Zhang Yuan also nodded slightly, Chen Qun's ability lies in governing the government, and he does not have any outstanding talent in the military, at the moment he has 7,000 soldiers and horses, and it is still easy to capture a Dongyi city. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It is easy to capture Dongyi, but the difficult thing is how to quickly break through the Changyi City defended by Li Yu.

Dong Zhuo gave Li Yu 5,000 soldiers and horses and ordered him to garrison Changyi City to guard against Zhang Yuan, this Li Yu's ability to command troops was far better than Chen Qun.

With the 7,000 troops in front of him, if Li Yu chose to hold on, he would not be able to attack it anyway.

Once the war dragged on and Dong Zhuo's army arrived, his preemptive strike would lose any meaning.

"It's not Chen Qun who is difficult, it's Li Yu......" Zhang Yuan muttered.

At this time, the person beside him took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this, as long as we let Dongcheng besiege and not attack, aren't we afraid that we won't be able to take Changyi." ”

There is something to say in the words.

"Besiege but not attack...... Zhang Yuan's thoughts flew, and suddenly, a smile rose at the corner of his mouth.

He had already understood the meaning of the words.

……

Thirty miles west of Dongyi City, Changyi City.

It was already night, and Li Yu, who was also the Taishou of Shanyang, was still in his own house, giving official instructions.

Hurried footsteps sounded, and a person entered the lobby with the wind, interrupting Li Yu's thoughts.

The person who came was none other than his subordinate Niu Jin.

Niu Jin hurriedly stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "General Li, the big thing is not good, Zhang Yuan's kid actually made a preemptive strike, and the army suddenly entered my territory, and today the city of Dongyi was besieged. ”

"What?" Li Yu suddenly raised his head, looking shocked.

Niu Jin hurriedly presented the latest information with both hands.

Li Yu snatched it away, swept a few glances, and Xiao Lang's face gradually ignited a trace of anger.

Syllable!

Niu Jin hurriedly said: "General Li is angry, since Zhang Thief has sent troops, we should not be underestimated, we should ask Li Gong for help as soon as possible." ”

Li Yu was a little angry at this time, and immediately repaired a letter and sent it to Chang'an as soon as possible.

As soon as the messenger left, Li Yu remembered something and asked, "How many soldiers and horses did Zhang Thief bring this time?" ”

"According to reports, there were about five or six thousand people." Niu Jin replied.

Li Yu pondered for a moment, and immediately ordered that all the 5,000 elite soldiers of Changyi should be dispatched to relieve the siege of Dongyi.

"General Li, the thief Zhang has newly destroyed Yuan Shu, the morale is strong, and this thief is scheming, we might as well stick to Changyi, and wait for the army of Duke Li to arrive." Niu Jin persuaded.

Li Yu sneered: "If the traitor comes with a large army, I may still be afraid of him for three points, and now he only led a few thousand soldiers and horses to come, obviously afraid of startling the snake, and wants to take advantage of the fact that our army does not know the truth, take the city of Dongyi, I am about to take advantage of the fact that the east is not broken, and rush to the rescue by surprise, attack inside and outside, and kill him without leaving a piece of armor." ”

"The general is wise, and the last general will go to order troops." Niu Jin immediately retreated.

Li Yu picked up his knife, strode out, looked in the direction of the east, and said coldly: "Thief Zhang, you don't want to take away a city and a place from my Li Yu's hands." ”

……

It was the day, at dusk, ten miles west of the city of Dongjin.

On the slope, Zhang Yuan stood on a horse, looking to the west, and behind him were seven hundred iron cavalry soldiers.

In the eagle's eyes, I saw that on the west avenue, dust and smoke were billowing, figures were surging, and battle flags were rolling like waves. Covering the sky and the sun.

A big banner with the word "Li" is flying proudly, and the surging enemy is extremely imposing.

