Although the strategy was good, it was a pity that the high night that came from afar did not kill the army directly under the city of Qiang County, as Ji Ling and Qiao Rui thought, but temporarily settled in Zhaoling. www.biquge.info In this way, the plan that the two of them originally planned to wait for work is naturally useless. Although Gao Ye's move was unexpected by the two, it was also reasonable. After all, the vanguard army of Gao Ye was tired, and it was normal for him to enter Zhaoling, which was not far from Zhengqiang, to rest temporarily.

However, now there are 20,000 soldiers and horses in Zhengqiang and Xihua counties, and it is also good to rely on each other as horns. After all, Gao Ye can rest in Zhaoling for a while, can he still rest for a lifetime? Besides, Cao Cao's army doesn't know where it is now, and behind him is Yuan Shu's 100,000 army, so what is there to be afraid of. As long as he stops the soldiers and horses of the high night here, he will be considered a victory. When Cao Cao arrived, there was naturally Yuan Shu to fight with him, and when the time came, Yingchuan would be taken, and everyone would be a meritorious man.

A company rested in Zhaoling for three days at night, and then the troops sent out to recruit Qiang. The return of the scouts couldn't help but give Gao Ye a headache, although the entire Runan territory was only a few counties in the north, and it inevitably became the territory of Yuan Jun because of the fall of Chen Guo, but now he was facing Ji Ling and Qiao Rui. These two people are both generals under Yuan Shu, not to mention anything else, even Zhang Xun back then, he was really a person who knew the soldiers. Therefore, Gao Ye never dared to underestimate the two of them. Moreover, although Qiao Rui's martial arts are scarce, Ji Ling is a fierce general, after all, people who can fight with Guan Yu for thirty rounds are not idle.

What's more, Yuan Shu has already stationed troops in Ruyang, which is not far away, so his current situation can be described as a little difficult. Whether he wants to attack Zhengqiang or Xihua, he will inevitably be attacked by another city. If he divides his troops, he will inevitably be defeated by Ruyang's Yuan Shu to send troops and horses again. In this way, it seems that all he can do is to set up camp under the city, and he has to be careful not to be attacked by these two guys. In this way, why should he send troops, it is better to wait for the arrival of Cao Cao's army in Zhaoling.

However, he knew in his heart that Cao Cao had already united Lu Bu, Liu Bei and Sun Ce at this time, and was ready to attack Yuan Shu together. Cao Cao is still in Yingchuan, but Lu Bu has been wreaking havoc in Huaibei, and Liu Bei has killed Yang Feng and Han Xian and is ready to send troops. The most important reason why Yuan Shu is still indifferent to Lu Bu's ravages until now is that Yuan Shu feels that as long as he takes Yingchuan, captures or even kills Liu Xie, and he is on the Ninth Five-Year Plan, the people of the world will naturally have no objections. At that time, even if it is Lu Bu, he will have to bow down obediently. Moreover, as soon as the army comes out, it spends countless amounts of money and food every day, and if the order is changed overnight, it will not only cost money and food, but also make the army's morale unstable. It was precisely on these two points that Yang Hong persuaded Yuan Shu to continue to attack Yingchuan.

However, Gao Ye knew that although these reasons were tenable, the most important reason was that Yuan Shu's fundamental point was not attacked by anyone. As long as Shouchun is still there, more than 100 concubines in his harem are naturally safe and sound, and his son is naturally still the prince of the East Palace. even said that even if he couldn't take Yingchuan, he still had a chance to make a comeback when he returned to Huainan, after all, there were countless treasures of grain and grass in Shouchun City.

Therefore, Gao Ye believed that as long as Sun Ce got enough benefits, the time when he sent his army to Shouchun would be the day when Yuan Shu would retire. It's just that now Ji Ling and Qiao Rui's soldiers are too close to Yingchuan, if it weren't for this, he wouldn't have personally led his men and horses to meet the enemy. Cao Cao also had no choice, he himself wanted to go to Wei to save Zhao and attack Yuan Shu's lair, but there was a Jiyin and half of Peiguo in the middle, and it would take time and energy for him to go over. The most important thing is that Gao Ye can hold back the pace of Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses in the Runan area, so that his strategy of encircling Wei and saving Zhao can be implemented.

