The northern Hebei Plain in early summer was the best time a year ago.

In the early morning, Zhang Bao stood on the towering gate tower of Jicheng and looked into the distance. Outside the city, Luoshui is like a gentle girl, quietly nestling on the edge of Jixian County. In the distance, the northern Hebei Plain stretches as far as the eye can see. The trees around the castle swayed back and forth in the wind, and the green branches and leaves made a pleasant sound with the sound of the wind.

Zhang 13 rushed over.

Zhang 13 was an orphan taken in by Zhang Bao and Zhang Jiao when they were on a mission in the early years. Now in his early thirties, he is Zhang Bao's personal guard.

"Second General, urgent intelligence. Li Yi led a large army to attack Yongnu, and the military division sent people to ask for help. Zhang Shisan said excitedly.

Zhang Bao asked quietly: "Li Yi attacked Yongnu, does he have that strength?" ”

Since the fall of Cheng Yuanzhi in Youbeiping, Zhang Bao has strengthened his spying on Li Yijun's intelligence. Now, although he can't fully grasp the situation of Li Yijun, he also has a general understanding that his real combat effectiveness is only four or five thousand iron cavalry.

Although Zhang Qun was defeated under the city of Quanzhou, after retreating to Yongnu City, he gathered all forces and had about 10,000 men under his command. Why does Li Yi have the strength to attack him? Could it be that Zhang Qun, this kid, was too frightened, he had already become a frightened bird, and he was stupid when he heard Li Yi's news, right?

Regarding the situation of the First World War in Quanzhou, Zhang Bao now has a better understanding. In that battle, although Zhang Qun was defeated, it also caused heavy losses to Li Yi. There are more than 20,000 defenders in Quanzhou City, and in the end there are only more than 10,000 people left, and a large part of them are impossible to go to the battlefield again.

Not only that, but even the iron cavalry under his command suffered a lot of losses in that battle, and two or three out of ten went to it.

According to Zhang Bao's estimate, the total number of infantry and cavalry in Li Yi's hands is only about 10,000 now, which is similar to Zhang Qun's strength, and he is absolutely incapable of attacking Yongnu.

Zhang 13 replied: "According to the letter of the military advisor asking for help, Li Yi has received the support of Gongsun Zan of Liaoxi, plus his own troops, a total of 30,000 troops have been raised to attack Yongnu, and the forward iron cavalry has arrived at the city of Yongnu. ”

Zhang Bao was taken aback and asked in disbelief: "Thirty thousand troops? How can it be! ”

"I don't know the last general, but that's what the military advisor's letter for help says. The military advisor has always been relatively calm, so there shouldn't be much of a difference......" Zhang Shisan said with some hesitation.

Zhang Bao shook his head, couldn't help laughing, and said, "There won't be much difference?" Hmph, I think Zhang Qun's old boy was frightened by Li Yi and became a frightened bird! ”

After a pause, Zhang Bao muttered, "Zhang Qun and Zhang Feng brothers are finished. Since the beginning of the army, Zhang Qun's old boy has been putting on a face with me, thinking that he is amazing. At that time, he had an army of forty or fifty thousand, and I put up with him. Now, his 40,000 or 50,000 troops are almost wiped out, and even Zhang Feng has died in battle, what else can Zhang Qun, an old boy, do except to be loyal to this general? ”

After a pause, Zhang Bao said to himself again: "Now several powerful leaders in the Yellow Turban Army have been successfully eradicated and weakened by my brother and General Ben using various opportunities. The three brothers of General Ben now firmly hold two-thirds of the Yellow Turban Army in the palm of their hands, and everything is based on our three brothers. ”

Zhang Shisan nodded again and again and said, "Then Li Yi is indeed very powerful. Without his indirect help, the forces of the military advisor really had no way to settle him in a short period of time. ”

"The elder brother is very aware of the strength of the imperial court, although he has repeatedly told the leaders of the various departments that the imperial court is vulnerable, in fact, he just wants to induce them to send troops. How could the centuries-old foundation of the Great Han Kingdom be defeated in one day? Many people despised the court too much, and as a result, they reaped the consequences. The defeat of Youbeiping and the defeat of Quanzhou City now prove that the elder brother's statement is correct. The strength of the imperial court is indeed not to be underestimated. Zhang Bao said with a serious expression, "Gongsun Zan of Right Beiping, Lu Zhi of Yecheng, and Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun in Yuzhou, none of them are easy to deal with." ”

"There is still Li Yi." Zhang Shisan said with a smile.

