As night fell, the sound of the horn echoed on the banks of the Surabaya River, galloping horses galloped back and forth in the bloody afterglow, and teams of cavalry soldiers pursued along the riverbank. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Xian Yufu led his cavalry to rush out of the corpse-strewn battlefield and galloped towards the north, where they besieged Xiahoudun with Gao Shun's army of foot soldiers.

Xiahou Dun failed to hold out until dark, and Gao Shun's trapped camp was very fierce, and they moved forward to the sound of war drums, tearing apart the battle formation of Cao's army with thunderous momentum. The Cao soldiers retreated step by step, counting on the vanguard to come to meet them, but out of the darkness rushed out of the northern cavalry, a roaring and raging bloodthirsty beast. The soldiers of the Cao army were shocked and collapsed instantly.

In the middle of the night, Zhang He's cavalry and Gao Shun's infantry army converged, Xiahou Dun, Li Dian, Xi Zhicai and nearly 20,000 Cao soldiers were captured, and the Cao army that went north to attack Yanzhou was annihilated.

"We went south overnight to kill Pengcheng." Zhang He pointed to the map with a horsewhip and said to Gao Shun, "Brother Ziping, you hurry up and keep up." After the Seventh Army encircles Pengcheng, I will lead the cavalry to the front line of the Huai River. ”

Gao Shun nodded and said worriedly: "If Cao Cao transfers all the troops south of the Huai River to the north, they are very likely to be stationed in Xiapi before us, which is very unfavorable for us to attack Pengcheng, so you had better kill Xiapi first and block Cao Cao's reinforcements." ”

"Xue Rengui's primary target and I are both Pengcheng." Zhang He said, "If he goes to Pengcheng first, then I will continue to go south to kill Xiapi." No matter how fast Cao Cao's reinforcements were, they were not as fast as our horses. ”

"Don't be careless, it's better to be careful." Gao Shun said, "We don't have much advantage in terms of troops. Especially in the siege of the city, the troops are even more insufficient, so you must block Cao Cao's reinforcements outside the city of Xiapi no matter what. ”

Zhang He was full of confidence, bid farewell to Gao Shun, and led the cavalry south overnight.

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On the second day of the fourth month of the seventh year of Jian'an in the Eastern Han Dynasty, at dusk, Xue Rengui led the cavalry to surround Pengcheng.

Cao Cao and his subordinates rushed up to the city tower, looking at the northern army outside the city, all of them changed color in shock.

According to the offensive speed of the Northern Xinjiang Army, the armies of Xiahou Dun and Cao Hong have obviously been cut off from retreating, and there are many bad lucks.

"Xue Rengui is sending troops across the Surabaya River." Wang Lang smiled bitterly, "Zixiao has also been cut off from retreating. ”

"Wei Yan is estimated to be attacking Tancheng, and even if Zixiao's forces can hold them back, they won't be able to save the situation." Xun Yu pointed to the east and said eagerly, "Lu Bu's iron cavalry will be able to rush to the front line of the Zushui River tomorrow morning and capture the two small cities of Fuyang and Wuyuan, so that Zixiao will be surrounded." The lord immediately sent people to Tancheng, and asked Zixiao to abandon the city and go south, defend the line of Huaiyin and Huaipu, and block the northern army from crossing the Huai River to capture Guangling.

Cao Cao held on to the city wall, his body trembled slightly, despair enveloped his body and mind, and the severe headache made him can't help but moan in a low voice.

Li Yi came, with the brave and invincible cavalry of the northern frontier, Xuzhou is finished, even if he has the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, he will not be able to turn the tide.

