Chapter 1016: Abandoning Dongping
This duel between the cavalry did not last too long, when Liu Yi rushed out and rushed out of the front line of the tiger and leopard cavalry, Xiahou Yuan already knew that most of his goals today were difficult to achieve, and Liu Yi, who had opened the charging mode, had the kind of power that could directly change the color of the wind and clouds, after he had accumulated his momentum to the peak, not to mention himself and Cao Chun, even if the tiger was afraid of coming here, it would be difficult to take his edge! Looking at the blood dragon halberd that is like a swimming dragon, not only ordinary soldiers are frightened, but even a general like Xiahou Yuan, who is on the spectrum of the wind and clouds, will also have an irresistible heart, and Liu Yi has not seen him in the battle formation for many years, and his courage is still improper.
If he knew from the beginning that Liu Langsheng was in the heavy cavalry camp, Xiahou Yuan and Cao Chun would definitely make targeted arrangements for him, and would not let him exert his ability to charge the battle to the extreme, and this person must have been hidden in the ten thousand cavalry for a long time, and he was waiting for the time when the two armies began to entangle together, because at this time, if either side adjusts the formation, it will inevitably fall into passivity! Experienced in a hundred battles, Liu Yi's shot is naturally extremely accurate, once he is allowed to rush into the enemy formation to bring up the momentum of impact, unless there is a general who can resist it to stop his front, otherwise even the tiger and leopard cavalry will have to cut the flesh, once he conflicts like this, there is a danger that the whole army will collapse!
There is no war horse in the infantry battle to help, few people can rush and kill in the army formation alone, even if Liu Yi can only be temporary, but the cavalry battle is different, the play of the top generals will play a greater role in the battle situation, seeing that the iron cavalry led by Liu Yi has risen, Xiahou Yuan immediately decided to retreat, even if he was cut off a small "tail" by the Yan army, he did not hesitate to cut off the flesh now, and once he was entangled by the enemy again, it would be difficult to retreat.
Xiahou Yuan's decisive point was not entirely for Liu Yi's unstoppable momentum, if both sides were currently in the current strength comparison, he had many ways to limit the enemy's arrows, even if it cost a huge price! But then the battle situation will fall into entanglement, and the time spent will also increase exponentially, with the current situation of the enemy army in Yanzhou, once the battle situation drags on, the danger will increase for the tiger and leopard cavalry, and now the strength is still on their own side, but the advantages and disadvantages here will be transformed at any time, once the two battalions of the enemy's iron cavalry battalion work together, even if the tiger and leopard cavalry do their best, it is difficult to say victory, or even if the victory is also a tragic victory, both of which are not unacceptable to the Yan army, but the Cao army can not afford to consume here, especially on the weak underbelly cavalry.
Liu Yi's charge has not yet been hearty, the tiger and leopard cavalry has already sounded the horn of evacuation, although the heavy cavalry battalion is powerful, but the speed is not as fast as the other party, maybe the enemy also values this point before taking the heavy cavalry battalion first, but if it can be, it can be done, and it can be left as soon as possible? Where is Lang Sheng's rise to kill at this time, as long as he leads the crowd to chase and kill, if he changes to the usual Wen Chou, he will definitely chase after him, even if he can't seriously injure the other party, he will bite down on the next bite of meat. But today is different, if this is Xiahou Yuan and others to lure the enemy, it doesn't matter if he is ambushed, the safety of King Yan can not afford it, so before the cavalry under his command pursues Wuli, the horn of the heavy cavalry battalion withdrawal also remembers, at this time, even Liu Yi has to retreat, since he handed over the command of this battle to Wen Chou, he should also set an example and strictly abide by the military order, otherwise the military order in the military camp will become an empty word?
"Gongheng, this Xiahou Miaocai is really extraordinary, it is not easy to count him for a while, today's opportunity is rare, it's a pity." Hearing the sound of the horn, Liu Yi rode back under the escort of everyone, Wen Chou hurriedly led a group of generals to meet him, Lang Sheng's words were still unfinished, Xiahou Yuan was extremely accurate in grasping the timing, and the heavy cavalry battalion failed to achieve more results.
"King Yan, since Xiahou Yuan, Cao Chun and others picked my heavy cavalry battalion to attack, they can't see that the speed of our battalion is not as fast as it, and if they miss a blow, they can travel thousands of miles, and this move is also reasonable, but tens of thousands of elites have come to fight with our army today, and it will not be easy to hide their whereabouts after that. When the place of the three generals then takes the second place of Dongping in the Lu State, how can my iron cavalry battalion be able to get out so easily with the cooperation of the infantry army? Wen Chou continued, he can see the battle situation clearly, but if he listens carefully, there is still a trace of resentment in his words, although King Yan personally goes into battle can improve the mental combat power of the heavy cavalry battalion, but it also makes it difficult for him to concentrate on the whole battle, and when he just clashed, he was almost taken advantage of by Xiahou Yuan, in his heart, Liu Yi was still sitting in the rear.
"Well, what Gongheng said is true, the main force of the enemy cavalry is here to show up our army, as long as they want to strengthen their defense, they want to reinforce Lu Dongping, Zilong and Jing Fang under Dongping capture Le Jin is not half a month, now Liao Dongbei Ping two armies together to take Lu Guodang can also be shortened, the three generals Fan Chou, Hua Xiong, Yan Gang from today to expand the range of daily reconnaissance cavalry to a radius of 100 miles, just let this tiger and leopard ride in Yanzhou There is no place to hide!" Others may not be able to see Wen Chou's dissatisfaction, because he will not show it too obviously in front of King Yan, after all, this is the difference between the top and bottom! But Liu Yi is extremely familiar with it, how can he not know? It seems that in the future, he can really only command the overall situation in the back.
