has to compete with Yuan Shu for the Central Plains.

In addition, with the defeat of Yuan Shao, Kwantung, Yuzhou and even Jingzhou will become their own pockets one after another, but this will take time.

And Li Hong took a fancy to this and thought that Hebei also had the opportunity to use this time to take Guanzhong, Guandong and even the Central Plains, so he would definitely let himself go and do his best to encircle and annihilate Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao decided to continue the attack in the direction of Wei City. On September, Dong County, Fan County. Xun Yu led more than 5,000 people to retreat to Fan County.

Xiahou Yuan, who got the news, led his army to join him. Xiahou Yuan's face was ugly. The loss of Dingtao is not a big deal, but the loss of the Son of Heaven is a big deal.

But before Xiahou Yuan could open his mouth to blame Xun Yu, he found that the young emperor in military uniform was standing beside Xun Yu.

Xiahou Yuan was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly greeted the Son of Heaven.

"Brother Wen Ruo, when Yuan Highway saw that what he caught was a fake genius, he was probably so angry that he vomited blood."

"Don't mention that rebellion to my face." Xun Yu sneered,

"He's dead. We immediately crossed the river north and went to Dongwuyang. Xiahou Yuan was stunned,

"Brother Wen Ruo, we still have half of Yanzhou, why do we want to go north?"

"The Prime Minister brought me a letter before retreating from the capital of letters." Xun Yu took out a piece of silk silk from his arms and handed it to Xiahou Yuan,

"Even if no one betrays, I will abandon Dingtao City." After reading the letter, Xiahou Yuan arched his hand and said, "Everything is subject to Mr. Wen Ruo's arrangement." ”

"That's a good ......" Xun Yu took the letter into his arms, and the Peng family standing behind him immediately spread out the map,

"Now that we are in Fan County, two hundred miles away from Dongwuyang, can you lead the army to Dongwuyang in two days?" Xiahou Yuan frowned,

"I try my best to ......"

"It's not an effort, it's a must." Xun Yu said solemnly,

"Two days later, you must arrive at Dongwuyang, and then travel sixty miles in a hurry, occupy Fagan City, garrison Gulongju with heavy troops, and receive the Prime Minister's withdrawal to the Central Plains."

"Brother Wen Ruo, it will take a while for an army of more than 10,000 people to cross the river." Xiahou Yuan's face was difficult.

"It hasn't rained in the Central Plains for nine months, how wide is the Yellow River?" Xun Yu waved his hand vigorously,

"Set off immediately, and I'll supervise the transportation of grain and grass for you." On the September side, the Great Willow Market. Cao Cao concentrated 30,000 horses and hurried to Daliuxu.

Although Jiang Wu and Liu Ming wanted to attack the enemy formation several times and delay the advance speed of the rebels, they could only retreat step by step in the face of the rebels' iron bucket-like defense and dense arrow formation.

Xu Huang's army was arrayed two miles in front of Daliuxu. There were two rivers and three hillsides, and an army of 10,000 began a bloody battle with the rebels within a radius of two miles.

The old crooked didn't know what the river was called, but he knew that the river was now full of corpses, hundreds of corpses lying on the riverbed more than a dozen steps wide, waist-deep water had been dyed scarlet blood.

The enemy on the opposite bank was trampling on the corpses, rushing madly. The old man stared at the blood-red eyes, raised the bloody war knife in his hand, and shouted wildly: "Shoot, shoot ...... me" Due to the increase in casualties, the power of the arrow array was greatly reduced, and the enemy quickly killed the river embankment.

The old crooked flew up and jumped up, raised a knife in one hand and a shield in the other, and roared wildly: "Brothers, kill it, kill it......"

"Killing ......" dozens of soldiers held weapons, followed closely behind the old crooked, and rushed forward to meet the enemy, for a time the swords flew, the spears roared, the arrows flew up and down, and the severed limbs and stumps accompanied by a terrible howl resounded through the bloody battlefield.

A human head rose into the air under the old crooked knife, and the headless corpse was knocked upside down by the bloody shield in the old crooked hand, and then the old crooked saw a long knife that roared from the old crooked.

The long knife was like blood, bringing up the sky full of blood beads, and slashing head-on.

"Kill ......" The old crooked man was not afraid, raised his knife to block, and at the same time slashed the round shield in his left hand to the enemy's waist and abdomen.

"When the ......" sounded, sparks overflowed, the old crooked tiger's mouth shook violently, and the war knife flew out of his hand. The long knife was castrated, and slashed hard at the round shield.

The shield is torn apart. The old crooked didn't even want to think about it, his feet were forced, and his body flew upside down, dodging the fatal blow.

