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In early July of the fourth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Henan, Guandu.

On both sides of the chasm, which is nearly 10 miles long in the direction of Guandu, 400,000 horses and horses of the Northern Xinjiang Army and the Allied Army were entangled together, fighting fiercely, and the battle was very fierce.

The Northern Xinjiang Army has been trying to break through the Gap Water and gain a foothold on the west bank of the Gap Water in order to kill Zhongmu City more quickly.

However, the coalition forces were heavily stationed on the west bank of the river, digging ditches on the west bank to prevent cavalry attacks, and placing a large number of horses and deer bars between the ditches to block the advance of the infantry in the northern frontier.

The attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army was blocked, so more than a dozen earthen mountains were built on the north bank, so that the archers lined up on the earthen mountains, condescending to shoot wantonly, and at the same time set up crossbow carts and catapults between the soil and mountains to suppress the resistance of the coalition army and cover their own soldiers to cross the river and break through.

The coalition forces suffered heavy blows, and at one point lost their blocking positions in the West Bank. Yuan Shao immediately gathered heavy troops to launch a counterattack, beat the Northern Xinjiang Army again, and burned more than a dozen pontoon bridges that the Northern Xinjiang Army had just erected.

Undeterred, the Northern Frontier Army launched another river-crossing attack under the frantic fire of its ballista wagons.

The coalition forces hastily brought in more catapults from the rear, as well as dozens of catapults from Luoyang, as well as a number of large bed crossbows with greater power and longer range. The Northern Xinjiang Army was caught off guard and was dizzy by the allied forces, and Tushan's archers also suffered heavy losses and were all withdrawn.

In the face of the fierce counterattack of the coalition forces, the attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army came to a standstill.

At this time, Guan Yu accepted Wang Ling's suggestion, and while attacking the coalition forces on the west bank without stopping, he began to dig tunnels, intending to use the tunnels to directly enter the rear of the coalition forces, flank the coalition camps in front and back, and break through the water defense line of the chasm.

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When the battle was extremely tense, the general Li Yi rushed from Yangwu City to Guandu.

After Li Yi arrived at the battlefield, he immediately rushed to the east bank of the chasm to inspect the front line. Li Jing's army was stationed directly opposite Guandu Pavilion, and when Li Yi arrived, Li Jing was directing his soldiers to attack the opposite bank. At this moment, the sky is full of arrows covering the sky and the sun, the thunderous drums are deafening, and the shouts of the soldiers in northern Xinjiang are earth-shattering.

Under the cover of a team of shield soldiers, Li Yi climbed the dirt mountain and overlooked the opposite bank.

The large battalion of the coalition forces on the west bank of the chasm water is endless, and there is no end in sight, and the colorful battle flags in the camp are displayed in the wind, which is magnificent. Groups of heavily armed coalition soldiers gathered in vehicle formations and shield formations of different sizes, and were preparing to attack. The archers at the front of the battlefield formed a dense formation, drawing their bows into the sky and fighting back.

Li Yi looked at it carefully for a while, then pointed to the densely packed horses and deer barbs on the other side of the river, turned his head and said loudly to Li Zhong who was standing behind him: "In the past, we used the horse rejection array to deal with the cavalry of the Hu people, and we won many battles in the border fortress. Now, this trick has been learned by the rebels, who use the Horse Rejection Array against us. ”

Li Yi shook his head and said, "Our cavalry and foot soldiers have been repeatedly hindered because of this. If we continue to fight, I am afraid that the losses will become bigger and bigger. ”

"Not only are we under the control of the rebels, but we are also blocked by this wide canal." Li Zhong angrily pointed to the chasm water and said, "If the lord agrees, we can immediately organize people to cut off the channel at the intersection of Jishui and Chasm Water, and let the chasm water flow into Jishui." Then we fill in the river so that we can force the attack on Guandu unimpeded. ”

"The rebels can't be defenseless." Li Yi shook his hand and said, "The movement of the canal is too big and too long, and it will definitely be discovered by the rebels." At present, Yun Chang is sending people to dig tunnels, and this method can be tried. ”

"What's the use of tunnels?" Li Zhong scoffed, "What use can that kind of sneaky deed come in handy?" Lord, this is not an attack on the city, this is an attack on the rebels' camp in the field outside the city, and digging tunnels will also be discovered. Now we urgently need a battlefield with strong cavalry to attack from both flanks of the rebels in order to help us break through the rebels from the middle and defeat the rebels. ”

"Aren't you afraid that Yun Chang will whip you a few times?" Li Jing pushed Bian Xi with a smile next to him, signaling him not to talk nonsense in front of Li Yi.

"You're right." Li Yi didn't care about Li Zhong's complaints, "It's true that digging tunnels has little effect, and the possibility of success is very small, but you must know that the purpose of our current attack is not to kill the other side and fight a decisive battle with the rebels in the area of Guandu and Zhongmu, but to force the rebels to make up their minds and fight us as soon as possible." I hope that they will immediately launch a full-scale counteroffensive and launch an overwhelming attack on us. ”

"The lord means to lure the enemy out?" Li Zhong asked suspiciously, "Guandu is not the battlefield of the decisive battle?" ”

"Guandu is the battlefield of the decisive battle, but it is not the battlefield that determines the victory or defeat of the Central Plains." Li Yi said with a smile, "At present, we have to launch continuous attacks, force the rebels to shrink their defenses as much as possible, and let them concentrate more troops in the Guandu area, so that when we launch a fatal blow, we can annihilate the enemy more and decide the victory or defeat of the Central Plains War in one battle." ”

"Lord, where is the battlefield that determines the outcome of the battle?" Li Zhong asked excitedly.

