In early August of the fourth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Henan, Zhongmu City. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Kuai Yue, Xi Zhicai, Cheng Yu, Feng Ji, Liu Shao and others gathered together to discuss the battle situation.

From the end of July to the present, in the past 10 days, the coalition forces have completely reversed the previous unfavorable situation by virtue of their obvious superiority in strength and after repeated hard battles on several battlefields, eliminated all the unfavorable factors caused by Xu You's defection, and regained control of the initiative in the Central Plains battlefield.

Feng Ji stood in front of the huge map and explained to everyone the latest battle situation and the deployment of troops on each battlefield.

"Our continuous offensive on the frontal battlefield of Guandu firmly contained the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army, thus helping Liu Bei, Kuai Yue, Xu Xuan and others to successfully complete the intended attack objectives on the flank of the Hanoi battlefield and the Chenliu battlefield, but ......"

Feng Ji paused for a moment and said worriedly: "In addition to launching a fierce confrontation with us on the Guandu battlefield, the Northern Xinjiang Army has gone against the norm on the battlefields of Hanoi and Chenliu, and has taken a big step back strategy, not to fight with us, nor to hold on to the city, and even took the initiative to give up Junyi, a key city, and let us cut off the connection between the Guandu battlefield and the Chenliu battlefield, and completely gave up the southern battlefield of the Central Plains. ”

"In the past ten days of fierce fighting, the Northern Xinjiang Army has not suffered any losses except on the Guandu battlefield." Cheng Yu stood up, walked to the map, pointed to Guandu on the map and said, "Have you noticed, now except for Chen Liu's Li E and Gao Shun, the rest of the Northern Xinjiang Army has all gathered on the Guandu battlefield." ”

He drew his hand around Chen Liucheng on the map, and continued: "If nothing else, Li E and Gao Shun will also withdraw from Chen Liucheng in the near future, and they may go north to cross the Jishui River and enter the Guandu battlefield from the direction of Fengqiu. ”

"The Northern Frontier Army is gathering forces and preparing for a decisive battle with us." Feng Ji drew his hand along the cities of Chenliu and Guandu on the map to Hanoi, and then Cheng Yu said, "On this line, we have nearly 500,000 troops, and the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army is about 230,000. Excluding their cavalry, the Northern Frontier Army had at least 150,000 foot soldiers. If we fall into the trap of the Northern Xinjiang Army and take the initiative to cross the chasm and fight a decisive battle, the losses will be very large. ”

He looked up at everyone, shook his head resolutely, and said to everyone: "You can't fight a decisive battle now, you have to continue to wait for a better time." ”

Liu Shao also agreed with Feng Ji's opinion, he said: "The Northern Xinjiang Army still has a huge army of foot soldiers, and there are nearly 100,000 cavalry troops, although some of the cavalry have now crossed the river and returned to Jizhou, some have gone to Yancheng and Yanjin to garrison the first line, and some are on the battlefield of Chenliu, but once we have killed the chasm, their infantry army can be defeated immediately, and we can be led to the Yancheng area, so that their cavalry can attack us." ”

Thinking of the battlefield of Pingyang Pavilion, tens of thousands of troops were swallowed up by the cavalry of Northern Xinjiang in a blink of an eye, Liu Shao's heart chilled.

"I think it's time for a decisive battle." Cao Cao stood up, strode to the map, and said to everyone, "It has been five months since the Northern Xinjiang Army began to attack in mid-March, whether the Northern Xinjiang Army is showing weakness to lure the enemy, or whether the food and grass are indeed insufficient and unable to fight again, one thing is certain, that is, Hebei's financial endowment is becoming more and more difficult, and the Northern Xinjiang Army is in a hurry to fight a decisive battle with us." ”

"The Northern Xinjiang Army is anxious for a decisive battle, and their strength is strong enough, which will make them overconfident and impatient, and will make them make mistakes in many things, I think it is an irreparable mistake for them to take the initiative to abandon the two battlefields of Hanoi and Tranliu this time." Cao Cao raised his fists and explained to everyone, "My left hand is the Hanoi battlefield, my right hand is the Chenliu battlefield, and my head is the Guandu battlefield. ”

"My suggestion is to launch an attack on Chenliu immediately, whether Li E and Gao Shun withdraw to the front line of Dingtao and Changyi, or rush to the Guandu battlefield, we don't care, we just need to pull all the troops on the Chenliu battlefield to the front line of the chasm in the shortest possible time."

Cao Cao pushed Feng Ji, who was standing beside him, and said, "Stand to the side, don't stand in my way." ”

Feng Ji glared at him with disdain, turned around and walked behind Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao smashed his fist into Hanoi County on the map, and said loudly: "After all the troops on the battlefield of Chenliu enter the attack position, Liu Bei from Hanoi will first send troops to Chaoge to attract the northern Xinjiang cavalry stationed in the direction of Jizhou, and at the same time forcibly cross the river from Yanjindu and Qingshuikou to contain the northern Xinjiang cavalry on the front line of Yancheng and Yanjin. ”

Then Cao Cao smashed another punch on the Fengqiu and Sanling Pavilion lines on the map, looked at Kuai Yue and said: "At the same time, Brother Xenodu led the army to attack the flank of the Northern Frontier Army from the direction of Junyi, forcing the Northern Frontier Army to draw troops from the main battlefield to block it. ”

"The rest of the army crossed the chasm." Cao Cao slapped his head hard and shouted, "Use our heads, use all our strength, hit it hard, and hit it at all costs." As long as the Northern Xinjiang Army loosens its position, we will win this battle. No matter what kind of trick the Northern Frontier Army has, we should ignore it. ”

"Our battlefield is in the narrow cone of the chasm water, the Jishui and the gutter water, and we are here to fight them, and we rush in, drag them, pull them, and we fight to the death, and we will not die, and we will not die......"

