Chapter 1048: A Complete Victory
(Luckily, it caught up.) )
As the commander of the three armies, it is obviously unwise to live up to the expectations of all the subjects and the people, and to put himself in danger when the enemy is outnumbered on the battlefield, but judging from the final outcome of the battle of the horse, Liu Yi's adventurous behavior is extremely necessary and timely. King Yan personally went out to meet Zhang Fei and killed this peerless fierce general under the blood dragon swallowing halberd, and also delayed the time of its raid, and then Guan Yu Huang Zhong led the army to Zhao Yuntai Shi Ci also led the army to help, Liu Yi and the second general not only played the Yan army's cavalry tactical drills in the past few years to the extreme in actual combat, but also made almost perfect use of the slightly narrow terrain of the horse ridge, even if Guan Yu's army led the army to deal with it properly, it took three hours to open up this valley road that was only ten miles long, At this time, the 20,000 soldiers led by Gao Shun were already in a bad position at the mouth of the valley, and the outcome can be imagined!
For Liu Yi, this battle of crossing the horse is quite lucky, if it were not for the flying feather in the sky, it would be difficult for him to stop Zhang Fei's Feiyan riding through the valley road in time, and once he and the Cao army led by Yu Ban Cao Ren should join the outside, although the troops of the Northeast Liaobei Ping Wind who were attacked by the enemy on their backs will not be defeated, it will be difficult to prevent the convergence of the two armies, and then Liu Yi will personally sit in the town of Anle will be in great danger! Back then, the wolf ran in the first battle, Yan Wang and Guo Jia have been known as bold in the world, and now Liu Bei's lone army is deep, but he still dares to break through with all his strength under the ring of a strong enemy, this courage is also admirable, although there are all kinds of previous feints and bluffs, but such a risky move really surprised everyone.
At this time, although I don't know who this plan came from, but it must be inseparable from Zhuge Kongming, the army rushed to advance at full speed by surprise, and after the Lu State Cao army was relieved, it can also be said that it is a dangerous move to win! However, people are not as good as heaven, Liu Yi timely led the guard battalion to block the Yangzhou army and the battle of Guomaling made the other party's wishful thinking fail, in the situation at that time, it was also Lang Sheng's only choice to take risks, even if he repeated it ten times, it would still be the same choice, in Beiping City, he wanted to maintain the majesty of the king, and he wanted to command the whole army without moving in the handsome tent, and there should not be too much passion in these two places, but once on the battlefield Liu Yi's courage in nature will still be thoroughly reflected, which has been integrated into his blood.
In the battle of Guomaling, Liu Yi received his second injury since the defeat of Tiger Prison and Lu Bu, and his injury was by no means below the former, but the record was still brilliant, defeating Zhang Fei and injuring Guan Yu, indisputably proving once again that the first general of Fengyun is indeed deserved! If this is just a personal martial arts is not worthy of praise, thwarting the strategy of the Yangzhou army to meet the breakthrough of the Cao army is the key to the situation in the Central Plains, and when it is dawn, Guan Yu and other generals cannot break through the formation of the Gaoshun Liaodong Army after several attempts, and the Yangzhou soldiers will retreat like a tide!
Coming like the wind, going like electricity, Liu Bei Zhuge Liang's response was also very rapid under the failure of the attack, and there was no ambush arranged by the Yan army in advance in Guomaling, which was enough to prove that their previous strategic choice was correct, and all kinds of methods to confuse the other party have also achieved certain success! It is difficult to figure out why Liu Yi came so coincidentally, but Liu Xuande and Kong Ming both knew that with the current battle situation, a quick withdrawal of troops had become their only choice, otherwise once the Yan army defeated the Cao army of Lu State, they might not be able to retreat to Yangzhou, even at this time, the road of retreat would not be easy to take.
Yu Ban Cao Ren two generals struggled to lead the army to break through the siege for a whole night and a day, in the Gaolan Hurricane Army between Guomaling and Lu State took the heaviest pressure among them, Cao Ying's two famous generals joined forces to attack, the soldiers and soldiers all fought with their lives, the cavalry of the Yan army and the Liaodong army rushed to aid the Yan King, the most fierce moment of the battle between the Cao army and the Yangzhou army The straight-line distance between the Cao army and the Yangzhou army was only a short thirty miles! But these thirty miles have become a chasm that they have never been able to cross!
In the first battle of Sizhou, Gao Ran led 30,000 soldiers of the Tiger Guard Battalion to block the 200,000 Han and Zhang coalition troops for three days with the strength of the camp alone, paying huge casualties, and won the most precious time for Liu Yi's deployment to encircle and annihilate the enemy! Now that he was replaced by the unwavering defensive position of the soldiers of the Hurricane Army, Gao Ran was also brought to the army, and the soldiers built a solid wall with their flesh and blood, and the Beiping Battalion and even the Suzaku Battalion attacked with all their might, which also brought great pressure to the Cao Army. Seeing that the firelight and shouting of killing in the south gradually faded, Yu Ban and Cao Ren, the two generals, had to abandon the Lu country with their strong wrists and go, and fled to the southwest into the border of Yuzhou. If you can't break through, it's hard to defend the city again, and besides, there won't be much difference between defending and defending to the death.
