Chapter 472: The Battle Situation is Clear

After Yan Liangwen and Chou were full of wine and food, Liu Yi and Zhao Yun chatted with them for a long time, but they never mentioned anything related to the battle situation, and then Lang Sheng personally tied up the two of them and personally sent them to the camp of temporary imprisonment, but at this time the two generals had nothing to say, and now that their old friendship was finished, they became enemies again, and the distinction between public and private was appreciated by everyone. Liu Yi told him to take strict care again, and try his best to satisfy his diet before returning to Zhao Yun.

"Big brother, in the opinion of the younger brother, as long as the eldest brother can sweep away Jizhou, except for Yuan Shao, this Yan Wener will definitely work for the eldest brother." The two chatted while walking, and Zhao Yun said that today he could be regarded as having seen how the eldest brother persuaded the enemy generals to surrender, although it was unreasonable, it was quite effective.

"Well, that's what I mean, these two people are brave and loyal, and they have the ability to command the cavalry, if you serve me, the third brother, you must have two more generals in the iron cavalry battalion! However, it is too early to talk about this matter, although our army was the main force to destroy the enemy in the first battle of Liyang, but the remaining strength of Yuan Shao can not be ignored, the generals and soldiers must not be arrogant because of this, otherwise they will suffer from it, and I will not be able to capture Yuan Benchusheng or see his body in one day, my heart is uneasy. Liu Yi bowed slightly and said, the so-called elimination of evil, he will not spare the slightest hand.

"The younger brother will definitely use this to admonish the soldiers of the Iron Cavalry Battalion, but I don't know where the eldest brother is pointing after the whole army?" Zhao Yun also said with a straight face when he heard this, this fashion has not yet been completed.

"Xiahou brothers' retreat, I'm afraid that the forbidden Qingzhou battalion will not be entangled again, after it retreats, the Xingba Flying Tiger Army and the Taishan Army can work together to point directly to the Bohai Sea, cut off Yuan's original retreat, I have Feiyu to help, and the news is ten times better than him, if it can be forced back to the Bohai Sea to defend it, even if the city is strong and the grain is abundant, April is not enough to break it under the full strength of my army? Of course, at this time, after I reorganize the army, I will definitely be the first to point to Liyang, and Zilong, your iron cavalry battalion will bear the flank attack on Gaolan Yuan Tan, their grain and grass are already difficult to support for March, if they do not break through, they will definitely collapse. Liu Yi said with great confidence, and after a short period of joy, he began to think about the future battle situation, otherwise there would be no gambling contract.

"What the eldest brother said is, but does our army want to take Yecheng?" Zhao Yun asked again.

"As long as our army defeats Nanpi Yuan Tan and Qinghe Gaolan, this city will definitely fall to the wind, although our army can be called a complete victory in this Liyang battle, it is also a big loss, why bother where to waste troops, now Liaodong has been straightened out, tomorrow I will transfer the constitution and Zibu to the government of Anji Prefecture, this battle must be fought, and the matter of governance cannot be neglected, when they go hand in hand!" Liu Yi is also in the chest at this time.

The two entered the tent while talking, and went to see that Jia Xu and Guo Jia were already in the tent, and judging by their expressions, I am afraid that it will be quite difficult to persuade the trial. Sure enough, as soon as he saw the two of them enter the account, Guo Jia greeted him and spoke, the judge resolutely did not want to surrender and only wanted to die quickly, and was helpless for a while, and then asked about the lord and Yan Wen, Zhao Yun told the truth that the two of them also admired the ingenuity of the lord.

"Judging Zhengnan, it is extremely difficult to convince this person immediately according to what the two military advisors said, it is better to detain him for the time being, and then make a calculation after I take Jizhou into my pocket." Since Jia Xu and Guo Jia have worked in vain, Liu Yi doesn't want to work in vain, and the situation of the trial and Yan Liangwen is different, Liu Yi is not familiar with it, and in fact, the communication between martial artists is easier.

"Report, lord, the battle damage and prisoners of each battalion have been counted, please take a closer look." At this time, it was Guan Hai who entered the big tent with a silk silk in his hand, and said to Liu Yi.