The moment his body flew in the air, he saw a tall man, with a long flowing hair and a pair of murderous eyes.

"Old Song, save me, save me......" The old man fell to the ground with a terrible cry in his mouth.

The long-haired man took a quick step, and the long knife rose again. Old Song was ten steps away, he almost didn't think about it, he raised his spear and threw it,

"Kill ......" At the same time, several soldiers around the old crooked rushed up together. The long-haired man roared angrily, the long knife turned, smashed the spear that was shot, swept away the two long arrows, and was about to slash again, but saw that the old crooked man had already grabbed a spear that had been discarded on the ground and stabbed him viciously in the abdomen.

"Die......" The long-haired man took two steps back at an unbelievable speed, dodging the crooked sneak attack.

More soldiers rushed forward. Someone raised his hand crossbow and shot a crossbow arrow. At the same time, more than a dozen thugs rushed up behind the long-haired man.

"Protect the adults, protect the adults......" Xu Huang looked up at the sunset on the horizon and slowly closed his eyes.

Today is the first day of the blockade, and the rebels have not invested a lot of troops, but tomorrow ......

"My lord, do you want water?" Xu Huang turned his head to look at the old crooked, and reached out to take the water bladder,

"Is the loss big?"

"My team lost half of our brothers." The old crooked smiled bitterly and shook his head,

"In front of him is the Danyang soldiers of Xuzhou, which are very powerful. Guan Yu of the Xuzhou Army personally killed me just now, and I was almost slashed by him. Xu Huang glanced at him with concern,

"Are you hurt?"

"Nope. That man was so powerful that he killed fourteen of our brothers by himself. "The old crooked gritted teeth,

"The next time you encounter him, you must attack him with a crossbow, and you must kill him."

"Guan Yu personally rushed up, indicating that the rebels have jumped over the wall in a hurry." Xu Huang took a sip of water and said calmly,

"As long as we hold out for another two or three days, the rebels will be completely finished, and not a single one of them will be able to escape." On the ninth day, Wei County, Daming Pavilion, ten miles northeast of Wei City.

After listening carefully to the scout's report, Wei Jun stood on the embankment for a long time without speaking.

"My lord, Yuan Shao's army has already entered Wei City, and tomorrow it will probably attack in the direction of Guantao."

"How many are you sure?"

"About 20,000 to 30,000." The scout replied,

"We don't dare to go too far, so I don't know if Yuan Shao's other troops are following."

"Have you got in touch with Lord Zhang Yan?"

"Not yet." Wei Jun thought for a while, pointed to the other side of the river and said, "Lord Zhang Yan's army must be on the south bank of the Qing River, you have to find him tonight no matter what, and ask him to send an army of foot soldiers to the Daming Pavilion to stop Yuan Shao." ”

"Besides......" Wei Jun turned his head to look at the herald behind him,

"Urgently tell Wang Dang and Jiang Wu that Yuan Shao has rushed to Weicheng, and ask them to send troops to support quickly." On the ninth day, Wei County, Ping'en City.

As soon as Lu Yi gave the order to set up camp, he received an urgent report from Zhang Yan. Yuan Shao divided his troops.

"Yuan Shao's 60,000 army was divided into three, one went to Dangyin City on the east side of Heishan Mountain, one went to Neihuang and Fanyang, and one went to Wei City." Tian Chou looked at the map and said helplessly,

"Yuan Shao's arrangement is indeed foolproof. If he is besieged in Wei City, he will lose up to 20,000 horses, but in this way, we will not be able to encircle and annihilate Yuan Shao. It seemed that his nose was very sharp, and he already smelled danger. Koji Yi thought for a long time, and knocked heavily on the map of the Pavilion Tao City,

"We're going to surround Cao Cao no matter what. Now Yuan Shao should know that Yuan Shu has captured Dingtao and will soon take the entire territory of Yanzhou. For the sake of his hegemony, Yuan Zhao tried every means to rescue Cao Cao. As long as we surround Cao Cao, sooner or later Yuan Shao will have to concentrate his forces in Wei City. ”

"But the problem is that after a long time, our intentions will be exposed, and Yuan Shao will definitely run." Tian Chou smiled bitterly,

"More than 100,000 troops surround Cao Cao and don't fight, and idiots know what we want to do."

"If Yuan Shao personally led the army to Weicheng, this matter would be easy to handle." Koji said,

"Let's first surround Cao Cao in the Guantao area, and then besiege Yuan Shao in Weicheng, I don't believe that the rebels in the Dangyin, Neihuang and Fanyang areas will not rescue Yuan Shao."

"At this time, Yuan Shao will personally rush to Weicheng to rescue Cao Cao?" Tian Chou felt that it was impossible. Jump to