After defeating Yuan Shao, we gathered all our troops to encircle and annihilate Cao Cao. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Prior to this, Xu Huang's army of 8,000 had already pursued to Linqing Pavilion and engaged in a fierce battle with the rebels, and later they would make a detour to the northwest of the Qingyuan and Guantao lines to surround Cao Cao.

Gao Changgong has been ordered to rush to Fagan and Yuancheng to cut off Cao Cao's southward retreat.

Xian Yuyin and Hao Meng had already led their troops to Ganling City, and they would be ordered to outflank Cao Cao in the southeast direction of the Qingyuan and Guantao lines.

Chang Yuchun and Xun Di will arrive at the line of Beiqiu and Linqing Pavilion tomorrow and surround Cao Cao from the east. Gao Shun's army would join Chang Yuchun in three days.

In the next three days, 82,000 troops will surround Cao Cao on the Qingyuan and Guantao lines.

If we wait until Yuan Shao is annihilated, and then encircle and annihilate Cao Cao, then our army participating in this battle will be as high as 270,000 horses.

According to our expectations, the battle of Jizhou will end in late September.

Guan Yu and Xu Maogong carefully looked at the locations of the various armies on the map, and their expressions were extremely solemn.

"We were worried that the intention to encircle and annihilate Yuan Shao would be exposed too early, so he would run away after discovering it, so we did not arrange for the army to outflank him on the west side of the line of Guantao and Weicheng." Yan Zhi continued, "The iron cavalry of General Lu Bu was arranged on the front line of Neihuang and Fanyang just in case. Once Yuan Shao wants to run, we will let General Lu Bu rush to the area of Montenegro first to block Yuan Shao's retreat to Hanoi County. ”

"When will Xu Da's army arrive in Yecheng?" Guan Yu's hand kept tapping on the black mountain on the map, worried.

Yan Zhi whispered: "It is nearly eight hundred miles from Jinyang to Yecheng, and it will take eight days at the fastest if you travel a hundred miles per day, but because the army has to cross the Taihang Mountain, it will take at least ten to eleven days, so it ......"

Guan Yu shook his head and said, "It's too long, Yuan Shao will definitely run." If it really can't be done, 160,000 people will fight 130,000. ”

Xu Maogong smiled bitterly: "The terrain around Guantao and Weicheng is not good, here is the big river on the right, and the Qing River on the left, the widest point between the two is less than fifty miles, and there are more than a dozen small rivers in the middle, which is very unfavorable for iron cavalry combat." If Yuan Shao's army is in a group, it will be difficult for us to inflict heavy losses on them, so we must ensure the absolute superiority of the army in numbers, first tear through his defense line with an army of foot soldiers, and then charge and kill them with iron cavalry. ”

"If we can make sure that Yuan Shao is surrounded, why don't we fight Cao Cao first?" Yan Zhi asked.

Xu Maogong said with a smile: "If we can't completely annihilate Yuan Shao, we can't completely annihilate Cao Cao, so we must fight Yuan Shao first." ”

Yan Zhi looked at Xu Maogong suspiciously, and then at Guan Yu, wanting to ask but not daring to ask.

Guan Yu patted his head lightly and said with a smile: "Think about it, why are you." ”

At this time, another soldier sent Li Yi's urgent letter. After Guan Yu finished reading it, his face immediately changed, and he said with a dark face: "Yuan Shu won the Dingtao." ”

Xu Maogong was taken aback, hurriedly took the letter from Guan Yu's hand, and after reading it, he shook his head helplessly and said, "This battle is getting harder and harder. ”

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In early September, Wei County, into a gathering.

Yuan Shao led the army to evacuate, and after traveling a hundred miles in a hurry, he reached a rendezvous. A hundred miles further on, there is Wei City.

That's when he received several messages from the scouts. First of all, the iron cavalry of the Northern Frontier Army was discovered in the direction of Weicheng. The second is that the army of Zhang Fei, the general of the Northern Xinjiang Army, left Yecheng and chased after him. The last one is that Cao Cao's army has crossed Qingyuan City and is rushing towards Guantao.

Yuan Shao immediately ordered Han Qiong, Feng Ji, Zhang Nan, and Tao Sheng to lead an army of 30,000, and Yan Liang, Han Hao, Jiao Touch, and Lü Weikuang to lead an army of 30,000 to retreat westward respectively, and rush to the two cities of Dangyin and Neihuang first, so as to ensure that the army could calmly withdraw from the direction of Montenegro to Hanoi in a critical situation.

He ordered Wen Chou, Guo Tu, Gao Gan, and Jiang Yiqu to lead an army of 30,000 to retreat south quickly, and quickly control the line of Fanyang, Liyang, and Puyang to ensure the safety of the army's southward retreat.

Yuan Shao, with Gao Rou, Chen Lin and other strategists, as well as generals such as Gao Lan, Liyi, Lü Kuang and Lü Xiang, led the main army of 40,000 to continue to advance in the direction of Weicheng, in order to contain the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Army and respond to the safe withdrawal of Cao Cao's army.

Chen Lin suggested that Yuan Shao should order Yuan Zhong and Xu You, who were stationed in Xingyang, to lead the army north and meet the army from the direction of Liyang.

Yuan Shao accepted Chen Lin's suggestion,

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In early September, Wei County, ten miles southwest of Guantao City.

Cao Cao's vanguard army encountered the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry.

Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, and Cao Xiu reported to Cao Cao urgently, and waited in formation.

"The scouts have been searching ahead, how could they not have found it?" Cao Ren seemed to be talking to himself, and he seemed to be asking his younger brother Cao Chun next to him.

