The generals were silent. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info sits in command of the entire Central Plains battlefield, and has a great responsibility, especially in this life-and-death battle related to the rise and fall of the society, there are too many variables, and no one can grasp the chance to win, once there is a mistake, the consequences are unimaginable.

Immediately, Li Yi set his eyes on Guan Yu and Chang Yuchun, and looked at the stern faces of the two.

Guan Yu suddenly laughed at himself, the eldest brother brought up this matter in front of the generals, which can be described as well-intentioned.

The eldest brother came to the front line in person, in addition to worrying that the Hu iron cavalry would cause trouble, the most important thing was that he could not decide who to give the command of the front line.

He and Chang Yuchun are the commanders of the left and right armies, and after the division is set to Tao, the two armies are combined into one, and one person must be the commander of the army to command the decisive battle.

Guan Yu has some understanding of his character, although he is usually relatively calm, but he is too proud, which is not suitable as the commander of this battle involving hundreds of thousands of troops. This can be seen from the Jizhou War the year before last, when the eldest brother gave the command of the front line to Chang Yuchun.

Now, when the eldest brother arrives at the front line of the Central Plains, he must leave one person to sit in Xingyuan and command all battlefields in the Central Plains in a unified manner, and there is only one candidate for Xingyuan, and that is Chang Yuchun.

At the beginning of the Central Plains War, the left and right armies marched together. The eldest brother commands the army on the left, and he commands the army on the right. At this time, whether he could obey Chang Yuchun's order became a problem for the eldest brother.

In order to allow himself to accept Chang Yuchun's order, the eldest brother put this matter that should have been decided by him on a public occasion and forced himself to express his position in public.

Guan Yu looked at Chang Yuchun opposite, his eyes were sharp and compelling. Chang Yuchun looked directly at Guan Yu and was calm.

"Big brother, let Boren sit in charge." Guan Yu looked at the worried eyes of the generals and smiled slightly, "I follow Beren's orders. ”

Li Yi was overjoyed. The generals looked at each other and smiled.

"Good. Beren stayed behind and sat in charge. Li Yi said loudly, "My brothers and I entered the Central Plains. ”

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Henan Yin, Xingyang City.

The drums above Xingyang City shook the sky, the sound of fierce fighting resounded through the mountains, the faint blood in the air floated in the wind, the breath of death wandered like a ghost on the waterside, and the desperate and tragic screams quietly enveloped the entire battlefield.

With a heart-rending roar, the arrows poured down from the sky, and more than 2,000 siege soldiers shouted all the way, rushing across the moat and climbing along hundreds of ladders.

Hao Zhaoteng, a young soldier who was only eighteen years old, jumped over the blood-stained battlement, and the shield in his hand struck down with a thunderous blow. The oncoming enemy spear pierced the air, and his body could not dodge, and he was smashed by this head-on shield and his head was bleeding, and he turned over and fell. Hao Zhao's sword whistled and chopped down, and when the blood light burst out, the long legs of the enemy pawn split in two. Before the screams were over, a bloody spear fell from the sky, piercing his body as it fell to the ground.

"Kill ......" Hao Zhao landed on his feet, looked back and shouted, "Kill me ......"

The sword swung and brought up the sky full of wind and thunder, strings of warm blood beads shot straight into the sky, and the severed limbs and stumps danced in the wind with a terrible howl in the roar of rage.

Hao Zhao and his soldiers were brave and tried their best to fight their way out of the narrow city walls.

"Brothers, form a formation...... Formation ...... Hold the battlement for me. Hao Zhao stepped on the corpse of the enemy, brandished his sword and shield, and shouted wildly.

The soldiers who followed echoed in unison, each occupying their own positions, fighting bloodily with the moon arc formation, and covering more soldiers to rush to the city tower with their own lives.

The enemy's counterattack became more and more fierce, and in a short moment, the three thugs were swallowed up by the stormy attack.

Hao Zhao's eyes were red, hatred made him lose his mind, he was like a crazy tiger, opening his bloody mouth and roaring forward.

"Archer, shoot him...... Shoot him ......" The commander of the enemy garrison held his bloody severed arm, and retreated again and again, and his hoarse and terrible screams were terrifying.

Three archers rushed to the front with crossbows, and the crossbow arrows roared out.

Hao Zhao couldn't hide, and while blocking his heart with the shield in his hand, he threw his sword at the enemy in front of him, and shouted: "Kill ......"

Three crossbow arrows, one shot in the air, one was blocked by a shield, but the last one was right in Hao Zhao's shoulder.

"Killing ......" saw that his young and brave soldiers were injured, and the anger of the soldiers in the northern Xinjiang suddenly exploded, and the killing was like thunder.

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Zhang Fei looked at the reinforcements galloping in the distance, and his face showed a hint of joy.

Tian Kai hurriedly caught up. Hu Ban and Wang Zhongfei dismounted, and the two sides exchanged greetings.

