Li Yi pondered for a long time, and suddenly said: "Immediately change the offensive strategy, let the infantry army and a cavalry drag the rebels' forward army in Pingyang Pavilion, and do not fight it for the time being, and then send a cavalry to block the rebels' rear army and prevent their rescue." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Li Yi raised his big hand, slapped it on the map hard, and said categorically: "We will concentrate about 140,000 cavalry, first encircle and annihilate the rebels' middle army, and encircle and annihilate Yuan Shao." ”

Guan Yu, Xu Maogong, Jia Xu and the others looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

"In this way, we won't be able to reach Yancheng tonight." Guan Yu shook his head regretfully and said.

"If the rebels' vanguard army and the middle army can be completely annihilated, the Central Plains War will be over." Xu Maogong smiled, "You can go to Yancheng whenever you want." ”

Li Yi briefly discussed the details with everyone, and then ordered Xu Maogong to sit in Pingyang Pavilion to command the overall situation, Guan Yu to command the second and fifth two major corps, and Li E's cavalry to drag the rebels' forward army in the Pingyang Pavilion area, Zhang He led the army to quickly kill Yancheng and Wating to block the rebels' rear army.

"Ordered Gao Changgong to lead the cavalry of his subordinates to immediately meet Zhao Yun, move closer to Xiaomating, and prepare to encircle and annihilate Yuan Shao with the main force."

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In the afternoon, Kuai Yue commanded the forward army to advance to Pingyang Pavilion.

Guan Yu and Zhang Yan gathered an army of 70,000 foot soldiers and fought hard to block the attack according to the favorable terrain.

Xian Yuyin, Cheng Lian, Gongsun Fan, Gongsun Xu and others each led a cavalry, galloping back and forth around the battle formation of the coalition army, and from time to time made an attack momentum, forcing the coalition army to hold on to the battle formation, lest the northern cavalry break into the formation.

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In the afternoon, twenty miles southwest of Pingyang Pavilion, Xiaoma Pavilion.

On the horizon due east, a dust mist quietly rose, and this dust mist grew larger and larger, gradually obscuring the clear blue sky and gray-yellow land in the sky.

"Knock...... The war drums of the ...... alarm immediately resounded in the field.

"Order all departments, move closer immediately, quickly, quickly......" Yuan Shao's face changed slightly, and he ordered repeatedly.

Although Kuai Yue said that the enemy's cavalry was only more than 10,000 people, the middle army did not have a solid battle formation like the forward army, and if the northern cavalry was allowed to rush over when the formation of each division was loose, the army was very likely to collapse.

Meng Dai and Tao Yi were both generals from Jizhou, and they had also participated in the Jizhou War the year before last, and they were calm and unhurried, commanding their subordinates and the people who transported the baggage to quickly use hundreds of baggage vehicles to set up a chariot formation.

The number of baggage carts is limited, and they can only be placed directly opposite the battlefield, which is the direction where the enemy cavalry is most likely to attack.

Ji Ling, Sun Fu, and Lu Su commanded their respective armies to quickly assemble and form a zigzag battle formation with Yuan Shao's army.

"Didn't Kuai Xenodo say that they pinned down the cavalry of the Northern Frontier?" Ji Ling rushed to Yuan Shao's side and asked in surprise, "Why is there another cavalry here?" Have we fallen into an ambush? ”

Yuan Shao shook his head and comforted with a smile: "The number of cavalry in the Northern Frontier is limited, and we have already taken precautions, although they have the intention to bypass the vanguard army to attack us, but it is difficult to work. ”

Yuan Shao pointed to the big sun above his head and continued: "In this weather, before the cavalry approached us, the smoke and dust in the sky had already exposed their traces. By the time they get here, we'll be ready to defend. You don't have to worry, it's okay. ”

Before he could finish speaking, a frightened shout suddenly came from the battle array, and people turned to look behind them.

Directly in the western sky, a puff of smoke and dust rose into the sky, like a dark cloud before a thunderstorm, tumbling violently in the air, and quickly spreading to all sides.

Yuan Shao's face changed suddenly, his heart was suffocated, and his wheezing suddenly became urgent.

Sun Fu and Lu Su came on horseback, pointed to the west, and said in a panic: "General, what's going on?" Is it the Northern Frontier Cavalry? We're surrounded? ”

"Don't panic, don't panic." Yuan Shao waved his hand vigorously, barely stabilized his nervous mood, and said to Lu Su and the others, "This is a bluff, it is a bluff, they can't stop the attack of our vanguard army, all the bluffs, they want to drag us here and buy time for their army to withdraw from Pingyang Pavilion." ”

Sun Fu and Lu Su looked at each other and were suspicious.

Lu Su arched his hand and asked, "General, are you sure that this is a suspicious plan of the Northern Xinjiang Army?" ”

Lu Su's official position is just that of a commander of the army, and it is really disrespectful to speak to Yuan Shao in this tone.