After all, Yanzhou, Yingchuan and northern Henan, after years of development, let himself have 200,000 soldiers and horses. This number sounds like a lot, but in fact, it is scattered among the counties, and the soldiers and horses that can really be mobilized in their hands are only 150,000. However, Yuan Shao is now in Hebei, and there are more than 300,000 soldiers and horses in Jizhou, plus the annexation of the state, and now Yuan Shao has at least 500,000 soldiers to fight. In this way, the gap between himself and him is huge, which can be imagined.

It is precisely because of this that the more than 100,000 horses in his hands cannot be easily lost, and he is stumbling with Yuan Shu. When the army was dispatched, Guo Jia offered Cao Cao's advice, on the one hand, let Gao Ye confuse Yuan Shu, and on the other hand, let Cao Cao join Liu Bei and Lu Bu, and attack Yuan Shu's old nest Shouchun together. In this way, the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao is feasible, Yuan Shu can be defeated, and the military strength can be preserved.

This is also the reason why Gao Ye now has to send troops to recruit Qiang. If he didn't fight all the time, how could he confuse Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses here. If Yuan Shu had seen the flaws earlier, Cao Cao's strategy of encircling Wei and rescuing Zhao would have been implemented, and the effect would have been poor. It is precisely because of this that Gao Ye placed a false flag in Zhaoling City, thinking that he was a suspicious soldier. That Ji Ling thought that Cao Cao would come together in the night, and estimated the distance and guessed that Cao Cao should be near Zhaoling. Now Gao Ye is fighting outside Zhengqiang City, and he also received a scout report, Zhaoling City is densely covered with flags, obviously there is a large army stationed, Ji Ling only then knows that Gao Ye has waited until Cao Cao arrives here, and then he continues to march and prepare to fight with himself.

Seeing the high night of the city's martial arts, Ji Ling ordered the messenger to report to Qiaorui, preparing to attack back and forth, and he himself was even more brave and led 10,000 soldiers and horses out of the city to line up.

Gao Ye even beat his horse and walked to the front of the battle, and the phoenix wings pointed at Ji Ling, and shouted: "Ji Ling, dare to violate my boundary!" Your Majesty is now in Yingdu, and it is an unforgivable crime to commit the following crimes! Hurry up and dismount and surrender, maybe there is still a way to live! ”

"Gao Ye, you don't have to be forceful. His Majesty was robbed by Cao Cao's traitors to Xudu, who in the world doesn't know, who doesn't know? Now our Lord has obeyed the destiny of heaven to crusade against you and other unsubservient people. Gao Ye, for the sake of you being a famous general, if you surrender, I will protect you in front of Your Majesty! ”

"Ji Ling, the brain-dead lord of your family has already openly proclaimed himself emperor, and he will be punished for doing such a rebellious thing. If I follow such a lord in the night, I am afraid that my ancestors and ancestors of the Gao family will be disgraced. As for you, Ji Ling naturally doesn't have to worry, hehe, hehe......"

Gao Ye's two sinister laughs, coupled with the words of loudly scolding Ji Ling, really made Ji Ling angry. It even made the Yuan Shu soldiers and horses behind Ji Ling cause a commotion. After all, the history of the Han Dynasty is 400 years, and although it is now stormy, it is still in the hearts of the people. As soon as Gao Ye's words came out, how could he not provoke Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses. Besides, Gao Ye said that he was afraid that his father and ancestors would be disgraced, and he would not be at odds with Yuan Shu, wouldn't this be scolding everyone again, they were all fatherless and ancestorless people.

