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"Zixiao, you have to have confidence in yourself. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" Mao Jue said calmly, "As long as Prime Minister and Liu Bei's army return to Yanzhou, our disadvantage in strength will be completely reversed." With more than 20,000 people guarding the two cities, can't they still hold out until the prime minister's help? ”

Cao Ren sighed again, his mood looking very low.

Cao Ren shook his head, threw the ominous premonition in his heart out of his mind, and asked, "How many trenches have been dug outside the city?" ”

"Three trenches in the direction of Beicheng have been dug. The moats in the east and west cities are still being dug. Mao Jue said, "The time is too tight, and most of the people who have been recruited are still on the way to come." ”

"Let the people dig day and night." Cao Ren said, "There are too few three trenches to block the impact of the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry. ”

"Zixiao, we are just defending the city, and we are not fighting them outside the city, why are you digging many trenches?" Mao Jue shook his hand and said, "The people are also people, and they also have to eat and sleep." You have exhausted them and laid them down, who will bring you food and ordnance in battle? Who will help you defend the city? ”

"At this time, don't push them too hard. In the hearts of these people, Hebei Li Yi is not a big traitor. When the Yellow Turban Army was in trouble in the Central Plains, Li Yi once led a large army to quell the rebellion in the Yanqing and Xu areas of Henan, and brought millions of displaced people to northern Xinjiang, and let them survive well. These things are still remembered by some people in Yanzhou today. You say that Li Yi is rebellious, they don't understand, they don't care, they only know that Li Yi gives them food, and Li Yi can let them live. If you push them into a hurry, they will run away and help the Northern Xinjiang Army fight us, and things will be in trouble. ”

Cao Ren sighed for the third time.

Mao Jue was a little unhappy, and frowned: "Zixiao, why do you always sigh?" Although this battle is not easy to fight, as long as you deal with it carefully, a draw is more than enough. ”

"And then?" Cao Ren asked.

"Then it's a matter of luck." Mao Jue's eyebrows showed a hint of worry, "Luckily, we can still get Yanzhou back." If we're unlucky, we'll have to find something else. ”

The two fell silent, and neither spoke.

After a while, Cao Rencai asked again: "When will the ordnance that Yuan Shao promised us be delivered?" ”

Mao Jue replied: "It's almost these two days." I heard that Wei Yuanjin personally led the army to escort it. ”

Cao Ren thought for a while and asked Mao Jue: "Look, should we forcibly leave Wei Yuanjin in Dingtao?" ”

"Yuan Shao is a ......" Mao Jue wanted to say something, but swallowed the words back, "It depends on the situation." If the Northern Frontier Army takes Juyang and crosses the Pushui River, we will leave him behind no matter what. ”

As soon as his words fell, Captain Li Hui hurriedly rushed to the city wall and said anxiously: "General, Juyang has fallen." ”

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Shanyang County, Yanzhou, Changyi.

Cheng Yu received a letter from Cai Yang asking for help.

After Cai Yang led his army out of Wuyan City, he was attacked by the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry in the direction of Shouzhang City, and the whole army was annihilated. Cai Yang and more than a dozen guards fled to the vicinity of Junoze, found a fishing boat, crossed Junoze, and rushed to Juye City, which is located in the south of Junoze.

Cai Yang said to Cheng Yu in the letter: "There are only 600 people in Juye City, and they can't resist the attack of the Northern Frontier Army at all. If you want to delay the pace of the Northern Xinjiang Army's attack on Changyi City, you must immediately increase your troops in Juye. ”

"Juye is finished." Cheng Yu looked up to the sky and sighed, "Wuyan City is only more than three hundred miles away from Juye, and the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry gallops day and night, and the encirclement can be completed within two days." According to the time calculation, at this moment, the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry has arrived in Juye, and we have no time to send troops to support. ”

Li Tong stroked his long beard, raised his thick eyebrows slightly, and said very dissatisfied: "In Chiping, Linyi and Wuyan, we have 10,000 horses and several fortified cities, but Cai Yang actually buried them all in seven days. There are more than 400 miles from Chiping on the bank of the Yellow River to Wuyan City, and there are several large and small rivers such as the Jishui River, and even if the Northern Xinjiang Army does not fight, it will take at least five days to march all the time. I really can't imagine how Cai Yang and his 10,000 horses lost seven or eight cities in two days in a row. This kid is a loser to the extreme. ”

Cheng Yu shook his hand and said to Li Tong: "It is already commendable that Cai Yang can withdraw the main force to Wuyan City and hold on for a day. ”

He turned around and beckoned to a subordinate standing behind him, and ordered: "Urgently report to Tao Caoren, the Northern Frontier Army has surrounded Juye, and Changyi City is about to be attacked by the Northern Frontier Army." At present, Cai Yang's army has been completely annihilated, and the defensive strength of Changyi City is seriously insufficient, so he asked him to urge Wei Yuanjin to lead the army to Changyi as soon as possible to help. ”

"Li Jing of the Northern Xinjiang Army has conquered Puyang, Guan Yu has also led the army across the Guzi River to attack Juyang, Dingtao's situation is very critical, will he let Wei Yuanjin lead the army to help Changyi at this moment?" Li Tong said worriedly, "If Xiahou Yuan is also wiped out like Cai Yang, the situation in the direction of Dingtao will be more tense than ours. ”

Cheng Yu let out a long sigh, at a loss, and said helplessly: "The Northern Xinjiang Army has made careful preparations for attacking the Central Plains, the timing of the attack is very good, and the attack speed is extremely fast. ”

