Since the fifth year of Zhongping, Guo Tai and others raised troops in Baibo Valley, the beacon fire in Hedong has never been extinguished.

At the beginning, it was the Han court's suppression of Bai Bo, but as a result, the local army was unfavorable and repeatedly defeated, and the northern army had to defend Luoyang and could not go far, so this responsibility fell on Dong Zhuo, who had repeatedly made military exploits in Xiliang. Since then, the situation in Hedong has become a little complicated.

For a time, the local Haoqiang joined forces with the government to suppress Baibo; For a while, Bai Bo attacked a certain powerful family, and the government turned a blind eye, or vice versa; Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army would also attack Haoqiang from time to time, or coerce and lure the magistrate, asking the other party to surrender. In short, it's complicated.

After Wang Yu came, the power of the government and Haoqiang were greatly weakened, but the situation was still not clear, because Bai Bo split into two forces. After that, there was a chaotic battle between the Xiliang Army, Linfen Baibo and Anyi Baibo.

For more than two years, Hedong has been a veritable small three kingdoms.

It was not until February 22 of the third year of the first peace that the chaos in Hedong reached its peak.

Fifteen miles northwest of Anyi City, at the former site of Yuwang City, the three major forces in Hedong mobilized their entire armies and launched a great war that many high-ranking people who paid attention to the situation in Hedong could not understand at all.

The reason why I can't understand it is mainly because the two camps of the enemy are too confused.

The best situation before the war should be the 200,000 people, with the support of the Huns behind them, who have been sitting on the mountain watching the tiger fight and picking up cheap Guo Tai; The Xiliang army was the strongest side; Anyi Baibo, who was caught in an embarrassment from both sides, was the most powerful and the worst side.

Of course, this division is only temporary and is subject to change at any time. But overall, Anyi Baibo is like a bloated, slow-moving buffalo. No matter how powerful Ren is, he can't escape the fate of being split by two evil wolves. Theoretically speaking, the battle between the Xiliang army and Guo Tai should have happened after the two sides divided Anyi Baibo.

However, this great battle was fought between the joint camp of Guo Tai - Xiongnu and the Xiliang army - Anyi Baibo camp.

What kind of person or event has caused this strange situation to appear, and no one has time to pay attention to it. That kind of thing can be left for future generations. Let the historians or military scientists study slowly, what the world is most concerned about is the victory or defeat of this war and the impact on the situation in the world after the war.

However, if you don't understand the intricate relationship between the three parties. It is impossible to predict the outcome of this big war, and this is clear from a look at the pre-war deployment of the three sides.

Guo Taiquan's division went south, except for the thousands of old and weak who stayed behind to guard Wenxi, he pulled all the people who could afford weapons to the battlefield. I don't even want the Baibo Valley in Pingyang, and a total of more than 50,000 people have been pulled out, which is bound to win. It can be seen.

In addition to the troops and horses, standing with him were the 5,000 cavalry of the Huns who came to help in the battle. The Huns, who suffered heavy losses in the First Battle of Gaotang, were able to squeeze out these five thousand cavalry. It's almost like smashing the pot and selling iron. However, as long as one considers the Baibo Valley abandoned by Guo Tai, as well as the large tract of land north of Hushui, it is clear where the enthusiasm of the Huns came from.

The other side. Anyi Baibo also did his best to meet the battle.

Although Anyi Baibo has 300,000 people, there are not many soldiers who can fight. Fewer than 40,000 people ended up on the battlefield. This situation will occur, on the one hand, because they suffered heavy losses in the war with the Xiliang army, and on the other hand, it is also because of the containment of the Xiliang army.

The position of the Western Liang army was the most bizarre, and Li Wei's five thousand iron cavalry appeared on the battlefield of Anyi, hostile to Guo Tai. However, Guo's 20,000 foot soldiers remained south of Yuncheng, and Anyi Baibo had to leave thousands of troops behind to guard against a possible surprise attack.

In addition to Yuncheng, Bai Bo must also keep a certain number of men in other strongholds, because Fan Chou's 3,000 Flying Bear Army has always been elusive, and even at the time of the big war, there has been no news.

On the surface, Guo Tai is the strongest and aggressive, and the other two parties have to join forces to fight the enemy, Anyi Baibo is strictly guarded against the Xiliang army, why doesn't the Xiliang army maintain a strong wariness of Bai Bo?

Guo Yan did not come to participate in the battle, it is possible that he is preparing to attack Bai Bo, and it is also possible that he is just worried that the two Bai Bo will shake hands on the battlefield and make peace, and first besiege the Xiliang army, which is very threatening after the battle.

In this way, you have me, I have yours, and the strange situation that the position of either side may change at any time is doomed to the victory or defeat of this big war, and it will become confusing.

The confusion of the spectators is not surprising.

In fact, although the bystanders are confused, why are the people involved inexplicable?

"Fuck, are they really going to join forces? This doesn't make sense! Can anyone tell me if Li Dao is crazy, or Lao Tzu is crazy? How could he not wait for the fight here to finish and pick up the bargain? Mrs. Guo was stunned and looked at the Xiliang cavalry in the distance.

