"Give him a specific time. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Jia Xu added, "Let him adjust the deployment of troops as soon as possible." ”

"Hold on for at least four days, which is the second day of the ninth month. Until then, the rebels must not be allowed to cross the Jishui River under any circumstances, otherwise the main force of the army will be surrounded in the area of Yuanwu and Yangwu. You tell him that even if you put people together, you have to keep them for me. Xu Maogong waved his hand vigorously, gritted his teeth and said, "Whoever dares to take a step back will be killed." ”

At this time, Zhuge Liang hurriedly walked in and said to Xu Maogong: "Mr. Maogong, the latest military situation, the rebels in the direction of Qingshuikou and Yanjindu still have no movement. ”

"Liu Bei didn't attack today, but he will definitely tomorrow." Xu Maogong said with a smile, "The flying pigeon passed the book to Sima Ju of Song City, and immediately attacked to recapture Qingshuikou for me." ”

"When are we going to withdraw from the Guandu battlefield?" Jia Xu carefully looked at the battle report sent by Guan Yu and Zhang Yan, and said hesitantly, "The rebels in the direction of Junyi and Qu Yuju have begun to attack, but Yuan Shao still hasn't moved. ”

"Yuan Shao is really patient." Xu Maogong shook his head again and again, and said with a sigh, "The rebels' attack strategy is very clear, they want to break through Fengqiu, cross the Jishui River to capture Yanjin, and then surround us in the area of Yuanwu and Yangwu to encircle and annihilate. In this way, the main direction of attack of the big war has been moved to Fengqiu, and he only needs to contain our main force on the Guandu battlefield. ”

"So it's okay if he doesn't attack." Jia Xu praised, "This move is really good. It seems that Yuan Shao is confident, and he is also handy in command. ”

"Order Guan Yu and Zhang Yan to retreat overnight, attract all Yuan Shao's main forces to the south of Yangwu City, let him and the rebels attacking Fengqiu form the illusion that they are encircling and closing, and trick the rebels of Fengqiu into attacking wildly, so as to arouse their fighting spirit, and definitely arouse their fighting spirit." Xu Maogong waved his hands and shouted, "The morale of the rebels is like a rainbow, so they can pursue them bravely." ”

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August 29.

The Northern Xinjiang Army on the Guandu battlefield retreated on all fronts.

Xiahou Yuan, Liu Pan, and Wen Ping did not hesitate, and the three-way army crossed the chasm and pursued at the end of the chase. Liu Biao sat in Junyi, and planned the two battlefields of Guandu and Fengqiu in the center.

Yuan Shao hesitated again. He did not receive any news from Fengqiu, and he did not know if the retreat of the Northern Xinjiang Army was due to major changes on the battlefield of Fengqiu.

Could it be that the Northern Xinjiang Army can't withstand it, and the defense line of Fengqiu and Wuchao has been broken through by us?

The scouts who crossed the river to find out the news hurried back. The camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army on the other side was in a mess, and the Northern Xinjiang Army retreated in a hurry, a large amount of baggage was discarded, and even the tents in the camp were not removed.

The scout emphasized: "We found a large number of internal organs and heads of livestock in a forest not far from the main camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army, and a large number of livestock bones were also found in the main camp. ”

"Killing livestock?" Yuan Shao was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked, "Have you gone to see the stove in the camp?" ”

"Look, it's all cold, and there hasn't been a fire for at least three days."

"Is the Northern Frontier Army really out of food?" Yuan Shao muttered to himself.

"My lord, don't hesitate, give the order to cross the river and pursue." Feng Ji hurriedly persuaded, "Xiahou Yuan, Liu Pan, and Wen Ping have already led the army to chase after them, once they give the Northern Xinjiang Army a bite back, we can't rescue it, not only Liu Biao will have to trouble the lord, but we may also miss the opportunity to completely annihilate the Northern Xinjiang Army." ”

"Annihilation of the Northern Frontier Army? You don't even want to. Yuan Shao sneered and said, "With their strength, at least half of the army can be guaranteed to successfully withdraw to the north bank of the Yellow River." ”

Yuan Shao thought for a while, ordered the army to be divided into three roads, left, center, and right, and marched in unison, and asked the armies to keep a distance from each other, and to form effective protection and support.

In the afternoon, Yuan Shao's main army, under the command of Yan Liang, Jiang Qi, Meng Dai, Han Heng, Xia Zhao and others, crossed the chasm and approached Yangwu City.

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Yanjindu.

After Liu Bei received Liu Biao's letter, he didn't react in any way, and didn't even tell Gao Gan, Gao Rou, and Zhang Nan.

With his current embarrassing situation, of course, it is better to follow Yuan Shao's order, and rashly take out Liu Biao's order, maybe he will be slashed by Gao Gan and others on the spot.

In addition, he very much agreed with Yuan Shao's strategy of delaying without fighting. Of course, it would be best if he could force the Northern Xinjiang Army back to Hebei, so that he could preserve a certain amount of strength. As long as his strength is still there, it will not be easy for Yuan Shao to drive himself out of Xuzhou. When he returns to Xuzhou and uses Xuzhou's advantages to quickly recover his strength, it will be even more difficult for Yuan Shao to annex Xuzhou in the future.

However, Yuan Shao's order arrived the next day, which made Liu Bei feel a little uneasy.

Yuan Shao was reluctant to fight a decisive battle, and Liu Biao disobeyed the military order to attack without any reason, and the contradictions within the coalition army have become public.

Although Yuan Shao was forced to order a decisive battle for the sake of the overall situation, it was no longer possible for Yuan Shao's orders to be faithfully carried out at this moment. And if Yuan Shao's order is not truly implemented, the actions of the coalition forces will lose their unity, and in this case, the coalition forces can still fight a decisive battle? Liu Bei smelled a breath of death.

