"Hu Qi participated in the war in the Central Plains for only one month. www.biquge.info Liu Jing's gaze turned to the map hanging on the side of the big tent and said softly, "It's going to snow in the desert in November, so in early October, they must return to the desert. Husband has to find a way as soon as possible. ”

"It's really not good, only to attack." Li Yi smiled bitterly, "70,000 cavalry rushed to the battlefield, although we are still at a disadvantage in terms of strength, but we have an absolute advantage in strength, and we can launch a full-scale attack at any cost. As long as we can make a breakthrough in Guandu, we will still win this decisive battle. It's just that because we failed to inflict heavy losses on the rebels, it is estimated that the Central Plains will be very frequent next year, which is a heavy burden on Hebei's finances. ”

Liu Jing sighed softly and said softly to Li Yi: "Husband, just fight the battle well, and you don't have to worry about other things." Next year, even if we only eat one meal a day, we will have to get through this difficulty. ”

At dusk, Li Yi sent Guan Ping and a group of generals out of the big tent.

"You go south along the gallop road to Dangyin City, and Zilong and Zhai Yu of the Black Mountain." Li Yi walked slowly and instructed, "All the Hu cavalry going south will rush to several large valleys at the eastern foot of Heishan Mountain and station. Zilong had already set up tents in these valleys and stockpiled grain and grass. When you arrive, rest for a few days. ”

"It does take a few days to recuperate." Guan Ping said, "After entering the Flying Fox Fortress, we all marched at night, and walked down more than a thousand miles, and the soldiers were exhausted, so we couldn't cross the river to fight. ”

"My lord, when will we cross the river?" A lieutenant from a humble background asked.

"If Yuan Shao can't hold out, and the decisive battle in the Central Plains is delayed according to our predetermined strategy, then you will have to cross the river and participate in the battle in September." Li Yi said, "There is one thing I want to warn you, during the period of the army in Montenegro, you must strictly restrain your subordinates, and strictly prohibit anyone from going down the mountain without permission. If a soldier violates the law and goes down the mountain to harass the people, there will be no forgiveness for killing. ”

The generals agreed with a bang.

On the eve of dawn the next day, Xiao Xuan, Li Xuan, Tian Yu and others rushed to Handan with a large army.

On the eve of dawn on the third day, Mu Guiying and Badun led their troops to Handan.

Mu Guiying was also worried about the stalemate on the Guandu battlefield, but at this moment, Hu Cai had reached the north bank of the Yellow River one after another, and the disadvantage of the Northern Xinjiang Army was being reversed step by step.

On the eve of dawn on the fourth day, Feng Dao, Xun Yan, Tian Chou, Liu Yi and others arrived with their troops.

At this point, all 70,000 Hu horsemen from the south arrived.

That night, Li Yi bid farewell to the eldest princess Liu Jing and led the army south to Montenegro.

Xu Shu was ordered to rush to Liyang and erect ten boat bridges on the river dozens of miles long between Liyang Ferry and Changshoujin.

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August 26, Junyi City.

Liu Biao and Cao Cao urgently convened the generals of the Jingzhou Army, the Yanzhou Army, and the Xuzhou Army to discuss the military meeting in Junyi City.

Kuai Yue made a detailed analysis of the current war situation at the military meeting, severely criticized Yuan Shao's strategy of delaying without fighting, and asked the generals to put the community first, make concerted efforts, and take advantage of the Northern Xinjiang Army's withdrawal from the battlefield to bravely kill the enemy.

The generals were in high spirits and their morale was extremely high.

Kuai Yue then made an attack deployment. Except for Liu Biao, Liu Pan, and Wen Ping who led the army to stick to the line of Quyuju and Junyi, the rest of the army immediately went north and attacked the front line of Fengqiu with nearly 200,000 troops, intending to kill the Jishui River, seize Yanjin and Suoju, encircle the Northern Xinjiang Army in the area of Yuanwu and Yangwucheng, and force Yuan Shao to wave his army across the chasm for a decisive battle.

