On the galloping road from Bohai County to Qinghe Kingdom, there are convoys transporting grain and grass and baggage every day.

Lü Bu successfully ambushed a grain convoy with 2,000 iron cavalry, and then ordered some soldiers to disguise themselves as minfu and some soldiers to disguise themselves as Gongsun soldiers who held grain, and swaggered towards Dongwu City.

When a large cart reached the city gate, it suddenly broke down, and the wheels of the cart fell off. The car behind continued to move forward. In a short period of time, more than a dozen carts full of grain filled the city gates.

At this time, the iron cavalry of the Northern Xinjiang Army roared from all directions. Lu Bu roared, pulled out Fang Tian's painting halberd and slashed it, and the city gate was immediately slaughtered.

If the gates of the city cannot be closed, this battle should not be fought. The 2,000 Gongsun soldiers stationed in the city were tied, and Tobu Castle changed hands.

Zhao Yun ordered the soldiers and horses of the army to immediately replenish grain and fodder.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Yun left a thousand men to garrison the city. Then he led the army along the gallop road and rushed towards Ganling City.

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Qingyuan City.

Xu Da and Guan Yu led the army to travel more than 300 miles and arrived at Qingyuan City. More than 100 miles further on are Ganling City and Beiqiu City. It doesn't matter to the Northern Frontier Army whether these two cities can be taken or not, the important thing is to immediately join up with Zhao Yun and others, cut off the retreat of Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao, and complete the siege.

Xu Da was stationed in Mashangang, looking at Qingyuan City that was faintly visible in the distance, and he was anxious.

Along the way, the army only passed through two cities, one was Guantao City and the other was Qingyuan City. In order to avoid being discovered by the enemy, the army took advantage of the darkness to bypass Guantao City, but after arriving at Qingyuan, there was no need for the army to hide its tracks, because Yuan Shao's back road had been blocked.

Xu Da ordered Zhao and Tian Chou to give up the grain and grass, and each trotted all the way with two thousand soldiers, and rushed to Ganling City and Beiqiu City as quickly as possible, cutting off Gongsun Zhan's retreat. Regardless of whether Zhao Yun's iron cavalry arrived at the two places or not, they first occupied the gallop where Gongsun Chan retreated in the east and south directions.

The scout captain galloped in with a dozen scouts.

Xu Da's heart was relieved, and he hit his horse to meet him, and asked, "Is there any movement in the direction of Linqing Pavilion?" Could Yuan Shao's army have any unusual behavior? Can you find the Iron Cavalry of the Auxiliary General? ”

The captain of the scout was out of breath, bowed down and said, "Back to the general, Yuan Shao's army is stationed in the Linqing Pavilion sixty miles away, and everything is normal. When we returned, three of Yuan Shao's scouts targeted us and were killed by us. ”

He stretched out his foot and kicked the heads of the two men hanging from the horse's neck, triumphant.

Xu Da glanced at it and asked in a deep voice, "Why are there only two heads, and there is another one?" ”

The scout captain blushed and said embarrassedly, "That man ran away." We shot him a few arrows, two of which hit the vital parts and he didn't survive. ”

Xu Da didn't care. It's all too common for scouts to fight each other.

The scout captain continued, "At one point, we went thirty miles into the vicinity of Shell Hill City, but we did not find the iron cavalry of the auxiliary general, nor did we find the scouts of the iron cavalry army. ”

Xu Da turned the horsewhip in his hand anxiously, and whispered in a slightly surprised voice: "Could it be that the army has delayed crossing the river?" Didn't Tobu Castle take it? By the time it took him, he should have arrived. ”

It was expected that it would take at least two days to attack Yecheng, but the army was defeated in one day. The next day, Guan Yu defended the city with 5,000 men, and set off for Qinghe with his army. Could it be that Zhao Yun is still calculating the time when he will arrive in Qinghe Country based on the siege time of two days? If this is the case, the meeting between the two sides will be delayed by a day.

One day, enough time for Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan to break through and leave.

Xu Da thought about it for a long time and made a decidedly decision.

"Urgently order Zhao and Li Xuan, move closer to the direction of Linqing Pavilion, and launch an attack on Yuan Shao early tomorrow morning."

"Tell the army, rest immediately. In the early hours of the morning, he traveled sixty miles in a hurry and attacked Yuan Shao. ”

Then Xu Da said to the scout captain again: "You work hard again, take a dozen brothers, and rush to Dongwu City to find the iron cavalry army of the auxiliary general." Once you meet General Zhao, ask him to rush to Linqing Pavilion. ”

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Yufeng Pavilion.

Li Yi and Gongsun Zhan's army confronted each other for five days. Li Jing invited the decisive battle several times, but Gongsun Zhan resolutely ignored it. Li Yi wrote to invite Gongsun Chan to come out of the camp for a meeting, but Gongsun Chan did not reply.

Li Yi didn't care, and took people to patrol the area of Jieqiao and Xifeng Pavilion every day. Along the way, there were a lot of people transporting grain and grass, and Li Yi often got off the horse to chat with them and ask them about the situation in their hometowns.

The people recruited for the war this time were all from Zhongshan and Changshan. Regarding this war, the reaction of the people was very unexpected by Li Yi. The people only admit a reason for death, the general gave them a place to live and live, the general can keep them fed and clothed, and the general is a good person, so as long as the general fights, it is a righteous battle. It is an honor to be able to serve a general, and it is worth it to die.