"Pengcheng is surrounded by water, and the horsemen of the northern Xinjiang people are galloping back and forth along the city wall, not to mention people at this time, not even a bird can fly out." Mao Jue looked up to the sky and sighed, "Now if you want to save Xuzhou, you can only rely on Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Sun Quan of Jiangdong." ”

If Liu Biao of Jingzhou can do his best to fight a decisive battle with the Northern Xinjiang Army in Nanyang, and if Sun Quan of Jiangdong can lead an army of 50,000 to the north, together with Cao Pi and Xiahou Yuan, to defend the Huai River and block the Northern Xinjiang Army on the south bank of the Huai River, then the Northern Xinjiang Army will fall into a bitter battle on the two battlefields of Nanyang and Xuzhou at the same time, and it is obviously difficult to support it for a long time with the current wealth of Jicheng, then Xuzhou still has a glimmer of life, otherwise......

"Liu Biao still dares to fight Nanyang at this time? Do you think he's Li Yi? In addition to Li Yi in the world today, what other madman would be so reckless and fight on two battlefields at the same time? Cheng Yu smiled bitterly, laughing more ugly than crying.

"Defend Pengcheng." Cao Cao glared at Qingqing, gritted his teeth and said, "I don't believe that tiger can eat Xuzhou in one bite?" The cavalry of Northern Xinjiang went south, requiring an astonishing amount of food and forage, coupled with the consumption of more than 200,000 infantry troops, Jicheng was simply unable to support it. I want to see how long Li Yi can last? Besides, when summer comes, the Northern Frontier Army will face the enemy of the weather in addition to our army, and I don't believe that their army will be able to adapt to the summer in the South. The battle dragged on until the summer, and it might not be me who was defeated, but him. ”

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On the third day of April, Peiguo, Yuzhou, Gongcheng.

Man Chong and Liu Xun led their army north to support, and they left Qicheng less than a hundred miles before they fought with the army of Xu Huang and Chang Yuchun.

Suddenly seeing Chang Yuchun's battle flag, Man Chong and Liu Xun were surprised, but then they were furious. Because the two sides had just fought, Chang Yuchun took the lead in the camp and defeated Liu Kai's forward battalion and cut off Liu Kai's head.

Liu Kai is Liu Xun's younger brother, and the painful Liu Xun immediately led the army to counterattack, but was hit hard again, and was killed by Chang Yuchun.

Manzhong's troops were limited and could not break through Chang Yuchun's blockade, and he was worried that the cavalry of the northern frontier would roar down, so he immediately withdrew to Qicheng, and urgently told Zhou Yu and Lu Su, asking them to speed up and join him as soon as possible.

At the same time, the armies of the Northern Xinjiang Army also formed a siege of Cao Hong's army near Dancheng, which was hundreds of miles away.

Xu Huang's army was guarding Dancheng; Lü Bu's Fourth Cavalry Corps outflanked from the northwest; Li Yi and Li Cunxiao took the second heavy cavalry corps of the Guards Regiment to detour from the southeast; Jia Xu and Gao Zhong led the third heavy cavalry army of the personal guard corps to decisively intersperse, dividing Lejin's forward army and Cao Hong's main army into two; Tian Yu and Zhang Dingbian led an army of 16,000 infantry from the direction of Qiaoxian. The Fifth Route Army surrounded Cao's legions.

Lejin was the first to surrender. With only 5,000 men on his hands, he was vulnerable, and only surrender could save the lives of his soldiers.

Cao Hong then surrendered, and his men marched continuously, exhausted and demoralized, unable to fight even if they wanted to.

That night, Li Yi continued to move south with an army of 24,000 cavalry, while Tian Yu and Zhang Dingbian led an army of infantry to march eastward and kill Xiapi City, 400 miles away.

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On the third day of April, Xuzhou Donghai Kingdom, Tancheng.

Zang Ba's Qingzhou army was stationed outside the city and attacked continuously. Cao Ren led the army to resist, but after only two days of fighting, the situation was not right, and the cavalry of the northern Xinjiang actually killed the first line of the Zushui River, captured Fuyang and Wuyuan, and formed a siege of Tancheng.

Cao Ren's son Cao Yan persuaded his father to abandon the city immediately, and quickly retreated to Xiapi City to hold on to the city when the cavalry of the northern frontier had not yet reached Tancheng.

