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Zhang Fei pulled off the battle helmet on his head and spun around in the big tent.

"Yide, do you want to listen to a tune?" Guo Jia, who was writing a report, was dizzy by Zhang Fei, so he had to put down his pen and said with a smile, "As the commander of the army, you are so upset and prone to accidents. ”

Zhang Fei glared at him and said angrily: "How can I be in the mood now?" The more I listen, the more annoying it becomes. You might as well draw a picture for me. ”

Guo Jia said again: "Then I'll draw a snow scene to cool you down." ”

Zhang Fei smiled bitterly: "Fengxiao, it's about to be early summer, what kind of snow do you paint?" ”

Guo Jia stood up and said with a smile: "When you see the north wind howling and the snowflakes flying, your mood may be calm." ”

Zhang Fei barely squeezed out a smile and said, "The north wind is howling...... What do you mean, you want me to shudder? ”

Guo Jia's pen dances on the canvas, and a little snowflake flies among the mountains.

"No......" Zhang Fei, who had been standing beside him silently, suddenly shouted.

Guo Jia was startled, his brush trembled, and a crooked bridge appeared on a frozen river.

"What's wrong?" Guo Jia asked in surprise.

"The rebels may not have discovered our movements." Zhang Fei said excitedly, "Fengxiao, do you say that there is such a possibility: the rebels want to defeat us, so they pretended to send troops to Yanjin and attack Hanoi to induce us to divide our troops and return to help, and then take advantage of our lack of troops to attack us and drive us back to Baima." ”

Guo Jia thought for a while, nodded, and said, "This possibility is very big. We crossed the river at night, and by daytime the boats were all scattered, and the enemy could have discovered too little. In addition, as soon as we crossed the river, the rebels increased their troops in Yanjin and Yincheng, did they react too quickly? ”

"We can test it." Zhang Fei said, "We immediately assembled ships at Qingshuikou, and let Yu Ban lead the army to move back and forth on both sides of Qingshuikou, making the illusion that the army is crossing the Yellow River in the north." At the same time, the battalion was withdrawn 20 miles, and the battle flags of all armies were hoisted as usual, making the illusion of confusing the enemy. At this time, if the rebels have not yet crossed the river in the area of Yanjindu, it means that they have no intention of attacking Hanoi at all, and all this is fake. ”

"Yide still wants to carry out a sneak attack?" Guo Jia asked in surprise.

"Afraid of what?" Zhang Fei frowned, waved his hand and said, "If the rebels want to send troops to Hanoi, they will not have the strength to attack us, and their army crossing the river will also be attacked by us in the area of Ji County and Huojia." On the contrary, if they attack the east and the west, and the main direction of attack is Yancheng, what if we lose once? We were defeated to the White Horse, but the rebels lost Yanjin and sour dates, who is the best deal? When the rebels know that the back road has been cut off and they are caught in the front and rear, they will definitely flee south in panic. ”

Zhang Fei waved his hand vigorously, gritted his teeth and said, "When the time comes, I see how they will escape?" ”

After speaking, Zhang Fei gave four orders in a row to the heralds waiting on the side.

"Order Li Jing, Tai Shici, Liyi, and Pan Zhang to attack immediately, secretly rush to the area of Jixian and Huojia, and wait for my attack order."

"Spread the order to the forbidden, assemble the boats, and command the army to cross the river back and forth, and make a little bigger."

"Flying pigeons pass on the book Zilong, cross the river quickly, don't stop at Wating, go directly north to station troops in Pingyang Pavilion, and wait for my attack order."

"Order all the departments of the big camp to retreat twenty miles back and camp."

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Cao Cao received an urgent report from the scouts: the Northern Xinjiang army retreated 20 miles and camped, and at the same time, there were hundreds of large ships transporting soldiers at Qingshuikou, and it was estimated that at least more than 10,000 people crossed the river to the north.

Cao Cao was overjoyed and hurriedly discussed the attack with Liu Bei and Yan Liang. Because he was worried that the northern cavalry on the east bank of the Pushui River would take the opportunity to cross the river to attack and threaten his own rear route, Cao Cao also deliberately strengthened his troops in the direction of Jiating. The strength of the troops in the direction of Jiating has increased, and in addition to the original defensive army, the rest of the troops who rushed to feign to cross the river in the direction of Yincheng and Yanjin must gather in Yancheng to ensure that the army has enough strength to hit it in one blow.

Liu Bei expressed concern about this. He said to Cao Cao: "Brother Mengde, Qingshuikou is only more than a hundred miles away from Jixian and Huojia, and if the Northern Xinjiang Army advances at full speed, it will be able to arrive within a day." As soon as they get the news that we are attacking their main forces, and instead cross the river to the south and occupy the cities of Yincheng, Yanjin and Suoju, we will find ourselves in the predicament of being attacked by the enemy on our backs. ”

Liu Bei advised not to requisition troops from the direction of Yucheng and Yanjin.

Cao Cao disagreed. He said proudly: "Now we have more than 100,000 people, and the Northern Xinjiang Army on the opposite side is only 70,000 or 80,000 at most. Moreover, the Northern Xinjiang Army on the opposite side were all soldiers and horses from Jizhou at the beginning. Among them, Tai Shici's Fourth Infantry Corps of the Northern Xinjiang Army had some men and horses in Huaicheng, Hanoi, and Gao Shun's Seventh Infantry Corps of the Northern Xinjiang Army first appeared in Xuzhou and then arrived in Rencheng. ”

"Getting rid of the soldiers and horses of these two major armies, and then getting rid of their losses on the battlefield in Henan, there are only more than 50,000 people at most. If the scout's investigation was not wrong, there were only 40,000 people in the camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army opposite. ”

"Attack the enemy camp with an army of nearly 100,000 men, and win the battle."

