After exchanging Yang Ming's family for Yan Xing in the hands of Liu Yi, the coalition army also launched the next offensive, and being captured, especially being captured, is undoubtedly a shame for a general, but there are special exceptions, after this fiasco, Yan Xing did not receive much cold eyes in the army because of this, after all, his opponent is Liu Langsheng, who is unparalleled in the world, and it is extremely difficult to dare to fight against him.

After the retreat in the heart was dispelled by Zhang Wei and Sima Yi, the coalition army began to gradually advance steadily, preparing to besiege Luoyang City, they could not do nothing to confront Liu Yijun under the city, the consumption of grain and grass of more than 200,000 troops is not a small amount, and the current strength is their greatest advantage, out of the previous blow to the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, now the strategy of the coalition army is to stabilize the word and win with a thick momentum, if it can force the Xiongnu and Wuhuan two cavalry into Luoyang, They can resume the previous strategic attack on all parts of Sizhou to disrupt Liu Yi's army, and at the same time take the initiative!

According to Sima Yi's plan, the coalition army will gradually enter Luoyang with an infantry army, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry will contain the Wuhuan and Xiongnu cavalry in two ways, even if they do not retreat into Luoyang according to their wishes, it will be difficult for them to do anything, this hand is quite exquisite, and it is also the most correct strategy for the coalition army at the moment, which can give full play to the advantages of its strong military strength, after all, even if it is accompanied by two cavalry troops, Liu Yi's strength is only 1120,000, and the 30,000 or 40,000 Yanyun battalion in the tiger prison He will never dare to move lightly, but Sima Yi did not relax his vigilance in this regard, The Tiger Prison is also his focus.

This strategy is very thoughtful and complete, even if it is useless in the hearts of Han Sui, Zhang Wei and others, this young man's military talent should not be underestimated, and the pressure brought by Liu Yi's personal presence has also disappeared a lot. But the battle array will never be realized according to the strategic intention of one side, and almost at the same time as the coalition forces began to act, Liu Yijun's response was also launched in time.

Liu Yi personally led the infantry of each battalion out of the city to meet the battle, and took the initiative to strike at the advance of the coalition army, it seemed that it was not the other party that had the advantage of troops, and after several small-scale battles, Han Sui and others had to admit that their strength advantage was far from as huge as imagined, and when the infantry army was fighting, the number of people was more than twice that of the other side Liu Yijun was also brazen, and the strong combat power and flexible formation of the battalion soldiers such as Yellow Shirt, Yanyun, and Xuanwu minimized the numerical disadvantage, and the two sides suffered losses from each other after several battles. It's in a state of seesaw.

And the cavalry on both wings is also very tough under the advance of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, in terms of the number of cavalry alone, Liu Yijun's disadvantage is not as huge as the infantry army, and in the face of the enemy cavalry who can charge the formation and show their ability to play a great role in guerrilla cavalry shooting, plus Zhang Liao, Fan Chou and other generals who are good at cavalry tactics, can actually fight against the other side, and even slightly occupy a little upper hand, in the use of cavalry tactics, few people in the world can beat Youzhou Liu Yi and his generals, And in this array of cavalry battles, Lang Sheng has always been unable to hide Ma Chao, now is not the time for him to move, he is a trump card in his hand, and at this time it is also the only means of concealment, exposing himself to the enemy too early is definitely not the best strategy.

It can be said that the warring Sizhou side has a certain upper hand, and the coalition forces did not expect that Liu Yi's elite is just that, those alien cavalry are also infinitely powerful in his hands, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, which he is most proud of, has not obtained the expected results in them, and it seems that it is impossible to defeat the opponent's mobile force with cavalry.

However, a series of skirmishes also gave the coalition forces a deeper understanding of the opponent's combat strength, originally under the leadership of Zhang Liao, they were already extremely strong, but after Liu Yi came, they seemed a little stronger, especially although Liu Yi came from Youzhou several battalions of soldiers performed more well, their elite is to see that the enemy generals are very envious, leading such a strong army to fight on the battlefield to live up to the general's intentions, Liu Langsheng's team is really extraordinary.