Yuan Shao snorted coldly, glanced at him with disdain, waved the horsewhip in his hand, and sneered: "We have an army of 100,000, and the cavalry of the Northern Frontier is limited, if they want to attack at this moment, they must concentrate all their forces to ensure that they can be hit with one blow." If you want to get a flock of sheep, would you rather attack with one tiger or drive two wolves to attack? Li Yi is proficient in cavalry warfare, how could he disperse his troops at this time? ”

Yuan Shao paused, and then said: "Of course, if the Northern Frontier Army can't hide its traces and carry out a sneak attack, if it has enough troops, it can also carry out the technique of wolf siege, but do they have so many cavalry?" ”

In terms of cavalry warfare, Ji Ling and the others had little experience, on the contrary, Yuan Shao was very experienced because of his repeated battles with Li Yi and Gongsun Zhan. After listening to Yuan Shao's explanation, the tension in the hearts of the three of them was greatly relieved. Since it is a suspicious tactic, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Lu Su realized that he had spoken rudely in a hurry just now, and was about to apologize to Yuan Shao, when he heard a sudden and even more frightened shout from the soldiers on the flank of the battle formation, and then the shouts came and went, surging up layer by layer like a wave, and instantly spread throughout the entire army.

Yuan Shao and the others were shocked and looked up to the north. I saw a huge cloud of smoke rising into the sky, it was like a whistling hurricane, vaguely carrying the sound of wind and thunder, sweeping in, it was more like a gray monster, roaring all the way, growing rapidly at an unimaginable speed, and unscrupulously devouring the blue sky, white clouds and the vast earth.

At this moment, a voice came from behind Yuan Shao: "South...... The south also came ......"

Yuan Shao's vest was cold, and the chill to the bones instantly hit his whole body, and his hands, hands and feet stiffened as if they did not obey the call. He let out a low roar, twisted his body with all his might, and looked south.

In the southern sky, a cloud of smoke and dust rolled and burned violently along the horizon like a flame in a strong wind, covering half of the sky in the blink of an eye, and then merged with the smoke and dust in the east, west, and south directions.

Yuan Shao was dumbfounded, he opened his eyes wide and looked around, Huo Ran found that the entire horizon had been swept away by smoke and dust, and this overwhelming smoke and dust was constantly eating away at the blue sky and white clouds and the scorching sun overhead, constantly approaching his lonely army.

"We are surrounded...... the screams of the allied soldiers were chaotic and terrifying, the howls were deafening, everyone was shrouded in the shadow of death, and the rumbling drums of war were quietly lost in the huge howl.

"General, we are not surrounded by a pack of wild wolves, but by a pack of evil tigers." Ji Ling cried with a sad face, looked at the Northern Xinjiang cavalry that rushed out of the smoke and dust, and shook his head again and again in disbelief, "One or twenty thousand cavalry? How much more than 10,000 cavalry? Kuai Yue, this blind man, does he have eyes on the door of his head? ”

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An army of 140,000 iron cavalry rushed out of the horizon from all directions, rushing out of the billowing smoke and dust.

"Uh......h Woo ......" horns rang out in all directions, resounding through the sky.

Li Yi rode the white dragon horse and rushed up the dirt slope, raising his eyes to look at the battlefield.

The 140,000 cavalry lined up in a circle between heaven and earth, and the colorful banners hunted and hunted, like a burning flame surrounding the United Legion.

In the center of the five-mile radius, the coalition forces were shrinking their positions and intending to hold on to the death.

Dian Wei held high Li Yi's battle flag and followed closely behind Li Yi. Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu and others were dressed in military uniforms, standing on the horse and standing around Li Yi. The soldiers of the pro-guard army, these warriors who once followed Li Yi to fight all over the world, lined up behind, and their morale was like a rainbow.

"Uh......h Woo ......" The long horn sounded one after another, and the generals of the various ministries were urging Li Yi to attack immediately.

Li Yi turned his head to look at Sima Yi and the others, smiled at them, and said, "Follow me, follow me all the time, don't leave." ”

The three of them nodded their heads one after another, and the tension before the fierce battle almost made them almost breathless. This was a charge launched by 140,000 iron horsemen, and it was a major battle on an unprecedented scale.

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The coalition battlefield was chaotic, and the drums of war were disheveled. The officers and men of all armies were in danger and desperately squeezed towards the center of the battle formation, as if this would alleviate the panic in their hearts.

Yuan Shao stood under the big guard, looking at the dense cavalry of the northern frontier around him, and he had already figured it out.

Today's battle was expected in Hebei. For a long time, everyone thought that Hebei's troops were insufficient, even including many high-ranking members of the Jicheng Imperial Court, but everyone was fooled, and no one thought that Li Yi would transfer troops from the desert.

It has been a long time since the Hu tribes were transferred to conquer the Huns, Karasuma and Qiang in order to defend the borders, to resist the invasion of other Hu tribes, and to quell the rebellion in the border counties, few people dared to recruit the Hu cavalry to fight in the border counties within the Great Wall, and no one dared to transfer the Hu cavalry to fight in the Central Plains.

It is precisely because there has never been such a precedent in history, and it is precisely because no one would have thought that Li Yi would dare to recruit the Hu people to go south to the Central Plains to fight the Han people, so people did not expect that Hebei would have the opportunity to carry out a fatal blow.

Defeated, the Central Plains War was lost. Yuan Shao looked up to the sky and sighed, extremely depressed in his heart. At this moment, he hated Li Yi very much, and he couldn't wait to eat him alive.

Failure, Yuan Shao can accept, but using Hu people to defeat himself, Yuan Shao really can't tolerate it.

Why do you use Hu people to fight Han people? For hundreds of years, the Hu people on the desert frequently invaded and slaughtered countless people of the Han Dynasty, and the hatred with the Han Dynasty was as deep as the sea. Today, in order to usurp Sheji, you actually borrowed troops from the desert to go south to slaughter the Han people, are you still a Han person? Do you still have the conscience of the Han people? (To be continued.) )