"After defeating Zhang Fei, our goal of holding Yancheng has been reached, as long as we send an army north to chase and kill, the rest of the army will return to defend Yancheng, and at the same time divide our troops to reinforce Yancheng and Yanjin to prevent the attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army."

In Cao Cao's view, after the Northern Xinjiang Army suffered heavy losses at Yancheng, in order to hold the White Horse, they would transfer back the troops supporting Hanoi as quickly as possible. The possibility that nearly 10,000 troops from the northern frontier who rushed to Hanoi would take the opportunity to cross the river and attack Yanjin was too small, because their troops were small, and once the attack was ineffective and they were dragged to Yancheng and Yanjin, it would be difficult to safely withdraw to the other side.

In this coalition army, Cao's army has an absolute advantage in numbers, Cao Cao said yes, Liu Bei is not good at insisting, and Yan Liang is eager to recapture the white horse and make a contribution, and he is trying to encourage Cao Cao to be bolder, simply take advantage of the situation to kill the white horse directly, and drive the northern army back to Puyang City.

The attack strategy was thus decided.

On the evening of the next day, Cao Cao ordered the coalition forces to launch an attack after confirming that there were no abnormalities in Changyuan, Pingqiu, and the areas around Ji County and Huojia in Hanoi on the east bank of the Pushui River.

The coalition army was divided into two routes. A 20,000-strong forward army composed of Cao Jun, Liu Beijun and Yuan Shaojun led by Xiahou Yuan and Gao Gan took the lead in launching a sneak attack. After they entered the camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army, the Northern Xinjiang Army was bound to be in chaos and fled in panic, and then Liu Bei and Yan Liang began to pursue and cover up with the follow-up 40,000 troops. Cao Cao himself took more than two people to sit in Yancheng, just in case.

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In the dark night, Zhang Fei was covered in armor, sitting upright on a horse, and the horsewhip in his hand kept shaking.

"Yide, if the rebels don't attack the camp tonight, will we just stand like this all night?" Guo Jia yawned a few times and asked vaguely. His health was not very good, and he was very tired from the long march and battle with the army.

"You can sleep on horseback." Zhang Fei sneered, "But if your head falls off, don't scold me when you go underground." I warn you again and again. ”

"I stood all night last night." Guo Jia complained dissatisfiedly, "There are so many things during the day, I didn't even blink my eyes." You slept all afternoon, and of course you were in good spirits. ”

"Bear with me." Zhang Fei glanced at him and said lightly, "When you get to Pingyang Pavilion, you can sleep well." ”

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Xiahou Yuan and Gao Gan led the vanguard army into the camp of the Northern Xinjiang Army with great momentum. The Northern Xinjiang army was unprepared and caught off guard, and the soldiers scattered in a hurry, and fled into the darkness before the enemy could enter the camp.

Xiahou Yuan looked at the discarded ordnance and baggage, and shouted excitedly: "Order, chase, chase me and kill ......"

Gao Gan found Xiahou Yuan in time and persuaded: "General Xiahou, the situation is a little wrong. It is impossible for the Northern Frontier Army to run so fast......"

Xiahou Yuan glanced at him with disdain. This kid can become the prime minister of a country and command the soldiers of an army, but he is just stained with Yuan Shao's light, and he has a fart ability. first lost Puyang, and then was defeated in Baima, and was frightened by the Northern Xinjiang Army.

"These Northern Xinjiang troops are all soldiers and horses in Jizhou, to put it bluntly, they are farmers who farm, except for the weapons that are better than the Yellow Turban Army, the others are the same as the Yellow Turban Army." Xiahou Yuan waved his hand disdainfully, "General Gao, don't hesitate, chase after it immediately, so as not to lose the opportunity to annihilate the enemy." ”

He shouted and roared away with a group of guards.

Gao Gan shook his head helplessly. Maybe he was really scared by the Northern Frontier Army. When victory was within reach, I couldn't believe it.

I must have been overthinking. Gao Gan stopped thinking nonsense, and led the army to fight later.

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Baiyu Pavilion, sixty miles northeast of Yancheng.

A bright red morning sun hangs high in the sky.

Liu Bei looked up at the sky, his expression was extremely solemn.

The speed at which the Northern Frontier Army fled was too fast, and the direction of escape was also suspicious. It stands to reason that in the chaos, some of the men and horses will definitely panic and flee directly north to Qingshuikou, the closest to the Yellow River, but so far, the scouts have not found a single northern fugitive on the way to Qingshuikou. In the process of escaping, the Northern Xinjiang Army can still maintain the consistency of the direction of escape, which cannot but make people doubtful.

The scout rushed to Liu Bei and reported: "Lord, Xiahou Yuan and Gao Gan have caught up with the Northern Xinjiang Army, the two sides have fought, and the Northern Xinjiang Army has fled faster, and there are armaments, food, and even silk and silk money discarded by the Northern Xinjiang fugitives all over the way. The two generals believed that the Northern Frontier Army was no longer able to organize a counterattack, and they wanted to take the White Horse City in one go. ”

Liu Bei and Yan Liang looked at each other and were surprised.

Zhang Fei's army fought hard in Henan for more than a month, and after transferring to the White Horse Battlefield, it was immediately defeated by a series of victories, such a strong army was easily defeated by a night attack by himself? And he lost so badly that he didn't even want to throw away his money? (To be continued.) )