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Pingao Castle is like an indomitable warrior, bloodstained and scarred, standing proudly on the banks of the Jishui River. The dilapidated Daxu on the city tower waved his arms under the blue sky, looking up to the sky and roaring, majestic.

Gao Rou smelled the strong fishy stench that filled the air, his chest was extremely stuffy, and the feeling of vomiting came in bursts, making him involuntarily reach out and cover his mouth.

"Wen Hui, let's start attacking." Zhang Nan pointed to the battlefield where the corpses were in disarray, with a trace of contempt in his eyes, "The Northern Xinjiang Army can't hold it, and in two or three days, we will definitely be able to take Pinggao." ”

"The attack is a little harder." Gao Rou turned his horse's head and galloped towards the rear battle formation, and said, "Reinforcements from the Northern Frontier Army will appear at any time, and we must recapture Pingao as soon as possible at all costs." ”

Zhang Nan and Zhao Rui looked at each other, and turned to look at Pinggaocheng with solemn expressions. The attack had been going on for twelve days, and the army had not been able to reach the city walls at a terrible cost of more than 13,000 men. Although the Northern Frontier Army was inferior in numbers, they firmly held the city with their stubborn will, and did not show the slightest sign of defeat.

"Lou Gui came to write last night, and the Kansai battlefield is getting tighter and tighter." Gao Rou looked up at the battle flag that was gently swaying in the wind, looking listless, and felt a faint sense of unease in her heart.

After the continuous attack, the soldiers were physically and mentally exhausted, the attack gradually lost its sharpness, and the pace of the attack became slower and slower, and if the battle did not progress again, the longer the time dragged on, the hope of victory was very slim. As long as the Northern Xinjiang Army gains an advantage in the Yanzhou battlefield, they will immediately adopt a new strategy in the Henan battlefield, and the first to bear the brunt will inevitably be Pinggao.

"Chun Yuqiong is still retreating?" Zhang Nan asked in surprise, "The army in Guanzhong hasn't started attacking Hedong yet?" ”

"Chun Yuqiong has withdrawn from Mianchi and is defending Xin'an." Gao Rou snorted coldly, and said very angrily, "Xiansi doesn't know what to think, at this time, he still has the idea of preserving his strength." If there are major changes in the Kansai battlefield, Luoyang is in an emergency, and Henan is lost because of this, what good life will he have? Look at Xianyi, rushed from Nanyang to the Henan battlefield without a day's delay, but what about him? He had an army of 50,000 in his hands, and after receiving the order, he was reluctant to attack Hedong, which led to tension in the western part of the country, and the frequent emergencies in Hangu Pass. He did not do him any good in doing so, and he ...... in the future."

Zhang Nan and Zhao Rui were silent. This matter is related to Yuan Shao's family affairs, and Gao Rou, who is Yuan Shao's nephew, can complain, but they don't dare to talk casually.

"Isn't Zhang Xiu in the area of Tongguan and Huayin?" Zhang Nan whispered, "Xiliang Han Sui's iron cavalry is in Fufeng, and the army in Guanzhong does not dare to attack Hedong at will, which is understandable, but Zhang Xiu's army ......"

"The troops in the direction of Fenglingdu and Taolin Fortress are all pinned down by the Northern Xinjiang Army, if Zhang Xiu attacks Pubanjin, the Northern Frontier Army will immediately attack Fenglingdu and Taolin Fortress, so that the two places will lose support, and Kansai may be even more critical." Gao Rou sighed, "Although the Kansai battlefield is a containment battlefield for Hebei, once the Northern Xinjiang Army gains an advantage in the Central Plains battlefield, the Kansai battlefield may become the main battlefield at any time." ”

Gao Rou looked at the two of them and said with a wry smile: "The ultimate goal of Hebei to fight the Central Plains is Luoyang. After the Central Plains gets their hands on it, Guanzhong and Guanxi are bound to become the next targets of the Northern Xinjiang Army, so whether or not the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Guanxi battlefield can be forced back to Hedong now is not only related to the security of Luoyang, but also related to the success or failure of the Central Plains War. If Xiansi only cares about himself and repeatedly delays sending troops to Hedong, the results will be unimaginable. ”

Gao Rou let out a long sigh, turned around and waved the horsewhip in his hand to the two, and said with some interest: "Please do your best with the two generals." As long as we can take Pinggao and encircle the Northern Xinjiang Army in Henan, we still have hope of winning this battle. ”

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Gao Changgong stood on Ma Gaopo, looked at a little black shadow on the horizon, and let out a long breath.

Finally arrived at Pinggao City!

Mr. Wenhe's method was immediate, and after Yan Liang's fool saw Zhang Fei's army approaching Zhongmu, he immediately gave up his support for the Puyang battlefield, and also gave up the idea of waving his army to attack Aocang to encircle and annihilate the Northern Xinjiang Army, and turned to support Zhongmu with all his might, and 100,000 troops were urgently transferred south to support.

On the night of Yan Liang's division of troops to the south, he also led his army across the river to the Pinggao battlefield.

"Young Master, the enemy scouts have discovered us, is the army continuing to attack the rebel flank according to the predetermined plan?" Gao Ling rushed straight at the horse and asked loudly.

Gao Changgong did not directly answer Gao Ling's question, but asked, "Will Zhang Nan withdraw his troops?" ”

"Retreating." Gao Ling waved his hand excitedly and said, "The rebels don't know how many of us came, so they retreated in a panic. At this moment, if we can take the opportunity to attack, we will be able to hit its flank and drive Zhang Nan back to the west bank of the Jishui River. ”

Gao Changgong nodded, and ordered the herald behind him: "Order all departments, attack immediately, and the whole army will assault ......."

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The Hanoi army withdrew to the battalion as quickly as possible.

