At this point, the Gaoshun forces completely occupied the area north of the Yangtze River.

Gao Shun was very satisfied with the results achieved by Cao Cao and Lu Su, especially Cao Cao, who did have the posture of a hero, and successfully occupied the three counties of Jiangbei, but the price paid was very low; This is also Gao Shun's rapid rise, which made him lose the opportunity to rise, otherwise, Cao Cao will definitely become the hero of the Central Plains.

Xi Zhicai asked: "Lord, how do you arrange the four counties of Jingbei?" ”

Gao Shun thought for a moment and said: "Since Nanyang County, Xiangyang County and Nanjun are mainly occupied by Cao Mengde, then Chen Gong will be appointed as the Taishou of Nanyang County, and Cao Chun and Xiahoudun will be appointed as the Taishou of Xiangyang County and Nanjun respectively. ”

The purpose of such an appointment is, first, to prevent the outside world from disagreeing, and the territory occupied by Cao Cao is under the management of Cao Cao; The second is to fully mobilize the strength of the Cao family and participate in the war against the destruction of Dong Zhuo.

Xi Zhicai understood Gao Shun's purpose, agreed to Gao Shun's arrangement, and asked, "Then how does Jiangxia County arrange it?" ”

Gao Shun thought for a while and said: "Ling Zijing arranged for Taishou and Duwei, and Tiwen Chang was the Zhonglang general and stationed in Xiling City. ”

"Yes, my lord!" After Xi Zhicai was down, he immediately issued orders to Lu Su and Cao Cao in the name of the General's Mansion.

At this time, the war in Yuzhang County entered a climax.

Liu Ye led the troops to Nanchang to support Ji Ling and rescue the besieged Yichun County.

Since there were crossbowmen, Liu Ye has been constantly discussing tactics with Qin Guan to deal with cavalry, focusing on the military formation of Lu Yi to defeat the Hansui Campaign, and from time to time consulting the opinions of officers such as Sima of the trapped camp, Sima of the crossbow army, and Sima of the cavalry army, and finally integrated a complete set of tactical plans, and did many military formation trainings, and the officers and soldiers have mastered it; This time, Liu Ye is ready to practice with Dong Zhuo's Flying Bear Army.

Liu Ye brought all the troops with the strongest combat effectiveness among the state herdsmen, and Ji Ling was happy; The officers and soldiers under Ji Ling were also very moved, this is the importance that the state pastor attaches to them, the state pastor did not give up the besieged Li Feng, and there was no discrimination against them.

Saving people is like fighting fires, the war is tense, Liu Ye and the army repaired a little, and early the next morning, he set off with the army under Ji Ling's jurisdiction and went to Yichun County.

The Flying Bear Army led by Li Dao blockaded the city and cut off Yichun City's external contact; The infantry he brought and the Jiaozhou soldiers led by Zhang Xiu stepped up the siege; In particular, the Jiaozhou soldiers were fierce and brutal, causing great casualties to the officers and soldiers defending the city.

Li Feng led the officers and soldiers to defend the city desperately, and also caused heavy casualties to the Jiaozhou soldiers under Zhang Xiu's jurisdiction.

At this time, the defenders of Yichun City were less than 2,000 dead and wounded, and Li Feng encouraged the officers and soldiers to hold on, and the governor and Zhonglang would definitely not give up on them, and would definitely send reinforcements.

What reassured the defenders of the city was that they were well prepared before the battle, there were a large number of stocks of weapons and arrows, and there was sufficient food, and the people in the city actively responded to Li Feng's call and bravely participated in the defense of the city.

Li Feng and the officers and soldiers followed Ji Ling to surrender to Qinguan, and the treatment was the same as that of the existing officers and soldiers, and they were not discriminated against, and after eliminating the old, weak, sick and disabled, they recruited some locals to supplement the full establishment system, and there was no empty salary; The family members were also allocated arable land, farm tools, etc., and grain, salt, etc., which were well cared for; Qin Guan changed weapons, armor and other equipment for them, and their combat effectiveness increased a lot, and their morale was high, and they were unwilling to return to their previous life.

And they have already surrendered once, and they must not surrender again, and more importantly, they are not optimistic about Dong Zhuo's future; Including those expelled local tyrants, they would rather cross the river and go north than take refuge in Dong Zhuo.

Those ordinary people think that the Yellow Turban Army is the army of the common people, and they think about the people wholeheartedly, so they support the Yellow Turban Army against Dong Zhuo's army, hoping to keep their current income.