Kuai Yue hurried back from Kaifeng, very tired, with his head on his forehand, half leaning on and half leaning on the desk and drowsy, suddenly Cao Cao's hoarse roar woke him up like thunder, Kuai Yue was very unhappy, and blurted out: "Cao Mengde, are you crazy?" What to fight? The Northern Frontier Army is waiting for you, a madman, to throw yourself into the net? You want to die and you go by yourself, I don't want to die, I don't go. ”

"Brother Xenodu, the morale of the army is high at the moment, and the battlefield situation is very favorable to us, why don't you fight? There are only about 200,000 people in the Northern Xinjiang Army, and even if we fight one by one, we can beat the Northern Xinjiang Army half to death. Cao Cao stared at his little eyes, his little black face turned red, and he said a little annoyed, "I see that you are old and afraid of death, so go home and hug your grandson." ”

Kuai Yue was dizzy, and when he heard the words, he was furious, slapped his palm on the case, and scolded: "Cao Mengde, do you think you are not afraid of death?" If you have the ability, you are fighting with Li Yi in Dingtao to block the Northern Xinjiang Army in Dingtao? What are you doing when you fled to Henan? You are now a beggar with a big knife, you don't want to die, you are not afraid of death, that's your business, don't play music with me here. Without your 100,000 men on the battlefield in the Central Plains, we will be able to win the Northern Frontier Army. It's okay to stay and don't bite like a mad dog here. ”

"Kuai Xenodu, do you dare to curse?" Cao Cao's eyes were about to split, and he stretched out his halberd to point at Kuai Yue and roared angrily.

Seeing that Cao Cao dared to point fingers at him, Kuai Yue immediately replied without showing weakness: "What if I scold you?" What are you, the prime minister? If you want soldiers or not, if you want money or not, what will you do but kill people and set fires? finally grabbed a piece of land and gave it to Li Yi, what's the point of you living? Just wipe your neck with a knife. Let me tell you, this is Yuan Benchu's final say, and it is not your turn to speak, so I will stand on my side. ”

Kuai Yue is the oldest and the oldest in this big tent, and when his temper is out, no one dares to talk nonsense anymore.

Cao Cao lost face, jumped like thunder, pointed at Kuai Yue and scolded, Cheng Yu, Xiahou Yuan and others hurriedly put him out.

When the battle was won, the people became more panicked and uneasy, and their tempers grew stronger and greater.

Yuan Shao comforted everyone a few words. He believed that the time was not ripe for a decisive battle at present, and he had to wait a little longer, and instructed the generals not to be in a hurry, and not to fall for the Northern Xinjiang Army's plan to lure the enemy.

Now on the battlefield of Guanzhong, Yuan Tan has begun to attack Hedong. On the battlefield in Xuzhou, Jian Yong, Chen Deng, Cao Chun and others are also working hard. If these two flank battlefields can make a breakthrough, it will greatly contribute to the decisive battle on the Central Plains battlefield.

Yuan Shao said calmly: "At present, we have achieved more advantages on the battlefield in the Central Plains, but we have not achieved an absolute advantage in victory. Don't worry, wait, there will be more good news, and we will definitely be able to defeat the Northern Frontier Army. ”

At this moment, Yuan Zhongfei rushed into the big tent and shouted with an extremely panicked expression: "Lord, Xuchang is in a hurry. ”

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Yingchuan County, Yuzhou, Xuchang.

Wei Xu was ordered by Li E, the wife of the general, and Lu Bu, the general of Anxi, to lead his army across the Langtang Canal and quietly lurk at the confluence of the Langtang Canal and the Whirlpool River.

In order to facilitate the attack, the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Cavalry Corps were replaced with the armor of Yuan Shaojun and Cao Cao's army, and the battle flags were also replaced with the banners of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao.

After the scouts learned that Xu Xuan, Cao Hong and others had led their troops north to kill Chen Liu, Wei Xu immediately led his army across the vortex river overnight and quietly killed Yanling, a hundred miles away.

The hills around Yanling are vertical and horizontal, which is not conducive to the cavalry running, but it is conducive to the cavalry to hide their tracks.

Under the guidance of several guides, the army traveled 80 miles in one night and arrived outside the city of Yanling.

Twenty miles southwest of Yanling City is the Weishui River, and after crossing the river, it is Xuchang forty miles to the southwest, so whether it is Yanling City or the bank of the Weishui River, the coalition army has a heavy garrison. Wei Xu was worried that after dawn, the traces of the army would be exposed, so he deliberately asked the guide to take the army to detour from the path outside the city, and rushed directly to the Weishui River to seize the pontoon bridge and kill Xuchang directly.

However, when the army marched ten miles southwest of Yanling City, it was dawn.

The early dawn in summer was something Wei Xu had calculated, but due to the night march, there were various anomalies along the way, and the army finally failed to reach the river before dawn. (To be continued.) )