"Father...... Xiahou Ba shouted urgently, "Let's quickly withdraw from the front line of Dong'e and Chiping." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoSticking to Dong'e and Chiping is definitely a dead end. ”

"If the Northern Xinjiang Army erects twelve ship bridges over the Yellow River, even if one ship bridge crosses 10,000 troops, there will be 120,000 troops. Coupled with tens of thousands of troops in the direction of Henan, the Northern Xinjiang Army used at least 200,000 troops to attack the Central Plains this time. Xiahou Ba kept wiping the sweat on his face, and said in a hoarse voice, "Even if the prime minister comes back and Yuan Shao's army supports, we are not the opponent of the Northern Frontier Army." Father, let Cai Yang retreat to Linyi first. As long as the army remains, we have a chance to fight back. Father......"

Xiahou Yuan was silent, his face was murderous.

"Father, we only have an army of 10,000, and we are still guarding various cities, and we can't compete with the Northern Frontier Army in terms of troops. The Northern Xinjiang Army cannot be compared with Lu Bu back then. At that time, Lu Bu only had more than 10,000 people, so Cheng Yu and others were able to hold Dong'e, Fanxian, and Juancheng for several months, but now there are more than 100,000 troops in the northern Xinjiang army going south, how can we hold it? If the Northern Xinjiang Army took advantage of the speed of the Iron Cavalry to quickly move south to the line of Dingtao and Changyi, and surrounded us in several small cities such as Dong'e, our more than 10,000 people would really stuff the Northern Xinjiang Army with a gap between their teeth. ”

The murderous aura on Xiahou Yuan's face gradually dissipated, replaced by a full of grief and pain.

"It's too late." Xiahou Yuan looked up to the sky and sighed, "It's too late for us." ”

"The prime minister's army is in the Huaishui area, more than a thousand miles away from the Central Plains, even if he rushes back day and night, it will be half a month later. Yuan Shao's army has returned to Henan. Some time ago, tens of thousands of northern Xinjiang troops went south to attack Xingyang, apparently to drag him in Henan. Even if we ask him for help now, he doesn't have an army to march east into Yanzhou, and he can only watch the Northern Xinjiang Army sweep across the Central Plains. ”

"Father, it's too sudden, who would have thought that Hebei would attack the Central Plains so quickly? It was only a year and a half after the end of the Jizhou War, and Hebei sent the main force south to the Central Plains, which shows Li Yi's madness. Xiahou Ba pleaded, "Father, let's withdraw to Dingtao and Changyi, and meet Uncle Zixiao." If you want to guard, you will also go to Dingtao and Changyi to guard. The battle line of the Northern Xinjiang Army has been lengthened, and the cities are occupied, and their grain and grass transportation and troops will be reduced. As soon as the Northern Xinjiang Army loses its spirit, we can fight a decisive battle with them on the front line of Dingtao and Changyi, and at that time we still have reinforcements from Yuan Shao and Liu Bei, so we can give it a go. ”

"Okay, let's withdraw ......" Xiahou Yuan carefully weighed the pros and cons, and finally agreed, "Order Cai Yang, withdraw from Chiping, and defend Linyi." If Linyi can't hold it, it will be withdrawn to Dongping to hold on. ”

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Yanzhou East County, Stone Oxford.

The remnant sun is like blood.

The galloping horse suddenly stood upright, and the fierce neighing was heard far away with the gust of river wind.

Li Yi held the reins of the horse and roared to the sky.

Li E and Zhai Ya followed closely and rushed to the river embankment together.

"It's here, it's the Yellow River. "Driving ......" Li E kicked the horse's belly violently, the war horse neighed in pain, the speed did not decrease, jumped off the river embankment, and rushed straight towards the surging Yellow River.

"It's time to the Yellow River...... Li E screamed on the horse, and the war horse carried her to run wild in the Yellow River water, and the waves were shining.

Since the ancestor Li Ling set out to fight against the Xiongnu in the second year of the Tianhan Dynasty, unfortunately defeated and captured, his own vein has been stranded in the desert, it has been a full three hundred years, the clansmen have not seen the Yellow River in the Central Plains for three hundred years, and have not seen the Yellow River in their hometown for three hundred years, three hundred years......

Li E burst into tears, screaming and roaring over and over again.

Zhai Yu sat upright on his horse and let out a long breath to calm the excitement in his heart. Although he is a native of the grassland, he can't feel Li E's mood of returning to his hometown, but as an ambitious tribal leader, galloping on both sides of the Yellow River in the Central Plains is also an indelible dream in his heart.

Zhai Yu's eyes looked at Li Yi, the legendary general who helped him realize his unattainable dreams.

Without the general's defeat of the mighty Xianbei ten years ago, he would probably still be a bored herding horse and sheep in a tribe. Without this great general going out to the desert and capturing himself seven times, how could he possibly see the water of the Yellow River?

Li Yi turned his head and smiled at Zhai Yu and asked, "How do you feel about drinking the Yellow River today?" ”

"In this life and this life, I am willing to follow my brother-in-law to conquer the four seas until death." Zhai Yu raised his right arm high and roared loudly, "Wherever my brother-in-law goes, there will be my Ding Ling's iron horse fighting bloodily for you." ”

Li Yi was stunned for a moment, obviously he didn't expect Zhai Yu to swear to say such things at this time. He reached out to hold Zhai Yu's right arm with emotion, shook it vigorously a few times, and everything was silent.

