Chapter 453: Wait and see

Guo Jia's speculation is very accurate, Yuan Shang led the Yecheng army to come, and attacked the Longxiang camp camp at night, it is the strategy set up by the trial, although the method of night battle is many unfavorable, and the casualties will also increase, but the threat of the enemy's iron cavalry battalion 100,000 cavalry during the day is much greater than this, under the trade-off between the two, the night battle has become a natural choice, the camp of the Longxiang camp is not a strong city after all, and after more than a month of fierce fighting, Xu Huang's command has suffered a lot of losses, and naturally became the target of Yuan's first attack.

The concentration of Zhao Yun's iron cavalry camp undoubtedly brought heavy pressure to the Jizhou army, the last time in the first battle of Liyang, Yan Liangwen and Chou suffered a big loss under Xu Huang and Yan Gang Huaxiong, and now they are more cautious with their soldiers, the cavalry is divided into three ways to follow behind Yuan Shang, ready to attack the opponent's reinforcements at any time, and the senior cadres in Liyang City are also preparing for battle, and they can pour out of the nest when necessary! In addition, Yuan Jun has a killer in his hand, that is the 50,000 army led by Xiahoudun, he has been hiding his whereabouts since he entered Jizhou, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are doing everything, in order to ensure the secrecy of the news, many people who saw this army have inexplicably become ghosts under the knife, and would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one, the existence of Tian'er makes Yuan Shao dare not have the slightest negligence.

For the Battle of Liyang, the Yuan army prepared a total of 150,000 troops, plus Xiahou Yuan's tiger and leopard cavalry and Xiahou Yuan's soldiers and horses, it increased to as much as 230,000, and the current Liu Yijun's troop allocation is Xu Huanglong's battalion 40,000, Zhao Yun's iron cavalry battalion 100,000, and there are still more than 170,000 people in the second battalion of Xuanwu White Tiger, and the Yuan army is in a dominant position on the frontal battlefield! Zhang He's Huwei battalion was located under Qinghe City, where Gao Lan's 50,000 defenders were contained, Nanpi kept an eye on Gao Shun's Liaodong battalion, and Yuan Shao personally led the Bohai army to confront Liu Yi in Lianshan.

However, although Yuan's army is superior in numbers, after all, there is a problem of cooperation between the two armies, plus Zhao Yun's powerful cavalry battalion cavalry, the combat power of the two sides is still roughly equal in the heart of the trial, he must find ways to weaken the combat power of the opponent's cavalry, and at the same time, Xiahoudun's army, as the killer of this battle, will never let it appear on the battlefield easily at the necessary moment.

At this time, there is still an hour before dawn, it was supposed to be the moment when everyone was in a dreamland, but the camp around Longxiang camp was brightly lit, and the noise between attack and defense was extremely high, and Yuan Shangjun also made careful preparations for the night battle, bringing a lot of siege equipment, and the huge bed crossbow could destroy a piece of the opponent's deer rock every time it was launched, of course, the depth of the camp of Longxiang camp was excellent after reinforcement, and there was timely preparation for Yuan Shang's night attack, at any time, Liu Yijun's night defense was extremely strict, At this time, the two sides are still in a state of two points.

The shouting and killing of the sergeants on both sides can be clearly heard in the tent, but Xu Huang and Jia Xu do not seem to be affected in any way, the defense work will have a special arrangement for the generals, and they have also gone through many drills in peacetime, there is no special situation but there is no need for Gongming, the main general, to go into battle in person, the night attack of the Yuan army is just the beginning, with the guarding ability of the Longxiang battalion, it can be safed at least for a short time, Xu Huang and Jia Xu have to consider the movement of the enemy army after the battle begins.

