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The purpose of opening up the battlefield on the eastern route was ultimately to defeat the Northern Xinjiang Army and form a situation of confrontation between the north and the south, that is to say, the Eastern Route Coalition Army took advantage of the weakness of Yanzhou's forces to enter Yanzhou and recapture Yanzhou, which was the most conducive strategy to promote the development of the war situation.

But defeating Yanzhou is equivalent to cheapening Cao Cao, Yuan Tan and Sun Quan don't say it in their mouths, but they don't want to do it in their hearts. The two of them clung to Luoyang City, and they had to turn around and fight Yingchuan, solve the danger of Luoyang first, and then consider whether to take advantage of the victory to attack Yanzhou.

Cao Cao was annoyed and had words of suffering. The Northern Xinjiang Army withdrew from Luoyang, and the army returned to defend Yanzhou, how could Yanzhou still fight? And at that time, it was no longer a question of whether the coalition forces would fight Yanzhou, but whether the Northern Xinjiang Army would immediately retaliate against Xuzhou.

Yuan Tan saw that Cao Cao was arguing with Sun Ben about whether to fight Yanzhou again, and immediately stood up and became a peacemaker.

The top priority at the moment is to fight Chenliu, only by defeating Chenliu can the coalition forces encircle the Yingchuan battlefield, cut off the land grain route between Yanzhou and Luoyang, and threaten Henan, Yingchuan and other Luoyang peripheral battlefields, otherwise it is useless to say anything.

At the end of July, the three armies converged in Suiyang and actively prepared to attack north.

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In the fifth year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty (200 AD), August.

At the beginning of August, Deng Yi and Pang Ji of the Jingzhou Army led their troops to attack the first line of Duyang and Yecheng, and Zhao Yun led the army to block the attack.

Kuai Yue, Yuan Xi, and Wen Ping led the army to attack Luyang, and Guan Yu led the army to meet the battle.

Chang Yuchun got the news that the rebels had gathered a large army in Suiyang and were preparing to go north along Suishui River to attack Chenliu. Chang Yuchun urgently reported to Li Yi in Luoyang, and at the same time ordered Mu Shun to lead the army to retreat quickly to Yongqiu and Chenliu, and urgently dispatched the people to strengthen the city defense.

Yue Feige, a general of Wuya stationed in Wuguan, sent a message to Li Yi, and Xu Xuan of Nanyang led his army to attack Wuguan. Li Yi immediately sent a message to Chen Cang Hao Zhao, asking him to be careful, and once he found that the rebels were knocking on the pass, he would ask Zhang Liao and Huaxiong on the front line of Yicheng and Shangtai for help.

Luoyang, the general.

Li Yi, Yue Fei, Xu Maogong, Zhuge Liang and others gathered in front of the map to discuss the situation.

The Jingzhou army and the Yuzhou army counterattacked Yingchuan, which was expected, but it was somewhat unexpected that Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Yuan Tan joined forces to attack Chenliu. After all, at the beginning of last month, the three parties had just married, and Cao Cao and Sun Quan turned their faces faster than turning the page.

There were only more than 40,000 Northern Xinjiang troops on the Yingchuan battlefield, and in the case of the rebels' three-way attack, the strength was indeed a little tight, but there was no reinforcement at present, because the rebels did not have obvious advantages in the three battlefields of Luyang, Yecheng and Xuchang. The Northern Frontier Army relied on strong cities and criss-crossing rivers to block the rebels on the border of Yingchuan.

However, if the combined forces of Cao Cao and Yuan Tan conquered Chenliu and formed a three-sided encirclement of Yingchuan, Yingchuan would be in danger.

