"Have the Scouts been defeated?"

In the camp stationed late at night, Yanbei was woken up from his sleep by scouts who had been running for more than ten miles at night, and walked out of the camp to look at the dark clouds and Mao Yue, his face was unhappy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The scout recounted to him as much detail as possible the defeat of the army, an expected siege and night attack, in which nearly three times as many of the enemy surrounded and killed his scouts' light cavalry, half of them under the sword of the Liangzhou people.

Finally, he informed Yanbei of the plans of the three generals, which surprised Yanbei very much.

They planned to kill back with a thousand light horsemen, trying to drag the enemy and even kill them. This made Yan Bei jump to his feet angrily after being surprised, do these shafts want to toss all Lao Tzu's scouts overnight?

With 2,000 people, they can't defeat the Liangzhou soldiers, and now there are only 1,000 left, what kind of courage do you have?

However, after making a moment around the bonfire, Yanbei felt that this might be an opportunity to seize Xingyang City. Perhaps it was a mistake to let the light cavalry set up an ambush in the camp to guard the Liangzhou people from attacking at the beginning. Why don't you let the light cavalry roam in the field, waiting for an opportunity to kill and pin down the enemy...... From this point of view, Sun Qingtai Shi Ci and they may really be able to do something.

Regardless of whether the scout wins or loses, now seems to be his chance to capture Xingyang City!

He didn't think about the victory or defeat of the scout, but turned his attention to the overall situation of this battle. He was thinking about what the coach opposite Dong Zhuojun was doing now.

He was sleeping, and Xu Rong must be sleeping.

According to the news reported by the scouts in the daytime, only these 6,000 horsemen entered Xingyang City, and now the 6,000 horsemen are still fighting with Sun Qing and others in the wilderness, that is to say...... There are only a few hundred county soldiers in Xingyang City!

Thinking with his arm, he knew that Xu Rong must be camping his army in the field halfway from the Revolving Gate to Xingyang City, just like he was doing now!

If you don't take the city now, when will you wait?

This thought made Yanbei's blood gush! If he can capture Xingyang City, he can turn the frontier town of Dong Zhuojun's army into a frontier town against Dong Lianjun's army, and then the Kwantung princes who spread the message of sour jujube will be stationed in Juan County, Yangwu, Zhongmu and other places, and the embarrassment of having their backs to Bianshui can be eliminated overnight!

20,000 soldiers and horses are guarding Xingyang, the city of Yin Zhijian in Henan, even if Xu Rong wants to attack, how can he attack?

Thinking of this, Yan Bei no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered the warriors on his side to wake up Lu Yi, Zhao Yun, Jiao Touch and others, and gather in the tent to discuss matters.

In the middle of the night, the crowd that had been asleep for only two hours was woken up by Yanbei, and they all gathered in the tent nervously, looking at Yanbei who was above and didn't dare to speak...... If there was nothing important, Yanbei would definitely not wake them up at such a time, there was only one reason to wake them up at this time.

Something must have happened!

Sure enough, Yan Bei opened his mouth and said: "Our scout army is besieged by 6,000 enemy troops east of Xingyang, although Sun Qing and others fought their way out of the siege, they lost more than half. ”

Although this is bad news for everyone, it also makes the generals breathe a sigh of relief, as long as they are not completely wiped out.

It's not that the generals don't have ambition, but because the scouts are sent to battle to test the enemy's combat power...... After all, although Sun Qing's scout army and Su Muyan's Wuhuan Hu cavalry are all veterans, they are not considered elite in the Liaodong army.

Since the threefold enemy failed to completely destroy the scout army, this can show to a certain extent that the combat power of the Liangzhou soldiers is strong, but it is not so strong that it is unmatched. This probably shows that if Sun Qing has 6,000 soldiers and horses, he can still fight with the 6,000 people in the front line of the Liangzhou soldiers.

The Liangzhou soldiers were stronger than the newly recruited Xiangyong of the Kwantung princes, which was equivalent to Sun Qing's scout army, Jiao Touch's Xiangyong and the dead soldiers, and was slightly inferior to Zhao Yun's subordinates' former Zhangjaw Bei. As for the Yan Zhao warriors, needless to say, the warriors were not compared to ordinary soldiers.

Their enemies were the Luoyang Northern Army, as well as Dong Zhuo's subordinates, who were rumored to be extremely elite Flying Bears.

"However, the enemy army is all foot soldiers, Sun Qing and others rely on the advantage of light cavalry to break out of the encirclement, and then take a short rest, return to the horse to fight again, I don't know what the result will be at this time." Yan Bei said and asked the generals, "What should we do now?" ”

Zhao Yun arched his hand and said, "My subordinates are willing to lead the troops to meet the scout department." ”

Zhao Yun's idea also represents the opinion of most of the generals under his account on this matter, the scout army went to contain the enemy army with a thousand men, this is a dead and lifeless practice, at this time, in order to avoid greater casualties, troops must be sent to respond, so that they can withdraw.

But Lu Yi didn't think so, and Lu Yi asked Yan Bei: "General, during the day, the scouts reported that six thousand horse troops entered Xingyang City, and this night attack ...... Did they leave all their horses in the city to watch? ”

"Now it seems that this is the case, and besides, the enemy does not know that our troops have seen their arrangements clearly." Yan Bei nodded and cast an appreciative look at Lu Yi, and said: "The six thousand Liangzhou soldiers in Xingyang are all out of the city, you can imagine the emptiness of the enemy's important town in Xingyang...... Shall we wait for a big battalion to take advantage of the night to capture Xingyang? ”

If you can capture the enemy army Xingyang before the big battle, what this means is very clear in the hearts of the generals. But...... Jiao Touch said with some worry: "I don't know the situation at night, if most of the enemy army has already entered Xingyang at night, so the enemy's 6,000 people have poured out, our army will be exhausted when it reaches Xingyang, and we have to guard against the enemy's attack, if we don't get rest all night, I'm afraid to stay until tomorrow." ”

Jiao Touch's words were not finished, but everyone knew what they meant, once the enemy commander Xu Rong was already prepared in Xingyang, if he could not force Xingyang tonight, the initiative to attack tomorrow would be in Xu Rong's hands. If Xu Rong sent troops to attack the camp outside the city, it would be okay to say.

