Li Yi shook his head and said: "There are too many rebels in Dingtao City, and the losses from the attack are too great. www.biquge.info We don't want to storm it, but we want to take the city as soon as possible, so there is only one way to drive the rebels out of the city. ”

Cao Cao risked the annihilation of his entire army to support Dingtao, with only one purpose, that is, to rescue the rebels in the city. Cao Cao had already lost Yanzhou, and if he had only lost his army, he would really have nothing and no place to live. ”

"Therefore, when Cao Cao was unable to break through our resistance and join the rebels in the city, he could only retreat and order the rebels in the city to take the initiative to kill him, and join him inside and outside, seeking a chance to break through."

"Let's take this opportunity to let them go and take down Dingtao." Li Yi waved his hand and said, "After capturing Dingtao, the armies of all departments followed in pursuit, inflicting as much damage as possible on the rebels. ”

"Big brother, if you want to let go of the rebels in the city, the enemy will have more troops when they retreat. We are under-manned and have fewer opportunities to attack. Guan Yu pondered for a moment and suggested, "I think it's better to let Lady Li E and Lu Bu attack Chen Liuliu first, so that we have more troops to block the retreat of the rebels, and the pursuing armies from all sides will have more time to outflank and besiege." ”

"The security of Changyi is extremely important for the Great War. Before Gao Shun and Wei Yan's army entered Changyi, none of the cavalry stationed in Changyi could move. Li Yi waved his hand and rejected Guan Yu's proposal, saying, "There is still an army in Xuzhou, there is still a part of Cao's army in Renchengguo, and there is also an army in Yuzhou." These armies, if brought together, would be quite numerous. In the Changyi area, in addition to the 30,000 cavalry of Li E and Lu Bu, we only had 6,000 foot soldiers of Mu Shun in the city. Once the main cavalry force of Li E and Lü Bu attacked Chen Liu, allowing the rebels to break through the resistance on the flank battlefield and attack Changyi, we will definitely lose this battle. ”

Guan Yu thought for a while and said to Li Yi: "Then write to Gao Shun and Wei Yan, asking them to abandon their original plan, rush to Changyi, and launch an attack on Chen Liu with the cavalry army." ”

"Now that Zhu Ling has been defeated, there are not many Cao troops in the direction of Mount Tai and Lu State, and there should not be many officials in the two places who are stubbornly resisting. The eldest brother can ask Zang Ba to transfer some troops north to Yanzhou, and cooperate with Yang Yi, Chen Gong, Liu Yi and other ministers to pacify the counties. ”

Li Yi thought for a while, nodded in agreement, and said: "First inform Boren with the flying pigeon handbook, tell him our attack strategy, and ask him to immediately open up the left and right flank battlefields to ensure the safety of the main force of the army on the frontal battlefield." ”

After the generals received their orders, they all took their leave.

At this time, Sima Yi took the initiative to ask for war and wanted to go to the front line of Chenliu with Zhao Yun.

Li Yi wanted to keep him by his side, but seeing that he was eager to fight, he agreed.

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Cao Cao continued his march the next day. In order to prepare for the attack of the iron cavalry in the northern frontier, the soldiers of Cao's army were very careful and always ready to meet the battle, but after only ten miles of advance, Cao Cao ordered the army to camp.

At this time, Li Yi, Guan Yu and others were inspecting the battlefield in Mingting. In order to block the attack of the rebels, Xu Huang urgently requisitioned tens of thousands of people to dig trenches in the area of Mingting, set up deer barricades, and reject horses.

At the same time, Dong Zhao transported a large number of crossbow carts, catapults and hundreds of carts of bows and arrows from Dingtao City. The people on the Mingting blocking position shouted and neighed, and everyone was busy with nervousness and excitement.

After receiving the scout's report, Li Yi and the generals immediately realized that Liu Bei's army was about to move north, otherwise Cao Cao would not have delayed the attack like this.

