Yuan Shao, who was uneasy in his heart, immediately ordered: "Tell all the departments, attack with all your strength, don't stop, attack overnight, cross the Jishui River at all costs, and kill Yangwu City." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Yuan Shao had only one thought at this time, to drive the Northern Xinjiang Army to the north bank of the Yellow River as soon as possible. If the current terrible situation of the coalition forces continues to be maintained, and if the coalition forces block the Northern Xinjiang Army on the front line of Yanjin and Suoju, and form a stalemate with the Northern Xinjiang Army, it will be the coalition forces that have the upper advantage in the end, and there will be almost no suspense.

Yuan Shao couldn't understand Liu Biao, this is a war, a big war that determines life and death, not any conspiracy and trickery in the court, fighting a war on the battlefield requires a unified command, which is the foundation of victory.

Did he forget all the lessons of the Jizhou War two years ago?

Yuan Shao's army was attacking fiercely, while the armies of Xiahou Yuan, Liu Pan, and Wen Ping were watching from the sidelines. They were extremely dissatisfied with Yuan Shao's approach, and they were unwilling to cooperate with the Fengqiu battlefield, so why deliberately drove away the Northern Xinjiang Army. If you are afraid of the decisive battle, why do you run to the battlefield to do it?

Jian Yong sent the latest news from Xuzhou. Chen Deng wrote that the army had arrived at Gaotang City in Pingyuan County and was preparing to cross the river to attack the Ganling Kingdom of Jizhou.

Yuan Shao was overjoyed.

According to the calculation of time, Zang Ba and Chen Deng have already entered Jizhou, and the Northern Xinjiang Army should retreat faster. While sending the news to Liu Biao, he ordered the army to intensify the attack.

………………

Yangwu City.

After Xu Maogong received Xu Huang's letter asking for help, he learned that the rebels had thrown half of their troops to the front line of Fengqiu and Wuchao, which surprised him and hurriedly dispatched reinforcements.

He urgently ordered Lu Yi, who was blocking the enemy in Yanjin and the first line of sour jujube, to rush to Fengqiu City to support, and ordered Zhang Yan to cross the river overnight, and led two battalions of men and horses to the Wuchao area to help Xu Huang, Gao Shun and other generals hold the Jishui River defense line.

Yuan Shao did not put the main forces on the frontal battlefield to pursue, but gathered heavy troops to attack from the flank, intending to cut off the retreat of the Northern Xinjiang Army and completely annihilate the Northern Xinjiang Army.

Xu Maogong was heartbroken and remorseful. Since the beginning of the war, it was the first time that the Northern Xinjiang Army had lost four colonel-level officers and nearly 10,000 soldiers on a battlefield at the same time, which was something that they could not have imagined before the war.

"The flying pigeon sent a message to the lord, asking him to lead the cavalry army to cross the river as soon as possible." Xu Maogong's face turned pale, he smashed the case with a punch, and said through gritted teeth, "If you don't take revenge, you won't be a man." ”

………………

On the bank of the Jishui River, twenty miles south of Yangwu City, Yan Liang, Jiang Qi and others commanded the army to attack with overwhelming momentum.

Captain Sun Guan Feige passed a letter to Guan Yu, the rebel offensive was like a tide, and the army suffered too much loss, so he asked for reinforcements.

At this time, some of the officers and men of the Second Infantry Corps of the Northern Xinjiang Army had withdrawn to the original Wucheng under the command of Li Zhong, and the officers and men of the Fifth Army Corps who remained in Yangwu City were also led by Bian Xi to cross the ditch water and were evacuating to Suojube, and Guan Yu had no troops to deploy.

Guan Yu had no choice but to rush to Yangwu City in person, intending to beg Xu Maogong to temporarily transfer troops from the original Wucheng to the south to support.

"Elder Brother Yun, order Sun Guan to immediately withdraw from the battlefield and retreat to the original martial city." Xu Maogong shook the pu fan while pointing to the guards who hurriedly entered and exited the palace, and said to Guan Yu, "I will cross the river first and rush to the east bank of the Yin Gou River, and then you will lead your troops to withdraw to the original Wucheng and meet me in Yanjin." We have to bring Yuan Shao over, and we can't delay too long in the Jishui River. ”

"Big brother has already crossed the river?" When Guan Yu heard that he was going to withdraw, his mood suddenly relaxed, he snatched the fan from Xu Maogong's hand and slapped it a few times, "Have the cavalry all rushed to the north bank of the Yellow River?" ”

Xu Maogong leaned over and handed a few bamboo slips on the desk to Zhuge Liang, who was packing up his things, and said to Guan Yu: "According to the time calculation, the lord should have arrived in Liyang." ”

Guan Yu said happily: "In this way, Yuan Shao doesn't have a few days to be happy. ”

"It's coming, he's going to cry soon." Xu Maogong said with a smile, "You should retreat faster, throw away everything you can, don't be heartbroken." In a few days, when we come back, these things will still be yours. ”

"Haha...... Not only are these things still mine, but even Yuan Shao's head is mine. Guan Yu put the pu fan in his hand into Xu Maogong's arms, turned around and strode away, and said to Xu Maogong as he walked, "Military advisor, we'll see you in Yanjin." ”

………………

Yanjindu.

Today, Liu Bei led the army to make a comeback.

Liu Beibing divided into two routes and ordered Gao Gan to launch a diversion attack at Yanjindu, and he and Zhang Nan led people to cross the river from ten miles upstream of Yanjindu.

The crossing of the river was very smooth, and hundreds of people reached the opposite bank unimpeded, but Liu Bei and Zhang Nan smelled a trace of suffocating danger, and both of them felt that something was wrong.