"Where the cavalry is, the battlefield is." Li Jing smiled on the side, "Lord, am I right?" ”

"Yes, exactly." Li Yi waved the whip in his hand and said in high spirits, "The key to determining the outcome of this battle is the cavalry. As long as the cavalry is at its best in the right place, the battle will be won. The day is coming soon. ”

The archers on the opposite bank gradually concentrated their shooting targets on the dirt hills. Li Yi beckoned to Li Jing, Li Zhong and others, "Let's go, lest we not be shot by a stray arrow and ask for hardship." ”

The group walked down the dirt mountain and walked slowly along the catapult position. There are a lot of people on the catapult position, and most of these people are responsible for pulling the catapult rope to launch stones. There are also some of the men of the baggage battalion, who are responsible for delivering arrows and stones to the chariot operation.

The group talked and laughed and walked into the infantry battle formation, walking through the middle of the array. The soldiers were accustomed to the inspection of the superiors, and they did not squint one by one, looking intently at the front of the battlefield, waiting for the order to charge.

"Great General......" There was a sudden excited shout from the battle array, "Great General......"

It turned out that a soldier found out that Li Yi was among the Shangguan on patrol today, and immediately shouted happily.

This soldier's voice made more soldiers discover Li Yi.

"General...... The general ...... "The soldiers were ecstatic and cheered.

The cheers grew louder and denser, and like bursts of thunder, they slammed into the chasm water one after another, resounding throughout the battlefield.

On the west bank of the chasm water, Xu You, who was on the battlefield on the front line, heard the cheers of the other side and was shocked. He, Yan Liang, Jiao Touch and others stopped at their horses and looked up into the distance.

Li Yi arrived at Guandu, will the decisive battle be far away?

Recently, the Northern Frontier Army has gone completely crazy, regardless of the inferiority of their own troops, they have brazenly put on a desperate posture and attacked non-stop.

At the same time, Zhang Yan and Bian Xi, who were on the east side of the battlefield, also led their troops to approach the Jialu River.

The fierce offensive of the Northern Xinjiang Army made the coalition army panic and uneasy, and the mood of retreating from the battle permeated the entire military camp, and rumors that the army was about to retreat to Luoyang in the past two days were circulating everywhere.

The situation on the battlefield of Guandu became more and more tense, and at this time the coalition forces urgently needed a victory to boost morale, so Xu Yu urged Yuan Shao to launch an attack in Hanoi three times and twice. He said to Yuan Shao in his letter: "Liu Bei and Gao Gan have secretly gone north, stationed troops in Aocang, and can cross the river to fight at any time, what else is there to hesitate about?" ”

However, Yuan Shao refused to immediately launch an attack on Yizhou on the grounds that the army's food, grass and ordnance in northern Xinjiang could still be supported and morale was high. Yuan Shao believes that the time for a decisive battle has not yet come, and he still needs to wait patiently.

Xu You was helpless, and what Yuan Shao said was also the truth. Before the coalition forces formed a decisive battle advantage on the Guandu battlefield, it seemed pointless to hastily send troops to attack Yizhou.

Xu You then suggested that Xu Xuan and Cao Hong on the battlefield in the south go north to attack Xiangyi.

Yuan Shao was worried that his side would attack too hard, and forced all the Northern Xinjiang Army to the Guandu battlefield, but he did not agree.

In fact, Xu Xuan and Cao Hong still have the important task of protecting Xuchang, and Yuan Shao will never let them go north to enter the Guandu battlefield until they are forced to do so.

Xu You was so anxious that he had no choice but to retreat and ask Yuan Shao to quickly order Yuan Tan in Guanzhong to attack Hedong, and Chen Deng and Cao Chun in Xuzhou to attack the Qing and Xu borders.

Yuan Shao still didn't agree, and said in a reply to Xu You: "The battlefields of Guanzhong and Xuzhou have no effect on the decisive battle of the Central Plains, and you said this." Now we all listen to you, since you say that it has no effect or little effect, then what are we going to fight? It is better to save grain and grass, reduce injuries, and wholeheartedly prepare for the decisive battle of Guandu. ”

Yuan Shao said again: "The Northern Xinjiang Army fought so fiercely in Guandu, which is enough to prove their fear of the long-term confrontation between the two sides in Guandu, they are not confident to defeat us, as long as we hold this for a while, the Northern Xinjiang Army will decline again and again after a long period of unsuccessful fighting, and we will be exhausted again and again, and we can only wait for us to fight him, so that we can take back the initiative on the battlefield and regain the advantage of the decisive battle." In short, don't rush now, take your time. ”

Xu You was so angry that he angrily dropped the bamboo slip that returned to the book. He knew that Yuan Shao must have consulted Liu Biao, Fu Zhu, Yuan Wei, Feng Ji, Liu Shao and others.

Liu Biao still remembers the defeat in Jizhou, of course he is not willing to take the risk of taking the initiative again, and how can these people like Fu Zhu and Feng Ji give themselves the credit for the decisive battle in the Central Plains?

Although it is also a strategy to defeat the enemy, this strategy is too conservative, not only does it take too long and consumes too much, but there are also too many variables. Yuan Shao liked this strategy, Liu Biao also liked it, and Cao Cao and Liu Bei certainly preferred it in order to keep their few troops.

Although Yuan Shao also agreed with Xu Yu's good policy, he only used it as a supplement to the overall strategy of the Central Plains War, and he did not pay attention to this strategy at all. (To be continued.) )