On the third day of the fourth month of the seventh year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhou Yu and Lu Su arrived at Mengcheng with a large army, and there was still a hundred miles of road from Qicheng. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the early morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Zhou Yu was woken up by Lu Su in his sleep, and Lu Su told Zhou Yu: "Gong Jin, Bo Ning has written a book, saying that his army is blocked in Gongcheng, please go north as soon as possible and attack Gongcheng with him." ”

Zhou Yu put the letter close to the candle flame and read it hastily, and was suddenly startled, jumped up from the seat, and exclaimed: "Li Yi's goal is Xuzhou!" ”

"I think so too." Lu Su twisted his beard and said.

"Li Yi must have gone south with the cavalry of Northern Xinjiang." Zhou Yu's face changed slightly, he slammed the letter in his hand to the ground, and said through gritted teeth, "Cao Apu didn't tell me about such a big thing, and Bo Ning even hid it." He is unkind, I am unjust, withdraw ......"

"Withdraw ......," Lu Su also said resolutely, "Withdraw to Anfengjin overnight, and withdraw to the south bank of the Huai River." ”

"Xuzhou is finished." Zhou Yu shook his head in frustration, "Who would have thought that Li Yi would still be so crazy and dare to fight on two battlefields at the same time." ”

"As long as Cao Cao can withdraw the army in time, defend Pengcheng and Xiapi, and we hold the Huai River line, Xuzhou still has hope of survival." Lu Su said disapprerovingly, "At this time, Li Yi requisitioned cavalry from northern Xinjiang to fight Xuzhou, and what he fought for was surprise, that is, speed. Once he is trapped in the battlefield of Xuzhou and cannot take Pengcheng and Xiapi for a long time, he can only withdraw his troops before the summer, otherwise what will he do with his northern Xinjiang? Li Yi last recruited the cavalry of Northern Xinjiang to fight in the Central Plains, that is, it was used for a decisive battle, and after the decisive battle was over, he returned immediately. With so many cavalry staying in the Central Plains, grain and grass are a big problem, and the security of the northern frontier is also a big problem. No matter how bold Li Yi is, no matter how crazy he is, he doesn't dare to joke about his northern Xinjiang. ”

"Can Cao Cao's army be withdrawn?" Zhou Yu put on his armor and sighed, "Although he is cautious, the front-line army is only more than three hundred miles away from Pengcheng, but more than three hundred miles is nothing for a galloping war horse?" The cavalry of Northern Xinjiang each had two horses, never sleeping, running wild day and night, and Cao Cao's people could not escape the fate of the annihilation of the whole army even if they had wings. ”

Lu Su stood stunned for a while, and said with a dejected expression: "Xuzhou is really finished." In the blink of an eye, Xuzhou is gone. Li Laohu is Li Laohu, the older he gets, the more cunning he becomes, and the older he gets, the more ruthless he becomes. ”

"Let's go." Zhou Yu picked up the long sword and sighed softly, "If we can't hold Huaishui this time, the world will be Li Yi's." ”

"There are 100,000 troops in Jiangdong, and you are afraid that you will not be able to hold the Huai River?" Lu Su sneered, "I don't believe that Li Yi's cavalry can cross the Huai River." ”

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On the morning of the fourth day of the fourth month of April, Man Pet received a letter from Zhou Yu.

In his letter, Zhou Yu solemnly warned Man Chong: "Immediately withdraw to the south bank of Huaishui, otherwise you will definitely die under the cavalry of the northern frontier." Xuzhou is finished, if you can hold Huaishui, you can still survive, otherwise you will wait for death. ”

"How did Xiao Zhoulang know that the cavalry of the Northern Frontier had gone south?" Liu Xun smiled bitterly, "Without his 20,000 people, our going north is equivalent to death." ”

Man Zhong decided to wait a little longer to see if Cao Hong could break through the encirclement, and wrote to Cao Cao that Xiao Zhoulang had run away, and his troops were thin, and asked to retreat.

Just when he was anxious, the scout flew to report that the cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang had crossed the city and was rushing towards Qicheng.

Full of flattery, he ordered the army to abandon the grain and grass and retreat at full speed.