Cheng Yu pushed open the scroll, revealing the map spread on the desk, pointed to the Yellow River and said: "Since the end of March, the Northern Xinjiang Army has begun to cross the river to attack Henan and Guanxi, and has contained Yuan Shao's main army. ”

"Originally, we were worried that Yuan Shao would take advantage of the prime minister's attack on Jianghuai to attack Yanzhou, and concentrate the main forces on the front line of Dingtao and Changyi, and we were still complacent about the Northern Xinjiang Army's attack on Yuan Shao, but who would have thought that the real intention of the Northern Xinjiang Army was the Central Plains. Under the guise of quelling the rebellion, the Northern Xinjiang Army gathered heavy troops to cross the river south to attack the Central Plains, which caught us off guard. ”

"It has been nine days since the Northern Xinjiang Army crossed the river. When Yuan Shao and we were still immersed in shock and trying our best to find a way to meet the battle, the Northern Xinjiang Army had already swept through most of Yanzhou and was about to kill Dingtao and Changyi. ”

Cheng Yu said with a serious expression: "Now the situation in Yanzhou is very serious, in the case that Yuan Shao's main army is dragged on the battlefield in Henan and cannot support us, and the prime minister's army is still half the way back to help, we can only fight against nearly 200,000 troops in northern Xinjiang alone with more than 20,000 troops. ”

Cheng Yu pointed his hand heavily on Peiguo on the map and continued: "Even if our army marches day and night, it will not be able to return to Yanzhou until six to seven days later. ”

"Seven days, can we hold on for seven days?" Cheng Yu looked up at Li Tong, who was worried, and asked in a low voice, "If the Northern Frontier Army besieges the city with ten times my strength, can we hold on for a few days?" ”

Li Tong hesitated. He wanted to swear that he could hold on until the main army returned to help, but when he thought of Xiahou Yuan, Cai Yang and the 10,000 horses that had been destroyed, his confidence was shaken.

Xiahou Yuan and Cai Yang are not incompetent, the two of them have been defeated and retreated, and they have been beaten by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and they and the 10,000 horses in Changyi City are estimated to be not much better. After all, the opponent's current strength has an absolute advantage.

"There are more than 400 miles from Wuyancheng to Changyi, and there are Zhaowang River, Wu River, Peng River and other rivers along the way." Li Tong looked at the map and said, "It will take five days for the infantry army of the Northern Xinjiang Army to reach Changyi at the earliest. If they had started their journey south from Wuyan City two days earlier, then three days later, they would have reached Changyi City. In total, we only need to hold on for about four days to wait for the main army to come back. ”

Li Tong frowned, and said with great certainty: "Hold on for four days, there is absolutely no problem." ”

"Maybe more than four days." Cheng Yu's hand drew a circle around Changyi City on the map, "After the Northern Frontier Army encircles Changyi, it is bound to divide troops to block our return army, so as to gain more time to attack the city. If nothing else, they will deploy heavy troops on the front line of Chengwu and Liangqiu to block the prime minister's reinforcement army. ”

Li Tong's face gradually turned cold, and his eyes stared at the map for a long time without speaking.

Cheng Yu pondered for a long time, and then gave several orders in a row.

"Urgently tell Cai Yang, give up Juye, and lead the army to return quickly along the Sushui River."

"Urgently inform Wang Xun of Ren Chengguo, and ask him to lead the army to take the initiative to attack and threaten the grain route of the Northern Xinjiang Army."

"Tell Yang Ping, the Taishou of Shanyang County, to immediately recruit the people, dismantle the pontoon bridges on the Surabaya River and the Wanfu River, and delay the time for the Northern Xinjiang Army to attack Changyi City as much as possible."

"Tear down the bridge now?" Li Tong asked in surprise, "Isn't it too early?" ”

Changyi City is located between the Surabaya River and the Lao Wanfu River. This Surabaya River comes from the Jishui River, which exits from Heze, which is fifty miles east of Dingtao City, and then travels four hundred miles southeast to join the main channel of the Surabaya River. Parallel to this Surabaya River is another river called Wanfu River, which is also a river connecting Jishui and Surabaya River. The bridges over these two rivers were demolished, and Changyi City became a veritable isolated city.

"Tear down all the bridges on the Surabaya River." Cheng Yu waved his hand and said, "There are two bridges on the Wanfu River for the time being. Once the Northern Iron Riders were found to be near the Two Rivers, a fire burned them. ”

Li Tong hesitated and said: "Wen Ruo, if the prime minister leads the army back to help, they will ......"

"Changyi City is located in the middle of two rivers, and the distance between the two rivers is only ten miles. In such a short distance, the iron cavalry had no effect, so the northern iron cavalry must have crossed the two rivers and continued south to block our reinforcements. Cheng Yu said, "The prime minister must repel the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry in order to aid us." The Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry was defeated, and the Northern Frontier Infantry Army would immediately withdraw across the Surabaya River and redeploy its formation. Therefore, this bridge over the river will have no effect on our reinforcements for the time being. ”

"Isn't the reinforcements of Yuan Jin's army very dangerous?" Li Tong hurriedly said, "If the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry rushes to Changyi before the reinforcements of Wei Yuanjin, his 5,000-strong army will be dead." ”

Cheng Yu frowned and said: "The letter told Yuanjin to ask him to rush to Changyi within two days, otherwise not only Changyi will be in danger, but even he himself will be in danger." (To be continued.) )