"I feel the need to reinforce Chenliu." Xu Shu pointed to Chen Liujun on the map and said, "Chen Liu's current position is very important, and whether Chen Liu's ability to hold on is directly related to the development of the situation in the Central Plains." ”

"With Chenliu as the center, to the east, it forms a protection of the hinterland of Yanzhou with Changyi and Rencheng. To the north, it protected several grain routes between Hebei and Luoyang. To the west, it protected Henan Yin and helped the army besiege the city of Luoyang with all its might. To the south, it posed a threat to Yuzhou and Xuzhou, and protected the flanks of the Yingchuan battlefield. ”

"Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Yuan Tan joined forces to attack Chenliu, and their purpose was obvious, that is, they wanted to cut off our grain routes, attack Henan and Yingchuan, and threaten the security of Yanzhou." Xu Shu's hand pointed to Yingchuan on the map, "If the rebels want to save Luoyang City, the fastest and most effective way is to capture Chenliu, enter Yingchuan with the main force, and attack General Guan Yu from the east and west, so that he will fall into the predicament of being attacked by the enemy on his back." Once Yingchuan was lost, the southern pass of Luoyang City was under direct attack by the rebels. As long as one of the three passes of Otani, Yique and Yuyuan is lost, our attack on Luoyang City is likely to fail. ”

"Cao Cao's purpose may also be Yanzhou." Zhuge Liang said, "Although fighting Yingchuan will help to quickly rescue Luoyang, for Cao Cao, rescuing Yuan Shao will not do him any good, Yanzhou is his real goal." Now our main force is in Luoyang City, and there are very few defenders in Yanzhou, if he can capture Chenliu and block our main force in Luoyang, he will have enough time to sweep Yanzhou. In this way, he can not only transfer our main force out of Luoyang City, but also occupy a part of Yanzhou counties and counties, killing two birds with one stone. ”

"If Yanzhou is in chaos, there will be problems with our grain and grass, so it is imperative to support Yanzhou before Cao Cao." Li Jing looked at Li Yi and said, "Lord, let Boren stay in Chenliu, I personally lead the army to garrison the front line of Dingtao and Changyi, and at the same time let Zang Ba of Qingzhou, Meng Hui of Lu State, and Zhang Dingbian of Rencheng lead the army south to attack Xuzhou, what do you think?" ”

"No, if we do this, we just fall for Cao Cao's tricks." Xu Da shook his hand and said, "Cao Cao's army attacked Chenliu, but we launched attacks on several battlefields, and also sent reinforcements from Luoyang City back to Yanzhou. If you want to fight, you will beat him in Chen Liu, beat him to the point of embarrassment, and any problem can be solved. ”

"The war in Yanzhou should be resolved by the Yanzhou army, and there is no need to transfer troops from Luoyang City. Meng Hui and Zhang Dingbian of Yanzhou still had enough troops at their disposal. Zhuge Liang said, "At present, it is impossible for the left-behind army in Xuzhou to launch an offensive north, and in the case of them taking a defensive position, Chang Yuchun can transfer the main forces of the two generals, Meng Heng and Zhang Dingbian, to fight on the battlefield of Chenliu." ”

"Cao Cao and Sun Quan don't have a lot of men, if they want to achieve the purpose of attacking, they can only concentrate on one battlefield, otherwise they will gain nothing, and they may even be defeated by us." Xu Maogong said, "So I personally think that Cao Cao is most likely to send troops to fight Yingchuan after conquering Chenliu." Because only on the Yingchuan battlefield can they form an advantage in strength and get the greatest results. ”

The generals in the tent argued.

Li Yi smiled and waved his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, and said, "Do you think, why did Cao Cao and Sun Quan join forces with Yuan Tan to attack Chen Liu?" What do they want? ”

Li Yi's eyes fell on Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang hesitated for a moment, bowed slightly and said, "For Cao Cao and Sun Quan, after we take Luoyang, the next target is them. In order to survive, they will, of course, fight back at all costs. If this counterattack is successful, they will help Yuan Shao keep Luoyang, and it is very likely that a north-south confrontation will form in the world, which is probably what they want. ”

Li Yi asked again: "Then do you think that the confrontation between the north and the south will appear?" ”

"According to the current strategy of the imperial court, after the army conquered Luoyang, it immediately marched west to Pingqiang and stabilized the western frontier, so ......" Zhuge Liang looked at Li Yi cautiously and said very cautiously, "So I think that after the end of this war, there will inevitably be a confrontation between the north and the south in the world." ”

Li Yi nodded appreciatively and said, "Now you understand?" The key is Luoyang. As long as we lay down Luoyang, the general trend of the world will be in our hands. ”

"The flying pigeon passed the book to Gao Changgong, and took 5,000 cavalry to Chenliu to help Chang Yuchun hold off the rebels and give us time to attack Luoyang."