Seeing this, the Yan army only lost no time in covering up, and this pursuit battle lasted for nearly two days, and after Cao Er's general personally went into battle several times and was covered in blood, he slightly widened the distance from the pursuers in the case of heavy losses, and almost at the same time, the tiger and leopard cavalry rushed to the land of Jingxiang with all their might, and the battalions of the iron cavalry battalion responsible for monitoring their movements naturally pursued it with all their might, and they wanted to ensure that the Zhang Xiu Yellow Shirt Army, which was attacking Nanyang and Yiyang and other places at this time, was not attacked by the enemy! The military division of King Yan and this have reminded him several times, how dare the generals be negligent? It is even more necessary to take the opportunity to encroach on Cao Jun's various places in Yanzhou.
The tiger and leopard cavalry attracted the attention of the main force of the iron cavalry battalion, and Chen Liucao Ang also took the opportunity to retreat, from Liu Bei's army to the retreat of the two Cao army heavy groups in Chen Liuluguo, all kinds of signs indicate that this is definitely not a temporary action of the other party but a strategy that has been arranged for a long time. I'm afraid that Cao Cao realized that the battle situation in Yanzhou was already difficult to protect the moment he was burned by Wei Yan's meridian soldiers, and if he forcibly held on, he would only lose tens of thousands of elites here.
Regardless of Cao Ang, Sima Yi and others using the main force of Xiahou Yuan, Cao Chun's tiger and leopard cavalry to attack Jingxiang, and transferring the Yan army's iron cavalry battalion to attack the west, Cao Ren was also prepared for both when the second general broke through, if Liu Bei's men and horses could come to meet them smoothly, they would be able to join forces and increase their strength greatly, but who would dare to guarantee that in front of Liu Yi and others, the strategy of the Yangzhou army could be realized so smoothly? If it is impossible for them, they will also leave a way out for their tens of thousands of soldiers!
In fact, as early as when the battle situation in Hanzhong was reversed, the wrestling between Liu Yi and Cao Cao had already divided the victory and defeat, the key was how much the Yan army could achieve with this, the battle situation on the Western Front would be difficult to preserve Yanzhou, Liu Yi, Guo Jiajia, Xu Pang Tong and others also knew this, Lang Sheng personally led the army here, Wen He Shiyuan led the second battalion of the White Tiger Xuanwu day and night with only one purpose, to do his best to fight the living force of Liu Bei's army, and at the same time to ensure that the victory of the Yan army on the battlefield in Yanzhou was unshakable, Liu Yi wanted more than just the field, It is even more necessary to give a devastating blow to the elite of the Cao army.
Liu Bei Zhuge Liang ordered the army to speed up the retreat, not only because Liu Langsheng came to Guomaling to make a strong resistance to them, but the more critical reason was that the military situation in Hanzhong was transmitted to the Yangzhou army, if they could get this news earlier, it is very likely that Liu Xuande may not have the courage to lead the army straight in again, and the move of King Yan to block the news has also gained a lot here, although there is a certain accidental factor in obtaining the news of the enemy's surprise attack on Guomaling, but it is also inevitable!
After he mastered almost all the horse-producing places of the Han Dynasty, once the enemy army was annihilated or most of it Cao Cao would not expect to recover within a few years, and the advantages of the Yan cavalry would become more and more prominent! In the confrontation in the era of cold weapons, having the advantage of cavalry will have the initiative in mobility, which will have a far-reaching impact on the future battle situation.
Therefore, Guo Jiacai ordered the main force of the Iron Cavalry Battalion to pursue Xiahou Yuan with all his might, first, to implement the idea of destroying the enemy of King Yan, and secondly, to ensure that the main force of Zhang Xiu's Yellow Shirt Army would not be disturbed in the attack on Jingzhou. The east and west fronts fought at the same time, and the Yan army took the initiative, Liu Yi would not give Cao Cao any respite, Zhang Yan's raid was just a method of harassment, but at this time, it would be transformed into the main attack direction of the Yan army! This is a pursuit of victory at the level of overall strategy, and Liu Yi has sufficient capital to fight a war of attrition!
Keeping an eye on Cao's tiger and leopard cavalry did not mean that Cao Ang's withdrawal would be smooth, Wen Chou's heavy cavalry battalion never gave up monitoring them, even if there was a gap in timing, but the mobility of the cavalry was enough to make up for it. Wen Gongheng carefully obeyed the orders of the military division, and did not disperse his own forces in the pursuit, but only rushed and attacked the retreating enemy rear team, intending to annihilate the enemy's living forces without seeking to annihilate them all. This kind of strategy also made it difficult for Cao Jun, Sima Yi, Liu Ye and others to use their clever tactics, and they had to send elite combat power several times to break the rear, and such a broken rear, under the incomparably powerful impact of the heavy cavalry battalion, was not much different from sending them to death, and in the end, they would inevitably lose their vitality!
When Cao Ang Chen's army and the remnants of the Lu State who forbade Cao Ren went through difficulties and met in Shouchun, Jiancheng, Yuzhou, everyone couldn't help but feel like a world away, the consumption of the previous city defense battle plus the loss of this pursuit battle, the Cao army that could retreat to Shouchun was less than 70,000, and the Yan army in the first battle of Yanzhou not only successfully won the entire territory of a state but also annihilated as many as 100,000 enemies, these 100,000 horses were the elite of Cao's army. Coupled with the loss of Cao Cao's army in Hanzhong, Liu Yi not only got the entire territory of Yanzhou and most of Yuzhou in this duel between the two heroes, but also caused more than half of the opponent's combat casualties, which can be called a big victory, and its Yu Bo is by no means completely over!
The ninth volume of the Three Kingdoms of Wolves is the end of the two heroes!