But what if Xu Rong doesn't fight? It only takes three or five thousand men and horses to constantly swim outside the city to make them dare not sleep, and by tomorrow night, no matter how fierce the soldiers are, they will become soft-footed shrimps, how can this battle be fought?

"I'm afraid of an egg!" Jiang Jin, who had been kneeling beside Yan Bei, glared and said, "If they are prepared, we will fight him, and if they succeed, they will enter the city and leave!" ”

Hearing Jiang Jin's words, Ling Yanbei laughed out loud, waved his hand to ask Jiang Jin not to talk nonsense, and then asked everyone with a smile: "How, do you want to gamble, just bet that Xu Rong is like us, sleeping in the wilderness." ”

"It's a bit sinister, but." Lu Yi couldn't make up his mind, this was not a clear battle, but a battle that would be won by guessing the timing, he nodded slowly and said, "But it's worth a try!" ”

It's worth a try, only by capturing Xingyang can Dong Zhuojun's activity space be truly suppressed in the revolving gate pass, and only after capturing Xingyang can he have the opportunity to attack the revolving gate pass...... After laying the revolving gate, most of Henan Yin was in the hands of the coalition forces.

The revolving gate, in the eyes of everyone, is a place that they can't even think of now, and they don't have the strength to attack the pass at all. But if Xingyang is captured, it will be different.

After Xingyang, they were only a hundred miles away from the revolving door!

Zhao Yun was a little stunned, listening to the general's meaning...... Don't care about the scouts? The Scout Army, abandoned.

"Then let's give it a try? The congregation will obey the order! Yanbei immediately hammered the case a few times: "The whole army rises up, Lu Yi, you are the vanguard of the headquarters of the soldiers and horses, from the north of Xingyang to bypass the city, in the southwest of Xingyang five miles to guard the main road, to guard against the enemy from the west and contain the soldiers and horses that may appear in the city!" ”

Lu Yi got the position of pioneer, and immediately showed a big smile on his face, and he replied: "No! ”

Then Yan Bei nodded and said: "Zhao Yun! ”

"The subordinates are here!"

"All the men and horses of your department are equipped with war horses, and they will gallop all the way to the west, meet Sun Qing's men and horses, and fight according to the battle situation." Yanbei looked at Zhao Yun and admonished: "This is the first time you have participated in the war, and the enemy army is a strong army in Liangzhou, so it is difficult for you." But your men are all warlike men and should be careful. ”

Zhao Yun heard that Yanbei had not forgotten Sun Qing, his fighting spirit was high, and he arched his hand and said, "No! ”

"Look, scorch!" Yanbei Yanbei said to the generals under the account: "You two lead the troops as my headquarters and take Xingyang directly!" ”

"Subordinates take orders!"

After explaining this, Yanbei said to the warriors under the account: "Set aside one person to inform Cao Mengde, let his soldiers rest well, and march to Xingyang early tomorrow morning, if Xingyang is successfully captured tonight, Xu Rong will most likely counterattack tomorrow, and then he will have to rely on his soldiers to defend the city." In addition, let Liu Bei take good care of Mr. Zigan, and if the capture of the city goes well, he will enter the city with Cao Mengde tomorrow. ”

"Gentlemen, see you in Xingyang City!"

"No!"

With the roar of the high morale of the tent, the generals swept away the difficulties of the midnight, rushed out, and woke up their subordinates to the camps of various departments, and the sergeants lined up under the dark sky and headed for Xingyang.

A rapid march is a very difficult thing for any general, especially at night, when it is easy to leave the soldiers behind. However, they are now only half an hour's walk away from Xingyang, and although they will not be left behind, they will also make the soldiers tired.

The first to gallop out was the other department led by Zhao Yun, and two thousand soldiers galloped towards Xingyang on war horses. Then there was most of the Lu Yi who were ordered to march in a hurry, and the seven thousand foot soldiers strode up the official road, followed by the dust that Zhao Yunbu stepped out of. In the end, it was Yanbei who steadily drove more than 2,000 Yan Zhao warriors and personal guard cavalry and soldiers carrying cloud ladders to Xingyang.

His troops and horses did not need to march in a hurry, as long as they could reach Xingyang in half an hour. The purpose of letting the Luyi troops march in a hurry was to choke the various arteries connecting Xingyang and the Spiral Gate Pass as soon as possible, and to prevent Xu Rong from marching to Xingyang after receiving the news, and it was enough to block it for half an hour...... If Xu Rong was still west of Xingyang at this time, half an hour would be enough for Yanbei to capture a city with only a few hundred county soldiers.

Hundreds of county soldiers, even if they relied on the benefits of the fortified city, still couldn't withstand the siege of thousands of soldiers and horses. Not to mention anything else, ten ladders are set up in all directions of the city, and they are not skilled, what can they use to guard?

What Yanbei wanted was that the Luyi Department and his headquarters reached the predetermined position at about the same time, one to defend the main road and the other to attack the city. In this way, they are horns of each other, even if Xu Rong's headquarters is in the city, they still have the strength to fight, at least they will not disconnect the soldiers and horses.

At the same time, Hua Xiong had just extinguished the campfire in the camp and made a plan to disperse his troops and horses and flee to Xingyang...... It's a race against time!