"Tell Chang Yuchun that I have no reinforcements to pick him up, and ask him to use Yanzhou's army to hold Yanzhou as much as possible, and find ways to inflict heavy losses on the rebels."

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Chen stayed on the battlefield.

Chang Yuchun led the army to block the rebels on the front line of Huating and Yongqiu, and the two sides made contact many times, but finally retreated step by step due to the disadvantage of the troops.

The carrier pigeon sent Li Yi's letter to the slippery pavilion.

After Chang Yuchun read it, he handed the letter to Mu Shun and said lightly: "The lord gave us five thousand cavalry. ”

"Five thousand cavalry." Mu Shun said happily, he glanced at the letter impatiently, and the smile on his face disappeared immediately, "There are no reinforcements?" Call other armies in Yanzhou? If Cao Cao's army takes advantage of the situation to enter Yanzhou, what will we do? Cao Cao may attack from the east to the west, and when we transfer all the Yanzhou troops to the Chenliu battlefield, and then he will attack Yanzhou from the direction of Pengcheng and the East China Sea, then how can we resist? ”

Chang Yuchun shook his head with a smile and said, "There is no need to call other armies. The lord transferred Gao Changgong to the Chenliu battlefield, and his intention was already very obvious. Can you hold Yongqiu? ”

"Absolutely." Mu Shun said without thinking, "Eight thousand people guarding a small city, who can break in?" ”

"Okay, you guard Yongqiu, and Gao Changgong and I will lead the cavalry to attack and kill on the periphery." Chang Yuchun sneered, "I want to see when Cao Cao can hit Chen Liu." ”

"I'm guarding Yongqiu, you lead people to attack and kill the enemy in the area of Langtang Canal and Suishui River, so what should Chen Liucheng do? Who's going to keep it? Mu Shun asked worriedly, "Did you let Gao Xianzhi of Changyi lead the army to help?" ”

Chang Yuchun thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Feige sent a message to Gao Xianzhi, asking him to lead the army to quickly rush to Chenliu to garrison." ”

Immediately, Mu Shun led the army to retreat to the small city of Yongqiu, and Chang Yuchun led his guards to Kaifeng to meet Gao Changgong.

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Yingchuan battlefield.

Kuai Yue commanded the Jingzhou army to storm Luyang City, and the offensive was fierce.

At this moment, there were only Li Zhong's 8,000 troops in Luyang City, and Ji Ling and Sima Ju were stationed at Guangcheng Pass with 8,000 troops to ensure the safety of the two passes of Dagu and Yique. Xu Huang led an army of 8,000 troops to garrison the front line of Jiaxian and Xiangcheng on the north bank of the Rushui River, taking into account the safety of Yangzhai City, and supporting the three battlefields of Luyang, Yecheng and Xuchang at any time, and also transporting grain and grass to the two battlefields of Luyang and Yecheng.

After Guan Yu led the army to capture Luyang, he used the whole summer to strengthen the city defense of Luyang, deployed a lot of heavy equipment to defend the city, and hoarded a large amount of grain and grass. This created favorable conditions for the army to hold on to Luyang City and block the rebels outside Yingchuan.

The Jingzhou army attacked for several days, although it was well prepared, but under the counterattack of heavy equipment in the city, it suffered heavy losses and had to stop, waiting for the army of Deng Yi and Pang Ji to break through Kunyang and kill the line of the Rushui River to cut off the grain route of the defenders of Luyang.

Deng Yi and Pang Ji quickly broke through the blocking sun and fought a decisive battle with Yu Poison in Yecheng, but then they were overwhelmed by the attack of the Northern Frontier cavalry.