Cao Chun was looking down at the map carefully, and sneered when he heard this: "It may have been quietly killed from the direction of the Great River." This place is only ten miles away from the Great River, and if the Northern Iron Cavalry deliberately hides their whereabouts, even if our scouts find out, they will not have time to report it. ”

"Now that the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry has appeared, the road ahead is very difficult to walk." Cao Xiu sighed, "There are still one hundred and twenty miles from here to Weicheng, if we can't get to Weicheng......"

"The Northern Frontier Army is not so fast." Cao Ren comforted, "This may be an iron horse coming from the direction of Yecheng. The Dongguang battlefield is more than 700 miles away from here, and they can't fly so fast even if they have wings. ”

A few people were discussing a strategy to meet the battle, when they heard the restless neighing of the war horses parked nearby, and they could faintly feel the tremor of the ground.

The Northern Iron Horse appeared in the sky, like a surging wave, whistling.

"Drumming...... Prepare for ......"

"The strong archer enters the formation, ready to shoot ......"

"Ballista Ready ......"

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Zhang He's right hand was raised high. The next moment, the horn sounded, and the iron cavalry army slowly stopped.

When he led his army to gallop two hundred and fifty miles to the vicinity of Yuancheng, he met the messengers of Li Zhong and Sun Guan.

Zhang He learned in the letter that the lord had ordered Zhao Yuntong to lead all the iron cavalry to the front line of Guantao and Weicheng to block and outflank the rebels.

After getting this news, Zhang He had no worries. Immediately ordered Xian Yu to lead 6,000 iron cavalry from his headquarters to Weicheng to block Yuan Shao, and he and Yan Rou rushed to Daliuxu with the rest of the 12,000 troops to join Li Zhong and Sun Guan to block Cao Cao.

Although Li Zhong and Sun Guan rushed to Daliuxu as fast as possible, they were delayed for a while because the army wanted to cross the Qinghe River south. Cao Cao's army quickly approached Guantao during this time.

Guantao was only thirty miles away from Daliuxu, and the rebels could arrive within two hours, Li Zhong and Sun Guan had no time to arrange a blocking formation, so they asked Zhang He to lead the army to the vicinity of Guantao City, delay the progress of the rebels, and buy time for the infantry army.

"Order, the left and right flanks and the Chinese army are distancing." Zhang He turned to the herald and shouted, "If the rebels advance, the two wings of iron cavalry will immediately rush from the rebels' flanks. ”

A dozen heralds agreed, and galloped away on both wings of the army.

"Keep a distance of five hundred paces from the rebels...... Zhang He squinted his eyes and looked ahead, waved his horsewhip vigorously, and ordered loudly, "Order, slowly push forward ......"

The majestic sound of the horn soared into the sky.

Cao Cao's vest was cold, and a suffocating fear suddenly hit the bottom of his heart, and the Northern Frontier Army still caught up in the end.

Cao Cao glanced at the full pet beside him, and asked in a deep voice, "Whose iron horse?" ”

Man Chong replied in a low voice: "Zhang He, and Yan Rou." ”

"Zhang He?" Cao Cao was stunned for a moment.

Mao Jue, who was standing beside him, hurriedly said: "Lord, Zhang He and Yan Rou's army are the main iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army. According to the establishment of the Northern Xinjiang Army, there are at least 12,000 iron cavalry in front of us, and it will be very difficult for us to break through. ”

"Don't worry." Man Chong shook his hand, "The terrain from Guantao to Weicheng is not conducive to iron cavalry combat, we can take advantage of the infantry army and continue to advance." In addition, the fact that the Northern Iron Cavalry did not hesitate to risk a face-to-face with us in the vicinity of Guantao can fully indicate that they are not in a dilemma of stopping us from continuing to advance with an army of foot soldiers. It seems to me that their foot soldiers are still on the way, not yet in front of us. ”

"My lord, are we going to cross the river immediately and move in the direction of Guanting." Xi Zhicai pointed to the map, and his long fingers moved back and forth between Fagan and Yuancheng twice, "The Northern Xinjiang Army has been tricked, and their iron cavalry has moved all the main forces between Guantao and Weicheng in order to prevent us from joining Yuan Shao. If nothing else, there should not be much strength of the Northern Frontier Army between Fagancheng and Yuancheng at present, and we can travel 120 miles in a hurry overnight, quickly retreat south from between the two cities to the line between Yangping and Dongwuyang, and completely get rid of the encirclement of the Northern Frontier Army. ”

Cao Cao was silent.

"Zhicai, the army can't cross the river now, it will expose our intentions." Man Chong immediately vetoed, "At present, Yuan Shao has not yet arrived in Weicheng, the main force of the infantry of the Northern Xinjiang Army is still behind us, and the Northern Xinjiang Army has not yet formed an encirclement of Yuan Shao." If we evacuate too soon, Yuan Shao's strategy to deal a heavy blow will surely come to naught. More importantly, the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army is currently closest to us. Once they perceive our true intentions and discover the direction of our breakthrough, they will categorically give up encircling and annihilating Yuan Shao and turn to encircle and annihilate us with all their might. ”

"We have seen the speed of the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry." Xi Zhicai said, "Now that their main force has rushed to Wei County, with their speed, they can completely surround Yuan Shao in the area of Wei City and Fanyang." Even if it can't be wiped out, it can hit Yuan Shao hard. In this case, once we break through successfully, they will definitely go to fight Yuan Shao instead of continuing to pursue us. For Li Yi, annihilating us is equivalent to giving the Central Plains to Yuan Shao, which is very unfavorable for him to capture the Central Plains in the future, and he will never give up the Central Plains to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. (To be continued.) )