The victorious drums sounded loudly from the battlefield in the middle lane, and the soldiers on the castle tower raised their hands and cheered. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

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

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

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

"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 encircle the Xiliang army." Xu Shu ran to Li Yi's side excitedly, waved his hand and shouted, "Lord, give an order, give an order, we can completely solve the problem of Guanzhong in this battle, completely solve it." ”

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

Xu Shu was stunned for a moment, and said: "Lord, after the support of the Xiliang army was killed on the right flank battlefield, General Hu Cai was killed, General Xu Da struggled to support, and General Sun Li's 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? Li Yi said casually while carefully covering 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. Xu Shu knew that Li Yi was obsessed with keeping 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, "Lord, please think twice." ”

"I have to make sure that all the high-level cadres are wiped out." After Li Yi was silent for a moment, he said very resolutely, "On the battlefield on the left flank, Pengju's army has been fighting for a day and has suffered serious losses, and now there are at most 10,000 people to fight again." On the battlefield in the middle lane, Hansheng 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 100,000 reinforcements from Xie Xuan, Li Guangbi, Zhang Liao and others on the battlefield on the left flank, and if Gao Changgong, Huangfu Li and Han Xian immediately support the past, the total strength will be about 110,000 to 120,000. Gao Gan's army in the early fierce battle because of the support of the Xiliang cavalry, the losses should be about the same as ours, after his main force came up, the total strength was at least about 80,000 people. ”

"That is, under normal circumstances, our forces can defeat them, but it is difficult to encircle them. Our army has to surround Gao Gan on all sides, and the army of less than 120,000 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 80,000 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 cavalry, enough to chase and kill along the way and annihilate Yuan's army. Xu Shu persuaded, "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." ”

"Xu Da and Sun Li's army fought for a day, and it was very good to be able to hold out until dusk, 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." Li Yi 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. ”

Xu Shu smiled bitterly. In the final analysis, Li Yi 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 can't get reinforcements in the short term, so we can only collect as many prisoners as possible in this big battle. Li Yi reached out and picked up a chess piece, gently rotated it between his fingers, turned his head and said to Xu Shu, "Now do you understand?" ”

Xu Shu nodded. It is easy to defeat the army of Gao Gan, but it is not easy to encircle the 80,000 army, annihilate them, and force the enemy to surrender.

Now fighting in Guanzhong, in a decisive battle in the field, the number of cavalry directly determines the outcome of the battle. But when it came to the Guanxi with heavy passes and the battle of Luoyang, Kyoto, the number of cavalry was not decisive, and what was needed at that time was an army of foot soldiers. The number of infantry troops will directly determine whether the army can conquer Luoyang.

"Give the order." Li Yi smiled faintly, "We are fighting this battle, not only for victory, 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. ”

Xu Shu bowed down to receive the order.

"Send someone to meet Hou Junji again, and ask him to speed up, support the right-wing battlefield, and strive to force back the Xiliang people before dusk." Li Yi looked up at the increasingly red sun in the western sky, stretched lazily, then sat up straight, pointed to the chessboard and said, "Yuan Zhi, you seem to be about to lose, and you are about to lose in the middle game." ”

"Really?" Xu Shu sat on the seat, and the corners of his mouth lifted a trace of laughter, "General 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." Li Yi smiled, "You are a disciple of Mr. Shuijing, and this kind of chess power will disgrace his old man's reputation." ”

………………

The southeast side of the battlefield.

Deng Sheng's attack was extremely fierce, and he quickly advanced under the cover of the elite cavalry on both wings.

Wang Zhong couldn't stop it, and he and the two thousand soldiers were swallowed up by one after another shocking waves in the blink of an eye. They are like big trees that have been hit by a flood, trembling violently in the raging waves, moaning, and about to perish at any moment.

Wang Zhong was shocked and angry, and commanded the soldiers to form a battle formation and fight bravely, and his mouth kept shouting: "Kill, kill, stop them......"

The soldiers were not afraid of life and death, bravely stepped forward, and sacrificed their lives in a bloody battle, but Wang Zhong seriously underestimated the enemy's determination to break through the siege, and even miscalculated the enemy's strength, and they were met with a head-on attack by the enemy. Although the brave soldiers of the northern frontier fought for their lives and did not retreat, they were drowned and fell in a pool of blood under the continuous bombardment of layers of heavy waves, allowing the enemy to step on their bodies and roar forward.

Wang Zhong was surrounded by a flood of enemies. He had two arrows stuck in his shoulder blades, a bleeding wound on his thigh, and a long wound of flesh that had been struck on his back by an enemy's tomahawk, and a long wound of flesh that had stained his robe red.

"General, retreat, hurry......" Several of his guards shouted hoarsely while blocking the enemy, "We can't stand it, we can't stand it, you go quickly......"

"Whoever dares to take a step back will be killed." Wang Zhong roared angrily, and the spear in his hand plunged into the chest of the enemy like lightning, "Kill me, and I will not retreat until I die." ”

There were more and more enemy soldiers, and all kinds of weapons roared down from all directions, and the bloodshed stimulated the soldiers on both sides, and the crazy roars were thrilling.

At this time, no one cared about their own lives, and all that was on everyone's minds was killing, bloody killings, as if the terrible howls and severed limbs and stumps flying in the air were the purpose of their own survival.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

The fierce drums of war exploded, and the enemy soldiers were invincible. In the thunderous killing sound, step by step.

Xie Xuan's phalanx had not yet been completed, and the rear of the army came with an alarm horn, and Han Sui's reinforcements came from behind, and at this time, the two thousand foot soldiers who were blocking in front of the formation had been defeated by Deng Sheng, and the army was about to fall into the predicament of being attacked by the enemy.

"Urgently inform General Zhang Liao and support immediately." Xie Xuan ordered repeatedly, "Put up the banner of the goshawk and ask General Dian Wei and General Cao Xing to send an elite cavalry to block the enemy head-on and buy time for us to line up." ”

Dian Wei and Cao Xing only had 3,000 people left. In the critical situation that the infantry army did not finish the formation and the enemy attacked from the front and rear at the same time, they could only ensure the safety of the infantry army first.

Dian Wei ordered loudly: "Urgently inform General Zhang Liao, the enemy reinforcements are rushing from the southeast of the battlefield, and our army is suffering from the enemy, please ask him to support quickly." ”

"Summons Du Qu and asks him to immediately lead a thousand horsemen to block the enemy in front of the army and delay the enemy's attack speed."

"Order Lan Rong, my reinforcements will arrive immediately, please be sure to swear to stop the enemy, and don't let the enemy quickly approach the battle formation of our army."

……

The horn of "Woo Woo ......" sounded rapidly, and a thousand cavalry from the northern frontier galloped out of the formation, gradually forming a cone-shaped attack formation in the rapid march, cutting diagonally down along the front of the enemy's assault front army.