"After General Yu and General Wang took Chenggao City, they immediately ordered me and Wang Zhong to lead the army to hurry over." Hu Ban asked anxiously, "We're not late, are we?" ”

"It's just the right time." Tian Kai pointed to the battlefield in the distance, and said with a stern expression, "You were able to rush to Yingyang one day earlier, which greatly eased the tension in the direction of Xingyang. ”

"How is the battle in Xingyang?" Wang Zhong asked, "Are we going to go into a siege battle right away?" ”

"We've been attacking for two days straight." Tian Kai shook his head, "Xingyang City is tall and strong, there are many defenders in the city, and there are also plenty of food, grass and ordnance, so it is very difficult to fight. ”

He suddenly thought that Yu Ban could quickly take Chenggao City and divide his troops to support Xingyang in advance, so he hurriedly asked: "Chenggao City is very close to Luoyang, and it is backed by the Yellow River, which is a barrier of the Tiger Pass, and the defense is very tight, how did you fight it?" ”

"We were shot down with stone cannons." Wang Zhong replied, "Chenggao City is only fifteen miles away from the Yellow River, and the stone cannons were quickly transported to the city. We stormed for a day, and at dusk we ceased fighting. In the middle of the night, General Yu ordered the chariot battalion to push the stone cannons under the city, first projecting clay pots filled with fire oil onto the city wall and the houses near the city wall, and then setting fire to the stones coated with fire oil. The fire immediately ignited, and the city of Chenggao was in a panic, and we took the opportunity to attack the city. ”

That night the wind was very strong, and the fire in the houses became more and more vigorous, gradually spreading to the city, and as a result, the storehouse where the grain and grass were stored was burned, and Chenggao City suddenly fell into a sea of fire. The defenders in the city had no intention of fighting and rushed to flee, so we easily took Chenggao City without danger. ”

As Wang Zhong walked, he told the process of attacking Chenggao City. Tian Kai listened attentively and asked for some details from time to time.

"Do you have heavy casualties?" Tian Kai asked.

"If we add the losses from the attack on the river crossing, we have about 1,200 casualties." Hu Ban asked rhetorically, "What about your casualties?" ”

"In the past two days, we have three soldiers who have died on the tower." Tian Kai lowered his head and sighed.

Three soldiers were killed in two days, and the tragedy of this battle can be imagined.

Hu Ban and Wang Zhong looked at each other and looked at the bloody battlefield ahead.

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Zhang Fei waved his hand and motioned for Hu Ban and Wang Zhong to walk to the front of the case.

"This is Guancheng (now Zhengzhou)." Zhang Fei patted the map on the table with the horsewhip in his hand, "This place is sixty miles away from Xingyang and one hundred and seventy miles away from Zhongmu. ”

"Two days ago, Wang Ling led 3,000 men to attack this city, preparing to block the reinforcements in the direction of Zhongmu, but as soon as Wang Ling began to attack, the reinforcements from Zhongmu City arrived. Wang Ling had no choice but to give up the siege and instead fight to the death with enemy reinforcements at Xinting, five miles outside the city. ”

"This morning, Wang Ling asked me for help, saying that the second batch of reinforcements from Zhongmu City had approached Guancheng. If nothing else, there will be fierce battles in the direction of Sinting at dusk today or tomorrow morning. ”

Zhang Fei's face was like frost, he looked up at the two of them, and said, "The two of you will go to support immediately, take Guancheng, and block the enemy's reinforcements." ”

Zhang Fei whipped at Xingyang, his murderous aura appeared, and he said sharply: "I need time to lay down Xingyang now." Before the battle flag of the army is planted on the tower, you must defend the city for me, and not allow an enemy to rush to the city of Xingyang. ”

"General Zhang, rest assured, if the rebels want to cross Guancheng, they must walk over by stepping on my corpse." Hu Ban looked excited and said loudly.

"Okay." Zhang Fei waved his hand vigorously and said categorically, "Set off immediately." ”

"Wait." Tian Kai raised his hand and said, "There are some things to make clear to you. Please see ...... two."

Tian Kai pointed to the map and said: "With Xingyang as the center, the Yellow River is in the north, Chenggao in the west, Aocang in the east, and Guancheng in the west. Take a closer look, what kind of formation is this? ”

"This is a cone-shaped formation based on the Yellow River." Hu Ban only glanced at it, then pointed to Guan Cheng and said, "This is the tip of the cone of the cone formation. Whether we can gain a foothold in Henan depends on the sharpness of this cone. ”

"Yes." Tian Kai nodded and said, "This southward attack, the imperial court's will to us is to drag Yuan Shao's army in Henan, so this cone-shaped formation focuses on defense. ”

"After we conquered Xingyang, we immediately stationed heavy troops in Xingyang, and the role of Guancheng is to build a barrier for Xingyang."

"When Luoyang's reinforcements attacked Chenggao, we supported Chenggao. When Yuan Shao's main force returned from Baima and Puyang to attack Aocang from the direction of Yangwu, we came to the aid of Aocang. When Chenggao, Ao Cang, and Guancheng were attacked at the same time, our goal was achieved, and we only had to hold out for a while before we could retreat to Hanoi. ”

Wang Zhong hesitated for a moment and asked: "Whether you can take Guancheng and stick to Guancheng is directly related to whether the army can drag Yuan Shao's main army in Henan?" We know this, but the problem is that we dragged Yuan Shao's main army in Henan to prevent him from capturing the Central Plains, and the final result was to cheapen Cao Cao's butcher. I don't understand, why did the imperial court do this? Why would the lord agree to such an unreasonable strategy? ”

Zhang Fei snorted coldly, his thick eyebrows furrowed, and said, "We only care about the war, don't worry about the affairs of the imperial court." ”

His tone was very dissatisfied, and he obviously agreed with Wang Zhong's question.

Tian Kai sighed in a low voice: "Fight the battle well first and try to avoid losses." The purpose of this battle is just to prevent Yuan Shao from capturing the Central Plains, and we really don't need to pay too much price, so as not to lose more than we gain. (To be continued.) )