Cao Cao and Liu Biao wrote to Liu Bei in Hanoi at the same time to raise their troops and cross the river from the direction of Yanjin to attack, in order to contain the northern cavalry stationed in Yancheng and Yanjin, and to respond to the army to seize Yanjin and Suoju.

On the same day, Zhang Fei's division of the Northern Xinjiang Army withdrew to the north bank of the Jishui River, and quickly moved to Fengqiu, Wuchao, Yanjin and Suozao.

August 27, Zhongmu.

The news of the retreat of the Northern Xinjiang Army was sent to Zhongmu Yuan Shao as quickly as possible. Yuan Shao immediately wrote to Liu Biao and Cao Cao that the Northern Xinjiang Army was retreating in batches, but it was not yet certain whether the Northern Xinjiang Army had decided to withdraw from the Central Plains, so he asked all departments not to attack blindly for the time being, so as to be hit hard by the Northern Xinjiang Army.

As soon as the letter was sent, Liu Biao's letter arrived.

Liu Biao said bluntly in the letter: "The grain and grass of the Northern Xinjiang army were burned, and the morale of the army was weakened, which was the best time to severely damage its main force, but in order to preserve his strength, the first brother was reluctant to give the order to attack. If this excellent opportunity is missed, and the Northern Xinjiang Army can successfully withdraw to Hebei, Sheji will suffer more killings. We were fighting for the Han Society, even if we were broken. Since the first brother of this book is unwilling to fight, then I have to order the Jingzhou soldiers to kill the enemy alone. ”

Yuan Shao was furious.

The coalition army is originally a whole, and the whole body is affected by one attack, and all losses are lost, Liu Biao actually disobeyed the military order without authorization at this critical moment, and ordered his subordinates to fight alone, which is incredible.

Yuan Shao immediately wrote a letter to Liu Biao, in which he said: "Brother Jingsheng, please calm down and observe patiently for a few more days. The allied army's food and grass can still last for half a month, and even if the Northern Xinjiang Army does run out of food and retreat, we still have a chance to pursue and destroy the enemy. ”

After Yuan Shao sent the letter, he stood alone in front of the map and thought for a long time.

If the Northern Xinjiang Army withdraws from the Yanjin and Suojube lines, even if the coalition forces pursue the whole line, it will be too late.

On the front line of Yancheng and Baima, both are large plains, and the cavalry of the Northern Frontier Army can use their advantages to wantonly charge and kill and block the pursuit of the coalition army.

Liu Biao obviously saw this, so he was in a hurry to attack, wanting to cut off the retreat of the Northern Xinjiang Army before the Northern Xinjiang Army withdrew from Yanjin and Suojube, and encircle the Northern Xinjiang Army in the area of Yuanwu and Yangwu, so that several large armies could launch a siege at the same time.

Although such a decisive battle would bring huge losses to the coalition forces, for the Northern Frontier Army, it was very likely to be the fate of the entire army.

Now that Liu Biao's army has been killed, Cao Cao must also be a follower, nearly half of the coalition army has gone to war, if he still does not move, then Liu Biao will either defeat the Northern Xinjiang Army and monopolize the world's merits, or be defeated by the Northern Xinjiang Army, completely ending the Central Plains War.

Of course, Liu Biao took the initiative to send troops to attack, by no means just thinking about the simple task of severely damaging the Northern Frontier Army, his main purpose was to coerce himself to send troops to a decisive battle, so as to consume his own strength and prevent himself from occupying the Central Plains in the shortest possible time and obtaining the foundation of the king's cause.

After thinking about it, Yuan Shaosi knew that his letter would definitely not be able to stop Liu Biao from sending troops, so he ordered the troops of the Guandu Battlefield, the Hanoi Battlefield and the Fengqiu Battlefield to prepare for an attack the next day.

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August 28, Jishui River, Fengqiu City.

