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"Exactly." Guo Jia continued: "According to the original plan, Zhao Yun led 5000 people to attack the Allied camp, while General Xu Huang led [-] troops to hold back the enemy at Feiyundu. What is the plan?" Unable to keep up with the changes, Yuan Shao stationed more than [-] troops at Feiyundu, the purpose of which was to prevent General Xu Rong from sending troops to attack the Allied rear, so that when Zhao Yun and Xu Huang led an army of [-] to make a surprise attack, they were stubbornly blocked by Feiyundu's army As a last resort, General Zhao Yun had to lead [-] light cavalry to break through the enemy's formation, and then raided the camp; while General Xu Huang led the remaining [-] soldiers and horses to fight with the Feiyundu army led by brothers Xin Ping and Xin Pi. Fighting from dawn to now."

After Jia Xu heard the words, he said: "Yuan Shao gathered a large number of troops at Feiyundu. This is expected. Loudi is adjacent to the Yellow River in the north and the vast mountains in the south. The only thing to worry about is the direction of Feiyundu in the east. Therefore, Yuan Shao must station troops here for defense. Because of this, the allied forces dared to mobilize in this decisive battle to start a desperate battle with our army. It is a pity that Yuan Shao did not expect it after all his calculations. General Zhao Yun was unstoppable , led five thousand war cavalry to break through Feiyun crossing the pass abruptly, and then went straight to the Yuanmen to kill.

In this way, Yuan Shao misunderstood that Feiyundu had fallen and the allied forces had lost their way of retreat, which prompted him to abandon the camp and flee in haste. As a result, the allied forces retreated on the main battlefield could not get the slightest respite and could only continue to flee. This led to the immediate defeat.

Looking back now, looking at this decisive battle again, the Allied forces lost a bit unjustly, and lost everything if they made a wrong step.But our army was lucky to win. The key to victory was that the Black Mountain Army turned against the enemy and completely disrupted the position of the Allied Army in one fell swoop, which led to a series of mistakes by the Allied Army, and then they were defeated and collapsed. "

Li Li nodded happily with empathy: "What Wen He said is very true. A decisive battle is different from an ordinary war. There are many strategies and shady conspiracies and tricks that can't be hidden. The two armies are fighting for their strength and overall combat effectiveness. Other means have nothing to do The overall situation cannot decide the success or failure of the decisive battle. Even so, this time our army and the allied army both have their own trump cards. In the open is Zhao Yun and Xu Huang's [-] reinforcements, while the Black Mountain Army has been hiding in the dark.

In contrast, the Allied forces' trump card was more powerful and almost killed our army.Helpless, people are not as good as heaven, Yuan Shao's well-designed lore method failed to kill my Xiliang iron cavalry in the end, but killed 10,000+ allied soldiers.As a result, the allied forces of the princes and allies, who had an absolute advantage in military strength, were defeated and fled in a big defeat.This is really: Do not do to others what you do not want to do to others, harm others will eventually harm yourself! "

"My lord's words are very kind!" Guo Jia echoed: "This decisive battle. From the very beginning, Yuan Shao never thought of defeating our army on the frontal battlefield, but devoted all his energy to the trap. Therefore, when Zhang Yan When he led the Black Mountain Army to turn against the enemy, Yuan Shao panicked. He couldn't stay calm. He couldn't calmly deal with the upheaval. He only wanted to get rid of Zhang Yan and the Black Mountain Army, and mistakenly lured the Black Mountain Army into the hinterland of the rear army. It was this wrong step that brought about an irreversible drastic change in the entire battle situation, which eventually led to the disastrous defeat of the Allied forces, and the pit lore array did not achieve the expected effect. Instead of destroying our cavalry in one fell swoop, it killed half of them The above main force of the Allied forces exacerbated the defeat of the Allied forces.

At the same time, the protagonist personally went to danger.Li Daitao's method of changing the commander-in-chief stiffly, and the subsequent throwing stones to ask for directions, are all a stroke of genius.If not, I'm afraid that our war cavalry might be ambushed and killed by the underground pit lore formation in one fell swoop, and thus suffer an unprecedented fiasco, and even ruin the whole good situation.If Yuan Shao's plot succeeds, it will be indefinitely long for our Xiliang army to march eastward into the Central Plains, and it is unknown whether we can recover our vitality within five years.

After all, our Xiliang Army is different today.In the past, the Wuwei army led by the lord could grow rapidly from tens of thousands of soldiers to 30 in a short period of time. into the hands of the lord.However, if our army suffers heavy losses this time, it is wishful thinking to recruit [-] cavalry in a short period of time, and it is completely impossible.Because we have already emptied the government treasury, we have run out of food, grass and supplies, and we are now a big business and a large territory, and the subsequent expenditure is even greater. It is impossible to use all the money and food to recruit soldiers and horses.