The ships from Luoyang had already arrived, and the battle to cross the river began at Yanjindu.

With Gao Gan and Zhang Nan directing the attack on the front line, Liu Bei appeared very leisurely, standing on a large boat moored in the middle of the river, watching the battlefield closely.

It didn't take long for Liu Bei's already solemn face to gradually show a little panic. He found Zhang Fei's battle flag, as well as the battle flags of Lu Yi, Yu Ban and Yu Poison.

This army, which was originally on the battlefield of Guandu, obviously retreated ahead of schedule, that is to say, on the front line of Fengqiu and Wuchao, more than a hundred miles away, the coalition army also encountered the Northern Xinjiang Army that had withdrawn in advance.

Zhang Fei's army fought from Hanoi to Henan, and from Henan to Guandu, extremely strong, with this army to stick to the line of Yanjin and Suojube, the coalition army wanted to capture Yanjin and Suojube in a short period of time, it was almost a pipe dream.

Taking a step back, even if he occupied the ferry, Liu Biao commanded the army to occupy Fengqiu and crossed the Jishui River, but there were stronger northern cavalry behind, and the next battle would be even more brutal.

Liu Bei didn't know why Liu Biao was unusual, and suddenly changed Yuan Shao's battle strategy without authorization, but in his own opinion, Liu Biao obviously made a huge mistake.

Although he knew from Liu Biao's letter that after the coalition army was destroyed because of the destruction of the Xuchang grain and grass camp, the grain and grass could not be supported in October, but this was not a reason to take the initiative to seek a decisive battle. Perhaps Liu Biao had a better reason, he did not dare to write in the letter for fear of leaking secrets, but it was indeed not cost-effective to exchange such a heavy price for the victory of the decisive battle in the Central Plains.

After this battle, how many troops do you have left? Cao Cao is finished, and he is finished, unless Yuan Shao also suffers unimaginable heavy blows, otherwise this great man will sooner or later become someone else's bag.

Liu Bei's brows were tightly twisted together, he had to think of a way, he couldn't just give up in vain.

A small boat flew in.

Gao Gan sent someone to report that the Northern Xinjiang Army's resistance was too fierce, and the casualties of the assault officers were too great to rush up at all. There are many ferries on the Baili River in the vicinity, and the Northern Xinjiang Army has limited troops, so it is impossible to station heavy troops on all of them.

"Withdraw." Liu Bei was impatient, and hurriedly ordered, "Withdraw quickly." ”

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Cao Cao went mad and commanded the Yanzhou Army, the Xuzhou Army, the Jiujiang Army, and the Jiangdong Army to attack the Jishui River at all costs.

Cao Hong, Shi Lian, Le Jin, Li Dian, Zhu Ling, Zhou Cang, Ji Ling, Sun Fu, Zhu Zhi, Lu Su and others all took the lead and launched fierce attacks on the opposite bank again and again with the assault soldiers.

Xu Huang, Gao Shun, Tai Shici, Wei Yan, Guan Hai and others led the army to the death. Lieutenants Wei Yue and Zhang Zan were killed in battle, Zhonglang generals Li Zhong and Wu Ba were seriously wounded, and seven military commanders were killed.

The Northern Frontier Army, which was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of troops, suffered heavy casualties.

At the same time, the battle in Fengqiu City became more and more fierce.

Kuai Yue, Deng Yi, Pang Ji, Gan Ning, Liu Hu, Xu Xuan and others commanded their respective armies to attack in turn, not giving the Northern Frontier Army time to breathe at all.

Li Jing and Pan Zhang tried everything they could to defend the city. Captain Zhou Hua was killed, and Xiao Sui's cousin, Captain Xiao En, was seriously injured, and the casualties were extremely heavy.

Xu Huang faced a predicament and had to ask Yang Wu for help: "The rebels have gathered more than 200,000 troops to attack the front line of Fengqiu and Wuchao, please quickly increase troops to help." ”

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August 30.

Guan Yu and Zhang Yan led the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army to retreat to the north bank of the Jishui River and retreated to the line of Yuanwu and Yangwu City.

Yuan Shao, Xiahou Yuan, Liu Pan, and Wen Ping led the army to pursue the Jishui River and immediately began the river crossing operation.

At this time, Yuan Shao finally received the news from Fengqiu. Xu Xuan told Yuan Shao that the attack on the first line of Fengqiu City and Wuchao was smooth, and the Northern Xinjiang Army could not support it and was crumbling, so please don't chase too fast and too fiercely, and drag the Northern Xinjiang Army on the front line of Yuanwu and Yangwu as much as possible, so as to win time for the coalition army to break through Fengqiu and Wuchao and capture Yanjin and Sujuo.

Liu Biao also sent the news of the Fengqiu battlefield to Xiahou Yuan, Liu Pan, and Wen Ping, and instructed the three to slow down their attack speed a little, and then give Cao Cao and Kuai Yue at least one day to attack on the Fengqiu battlefield.

In addition, Liu Biao also wrote a letter to Yuan Shao, on the one hand, informing the news of the Fengqiu battlefield, and on the other hand, saying that he would do his best to cooperate with Yuan Shao to win the Central Plains War. But he did not mention anything in his letter about returning the command of the battlefield to Yuan Shao.

At this moment, the command on the battlefield was divided into two, part in the hands of Yuan Shao, and part in the hands of Liu Biao, and the two of them each commanded the army under their control to attack on each battlefield.

Yuan Shao didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he held Liu Biao's letter, and an ominous sense of foreboding enveloped his whole body, making him shudder. (To be continued.) )