Chapter 7 Wind and Thunder Stirring Section 32 On the ninth month, Ganling Kingdom, Tobu City. Sima Fu Gan made a detailed report on the current position of the various armies.

Because Jiang Wu, Wei Jun, and Liu Ming's 15,000 iron cavalry arrived at the front line of Guantao and Weicheng in time, it delayed the retreat of the rebels and bought time for Wang Dang and Xu Huang's armies to block.

Now Cao Cao's army is blocked outside the Great Willow Ruins, and it is difficult to advance an inch. The armies of the northern Xinjiang responsible for outflanking Cao Cao have arrived at the predetermined location one after another, and the armies responsible for outflanking Yuan Shao are not far from the predetermined location.

"Is the Iron Rider a big loss?" Li Hong asked with concern.

"There's nothing to lose." Fu Gan replied,

"The Iron Cavalry of all walks of life strictly obeyed the orders of the general, and it was strictly forbidden to launch a frontal attack on the rebels until the encirclement was completed, so as not to suffer heavy losses themselves."

"If the battle is too big, it will be more than worth the loss." Li Hong waved his hand and smiled,

"Then tell Koji Yoshishi and the commanders of the various armies to surround the rebels at the lowest possible cost, and not to have a fierce battle with the rebels until the last resort. We have already paid a great price for defeating the rebels this time, and if the army loses too much again, it will completely defeat the purpose of luring the enemy into the depths in the first place. Then he pointed to the map on the desk and continued: "Now that Yuan Shaobing is divided into three routes, and Yuan Shu has taken Dingtao again, it is estimated that several counties in Xuzhou and eastern Yanzhou will soon become Yuan Shu's pocket. What are your countermeasures to the current situation? ”

Although Cao Cao's westward retreat was very fast, Yuan Shao's reaction was faster, and he was divided into three routes, obviously making all kinds of emergency preparations. If Cao Cao can be rescued, he will join Cao Cao to retreat from Fanyang and Puyang. If Cao Cao could not be rescued, the worst-case scenario would be to lose the army that had rescued Cao Cao, so that he could also ensure that the other two armies could safely withdraw to Hanoi and Chenliu from the west and south, respectively. Jia Xu shook his head and said unwillingly,

"Yuan Shao's hand completely occupies the initiative on the battlefield, and now that our outflanking army has not yet arrived at the predetermined location, it is impossible to encircle Yuan Shao."

"General Liyi proposed to first surround Cao Cao at Guantao, and then besiege Yuan Shao in Wei City, and then induce Yuan Shao's other two troops and horses to quickly rescue Wei Cheng, so as to complete the siege." Sima Yi put his hand on the map and gestured,

"I think this strategy can still be tried. Now that Yuan Shu has succeeded in the Central Plains, if Yuan Shao is allowed to escape smoothly, we will have to put Cao Cao back, and this result is too difficult for us to accept. ”

"For General Koji's strategy to be realized, at least two prerequisites are needed. One is that Yuan Shao is in Weicheng, and the other two armies see that Yuan Shao is besieged, and they must save him no matter what. Second, Lü Bu seized Fanyang and Neihuang in front of Yuan Shao's army to complete the encirclement of Yuan Shao. But now it seems that neither of these prerequisites is possible. The first is that Yuan Shao will not risk his life, and the second is that Lu Bu's iron cavalry will not be able to capture Fanyang and Neihuang before the rebels in terms of distance and time. Since Lü Bu's 10,000 iron cavalry could not capture Fanyang and Neihuang, he could only cut off the rebels' southward retreat at most, which strengthened the rebels' determination to withdraw to Hanoi from the direction of Montenegro. Jia Xu clenched his fist and gently hammered it on the map,

"If Lord Zhang Yan has more troops in Yecheng, we can send a large army to the vicinity of Black Mountain first to cut off Yuan Shao's retreat from the west, but it doesn't make sense to say it now. Let's surround Wei Cheng as soon as possible, wipe out all the rebels on this road first, and then turn back to fight Cao Cao, and beat Cao Cao to death. Now that Yuan Shu has succeeded in the Central Plains, Yuan Shao has only suffered a little loss, then this Cao Cao must be put back no matter what. ”

"When will General Yan Rou's 20,000 Southern Army arrive in Wei County?" Li Hong turned his head to look at Fu Gan and asked.

"It's going to take at least six to seven days." Li Hong frowned, and pointed his big finger at Fanyang and Neihuang on the map,

"Yuan Shao's troops are divided into three routes, intending to keep the two-way army in the worst case, but if we give up the idea of encircling Yuan Shao and kill and injure the enemy to the greatest extent, can we also achieve the goal of encircling Yuan Shao? Inflicting heavy losses on Yuan Shao is our primary goal, so I suggest that while encircling the rebel army of Weicheng, we should use the army of Zhang Yan, Zhao Yun, Lü Bu and others as the main force to flank the enemy forces in the Fanyang and Neihuang areas before and after, and strive to kill and wound the enemy troops to the greatest extent. Jia Xu, Fu Gan, Sima Yi and others were silent.