Therefore, this Battle of Loudiyuan can be regarded as a battle that determined the fate of our Xiliang Army. Fortunately, we finally won.And this battle will completely change the situation that our army is trapped in a corner of Xiliang, extend our army's sphere of influence to all states in the Central Plains, and truly become the largest force in the world, and the lord will also become the overlord above all the princes. Can be proud of the crowd! "

Li Li shook his head gently when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "What kind of overlord, what kind of arrogance to other heroes, is just a name. After the war, although the princes from all walks of life in the Central Plains have suffered heavy losses, their foundations are still there, and they will surely make a comeback in time. Therefore, it is too early to think about becoming kings and hegemons. Only after the princes of the Central Plains are completely eliminated, can they be regarded as getting rid of the serious troubles , are qualified to mention the imperial hegemony."

After a pause, Li Li smiled lightly and said, "Feng Xiao still talks about the losses of the various princes of the Allied Army, so that we can make an accurate judgment on the situation in the Central Plains. This is the most urgent thing!"

Guo Jia nodded when he heard the words, and said solemnly: "According to the scout's report, all the princes who are fleeing at the moment have suffered heavy casualties. Long before the decisive battle, Chen Liu and Zhang Miao were beheaded by General Zilong. Perish, the Baibo army was wiped out by our army in Hedong County, reducing the original nine princes to seven. During this battle, the [-] army led by Liu Bei in Xuzhou had less than [-] soldiers left. Lu Bu, who had an original [-] army, now There are only more than [-] cavalry left, and [-] Cao troops were killed and injured. Now Cao Cao has annexed some of Zhang Yang and Sun Ce's trilogy, and there are still [-] troops.

Originally, Yuan Shao was the most powerful among the allied forces of the princes. At the beginning of the alliance, there were 15 troops. Later, tens of thousands of heavy soldiers were mobilized to station troops in the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi, responsible for escorting food, grass, and baggage. The total force reached 20.However, after this battle, Yuan Shao was defeated and fled with more than [-] troops around him, plus Feiyundu's garrison army and the subsequent fleeing defeated army, at best no more than [-] remnants.

Before the decisive battle, there were as many as 36 allied troops on the original main battlefield of Loudi, plus more than 40 soldiers stationed at Feiyundu and 15 soldiers and horses left behind in the camp, the total force was no less than 26.However, after World War I, the total number of remnants of the princes from all walks of life is less than [-], and the remaining [-] troops are all on the Loudi battlefield.Among them, less than [-] allied troops died in battle, and no less than [-] soldiers were buried in the pit. Most of the remaining [-] to [-] remnants have been captured, and the rest are still fleeing.

Therefore, among the princes who are currently fleeing, Cao Cao has the most soldiers and horses, with 10 cavalry, followed by Yuan Shao and Lu Bu.However, if the soldiers and horses of the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi are included, Yuan Shao still has nearly [-] troops under his command, but the [-] to [-] Yuan troops are currently under the control of Zhang Yang and Sun Ce.

It is worth noting that Zhang Yang of Hanoi had formally joined Yuan Shao as early as last year, so the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi were actually under Zhang Yang's control; and Sun Ce of Jiangdong was not a good guy. He had already expanded his troops to 3 to [-], and after being forcibly detained by Yuan Shao with [-] troops, he still had [-] to [-] horses under his tent.Therefore, the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi have gathered [-] to [-] troops at the moment, and they are in the hands of Zhang Yang, Sun Ce, and Jiang Qi respectively. "

"Well, Hedong County?" Li Li nodded his head and pondered, then raised his eyes to look north, and said thoughtfully: "I think Gong Jin should have led his troops to Hedong last night. We still met, I hope Gongjin lives up to his trust."

Chapter 788

The night slowly opened, and the sky gradually darkened.

"Wait quicker, why are you dawdling!"

As the city guards shouted impatiently, dozens of pedestrians blocking the north gate rushed into the city, pushing and shoving.

Then, just as the city gate was about to be closed, another group of sweaty pedestrians rushed to the gate, eager to enter the city.

Seeing that the city gate was about to be closed, the leading strong man leaped over the antler fence and stepped into the city gate with one stride. The two soldiers who were about to close the ear gate were caught off guard and retreated a few steps. One of them was unsteady and the other stumbled. sit on the ground.

"Bold and reckless, how dare you charge into the city gate, you want to die!" The soldier, who was hurting from the fall, got up, yelling, and stabbing at the strong man.

"stop!"

A senior officer appeared in time to grab the angry soldier, and then asked the strong man in a bad tone: "Don't you know that the city gates are closed at Xushi, why are you late?"

"General Rong, we are tenant farmers in the Liu Mansion. Because the farmland is far away, those who hurry are too late to come back." It should be the subordinate who supervises the work of the group of tenant farmers behind him.