"Big brother, do you want to transfer another soldier from Dingtao City?" Guan Yu asked eagerly, "The 16,000-strong army blocked the rebels' main force of nearly 100,000, and the casualties must be very large. ”

"Don't pull it out just yet, wait a minute." Li Yi sneered, "We don't want to be too damaged, is Cao Cao willing to die and the net is broken?" This battle is very variable, and it is better to concentrate troops to fight Cao Ren who broke through the siege and left the city first. ”

Li Yi ordered Yan Rou to be invited. Zhao Yun had already led his army to leave, and Yan Rou was preparing to set off.

Li Yihong summoned him into the big tent and repeatedly instructed him that after the army crossed the Jishui River, it was necessary to surround the two cities of Jiyang and Dongduan as quickly as possible, so as to force Cao Cao to retreat as soon as possible.

According to the various news sent back by the scouts, it is very likely that the grain and grass that Yuan Shao gave to Cao Jun were temporarily stored on the front line of Dongduan and Jiyang. Yuan Shaoliutun Chenliu's army was limited, and it was impossible for them to ignore Chenliu's safety and escort the grain all the way to Cao's camp.

Yan Rou was unfamiliar with the Central Plains, and taking on this heavy task alone made him a little uneasy.

Li Yi saw his panic and asked worriedly, "You don't have confidence?" ”

Yan Rou nodded and said, "Everything here is too strange to me......

Li Yi hesitated for a moment, turned his head to look at Xu Maogong, and said, "Maogong, you act with Yan Rou." ”

Xu Maogong is a native of Lihu in Jiyin County, Yanzhou, and Chen Liu is close to Jiyin County, so Xu Maogong is also very familiar with the situation there.

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Handan.

Chang Yuchun, Jia Xu, Xu Shu, Wang Chang and other officers who stayed behind gathered in front of the map and carefully discussed the military situation.

After the Hanoi battlefield turned into a stalemate stage, the Northern Xinjiang Army on the Henan battlefield did not get out of the predicament. As the Guanzhong Army attacked Hedong Yang Feng and withdrew from the Guanxi battlefield, the Jingzhou Army, the Nanyang Reinforcements and the Luoyang Defenders entered the Henan battlefield successively, and the Northern Xinjiang Army encountered fierce attacks by the rebels in the Chenggao and Guancheng areas.

Zhang Fei led the army to withdraw from Zhongmu and retreat to Guancheng in the case of frequent emergencies in Guancheng.

Yuan Shao's main force then entered Zhongmu and rapidly marched westward, joining up with the Jingzhou army at Guancheng and storming Guancheng.

At the same time, the battle in the direction of Chenggao became more and more intense, and Koji Yi asked Yu Ban of Ao Cang for help, but Yu Ban was firmly pinned down by Yan Liang's army, and he did not dare to easily divide troops to support for a while.

Zhang Fei was helpless and ordered the army to withdraw from Guancheng and retreat to Xingyang. Ordered Sun Li to return to Chenggao's aid. Sent a flying pigeon to send a message to Chang Yuchun to ask about the specific time when the army would withdraw from the Henan battlefield.

The battle on the Puyang battlefield came to a halt after Yuan Shao's main force moved south to support Zhongmu. Gao Gan gave up the city and retreated to Baima. Li Jing, the general of the Northern Xinjiang Army, led his army into Jicheng, and from time to time sent troops to make tentative attacks in the direction of Baima. Although the two sides occasionally fought, they retreated at the touch of a button and did not entangle each other.

Wei Yan and Guan Hai's army reported frequent successes. After the two joined the northern kingdom, they captured the county of Lucheng within two days, and the army immediately entered Taishan County and attacked the county of Taishan County.

Taishan County Taishou Zheng Yu and Zhang Chao, Liu Yi, Chen Gong, Dong Wan and other ministers are all friends, when Dong Yu entered the city with the holy decree and a few letters, Zheng Yu did not hesitate too much, and immediately returned to the Jicheng court.