"Yes, and Li Yi." Zhang Bao smiled bitterly. The people mentioned before were just undefeated in the battle with the Yellow Turban Army, but this Li Yi, who suddenly appeared, caused the biggest loss to the Yellow Turban Army since the incident, and the 140,000 army was lost in the hands of this guy.

"General, how do we reply to the military advisor?" Zhang 13 asked again.

"Send troops, since Li Yi doesn't have any strength in his hands now, why don't I sell Zhang Qun? Anyway, he still has about 10,000 men and horses in his hands, but he can't just be lost in Li Yi's hands. Besides, Li Yi is now at the end of his crossbow, maybe we can still win a battle and break the legend of the nightmare of his Yellow Turban Army! Zhang Bao groaned.

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The red sun hangs on the gorgeous morning glow, and it is dazzling. The Gu River lies quietly in the middle of the plain, with a faint mist floating on the clear water. On both sides of the river are dense bushes, half green and half black, lying silently beside the Gu River.

Li Pengfei rode on the sweaty BMW and looked at Luoshui motionlessly.

This section of the river in Luoshui is not very wide, about 30 steps away. More than a dozen wooden boats were busy up and down the river, transporting soldiers and horses to the other side.

After deciding to send troops, Li Pengfei left Cheng Pu to lead 2,000 foot soldiers to stay in Quanzhou, and raised more than 25,000 troops to go straight to Yongnu City.

Sure enough, as Li Pengfei expected, after Zhang Qun learned the news that Li Pengfei was leading his army to attack, he was so frightened that he couldn't give up, and immediately sent troops to ask Zhang Bao in Jixian County for help.

Zhang Qun's messenger for help was naturally discovered by the scouts sent by Li Pengfei, who immediately reported back to Li Pengfei.

Li Pengfei, who got the news, knew that his plan had basically come to pass, so he acted according to the plan. He asked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to lead 15,000 foot soldiers, together with Gongsun Zhan's 3,000 cavalry, to continue to attack Yongnu City, while he himself and Zhao Yun, with more than 4,500 cavalry soldiers, left Quanzhou yesterday afternoon and marched more than 100 miles to arrive here.

Li Pengfei ordered the troops to rest by the river, intending to cross Luoshui at night.

It is 60 miles away from Yongnu City and 110 miles away from Jixian County.

While taking a break, Li Pengfei couldn't help but think of what had happened in the past two days.

When he sent troops, Li Pengfei also saw Gongsun Zhan's 3,000 iron cavalry. After seeing this, Li Pengfei felt a little ashamed of his cavalry. Why? It turned out that Gongsun Zhan's cavalry was all one man and two horses. In other words, for these 3,000 cavalry, there are 6,000 war horses.

What made Li Pengfei feel envious, jealous and hated the most was that Gongsun Zhan's 6,000 war horses turned out to be the same color, all of them were white horses.

While envious, jealous and hateful, Li Pengfei couldn't help but sigh that the heritage of a century-old family is really extraordinary.

In the last three or four years, he has opened a hanging, using the technology of later generations to produce products that are beyond the times, and then selling them all over the north, which can be regarded as making a lot of money.

However, when he decided on cavalry, he exhausted almost all of his wealth, and only collected less than six thousand war horses, and then selected them, and barely formed five thousand five hundred cavalry. All of them are ridden by one person, and there are no extra war horses at all.

However, the Gongsun family casually took out 6,000 war horses, all of which were white war horses.

This goods have to be thrown away, and people have to die more than people!

"Big brother ......" Just when Li Pengfei sighed in his heart, he heard Zhao Yun calling him.

This time, Li Pengfei asked Cheng Pu to lead 2,000 foot soldiers to stay in Quanzhou, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei led 15,000 foot soldiers to join Gongsun Zhan's 3,000 cavalry to besiege Yongnu City. At the same time, he ordered Yue Fei and Han Dang to lead three thousand foot soldiers, waving his banner, along Luoshui, to confuse Zhang Bao, while he himself and Zhao Yun led four thousand five hundred iron cavalry, ready to ambush Zhang Bao's reinforcements.

"There are two or three hundred people on the other side, and the crossing is about to end. Go and rest in the woods in front of you. Zhao Yun said with concern.

Li Pengfei smiled and said, "Zilong, you are also tired all night, so you should go and rest." ”

"It doesn't matter if I sleep less. You're the commander of the first army, but you can't get tired. Zhao Yun said with a smile.

Li Pengfei said: "What we need to be flexible and fast in this in-depth battle behind enemy lines is to maintain sufficient physical strength. ”

"Fighting with my eldest brother is thrilling and exciting." Zhao Yun laughed softly.