The main battalion of the Soviet Army.

Zhang He took a deep breath, lifted the curtain of the tent, and stepped into the tent.

"Duke Chu, the last general will be half-crossed by the cavalry led by Xiahou Yuan, and he failed to land on the north bank, please punish Duke Chu."

Zhang He knelt on one knee and pleaded guilty to Su Zhe.

Su Zhe was not half surprised, and said lightly: "My father said a long time ago, your battle is just to test the reality of the enemy's army, it doesn't matter whether you climb the north bank or not, get up." ”

Zhang He stood up at this time, although he no longer blamed himself, but he was unwilling.

He threw up his hand and said angrily: "Duke Chu, the minister's soldiers and horses are too few, if there were thirty or fifty thousand horses at that time, even if Xiahou Yuan's cavalry arrived, the minister could force the north bank." ”

Su Zhe didn't respond to his generosity, his eyes looked at Fu Zhi, and asked him what he thought.

Frustrated and hurriedly said: "Cao Cao has about 30,000 cavalry under his command, we send more soldiers and horses, he will naturally send more cavalry, in the end it is still impossible to land on the north bank, and a strong attack is indeed not the way to win." ”

He was clearly opposed to the forced crossing of the water.

"If we don't force the crossing now, then we have to wait until winter, and after the Yishui River freezes, we can calmly cross the river on the ice." Zhang He sighed.

"No." Tian Feng shook his head, "There are still a few months before the beginning of winter, and by that time, Cao Cao has already repaired the Yijing defense line, and even if we cross the river smoothly, we will fall into a protracted and fierce battle, which is definitely not the best policy." ”

This is not good, that is not good, and all the civil and military people are talking about it for a while.

"Tong'er, what do you think?" Su Zhe's gaze looked at Pang Tong.

Pang Tong pondered for a long time, and sneered: "What Cao Cao relies on is nothing more than the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, if we can destroy his cavalry, are we afraid that we will not be able to cross the water." ”

Destroy the Liaodong Iron Horse!

Pang Tong's words hit the nail on the head.

Frustrated, he said: "What Madame said is true, but that Cao Cao only refused to defend Yishui and did not confront us head-on, how can we destroy his Liaodong Iron Cavalry." ”

Tian Feng and the others also nodded in agreement.

After Cao Cao experienced all kinds of confrontations with Su Zhe, he had long been apprehensive, and he was determined to hold on, how could he easily use his most valuable cavalry to fight Su Zhe.

What's more, even if you want to have a cavalry decisive battle with Cao Cao, you have to pass Yi Shui first, and now you can't even pass Yi Shui, so how can you talk about a decisive battle.

Su Zhe took a sip of wine unhurriedly and said with a smile: "What Tong'er said is extremely true, so ah, now it's time for you to use your brains and think of a plan for my father to force Cao Cao to fight a decisive battle with my cavalry." ”

The strategists had no choice but to meditate and suffer.

After a while, Tian Feng smiled bitterly and said: "Duke Chu is the head of the Nine Wonders, Wolong, and Mrs. is a phoenix, even you can't think of a clever plan, let alone us." ”

The words fell, and the corners of Pang Tong's lips raised a mysterious sneer.

Su Zhe knew that she had a plan.

"What is the child's plan, let's hear it." Su Zhe waved his hand.

"I have to ask a question first." Pang Tong looked at Zhang He, "General Zhang, I want to know whether the Liaodong cavalry that fights with you is mainly light cavalry or heavy cavalry." ”

"Of course it's a light horse, and I look at Cao Jun's light horse, and the armor is even inferior to Yuan Shao's Youhe Iron Cavalry." Zhang He replied without thinking.

Pang Tong nodded slightly: "That's right, Liaodong is located in the middle of nowhere, although there are many horses, but Cao Cao does not have the financial resources to build enough armor, which gives us an opportunity." ”

"What does Tong'er mean, does he want to use Zhang Wenyuan's three thousand heavy armor iron horses?" Su Zhe immediately realized Pang Tong's intentions.

After the Battle of Guandu, Su Zhe deeply felt the importance of cavalry, and realized that he fought against Dong Zhuo's Xiliang cavalry in the future, and the elite of the cavalry was also very important.

At that time, he had not captured Youhe and could not build enough cavalry, so he simply worked the quality and spent a lot of money to build a heavy armored iron cavalry of about 3,000 people, and asked Zhang Liao to train in secret.

What Pang Tong was referring to was this heavy cavalry.

Pang Tong said with a smile: "The husband said, the best way to deal with the cavalry is to ride and conquer the cavalry, since the Cao army is mostly light cavalry, then we will fight him with heavy cavalry, although he has a large number, how can he be the opponent of heavy armor and iron cavalry." ”

"The heavy armored iron cavalry is indeed a sharp weapon to clean up the light cavalry, but how to induce Cao Cao to let his light cavalry fight a decisive battle with our heavy cavalry?" Zhang He interjected.

Su Zhe looked at Pang Tong with a smile: "Since Tong'er proposed this plan, there must be a way, let's hear it." ”

"If you want to force Cao Cao to fight a decisive battle, you must attack him and save him, so we have to ......"

Next, Pang Tong slowly explained his strategy.

When all the civil and military people heard this, they couldn't help but be surprised, and they were all stunned by Pang Tong's plan.

"Madame's strategy is really amazing, and it really deserves to be one of the nine strange phoenix chicks."

Fu Zhu first admired, and then changed his words, but then said: "It's just that this plan, is it too risky, in case of a mistake, won't our heavy cavalry be buried in vain?" ”

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger." Pang Tong didn't explain too much, only said eight words lightly.

Frustrated.

Everyone's eyes were on Su Zhe, waiting for him to make a decision.

Su Zhe pondered for a long time, and said happily: "The greater the risk, the greater the benefit, this plan is feasible!" However, to go to Youzhou, you also need a general who is familiar with the terrain of Youzhou, and I don't know who dares to go. ”

As soon as the words fell, Wen Chou stood up and arched his hand: "Duke Chu, at the end of that year, he will be stationed in Youzhou for a year, and he is quite familiar with the terrain of Youzhou, and he is willing to take on this important responsibility." ”

"Good! If this battle can be successful, you and Zhang Wenyuan will be the first heroes of this father's capture of Youzhou! Su Zhe was overjoyed and praised it.

At that moment, Wen Chou ordered Su Zhe's secret order to go south under the starry night to meet Zhang Liao.

Wen Chou went south and acted according to the plan.

In order to cover up his true purpose, Su Zhe continued to station troops on the south bank of Yishui, wantonly making rafts, and posing as if he was about to force the crossing of Yishui head-on.

In order to make enough of the trick, Su Zhe also divided the division several times and smuggled Yishui several times upstream and downstream of Yishui.

Cao Cao continued to hold his troops still, and according to the detailed work on the south bank, he sent cavalry at any time to prevent the Soviet army from crossing the river.

In this way, Cao Cao relied on the speed of the cavalry to arrive several times before the Soviet army crossed the river, thwarting the Soviet army's attempt to cross the river.

In the January confrontation, the Soviet army suffered several defeats, losing 3,000 troops, but none of them succeeded in landing on the north shore.

The small victories again and again also gradually boosted the morale of the Cao army on the other side, and Cao Cao also regained his self-confidence.

Gradually, Cao Cao and his soldiers seemed to have forgotten all the fears that Su Zhe gave them back then.

Seeing that the Yijing defense line was about to be built, Cao Cao was already ready for the bright prospect of retreating into the defense line and using a protracted battle to push Su Zhe back.

Unbeknownst to him, far away in the east of the Bohai Sea, a fleet was quietly heading north.