"General, the last general has complied with the general's instructions to let the soldiers who take turns to rest with cloth and silk, and each account has a person responsible for guarding, and now the enemy offensive is located in Xizhai, and the rest of the gates have not yet found the enemy brigade, but many scouts sent by our army were killed by the enemy, and the news is difficult to know." A young general with a full body of clothes walked into Xu Huang's life from outside the tent, this person is sixteen or seventeen years old, with a strong figure, and his face is very calm, it is Hao Zhao, a disciple of Liu Yi in Yixian County, after Yicheng, he first followed Zhao Yun in the battle of Bingzhou, and then fought with Yanzhou against Cao Ying, the general Cao Ren, this time he listened to orders in the Gongming Longxiang camp, and several years of military career has made him grow up.

Yuan Shang's night attack this time was very powerful, did not have the meaning of the military heart of the Dragon Battalion, if it was a year ago, Xu Huang would not have any scruples, the battle-hardened veterans of a hundred battles can sleep soundly in any situation to better recover their physical strength as long as they need to, and there are many newly recruited soldiers in the current Long Xiang Battalion, they have initially grown up through hard training and actual combat training, and their combat power on the battlefield is not too much than that of veterans, but their adaptability to these unexpected situations is not as good as those veterans, Difficulty sleeping at night will affect the daytime combat power, so Xu Huang will order the soldiers who do not need to go to war to fill their ears and rest, which is also the details of the generals, although it does not directly act on the battlefield but is closely related to this, how easy is it to be a qualified general of the unified army? Hao Zhao is also deeply touched by this, a must for a martial arts general, but the grasp of the soldiers and the grasp of details are the qualities that must be possessed.

"The scouts can be postponed and sent again, you will patrol the camp tonight, there will be a war tomorrow, you have to cheer up, by the way, has the eldest prince slept peacefully?" Although Hao Zhao is young, he is a disciple of Liu Yi, and he has a martial arts to the true biography of Liu Yi and Zhao Yun, and he also follows the master to learn the generals, and he is extremely strict in the military camp, at this time he is already the commander of an army in the Longxiang camp, with 3,000 soldiers, and his prestige is also quite high, and Liu Yi once placed his eldest son Liu Huan in Xu Huang's army to experience, Liu Huan is strong, and he does not regard himself as Liu Yi's eldest son, and has survived the strict recruit training of the Longxiang battalion at the age of twelve, and his performance is very good. Liu Yi also expressed his support for this, so that Gongming did not have to scruples, and the children of the Liu family would make contributions on the battlefield! But having said that, Xu Huang was extremely cautious and arranged the eldest prince in Hao Zhao's camp.

"Although the junior brother is young, he is also very stable, and now he is sleeping soundly, the general can rest assured, Hao Zhao will definitely go all out." As Liu Yi's disciple, Liu Huan, Liu Xin and others all called Hao Zhao his senior brother, if it wasn't for the master to save him, Hao Zhao's mother and son would have been in danger of fate, and the master had taught him well over the years, which can be described as gracious, especially Mi Zhen, and regarded Hao Zhao as half of his parents, and even Lu Bu's Fang Tian painting halberd was given to him, Hao Zhao lost his father at a young age, and also regarded the master and his mother as his father's mother.

"Okay, you go down first, go to Xizhai to see the battle situation, and remember to learn more with Captain Lu." Xu Huang bowed slightly, he admired and valued the young Hao Zhao a lot, and he often mentioned it often, the battlefield is the best place to train him, which is also Liu Yi's mind.

"No, the last will retire." Hao Zhao bowed down to receive the order, and then went out of the tent to Xizhai.

"Military division, the offensive of the Yuan army is extremely fierce, our army camp is not a fortified city after all, if you want to fight a decisive battle with the enemy, you must not retreat lightly, I am afraid that it will be difficult to defend for a long time, and it is the best policy to take the initiative to fight." After Hao Zhao left, Xu Huang said to Jia Xu that Wen He came here to help him break the enemy.

