Chapter 378: A Long Snake

Liu Yi's generals have a very harmonious relationship in peacetime, but once it comes to military exploits, no one will give in, seeing that the generals can't fight, Liu Yi will make a decision, don't make any noise, who can get the first of the parade This time the war horses sent by Baqiang will be picked by him for an additional five hundred, which is outside the distribution in the army, the generals are even more excited when they hear the words, the Qiang war horses have strong endurance and run fast, most of the two thousand horses sent last time entered the iron cavalry camp, this is a rare opportunity.

The iron cavalry battalion was used by Liu Yi as the arrow of the whole army, and the strength should be concentrated in one place, but with the expansion of each battalion, a certain number of cavalry is also needed for reconnaissance and attack, so this time the war horses sent by the Qiang and Wuhuan need to be distributed to each battalion in an appropriate proportion after the discussion of Xi Zhicai and others, and generals like Xu Huang and Zhang He have long been eyeing this piece.

Everyone hasn't seen each other for a long time, and they want to celebrate Zhao Yun's achievements, Liu Yi set up a banquet in the state capital at noon to entertain the generals, this time Gan Ning found an opportunity, the first military parade did not have anything to do with his Tiger Guard, but no one dared to fight with him at all! Of course, as the military parade approaches, all the generals have to be responsible, and everyone just wants to have fun and is not too much, even this can't stand this massive number of people, and half of the bamboo leaves in Liu Yi's house were used up by this meal. After a short rest after they had eaten and drunk, the generals returned to the camp outside the city, although there were only a few days left, but the guns were not lit and the light was not light, which was a matter of honor for each battalion and five hundred horses.

And Liu Yi's three brothers and the three military divisions have to discuss in detail in the inner hall, the progress of the training of each battalion is quite fast, from now on the battle of Jizhou will enter the preparation stage, and a huge map of Jizhou has been hung in the hall, no need to ask this is what Zhao Hai brought that day.

"Brother, military advisor, that day Yuan Shu broke through, Yun Zhi tail chased after him, until the territory of Fan County did not lose his trace, this is where the Hebei Gaolantun army is located, Yun did not make a time, but the only people who escaped with Yuan Highway were hundreds of people with him." Zhao Yun was the first to speak, he would not say these words in front of the Son of Heaven, and letting Yuan Shu go was the strategy set that day.

"Zilong, you didn't bother with Gao Lan? When you and your eldest brother returned to Youzhou that day, they were intercepted by him, and your second brother only reported half of the last battle! Hearing Gao Lan's name, Gan Ning immediately said, this person is also a famous general in Hebei, and his courage is only under the two heroes Yan Liangwen and ugly.

"Hehe, the eldest brother has already instructed the military advisor, how could the younger brother not ask, but this person insisted that there was no trace of Yuan Shu, and it was inconvenient for me to fight with him, so I gave up, but seeing him leave the village that night, it was obvious that he was a thief." Zhao Yun said with a smile, doing a full set of plays, he personally led the iron cavalry camp to find Gao Ran's dignitaries that day, and he had the momentum of doing it without saying a word, which made Gao Ran taken aback, so he persuaded Zhao Yun to retreat, this is still Zilong Renhou, and it is not so easy to change Gan Ning.

"Third brother, don't worry, you will be able to get revenge for the revenge of the day." In the first battle of Jizhou that year, Zhao Yun desperately resisted the enemy and was seriously injured, which was the first time for him, which shows the danger.

"A little grudge is small, the eldest brother and Yuan Shao are in the most important war, although the younger brother was injured that day, but the other party did not take advantage, by the way, the eldest brother, Yuan Zhi and Mr. Pang should have arrived a long time ago." Zhao Yun himself didn't care too much about this, but asked about Pang Tong's whereabouts.

"This matter will be discussed later, and I will listen to Zhicai's words first." Liu Yi didn't answer positively, but just nodded at Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun knew that his eldest brother must have a deep meaning when he saw this, so he didn't ask more.

"Lord, our army recruits troops and horses, hard training soldiers, Yuan Benchu was not idle, according to Tian'er, now Jizhou Qingzhou has a total of 240,000 people and horses, including more than 40,000 cavalry, the general of the unified army is a literary and industrial cross, in addition to Shaozhi's eldest son Yuan Tan led 50,000 troops and Nanpi, the second son Yuan Xi and the youngest son Yuan Tan 50,000 elite soldiers and Yecheng, nephew Gao Gan commanded 50,000 soldiers to guard Liyang, and Anxian County, an important town at the junction of Youzhou, only Yan Liang's 5,000 men and horses. According to this situation, once our army out of Jizhou, Yan Shiping will bear the brunt of the abandonment of Anxian and retreat to the Qinghe fortress, Yuan Shao can raise the Bohai army to help, here and the three cities are connected into a line, echoing each other, the law of the wall and the clear field is waiting for our army to attack, these several key points Yuan Shao has been operating for many years, not a moment can be down, plus it also has the tendency of the corner, once our army's offensive is frustrated, Wen Chou's 40,000 cavalry will take advantage of the time to move, so it is not easy for our army to overcome all the merits under the strict defense. Xi Zhicai stood up, pointed to the map, and from his words, he could know that Tian'er's information was extremely detailed.