Li Dao's cavalry scouts found out that Liu Ye and Ji Ling's reinforcements were coming, so they let Zhang Xiu continue to attack the city, and he himself led the Flying Bear Army and the infantry under his jurisdiction to block it.

The pressure of defending the city was greatly reduced, and Li Feng guessed that reinforcements were coming according to the whereabouts of Li Dao's army, and encouraged the officers and soldiers not to give up; When the officers and soldiers and the common people learned of the reinforcements, they were all excited.

The two armies met in Hanping County.

Hanping County is a new county established in the second year of Zhongping (185), the population is relatively small, and the city is not large, which is not conducive to defense, so the population has already migrated to other counties.

The two armies faced each other, and Liu Ye placed the defensive formation in the previous drill; The trap camp was in the middle, followed by 3,000 crossbowmen on foot, 2,500 high-ranking cavalry on each side, and 1,000 crossbowmen on each side of the outer flank, which could not only protect the safety of the flanks, but also facilitate the rapid pursuit after defeating Dong Zhuo's army; Further behind were the cavalry and infantry led by Ji Ling.

In order to reduce the lateral distance, the crossbowmen of the foot company were lined up in ten rows, and in this way, the fire was concentrated and intensive.

In order to increase the striking surface, the troops were lined up in a crescent shape with invagination, which was Liu Ye's inspiration.

The Liangzhou soldiers are good at cavalry, seeing that the Jiangdong soldiers are in a defensive formation, Li Wei thinks that the Jiangdong soldiers are timid, so they discharge the attack formation, and the five thousand elite Flying Bear Army is in front, as an attack force, only need to break through the enemy formation, and the 10,000 ordinary cavalry on both sides and the 10,000 infantry behind will follow into the enemy's formation, and easily harvest the battle achievements.

Li Dao is quite confident in the combat power of the Flying Bear Army, and he is determined to defeat the Jiangdong Army in one fell swoop; So, after setting up the formation, Li Dao immediately ordered the Flying Bear Army to charge.

The Jiangdong Army stood still, waiting for the Flying Bear Army to rush in; Whether it is a trap camp, a crossbowman, or a senior cavalry, they are all officers and soldiers of the system, and their willpower is very firm, and they are completely executed in accordance with Liu Ye's orders.

When there were still thirty steps left, Liu Ye couldn't bear the pressure of life and death, and ordered the crossbowmen to start attacking.

Ten rows of crossbowmen fired in turn, each time shooting 900 sharp arrows, before the first batch of sharp arrows hit the target, the second row fired again, and when the tenth row was fired, the first and second rows of crossbowmen loaded the repeaters and began to fire again.

At such a close distance, the force of the repeater crossbow was very great, directly penetrating the heavy armor of the Flying Bear Army, and the rows of Flying Bear Army fell, blocking the advance route of the follow-up Flying Bear Army, causing the impact speed of the Flying Bear Army to stop, and the follow-up cavalry could not restrain their footsteps, and collided with the cavalry in front of them; The chaotic Flying Bear Army has become an excellent target.

Nearly 10,000 sharp arrows were fired in each round, black and pressing, like locusts covering the sky; In addition, the senior cavalry on both sides also continued to shoot with strong bows, and after two rounds of continuous fire, more than half of the five thousand Flying Bear Army had suffered casualties, and only those Flying Bear Army in the last part were out of the range of the repeater and were lucky to escape.

Li Dao had been shocked and forgot to command.

The surviving Flying Bears were so frightened that they immediately turned their horses and fled desperately, scattering the formation of the ordinary cavalry and infantry behind them; Fleeing for their lives, and even killing each other.

Ji Ling, who was in the middle of the military formation, was shocked and didn't react for a long time, this Yellow Turban Army was really against the sky, fortunately they surrendered to the Yellow Turban Army in advance, and they didn't have two hearts.

Fortunately, Liu Ye reacted quickly, and after a short shock, he quickly came to his senses and immediately ordered the troops to attack.

The mounted crossbowmen and senior cavalry were the fastest, and they were the first to rush out of the formation, bypassing Li Dao's infantry from both sides, charging forward while occasionally killing several infantry who tried to escape, and their duty was to pursue the Flying Bear Army and ordinary cavalry in front.

The crossbowmen who were trapped in the camp and on foot and the officers and soldiers under the jurisdiction of Ji Ling had to deal with Li Wei's infantry and the cavalry who fell from their horses.