"Oh, a person from the Liu residence?" Shi Chang's expression changed slightly, he waved his hands in deep thought, and said, "Forget it, let's go to the city, just this one time, don't do this in the future, otherwise don't blame me, the general, for being merciless!"

Obviously, it doesn't matter how the strong man explains it, the important thing is that the "General" sounded very useful to him, so the "General" let him go in large numbers.

"Uh, thank you, General. Thank you, General!" The brawny man thought he would have to spend some time talking, but he couldn't believe that Shichang was so straightforward, and immediately bowed to thank him.Then he waved his hand to signal to the dozens of young and strong guys holding cultivated land behind him, and quickly entered the city through the ear door on the left side of the main entrance.

This is Anyi City, the city of Hadong County.

Since the outbreak of the Battle of Anyi last year, most of the people in Hedong County have followed the Xiliang Army to Hongnong County to resettle in their homes. Only the people who don't want to leave their hometowns still stay here.But then they all hid in Anyi City, farmed outside the city during the day, and rushed back to the city to rest in the evening.However, the main gates of the four city gates of Anyi City were never opened easily, so that people and pedestrians entering and leaving the city gates could only enter and exit through the ear gates on both sides of the main gate.And the search was very strict, they were searched one by one, entering and exiting one by one.It seemed as if he was afraid that the Xiliang army would sneak into the city.

It is true that Anyi City is tall and strong, easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it is difficult to be breached under normal circumstances.But there are exceptions to everything.In the past, when the Xiliang Army occupied Anyi City.Originally, I thought that this fortified city was enough to resist the allied forces of the princes, but unexpectedly, hundreds of soldiers under Cao Cao took advantage of the loophole and pretended to be Xiliang soldiers to escort the people into the city, so that they burned down the city at night. Yi Granary finally forced the Xiliang army to abandon the city and cross the river, and retreated to Hangu Pass.

Now this Anyi county city is under the joint control of Hanoi prefect Zhang Yang, Jiangdong Sun Ce and Yuan Shao's general Jiang Qi. Among them, Zhang Yang is the main one, and Sun Ce and Jiang Qi are the deputy.Help from the side.Speaking of Zhang Yang, he was originally a veteran in the battlefield.Quite brave, he followed Ding Yuan, governor of Bingzhou, to fight against the barbarians outside the Great Wall in his early years. Although he dare not say that he has experienced hundreds of battles, he is also a man who has experienced many battles.However, as the world is getting more and more chaotic and getting older, Zhang Yang has long lost the courage of the past, not to mention his body has gained weight, but his courage is no longer what it used to be. life.

Therefore, for more than half a year, under Zhang Yang's governance, Anyi City has been in decline, and the lives of the people in the city have become more and more difficult.However, there is one thing worthy of praise, that is, the law and order in the city is very good, no one dares to commit crimes, and no one dares to murder, set fire, or rob. If one is caught and killed, how can the law and order be bad?

Right now, there are only ten thousand people in the huge Anyi city, but there are as many as thirty thousand troops stationed there, and there are two camps outside the city.Five miles outside the south gate stationed [-] soldiers under Jiang Qi's tent in Jizhou, and Sun Ce's [-] troops were stationed ten miles outside the north gate. The other [-] soldiers were recruits recruited by Zhang Yang within half a year.

Therefore, there are a total of nearly [-] troops stationed in Anyi City at present, which can be called a heavily defended and impenetrable defense.But in the last few days, Zhang Yang and Sun Ce were not in the city, and all defenses were temporarily taken over by Jiang Qi.Because, the allied army of the feudal lords and the Xiliang army will launch a decisive battle in Loudiyuan in the near future, so both of them have already rushed to the camp of the allied army, and they will come to the battlefield to watch the battle in person when the decisive battle is pending.

"Quak quack bang!"

Accompanied by the crisp sound of the bolt being inserted, the ear doors on both sides of the north gate were closed at the same time, and groups of soldiers patrolling the night walked back and forth on the tower.

At this time, the night was getting darker, and there was silence outside the city of Anyi, the light completely receded, and the darkness became the protagonist of the world.

Twenty miles outside the north gate of Anyi City, Qingshigou.

A temporary large village rose up at some unknown time, and the Qingshigou with a radius of several miles was full of orderly tents, and there were bursts of neighing horses.If an experienced horse herder heard the neighing of these horses, he would be able to tell that there were at least tens of thousands of horses gathered in this simple camp, and all of them were high-quality war horses.

In the middle of the camp is a large tent with a decent layout, which is obviously the central tent of this suspicious army.

The layout in the big tent is extremely simple. On the left and right sides of the steps are more than a dozen desks that are no more than two feet in length, width and height.This is the case with the entire Chinese military tent, there is nothing else other than these decorations, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is shabby and shabby.