Although this battle loss statistics is a necessity after every war, Liu Yiping is most afraid of this, the numbers on the silk are very simple, but then they are the lives of one loyal and brave soldier after another, but as the commander of the three armies, this is also where he cannot escape the responsibility.

The Longxiang battalion lost 3,647 people, 863 seriously wounded, 2,632 lightly wounded, the whole battalion still had 30,000 horses, compared with the pre-battle reduction of 40 percent, and the Xuanwu battalion and the White Tiger battalion were responsible for attacking Yuan Shang's main village, and the casualties reached 50 percent, Xiliang and the 2nd Heavy Cavalry Battalion were similar to the Longxiang battalion, and the lightest Yangang White Horse Battalion was also reduced by 20 percent, and Fan Chou's Bingzhou battalion undertook the greatest responsibility in this battle, and the casualties reached 70 percent of the horror, and only 8,000 soldiers were left in the whole battalion to go into battle. The battle losses of the entire Liu Yijun exceeded 65,000! Among them, there were as many as 40,000 dead in the battle, even when the wolf was fighting, Liu Yijun did not suffer such losses.

At this time, Lang Sheng's expression will naturally not be good-looking, if you add the losses of the three battalions of Liaodong, Beiping, and Huwei, I am afraid that there will be a total of about 100,000, this price is extremely heavy, and at this time, Yuan Shaojun's army is not completely destroyed, this number will definitely increase, fortunately, the battle of Liyang ended with the victory of the Youzhou army, and there will be no more major battles in Jizhou, just be cautious.

At such a great price, Liu Yijun's results were also more brilliant, the 50,000 defenders of Yecheng were almost completely annihilated, the Jizhou cavalry killed and wounded more than 20,000 people and captured more than 10,000 people, the Liyang defenders broke more than 20,000, and the Jizhou county annihilated more than 30,000 prisoners and more than 8,000 people, plus the 8,000 battle losses of the tiger and leopard cavalry and the 6,000 casualties of Xiahoudun, the battle of Liyang, Liu Yijun killed and wounded a total of 130,000 enemy troops and captured more than 20,000 people, and the casualty ratio of nearly one to two in the decisive battle was rare in previous examples.

At this time, the Jizhou army only had more than 40,000 people led by Yuan Shao, more than 10,000 people in Liyang, 30,000 in Nanpi and 30,000 in Gaolan Qinghe, although there were still more than 100,000 people in total, but the morale was low, the grain and grass were insufficient, and they were divided and surrounded by Liu Yi, and the ratio of troops was more from one to one in front of the station to today's two to one.

"Lord, at this time, the army of the Xiahou brothers has retreated, and it is not far from the ban, the second general's Flying Tiger Army and Taishan Army are enough to deal with Yuan Shao's Bohai pro-army, the second battalion of Xuanwu White Tiger helps Jing Fang and Jun Yi to contain Yuan Tan Gaolan but it is slightly insufficient, the iron cavalry battalion of the three generals must send a battalion of men and horses to help them at least in each place to trap them in the city, as for the remnants of the Liyang army, they can not attack the fortification for the time being, only let the heavy cavalry battalion of the three generals and 10,000 Youzhou County be trapped, but among these enemies, the Qinghe Gaolan Department was the least hit by our army, and the lord should personally lead the army to, As long as the enemy forces fail to break through, we will have three months to take care of everything except the Bohai Sea. After receiving the silk silk handed over by Liu Yi, Guo Jia and Jia Xu watched it together and said with filial piety, the current battle situation is that the enemy army has little food, and sleepiness is the best policy.

"Fengxiao's words are true, but after the decisive battle, the soldiers are extremely tired, this..." Liu Yi groaned when he heard this, his idea was to attack Liyang first, but Guo Jia was trapped in Liyang and took Qinghe first, and Liu Yijun did not have to forcibly attack Jiancheng at this time, just besieged it, if he broke through, he would have no city to rely on, and Liu Yijun's cavalry would have more advantage of the raid, if he did not break through, the food and grass would be insufficient and the Yuan army would be waiting for death, so that Liu Yijun's battle losses would be greatly reduced, it seems that this is a foolproof strategy, but to do this, the cavalry must be in place as soon as possible, Liu Yi's eyes looked at Zhao Yun.

