Yu Ban, as a military general who commands the army, and is a military general who has been promoted step by step from a pawn in the army by virtue of his military merits, has a strong positive emotion for defeating the enemy on the battlefield and making meritorious contributions.

However, he still had to obey military orders from the state.

Cao Cao's recent military order was to press the soldiers and horses to the doorstep of the Henan guards, and under the condition of not directly attacking the city, it was still necessary to make the Luoyang side feel the huge pressure from the Yanzhou side.

This was to facilitate the envoys of Yanzhou to grab more political benefits from the city of Luoyang, but Cao Cao would not say anything about these things.

It's just that the soldiers at the bottom are also people, they will also have their own thoughts, in the face of unknown soldiers, they will be anxious, they will miss their families, and they will also breed dissatisfaction, and how to coordinate the pressure from superiors and subordinates, which requires Yu Ban in the army not only to control the public with military law, but also to appease the soldiers with kindness and righteousness.

This made Yu Ban feel tricky at the same time, but also more cautious, of course, this is also a matter of Cao Cao's military orders.

Although Wang Bi's envoy to Luoyang has made progress, and Hedong has also made goodwill to Cao Cao and his subordinate military officials, he is still unwilling to let go in welcoming the Son of Heaven, and Wang Bi can secretly sense the meaning of Xi Zhicai and others wanting to delay time.

Perhaps Hedong's goodwill was just to delay time, or to confuse Cao's army and achieve the goal of attacking it unprepared.

In this regard, not only the Yanzhou Prefecture was on guard, but Yu Ban could also see some clues from Cao Cao's military orders.

After all, the pressure faced by Hedong in the Kanto region was not as great as Yanzhou expected, and Nanyang County, which had the power of Jingxiang Liu Biao, was staggered with Yingchuan and Runan counties on the demarcation, which was destined to ensure the safety of the flanks of the army, and Yanzhou could not send a large army in the direction of Yuzhou to threaten Luoyang at the same time.

In addition, the Hebei army, which had always had high hopes before, was only stationed in the Gongxian-Jixian line for confrontation, and there was no sign of launching an attack first, which greatly reduced the pressure felt by the Hedong side.

There are at least Chenggao, Revolving Gate Pass and other passes in the east and west of Yindong, Henan, guarding the east-west arteries, so although Luoyang City also feels the pressure, it is not urgent to the point where it needs to rely on people's breath.

As for why the army of Hebei is only stationed on the line of Gongxian-Jixian, but does not attack Hanoi, Yu Ban is not clear, perhaps it is the climate that the main general Xiahoudun said is very hot, Hebei is vigorously preparing to attack after the autumn, perhaps the Hebei army is also like the Yanzhou army, waiting for the allies to fight to the death with the enemy army in Luoyang, and then take advantage of the weakness.

This is so similar to when the coalition forces fought against Dong back then!

Yu Ban thought to himself on his horse, and what pulled him out of his chaotic thoughts was the crisp sound of horses' hooves.

It was the knight who was notified by Cao Junzhong who drove forward, which meant that the baggage convoy that set out from Zhongmu had entered the territory of Longcheng.

Yu Ban hurriedly ordered the five hundred soldiers under his command to speed up their pace and go to meet his own baggage convoy.

Within five miles of walking, Yu Ban met with the baggage convoy in Yanzhou.

The one who escorted the grain and grass was a rookie in the Cao Army's generals, Li Dian, a native of Shanyang.

Li Dian is a giant savage from Shanyang, and their Li family is in the local area, and they are a well-known wealthy surname. During the civil strife in Yanzhou, the Li clan was clearly on the side of Cao Cao's camp, Li Dian's father died at the hands of Lu Bu's army because of his refusal to obey the rebels, and his brother Li Quanze continued to lead the family army to fight with Cao's army, defeated Lu Bu's army, and made great contributions to Cao's army to recapture Yanzhou.

How could Li Quan, who had made great contributions to Cao Cao, unfortunately died young, and this trilogy composed of the children of the Li family and the guests of the clan was transferred to the hands of his younger brother Li Dian, who was only young, but Li Dian in his early twenties became a rookie in the Cao army generals, and was promoted by Cao Cao to Yingyin Ling and Zhonglang General.

This time, the Yanzhou army in Henan, Li Dian also took the Li clan to the expedition, and the main general Xiahou Dun waved his hand to deliver the burden of 100 carts of grain and grass for the former army in the forbidden department, and handed it over to Li Dian's department.

So, after receiving the military order, Li Dian, after getting ready, took 500 tribes composed of children and guests of the clan and 300 civilian servants, set out from Zhongmu, escorted 100 chariots full of grain and grass, all the way to Longcheng.

As soon as the baggage convoy met with Yu Ban's soldiers and horses, Li Dian didn't dare to hold it up, so he immediately patted his horse and took a team of personal soldiers to meet Yu Ban, who came in person.

Although Li Dian still has the title of Zhonglang General, nominally higher than Yu Ban, who served as the captain of Pingyu, but he inherited from his father and from his brother, and the reason why Cao Cao expressed his title of Zhonglang General was just to let him legitimately lead the Li family's subordinates to serve the shogunate.

And Yu Ban is a military lieutenant who fought the battlefield, and he has a lot of prestige among Cao's army, and at this time he is a general who leads the front army, so he must pay special attention to it.