Tancheng was about two hundred miles away from Xiapi City, and if the northern cavalry wanted to intercept Cao Ren's army, they had to cross the Yishui River. However, at present, the cavalry of Northern Xinjiang has not yet crossed the river to block the attack, which just gives Cao Ren the opportunity to retreat.

Cao Ren smiled bitterly, pointed to the map and said to his son: "The cavalry of the Northern Frontier appeared on the front line of the Zushui River, indicating that Pengcheng has been surrounded. Pengcheng is only more than 160 miles away from Xiapi City, and Wuyuan is only more than 120 miles away from Xiapi City, if we retreat south along the Yishui River, we will be discovered by them immediately, and the army will be surrounded and intercepted by the Northern Xinjiang Army, and it will be dead. ”

"But sticking to Tancheng is also a dead end." Cao Yan said, "Although we can stop Zang Ba's army from moving south, how many days can we stop it? The cavalry of the northern frontier roared down and killed Huaishui, which could block the army we supported in the north. We are trapped in a few lonely cities, can we reverse the crisis in Xuzhou? I think we should retreat to Xiapi City first, and if Xiapi City is also besieged, we will go south along the Surabaya River to Huaiyin, retreat to Guangling County, and wait for the opportunity to counterattack. ”

Cao Ren thought about it for a long time, but still didn't agree. It is not clear what the purpose of the Northern Xinjiang Army is to suddenly go south to attack Xuzhou this time, what is the scale, and how determined it is, and it is too rash to rashly withdraw from Tancheng and abandon the defense line on the eastern flank of Xuzhou. If Peng Cheng and Xiapi fall into a desperate situation because of this, their own guilt will be too great.

"Send someone to Pengcheng to investigate immediately." Cao Ren said, "If Pengcheng is besieged, we can't retreat. If we do not withdraw, we can drag tens of thousands of northern Xinjiang troops in Tancheng, which will help Pengcheng and Xiapi City hold on. As long as we drag the war situation until the summer, the situation will definitely change, and Xuzhou still has a chance to turn things around. ”

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On the third day of the fourth month, Guan Yu, the general of the left chariot cavalry, and Zhang He, the general of the expedition to the east, arrived in Pengcheng successively.

"Don't think about anything, go south immediately, go south at full speed......" The horse whip in Guan Yu's hand kept tapping on the map, and said to Zhang He and the others, "Xian Yufu, you take the cavalry to fly south along the Surabaya River, go straight to Sikou, seize Huaiyin and Huaipu, and cut off the road of Guangling County to support the north." ”

"Yu Yi, you immediately lead the army south to cross the Suishui River, kill the Huai River from the direction of Guyang, and Chen Bing will cut off the road of Jiujiang County to the north to reinforce the army in Zhongli, Wukou, and Dangtu."

"The iron cavalry of the lord and Lu Bu will directly kill the front line of An Fengjin, Yangquan and Xia Cai in the near future, and block the rebels in the direction of Shouchun, Lu'an and Hefei."

"Xue Rengui, you leave a cavalry army in Pengcheng, take the rest of the men and horses south to surround Xiapi, and after the infantry army of Xu Huang and Tian Yu arrives in Xiapi, you will go south to the Huai River line, and join the army of the lord to block the rebels going north."

Zhang He hesitated for a moment, pointed to the map and asked: "There are still many small cities in Pengcheng, Xiapi and other places, and there are also many dock forts between the city and the countryside, and there are more or less some armies in these places, if they gather together, it will be a great threat to us......"

"Hmph......" Guan Yu sneered, "They can't figure out the situation for the time being, and they won't be able to get together for a while." When we stabilized the battle line on the Huai River, the cavalry from all walks of life launched an attack and killed all the cities and forts for me, and killed all those who dared to oppose us, leaving no one behind. ”

That night, Zhang He, Xue Rengui, and Xian Yufu each set off with 10,000 cavalry overnight and galloped towards their respective targets.