The rapid sound of war drums resounded through the field, and the tension was almost breathless. The soldiers in the camp rushed back and forth, the shouts were deafening, and fear filled the entire camp with the bloody air.

"Transfer the archers to the left side of the camp, quick, quick, ......" Zhang Nan looked at the Northern Xinjiang army rushing from a distance, and scolded angrily, "What are the tens of thousands of troops in Aocang going to do?" Do they all sleep in the camp? ”

"Yan Liang, this bastard, has tens of thousands of troops in his hands, but he allows his enemies to cross the river to help." Zhao Rui wiped the blood on his face, his eyes were about to split, "Lao Tzu is going to kill him." ”

Gao Rou was stationed under the big guard, staring blankly at the roaring reinforcements from the northern Xinjiang, with a desperate face.

It was hard for him to believe his eyes, at this critical moment, Yan Liang's army failed to hold back the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Henan battlefield and let them kill Pinggao.

The twelve-day attack was destroyed overnight, and the lives of more than 10,000 soldiers were meaninglessly buried under Pinggao City.

Falling short!

There was a loud bang ...... "boom", and the ballista carts in the camp began to roar. The bolts roared, pouring out with the anger and pain of the Hanoi soldiers.

"Let it go...... ......" several soldiers impatiently gave the order to shoot before the archers were fully arrayed.

All of a sudden, the sky was full of arrows.

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Henan, Zhongmu.

After Zhang Fei received Chang Yuchun's order to attack Mou, he suddenly killed Guancheng with lightning speed, and caught Han Heng and Ma Yan off guard.

Han Heng and Ma Yan didn't dare to fight, so they withdrew one hundred and sixty miles in one go, returned directly to Zhongmu, and held on to the city.

The rebels withdrew so resolutely, which made Zhang Fei a little worried.

There are two galloping roads in the direction of Guancheng. One is to the east, leading directly to Zhongmu and Chenliu. One is to the south, leading directly to Yuanling, Xinzheng to Yingchuan. As soon as the rebels retreated one hundred and sixty miles, if the Northern Xinjiang Army pursued directly to Zhongmu, the defensive forces in the direction of Guancheng and Xingyang would be very limited. At this time, once Yuan Shao transferred troops from other counties in Yuzhou to the north, or the Jingzhou army supporting the Central Plains battlefield penetrated directly into Guancheng from the direction of Yingchuan, the Northern Xinjiang Army attacking Zhongmu was surrounded between Zhongmu and Guancheng.

After discussing with Guo Jia, Wang Ling, Sun Li, Hao Zhao and others, Zhang Fei left 3,000 people to garrison Guancheng, and the rest of the army followed him to attack Zhongmu. The scouts went 100 miles south to explore the traces of the rebels, and once they found that there were rebels heading north to Henan from the direction of Yingchuan, they urgently told the Northern Xinjiang Army in the direction of Zhongmu to urgently withdraw their troops.

Due to the previous war, several captain-level generals were killed, and Wang Ling and others, who performed well in the war, were promoted to the line of fire and became captain-level officers in the Northern Xinjiang Army, and still followed Zhang Fei's side.

After Zhang Fei led the army to Zhongmu, because of his own lack of troops, he did not order the siege of the city, but set up three large camps outside the city, and used the people to pretend to be tens of thousands of troops, making a sufficient offensive posture.

On the second day after arriving in Zhongmu, the scouts who were on both sides of the chasm water to probe the military situation quickly reported that Yan Liang, the rebel general in the direction of Aocang, had already divided his troops to the south and would soon rush to the east bank of the chasm water, and it was estimated that they would cross the chasm water in the area of Guandu Pavilion and kill Zhongmu directly.

At this time, Zhang Fei had not yet received the news of Pinggao City, let alone the news that the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army had occupied Dingtao and Changyi, but he considered that the main force of Yuan Shao's army had gradually moved to the Zhongmu area, and the entire Henan war situation was developing in the direction that was conducive to the Northern Xinjiang Army to capture the Central Plains, so he decided to continue to stay in Zhongmu and attract more rebels to the area of Zhongmu and Chenliu, so as to gain more time for the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army to seize Dingtao and Changyi.

"I plan to move the battalion to Guandu, build it according to the chasm water, block the direction of the enemy's crossing of the river, create a situation of eagerly occupying Zhongmu to the east and enter Yanzhou, and force the enemy to draw more troops from the direction of Aocang to the south." Guo Jia, the military advisor of the army, pointed to the map on the desk, pointed to the Guandu Pavilion on the map with his fingers, and said to everyone, "If most of the main forces of Yuan Shao's army are attracted south by us, then Li Jing in the direction of Puyang can free his hands and quickly capture the city, consolidate the Puyang defense line, and prepare for the army to attack Baima." ”

After a pause, Guo Jia continued: "If the White Horse is overcome, the army can go down to the line of Yanxian, Yanjin, and Fengqiu, and directly threaten the flank of the Central Plains battlefield, so that a favorable situation can be formed just by waiting for the army to advance to the hinterland of the Central Plains and fight a decisive battle with the rebels." ”

"In addition, Yuan Shao's main force is heading south, and our troops in the direction of Aocang can be called up immediately, and the situation on the battlefield in Henan is once again under our control." Guo Jia sneered, "As long as Tai Shi Ci guards Pinggao, we can advance and retreat freely." Yuan Shao wants to encircle and annihilate us, let's dream. ”

Zhang Fei and others agreed with Guo Jia's strategy, and everyone discussed the details, and then Wang Ling and Sun Li led the army to move to the camp, Hao Zhao wrote a letter to Handan Xingyuan, and Zhang Fei ordered the generals of the unified army on the battlefield in Henan to be ready to withdraw from Henan at any time. (To be continued.) )