"We originally planned to encircle Yuan Shao's strength of about 70,000, if we transfer Lord Zhang Yan's 20,000 Northern Army, Lord Zhao Yun's 15,000 iron cavalry, and Lord Lu Bu's 10,000 iron cavalry to Fanyang and Neihuang to besiege the enemy, it can indeed inflict heavy damage on the rebels." Fu Gan said worriedly,

"However, have you noticed, general, at this time, only Zhang Liao, Zhang He and Wei Jun's 25,000 cavalry surrounded Wei City, if the Wei rebels forcibly broke through, they may not be able to stop it. Once they can't stop the Weicheng rebels from breaking through and let them join Cao Cao, then the rebels are very likely to flee from Yuancheng and Fagan to Dongwuyang, and the strategy of encirclement and annihilation will fail. ”

"No, it won't fail." Sima Yi's hand suddenly pointed to Daliuxu,

"Order Wang Dang, Xu Huang, Jiang Wu, Liu Ming, and Wei Jun to withdraw from the battlefield immediately, and let the two armies of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao converge, and we will surround them between Guantao and Wei Cheng with an army of 95,000."

"Turn two encirclements into one." Jia Xu praised softly,

"Good way. In this way, Zhang Yan, Zhao Yun, and Lu Bu can surround the rebels in the Neihuang and Fanyang areas with all their might. Dangyin City is only a hundred miles away from Neihuang, and I believe that this rebel army will definitely go to the rescue. If Yan Rou's 20,000 southern troops could arrive at the battlefield in time, even if these tens of thousands of rebels could not be completely annihilated, there would be very little left. Li Hong looked at the map carefully and nodded again and again,

"Zhongda is a good idea. Immediately told Koji Yoshii and asked him to quickly adjust his troops. "On September, Wei County, Sheguo, Qingzhang River.

Under the leadership of Yan Rou, the elite of the 20,000 Southern Army quickly crossed the Qingzhang River.

"This place is located at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, and one hundred and fifty miles further out of Taihang Mountain into Zhao State." The county magistrate of Sheguo stood beside Yan Rou and respectfully introduced,

"After arriving at the border of Zhao State, it will be Handan City for another sixty miles." Yan Rou looked at the surrounding mountains and said happily, "Master Tao, you have a very good scenery here. ”

"But it's too poor here." The adult surnamed Tao smiled bitterly,

"In the deep mountains and old forests, there is nothing to eat, and I neglect adults." Yan Rou seemed to know his thoughts, and smiled at him,

"This is a special situation, the imperial court ordered me to rush to the battlefield within eight days, but if I carry grain and grass to cross the Taihang Mountain, it will definitely delay time, so I have to trouble the counties along the way to provide food for the army. I am very grateful that you have taken out all the relief food in the treasury this time. When I arrive in Handan, I will report to the general and ask him to return all the grain to you in the shortest possible time. ”

"It's a deal." This Master Tao was not polite at all, and immediately bowed down and said,

"At the speed of adults, you can reach Yecheng in three days, and you can put it into the battlefield in four days. The lower official is here to wish the adults a victory. Yan Rou smiled slightly, and returned the salute lightly,

"If the rebels can be defeated this month, I will return to Jinyang soon. On the way back, I'll bring you food by the way. Master Tao was surprised and delighted, and thanked him again and again.

On the beginning of September, three miles west of Yin'an City. Lu Bu sat in the valley of the great river, silently looking at an unknown wildflower at his feet, looking very depressed.

The news from the scout is very bad. There are a large number of rebel soldiers and horses stationed in Fanyang and Neihuang, and the grain and grass convoy transported from Puyang to Fanyang is also escorted by heavy troops, all kinds of signs indicate that Yuan Shao's main army has withdrawn to the line of Neihuang and Fanyang, and he is too late.

Now the army that copied Yuan Shao from the south is only his own 10,000 horses, if he can't quickly occupy the first line of Neihuang and Fanyang, the strategy of encircling Yuan Shao will definitely fail.

But it was more than enough to cut off the rebels' food routes with his 10,000 iron cavalry, but it was impossible to capture two cities.

Mustafa and Sacrificial Feng slowly walked over to Lu Bu's side.

"My lord, what shall we do? Is it a direct attack on Fanyang? Mustafa asked in a whisper.

"At present, we don't know anything about the situation on the battlefield in Wei County, we only know that Yuan Shao's main force has retreated to the front line of Fanyang and Neihuang." Lu Bu said helplessly,

"At this time, if we fight Fanyang, or take the initiative to attack the rebels' grain routes, it is possible to alarm the rebels and force the rebels to flee back to the Central Plains quickly, so that we will not be able to encircle Yuan Shao."

"Or, let's go north and plug in to the west of Wei City?" Priest Feng asked hesitantly.