"Goooooooo"

At this moment, the four desks in the middle of the tent were merged together. On the desk was a pot of steaming hot tea. Two handsome scribes in brocade robes were sitting opposite each other, pouring the tea in a leisurely manner. .

After drinking a cup of tea, the scribe on the right side of the table couldn't help but turn his head to look at the night outside the tent, then turned to look at the extremely handsome scribe opposite, and said with a smile: "The night is getting darker, the battle on Loudi Plain must be at this time It was in full swing, and the fight was in full swing, but the two of us were sitting in the tent and drinking tea leisurely. If the lord knows about this, I don’t know how to feel! Hehehe"

After finishing speaking, the scribe couldn't help laughing out loud, as if he thought it was very funny.Or when thinking of an interesting incident before, the laughter was very hearty.

"Zijing came all the way in the starry night. If I don't entertain a little bit, I really can't bear it. However, the camp is shabby, there is no food and wine, only a pot of tea. If the lord is here, it will be just right. The three of us can sit on the ground , Let’s have a heart-to-heart chat over this pot of hot tea. In other words, if the lord is in person, I won’t bother you to come here from a thousand miles away!” The handsome scholar said with a smile.

"Gongjin's words are indeed true. But I think Gongjin thinks too much. My brother is generous and generous. I don't want to be suspicious of this. I don't know if Gongjin thinks so?" said the scribe on the right with a smile on his face. .

Obviously.The two people sitting opposite each other are Li Li's confidantes who rely heavily on them.The handsome scribe on the left is Anbei general Zhou Yu Zhou Gongjin who led his troops to wipe out the Southern Huns within a year, and then sent his troops to recover the whole territory of Bingzhou, and made great achievements for the Xiliang Army.And the person on the right is a veritable Confucian scholar and scholar, and a feudal official who guards a state. This is Lu Su Lu Zijing.

After hearing Lu Su's words, Zhou Yu smiled calmly and poured Lu Su another cup of tea.He laughed and said: "What Zijing said is very true. With the heart of the lord, there will never be any rift because of this matter. But we, as ministers, should be considerate in dealing with things. It is better to deal with things that can be avoided. Otherwise, In the future, if someone takes advantage of this to cause trouble, I, Zhou Yu, will not be able to argue with a hundred words, even if I jump into the Yellow River, I will not be able to clear it up!"

Lu Su laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Jumping into the Yellow River can't wash it away. This sentence seems to have come from the mouth of my brother, but now it is used by Gong Jin. Hahaha!"

After laughing, Lu Su gradually withdrew his smile, and said seriously: "Although I don't think it is necessary to be so cautious in this matter, what Gong Jin said is not unreasonable. As a minister, he should share the worries of the Lord to avoid troubles in the future. The next matter is urgent to follow the authority, and I will prove from the side that Gong Jin can do whatever he wants without any scruples."

"It's so good, I don't have to worry about it!"

Zhou Yu smiled happily, and raised a cup to invite Lu Su to have a drink together. After taking a sip of tea, he said excitedly, "Now the Lord is leading the army to a decisive battle with the Allies. This is a decisive battle involving 60. My blood is boiling and my heart is surging! It's a pity that I was in Hedong, so I couldn't come to the battlefield in person. Tomorrow is the deadline for the retreat of the allied forces. Therefore, the meeting with Bofu tonight is very important, and whether it is successful or not depends on one action. If the secret discussion fails tonight, our army will raid Anyi City overnight. Even if the city cannot be captured tomorrow, At worst, Jiang Qi's South Gate camp must be removed, the ferry crossing must be seized, and the allied ferry boats must be burned. Only in this way can the allied army's retreat be destroyed, and the lord's high hopes will be fulfilled!"

"Gong Jin seems to be confident that he will win this battle?" Lu Su asked in surprise.

Zhou Yu shook his head lightly, thinking and said: "To be honest, Anyi City is very strong, with high walls and thick walls, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there are 3 defenders in the city, and there are more than [-] reinforcements outside the city. It is not easy to capture such a heavily defended fortified city? Even so, we will try our best to take this city. Only in this way can the lord have no worries, and thus lead the army to defeat the allied forces and win the decisive battle of Loudiyuan And the key to my victory over Anyi City lies in Bo Fu. If he can agree to me as an internal response and cooperate with our army to attack the city, then it will be easy to capture this city. However, if he insists on being an enemy of our Xiliang army , It is indeed quite troublesome, the [-] troops under his tent alone can hold the city for half a month without losing it. Therefore, whether this battle can be successful or not depends on how Bo Fu makes his choice."

Lu Su lightly nodded thoughtfully, and then asked suspiciously: "According to detailed reports, Sun Ce is not in the city today, but went to Loudiyuan with Zhang Yang to watch the battle. If that is the case, can he come tonight?"