But at this time, it was too late, and on the next day, that is, on the fifth day of the fourth month, Li Yi led the heavy cavalry of the personal guard army to catch up with the Cao army led by Man Zhong near Xiangcheng.

The favored army was wiped out, and none of them escaped Huaishui.

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On the sixth day of April, Jiujiang County, Yangzhou, Shouchun.

After Cao Pi received Cao Cao's order, he gathered his army while waiting for Xiahou Yuan to lead an army from Liyang.

On the fifth day of the fourth month, after receiving a request for help, Cao Pi ordered the forward army to cross the river from the direction of Xia Cai and prepare to go north.

On the sixth day of the fourth month, when the Tu defenders sent fast cavalry to inform Cao Pi urgently, the cavalry of Northern Xinjiang appeared on the north bank of Huaishui, and Wukou and Yicheng were lost, asking for support.

Cao Pi was shocked and ordered the troops that had already crossed the river to withdraw quickly.

At dusk of the same day, the cavalry of the northern frontier killed Xia Cai.

Cao Pi and Xiahou Yuan stationed on the embankment of the Ma River, looking at the northern cavalry galloping back and forth on the other side of the river and the battle flags waving in the wind, frowning and worried.

Who would have thought that the Northern Frontier cavalry would kill Huaishui so quickly, and its speed was incredible. They once thought that this was a small force of cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army, which was going deep into the rear of Xuzhou to disturb people's hearts, but when General Tu Shou told them very resolutely, the soldiers who fled back from Wukou and Yicheng not only saw thousands of Northern Xinjiang cavalry, which was definitely the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army.

"I wonder how Peng Cheng is now?" Cao Pi said with a sad face, "How can this be? Where did so many troops come from in Northern Xinjiang? Could it be that Li Yi led the Northern Xinjiang cavalry south? ”

Xiahou Yuan sighed in a low voice and asked, "Is there any news from Jiangdong?" ”

Cao Pi shook his head and said, "Zhang Hong has just crossed the river, and it is estimated that it will take a few days for King Wu to send someone to deliver the news. ”

"Immediately send someone across the river to Jiangdong, and ask Sun Quan to support quickly." Xiahou Yuan waved his horsewhip and said urgently, "Li Yi is going to lead the army to cross Huai, once the entire territory of Jiujiang is lost, the world will be Li Yi's, quick, ......."

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On the tenth day of the first month of April, Pengcheng.

Guan Yu paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his back.

Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu, Jiang Ji and other staff officers of the army surrounded the case for a few days, talking quietly about the military situation.

As of today, all the armies of the southbound armies have arrived at their designated positions.

Xian Yufu led the cavalry of his headquarters to Sikou and captured Sikou and Huaipu. Huaiyin was located on the south bank of the Huai River, and its defenders decisively burned the pontoon bridge, so the Northern Xinjiang Army failed to occupy Huaiyin City.

The lord's father-in-law led the heavy cavalry of the personal guard army to the vortex mouth and the Xia Cai line, and blocked the northward road of the Jiujiang Army in time.

When Zhang He heard the news, he immediately changed the direction of his attack, and instead rushed to kill An Fengjin and Yangquan, intending to intercept Zhou Yu and Lu Su.

However, Zhou Yu and Lu Su were too cunning, and their reactions were also extremely fast, and they retreated to the south bank of Huaishui in front of Zhang He, and the idea of the Northern Xinjiang Army chasing and killing Zhou Yu failed to materialize.

Gao Shun's army and Gongsun Fan's cavalry surrounded Pengcheng, Xu Huang, Tian Yu, and Chang Yuchun's army surrounded Xiapi, Zang Ba's army surrounded Tancheng, and Xue Rengui had already led his army south to the Huai River to join the main guild, and Chen soldiers were on the front line of Xia Cai and Yicheng, ready to attack the rebels in the north at any time.

Now the 50,000 cavalry army is located in the Huaishui line to block the rebels, the 40,000 cavalry army surrounded Cao Cao in Pengcheng, the 50,000 infantry army surrounded Xiapi, Zang Ba's 20,000 Qingzhou army is attacking Tancheng, and the Northern Xinjiang Army successfully completed the intended attack target within ten days and achieved absolute control over the Xuzhou battlefield.