The opponent was arrayed on the left flank of Anyi Baibo's phalanx, a few hundred paces away, and the classic formation of cavalry impact was placed - a cone formation, and the cone was aimed straight at the crane wing array with both wings flying together, and the hostility was clear at a glance.

He can understand that Li Dao wants to pick up cheap, he has always thought so. It's just that after fighting with the Qingzhou army, he suddenly realized that Anyi Baibo might have to run, and even if he didn't run, he might wait for Qingzhou's strong reinforcements, so he changed his attention.

His latest strategy is to defeat Anyi Baibo as quickly as possible and at the lowest possible cost with the overwhelming momentum of Mount Tai. The two armies are of the same origin, and as long as they are defeated, they can be easily absorbed. While collecting the remnants of the enemy army, more than 200,000 old and weak women and children in Anyi Baibo were used as a barrier to resist the attack of the Xiliang army.

Of course, the Qingzhou people captured his son, and hanging on the head of the city to provoke was also one of the important reasons why he decided to make a desperate bet.

Who would have thought that Li Dao actually rushed to the battlefield and put on a posture of fighting side by side with An Yi Baibo, which made him puzzled.

The sandpiper and the clam fight, and the fisherman wins, but at least when the sandpiper and clam starts, the fisherman can't stand by, right? Otherwise, who is so stupid to catch you? Li Dao is the anxious fisherman, and Yang Feng's anti-bone boy is the stupid clam shell, what should he do with his crane now?

The two formations were in a circle, but Guo Tai fell into deep thought, and did not give the order to attack for a long time.

But what he didn't know was that Li Dao now also had a feeling that it was difficult to ride a tiger.

The strategy may be superior, but Li Wei's idea is no different from Guo Tai's in quality. Mrs. Guo planned to sacrifice the old and weak who were too late to be incorporated to gain time, and Li Dao wanted to drive Mrs. Guo away and deal with Anyi Baibo again. If Mrs. Guo refuses to leave and fights with Anyi Baibo, he can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and easily pick up the bargain.

However, there is a premise for this, and that is that the two sides of the battle cannot engage in large-scale battles.

Large-scale battles will turn into decisive battles, due to the characteristics of the two sides of the battle, the victorious side can quickly swallow the other side, as long as the Xiliang army comes a little later, it will only have to pick up some scum to eat.

In his expectation, when he discovered the interference of the Qingzhou army and suspected signs that the Xiliang army might unite with Bai Bo, Guo Tai would first launch a tentative attack on Anyi. Because of the poor organization of the Yellow Turban Army, coupled with his fanning of the flames, the war would soon expand and affect the entire front of Anyi Baibo.

In this process, the strength of both sides will be depleted by each other, the hatred will accumulate with the increase of blood, and in the end, even if a decisive battle is launched, the losing side may not give in easily.

In this way, the best time to pick up the bargain has arrived.

Who would have thought that as soon as Mrs. Guo came up, she would go all out and attack in a big way; Anyi's side didn't mean to defend to the death, so he actually gathered all the horses and put on a posture of fighting to the death.

In this case, can he not come? Do you dare not come?

Until now, he hasn't figured out when Mrs. Guo became like this, quiet as a virgin, moving like a rabbit? A turtle still studies the art of war? Ahh

"Now, everyone understands, right?" Throughout Hedong, only Xu Shu, the initiator, really has a deep understanding of the battlefield situation, and the emergence of this strange situation is all his thread.

"Mrs. Guo's true strength is hidden deeply, even if Anyi's side is really defeated by the Xiliang army, he is sure to confront the Xiliang army, and even repel the other party. But Xiliang's soldiers, as long as they avoid Guo Tai's initial edge, can regain the upper hand. With our strength, no one can defeat it, and we must force everyone to have no way to retreat, and we must fight a battle with the whole army. ”

Yang Bong and his companions were stunned.

Xu Guan had already said that Xu Shu wanted to use the Xiliang Army to fight against Guo Tai, but who would have thought that such an unbelievable thing had really been achieved? Li Dao has already gone to the battlefield, and there is no way out for him to retreat. Even if he wants to defect on the verge of battle, there is no guarantee that Mrs. Guo will not kill him, so as long as the battle starts, he can only stand on Anyi's side and fight to the end.

Of course, it is difficult to say what he will do after the victory and defeat are clear, but at least for now, with Li Wei's help, Anyi Baibo can be regarded as having the money to fight against Mrs. Guo.

This kind of method, described as cloud-over-cloud, seems to be somewhat insufficient.

"But what's next? Do you really fight to the death with Mrs. Guo? Li Dao is facing the Hun reinforcements, they should not fight hard, if the war continues, I am afraid that there will be a long night and many dreams. The pessimist Han Xian woke up the fastest, and poured a basin of cold water on the head, trying to make Xu Shu and his companions sober up.

No matter how clever the strategy is, it can't change the balance of strength, and it is meaningless to indulge in the pride of winning the strategy.

"No!" Xu Shu smiled with confidence, raised his horsewhip, pointed at the enemy formation from afar, and said with a smile: "It's not that complicated, this battle can be decided today, and the one who has the last laugh is undoubtedly us!" ”