Zhao Yun set off from Qinghe County with two cavalry divisions of the Central Army, and he also traveled day and night along the way.

Fortunately, this is all under the control of the Qingzhou Army, and the organizational structure of the Ministry of Intelligence is still very perfect.

All kinds of the latest information were sent to Zhao Yun's hands endlessly, Zang Ba's troops were completely annihilated, Dongwu was lost, Gaomi was lost, and the bad news was one after another.

Zhao Yun even wanted to stop advancing, waiting for the arrival of the follow-up troops, Zhao Yun knew that Lu Bu must be deploying troops.

However, after all, Qingzhou is the territory of the Central Army for many years, and it has contributed a lot to the rise of the Central Army and the Battle of Tiger Prison Pass before, so there is no room for loss.

Therefore, knowing that there might be great danger ahead, Zhao Yun still chose to move on, not to mention that he was still full of confidence in his subordinates, and Guo Jia's troops were not yet in his eyes.

Zhao Yun ordered the Intelligence Department to send a message of his location to Chang'an and Bingzhou, and report to Lu Bu and Xu Huang.

The scouts of the Central Army still maintained the tradition of going fifty miles forward to reconnoitre, and Matthew's reconnaissance battalion opened the way for the two divisions in front.

After entering the territory of Qi Kingdom, it is full of terrain mixed with hills and plains.

Zhao Yun has actually gradually slowed down his advance, because the latest news from the Ministry of Intelligence is that after conquering Gaomi, Guo Jia's Cao army has lost its trace, and only Liaohua's rebels are still stationed in Anqiu.

More than 70,000 Cao troops must have been ambushed somewhere, waiting for them.

Zhao Yun looked at the map in his hand, the entire territory of Qingzhou had already been surveyed and mapped, and there was a very complete and professional military map.

Zhao Yun's fingers moved on the map, and finally remained in one place, and Hao Zhao on the side glanced at it, but it was Linqu.

"General Zilong, what do you mean...

"I guess Cao Jun will set up an ambush in Linqu, waiting for us to get in!"

Zhang Xiu looked at the map, "Laiwu, the terrain of Guangxian County is the same as that of Linqu, why would they conclude that we should take the route of Linqu?" ”

"Hehe, because we have heavy cavalry, they also have heavy cavalry, only the road in Linqu is wider and smoother. Suitable for maneuvering of heavily armored cavalry. Zhao Yun explained with a smile.

"Now that you know that the enemy has an ambush there, let's go ahead?" Hao Zhao asked puzzled.

"Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, I prefer to go to the tiger mountains. He, Guo Jia, thought that he had trained an elite army, and he would be able to compete with us for the short and long. ”

"But where had he ever seen the power of firearms? If he didn't give him some color, he thought that defeating the Qingzhou Army would be equivalent to defeating the Central Army! Hmph, I'm going to teach him a good lesson. ”

The three of them discussed the specific details of the operation again, after all, they had only used firearms during the exercise, and this was the first time in actual combat, and the tactics needed to be well designed.

The two cavalry divisions continued to advance eastward, and the scout troops continued to be at the forefront of the whole army.

Linqu, twenty miles north of the county seat, is where the two tributaries of the Mi River meet.

The post road in Qingzhou is passing through here, and the post road here also refers to the post road level construction of the Central Army, which is wide and smooth, and has a gravel road.

Although it rained lightly and the water seepage performance was good, the road surface was not affected in the slightest.

This is the north of Linqu County, full of low hills and plains, from this to the south dozens of miles, but a big mountain, is the famous Yi Mountain.

Guo Jia and Cao's army had been waiting here for a long time, and he repeatedly questioned Liao Hua and other rebel generals, and surveyed the terrain on the spot.

After confirming the topography around Linqu and the situation of the post road, it was concluded that Zhao Yun's cavalry must pass through here.

The reason is the same as Zhao Yun's guess, only this post road is suitable for the maneuver of heavy armored cavalry, at least his own tiger and leopard cavalry is like this.

Guo Jia has high hopes for this battle, hoping that he can fight another beautiful ambush here.

In the years leading up to this expedition, Guo Jiake was under tremendous pressure to train this elite division.

It can be said that he spent his heart and soul on them, and he obtained the training syllabus for the recruits of the Central Army from the Central Army through the Cao and the school officer, and used it on them.

and cut down on food and clothing, and spared no expense to build equipment to arm these 80,000 people from head to toe.

In particular, it took a lot of energy and money to finally turn Liao Huace on his side.

Under the cover of Cao Cao's personal army, he successfully mobilized the main force of the Qingzhou Army and created a great opportunity for himself to raid the weakness of the Qingzhou Army.

Then he used Liaohua's counterattack to strike a brilliant result and hit the main force of the Qingzhou Army hard.

In the end, he took advantage of Liao Hua's familiarity with the terrain of Qingzhou and the generals of the Qingzhou Army, and applied the tactics commonly used by the Central Army to encircle and send reinforcements, ambushed Zang Ba, and almost wiped them out.

Then it swept through Gaomi and other places, destroying a large number of equipment and workshops and training camps that had not yet had time to be dismantled.

Just when Guo Jia planned to follow the pursuit and deeply destroy the hinterland of Qingzhou, such as Jiaodong and Jimo, he received the latest information.

Intelligence shows that the Central Army, which is far away in Qinghe, sent two cavalry divisions to rescue Qingzhou, and the intelligence shows the specific number of the reinforcements.

They were Zhao Yun's Sixth Cavalry Division and Hao Zhao's Fourth Cavalry Division, which made Guo Jia change his mind immediately.

He was determined to ambush the Central Army in Linqu, and it was best to be able to destroy or severely damage the Sixth Cavalry Division, and deal a heavy blow to the Central Army, and he would be the trump card troops.

He hid his cavalry far behind the hills, and dug trenches, half a man deep, on and on both sides of the post road, in order to hide the infantry in the ditch.

It was covered with a cover and camouflaged with shrubs and weeds, all learned from the past battles of the Central Army.

He sent a lot of scouts to reconnoiter Zhao Yun's movements.

In the fields of late autumn, the crops have already been harvested, so there is only wild grass left in the farmland of Siye, and at a glance, there is no suitable place for Tibetans.

Matthew arrived at the outskirts of Linqu with the reconnaissance battalion and saw such a scene.

However, he still cautiously searched and advanced, just now his subordinates encountered Cao Jun's scouts, and taught the other party a lesson, one to ten casualties, and won easily.

Since General Zhao Yun concluded that there would be an enemy ambush here, and he really encountered Cao Jun's scouts, he should take it even more seriously.

He ordered his men to divide into squads, spread out into a huge fan, and search for advances.

The focus of the search is, of course, on grass, bushes, groves, and of course, those low hills.

Even the seemingly solid ground was stabbed a few times with the halberd in his hand, and even the crossbow shot irregularly at the grass and bushes.

The Central Army ambushed the enemy in this way, so naturally they would not let go of any place where the enemy might be ambushed.

Thinking from another perspective, this is one of the teaching contents of the Central Military Academy, and the instructors often emphasize it.

(End of chapter)