After suffering a small setback, the strategy of the coalition army was also adjusted, and it began to steadily press on the large army formation, putting on a posture of a decisive battle with the other party at any time, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry on the Wuhuan Hun cavalry's offensive formation was also mixed with infantry and several teams of crossbowmen, such a formation can ensure their own combat strength while limiting the agility of the enemy to the greatest extent, and the price to pay is the delay in the speed of the march, but the coalition army does not care about this, they just want to make steady progress.

In the face of the enemy's strength, it seems that Liu Yijun does not have a very good way to stop the opponent's advance for a while, and the only method of battle will bring great damage to the soldiers, which is more than worth the loss for them with a strong city, and rashly launch a large-scale decisive battle with the enemy in the case of no advantage in the strength of the troops, at this time it seems that the only choice for Sizhou to defend the city, but there is a great difference from the previous one, after the end of the trial of the coalition army to take a strong force to roll in, Wuhuan and the Xiongnu cavalry withdrew from the battlefield around Luoyang at a very fast speed, and disappeared for a while, without paying any attention to the siege of the city by the coalition army, and responded very quickly.

In this way, even if the coalition army can form a strategy to encircle Luoyang, it can no longer use the previous harassment strategy, without the support of the infantry archers, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry does not have an advantage in the face of the opponent's cavalry, and if it is brought to disperse the frontal forces, it will also have a great impact on its own mobility.

It seems that the two sides are only adjusting each other's formations except for small-scale battles, but the intrigue is not easy for either side, containment and counter-containment, restriction and counter-restriction are the key to transporting troops on both sides at this time, just like the layout is needed before playing chess, and now the battle situation in Sizhou is in such a stage of layout, whether it is Liu Yi, Zhang Hu or Han Sui, Sima Yi are doing everything possible to maximize their own advantages to hit the weakness of the enemy.

After the tug-of-war came to an end, the coalition army set up an arc-shaped siege formation on Luoyang City, which was the result of their careful deliberations, perhaps Luoyang, which had been devastated by the war, was slightly inferior to Beiping in prosperity after several years of recovery, but looking at the eastern capital of the Han Dynasty and the western capital can be ranked as the most extensive fortified city, if the coalition army wants to completely surround it, the forces will be scattered, and at this time, the two alien cavalry armies that do not know where they are are like deadly giant axes hanging over their heads at any time, You don't know what time they'll choose to attack, so a solid front is the only way to deal with it, and with Luoyang's sturdiness it would only increase the losses if all four of them attacked together.

In this series of planning, Sima Yi, who is alias Zhang Yi, showed a high military talent, not only the strategy is extremely fast and accurate, he even suggested to Han Sui and Zhang Wei that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry be used as bait, leading the foreign cavalry to attack and annihilate the situation, Luoyang is in a semi-divided state, this strategy has a basis for implementation, if Liu Yi and Cao Cao heard it, they would appreciate it, but Han Sui and Zhang Wei may not have the vision of the former, The blow suffered by the Xiliang Iron Cavalry before also made them feel palpitations, Luoyang is in front of them at this time, the key is that Liu Yi is still in it, and the attraction of the alien cavalry is much smaller, although the proposal was not accepted by the two, but Sima Yi also did not care, his task has been completed very well, at least now Han and Zhang's coveting heart for Luoyang is increasing day by day, and the confidence of being hit by Liu Yi before has recovered, at least in the short term, there will be no retreat.

And Liu Yi in Luoyang City praised Sima Yi's marching dispatch in front of Zhang Hu and secretly planned in his heart, the situation in front of him was not his expectation, Luoyang City had a great temptation for Han Sui and Zhang Wei, and there was also his own existence, he believed that the power of this bait was strong enough, and the formulation of wolf pack tactics had not yet been implemented, because Liu Yi thought that it was not the best time, and the enemy army in front of him was attracted to the surroundings of Luoyang, and it was soon time for him to counterattack, But before that, there are still a few good shows.