Listening to Xi Zhicai's words, Liu Yi stared at the map and was silent, if it was really as the military advisor said, Yuan Shao made up his mind this time to stick to it, based on the three major Xiongcheng and Qinghe, a large number of cavalry were on standby and moved, it seems that this is the best policy, the key is that these several places are horns of each other, and it is extremely difficult to isolate any of them.

"If Jia's expectations are correct, this plan must be from the hands of Tian Yuanhao, except for this person, no one under Yuan Shao has this vision, although such a stubborn defense will inevitably show weakness, and will lose a lot of land in Jizhou, but our army wants to break this formation except for the frontal attack, and faintly restrain the combat power of our army's elite cavalry, it is indeed a knowledge of oneself and the enemy!" Guo Jia said on the side, the three of them had discussed according to Tian'er's intelligence before today, and it would be very troublesome for Yuan Shao to really use this strategy.

"Feng Xiao's words are yes, but it's not just that, the lord sees that although this Ying County place is in Yanzhou, it is only two days away from Yecheng Fast Horse, and the Ying County guard is Cao Cao's favorite general Xiahou Miaocai, I am afraid that once the war in Jizhou is unfavorable, he will rush here, once his soldiers and Wen Chou cavalry join forces, it is also with the iron cavalry battalion of the three generals also has the power to fight!" Hearing this, Jia Xu also stepped forward and pointed to a place on the map and said.

Xiahou Yuan! Rushing like the wind, its speed is like fire, the tiger steps to the right, invincible! This is Cao Cao's evaluation of this clan's favorite general, Liu Yi is also well aware of his ability to lead the army, Jia Xu said that it was a two-day journey, but in his hands he was afraid that it would be a day and a half to arrive, it seems that Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are extremely important to their southward journey, and the momentum of joining forces is unstoppable.

"Not only that, there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Luo County, a hundred miles east of the Tiger Prison, there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers such as Cao Army's generals Xiahou and Cao Ren, and when the time is critical, it is feasible to encircle Wei and save Zhao, even Cao Cao may personally lead the army to go, so that this person's ability to command the army, the essence of his command, is the general Wenyuan, and the Tiger Prison is in his hands, and he has to be guarded against." Jia Xu's fingers continued to move across the map.

Liu Yi didn't say anything at this time, he had already prepared for an extremely difficult battle with Yuan Shao, and the three military divisions were also average, only by estimating all this before the war could the battle be smooth, although at this time it seemed that the two of them were extremely powerful, but he believed that with the ability of the three of them, there must be a way to deal with it, and the offensive and defensive were originally their own tricks.

"Wen He's words are extremely true, so the Sizhou soldiers and horses can not be transferred in the slightest, I intend to order General Zhongfu's white horse battalion to go to Sizhou to listen to the dispatch after the war horses are ready, Cao Mengde can certainly use the plan of encircling Wei to save Zhao, our army is not impossible, there is a son to sit in the town, plus Wen Yuan, Zhongfu, Gongxing generals complement each other, if necessary, it is also feasible to take the initiative to attack." Xi Zhicai said again that Cao Cao's soldiers outside the Tiger Prison were nothing more than containing Liu Yi, and if there were extremely mobile elite soldiers like the White Horse Battalion in hand, Zhang Hu might not be able to contain him.

"Zhicai's strategy is feasible, but Zhongfu's White Horse Camp is still staying in Youzhou, and Ziwei or General Fan can go there." Liu Yi said that if Zhang Hu wanted to send troops, he would not just use cavalry all the way, but in terms of cooperation with Zhang Liao, Huaxiong and Fan Chou should be better than Yan Gang.

"The lord is thoughtful, the two generals Hua and Fan were comrades with Wen Yuan back then, and they must have more tacit understanding, so that there are nearly 70,000 soldiers available in Sizhou, and it is enough to contain Cao Mengde. What our army is worried about is how to break through the frontal enemy, and since his formation is a long snake, our army will attack its head and hit its vital point! The army went south, first took Anxian with the momentum of thunder, and then the soldiers pointed to Nanpi! Xi Zhicai's fingers focused on the location of Nanpi City on the map, which was also the result of detailed deliberation between the three of them.

Nanpi? Liu Yi couldn't help but walk into the map when he heard this, and took a closer look at the location of this city, Nanpi, Liyang, Yecheng and Qinghe Fortress, the four points are connected like a giant snake coiled, and this Nanpi is the head of this giant snake, the city is east of the sea, the terrain is flat, Yuan Shao's eldest son Yuan Tan has been entrenched in this place for many years, known as the first city fortress in Jizhou, the power of its city defense can be seen, Yuan Shao was the day when he crusaded against Dong Zhuo when he brought most of the elite soldiers here, the combat power is strong, if according to the strength of the weak, Qinghe is the weakest among the four places, However, Xi Zhicai dared to say that he would attack this strongest point, and he must have relied on it, and this move was also in line with the way of surprise in the art of war.