Zheng Yu's submission bought time for the Northern Xinjiang Army to stabilize the eastern counties of Yanzhou. Yang Qi, Yang Yi, Cui Jun, Zhang Chao, Jin Shang, Liu Yi and other ministers brought a large number of subordinate officials, while settling in the counties to rebuild the prefectures, while appeasing the people to hurry up the spring ploughing.

Wei Yan and Guan Hai did not waste time in Taishan County, and while reporting to Handan, the two led the army to rush to the Lu State.

The victory on the battlefield of Xuzhou not only captured Langya County, but also severely damaged Zhu Ling, a general under Liu Bei, forcing Zhu Ling to retreat to the East China Sea and Pengcheng, and he was unable to launch a counteroffensive in the short term. Now Li Feng and Yin Li led the army to garrison Tancheng and confronted Zhu Ling's army. Zang Ba and Xiao Jiantun soldiers were stationed in Kaiyang to protect the safety of Qingzhou.

After Wu Dun led the army into Taishan County, because all the counties of Taishan had been returned to Hebei, he took the opportunity to make a decision and led the army to turn the horse's head and enter the Lu country.

According to the time calculation, Gao Shun, Wei Yan, Xun Di, Li Zhong, Wu Ba, Guan Hai, Wu Dun and others have already met in the Lu Congress.

Lu belongs to Yuzhou, but because it is located at the junction of Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou and Yuzhou, far away from other counties and counties in Yuzhou, and frequently attacked by the Yellow Turban Army, it has always been a strange place that no one cares but everyone can intervene. There are almost no troops in this place, and an army of tens of thousands can sweep through.

The county of Lu is two hundred miles away from the county of Ren Cheng, and the army is draining down the Surabaya River, and the city can be taken down every day.

After the capture of Changyi City, the fighting on the battlefield of Changyi had stopped.

Lu Wenlong and Yuwen Chengdu also moved around Rencheng with their cavalry, and while escorting the safety of the grain route, they were looking for an opportunity to capture Rencheng.

Now Dingtao has become the target of the two armies.

Liu Bei led his army across the Jishui River and joined Cao Cao at the Ming Pavilion. The two gathered an army of 100,000 and launched an attack on Mingting.

Under the personal command of the lord Li Yi, the Northern Xinjiang Army divided the route, one led by Xu Huang to block the main force of the rebels in Mingting, one led by Guan Yu to continue to surround Dingtao City, and one led by Zhao Yun, Yan Rou and Zhai Yu to launch an attack in the direction of Chenliu.

"The fierce battle in Mingting has been going on for three days, and I don't know how long Cao Cao's offensive can last." Jia Xu put down the letter in his hand, looked at Chen Liucheng on the map and said, "In a few days, Zhao Yun's army will be able to appear in Chenliu, and Yan Rou's cavalry should surround Jiyang and Dongdui today or tomorrow." The grain and grass of the rebels could not be transported across the Jishui River, and Cao Cao was powerless, even if he wanted to fight hard, he had no strength. ”

According to the lord's strategy, Zhai Yu's cavalry began to surround the injustice after Yan Rou surrounded Jiyang, cutting off Cao Cao's back road. Although this encirclement did not do much to Cao Cao, it could pose a certain threat to the rebels, forcing them to retreat earlier. Xu Shu frowned and said, "There is one thing I can't understand, why does the lord insist on letting the rebels go?" ”

"On the battlefield of Dingtao, we have an advantage in troops, and we can completely defeat or even completely annihilate the rebels. Defeating the army of Cao Cao and Liu Bei was a bolt from the blue for Yuan Shao and Liu Biao, and the blow to the rebels was fatal. Although our losses may be very large, when our troops are under the city of Chen Liu, and after joining up with the left and right flank armies of Zhang Fei and Gao Shun, we still have the advantage in our forces. ”

"What's more, we still have tens of thousands of cavalry on standby in the northern frontier, they can go south at any time, and we can also fight the rebels again on the front line of Zhongmu and Chenliu." (To be continued.) )