"Quietly inserting it into the west of Wei City along the big river, it is equivalent to giving up the siege of Yuan Shao." Lu Bu shook his head,

"Before we receive General Koji's order, we must block the retreat of Yuan Shao's army no matter what."

"Blocking the rebels' retreat?" Mustafa's eyes lit up and he immediately asked,

"What do you mean, my lord, that we will go directly to the north bank of the Yellow River and capture Liyang City, Changshoujin and Puyangjin?"

"What do you say?" Lu Bu asked rhetorically,

"The two cities of Fanyang and Neihuang are a hundred miles away from the north bank of the Yellow River, and it will take a day for Yuan Shao's army to retreat. For such a long time, Zhang Yan, Zhao Yun and other adults should be able to lead the army to kill, right? Mustafa and Sacrificial Feng looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

"Listen to your lords." Sai Feng smiled,

"We are too far away from the Guantao battlefield, and even if there is news, we don't know when it will be delivered. Now that we're here, we can't sit here and do something. ”

"That's good......" Lu Bu stood up,

"Let's go to the north bank of the Yellow River and surprise Yuan Shao." In September, sixty miles northwest of Weicheng, drinking horses gathered.

Zhang Yan, Zhang He, Zhang Liao, Zhang Xiu, Yu Poison, Xu Yan and others gathered in the camp of the Northern Army. According to the order of Liyi, after the army crossed the Qing River from the north of Wei City, a part of the east and west roads surrounded Wei City to attract the rebels from the direction of Neihuang and Fanyang to come to the rescue, and one part ambushed between Wei City and Fanyang, preparing to ambush the rebel reinforcements.

But there is one thing that the generals are very worried about, is Yuan Shao in Weicheng or not? If Yuan Shao was not there, would the rebels come to the rescue of Wei Cheng?

"The appetite of all the adults here is very big now, and I can't wait to eat Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in one bite." Zhang Yan shook it gently while holding the pu fan, and said with a smile,

"We have fought with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao for many years, and we know these two people very well. It's not easy to eat them. Don't be underestimated. ”

"This opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and if you don't kill them, you won't have such a good opportunity in the future." Yu Poison said confidently,

"Regardless of whether Yuan Shao is in Weicheng or not, let's eat this enemy first. If Yuan Shao runs away, we will eat Cao Cao, anyway, this time we will eat one anyway. At this time, Wu Ye, a candidate in the Northern Army, hurriedly walked in.

Lord Koji-sama gave the latest order. Withdraw all blocking forces from the line of Guantao and Weicheng, and let the rebels meet.

Lord Zhang Liao led his army to steal the rebels from the west of Wei City. The infantry armies of Wang Dang, Wen Chou, and Wei Jun surrounded the rebels from the north of the line of Guantao and Weicheng.

The infantry armies of Xu Huang, Zhang Zhen, Qin Yi, Lou Lu, and Lu Huanyang surrounded the rebels from the south of the line of Guantao and Weicheng.

The armies of Yan Liang, Gao Lan, and Gao Shun surrounded the rebels from the east of Guantao. The Northern Xinjiang Army gathered 85,000 troops and surrounded the rebels on the line of Guantao and Weicheng.

Zhang Yan and Zhang He led an army of 30,000 directly to the south, and joined the 25,000 iron cavalry of Zhao Yun and Lu Bu, a total of 55,000 troops to attack the rebels on the front line of Fanyang and Neihuang.

Zhang Yan and the generals carefully discussed the details, and then immediately took action. On the ninth day, Wei Cheng.

After Yuan Shao entered Weicheng, the news sent by the scouts made him restless. Cao Cao's army was blocked in Daliuxu, the iron cavalry army of the Northern Xinjiang Army appeared between Guantao and Weicheng one after another, and Zhang Yan's army was eyeing the north bank of the Qing River.

Yuan Shao had an intuition that the Battle of Dongguang must be over, otherwise it would be impossible for so many Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry to appear in the area of Guantao and Weicheng.

Now that the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry has arrived, is the army of infantry in Northern Xinjiang still far away? Has the Northern Xinjiang Army surrounded Cao Cao and is using Cao Cao as bait to lure themselves into the bait?

Just when Yuan Shao was worried, the scout sent another urgent report, and the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry blocking in front of Wei Cheng suddenly disappeared.

Did the army go north to attack and meet Cao Cao at Daliuxu? Is the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry meeting Zhang Yan and going around behind his back to surround himself?

Yuan Shao and Tian Feng discussed the map for a long time, and agreed that the Northern Xinjiang Army had surrounded Cao Cao.

The sudden disappearance of the Northern Xinjiang Iron Cavalry shows that after the Northern Xinjiang Army surrounded Cao Cao, it had turned the target of encirclement and annihilation to itself.

Tian Feng said categorically: "Our goal has been achieved, and Shao did not hesitate at all, and immediately ordered the withdrawal of troops. Jump to