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Wu Zi's face was red and white for a while, and it took a while before he let go of the handle of the knife, sighed, turned around and walked away. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Yi wanted to comfort, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only wave his hand and signal to Dian Wei: "Shunzhi, send the old man back." ”

"No." Dian Wei agreed, lifted the rice bag, and helped the old man who was grateful for his kindness.

Xu Shu watched from the sidelines for a long time, saw a little way, came up and asked, "Lord, aren't you leaving today?" ”

"Well, camp first." Li Yi nodded, frowned and said, "When we find out the situation on the battlefield, we will make a decision." ”

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Subsequently, Li Yi sent a large number of scouts to investigate the situation. After two days, it was finally clear what was going on on the battlefield. After Cao Cao's general Xiahou Yuan led the army into Qingzhou, the road was like a bamboo, and after nearly half a month, he had captured most of the territory of Jinan, and only Zou Ping and Liang Zou were still in the hands of Zang Bajun.

In addition, Gaotang, Zhu'a and Luoyin, south of the Yellow River in Pingyuan County, had all fallen into the hands of Cao Jun.

Now, Xiahou Yuan is leading the main army to be stationed in Dongpingling, the national governance office of Jinan, preparing to attack Li Feng, a general under Zang Ba, who is guarding Liang Zou Cheng on the bank of Jishui.

When Li Yi got the news, he hurriedly led the iron cavalry army south, crossed the two rivers of Luoshui and Jishui in succession, and rushed to Liangzou City to join Li Feng's army.

Due to the disparity between the forces of the enemy and us, Li Yi suggested that Li Feng lead the main army to withdraw to Qi, and he led the iron cavalry in northern Xinjiang to delay the advance of Cao Cao's army.

Li Feng's troops were originally small, and he was not Xiahou Yuan's opponent at all. If it weren't for Zang Ba's military order, he would have wanted to run away a long time ago. Now that he has Li Yi's words, he is naturally very happy to accept it.

Subsequently, Li Feng led the army to withdraw from the Jishui line, leaving Li Yi to lead 6,000 cavalry to block Cao Cao's pursuit.

Intimidated by the strength of the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry, although he knew that Li Yi only had 6,000 men and horses, Xiahou Yuan still did not dare to chase after him, and led the army to advance steadily.

However, since Li Yi led the iron cavalry to join Li Feng, the two armies have not stopped, although the casualties are not large, but the fierce outpost battles occur frequently one after another.

Overall, the Northern Xinjiang Light Cavalry had the upper hand, and with the advantage of mobility and free dispersion, they comprehensively suppressed the sentinels of Cao's army.

But Cao Jun was not completely powerless. Xiahou Yuan ingeniously mixed the infantry and cavalry, with a few cavalry in front and a small group of infantry following behind. After encountering the enemy, the cavalry quickly retreated, and the infantry hid in place and launched an ambush.

There are pros and cons to this tactic. If you succeed in an ambush, you will naturally take advantage of it, but many times it may not be so smooth. If the cavalry of the luring enemy flees a little slowly, it may be killed on the road, and even if it succeeds in leading the enemy into the encirclement, it may be forcibly killed, and the infantry, after all, will not be able to catch up with the cavalry, and it will be difficult to surround it.

However, after several collisions, the momentum of the Northern Xinjiang Army was finally defeated. Winning and losing each other is a war of attrition, which is naturally very unfavorable to the Northern Xinjiang Army.

After all, Li Yi only led 6,000 personal guards to the south, these 6,000 men and horses are the meat of his heart, and he is heartbroken to lose someone, not to mention that the loss is not small. They gave up on total suppression, allowing Cao's army to maintain a certain degree of battlefield shielding.

The sporadic battles on the march lasted for several days, until Xiahou Yuan led his army into Liangzou City and began to rest, and the Northern Xinjiang Army gave up the fruitless raid and harassment battle, and Cao's strategy of step-by-step battalion temporarily took the lead.

After three days of rest, Xiahou Yuan led his army to leave Liangzou City, conquered Gaoyun City in one day, and then advanced directly to Xi'an Ping without stopping.

Fearing that the two armies under Cao Cao's command would converge under the city of Linzi, Zang Ba ordered Li Feng not to continue to retreat and to defend Xi'an Ping on the bank of the water.

The day was March 15, 198.

The commander of the Cao army is Xiahou Yuan, and there are generals such as Li Dian and Le Jin, as well as two strategists Mao Jie and Man Favor, totaling more than 30,000 people, half of whom are veterans who have experienced the Jizhou War last year, and the other half are newly recruited recruits who have undergone a short period of training.

In addition to the main force of the Cao army led by Xiahou Yuan, the Cao army also has a detachment of more than 10,000 people in Laiwu, which can launch an attack on Linzi at any time, greatly containing the combined forces of Hebei and Qingzhou, so that Zang Ba does not dare to stay away from Linzi City easily, and can only watch Xiahou Yuan attack the city all the way.

Compared with the huge Cao army, the number of coalition forces is much smaller. Mainly including the 6,000 iron cavalry brought by Li Yi, in addition, there are only 10,000 foot soldiers of Zang Ba, among which there are still a few thousand people left to defend the city, and the actual battle is only 12,000 horse steps.

At the same time that Cao Cao captured Xi'an Ping, the northern frontier also sent reinforcements again, this time the main force was the 6,000 infantry of Gaoshun stationed on the plain.

When they arrived on the battlefield, the two armies totaled 18,000 men, including 6,000 cavalry, which was converted according to the usual ratio of one cavalry to two infantry, and the two sides were evenly matched.