Li Jing was very excited when he saw the mighty killing of the coalition army, and while flying pigeons to report to Xu Maogong of Yangwu, he commanded the army to meet the battle.

But an hour later, he felt that something was wrong, the rebels seemed to focus their attacks on the front line of Fengqiu and Wuchao, rather than Guandu, and look at the black army under the city to know that the rebels' strength for the attack this time far exceeded their expectations.

Li Jing immediately estimated that with his own strength, he could not stop the attack of the coalition army at all, and immediately ordered: "The flying pigeon sent a letter to Mr. Mao Gong urgently, I want reinforcements, I want reinforcements." ”

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When Li Jing in Fengqiu City commanded the army to fight bloodily, Gao Shun, Wei Yan and others were also attacked by the rebels by the Jishui River, and the defense line was in crisis for a time.

Xu Xuan, Sun Fu, and Lu Su also received Liu Biao's letter, but they did not receive Yuan Shao's order, so they were in a dilemma.

Kuai Yue, who was in charge of attacking Fengqiu, was greatly annoyed when he saw Xu Xuan and the three of them standing still, and ran to Xu Xuan's camp angrily, and scolded Xu Xuan: "Are you Yuan Shao's house slave or a courtier of the Han Dynasty?" You have been reading and reciting the scriptures for decades, and you don't know what loyalty is and what is social security? Are all the oaths you have made on your knees before the Son of Heaven false? ”

Xu Xuan scolded Kuai Yue speechlessly, his old face couldn't hold back, and he categorically ordered the army to go to the front line to participate in the battle, but in order not to offend Yuan Shao, he still wrote an urgent letter to Yuan Shao to show his dilemma.

Xu Xuan led the army out, and of course Sun Fu and Lu Su didn't dare to shrink their heads, so they also followed Xu Xuan and quickly killed Fengqiu.

As soon as Xu Xuan's army was put into the battlefield, Yuan Shao's order arrived.

Xu Xuan was overjoyed, and while sending someone to chase back the letter he had just sent, he commanded the army to attack the city.

The 16,000 defenders of the Northern Frontier Army in Fengqiu City fought hard, but in the face of almost ten times their own rebels, their losses were too great, and the city was in danger.

At this time, Zhang He and Tai Shici led the army to kill. They were ordered to cross the Yingou water from Yangwu East to support the front line of Fengqiu and Wuchao, and received a request for help from Li Jing and Gao Shun on the way, and then dropped their baggage and rushed to help.

The timely arrival of reinforcements greatly alleviated the crisis.

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Guandu battlefield.

Liu Pan and Wen Ping, under the command of Liu Biao, attacked from the front line of Qu Yuju and Junyi. Zhang Yan and Bian Xi commanded the officers and men of the Fifth Infantry Corps to fight back.

In the afternoon of the same day, Yuan Shao's army attacked from Putianze to Guandu. Xiahou Yuan commanded 15,000 men and horses to attack from Guandu to Quyuju.

Guan Yu commanded the men and horses of the headquarters to defend the north bank of the chasm.

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Yangwu City.

Xu Maogong received the news from various battlefields, and applauded excitedly.

"The flying pigeon has sent a message to Handan, the rebels have attacked on all fronts, and the decisive battle has begun, please lead Hu Cai to cross the river to the south immediately."

"The flying pigeon sent a message to Zhang Fei, and immediately rushed to the front line of Yanjin and Suozao to command and block the attack, and be sure to block Liu Bei's army on the bank of the Yellow River and cover the withdrawal of the main army."

"The flying pigeon passed on Zhang He, Li Jing, and Gao Shun generals, and the front-line battles in Fengqiu and Wuchao were temporarily commanded by Zhang He." Xu Maogong paused for a moment, then turned to Sima Yi, who was on the back of his desk, and continued, "Tell Zhang He to defend Fengqiu and block the rebels on the west bank of the Jishui River. (To be continued.) )