"Lord, Li Yu rushed to relieve the siege of Dongyi with 5,000 elite soldiers in Changyi, I heard that this Li Yu is very good at using soldiers, and all the soldiers under his command are Dong Zhuo's most fierce Liangzhou soldiers, and we may not be able to stop them with 700 iron cavalry alone." Zudi's pale face flashed with worry.

Zhang Yuan left the main army in the siege of Dongyi City, and only led 700 iron cavalry to block Li Yu's army.

At this time, the enemy army was near, and Zu Di's worry naturally increased.

Zhang Yuan smiled disdainfully, and said coldly: "Isn't it the Liangzhou soldiers, army, we are going to use seven hundred iron cavalry today to break Li Yu's five thousand fierce soldiers!" ”

Zhang Yuan's extreme self-confidence shocked Zu Di's figure slightly, and there was suspicion in his eyes, as if he was full of doubts about Zhang Yuan's self-confidence.

Zhang Yuan stopped at the horse and carried the knife, his face was leisurely, laughing at the frenzy of the enemy army, approaching like the wind.

Three miles away, the dust soared into the sky.

Li Yu galloped on his horse, urging the army of 5,000 to march in the direction of Dongcheng City.

As soon as the horses were overthrown, the scouts rushed from the front, "General, three miles ahead, there are enemy troops blocking the road. ”

Li Yu raised his eyebrows and shouted: "How many enemy troops are there, and who is the one who commands the troops?" ”

"General Hui, the enemy army only has 700 cavalry, and it is under the banner of 'Zhang', it should be that Zhang Yuan personally led the troops to block it."

Zhang Yuan is blocking the way!

Li Yu's expression changed slightly, his expression was a little surprised, and he seemed to can't believe that Zhang Yuan dared to come to stop him in person, and only brought seven hundred cavalry.

"This little thief is treacherous, he should know that it is difficult to stop my advance with seven hundred cavalry alone, and there must be another mystery in this......"

Li Yu's thoughts were racing, and he quickly guessed that there must be a conspiracy in Zhang Yuan's appearance.

After pondering for a moment, a sneer rose at the corner of Li Yu's mouth: "You only brought seven hundred cavalry, just to let me light the enemy, let me crack the formation and boldly rush to kill, carving insect skills, do you think I, Li Yu, will let me." ”

After figuring out the mystery, Li Yu immediately ordered the whole army to change its formation, changing the long snake formation of the rapid march to the open army formation and steadily advancing.

When the order was passed, the 5,000 elite Li army immediately stopped running, and quickly formed a military formation, like an iron wall, towards where Zhang Jun was.

Half an hour later, Li's army was in a huge formation, approaching a distance of 600 paces.

On the hillside, Zhang Yuan will Li Jun's formation Chu.

At the front of the enemy formation, the road was opened with shield men and sword soldiers, spearmen and crossbowmen were hidden in the formation, and more than 100 cavalry were protected by the flanks and rear.

Whether from the front or the side, Zhang Yuan only relied on 700 cavalry, and he never wanted to break through the enemy formation.

"Li Yuguo is worthy of being the first general of the Li family, and the magic of this formation is the essence of foot control." Even as an opponent, Zhang Yuan couldn't help but cheer Li Yu.

Zu Di was already frowning with white eyebrows, "Li Yu's formation is very orderly, and it may be difficult for our army to make a detour from the flank, and it is even more impossible to break through from the front." ”

"Mingjin, the whole army retreats." Zhang Yuan didn't say anything, only came to say this.

Zu Di was stunned again, but he didn't expect that just now, Zhang Yuan was still full of confidence, but he didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, he would retreat without a fight.

Could it be that the lord of his own family was so frightened by Li Yu's military formation that he couldn't shrink into fear?

This is not in line with Zhang Yuan's style.

When Zu Di was still suspicious, Zhang Yuan had already beaten his horse and left first, so Zu Di had to press the guess and lead 700 cavalry to retreat to the east with Zhang Yuan.

As soon as Zhang's army withdrew, the enemy troops hundreds of paces away immediately became clear.