Yesterday evening, Zhao Yun and Gao Shun's good news had already reached the place where the heavy cavalry battalion was stationed, which not only had the two generals' reports and the detailed experience of this battle, but also their summary of Leping's attack, and put forward their own opinions on the strike interval, duration, strength and how the infantry army cooperated with it, etc., which can also be regarded as an improvement and improvement of the infantry artillery coordination tactics, and Zhao Yun especially mentioned the power of propaganda warfare in the letter. Intensify this aspect and combine it with siege warfare, and the two-pronged approach can be promoted in the future attack.
took down Leping, captured Cao Jun's general Le Jin Le Wenqian, and Liu Yi was overjoyed when he heard the report, which proved that the Yan Army's efforts in the past two years were not in vain, and they were used on the battlefield to get excellent results. Counting the half a month of time to stop and take into account the time spent on the propaganda war, it is only half a month for the entire Leping to attack the fortifications, and it is deduced that although the two cities in Dongping of the Lu State are stronger than those of Leping, the ability of the two generals of Cao Ren to defend the city may be better than that of the two generals of Lejin Keyan, and the combat power that the Yan army can invest in these two places will also surpass the city of Leping, and I think that there will be a month to go down these two fortified cities.
Before today's cavalry main force contact battle, Lang Sheng had already issued a military order to attack Dongping, this time it was still Zhao Yun who was in charge of the overall situation, and the position of the siege general was the turn of Tai Shici, the commander of the Yan Army's Beiping Army, the first battle was of great significance, Liu Yi wanted to strive for stability, at this time, after the tactics were verified, it was necessary to let the main forces form a strong offensive ability, Li Tieniu's Vermilion Bird Battalion was immediately south under the protection of Hao Zhao's cavalry battalion and formed a cooperation with the Beiping Army. Gao Shun's Liaodong Army suffered huge casualties and needed to rest in place for three to five days, leaving a battalion of soldiers to sit in Leping, and the rest of the troops also had to go south to assist Tai Shici in using troops against Dongping! At the same time, Gao Lan's Hurricane Army had to closely monitor the movements of the Lu State in the Forbidden Qingzhou Battalion, and the Iron Cavalry Battalion had to take on the responsibility of monitoring the enemy's tiger and leopard cavalry on the entire line.
This strategy is the result of Liu Yi and Guo Jia's review of Guo Tu and others, taking into account all aspects of the battlefield, before calling for a halt to the frontline offensive is to test the movements of Liu Bei in Yangzhou, at this time the Ganning Flying Tiger Army arrived on the river, Xu Huang's Long Xiang Army sat on the front line of Xunan, even if Zhuge Liang's plan to connect Jingnan Sun Ce has achieved a certain success, but the Yan army can also monitor its movements at any time, so that Liu Yi can try to go down to Yanzhou all over the place without distraction and then make plans.
The battlefield is less than twenty miles away from the heavy cavalry battalion, Liu Yiwen and the ugly side of the cavalry halfway to the front has seen the messenger soldiers rushing forward, this news is out of Lang Sheng's expectations, Li Tieniu Hao Zhao's two generals have not yet rushed to Dongping, Cao Zilian is leading the army to break through at night and abandon Dongping and go straight to the forbidden town of Lu, this time Cao Ren's action is sudden, the whole army moves quickly and firmly, although Tai Shici is trying his best to intercept but after all, he lost the opportunity and failed to block it, and is now leading the whole army to chase after him! As soon as the news reached the camp, Guo Jia immediately sent someone to spread the news.
Cao Ren abandoned the city and left? Presumably he must have gotten the news that Leping had fallen and Lejin had been captured. On the day of the city break, Hao Zhao intercepted Le Wenqian, which was deliberately arranged by this, and the description of the battle of Leping by these soldiers would bring a greater shock to Cao Jun, which was undoubtedly Zhao Yun's intention! Moreover, only the 60,000 soldiers of Gaoshun Liaodong Army wanted to surround Leping to death, but it was difficult to do it, and Dongping, which was only more than 100 miles away, could also monitor this battle. It is necessary to know that the 60,000 army sounds like a large number of people, standing on the school field is even more black, but once you walk to the front line of dozens of miles, it is inevitable that you will be sparse, Cao Ren's breakthrough is also to take a fancy to the Yan army, here can not blame Ziyi for neglecting precautions, the art of war has a cloud "five rules of encirclement", the military strength of the Beiping Army is equal to the Liaodong Army, but it is only slightly better than Cao Ren's command of more than 10,000 people in the city, the enemy army is determined to go all out in one direction, and the Beiping Army can not stop it for a while, but it is also expected.
If the Cao army abandoned the city before the Leping War, Liu Yi would be happy to see it, because he did not have a strong city to rely on the night battle with the Yan army between the plains, which could greatly reduce the losses suffered in the siege battle, but at this time Cao Zilian's actions were not what Lang Sheng wanted, with the equipment of the Vermilion Bird Battalion and the coordinated tactics of infantry artillery, these originally daunting fortified cities have become a cage for the Yan army to consume the strength of the Cao army, and it can also best reflect the strategic concept of the Yan King not to focus on the place, but to annihilate the enemy's main force! Now what Liu Yi needs to consider is Cao Ren's move just his unilateral action, or is Cao Jun's overall tactics adjusted? If the former is not to be feared, but if it is the latter, the Yan army will have to deal with it at any time, and will Xiahou Yuan's actions today be related to it?