"Such an offensive, with Yuan Shang's military strength may not be able to hold out for too long, presumably it still has a back hand, Bohai Yuan Army is an example, at this time our army still needs to wait and see its changes, according to the time, our army messenger should also be in the camp of the three generals, Fengxiao and the three generals will respond, this time the battle of Liyang we still have to use the iron cavalry battalion as the main battle force, the general is a little restless." Jia Xu said that such a fierce offensive is difficult to hold for a long time, but the loss of the enemy army is also huge, and the consumption is not what the enemy thinks, there must be a plan, and it is the best policy to brake quietly when it is not yet obvious.

"The words of the military advisor are yes, it is only fifty miles away from the camp of the three generals, and it will arrive in an hour as soon as possible, and there should be a reply." As soon as Xu Huang's words fell, someone outside the tent had already spread the word, saying that Commander Pei of the Xuanwu Camp and Commander Zhou of the White Tiger Camp were all coming, and Gongming immediately invited him in.

"I've seen the generals and military divisions, we are here on the orders of the third general and Guo Junshi, the two of us are going first, and the commander of the army is also about to arrive here, what is the dispatch of General Xu and the military division, and my subordinates will return immediately!" The soldier dressed in the Xuanwu Battalion said, and the people of the White Tiger Battalion also nodded.

"Okay, the third general of Guo Junshi really reacted quickly, have you ever met the enemy army when you came?"

"Back to the general, our army sent troops late at night, General Youhua led the cavalry of the Xiliang battalion to open the way, and the enemy army was never encountered, and it could be reached at dawn at the speed of our battalion."

"The three generals are really cautious with their troops, you go back and pass on the two commanders, don't enter the Longxiang camp when you arrive, the Xuanwu camp is in the north, and the White Tiger camp is in the south and our battalion, be careful when there is an enemy army, and then let General Hua come to my tent." Xu Huang pondered for a moment after hearing this, and then said, it is inconvenient to play in the military camp, and the second battalion of the Xuanwu White Tiger can only exert its combat power outside.

"Tell Pei Commander Tuesday that when you march, you need to be careful of the appearance of enemy cavalry, and when you can be tied with our battalion, you can go down to the village and wait in place!" Jia Xu said on the side.

"No, my subordinates will go to spread the word, the three generals and Guo Junshi have a word, and they will lead the army to come early this morning! The subordinates retired. After the two of them gave the salute, they withdrew from the tent, and they didn't care about the fatigue of running around, so they immediately got on their horses and went out of the camp to report the news, and the military situation could not be delayed for a moment.

"Guo Junshi and the three generals are arranged safely, as soon as the iron cavalry battalion arrives at dawn, the decisive battle will be completed, Hengzhu has nothing to do tonight, the military division still rests for a while, and then I am afraid that I will not be able to sleep peacefully." Xu Huang said, although the enemy's offensive is fierce tonight, the Long Xiang battalion can resist it, and he has insufficient mobile forces in his hands at this time, so he still has to wait for the army to come and make plans.

"With the current war situation, how can you sleep? The general is not the same, the battle of Liyang is related to the overall situation, the slightest carelessness of our army's advantage will be reversed, the lord will hand over this heavy trust to us, and we need to do our best, when I was used to major events, I couldn't sleep all night, but the general was the commander of an army, and the responsibility was heavy, and it was necessary to recuperate. Jia Xu smiled and said, at this time, ordinary soldiers can sleep peacefully to ensure combat strength, and how can he, as a planner, sleep peacefully when the enemy situation is unknown, he always faintly believes that the opponent's strength is not only on the surface.

"Hehe, I persuaded the military division, the military division came to persuade me, a certain and the military division is not ordinary, the military division sits for a while, I go to Xizhai to have a look, come to someone, and order the kitchen to make a bowl of soothing soup for the military division." Xu Huang heard that he was also in the army, Liu Yi has always attached importance to food, and there are special people to take care of it during the war, and after saying that, Gongming put on his robe and stepped out of the tent, and went to the place where the fierce battle in Xizhai was to observe the military situation.