"Report, there is a thief scout ahead!"

"Report, our army scouts have found the main force of thieves and are coming in large numbers!"

"Report, all units of our army have been assembled!"

"Report, the main force of the thief soldiers has arrived, and the banner of the thief chief Guo Tai has appeared!"

"Newspaper,···"

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"It's coming!"

Yan Xing, who was in military uniform, rode a good horse and a white crane, raised his horsewhip and pointed in the direction of the hills and plains not far away, and following the direction he pointed, the soldiers around him saw one after another white wave thieves with various flags and different armors, which were surging in groups towards the direction of the river bank where they were.

Although the banners and armor of the Bai Bo soldiers are different, but they are numerous, and the scene of a large number of sorties is still amazing, seeing that the mountains are full of all kinds of banners of the Bai Bo army, the new soldiers of Hedong in the Yan Xing army, although they dare not act rashly because they are afraid of military law, but they can't help but change color slightly when they see the dense Bai Bo army coming.

No one is not afraid of death, but the new pawn is directly shown on the face, and the veteran is buried deep in his heart.

When Yan Xing looked at the crowded Baibo army in front of him, his face was not happy, and only when he saw the banner of Guo Tai, the commander of the Baibo Canal, raised on the hill, did he move slightly.

According to the report from the scouts in the army, the number of Baibo troops dispatched this time was more than 40,000 people, counting the more than 10,000 Baibo soldiers who continued to besiege Linfen City, and the elite soldiers among the hundreds of thousands of Baibo troops who were known as crisscrossing Hedong and Taiyuan, basically gathered on the west bank of Fenshui.

Among them, the 5,000 Baibo elite soldiers led by Guo Taiqin, the commander of Baibo Canal, are the elite division among the 40,000 Baibo soldiers, and they are also the core and main force of the Baibo army.

Yan Xing came to save Linfen City this time, and only brought 6,000 soldiers and horses, of which 2,000 were new soldiers who had only undergone a few months of training and had not experienced a major battle.

In this way, in terms of quantity alone, compared with the number of cavalry under Yan Xing's department and the Baibo army, it can be said that there is a huge disparity in numbers, and there is a faint danger when there are fewer enemies and more enemies.

"Order the rear army, hold the river crossing boat back to the east bank, and the whole army will line up and wait for the water!"

After Yan Xing's military order was issued, the boats that were originally used to cross the river were all ferried away from the west bank, and all the horsemen who landed on the shore were waiting for the battle, forming a large array of horses, facing the direction of the Baibo army, ready to fight against the water.

On the hill

Guo Tai, who was riding a yellow-maned horse, set up a pergola with his hand, and looked at the Xiliang army that was arrayed along the riverbank not far away, and after seeing that the Xiliang army arrayed on the riverbank was only a few thousand people, he couldn't help but smile contemptuously, and said:

"This Yan Yan is known as the 'Ghost Captain', and he is known as a good use of soldiers in the Xiliang Army, and today I saw his ability to arrange troops, and that's it!"

Han Xian, who was beside him, smiled and said:

"This Yan Yan is just a reckless man on the border, he previously lured Xiangling Xiaoshuai to underestimate the enemy, and attacked Linfen Li was unprepared, this party was lucky to defeat my Baibo soldiers and horses, in the end, he is only a mediocre talent, where can he compare to Guo Shuai's wisdom and martial arts!"

Guo Tai brushed the thick beard under his chin when he heard this, although he was noncommittal, but the smug expression on his face was obviously quite useful to Han Xianam's words.

Five days ago, after he saw the wolf smoke rising into the sky in Linfen City, he concluded that the Xiliang Army on the east bank of this water would definitely cross the river, intending to join up with the Xiliang Army in Linfen and jointly besiege the Baibo Army in Linfen City.

Therefore, he also made a quick decision, turned the main attack target, shifted his eyes from Linfen City to the Xiliang army on the other bank, and sent a large number of scouts and vigilant sentinels to explore the Fenshui coast, and took in every move of the Xiliang army assembled on the east bank, ready to attack the Xiliang army that tried to cross the river to rescue Linfen.

However, the Xiliang army on the other side obviously did not easily fall into the calculation of the Baibo army, and after feints to cross the river from many places for several days to distract the attention of the Baibo army scouts, it was only today that all of them were dispatched, crossed the Fenshui, and came to Linfen.

After hearing the news that the Xiliang army had crossed the river, Guo Tai was alarmed, and immediately ordered the Baibo army to pour out, except for leaving more than 10,000 soldiers and horses to guard the Xiliang soldiers in Linfen City, the other more than 40,000 men and horses all went straight to the river bank.

Now, although it was not able to realize the original plan of half-crossing and attacking, but it was also a timely dispatch of the army, and did not let the Xiliang army on the opposite side of the river and the defenders in Linfen City converge, once they successfully converged, then not only the defenders in Linfen City will be because of the reinforcements outside, and the morale will soar, but the Xiliang reinforcements with their backs to the city wall will also be at a wedge with the defenders of Linfen City, and at that time, it will not be easy to solve them one by one.

According to Guo Tai's current plan, he will first take an army of 40,000 to extinguish the Xiliang army that crossed the river to help on this side of the river, and then return to attack Linfen City with the power of a great victory.

"Order all parties to be commanders, restrain the soldiers, march in formation, and wait for the Chinese army to launch an attack together!"