The problem facing the Northern Xinjiang Army now is to capture Pengcheng, Xiapi and Tancheng as soon as possible, so that all the infantry troops can advance to the Huaishui line, and the cavalry army can return to the northern Xinjiang before the summer comes.

"How many people have we besieged and annihilated in the four places of Fanghe, Xiaocheng, Dancheng and Xiangcheng?" Guan Yu stopped and looked up at Xu Shu, "Don't you have a specific number yet?" ”

"After the battle, the various departments took the prisoners on the road, because the time was too tight, so ......" Xu Shu smiled helplessly and said to Guan Yu, "However, I met with Xi Zhi, and he talked about the approximate number of troops from all walks of life in Xuzhou." If he hadn't lied to us, then after four battles, we would have annihilated about 80,000 Cao troops. In addition, Cao Pi and Xiahou Yuan of Jiujiang County still have about 40,000 people in their hands, so that when calculated, Pengcheng, Xiapi and Tancheng only have 40,000 horses at most. According to Xi Zhicai's estimates, the defenders of Pengcheng had at least 20,000 people, Cao Ren of Tancheng had about 10,000 people, and the number of defenders in Xiapicheng should be about 10,000. ”

"Hit Pi first?" Guan Yu frowned tightly and whispered to himself.

"I also think that we should first defeat Pi, then Tancheng, and then concentrate all our forces to fight Pengcheng." Zhuge Liang said, "Our speed is very fast, Cao Cao didn't have time to react, he must be in Pengcheng." Peng Cheng is the most difficult to fight, so it's better to play in the back. ”

Guan Yu thought for a while, pointed at Jiang Ji and said: "The flying pigeon passed the book to the three generals Xu Huang, Tian Yu, and Chang Yuchun, immediately attack the city, and take Xiapi first at all costs." ”

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On April 12, the Northern Xinjiang Army began to attack Xiapi, and after seven consecutive days of attacking, Chang Yuchun personally led the soldiers of the first battalion to kill the city wall and took the lead in conquering the West City Gate.

On April 20, the Northern Xinjiang Army captured Xiapi.

Two days later, Xu Huang led his army north to Pengcheng. Chang Yuchun led the army to kill Tancheng. Tian Yu stayed in Xiapi.

On April 26, Chang Yuchun and Zang Ba attacked at the same time, and within one day, the Northern Xinjiang Army climbed the tower three times, and the defenders suffered heavy casualties.

Chang Yuchun saw that the morale of the enemy army was low, and he commanded the army to attack overnight. Late that night, Chang Yuchun took the lead and conquered the city gate with his personal guards, and the army immediately entered the city. Cao Ren surrendered.

On April 28, Chang Yuchun, Zang Ba and others led their troops to the Pengcheng battlefield.

On the third day of the fifth month, Guan Yu commanded an army of 80,000 to attack Pengcheng.

The defenders of Pengcheng, under the command of Cao Cao, put up a stubborn resistance.

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In early May, Chang'an.

Yue Fei, the general of the expedition to the west, Zhao Yun, the general of the right chariot cavalry, and Sima Yi, the marching military division, received the good news that Xu Da sent back from Longnan.

After Ma Chao's reinforcements entered the Longnan battlefield, Xu Da immediately commanded the army to launch a counterattack, but Zhou Cang and Zhang Ren could not resist and withdrew to Yangping Pass.

Xu Da then pursued and attacked Zoumaling with heavy troops. Zhang Ren, who was stationed in Zoumaling, fled to Yangping Pass and lost the high ground guarding the pass.

Xu Da ordered Ma Chaotun to march to Jinniu Mountain to block the reinforcements in the direction of Bashu, and ordered Pang Yitun to go to Maling, bombarding Yangping Pass with crossbow carts and catapults.

Chang'an did not provide much grain, grass and ordnance to the Longnan battlefield, so Xu Da repeatedly complained to Chang'an and implored Chang'an to allocate grain and grass.