Saving the trouble of attacking the city one by one, Lu Zhao still helped Cao Liang, if the Bingzhou army really had to attack city by city, the battle situation could only be more intense than Le Cheng, and now, there is no such pressure at all, Cao Liang only needs to concentrate on dealing with Xindu City.

According to the latest intelligence in Luoyang, it will take about a month for Sima Shi to arrive in Jizhou, and it is obvious that Lu Zhao concentrated his forces and stubbornly guarded the capital in an attempt to wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

As soon as the reinforcements come, the pattern of the battlefield will change dramatically, Lu Zhao is actually a big gamble, and Xindu is his last bargaining chip, he gave up Nanpi, Zhending, Lu Nu These chips, but he held Xindu in his hands, he was determined to fight Xindu and Cao Liang to the end, and never admit defeat!

However, Cao Liang is destined not to let him see Sima Shi, no matter whether Sima Shi sends troops or not, taking Xindu will be Cao Liang's original strategy, as long as Xindu is captured, it can be regarded as completely taking the northern part of Jizhou, and then, Cao Liang can wave his army south and take Yecheng directly,

Although judging from the defense map provided by Fang Bu, the defense level of Yecheng is higher than that of any city, and it is stronger than Xindu, but Cao Liang has decided to have a decisive battle with Sima Shi in Yecheng, and he wants to see for himself what the result of Sima Shidong's imitation will be, and the battle of Yecheng will also become a decisive battle for both sides.

Therefore, if he wants to stop Sima Shi in Yecheng, Cao Liang must take Xindu very quickly, which is beyond doubt, but with the current strength, it is indeed difficult to take Xindu.

So Cao Liang urgently issued an order, so that the shooting battalion and the left guard battalion stationed in Weize Pass quickly advanced towards Jingcheng Pass, and after conquering and merging the Pass, they rushed to the city of Xindu to join the main force.

Although the Bingzhou Army now has five battalions of troops in Jizhou, only the infantry battalion and the Xiandeng battalion can really undertake the siege task, among which the first battalion is also an infantry team based on field warfare, so the burden of siege often falls on the head of the infantry battalion.

Dealing with a city like Lecheng, the infantry battalion is not too difficult, but a state city like Xindu, not only the city is strong, but also has a large number of troops, and it is indeed not easy to take Xindu with the combination of the infantry battalion and the Xiandeng battalion alone.

The eastward aid of the Shooting Battalion and the Left Guard Battalion has long been part of Cao Liang's plan.

The loss of the four major counties made Jingcheng Pass a lonely city, and they could only rely on the danger to defend it to the death.

Cao Liang immediately ordered the Shooting Battalion and the Left Guard Battalion, which were currently guarding Weize Pass, to march eastward, take Jingcheng Pass, and quickly rush to Xindu to join the main force.

After the military order was transmitted to Weize Pass, Du Pre and Zhan Hong, who had been assembled here for a long time, immediately ordered their troops and horses and went to Jingcheng Pass.

The grievances between Zhu Hong and Lu Zhao have a long history, as early as after the Gaopingling Incident, Sima Yi attacked and merged with the state, and Jizhou Mu Lu was ordered by Sima Yi to lead the army to attack Wei Ze Pass, and his opponent was the newly formed Left Guard Battalion General Xian Hong.

The struggle between the two has been going on for many years, and the battlefield between the two sides has always been between Weize Pass and Jingcheng Pass.

Except for the fact that Zhao Hong was ordered to attack Jing Cheng Pass once, most of the time, the left guard battalion led by Zhao Hong played the role of a defender, Lu Zhao relied on the advantage of many soldiers, and had repeatedly unscrupulously launched an attack on Wei Ze Pass, and Zhao Hong could only rely on the dangerous terrain of Wei Ze Pass, and maneuvered with it, stubbornly resisting Lu Zhao's attack, so that it could never cross the Lei Chi half a step.

But always beaten so passively, Zhan Hong would have been a belly of resentment, if it weren't for the need to obey the overall strategic situation of the state army, with Zhan Hong's violent temper, I'm afraid he would have led the army to break through the Jingcheng Pass and enter Jizhou.

However, feng shui takes turns, and the situation of the Bingzhou army being surrounded by the Sima army is gone forever, and now the Bingzhou army has already killed the Bingzhou army and sounded the horn of counterattack against the Sima army.

The battle of Jizhou was in full swing, which made Xianhong, who had been nesting in Weize Pass, itching, and he couldn't wait to send troops immediately to kill on the battlefield in Jizhou.

But without Cao Liang's order, Xian Hong didn't dare to act rashly, so he could only borrow wine to drown his sorrows every day, looking in the direction of Jizhou, and sighing.

Du Yu is much calmer, does not drink a drop of alcohol, and never slacks off in his daily routine duties.

Because Du Pre knew very well that Cao Liang had already arranged everything, and when the Shooting Battalion and the Left Guard Battalion should not have made a move, they would definitely let them stand still, and when it was time for them to make a move, they would naturally issue an order, according to the changes in the Jizhou battlefield, Du Pre believed that the time for them to send troops would come soon.

Sure enough, Du's prediction was very accurate, and after the Jizhou army withdrew to Xindu, Cao Liang immediately gave an order to Du Pre and Lianhong in Weize Pass, asking them to go out of the pass immediately, take Jingcheng Pass, and go to Xindu to join the main force.

As soon as he heard the news, he danced excitedly, and immediately threw down the wine jar, and ordered his own soldiers not to serve him any more wine in the future, and after leaving Weize Pass, he must ban alcohol, and must not delay the military situation because of drinking.

As for the preparations before the expedition, the shooting battalion and the left guard battalion had already been completed, and almost all the soldiers were waiting for Cao Liang's order.

As soon as the order was given, the men and horses of the two battalions set off, and they were killed at the Jingcheng Pass in one breath.

However, after arriving at Jingcheng Pass, it was already late, the sun was setting, and it was almost dark in a blink of an eye, according to Du Pre's plan, it should be camped ten miles away from Jingcheng Pass, and fight again tomorrow.

But Xian Hong disagreed, and finally got to the Jingcheng Pass, not to scold the formation, how could he comfort the depression in his heart, so he led more than 1,000 people in the front and rushed to the Jingcheng Pass in one go.

Zhan Hong put on his helmet and armor, rode a jujube red war horse, and went straight to the bottom of the city, the battle flag was high, and the state army shouted in unison, calling Wang Tao, the guard of Jingcheng Pass.

The retreat of the Jizhou army, except for Jingcheng Pass, if there is something to rely on behind, Wang Tao must be as stable as a mountain, but now the real army has been withdrawn, there is no back, Wang Tao can't help but be a little weak.

However, fortunately, the terrain of Jingcheng Pass is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the army that Lu Zhao equipped Wang Tao with is also Lu Zhao's former descendant troops, and it is far better than those newly recruited troops in terms of combat effectiveness.

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