Guo Tai was originally also a strong man in Hedong, and he knew the military strategy, and after leading the Baibo army and fighting in Hedong, Taiyuan and other places, his ability in military affairs was also sharpened and tempered, knowing that although his own number was large, if it was scattered and rushed up, it would only make the Xiliang army on the opposite side easily break through.

On the banks of the river

As a military historian of Xi Zhicai also experienced the battlefield, he rode a war horse, followed Yan Xing's side, he saw these Bai Bo troops rushed here, did not rush to attack, but under the constraints of the commanders of all parties, let those Bai Bo soldiers who were scattered because of the rapid march regroup, ready to tidy up the team, and then attack their own army.

Xi Zhicai turned his head to look at Yan Xing and said:

"Captain, the white wave thief on the other side also knows a little bit about the soldiers!"

"After all, the opposite side is the main force led by Mrs. Guo, and his generation has moved to Hedong and Taiyuan in many places, which can be described as an old thief, and the battle is naturally not comparable to the moth thieves in Xiangling and Linfen!"

Yan Xing spoke, his expression was indifferent, but Xi Zhicai was still a little worried, and he said:

"Looking at the white wave thieves on the opposite side, the sharpness has not been greatly damaged, our army is against it, with less strikes and more attacks, I am afraid that it is not easy to win, and the captain needs to be cautious in the use of troops!"

Yan Xing naturally understood the deep meaning of Xi Zhicai, and he nodded.

In fact, before crossing the river, Yan Xing also considered whether the defenders of Linfen City had worn out the sharpness of the main forces of these Baibo armies to the point that they were almost exhausted.

Speaking of which, the timing of crossing the river to rescue Linfen City is extremely exquisite in the commander's instinctive sense of smell to capture the fighters. The time dragged on for a long time, Linfen City will inevitably fall, the time is short, the main force of the Baibo army has not been damaged, Yan Xing led the troops to cross the river, with fewer enemies and more enemies, there is still a danger of overthrowing the army and killing the generals.

In this fog of war on the ancient battlefield, many times, it is necessary to test the intelligence of both sides and the wise minds of the commanders of both sides, and also rely on that trace of unpredictable luck.

Therefore, after receiving the message from the wolf smoke burning on the head of Linfen City, Yan Xing immediately sent spies to swim across the river to spy on the situation of the Baibo army besieging Linfen City on the other side.

After learning that the original fierce offensive of the Baibo army was beginning to weaken, Yan Xing made up his mind to send troops across the river to rescue Cao Yuan's troops in Linfen City.

In Yan Xing's view, the Bai Bo army changed its original fierce offensive and died down, either planning the next large-scale attack, or trying to break the siege and withdraw the army. In the former, Cao Yuan had only 3,000 soldiers in his hands, and it was difficult to hold out for long in the face of the attack of more than 50,000 Baibo troops. The latter had to worry that once the main forces of these White Polish troops were withdrawn, they would change their style of attacking cities and territories to attacking and harassing, and the war in the northeast of the river would fall into a situation of indecision for a long time, which was by no means what Yan Xing wanted to see.

Today, after Yan Xing led the army to cross the river, he found that the soldiers and horses of the Baibo Army were also urgently mobilized, and large numbers of troops were pouring in one after another. Yan Xing simply ordered his soldiers to also line up along the river bank, and laid antler wooden thorns on the four corners, preparing for a decisive battle with Bai Bo's main force here.

Fighting against the odds is an extremely risky tactic, and it is also the condition that can best inspire the soldiers to fight to the death when there are fewer enemies. Instead of fighting in the field on the flat wilderness on all sides, the Baibo army, which is also nearly ten times the number of its own, is better to wait for work and fight with the Baibo army with all its strength here.

In the Battle of Bianshui, although Yan Xing's Xiliang army defeated the Dong coalition led by Cao Cao, the tenacity of Cao Cao's army still left a deep impact on Yan Xing. Although Cao Cao lost the first battle, this did not affect his extraordinary courage and superior strategy, and at the same time, Yan Xing also wanted to fight such a battle with a small fight like Cao Cao.

The trumpets on the opposite side sounded one after another, and the soldiers on Yan Xing's side all gathered their spirits and prepared to arrive at the attack of the big wave of white wave thieves.

On the hill, Yang Feng and Hu Cai jumped to the horse, and Hu Cai spoke first, and said:

"Guo Shuai, the sons and daughters have finished rectifying and forming a formation, hurry up and give an order, everyone will drive all these Xiliang troops down the river in one go."

Guo Tai took the reins, regardless of Hu Cai's active request for battle, but continued to look at the Xiliang army formation on the bank of the river.

Yang Feng looked at Mrs. Guo's face, thought about it, and then said in a deep voice:

"Guo Shuai, the Xiliang Army is fighting with its back, and its fighting spirit is tenacious, but I am afraid that it is not appropriate to attack immediately."

When Mrs. Guo heard this, she glanced at Yang Feng approvingly. Indeed, the reason why he was reluctant to attack immediately was because he saw the tenacity and strength of the Xiliang army on the riverbank, but at the moment, the other party was waiting for work, and he could not break the opponent's military struggle, so instead of rushing to attack the whole army, it was better to send troops to test it first to see how the fighting spirit and combat power of these Xiliang troops were, and where the flaws were.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Guo raised his whip and ordered loudly.

"Order, cavalry attack!"