Smoke and dust rolled in from the distant sky, a loud, low roar came from far and near, and the earth trembled violently in the light of the setting sun.

The Iron Cavalry marched mightily to the banks of the Yellow River.

Lu Wenlong led a team of guards to gallop along the embankment of the Yellow River.

"My lord, the two generals Guan Yu and Zhang Yan urgently reported that General Li Zhong led the army to attack Cangting, and General Bian Xi led the army to attack Chiping."

Li Yi nodded slightly and asked, "What is the situation with the rest of the ferries?" ”

Lu Wenlong replied loudly: "The rebels have retreated one after another, except for Cangting and Chiping, the rest of the ferries have been unimpeded, and the armies of all walks of life can smoothly cross the river and go south. ”

Li Yi waved his hand vigorously and resolutely ordered: "Order all departments to cross the river overnight." ”

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Yanzhou Jibei country, Chiping City.

Chiping City is built according to the Yellow River, tall and strong, and is supplemented by a wide moat around it, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

After Ma Zhong led the attack on the front army to cross the river, he immediately launched an attack, but was met with stubborn resistance from the defenders in the city, and the dense arrow array once suppressed the soldiers of the southern army outside the moat, making it difficult to advance an inch.

Ma Zhong immediately asked Zhang Yan for help and asked for more troops to attack again.

Zhang Yan immediately took a boat to the waters on the south bank of the Yellow River.

"The rebel general stationed in Chiping is called Cai Yang." Zhuge Liang stood behind Chang Yuchun, pointed to Chiping City in the distance and said, "The defenders in the city originally only had 1,000 people, but due to the appearance of the fleet, Cai Yang's vigilance and fear were aroused, so he urgently requisitioned 2,000 men and horses from Linyi City, which was forty miles away. If the scout's probing is accurate, there are currently 3,000 men in the city. To attack a city defended by 3,000 men, it will take not only troops, but also time, but we don't have time now. ”

Zhang Yan thought for a while, turned around and said, "Since Cai Yang has put the main force in Chiping, the defensive forces of the other ferries should be very weak. Now Mu Shun's army is crossing the river in the direction of Hulin, and if their attack goes well, they should be able to advance to Linyi City tonight. ”

The two guards standing beside Zhang Yan saw Chang Yuchun's gaze turn to them, and immediately understood, each took a section of the silk map and opened it.

"After the two iron horsemen of the lord and Mrs. Li E crossed the river, they will rush to Jishuihe, capture the Qingting and Pingyin Pavilions, and cut off the retreat of the rebels in Chiping and Linyi."

Zhang Yan's hand pointed to the Jishui River on the map and continued: "If we can't take the two cities of Chiping and Linyi for a long time, the attack speed of the army on the left will be greatly delayed. ”

Zhang Yan looked at Zhuge Liang and said, "I think, first surround Chiping, concentrate the main force to take down the weak Linyi, and then ......"

"The general wants to force Cai Yang out of Chiping and use the iron cavalry to kill him in the Jishui River?" Zhuge Liang asked.

Zhang Yan nodded and asked Zhuge Liang, "What do you think?" ”

Zhuge Liang was silent. After he and Sima Yi successfully brought the fleet to the predetermined bridge building site, they each received an order from the lord. Zhuge Liang was the Sima of the left army, and followed the army of foot soldiers led by Zhang Yan to advance. Sima Yi was the Sima of the army on the right and assisted Guan Yu in attacking the city.

Although Zhuge Liang is young and his current official position is not big, he is one of the seven major military divisions of the Northern Xinjiang Army personally appointed by the lord, and he is also the main staff of the lord to formulate the attack strategy of the Central Plains War.

"What if Cai Yang doesn't come out?" Zhuge Liang hesitated for a moment and said to Zhang Yan, "If Chiping can't be taken, we will have to leave a certain number of troops to surround it, so that our forces to attack Dongping and Changyi will be reduced." In addition, Chipingdu is a large crossing, and our original plan was to store grain in the area of Chiping and Linyi after taking Chiping, so as to provide grain and grass for the army on the left and Wei Yan, who attacked Jibei. Whether we can win Chiping as soon as possible is very important for us. ”

"Taking Linyi first, but completely cutting off Cai Yang's retreat, he may fight with us to the end." Zhuge Liang turned his head to look at Zhang Yan and said respectfully, "General Zhang, it is better to increase troops to surround Chiping, and send another iron cavalry to threaten Linyi." By tomorrow, our tens of thousands of cavalry troops will gather under the city, and the direction of Linyi will be in a hurry, and Cai Yang will have no other way but to retreat. ”

"After Cai Yang withdrew from Linyi, we urgently sent an iron cavalry to surround Linyi and force Cai Yang to retreat to the Qingting and Pingyin Pavilions." Zhuge Liang pointed to the Jishui River on the map, and said to Zhang Yan with certainty, "As long as Cai Yang reaches the bank of the Jishui River, he will be unable to fly." ”

Zhang Yan hesitated.

"General Zhang, if you want to force Cai Yang to withdraw from Chiping, you must give him a glimmer of life, this is like hunting, you must give the prey a chance to escape, otherwise the prey will jump over the wall in a hurry and fight back when he is dying." Zhuge Liang persuaded again.

Zhang Yan frowned, and said embarrassedly: "In this way, I will command the army and temporarily change the attack route......

Zhang Yan didn't finish speaking, Zhuge Liang already understood. Zhang Yan did not disagree with his plan, but was worried that he would offend the lord by overstepping his authority. (To be continued.) )