Li Yi was very moved. He asked himself if he had done anything specifically for these kind and simple people. He just fulfilled his duties, kept the peace of northern Xinjiang, and kept the people of northern Xinjiang fed and clothed. This is his responsibility and his obligation. As a hussar general guarding northern Xinjiang, and as a senior official in charge of the military and political affairs of northern Xinjiang, these are what he has to do. It's just that he hasn't done enough.

Seeing the faces full of hope and hearing the words of praise, Li Yi remembered what he had done over the years and all the hardships and hardships he had endured, and he couldn't help but feel very relieved. I didn't do anything wrong, absolutely nothing wrong. As long as you can let the people live a peaceful life and be fed and clothed, you have done nothing wrong.

Today, in the face of many brothers who drank and talked happily and killed the enemy side by side in the past, and in the face of many brazen state and county officials who caused trouble to the country, he is worthy of the sword raised in his hand. They are arrogant and pervert the law, ignore the law and discipline, wantonly destroy the community, and poison the living beings.

Some people also scolded the general, and even scolded Li Yi in front of him. Of course, they didn't know that the kind-faced officer in front of them was a general. In their opinion, Li Yi is just a small officer in the Northern Xinjiang army, nothing remarkable. They say that the general has the most powerful army in the world, but he allows the world to be in chaos, and allows the people of the world to struggle in the abyss of death, ignoring it. The general is no longer the big hero who stood up to the sky in the past, the general is a bastard, the biggest bastard in the world.

Li Yi was very sad. Although most of the people do not know how to read, they are kind and generous, and they have the most simple and honest hearts. They don't have the scholars' grand plan to save the society, nor do they have the scholars' impassioned and generous speeches, they just want to be fed and clothed, and they want to have a sheltered home. But it is such a minimum requirement, but I can't meet them, I can't do it for them. I am ashamed, I still have many, many things to do.

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The place thirty miles away from the boundary bridge is called Yunting. It is a sloping area, not very steep, but more than 200 steps long. On the left and right sides of the slope are small hills.

Xu Huang was directing the soldiers and men to set up the horses and deer. On the hills on both sides, many soldiers of the chariot battalion were positioning and camouflaging the ballistas.

Seeing Li Yi driving his horse over, Xu Huang hurriedly greeted him.

"Gongming, do you think this place can withstand the attack of Gongsun Zhan's iron cavalry?" Li Yi asked with a smile.

Xu Huang replied respectfully: "The lord has already sent people to set up a stone cannon on the north bank of the boundary bridge, which shows that the lord has no intention of defending here. ”

Li Yi nodded. Liu Bowen, who was following him, pointed to the hills on both sides and said, "We will block here for a while and consume part of Gongsun Zhan's strength." The main battlefield is still at the Boundary Bridge. After arriving at the boundary sedan car, we can rely on the natural barrier of the Qinghe River to block the attack. As long as Xu Da, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and Gao Changgong defeat Yuan Shao, we can surround Gongsun Zhan at the boundary bridge and completely solve him. ”

"Gongsun Chan is very cautious and has always been reluctant to fight." Xu Huang asked worriedly, "If Yuan Shao gets the news of our attack on Yecheng in advance and joins forces with Gongsun Zhan, then we will have a very hard time fighting this battle." ”

"It's hard work." Li Yi waved his hand and smiled, "None of us can afford to lose this battle, only to the death." However, if Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao join forces, they will inevitably be suspicious of each other. We may win this battle. Yuan Shao ******** want to preserve his strength and escape from the encirclement, he can't work together with Gongsun Zhan. Maybe when it comes to the critical moment, he will stab Gongsun Chan in the back. ”

"They're all in one place, and that's good news for us." Xu Maogong said worriedly, "I'm worried that Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao will see our intentions in advance, and the two of them will turn around and run away, then we will really work hard." Not just now, but even harder in the future. ”

Dian Wei came with a few guards and Pegasus, and said loudly: "Lord, Zilong sent someone to send a message, the Yellow River has opened. ”

Li Yi, Xu Maogong, Liu Bowen, Xu Huang and others sank in their hearts, and their faces all showed anxious looks.

The longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable the situation will be for the Northern Frontier Army. Tian Kai and Liu Bei, as well as the Yellow Turban Army, may cross the river to the north at any time. At present, when Gongsun Chan has the Northern Xinjiang Army on the left and the Jizhou Army on the right, he does not dare to go to war because he is afraid of being attacked on both sides.

"My lord, if nothing else, Xu Da and Zhao Yun's army will soon meet, and our intentions will all be exposed." Guo Jia said with a stern expression, "We must hold off Gongsun Zan and let Xu Da and Zhao Yun concentrate all their forces to storm Yuan Shao." If the battle situation continues to stalemate, Gongsun Chan will definitely turn around and retreat eastward when he sees that the main force of the Northern Xinjiang Army has all moved south. ”

"Let's go, let's go back to the camp." Li Yifei got on his horse and pulled out a whip in the air, "Attack Gongsun Chan tomorrow." ”

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Gongsun Chan was very annoyed. Yuan Shao, an old and cunning thing, obviously had bad intentions, and pretended to be cheerful, and refused to join forces again and again.

Yuan Shao's army was only sixty miles away from Xifeng Pavilion, and Gongsun Chan did not dare to attack rashly no matter what. Seeing that the days were passing day by day, and the reinforcements of the Northern Xinjiang Army could appear on the battlefield at any time, Gongsun Chan couldn't help but worry. There are only more than 20,000 Northern Xinjiang troops in the large camp opposite, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and once it is missed, the chance of severely inflicting heavy damage on the Northern Xinjiang Army is very small.

The fatty fresh meat has entered the mouth, but it is stuck in the throat, and it just can't swallow it. (To be continued.) )