It's just that there are not many people who think this way, except for Xiahou Yuan, Cao Junzhong's generals generally believe that the situation is very good, and the advantage is to fight quickly. Therefore, after the confrontation in Xi'anping, the Chinese military tent in Jizhou would break out from time to time around whether to fight or not.

Although these people under Cao Cao are better than Yuan Shao's subordinates who pull each other's hind legs, they also have different demands with each other, so it is normal to have different opinions and disputes.

Xiahou Yuan said: "Although our army has more soldiers and horses, only half of the elites are elite, and there are many enemy cavalry, especially Li Yi is very good at using cavalry, and the risk of a head-on battle is very great. What's more, since our army has an advantage in strength, it should be fully brought into play, rather than just letting Laiwu's partial division play a leading role, it is better to let them launch an offensive against Linzi City, so that the enemy army can not take care of the whole end! ”

Laiwu's partial division was led by Cao Ren, and the composition of the troops was similar to Xiahou Yuan's troops, which was also half veteran and half recruit.

Cao Cao's intention in arranging this army and horses was to form a flank attack on Linzi City and divide Zangba's troops; In addition, it is also to leave a back hand, as a backup line of defense, if Xiahou Yuan is defeated, Li Yi and Zang Ba will not dare to lead the army to pursue.

Cao Cao is full of confidence in this battle. However, since the opponent facing Li Yi is Li Yi, it is better to be cautious, not to stick to common sense, but to take precautions.

Of course, there is a deeper meaning, that is, Cao Cao is a little uneasy about Xiahou Yuan, so Cao Ren's soldiers and horses also have the role of supervising the team.

Xiahou Yuan has always had no level in terms of observing words and colors, of course, he can't perceive the last meaning, and at the same time, he doesn't think that his own army with 40,000 troops will lose, so he insists on waiting for Xiahou Yuan to converge.

This decision in an unclear situation naturally attracted ridicule from everyone.

Li Dian sneered: "Brother Miaocai, you shouldn't be cowardly, right?" How many cavalry does the Northern Frontier Army have? But our army also has a lot of bows and crossbows! Last time in Jizhou, wasn't that how the Northern Xinjiang Army was repulsed? ”

Mao Jue reminded in a negative way: "General Xiahou, don't forget, before sending troops, the lord and the monarchs agreed that this battle should be fast, not slow!" Not to mention that our army and General Cao are in danger of being broken by each other, even if we ignore this section, we must take into account the situation in Qingzhou! ”

Man Zhong also said meaningfully: "General Xiahou, it's better for you to focus on the present, be a man, and keep your duty!" ”

Of course, when he heard these words in Xiahou Yuan's ears, how did he feel yin and yang.

Speaking of this, Xiahou Yuan also understood that being able to mobilize 30,000 soldiers and horses was the limit of Cao Cao's trust in himself, and it was impossible to do more. Therefore, unless there is an accident such as Hebei's increase in troops, this battle can only be fought like this.

So he said, "In that case, we will go to war tomorrow." ”

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Early the next morning.

"It's a great weather to go to!" The commanders of both sides unanimously exclaimed from the bottom of their hearts.

The morning sun had risen, the cool breeze had blown away the morning mist, and the sky was blue and cloudless. This weather is best for combat, especially the use of bows and crossbows.

Under the command of Xiahou Yuan, Cao Cao's army distributed the 30,000 troops almost evenly among the left, center, and right armies, spread out in a wild goose marching formation, and advanced for several miles along the vast plain before stopping.

Hundreds of paces away, the coalition forces were already lined up. More than 50,000 soldiers and horses on both sides stood opposite each other, and the soldiers raised their weapons with solemn expressions. Countless colorful battle flags were unfurled in the wind, and hunting sounded.

The tension before the great war once again shrouded the plains by the water.

Cao's army had the advantage in numbers, so Xiahou Yuan faced the enemy with the goose marching array with the highest degree of force expansion and the most convenient for the use of bows and crossbows. If it goes well, after hitting the enemy's two wings head-on, you can spread the troops and horses on both wings to achieve a three-sided encirclement, without giving the enemy's light cavalry room to move, and then achieve victory.

The formation of the coalition side is strange, the front is a phalanx composed of foot soldiers, and the wings are bent back into a hook shape, but it is a hook formation.

This formation caused Cao Jun's generals to laugh for a while. Sun Bin's interpretation of the Hook Formation in the Art of War is: "The Hook Array, so it is easy to deteriorate." "That is, this formation is for contingency purposes, and the focus is on securing the flanks.

If both sides remain unchanged and engage in battle at their current posture, it will become an all-out battle between two wings and two wings, and between the Chinese army and the Chinese army. For the outnumbered coalition forces, this style of play is quite uneconomical.

According to common sense, the coalition formation should be focused, either to break through the center in an offensive formation, or to set up an offensive and defensive formation to focus on one wing, rather than a defensive formation such as a hook line.

Li Dian laughed and said, "Is this an invitation?" Invite us to surround him? ”

Man Chong also said: "I heard that Li Yi is only good at brute bravery, but when I saw it today, it was really not bad, and he couldn't even figure out the formation Shengke, this son can be said to be completely ignorant." It's a sigh, if it weren't for the last time there was a scuffle, especially if there was room for him to be reckless? ”

Mao Jue also spoke: "General Xiahou, please don't hesitate, just wave your army to attack, our army will definitely win this battle!" (To be continued.) )