Yu Ban saw Li Dian coming on horse, and he did not slack off, and then rode out and met Li Dian with a military salute on the horse.

After the two exchanged a few words, Yu Ban didn't say anything, and immediately ordered his subordinates to turn around and open the way for Li Dian's baggage convoy in front.

Being in the midst of the baggage convoy, Yu Ban was able to observe the Li tribe more closely, a special army in Cao's army.

Looking around the convoy, although the five hundred parts of the Li family are all wearing the iron armor and leather armor of the Cao army, and waving the banner of Yanzhou, but under a closer look, it is still very different from the Cao army under his command.

In the Li Clan, although they are also bound by the art of war, the march of the tribe is not neat and orderly, and they are not silent and serious during the march, many of the soldiers of the tribe are mixed and singing vulgar local songs, and some Wushi make fun of each other, laughing at the timidity of the other party's last battle and boasting of their courage when they braved the arrows to rush into battle.

These parts may seem scattered and disregard for military law, but they are capable of being in a series of their own. The soldiers who are a little behind do not need to be scolded by the military officials, and in the ridicule of other familiar clansmen, they must grit their teeth and catch up, and those soldiers who have broken their feet do not need to be sent by the military officials to come for treatment, and some of the soldiers who are with them take the initiative to stop, inspect the injuries, and support each other.

Military law is not conspicuous in this army, but is a different constraint that sustains this army.

Yu Ban even saw some of the tribes equipped with war horses, but they didn't even ride horses, but walked and laughed like horseless tribesmen, without the slightest discomfort or strange feeling on their faces.

Seeing that Yu Ban did not speak, but stared at the soldiers who abandoned their horses and hiked in his own tribe and were silent, Li Dian smiled and took the initiative to explain:

"This is the rule I set when I fought before my brother's death, the children of the Li family can prepare their own armor and horses when they join the army, but when they march, except for the commanders, sentinels, and subordinates who give orders can ride horses, the other children of the Li family are treated together, and they must dismount and walk."

"One is to save horsepower, and the other is to allow them to walk together with other horseless clansmen and guests. This is very different from the situation in the army where the infantry and cavalry are divided into orders and the commanders are senming, which makes the captain laugh! ”

Yu Banyan shook his head when he heard this, still watching, and said after a while:

"Brother Zun and Man Cheng are both generals who are good at governing the army!"

Inexplicably won the praise of Yu Ban, who is known for his strict management of the army in Cao Jun, the young Li Dian did not dare to hold it up, and hurriedly wanted to be humble, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he heard the familiar horn sound of Cao Jun's scouts.

"Woo-woo-"

As soon as Li Dian heard the horn sound of Cao Jun's warning, his face suddenly changed greatly, he grasped the horn bow on the side of the saddle, widened his eyes and looked in the northwest direction where the horn sounded, and said in astonishment:

"Is it an enemy attack?"

Yu Ban had encountered the Xiliang cavalry in Henan during his march for nearly a month, but he was very calm, and he said solemnly:

"It should be the Xiliang cavalry cruising in Henan, Mancheng, you take the troops, first escort the grain cart to the edge of Bianshui, choose a place to use the car as an obstacle, line up to defend, I will intercept them first, and then rush to meet you later!"

Li Dian is a person with a keen eye, although Yu Ban behaved calmly, Li Dian still saw the heaviness in his words, judging from the direction of the horn sound, I am afraid that it is not just an ordinary cruising light cavalry, but the Xiliang cavalry that has made a big move in Chenggao Pass and came to cut off the grain road.

It's just that it's useless to entangle these things now, Li Dian doesn't care about the ownership of the command at this time, and hurriedly directs his own troops to turn around, and everyone rushes to the grain cart and hurriedly turns in the direction of the Bianshui River.

They didn't run for more than a few miles, but when they approached the west bank of Bianshui, the militia who was driving the ox cart was still tired and out of breath, but Li Dian knew the strength of the cavalry group that was driving like the wind on the plain, so he didn't dare to stop and rest a little, so he hurriedly commanded Qu to lead the militia to back against the Bianshui silt, set up car barriers, and lined up.

Cao Jun's horn continued to sound, sometimes near and sometimes far away, and there were other horn sounds of different lengths mixed with the back.

Li Dian knew that it was the encounter between the Yu Forbidden Department and the attacking Xiliang cavalry.

The roadblocks by the river had not yet been laid, and the children of the Li family who had been sent out to spy had already rushed back on fast horses, and they were sweating profusely and panting to report to Li Dianyu in the formation:

This time the attack is a large force of Xiliang cavalry, from a distance, the enemy's momentum is only afraid of no less than a thousand horses, the infantry of the forbidden department not only encountered the enemy cavalry group in front, but also seems to be surrounded by the enemy cavalry, can no longer see the forbidden army formation, on the plain to step against horse, and there is no barrier, only afraid that the forbidden department is more auspicious.

Hearing this grim news, Li Dian's face suddenly sank.

Yu Forbidden Department came to guard the grain road, and it was also in order to allow his baggage convoy to retreat to the river to defend safely, so he chose to face the difficulties and take the risk to intercept the enemy's cavalry on the plain where there was no danger to defend.

At this time, hearing that Yu Forbidden Department was under siege and his life and death were unknown, Li Dian suddenly hesitated in his heart.