After hearing this, Ji Ling almost forgot that the main reason why he bothered to talk with Gao Ye here was to wait for the arrival of the Qiao Rui soldiers. With a loud shout, he danced the three-pointed two-edged knife in his hand and killed it straight towards Gao Ye. He also shouted "Gao Ye takes his life". Gao Ye saw that Ji Ling had been angered by himself, and he also shouted "Death to the traitor", and immediately greeted him.

The two fought straight for more than ten rounds, regardless of victory or defeat. Speaking of which, Ji Ling really has some ability, a three-pointed and two-edged knife, which is really extraordinary. His original plan was to provoke Ji Ling and force him to fight with him. If Qiao Rui didn't come in time enough and let himself take Ji Ling's life, then his horn could be solved. If Ji Ling really survived until the bridge soldiers arrived, he could only implement the second set of plans.

Maybe Ji Ling really shouldn't have died, Gao Ye had only fought with him for more than ten rounds, and the sound of killing had already come from the flanks. Ji Ling was even more energetic, and laughed loudly: "Gao Ye, now that General Qiao's army has arrived, if you don't surrender at this time, when will you wait?" ”

"Hmph, it's okay to miss your plan today and let you win for a while." Gao Ye said, a boring stroke, stunned Ji Ling to retreat, and then sneered: "It's just that you people want to keep my soldiers and horses?" Gao Ye said that, Sen Ran smiled, then returned to his horse, and loudly ordered the withdrawal of the army. The bridge Rui who was killed in the east did not receive the effect he expected, and his own military horses came suddenly, and Gao Ye's foot soldiers did not panic at all. After Gao Ye ordered the retreat, the soldiers and horses did not have a flaw, and Qiao Rui and Ji Ling were frightened, but they did not continue to pursue, but made Gao Ye calmly return to the camp.

At this time, Qiao Rui did not return to Xihua directly, but together with Ji Ling, he led the troops back to Zhengqiang. In the lobby, with Ji Ling's narration, even Qiao Rui felt quite abnormal. Gao Ye knew that he occupied Xihua, but he still brought all his soldiers and horses to attack Zhengqiang. Obviously prepared for his own surprise attack, he abandoned Ji Ling and led the army to slowly withdraw to the camp. Gao Ye's various actions all revealed a trace of strangeness, and the two of them couldn't help but be less careful.

"Does General Ji know what Gao Ye is going to do?" Qiao Rui asked with a confused expression, "Gao Ye is acting now, and he is full of strangeness, since he is wary of me, why didn't he send someone to ambush me on the road?" I've been worried about it for a long time. ”

"Ambush? The 50,000 horses and horses on that high night were all under the city, and I also made it clear to you in the letter, what are you still worried about? ”

"Don't forget, Cao Cao's army has now entered Zhaoling, who can guarantee that Cao Cao will not set up ambushes along the way?"

"Yes, Zhaoling City is full of flags, obviously a large army has arrived, but Gao Ye is obviously on guard, but there is no ambush, it is really ......strange" Ji Ling closed his eyes and pondered, "Hey! That high night was obviously deliberately summoning the tomb to spread flags, thinking that it was a suspicious soldier! It seems that Cao Cao's soldiers and horses have not yet arrived at this time, and I will wait until tonight to rob the high night camp! ”

"That doesn't make sense. If Cao Cao's troops and horses have not arrived, he should go all out to break through Zhengqiang or Xihua, and break the momentum of fighting between the two cities. But today I came from the east, and I was hindered by his soldiers. You also praised Gao Ye's martial arts, and if you continue to fight today, you will not be an opponent. If he had attacked with all his might at that time, as long as he defeated you, he would have been able to conquer you. When the time comes, my men and horses will not be his opponents in the night. But isn't it even more strange that he just withdrew? ”

Ji Ling also nodded when he heard this, his face full of confusion. There was silence in the lobby for a while, and I don't know how long it took, Qiao Rui slapped the table and shouted, "I see! ”