"After the war, Yun Zeng looked at the details of each battalion in detail, except for the Bingzhou battalion, which was too badly damaged, the other three battalions could fight continuously, and I thought about it. In one day, there is an infantry army to rely on, and as long as our cavalry arrives, it is the greatest deterrent to the enemy, and it is not too late to rest and recuperate after arriving. Zhao Yun saw the eyes of the eldest brother and thought about it for a long time before speaking, this promise cannot be taken lightly.

"While the news has not spread, it is true that the soldiers are fast, then act according to the words of filial piety, Zilong, it is of great significance to divide the enemy army, and the arrival of the iron cavalry battalion must be timely." remembered that after annihilating Zhang Ping in Bingzhou, he also besieged Lu Bu like this, and Liu Yi did not hesitate.

After the Battle of Liyang, Liu Yijun, who had won the victory but suffered huge losses, only rested for a day before the army came out, Zhao Yun's heavy cavalry camp cruised around Liyang, and then there will be 10,000 Youzhou counties sent by Tian Yu to help, and Huaxiong and Yan Gang worked tirelessly to Nanpi and Qinghe, and trapped Gao Ran Yuan Tan's troops tightly in the city, Nanpi Yuan Tan got the news of the Battle of Liyang one step late, and Qinghe Gao Ran immediately decided to retreat to meet with the main gong, fortunately Zhang He Zhou Cang and the two desperately blocked the enemy, Yan Gang arrived quite timely, Only then did Gao Lan force back into the camp, Yuan Shao and Xi Zhicai also received the news of the battle of Liyang almost at the same time, Yuan Shao heard that he was angry, and then vomited blood, under the initiative of Xi Zhicai, Guo Tu, who was temporarily in charge of the whole army on behalf of Yuan Shao, led the army to quickly retreat to the Bohai Sea, intending to go to Qingzhou Tudongshan to make a comeback.

Originally, Yu Ban had not yet withdrawn the army, if Guo Tu's actions were resolute enough to retreat after meeting with the Qingzhou battalion, Liu Yijun would definitely not be able to catch up, Gan Ning's strength was weak and weak, but Yuan Shao woke up and could not give up the Bohai Foundation, Liu Yijun's siege of Liyang, Qinghe, and Nanpi made him have a trace of illusion, causing him to hesitate and make a decision, which was only two days of effort, but he missed the perfect opportunity, not only Xi Zhicai Beiping Zhuque Second Battalion forced up, After the ban on retreating from the army, Gan Ning did not hesitate to lead the army to abandon Jigu and leave, cutting off Yuan Shao's retreat!

Before Feiyu sent the letter that day, Pang Tong and Xu Shu had analyzed the battle situation, and the conclusions they came to were surprisingly consistent with Liu Yi and others, as long as the Youzhou army won in the battle of Liyang, Gan Ning's Flying Tiger Army and Zang Ba's Taishan Army would abandon Jigu and go north to the Bohai Sea in the first action, and asserted that the Qingzhou battalion in the forbidden city would retreat after hearing the news of the war, and what the two saw was almost exactly the same as Feiyu's biography, which made Gan Ning admire the ability of Xu Pang and the two in his heart. Stuck in Yuan Shao's throat!

At this time, Liyang, where Tian Feng was located, was surrounded by Zhao Yun's heavy cavalry battalion and 10,000 Youzhou counties, Qinghe Gaolan had to face the four battalions of Huwei, Longxiang, Baima, and Baihu led by Liu Yi himself, Gaoshun's Liaodong battalion and Pei Yuanshao's Xuanwu battalion made Nanpi Yuan Tan unable to move with the cooperation of Huaxiong's Xiliang battalion, and Bohai was trapped by the two of them, and Yuan Shao's remaining more than 100,000 troops were divided into four pieces of different sizes by Liu Yi. The tide of the war is completely irreversible.

After the January confrontation, the morale of the Yuan army was even lower, and Yuan Shao's condition in Bohai City deteriorated with the change of mood.