It is only forty or fifty miles away from Sujube and Yanjin, and only ten miles away from Yanjindu, even if the Northern Xinjiang Army does not deploy heavy troops here, at least it will arrange for the Northern Xinjiang cavalry to patrol back and forth, and it is impossible not to even see the shadow of the enemy.

Tu Qianqu, who was the first to go ashore, cautiously checked around the neighborhood and returned to Liu Bei that everything was safe.

Although he had doubts, since the forward troops had reported that everything was safe, it was not good for Liu Bei to continue to hide behind.

Liu Bei gritted his teeth, waved his hand and ordered another 2,000 soldiers to cross the river.

However, before the 2,000 men had reached half of the shore, the roar of the galloping horses resounded up and down the river, and a group of cavalry from the north roared along the river embankment.

The coalition soldiers were caught off guard and rushed to meet the battle, and then the thin battle formation of the coalition army that was hastily met was torn to pieces by the rampaging northern frontier cavalry in a blink of an eye, and more than 1,000 people were soon swallowed up by the rolling torrent.

Liu Bei was shocked and hurriedly ordered a retreat.

The attack failed again.

Since the Northern Xinjiang Army had heavy troops on the Yanjindu line and could not break through, Liu Bei immediately thought of attacking from the direction of Qingshuikou, more than 100 miles downstream.

In any case, he must be ordered to lead a large army to the other side, otherwise after the end of the war, once the Northern Xinjiang Army withdraws intact, and the coalition forces fail to achieve the goal of severely inflicting heavy losses on the Northern Xinjiang Army, their own guilt will be great.

However, as soon as he thought of Qingshuikou, a message for help came from the direction of Qingshuikou, and the Northern Xinjiang Army began to counterattack.

Before Liu Bei could make a decision on whether to rescue or not, Gao Rou's second letter arrived, and the Northern Xinjiang Army was attacking too fiercely to resist it, so he had to withdraw from Qingshuikou.

Liu Bei held Gao Rou's letter and was at a loss. Now that he is in big trouble, he not only has to rush to the aid of Gao Rou to block the counteroffensive of the Northern Xinjiang Army, but also to quickly cross the river to attack Yanjin, both of which are impatient, both of which require troops, whether he will rush to Gao Rou to recapture Qingshuikou or concentrate his troops to Yanjin first?

If he gave up Qingshuikou, he would have to station heavy troops in Jixian to block the northern army on the east bank of the Qingshui River, but in this way, the troops to attack Yanjin would not be enough.

Liu Bei was in a dilemma, he was in a hurry, and he didn't know what to do.

"First hold Ji County, block the Northern Xinjiang Army on the east bank of the Qingshui River, and then wait for an opportunity to attack Yanjin." Gao Gan saw that Liu Bei couldn't make up his mind for a long time, and knew that he was worried about Yuan Shao, so he took the initiative to suggest, "With our little men, plus the Yellow River in front of us, it is actually impossible to capture Yanjin." The biggest role of our attack on Yanjin is actually to contain the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army, so as to help the coalition forces on the front line of Fengqiu and Wuchao make a breakthrough quickly, so holding Hanoi should be our first priority, and the second is to help the coalition forces on the other side to capture Yanjin. ”

Gao Gan is Yuan Shao's nephew, and since he has spoken, things will be easy to do. Liu Bei did not hesitate, immediately accepted Gao Gan's suggestion, and ordered Zhang Nan to lead the army to support Gao Rou, recapture Qingshuikou as much as possible, and beat the Northern Xinjiang army back to Chaoge City.

………………

Liyang.

On the surface of the Yellow River, five boat bridges are like giant dragons, quietly lying prone on the surging river.

Flags were flying on the bridge, and a convoy of people carrying grain and grass was passing over the bridge. The ferry port is full of people, full of people, and it is very lively.

Li Yi frowned slightly, turned to look at Xu Shu and asked, "Before dusk, can this place be cleaned up?" ”

"Yes, it won't delay the cavalry army crossing the river." Xu Shu hurriedly replied, "Starting tomorrow, all the people and grain and grass baggage will cross the river from the direction of Changshoujin, and all the five boat bridges here will be left for the use of the army. ”

Xu Shu pointed to the dense crowd on the ferry and the bridge, and said to Li Yi: "In the afternoon, after these people have crossed the river, the ferry and the nearby dozens of miles of galloping roads will be blocked. ”

Li Yi nodded, thought for a while and asked, "Are the White Horse City all ready?" ”

"It's all ready, don't worry, lord." Xu Shu said with a smile, "There is Xun Chen in charge over there, Wang Chang and Guo Huai help each other, and it should be foolproof." ”

"100,000 iron horsemen roared down, and the battlefield within a radius of nearly 100 miles will not be left with a piece of armor, and no one will survive." Xiao Sui said to Xu Shu very seriously, "It is impossible for us to tell the Hu knights, which people are rebels, which people are the people, which people should be killed, and which people should not be killed, so Yuan Zhi, you immediately flew a pigeon to send a letter to Xun Youruo, asking him to do his best to evacuate the people in the Baima, Pingyang Pavilion, and Yancheng areas to a safe place, and if anyone is unwilling to leave, forcibly drive them away." ”

Xu Shu bowed down and replied: "Back to Mrs. Xiao, Boji said in his letter that in recent months, due to the frequent wars in Baima, Pingyang, and Yancheng, most of the local people have fled their homes, and it can be said that it is deserted. In addition, according to the information we received from Luoyang, Yuan Shao had ordered the officials of Yin, Chenliu County, and Dong County in Henan Province to forcibly move a large number of people south from the counties that might be affected by the war to Yuzhou and Luoyang. Yuan Shao did us a great favor. (To be continued.) )